Star. — London, England, 1818-10-16 00:00:00

NORTHERN EXPEDITION. We hare been favoured with the following curi os and interesting letter to the Honourable Captain N o on, R. N. from on board the Isabella, one of t s gi ii:ps at present employed in the Northein Ex. r tiiva: x • ifi e Usjesty's Shiitsabella, off Sugar Loaf Bay, Davis's Str.its, July 12, 1818. lat. 74. 2. N. long. 58. W. )1 1 ; DEAR SI ft—l take the opportunity of a vhship to let you know what we arc about in this Tez icn ; a few extracts from Cite log will give : cr i,,:ea of our proc:::edings. On the 3d May left and had a tolerably fair passage across the ',..'.antic; on the were in Icagitude of Cape f re s-ell ;2 deg. south of it found our variation in as we went west, temperature of air and slier nearly the same as at Shetland, eiermometer c or 43 deg. On the 26th saw the first ice berg, ic. ss. 58. long. 50. 54.: we now had snow and thermometer at freezing, a good deal of loose ke all round. June 2, in lat. 65. long. 56. we're close sith the main west ice, which we supposed exten 4ed the whole way to the American mast; on the th made the Greenland coast, in ht. 65. 42. but did pt stand close in ; the land here appeared something tie :he north coast of Spain, and about tile same 1,44 t, the mountains very precipitous, and termi sitiag in ragged peaks. .We continued our course w the no rthward, as the winds and ice permitted, opog on the edge of the main west ice, which we lid trending to - N. E. On the Bth, in lat. 68. 20. . 4 . 55. 50. a few leagues off the Greenland coast, ,• tre so hemmed in with ice on all sides that we ould not run through ; a fine S. W. gale was w i n g, and were obliged to tack about where we ald find room. On the 9th we made last to an e berg aground is S 8 fathoms, about a mile off re . The mode of anchoring to ice is very easy, boat goes a-head with the anchors, and fixes them the ship approaches; when ready, the ship cinis in and makes fast, bow to the ice, a low berg lat the bowsprit lays over is preferred, and aground is flit ttit! had. On the 10th were obliged to get un a small change of wind setting a large body tike I:per. us ; we continued plying where we could Worn water , and fell in with a whaler, the first It had seen, who informed us that none of the whale its had been able to get past 70 deg.; that the ice ;the northward was still fast. On the 14th called :de Whale Islands, where there is a Danish &e -l!. The Danish Resident came on board ; from awe could get little information, except that the ding winter had been very severe. On the 16th errached 70.39. N. no clear water to be seen north sz?,!nade fast to an ice berg about a mile off the lit cad of Waygat or Hare Island. We found of the whale fishers waiting for an opening north, the fishery to the southward having 11l it season. Waygat is eight or nine miles 110200 or 1300 feet high, uninhabited, some of Oaks basaltic. Coal is found near the surface atieN. E. part of the island. Some grouse were ix the cock perfectly white, the hen not unlike that iScetland. I saw one hare pure white. On the lithe ice opened a little to the northward, when witgar, to warp and tow the ship through the sink, he winds light and variable, and frequent can. On the 26th were only 20 miles from Way ,sbere we got into a piece of clear water that crnedn, to the land ice on the north side of Jacob's lac. ;U. 2f. We found ourselves in M. 17. W. linters, which agreed well with chronometers. eswung the ship, and took azimuths on board at , four points. Corresponding azimuths were cal at the same time on the ice. The observations • not taken in so correct a manner as might be form a just estimate of the deviation of the • Zs by ship's attraction. The idea here at pre is. that the compasses are not attracted in a line the ship, but obliquely. From my own °bier tion 1 find that the bearings of distant objects with ship's head north and south correspond, which aid not be the case if the attraction of the ship was t fort and aft, but athwart. The azimuths taken ch the ship's head north or south generally agree. supposed likewise that the error arising from the attraction has increased with the variation and is there were no observations made before tg Etti, , :and on the ship's attraction, we must patience until the variation is again decreased. slthiLk that the error has been constant the whole or. The ship's head at west gives, according to loan observation, an increase of variation 16 deg.; cat a decrease of 16 deg. On the 27th we cast firom the ice with the prospect of an opening, and tied about in a narrow pool till the 2d July, when fresh breeze opened a passage fur us. On the ?re were in ;1.30.--on the 4th 72. 30. On the A a lat. 74. were again obstructed by ice, the bep and Enos much heavier by far than those we 'hithtrto seen. 'We are now in the same place that Baffin, 200 ri'ot anchored : we find the Three Islands just at,tabes them ; he makes them in 74. 4. we ?thee 74. lf. Baffin gives an honest account mem% U'e stretched to the westward on the 9th r•~ loth, but found the sea all fast. We are now 7 41 7 etpoctation of the wind shifting to the N.E. c' ) Auity. strong, which is the only thing that us glrid. It is strange that, at the same time - 4 Tear, almost to a day, Baffin should have t.stopped by ice in the same place; he likewise .west without finding clear sea—his account ''am to 715. N. but he does not say he was at :19 of the Bay, or saw land there. Our voyage .f•ds been very pleasant—Since the middle of are have had very fine weather, the therm°- in sun 7 6.—sometimes in the shade it is at a anus 33. or 34. sometimes below the freezing For five or six weeks we have only had oc to tAke in the first reef once. The water is 'th as a mill-pond all weathers. We have 'ern rain—our changes of weather are from ti.ick fogs, and sometimes light falls of b:dr.v..irne s the sun shines unclouded the tweet: -four hours. We have only seen two , and 'nave only heard of one being killed e have been here—they are all north of us. cre as scarce_ one has been seen. A great 4. of the gull tribe have been shot, and we aei procure a mess of eider ducks ; seals are cbundant, but we dun't trouble them. The i:irreak.d, where we saw it, to the south ward of 701 H, is higher than to the ns r thw ar d o f t h a t latitude. ert the coast consists of many high bold I bluff-like head lands, which, closer to t far:: (Band to be islands. The main land is one cofitintied ridge of smooth snow, which appears like 'a cloud. I sup pose the ground has not been uncovered since the flood. The islands in general are dear of snow.— There are no inhabitants to thi north of 74.30. on this coast. We had some of the natives on board from 68. SO. 70,i. and 72b —they are all the same people, the women dressed in the same mariner as the men, only their hair tied on the crown of their head, and a small sort of peak on the fore and after part of their jackets. We have been sq anxious to get on the more interesting part of our voyage, that little attention has been paid to the natives here. The most astonishing thing to be seen here is the ice bergs—their size and number surpasses fancy. From the 65th deg. to this, the sea is literally covered with bergs, and we see no end to them : where they are generated is yet unknown to us; it is not in 74. or to the southward on this coast. That they are form ed on the land is certain, from the many stones of great size which arc seen ; some of them are covered with sand and dirt, others have regular strata of sand and stones running through them horizontally. They are of all forms—generally they have a high cleft on one side, and shelve down to the water on the other ; some exceed '2OO feet perpendicular all round.— Loose or stream ice consists of pieces about the size of an acre and under, about a foot above the sur face ; when it is blown together by strong winds, one piece is edged up on the top of another, it is then ' called packed ice, or a pack. Flaws are large pieces of field ice. The ice generally drifts with the wind,, though a current mutt set southward, or how would the bergs find their way south. NVe have not been able to detect any current. The flood tide sets here from southward. At Waygat we had a rise and fall of seven feet at spring tides. Where the ice-bergs drift into shallow water (that is to say 150 fathoms or under), they ground, and obstruct the passage of, the smaller ice, and form barriers which it is difficult to pass. In 68. there is a reef, and '7O. another, in 74. another, generally found full of ice by the fishers; we have found it the same. In standing a few leagues from land we find 85 fathoms here, closer on 150, 90, and so on. The water runs in small streams from the bergs, so we have no difficulty in getting it. lam now more sanguine of getting a long way north and west than 1 was at the first of the voyage. lam of opinion that the ice will clear away, and that very soon. The small ice has been for-some time consuming fast, and will be all dis solved by the end of this month, even without wind to break it. " JULY 18.—Yesterday an opening in the ice enae, bled us to get to 71. 43. when we were again stop ped—the ice here much heavier, and in fields.. We are at present fast to a field, in thick fog, which freezes as it falls, and covers every thing with ice. When at the Three Island.we made some further observations on the bearings of distant objects by compass, and found a change of bearings of three points at east and west. The compasses for some time have traversed very sluggishly ; this, we sup pose, is ossing to the increase of dip. I think it not at all improbable, that, as the terrestrial magnetism. begins to act more inclined to the compass needle, it will act with less force—the iron of the ship still act ing at the same angle, draws the needle towards the centre of the ship, which causes this great deviation of the compass; and should we reach the place where the dip is 90, I think the-compass will stand always north and south by the magnetism of tlvz. ship. We did not speak the Leith ; this must therefore take its chance of any craft. The &scrip ' don of Greenland, given in Dr. Brewster's Encyclo- Tedia, is so correct, that no one need add any thing more on that subject, until the face of the country' is again changed I had picked up some stones from the different parts which we touched fur Dr. Brewster, but having since read the article Greenlaad in his book, I find that he knows more than a ship load could tell him.* We have been unfortunate in killing animals, so that I have got no chrystalline lenses for him. I bespoke some eyes of whales from the fishers, but the chance of their killing fish, or of our falling in with them again, is doubtful.—lf we fall in with a Leith ship, I will send the stones. " Jur.lt 22.—Yesterday we got an opening, which brought us to the 75th deg. The whales begin to make their appearance, several having been killed within these eight days. The main land appears one continued smooth ridge of snow, only here and there the black peak of a mountain appearing ; some large islands on the coast less covered with snow; the land ice extends three or four leagues off, so there is no prospect of approaching the coast hereabouts. We sound occasionally in from 200 to 100 fathoms soft mud and small stones. Three days we were beset in the ice 9 • could not observe any current, by the lead lying at the bottom, though the ice on the surface was an motion. JULY 250--Lat. 75. 21. long. 60.30. Got here this morning, and now see more clear water than we have seen tor, some time past. We must now be crossing the Magnetic Pole fast, as the variation in creases so much. It is puzzling to find out exactly how the ship is steering by the compass; what with the great variation and error, arising from the ship's attraction and the sluggish traversing of the com passes, we must consider some time before a course or wind can be properly named. We are now the northernmost ship, and have made fast to the ice, on purpose to send away a few letters. The fish are turning so very plenty, that all the ships are em ployed, and probably will proceed no further north this season. This afternoon we go: ja:nmed between two Haws, and seeing a ship taking. fish at a short distance from us, Captain Ross scuds all his dis patches with her, in case of not fallir.g in with any other, or ice opening and separating us. Ycu will hear from me by every opportunity. a I am, &c. "J. R." a P. 6. While writing these last lines, the ice has closed all round us, and fast to the northward. You may guess bow fickle it is. We are now about three miles off a small rocky island, in '270 fathom-. mud ; the island four or five leagues from the main land, and ice connecting it. The temperature of the water to-day is 96 deg. higher than it has been for some weeks. We see land bearing N.W. by W. true. • The article " Greenland" was written by Sir Charks Cie secke, who spent seven years its that ccuntry. Ode northo : de Malt Ty. The E '3l re could rding Wil efad?ed 71 a 4 made f IT. cad of Inmost of 1 up north, gibs se: k,1:00 or teaks btu a the N. E. 1 th.the cock ceScotland. °lithe ice c Ttiegar. to ilk, he u aims. On gat, there is cried 0. to Bight, la. '7l per lanais, We swung t. cry four taken at the tett not tali ort to form ortpass by sea is. that rids the shi aims 1 fine •'• ship's h ould not b fore and 'ah the shi ...suppov . • s aurae • is tt ring E i . i • • mantra. '1 thill i age. T i own obi ;rut a de %ten the Ned abo ;*:.e fresh ate were A .. .a lat. beP and f LI Ether 'We are Pra.2 a ge , : as :e at , o Tam t h em Vita 1 F 4 10 thi 1 '0.1 7 er.l •c:llci, it zi:4ous j .. _ 4 "4 yew gm slepp tme t est :Au' L i m t •-'''', oft '......:-..h., ...• i , e 1. - • . ! , 1 cu 1 11 ' - din t; Fix .li, 1 - ih • e ..; t.) • :i... •,, •.: e t ,..., :-) lt's an ze •••• e h 1 "'s are 1 .I•er ( i Ittitzei '''''' abui '44 af k; • • THEATRES. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— There was a very bril liant audience here last night, and the entertainment throughout was worthy of so great a concourse. It was the Tragedy of Macbeth. Mr. KE ts presented 1 a fine portrait of the Chieftain. Ilk dying scene was , one or his finest efforts, and was highly applauded.— Mrs. WEsT sustained the part of Lady Macbeth, and Ithoult this actress's forte is rather in characters of a tender kind, her performance was by no means dis creditable to her abilities. Mr. If. KEMBLE repre sented Maedeff with good effect. The scenery and all the mechanical appendages were admirably got up. On the fall of the curtain, the loudest expres sions of satisfaction were continued during many minutes. Mr. KEAN was announced for the perfor mance of Othello on Monday evening, by special de sire.—The Tragedy was followed by the Farce of Past Ten detach, in which MUNDEN, in the character of Dozey, kept the audience in a roar of laughter. COVENT GARDEN.—Miss O'NEILL last night per formed the part of Mrs. Haller, which we think, on the whole, her best character. Independently of her talents as au actress, her age, figure, and countenance convey the exact idea of the unhappy female she re presents. The best proof of her success was the sym pathy evinced by the fair part of the audience, who, during nearly the whole of the 4th Act, were in tears. The Play was followed by the Barber of Seville, which, mellowed and enriched by the facilities and 'graces that successful repetition is apt to bestow, was received throughout with increased applause. The most striking, and perhaps the best specimen of the songs, is that sung by Mrs. DICKONS in the second Act : SONG.—Rusina. An old man would be wooing A damsel gay and young; But slfe, when he was suing, For ever laugh'd and sung— " An old man!—an old man will never do for me; " For May and December can never agree!" She sung till he was dosing— A youth, by Fiprtune blest, While Guardy's (gips were closing, Her hand, delighted, prevt! " An old man,' ice. Then kneeling, trembling, creeping, (I vow, 'twas much amiss.) Ile watch'd the old man sleeping, And, softly, stole a kiss! " An old man," &c. The Theatre was crowded in every part. BEAUMARCHAIE' Barber of Seville was first intro duced on the English Stage, by the late G. COLMAN, Esq. about forty years ago, under the title of The Spanish Barber, at the Haymarket Theatre. At that time JOHN PALMER was the Count Almaviva ; PAR SONS, Dr. Bartel° ; EDWIN, Figaro ; and Mrs. BAN 'iIIsTER (then Miss HARPER) the Rosins —Upon its revival, some years after, the present Countess of DERBY was the Heroine of the Drama. The Edinburgh Theatre closed on Saturday evening for the season, with the Melo-drama of Robinson Crusoe, during the representation of which several persons in ♦he dress of gentlemen, and apparently in toxicated, entered one of the upper boxes, and imme diately attracted the notice of the audience by beha ving in the most riotous and improper manner. The general cry of " Turn them out," being raised, the performance was obliged to be stopped, and the proper - Officers were desired to interfere ; and, after some resistance, they were carried off :amidst the unanimous hisses of the spectators, and two of them Were sent to the Police Office. DESTRUCTION or THE LIMERICK THEATRE BA n E.—Saturday se'nnight the Theatre.Royal, Corn wallis -street, Limerick, was totally consumed by fire. It broke out between eleven and twelve o'clock. Al though the attendance of several engines was prompt, and the supply of water was considerable, yet the flames spread so rapidly, that their progress could not be stopt until the interior of the building was de ' stroyed. For several days previous to this calamity, the Theatre was undergoing some necessary repairs, preparatory to the introduction of Miss STEPHENS. She and Mr. HoRN, with the entire strength of Crow. street, were to have made their appearance in it on nest Monday. The Theatre destroyed, was built in 1770, and then cost £9OO. Yesterday, as some boys were amusing themselves at Muswell-hill, by throwing stones at each oll:cr, one of them received a blow on the eye which cut it out in a dreadful manner. An elderly poor man was killed, the other day, on the Deptford Road by a butcher's cart driving over him, while he was heaving at the wheel of a cart loaded with gravel. Yesterday morning a man who was employed to clean windows at a house in Craven-street. Strand, in consequence of having nothing but a slight hand rail to lay hold of, it gave way, and he was precipi• tated to the pavement, and injured so much, that he was ionveyed to the Westminster Infirmary, with. out hope of recovery. Wednesday Mr. DAVIS, of Theobald-street, New Kent-road, was robbed of his pocket-book, containing £l6 in bank Ilbtes, as he passed through a crowd of persons assembled in the street. This morning, about three o'clock, the coach-house of M# Rothchild, at Stamford-hill, was broke open, and robbed of the cushions and glasses of the coach and chariot ; toTether with two bot-coats, and va rious other articles belonging to the Coachmen. Mr. BARNES, who keeps an academy in illoxton square, had removed from his house to another in the neighbourhood. His servant maid, who had lived iu the family many years, was tent on Monday night secure the shutters of the house which was unoccu pied, in the inside. She had hardly entered, when two men, who had concealed themselves upon the premises, seized her, and after treating her exceed ingly ill, forced her up to the garret door, which is at the top of the staircase, and tied a cord round her neck, which they fastened to the key-hole, and left her banging in that position down the stairs. A baker, who lives next door, heard a very great noise, which led him to suspect the house was being rob- . hed ; and in consequence he and Mr. BARNES went in, with view of catching the thieves. They proceeded up stairs, and found the maid hanging in the manner above described ; the baker held her in his arms whilst she was cot down. She was in a very ex hausted state, and in a few minutes more would have been totally deprived of life. SPORTING LWELLIGE.VCX. !Star or no betting took place yesterday at Tattcriaff's, on 3CCOUIIt of most of the sporting G.mtlemen bAng at Newmarket. No betting on the 11.rby. Betting na the Oaks at *corn, 1819, sic to four. General Grosvenoes Bute Stockings against any one. A dispute, which occurred at the late Stafford races, respect ing the whiner of a plate, added to a handicap Stakes, is likely to ho referred to the Juck .' y Club, for di: decision of the Mem bers. Lord Itossmore, it seems, started two horses, which, it. is contended, is contrary to the laws of the Turf. The question, therefore, is, whetle.r the running fur a Handicap Stakes, and carrying handicap weights, although a plate is included, abrogates the plate laws? if Lotd Rossmore's Tattoo should eventually prove to be disqualified, the plate and stakes will go to the second beet horse, Monitor. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. 211URSDAY, OC7J/Ell 15. - . Sweepstakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft. colts, 855. 71b. fillies, est. 41b. 'l'. Y. C. Uutrit..l stallions or outrietl mares allowed both .51b. Duke of Grafton's ch. f. Carrots, by Juniper, horse untried Ills Royal Highness the Duke of York's ch. c. by Seymour, out of Rosanna, both untried Mr. Thornhill's ch. colt Sani, by Scud - - - - 3 Two paid—C to 1 apt Carrots-11 to 8 apt Duke of York's c. Even on Sam. Sir J. Shelley's Leopelline, Bst 1:1b. beat Mr. Udnje )81. wn, bst. 31b. T.Y.C. 10045.-7 to 4 un Leopcddine. The Town Plate of £5O, 5 yr-olds, 7st. 41b. 4-yr-olds, Bat. 41b. &.yr-olds, Bst. Olb. 6-yr-olds, fist. 11b. and aged 9st. 41b. Lord Jersey's brown colt David, 4-yrs-old - - Gateral Grosvenor's bay fiUy Effie Deans, n-yrs-old - Mr. l3atsoo's bay fi'Jy, by Orville - - Mr. W. Edwards's ch. filly, by Election, 3-yrs-old - Even on David—s to 1 apt Mae Mans. The Second Class of the Oatlands Stakes of 30gs. each. 11.31. Mr. Prince's Manfred, 4-yrs-uld, Sat. nib. - - 1 General Grosvenur's The Dyer, 4-yrs-old, Bst. Gib. - - Lord Stawell's filly, by Phantom, 3-yrs-old, 7n. 31b. - 5 Duke of Rutlandi bay filly Quadrille, 3-)rs-old, tat. 131 b. 4 Mr. Charltisn's Strephan, 3-yrs-old, 7st. 81b. - - - 5 7to 2 apt Manfred-7 to 2 agst The Dyer-3 to I apt Lord Stawell's filly-5 to 2 agst Quadrille. Lord Exeter's Advance, 7st. Va. beat the Duke of Grafton's Waterloo, Bst. Blb. D.I. 100gs.-6 to 4 on Advance. UUNTI .W. - a - e - 3 - 4 The Brighton Harriers were in full cry on the Downs on Tuesday morning: the weather wa. lovely, and the sport brisk and good. The field was splendid—several dishing Ladies were on horseback, who rode up to the dogs, over hill and dale, to the admiration of the hardiest veterans of the (*.ice. The dogs threw off on the race-hill. This morning they did the same at the Devil's Dyke, and on Monday they m.et near Potshots. f,'' • t i 1 • II' : i l , ft it ' 1 1 *4 • '? 1 1 ..; i • , I) ' 1 oft i ll ; • I k, . i - , 1 1 . 1 1, . ! t i , f I ! • * t 1' • 1 I '. I I I A BOXERS. Last night, at ten o'clock, the partisans of Enka and Hall, met at Tom Oliver's house, Peter-street, Westminster, to make good the whole of the stakes for the combat between these milling heroes, on Tuesday the 44th instant, in a Lis feet ring, for too guineas. The money was transferred to the hands of those who were to deposit it on each side, and consequently would certainly be made good. Like the match between Randall and Turner, this will be a great, spotting one. Hales is decidedly the best sparser of the day, with weight something under eleven state; but Scroggins beat him by ruffianing away his science, and substituting hits for par ries. Hall has the best of weight rather, and possesses first-rate science also. He was beat by the Irish champion, Donnelly, although the fight was brought to i wrangle. Betting-5 to 4on Hall. On the other tight, 5t04 on Randall, although Turner has his s.trong fanciers. Aar-ta•Cii.secu.s. 0cr.12. Cxper, and Gregzen, ex hibited their pugilistic performances here onWednesday, Dna,- day, and this day. At their last performance they were attended by Prince 3lettenith, Prince Charles of Prussia, the Prince de Salm, and a number of Russian and l'russian General Officers and foreign Noblemen, who repeatedly cheered the tumults be tween Carter and Cooper, and Gregson and Caner. To-morrow they proceed to Liege in their way to Cambray and Valenciennes, and thence to Paris. Saturday several Gentlemen of the Royal Com pany of Archers went out to the Meadow Park, at Edinburgh, with the Indian warriors, to practise shooting at a mark, but the latter being unaccustomed to shoot at a great distance, and their arrows being lighter than those of the archers, came mach short of the target. SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—A grand hunt in the ancient style, was lately given to the True Highlander; by the Founder of the Society, GLENGAItY. It com menced at Invergarry on the 15th September, and ended on the morning of the 18th, when the High landers assembled on the brow of a hill to breakfast, consisting of a solid collation of all kinds of the finest moor game, washed down with choke mountain derv, (whisky.) The fete at Strathilain Garry followed on the 19th, which was kept up with true Highland spirit, and concluded with the old athletic exercises apt:Ping, running, lif:;ng tie stone, and throteing Me sledge !asmtne,-, in all - of which the most distinguished corn. pctitor was the Champion Angus Mhore Kennedy. IVc,oricoc!,s have made their appearance.: yesterday se'nnight the Duke of Beaufon's Game-keeper killed one in Cline Wood. Yesterday the Countess Beauchamp's Porter caught a beautiful partridge alive, which had pitched on. one of the bakoedeb of tle dray.ing-room f.teing St. James's-square. Mr. CURWEN has, this year, dried the stalks or Daunts of his very large crop of potatoes, with which, in consequence of the deficiency of straw, he limn iris cattle. The bark of the willow tree, burnt to ashes, mired with strong vinegar, and applied to the parts, will remove all warts, corns, or excrescences on any part of the body. It is a singular fact, that a Gentleman near Ed monton it at this time cutting a meadow of grass, ten inches high, which he intends making into bay, should the present weather continue a few. days As a proof of the beneficial effects of the late rains upon vegetation in general, Mr. Fuost, of South Mims, near Barnet, had about four acres of grays land mowed down within these few days, the blades of which were nine or ten inches in length, and he supposes a few days of fine weather will enable him to carry in an average crop. At Barnet, yesterday, some mowers were at work in a field belonging to Mr. LONG, with every prospect of a good crop. CORN-EXCIIANOT.,MARC-LANI4 OCTOBER 6.—We continue to have considerable arrivals of Wheat from the Baltic Ports, besides a good supply from our own Coast ; but, the demand being trilling, sales even of prime qualities of Engill were with difficulty effect. ed this morning at a reduction of fall 2s. per quarter from Monday's prices, and all other descriptions were unsaleable. Barley went off slowly, the late arrivals from Suffolk and Norfolk having satisfied the de mand, there being but few maltsters yet at work.— ' Oats went off rather more freely than onWednesday, but not at better prices. In Peas and Beans there is no alteration. SMITHFIELD MARKET OCTOBER IC • Beef ........4s Od to 6a 64 I Veal zs vd to 6s Sd Mutton ....1s Od to 6s 6d Pork Braun 10:0—Calves 410—Sbeep . and Lambs 5,010-I'igs 410 HAY &ND STRAW LUAU. - Hay Xs Os b £ Os Straw £2 8s toe , C 3 d Oi :o 9 94 ltawvn ... Us Oth