The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-09 00:00:00

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The Seraph, of Wex• ford, Cardiff to this port, was brought in ye s terd a y b y a fishing sm ac k , dismasted and abandoned; previously towed to the harbour by a large steamer. FLEETWOOD, OCT. B.—lt blew a gale all yesterday and last night,—The Sarah sloop, of Whitehaven, is ashore at Blackpool. The Lion steamer, of Ardrasean, is on her beam ends on the north wharf, inside the screw Pell Lighthouse, full of water and abandoned. WITITERA-YEN, OCT. B.—The Mary, of and from Dublin, from hence is on shore on Dugg Beach, t but is expected off if the weather moderates. BAYONNE, OCT. 5. .The Grace and James, of Ar b alroath, C orunna to this port, was stranded on the 30th damat., thirty miles f rom this, and is expected off without I g e , BELFAST, OCT. 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. Sir C. Camp bell, Rankin, Quebec. The Mary, of this port, Troon to Malaga, sprung a leak on the 4th inst. between Culsa Craig and Sander Island and sank; crew landed at Black ridhead. The Try, of and from Dalhousie to this port, is ing at anc h or close to Groomsport. The Robert ns, of Inverness, Newcastle to Dublin, is riding with .nboth anchors down, in a very dangerous position, near B a ngor. WARREN POINT, Oct. 7.—The Princess Victoria, Of Portaf erry, Portmahornack to Dublin, is stranded under Greenore Lighthouse, Carlinglord Lough. It is blow ing a strong gale at N.N.VV. DUNDEE, OCT. 6.—The Cybele, of this ort, from te F irth of F ort h to Cronstadt, has put back leaky, and will discharge. PArtas, OCT. 11.—The Jean Bart, Newcastle to Cette, put into La Rochelle on the Ist inst. with damage, and three men overboard; must discharge to repair. RIO JANEIRO, AUG. 24 . —The Tay, Cardiff nama, pu t i n here on the 15th inst. leaky, a to Pa- and must partly dischar ge f or examination. MA RKEI. I NE WS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAN GE—WEDNESDAY. Our market to-day ;Vas well supplied with all kinds of English Wheat from a large number of Monday's un sold samples being on offer. As the attendance of buyers was imall, the demand ruled exceedingly heavy at barely the late decline in value. Wheat from The imp orts fromabroad thi s week have been confined tof o 4,210 quarters. The trade was in a very inactive state, and prices were with difficulty supported. No transac tions in floating cargoes. Very little English Barley was a eriog. but the supply of foreign was tolerably good. Malting parcels sold at lull currencies ; but grinding and distilling sorts were neglected. Muir, the supply of which was good, moved i.ff heavily at last week's quoti lion. , ' Pk c ,.. - ;„;le Oat trade ruled steady, at fully Monday ' s pri— 'leans. Pettus, Indian Corn, and Flour corn mended very little attention. ARRIVALS THI S W] Wheat. Qrs. 220 Barley. Oats. Malt Flour. Envi e , I tch x. • • ' '' Iri s h . .... • • " • Qrs. 1,390 Sacks 370 4,210 1,290 2,340 310 WR ITECHAPEL. Prime Beef; Nlu;ton, Veal, and Pork, moved off s teadily, at f illy last week's prices. Otherwise the demand was a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton. 23 6d to 3s 10d; Veil, 3s 2d to 3s td; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. ,_ ZIOROUGII well MARKET. Although our market is well supplied with new Hops, the demand continues Duty 215 , 0 00/. to 220,0004 steady, at fully l as t wee k' s prices. BANIiRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) INRE -- v -- This was a summ o n s un d er the Debtor Traders Act, calling on th e debtor either to pay the amount or t Rive a bond, to try the legality of the claim, default therein being an act of bankruptcy. t ; Mr. Sturgeon appeared to object to the summons, wr-nei P 4 PY on the ground that the party summoned Was not a trader. He was prepared to prove that as a fact, Mr. REED, for the creditor, objected to any evidence being gone in th into o n the t he afl the A ct —" point. T he creditor had made it e form prescribed i n t h e 7 8t h section of That he h a d b een informed, and verily be lived" that the party was u trader, and therefore that the Court had no jurisdiction except to examine as to whe ther there was any good ground for defence, or whether or not a bond should be required. Mr. STURGEON urged that other Commissioners had decided th'at they had the juris di tr tion as to ' whether the party vial a ction trader to or noteth ques- Die ilorfoun said the words " such trader " were conclusive that the party must be a trader within the Weanin g of the bankrupt-laws, and, therefore, he must be satisfied on that point. The case was adjourned for evidence. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Joseph Ski nner, an elderly man, was indicted for as- Faulting Mr. James Selph Chambers, on the sth Sept. Mr. Metcalf appeared for the prcsecution, and Mr. Payne for the defence. Mr. James Selph Chambers said that he bought. on th e 24th of June last, the house No. 19, Ash-terrace, of Colonel, Franklyn, and upon going to take possession he felled that the family of a workman of the defendant's was in the house. The tenant, Miss Tytter, agreed to Rive up the house, and signed a paper to that effect. He went, on the sth of September, and got into the house, when the parties in possession sent for the defen bdant. He came in a great rage, and said, " Mr. Cham ers, walk out of my house; " and he said that it was end he had bought and paid for it. He (the de fsndant) put hi mse lf i n a f i ghting attitude, and told him to that he .. , hould not go up stairs, and upon hi s attempt i ng do so, he p ut h i s arm round his neck and threw him down with such force that it broke some of the bannis ters. The defendant had no right whatever in the house. Mr. PAYNE cross-examined the witness at great length, but nothing of importance was elicited. Robert Jeffreys and James Battershall corroborated the above evidence. draw Ur ' 1)4114E, after ar gu i ng t h e case at length, with from the defence. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS directed the jury fin a ver- dict of guilt y , and ordered the defendant to to pay d the cost of the prosecution and a fine of Is. and be discharged. MANSION-110USE.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Denham, carpenter, of 50,pyearl-ro Black friars, who was remanded on suspicion of being one of the parties who committed the assault on Mr. Cureton, was brought up before Mr. Alderman Gibbs. Mr . flumphrics appeared for the proatcution, Vi7o ntner for th e p r i soner . and M r , thatM .Humphri es a ppli e d:f or a f urt h er remand, observing the police were in possession of information which led theta still to suspect that the prisoner had aome con nexion with the transaction, and that further time would be required to enable them to institute inquiries for the Purpose of to a clue to the property which had been stolen. Mr. Wontncr said, as there was no direct evidence against the prisoner to show that he was a party to the assault or the robbery, it would be unjust to detain him Langs.'. in custody, especially as he was suffering from a severe illne:I. He contended that if Mr. Humphries ap plied for a remand on ti-. ground that he was in posses i!.)o of infortn'..tion which rendered it prudent to detlin the Prisoner in custody, he ought to communicate that th e to the Court, in order that he might have an opportunity of confuting it. ._ Mr. Humphries though t it was sufficient .for him to ',Y that the eireumstauce4 egniust the prisoner were sus- Plointa. .LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LoNDoII, OCT. 9 —Wind this day at noon W.S.W., light breeze. and fine clear weather. KINGRoAD, OcT. 7.—Put hqck, India, Savannah. QUEENsTOWN, OCT. 7.—Wind W.N. W., itrong.— Arrd. Spee, M'Coy, Wallace, Nova Scotia. Sid. Nancy, Baltimore. LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—The Helene, hence to Ostend, is totally wrecked at Southport, one man saved; and the Freedom, of Salcombe, and Commerce, of Jersey, are on shore there. SCAnnolleUGla, OCT. B.—The Celerity, Newcastle to London, was abandoned yesterday off FlamborGugu Head; clew taken off by the fishing lugger Zspporah, of Whitby, which lost her boat and two men in doing so. GRIMSBY, OCT. blew a heavy gale yesterday from W.—The Phoenix, of and from Lynn to this port, has been assisted in leaky. LOWESTOFT, OCT. B.—The gale continued the whole of last night with unabated violence.—The Swandevit, Str3slund to London, has been assisted in. DEAL, OCT. B.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Mar garest West, Baumann, Batavia; Ostrich, Smith, Mem soor Cottah; Ann brig, Madras; Madonna, Fergus on , Bombay; Andromache, Valparaiso; Mary Campbell, Williams, Berbice; Jenny Lind, Lloyd, Demerara; Harriet S cott, Porter, Virginia; Em ma , A t k ley, St. John's, Now Brunswick, for Bervrick; Prirce of Wales, Heard, audsou's Bay. Arrd. from the River, Kings down, Sr. Ives; Blond, Sydney, New South Wales; Atrisx.m, Natal; Cairo, Jamaica; Lyman, New Orleans. LivEaroon, OCT. B.—Arrd. P a k enham, Boyce, Ade laide, South Australia; Mary Somerville, Johnson, Cal cutta; Anna, Moffat, Bombay; Rhone's, Baird, Buenos Ayres; Esther Ann, Hunter, Paraiha; Stahl, Jansen, blew York; Washington, Page, ditto; John and Rebecca, Moore, Dania. Off port, Hope, Bombay; Callao, Callao; Lady Sale, Charleston ; Jana Llewellyn, Peruvian, and Sopphie. Put back, Lady Constable, New Orleans,with sails split. The lierrooder, fur Galata, has put in with only the mate and one man on board, dismasted and with other damage, from contact with a ship yesterday; master and six men got on board the latter. The Ca tharine, for Ciudad Bolivar, has put back. CARDIFF, OCT. B.—The Fanny, Von Shack, Newport to Stettin, has put back leaky, with cargo shified. CLYDE, OCT. 7 . —Wind S.W.—Arrd. Herald, Auld, Sr. Julm'a, New Brunswick; Palindur, Lovett, Wallace, Nora Scotia. Sld, Philo, Valparaiso; Sr. Helen, William, Pernambuco; Anna Robertson, Trinidad; City of Glasgow steamer, New York. Exr.wicx, OCT. 7.—Wind E.—Sld. Caroline, Pata gonia. THE S U Mr. Alderman GIBBS said he would remand the pri- Foner fir a week, and directed that on his arrival at the prison he should be again pleeed in the infirmary. MAR LBRO'-STILEET—(THIS DAY.) STEALING A WATCH —Ellen Purile, a a ()man of the town, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing a silver watch and gold-chain, the property of Mr. Alexander Stare', a teacher of music, residing at No. 30, Goldenq quare. The prosecutor stated, that on the night of the 20th of August lust he met the prisoner, and, teing rather in liquor at the thee, was induced to take her home to his lodgings, where they went to bed. He did not undress himself, and had previously seen his watch and chain safe in his waistcoat pocket. The next morning he got up, and she went away, and in about ten minutes afterwards he missed his watch and chain from his pocket. He immediately went in search of her, but could not succeed in finding her till last night, when he met her in the Haymarket, and gave her iu charge. The prisoner, who stoutly denied ever seeing the pro secutor before, was remanded for a week. A DRUNKEN PUGILIST.—. 7 Ohn Grow/Cy, a pugilist, was charg.ii with being drunk and assaulting Police constable 30 C, who stated that last night he saw the prisoner in Crown•court, fighting with several persons, and as he refused to go away when; requested, he took him in to custody. On the way to the station the prisoner Ricked him several times. Mr. HanDwicK committed the defendant for fourteen , days. WESTMINSTER.—(THIS DAY.) Daniel Catlin was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with creating a disturbance at the board-room of Sr. Margaret's Workhouse, and violently assaulting .police-constable 299 B. Richard Barker Webster, assistant clerk to the board of guardians, of the parish of St. Margaret's, West minster, stated that the prisoner came to the workhouse last evening, about six o'clock, and said he wanted to know something about the income-tax. Mr. Rogers, seeing that he was drunk, refused to admit him to the board-room, but the prisoner insisted in going there, and in spite of the efforts made to keep out, forcibly gained admission. Police -constable 229 B, was sent for to remove the prisoner from the Board-room, and tried persuasive meens, but the prisoner became so violent he was obliged to use his staff. The prisoner is a respectable man, and he did not believe he would have done it if be had not been drunk. Mr. BRODERIP said it was a very serious charge, and if it were not for the good character he heard of the prisoner, he should deal with him very severely. He should order the payment of a fine of 203., or one month's imprisonment. LON DON, MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. A copy of the following letter has been received at the Colonial-office from Mr. Smith O'Brien : " Darlington Probation Station, Maria _Nand, Van Diemen's Land, Feb. 28, 1850. "My dear Potter,--I would have written to you sooner if I had had anything agreeable to communi cate, but I have been unwilling to grieve you by telling you that your worst anticipations with re • spect to the scrt of treatment which I might possibly experience in this colony have been realised. During a period of about two months I suffered as much as the inhumanity of the Governor of this colony, Sir William Denison, aided by the Comptroller-General, Dr. Hampton, could inflict. My health at length began to give way so rapidly under the solitary con finement to which, during this period, I was con signed, that the doctor of the station became seriously alarmed, and his representations produced such a relaxation of the restrictioas under which I was placed as has had the effect of restoring my strength. I shall abstain from distressing you with a detailed narrative of my experience of the magnanimity of British functionaries as illustrated by my treatment in this island. I shall rather impress you with a persuasion —happily well founded—that I bear with wonderful cheerfulness all' the privations to which lam subject. Every other source of suffering ap pears to me to he so insignificant compared with that of separation from my family, that I re concile myself to the minor vexations incidental to my position as to matters of comparative indiffer ence. Yet, though I could terminate the pains of this separation by allowing Mrs. O'Brien to come to Iran Diemen's Land, I feel more strongly than ever that it would be the greatest injustice to my children to bring them to a country the present condition of which I will not trust myself to describe. I therefore can see no definite termination of the calamities of my lot except that which you and other friends took so much pains to avert, the deliverance which will be effected by death ; and I confess that I deliberately think that my death would be more advantageous to my children than that they should follow me to this colony. " I am afraid that some of my fellow exiles, though enjoying the comparative liberty' which a ticket of leave confers, find their lot little more enviable than mine, and the more I reflect upon the circum stances of their position the more do I rejoice that I have kept myself unfettered by any engagement, even though my resolution in this regard very nearly cost me my lite. Considered as a prison, Maria Island is as little objectionable 'as any other spot that could be chosen. The scenery is very picturesque, and the local offic e r s h ave b een as k i nd as they could venture to be under the inhuman regulations laid down for their guidance by the Comptroller-General. I am therefore sorry to learn that this station will soon be broken up. Upon the abandonment of this station I shall probably be removed to Port Arthur—a change which will, I fear, be productive of neither benefit nor satisfaction to me. Tell my Limerick friends that my recollection of their kindness is as vivid as if I were still their representative, and believe me your very obliged and attached friend, " WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN IMPORTATION OF PINE APPLES FROM SOUTH AMERICA.—A vessel which has just arrived from Buenos Ayres, has brought nine cases of pine apples, consigned to a firm in this country as a portion of her cargo. FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—During the prevalence of the gale on Monday night, a fire broke out in the windmill in Chadwick-street, Liverpool. In consequence of the light ness of which the structure was composed, and the violence of the gale which was then blowing, it soon became evident that nothing could save the building. Fortunately for the men who were usually engaged in working the mill, an .operation which is frequently carried on by night as well as by day, the violence of the storm precluded their working on this particular night, although it was originally intended that they should have done so. Had they been in the mill, so rapid and so violent was the conflagration, and so destruc tive in its effects, that no earthly power could have saved them. Four of the most efficient engines belonging to the town brigade, together with a large posse of firemen, were on the spot within a quarter of an hour after the fire was discovered, but too late to be of any service. The extensive mill and adjacent warehouses were totally destroyed within a short space of time. We understand that neither were insured. PASSAGES OF ATLANTIC STEAMERS..--The Asia, on this occasion, for the first time in the history of the Cunard service, steamed to Liverpool direct from New York, aban doning the usual detour to, and call at Halifax, en route. Much interest, therefore, attached to her arrival; and nume rous bets were risked upon her performance of the run in a shorter period than has yet been recorded in the history of steam navigation on the Atlantic. From the log it appears that the Asia has performed this feat, having steamed from port to port, reckoning the differenee of time, in precisely 10 days 2 hours; being 5 hours and 26 minutes less than were occupied by the Europa in her line run of June last from New York, and about 8 hours less than the America's run last month. The Europa, however, made the detour to Halifax; and, allowing the usual period occupied in pursu ing that route, the Asia stands virtually below the Europa in point of speed. The Asia's run out to New York, however, still wins for her the palm, having been accom plished, via Halifax, in a mean steaming time of 10 days 11 hours and 36 minutes; or, allowing five .hours for the de tour, about 10i days. From her run we deduct, it must be mentioned, 13 hours, during which the Asia lay to off Hali fax in a dense fog and heavy gale. The Asia's homeward run, it may be added, is but slightly superior to the home ward run of the United States mail steamer Atlantic, in July last, which occupied 10 days 8 hours, and 20 minutes, being the q u i c k es t run to the eastward yet made by the American steamers. The Asia's westward run, usually the longest passage, exhibits, however, capabilities which will yet enable her, we are confident, to steam the entire distance in ten days or under; and we anticipate that she herself will ultimately yield the palm to the newest ship of the squadron, the Africa. The Asia's first gun was fired about four minutes after the clock of the Town-hall had sounded the hour of midnight on Saturday. She encountered throughout easterly winds, which considerably retarded her progress.— Liverpool _Albion. SOMNAMBULISM EXTRAORDINARY.— Shortly after two o'clock on Sunday morning the pedestrians of the New road and the neighbourhood of West street were thrown into a state of great excitement and surprise by the extra ordinary freaks of a' female somnambulist,• who was parading, dancing, and acting in the middle of the road, with nothing on but her chemise. Miss Mary Ann Evans, . _ a young girl, residing at 40, West-street, had from her in fancy been troubled with somnambulism, but her walks were generally confined to her sleeping apartment, though at times she would make the circuit of the house in which she might be staying. It appears that on Saturday evening she was accompanied by a gentleman of the name of Davenport to Sadler's Wells Theatre, who, after seeing her safely home, bade her adieu. A female friend, who was sleeping in the same apartment, affirms that she was undressed and in bed about ten minutes, and then she rose and went down stairs. The young lady not being acquainted with the fact that her friend was a somnam bulist, took no notice of her quitting the room, but some 30 minutes passing away and 1‘1i!.3 Evans not returning, she was induced to go down stairs also, when to her astonishment she discovered the street-door wide open. Search was made for the missing young lady, and in about a quarter of an hour afterwards she was broug'et back in the care of one of the constables of the G division, who had kindly divested himself of his greet coat to cover the somnambulist with. From his statement it appears that a long distance down the New-road he saw something white flitting about the road, and hastening to see what it was, discovered Miss Evans acting before an astonished audience of some 50 persons in the most tragic manner, and at intervals exclaiming "My own Davenport—he or his life I will have," and it was with the greatest difficulty that she was awakened, and the mo ment she became conscious she burst into a fit of crying, which lasted several hours. EMILY SANDFORD.—The Adelaide papers give the following detail of an attack upon Miss Emily Sandford, whose unhappy connexion with Rush, the murderer, is doubtless in the recollection of the public :—Mr. R. W. Ben nett, a resident in Adelaide, was charged at the police-co ur t with threatening the life of Miss Sandford. The case, at the request of the Bishop of Adelaide (Dr. Short), who has acted as guardian to the unfcrtunate woman since her arrival in the colony, was gone into privately, the local reporter being excluded. " The nature of the charge," says the Adelaide Times, "implied numerous threats held out by the defendant, declaring that if she did not pay him money be bad advanced her brother he would blow her brains out, and his conduct was so vio lent that she apprehended he would carry out his threat. Her brother, who accampanied her to the colony, lost his life at Port Philip a few days after their arrival. During his stay the defendant, ascertaining he was in want of money to discharge some debts that he had contracted, ad vanced him the amount, the defendant asserting that he did so on her security. This Miss Sandford denied. She knew nothing of the affair until Mr. Bennett made the demand upon her. The defendant, in answer to the charge, per sisted that he advanced the money to her brother on her security. He had waited on her several time s , b ut the only reply he could get from her was, Veil, sir, is that all?' Ile was so exasperated at her conduct that he certainly made use of harsh words and threatened to shoot her. The magistrates bound the defendant over in heavy securities to keep the peace towards Miss Sandford for six months." DEATH OF COLONEL 'TOLMAN CUSTANCE.—O n the 4th instant this officer died at Edinburgh. In 1808 he en tered the service, and the next year accompanied the ex pedition to Walcheresi. He subsequently served in the Peninsula, and was present at the repulse of the French troops e„ Pas ac s, tio b n att a l t e o s f t. N p isie e l r l r e e , a a t t t ß ac e k jer o ' n th e e an a i ff b a o i , r cirricissßiZeteh'evalxleisv d'Arubd, near Bayonne (where be was twice severely wounded), action of Sauveterre, passage of Gave d'Oleron and Gave de Pau, battle of Orthes, atlair at Tarbes, action at Aire (again wounded), and the battle of Toulouse. The late Colonel Custance had received the war medal with four clasps, for his services in the P en i nsu l a , w h ere h e was a sub altern in the gallant 50th Regiment. There are four persons now under sentence of death in Connecticut.—New Fork Paper. Miss Cushman is playing with great success at Boston, says a New York paper. Mrs. Wood, the vocalist', re-appoarod in Dublin last week, in a concert for the benefit of Mr. Levy, the leader of the Theatre Royal orchestra, and was received with as warm an enthusiasm as in her palmiest days. Time has but very little deteriorated her vocal powers, and not at all her exquisite taste and pathos. MEXICO._ Accounts from Mexico, via the United States, state th a t t h e Mexican Congress was discussing, in extra session, th e tar i ff reduction project of the Cabin e t, b ut with little h ope of a friendly result. Congress, in secret session, it was reported, had 'passed a resolution appropria ting 2,500,000 d o ll s. of the indemnity money towards the payment of arrears due on the foreign debt of Mexico, and reducing the interest to three -and-a-half per cent. Accord ing to 'another report, the negotiation of a loan of half a million had been sanctioned. The primary elections. were favourable to the Republican party. COUNT OF ALDERMEN.. -..A Court of Aldermen of the city of London was held yesterday at the Guildhall, when the several reports of the state of the various prisons of the metropolis were handed in by the Sheriffs. During the sitting the Lord Mayor intimated his intention of calling a special court before the 21st inst. for the purpose of eweig ingau the new Bectclot, - • SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE, CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—TUESDAY. The Autumn Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added; for two yrs old, sst 1216; three, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 101 b; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st 41b; winners, 51b extra. One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Hadley na The Black Doctor, Est 31b (Osborne) 1 Mr. Jones na, Spot, 4 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. G. Ilawk es nal3rocoli, 3 yrs ... ••• ••• 3 2 to 1 on Black Doctor. Won cleverly by half a length. The Free Handicap of 10 soya., h ft, and 50 added. Once round and a distance. (24 Subs.) Mr. Smith's Master Downes, aged, 7st 716 (J. Evans) 1 Mr. W. E. Hobson's Gladiola, 3 yre, 6st 51b ... 2 Lord Warwick's Grief, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ... 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Mr. Holdforth's Romance, aged, Bst 51b— Mr. Walter's Maid of Team Valley, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 4 yrs, Bst 41b— Mr. Drinkala's Juggler, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Mr. Merone's Cauliflower, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Charlton) — Mr. T. Dawson's Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Cart wright)—Mr. Giles's Gaffer Green, aged, 7st 71b—Mr. Copeland's Aldgate, 4 yrs, 7st slb (W. Sharpe)—and Mr. Jones's Pilot, 3 yrs, 6st 516 (Johnson). 3 to 1 apt Gladiole-3 to 1 agst Clothworker-4 to 1 agst Romance-4 to 1 agst Mark Tapley—and 10 to 1 agst Master Downes. Won cleverly by a length. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 Boys. each, h ft, and 30 added, Tbree quarters of a mile. Mr. E. Herbert's Sir Robert, 3 yrs, 9st 21b(Sly, jun.) Mr. Wilkins na Aristos, 2 yrs, 7st 1ib....... ....(Lye) 2 Mr, J. Osborne's Emily, 2 yrF, 7st 3lb (Osborne) 3 Mr. S. Lord's Brocoli, 3 yrs, Bst 91b...(Whitehouse) 4 Mr.liretherell's ch cby General Pollock, 2 yrs, 7st 51b 5 sto 2 agst Sirißobert. Won in a canter. Match ; 50 sots. One mile.—Mr. Bates's br p Re. beets, Bst (Fowler), beat Mr. Jackson's br p Mountain Maid, 7st (W. Sharpe) cleverly. The Saracen's Head Handicap of 5 sous. each, with 30 added. One mile and - a half. (11 Subs.) Mr. Dawson's Cocktail, 4 yrs, 6st 131 - (Lye) Mr. Lawson's Keleshca, 6 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2 Mr. Cotgreaves's Abbess of Jerveaux, sst (Ablatesll) 3 The following also started:—Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Hylda, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Osborne)—Mr. T. Dawson's Joe Sutherland, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Arnold)—Mr. Walter's Reality, 5 yrs, sst 101 b (Jotinson)—Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 3 yrs, sst 41b (carried 503 s over) (Barker). Betting-5 to 4 agst Candlewick, 3to 1 agst Cocktail, and Bto 1 agst Keleshea. Won easy by a length. The Selling Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added ; three years old, Bst; four, Bst 21b; five, 9st 91h; six and aged, 9st 131 b; mar‘s and geldings allowed 3;135; winners once Sib, twice 5.1 b extra. Winner to be sold for 2001. &c. Once round and a dis. (8 Subs.) Ur. Montgomery's Cantab, 3 yrs, Gst 131 b (to be bold for .501.) (Lye) 1 Mr. Howl, t's Snowdrift, 6st lltb (501.) ... (Sharpe) 2 air. J. R. Scott's Pansy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (301)(Osbornc) 3 The following also ract—Mr. Menone% Cauliflower, 5 yrs, Bst llb (301.) (J. Evans); Mr. Mangan's Hark over, 6 yrs, Bst (301.) (Keegan); Mr. J. Lea's bal by Jereed, darn by Cadiand, 5 yrs, Bst (301.) (Whitehouse); and Mr. Thompson's The Augean, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (50/.) (Charlton). 6to 4 agst Pansy, and 2to 1 agst Cantab. Won by halt a neck, after a fine race. The winner was sold by auction for 100 gnineas. Handicap S K eepstakes of 5 Soya. each, and 50 added, the second to save his stake, for two years old. Three quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Lord Warwick's Avia, 7st 61b (Crouch) 1 Mr. Wilkie's na Aristos, Bst 71b (Lye) 2 Mr. Henderson's Coquette, 7st 61b (Charlton) 3 Mr. Robson's fby Trueboy, Bst 31b (Osborne) 0 Mr. Kir.by's Joe Kiddy, 7st Gib (Denman) 0 Mr. Wetherelea Forest Deer, Tat 61b...(Wilberforce) 0 Won by half a length. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING. Tomina t tions ler the Autumn Handicap of 15 soya, each, 0 ft, and 5 only if declared by the 28th inst. Grist, 5 yrs—Kathleen, 3 yrs—The Swede, 3 yrs— Cora, 3 yrs—Wandyke, 3 yrs—Administrator, 6 yrs— Duxbury, 3 yrs—Dark Susan c, 3 yrs—Landauer, 4 yrs —Little George, 3 yrs—King of (hide, 3 yrs—Nutmeg, 3 yrs—Little ,Jack, 3 yrs—Tophana, 5 yrs—Nutcracker, 3 yrs—The Baroness, 4 yrs—Backbiter, 5 yrs—Cham ,n, 4 yrs—Melody, 4 yrs—Knight of Gwyune, 3 yrs -The Monk, 3 yrs—Sauter la Coupe, 4 yrs—Flare-up, 3 yrs—Dulcet, aged—Agis, 5 yrs—Eva, 4 y rs—Cossack, 6 yrs—Old Dau Tucker, 4 yrs—Won't-you-come•out to-night, 3 yrs—Essedarius, 4 yrs—Russborough, 3 yrs —Brington, 3 yrs—Docility, 4 yrs—Musician, 3 yrs— Lord George, 5 yrs—Panope, 3 yrs—Glen Stickle!, 5 yrs—Thibault, 4 yrs—Chautrey, 4 yrs—Snowstorm, 4 yrs—ltalian, 3 yrs—Langton, 4 yrs—Mark Tapley, 3 yrs—Chief Justice, 3 yrs—Quiver, 4 yrs—Zadoc, 3 yrs —Varnpyre, 6 yrs—Valentine, 3 yrs—Ballinefad, 6 yrs —Kissawa), 4 yrs—Make-ready, 5 yrs—Mrs. Tatt, 5 yrs—Maria Mont, 4 yrs—Fugleman, 5 yrs—Minimum, 4 yrs— W oolwich, 4 yrs. Epsom Autumn Steeplechase. The British Yeoman, aged—Lansquenet, aged—Vain Rope, 5 yrs—Gipsey Bess, 6 y rs—Miss Collingwood, aged—Maria Day, aged—Sir Peter Laurie, aged— Johnny Oaks, 5 yrs—Spring Bok, 5 yrs—Kitty Kendal, 6 yra—Abd-s1 Kader, aged—Venture, 5 yrs—Gulnaro —Lord George, 5 yrs—Merryman, aged. The weights to be published on the 22d, and forfeit declared on or before the 28th inst. FUNERAL OF LORD LEIGH.--The remains of the late Lord Leigh were yesterday removed from Stoneleigh Abbey, and were interred in the family vault beneath Stone leigh' church. The funeral procession was headed by the tenantry of the deceased, and the principal mourners were-- the present Lord Leigh, the Hon. E. C. Leigh, and the Hon. James Leigh. Among the other mourners were—Mr. Ad derley, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. P. Cholmondeley, Sir James East, M.P., Lord Guernsey, M.P., the Rev. Lord Saye and Sele, the Hon. and Rev. C. Twisleton, Mr. F. Colville, the Hon. E. Twisleton, the Hon. C. B. Percy, Sir F. Lawley, Mr. H. C. Wise, and Mr. A. F. Gregory. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT -GENERAL SIR JAMES S. BARNS, K.C.8., K.C. - Early in the morning of Sunday the 6th instant, this aged and distinguished general officer died in town. He obtained a commission in the army in 1792 as an ensign in the Royale, with which regiment he served at Toulon under General O'Hara until its evacuation, and was present at the defence of Fort Musgrave, and also at the sortie from Toulon in November, 1793. The follow ing year Lieutenant Barns served the whole of the cam paign in Corsica, including the storming of Convention Re doubts, capture of St. Fiorenzo, Bastia,' the siege and sur render of Calvi. Having in 1797 obtained his company, he proceeded in 1799 to Holland, where he served in the cam paign of that year, including the actions of the 10th Sep tember and 6th October, on which last occasion Captain Barns was wounded. In 1800 he accompanied the expedi tion to the Ferrol, and the next year served in Egypt the whole of the campaign until the surrender of Alexandria. In 1800 he served with the expedition to Walcheren. From 1810 until the conclusion of the war he served in the Penin sula, and commanded the 3d battalion of the Royals at Busaco, Salamanca (where he was severely wounded), St. Sebastian and the Nice, for which services he received the gold cross. This distinguished officer had received the silver warmedal with three clasps for _Fuentes D'Onor, Ba joi, and Nivelle. He was also nominated a knight of the Por tugue:e order of the Tower and Sword, and in 1831 a K.O B For his services in Egypt he had been nominated a K.C. In 1333 lie was appoikted colonel-commandant of the .d battalion ltitl,r Brigade, and in 1842 was removed to the colonelcv of the :.'oth regiment, which is vacant by his decease. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF LANESBOROUGH. regret . to have to announce the demise of the Countess of L,alieshorough, on S aturday morn i ng, at the mansion o f t h e Noble Ear!, (luivy-lodge, near Belturbet. Her Ladyship has been for a considerable time in a very delicate state of health, but hopes of her recovery, which we lament to learn have file been real i sed, were recently beginning to be entertained. Inc melancholy bereavement which has befallen the Earl of Lanesborough is a source of deep sorrow to the numerous tenantry on Ilse est ate i n the county Cavan, where, since his elevation to the peerage, his Lordship and his late amiable consort have been dispensing the benefits of a constant residence. THE WEATHER The mean height of the barome ter in the past week at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was 29%537 in. The mean temperature was 52 deg., rather lower than the average of the same week in seven years. In the preyivue week it, Wad 57 deg, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1850. PHILLIPS'S FIRE ANNIHILATOR. Another demonstration of the powers of this inven tion, on a somewhat larger scale than hitherto prac tised, took place yesterday in Battersea-fields. To show the value of the vapour, both on sea and land, a house and n old ship were the objects experimented upon. The house was a tolerably substantial building, containing six rooms, each of ‘ihich were fitted up with rough furniture, so that it might present all the appearances of an inhabited dwelling. In the hold of the ship a quantity of hogsheads, casks, sacks, and other things were stowed, to represent a general cargo. Visitors were admitted into the house and on board the vessel, and every facility was afforded to show them the inflammable nature of the contents. Fire was applied to the house a short time after eleven o'clock, when the flames soon issued from the windows and other apertures; after the fire had been allowed to rage for the space of five minutes, it seemed cer tain, under ordinary circumstances, that the house and its contents were doomed. Orders were then given to apply the vapour, which was done from two machines, one at the rear and the other at the front of the house. Almost immediately after the machines were brought to bear upon the burning mass, a sensible diminution of the fire took place, and room after room was acted upon with a like result. Twelve minutes after, the inventor, Mr. Phillips, appeared upon the roof, and made a signal that the house was saved ; the vapour, however, still continued to be applied for some time longer, and it was not till twenty minutes from the time of the first injection that the fire in the body of the house was totally ex tinguished. A few pails of water were then applied to quench the smouldering embers, and, after the smoke cleared away, ingress was again had to the interior. A great part of the contents, with portions of the flooring and ceilings were found to be destroyed, and it was evident that the whole of the building must have been consumed had not a remedy been applied. At the close of this portion of the demonstration Mr. Phillips addressed the assemblage, expatiating on the benefits of the invention and congratulating them on the success of the experiment ; he also announced that further opportunities would be afforded the public to witness the effects of the vapour. Fire was then communicated to the contents of the hold of the ves sel, and when the flames began to appear through the hatchway the vapour was applied, and after the lapse of three minutes the flames were entirely checked. A vast deal of smoke continued, however, to ooze through the crevices of the deck and sides; but, to show that little fire remained, a man walked through the hold and emerged from the hatchway. The de monstration was certainly successful to a certain ex tent, but it is more than doubtful whether, under ordinary circumstances, the vapour could be brough to bear in the short time that elapsed before its appli. cation yesterday. TO THE EDITOR OF TEIE SUN. SlR,—Having seen in a column of your widely circulated paper, of the 3d instant, a very incorrect report of a robbery which took place in Ivy-lane on the 2d instant, I trust' you will be kind enough to contradict the same. I was not knocked dawn by three men, as described. The following are the facts:--A female with whom I was standing, in a dark part of Ivy-lane, stole from my coat pocket a purse containing seven sovereigns and some silver; whilst in pursuit of her I was tripped up by a man whom, I have reason to believe, was connected with her. I beg to add the whole affair did not occupy more than a minute. By inserting the above you will greatly oblige __ Your obedient servant, G. IL BALLEY, 30, De Beauvoir-terrace, Kingsland-road, October 7, 1850. BREVET RANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--As some of the subalterns of the army are putting forward their claims to be made majors over the heads of captains who have not served so long as themselves, may I beg of you to say a few words in favour of the promotion of old majors and lieutenant colonels at once to the rank of major-general ? Some of them have been longer in the service than the senior colonels ; if, therefore, such a principle is recognised, surely they ought to be made major generals in preference to those young colonels who are three or four years their juniors. I remain, Sir, your humble servant, A VERY OLD SOLDIER. PROFESSOR MUSPRATT ON THE USE OF LEAD IN THE MANUFACTURE • OF SUGAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stx,—As my opinion has often been asked with regard to " the use of lead in the manufacture of sugar," and having devoted more time to the investi gation of the sulphites than any other chemist, I deem myself justified in declaring an opinion upon Dr. Scoffern's process. I feel convinced that all the lead can be removed by sulphurous acid by Dr. Scoffern's patent. Ha trace of sulphite of lend remains, it must have dissolved in the excess of sulphurous acid. The following is the account I gave of sulphite of lead,. in " Liebig's Annalen," for 1844, page 284 :—" Sulphite of lend is insoluble in water, and very sparingly soluble in aqueous sulphurous acid ; it is anhydrous and taste less." '['he persistent nature of suiphite of lead, and its insolubility render it innocuous. In my mind, the great feature in ScOffern's plan is, that the excess of lead used in the manufacture of the sugar can be entirely removed, and in the most insoluble state possible, i. e., as sulphite of lead.—l am, Sir, &c, SHERIDAN MUSRATT, F.R.S.E. College of Chemistry, Livt rpool, Oct. 7, 1850. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has left Abergeldie for Haddo llouse, Aberdeenshire, at tended by her suite, on her return to town. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived last even ing at his official residence in Downirtg-street, from his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. CAPTAIN COLL INSON' By private letters received from Captain Collinson, C. 8., dated the 26th of June, at Oahu, Sandwich Islands, it appears that Captain Kellett, C. 8., (who had sailed in the Herald fur Behring's Straits), had appointed Cape Lisburne as his rendezvous. Captain Collinsou was to s a il i n a few days ; and though he had got 3,800 miles before him, hoped to reach the edge of the ice about the middle of August. inspirited by the knowledge of the efficient expedi tion under Captain Austin in Lancaster Sound, it was his intention to endeavour to meet him at Melville Island. The letter alluded to has come via California and Panama. THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE BRISTOL CHAN• NEB.-An inquest was held at Bristol on Monday, on the body of M-. Evan Jefferies, who was drowned in consequence of the upsetting of a pleasure boat in the Bristol Channel, on the afternoon of Sunday last. The j ur y r eturned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned. yards, THE SPONGE TRAD E OF THE BAHAMAS' — The the year 1847 appears rapid strides made in spongi ng almost incredible. Although the trade has been carried on for years, a Mr. U& man was the first, we believe, who gave it an impetus. Since then others quantities of sponge may and house-tops, where it is have embarked in it, and sponge has now become one of our staple products. From Bay -street to Thompson's Folly vast within the Bahamas since each for the London after having been previously buried (in order to kill th e zoophite which in-. in bales, averaging 300Ibs. weight ! habits it) and washed. It is afterwards divested Of the fragments of rock which adhere to it, Pres'ed' and packed market, where it is manufactured into cloth hats, &c., and converted to many useful purposes. We are informed that it has recently become the medium for applying poultices to wounds, instead of cloth. In order to glue our readers an Leleisteetno dry, after fences, trad, we have ater idea of the imp or t ance o f t h e spong e the followin g s t at i st i cs f rom a ge ntlem e an engaged g in shi ed A ping large quantiti es : —F rom the Ist of January to 30th June of the present year there were exported nearly I,eoo bales of sponge, of the value at least of 25 dollars each 25,000 dollars; on the Ist of January a very small stock of sponge was ou hand, while on the 30th June every dealer in this article had a large stock ; therefore, as it is a cash article, there must have been paid to the crews employed in this trade at least 40,000 dollars.- -- A rasB " u (N.P.) G uar _ dian, August 17. The lessons of blunder, disappointment, and humi liation impress more than those of a thousand masters.— Eliza Cook's Journal. DISTRE SS IN THE COUNTY OF K ENT.—Wh a t ever may be said as to some other counties, we can vouch for this, on indisputable authority, that there is a far greater amount of distress now prevalent here than what has been witnessed for a long time previously. We would adduce a variety of facts i n confirma"°n—whether it be in the many sales of agricul.ural prop e rty, or the general de preciation of trade in the towns and vi ll ages —but the Parliamentary returns are sufficient, s howing from the unions themselves the number of persons receiving relief in the past year. From these we find that there were nearly 500 more persons receiving relief on the Ist J ul y last, com p are d with the cor responding period last Year.' Our ,. r .. ealers all know the ,I much greater number receivlng ell " last year to what ' there was in previous years. 11 'e czuniot refrai n from alto referring to the frightful increase in daring offences, as another indicatiun of the extension of pauperi sm. It is a favourite notion with the free-traders themselves that want, more than ignorance, tends t o crime. Wi t hi n the past two or three years crimes e t a desperate nature have fright fully increased, especially i n agricultural counties.— Canter bury Journal. lkir • Taylor wh en SINGING SHELLS.-- - --- • , a f at Bathea- 1 lon, in Ceylon, oo i ng at nignt on a lake near the fort, was i struck by a louden sical noise proceeding from the bottom ' of the water. It was c aused by m ultitudes .of some animal inhabiting shells, at least the natives call them .. s i a . shells The sounds are like thoSe of an accordinaitnog .rEolian harp, guitar, &c., vibrating notes, and .pitcheci in r different keys. A snail, abundant in Corfu, if irritated by a touch of a piece of straw , will emit a distinctly audib le sound in a querulous tone, and this it frequently repeats if freshly touched. R EPRESENTATION OF I JONGFORD.---It is stated that Major Blackball is to retire from this county, and that Mr. Hughes, the new Solicitor-General, is to seek the re preoutation. The Aurora, from Cardiff to Liverpool, was also totally lost near Holyhead yesterday morning during the gale. All hands were fortunately saved. The Catherine Jenner, for Ciudad Bolivar, which sailed on Sunday, has put back with mainmast sprung and other damage. The Celina Lucille, from this port to Marseilles, was also wrecked off Carmel Point; crew saved. The Alice of Runcorn, from Liverpool to Llanelly, sunk in Holyhead Bay during the gale yesterday ; crew saved. We learn, by a letter from Southport, that the Helena Zillen, from Liverpool f o r O s t en d, was tota l ly wrecked at that place this morning; one man only was saved. The sloops Freedom, of Salcombe, and the Corn. merce, of Jersey, were also driven on shore at Southport. The flat Industry, of Liverpool, laden with salt, scnk in Llandudno Bay yesterday; crew saved. Since last night the gale has been gradually abating, and it is now calm. We fear, however, that many casualties will yet be h ea rd o f from the more distant parts of the coast, and from Ireland. DAMAGE TO THE WORKS AT THE HAR BOUR OF REFUGE AT DOVER. N DOVER, TUESDAY IGLlT.—During the whole of Sunday night the storm raged with the most fearful fury, tearing away from their moorings nearly all the craft riding at anchor, and sweeping away a p or ti on of the esplanade, a n d finally completely damaging a very large portion of the works of the Harbour of Refuge. The force of the storm may be imagined when it is stated that the immense coffer-dam by which the walls were surrounded, although con structed of huge timbers, was torn up and scattered about as if it had been so much match-wood. The immense stones with which the walls are being con structed were washed away ; as were also several diving-bells, and nearly all the apparatus employed in this great undertaking. The damage is estimated at 15,000/. NORTHERN AND EASTERN COAST.—The violent gale of Sunday night and Monday has been produc tive of very disastrous consequences on the coast. The list furnished at Lloyd's yesterday, by the agents at the different ports, conveys a sad detail of the mischief occasioned. The eastern and Channel coast suffered severely, and at present it is difficult to tell the exact amount of life and property that has been sacrificed. In the neighbourhood of the Downs, throughout the whole of Sunday night, the gale was very alarming. It continued till an advanced hour on Monday, causing much damage to the fleet of vessels usually riding about this part of the Channel. Many succeeded in running into Ramsgate harbour for safety, but even some of these lost spars and portions of rigging, and the Isabella from London, bound to Ulverstone, had one of the crew blown overboard, and the poor fellow perished. In the course of the night the Freetrader, bound to Coquimbo, came in collision, near Beachy Head, with the Avenger, a brigantine, bound to London. Mr. Pitts, the master of the latter vessel, and five or six of his crew, succeeded in getting on board the Freetrader, but the remainder, six, it is thought, were driven away with their vessel by the gale, and eventually lost sight of. The fate of the poor fellows excites much interest. The Freetracier, after some difficulty, got back to the Downs, and landed those belonging to the missing sbip. The above does not furnish all the casualties that happened on this part of the coast. There were numerous vessels disabled by collisions and the fury of the gale. About midnight on Sunday a melancholy wreck took place near the prominent neck of land, known as Dungeness. A Dutch galliot, called the Juffrow Jantzs, laden with a cargo of iron, and bound to Frederikswark in Norway from Cardiff, was driven ashore in the Ear Bay. A most tremendous sea was rolling on the coast, and the very moment the ill fated vessel struck she was engulfed apparently in the surf. The poor creatures on hoard had not the least opportunity of saving themselves, and neither could any assistance be afforded them from the land. In a very short time the vessel, with all on board, with the exception of one man, who miraculously enough managed to battle his way through.the surf, were lost. Some of the bodies have been picked up. Farther down the Channel the same tempestuous weather was experienced, and at every point of the coast there are evidences of the disastrous character of the gale. On the eastern coast, it is described to have been heavy. It commenced to blow from the S.S.W., and afterwards got round to W. by N. Yarmouth-roads, as usual, was the scene of many disasters; some vessels were driven on to ad jacent sands, while others lost their anchors and cables, and sustained other damage. The new har bour at Lowestoft offered considerable refuge to the disabled craft, and ssveral were taken in to make good their damage. The gale more to the northward was as severe, and the shipping in the coal trade have been heavy sufferers. If possible, the storm appears to have been more formidable on the Welsh coast. In some parts it was accompanied by thunder and light ning. Off Pwllheli the accounts speak of its being very destructive ; two wrecks had occurred, and, from the awful state of the weather, more were anticipated. Near Carnarvon it was also very violent, and two ves sels had been cast ashore. NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY.—The storm, which was so violent in this town and vicinity during Sunday night and the greater part of Monday, partially sub sided last evening. From almost every district in the town and neighbourhood, accounts have reached us of chimneys being blown over, roofs torn off the houses, hay and corn stacks injured, &c. The poor woman Ellis, of Derby, who had come from that town to Nottingham Fair, and who was injured yesterday by the falling of the roof of Messrs. Hopkinson and Welsh's shop, lingered in great agony until six o'clock in the evening, when death ended her sufferings. The injuries were chiefly on the head. The other suf ferers, we learn, in answer to our inquiries at the General Infirmary, are reported to be as well as eould he anticipated. Morris, the wool-stapler of Cotgrove, has passed a tolerable night, and is pronounced out of danger, but the injuries are of such a character that it is almost impossible to say bow they will termi nate. The injury that has been done to the articles in the bazaars is immense, and the proprietors are now disposing of their goods at half-price. The house where the accident occurred presents a lamentable appearance. The rubbish has been all cleared away, and, during the whole of the night, policemen were engaged in protecting the premises. TEIGNMOUTII, OCT. 7.—The Atlas, Green, of Guernsey, on coming in last evening from Guernsey, got on shore inside the bar, where she remained for some time, but came off on the rising of the ti de, A ap parently without s ustaining any damage. man named John Matthews, of Maldon, one of the crew of the pilot-boat, was struck by a sea which knocked him out of the boat, and before any assistance could be rendered to him by the rest of the crew the poor man was engulphed in another heavy sea, and was drowned.. He has left a wile and two children. SHIELDS, MONDAY.—Mr. Ripper', master of the Crown, arrived here from Hamburgh, reports that at 11 a.m., on the 28th September, Heligoland, bearing E., distant 18 miles, Anthony Park, seaman, whilst in the act of unreeling the ring rope of the anchor, slipped his hold and fell overboard. The ship at the moment was under double-reefed topsails and foresail, with a strong sea. The helm was immediately put down, and the ship hove all aback ; got the tackles on the boat, but he sunk almost immediately, having his oilskins and seaboots on. The deceased belouged to South Shields. LIVERPOOL, OCT. S.— W Ind W.—The Aurora, from Cardiff for this port, Ras wracked off Holyhca yesterday morning; crew , saved. Th e A rcturui, from Ibraila,.was wrecked on Crosby Point yesterday; pilot and first mate drowned. The Alice, of Runcorn, hence for Llanelly, .ank on Hhead Bay yesterday; crew saved. The Flat Industry, of this port, laden with salt, sank in Llandudno Bay yesterday; crew saved. The Lady Constable, for New Orleans, has put back. The Catha rine, for Bolivia, has put back, with mainmast sprung, &c. The llelene, hence, for Ostend, is totally wrecked at Southport; one man saved. The sloops Freedom, of Salcombe, and the Commerce, of Jersey, are both ashore at Southport. ADZIWEEIq, Ocx. 7.—The schooner Bamborough THE LATE STORM. LOSS OF AN AFRICAN TRADER AND TWENTY-THREE LIVES. LIVERPOOL, TULSDA Y.—The letters received at the underwriters' rooms here, this morning, announce, we regret to state, several casualties to shipping on the coast from the late severe gale, some of which involve a serious lots of life. The ship Providence, Captain Moyse, for Africa, left this port on Sunday, and after having encoun tered the full force of the gale on Sunday night and yesterday, was driven back amongst the banks, where she was observed yesterday about noon from the Boston telegraph station. Intelligence was sent to Liverpool as soon as possible, and steps were taken to rescue the crew from their perilous situation. We regret, however, to say that out of a crew of 36, in cluding the pilot, 23 have perished. As soon as the intelligence was received, the crew of the Magazine life-boat put off to render assistance, and was taken in tow by the steam-tug Albert. The work was at tended with very great labour and danger, for the storm was at its height, but, after considerable diffi culty, they had the satisfaction of rescuing eleven who remained upon the wreck. The following is the list of persons saved;—Robert Moyse, master; Samuel Davis, trader; William Boyles, chief mate; John Morris, boatswain ; William Parry, pilot, of No. 4 ; D. Smithurst, cook; John C. Berry and Hugh Ven seny, seamen ; George Smith, cooper; George Dale, carpenter's mate; Archibald Cowan, carpenter; John Austin, and John Thompson. The second casualty was to the Arcturus, Lidstrow, from Ibrail to this port, which was driven on shore at Crosley Point, where she became a complete wreck ; the pilot and first mate drowned, the rest saved in the ship's boats. Castle from Thurso for P er th, was d r i ven ashore in the bay this morning; crew saved. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Idas, Adelaide, South Australia, 19th Aug., 11S., 33 W.; Boston, B os t on to Calcutta, 4th S e pt. 18 N., 30 W; Brooksby, Clyd e to New York, 18th Sept., lat. 44, long. 50; Lady Milton, Belfast to New York, 3d Oct., lat. 50, long. 10 ; Mary Emma, of St. John's, New Brunswick, 3d Oct., 52 N., 17 W.; Quebec, of Glasgow, Bull to Quebec, 14th Sept., in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Belle, of Padstow, bound to Quebec, 15th, lat. 47, long. 59; No. 6,748, Ist distin gui-hing pendant, 18th Sept., beating to the westward; Lady Rebow, Malaga to London, 19th, in the Gulf of Gibraltar; No. 8,437 Ist distinguishing pendant, 4th Oct., lat. 49, long. 6; Remse, bound to Lima, 15th Aug.. 19 S., 34 W.; Admiral Tromp, Batavia to llumburgh, sth Sept.; 19 N., 27 W.; Peruvian, Rotterdam to New York, 4th Sept., lat 41. long. 50. A VAL INTELLIGLNCE. In publishing the following document, just issued by the Admiralty, we cannot omit an expression of our heartfelt satisfaction at the adoption of measures which will most materially benefit the seamen of the fleet, and the determination of the Admiralty to carry them into' effect as speedily as possible. We con gratulate their Lordships on the boldness of origi nating a measure which must tend to improve the condition of the man-of-war's man, whether on duty on board of ship, or enjoying his leave on shore; for the enforcement of temperate conduct afloat must, to a very great extent, influence him when not under restraint, and from force of habit Jack will ac quire more general steadiness, and with more solid comfortable enjoyment he will become less excitable and nothing near so wasteful and reckless a spend thrift as we are accustomed to see him. The ten dency of these new regulations is to make all our seamen better, if not wiser men ; but to those who are married men, and have wives and families mainly depending on their allotments, this measure of the Admiralty will be a blessed boon, for thereby they have secured to them the means (small as they are) of rescuing their wives from pinching penury, or their children from ragged schools. Those only who have felt the poverty which the want of a single shilling a week inflicts, can best appreciate the advantages of this measure, which not only gives increased wages to the seamen, but affords them the opportunity of making increased allotments to their fathers, mothers, sisters, wives, and families. If the Admiralty deserve credit for their moral courage in originating this new scale of pay and provision, they and the committee appointed by them are also entitled to the thanks of the public, for the patience, intelligence, e x p er i ence , an d unwear i e d at tention they have brought to bear in the revision of the old scale of pay and pensions in the evidence they elicited of their operation ; in arriving at the sound conclusion they unanimously did; and in so promptly determining to carry into effect the sub joined salutary measures:— CIRCULAR, No. 79. NEW SCALE OF PAY AND PROVISIONS. By the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased, with the view of improving the condition of the petty officers, seamen, and marines of the fleet, to direct that the fol lowing alterations should be made in the scale of vic tualling and pay of the Royal Navy, 1. The allowance of salt meat to be increased from three-qnarters of a pcund to a pound per man per day; 2. The allowance of sugar to be likewise increased; and mustard and pepper to be substituted for a certain portion of oatmeal and vinegar. 3. The allowance of spirits to be reduced, and a com pensation in money to be granted for such reduction, as shown in the annexed scale. 4. The pay of the navy to be re-east at a daily rate, and the compensation above-mentioned to be blended will], and form part of, the pay. 5. The calendar to be substituted for the lunar month in the payment of the wages. You are hereby required and directed to cause the said new scale of victualling and pay, together with the regulations attached thereto, to be promulgated, and carried into effect, accordingly, on board her Majesty's ships under your command, on and after the Ist of Ja nuary next. In the event of any of the ships of your squadron being on a distant part of the station, and unable there fore to commence the new scale of pay and provisions on the Ist of January next, the same to be postponed till the let of April following. The necessary supply of the new rate books will be forwarded to you by the Storekeeper-General. Given under our baud, this let day of October, /8.50 F. T. BARING. J. W. D. DUNDAS. M. F. F. BERKELEY. H. STE WART. A. M ILNE. W. COWPER. By command of their Lordships. J. PARKER, To all Commanders-in-Chip-f, Captains, Cowman (las, and Commanding Officers of her Ma jesty's Ships and Vessels. ALLOWANCE OF GROG AND COMPENSATION MONEY. 1. Admirals, captains, lieutenants, and ward-room of titers—Half pres‘nt allowance; no compensation allow , ance. 2. Mates, assistant-surgeons, second-masters, and clerks—Half present allowance; savings price for half allowance, blended with pay. 3. Midshipmen, masters assistant, clerks assistant, and boys of Ist class—Half present allowance at the discre tion of the captain; savings blended with pay. 4. Cadets and boys 01 2d class—No allowance; sav ings price for whole, blended with pay. 5. Assistant engineess, warrant officers, petty officers, able seamen, and others of that class, ordinary seamen, non - commissioned officers, and privates of Royal Ma rines—Half present allowance; compensation, 3e. 6d. per man pur calendar month. 6. Second-class ordinary seamen, landsmen, and others of that class—Half present allowance; compensa ton, 2s. 61 per man per calendar month. A SCHEME OF VICTUALLING FOR THE NAVY. (Sarxtioned by her Idajesty's Order in Council of September 24. 1850.) Th.-re shall be allowed to every person serving in bcr Majesty's navy the following daily quantit.as of provi visions, v:z Biscuits ••• ••• ••• 1 lb. ... gill. Fresh meat ... ..• ... 1 lb. Vegetables ..• lb. Sugar ... ..• ... 11 oz. Chocolate ... ......1 oz. Tea oz. When fresh meat and vegetables cannot be issued, there shall be allowed in lieu thereof, salt pork 11b., teas pint, every alternate day; or, salt b9el 11b., flour ;Ith.; or, preserved meat 4it., preferred pott , ) (r rice (or of each) 41b., alternately on the days when salt pork and peas are not issued. And weekly, whether fresh or salt, or preserved meal be issued, oatmeal 4 pint, mustard ca., pepper per man. There shall also be allowed weekly, vinegar not ex ceeding 4 pint per man, for occasional use only, when actually required, but not to be expended unnecessarily, nor considered as subject to be paid for wben not used. Suet and raisins, or suet and currants, shall be sub stituted ior a quarter part of the before-mentioned pro portion of flour, halt' of the said fourth part in suet, and the other half in raisins or currants, at the following rates, viz, Ib. of suet, or 11b. of raisins, or ill). of cur rants, to be considered equal to 11b. of flour. In case it should be found necessary to issue substi tutes for any of the foregoing species of provisions, 14 ib. of soft bread, or 11b. of rico or sago, or 11b. of flour, is to be considered equal to 11b. of bkuit. pint of wine, or 1 quart of strong beer, or gallon of small beer, is to be considered equal to gill of spirit.% 1 oz. of coffee, 1 oz. of cocoa, 1 oz. of cnocolate, oz. of tea, are to bo considered equal to each other. 1 lb. of sago, 1 lb. of Scotch barley, 1 lb. of pearl barley, 1 lb. of rice, are to be Considered equal to each other. 1 lb. of rice, or 1 pint of calavances, or 1 pint of dholl, or pint of split peas, is to be considered equal to 1 pint of teas. lb. of rice is to be considerecl cqual to 1 quart 01 oatmeal. lb. of onions, or jib. of leeks, is to be considered equal to 1 lb. of other vegetables. REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF THE ALLOW ANCE OF •RUG AND PROVISIONS. 1. The allowance of grog is to be served out at dinner time only, the evening service being discontinued; and all sale, loan, barter, or transfer of grog is strictly pro hibited. 2. No raw spirits are to be issued to any one, unless by special directions of the captain. 3. In case of p ers i st i ng d run k enness, the captains or commanding officers of her Majesty's ships are autho rised to charge against the pay of the person so offending a sum not exceeding the amount of compensation money shown in the preceding table (page 2); such mulct, or abatement, to be charged against the party on the ship's books, and to be reported .in the quarterly returns of punishments. 4. No grog is to be allowed to naval cadets or boys of the second class. .5. The ellowance of grog to midshipmen, masters as sistant, and boys of ti,e first class, is to be issued only by the special written directions of the captain, and when not issm d is to be paid for as ravings. 6.'lf any man should not wish to take up his allow. anon of grog, he will tie paid the savings price for it; or he may, if he prefers it, be allowed to take up in lieu f cz. of tea and 1 oz. of sugar, in addition to the este olislud allowance of those articles. 7. The savings price on tea is to be in future ls. a pound, and that on sugar 3d. a pound. 8. In cases where salt meat shall have lost more than halt its weight in boiling, the captain or commanding officer is, on satisfying himself of the correctness of the fact, to authorise the paymaster and purser to issue an additional portion of raw'salt meat,' equal to half the original allowance. ELSINORE, OCT. 2.—The Sarah, of Arbroath, from London fir Riga, was released from quatantinr, and put into this harbour on Sept. 29, has been surveyed, hove down for repvirs, and it is supposed will be ready for sea again this week. - GRAVESEND, OCT. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 6 , h, The Prince Rupert, from Hudson's Bay. 7th. Lord George, from Punta Arenas; Venezuela (s), frcm Havre; Leonne, from Gravelines; City of Boulogne (s), from Boulogne; Soho (s), trod Antwerp; Hoop, from Worcum. Sid. 7th, The Cairo, for Jamaica; Lyman, for Nt w Orleans; A,vncs, for Cadiz. Thus it will be seen, first, there is a small actual increase of pay over and above the value of the half gill of spirits per diem ; secondly, there is an increase of a quarter of a pound of salt meat per man per day; thirdly, there is an increased daily allowance of a quarter of au ounce of sugar ; and fourthly, half an ounce of mustard and a quarter of an ounce of pepper is substituted for half the present allowance of oat meal and vinegar —that is, the allowance of oatmeal and vinegar will in future be a quarter of a pint weekly per man, instead of half a pi n t ; an d i n li eu o f this quarter of a pint of oatmeal and vinegar, the men will have the above allowance of mustard, and pepper. We perceive that BO mention is made of the pay and allowances of marines afloat in the above circular; but the scale of victualling for troops when embarked has been very properly increased. Captain Milne has left the Admiralty for Milne Grange, Coldstream. Lieut. W. H. Hall, the director of the police at Portsmouth-yard, has invented a new plan for the stocks of the waist and sheet anchors of large ships. It has, we understand, been laid before the Admiralty, and the board have ordered the dockyard authorities to report upon it, and their report has been most favourable. All seamen that have served in ships in the navy are well aware of the great inconvenience that has always been experienced in working ship, from the foretacks and sheets, and the foot rope of the foresail fouling the upright stocks of the sheet and spare anchor. To prevent this various plans have been devised, such as having a timing noddy, a strong rope extending from the after swifter to the end of the stock, &e., but these plans only partially rectified the inconvenience. Mr. Hall's plan is to have the wood of the anchor-stock in three pieces, the centre part, through which the shank of the anchor goes, being a short piece, to which the arms of the stock are firmly xnd sufficiently secured ; on the lower square of the stock the arm is fixed to the short piece by a strong double hinge which allows the stock (when the anchor is stowed) to fall down alongside the shank, so as to be com pletely clear from fouling the ropes of the foresail; when the anchor is to be let go the stock is placed in its proper position, and firmly secured on the upper square by a strong metal clamp and bolt, and the other two squares of the joint are also secured by overlapping plates, to which the lashing cleets are se cured. The joint is further strengthened by a mortice joint in the wood. We hear this plan is forthwith to be tried, and as it appears to be a most useful inven tion, we have no doubt but that it will be generally adopted in the navy. Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, will go out of Portsmouth harbour to-day, and will be ready to-morrow to sail for Queenstown. Furious, new steam-frigate, recently launched at Portsmouth, having been temporarily rigged by the dorkvard, went out of harbour on Monday at eleven o'clock. It was blowing a westerly gale at the time, and the Echo tug having towed the Furious over to the Gosport side, sail was set and she went out under it in good style. She merely hove-to at Spithead, and at about half-past twelve proceeded for the Downs, en route to Blackwell, to take in her engines of 400-horse power, by Messrs. Miller and Ravenliiil. Nr. Penn, the master of the Britannia, has charge of the Furious, with sixty riggers, who bring back the Argus. The Furious seemed very stiff under canvas, but was light, consi dering she had 500 tons of ballast on board. Tyne, 22, was commissioned at Devonport on Mon day morning by Mr. Peter Wellingt on , late corn tnanding the Adventure store ship. The Tyne has been taken into N 0.5 Dock yesterday morning to have her copper cleared. The officers and ship's company of the Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir William Blackwood, Bart., shifted over from the hulk to that ship on Monday, and she is expected to go over to her moorings off Gosport in a few days. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Francis Baring, M.P. for Portsmouth, visited this port3esterday, for the purpose of attend ing, in pursuance of annual custom, the anniversary festival of the Beneficial Society, one of the oldest and most worthy charities in this neigbourhood. The Electra, 14, and Rapid, 8, will be undocked after a complete repair on the 10,h proximo, when they will be speedily commissioned for further service. The Norwegian corvette Ornen, Captain Vollum, will sail when the wind moderates for Cherbourg, and from thence to the Mediterranean. Mr. L. Van denburgh, the consul for Norway, visited this cor vette on Sunday evening, and on leaving received a salute from the guns of the vessel. DEVONPORT, MONDAY. —W e have had rough weather yesterday and to-day. The Castle Eden, emigrant ship, which sailed on Saturday morning, put back to-day, the wind being foul and blowing hard. This ship has the Rev. Mr. Jackson, Bishop of Lyttelton, and party, on board. APPOINTMEATEr. WOOLWICH, Our. 8. Midshipmen —Charles Pringle to the Caledonia, 120, on the Mediterranean station. Naval Cadets—John G. J. Hanmer to the Trafal gar, 120, at Sheerness ; and Arthur G. R Roe to the ThetiP, 38, on th e south-east coast of America station. Commander Charles J. Austen (1848), Com mander James P. B. Wainwright (1849), Lieutenant Edward Marshall (1843), Lieutenant Lumley W. Peyton (1846), and Lieutenant James D. Curtis (1849), who have been studying steam for some time past at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, were all examined separately by Mr. John Trickett, assistant to the chief engineek, to-day, and, having passed in a very satisfactory manner, obtained their certificates accordingly. The Garland, Dover mail steam-packet, Lieute nant-Commander W. Wylde, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday last to have some slight defects made good, and these have been effected. She leaves Woolwich to-morrow to resume her duties on the ~to Woolwich Dover station. When coming roulid she rendered the North Star good service, hming found that vessel in the Downs, and towed her to Sheerness. One sergeant, one corporal, and seventeen gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery arrived yesterday at Woolwich, from Portsmouth, and embarked on boari the Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Cromer, for ser vice on the coast of Africa. The Wasp will leave this port on the 25th instant for Plymouth, to take out the mails of the Ist of November for the coast of Africa. Intolerance—being irreligious for the sake of reli gion' and hating our f e ll ow - creatures, out of a pretendgd, luve of their Creator.—Eliza Cook's Jou7nol. IMPORTATION OF TURTLE.—The vessel Dagger, arrived from Jamaica, has brought 51 head of tank a part ,of her cargo from that West ladie isizui 9. The fat or skimmings of the coppers which may I mot be required for the use of the ship is to be saved and ';4 t into casks, and to be delivered into the charg e of the 1 la•mmaster and purser of the ship, who is to return it i 'lto the store at any of her Majesty's cerots; but in the e . ent cf his Dot being able to comply with this regula ti( 11 1, he is to obtain a written order from his captain to di. t.ose of the same at the most favourable price for the G• r.vernment, taking credit for the same in hia account, deb). ting himself with the proceeds of sale. 0 n the delivery of the above fat or skimmings into the ( large of the payms.sier and purser, he is to apply to th e captain for authority to Fay to the cook of the ship one-half of the value of the far (out of which sum one•i, iurth is to be divided among the cook's mates, the remai. sing three-fourths to belong to the cook;) th• other half is to be appropriated to the use and for the benefit of the ship's company i❑ the manner which may be deemed most advisable by the captain. The la vings price of the tat for carrying out the above arrangement is to be 1/. per cwt. A SCR:ENE OF VICTUALLING FOR TROOPS WHEN EN. BARKED. (Sanctioned by her Majesty's Order in Council of Sept. • 24, 1850.) Officers Children Species. C rew- and under 10 Bread Soldiers. W i oen. yrs. of age. .lb. 1 1 i Spirits gill i Chocolate... Sugar Fresh meat . ..... - Vegetables lb. * 1-3 I Tea tz. 4 1. 6 1 But when fresh west and vegetables are not isued there shall be issued in lieu thereof, every alternate day, viz.: Salt pork lb. 1 a Peas 4 pint i 1-3 1 i Or, Alternately on the day when salt pork and peas are not issued:— Salt beef lb. 1 4 4 4 Flour lb. 1 1 3-16 4 i Or preserved meat, lb. 4 i i 3-16 Or preserved po tato or rice (or iof each) cz 4 2 2-3 2 1 And weekly, whether fresh, or salt, or preserved meat be issued, not exceeding : Oatmeal Vinegar Mustard Pepper N.B.—The oat mea l an d v i negar are intended only for occasional use. Suet and raisins, or suet and currants, shall be sub stituted for 4 part of the proportion of flour; *of the said fourth part in suet, and the other half in resins or cur rants, at the following rates, viz. :--i lb. of suet, or 11b. of raisins, or* lb. of currants, to be considered equal to llb of flour. The allotments in force under the existing scale are not to be altered; but all fresh allotments made after the Ist January next are to be according to the new scale. Clerks who have passed their examination for pay masters and pursers may, from the Ist January, 1851, draw bills for their full pay quarterly, instead of half yearly, as heretofore. 1 2 3 i 7)0 a/. , I 1~ s 1144* 14 io4 3 13 Ys 64 - gi