The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

:ttrb Vtitttont ',TTERSALL'S• - THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. TII E SUN, SURVEY OF PALESTINE. However vast the accessions to our geographical knowledge of the Hely Land have been 'f late years, much remained to be done before it could be said that we possessed a tolerably complete account of that country. A considerable number of eminent men are continually devoting their time and their energies to the cause of an extended knowledge of that region—some as residents on the spot or as travellers, others as labourers at home ; and not a year passes without some new works of travel or research being published. But the nature of the country is so difficult for exploration—the dangers and impedi ments in travelling among its population, consisting of tribes of the " greatest possible rogues," are so manifold, and the climate is so trying to Europeans, that it is not to be wondered at if there are large districts still unknown and unexplored, in spite of their unceasing efforts. Even when travellers have been successful enough to explore such unknown dis tricts, they bane frequently been unable, from cir cumstances, to make their observations sufficiently precise—so as to lay down their discoveries on the map with a satisfactory degree of correctness. When, therefore, Lieutenant Van de Velde, late of the Royal Dutch Navy, departed last year for the Holy Land with a view to explore and survey those portions of it which hitherto remained blanks in our maps, or which have been delineated conjecturally — his undertaking was looked on with great interest : the projector being well known from his surveys and researches in the Sunda Islands, and as the author of the " Gezigten nit Neerlando Indie" (an illustrated and descriptive account, in large folio, of the Dutch East India Archipelago), and of the large and splendid map of Java, published in 1845. Very few experienced and practical surveyors had hitherto visited Palestine. Lieutenant Van de Velde has just returned to this country with the results of his la hours, having successfully accomplished a portion at least of his task. Velde w c e o s m te m rn e s n l c o ed pe his Beirout, o o n p n e t r a L t i e o h n o s n o a n t M. Van de Leontes; which river h e crosse d, an d B as ei f r o o r u vey in ss t, s t u h r e g thence proceeded to Hasbeiya, situated at the foot of Mount Hermon, with the intention of making that place one of his principal stations for taking observa tions. A misfortune befel him here, which had well nigh put an end to his undertaking. He was robbed of the whole of his money and effects, barely saving his journals and instrum en t s . H e resolved, however, to proceed with his operations, and was happily as sisted therein and encouraged by his European friends at Beirout. After having traced the course of the ' wild and romantic Leontes, he thoroughly explored the whole of Galilee —the northern portion of which, Belad Besharab, has hitherto been almost unknown owing to the savage character of the inhabitants, who do not allow Europeans to pass through their country, or make travelling very hezardous when they do. M Van de Velde owed his success mainly to his being so fortunate as to meet with the Seikhs of Belad Be sbarah, who were assembled at Tibnin when he arrived there, and whose favour he secured. They enabled him to travel unmolested, and gave him an amount of information which he could not otherwise have obtained. He also discovered the sites and ruins of important ancient places ' • among which may be mentioned Hazor and severalPheenician towns. The Waly of Korrain, with the castle of the same name, south of Tibnin and the surrounding parts, were found to be the most beautiful region of Galilee ; abounding in perennial streams, luxuriant vegetation, noble forests, and romantic scenery — yet possessing scarcely any inhabitants. M. Van de Velde went thence to Acca, surveying the surround ing country ; and proceeding to Mount Carmel, which interesting but little known region he tho roughly explored. Continuing his survey towards the south, through Samaria, he discovered the cities of Dothan, Ai, and other important places. From Jeru salem he visited the region alongthe western region of the Dead Sea—a dreadful desert of weary mountains and without water. The shores of the Dead Sea itself were not omitted; and careful investigations were made, in order to verify the discoveries of certain re cent expeditions in that quarter—the correctness of many of which, however, M. Van de Velde found serious grounds for doubting. He then extended his journey on the western side as far as Beersheba — crossing in various directions the country between that place and the ancient Ekron, and returning once more to Jerusalem. From thence he continued his explorations of the northern portions of Judaea, as far as Jordan and the Dead Sea, and thence he pro ceeded northwards —making the eastern portion of Samaria (chiefly from Sichem to the Jordan) his field of observation, ascertaining and identify ing the sites and ruins of Akrabi, Daumeh, Fasailus, the oasis of Kurrawa, Wady el Feryab, and other interesting points. ie then crossed the Jordan about where, according to ancient writers, Pella should be situated; and he had the satisfaction of finding the ruins as first discovered by Irby and Mangles, whose statement and description—hitherto looked on as rather doubtful, he entirely corroborates. The region round Beizan, Mount Tabor, Nazareth, Nain and Endor, Sunen, Jezreel, and the Lake of of Tiberias, next claimed his attention. His design to extend his survey to the east of that lake was un happily frustrated by the wars then going on in those parts between the Druses and the Bedouins. He therefore followed the valley of the Jordan to the Haleh Lake and the sources of that river, after hav ing previously made another tour into Samaria. Again reaching Mount Lebanon, he ascended the peak Tomat-Niha, which affords a very magnificent view and a most valuable point for observation—the range of vision extending over the whole of Samaria. He then went across Lebanon and anti-Lebanon to Da mascus—returned from that place to Ccele-Syria— explored there tee sources of the Orontes, and mi nutely investigated the wonderful monuments in that region—and after surveying various other parts of Mount Lebanon, he made his way to Beirout on his return to Europe. During the whole of this extensive and laborious survey, Lieut. Van de Velde had withstood the dangers of the climate ; but on reaching the coast of Sidon he was attacked by fever, and would probably have fallen its victim, had he not at once determined on being carried into a boat and conveyed by sea to Beirout, where he went on board the steamer, which soon after bore him in health and safety to Trieste. The results of this undertaking are said to be of the utmost importance to the geography of the Holy Land. In addition to his surveys and scientific ob servations, M. Van de Velde has, we are informed, made no less than one hundred sketches of the most interesting points visited by him, of which very few have been seen before by any European. It is to be hoped that his labours will soon be laid before the public.—Athenamm. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. 11 ;TO Sm. 18. —This morning, at ten o'clock, the adjourned inquest on the body of Lambert Eaton, the engineer who was killed on the Bth inst. on the Bris tol and Exeter Railway at Creech, near Taunton, was resumed at the Taunton and Somerset County Hos pital, when, after hearing the additional evidence, the jury delivered the following verdict:— workin g Lambert Eaton, the driver of engine No. 20, day f September, expr ess tra i n d own , on Wednesday, the Bth - -ePtember, 1852, died on Monday, the 13th day September, 1852 , from injuries received by reason of the said engine, No. 20 getting o ff the line of the Bristol L and Exeter Rail wa y, near Creech St. Michael, near Taunton, and that there has not been any direct or satisfactory evidence to prove by what means such engine, No. 20, was thrown off the said line or occasioned the accident and death of the said Lambert Eaton. The jury unanimously recom mend the attention of the engineers of the Bristol and Exeter Railway to t he st ate of the substratum and packing of t hat por tion of the s a id railway leading f r om the western term in us of the invert. at C reec h S t . Michael. MEEXNCTHOAFNTLIE N EW ROYAL committee met on Wednesday l ast on GE. DISFIGURE objection taken to the alteration p ar _ the su bject bGjercetsoh walls. Th e committee was call e d t am sbe COMM shops in its external who is chairman e x tially made in this fine b uilding by bringing forward t h e properly suggested that the of f icio, and who had very at the instance of the Lord M a y or, Common Council, under discussed in the Court of Comm for Thursday Norris works should be suspended until t h e matter could be the notice of motion given by Mr. next. we have We have not been able to learn any of th e p articulars of the discussion in the committee, but ascer tained the result, which is, that the Gresham committee alter the have declined either to suspend the works or those been received with disappointment and regret by .. __, avowed determination. The report of this result has who feel an interest in the character of our natio nal buildings. To them it appears that the irregularity a nd want of uniformity (presuming that every sacrifice is to be m a d e to pecun i ary consi d era ti ons ) w i l l d o gre at dis honour to the city of London in the very centre of its Place of m os t conspicautis improvement ; and it i 3 belies, d that a p ower f u l e ff or t w ilt be de than hy thn Corporation to prevent the more contemplated mischief. It is reported that the contrast for Leis* alterations projected has been taken at huu"s,4ool., but th e re i s ever y reason t o b e li eve th a t tun will be much exceeded. It is also said that the money has been borrowed from the Bank of England at a very low rate of interest, and that the tenants who re quire tne alterations are to pay rents at the rate of 5 per cent, on the building. From this circumstance of the increased rents the great irregularity complained of ap parently arises. — ( m11 of the tenants wish that their shops should be brought forward, and are willing to pay the expenses which must attend the alterations. Others of the tenants object to such a proposition. The conse quence of this disagreement is, that out of twelve spaces on the south side of the Royal Exchange, eight are al tered and four remain in their original condition. At the south east corner two out of three have undergone alteration. At the east end two are now being altered, an d one is painted and finished as if uo change wore to CESAREWITCH. 18 to 1 agst Sharavogue—taken 20 to 1 agst Weathergege—taken 20 to 1 agst Lindrick 25 to 1 agst Alonzo 30 to 1 &gat Ilex CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 15 to 1 agst Koh i-noor 16 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 20 to 1 agst Convulsion—taken 25 to 1 agst Father Thames DERBY. 12 to 1 asst Orestes—taken 20 to 1 agst Cineas—taken 20 to 1 agst Umbriel—taken FRAN CE. Two telegraphic dispatches were received in Paris yesterday (Sunday) evening. The first, dated from Sr. Etienne, 11 o'clock A.M., announces. the departure of the Prince for Lyons by the railviay. The second dispatch is dated Lyons, 20 minutes past 4 o'clock. The Prince-President has just arrived, and experienced a reception described as still more ent,husiastic than that he had met in any other town he. had visited. " Vive rEmpereur !" " Vive Na• Pdeon 111 !" were the only cries uttered by the pop -I"ation and the troops. The new Municipal Council of Toulon, installed on the 13th, placed a credit of 100,000 f. at the disposal of the Mayor, for the reception of the President. Five battalions of infantry and two squadrons of hussars have been ordered to Marseilles for the pas sage of Louis Napoleon. The Droit Commun cites the following incident, during the stay of the President at Bourges : " The parish priest of Henrichmont, the senior mem ber of the, clergy of Bourges, now in his hundredth year, but who has preserved the use of nearly all his faculties , had caused himself to be carried to the Arch biahop,:ic, where, seated in an arm-chair, he attracted the node(' of the Prince, who addret.sed him with much kindness. The venerable clergyman said to him:— ' M onseigneur—Three of my parishioners are at Lam be`Jsa, in Algeria. Three families claim them with tears wad supplications. Although deluded, they are 113 y ••ehildren, for it was I w h o initiated them to th e religion of Jesus Christ, by the - holy biptism. They ar e m y, children, for I preAded at the mu:t important rites o; their life, and I now come to implore their pardon from your Highness, too happy, if, at the close of my ex !stence, I can'render that servi ce to men whose protector and father I still consider myself, uctwithstanding their fault." He then handed a petition to the Prince, who tic . c- , pted it, saying :—" Monsieur le Cur e,—You may be certain that your demand shall be taken into seri ous consideration, and that orders shall be given in consequence." Several other families of political offenders also implored and obtained their pardon. Amongst :hem is, a lady, a mother of a family, well known for ter excellent sentiments, at whose request the Pre sident granted her husband leave to return to his bonze. "the Moniteur publishes 50 addre=ses, voted by as many municipal councils of the department of the j'iiievre, which were presented to the President on his passage through Nevers. They all demand the re establishment cf the Empire in the person of Louis Napoleon and his descendants. SWF, DEN On the 9 , h the Governor of Gothenburg reported sevetal cases of supposed A..iatic cholera as having aPPEared about three miles from that place, which bad all ended fatally. Toe Government imme diately made preparations for establishing a quaran tine at Gotha-Elf, in case the disease should spread. The cases were supposed to be what is called sporadic cholera. RUSSIA. Die Emperor of RussiA, by decree dated the Bth, relieves General TEHERNYSCHEFF, on his demand, frrm the post of Minister of War, which he has held fr,r twenty-five years, and appoints Prince DALGO ucau, who was joined with him in the department, as his successor. The decree enacts that the General shall retain the presidency of the Council of the Empire. It also nominates Generals BERG and IG NATIEFF members of the Council of the Empire, and makes different promotions in the superior ranks of the Russian army. The Russian consul at Jassy recently communi cated to the Hospodar of Moldavia a decree approving of the mortgage bank just established in that place. Two years ago, Russia refused to sanction a similar bank because it had been got up under the auspices of the Prussian consul. A letter received in Paris from St. Petersburgb, of The GAI instant, states that the apostate Bishop of Smolensk° has sent a circular letter to the various members of the clergy be had induced to follow him i❑ his schism in the year 1839, announcing that he is determined to do penance in a convent until his death. He concludes by be:leechiog the clergy and the people whom he led away at that period to return to the 13:)som of the Catholic Church. The Russian Go vernment, having been informed of this circular, have aur,ounced that the Bishop insane, TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. This is certainly one of tie very best exhibitions in lbe metropolis, abounding, as it does, with such a multi tude of objects highly pleasing and intersting to the lisitor. Since the enlargement of the exhibi tion, many subjects of interest have been added. a nd at the same time greatly improved the v.hole 13 C e llTattee of the establishaient and given twofold interest to the various groups of figures by increase of *Pace, thereby displa)ing them to more advantage than formerly, when 11:1-37 were much too crowded toge tbei A • new interest, we may say, is here called fforth by the loss of she Great Duke, who is represented like lire, in the costume of en Erigiish reral ; and, if this figure al one constituted the whole of the exhib Hon, It would well repay the treuhle of a visit. In the first of the new mite of rooms are displayed a number of portraits, grf at personages, and among them we observed a splendid painting copied by Sir George II iy ter of the Queen, , by the kind permtssion of her Majesty, from the original, at Windsor Castle. executed by the stn& distingui.htd artist. ART IN THE CRY STAL P ALACE. has have received Information up to the 9 th instaet as from Mr. Owen Jones a nd Mr . Wyat., whocryataiPalacebeetn appointed by the directo rs of the ne w o collect illustrations of the art o f the continent. Th e travellers had reached Rome. The results of their jour ney appear hitherto to be highly successful. At Paris permission had been ohutincti to mould several of the fin , ,tat works in the Louvre, amongst others, the Great Yunrood, from Egypt. several of the best Venuses, sa d colossal statues by Jean Gouion, in all about 400 pieces, 130 of which will be above life size. Casts of the Ghi. berti Gates have also been secured, as well as of th e principal of Michael Angelo% figures in the Medici Chapel, at Florence, an important series of cinque cento ornamentals, and fine works of Lucca della Robbie, Donatello, &c. From the museums of Naples a most valuable collection has been obtained, and arrangements have been made to enable the Pompeian court to be so carried out as to pre sent a faithful transcript of that peculiar mode of con struction. To this end the services of the first painter officially attached to the excavations have been secured, who will bring to this country at the close of this year the re su lt of his studies made on the spot during the last twentytrao years ; every ornament will thus be painted from and Pisa wade on the walls of Pompeii. From Lucca several fine works of the Pisanos have been ve " e r l o r rL ecr and some interesting works of the Cinque Cento tall 1 rau,.. beets furnished by the Foreign-office have natu the' a "" eci e n t i , si of . great assistance in smoothing the way for of these treasures. As, however, they 'ldr't lirfttl'rettler Mr. Junes and Mr. Wyatt till after they oses no ne o'Di.the f o ll ow i ng p aragra ph f rom t h e Sii c l e sent being ta r en unwelceme force:—" Casts are at pre also of a certain number only of the great Sphynx, bnt 1 Greek, Roman, „ I d e? of the finest statues, Egyptian, gra French, the whole being destined to form part of a r.ew Crystal Palace, near to be formed in the London. Last year the French Government tou r e r application to the admi nistration of the British m ti oun a a n za , for leave to have casts taken of some Greek artisetnsta there, which would have been useful to monuments there , board at once refused. This year the Administration the Crystal Pa bc;:eunraeb.led to admire ap plication made to it by the founders °ll f accords the s P" Pa lace. The English will now soon in the French the casts of the finest pieces of sculp t museums." RACKETS.—EXTRAORDINARY EAgliAinztoctutArAzi of a very extraordinary character wa s played here T — h a ti ` r c , " day afternoon, at the Racket Mau lin..street, for 421., between Mr. o Jo ' hn Mitchell, the' Plfm of En g l an d, an d th e p r oprietor of the house, and a g e t V eman of Clifton, who is considered to be one of the best 'play ers i n the west of England. By the conditions of t h e match the champion was to have his wrists locked with a p a i r of figure o f Bh a dcuffs ; the winner of t he best th r ee g a mes (ot 15 each) out of five to be the winner At three o'clock, the hour fixed for commencing, the matter had proved 30 attractive that the galleries of the court were complet ely __ crowded with gent l emen of Clifton, Bath, and Bristol. After four very severely contested games on both sides, the chain pon winning the first, 00 , i in the third the game at 0.10 time being 14 all, th e amateur won, nod was greeted with loud applause by his friends. We understand that on Mon day next (this day) the Clifton gentleman means to play a match to decide the championship of the west of England with the present champion, \lr. Jefferies ; after which Mr. Mitchell, the champion of E ng l and, is to play them both, giving them 7 in each game, but, of course, with his hands free.—Bristol Journal. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Narnes of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of me dicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 1852 :—George Yates, Birmingham gtett. ; Henry J a mes Pranks, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire; Stephen Walmsley, l' taffe, Lancashire; Charles Roysto n , Harrow House, 84din LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 20 1 X 852• take place in it. At the east side only two are altered, and the whole of the north side remains untouched. We under=tand (hat several distinguished . for e i gners haw. bren lou:i in their cotel.emnaaon of the despicable .-ff)rt made to derive a profit from such a source, and that all argumentative means will be adopted to induce the Gresham committee to respcct the feelings anti opi• nions of the public. AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS. The letters received from the Australian colonies extend to the 19th of June inclusive. Rain bad been very abundant, which had greatly impeded the gold diggers, but these were again resuming operations w ith general success. In some cases the parties at work were realising very large sums. An instance i s mentioned of one man alone obtaining 72 ounces of gold in one day, and a party of four men had ob tained several splendid specimens at the Louisa Creek, one nugget alone weighed 157 ounces, and„the rest were also very valuable. The Meroo and its tribu taries had received a large accession to its popula- . tion, while large numbers of persons have flocked to the Stock Yards, Tamboroora Creek, Golden Gully, and Bald Hill, being attracted thither by the reports of their extraordinary richness. The water in the Turou was too high to admit of any reasonable prospect of successful operations in the bed claims of that river, and the diggers had left for other localities. A new field of great promise had been discovered about 50 miles west of Molong. The Braid wood diggings were flooded. The gold licences issued to the 31st of is last, for Sydney and Melbourne, amounted to 120,250/. Owing to the arrival of large remittances of specie from England the price of gold at Sydney had advanced considerably, and the latest price was 665. to 665. 6d. per ounce at Sydney, and 643. per ounce at Melbourne, with the prospect of a further advance. A very large amount of business had been transacted at these rates. The Money Market at both places was easier, and the banks had resumed advances on the deposit of gold. The shipments of gold from Sydney up to the sth June, amounted, at the rate of 653. per oz , to the sum of 1,464,6851., whilst from Melbourne the exports to the 22d of May only, had been to the extent of 32 tons 4 cwts. 2 qrs. 191bs. Boz., which, valued at 655. per ounce, is re turned at 2,328,908/. The value of the shipments from both places in the London market may be esti mated at 4,500,0001. The excitement in the trade at Sydney occasioned by the demand for goods suited to the Melbourne market had subsided, and it is now reported to be in a generally healthy state. Pro visions of all kinds continued in demand. Wool was quoted at ls. to Is. 4d. Hides and skins sold readily. Tallow had advanced to 25/. for beef, and 301. for mutton, with a good demand. Exchange was at 6i per cent. discount for Bank bills, and 8 per cent. for private bills. The intercourse between Sydney and Melbourne had considerably increased, and several steamers were plying regularly between the two ports. From Adelaide the accounts represent that colony to be quickly regaining its prosperity. The amount of gold received overland was very large, and steadily increasing. Property which bad been severely de pressed was recovering to something like its former value. The number of persons who had left the colony for the gold fields amounted to 18,000 souls. MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTE R ' At the Borough Court, Manchester, on Thursday, James Connor, an Irishman, was charged with ha vin g caused the death of Edward O'Brien. On Tuesday even ing, the prisoner, O'Brien and his wife, were drinking together at a beer-house, after which the deceased went to the Edinburgh Castle, in Henry-street, where be re mained until nearly twelve o'clock, and on going home he found that his wife had not returned. In . the morn ing, as she had absented herself during the whole of the night, he went in quest of her, when ho mether with the prisoner. Upon this he commenced chastising her, and the prisoner interfering, a fight was the result. After this he and his wife went home, but going ou . t again be tween ten and eleven o'clock be met the prisoner, and another scuffle took place. In this contest both the men fell, and O'Brien being the undermost, his head came in violent contact with the kerbstone , by which he received such injuries that he was oblig ed to b e carried into his own house. He remained there until about five o'clock in the afternoon, when be was conveyed to the infirmary in a state of insensibility, where he died about eleven o'clock the same evening. There were very slight external appearances of injury on the de ceased, but , he had a laceration:of the scalp, and was bleeding from the nose and ears. Yesterday O'Connor was again examined, O'Connor's wife being joined with him in the charge, and both were committed for trial at the assizes ; the wife, because she was the cause of the fight and joined in it. The cause of death was marked by a laceration on the right side of the base of the skull, and a largo quantity of blood extravasated beneath the fracture and over the general surface of the brain. This was caused by the blows the, deceased had received and the fall. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 18. (13tiore Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN RICHARD DOIDGE. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Duncan on be half of the detaioing creditor, Miss Perry ; and Mr. Cooke supported. The insolvent had been a farmer, occupying some 70 acres of land, at Fords, near Tavistock. The op posing creditor resided in the same neighbourhood, and in consequence of some imputations cast upon her by the insolvent's wife in conversation with a female friend, s he brought an action for slander, w hich was tried i n March last, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff, with 251. damages. The costs were taxed at 2471. 35., but were subsequently increased by 251. in consequence of an application on the part of the defendant for a new trial, which was refused. Immediately after the trial the insolvent's property was sold off, and he himself came to London, where he was arrested. Upon the part of the insolvent it was urged that in con s e quence of his omitting to plead justification he was unable to call a number of witnesses, whose evi dence would have produced a different verdict. Himself andexamined upon the plea of the l he were tthe pl a i n tiff was not called as a vi a 501. had been offered but re fused by the creditor. at his issue,wife An cfler itness. Mr. Commissioner Law thought the case was clear, that a verdict for dam ages h av i ng b een o bt a i n ed, the insolvent availed himself of the interval pending the argument for a new trial to get rid of all his property in order to defeat the judgment of the plaintiff. If the case was pressed there must be a lengthened re mand upon both grounds—the damages in the action and a making away with property. It would be very t ne h t e n adjourned. arrangement to be effected, mustother wise be a severe one. advisableThtebces judgment some d r wg s maol POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Lionel H. 7 hompson, of 1, Riches-court, Lime street, agent t o th e s hi p S ou th S ea , was su mmoned before the Lord Mayor by Frederick Parker for breach of contract. Tae decision upon the case will, operate in a great number of instances conne cted with em i grat i on to A us t ra lia. i t is m believed,e.o bie r attended for the defendant. The summons s t a t e d th a t Mr. Parker contracted with the defendant, as the agent of the South Sea, on a voyage to Port Philip, and that the former, having been at the place of embarkation on the 15th of Sept., at the hour appointed, and having paid the sum of 141,the passa ge money, paya bl e un d er suc h con t rac t previously to e m b ar k a ti on , by the neglect of the latter did not o bt a i n a passage in the said s hip, no r did he in 48 hours from the expiration of that day procure a passage in any other equally eligible ship; by reason whereof the plaintiff was entitled, by the Passengers Act, to the aforesaid sum of 141, and such other sum, not excee di ng 101. for the l o ss a nd incon venience sustain e d by him, as the Lord Mayor might consider just and necessary. Mr. Nobler sa id h i s c li en t was , upon hi s recom mendation, annoyance to which he bad been subjected to Mr. willing to return the money, and to make compensation to Mr. Parker for the inconvenience sustained by th a t gent l eman , who certainly owed the Baines, of Li verpoo l, w h ose a gent in the business Mr. Thompson was. Mr. Parker declared that Mr. Thompson was not agent to M r . B a i nes, f or t h e l a tt e r repudiated the con• ilexion altogether upon being applied to to carry out the contract. Mr. Hobler—l have a letter from Mr. Baines, of the 15th inst., which shows the agency, and I have receipts of Mr. Baines for large sums of money which my client has tran sm itted to him for passages to Aus tralia. Th ese must b e conc l us i ve . Mr. Park er —l was i n f orme d a t Mr. Baines' offices in Liverpool, when I went there to join the vessel, that Mr. Th ompson h a d no au th or ity w hatever to engage passengers for that house. I am not at all disposed to compound the case. I have been treated with the greatest possible insolence at Mr. Thomp son's offices upon going there for an explanation, and I apply now to the Lord Mayor for his decision, which will probably guide many other cases of the same description. Mr. Hobler—Very well ; go into your case. Mr. Parker was then sworn. lle said—l am a master mariner. I entered into a contract on the Ist of September at the defendant's office. The following is the memorandum : " 1, Riches -court, Lime-street, City, London Ist September, 1852. " Memorandum, " That we have received from Mr. Frederick Parker the sum of 141. as passage to Port Phillip in the ship sailing on the 15th of September. Name of the ship, with embarkation order, to be forwarded to Ashstead lodge, Ashstead, Surrey. " For Thompson, Brothers, " G. SHOTTER." I paid Mr. Shotter the money. When I went to Li verpool I found that the ship in which I received no tice I was to sail was in the graving dock on her beam ends, and that it was impossible she could sail on the 15th inst., the day appointed. Here the em barkation order was put in. It stated— " No. 1,111. " Mr. Frederick has paid the sum of 141. for passage money p ship South Sea, Captain Brett, bound for Port Puilip ; the balance not being paid, none can embark. " For Thompson, Brothers. B. U. WILLMOTT." I was at the place of embarkation on the 15th. Upon my return Mr. Thompson acknowledged the con tract, and said that Mr. Baines ought to have received me es a passenger. He also offered me a compromise, but I objected to have the business settled in that wa y. No other vessel was found for me forty-eight hours after the refusal to receive me as a passenger on board the South Sea. Cross-examined by Mr. Hobler—l saw Mr. Shotter in Mr. Thompson's office, who called me a liar, and used other most abusive language. Mr. Hobler—Did Mr. Baines say that Mr. Thomp son was not his agent for the vessel ? Witness— There were some persons who appeared to be in autho rity in Mr. Baines's offices who said so, and who ap peared to be very angry at the transaction. Mr. Ilobler, in order to show that Mr. Thompson was perfectly justified in stating that he was agent to Messrs. Baines as to the ship South Sea, begged that the Lord Mayor would read the following com munication : " Liverpool, Sept. 13, 1852. ;6 mesas. Thompso❑ Brothers, 1, Riches•court, Lime- street, Lond on . " Gentlemen, —We are in receipt of your telegraphic message, and will take the 15 passengers per South Sea, to sail in all the month of September. Please let us have full up ,M BRINES naMeS, ages, &C., with amounts paid.— JAESBRINESs and Co. per J. Call." " Liverpool, Sept. 10, 1852. Messrs. Yours Thompson Brothers, 1, Riches-court, Lime- o:r r t e i s. s c p u T l c a h t r o f s ue rn, l o,pl street, London. " an d h a ve communic ate d th e con t en ts to Cap- Gentlemen. --We are in receipt ofyour letter of yester day's South Sea, for whom we a date, He wishes us to request you to state what num ber and what c l as s passe n g ers y o u can give, and if we like the terms we shall berth them on tarienol3nrlyetat,c acting owner as ag en of ts. th e 8 and C receipt of We are, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, as well as to the passengers for Co., per J. Call. " P.S. The South Sea will sail in all this month." The course pursued by Mr. Thompson was as direct 1311"5 ‘ g :ei ni AM on E e S y :INE a course as could be adopted towards those to whom he acted as agent, whom he provided berths, and, although the blame in the present instance lay with those who had refused the passage upon th e a pp lication of the co mplainant at Liverpool, he was willin g to act a t on ce upon the suggestion of the Lor d Ma y or, who woul d , no doubt, take into consideratio n the fact that the defen dant was in the habit of paying c onsiderable sum s o f money for the passengers he intr oduced. The Loan w with respect to the agencyp on the part of Mr. Thompson, althoug h there were circu mstances in hicb MAYOR was s t a said ted to that, exist u the case calculated to show that agency was implied, there certainly was no direct agency existing. The 32d section of the Act said, " If any Passenger, or person acting on his behalf, shall have contracted with the owner, charterer, or master of any ship, whether a passenger ship or otherwise, or with any person acting on behalf of such owner, charterer, or master for a passage for such passenger," the obli gation lay upon any on e of these persons to g i ve satisfaction. Now, it was quite evident that the complainant stood in the position of an equitable claimant in the case. W. Parker having then intimated that the sum o f 7/. 10s. would satisfy him for the inconvenience to which he was put by the disappointment. The LORD MAYOR ordered that Mr. Thompson should return to the complainant the passage.money, amounting to 141., and 71. 10s. for expenses and costs. The money was paid. I WE S TMINSTER. Robert Burnell, a fellow sixty years of age, who has been before convicted of a conspiracy to defraud, and who is also stated to be a returned transport, was charged with the following infamous mode of extor tion : —On the 30th of June last the prisoner went to Mrs. Ann Edwards, a respectable lone woman, li v i ng at 17, Moetpdier-row, Brompton, and stated that he had an indictment against her for keeping a disorderly house. She expressed her surprise and denied that there was anything disorderly in her house, but he declared that it was one, that proceedings had been instituted in consequence of a complaint of Mr. Har ness, a clergyman, by the direction of the Society for the Protection of Females, of which he (prisoner) was an officer, and showed her a piper which he said was the indictment. She repeated that she did not keep a bad house and she would immediately go to Mr. Harness on the subject, but be assured her that would be of no use, as her neighbours had been there before her, and Mr. Harness would not bear a word she had k to say. Prisoner said he ; was the principal agent in the matter, everything went through his hands, he could get her put in prison for two years, turned out of her heuse, and exposed in all the newspapers. He said shs , had women living in the house; to which she replied she had two, but they were quiet, hard working women, one of whom went out charing and had lodged with her three years, and the other a poor needlewoman who had been with her a year and a half. Prisoner said it did not matter, it all came under the Act, and pulling out an old Act of Parlia ment, read a part of it to show how she could be punished. He then offered to stop the proceedings if she would give him money, and she, not knowing what to:do, and having no one at hand to advise her, gave him a sovereign out of the amount she had saved to pay her rent, and promised him a little more in the course of a few days. On the 6th of July he called again, when she placed half-a-sovereign before him, for which she had pawned something, and told him that she had got rid of her lodgers, and that for the future, to prevent getting into trouble, she would have none but men in the house, upon which the prisoner, alter pocketing the half-sovereign, said he had not meant her to turn her lodgers away ; could she not get them back ? and if she could not he would send her some women. She declined, after the trouble she had got into, having anything more to do with women, when he assured her that she need not be afraid; nobody would do anything against her without the society and he would take care of her interest in that respect. He made several other applications to her for money, as he said, for other of the society's officers who had been watching her house ; but as her brother had come to town, and she bad his advice, she resisted all further demands. A witness was called who saw the last half-sovereign given to the prisoner. Mr. Henry Joseph Newman, secretary to the So ciety for the Protection of Females, proved that the prisoner was unknown to the society. The accused, who said he should reserve his de fence, was committed for trial. barge and boat builder. Roof damaged by water and breakage. Not insured. "No. 6 in the sline street. Mr. Newbold, licensed victualler and proprietor of the India-house Tavern. Ffent of premises severely damaged and scorched, and considerable damage to contents by water and re moval. Insured in the Monarch fire-office. "No. 395 in the street. Mr. Fisher granary keeper. Roof damaged by fire, and stock by water. Insurance unknown. T ' hep olice, under Mr. Superintendent Haynes and Inspectors Townsend and Bamford, rendered great assistance by keeping a crowd of some thousand per sons out of danger. BALLOON NAVIGATION. The Constitutionnel has the following from Bag ares-de-Luchon, dated the 10th :—Whilst the jour nals have been recording unsuccessful attempts to navigate with balloons, we have witnessed here a fact proving that the impossibility of navigatin in the air is not absolute, and that with genius and persever ance we may arrive at the desired result. Yester day the inhabitants of Luchon and the numerous visitors were invited to the Prado, on the banks of the Pique, to witness the experiment. The intrepid aeronaut, who was to make it at the risk of his life, is a man of about 3d years of age, named Antonio Moles, and resides in the small town of Barbastro, in Arragon, not far from our frontier. In the meadow of the Prado was a platform, on which his apparatus was placed. It consisted of a babooon of an ovoid shape, inflated with hydrogen gas, of merely sufficient size to support his weight, and that of the articles he had with him, and at the same time to have an ascentional power. To the network of the balloon was supended a small table, on which Molei lay on his, belly, his back being also secured to the network. To each of his legs between the knee and the instep was attached a kind of umbrella, acting freely on their sticks, and the silk of which was turned outwards. In each hand was a sort of hand-screen of silk, opening with hinges, and expand ing or contracting at will. A rope from the valve of the balloon was placed round his neck, and round his body was a belt containing sand, and about six or seven pounds of shot as ballast. When the signal for letting go was made, the balloon rose gently to a height of about 200 yards. The areonaut then began to make use of his means of impulsion. His legs were alter nately crossed, and then put out at full length, the first motion clo,ing, the second opening the umbrella, giv ing a point d'appui upon a large surface of compressed air, and causing the balloon to advance, whilst the arms were moving in the same direction. The atmosphere being at this time calm the aeronaut found no difficulty in directing himself in a direct line on the axis of the valley towards the north, and the speed appeared to increase progressively as the apparatus worked better. We saw him in a short time stop at the turning of the Cier du Luchon, and return to wards us with the same rapidity ; half an hour sufficed for him to perform a distance of 18 kilometres (about 11 miles) going and returning. When he found himself over our heads he performed the movement of turning, but rather slowly, as he wished to turn very short round, it would have been very easy for him to have made a long turn, by using his legs like a swimmer when he wishes to turn to the right or to the left. It was thus that he made the tour of the basin of Luchon in 18 minutes, passing over the villages of St. Mamet, Montauban, Jazet, Antignac, and Moustagon, and, returning to his starting point, he came to the ground slowly in the same meadow from whence he had risen. It is more easy to conceive than express the enthusiasm and excitement of the crowd of persons who had assembled. The aeronaut was conducted in triumph to his residence, and he has announced a second ascent for Sunday next. It is to be hoped that there will then be a little wind, in order to ascertain whether that will not prove an insurmountable obstacle. Antonio Moles has assured us that he has the means of overcoming any diffi culty of that sort, as readily as the best vessel on the ocean. TOTNES.—SHOCKING ACCIDENT. — Soon after the Passin g of the 6.35 up mail on Wednesday evening, and be. fore the arrival of the 6.5 down train, the switchman en duty at Totnea station found a man lying across the rails, with his hat knocked off, and with his head and face very much cut.. He was groaning, and to all appearance in a dying atate. The porters were called away from the station to procure medical assistance, and to convey the body on a shutter to Coombe's Railway Hotel, near the station, the served ahequwart w as smoking of an train being det a i ned during the time. The man was ob whichanhde h a our pi p pe r ; eviously, very much intoxi cated;wimams eodridaetreelyd left by the porter to put it o u t, after platform, and was not again seen till discovered on the line. It is supposed that he had fallen over the parapet of the bridge which crosses the railway. A medical man soon arrived, who examined his head, and found one of his eyes had been knocked out, and his forehead and face severely cut. It is thought that there is not th e s li ghtest chance of his recovery. It is also thought th at he left Plymouth in great coat, dark trousers and waist the morning by the excursion train and was intending to Ile was a poor man, and was and about 30 years of age.—Plymouth Journal. coat, was thin, LIEUT.-GENERAL LOFTII9.—The death as cornet, August, DEATH OF r Colonel of' the 50th Regiment, has of this gallant office return dress ed i inn a the long n g evening. brown captain, 1804'; major, 1799 ; became lieutenan t , _ 813 ; colonel, 1830; lieut.-general,major-gene at the last promotion, and was been 1807; rieipeuotretencal.nt. ral, 1841 ; and :y of the 50th, April 11, 1851. appointed to the "Inneservedc with the 2d battalion of the J e C l ilv ti , 3 lBC a O r T y , Major-General Loftus s He int . employed in the Peninsula, and 38th during the time it wa „ tau°, retreat to the lines of was present at the battle of 1 3 it of Massena, storming of colonel 1 of the sth division 13 adajoz—commanded the detachment d -P nt St. Christoval, Torres Vedras, advance in pursu it of the Guadiana, and to and the other forts on the right ban k d battle of Salamanca, which took possession of the Tete- e 0 , . which General Philliron surrendere d ; treat from thence, action at Villa M ur i e l , an d ot h er m i n or affairs. lle has capture of Madrid—commanded th e light troops of the sth division upon th e a d vance t o Burgos, re re ceived the war medal with three clasps for Bastin°, Fuentes d'Onor, Badajoz, and Salamanca. ~.... _,... ......_.— - -- NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. We have news from Malta to the 13:h inst., brought to Marseilles by the Banshee, 3, steam-packet, Lieut. Commander liesken. The commander in chief, near Admiral Deans Dandas, C. 8., with his fleet, had pro ceeded to Vourla, where he will remai❑ about a fortnight and will then go to Athens, Corfu, &c. The following is our correspondent's letter:— " The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, with the hotneward India mail, is just now tele graphed, and the Banshee is making ready to proceed to Since my last Rear Admiral Dundas, C. 8., the commander in chief, with the fleet under his command, has made his appearance off the mouth of the harbour, but did not come in. Captain Carter, the new flag captain, who was waiting here for the arrival of the Britannia flag-ship, has joined. On the apperrance Ff the fleet the steamers Terrible, 21, Captain Hope, C. 8.; and Fury 6, Commander Tathan; and the frigate I'iiaeton, 50, Captain Elliot, left port to meet him; Firebrand, 6, steam-frigato, Captain Codd, having pre ceded them. When off the port, Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Com mander G. Parker, from Tunis, arrived with dispatches, the purport of which was that she Bey being danger ously sick, and not expected to live, the French felt dis posed to dispute the succession. A line•of-battle ship, Ville do Paris, 120, or the Valmy, Roar-Admiral Jacquinot, with two steamers, Mogador and Grondeur, were lying there. After repairing Spiteful has been again dispatched to Tunis, whence she will rejoin the Admiral. " Indefatigable frigate, 50, Captain Smart, K,H., has gone to Lisbon, and the Terrible to England. Before leaving both vessels were inspected by Rear-Admiral Harvey, and both exercised their 68 pounders on the occasion. The Admiral was much pleased with the result. " Terrible was detained a few hours, to bury Richard Short, one of her crew, a young man of 24, who, acci dentally falling from the mainyard was killed imme diately. " Tiger steam frigate, Captain Giffard, has reached this port from England, and has since proceeded to join the Admiral. She surprised a great many, who con siderod her a slow boat, by the great rapidity with which she came in, nearly as fast as Banshee or Caradoc. " Modesto, 14, Commander Lord W. Compton, has arrived at Smyrna from Constantinople; and Spitfire, surveying -vessel, Commander Spratt, has left Smyrna fur Candia. _ _ " A court martial is, I am informed, ordered to as semble on the return of the Admiral, to try Lieutenant Newcomen, of thJ Trafalgar, on certain charges." THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO LIEUT. SCOTT REEVES, R.M.A.—The body of the unfortunate officer of the Royal Marine Artillery, Mr. Walter Scott Reeves, who was drowned on the 9th,,instant, while proceeding by himself in a small sailing-boat to the Isle of Wight, was picked up floating off Cowes, on Friday last. A sergeant and party went over with a shell on Saturday, to bring the body over to the Marine Artillery Hospital. An inquest will be held on Monday (this day). Cornwallis, old 72, fitting at Devonport, is progress ing as fast as can be be expected with the hands on her, a largo number of men being absent on duty at Pem broke. Her lower rigging is on, all three topmasts are pointed, and her bowsprit is fitted. Another week and her rigging will be complete. Her other fitments are getting on favourably. Dauntless, 33, screw steam frigate, Captain Halsted, got up steam on Saturday afternoon, and proceeded to Spithead, took in her powder, &c., and will sail this day, it is reported, for the West Indies, although many of her officers must be left behind to attend a court martial on some drunken marines. Fanny, yacht, returned into harbour yesterday after. noon from Pembroke. Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captai❑ Jones, and Ante lope, steam vessel, were at Gibraltar when the Growler left. The Growler has brought home invalids from Malta only, those at Gibraltar are to come home in the Terrible. Highflyer, 21. screw-corvette, Captain Matson, wen, out of Portsmouth Harbour on Saturday afternoon to Spithead, where she took in her powder and live shells. She sailed yesterday morning for Jamaica, calling at Plymouth. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—The Barracouta, 6, paddle steam-sloop, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, arrived at Spithead at nine o'clock last night, from Madeira and Lisbon. She left the former place on the Bth instant, and the latter on Tuesday last. She brings the intelligence that the grape crop in the island of Madeira is quite destroyed, and it is feared the vines are much injured. Much distress already prevails on this account. The Duchess of Braganza arrived at Ma deira on the 23ih ult., and landed on the 29th under royal salutes from the forts, and ships present of the English, American, and Portuguese squadrons. Tho Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, is left at Madeira. Exchange 501 per milrei. The Archer screw steam-sloop was the only British man-of-war at Lisbon, Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron having sailed on Sunday, the sth. The Bar racouta encountered a severe gale in the Bay of Biscay, of twenty-four hours' duration on her passage home, or sho would have made the quickest passage on record. She ran from Spithead to Madeira in 103 hours. Off that island, on Sunday, the sth, she signalled an Eng lish barqu e, whose first distinguishing pendant was f°1,430 (Cairo), standing to the southward, and on Friday, the 10th, signalled the English barque whose first distinguishing pendant is " 3,247," in lat. 36 47, long. 12 18. She has brought dispatches for the Fo reign-office, and letter bags from her Majesty's ship Retribution, Archer, Rear-Admiral Corry, and the Royal mail steam-packet Severn. She comes into harbour to-morrow to coal, and then proceeds to Sheerness to rejoin the steam reserve. The Growler, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Stoddart, arrived at Spithead at ten o'clock this morning, from the Mediterranean. She sailed from Malta on the 6th, the fleet of Rear-Admiral Dundas then being off Gibraltar. The Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, 1i.11., was in port and was to leave the day after the Growler, on the 7th, for Lisbon. The Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, Cap tain James Hope, was to leave on the Wednesday after the Growler (from Malta), for England. The Growler arrived at Gibraltar on Sunday last, coaled, and left on Monday at five P.M., for Spithead. The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, arrived from Tetuan (where she had been for water), as the Growler was leaving the Rock; and she was going on to Malta or elsewhere, to join Rear-Admiral Dundas's squadron forthwith. The Resistance troop-ship, Master-Com mander Bradshaw, was at anchor at Gibraltar, about to sail for Malta in a day or two. The Growler has brought home Lieutenant Power, of the Britannia, appointed flag-lieutenant to Vice-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore; Mr. Wither, midship man; and numerous invalids from the Mediterranean squadron. She has been in commission since the 6th of July, 1849, but the only wardroom officers who have now come home in her, appointed on her commission, are Commander Stoddart, First-Lieutenant Marten, Dr. Charlton, the surgeon, and Mr. Grant, the purser. She had strong southerly gales all tho way home. The Meander, 44, Commodore Talbot, sailed from Spithead this afternoon, at two o'clock, for the Cape of Good Hope. The Vernon Indiaman was to have shipped the heavy baggage of Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick Fitz• clarence, G.C.H., yesterday, from the Echo steam-tug, for Bombay. His Lordship leaves for his Bombay com mand by the next overland mail, via Marseilles. It was blowing very strong when the Echo went out with the baggage, and in getting alongside the Vernon she fouled her and did her some damage, which she must come into dock to-morrow to repair. The Echo also sus tained some injury, and was unable, from the roughness of the weather, to put the baggage on board the Vernon. SHRERNESS, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty's iron screw steam troop-ship Megiera, Commander John Johnson, has taken her coals on board, and on the alterations in her internal arrangements, suggested by the late survey, being completed, will proceed to Woolwich to receive stores and embark troops. She is a few petty officers and seamen short of her complement. A lieutenant be longing to her has been sent to Plymouth to raise the required number to complete her crew. Her Majesty's brig Bittern, 12, Commander Vansit tart, is all ataunt in the fitting basin. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Miranda, 14, had her lower mans taken out ou Friday, and is forthwith to be rigged with her proper masts and spars. Her Majesty's screw steam lino-of-battle-ship Aga memnon, 90, when completed by the engineers at Wool wich, is to be sent here for the purposn of being fitted for service. Her sails have been for some time past in process of making at this dockyard. She will spread more canvass, we are informed, than any vessel of the navy at present afloat. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-sloop Barracouta, Captain the lion. S. T. Carnegie comn-uuding pro. tem., is daily expected from Madeira. Some seamen belonging to the Horatio screw steam guard-ship were sent yesterday to Melville Hospital, Chatham, for medical treatment. Her Maje s ty' s s hip H e rcules, Commander Baynton,iff to embark a s e rgeant, corporal, drummer, andl7men privates of the Royal Marines, who are to be selecte d t ram of geed character, fitted for the servic e which the Hercules is to be employ ed— emigrant s that of conveying . to Australia. It is uncertain whether this ship will, a s originally intended, proceed to the East it is doubtful whether the entrance ilsd b ledi sufficientlya Docks, ock la s, rd a e s may then either to admit her. I b f u th fi i t s te d d i s for the e h m o i u gr ts e % a e t h niooriug e 3 r t would fi er involve to ud the rn n t a dditional h e ship, iu the Tham es, ex pease of ta k ing he fitted at one of the public establi-h -f the Australian .Land and the w hi c h a It is l'jmt gration Commissioners.,t hought ,.a so, she will m sh :ti m ts a a y t 'ititl.°37.excpcnso 0 ob tain her cargo of timber from S . rain River. Hands are entering for her daily, and she is progressing fast in her rigging and general fittings. The riggers of the yard WO working on her. The Daring, 12, Commander Nepier, fitting at Chat ham, has her topmasts and will be ready to go down the river the latter end of the month. The day following the public announcement of the de cease of the Duke of WeL l iugton the flags on board the Nore, Mouse, Maplin, Middle and Sunk Lig ht veast:Jo-, as &Iso these in the Prince's Channel, were lowered to half-Least, by direction of the Trinity Board, of which his Grace was an Eller Brother. THE COUNTRY IVIARIOcn'S LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 18.—No change in prices to-do ANCHESTER, SEPT. 18.—The trade has underg ittle oLe M or no change during the week, a moderate consume' five demand having been experienced for most articles at prices scarcely varying from those previously cur crent. Of oatmeal from Ireland, as also of wheat, Indian orn, and flour from abroad, the arrivals are to a tolerabom ly flit, amount, but only moderate of other produce fr 2'l sources. At our market this morning no alteration was apparent in the value of wheat. Flour being in eland l, moderate request barely supported late rates. Oats oatmeal in fair demand at the currency of this day se'nnight. NOTTINGHAM, SEPT. 18•—Yesterday, at Dorby, there was a very plow trade in wheat, at late rates, and no in quiry for other things. Wheat, red, 403 to 449; neW, 33s to 425; white, 46s to 43s per 36 stone. Barl'Y' grinding, 29s to 335 per imperial measure; grinding! 27s to 303 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 223 to 253 per _4,. stone; new, 20s to 234. Beans, old, 36s to 39s per :I_,, stone. Flour 30s to 31s; superior, 33s to 344 per ,u. ;Anne. We have had a good supply of new and old ir3: at Nottingham market to day, and the prices of111i: week were fully supported A few samples of Ir. barley wore uff,r,ng, at from 273 to 32s per uart t Oat end beans mointaitud their value. The Price...... 11 prices of grain and 11 nu. in this inarlcot are as ollow4.1) Wheat, old white, 46a to 48s per 36 s one; new, 383,.i. 455; red, old, 40s to 435; new, 373 to 403. Berley,o!°, grinding, 25.3 to 26s per 30 store'. Oats, Old, 215 to per 24 stone; ew, 19s to 225; foreign, 19s (, 34'; n;!. Beans, old, 35a n to 38, per 38 stone; foreign, 333 Egyptian, 31s to 325. Flour, su;,erior, 333 to 355 Pe 20 stone; fine, 29s to 31s. ed b 1 At Ipswich wheat was considered a little iraPrcl , s, the fine weather, and good samples upheld late rascieir New barley, though slightly deteriorated in colour, .6,5 in better condition, but did not command a very bri * sale. same' At Bury wheat and barley were (Pwied thedesr II thougkimproved by the weather; old beans were tolcd and one sample of new in tolerable condition, rc ris 0 33s per quarter. Some new tares sold at .sbsar6ideysas 6 bushel. At Stowmarkot wheat was Is lower, dull siaslA:p).EtetrWlq,huoouardrtsbedrrai.dyg: barley was ls lower; advanced peas, for which there was a good demand, both wheat came to hand in a very tate; e°' at Bishop's Storfitnfoords,oSdOrrlderyofs tAh.: inice:cl wheat declined 15; for peas the quotation was au' 401bs per bushel ; oats (. new), 178 6d to ls. Aistanalw. SEPT. 17 —Gr • —Oats 158 0 but beans and 16, 04 ant buaber , bushel; barley, 21s Od to 23s Od, 521bs per sto 415; albre,a9ta,, ,:ocbjeOndit;, hear, 21s Od to 23s Od, 521bsper bushel; wheat, reddt4'l4°,ll:P:3-: ditto, white 40a to 4.15, 621bs er bushel; oatmeal,l2B6ol ~eet, ot tallow,i 9tdo; 6d per boll ; flour, 31s to 3:35") Od per sathcilc. t Psro°dlvisionr-toP, 61 5d to 7d permutton, ditto, 5d to 7d; veal, ditty +7d ; 6dppoe;rrk ,ss at plornenreo,nl b,3,3p4eordd tiotbo, 630ciss; 60(11 da ;m bn to,o wpter lb. d r /welt, to Os Od ;grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butterPs,°;pteahrwes' ,riper peed 61 eggs, per doz, 7d to 8d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to 030"4,,d0., per pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens, ditto, os Od to 2s 6d; de' air,l.i 2s 6d to 3s ; ducklings, ditto, 23 to 29 6-d ; turkeys, Per P.oeot to 830 d; geese, ditto, 7. to 86; butter for exportatin,(Pilen,s,l cure), per cwt, 71s to 725; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, I.llba to Od; 41b loaf, 6d • 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per store 0k large Os Od to Os Od; pork', fine small, 5s -6d to os Od ; per ic, 03. 3_3_ 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, ari°lto 94; pseleaasel—meoaai,tmisea,l,d tlos 238 d odto; Issido4dotdbtaorle6yd ;dust! iis 41 bereole,t'orley to is 5d ; flour, Is 8d to is 9d; barley, per lb, lid to 2a• &rye, Is 5d to la . rar bliheis DALKIITH .Sari. 10.—The relative weight per .0 _..i 15173 t 31b. fthe three prices of wheat were 18st 61b, 17st 121 h 3' 16st 41131 Oats. 12st 101 b, 12st 5113 and lOst 131 h BarleYt ' t QIN 15st 51b, and 14st 121 b. Peas and beans. 188 t 131 b• °ll and Oat Olbs. interior' ° Best. Current. Qrs. v,i 428 Wheat ... 904 Oats Z2 8 0 k:2 10 4 —6 16 ° 13 4 i 1 -1 0 7e9 Barley lB 0 13 G t; 0 0 2 Peas and Beans 1 14 0 0 o 0 Average of wheat ........••• 406 Oid. CORK SEPT. 17. • War The favourable weather'has had the effect of ni roc !lig the supplies of grain to our market, and of ill pro ing its condition, especially that of wheat, * largii,ses' portion of which is brought in in a dry and de is es' coned state. For all descriptions a good demsah wilt perienced, and wheat at this moraine's this I,',,ri;b, fully ad to Is per barrel over the rates of this day se 'ci ,0 Barley was the turn in favour of the seller; an ,itioa both white and black after a good deal of ibleji-0 3d through the week were bought at a decline of 2u..,beat per barrel on that period. The trade in foreign topi thoasthbec,ewnancthaorfawctaetreirsedhabvyinggrebartouqguhiettuaidaerieywoircg Pejeourr the vino try mills to a stand still. folders notwithstanding e oed no disposition to give way in their pretensiorlo•diao prices mey accordingly be noted as last given. I,,,tter corn in the absence of arrivals has been in rather Li 109, demand, and it has decidedly improved by 2 'rb©d 6d Perot which has bzed some extent. cd fbe trade remainseen in the same state as last note wl!: de. exception of an increased demand for the oars° seri ptions. tirrrels. c error ; Od---" op, `VI 8., White wheat 20s Od to 21s 6cl Os Red wheat ...18s Od to 19. Od a,...20 do 104 Ditto l9s Od to 19a 6dl- 19s ~L• 136 Ditto .l9a Cd to 219 1id145 Barley 9s Od to Ils 6d iOO do Ditto lls 6d to lls Bd} lls Se' 81 Ditto 097 DDiittttoo .... Its 8d to 12s Od Oas 93 Bere... .. ..- 9s 6d to 10a 6d Od C 69 Oats 7l 9d to 8s 3d 88 4d—.o de 8s 4d to 9s 9dOd 3Ob arrP ieglss Q whiteu ln iwt yOh wheat tld;oa6dt Highestrttehode;oo2s6 barley Oa rd l epy ;r i oc2eo6ss : beretric:ostisi 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last pig,we 0, Wheat, 1,824. Barley, 0. Bere, 979. Oats, 7,173. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. cURSINCY• 68i First quality .. 49 Second quality Third quality ... 67s Third quality ............. 65; Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Retpuirgns,o4f4Csa.ttle sold Sixth qetniadlicointygw.s.s•e:pl.6..‘:lll.4: 0, ,j; Cohx.—Flour—First 121 6d, to 13s 6d ; 31'.. t ch r.f seconds,' Is to 12s Od; households 98 to 1016(1; thirds' ',."!-°4110.' cwt. Oatmeal 10a 3d to 10a 6d ; Indian meal 7,3 d to is of;- too, 2tiNvooeou.wr•saoe;loeeroratl oe dealers dO s Od pero O 0 ton.s ; averageos Bread—Wheaten per to n. meal,r 9s6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 710. to 71530 e per ,e rog° gran 771116 d to 808 r ton. Ilay—Farmers 1780 d to 28,01eerver, s4sB4h,:feoprFifth quality ........... ... 370 to 21. Od; average 15a; dealers 00e Od to "", pd; household loaf 5d to Od per 41b. Fresh Sietbrausiwatiedr:'l°9o6ll6ol9l 10d e —Beef 4id t°oEdggs 12s 6d ;7d ;Lyindnuetytonlsss;d toLand6oirde; 00:Lih„, 1::40' per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 40s l''' 1113/C 40 Od to 4s 2d per hundred. 'OllOO Whisky, 25 o. p., 5,9 d • . l gallon. 4d to per imperial 7d •, pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d. , sausag s Per -re toll' 818. k to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slats; 2/175 tide 031 Os _r woe', Bark red red 7/ to 8/ 10s per ton. Fleece wool 16s to 00s Via, rod Hemp 29/ to 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 16s to ,/i per ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ os tO 'yeiloif ton..itto Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 31 5° 'Hiclegl per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 10°- if AO Market 20, to 28s; salted 216 30a per to ; calf iiilo) to eta; P ~, 3d to Od :, . 8! I dt to 3112 dl.sspGeruanlcb.—PeProutvaitaones,lo7 hliotsetoscll utpoer•too. 'Dr i Archangel, 19s per barrel. ' '0 -..--.....--..-..---------- t 0 (1 — y-r -----, - -- - Tal l trnen—f [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- n.olloWay'S k inds ' Pills are superior Remedies for Bad Legs and edieinel Wounds,—The surprising sales of these invaluable 10 viri ciog in every part of the civilised world is the most ce spro (s l3 ' proof of their efficacy in curing bad legs, old woubcl,; fra °l and diseases of the skin. Thousands of people suffer,' 7, f eri. these dreadful maladies have been cured by their use after 01 other remedy had failed, and it is a fact beyond all °() i g, b u t , there is no case, however bad, obstinate, or long st"( tte ref' d may be shortly cured by these wonderful medicines ;,,,,,ot A ll ., the afflicted should immediately try Holloway's oio''''ilofiai' Pills. - Sold by all druggists, and at Professor P° Establishment, 244, Strand, London. : a Vib eil ATTEMPTED MunDEn.—Yesterday the reflection of the fire in Botherhithe shot l'P'A of Elie spector Barry, who was on duty in the neighbou: o f 1, r , / o London-road, Southwark, turned off for the purP°.3'g to r 4, morninaogr, 0' ceeding to the fire to render assistance. On ge ttl i, °. ng e' - g, corner of Martin-street he espied a suspicious-le,o • ii , ja on sr racter carrying something weighty and bulky tied t o Y i n e ° 4 4 lie immediately stopped the man and dernall tbe, d what he had with him. The man did not thent offer ,' 13 . resistance, but merely replied, " All rig was apparently in the act of assisting the inspect°r,s ca'°,d the bundle, when some of the fellow's comPar''°"3 bln silently behind the officer and inflicted a treinendoilio bloo; on his head, which took effect, and he felled down' tviolenie,o gushing from the wound down his back. Tt n fed , t „ r , f. of the blow and the loss of blood, of course , pr e „. — less''',,4 inspector from securing the men, who made (-) o, ‘ o rgev he ero7o itofioe the officer, as they no doubt imagined, for dead. ''' t ie t“ having dressed the wound and stopped the hentorrhhaut 'D!r, inspector was enabled to proceed to the fire , u fo r 1:1 1113 Haynes, his superintendent, at once gave directions ' _.. to go home. __----'---- John 1111‘13dide , BIRTHS. f O r ' OF A SON. wife 0 On the 17th inst., at the Terrace, Barnes, the wl ri b gb s b ir" H. Wilkins. Esq. On the 14th inst., at the Vicarage, Chirk, of the wife of the Rev. Joseph Maude e of u O O I n n d f t t o h h r e e d - 1 1 ; 7 t l r t t ; h i e tii inst ., Russell-square. ts ju i o f a e ir gee' OE' A osUGHTI 4 I I . In s-wood, the s e boo , „„ Daniel Butler, Head Master of the Clergy On the 16th inst., at NeraßveßseinEd,DArthur, You n g e t t ;0 7°- the late Mr. Thomas PaUlster, of the Clifton Hotel , e wo oa end, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter: of Mr. Joseph 11 . Y o of Caledonian- road, 1,41 in rtot!; and, At the same t0,,..„0, place, Mr. John Hardman, of Park-terrace, Regen t r to Cecili a , youn g est daughter of the late Mr. Palliister. WO' On the DIED. IGth inst., at Cavendish...square, Charles R. W. Forester, aged 41. relict of On the 15th inst.. at St. Al ban's, aged 84, Anne, ai A k, the Rev. Jeremiah Lowe, rector of Great Saxhatu,SCflio' At florough-lodge, Ltracombe, on the 15th inst:AS;:airfil both C. Bowen, eldest daughter of the late Bear" James Bowen, aged G 5. rii iliP On the 16th inst., at Fitzroy-lodge, Kentish.toorn, Major the '— Johnson, Esq ,of Lincoln's Inn-fields, aged 52. 9O, On the 15th inst., at Wickham Market, Suffolk, sgoeideo Thomas Ilarsvlt, Esq , for upwards of 70 year s a r of that town. date ' On the 15th inst., at Glenthorn, Torqu9y, Florence, ter of Edward Bovill, E:q , aged 16. .....!- ** l London: Printsd and Published by WORD° YOr/ hat No. 11 2 , S trand, Printer, at The Sun Office , It Of ty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo`' in the cow MiddleSext "dg/7 SePtember 20,1852• DREADF UL FIRE. Yesterday morning the densely-populated neigh bourhood of Rotherhithe was visited by the outbreak of one of the most terrific fires that has happened in that locality for a considerable time past, which we regret to say was attended with a vast destruction of valuable property, fatal consequences to two persons, and serious injury to two others. The scene of this terrible catastrophe was Rotherhithe-street, imme diately facing the well known waterside landing depot, termed the Platform. The premises in which the outbreak occurred belonged to Mr. Hogg, and were numbered 394 in the beforenamed street. The building was of great width, depth, and height, and the business for which it was principally used was that of an optician and mathematical instrument maker. The lower part of the premises was likewise used as a shipchandler's warehouse and a Birming ham and Sheffield goods store. Mr. Hogg being a large contractor for furnishing stores to ships leaving the pool, of course had always on hand an extensive assortment of articles ready to be put on board at a few hours' notice. On S iturday, however, the stock in trade, it is stated, was larger than it had been for some weeks past, and comprised a valuable assortment of guns and other firearms, ironmongery of nearly every description, besides a number of packages and crates of goods for emigrants who were about pro ceeding to Australia. At a few minutes before one A.M., Davidson, who had charge of the brigade floating-engine off Cherry garden-stairs, was alarmed at hearing terrific screams of " Fire !" and " Save us !" He immediately went to the top of the engine, when on looking towards Mr. Hogg's premises he perceived a man and a wo man, the former at the second floor and the latter at the first-floor window, beseeching the police to aid them. The firemen forthwith beat the metal gong belonging to the float. The constable who was on the beat in less than two minutes after the alarm was given, hastened to the building, when on gaining the front door he heard distinctly some women screaming most piteously, ap parently in the shop. The officer thought that if he forced the door he should be enabled to liberate them, and when he was knocking the door away a woman leaped from the first floor to the pavement, with her face and hands terribly burnt. She was at once picked up and removed to a place of safety. It has since been ascertained that her name was Susan Hogg, a niece of the proprietor of the premises. It was then suggested to Mr. Hogg that he should remain where he then was until something could be obtained for him to leap upon. A counterpane having been pro cured, the unfortunate man jumped out and alighted upon it, but his weight was so great as to split it in two when he fell with a fearful crash, breaking his legs and injuring his backbone, besides causing other serious injuries, so that he was obliged to be re moved to Guy's Hospital. As soon as the policeman succeeded in opening the front door he called loudly to know whether any one was in the shop, but re ceiving no answer, and having seen Mr. Hogg and his niece jump out of the window, he concluded that the residents had all left the building, and it was not until an advanced hour of the morning that the me lancholy fact of two human beings having perished became positively known. The moment after the door was burst open the fire, owing to the draught thereby given, shot up the stairs with more than usual rapidity, so that in the brief space of 10 or 15 minutes the building presented one tremendous sheet of flame, which for upwards of an hour illuminated the metropolis. This caused a simultaneous turn out of the land engines, while the large float was being set ready for work, so that at one time there were seven brigade engines, besides that of the West of England office proceeding towards the spot with all pos sible expedition. Mr. Braidwood, the superinten dent of the London Brigade, and Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, arrived at the scene in a fow minutes, and so did Mr. Connorton, with the West of England engine. By that time, how ever, the roof had fallen in, and, shortly after the firemen had got the float into operation the upper floor gave way, and then the flames shot completely across the carriage -road, setting fire to the gable-end and front of the India-house Tavern, the property of Mr. Newbold. The total destruction of that building and the premises on each side of Mr. Hogg's, viz., those of Mr. Fleming, barge and boat builder, and those imminent. The Mr. Fisher, granary keeper, seemed The branch from the float was at once brought to bear upon the premises of Mr. Newbold, which soon got the flames subdued in that quarter, and then the water was discharged in immense quan tities by that powerful engine into the centre of the blazing mass, while other land engines of the brigade, and that of the West of England-office, performed the same operations through the side openings; but, in spite of the most strenuous exertions of the firemen, they were unable to get the mastery of the fearful ele ment, until Mr. Hogg's premises were reduced to ruins and several other premises damaged, the extent of which will be seen from the official report below. As soon as the ruins became cool and daylight set in the firemen made an examination of the premises for the purpose of seeing whether any persons were therein, as no tidings could be gleaned of the servant girl, a young woman named Jane Brown, and of Rosina Riches, a young person related to Mr. Hogg. After some time a most sickening spectacle presented itself, for in the midst of the ruins both bodies were discovered burnt almost to cinders. The remains were carefully collected together and removed to the dead-house to await a coroner's inquest. Respecting the cause of the melancholy disaster nothing that can be depended upon could be learned. The servant girl who has perished went down stairs with a lighted candle after the shop was closed on Saturday night, for the purpose of turning the gas off at the metre, and it is not improbable that in so doing she might have dropped a spark into some of the crates or packages in that part of the building. Mr. Hogg says that is the only conclusion he can come to as to the origin of the disaster. He also states that he knew nothing of the existence of the fire until awoke by the screams of the women, when he jumped out of bed and proceeded below to see where the fire was burning. He got as far as the door of the shop, when, on laying hold of the handle, he found it quite hot. He therefore ran up stairs and told the women to follow him, when, ju,t as they were about to do so, the door in front was forced, when the flames shot up and followed him into the room, and, as the last ex pedient, he was obliged to throw himself out of the window. Susan Hogg, who also jumped out of the window, states, that on being alarmed she went down stairs as fir as the shop, but the door not having been opened, she was returning, when the flames met her and she was compelled to run to an adjoining apartment. Even there the fire rushed in and fairly encompassed her, so that she was forced to fight her way through the flame., by which she received the burns about the face and hands. She could not form any idea as to the cause of the outbreak. One fortunate circumstance connected with this melancholy event is that Mrs. Hogg and her four children left town last Tuesday, and had not returned when the outbreak took place. Subjoined is the official report of the damage done:— " Sunday, September 19, 1852. A fire broke out in the premi se s of Mr. Hogg, optician, ironmonger, end ship chandler, No. 394, Rotherhithe street. The cause of fire not known ; building and contents in :ured in the Guardian Fire-office. The fire w as ex _ tinguiahed by firemen and the use of the engines of the brigade (land and float) and that of the West of England office. The contents are consumed and the building burnt down, through the police forcing open the front door when they heard the people crying within. Mr. Hogg's back and legs broken by -lump ing out of window ; taken to Guy's Hospital. Jane Brown, the servant and Rosina Riches burned to death. " No. 393 in the same street. Mr. AV. J. Fleming, 'J at Ar t .aadi