The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

courtt WVition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. FRANCE. The addresses from certain parties in England to the people of France, giving assur ance o f goo d w i s h es , p res ented by Mr. Elihu Bu rr itt, h ave b een very kindly noticed by several leading journals. The Siècle quite responds to the sentiment that, no matter what changes may take place in the forms of government, they ought not to affect the sympathies of nations for one another. i As a sign o f a genera l t en d ency to wards peace ideas, the Siecle regards with satisfac tion the addresses presented through Mr. Burritt. The Pays and other journals have also some observa tions in a simil ar sp i r i t . If t h e am i a bl e philan thropist through whose hands the addresses in ques tion have been presented did no more than elicit such responses, bis labours are rewarded ; for these answers serve to show that the idea of war with other coun tries is not much in vogue at present. The illoniteur contains a decree promoting General of Brigade Lapene, in command of the artillery of the Bth military division, to the rank of grand officer of the Legion of Honour. Another decree promotes M. Blanqui, of the Institute ; and M. Vilene, Pro fessor of Philosophy at the College of Louis-le-Grand, to the rank of officers. The subscription in favour of Dr. Newman, opened by the Univers, amounts to 17,578 f. The Presse, in its weekly commercial bulletin, says :—" The orders for exportation which usually take place in the spring were retarded this year, and have not been of their former importance, and conse quently the customs returns for the first half-year of 1852 showed a considerable falling off; but there is reason to believe that the returns for the second half year will be more favourable, as the commission brokers who generally do not begin to give their orders before September have been giving them during the last three weeks. Business in almost every branch of industry was very brisk in August, and the manufacturers in the province agree in stating that trade has improved. Several orders have arrived from Russia. They are all for articles of the best kind, as the rate of duties is so high in Russia that it does not answer to import inferior articles. As regards the harvest, the fine weather has dissipated the exaggerated fears that were eutertained, and many accounts now state that the yield is good. In the Bas-Rhin, the Prefect has informed the Council- General of his department that he bad season to believe the wheat crcp will exceed that of 1851, and that the crop of potatoes will be three or four times more considerable than that of last year. We be lieve, however, notwithstanding what is now said, that the crops of 1852 will not be found to be good either in France or in the principal countries of Western Europe." ITALY. The Tuscan electric telegraphs were co nnec t e d w i th those on the Modeze se territory, and put in activity on the Ist inst. agreeably to the convention of the 27th of Jane last between the two Gov ernments. By this means Tuscany is in direct telegraphic communica tion with Austria, Be : varia, and Prussia. The regu lations adopted for this telegraphic service appeared in the Monitore Toscano of the 30th ult. COURSE OF EXCH. Amite? dun •• •• •• 11 19 Ditto, throe months 12 O R3tterdani 12 0% Autwerp•• . ...... ..... 25 50 Brussels.... ...... 25 50 Hainburgh . • 13 9% Paris, . I .lays'sigh; .. 25 30 Ditto, 3 month. 23 50 Marseilles ............ 25 50 Baurdeanz.... •• •• - Frankfortor. Alain... • • , B•ri Vienna, offee. 12 2 Trieste, ditto.. .. 12 4 Petersburgh .• •• •• '" 37% Madrid 49 Cad 4 •• • ..• .• "" Barcelona.. •• • • " ** •• •• " " INGE.-(THIS DAY.) GP::raltax•• •• •• •••••• Leghorn •• .... 30 70 i- 7 e21013•• •• •• •• •• •... •• 25 65 Allen • • •• •• •• • • •• •• •• Venice.. •• •• •• Nanles •• •• •• •• •• .• 41% i'aiornio,peroz........ 123 U, afossina 123)4 Lisbon.... •......... •• 53 % )porto ...• ....•• •• •• 43 % die Janeiro •• ~uenos Ayres .• •• Sew fork,6odays'eight I Philadelphia ••.... 121% PSICE3 02 BULLION, TES OZ. Foreign Gsld in b ara ...f3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spaabh Doubloon., .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% Silverin bars ........ 0 5 0% THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN•OFFICE, SEPT. 3, 1852 The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. a Dalgety as Consul at Melbourne for his Majesty the Ring of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Senor Antonio de Almeida Campos as Consul at Liverpool for her Majesty the Queen of Portugal and the Alga/ ms. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 7. _ 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieu tenant:dolonel Arthur Hill Trevor, from the 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Gold, who retires upon half-pay Unat tached, Sept. 7. 17th Foot—Lieutenant David La.:ouch° Colthurst to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thwaytes, who retires ; Ensign Ralph Smyth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colthurst, Sept. 7. 44th Foot—Ensign Bradford Smith Hoskins, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brackenbury, appointed to - the 84th Foot, Sept. 7. 59th Foot--Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Mainwar ing, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Trevor, appointed to the 4th Foot, Sept. 7. 631 Foot—Ensign Vincent Mackesy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Emerson, who retires, Sept. 7. 67th Foot—Assistant Staff-Surgeon Edward William Bawtree, M.D., from half-pay, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dandas, who resigns, Sept. 7. 84th Foot—Ensign Pierce Chute to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macbean, promoted to an unattached company; Ensign Ernest Henry Brackenbury, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Chute, Sept. 7. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant William Hodges Tylden Pattenson, irons the 25th Foot, to be Captain, by pur chase, Sept. 7. _ _ - Erratum in Gazette of August 17. 2 nd West Indi a Regiment—F or Li eutenan t Ch ar l es John Patterson to be Adjutant, &c., read Lieutenant David Aikman Patterson to be Adjutant, &c. MENOR ANDUN.—Oaptain David Green, Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the Army by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a Settler in New Brueawick, Sept. /. - Sings Commies on by her Majesty the Queen, July 30. Own Regiment of Staffirdshire Daniel pring, re sign d thaan, Gent., to b e Adj utant, vice C apta i n d • Ro Cmgex mission by h er M a j esty, July 5. yal Sti o, Li ght Infantry R egiment of M i l i t i a— Lieutenant William Fuller (late of the 52d Reiment) te be Adjutant , from the 231 J u l y, 1852. g Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex. William Infantry Regiment of ull i e, Adtant 1. ll tia of , sthe epoinßteodyaltoSasserevxeLwigihtht the rank of Captain, J ul y 31. la n e s k t e w r e s r as ; ra ja:dons by the Lord Lieutenant of GAT° Com ,tobe D e • John Cara Thank well cnot John Cann advertised in last Friday s Gazette), E„ 4. Lieutenant; Walleye, Robert Waller (not Robert w Deputy advertised in last Fridays Gazette), Clerk, t o be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. [The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 31st Aug ust last] : Commission by the Lord - Li eutenant of Lancashire. James Rigby, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 24. Commissions by the Lord-Lieur o f Bnrlington to be nant of Lancashire. The Right Honourable the Earl Deputy-Lientenant; Frederic Sawa Ills Ger a r d, Eaq., tohe Esq ., to be Deputy-Lieutecant ; John Harg reaves , E Deputy-Lieutenant ; • Edward Pedder, Lieutenant, Sept, 3. sq., to be Deputy - Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rat. b e _e landabpuirt. e; The Honourable Henry Cecil Lowther to Lieuteniv.t, Sept. 3. Commi3sicna by the Lord-Lientenan t of Merioneths hire. r wut.. Ve count Seaham, to be Deputy Lieutenant; N kin NV illiams Wynn, Ba ,, , to be Deputy Lieuten ant; John Ll oy d , o f R haggat, E sq , to be Deputy Lieuten ant ; Robert J o h n Tottenham, ,to be Deputy Lieutenant; Edward Lloyd Ethyard4, Esq., to he Deputy Lieutenant; Genres Price Lloyd, Esq„ to be Deputy Lieutenant, Ave. 24. Corimisiions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militia—Henry Forester, Eaq.. to be Cap ; Charles Watkins Arthur Harccurt Wood, Eaq, to be Ca Ca ;H enry John Bak er B a k er , Req., to b e ptain, Au g% 26 . Commission by the Lerd-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. invent of M ilitia.—al Sherwood Foresters,' or Nottinghamshire Re gThomse Dickin son H a ll, R e q., t o b e Major. Comnbimi ssion shire by Yeomanr the Lord-Li eutenant of Denbighshire. Deghy C "alrY—Geo rge ond Whalley, E sq ., t o b e Captain, vice Madoeke, H amm ne resigd, Aug. 18. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. wiir ac u Crabtree and Stephen Shepterd, iron foun ders, Bradford. BANKRUP - rs. ,offieivat eleven, Samuel Warner . , plataterer, Tranquil Vale p heath, Sept. 17, at one, and Oct. 22, at half. Da .' 'Jack et the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore Basingball-street; J. and J. 11. Linklater , Si ze- lane, , laa..a ne , Bucklerabury. Henry Newson Brewer, tobacconist, Sonth.P. —a3tern Arcade, Southwark, Sept. 16, at one, and Ocr. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Bee tholine, John-street, Bed ford-row. John Fowler. Isuilder,_ Clifton. Sept. 20 and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Button, official au_igneP, Bristol ; u-iniel Sparks Cornish and Parnell, Bristol. Oct. 19, at ' surgeon, aec. Bristol; Cirencester , Sept. 21 and official assig eleve n, at the Bristol District C_ urt. Miller, Bevan, Bristol. Mullings and Co., Cirencester; INSOLVENT DEBTORS. W. Hesseltine, tailor, Nevi -greet, Dorset-square' E . wagborne, Devonshire -street, Stepney. B. J. Cote, lcdging-hous e keeper, Lodge-road, Regent's park. J. P. Cameron, clerk, Mill-street, Hanover- svare. T. Collier, plumber, —caau-row, bt,pney. J. Sheen:our, shopman, S. Geo rge . street, St. George-in the East. J. Brookland, jobbing carpenter, New land -street, Pimlico. J. Barker, inn keeper, Witnesbam, Suffolk. Wath-upon-D earno, Yorkshire. G. Bro o k e , auctioneer, D. "'orehaw, clerk, Bereeford-street, Walwerth. THE SUN, W. Wilson, Canal Company's agent, Woucester. H. Lewin, draper and hosier, Bedford. J. Ibotson, farmer, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire. T. M. Williams, farmer, Fa!wood, Sheffield. R. Cowel, master of the Industry steam-boat, Middles brough, Yorkshire. B. Johnson, dealer in flour, Broomfield, Yorkshire. W. Hall, pitman, Bank Foot-row, Durham. J. Mowbray, inn keeper, Framwellgate Moor, Durham. B. Jackson, draper and hosier, Durham, W. Wheatley, journeyman mason, Thinford, Durham. W. Asquith, labourer, Hartlepool, Durham. W. B. Gilbert, boot and shoe maker, Chatham, Kent. H. Deval, cab proprietor, Kingston-upon -Hull. H. M'Clellan, clogger and beer seller, Manchester. J. Bradshaw, salesman, Manchester. W. Evans, colliery agent, Kilvey Mont, Glamorganshire. J. Hobron, tailor, York. N. Mahony, brush maker, Sheffield. E. Hirst, cloth manufacturer, Mossley Brough, Staley bridge, Lancashire. J. Mitchell, cabinet-maker, Hulme, Manchester. G. Antrobus, pork-butcher, Liverpool, Lancashire. S. Pearson, stage coach driver, Manchester. T. Dick, grocer, Strangeways, Manchester. J. S. Branch, Bootle, Lancashire. P. Jones, brush maker, Heaton Norris, Lancashire. J. Squires, furniture broker, Garth, Leeds. J. Hutley, cab proprietor, Leeds. M. Howard, woollen manufacturer. P. Holmes, publican, Northowram, Yorkshire: J. Blackburn, fulling miller, Mirfield, Yorkshire. S. Baggott, labo u r e r, Kirkatall, Yorkshire. J. Greening, sen., retailer of beer, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. P. Crispin, carpenter, Bristol. J. E. Watts, woollen draper, Bristol. R. A. Huskisson, warehouse clerk, Birmingham. G. Marley, farmer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, S e pt. 7 . ) SuGsa.----To-day there was more confidence on the part of importers of West India Sugar, the demand was brisk for home trade pnrposes, and the rates obtained ad per cwt. above those of Friday. Operations are 900 hogsheads, including at auction 184 hogsheads Bar-ba does which went at a similar improvement; fine yellow selling at 375 to 38s, midding to good 32s 6d to 335 6J, low 3os 6d to 325; 100 !Ads 60 trcs Jamaica, brown 30s 6d to 31s 6d, low to m id dling yellow 325, to 345, and 97 brls Tobago common yellow 31s 6d to 325, and middling to fine brown 303 to 31a per ewt. The market for Colonial Sugar clos es , • theurnde waser a favourab l ereluctan ce e circumstances eperate . REFINED.-T o -d a y in Refined Sugar for home consumption, brown lumps were offered at 43s to 43s 64, and common to fine grocery at 443 to 453 64 per cwt. Crushed continues to attract little attention from exporters. MAIIRITIIIS.-Thi s a f ternoon severa l parce l s o f Mau ritius Sugar were sold privately, and at auction 2,117 bags were disposed of at stiffer rates-fine yellow went at 35s to 36s 64, good 34s to 34s 6d, mid 32s 6cl to 33s 6d, low 31s to 323, good to fine brown 283 6d to 30s 6d, and refining sorts from 30s to 35s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon there was an increased demand for Bengal Sugar, and prices advanced 6d to is per cwt. At public sale 2,250 bags were so!d-Bengres, good white at 36s 64 to 37s 6d, low to middling 34s 6d to 365, fine like Mauritius 34s to 36s per cert. Of Madras several parcels found buyers privately at stiffer rates. At auction 210 bags went at stiffer rates. At auction 210 bags went at 36a 6d for good grocery. Orders are on the increase for Penang, and 2.042 bags at public sale sold at very full rate, low to middling soft yellow at 27s to 295, and fine brown at 26s to 26s 6d. FOREIGN.-To-day privately little was done in Foreign Sugar, still holders declined to sell under previous rates. None was offered at auction, but 2.250 bags brown Per nambuco, and 1,200 chests yellow Huvannah are declared. MOLASSES.-Previous prices are required for West India, yet little has been done, sales are only 160 puns Antigua at 14 6d to 15s, and a small parcel St. Lucia 12s to 12s 64. The rates demaded for Bengal and Mund ane are 12s to 123 6d, and 13s 6d to 15s for Cuba and Porto Rico; at present few buyers are to be met with, and supply is more plentiful. Of Tamarinds several parcels have been sold, East India at 7s to 12s, and West India 243 to 421. A good demand exists for Honey, Jamaica 35s to 543, Cuba 34s to 40s, and Nar bonne 50s to 60s per cwt, but there is a more plentiful supply. COFFEE.-This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee was in excellent demand, and stiffer rates were obtained. At auction 86 casks, 12 brls, and 1,500 bags were dis posed of, red mid to good realised 60s to 635, low mid o mid 54s to 595, other sorts 50s to 533 6d, small 48s to 495, triage 44s to 48s. Of Costa Rica 1,000 bags went at very full prices, good to fine ord at 45s 6d to 535. Ot Tellicherry 70 cases realized 56s for fine ord; but 450 bags Singapore Java were taken at 46s 6d t 0473 for good ord, being above the value. Native Ceylon met with more attention, and the parcels sold privately were at 43s 6d to 44s 6d for good to floe ord. Mocha is wanted, and at former rates there are few sellers. TEA.-There continues to be a large home trade de mand for low to good common Congou, with several ex port buyers, rates rule firm at 84 to Bid per lb. The better sorts are held with firmness, but have been ope rated in with caution-rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf at 9d to 100, strong and Pekoe sorts lld to is 6d; at a small reduction there are many buyers. Sonchong is still wanted, but no advance, supply being more plenti ful-the rates paid for common to mid are 8d to ls, good to fine is to is 104. In Oolong little has been done, still prices remain at 8d to lld for low to mid, and is to Is 8d for better sorts. A good demand still exists fur clean Pouchong at 5d to lid, and there is no increase of supply. Operations in Green have been upon a small scale during the last few days, still lower rates are rejected for good and fine qualities, but common and medium can be obtained at a small reduction, supply being on the in crease. Prices rule as follows;-low to mid are is (lid to is 2d, good to fine is 3d to 2s 3d, choice 2s 4d to 23 10d, Young Hyson Canton 84 to 11d, Hyson kind is to is 7d, fine and superior for is 8d to 2s 2d, Twankey 10d to Is, Gunpowder Canton lid to ls, Epson sort Is 2d to 2a 7d, fine 2s 8d to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton 104 to is Id, Hyson sort is 2d to 2s 2d, and Hyson skirt 5d to 10s. Flowery Pekoe remains in good demand, and rates are firm: fine at la 94 to 3s 4d, and other sorts is 2d to Is Bd. Few buyers are to be met with for Scented Orange Pekoe, although there are sellers at Is to is 8d for good to fine, and low to mid 94 ild. In Caper little has been done, and 6d to is 3d is the value of Scented according to quality. COCOA.-There is an improving demand for West India, end prices have an upward tendency. Sales pri vately of Trinidad, good to fine red have been made at 373 to 44', low to mid 34s to 365, grey 303 to 333, Gre nada 29s to 349, and superior 353 to 365. A good bu siness is doing in foreign, and rates are firm. Bahia and Para at 25s 6:1 to 26s 6 1. and Guayquill 32s 64 to 34s 64 RICE. -A large business has been concluded in East India in consequence of rather lower rates having been accepted; bne plentiful supply. teere is yet a At auction 3,700 bags and 1,000 pkts of Bengal were sold -good to flue white at lOs to 103 64, ord to mid 9s to 9s 6d; 6,000 begs Madras, good and fine Bengal grain 8s 6 to 9s 6d, C, mid 83 to 8s 66; 2,229 bags Arracan 8s to 8s 6d; but 3,686 bag; Moulmein were nearly all taken in at 9s to lOs per cwt, but since sold rather under these terms. Privately a fair quantity of Rice has been dis posed of at similar terms. Java is in small supply, and worth 9s 6d to 103 6d, and cargo 8s to 8s 6d. These rates rather exceed those of last year; stock is 600 tons smaller, and deliveries 70,000 larger. Cleaned has bean in good request, yet Carolina can easily be obtained at 22s to 295, low to fine Patna 1 Is 6d to 173, and American cleaned 103 to 113 6d. Prices are not better for Sago, atilt a better demand exists, small 153 6d to 17s, medium and large 17s to 20s, and superior 22s to 28s. Of Sago supply is not adequate for the demand, and 143 6d to 15s are the rates paid privately. Of Arrowroot supply is getting smaller, but operations are limited; Bermuda at iiid to is Old, St. Vincent's 2d to 6d, East India and brazil lid to lid per lb. For Tapioca there is an Ili to d Ttt . Ili to 2 A emend. Rio at 2d to 4id, Bphia and Para eszt t its being per lb. auAltbough the quantity of East India de still the in with it pros etion on the 6th October ;is already 12,740, increased to 18,000 chests, wanted, and a a ta aucti , n 62 serous a favourable position. Spanish is advance has been obtained. At 5s per lb. tit attimals, were sold at from 3s to buyerarnoon prices were not better COCHINEAL -.Thi s tste %silvers sold at 3s 9d. nonde e r a e ase forward more freely, for CLchinsal, but the last sealleen experienced for end et auction 93 bgs a dfleews days, and a a n t d 39 t there new For deliver y TALLow.-A brisk demand and the valtieity3 387 " Judasssa ohunactvlaceeeptisetpeonithedeosunercilnutgderemd:. advance fine old yellow C a to 39s (13, new 394 94 per cw t ; indeed parties 6d Rome melted net with greater attentiohn or a ' s rather -to3e9eei is th e Pre- Efli3jlt9rasnefot last three months aonfdth3eB year. sent value cash, supply - fa ll e n ,--• At a we t' 38s 6d; 500 plu g s South Am e n to 38., mutton 3es. flue ; 8 chts fine East I • lion 270 eke Australian were nearly all sold, beef at 3. can 35a to 39s 6 1 for low .0 374 to 395, and lo ud" ' 100 - eke jan For auction , 0 cks of 41s to 41s 3d ; 28 cks Btig patent refined 2Ss per cw t. Tallow are anneunced. On-L.-There is yet a reluc tance to do business in Seal, al th ough pale can be obta ined at 331 lOs to 346 a and other sorts 301 to 331 per tun. In Cod little has b een done, and 331 is the value, with a fair s not offered met with little notice, although tine is obta in a ble at 341 to 341 10, and other sorts 301 to 33/ 10s. Sperm 14 at any further decline, yet purchases have been l i m ited at 85/ to 871, and Headmatter 881 to 901. For auct io n i 100 tuns Sea are declared. Linseed Oil has b een n brisk request at 303 to 30s 34 en the spot, 2Se to 29s for future delivery, and the market has a firm aspect. Rape Oil is less wanted; brown has been selling at 3 la to 31s 64, Refined 323 to 32s 6d and Fo reign 333 to 33s 6d. Olive is much wanted; Gallipoli 511 to 53/, and other sorts 491 to 4, 31 per tun, a f urt h er r i se b e i ng l oo k e d f a r. P a l m i s I ts required, an d t h ere i s mere d es i re to se ll goo d to d fine at 28 3 to 29s per cwt. Lard Gil is yet in seasli sup • ply, and worth 52s to 54s There is an improving de man for Cocoa Nut. Cochin 33s 64 to 02s, and other sorts 31 3 to 33 s 64. East In dia Ground Nut Oil is rather m ore in request at 321 13 to 33/ lOs per tun. and r R p 7 c i e s s i °X. -Irish butter has been in brisk demand, during the have improved, although arrivals were large Sales of made ai 75s Carl ow,to 79s Ci"mell ' 14,600 firkins. P t week. and amounted to and Kilkenny have been 708 t s. Cork 743 to7ss, Limerick 67s to 71s, Waterford more r eady and Sligo 693 to 73s per cwt. E::glish finds a sale, fine Dorset at 82s to 86 3 , Of Pata Ihvon 76s to 7e s , a r tr d a • Fresh 8s to 10 3 per dc z-n pound. for the ch last arrivals week, hve the fallen off, and were 5,800 casks a nd there is a d emand has maids improved, an adyan_ve Pnrdiez lirg at 8 05 to 82 s, p urple s ds 62s to and fine sel cald 743, Kempen and Z Nolle, fin e 7 2s to 763. on Groningen 64s to 665. Emden and Leer 68s to 703. Holstien and Kiel 78s LONDON, TUESDAY to Bs. For Bacon much better demand exists, and of p r i m , su pply has become small. Prices are firm. Irish small meat at 52s to 62., heavy 55s to 578, and Hambro aiat‘able 543 to 553. In bale and tierce middles purchase have been limited at 50s to 543. For Navy Provisions the market has a dull aspect; supplie3 are getting larger and a desire is evinced to sell Pork—rich India. at 71 103 to 81 per tiercs; Mess 80s to 85s per barrel; Beef, Hemburgh, prime mess 1103 to 120 s; American ditto. 115 e to 1203, and India, 1353 to 140 s per tiercs. I❑ Hamburgh pur chases have been small; there are sellers of Irish at 603 to 683, and English at 68s to 703. For ' Lard the demand has much fallen off, and Irish bladdered is offered at 60s to 653, keg and firkin 56s to 58s, and bladdered 62s to 653. There is a firm market for Cheese, and a good business is doing; Edam at 328 to 41s, Gouda 29e to 375, Kanter 17s to 17s 6d, and Ame rican 30s to 40s per cwt. IMPROVED RIFLE MUSKET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l have seen a letter in your paper of the 2d of September, signed by " A Contributor to the Quarterly Review," in reference to my letter published in the Times of the 28th of August, by which it appears I have been criticising an article in the Review of which he is the writer. I had no intention of criticising any one, but, because I happen to differ from him while stating facts and experiments, the contributor says "that I do not understand what I have been writing about." It is possible that some of your readers may think differently as to my capabi lities and ignorance, and as to his assertion "that the Minis rifle will certainly not keep its ground in the end, and that it is bad, both as a musket and rifle." He accuses me of impugning the accuracy of his statement, as it " carried conviction to the minds of the highest military authorities." Surely this is hardly fair, because, having a decided opinion of my own, I stated in your paper the results, by impartial experi ments, of the comparative powers of the improved rifle musket and the old musket. However, I must comfort myself in my ignorance by the Duke of Wel lington having given an order since the article of the contributor was published in the Quarterly Review to issue to each British regiment 100 stand " of the Minii rifle, which will not keep its ground in the end, and which is bad both as a musket and rifle!" My only object in giving information regarding the improved rifle musket was to benefit the British service, and to arm our brave fellows with a firelock better than the pre sent one; and for their sake I will surrender to the contributor his assertion, " that the Minis rifle has no point blank range whatever," such assertion being either a matter of opinion, or a discussion regarding technical phrases. But, while I say this, he will pardon me for using in my favour what he meant as the contrary ;—I mean the statement "of one of the most accomplished and scientific officers of the British army," to supply the de tects of the supposed want of point blank range of the Minie rifle, which statement shows how the rifle musket can be made quite as efficacious at short distances as if it had or had not a blank point range. This officer, it , his statement to the contributor, says that the Mini e rifle at 100 yards was correct as to its line of fire. 1 believe the same cannot be said of the old musket. He further states, that at 100 yards the ball generally hit two feet four inches above the point aimed at. If an enemy's line is within 200 yards, advancing quickly against another line, there is not much time on either side for taking aim through sights. In good regiments the order has always been to level low, or at the lower part of the knees; and, if this old regulation order with regard to Brown Bess be continued with the rifle musket, the heads and chests of the attack ing party would be hit, or the heads of the horses, and thighs and bodies of the cavalry. An intellieeent soldier soon knows the faults of his fire lock, and how to remedy them, and this is why before the enemy p re f ers to fi re with his own firelock to that of another. a soldier I have seen nothing in the letter of the 21 of Septem ber which has altered the opinion expressed in my letter of the 3d of January, 1852, "That this new firearm and ammunition would make a complete change in the system of warfare." That great improvements i n th e destructive powers of firearms will take place is certain, and he who shows, that by these improvements " war is not to be child's play" is, in my opinion, the best preserver of peace, and consequent friend of humanity. Sept. 4. CHARLES ►SHAW. AN AMERICAN EXECUTION. PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 6.—This morning the exe cution of Matthias Skupinski, for the murder of the lad Lehman, in January last, took place in Moyamen sing prison. The number of persons present to wit ness the condemned man expiate his crimes on the gallows, as prescribed by the Act of Assembly, was limited. This arrangement having been announced in the Ledger of Wednesday, had the desired effect in preventing an immense crowd within and without the prison walls. Those admitted besides the officiating officer was Deputy Sheriff John Miller, the Execution Clerk, Stephen Kingston, nine other deputies con , fleeted:with the sheriff's office, the Deputy District Attorney, William B. Mann; Recorder Lee, the three interpreters ; HenryPhawinski and Towsig, who had been with the condemned upon several occasions ; Dra. Wall, Burden, and A. C. Bournonvill, the inspec tors of the prison, one reporter for the press, and the jury of twelve men, composed of Messrs. Daniel Deal, 14'red. Gaul Smith, Banner Thomas, Martin Van Dusen, jun., Henry Delany, George K. Childs, Charles Wartman, Peter Fisher, Albert Coffin, Alex ander Hazlett, and A. G. Duhammel. These per sons entered the prison at nine o'cclock, and soon after the Sheriff visited Skupinski, with a view to prepare him for the doom which awaited him. Mat thias was with the two Roman Catholic clergymen, Rev. Messrs. Etthoffer and William, with whom be had spent Thursday night in religious exercises. He expressed himself willing to die, and as the Sseriff was about to leave him he kanded him a paper, of whic h the following is a copy : " I, Matthias Skupinski, in the name of God, beg and implore, as a last request, that when Willi am D ea l , E sq., High Sheriff, shall have executed the law upon my body, and when I shall be so long hung by the neck that my body shall be dead, then my body shall be committed to the care of Rudolph Etthoffer and Celestin William, the Roman Catholic clergymen who have bees my con. r . e e s r r e r d s . when living, that they may see my body in. " SKUPINSKI M ATAISZ , _ _ " Friday morning, eight o'clock, August 6, 1852." The place of execution was then duly examined by the proper authorities, and the rope placed round the baste, which was ten feet from the ground. Everything being in readiness there, some time was allowed the condemned man before he was exe cuted. At ten minutes before eleven o'clock, Sheriff Deal and his deputy, Mr. Miller, went to the cell, and adjusted the cord about his arms, and at eleven o'clock he was conducted from that place of confinement, dressed in a blue frock coat, black pants and black silk vest. He walked down to the gallows with a degree of firmness that surprised all who no ticed him, with nothing to disturb his apparent deter mination to boldly suffer the penalty of the law, ex cept when he met the gaze of Mr. Skawinski, the Pole who some weeks ago made an affidavit before Mayor Gilpin. Then he seemed agitated, but for an instant, and, passing Mr. Skawihski, proceeded calmly to the place of execution, followed by the offiners and jury. Upon arriving at the stairway leading to the platform he ascended in the same firm manner, accom panied by the sheriff and Catholic clergy. Rev. Mr. Etthoffer asked Matthias repeatedly in the Polish language if he had anything to say, to which he replied, " Nothing;" but, turning to the Rev. Mr. William, gave a nod of his head, and that gentleman read from a paper as follows : The criminal who stands before you desires me to say, before he undergoes the extreme penalty of the law, that he begs pardon of all whom he may have injured or wronged by his crimes. From his heart he forgives all mankind the injuries they have done. He is ready to submit to the severe sentence to which offended justice dooms him. He hears no resentment or ill-feeling to those who were instrumental in his arrest and bring ing him before the tribunal that passed sentence upon him. Already he has made his peace with God, and like the penitent Prophet, ho has wept over his crimes in the bitterness of his .soul. And before he is launched into eternity—before ho appears before his God, and your God—his Judge, and your Judge—he wishes to be reconciled openly to his fellow-mortals. Ire begs me to r( quest your prayers for him, that when his soul leaves this prison of clay, the Almighty God may be merciful unto him, and may admit him into the company of the blessed." The noose was then adjusted around the neck of the criminal by Sheriff Deal. After the clergy and °facers had taken leave of him, and the two outside ear quirewnifteaniu props shaving been taken from under the drop the cord attached to the centre prop, which was all that sup ported the drop, was pulled by the sheriff at precisely nineteen • Sinaki minutes past eleven o'clock, and Matthias o n f ch th e e d i l n aw to , e a t n e d rn a i f ty t;r th e u l s a li p e s e s u o ff f e t r w e d o Thus minutes and a half ' single the was extinct. There was not a fell, and the only evidence of for several seconds after it __ of life was severe twitches of the legs and arms. The body was sNstisthing besides this was recog nised.Peled 37 minutes, and was then cut down by Deputy Sheriff William S. Mann, and delivered over to the clergy accordance with the request of the executed ciininl. of the head was quite warm, and the The back part body was also w arm. The cartilage of the n ec k was broken but the vertibrw was neither broken nor dislocated. A cast of the face was subsequeritly taken by an Dr. A. C. Caurn onville and Mr. Vannueei, an Italian of v York Tr i bune. 7 this cit.l.—Nel FORBIDDING TUB BANNS.—On Sunday m orn i ng , last, during divine service in the church of Sleaford, and shortly after the Rev. R. Yerburgh had published the banns of marriage, a stout rosy-faced lass rose in the midst of the congregation, and forbade from further publication the banns of marriage between herself and a certain Thomas Reet. It seems the " ladye fair" had two admirers, but the one who caused the publication of the banns not being the favourite, she took the above extraordinary mode of preventing her own marriage.—Cambridge Chronicle. The Marquis of Lansdowne , who has been s uf .. fering severely from gout since his arr ival at Bowood Par k from town, i s rat h er b etter . The Earl and Countess of Shelburne and th e i r you thf u l f a mily, and the Hon. James and Lady Louisa H owar d, are s t a ying with his Lordship. PLYNOUTI T , ti zm 6. Black, Callao, S. W. And. Ann, EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 6. (Before Mr. Commissioner ifoLaorn.) IN RE M. BRANSON. The bankrupt was described as a stationer, at Strat ford, and ho came before the Court on the question of passing his last examination. tlis accounts from September, 1851, to July 26, 1852, show the follow ing items :—Capital, 2101.; unsecured creditors, 960/. ; property realized, 3541.; good debtors, 321.; losses, 576/. ; expenses, 3001. Mr. HUSSEY, for the assignees, reserved all ques tions for the certificate meeting. Mr. DUFFIELD supported the bankrupt. The bankrupt passed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. John and Charles Graham, two Englishmen, and John Gallivan, an Irish man , were c h arge d w ith be ing concerned in a riot which took place in the Wyndham-road, Camberwell, on the preceding evening. It appeared that for some weeks past a strong feel inng of animosity has been exhibited on the part of the numerous Irish residing in Camberwell against the English, and several desperate " rows" have been the result. The cause of quarrel on Sunday evening was said to be a refusal on the part of one of the ht G oe r l wshtiometoomdPrli out of a can of beer which he comply with with the request of an Irishman and accompanying his refusal with the expression that h e was not go i ng to g i ve h i s b eer to any - Turk." This e x pres s i on was t a k en by the person to wh om i t was appl i ed as an insult aa d lhl in oan3 his hand, to all Ireland and the Irish, and in a very short h t i f m l e r tshh whoGra Graham dwere vengeance sought a f o g r a i b n y s t lar T m he o y b a t h regular mob of Irish, who vowed vengeance against the gmu. (the Grahams) took refuge in the house of Mr. Neate, the Prince of Wales, in Camberwell New-road, where they were followed by their pursuers, and a savage conflict ensued, in which the Irish were the victors, as they were much more numerous, and inflicted serious injuries on several of their opponents. Two men , one of them the father of the Grahams, bad re ceived several severe kicks about the face and head, while on the ground, and were marked in a very frightful manner. The riot, which had been kept up for some hours, was such as to cause the greatest pos sible terror throughout the neighbourhood, and Mr. Neate, the publican at whose house it commenced, is a severe sufferer, having a square of plate-glass of the value of 51. destroyed, besides several articles of fur niture, &c., seriously damaged. NoaTost granted warrants against several of the Irish engaged in the outrage, and made them re turnable on Thursday next, to which day he remanded the prisoners, but admitted the Grahams to bail, to appear on that day. A MSErfiLal n 'A g A hain, TKILLED BY .HIS MASTER. deputy coroner for Westminster, held an inquest on Saturday evening at St. George's Hospital, on view of the body of Edward Westwood, aged 45, a groom lately in the service of Mr. Samuel Sheward, the well-known horse-dealer at Knights bridge. From the evidence, which was of a very voluminous and conflicting character, it appeared that the stables belonging to Mr. Sheward are situate at the rear of a forge, at which deceased was in the habit of working. Last Monday afternoon Mr. Sheward, of Green•street, Grosvenor-square (father of Mr. Samuel Sheward), sent a mare to the forge to be shod, with instructions to the deceased to pull away the surplus hair from the animal's fore fetlocks. De ceased wjss in the act of pulling out the hair when Mr. David Sheward (partner with his brother Sa muel) entered the forge, and ordered him to leave the mare alone. Deceased discontinued, but upon Mr. Sbeward's leaving the forge he resumed operations upon the mare. Mr. Sheward returned, and pushed or pulled deceased away, saying, " You old fool, why don't you let the mare alone." Deceased asked Mr. Sheward why he applied such a term to him, and knocked his hat off, upon which Mr. Sheward struck him with his clenched fist on the mouth, the force of the blow causing him to fall backwards. Deceased got up, and Mr. Sheward caught him by both arms and pinned him against the wall. Soon afterwards ath parties left the forge, high words and " tramping" were heard, and these induced persons to go to in- quire what was the matter. Deceased wra found by Peter Fere, a stableman, lying on his bzak, bleeding profusely from the mouth, and quite insensible. Mr. Sheward was standing by the stable door, looking at deceased. The coroner asked the witness whether Mr. Sheward, when he saw deceased bleeding from the mouth and insensible, gave any directions for a medical man to be sent for. Witness replied that he did not utter a word. Mr. F. Buckland, the hospital surgeon, said deceased was brought to the hospital in a state of insensibility, and died two days after wards. He had made a post mortem examination, and found a fracture of the skull at the back part, extending six inches along the right side of the head. This injury, which might have arisen from a fall, was the cause of death. The jury, after considering the matter with closed doors for an hour and a half, returned a verdict in the following terms :—" We find that the deceased died from a fall, •but whether the fall was the result of a blow or - otherwise there is not sufficient evidence to satisfy the jury." The coroner remarked that, as the verdict had been returned, he felt bound to state for the information of the press, that for a long time a large majority of the 16 gentlemen com posing the jury were for returning a verdict of man slaughter, and that after further consideration the majority. The inquiry, w hi c h l aste d fi ve hours , an d excitedverdict m h u a c d h lonybeen agreed to by a bare interest in the neighbourhood, t pw h rh e ei n scehn terminated. verd BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. BELFAST, SEPT. -3.—The sections were well at tended during the day; a large accession of members and associates had taken place since yesterday, amonc, whom were several distinguished foreigners—M. de h Verneuil, M. Achille Delesse, M. Champlouis, &c. SECTION A.--LIATIIEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCI ENCE (CONTINUED). A. M'F.srland—.Ou the fats morgana of the Irish coast. James Nasmyth—On the probable origin of the steroids. J. J. Waterston—On the gradient of density in saturated vapours. The meeting was opened by an exhibition of nu merous drawings of appearances presented by some of the nebula), the results of the observations of the Earl of Rosse, and made by experienced draughtsmen under his own inspection. These were severally explained by his Lordship and Dr. Robinson, of Armagh, who remarked that the result of their obser vations was very likely to overturn many of the theories hitherto adopted, and render a large amount of labour entirely useless. Professors W. Thompson and J. P. Joule—On the thermal effects of air rushing through small apertures. Professor W. Thompson—On the sources of heat generated by a galvanic battery. Professor C. P. Smyth—On the red prominences observed during a total solar eclipse. This paper had reference specially to the observa tions made by the author in his visit to Norway last summer for the purpose, having a favourable locality to view the total solar eclipse. The day, however, was dull and cloudy, and generally unfavourable for the purpose. Some beautiful drawings were exhi bited to the section, showing the change effected over the face of the surrounding country by the progress of the eclipse, from the first contact to complete oc cultation. The great question as to the nature of the red prominences, whether they are material and lu minous, or whether they are due to the diffraction of light passing by the moon's edge, the author leaves undecided. Dr. Tyndall—On the molecular peculiarities of certain orgfaiic substances. Sir D. Brewster—On a remarkable case of mirage in Radnorshire. Sir D. Brewster—Account of a case of vision with out retina. SECTION B.—CHEMICAL SCIENCE (CONTINUED). Dr. J. H. Gladstone—Report on the influence of the solar radiations on the vital powers of plants growing tinder different atmospheric conditions—This paper had reference to the effect produced on the growth of plants when placed under glasses of dif ferent colours, by which the admission of white light or its component parts could be graduated. The re sults of various experiments were given. Dr. Apjohn—On the results of analysis of a substance resembling the pigolite of Professor Johnston. Dr. Andrews—On the application of polarised light to the discovery of minute quantities of soda— The author stated that the double chloride of potas sium and platinum showed no depolarising action when placed in the dark field of the polariscor 3 ; but that the double salt of sodium and platinum was re markable for its depolarising power, and that a minute trace of this salt, invisible to the naked eye, could readily be detected by the brilliant display of prisma tic colours when under the action of polarised light. The delicacy of the test is such that soda can be de tected when in a quantity so minute as the 1,000,000 th pin of a grain.—un a new variety of magnetic iron e, with remarks on the application of the bicarho r tte of baryta to quantit a ti ve analysis.—On the ato mic weights of platinum and barium. SECTION C.—GEOLOGY (CONTINUED). Mr. Harkness—O n t h e f oss il s o f th e l ower Silu rian rocks of the south of Scotland, and the sequence of the deposits. Professor Nicol—On the structure of the Silurian mountains of the south of Scotland. Professor M'Coy—On some fishes of the old red sandstone—The au th or , i n d escr ibi ng th e su bj ec t o f his paper, referred to certain peculiarities in their form and structure as evidence against the theory of " progressive development," and claimed them in supportof the more common l y rece i ve d geological opinions. Mr. R. Young—On the eskers of the central part of Ireland —The peculiar drift of the district lying between Dublin and Galway was the subject of the paper, the author dividing th e dil uv i a l ridges of th e country into, first, gravel hill s , ap p ar ently deposited from agitated water, as they are seen sometimes in a strati▪ fied form ; and, second, eskers proper, which are well defined, narrow rid ges o f pure grave l, an d consi▪ st of waterworn limestone, gravel, limestone and sandstone boulders, aed sand without clay. A lenseth.ncri discussion followed, iu which Sir H. De la Bache, Professor Phillips, Mr. Griffith, and the President took part. Professor Savi—On the discovery of a fossil mas todon in the tertiary beds of the Arno, in Tuscany. —This paper was in Italian, and was communicated to the section by Sir R. Murchison. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY (CONTINUED). Professor M'Cosh—On the morphological analogy between the disposition of the branches of oxogenous plants, and the venation of their leaves,—After this paper, which contained observations of much impor tance, an interesting discussion upon it took place between Professors Arnott, Balfour, Allman, Dr. Lankester, Dr. Dickie, Mr. Huxley, and Mr. Hincks. Dr. Royle—On the species of thea which yield the black and green teas of commerce.—The author, after its natural general hi s t ory an d c h aracters of t h e t h ea i n natural and in its manufactured state, showed clearly that both black and green teas were made from the same plant, and that the difference in colour and ap pearance was du e t o th e met h o d s o f man ipulation, and not to the addition of any extraneous subs tances, such as Prussian bl ue , t urmer i c , copper s alts,and Igo, &c., though these were o ft en use d by unprixicipled manufacturers. Professor Dickie—Remarks on the distribution and habits of echinus lividus. Dr. Hamilton—Remarks on some of the marine birds which produce guano on the coasts of Peru and Bolivia, with refer ence t o th e L o b os Islands.—This paper excited much interest, both on account of the recent question as to the sovereignty of the Lobos Islands, and on ac coun t o f t h e i mpo rtance of an in creased supply of guano. After much matter of his torical and geographical interest, the author gave his reasons for exp ress i ng hi s b e li e f th a t large deposits of guano might still be found if the Government would undertake the search, as there yet remained a large pestion o f th e P ac i f i c unexp l ore d, principally that ly eg between Valparaiso and the Isthmus of Panama. SECTION E.--GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY (CON TINUED). W. F. Ainsworth—On a Railway through Asia Minor. The secretary to the Ethnological Society then read a list of ethnological queries proposed by the British Association, copies of which were distributed through the medium of members. The object of these inquiries originated with the late Dr. Pritchard, who, at the Birmingham meeting, in a communication, cited instances in which total extinction has already taken place, and other instances in which a continually decreasing population threatens a speedy extinction. He pointed out the irretrivable loss to science if so many tribes of the human family are allowed to pass away before these highly impor tant questions of a physiological, philological, and historical character have been investigated. Dr. John Gason—Climalological notes on Pisa and Lucca. Lieutenant Lyons M'Leod—Proposed expedition to ascend the Niger to its source. Colonel Sykes—Notes on the possessions of the Imaum of Muscat, and on the climate of Zanzibar, with observations on the prospect of African discovery. Colonel Sykes—Commercial documents relating to the Eastern Horn of Africa, translated and communi cated by Dr. Shaw. SECTION F.—STATISTICS (CONTINUED). J. W. Gilbart—The laws of the currency in Ire land exemplified in the changes that have taken place in the circulation of bank-notes in Ireland since the Act of 1845.—This paper involved some important considerations in reference to the actual circulation of notes in proportion to the certified circulation, and led to an animated discussion, in which Lord Mayo, Mr. Leslie, Professor Hancock, Mr. Herdman, and Mr. Hancock took part. John Locke—On excessive emigration and its re parative agencies in Ireland. Rev. J. Edgar, D.D.—On the neglected and pe rishing c l asses, an d the means o f the i r re f o rmation.— Both these papers were deeply interesting, but at the same time cheering for the future of Ireland, and we regret much that we cannot even attempt to g i ve an abstract of their contents , owing to the importance of the subjects which they so ably discuss. Colonel Sykes road a paper on the statistics of the province of Nova Scotia (communicated by D. M'Culloch). SEcTioN G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE (CONTINUED). Mr. T. Webster—On the new Patent Law, with Its bearing on the interest of inventors and manufac tures, and the progress of invention.—This paper led to a v a l ua bl e di scuss i on , i n which the Solicitor-Ge neral took part and made several observations on the law and its attendant difficulties. W. J. M'Q ueen Rankine and John Tho mpson— On tele grap hi c co mmunication between Great Bri tain and Ireland, by the Mull of Cantyre. F. C. Bakewell—On telegraphic communication by land and sea. C. V. Walker—On telegraphic tim e s i gnals. C. V. Walker—On graphite batteries.—The sub stitav ion of graphite, fr om gas ret or t s f or copper on voltaic batteries, promised considerable advantages on the score of permanency and consequent economy. 852. Mr. James Ihrton—On the calculation of the strains in lattice bridge, with practical deductions therefrom.—This psper gave rise to as interesting discussion as to the comparative ►merits of tubukr and lattice bridges, i❑ which Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Coates took part. DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WORCESTER, MONDAY.—One of the most awful and destructive storms which ever swept over the county, and which in its effects can only be compared to the late H o l m fi r th d e l uge , h as b ro k en over this city and county, carrying devastation and ruin be fore it. It is impossible to give, as yet, anything like a complete narrative of the results of this catastrophe, owing to the extent of country over which the storm passed, and the interruption to the traffic which has been occasioned by the destruction of bridges over the several streams ; but the following particulars, which have up to this morning been gleaned by the reporter, will give some idea of the character of this dreadful storm:— The storm began between four and five o'clock on Saturday evening, and continued until daylight on Sunday. During that interval the rain occasionally poured down a perfect torrent, with some intervals of calm, but for nearly twelve hours the thunder and lightning were incessant. The thunder roared with out intermission, and the flashes of lightning were of the most vivid and awful character, lighting up with the distinctness of noonday every object, which in another instant was enveloped in the deepest night. On Saturday evening the Severn was a pellucid stream, and no higher than the low summer level; but daylight on Sunday morn ing disclosed the most fearful havoc; the river had overflowed its banks, and its surface was covered with trees, cattle, furniture, and crops. At Worcester there was not much damage done beyond the flood ing of houses, fields, and gardens. A quantity of grocery articles which had been left upon the quay on Saturday night were either carried away or destroyed. The greatest damage, however, appears to have been committed in the valley of the river Teme, which runs from Herefordshire and Shropshire, and falls into the Severn about two miles below Worcester. Upon this river and its tributaries, Laughern and Leighbrook, the destruction of property has been awful. A great majority of the bridges upon these streams have been either carried away, or must fall on the subsidence of the water. The rise of water in the Teme was one of the most rapid and the highest not only within the memory of man, but of tradition. Its effects at the village of Powick, the lowest parish upon the river before its confluence with the Severn, were fearful. At this place an island is formed by the deviation of the stream, for the purpose of supply ing the corn and china mills at this place. The water rushed across this island, flooding the half-dozen house here placed, and rising six inches above the second floor of the grist-r 'll, in the occupation of Mr. Hadley. Just below thee mills are two stone bridges over the Teme ; one of these is of modern construc tion, built at a considerabla elevation above the banks of the river, with a coerespondieg embankment on either side to lead the road to the bridge. This em bankment, which in the highest floods had never be fore been reached, was flooded up to the village of Powick. The houses were inundated, and furniture was floating about all Sunday. To give an idea of the rapidity of the rise of water, it may be stated that the miller at Powick le t the rail at a quarter past eight on Saturday evening, and although the tempest had been heavy but little rain had fallen, and the river had not risen at all, it being dead low water then, and he never dreamt of a flood. However, at ten o'clock, less than two hours after, as the storm still continued, he thought he would have a look to see whether the river was rising, when, to his un speakable astonishment, he found it over the road and a yard up the first floor of the mill, and by midnight it is supposed it reached its height. In consequence of the suddenness of the rise the damage done to live stock and to the meal and grain at the mills on the Teme and brooks is incalculable. The number of sheep washed away in the parish of Powick alone is estimated at 2,000, but it is impossible as yet to as certain the extent of the damage, as the water is still out. There were a great many sheep depasturing on Powich-ham, belonging principally to the poor villagers ; these are all swept away. Mr. Herbert has lost about 100; Mr. Badgery, of Wick, 170; Mr. Essex, 40 ; Mr. Pullen, 30; and many others. Yesterday the carcasses were strewn about in all directions, stuck in the hedges, and numbers of men were going about in boats and carts gathering them. Many were sold at 2d. pr lb. The loss to the millers is very great. Messrs. Richard and William Hadley have suffered severe loss by the spiling of their meal at Powick-mills, but it does not appear as yet that the mills have sustained damage. At Laughern-mill, too, the property of Mr. Hadley, the mill wrs be tween three and tour feet under water, and a great deal of flour and wheat spoiled. At Henwick-mill, the occupier, Mr. Smith, had 11 pigs swept away, and the pigstye in which they were with them, and a great quantity of meal spoiled. At this spot two men were returning home, and were overtaken by the flood and obliged to swim for their lives; they luckily reached a tree, in which th e y were o bli ge d to rema i n till daylight, when they were rescued. The Henwick gatekeeper states that three drunken farmers pissed through his gate at midnight, and that one of thei bats was found floating in the flood next morning. At . Dowii Leigh -b roo k th e water appears to have roc - led with great vi o l ence an d bl own up the b r id ges in a similar manner. It is reported that there was a waterspout at Knightwick, and that a man and child, or a woman and child, have been swept away by it. The Leominster mail was obliged to go over Broad t r o m get a was awful, its ful r a o n u d t e a o'i greatSu Sunday. .of A t il he ea s th to AtdamageMalvern has been done by th e fl ood i ng of the houses. When we consider the vast quantity of h s eep that are at this time of ye ar d epastured all down the river, it is awful to think of the destruction there must have been. The general character of the ightning to those who were in doors appeared "ke sheet lightning, but to those who had the temerity to witness the phe nomenon it was forked in every diversified form, always attended with ava al peals of thunder. At present, the reporter has heard of but few acci dents by it. The horses of a coach between VVorcester and Birmi ng h am were alarmed by th e lightning and ran away, coming in collision with a waggon, whereby Hemming, the driver, was killed, and several passengers were injured. At Malvern- Link a horse and gig were overturned, but the occu pants were not seriously injured. The water is re presented as having come down the Teme with " a bead" similar in appearance to the " bore," the tidal phenomenon observed on the lower part of the Severn at the Spring and autumn equinoxes. At Bridges stone-mill, on the Leighbrook, the bridge was blown up, and a cottage below it was swept away, the furni ture strewn about the fields, and a poor woman, its occupant, drowned. Many of the hop-yards, with their crops, have been destroyed by the floods. GLOUCESTER, MONDAY.--The storm, though of great violence here, has not committed any remark able damage. The rain which fell here was inconsi derable, but there must have been a deluge above. At five o'clock yesterday morning the Severn was at the usual low summer level, but in half an hour afterwards it bad risen to " half bankfull," and the surface was covered with treees, crops, furni tare, &c. OUTRAGE NEAR ROCHESTER. At the county magistrates' office, on Friday, a re voltingc in came w e h b i c e h f o r i e t th a e pp ß ea e r v e . d G ; art in assisting the fDenia va ileesbaandd caset Captain alleged n ae Baker,triav p e e p pri soner to carry out his vile purpose. The victim of years of age, residing with her this brutal outrage is a • young girl named Mary her father-in-law, whose name • is m Co h s t t h i e n r , thirteenaotnlv Sprigge, being a lime-burner emplayed at the lime flarostm, Upper to i g olne h Lo t obc o wy : ee t l srb o t iee c i k r as, , ii idai a en s gom; a n lime works belonging to the Rev. J she was on her way borne Formby. From the Balling, girl's statement, it appears that on Wednesday night woman came out a village about four miles the and road, and asked her what o'clock it was, to which she replied she did not know. She continued on her way walking faster, when the man and woman also increased their pace, and being alarmed she commenced running, when they ran also, and overtaking her by some trees along the road-side, the man called out, " Come, come —money or your life." She told him that she had whereupon not any money, he threw her down, but she managed to get up and run a short distance, when she was again stopped by the woman who had gone on a short distance to prevent her escape. The fellow then came up, and a second time threw her down, at the same time placing a handkerchief over her mouth to prevent her screaming, and which the woman tied, and then held her hands whilst the villain effected bis purpose. The poor girl made ( 3 f distant a cat a po fromlabout et her way home, and throwing herself on the stairs, communicated to her mother what bad happened, at once saying it was an Irish reaper, whom she had seen in Mr. Formby's field cutting barley. She appeared much exhausted and alarmed, and continued throughout the night in a kind of hysterical tit- Next day, Rosebridge, the parish constable, appr ehended the man, wh o , on being brought before the justices, gave his name Cornelius Hennisy, and said be vvas twenty-one years of a ge . A female who was in court he stated to be his wife, and said that they were married at the Roman Ca tholic chapel at Gravesend a fortnight ago. His statement the woman said was correct, adding that her Johanna O'Hara. n maiden name was On bei ng asked to produce the marriage certificate, she said they had not money e nough to pay for it, althou g h they had paid double fees to notice being g given. get married, i n consequence of no previo us The prosecutris gave her statement with great firm ness, and was most positive in identifyingh the prisoner as the guilty party. The wo man, however she c ou ld not swear to, nor did she think she had taken p art in the outrage, as she said she thought she must ha ve marked her with a stone which she threw into her face whilst scuffling on the ground. The prisoner was remanded for furth e ' who denied the charge, r era. di re cting Superint en d ent ruination, th e m agistrate Everist to inquire of the Roman Catholic priest at Gravesend as to the truthfulness of bis statement, an d also directing medical evidence to be obtained with a view of corroborating that of the prosecutrix. The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces during the past week ehow a steady and satisfactory business in all pans of the country. The Manchester market has been firm, with f u ll em ployment, an d the suppl y of yarns scarcely keeps pace with the demand of the manufacturers. At Birmingham there is general activity, and in the iron trade the acceptance of new orders at present prices has, in some instances, been refused. The Nottingham advices de gteronudieneyshhooatsinbeen towards further since been scribe no alteration ; both in lace and hosiery the prospects improvement; and in are considered favourable, especially as regards the require. ments for the United States. In the woollen districts the shattered his band the Irish linen market, owing to the scarcity of hands, prices also continue to exhibit great firmness. SERIOUS Gum ACCIDENT.—Mr. Charles Miles, a brother of Mr. P. W. S. Miles, late M.P. for Bristol, me with a very serious accident one day last week. While out ndbyvseormyebamdlihay. i n t c: aa h a i t s figrautnanbtuiresiptaatnedct that amputation of the hand was indispeesable, but subse quently it was found that amputation of the thumb only was necessary, which operation has accordingly performed. - Mn. MAcauLAy.—Letters are, we believe, i n town,from Mr. Macaulay, mentioning his recovery from hi s recent attack of bronchitis, and speaking hopefully of being able to meet the electors at no distant day.—Scotrish ,Press.[ RAILWAY AIV TICIPA7 lONS. In a pamphlet on the advantages of railways, pub lished by the conductor of this journal some years ago, in student days, when men's minds were less made up as to the results of railways than they are now, the writer closed his remarks on the probable effects of the estab lishment of railways with this Bente me—" The length of our lives, so far as regards the power of acquiring in formation and disseminating knowledge, will be doubled, and the whole world will ultimately become as one great family, speaking one language, governed in unity and harmony by like laws, and adoring one God." The pamphlet was favourably received in all quarters, but many oven of those who went fully with it demurred at the closing sentence, as hyperbol e an d exaggerat i on, and, as one intelligent comment :tor wrote, thought that "when the author had laid down his pen, having achieved a useful work, some malignant imp had taken it up and added the closing paragraph, to throw dis credit on all that preceded it. It will scarcely be read so now: such a result appears not merely possible, but probable. The railway and the electric telegraph are two of the greatest results before us of the philosophy taught by Bacon—in opposition to the philosophy taught by Plato and the other ancients—the philosophy which seeks to improve the condition of mankind; the science which deals with things instead of words; which pro duces what we need, lessens suffering, shortens life. — Builder. RAT. TALE of from a kind i ndivi dual, — friend of ours lately reoeived l resident in a foreign country, a package containing a few bottles of salad oil, of the most savoury kind, a present which, apart from viewing it as a mark of esteem, afforded him unspeakable delight , bei n g an ardent admirer of this sort of dainty. The bottles, which were carefully sealed. were p'sce." en the apartment allotted for edibles, there to lie comforts ..., and sa fely, as was sup posed, till wanted. A few d-- s after , our fr"iend, being afflicted with an irrep-essible de,ire to " pree the exotic `'kitchen," betook himLelf without de'ay to the pantry, when found,he however, to his svrp.:se and indignation, that a nice little aperture bad been w.Ue in the bungs of all the bottles, and a nice little drop . o:' its contents extracted from each. There was f °met hin g moo ow nprehensible to him about the matter. He could u nderstand k a cork might be eaten through hy a rat or a mous e, but how they could rnanap to get at the contents was a mystery, the ho'o being too small to admit the head of either of these beautiful animals. Determined to ascertain who the delicqueots were, and the method adopted by them to effect their purpose, he secreted himself one night in the corner of the room, and soon a fine glossy rat made its a ppearance, approached the b o ttl es w i t h a fortitude unkn own to (ir) rational depredators on kindred , erran ds, inserted h is tail in one of them, drew it out gently, cleaned that member with his mouth. and repeated the pro cess "over an d over a g ain."— Mon t r ose I?eview Lord and Lady Stafford and Ludy WDonald arrived at the St. Katherine's Wharf e the General Steam Navigation y yesterday morning, by Company's steam-ship Ra venabouruee A= Aawerp. THE TRUE NURSERY FOR SEAMEN. At this time th e re are ebout 50,000 British sea men _n the maritime employ went of the United S ates. Why e these men sailing under a foreign flag ? Simply because they obtain higher wages th an are to he had in d the service of their native country. And while 50,000 of our best men are to spare for a foreign service, it is proposed to establish an artificial nursery for seamen by bounties in our North•Ainerie can provinces- Let the calculation be fairly made of how much each seamen so raised by the hothous e system will cost, and then let it be considered wheth er at half, or a quarter of the price, in the shape of more liberal wages, our own flag might not recover and retain the services of our own able seamen. Oen' trous indeed it is that white a fifth o f our nautical population is tempted to desert our shores in con sequence of the comparative poorness of our wag e '' an artificial nursery for the production of the skill we so allow to leak from us, is to be established at lavish expense in North America. W hile we are so running over with the natural nautical production, we are to set about elaborating a contrivance m for os! creating the same by a process a t once the roundabout, the most costly, uncer t a in in effect, and vicious in principle. Great Britain, producing 50 many more seamen than she can or will PO what an insane inconsistency it is to Pro pose an artificial supply of the commodity in ex' cess, in a colony I It is as if a brewer on the banks of a copious and p u re river were to set up 0 laboratory for the supply of water by chemical corn t , binations. The idea rivals, ind eed, the project oa Swift's ingenious gentleman who had contrived stupendous engine for cutting cabbages with a s u e the little short of the method by hand and knife. . method of obtaining seamen by ha nd and wages is 1 . 11 : 1 comparably more certain, effi cac i ous , and economic:a than that by the engine of bounties, however vest et complicated the system. And whi le our Gay is encouraging the idea of a petty nursery for seam_e4; on the coast of Caneda at a great cost, what et is ' 1 1 3 ) 0 nursery upon which the Unitad States draw cost whatever but fair wages ? This countryeeelte.ed is the nursery of seamen from which the Uet o States man their ships in the proportion of more tu ll a half. Good wages command good men. Our Crowe indeed c scorns that tradesmanlike resource. wh en L e s Cr own wants seamen in time of need, and g ill e .. the market-price for them, it has res ource tothe p07,0t rogative of stealing the services for which en sile on consent to pay. And while it pla ces its rfor, this honest resource, its Ministers fav our the other i e de sooth, of planting nurseries for sea men on ta be side of the Atlantic ; jrtst as gipsies Mig ht , e disposed to approve of the establishment eine_ nursery in their neighbourhood , while WY te t e ° ciously adhered to the custom of stealing_itoit children. Protection is, however, needed --ere it, fully and heartily—protection to British seaw,.ot. protection against the ultima ratio of impress!? r so Great is the virtue of praying for what you ereate'von much so, that for its convenience the practice is d why , carried on in war in an enemy's country ; s ad not also at home when the Queen wants seam" , fa ir does not want the means of obtaining them 13 9, e oe and liberal wages ? No bounties ar e needed so' : ice, to bolster up nautical nurseries ; nothing but J 1 1: the full market price for the seamen's services, I .. s ab i e quired for an unstinted supply of an incoroPa',,iog article. In our last paper we edverted to them iswtl‘ries of the system of bounties in the French fisP e o b• and upon one remarkable effect we have beeorebot served in the overmanning. Look at a Freli nh on see going t o sea , and you perceive a t once the tvo c quence of this pernicious system. There are !D r bands where in an English one there would Dei%; Of and a rope or spar is handled as if it was 00l gingerbread. There is little to do for each, an s po t relies on his neighbour for doing it, and no cne Which till on his mettle, or called upon for those ex ertions po make the expert and hardy seaman. In Our is pat manned fishing boats and small craft every rea.n_d an to all work, and his capacity of resource practisce.os, reach v essels, developed to the utmost; not so in the F eitber bountied or regulated by the State, ia ne nce superabundance of bands has for direct conseg a lamentable deficiency of energy and Ai l-- aminer. vTs THE COUNTRY MA of The following is the official statement of irthe"-qh-e in corn, &c., received in the port of London fr" h Se pt., 1 e5 2, Essex, from the 3Uth Aug 1852 to t h e 4t both inclusive : ptiojirests Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon 3 1 .2: xl 1 ,;-,. ; P 373' -- 99' -- ' 610 54 15111 20 ad cd g c 6 , O 1 " i-' - 200 1 - I -- - ioo' 701 Imo - . i 180 11 4° a . illOW : CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 3.—Prices to-day were '-- A. 9. to 525; Wheat, white, old 46s Od to 54s Od new ..-- 0, to 931 , ;, red, old 4C; to 465, new 35s to 40s ; bale'', •I' n . to boo , chevalier 28s to 33s ; grinding 22s to 283; Melt b 59 t° P I chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19s to 25s ; peas, p a rtr. 295 to 365; white, 20s to 32s ; boffin.. 33s to 345; dee, ' to 3 65; to 35s ; beans, tick, 32s to 34s ; harrow ticks, al s mazagan, 295 to 325. red 8" COLCHESTER, SErr. 4.-- 1 4 heat, white 425 to 525; middle 45s ; oats, 18s to 238 ; beans, and small 34s to 36s ; peas, white 36 s to 386 gre 30, P 32sKtaKALo ; barley, r, 30s to 4. 323 per The following are the 4 r. :tes ti° SEPT. for new grain : Wheat. Barley. First 39$ Od 26s Od mazagan 31s to 32s !, Second 37s Od 25s 0(1 Third —s Od 223 Od , Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, SEPT. 3.—..'l grain at our market to-day:— Oats. 20s Od ,-...5 Od ...-.9 Od Be d--s Od --s od 28 9 0d0 ( a are the res „ A " - --s IN II"' f prie°3 , - imperial, a followit Bes cl° ' Old Wheat 45s Od First 1 2 8 9 a s r 1 e o y d . Second 2 2 ° 5°10 '4 346: Od 41s lld 1 26s 6d 1 19s 7c , 33 , Od Third Total quantity of Old Wheat in market 135 irlmy "ill sold Do. New do. 232 qrs. I ~A 4 o ld Do. Oats do. 3 13 qrs., old B ar l e y do. 271 gm , 21i 6 soli Do. Do. Beans do. 8 qrs., of Coal e si r ton AR K a tEtTh•e—CIYOSEeSTIRDAY . . 15s of Prices •,.. Chester Main of the market . Davison'sWes 13s 3d Lambton •• : 149 Od 1 4 3 Wellington Hartley.. 15s 6d Lumley ...-- ............. 14s 6d Holywell Newcastle Hartley 14s Od Pensher . ............. ...tr . 3 d North Pere tleY• l3s 9d Russell's Lletton . ..... ;J: 9 d New Ta T nfield ... y Hartley l4s Od Stewart's .. ... •••• •• 149 Od Canfield Moor "s . 1° 6d Whitwell .............. ~d . 15 9 ,„' - ', 4 Tantield M I b s v. West W oor Butes l2s 3C Cassop •••• .............. a d ylam. 159 Wylam 13s 6d Heugh flail ........... 153 Od Wall's End, &c. Gosforth , fielloe ................. 1 5 3 pd Harton •• 14s OC South Hartlepool .... 149 63 14e Od South Selloe ....... ..... i Hebburn - liedley ... ............... 14s Od 14s Od Backhouse ........... .... Lawson ••. 12s 9d Riddall Eden WI • am ....„, ....... 14s Od South Durham .. .. ~ , 9 Belmont Tees ...... .. i o, 14s 3d Claverin .53 sa Braddyll 15s d CoWPan Li tl 153 6cl fietton Haswell.. DaerthYr and 153 9d Nixons . _._ Us Keepier Grange Ships at market, 119 ..... Sod. 85. ----"'" *.1 " .... " "----r! -..ci an S d T t o h c e K fe E w x t c r u an w s rr a n 4-------L—.-------__ RAILWAY SHARE MARE:EV-4. BRISTOL, SEPT. 6. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market tc.dal WAs .i.a e a l a: 86 3 /—Ditto, transactions were as follow :—Lancashire allV western, 634—Ditto, Fifths, 37-16—London and Nai.- 04., O —The m arket v rule d variation odnu in il l t p o r . i d e al; 122543—afd, d .. , Dublin and Drogheda, 491/2—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 1 Lan , 4 7 %g—South-Eastern and Pov.eird MANCHESTER, Sm.'''. 6. w as very STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done to-de _ Tbe limited, and prices generally had a downward tendellT 0.16 transactions were as follow:—Blackburn (50. PI Lon don Eastern Counties, 11 5-16—East Lancashire,lB%-- 8634 and North-Western, 1221/2—Lencashire and Yof,ksitilnAvest —Ditto, Fifths, 3 1 / 2 dir Ditto, F Shares, 74. i m * id iod, Riding, 2 1 / 2 dis.— South-Elstern a nd Dover, 21W-- 78—Bristol end Exeter, 104. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 6. iln" STOCK EXI,HANGE. —The share market presented had m , ell' proved appearance to-day, and prices generally 74 - til" dency upward. The sales wer —London and - ,°r d iln Western, Coventry and Nuoeatcn Stock, 126 - - M idi Stock, 78. - -rm. - , ASSAULT BY A POLICE.. SEA G stable Sergeant Berry, of the Salisbury force, Went comm itted on Friday to take his trial at the next L op $ sizes, charged with the com p letion of a criminal assault am f em ale who had been taken to the staticri on a BIRTHS. OF A SON. the Wife On the 25 th ult. , at the Retreat, near Bide ford, of Frederick Lang, Esq. • o , t 1 1, On the 2d inst., at Lordship :efface, Stok e Newil3b Mrs. Alfred Warner. OF A IZ. Oa the Ist inst., at Pixton-park, D.A.I7GRT t F he Lad:Y . " 11'J good Law On the 3d inst., at Lower Brook-street, the Wodehouse. Lady Ca r° ' Oa the 4th inst., a t Upp er Harley-street, th e line Gamier. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., t T d Church, Ch • t her AndreWs Girlinea wy or rrs op —' of Foulshaw, to Love Jeanette, only surviving daughter et the late Rev. Christopher Spurgeon, rector of H rpley and Great Bircharn, DJEI). On the Ist inst.. at Claug hten-hall, Lancashire, George, the brother of Thome.; Fitzherbert, Esq., of Synnertoa park, Staffordshire. On the 3d inst., Lieu tenant -Colonel John Gordon Geddee, late in command of the 30th Regiment. At Tonhridge-wells, on the 3d inst., George R. Pater, Esq , Joint Secretary to the Board of Trade. aged 75. be ' At Scarborough, on the 3d iust., Phillis, daughter of t late Rev. Henry Hildvard, of Stokesley, Yorkshire. _ Francis On the 2d inst.,_ a tCatherington house, Horndean, Hang ° s cils-lAeirtofrogradn,,oEirtle 3d inst., Mary, relict of the ]at John Alchorn e, Esq., aged SG. -- ---- _., a London: Strandrid Published by MIIKDO TOIINut 2 No. 112, Printer, at The Bun Office, No. 11 ,' f Straw!, in ti -e Precinct of the 5J,,,,.. in the coasts v Middlesex, Tuesday, September 7, 1852 i