The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

- 211 E FATAL ACCIDENT BY THE FALL OF HOUSE IN 711.1 8714111. ADJOURNED INQDZST. Yesterday the inquest on the bodies of Mr. and Mr.. Thompson, Georg. Dunn, their shopman, and George L ,we. foreman to Megan. Lucas the builders, was resumed before M.. Laughers, the D..psty-Coroaerjor Westminster. in the Vestry.hall of St. Clement Danes, Pieketbstreet, 1 4 :rsitd. Mr. Hawkins appeared for the friends of the ,:.:sued, Mr. 11,4biamo fur Mr. Angell, the district sur veyor, Mr. Bodkin fcr Messrs. Lucas, the builders, Mr. Bat An ti.... f u r Mr. Abrahams, the surveyor, and Mr. Ford, solicitor, foe Messrs. Smith, the owners of the house. he Coroner stated that he had received the reports of the surveyors on Saturday, but he thought it would be hotter to go en with the other evidence first, and then have the repots read. The Coratur and jury then proceeded to view the pre- mists, sea oa their torture, Mr. Stevens, Bridge-street, Blackfriarv, the surveyor, pert in • sketch of the premises, and said that on examining the premises they found that • quantity of the original gestate' had been removed to shore up the house that was left etandin. For the purpose of examining the founds- Len they had more of the rubbish removed eleven feet from the Strand. They four.d that the kitchen was floored with stone, and, proceeding with their excavations, they load the beak:mesa story had been floored mainly with I :tel.., and he found from the position of the bricks that the home must have slipped eastward from the basement fl hoe. Mr. Stevens was then sworn—l am district surveyor of St. I:bisect Danes. I made this drawing. Com mencing at the bott,nn of the drawing, the small red spot represents the foundation of the house. The next drawing represents • section of the ruins which had not been removed ; the blue represents the stone floor. The nest drawing shows the portions of the ruins which bad been removed by their orders. The seat draw ing rspre.ents the debris ; the line represents the 'salon from Hut to west, six feat from the back of the building. The painting here represents the ground which has not been touched. The witness here pointed out on the *ketch the various points referred to in the report given in. John Forelhon Stamford, 9, Arundel -street, Strand, clerk to • yor—l had my attention drawn to the pecans.. before the accident—on Tuesday before the occur rence par ;icul trly. I considered the workmen were dig ging the earth too low, and endangering the premises. I celled on Mr. Phillips, clerk to Mr. Abrahams, and men tioned i! to him. I did not see Mr. Abrahams. Mr. Plulbi a saved that the wall was well shored up ; and I said I considered it nevertheless insecure, and advised him to gu and look at it. A short c,mversation ensued relative to work which we had done several years ago, under similar cir cumstances. I saw that the e trth had been dug out from 9 to It Metes below the bottom of the party wall. The Swindon= was undulating. It did not appear to me that any under-pinning had been attempted at that time. There were several long short*, but none about the lower part of the well. There were no jack shores, but I considered they were recraired. I don't think that if there had been jack shores, that would have been sufficient. I considered that neither* would render the wall safe. I would never have ezeavatea in that form. If it was necessary to lower the floor I would have taken out • part of the wall nearer the street, and continued that, taking out small portions of the earth at • time as I proceeded. Ily the jury-1 considered the wall was in such • condi• tion that no shoring would keep it up for any length of time. The excavation was close to the wall, and the earth on which it was standing. If it hail been underpinned before thu excavation too: place the wall might be kept up. I suggested to Mr. Phillips the plan of under-pinning. lam eert tut I did so. It was on the Tuesday I called on 91r. Phillips. All the assurance Mr. Phillips gave me was that the wall was well shored up. I noticed nothing having been done after that day. It the wall is to be pre saved untlor-pinning is absolutely necessary. It is au ca ressive operation. If the foundation was good a leaning of one or two inches over the foundation would not endanger the wall. Toe soil under the wall was • loose gravel; that is, not at ado. sive soil, but clay would slip as well. By Mr. Ballantine-:l called ezprculy on Mr. Phillips to snipe him of the danger. I did not go in the pr mum I stood in the open gateway in Arundel street, and made my observations. I saw no jack shores at the time I went to Mr. Puillips. There were no short shores at the bottom of the wall. I swear there were not as many as five or sin jack-shores. Shrini?liit recalled—A jack-shore is a piece of timber avainbt the wall with a piece of timber to he it, and placed under the raking shore. The jaek•shores against the wall were ten feet. There were five of them, and were pat by me three or four days before the house fell. There was is all three single shores, five double shores, and five jack-shores. A jut)mas—On Saturday you said there were only eight stmts. Shrimp —That was besides the jack shores. The shores I Imam were up against the wall of the house. I don't nmenaber Mr. Phillips and Mr. Abrahams having been oa the ground the day before the house fell. I took my order, (tea Mr. Rowe, and not from Mr. Abrahams or Mr. Phillips, after Illr. Rowe came. The jack shores were below the Ant Boor. Mr. Phillips was on the ground on Toesday, after a little bit of the earth, about a cart-lead, had been taken away. I saw Me. Phillips and Mr. KIWI, sear the spot oa Tuesday, but I did not see whether they pointed to the spot. They were within ten yards. After that Mr. Rowe gave me no directions. Since the last Metairie= Mr. Abrahams showed me a drawing, and asked me if there was anything deficient as to the stets of thins before the house fell down. 1 said there was not. That was on last Friday. Mr. Phillips and two more were present', but 1 don't know who they were. Mr. Lucas was there also. The two other men were not working men, but I had seen them on the ground before. I altered the F.:salon of one of the shores on the plan a little bit. This ts the plan, and it is just as strong as it was before the house fell. The :tont where the earth came from is accurately pointed out on the plan, and had nothing to do with the fall of the !rouse. I was asked to sign the plan. I believe the three plans produced to be correct, but I have not measured them to the scale. Mr. Swaged milled and szainined by Mr. Hawkins— When I was near the premises on Tuesday I saw several men at work, and a man of about 60 years of age saperia tending Needle shoring would, in all probability, have prevented the accident, if properly dose. Mr. Sidney Smirks, surveyor—l raids at 26, Berkeley. square. I was acquainted with the iitegeseal Mr. Rowe. He worked at the King's College eel and Cam bridge Club.housia. He acted se isle& el th• wales, and he was one of the most vigilant and prempt dodo attic weeks I ever knew. In any work of deepe se I ebeski have felt m mach confidence la him se was am I haw. bye juryman—The clerk d the wall is pop !airy the person building, and the foremen repeemalle the Ismer. By Mr. Bellentine—H• immilismes I had is Rowe, I should not at that eastr Mao of dm works have employed him as • (cream tad a eledt et the works. Rows was well knows to pawns In sat peolbmion. By Mr. Bodkin—Armenia Paws be low been the fore man of the worka, he wewldithe mime hem the architect. A juryman —In the accesses et tits desk of the works, would the lemma vesture to masts ander the walls, without cemalthig the Sitfmor ?-11e was a man of great energy; sad If he thenght it was right, would do it. I have aft examined this building. Mr. Themes Tatem , 91, St. Cleorge'rroad, Southwark— lam a dealer bebuilding materials. My attention was White &shaft building the day before the accident, on W about 2 o'clock. I was on a lead fiat eni thee. I was so struck with the appear mese the building, that when I came down from the eat, I went down into the escavatios. There was a large hole in the corner, not of the main bnildiog, bat in a preretion. It appeared to be a kitchen, or something of the kind. I went to the hole, and it appeared to be made-earth. I went up to the flat again, and returned. I went on • little farther, and found they were cutting right along by the main wall. I came out of the building, and saw another builder of the name of Goodie', and we both went down to the bottom again. We found it was a sandy, shifting soil, and a very bad bottom. They had git down about two feet below the foundation wall. I did not measure it. The nest thing that I oloserved was that they had got the ground out actually below the footing of the shores, and the shores were not long enough, they did not reach mach above half up the buddit.g. The top Boor joists could not be shored at all. The shore, which were up could have been of no use. There were three raking shores. I sew no jack shore. They were all raking shores. I did not communicate my Observations to, anyone. Ly a juryman—The eseavatinn was carried to within two or three inches of the tooting of the party wall, and took some of the wall itself. There appeared to have been three er four inches of the party wall cut right along. The 'mantic* about the shore did not come dose up to the short, but to within about a foot end a slat I think there must have been two cartloada of earth removed. The earth behind the wall was made-earth to the height of 12 feet, and that thrust out the wall. If the three raking abres bad teen carried higher up I think the building Wild have been standing yet. By Mr. Bodkin—l was on the premises for the purpose of buy Mg materials ; my business is rather to pull down than to build up. There was no pressure of made-earth on VI. party wail. They had cut off a portion of the party wall to make room for the spring of their arches, as 1 sup posed. By Mr. Ballantine—lt was my deliberate opinion at the tree there wu danger to the neat house. I did not know there wet* persons living in the neat house. I did not sag aerhing about the danger, because it is a delicate thing to laterfeu with another man's business. The shores were from 3d to 10 feet high. The building wu 60 feet high. The shores ought to have gone up to the top door plate. A jack shore is an upright shore. A railing shore to a slant ing shore. Between the raking shores there were short strves. i Ur. Ilakin stated that there were several builders of eminence present, to speak to the character and comps Puy of Rowe, but if the jury were satisfied on that head, there would be no necessity to call them. Ile had also a letter from Mr. Pets), M.l'., speaking highly of Mr. Rowe, end directing Zit to be psi.' to his widow. (Applause.) The jury intimated that they were satisfied upon that point. Mr: George Cole—l reside at 275, Strand, opposite *here the house stood. Mr. Thompson called on so twoor duet times about the state et the house. In my sidninn the house was not properly shored. The shoring was not high enough, and little attention was paid to the shoring of the lower part, and the lower part of the hoot* should haves been needled, if they had intended to have removed any of it, and the house should have been shored up teem top to bottom internally. This would have car ried the weight of the five doors, which rested on the wall which has fallen. I saw the excavation. It appeared to me to be below the wall, and also below their own shores. I did not see them cutting the wall. By a Juryman—The highest shoring did sot go higher than the first 'titre winnow. I did not see any sinking in the wall. I believe the house might have been kept up, had it been properly shored. 1 1 By Mr. Ballantine—The shoring in the plan produced is higher than it was by nearly a fourth. The top of the shore did not reach the sill of the second floor window. Robert Brown, of Stratton•garden, Westminster—l am an excavator, and was employed on this job by Mr. Wil liam Hearn, a sob-contractor. We begun on the Bth August. I worked under the direction of Mr. Rowe. I got no directions from any one else. We got it all levelled out 10 feet deep, ise.cl 51 feet long, according to the mark on the wall for me to go by. We cat holes ou Tuesday worming beside the party wall to see wi le d," we were under the foundation. We made three holes. We were below 15 or 16 inches in the hack part, but la the front pert we were not below. We did not out into the well, or under the wall. We were 14 inches oil the wall except in the three places where I tried if we had got under the foundation. It appears to me the foundation was not level, as we had cut level, and the front of our ex cavation was not under the foundation, and the latter part was. 1 do not know what was the height of the shores. The shores were not in below our groundwork. By a Juryman—The cuttings 1 made within 14 inches of the wall were 12 feet from the back part, and only the width of the shovel. I was present when the building fell. Mr. Rowe was beside me. The cuttings were 12 or 14 feet apart. I made the cuttings by direction of Mr. Rowe. By Mr. Ballantine—l know Mr. Abraham by sight. Most days ho came oa the premises, and Mr. Phillips too. Whatever went on I reported to Mr. Rowe, and Mr. Rowe took his directions from Mr. Abraham. He used fre quently to go to Mr. Abraham's when I wanted instruc tions, and they would come up before we proceeded. Nei thee I uor Rowe apprehended the least danger up to the moment that the wall tell. I had nothing to do with the shoring. Mr. Shrimplin did that. As far as I was able to ere. Mr. Abrahams paid every attention. By Mr. Hawkins—l am merely an excavator, and my business is merely to excavate and take the soil away. Mr Rowe went down to Mr. Abraham's 1 times to get directions. Ile went down on the Tuesday morning, atter t e slip at the corner. I saw Mr. Abraham there on the Tuesday or the Wednesday. There were flee main doub'e shores at the side of the house, and • few short shores besides. I heard the crack before the building fell. The wall gave way about the middle of the building, and then bent outwards. I had then as much to do as I could to save myself, by running. They had bricks and cement there, and Mr. Rowe intended to underpin as he went along. By a Juryman—Only ono load fell in the corner where the slip took plate. Thomas Eves, 68, Tothillatreet, Westminster, excavator —Was employed under the last witness in making the ex. cavation. Was present when the excavation took place. Was under the wall, and when he beard the crack, ran into an arch. There were live persons then at work, including Rowe. James Mugford Mason, of Milford-wharf, Strand, stated that about twenty minute. to eight, on the morning of the amid. nt, his was passing with his foreman, and saw the deceased, Mr. Rowe, lying at the foot of en inclined plane. It'seemed from the man's position that something was wrong, and he ran down and asked him what was the mat ter. Hassid his leg was broken in two places, and he asked far some brandy, and witness sent for some. He believed that no shores were used until the excavation was made. By Mr. Bodkin—l shored inch part as I thought neces sary for Messrs. Smith in October, 18.52. Mr. Samuel Angell, 18, Gore-street.—l am district sur veyor of St. Clement Danes, that part which is in the Duch/ of Lancaster. I received no notice from the builder of any works being about to be executed at the spot in question. I knew that a building was going to be erected there, but bad no formal notice. The act of parliament states that two days' notice must be given before commenc ing operations ; but I believe the g 1 notion among builders is that that means before laying bricks. I was on the premises on the 19th of August ; not on Mr. Thomp son's premises, but on Messrs. Smith's ground. Was there looking at the state of the wall on Mr. Thompson's pre mises. I received a notice from Mr. Phillips, Mr. Abele. ham's clerk. It was not a written notice, but Mr. Phillips celled on me with the plans for the rebuilding of Messrs. Smith's premises. The plan had something to do with the party wall. The question was as to the party wall, whether it should stand. I recommended that it should rand, and that an external wall should be built against it. Mr. Phil lips said hi would state the c.se to Mr. Abraham, and I considered it settled that the new wall should be built. Considered the party wall as sound enough for Mr. Thomp soa's building, but not sufficient for the new building. I was not aware that opera' ions had commenced, and should ' not have gone to the premises unless I had received hernial notice, fhf had seen on passing that operations were go ng on. Ido not consider that it was my duty to go. If I had been aware that operations had commenced I should have ' conceived it my duty to have gone to the place and super intended the works, but I had no knowledge that opera. lions had commented. By • Jarrinan—ls it not your duty to keep a look out in the district to see if works are going on, and see that those Forks are conducted so as to be safe ? Undoubtedly it Is my duty, if I had known of them. I went on the 19th August to make a preparatory survey, and saw Mr. Phillips there. If by any means you are made aware that a building is going en, u it your duty to interfere, whether you receive a formal notice or not ? It is ; but in this case I expected formal notice would be vex before they commenced. Does not the set require the district surveyor to attend from time to time when a building is being erected ? Witness—l oonlider my duties had not commenced. I had mad* • preparatory survey. The taking down of houses, or taking out ground for a new building, I do not think come under the district surveyor's duties. If I had seen the building a day or two before the accident, and seen that it was not safe, I should have remonstrated with the builder. It would have bees my duty to do so. When I was there on the 19th August it appeared safe. The ques tion as to whether there should be under-pinning as well as shoring would depend on the kind of soil. This was a gravelly soil, which is considered the best for working on. By Mr. Robinson—l saw no insecurity whatever when I saw the premises. By Mr. Bodkin—lf I had received two days' notice from Messrs. Lucas, it would have been in accor da nce with the usual practice of builders. Mr. Bodkin—l see by the act that two days' notice must be given before they commence; but I imppow you read that as meaning before they lay bricks ? Witness—l think that may be the inference. Mr. Bodkin—And before any intention to alter ? Witness—That would not apply to this case. Mr. Bodkin—No. Thir was an intention to rebuild. _______ By X. Hawkins—Suppose the builder does not give you notice, and you know of the building ? Witness—l must give him notice, and then I cannot do anything bat refer it to the official rsferee,and a fortnight or three weeks must elapse before anything can be done, ac• cording to the swim prescribed by the act. Mr. Hawkins tben. amid mac h laughter, read the 40th section of the Bei/Aft Act, rating the mode to be pursued is case a bandit be sergesed to be in danger from failing, much laughter bacir excited by the roundabout procedure laid down, the surveyor having first to give notice to the builder, then to refer the matter to the official referee, who is to appoint a surveyor, then notice is to be given to the Lord Mayor if the premises are in the city, or to the magistrates if in a county, who are empowered out of funds they may have in their bands to put the building in a safe condition. The inquest was then farther adjourned until ten o'clock on Monday neat. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1853. A MAN BURIED ALIVE. An inquest was held at Blackleg, near Man chester, on Saturday, by Mr. G. 0. Butter, deputy county coroner, on the body of Denis Dooley, who was accidentally buried by a fall of earth whilst at work in a sand pit. The deceased was a single man, 21 years of age, and in the em ployment of Isaac Neck., a farmer, at Blackley. On Fri day afternoon Dooley was working in a sandpit on the farm, along with his employer's son, at a hole or delf,where they were digging out fresh sand from beneath a very lofty wall of earth. Nedra himself saw that the place seemed dangerous, and told his son and Dooley to come out imme diately, which they did, and Neden then went away. A short time afterwards he was returning towards the sand-pit when his son called out to him for help. Medea and another of his sons ran to the spot immediately and found Dist there had been an extensive slip of the clay from above the dolt, which had completely covered up the deceased, so that he could not be seen. Efforts were made to extricate him, and ins few minutes his head was unco vered, but he was already quite dead. The body was in a stooping posture, the clay having struck him at the back of the shoulders and forced him downwards. Several other slips occurred which covered deceased up again, and it was not until the expiration of five hours that the body was Rot oat. The jury returned a verdict of " accidental death." SINGULAR CHARGE OF MURDER. A youth named John Finnigan, 18 years old, who is dumb, was brought before the magistrates at Manchester, yesterday morning, charged with the murder of James Shanley, aged six years, of Taylor's-court, Oxford-street. The evidence was very meagre and unsatisfactory. It was stated that James Shanley, the father, missed his boy on Saturday evening, and as he could only learn on Sunday that he was last seen near the Rochdale Canal, in Oxford street, he went and had the canal dragged. After consider able trouble the body of deceased was discovered in the easel, having been apparently without life for many hours. A playfellow of deceased's, named Angus Thorley, was sub sequently found, who said that be was playing with de ceased en the canal bank in Bellhouse's timber yard, Oxford-street, on Saturday, when the prisoner came up, and threw deceased into the canal. The prisoner had • man with him, who also attempted to throw Thorley in. Prisoner sod the man ran away, end Thor's, says he ran after the prisoner, and saw no more of Shanley. The case was remanded until Wednesday, that the police might make further inquiry. Finnigan is apprentice to • joiner. THE WAGES MOVEMENT. PRESTON, MONDAY. Whilst, on the one hand, the manufaoturers of this town appear firmly resolved to clews their mill., the opera tives on the other hand, emboldened es they are by a large measure of euppart from other places, seem no less deter mined to persevere in their object. Yesterday there was a delegate meeting held in Preston, the deliberations of which occupied from ten in the morning till six in the evening. About 70 delegates were present, representing as many manufacturing towcs and district', all of whom promised pecuniary assistance. A yes 'intim, previously passed, was confirmed, to this effect—That the turn-out weavers, win der., and loomers, should be allowed Gs. per week, and teeters 3e. That amount was this day distributed amongst the operatives of six mills in this town now on strike. The spinners of four other establishments have given notice of their intention to quit work on Saturday next. It is only fair to state that in 1 cues the hands have struck in consequence of a mere fractional differecce between the concessions made and the advance demanded. This morning an address from tins power-loom weavers to their emplo)ers appear upon the walls. Replying to the manufacturers' manifesto ot Friday last, the weavers' com mittee mention the names of seven firms who have refused to give the required advance of ten per cent.; " two of them have not even offered one-eighth of that amount;" and one, besides ;refusing to make the concession, " treated his hands with insult." The committee assert that they never asked more than ten per cent on their present wages, and that that increase was demanded by the weaver, of their respec tive employers without any foreign interference. They maintain further that the weavers never made fresh de mands where the ten per cent. has been conceded. TWA morning an open-sir meeting, attended by the turnouts, and addressed by delegates and others, was held on the Marsh, a vacant plot of ground in the suburbs of the town. The chairman (E. Swinglehunt) exhorted the assembly to be peaceable and orderly, bet at the same time firm and united, adopting as their motto—" Tan per cent. and no surrender." If ever they had friends the mayor and magistrates were their friends when they prohibited their procession on Thursday last. In the week previous the contributions of the working hands in Preston for the support of those on strike were 1611., this week they amounted to upwards of 2131. A Stockport delegate an nounced that the own he represented yesterday sent Pres ton 1001. as its subscription for the week ; that amount would be doubled and trebled if necessary. A delegate from Blackburn made a similar statement. Blackburn had sent 1001. yesterday, with an intimation that another hundred was ready if wanted. The manufacturers of Blackburn having conceded the ten per cent., were anxious that the operatives of Preston should persevere until they obtained the required advance of their employers, who were paying • penny and twopence per cut less for the same fabric than was paid in Blackburn. The manufacturers of both towns having to meet in the same market, the interest of the one party required that the other should not possess an undue advantage by the payment of lower wages. At the close of the proceedings the hands repaired to the appointed places to receive their week's allowance in lieu of their wages. There is to be another open air meeting to-night. The threatened " lock up" of the mills is the all-absorbing topic of conversation. LOSS OF THE HONOURABLE COMPANY'S STEAM FRIGATE dIOZUFFER. The following are the particulars of the loss as sent by a correspondent who was on board at the time of the wreck. llu jotter is dated Rangoon, the 22nd July " After leaving the Sandheads we crossed the bay all right, and everything was going on pretty well, with the exception of the weather, which ems thick and foul. We first touched at Khyouk Phyoo, and took down from there the pilot, who was well acquainted with the Arracen coast, in the navigation of which the captain and officers of the ship were inexperienced. We had remained nearly two days at Khyouk Phyoo, where we were joined by the Zenobia,and the two ships embarked the African Battalion for Rangoon. On leaving the port and getting to sea, we soon left oar consort bull-down, and held on down the Ar racan coast at a rapid pace. The first night it blew half a gale, and we insist have been going at a very high rate of speed, but, I believe, that the ship wu only allowed nine knots an hour in the dead reckoning and the log. The next day and night were so foul and overcast that no obser vation could be taken, and the conseciuenos was that on the third day the captain was necessarily ignorant of the ship's position, and no one else on board wu better in formed. On the fourth day land was seen, but as it pre sented no known peculiarity, and every thing was murky and indistinct, we kept off and on, endeavouring to make out where we were, until at length approaching too close, the ship took the ground. At low water we were high and dry on a line firm sand bank, the people from the vowel walking about and taking a full and leisurely view of the poor Mozuffer, from her keel up to her hammock netting,. But her fat sl hour had not yet arrived, for that night at high water she floated ; we backed off the bank and anchored in safe water. Next morning we got up our anchor and set off again on a voyage of discovery, and bad not made much run when the leadsmen sang out 41 fathoms from the chains. At this moment the captain was busily intent in catching with his glass the Palmyra trees at the month of the Rangoon river, and did not hear the cry of the leadsmen, who presently gave 31 fathoms, and almost immediately after 21 fathoms—and we were aground. There was a kind of Veluti-voiced boy to pale on the soundings from the leads men to the place where the captain was, and I suppose that the rquealing of this fellow could not have been heard, or we should never have been allowed to shoal in this rapid and fatal manner. In all probability this fine ship would have been saved had a broad-chested, full-voiced fellow been the medium of communication. The Palmyra trees were made outjust at the moment we took the ground, and it was then obvious that we had overrun our estimated course and the mouth of the river considerably, by the great speed at which she had been going after leaving Khyouk Phyuo on Monday, the 11th . This time, Friday, the 15th, the ship had taken up a fatal position on the Shoeing quicksands, 11 miles to the eastward of the Rangoon river, with all the fore part of the vessel, from the engine-room forward to her bow, on the bank, but a considerable depth of water astern. At night she was nearly off, nay, I believe was actually afloat again ; but the backing of the engines was, as it would seem, stopped too soon, and the tide immediately drove her on the bank again never more to float. At the time she was actually backing off, there was such infernal noise and confusion on board that the captain weld not hear the announcement that she was going astern and the water abaft deepening, and so her only chance of escape was lost. She now began to evince unequivocal symp toms of dissolution, for on Saturday morning one of her boilers wu forced up and the steam pipes de stroyed in consequence, and at i the same time it was obvious that her bottom under the machinery was seriously injured, as the engines began to evince strong symptoms of a desire to part company, and there were tea feet of water in the ship, the orlop deck where the passengers' baggage was stowed being by this time under water. This day, Saturday, we started off the ship's gig to Rangoon, some 4-5 miles or so distant, to give the authorities there intelli genee of what had happened, and of oar position and con dition, and fortunately the boat made that piece the same night in safety. Oa Sunday morning we had the pleasure of hearing our guns answered, and before long the Pluto and Zsaobia hove in sight, and it being high water, the termer ran alongside of us, the Zanobia anchoring at a short distance from the wreck. We were not long in shift ing everything we could gave and our precious selves on board the two steamers, and we reached this place (Ran goon) on Sunday night, fatigued, haraseed, and dirty, as you may easily imagine. Had Saturday night been blowy than is no knowing what might have occurred to us all ; but the weather favoured our escape. They were busy after we left in getting everything they could out of the Mocuffer, and for a short time entellained the idea of en deavouring to float her by means of empty casks, but the futility of such an attempt soon became obvious, far she began to settle in the quicksand on which she grounded, sad is now abandoned, and, I believe, invisible." NAVAL. (HT ILICTRIC TILEGILAPEL) FALMOUTH, MONDAY.—Taz ADMIRALTY TOUR OF INericrioN.—Her Meaty's steamers the Banshee and the Black Eagle, with the Lords of the Admiralty on board, arrived here last evening ; and after inspecting the dock yard they will proceed westwards. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 19.—APPOISTMENT. Mid shipman R. Linesay to Arab. WIPE BEATING AT •Yesterday George Turner, a tailor, living is Caroline-street, Hulme, Blanchester, was charged before the city magistrates with beating, kicking, and stabbing his wife. The wife, a poor, emaciated creature, however, refused to give evidence. The policeman who brought the charge said she had been stabbed by the prisoner with a knife in one arm, and her body was covered with bruises inflicted by his kicks and blows. Mr. Kennedy, magistrate, asked the wife to tell him what the prisoner had done. The poor woman re plied timidly, " i don't want to say anything against him." Magistrate: You must give your evidence. Wife Well, I provoked him. Magistrate : And what did he do when you had provoked him ? Wife : I don't know—he stabbed me in the arm, but I don't wish to say anything. Mr. C. J. S. Walker, one of the magistrates, then addressed the prisoner, saying, as his wife would not give evidence he would be discharged, but it must be a warning, as they should certainly have committed him for six months had the case been proved. The prisoner, who displayed a sullen demeanour throughout, left the court without a word. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT TUE ITCHEN FERRY, SOUTHAMPTON.-0a Saturday evening, as the son of Mrs. Gore, of Gamble Cliff; Southampton, was driving home in his dog-cart, accompanied by a groom, the hone, in passing the railwa, took fright at the noise of an engine, and started o ft at a furious pace down the steep bank of the Itchen. The tide being high, the animal was in a moment out of its depth and speedily drowned. Mr. Gore and his servant were picked up, when nearly exhausted, by the boat's crew of the Arrow yacht. Much interest was excited among the numerous spectators on the shore, by the endea vonn of a large dog, which swam out after the carriage, to save its master and extricate the horse, even after the latter had erased to exist. THE REGISTRATIONS. EAST SURREY. Sir Walter Buchanan Riddell, Bart., the barrister appointed to revise the lists of voters for the eastern din sion of the county of Surrey, commenced the revision yes terday at the Court House, Croydon, with the parishes of Addington, Beddineton, Canhalton, Calerhans, Chidden, Cheam, Chelsham, Couledon, Croydon, Farley, Mitcham, Mordon, Penge, S an d erstea d , Sutton, Titsey, Wallington, Warlingham, W o ldi ng h am, and Woodmansterne. Mr. Corner and Mr. Jeans attended on behalf of the Ent Surrey Reform Registration Society, Mr. Burgon for the National Freehold Land Society, and Mr. Drummond fur the conservatives. In most of the above parishes there was little or no alte ration made in the register, and except in Croydon and Penge no objections were made by the conservative party. In the following parishes the reformers and tories sus tained the subjoined number of objections, viz. _ . Reformers. Tories. Carshalton Chum lO Croydon Mitcham 4 Pule l4 Wallington 4 0 In the hamlet of Penge all the objections nude by the conservative party fail e d ; th ey had objected to a great number of persons chiefly claiming to vote for land bought of the National Freehold Land Society, but the objector, John Mesunger, had given his addrcu in his notices of objection as of Croydon. Mr. Burgon objected to the notice, that it did net give the objector's place of abode as described on the register, nor with sufficient particularity. He himself had been put to some trouble to find him out, having looked for him in the Croydon Directory without finding him, but be found him described on the register of voters u residing in the Marketplace, and after some difficulty he had found out ho bad removed to Printer's-yard, Croydon. Mr. Burgon contended that the place of abode should be the same as appeared oa the register, and he cited a cue in the Court of Common Pleas where such • notice was held to be insufficient. Mr. Drummond, in support of the objector, said the ob jector baring changed his abode had sent in a new claim, and his name appeared in the list of claimants, which Mr. Drummond contended was sufficient, as the act only re quired the objector's place of abode to be given, and not his plate of abode as described in the register. The Revising Deventer, after considering the act of par liament, and the case referred to by Mr. Boron, decided the notice of objection was not sufficient, as it should have I given the place of abode on the register, to enable the per son objected to to ascertain the objector is on the register to identity him. And if the objector had changed his resi dence, it would be very emy to give his old as well as his new place of abode. Mr. Drummond said the objector had given his true place of abode, viz., Croydon, which was all the act re quired. The Revising Banister—l think it might be questioned whether Croydon only is a sufficient plaice of abode for this purpose; but that was not the question raised, and I think the itotise is not sufficient. In Croydon parish list sixteen Totes for rent-charges was struck off, having been granted some Tears ago by a gen tleman who has since changed his opinion, and has been obliged to re-purchase the rent-charges which he had charged upon his estate. Tne overseers of Addington not being in attendance throughout the day, although frequently called, were fined 20s. each, and ordered to attend at Reigate on Wed nesday, at ten o'clock, this not being their first offence. HERTS. The revising barrister held his court at Hemel Hempstead, on Saturday. The only cues of interest were the objections taken by the liberals to five claims made by the sons of Sir A. P. Cooper, Bart., and the Hon. G. D. Ryder, for rent charges granted by their respective parents. Mr. Bontems pointed out that the qualifications claimed for were granted for no cowl:de:Viols beyond that of love and affection, and that they were not, in fact, rent c'arges at all, there being no power under the deeds to diatrain for the rent. The barrister reserved his judgment. to be given at St. Albans, on the 28th inst. The followiog is the result of the day's revision : Liberal claims allowed Tories struck off l4 30 Tory claims alloyed Liberals struck off 5 13 17 Liberal gain brought forward l9 Liberal gain to this tints Tue CITY ReoisirnATlON.—Thomaa M. M'Cbrietie, Esq.. the barrister appointed to revise the list of voters for the City of London, opened his court this morning in the Common Plus Court, Guildhall, for that purpose. The proceedings were confined to the receiving of the lista of freemen entitled to vote from the clerks of the 1 livery companies, and also the lists of persons entitled to vote, and claim, and objection., from the vestry clerks of the several parishes and liberties within the City, with respect to inhabitant householders. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The remarks contained in our report of the partial settle mint which took oleos at Doncaster were fully justified by the business which was transacted at the Corner to-day— the pecuniary supply was for the most part equal to the demand. Ina few instances a little breathing time was asked for, and it was granted with a ready compliance, which showed the resources of the applicants were to be depended upon, although not immediately available. One of the City division, it is said, was "hit, and gone," but eventually with him things may not be quite so bad as rumour paints t►em. Very little betting came under notice until late in the afternoon. For the Cesarewitcb, King Pepin and Joe Miller were backed in good quarters at improved prices, and the outlay on Nancy and Oarforth was something con siderable. 20 to 1 was taken freely about the former, and 26 to 1 about the latter; the last bets booked were 20 to 1 to 60/. about each. Some small investments were made on Nervous at 20 and 25 to 1, and on Cariboo at 2.5 and 30 to 1. Numerous offers to back Weathergage, but the odds wanted were not obtainable. Csmentnossurne 13Tsues.-20 to 1 was taken freely about Hatchet, 1,000 to; 50 about Beakoree, 1,000 to 40 about The General, and 30 to 1 to 1001. about The De formed. Nothing done about the favourite. Tun DIRBY —l3 to 2 and 7 to 1 taken about Autocrat, 1,000 to 60 Here Cu..), 1,000 to 40 Marley Hill, and 500 to 26 twice about King Tom—odds which were afterwards offered.--Closing prices : BEDFORDSHIRE STAKES.—(Tuts DAL.) 7 to 4 met Mr. Mare's Perfidious (t) 3 to 1 Mr. Lumley's Tickton (9 7 to 1 apt M;. — /lo — eraa's kiiTiepin (8 to 1 takes freely) 16 to 1 Mr. Parker's Joe Miller (t) 20 to 1 Mr. J. Brown's Nancy (t) 20 to 1 Mr. Messon's Weathergage (t) 20 to 1 Mr. Skafto's Gart'ortk:(t) 25 to 1 Mr. John Soott's Solway's (t) 2.5 is 1 Mr. Cotabe's Nervous (9 30 to 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Canboo (t) 40 to 1 Mr. R. Walker's Radcliffe Hero (t) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 to I apt Mr. Methlam's The Hatchet (t) 20 to 1 Count Hahn'e &ahem (t) 25 to 1 Mr. Johnstone'. The General (t) 30 to 1 Captain Boott's The Deformed (t) DRRBY. 7 to 1 eget Mr. R. B. Cooper's Autocrat (0 20 to Doke of Bedford's He Curd (t) 20 to 1 Mr. Thellusou's Kim Ton (t and aft of) 25 to 1 Mr. Bowes's Marley Hill (t) 30 to 1 Lord Derby's Acrobat (t and aft off) EDOWAILE STLEPLICHMIIB.—GuIoare and Little Char ley should not have been inserted in the list of acceptances for these events. They were struck out on the 14th of September ; and Wee Micky was struck out of The Hurdle Race at the same time. &CT RACES.-YZITIEDAL TBXAL lITLLES. -- -- Snowdon Dunhill Bridesmaid GOLD CCP. Bal row nie 1 Sally Warfoot colt 2 The Jewess won the Park Hill Stakes, and The Twin the Stand Plate. BEDFORD RACER.—Tuts DAY. HOUSES AMU VED.—Lady Audrey, Bbakapear, Kin Alfred, Retail, Tormentor, Ethelwolk, Tickles, Madame Landeau, Race, Leyhourne, Puritan, Mayday, Michaelmas Maid, Auckland filly, &c. BEDFORD RACI ACCEPTANCIIS for the 6 mile. Age. at lb The Reiver 3 9 2 Bylpbine 3 8 7 Hyacinth Itreu Leybonrne S 8 4 Brawn 4 8 4 Forester a 8 1 Knhinoor Pug °erect Puritan Nathan Mayday 7 8 Michaelmas Maid 3 7 7 I.—WIDIMDAT. roam IiAXDICAP. H&( • Age. ;et lb Nightshade 3 7 6 Homebrewed 4 7 2 Madame 'Andean 3 7 2 Corybantes 3 7 0 Dear-me Lady Isabel Warns 4 6 13 Battery fby Auckland Sir Harbottle 3 6 6 Flycatcher Incorrigible 501.7771-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie for the week ending Sept. 17, 1853:-20,7451. 7s. M. Corresponding week, 1562, 19,64 U. Us. 7d. increase in 1853,1,1001. 17s. 10d. IRELAND. DUBLIN. SEPT. 19. A Prin.. Council was held at th;C.)unCil Chamber, Dublin Castle, on Sault-day. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant was present, with the Lord Chan cellor, Baron Greene, Sir T. Esmonde, Sir E. Blake ney, snd Judge Moore. An order of council was agreed upon, putting in force throughout all Ireland immediately, and for the next six months, the Act 11 and 12 Vic., " For the Removal of Nuisances and Prevention of Contagious, Endemic, and Epidemic Diseases." The correspondent of Saunders furnishes the fol lowing account of the great annual fair of Be nagher : prom an early hoer this morning, herd after herd of fat and store horned cattle were being ;riven into the Green, u also a considerable supply of milch cows and weanling calves. Notwithstanding the lateness of the gran season this year, yet the different dusts appeered in excellent c , ndition, and much anxietT existed for the result of the day's proceedings. '1 he supply was cons.derably over that of last year in the class of heifers, but bullocks ran somewhat short of the demand, as inquiries were more frequent for the latter description, whilst the farmer were moved off very ° sluggishly," and although prices rated higher than last year, far such lots as were sold, yet in many instances, a reduction from ten to fifteen shillings a-head was submitted to under the prices of the early fairs of this season; altogether the cattle fair has turned out a very dull one, and several lots were driven out unsold. Mr George Atkinson sent home his fat heifers, having refused 15/. 10s. for a lot of fifty. His upset price was 171. Yearlings ranged from 5!. 10s. to 71. 10s. ; wear:lions, from 31. to 41. 101. ; calves, from 20s. to 30s. ; and milch cows and springers, front 71. to 121., ac cording to age, breed, and aptitude for milk. Now that this important fair has almost terminated, it may be briefly said, that the number of "distant buyers" was under former years, whilst the stock vastly exceeded the quantity shown or brought for sale at any previous annual attend ance. ArrALLIxo SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. The Freeman's Juurtatil publishes the following report of an appalling su;eide and attempted murder which took place on Sunday in a house of ill-fame in Dublin : 'Yesterday evening a dreadful occurrence took place in is house of ill-fame in French-street. A gentleman attempted the life of a girl living in No. 27 in the above street, and immediately alter committed suicide by shooting himself. It appears that shortly before 4 o'clock, some boys, play ing near the house, which is best by a person calling her self "Fancy Stuart," were startled by the sharp report of a pistol shot, immediately succeded by the screams of a female, and, in a few minutes after, by a second shot. They gave the alarm to the constable on the beat, who im mediatoly proceeded to the house, and, having been ad mitted, was told that both shots had been fired by a gentleman who was then in the two pair back .bedroom. The constable went upstairs, and, en entering the room, was horrified at seeing the body of a man stretched at fall length on the a3ol', and bleeding slightly from a bullet wound in the left breast. Although five minutes had scarcely elapsed from the time the second shot was heard until the arrival of the policeman life was quite extinct. The deceased was but partially dressed. He had on dark trousers, grey stockings, a co loured shirt, and dark satin waistcoat. The portion of th e shirt around the wound and the left collar of the waistcoat, which was unbuttoned, were on fire, so it would appar the mucale of the pistol must have been close to the breast when the fatal shot was fired. The girl, Emma Fawcett, a native of England, whom the unfortunate deceased had attempted to destroy before terminating his own existence, was found lying on a sofa in the drawing-room bleeding from several wound, inflicted by small shot, scattered over the right side of her person from the temple to toe knee. The light morn lag dress which she wore was all stained with blood. When assistance was procured she was placeil on a ear and conveyed to Mercer's Hospital, where she was received by the resident surgeon, by whom sae was treated in the kindest end meet skilful manner. Having made a careful examination of the wounds, which are numerous, he declared that none of them were likely to prove dangerous. As soon as she had re covered consciousness she made a statement which,if correct, shows her escape from death to have been almost miracu• lons. She states that sho left deceased sitting in the bed room (the same in which his body was found) to go down to the drawing-room, and had been absent but a short time when she heard him calling her on the stairs. She went out and saw him on the landing beside the lobby window looking towards the diawing-room door. She was going up to him, and bad ascended some three or four steps, when he stepped forward with a pistol in his right hand and instantly fired at her; the charge, which appears to hare been of small shot, striking her in a slanting direction downwards. She immediately turned and rushed back into the drawing-room, exclaiming, " Oh, I am shot ! " and then became unconscious. In the course of fifteen or twenty minutes after the tra gical occurrence the street in front of the house in which it took place was literally blocked up with crowds of persons anxiously inquiring into the circumstances, or listening at tentively to the various and conflicting rumours that were being circulated on the subject. A number of policemen had to be stationed about the house to prevent persons from eateries and to keep the pathway clear. A detective officer was sent for, an I constables were stationed on all the doors leading from the home to prevent the egress of the residents, who were told that they should remain within until after the inquest. The proprietress of the establishment, Fanny Stuart, gave to the inspector the following account of the deceased : He came to her house late on the sight of the 30th of August, the day after the arrival of the Queen. He was shabbily dressed, and seemed to have been some time under the rain which fell during the night. He asked for some thing to eat, and went down to the kitchen, where be saw a gentleman sitting at the fire ; to whom he said—" I sup pose you are on the spree to-night. If you want money I can give you some, as I have a hundred sovereigns." Stuart did not think this statement was correct, as she only saw eight or nine sovereigns in his purse when he drew it out. He attached himself to Emma Faw cett, and remained until five o'clock in the morning, when he went out, but returned in about five or ten minutes, and said be would not go, as he thought he was late for the train. lle lived with the same girl ever since, seldom going out at first, and latterly not at all, and when ever he did it was in a covered car. On the 31st of August he went to the King's-bridge Terminus for some portman teaus he had left there, and in two or three days after he brought in more luggage, including a large trues, which he never opened in the house, and which is still corded, and so great is its weight that two men can scarcely carry it. He appeared to have a considerably sum of money--ell in gold—which he snt in the most lavish manner, purchasing for the females in the house, and par ticularly for Emma Fawcett, various and costly articles of dress. Notwithstanding his great extravagance, he has left after him a bag filled with sovereigns, which was found in • closet off his bedroom by the police. He was fre quently questioned as to where he came from, and who he was, but his replies were often evasive, always unsa tisfactory and contradictory. The night of his arrival he said he was a veterinary surgeon, attached to the Queen's establishment, and subsequently he stated that he had been some time in Australia. The name he gave was Webster, which, if not his real name, was one he appears to have travelled under, for on the railway labels pasted on his lug gage Daniel H. Webster, passenger to Dublin." Stuart urt stated in reply to the inspector that she saw the deceased drunk, nor did she ever know him to have any quarrel with Emma Fawcett ; that, on the contrary, he seemed very much attached to her. He bought her several dresses, and, amongst other articles, an *median, upon which he was teaching her to play. About an hour before he per petrated the'dreadful act which so suddenly hurried him into eternity, he was giving her instruction in the air of " There's nae luck about the house." Emma Fawcett's statement at the hospital differs front Stuart's in one respect. The latter says she never saw the deceased drunk, while the former alleges that he was scarcely ever sober and that daring the last two days he was constantly intoxicated, and we, becoming quite insane in his conduct and manner. In the account .given by Stuart, she stated that, when the ' first shot was fired, all the females were in the drawing room excepting Fawcett, who instantly rushed in, exclaim ing, " Oh. lam shot—l am shot," and then fainted. She (Stuart) thought he had gone mad, and, fearing he would murder them all, she locked and barricaded the door, and called for help. This had been scarcely done when the second shot was heard, and she thought it had been fired at some of the servants. . . The police found on the dressing-table several pistols, and beside them a bag of bullets, together with a quantity of powder. The pistols are quite new, and of a very superior description ; the maker's name is " Richardson, Lord-street, Liverpool." A considerable quantity of wearing apparel, of the best style and quality, was lying about. The deceased is of the middle size, slightly made, and of a sallow complexion ; his face is much worn, and would in dicate a life of hardship or dissipation ; he might be about thirty-five years of age, but looked somewhat older, from having lost some of his teeth, and wearing a wig ; for it is worthy of remark that his hair, which is dark brows, is slightly grown, having been recently shaved, which ha ac. counted for to Fawcett by stating that it had been done in hospital, where he was treated for an attack of glanders which he took from contact with a diseased horse. A miniature of himself, inclosed; in a handsome morocco leather case, which he presented to the girl Fawcett, is a faithful likeness. BOILER EXPLOSION AT ten o'clock on Monday morning one of three steam-engine boilers set together on the premises of Messrs. George Hammond and Son, flax spinners, Bank, Leeds, burst and seriously injured a number of the workpeople. The boiler which gave way was the centre one, and as the part which gave way was on the under side over the furnace, it is supposed to have been caused by the want of a sufficient supply of water. The explosion forced out the fire grate, and a dense mass of heated vapour rushed out of the boiler and into an adjoining spinning shed, in which a number of workpeople were at , work. The greater part escaped without any serious in jury, but ten of the workpeoplc were so much scalded that it was found necessary to remove them to the General Infirmary, where they at present remain. Two of this number, an Irish boy and a female, are considered in a dan gerous state, their skin hanging &hunt them in tatters all over. As yet there has been no time to make a careful inquiry into the exact cause of the accident. THE CORN TRADE. p re a s s s t .) BRITISH. The weath (F er ro h m ar the fo lf r a s r o k in -kin eda7s been of the mo o t unfavourable character: heavy rain has fallen in all parts of the kingdom, and a complete atop has been put to harvest opeestions. may be the result of this un toward state of things it is fearful to cont.enplate. The quantity of corn still abroad in the fields is considerable. and there is reason to fear that a large portion of the spline sown wheat will never be properly matured. Should this unfortunately prove the ease, the deficiency would be much more serious than we had previously estimated, aid the prospects for the future aro certainly of the most gloomy nature. Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that the depression which was caused by the large arrival of foreign wheat last week should have proved but transi tory, more especially so the demand fur wheat for ship ment to France—which was checked by the steps taken by the government of that country about a fortnight ago, in regard to the price of bread in Paris—has again revived. We are not in the habit of taking extreme views, indeed we have been frequently accused of an excess of caution but in the present instance our readers will acknowledge that we have for months past pointed out the probability of a high range of prices for wheat. This we were induced to do solely on account of the knowledge of the smallness of the breadth under culture, and the generally inauspicious nature of the sections. What has sine', occurred could not be foreseen. That a large portion of the crop should he in jured by rain, and rennin in the fields in the middle of Sep tember, has greatly added to our difficulties; and it is now aimed impossible to fix a limit to the upward movement in prices If Great Britain had alone been visited by a bad h t, the effect on prices would probably not have been important: but, unfortunately, the seasons have been much the some over the greater part of Europe. The countries which in ordinary years would have been enabled to have afforded us supplies are themselves in want of assistance and so apprehensive have many of the foreign governments hc.tome of dearth, that the laws regulating the importation and exportation have been elteied resuietinns on imports have been relaxed or wholly withdrawn, and exports have been prohibited. Great Britain, France, Reiland, Italy, &e., all require supplies. In the countries bordered by the Baltic, stocks of old wheat are either exhausted or reduced into a very narrow c,im pus, and supplies of the new crop cannot be available in quantity before the spring of next year. The rye harvest has turned out badly all over the north of Europe, and the potato disease is very prevalent; the consumption of wheat will therefore he greater than usual, and there will be less to spare for expert. Under these eircamatances, it is evi dent that what is left of the produce of last year, and the small quantity of new which may come forward at the different Baltic ports before winter sets in, will be quickly absorbed by buyers from the different countries requiring supplies, and it is to be feared that our share of th e s ame will not be very large, as France bas for some time past outbid the English purchasers. The next quarter to which we naturally turn iu this emergency is the Black Sea. Here, again, difficulties meet us. In a circular recently published by a gentleman largely engaged in the Levant trade, and to whom we have fre quently been indebted for useful statistical information, it is stated that, during the month coding 26th August, 127 vessels wheat-laden cleared out for different ports, of which oily 'J were destined for England ; whilst o f shipments made in the corresponding period of last year— about the same in extent—three-fourths of the total num ber of ships were for British ports. This proves that the quantity of wheat on passage from thence cannot be large. 'file obstruction to the navigation at the mouth of the Danube wilt prevent arrivals from (Matz; and, looking at the imminent peril of war breaking out between Russia and Turkey, it would certainty not be safe to calculate on anything like the supplies we usually receive from the east. It appears, therefore, that we shall have to depend mainiy fur our supply of breadstuff+ on the United States and Canada. Previous experience has proved that America cannot, as a general rule, export largely, unless prices in Europe are sufficiently high to cover the expenses of conveying the grain from a great distance in the interior to the seaboard. Whether present rates will suffice for this may be questioned; but allowing that this be the case, we are inclined to think that all that country can spare will prove inadequate to stop the upward move ment in the British and French markets. The position of this country is therefore, in truth, such as to warrant the remark we have made in the foregoing part of the present article, viz , that it is difficult to fix a limit to the advance which may take place in the value of wheat. Fine weather fur securing the remainder of the outstanding crops, and an amicable arrangement of the eastern question, might give a somewhat better complexion to affiirs ; but looking at matters as they now tiered, there is reason to apprehend that a large portion of the population will, during the eosuirg winter, Lave to suffer from scarcity, and consequent high prices of food. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into the port of London have been small, only 3,713 qrs. having been reported during the week ending this (Saturday) evening. Mean while but little has been brought forward by land-carriure fent' the neighbouring counties. There was a better feel ing on Wednesday than in the beginning of the week, and previous terms were exceeded by about ls. per qr. On Friday there was an animated demand, and the few luta ex hibited on the Essex and Kent stands were easily placed at an advance of 2s. to 31. per qr. on the currency of Monday. The new wheat which has appeared the last week or two has come to hand in very indifferent condition ; fine qualities have consequently commanded relatively higher terms than the commoner descriptions. Though fair supplies of o heat have reached us from abroad, via., 32,068 qrs., there has been no pressure to sell from on board. Is considerable proportion of the late liberal arrival from the Baltio was imported by the millers, and has not appeared on the market at all . ; a good many cargoes have besides been with drawn, holders being of opinion that they may do better by waiting than selling at present prices. There has cease quently been no anxiety to realise, and the demand having increased in activity, prices have undergone a marked im provement. The sales made on Wednesday were at prices Is. to 2s. per qr. above those previously current; and on Friday a large business was done at an advance of about 31. per qr. on the rates at which purchases insight have been made in the commencement of the week. Floating cargoes have been a good deal inquired for, and though the very high pretensions of sellers have prevented extensive traits actions there has been more doing than lot week. For a cargo of Marianopoli wheat the very high price of GOs. 6d. per qr., cost and freight, was paid on Friday. Geist: (out of condition) has been sold at 465.; Ohirka at prices ranging from 655. up to 695., and for Egyptian Beide wl.eat 41s. to 42a. per qr., coot and freight, has been paid. The sale fur town-made flour has been mere active this week than on any previous occasion since the top price was advanced to 60a. per sack. The quantity of country flour offered for sale has been small, and for fresh households Is. to 3s. per sack more was paid on Friday than could have been realised on Monday. We have had no arrivals as yet from America ; good supplies may, however, be calculated on from thence so soon as an interval of westerly winds shall have been experienced. The market at the moment is very bee of the article, and prices were about Is. per brL higher at the close than in the beginning of the week. Hardly a sample of English bailey has appeared at mar ket since Monday, and the terms then current have been fully supported. The arrivals of this grail from abroad have been very small, and the stack in warehouse has been reduced into a small compass. Fine heavy Baltic barley was certainly rather dearer on Friday, and other sorts could scarcely be bought on as my terms as earlier in the week. Malt wu more sought after, and was about Is. per qr. dearer. The arrival. of oats coastwise and from Ireland have been perfectly insignificant, and from abroad the supply has not been by any means abundant. The greater part of the late large Russian arrival has already disappeared, and sellers have this week exhibited great firmness, while the dealers have shown more inclination to add to their stocks. On Wednesday a good business was done at an advance of 6d. per qr., and on Friday a further rise to* about the t►me ex tent was established, fair qualities of Archangel being on the latter occasion held at 265. Gd. per qr. . . Beans have not excited much attention, but where sales have been made very full terms have been realised. The few lots of new peas which have come forward have commandelextretneterms.. _ _ _ There hu been ► lively demand for Indian corn afloat. and prices bare risen 6d. to is. per qr. FOREIGN : By the most recently received advice% from the Baltic, it appears that quotations had not varied materially since the preceding week, the dull English accounts of the 9th and 12th inst. having had a tranquillising effect. The weather tad been changeable, and ha opera tions had been much impeded. The yield of the wheat crop is generally described as deficient, and rye via', I awing to the shortness of the produce, bringing very high prices. Letters from Danzig, of the 12th inst., speak very badly of the harvest in that neighbourhood a considerable proportion of the wheat crop would not, it was feared, be suitable for the manufacturer of flour; the samples brought forward hail for the most part been very inferior, of light weight, and much sprouted; for new of 545. to 55 lbs. weight, equal to 445. to 455. per qr. had been paid, whilst for the finer kinds, weighing 591bs. per bush., 62a. y r) n e r o te qr. d c tad od be . e t n . 6 rea 24 1i 6 se d d f re o r r qr see fr ol e ; e o fi n ne bn e ar ld d. wheat was From Konigsberg we learn, under date of Tuesday last, that the potato disease bad been very destructive in that neighbourhood, and it was the prevailing opinion that the yield would not exceed one-fourth of a crop. The grain crops had also given a poor acturu, and the new wheat was coming to hand in very bad condition. Only • small por tion of the wheat of this year's growtk would, it was thought, boot suitable quality to allow of its being shipped ; some parcels had appeared weighing only 451bs. per bushel s so damp and sprouted as to be unfit for human food. Fine qualities of old were scarce and dear; superior high mixed was quoted 595. Bd. to 603. W.; fair mixed, 555. to 563.6 d.; and red, 5.55. to 555. 6d. per qr. free on board. Freights were high, and 6s. per qr. had been paid for east coast of Great Britain. _ At Stettin, on Tuesday, the wheat trade was quiet, owi g to the less favourable accounts from hence, a falling off in the French demand, and an improvement in the weather. Good qualities of red wheat were, however, Etill