The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-24 00:00:00

DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION DEATH OF MR. BRAIDWOOD. The metropolis on Saturday evening was visited by one of the most terrific conflagrations that has pro bably occurred since the great fire of London.. Cer tainly, for the amount of property destroyed, no thing like it has been experienced during the last half century, the loss being moderately estimated at more than half a million. The scene of the catastrophe was on the water- side portion of Tooley-street, nearest London bridge, a locality which has been singularly unfor tunate during the last 25 years, some of the largest fires having occurred there. The outbreak took place. in the extensive range of premises known as Cotton's wharf and the bonded warehouses belong ing to Messrs. Scovell. They had an extensive river frontage, and the whole space on the land side ex tending to Tooley-street was covered with eight or nine warehouses six stories in height, some of which had formerly been used as Ordnance stores, and the whole occupying, as we were informed, about three acres. These buildings were filled with valuable merchandise of every description. There were some thousands of chests of tea and bales of silk stored in the upper floors, while in the lower was an im mense stock of Russian tallow and tar, oils, bales of cotton, hops, and grain. Evry portion of the establishment might be said to have been loaded with goods, and of the whole of this property not a vestige remains but the bare walls and an immense chasm of fire, which at dusk last evening still lighted up the Pool and the east end of the city. To be added to this very serious loss is the destruction of the whole of the western range of Alderman Hum phery's warehouses flanking the new dock, known as Hay's wharf, the burning of four warehouses and a quay, comprising Chamberlain's-wharf, adjacent to St. Olave's Church, besides very many other buildings in Tooley-street. The saddest loss of all, however, was the deplorable accident which befel Mr. James Braidwood, the director of the London Fire Brigade, who, it will be seen by the subjoined details, perished at an early stage of the fire. The first intelligence of the outbreak of the fire reached the head-quarters of the Brigade in Watling-street at ten minutes to five o'clock, and all the available force and engines belong ing to the establishment were at once despatched to the spot. On arriving at the western avenue in Tooley-street, leading to Cotton's wharf, a den se body of smoke was observed issuing from the loop hole doors, on the first story of one of the centre bonded warehouses abutting on the wharf, and in a line with other warehouses stretching to Tooley street. .This centre building had only been recently erected, and its construction gave rise to some dis pute between the insurance company and Messrs. Scovell, which, we are informed, had only been arranged a few days since. On inquiry it was elicited from the foreman of the wharf that the business of the day was about to be closed when an alarm was raised that smoke was issuing from the hemp and jute stowed on the first floor. Several of the labourers entered the place with buckets full of water in the hope of extinguishing the fire, but the smoke was so dense and suffocating that they were compelled to retreat. One man crawled upon his hands and knees, and succeeded in getting a view of the seat of the fire, which, it is stated, was confined to a very small space, and which, probably, the man could readily have suppressed had not the smoke nearly stifled him and compelled him to retire. On the arrival of the brigade their atten tion was drawn to smoke also coming out of the windows of the warehouses which adjoined. This fact excited some surprise, as it was known that strong party-walls divided the buildings, and it was then ascertained that the workpeople had made the'fatal mistake of not closing the iron doors which communicated with the several floors throughout the range. Mr. Braidwood at once predicted that the fire would become one of great magnitude. Although no flame could be seen, the smoke was becoming denser and denser, rendering any approach to the floors quite impracticable. The chief of the brigade at once proceeded to station his force in the best available positions to combat with the conflagration. The two powerful steam float ing engines were brought off the wharf, and two lengths of hose were fixed to each of them, and led on to the quay, and brought to bear on both sides of the building on fire. A large number of land engines had taken up a position in Tooley-street and were prepared for action, but, the firemen being unable to obtain a supply of water from the mains, most of them stood idle for quite an hour before water was obtainable from the plugs. At nearly all the large fires which have occurred in this loca lity there has been the same inadequate supply of water, and to which may be attributed, in some degree, the extent to which those conflagrations reached. As soon as it was perceived that the waterside range was threatened, :the vessels which - were lying at the wharf and which were not aground were hauled out into the stream. Shortly before six o'clock the fire began bursting forth vi ith awfulfury, and the whole of the main building from the basement to the roof became enveloped in fire. The flames then made rapid work of it, and progressed towards the line of warehouses facing the river and to the lofty buildings which adjoined on the Tooley-street side. Mr. Braid wood surveyed the course of the fire with his usual coolness, and posted his men where the best command could be had over the fire. About half-past seven o'clock he entered the gateway leading to the wharf nearest St. Olave's Church, and proceeded down the avenue, - where four of his men were supporting and direct lag two branches from the floating engine. By this time the warehouse in which the fire com menced was gutted, but the enormous stock of tal low which had been stowed in the lower floors caused the flames to rise to a considerable height, and, if anything, they raged more furiously when water -was scattered over them. The adjacent buildings also contained a large quantity of tallow and oil, which ran down through the loopholes in a stream to the vaults as the warehouses ignited. At intervals there were loud reports, as if from the ex plosion of combustibles, but at the time this did not excite any particular alarm, as the foreman of the wharf' had assured the firemen that those ware houses contained no explosive material, though he l i admitted that there was a large stock of saltpetre in another part of the wharf. The Police, wh o b y this time had got command of the thoroughfares leading to the wharf, had cleared this western gateway or avenue, and with the exception of the firemen there were only a few persons standing by. _ _ Mr. Braidwood, who had visited the men several times previously, seeing their distressed state, was engaged in giving them some refresh ment when, all of a sudden, a terrific explosion occurred. In an instant it was seen that the whole of the frontage of the second warehouse was coming down, falling outwards into the avenue. Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the Southern dis trict of the brigade, who was standing within a few paces of Mr. Braidwood, shouted for all to run. The men dropped their branches. Two, with Mr. Hen derson, escaped by the front gateway, and the others ran in the opposite direction on to the wharf, where they jumped into the river. Mr. Braidwood made an effort to follow Mr. Henderson, but was struck d o wn by the upper part of the wall, and buried beneath some tons of brickwork. His death must' have been instantaneous. Several of his men rushed to extricate him, hopeless as the task was, but, an other explosion happening, they were compelled to fly. The sad fate of their chief had a most depress ing effect upon all, and, to add to their trouble, the conflagration now assumed a most awful aseen a,ney- It was said that there were three men standing by at tie time, and it was feared that they had perished, We are in a position, however, to state that Mr. Braid wood is the only member of the fire brigade who has fallen, all the men having answered to the roll. A gentleman named Scott,, however, is supposed to have perished with him. The exertions of the brigade were quite powerless to cheek the progr ess of le flumes. It is scarcely possible to describe the consternation which pre vailed. From the rapid explosion s which followed it wa s thought that there must have been a large stock o f saltpetre in every one of the warehouses. The con msions shook the neighbourhood, and scattered clouds of burning fragments over the panic-stricken district. Although the sun had not set, and the evening was bright and clear, the whole of the public buildings in the city and along the waterside were tinged by the lurid glare of the conflagration, while the Pool and eastern part of the metropolis were darkened by the huge cloud of smoke which rose from the burning mass. By this period the news of the magnitude of the fire had spread all over the metropolis, and the number of people flocking to it was so great as to render London-bridge and the Borough quite impassable. The balustrades and outside coping of London-bridge were fringed with thousands of spectators, and we heard of one in stance where a person in his struggle to obtain a place had fallen over into the river and was drowned. At about 10 o'clock the fire seemed at its worst. Probably between 8 and 9 there was a greater body of flame than at any subsequent period, but the broad light of a summer's evening drowned its hideous glare. It was not till night fell that the tremendous terrors of the spectacle could be appreciated in all their horrid grandeur. Never since the Fire of 1666 had such a scene been witnessed. The whole south bank of the river from London-bridge to below the Custom house seemed one stupendous pile of fire, glowing at its core with an intensity that made it painful to look at, and casting a ruddy glare above on everything far and near. At this time the only hope of the firemen lay in the night still continuing calm. Their efforts to check the flames they felt and knew were utterly hopeless. All the engines of London and all that could be brought by rail or road from the suburbs were as useless as children's squirts against these acres of burning ruins. The efforts of the most powerful engines could only sprinkle at rare intervals the outskirts of the. buildings, for the heat was so great that none could approach near and live. All the worst masses of flame were thus quite out of reach, though, so great was the bulk of the glowing ruins, that, even had they been under command, no water-power the fire men could procure could have made the slightest impression. The only chance, therefore, of a cessation of the calamity rested entirely on the night remaining still, and allowing the ruins to burn out of themselves. By the mercy of Providence, happily, no wind arose. Had it been otherwise, the blasts of heated air coming through such a mass of fire would have lit every thing within half a mile of it. Engines and firemen would have been alike driven away, and the whole neighbourhood would have been abandoned to the flames till a sufficient number of houses on its dread ful line of march could have been either pulled down or blown up. At one time such an extension of the catastrophe seemed awfully probable. There was scarcely a breath of wind, but what little there was came from the river, gently turning the blinding mass of smoke and flame across Tooley-street to the London-bridge Railway Station. On it seemed to come, nearer and nearer, with a crackling roar that was terrible, with its millions of burning flakes filling the air as if the very atmosphere was on fire, and the great ranks of red flame flapping about their keen thin points with a dull noise, and leap ing up high over the houses with bounds and spurts like fountains of fire. The heat in the station be came very great, and the ground-glass windows at the side could scarcely be touched. Immediately between the station and the fire was a large timber yard, with some houses almost jutting into it. It these caught, the timber yard and station were cer tain to follow, and the flames, thus spreading in two directions, might travel over all Southwark. Upon these houses, therefore, the firemen concentrated all their efforts, and from the tops of eminences and piles of timber poured streams of water on the walls and roofs. Gradually, however, in spite of all checks, the walls began to steam, as if the houses were boiling, and little ominous curls of smoke wound through the slate roofs. Then more smoke, and the water hissed and sputtered on the roofs, and a dull increasing glow shone from all the win dows, as if there were lights inside each room, and the panes were filled in with red glass. More hoses were turned on the roofs and walls, but all in vain. The smoke came thicker from the roofs, the light shone brighter from the rows of windows, and as the wind moved in gentle puffs a flicker as of little gas jets came darting up between the slates, and ran quivering along like an illumination strug gling with a high wind. At last the slates, began to crack and crumble down, and the mass of flames poured out with a dull whirring noise, mount ing high into the air. A few minutes of fierce tre mendous blazing,during which the remaining slates crumbled and dropped noiselessly down, and all chance of saving the buildings was abandoned. For a time the roofs hold up, but at last, as if melt ing they bend slowly, and disappear in an awful explosion of sparks. At about this time (11 o'clock) the station seems doomed. None can see how the fire is raging, so dense is the mass of smoke and sparks that sweep towards the railway. The engines are withdrawn from their useless contest with binn ing houses near the timber-yard, and begin to play upon the stacks of timber themselves. The clouds of steam that rise from these piles as the water falls show that the precaution is not taken an in stant too soon, even if it then avails. Just at this most critical period the slight wind gradually changes, and blows from the station out towards the fire, rolling back the mingled elouds of smoke and sparks and flame again in the direction of the river. The ruins amid which the fire rages became then distinctly visible from the entrance to the Woolwich station, overlooking Tooley-street, and the sight disclosed is one which it is impossible either to describe or forget. Spreading far and wide amid gaunt ruins of walls, cracked and riven out of shape, lies a perfect sea of fire almost as white as snow, from which the red flames spring in mas sive leaps, and scatter like explosions myriads of charred embers high into the air. Now a puff of wind will act on the ruins far and wide, like a blast through a furnace, and they spring into a whiteness to which the glare of sunlight is mere darkness. While these gleams last the spectacle is tremendous. On every side are only great vistas of rugged walls and gleaming streets, the very pavements of which give off a vivid glare that is blinding to look at. The walls still standing, but white with heat and cracked in all directions, seem like pillars of fire, against which, as the breeze drops, the flames rise again, and, licking up their sides, seem to flap against them and bring the glowing bricks down in long streams. On every side a great mass of flames is struggling. Nothing can be seen but a town of falling ruins, with great rafters swaying about in fiery tangles the roar drown r o o f w fi n ames and shouts of excited thousands, which even the incessant dull thumpings of the engines that are working in all directions. It seemed as if nothing could stop the fire. There were great warehouses which were called fireproof, with massive brick walls, iron roofs, and stone floors. But against such inten s it y of heat nothing availed. To the eye they seemed to get redhot, like shells of furnaces, until their contents poured out through. l f view ame o f the d o ors and windows in tghreeatmsotsrteaamwsfuo going on was to be seen from de s P t r e u r Ph t a i p o s n , London bridge. Half the inhabitants of the metropolis were 'thronging towards this centre on Saturday night, for from the bridge was to be seen such a spectacle as we trust will never be beheld again. Then north side of the Thames, with all its massive buildings, seemed red hot in the dreadful light while ruinshi on werethe south the glare and heat from the blazing almost blinding. Foul and thick as are the waters of the Thames at low tide its dingy waves were nevertheless penetrated by the intense light, and the river seemed almost turned to blood, but so bright and lurid in its deep glow that it actually appeared like a stream of tire. There seemed flame everywhere, in the air, in the water, even, as we have said, on the side of the river, where the Custom-house and great public buildings looked red hot, and their rows of windows, reflecting back the sheets of flame, gave them just the appear ance of being themselves on fire inside. Never pro bably, even when the Great Eastern left the Thames, has the river been so thronged with small boats. From far below the Custom-house to above London -bridge the stream was actually covered with them. All the roofs of the houses, the pub lie buildings, the masts and spars of vessels, the quays and wharves, the tops of church steeples —even the gallery of the Monument—were crowded with thousands upon thousands of spectators. THE SIIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1861. all night long, and did a roaring trade, and so, for that matter, did the pickets, who blended business with pleasure, and had a ready hand for anything remunerative in their particular line. But the fire fortunately had done its worst, and though the flames continued to surge and roar with unabated fury for some time, the intensity of the fire at length visibly slackened. The efforts of the fire men were redoubled, and by 4 o'clock yesterday morning all danger of its further extension seemed at an end. During the wholenf yesterday thousands upon thousands of people flocked to see the ruins, which even at midnight last night were blazing as fiercely as ever within the area to which they had been confined. As the walls are all in a most dangerous condition, and certain soon to fall, none, whether firemen or police, are allowed to approach them. Late last night the danger of another terrific outbreak of the fire seemed as imminent as ever. The ruins extend over nearly three acres of ground, and the immense piles of white-heat masses which cover this large area might at any moment be fanned into the fiercest flame, which nothing could prevent from spreading. One small portion of the ruins, that near the remains of the wall under which poor Braidwood's body is supposed to be buried, have been partially cooled. The great mass, however, is burning fiercely, and likely to do so for a week to come. The list of casualties from this great disaster was, up to last night, as follows :—One poor Irish man, named Sullivan, was brought to St. Thomas's at 9 o'clock with his neck broken by the chain of the floating engine getting round him. Four men were also brought to St. Thomas's badly injured— viz., John May, a police-constable, with John Deane, George Fraser, and Thomas Masson—all badly burnt, the latter dreadfully so. At Guy's one per son was lying badly injured by a fall. Only two persons are missing who are known to have been near the spot on which the wall fell. These two are Mr. Braidwood and the gentloman of flip name of Scott, both of whose remains are still under the ruins. The following is the official report of damage : _ . . 4.30 p.m. of Saturday, the 22d June, 1861, a fire broke out in the promises belonging to Messrs. Scevell, wharfin gers, known as Cotton and Depot Wharfs. The cause of fire not known. The fire was extinguished by firemen with water from the Southwark Company's mains and the river Thames. "II" warehotise, containing jute ; No. 3, gum ; Nos. 2 and 1, containing cotton, with 1111, Nos. 4,3, 2, and 1 floors, and G warehouse, containing coloniarproduce, destroyed ; G, H, J, L, T, and E warehouses, containing tallow, jute, cotton, and rice. The warehouses were divided by double iron doors, but left open. The engines present were those of the parish, those of Hodge's distillery, and one of Mr. Roberts's, of Millwall, the floating engines of the St. Katharine's and London Dock, and those belonging to her Majesty's dockyards at Deptford. Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, killed by the falling of the warehouse in the Depot Wharf. Ditto, Messrs. Scovell and Co.—Shed communicating with Cotton's Wharf destroyed. Insurance unknown. " Ditto, A to Q warehouses, all four floors high, contain ing colonial produce—Destroyed by single iron doors left open. Insurance not known. No. 23, Tooley-street—Mr. Doyle (private)—Upper front of house used as dwellings destroyed. Insurance unknown. No. 24—Messrs. Cowderoy, cheesefactlrs—Ground floor used as offices, and two floors of Q warehouses destroyed. Insurance not known. Hays-lane—B. P. Vickers, cider merchant—Contents insured in the Queen Fire-office. Stock on ground floor damaged by fire, and some windows burnt out. Insurance not known. No. 26, Tooley-street—Mrs. C. Shaw, stationer—Con tents insured in the Phcenix Fire-office. Back front damaged by fire, and contents by water. Ditto, Ditto—H. Perkins, auct:oneer—Contents insured in the Atlas Fire-office. Ground floor used as offices. Seri ously damaged by water. No. 42 Ditto—Mr. G. D. Legge, tobacconist—Stock in shop severely damaged by water. Insurance unknown. No. 43 Ditto—Mr. M. A. Smith, licensed victualler — Contents insured in the Liverpool and London office. Con tents seriously damaged by water and removal, and back front scorched. No. 44—Mr. Pcake, auctioneer—lnsurance unknown. Shop and contents greatly damaged by water, and rest of house by removal of the furniture, &c. Ditto—J.Hicks, private—Contents insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. Shop severely damaged by water, and rest of house and contents by removal. No. 45—1. Rose, jeweller—lnsured in the Phoenix Fire office. Great damage to premises by fire and water. No. 46—G. Langley, ironmonger —Contents and build ing insured in the Union Fire-office,. Contents broken and damaged by removal. No. 47—Mrs. G. 11. Wright, watchmaker. Contents and building, Leeds and Yorkshiro. Similar damage to the last named. No. 48—T. Walker, chemist. Contents and buildings insured in the Guardian office. Same damage. Hay's Wharf, Counter-street—Mr. Alderman Hum phery, wharfinger.—lnsured in all the London and pro vincial fire offices. C warehouses, west wing damaged by fire and water; the second, third, and fourth floors, F warehouses, let out in floors, five stories high, destroyed. G, 11, and I warehouses, five floors high, communicating by iron doors, supposed to be fire-proof, destroyed. A barque from New York, a screw steamer, and another barque, damaged greatly by fire; insurance unknown. St. Olave's Church—Buildings and fittings insured in the Pheenix Fire-office ; vestry rooms greatly damaged by • water. Chamberlain's Wharf, Tooley-street—Mr. P.Tayl or, ham factor.—lnsurance unknown. Building, of two floors, all but destroyed ; insurance unknown. Tooley-street—Messrs. —, pipe-clay merchants— Buildings and contents of two warehouses entirely de stroyed. Insurance not known at present. Chamberlain's Wharf—Mr. J. Barber, wharfinger— Buildings and contents of two warehouses, four floors high, destroyed. Insurance unknown. Tooley-street—L:Selley, potato salesman, &c.—Similar damage. Insurance unknown at present. Ditto—J. May, potato merchant—Premises destroyed. Insurance unknown. Ditto— J. Bumstead, soda-water merchant—Similar damage. Insurance not known, Ditto—Mr. T. Dodd, potato salesman—Four floors burnt out and contents destroyed. Insurance unknown. Ditto—S. Smith, glass merchant—Similar damage. In surance unknown at present. Ditto—J. Denny, glass merchant—Premises destroyed. Ditto—Mr. Elmonhouse, blacklead merchant—Build. ing-s and contents of two warehouses, four floors high, de stroyed. Ditto—No. B—Mr. R. Modridge, licensed victualler — Contents insured in the Phcenix Fire-office ; building un known ; back fronts scorched, and contents damaged by fire, water, and removal. Ditto, No. 15—Mr. W. Lalor, eating-house keeper — Contents not insured ; building in the Sun Fire •office ; back front damaged by fire, and contents by water. Ditto, No. IG—Mr. Crawford, confc:ctioner—Contents and buildings not known, at present, if insured. Buildings and contents severely damaged by fire and water. Ditto, No. 17—Messrs. Van Henry and Co, ship chand lers—Contents and briildings insured in the Sun Fire office. Back warchou;cs of two floors all but destroyed, roof burnt off, and contents in shop severely damaged by water. Ditto, No. 18—Mesrs. I. Horn and Co, potato salesmen —Side, front of warebouses, and roof considerably damaged by fire, and contents by water. Ditto, No. IS—Mr. J. Richardson, licensed victualler— Contents and build* insured in the Liverpool and London Fire-office. Back of premises and contents damaged by fire and water. Ditto No. 19—M'. Corner, solicitor—Contents insured in the Phoenix Fin-office. Back rooms on third floor severely damaged ty fire, and the lower part of house by water, _ _ Ditto, C. Hall, cptieian—Shop damaged by water and skylight broken. Ditto, No. 20—Vorkshops on the third floor burnt off and the roof off. At 1 o'clock this morning continuous " blows" of saltpetre kept going off, and there being no l ess than 15,000 casks of tallow it was irnpoible to conjecture how far the fire might extend, especially as the vaults running under the street as fax as the London-bridge railway were filled with those com bustible articles. Not the least trace of the body of Mr. Braidwood or the other persons supposed to have perished had been found up to 1 o'clock this morning. With reference to the new regulations fox entry into the Corps of Gentlemen-at. 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Probably at no time—even during the Great Fire of London—was there ever seen such a mass of flame and heat as roared and seethed so dreadfully on Saturday night along the south side of the river. All the small boats on the Thames were, of course, obliged to keep close over to the Middlesex shore. The intense heat rendered this necessar y, but there were other dangers as well. As warehouse after warehouse caught, the barrels of saltpetre and tar with which some were stored exploded, and came pouring forth in streams of liquid fire, which floated out upon the water in great sheets, and broke up at last into little islands of flame, which went drifting up the river. All the vigilance and activity of the Thames Police was necessary to beat and scatter these out as they floated through the bridge. But all these exertions would have been in vain to check the devastation which must have been caused by these floating masses if the remains of the ships burnt earlier in the evening had not acted as a kind of breakwater to their movements. The great mass therefore of this liquid fire gathered round the frag ments of the hulls, and kept their charred ribs glowing. At a little after 12 o'clock the fire had burnt quite through to Tooley-street. A huge granary lower down the river, supposed to be fire proof, became apparently red-hot, and the flames could be seen whirling round and round through the stories till at last they found a vent through the reef, and, belching upwards for a few minutes in one great pyramid of sparks and fire, left only the hollow glowing walls standing. Still the flames continued to spread, not only down the river, bat backwards through Tooley-street towards Bermond sey and the railway. After 12 o'clock a great many additional engines came in from distant parts of the country, but they would have been powerless even to check the spread of the flames but for the trifling change we have mentioned in the wind, which kept the great mass of sparks and heated air out over the river. But for this half Bermondsey would have been laid in ashes. Soonafter midnight an immense line of wall, facing the river, the shell of the ware house in which the fire began, fell outwards with a hideous crash. The scene it disclosed was absolutely appalling, and the sudden glow of heat could be felt far out upon the river. Moored alongside Chamber lain's wharf was a small sloop, which, as soon as the wooden sheds took fire, was looked upon as doomed.tt first might be perceived upon the cor dage of the rigging a few small specks of fire, like little blue blisters,which gradually became largerand larger, until they ran into one, and the mast began to blaze. Then on the sides of the vessel, and then upon its deck, other little blue blisters burst out where the heat of the burning wharfs had ignited the tar, and very:soon the sloop was all on fire from stem to stern. While she was burning, there came a barge, with flowing sails, borne on the rising tide. The eddy drew it too near the conflagration ; the heat—which scorched the faces of people standing on the landing-stage at Billingsgate—was insup portable, the three men on board became alarmed, they lost all control of themselves, the barge drifted inland, while they raised their hands and shouted for help. A boat rowed out and took these three men off, and in less than two minutes their barge lay with its broadside to the river of fire next the shore, and was blazing from one end to the other. Later in the night a small skiff, rowed by a single man, was drawn close upon the vortex of fire in the same way. Another boat ran out, took the man eff, and conveyed him to a place of safety ; but it is said that a second boat, pulled by a single rower, which went inshore with the same object, met with a diff ferent fate, being itself drawn in too far. The man was rendered powerless by the heat, he lifted his hands for help as the man had done he had thought to aid in saving; but he had gone too far to be res cued, and it is rumoured that he and his boat were both burnt together. Then there was a second barge ignited by the floating, blazing tallow, but that being further removed from the heat, was scuttled, and so took no great harm. It should be added that when the boatmen took the three men off the barge a tre mendous cheer burst forth from the spectators, and almost drowned for a time the roar of the fire. In stances like these created an intensity of excite ment which can hardly be imagined by those who were not witnesses of the scene. While Chamberlain's Wharf was in full blaze it was feared by many that St. Olave's Church and Topping's Wharf would follow ; but fortunately, a vacant piece of ground interposed, which no doubt saved both. On the other hand, however, Hay's Wharf, it became evident, had caught in the roof, through which dense clouds of smoke and sharp spires of flame were darting. The iron shutters for a long time kept in the fire here except at intervals, when it forced its way upwards ; it must have been at least an hour after the top floor was blazing before the fire 'descended to the floor below. After that the others followed, but the difference in the progress of the flames here and in the non-fireproof building was remarkable. So tremendous a degree of heat rendered the supposed fireproof qualities of the build ing of no avail in this instance, when everything iron became redhdt ; but with anything like an ordinary emergency to contend with there cannot be a question that this great pile of building would have been perfectly safe. As however it was thought it might yield, a large body of men had been em ployed earlier in the night in removing goods from the lower floors, and this was done to a considerable extent, but many casks of oil or tar so removed upon the turn of the tide were drifted within reach of the fire, and in turn added to its intensity. When Hay's wharf was included the river sweep of the conflagration must have beer. 300 yards, with a deep foreground of blazing oil and tallow. The higher the tide rose the wider became the sheet of flame, as cask after cask of tallow melted and rolled, liquidwise, into the Thames. As the tide rose attention became fixed upon the dock at the end of Hay's wharf, for the spectators were anxious upon two points—first, they wished to see if there was any possibility of escape of the two vessels lying there, close to the walls of the fireproof but fire-filled buildings; and, secondly, they feared that the fire would leap the narrow chasm of the dock, seize on Beal's wharf, and then, as must have happened, burn down a great extent of wharfage property beyond. After midnight, when the waters had risen sufficiently high, the screw steamer was towed out amid the cheers of the onlookers, and 10 minutes later two tugs drew out an American bark, just as the iron shutters of the buildings fell out of the side next the dock, and the conflagration shot forth its fiery tongues, amid bursts of cheering and hand-clapping such as old Father Thames has seldom heard. And this rescue was none too soon. For hours one of the floating engines had been playing on the external wall of this building and on the rigging of the bark alter nately, but despite this the little blue blisters which heralded the destruction of the sloop and the barge had shown themselves on the cordage of the main topgallantmast, and once the rigging at that point ' was fairly in a blaze. The well-directed hose, ho w etwve a r e sr o, at tn ni had te be e u x (i t c i d n ing extinguished this, and now the danger Th a a n n a k t s h t e o i o n t t oe interposition o e fireproof roofo the h c e h d a c a ic e it now became clean that on the river side the fire had done itc worst. With a gap at each end, it could do no more in that direction, and in Tooley street the land engines had shut it in ; so that, be sides the buildings compreeohnesnisdteindg Still the fire w as rag i ng, l t i e o d u . s es s , thew of ith su in ites o!, furiously. Und er th e f allen fl aownfli o h o dca r e s r:v:a o esh f s t idko h ne e bileyy l e v nt a to r w ' g e rou l a l gt o ! e ls ' es and in the cellars under - group d was a vast quantity of combustible material. Casks of tallow vet remained to melt, while num berless bags of saltpetre and casks of oil and tur pentine, with hundreds of tons of cheese, butter, sugar, and bacon, were yet unconsumed. And still the people came in fresh thousands to view the sight. Dawn found London-bridge still thronged with cabs, omnibuses, carts, waggons, and vehicles of every description. Peripatetic vendors of ginger beer, fruit, and other cheap refreshments abounded, and were sold out half a dozen times over. Public houses, in defiance of Acts of Parliament, kept open THE SUEZ CANAL. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 4. In his statement to the shareholders of the Suez Canal Company M. de Lesseps appears to impugn the accuracy of the reports I have sent you at vari ous times in respect to the progress of his opera tions in the Isthmus of Suez. For the information, therefore, of those among your readers who may not have had an opportunity of reading the report upon the proceedings of the Paris meeting I will briefly recapitulate M. de Lesseps' own statements of what has been done, and thus leave you to judge whether there is any essential difference between us. According to the printed report, then, dredging machines and other implements have beensintro dueed into the isthmus, workshops have been put up, dwelling places have been provided for the per sonnel, fresh water has been brought, partly by means of a small canal (une rigole) and partly by means of earthenware tubing, from Maksara at the head of the Wadi Toumilat to the shores of Lake Timsah, and machinery has been erected for the purpose of raisin g this supply of water to the heights of El Djis'r. The above with the addition of the wooden jetty and tramways at Port Said, forms as nearly as possible a complete list of all that has been accomplished in the isthmus according to M. de Lesseps, not only since the report of last year, but since the commencement of the company's opera tions in 1859.* I have of course confined myself to enumerating what has actually been achieved, omit ting the mention of works announced as about to be immediately executed, although indeed the latter occupy by far the greater space in the report before me. The results above described havebeen obtained at an admitted expenditu!e of a fraction over £900,000, not much less than one-eighth of the entire capital of the company, and one-sixth of the sum (L 5,200,000) which M. Lesseps declared to be the maximum amount required for the complete reaiisa tion of his scheme. In order now to render the view of the subject more comprehensive I may remind your readers of the work that remains to be accom plished with the five-sixths of the money still on hand. There is of course the construction of the maritime canal itself, 93 miles 10ng,182 feet board, and 2.6 feet deep ; that of the fresh water canal to 111 run parallel to it, with a feeding canal, forming means of communication with the Nile ; Lake Timsah, now not much better than a marsh, is to be converted into a spacious inland harbour. At Suez stone jetties are to be constructed, one a mile and the other three-quarters of a mile in length ; and finally, at Port Sald the approaches to the canal are to he formed, and the canal itself is to be prolonged into the sea by means of two similar jetties, of the aggregate length, as nearly as I can remember it, of about three miles to be built of solid stone upon a foundation of sand. Without stopping to enter into a consideration of the pecu liar engineering difficulties of these undertakings such a programme must surely appear sufficiently formidable, and it seems difficult to conceive that any person taking a dispassionate view of the ques tion should not admit that M. de Lesseps' adversa ries, as he is pleased to call them, have some solid grounds for the doubts they express, and they are entitled to better treatment than general charges of blind prejudice, jealousy, and interested motives. That England has interests which would impel her to oppose the prosecution of M. do Lesseps' scheme must, I conceive, be freely admitted; but the interests thereby endangered are, above all, those practically identified with the peace and prosperity of this country. Already the latter are becoming seriously clouded by the addition to the liabilities of the Egyptian Treasury of a sum that would have suf ficed to pay off nearly, if not the whole of its debts, and by the forcible abstraction of the agricultural population of the country from the legitimate work in a manner equally oppressive and unjust. In con nection herewith I may mention a noteworthy fact, of which M. de Lesseps is well aware, that his bitterest and most outspoken opponents are to be found among some of his own countrymen in Egypt, and that their opposition can only be explained on the grounds—which indeed they freely admit— that they see the source of their wealth endangered by the threatened exhaustion of the resources of their adopted country. The opinions entertained by the late Mr. Robert Stephenson as to the practicability of establishing a navigable communication between the Mediter ranean and Red Sea are, at least in England, suffi ciently well known. Mr. Stephenson declared that, although there might be no physical obstacle which the resources of modern science, aided by a lavish expenditure of money, might not be capable of overcoming, it would be impossible to foretell when that expenditure would come to an end ; one thing alone being certain—that M. de Lesseps' estimate would fall infinitely short of it, and that no results could be looked for sufficient to compensate for the capital that would be required to produce them. It is a singular thing that when Mehemet Ali Pasha had decided upon the construction of the Barrage, an opinion precisely analogous to the above was given to him by another eminent English engineer whom he consulted on the subject. The advice was disregarded, the bridge of the Barrage was built, but nothing further has ever been done, and it stands to the present day an obstruction to the navigation of the river and otherwise perfectly useless, excep ting in as far as it gives occasion to the Government to levy a lock due from the boats that pass through it. Although in some respects foreign to the subject of the preceding remarks, I cannot forbear refer ring to the extracts from the French press appended to M. de Lesscps' report. These extracts are headel by one from the Monileur, and are no less thin 26 in number. To an English reader they are cer tainly productive of no small amazement, not somuch on account of the misrepresentation and ignorance, both equally gross, with which tho views of his countrymen on the subject of the Suez Canal are treated, as on account of the extraordinary amount of unmeaning and rabid vituperation which is here collected together. Insolence, malice, jealousy, robbery, hypocrisy are some of the choice epithets in which the writers deal. It seems incredible that M. de Lesseps, before presenting his collection to the world, should not have reflected that it would be impossible to form a similar one from the modern press either of England or of any other country, and that it can alone be sought for among a people who are incessantly talking of their own highminded generosity, and who, next to their magnanimous virtues, pride themselves most upon their pre-emi nence in matters of good taste. The event of the week has been the departure from Cairo of the annual caravan for the Hedgaz. The pilgrims were despatched with even greater pomp than had been displayed for some years past, but an innovation has been introduced which has caused great scandal. The " Mahhmil" has from time immemorial set off from Cairo, borne on high,upon the back of a glow-moving but stately camel, reserved expressly for the purpose, and regarded with feel ings of -veneration almost equal to the fabric it carries. This year the framing, with its gold em broidered cover, was sent across to Suez strapped upon a railway truck, an undignified proceeding, with which the faithful have been so thoroughly disgusted that a large number have returned to Cairo and have relinquished the idea of performing the pilgrimage. The French frigate Asmodiee sailed for Toulon on the Ist inst. with the Siamese mission to France. * The works at Port Said, among others,, were already announced as being in existence at the meeting of last year, but the tramways were destroyed by the action of the sea washing over the narrow strip of sand which separates it from Lake Menzaleh. The present lines have consequently been cont.tructed within the last 12 months. M. de Lesseps informs us that they serve for the purpose of widening the neck of land referred to, by means of sand taken from the seashore, and ho acknowledges that as fast as the latter is carried away it is replaced by fresh deposits. [ADvErmsEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills. —Slight and se vere diseases.—lt is comforting and satisfactory to know that the operation of these fawous Pills is not limited to the cure of those violent internal distempers for which they are successfully administered in England and foreign coun tries. They act also as an immediate corrective in the lesser ailments incident to both-sexes. Nothing excels them for curing the diseases of children , s uch as colic, con stipation, headache, worms, and all disorders of the skin ; they likewise regulate the digestion, and stimulate every organ to healthy action. In diseases of the liver, kidneys, and spleen, they invariably afford immediate relief and ultimate cure. In fact, in all complaints to which man kind is liable no medecine is so efficient. THE NA VY. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt the Hon. Joseph Denman, sailed from Ports mouth yesterday for Antwerp, to convey to Eng land the Prince and Princess Royal of Prussia. According to present arrangements their Royal Highnesseswill sleep on board the yacht at Antwerp on Tuesday night, the voyage to England com mencing the following morning. The Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. Cockburn, was re ported in several of our contemporaries of Friday last to have been sent to sea on application by her captain owing to a spirit of dissatisfaction having evinced itself among the crew on the question of leave. We are requested to state that not the slightest foundation existed for such report. The Diadem's crew exhibited no discontent, and the ship merely sailed from Spithead on receipt of her orders, which had been expected for several days previously. The Wanderer, 4, 200-horse power, screw steam sloop, has been commissioned at Sheerness by Com mander M. C. Seymour (1859). She is to receive her Marine Artillery and Royal Marines from the Chatham division. The Bombay, 81, 400-horse power, is in the hands of the contract engineers at Chatham, being fitted with her engines and machinery. On Saturday her funnel, which had been removed to undergo some alterations, was refixed in its place, the Bombay being placed under the powerful floating sheers for that purpose. According to present arrangements she is to be fitted for the third division of the steam reserve, and in addition to her other armament will be furnished with one 100-pounder and two p• pounder Armstrong guns. Her Majesty's screw steamship Caledonia, now building at Woolwich, and intended to be iron-clad with plates of 41 inches in thickness, is progres sing rapidly in construction. Her keel, the first piece of which was laid dolA I. on the Bth inst., is now complete, and the half of her flooring is already on. Capt. Cole's battery screen now erecting on board the Trusty, in basin at Woolwich, was on Saturday completed, as far as regards the exterior fittings, and will be ready in a few days for the commence ment of experireents. The plates, which are 71 feet long and 4!- 7 inches thick, are placed roof fashion over a solid covering of thick oak wood beams, in the form of a tent, on the upper deck. The screen is to contain a number of embrasures or portholes, according to the number of guns supplied. In the present instance, as only one gun will be experi mented on, one battlement has been affixed. The screen is fixed to the lower deck on a solid pivot, and revolves with great facility to the required point, or aim, at the power of one man. The weight of the screen is supported by numerous rollers rest ing on the upper deck, so that the circumvolution of the ponderous machinery is a work of compara tive ease at any desired speed. The peculiar advan tage of the screen lies in its oblique form of face presented to the enemy's guns, and the shelter it is expected to afford to the gunners accordingly, offer ing much greater resistance than any vertical sub stances of much greater thickness. The invention is well spoken of, as being likely to realise the in ventor's plans. The following appointments were made on Sa turday at the Admiralty :—Wm. S. Bouchier, mas ter, to the Southampton, for the Medusa ; Dr. John W. Elliott, staff surgeon additional, to the Hawke; Dr. Sohn L. Trousdell and Alex. Collins, assist.- surgeons additional, to the Hawke; Michael C. Ray mond, second master, to the Hawke; Richard Reed, acting second master, to the Hawke ;David Leitch, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Hawke, for service in the Advice; Horace H. Small, second•- class assist.-engineer, to the Southampton, for service in the Medusa; Benjamin Gent, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for service in the Duke of Wellington ; T. Scott (a), engineer, for temporary service in the Indus ; J. Lawler, acting engineer, to the Hawke, for temporary service in the Advice ; and J. Moore, assist.-paymaster, to the Hawke, as secretary's clerk. TILE ARMY. The Megaera, screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, will embark the following troops to-day : For Corfu.—The 30th company of Royal Engi neers, consisting of 1 captain, 1 subaltern, 83 non commissioned officers and men ; 1 officer's wife, 1 child, and 2 servants; 7 soldiers' wives and 14 children ; 2d battalion 2d Foot, 1 captain, 1 subal tern, and 38 non-commissioned officers and men ; 2d battalion, 4th Foot, 1 capk and 40 non-commis sioned officers and men. ForThlalta—lst battalion 22d Foot, Lieut. Baker and 30 men ; 2d battalion 22d Foot, Lieut. Harrison (and wife and child) and 30 men ; 2d battalion 23d Foot, one subaltern and 20 men ; 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, Lieut. Travers and 30 men. To-morrow the Megcera will sail from Portsmouth, calling in at Queenstown, where she will embark, in addition to the above, nine offi cers, 158 noncommissioned officers and men, five women and seven children, of various corps, for service at Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu. Orders were on Saturday received at Chatham directing that the whole of the 8-inch guns, toge ther with their carriages and platforms, mounted in the Cavalier Battery at the entrance to the River Medway, are to be immediately dismounted and removed to the storekeeper's department at Sheerness, preparatory to their being forwarded to Woolwich, it having at length been found necessary that this work, in addition to the 20 8-inch guns which have already been dismounted in the Half moon Battery, should also be removed in order to enable the contractors to commence the reconstruc tion of the fortifications with the greatest possible expedition. On account of the soft loose nature of the ground on which the fortifications are required to be constructed, the substructure will require to be carried to a considerable depth, the mass of ma sonry forming the foundation being laid on a bed of concrete of great thickness. It has not been considered necessary to fortify the approaches to the river Medway during the reconstruction of the ne w works, as the armed flotilla which rides at anchor at the Nore and in the estuary of the Med way is deemed by the authorities sufficient to an swer all the purposes of a blockade in case of an attack. The powerful batteries about to be erected on the north shore of the Medway, abutting on the Isle of Grain, are in course of progress, and the staff connected with the Royal Engineer establishment have been employed for some days past in making, the necessary preparations for laying the founda tions, but the construction will require some time to achieve on account of the alluvial nature of the soil and the treacherous character of the substratum on which the masses of brickwork will be placed. All the new works are to be armed exclusively with the 100-pounder and 120-pounder Armstrong guns, for firing either shot or shell. By the death of Bear-Admiral the Hon. Fre derick Thomas Pelham, C. 8., Captain Woodford John Williams (1841) is advanced to the active list of Rear- Admirals.—Army and Navy Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The following extraordinary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring. Revalenta Arabica Food, are not the least remarkable :—Case No. 54,816. From the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenhain, Norfolk : " Gentlemen, I have long known and appreciated the virtues of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. In all cases of indigestion, and particularly when the liver i s affected, I consider it the best of all remedies. JA s. T. CAMPBELL." Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoided by using Du . Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, eaves 6C times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, w.thout purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr ilarycy, Dr. Wurzer, 1)r. Shorland, Dr, Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety 0 1 false pretences. Nevill'a imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents; and the pretences that Nevin has a patent for Ara. ' a F ood and that Du Barry's are connected w ith such p atent are utterly false.No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, on the seal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 61, ; Alb. Ils.; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry i% Barry and Co., 77, I. gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and • Abb . 63 and 150, Ox -60, Graccchurch-street ;4, Cheapside ; C 0. 07 lb, Oa bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Pishongate Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-atroet street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pov . Holborn; and all groeenic ement • Phillips and Co tea-dealers; City ; at 127 high THE VOLUNTEERS. On Saturday the Duke of Cambridge inspected the London Rifle Brigade, of which his Royal Highness is Colonel, in Hyde Park, in the presence of some thousands of spectators, many of whom were persons of rank and distinction. The regi ment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks, mustered, to the number of upwards of 8 00 in the quadrangle of Christ's Hospital, and 15 rounds of blank cartridge to each man having been served out, marched off about four o'clock preceded by their bands, by way of Holborn and Oxford-street to the Park, entering at Grosvenor-gate. Arrived on the ground, which was kept on the occasion by the Ist Surrey Rifles, under the command of Lieutenant - Colonel Macdonald, the brigade formed open column, and then wheeled into line. At half-past five the Commander-in-Chief appeared upon the ground and was received with a Royal salute. His Royal Highness was accompanied by a small staff, among whom were General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, General Sir Richard Airey, and General Foster. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Commander-in-Chief briefly addressed the officers and men of the regiment, speaking in compll' mentary terms of the remarkable efficiency to which they had attained. His Royal Highness especially remarked on the absence of noise and confusion during the movements, the steadiness in forming line, and the rapidity of file-firing• Regarding the movements of the day as proofs of what the brigade could do, he would have ne hesitation in placing the most implicit reliance upon them if ever the hour of danger should arrive, and they should be called to active service in the field. He was gratified to observe that the men were 0 0 well handled by their commanding officer, and that he was so efficiently supported by the offices of his staff, and of the regiment generally. On parting his Royal Highness urged them not to relax in their attention to the important duties of the drill. Re" tiring with his staff to a little distance, the brigade formed again into line, the salute was given, and the lends played the National Anthem, with which th. oeremonv terminated. On Saturday evening Lord Clyde inspected the London Scottish Volunteers, under the command of Lord Elcho, their Lieutenant-Colonel, in Regent's Park, in the presence of a large concourse of spec tators. The corps, to the number of nearly 500, divided into eight companies, had mustered at the Wellington Barracks, and marched thence, preceded by their band and pipers, among whom Ross, her Majesty's piper, was conspicuous, by way of Con stitution-hill, Hyde Park, and Baker-street, to the open part of Regent's Park, in front of Holford house, where the inspection took place. The ground was kept by the Queen's Westminster o l under the command of Lord Grosvenor. About o'clock Lord Clyde, accompanied by Colonel Ers kine, Deputy Inspector of Volunteers, and Sir Hope Grant, rode within the lines, receiving as he did so the customary military salute from the. corps. The veteran General wore the uniform 0 . 1 the London Scottish Volunteers, of which he 10 Colonel, in its simplest form, and without the slightest decoration. The corps, remarkable for its smart, soldierlike appearance, was drawn up in line, and the General began the inspection by riding slowly along the ranks, front and back. Lord Clyde, attended by Colonel Erskine, then retired to a little distance within the lines, and the corps, wheeling to the right, marched past in quick time , in companies in open column, to the music of the band and pipes. At the conclusion of the evolu tions Lord Clyde advanced towards the front of the corps, which had then resolved itself into a solid square, and delivered a brief address, the officers , including Lord Elcho, Sir David Baird, the Mar' quip of Abercorn, and Captain and Adjutant Flood - Page, being grouped around him. "I cannot," he said, " express to you how much I have been sur prised and delighted with what I have seen to-day When I see such a body of Scotchmen devoting themselves, at great personal sacrifice, to the Volun' teer service in the capital of the United Kingdom, and showing a proficiency which can only be se' quired by long and arduous practice, I confess 1 ail prouder of my country than I ever was before, and I hope for the honour and fame of Scotland you will continue to uphold the position to which you have attained. As an old soldier and a Scotclumat t what I have seen to-day has charmed me more, than I can well express, and I wish all Go a night.' " At the instance of Lord Elcho, three enthusiastic cheers were given for their colonel by the corps, who also waved their caps on their bayonets, and with that the ceremony terminated. COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK-JUNE 22. The market was rather slow, with a middling supply of wheat, and the last week's rates declined is per quarter. Very little barley came to hand, with a dull demand. Oats were scarce, with a slow inquiry, and late prices barely supported. Beans were scarce, and prices with difficulty supported. Wheat, red 42s to 54s I Oats.... 23s to rig I White do s6s to 608 Beans 48s to 00 Barley .34s to 40s Peas ...--s to - --4 Malt, 70s:to —2 per qr. ; rye, 348 per qr.; flour, 444 to 46s per sack. CAMBRIDGE—JUNE 22. A moderate supply of wheat, with a limited detaall, d ' and prices were lower—white, 58s to 625; red, 44s to bit Barley in small supply, malting 38s to 40s, grinding 2 '' to 325. Oats scarce, from 20s to 30s. Beans also scarce/ and a dull sale, from 42s to 45s per qr. NORWICH—JUNE 22. w ith At this market to-day wheat was in short supply, a thin attendance of farmers. We have again to repot v a slow sale, and last week's rates were at Gd to is decline. The supply of barley limited, and little business doitig . The same remarks will apply to oats, beans, and PO; The weather this week has been fine, and th e h a y h a rve°' has commenced. White wheat. 56s to 60s I Red wheat Malting barley....4ss to 47s I Chevalier barley. 4 5° 18 8 to to 4 5 41 0 Distilling d0......31s to 34s O a t s.. 268 to 3 00 Flour, 38s 6d to 39s Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—JUNE 22. At this corn -market wheat was in limited supply. vv itil b a quiet business doing—prices ranging from 56s to 62s f" old, and 38 s t o 52s for new. A small show of barley,l: malting 40s to —s, grinding 28s to 36s per qr. Oats It: moderate show, and prices declined—quoted at 25s to TT . per 24 stone. B eans , o ld, 36 s t o 44 s ; pea s , 44s to 4 ' Pye, 37s to 425; malt, 68s to 72s ; flour, 33s to 34s P er sack LEICESTER—JUNE 22. The supply of wheat of a middling character, and prig: at a decline of is per qr. White wheat, from 64 s to 191. —red, 46s to 64s per 36 stone; a rather slow demand I°, barley, grinding, 30s to 32s ; malting, 36s to 40s per clf,' oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans were scarce --OP4 56s to 57s ; new, 40s to 51s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 48s Seconds, 41s I Thirds, 385 per 20 stole. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. . Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. „ „ .. July.- --. Do. (via Marseilles) July 1, Brazil and Cape Verds Buenos Ayres, Monte Vid..eo, BL . y . .... .. Jul 4.. 1 Cuba and Mexico .. . . ' • .. :: June O. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. .. .. Overdue. Cape of Good Hope, &c... .. .. .. July 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton), July --"" Do (via Marseilles) Ju ne 26 Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Oerdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via SouthamP June 26. ton)ve rd Do. (via Mars eilles) India (Bombay), (via Southampton) • • • ' June 26, .. Ovue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 21- Lisbon .. .. Overdue. via Mes June 1 9 ) .. Do. ( Malta, Egypt, and M (vi Sen (voutharseill )ton) .. Vigo, and Oporto .. .._ • • • • ‘. June 21. United States, California, ere. • • • • .. June 26. Western Coast of Atrica Madeira, Teneriffe . „ J u ly 10. West Indies and Pacific,'Carthagena, Cuba, &c. June 28. BIRTHS. M.P., of a son. BARING.—On the 21st inst., at 1, Chester-place, Chester' i " net square, Dirs. Charles Baring, of a daughter. w• BOND. —On the 19th inst., at Paris, the wife of G• I) ' 1 3 4 'l% Ll E:r : k i square,- Ae°C7ll 11311 : I h nh e d; W 2E i l f ss e tq o f narty a b h i e a s e t , e E r - 8 141 c o e f , Hyde'ooll MARRIAGES. DolstvtLLE—ST. LAWRENCE.—On the 20th inst., at Kowt Sir Charles Domville, Bart., of Santry, to Lady Ma r Ore St. Lawrence. HARTOPP—HowE.—On the 20th inst., at St. Pe a ks Knightsbridge, C ap t a i n H artopp, o f t h e R oya l 1 1 ° o f Guards, the eldest son of E. B. Hartopp, Esq., of Dalhy llall, Leicestershire, to Lina, second daught er the late Thomas Howe, Esq. DEATHS. ADAMs.—Ou the 21st inst., at 5, Chandos-street, dish. square, Joseph Hollingsworth Adams, Esq inissary-General, aged 80. ARMSTRONG.—On the 21st inst., at Lancaster, Miss P. Armstrong, aged 78. CONNOLLY.—On the 20th inst., at Southsea, General Wril3' Hallett Connolly, late of the Royal Marines Lig ht ' lv faulty, aged 80. LEE.—On the 21st inst., at Norwood, near Southall, Mid' dlesex, Stephen Henry Lee, Esq., late of Finsbury place, aged 47. SOTHEBY.—On the 19th inst., accidentally drowned 1 1' the river Dart, at his residence, Buckfast, Leigh Ad South Devon, Samuel Leigh Sotby, Esq., aged TRACEY.—On the 20th inst., Georg he e Tracey, Esq. , dilo, S. Wales, aged 51. = Of LONDON : Printed and Publi s h e d by MIIRTJO , Tr -1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIE SUN Office, No. 112,S t ra i , in the Precinct of th e S avoy, i n th e C 9u nty of DiliJd iege ' Monday, June 24, 1861.