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

fourtt wrtitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. FRANCE. The addresses from certain parties in England to the people of France, giving assurance of good wishes, presented by Mr. Elih u B urr i t t, h ave b een very kindly noticed by several leading journals. The Siecle 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. As a sign of a general tendency 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 similar spirit. If the amiable philan thropist through whose hands the addresses in ques tion have been presented did no more than elicit such responses, his 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 Moniteur contains a decree promoting General of Brigade LapCoe, is command o f the artillery of the Bth military division, to the rank of grand officer of the Leg-ion 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 had season to believe the wheat crcp will exceed that of 1851 , a n d that the crop of potatoes will be three er 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." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Sept. 7.) SUGAR. -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 6 I per cwt. above those of Friday. Operati ons are 900 hogsheads, including at auction 184 hogsheads Bar-ba does which went at a similar improvement; fine yellow se lling at 37a to 38s, midding to good 32s 6d to 33s 6d, low 30s 6d to 325; 100 hhds 60 trcs Jamaica, brown 30s 6d to 31s 6d, low to middling yellow 32s to 345, and 97 brls Tobago common yellow 31s 61 to 323, and middling to 6ne brown 30a to 31s per awn The market for Colonial Sugar closes under favourable circumstances. REFINED. -To-day there was a reluctance to operate in Refined Sugar for home consumption, brown lumps were offered at 43s to 43s 6d, and common to flue grocery at 44s to 453 6d per cwt. Crushed continues to attract little attention from exporters. MAIIRITIIIS.-This afternoon several parcels of 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 61, good 34s to 34s 6d, mid 32s 6d to 33e 6d, low 31s to 325, good to fine brown 28s 6d to 30s 6d, and refining sorts from 305 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 sold-Bengres, good white at 364 6d to 37s 6d, low to middling 34s 6d to 365, fine like Mauritius 34s to 36s per cwt. Of Madras several parcels found buyers privately at stiffer rates. At auction 210 bags went at stiffer rates. At auction 210 bags went at 36e 6d for good grocery. Orders are on the increase for Penang, and 2,042 begs 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 Havannab 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 63. The rates demaded for Bengal and Mauri tius are 12s to 12s 6d, and 133 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 24s to 425. A good demand exists for Honey, Jamaica 35s to 545, Cubs 34s to 405, and Nar bonne 505 to 60s per cyst, 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, good mid to good realised 603 to 633, low mid o mid 54s to 593, other sorts 50s to 534 6d, small 48s to 49.3, triage 44s to 48s. Of Costa Rica 1,000 bags went at very full prices, good to fine ord at 45s 6d to 533. Of Tellicberry 70 cases realized 56s for fine ord; but 450 bags Singapore Java were taken at 463 6d to47s 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 fine ord. Mocha is wanted, and at former rates there are few sel:ers. 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 81 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 94 to lOid, strong and Pekoe sorts lld to is 6d: at a small reduction there are many buyers. Souchong is still wanted, but no advance, supply being more plenti ful-the rates paid for common to mid are 8d to Is, good to find is to is 10d. In Oolong little has been done, still prices remain at 8d to I Id for low to mid, and is to Is 8d for better sorts. A good demand still exists for clean Pouchong at 5d to 7id, 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 rejects d 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 Oil to Is 2d, good to fine is 3d to 2s 3.1, choice 2s 4d to 2s 10d. Yung H 1 son Canton 81 to 11d, Hyson kind to Is 7d, fine and suserior for is 8d to 2 5 2 : 1 , T wankey 101 to ls, Gunpowder Canton 7id to Is, Hyson sort Is 21 to 2s 7d, fine 23 8d to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton 10a to is Id, Hyson sort is 2,1 to 24 2d, ana 11 . ) son skin 5d to lOs. Flowery Pekoe remains in good demand, and rates are firm: fine at is 9d to 35 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 81 for good to fine, and low to mid 9d I Id. In Caper little has been done, and 6ici 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 37s to 445, low to mid 34s to 365, grey 305 to 335, Gre. nada 29s to 345, and superior 355 to 365. A good bu siness is doing in foreign, and rates are firm. Bahia and Para at 25s 6d tc 26s 61, and Guayquill 323 61 to 34s 61 RICE .-A large business has been concluded in East India in consequence of rather lower rates having been accepted; buethere is yet a plentiful supply. At auction 3,700 bag s and 1,000 pkts of Bengal we re so ld -good to fine white at lOs to 103 64, ord to mid 93 to 9s 6d; 6,000 bags Madras, good and fine Bengal grain 8s 6 to Os 6d, com. to mid 8s to 8s 66; 2,229 bags Arracan 8s to 89 6d; but 3,686 bags Moulmein were nearly all taken in at 93 to 103 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 smell supply, and worth 9s 61 to 103 6d, and cargo 85 to 8s 6d. These rates rather exceed those of last year; stock is 600 tons smaller, and deliveries 70,000 larger. Cleaned has been in good request, yet Carolinacan easily be obtained at 22s to 295, low to fine Patna 1 Is 6d to 17s, and American cleaned 103 to lls 6d. Prices are not better for Sago, still a bettor demand exists, small 15s 6d to 17s, medium and large 17s to 20s, and superior 223 to 28s. Of Sago supply is not adequate for tne demand, and 143 6d to 15s are the rates paid privately. Of Arrowroot supply is getting smaller, but operations are limited; Bermuda at llid to is Oid, St. Vincent's !lid to 6d, East India and Brazil lid to lid per lb. For Tapioca there is an increasing demand. Rio at 21 to 41d, Bphia and Para lid to 2tdper lb . still the m " Lee clared for . . wanted with auction on the 6th October is already 12,740, auction 2 peet of its being increased to 18,000 chests, , aeardhet is in a favourable position. Spanish is se e small advance has been obtained. At Cocineraen.....sret, rona Guatienala were sold at from 35 to 53 per lb. for Cochineal, bat and at auction 93 TALLOW. -A brisk Russian on the spot date rn e an t d h to 393 61, new 395 9d p ee cies afternoon prices were not better heaufiers came forward more freely, demand silvers sold at 3s 9d. has been experienced for andle selling at 39s 3d is an advance fine old 3 4 0 : last few days. and there will not accept these terms. ; contracts have been concluded, and / to 393 for last three months of the y ear. I indeede Some parties ther delivery v. many politigtss tiSzEthatenieedrii: a i r is 38s 9d met with greater attention, and 38s 6d to 39suilejiaelted sent value cash, supply has rather fallen off. A. , pre tion 270 cks Australian were nearly all sold, b eef 6 a to 39; and 10 ck s at 3usc can 35s to 0 to 38s, mu n tr 9 o s n 6 3 1 7s for to lo 3 w 8s to 6d fi ; ne 50 ; 08 cwt. For auct i on 1,000 eks of patent refined 28s per 41s to 41s 3d ; 28 cks Belgian 37s Tallow are , a nnounced. GILL.-There is yet a re lu ctance to do busin ess in t Seal, a lth oug h p a l e c a n be obtai ne d a 331 lOs t o 3 4 1 ' and other sor t s 301 t o 331 per tun. In Cod little has been Southern done, and 331 i s th e va l ue , with a fair supply is o btainable at 34/ to met with li t tl e not i ce, a l t h oug h fine 34110, and oth er sorts 301 to 331 103. Sperm is not offered at any furth er d ec li ne, yet purc h a ses have been limited at 851 to 87/, an d H Fo r auction eadmatter 881 to 9 01, has been in 100 tuns Sea are declared. Linseed Oil efor brisk request at 30 3 to 30s 3d on the spot, 28s to 2U S future delivery, and the market has a firm asp ec t,, Reps Oil i s l ess wante d ; b rown has b een se lli ng al 31s to 31s 6d, Refined 32s to 323 6d and Fo reign 335 to 333 6d. Olive is much wanted; Gallipoli 511 to 531, and other sorts 491 to 3 / per tun, a f urt h er rise being looked tor. Palm is 49 required, an d t h ere i s more desire to sell good to fine at 283 to 29s per cwt. Lard Gil is yet in small sup- Pit' and w ort h 52s to 545. There is an improving de matntsd for Cocoa N u t. C oc hi n 33A 61 to 02s, and other 313 rather to 33s 61. E as t L a dl e G round Nut Oil is more is request at Paovi si and pri oNs.-Irish butter h as b een i n b risk demand, ces have i during th mproved, alth,,ugh arrivals were l arge sales of er,spast week, and amounted t o 14,60 0 fi rkins. mad e a i 75 ) s ar le , s, Clonmell, and Kilkenny have been Waterford 7 t o ° 79 3 , Cork74s to7SF, Limerick 67 s to 71s, English fi n d Y OB to 745. and Sligo 69s to 73 s p er cwt. li a mere ready sale, fine Dorset at 82a B6s Devon 76s to ee s Of Dutch arrival's etild Fresh 8s to 108 per dr zsn f ound. p have fallen off, arid were 5,800 casks for the last week, the demand has much improved , and improved and there is an adv ance fine f ling at 80s to 82s, l' Friezeland_ 628 sel ling 745, Kempen and Zwolle,Sialep7tl2BB t a o n 7 d 6 jseGcond o u s ingen 64s to 663. Emden and Leer 6 83 to 70s, Roh i 'ti en r an d Kiel 78s --,-._ FORBIDDING THR BANNS.—On Sunday morning last, during divine servke in the chu ch 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 Meet. i t seems the 4 , 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 h er own marriage.—Cambridge Chronicle. The Marquis of Lansdowne , wbo has b een suf fering severely from gout since his arriv al at Bowoo d Park I from town is rather better. The Earl and Coun tess of 6h ?1 . 12u arne and their y ou thful family, and the Hon. James and L dY Louisa Howard, are staying wit h his Lords hip. PLYMOtI TH , fiErT. s.—Wind 6.W. — hard. Aun . Black, Cau so. i ITALY. COURSE OF EXCH. Amet,ld4a, ll 19 Ditto, three months., 12 0 Rotterdam .... • • .... 12 0% Antwerp— ............ 25 50 •25 50 Hamburgh •• • • • • 13 9% Algona ...... ...• .• Paris, 3 dayesight .... 25 30 Ditto, 3 months 25 50 Marseilles ............ 26 10 Frankforton Maine.. Vienna, effeo. 12 2 Triest2, ditto.... • • • • •• 12 4 retersburgh • , 3 7 19 ; i 4JA, INGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gbrahar•••••••••••••• Leghorn 30 70 'Genoa •••••••••••• •••• 25 65 e• • • •• •• •• •• •• yenice.• •. •• •• •• •••••• Naples •• 41% Palermo, 123% Lisbon.— • • 53% .Jp0rt0.............. • . 53% Rio Janeiro •• •• 121% 'Guenos Ayres •• ;Tow York 60days'sight Madrid - Barcelona Seville.. •••••• •• •• •• THE LONDON GAZET FE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 3, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. G. Dalgety as Consul at Melbourne for his Majesty the King 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 Algarves. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 7. 4th Regiment of Foot — Lieutenant-Colonel 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 Latouche Colthurat 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 Striih Hoskins, from the 65th Foot. to be Ensign, vice Bracken bury, appointed to the 84th Foot, Sept. 7. 59th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Mainwar from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Trevor, appointed to the 4th Foot, Sept. 7. 63 i F..ot—Eisign Vincent Nlackesy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Emerson, who retires. Sept. 7. 67th Foo!,—elssistant Staff-Surgeon Edward William Bawtree, M.D., from half pay, to b 3 Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dundas, who r?eigns, Sept. 7. 841 a Foot —Ensign Pierce Chute to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mscbean, promoted to an unattached company; Ensign E rnest H enry Brackenbury, f.om the 44th Fort, to be Ensign, vice ()huts, Sept. 7. UNATTACHED.—Lieuten•int William Hodges Tylden Pattenson, from the 25th Foot, to be Captain, by pur chase, Sept. 7. _ _ - Erratum in Gazette of August 17. 2nd West India Regiment—For Lieutenant Charles John Patterson to be Adjutant, &c., read Lieutenant David Aihman Patterson to be Adjutant, &c. MEaroaaNnear.—Captain David Green, Unattached, has_ been p erm i tte d t o ret i re from the Army by the sale of h is Commission, he being about to become a Settl er in New B rat sw ig s, S ept. 7. Com miss on by he r M a j esty the Queen, July 30. King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia— Daniel Hillman G”rit , to be Adj u t an t, v i ce C apta i n Spring, resigned. ' * Commission by her Majesty, July 5. .Royal Stosex Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.-- Lieutenant William Fuller (late of the 52d Regiment) t o be Ali dtant, fromtthhee.23d July, Com uis,i on b y Adjutant William Fulle 1852. Lo rd - Lieutenant of Sussex. ‘ ... 1 ;,. a of the Royal Sussex Light Infantry R.? ,invent of the rank of z;,,,pt,in, July 31.' appointed to serve with Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. John Cain Tauckwell (noe-- Thuckwell, as Wallere, as advertiaLd in last Friday's Gazette ). i s la3t Friday's Gazette), Lieutenant; Robert Weller (net Robert fo , r to th h a e t D vi ep h u ic t h y advertised in Lieutenant, Aug. 31. [The following articia is substituted - din the Gazette of Tuesday, the 31 at at August last] : . Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. James Rigby, Esq., to be Deputy Lieut enant, Aug. 24. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. The Right lionows.ble the Earl of Burlington t o b e Deputy-Lieutenant; Frederic Sewaliis Gerard, E sq., to John Hargreaves , Esq. , to be be Dep u ty-Li eutenant; Deputy-Li eutenan t ; Ed war d P e dder, Esq.,to be Deputy. Lieutenant, Sept. 3. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ratlandsbire. The Honourable Henry Cecil Lowther to be aliuty. Lieutenant, Sept. 3. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire. Viscount Seaham, to be Deputy Lieutenant; Sir Wut kin Williams Wynn, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Lloyd, of Rhaggat, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert John Tottenham, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Edward Lloyd Edward 4 Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Price Lloyd, isq,, to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 24. Co. missions°Z by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militia —Hem. • Forester, Es q ., 1 orester, 4.45 q., to be tarn'Cap • Charles Wk• ) at Ins Arthur Harcourt Wood, Esq., to be Captain , Henry John Baker Baker, Esq., to be ..,, Cap t ain, Aug 26. ‘Anitaieaion by Royal Sher- the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. giment of utsyrcood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Re- Major. u ut---Thomas Dickinson Hall, Esq., to be Commission by th e Denbighshire the Lo rd - Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Whalley, Esq., t o ir lan rY Cavalry—Geo rge H ammond e e a Aug. 18. Pain, vice Madocks, resigned, B A NR William Crabtr RlJ ee andPTCy Stephen SUP ERSEDED. ders, Bradford. Shepherd, iron foun- BANKRU PTS p et a is ai szf eli al v lj e ea ; : Samuel Warner, plaisterer, Tr, aril Vale, Black heath, Sept. 17, at one, and Oct. 22, Black at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore bald -peat Basinghall-street; J. and J. H. Linlilate2r., Bucklursbury. Henry Newson Brewer, tobacconist, South Arcade. Southwark, Sept. 16 , at one, arid o _ p 73ter n twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. c a , na u n, o2fciat i assignee, Al&rrnanhury; Beetholnae, John-street, ged.. ford-row. John Fowler, huilier, Clifton, Sept. 20 and p ct. is at eleven, at the Bristol astriet Curt. Llutton, official assignee, Bristol. Cornish and Parnell, Bristol. Daniel Spark: surgeon, Cirencester, Sept. 21 and Oct. 19, at eleven, et the 13:;.5rcl Di:;:ri , 2c Court. •Alill er , °fficiala3 siVlee - Br; •. 1 r '73 and CJ Cirencester; B„an, Brist o l, ' INSOLVENT DEBTO:IS- W. Heeseltine, E. Wisghorne, Devonshire -street, Stepney. 1 , , 13 , S. J. Cole, lodging t4ilor, New-strcet, Dory t-sqw. , re. itlF..„spNy ,-,_-_i___ park. house keeper, Lodge,-road, Regent's ,Y‘ ,---,-.77 J. P. Cameron, clerk, Mill-street, Hanover-square. -- , - - 7 -' Ts Collier, plumber, Ocean_ treat, Stepney. J. Shearmur, shopman, St. Geor ge - siree;;St. George-in• •,(.., the East. `- ' J. Brcokland, jolahingcarpirietnptessr,at:wsluatrntks. i'l treet, Pimlico. I J. Bark er , i on keeper, vv G. Brook e , auctioneer, Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshirr. D. Eorshaw, clerk, Bereiford- street, Walworth. The Tuscan electric telegraphs we re connected with those on the Modenese territory, and put in activity on the Ist inst. agreeably to the convention of the 27th of June last betwee n the tw o G overnments. By this . mea ns Tuscany in direct telegraphic communica tion with Austria, Bavaria, and Prussia. The regu lations adopted for this telegraphic service appeared in the Monitore Toscano of the Z30:11 ult. - Philadelphia .......... PB101:8 01 BULLION. FEZ 07, :Foreign Geld Inbars.. X 3 17 fl Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% s.llverin bars 0 i 0% THE SUN, W. Wilson, Canal Company's agent, Gloucester. IL Lewin, draper and hosier, Bedford. J. Ibotson, farmer, Ecelesfield, Yorkshire. T. M. Williams, farmer, Fulwood, 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, p or k-b utc h er , Li ver p o ol, Lancashire. S. Pearson, stage coach driver, Manchester. T. Dick, grocer, Strangeways, Manchester. J. S. Branch, Bootle Lancashire. P. Jone s , brush maker, ' Heaters Norris, Lancashire. J. Squires, furniture broker, Garth, Leeds. J. Hutley, cab proprietor, Leeds. M. Howard, woollen manufacturer. P. Holmes, publican, Northowram. Yorkshire. J. Blackb urn , f u lling miller, MirfiPid, Y orkshire. S. Baggott, labourer, Ki , katal l, 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. LONDON, to Bs. For Bacon much better demand exists, and of prime supply has become small. Prices are firm. Irish small meat at 523 to 629, heavy 553 to 575, and Hambro siaPable 543 to 554. In bale and tierce middles purchase have been limited at 50s to 545. For Navy Provisions the market has a dull aspect; supplies are getting larger and a desire is evinced to sell Pork —rich India at 71 103 to 8/ per tiercs; Mess 80s to 85s per barrel; Beef, Ilemburgh, prime mess 1103 to 120 s; American ditto. 1153 to 1209, and India, 135 s to 140 s per tiercs. In Hamburgh pur chases have been small; there are sellers of Irish at 601 to 68s, and English at 689 to 70s. 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 32s to 41s, Gouda 293 to 375, Kanter 17s to 17s 6d, and Ame rican 30eto 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 Contribator to the Quarterly Review," in reference to my letter published in the Times of the 28,h 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 sore :e of your r, , aders may think differently as to my capabi lities and ignorance, and as to his assertion " that the rifla 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 Minis rifle, which will not keep its ground in the end, and which is bad both as a musket and rifle!" My °DIY 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 Minh& riflo has ne 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 usin g i n my f avour w h a t be 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, in his statement to the contributor, says that the Min: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 tyro 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. Ia good regiments the order has always been to level low, or at the lower part of the knees • an d, if this old regulation order w i t h regar d to Brown knees; 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 intelligent soldier soon knows the faults of his fire lock, and how to remedy them, and this is why a soldier before the enemy prefers to fire with his own firelock to that of another. _ _ _ I have seen nothing in the letter of the 2d of Septem ber which has altered the o pi n i on e xpressed 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 in the 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. _ AN AMERICAN EXECUTION. CHARLES SHAW. PHILADELPHIA, Aua. 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 nected with the sheriff's office, the Deputy District Attorney, William B. Mann; Recorder Lee, the throe interpreters ; Henry:Shawinski and Towsig, who bad been with the condemned upon several occasions ; Drs. 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, e'red. Gaul Smitb, Banner Thomas, Martin Vat Dusen, jun., Henry Delany, George K. Childs, Charles Wartman, Peter Fisher, Albert Coffin, Alex ander Hazlett, and A. G. Duhammel. These por sons entered the prison at nine o'cclock, and son after the Sheriff visited Skupinski, with a view to prepare him for the doom which awaited him. Mat hias was with the two Roman Catholic clergymen, Rev. Messrs. Etthoffer and William, with whom he had spent Thursday night in religious exercises. lie expressed himself willing to die, and as the Sserifl was about to leave him he kanded him a paper, of which the following is a copy : " I, Matthias Skupinski, in the name of God, beg and implore, as a last request, that when William Deal, Esq., High Sheriff, shall have executed the law upon my body, and when I shall be so long hung by the neck that m) 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 been my con fessors when living, that they may see my body in terred. " SKUPINSKI MATAISZ. " Friday morning, eight o'clock, August 6, 1852." The place of execution was then duly examined b 3. the proper authorities, and the rope placed round the beau', 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. Skawinski, proceeded calmly to the place of execution, followed by the offieers 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. Etthuffer 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 bears 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, he has wept over his crimes in the bitterness of his .soul. And before he is launched into eternity—before he appears before his God, and your God—his Judge, and your Judge—ho wishes to be reconciled openly to his fellow mortals. He begs me to request your prayers for him, that when his soul leaves this prison of clay, the Almighty God may be merciful unto him, and may admit himi into the company orthe blessed." The noose was then adjusted around the neck of the criminal by Sheriff Deal. After the clergy and officers had taken leave of him, and the two outside props having been taken from under the drop the cord a p t ? t r a t c e h d e d t he to drop,the centre w as pulled prop , by whichthe s h eriff was al a l t t p h r a e t ei s s u e p ly m - nine teen minutes p as t e l even o'clock, and Matthias Skupineki was launched into eternity. Thus he suffered the requirements of the law, and after the lapse of two minutes and a half life was extinct. There was not a single motion of the body for several seconds after it fell, and the only evidence of life was severe twitches of the legs and arms. Nothing besides this was recog nised. The body was suspended 37 minut e s, and was then cu t . down by Deputy Sheriff William S. Mann, quiteiage of warm,the n e a c n k d and delivered over to the clergy in accordance with the request of the executed criminal. The back part warm. I LI.; i w t a i s i e b r b o o k d e y n , w b a u s t a tt vertibras was neither broken nor dislocated. A cast of the face was subsequently taken by Dr. of the h T ea h cl e A. C. Cournonville and M r. V annucci, an Italian, of this city.—Neu' York Tr i bune. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 79 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 6. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoLnoro.) IN RE M. BRANSON. The bankrupt was described as a stationer, at Strat ford, and he came b e f ore the C ourt on the quest i on of passing his last examination. His 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, 5761.; 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 Irishman, were charged with be ing concerned in a riot which took place in the Wyl?dbam•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 Eoglisb, and several desperate " rows" have been The cause of quarre l on S un d ay even i ng was be a r e f usa l on t h e part o f one o f t h e Grahamsresult, The comply with the request of a n I r i s h man c to drink out of a can of beer which he held in his h and, and accompanying his refusal with theio allow s a said ito h i m the expression that be was not going to give his beer "-z_ Turk." This e x pr e s s i on was t a k en person to whom it was appli e d as an i nsu lt b t t o oya a tu l hlye lreland and the Irish, and in a very short time the Grahams were sought for by a regular mob of Irish, who vowe d vengeance aga i nst them. They (the Grah ams) the Princ e of took refuge in the hou s e of M r . N ea t e , Wales, in Camberwell New-road, where they were f o ll owe d b y the i r 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 th em t h e f at h er o f t h e G rahams, had re ceived several severe kicks about the face and head, while , onthe ground, and were marked in a very frig h tful manner. The riot, which had been kept up for so me hours, wa s such as to cause the greatest pos sible terror th roug h ou t th e ne i g hb our h oo d , an d M r. Neate, th e publican at whose house it commenced, is a severe su ff erer, having a square of plate-glass of the value o f 51 . destroyed, besides several articles of fur niture, Ste., seriously damaged. Air. NORTON granted warrants against several of the Irish engaged in the outrage, and made them re turnable on Thursday next, to which day be remanded the prisoners, but admitted the Grahams to bail, to appear on that day. AS , ERITAAT KILLED BY BIS MASTER. Mr. Laughlin), deputy coroner for W es t m i ns t er , 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 was 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. %sward'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. Sh ewar d caug h t hi m b y both arms and pinned him against the wall. Soon afterwards bath parties left the forge, high words and " tramping" were heard, and these induced persons to go to in quire what was the matter. Deceased was found by Peter Fere, a stableman, lying on his back, 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 sp l long oasui majority of the 16 gentlemen coin ularrygewere for returning a verdict of man gnghtituteihre,eaand that after s further consideration the present verdict had on l y been agreed to by a b are majority. The inquiry, which lasted five hours, and which excited much interest in the neighbourhood, then terminated. OUTRAGE NEAR ROCHESTER. magistrates' office, on Friday, a re volting rape came before the Rev. G. Davies and Captain Baker, in which it appeared a female had taken an active • • • part in assisting the pri soner a young purpose. girl named The Mary r o y f s v o o n l A t e i r t n gtthoec carry y n f t o y a u l alleged his .1 this brutal outrage is Hailing, her father-in-law, whose name is Costin, only thirteen years of age, residing with her :on: the b ß ur e n v e . r J e F m o p r lo m y b e y d . atrthreornlimthee pee-ars that on Wednesday night Upper to Lower Hailing, a village about four miles from Rochester, a man and eight o'clock, as she was her on way home girl'sl S w m a ' s p o o t r r ti k hg a sesbgrtosaba:teettbl statement, i n i e n g n g i t u , ag it to woman came out distant m ant of a chalk hole by the side of the road, and asked her emxrhe a whatle Corneliusd a h n a d d what o'clock it was, to which she replied she did not man and woman also increased their pace, know. She continued on her way walking faster, alarmed she commenced running, when and overtaking her by some trees sh e a p tpoe:gr herevd gave m ui m se mother h ae along the road-side, the man called out, "Come, come ta w ho h edy e n br t ea h inn e g also, — mo ney or your life." She told him that she had not a ny money, whereupon he threw her down, but d by the woman who had gone she managed to get up and run a short distance, when made oshneawsahsoargt a d i i n sta s ti t° ce PPe to prevent her escape. The fellow then came up, and a second time threw her down, at th e same time Placing a handkerchief over her mouth to prevent her screaming, and which the woman tied, and then held her hands whilst the borne, and throwing herself on the hvieirlainwaeyffected his purpose. The poor gi r l field stairs, communicated whom she had seen in Mr. Forraby's at once saying it was happened, continued throughout the night in a an Irish apprehended the man, who, on being reaper, cutting barley. haynsdterical fit. Next day, Rosebridge, the be was twenty-one years of age. k al i a n r d me o d f , justices a 13" were married at the Roman g A female who was in court he stated to be his wife, Hp broughta e r n ia n h is c y :bneasfntoadrbelet,h saide Ca tholic chapel at Gravesend a fortnight ago. Hi s and said that they statement the woman said was correct, adding that h was Joanna O'Hara.her maiden name On being asked to produce the marriage certificate, she sa id they had not money enough to pay for it, although they had paid double fees to get married, in consequence of no previous notice being g i ven. The prosecutrix gave her sta . tement with great fi rmness, and was most positive in identifyin g the prisoner as the guilty party. The woman, however, s h e could not swear to, nor did s he think she had taken Part in the outrage, as she said she thought she must have marked her with a stone which she threw into her face whilst scuffling o n the ground. The p r i soner, who denied the charge , w as remanded for f urt h er exa mination, the magistrate directing Superintendent Everist to inquire of the Roman Catholic priest at Gravesend as to the truthfulness of his statement, and also directing medical evidence to be obtained with a view of corroborating that of the prosecutrix. and in th e i ron present prices h as, i n A tra t d ß e i t r h m e in a The Accounts of the stat e of trade in the provinces; during the past week show a st ead y and satisfactor y business in all parts of the country. The Manchester m ar k et has been firm, with full employmen t, and the sup p l y of yarns scarcely keeps pa ce with the dema nd of the ma nufacturers. some instance s , b een re fused. The No ttin g h am advises de scribe no alt erat i on ; b ot h in lace and hosiery the prospect s g e c h e a p m t a n t c h e e roof newis general orders are considered f avoura bl e . especially as regards the require aacttivp ments for the United States. In the woollen districts the tendency has been towards further improvement; and in the Irish linen market, owing to the scarcity of hands, prices also continue to exhibit great firmness. SERIOUS GUN ACCIDENT._Mr. Charles Mil es, a brother of Mr. P. W. S. Miles, late M.P. for Brist o l, me 1 with a very se r i ous acc id e nt one day last week. While out grouse shooting, by some mischance his gun burst and shattered his hand very badly. It was at first anticipated that amputation of the hand was indispeesable, but subse quently it was found that amputation of the thumb only was necessary, which operation has ac cordin g l y sine, been performed. MR, MACA.IILAY.—Letters ar e, , we believe, in town, from Mr. M acau l a y, m entioning his recovery from his hopefully recent attack of bronchitis, and speaking of being able to meet the electors at no distant dah—Scottish term,' BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD • VANCE MENT OF SCIENCE. BELFAST, SEPT. :I'.—The sections were well at. tended during the day; a large accession of members and associates had taken place since yesterday, among whom were several distinguished foreigners —M. de Verneuil, M. Achille Delesse, M. Champlonis, &c. SECTION A.-2.IATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCI ENCE (CONTINUED). A. M‘Farland—On the fata morgana of the Irish coast. James Nasmyth—On the probable origin of the asteroids. 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 nebulae, the results of the observations of the Earl of Rosie 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 NV. 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 organic 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 under 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 polariscope ; 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 part of a grain. —on a new variety of magnetic iron ore, with remarks on the application of the bicarbo nate of baryta to quantitative analysis.—On the ato mic weights of platinum and barium. SECTION C.—GEOLOGY (CONTINUED). Mr. Harkness—On the fossils of the lower 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—Oa some fishes of the old red sandstone—The author, in describing the subject of his paper, referred to certain peculiarities in their form and structure as evidence against the theory of " progressive development," and claimed them in support of the more commonly received geological opinions. Mr. R. Young—On the eskars 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 the diluvial ridges of the country into, first, gravel hills, apparently deposited from agitated water, as they are seen sometimes in a stratified form ; and, second, eskars proper, which are well defined, narrow ridges of pure gravel, and consist of waterworn limestone, gravel, limestone and sandstone boulders, axed sand without clay. A lengthened discussion followed, in 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. Mucks. Dr. Royie—Oa the species of thea which yield the black and green teas of commerce.—The author, after the general history and characters of the they in its 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 due to the methods of manipulation, and not to the addition of any extraneous substances, such as Prussian blue, turmeric, copper salts, indigo, &c., though these were often used by unprincipled 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 reference to the Lobos Islands.—This paper excited much interest, both on account of the recent question as to the sovereignty of the Lobos Islands, and on account of the importance of an in creased supply of guano. After much matter of his torical and geographical interest, the author gave his reasons for expressing his belief that large deposits of guano might still be found if the Government would undertake the search, as there yet remained a large portion of the Pacific unexplored, principally that lying 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 classes, and the means of their reformation.— 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 give an abstract of their contents, owing to the importance of the subjects which they so ably discuss. Colonel Sykes read 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 valuable discussion, in which the Solicitor -Ge neral took part and made several observations on the law and its attendant difficulties. W. J. M'Queen Rankine and John Thompson__ On telegraphic communication 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 time signals. C. V. Walker —On graphite batteries.—The sub stitution of graphite, from gas retorts for copper on voltaic batteries, promised considerable advantages on the score of permanency and consequent economy. ! 8,52. Mr. James Barton—Oa the calculation of the strains in lattice bridge, with practical deductions therefrom.—This paper gavoa rise to an interesting discussion as to the comparative merits of tubular and lattice brill ;es, in which Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Coates took part. DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WORCESTER, MONDAY.-0110 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 Holmfirth deluge, has broken 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 mostvivid 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-erlll, in the occupation of Mr. Hadley. Just below then_ mills are two stone bridges over the Teme; one of these is of modern construc tion, built at a considerable elevation above the banks of the river, with a corresponding embankment en 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, be 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 Terre 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-bam, 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 b oa t s and carts gathering them. Many were sold at 2d. per lb. The loss to the millers is very great. Messrs. Richard and William Hadley have suffered severe loss by the spoiling 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 was be tween three and four feet under water, and a great deal of flour and wheat sp o il e d. At Renwick-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 they were obliged to remain till daylight, when they were rescued. The Renwick gatekeeper states that three drunken farmers passed through his gate at midnight, and that one of thei:• bats was found floating in the flood next morning. At Down Leigh -brook the water appears to have rusLied with great violence and blown up the bridges in a similar manner. It is reported that there was a waterspout at Knightwick, and that a man and child, or a wo man and child, have been s w e pt awa y by it. The Leomi nster mail was obliged to go over Broad Heath to get on its route on Sunday. At Malvern the storm was awful, and a great deal of damage has been done by the flooding of the houses. When we consider the vast quantity of sheep that are at this time of year depastured all down the river, it is awful to think cf the destruction there must have been. The general character of the lightning to those who were in doors appeared like sheet lightning, but to those who had the temerity to witness the phe nomenon it was forked in every diversified form, always attended with aw.ul peals of thunder. At presen+, the reporter has heard of but few acci dents by it. The horses of a coach between Worcester and Birmingham were alarmed by the 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 eeme with " a head" 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.--Tbe storm, though of great violence here, has not committed any remark able damage. The rain which fell here was inconsi derab:e, 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 had risen to " half bankfull," and the surface was covered with treees, crops, furni ture, &c. RAILWAY . ANTICIPAI 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 wore 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 sentence—" 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 ono God." The pamphlet was favourably received in all quarters, but many even of those who went fully with It demurred at the closing sentence, as hyperbole and exaggeration, and, as one intelligent commentator 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 electrio telegraph are two of the greatest results before us of the philosophy taught by Bacon—in opposition to the philosophy taught by Plato and th e other ancients—the philosophy which seeks to improve the condition of mankind; the science which deals w i t h t hi ngs instead of words; w hi c h pro duces what we need, lessens suffering, shortens life. — Builder. from a kind individual, - =-- --- TALE ---- OF A R reoeived RAT.—.A of ours o a ur fo s r l e a ig te n l package • containing a few bottles of salad oil, of the most Y country, a savoury kind, a present which, apart from viewing it as a mark of este em , afforded him unspeakable delight, being an ardent admirer of this sort of dainty. The bottles, which were carefully sealed, were place" a the a partment allotted for edibles, there to lie comforts.;., and safely, as was sup posed, till wanted. A few days after, our friend, being afflicted with an irrepressible desire to " prce" the exotic '' kitchen," betook himself without delay to the pantry, when he found, however, to his surplise and indignation, that a nice little aperture had been made in the bungs of all the bottles, and a nice little drop . o: its contents extracd from each. There was something incomprehensible to him about the matter. Ile could u nderstand how a cork might be eaten through by a rat or a mouse, but how they could manag3 to get at the contents was a mystery, the hole being too small to admit the head of either of these animals. beautiful Determined to as certain who the delin q uents were, and th e method adopted by them to effect their purpose, he secrete bottles hi mse lf one night iu the corner of 11‘e room, and so g l o ssy rat made it s a pp earance, a pp ro ached the b on a finwithe a fortitude unkn own to (ir) rational depredators on kindred errands, inserted his tail in one of them, drew cleane d that member with his mouth, it out gently, and pro cess o ver and over again . " - Montrose cße v iew. repeatedpeated the pro- Lord arid Lady Stafford and Lady arr ived at the St. Katherine's Wharf M‘Donald the General Sleam tinvigatien yesterday morning, by Vellittellittej f -ora AntWer,p, Company's steam-ship ita TUESDAY THE TRUE NURSERY FOR SEAMEN At this time there are about 50 ,C 00 British searto in the mar time employment of the; United S ate; W . hy i..re these men .sailing* under a foreign fllgf Simply because they obtain higher wages than are ta d be had in the service of their native country. All while 50,000 of our best men are to s p are for foreign service, it is s. Pro nursery for seamen by bounties in ou r North•Arnell; I can provinces Let the calculation b e fairly wade ta posed to establis h an 300.1 how much each seamen so raised by the hothouse bet system will cost, and then let it be considered whet a 1 at half, or a quarter of the price, in the shape dial liberal wages, our own flag might not recover to retain the services of our own able seamen. 31,1 i trous indeed it is that while a fifth of our nattl' e population is tempted to deser t our shores in get. sequence of the comparative poorness of our woge an artificial nursery for the production of the skill a. so allow to leak from us, is to be es tablished ato lavish expense in North America. While w e are.; running over with the natural nautical product' e.i we are to set about elaborating a CODITIVADCe toul3t creating the same by a process at once the a l v d roundabout, the most costly, uncertain in e ffect, 11 ,0 vicious in principle. Great Britain, produchl ill Pty,' many more seamen than she can or w , what an insane inconsistency it IS to . P i , pose an artificial supply of the commodity la 11e cees, in a colony ! It is as if a brewer 0 0 `. banks of a copious and pure river were to set y o l! .. laboratory for the supply of water by chemical Co.wof binations. The idea rivals, indeed, the project. a Swift's ingenious gentleman who had coatris ace; stupendous engine for cutting cabbages with s i ,su c tthe little short of the method by hand and knife , PI, i t y method of obtaining seamen by hand and Wog es om iesl comparably more certain, efficacious, and ec cill it s od than that by the engine of bounties, however va st complicated the system. And while our Government is encouraging the idea of a petty nursery lor: is t he on the coast of Caneda at a grea t cost, w hat s t no nursery upon which the United States draw go .cost whatever but fair wages P This countrY•crnited Is the nursery of seamen from w hich of u_ eho States man their ships in the proportion of EnT ro l w il a half. Good wages command good men. 0 ,4 e0 oar indeed scorns that tradesmanlike resource. r ros e, Crown wants seamen in time of need, Oa be pre. the market-price for them, it has resource to will not rogative of stealing the services for which it, i _ ece 00 consent to pay. And while it places its ret,t j a as. fop this honest resource, its Ministers favour the In L t bet side of the Atlantic; just as sooth, of planting nurseries for seamen on tr ut be disposed to approve of the establisbraels tor nursery in their neighbourhood, while th,tl.„ the ciously adhered to the custom o t. o tesol drs it children. Protection is, however, needed -4;0o, it, fully and heartily—protection to Britis h eot oeatt gipsies ollguof a protection against the ultitna ratio of iniPr_aot; so Great is the virtue of praying for what y ou a a, 5 Why much so, that for its convenience the practice .. 1 d i vlif carried on in war in an enemy's country' and d not also at home when the Queen wants sea by fair does not want the means of obtaining thara, With, oa and liberal wages ? No bounties are n eeden, ;tw ice, to bolster up nautical nurseries ; nothing bi ll '' i s re' the full market price for the seamen's serviceffloshle quired for an unstinted supply of an inco.wwrorkihs article. In our last paper we adverted to the rota,,b e tiesi of the system of bounties in the French. befo re o and upon one remarkable effect we have "2 0 boat served in the overmanning. Look at a Fr t e h u e c oy going to sea, and you perceive at ones re tWa quence of tis pernicious system. The o ne, hands where i n an English one there wou'°oocie of and a rope or spar is handled as if its%Oa od each gingerbread. There is little t o do for h, a • p ot relies on his neighbour for doing it, and 110 . 0 _ 13 , e s w is bie h on his mettle, or called upon fur those exertl..u'ocasilly make the expert and hardy seaman. 1 11 011 0 ; 13 is Olt manned fishing boats and small craft every _ t i ` i , e d s od to alt work, and his capacity of resource Pr iiu u yeas developed to the utmost; not so in the Frew.; w hich either bountied or regulated by oo sea t h e State, 1 mie oce superabundance of bands has for direct c 11...... p. a lamentable deficiency of energy 80d aki aminer. THE COUNTRY NV The following is the official statement corn, &c., received in the port of Loud Essex, from the 30th Aug., 1852, both inclusive S. t gICET 4.1,e gua no I o ¢ fthe pol i r l ie 4t h Sept., e l j • ! p eti O _ 2001 --- I ' 373! - 99' -- 610; 54 1510; 2(,, - I - Colchester 1 Harwich OOO .• -- t ' i 1911 14 Leigh 4 71 wo 70 ...,,, Dial don 1 .., lone' s ' • to 40 ,b 26 : CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 3.—Prices to-day werez r W ed ia , ea o t l , d w 4c hi a te t , o oLd s, 46 n s ew od 3s t s o t 5 0 4 4 80 80 3; 7 b V ar e r eyal, - t il: to t° b v- 9 50 00 ; chevalier 28s to 335; grinding 22s to 28e; chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19s to 25s ; Peas' t(. SA.I • whit ,w 1 o, 30a to 82s; boiling. 39e to 3 45 , q i g tO to 355; beans, tick, 32s to 345; harrow ticks , u mazagan, 29s to 325. red B°. 42s t: ! 2 2 0 6 1 etic t ; 11l- a rtritigS4 00 COLCHESTER, SEPT. 4.—lit , heat, white to 45s ; oats, 18s to 23s ; beans, mazagan 310 t '',,,,,,y, 3 00 and amall 34s to 365; peas, white 36s to 3 84 Jr - 0 0 32s ; barley, 30s to 323 per yr. the Sae for SEPT ?4.—The following are for new grain:— Wheat. Barley. First 393 03 26s Od Second 379 Od 25s C. Third —s 03 223 Od , Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, SEPT. 3.—Ti grain at our market to-day: — Old Wheat. Oats. 20s °d Od Od hnperia!, Le followir L e l ! od b‘s 2 8 3 Od t are t he z rell3 0 ,4 0-• Prices 13451 a I Barley. I °s Od 3 41 4 i First 4ss Od I 29s Od 1 223 7d 83s 0j Second 4ls lid 126 s 64 11755 a 3" so I J Third Q 5 VS. , n ii so , Total quantity of Old Wheat in market lu ~ :4 o ld Do. New do. 232 qr 'O 5 li Do. 27 1 gr s '' 251 043 Barley do. ois qr s, 6 so li Do. Oats do. ' 8 go ., Do. Beans do.— ___ I t t e p h t :n o : at .. 7" e .... t : 1 5 5 : : Prices ofCCOoAolLpeDifr tonAR _ Newcastle Hartley 13s --_____------- Chester Main • Od Davison'sWestH 13s 3d Larnbton ............. , A. 5 6. ..... f. Wellington H Ka9tEdtTEheiscslYecisigie:: °III artley 15s 6d Lumley ...... ......... Os 4 Holy well _inky_ 13s 9ci N..Eletton Lyons ..... 143 u . 14s Od Pensher .............. Os 5 !, 1 North Perc N e i , .3' Hartley l4s Od Stewart's .. ..• •••• ' 149 7 1 New antield l'e.nfield M 123 6d Whitwell ..... ........ 160 u rantield M Moor .. 12s 6d Plummer ....... .. •••• id 01 ~IY,nstW I oor Butes— l2s 3d Cassop , •••• .............•15° 3 yam 13s Od Hartlepool . ...... , 43 61 r•YIAm ...... 1 0 13s 6d Heughl3all ...... 0 , _ Wall's End, &c. Kelloe ........ .... " os 04 Gosforth ..• 14s Od South Hartlepool ••••1 Harton • . l4s Od South Kelloe ........... 4 , 9 6 Hebburn 14s Od V.-canley ... ........... , 4 , a Hedley 14s Od Backhouse .................. os a Lawson l3s 6d POO'S West.... ...... F p 0 1 Riddell _. ad Eden M 'n . ...... .... al —.... Belmont ring ' 1 ees. ..... . • to , 6 Braddyll 15s 3d Cowpen ...... 6 HatonHartley lbs 153 9 i N i xo n 's rwentwa Merthyr and 01 Haswell 153 9d Nixon's _._ Keepier Grange 14 6d Car ..... cliff .. .. ..... 213 • rket 119 ..... Sold, 85. dhips at ma , RAILWAY SHARE, 114 ai O. , ARKB A A.' BRISOL, SEPT. 6. ii to' cl °l ' STOCK ExcHartar.—The share market ruled dn._ nr i c ep and the few transactions closed without variation lii r LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6. os er STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market tc .da ltend elicP tremely depressed, and prices had a downwar. vorjohire, The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire anati;:western' 86%—Ditto, Fifths, Z: , 7-16—London and V ox , 21e . "225/B—Aidland, 777/9—South -Eastern and ''' a 1.16. Dublin and Drogheda 49 lA—Dutch Rhenish, ' MANCHESTER, Sgt.'''. 6. . was Tel ST today SOCK EXCHANGX.—The business dole 1 0- den T 1 36 limited, and prices generally had a downward ten 1 ., 6 1. 1.1 tran • sections were as follow:—Blackburn (1-‘l°'Qq/' Lon° —Eastern Counties, 11 5-16—East Lancashire, 1",74:7,.p. 86/0 and North-Western, 122% —Lencashire aces,Yorrcso'''' West —Ditto, Fifths, 3% die. Ditto, F Sh 51100' Riding, 2 1 A die.—South-Eotern and Dover, .:11Y4-- 78 78—Bristol and Exeter, 14. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 6 d all l iti. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market presenteo _ d $ tell' proved appearance to-day, and prices generallY d SOO; dency upward. The sales were—London 9 4 11 2didlen" Western, Coventry and Nuneaton Stock, 12u-- Stock, 78. • 0 03' A SSAULT BY A POLICE•SEBGBADIT.----Pol lCe' plly sta bl e Sergeant Berry, of the Salisbury, force, tAy sizes, on Friday to take his trial a t the nod Pelil zOO A feraa es, a c harged who had with the completion of a critninal a5510,0.r. been taken to the staticn on a stretcher BIRTHS. w ife h ult., at the Retreat, near Bid OF A SON. On the 9 't of Frederick Lang, Esq. _ in gtoP On the 2d inst., at Lordslii t - Stoke N" p- eri.ACej, Airs. Alfred Warner. eford, th e • OF A DAIIGTITFR . Wad' " On the Ist inst. at Pixfon- arl- t he LedY Mary ~ On the 3d inst., ' at ' LowerP Brook st reet, b it ' Wodehousa. Yd Caro, the 4th inst., at tipper Harley-street, the La line Gamier. Girlin MARRIED. v res g° On the 2d inst., at Twyford Church, Christopher is- Tiv i v g g, Esq.. of oulshatn, to Lovett anette, onlY 511 , r eto r of daughter of the late Rev. Christop Spurgeon, r` Ilarpley and Great Bircham, Norfolk. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Claughton-hall, Lancashire, Geo rge, the brother of Thomas Fitzherbert, E4q., of Spines,' Park, Statlordsbire. (2 dde° , On the 3d inst., Lieutenant -Colonel John Gordon ‘-.e late in command of the 30th Regiment. Egl'' At Ton bridge-wells, on the 3d inst., George R. Porter, Joint Secretary to the Board of Trade. At Scarborough. on the 3d inst., Phillis, daughter o f the late Rev. Henry Hildvard, of Stokesley, Yorkshire. ii . - n o, On the 2d inst., atCatherington house, Horndean• I'B-- Francis Morgan, Esq., aged 75. be la te At Hertford, .!3rt the._!...i2t:LraLeLi.c.1.0.f..1...„...... 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