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

...• [5 19 ,A LLO Y D'S SIIIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 9 —Wind this day at neon W.S.W., light brecz? and fine clear weather. KINGROAD, OCT. 7.—Put back, India, Savannah. QUEENSTOWN. OCT. 7.—Wind, W.N.W., itrong.— Arrd. Spee, M'Coy, Wall ace , Nova Scotia. Sld. Nancy, Ba I ti more. LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—The Helene, hence to Ostend, is totally wrecked at Southport, one man saved; and the Freedom, of Salcorabe, and Commerce, of Jersey, are on shore there. SCARBOROUGH, CCT. B.—The Celerity, Newcastle to London, was abandoned yesterday off Flamborough Head ; crew taken off by the fishing lugger Zepporah, of Whitby, which lost her boat and two men in doing so. GRIMSBY, OCT. B.—lt 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, Straslund 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, Ferguson, Bombay; Andromache, Valparaiso; Mary Campbell, Williams, Berbice; Jenny Lind, Lloyd, Demerara; Harriet Scott, Porter, Virginia; Emma, Arkley, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Berwick; Pricce of Wales, Heatd, Hudson's Bay. Arrd. from the River, Rings down, St. Ives; Blond, Sydney, New South Wales; Amazon, Natal; Cairo, Jamaica; Lyman, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—Arrd. Pakenham, Boyce, Ade laide, South Australia; Mary Somerville, Johnson, Cal cutta; Anna, Moffat, Bombay; Rhonela, Baird, Buenos Ayres; Esther Ann, Hunter, Paraiha; Stahl, Jausen, New York ; Washington, Page, ditto; John and Rebecca, Moore, Denia. Off port, Hope, Bombay; Callao, Callao; Lady Sale, Charleston ; Jane Llewellyn, Peruvian, and Sopphie. Put back, Lady Constable, New Orleans,with sails split. The Hermoder, for 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. 8.--The Fanny, Von Shack, Newport to Stettin, has put back leaky, with cargo shifted. CLYDE,. OCT. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Herald, Auld, St. John's, New Brunswick; Palindur, Lovett, Wallace, Nova Scotia. Sld. Philo, Valparaiso; St. Helen, William, Pernambuco; Anna Robertson, Trinidad; City Of Glasgow steamer, New York. BERWICK, OCT. 7.—Wind E.—Sid. Caroline, Pata gonia. PLvatouni, OCT. B.—Wind W.—Arrd. Bunk, Rich ards' Dloulmein. Sld. C as tl e Ed en , P ort Lyttletons Maitland, Melbourne. Off port, Ellen Monroe, Morri son, Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, OCT. B.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Irene, Hal- Rio Janeiro; Eliz tbeth, Scade, Maroim; Fiore, Ilalliur, Labrador. Off port, New Liverpool, Rowles, Moulmein ; Africa, Rabe, Cape Town. WHITSTABLE, OCT. B.—The Arno has been got off shore. WATERFORD, OCT. 7.—The Brisk, of and for Cork, from Newport, drove on the rocks last night during a gale, slipped cff, and sunk in 7 fms. The Seraph, of Wex• ford, Cardiff to this port, was brought in yesterday by a flailing smack, 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 ashor e at Blackpool. The Lion steamer, of Ardrassan, is on her beam ends on the north wharf; inside the Screw Pell Lighthouse, full of water and abandoned. WerrEnsvErr, OCT. B.—The Mary, of and from Dublin, from hence is on shore on Dugg Beach, but is expected off if the weather moderates. BAYONNE, OCT. s. —The Grace and James, of Ar broath, Corunna to this port, was stranded on the 30th ult., thirty miles from this, and is expected off without damage. ,BELFAST, OCT. 7.—Wind W.—A rrd. Sir C. Camp bell, Rankin, Quebec. The Mary, cf this port, Troon to Malaga, sprung a leak on the 4th inst. between Culsa Craig and Sander Island and sank; crew landed at Black. head. The Try, of and from Dalhousie to this port, is riding at anchor close to Groumsport. The Robert Burns, of Inverness, Newcastle to Dublin, is riding with both anchors down, in a very dangerous position, near Bangor. WARREN POINT, Oct. 7.—The Princess Victoria, of Portaferry, Portwahornack to Dublin, is stranded under Greenore Lighthouse, Carlingford Lough. It is blow ing a strong gale at N.N.W. DuNDEE, OCT. 6.—The Cybele, of this port, from the Firth of Forth to Cronstadt, has put back leaky, and will discharge. PARIS, OCT. B.—The Jean Bart, Newcastle to Cette, put into La Rwhelle on the Ist inst. with damage, and three men overboard; must discharge to repair. Rio JANEIRO, AUG. 2 4.—The Tay, Cardiff to Pa nama, put in here on the 15th inst. leaky, and must partly discharge for examination. I M; M. ARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE —WEDNESDAY. Our market to-day was well supplied with all kinds of English Wheat from a large number of 2rlonday's un sold samples being on offer. As the attendance of buyers was small, the demand ruled exceedingly heavy at barely the late decline in value. The imports of Wheat from abroad this week have been confined to 4;210 quarters, The trade was in a very inactive state, and prices were with difficulty supported. No transac tions in flouting cargoes. Very little English Barley was offering, but the supply of foreign was tolerably good. Malting parcels sold at lull currencies; but grinding tied distillin g sorts were neglected. Malt, the supply of which was good, moved off heavily at last week's quota tions. The Oat trade ruled steady, at fully Monday's prices. Beans, Prans, Indian Corn, and Flour com manded very little attention. kRRIVALS THIS WEEK 1 %Vheat. ' Burley. Oats. I Malt. Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. English •••••• 1,390 220 660 320 370 Scotch— •• Irish —•••••• I 2,340 — Foreign ....•• 4,210 1,290 310 WIIXTECILILPL. Prime Beef, Mutton, Veal, an E d Pork, moved off steadily, at fully last week's prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Vesl, 3s 2d to as Z d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. EtOILOTIG FLOP AT. Although our market is well supplied with new Bops, the demand continues steady, at tally last week's prices. Duty 215,0001. to 220,000/. BAN KRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) IN --- v ca T his Was a summons under the D e bt or T ra d ers A ct, lling on the debtor either to pay the amount or to give a bond, to try the legality of the claim, default therein being an act of bankruptcy. PMr. Sturgeon appeared to object to the summons, ranceaVy on the ground that the party summoned ot a fact, a trader. H e was prepared to prove that as Mr. REED, for the creditor, objected to any evidence being gone Lao on the point. The creditor had made the affidavit in the form prescribed in the 78th section of theve h Act--" That he h a d b een i nformed, and verily be- Court that the party was a tra d er , an d t h erefore that the Court bad 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 bad decided that they had the jurisdiction to try the ques tion as to whetter the party was a trader or not. His liorioun said the words " such trader " were conclusive that the party must be a trader within the meaning of the bankrupt-laws, and, therefore, he must be satisfied on that point. The case was adjourned for evidence. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Joseph Wanner, an elderly man, was indicted for as saulting Mr. James Selph Chambers, on the sth Sept. Mr: - Metcalf appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.. Payne for the defence. Mr. James Selph Chambers said that he bought. on the 24th of June last, the house No. 19, Ash-terrace, of Colonel Franklyn, and upon going to take possession he found that the family of a workman of the defendant's was in the house. The tenant, Miss Tytter, agreed to give up the house, and signed a paper to that effect. He went, on the sth of SeptenAer, and got into the house, when the parties in possession sent for the defen dant. He came in a great rage, and said, " Mr. Cham bers, walk out of my house;" and he said that it was his, and he had bought and paid for it. He (the de fendant) put himself in a fighting attitude, and told him that he should not go up stairs, and upon his a tt empt i ng to do s o , h e put his 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 leng:h, but nothing of importance was elicited. Hobert Jeffreys and James Battershall corroborated the above evidence. Mr. PAYNE, after arguing the case at length, with drew from the defence. ver dict r. Sergeant ADAms directed the jury to find a ver di of guilty, and ordered the defend a n t to pay the cost of the prosecution and a fine of is. and be discharged. MANSION-110IJSE.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Denham, carpenter, of 50,1 Pearl-row, Black friars, who was remanded on suspicion of being ono of the parties who committed the assault on Mr. Cureton, was brought up before Mr. Alderman Gibbs. Mr. Humphries aeared for the prosecution, Wontner f or the pris pp ouer. and Mr. )(or a furth er remand, observing Mr. H um ph r i es app li e d that tha police were in possession of information which led them still to suspect that the prisoner had some con nexion with the transaction, and that further time would be required to enable them to institute inquiries for the purpose of obtaining a clue to the property which had been stolen. Mr. Wontner said, us there was no direct evidence agsinst the prisoner to show that he was a party to the assault or the ro bb ery, i t would be unjust to detain him (*Y longer in custody, especially as he was euff.ring from a (*Ye "' (*Ye "' He contended that if Mr. Humphries ap plied for a remand on the ground that he was in posses sion of information which rendered it prudent to detain the prisoner in custody, he ought to communicate that information to the Court, in order that he might have an opportunity of confuting it. Mr. Humphries thought it was sufficient for him to 115 y that the circumstances against the prisoner were sut- Ploious. Mr. Alderman GIBBS said be would remand the pri soner for a week, and directed that on his arrival at the prison he should be again placed in the infirmary. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) STEALING A WATCH—EIIen Purtle, a woman of the town, 141i3 brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing a silver watch and gold chain, the property of Mr. Alexander Sracel, a teacher of music, residing at No. 30, Golden- square. The pros ecu t or state d , t h at on t h e n i g h t o f t h e 20t h of August l as t h e met t h e prisoner, and, being rather in liquor ut the time, 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 the went away, and iu about ten minutes afterwards ho missed his watch and chain from his pocket. Ho. 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 in charge. The prisoner, who stoutly denied ever seeing the pro secutor before, was remanded for a week. A DRUNKEN PUGILIST.—John Crawley, a pugilist, was charged 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 wheni requested, he took him into custody. On the way to the station the prisoner kicked him several times. _ Mr. HARDWICK committed the defendant f,)r fourteen days. WESTMINSTER.-(THIS DAY.) Daniel Catlin was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with creating a disturbance at the board-room of St. 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 th e p r i soner 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, torcibly gained admission. Police -constable 229 B, was sent for to remove the prisoner from the Board-room, and tried persuasive means, 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 he 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. Ho should order the payment of a fine of 205., or one month's imprisonment. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.-ThESDAY. The Autumn Trial Stakes of 5 sovs:Wci, and 30 added; for two yrs old, sst 121 b; three, 7st 101 b; tour, Bst 101 b; five, 9st 2113; six and aged, 9st 41b; winners, 51b extra. One mile and a quarter. (4 Sub'.) Mr. Hadley na The Black Doctor, 6st 31b (Osborne) 1 Mr. Jones na Spit, 4 yrs ... 2 Mr. G. flawkes no, Brocoli, 3 yrs ... 3 2 to 1 on Black Denton Won cleverly by half a length. The Free Handicap of 10 sovs., h ft, and 50 added. Once round and a distance._ (24 Subs.) Mr. Smith's Master Downes, aged, `7st 71b Evans) 1 Mr. W. E. Hobson's Gladiola, 3 yrF, 6st 51b ... 2 Lord Warwick's Grief, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry, 5 yrs, Bst 7113—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. Drinkald's Juggler, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Mr. Merone's Cauliflower, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Charlton) — Mr. I'. 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 51b (W. Sharpe)—and Mr. Jones's Pilot, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Johnson). 3 to 1 agat Gladiole-3 to 1 agst Clothworker —4 to 1 agst Romance-4 to 1 agat Mark Tapley—and 10 to 1 agst Master Downes. Won cleverly by a length. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 30 added. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. E. Herbert's Sir Robert, 3 yrs, 9st 21b(SIy, jun.) 1 Mr. Wilkins na Aristos, 2 yrs, 7st 1 1b............(Lye) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Emily, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (Osborne) 3 Mr. S. Lord's Brocoli, 3 yrs, Bst 91b...(Whitehouse) 4 Mr.Wetherell's ch cby General Pollock, 2 yrs, 7st 51b 5 sto 2 agst Sir Robert. Won in a canter. Match ; 50 sovs. One mile.—Mr. Bates's br p Re becca, 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, Est 131 b (Lye) 1 Mr. Lawson's Keleshea, 6 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2 Ir. Cotgreaves's Abbess of Jerveaux, sst (Ashmsll) 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 yro, sst 10Ib (Johnson)—Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 3 yrs, sst 41b (carried slbs 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 soya. each, and 30 added ; three years old, Bst; four, Bst 21b; five, 9st 91b; six and aged, 9st 131 b; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs; winners once 31b, twice slb extra. Winner to be sold fur 200/. &c. Once round and a dis. (8 Subs.) Mr. Montgomery's Cantab, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (to be sold for 50/.) (Lye) I Mr. Bowl. is Snowdrift, Gat I lib (501.) ... (Sharpe) 2 gr. J. 11. Scott' s Pa ns y, 3 yrs , 6 st 41b (301.) (Osbor ne) 3 The following also rau:—Mr. Merone's Cauliflower, 5 yrs, titst Ilb (30L) (J. Evans); Mr. Mangan's Hark over, 6 jrs, Bst (301.) (Keegan); Mr. J. Lea's b na by Jereed, dam by Cadiand, 5 yrs, Bst (30/.) (Whitehouse); and Mr. Thompson's The Augean, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (50/0 (Charlton). 6to 4 agst Pansy, and 2to 1 agst Cantab. Won by half a Jacek, after u fine race. The winner was sold by auction for 100 guineas. Handicap Sweepstakes 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 Avis, 71t 61b (Crouch) 1 Mr. Wilkin's na Aristos, Bst 71b (Lye) 2 Mr. Henderson's Coquette, 7st 61b (Charlton) 3 Mr. Robson's fby grueboy, Bst 31b (Osborne) 0 Mr. Kinby's Joe Kiddy, 7st 6lb "(Denman) 0 Mr. Wetherelt's Forest Deer, 7st 61b...(Wilberforce) 0 Won by half a length. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING. Nominations for the Autumn Handicap of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared by the 28th inst. Grist. 5 yrs—Kathleen, 3 yrs—The Swede, 3 yrs— Cora, 3 yrs—Wand3ke, 3 yrs—Administrator, 6 yrs— Duxbury, 3 yrs—Dark Susan c, 3 yrs—Landseer, 4 yrs —Little George, 3 yrs—King of Oudo, 3 yrs—Nutmeg, 3 yrs—Little Jack, 3 yrs—Tophana, 5 yrs—Nutcracker, 3 yrs—The Baroness, 4 yrs—Backbiter, 5 yrs—Cham sin, 4 yrs—Melody, 4 yrs—Kuight of Gwynne, 3 yrs ---The Mock, 3 yrs—Sauter la Coupe, 4 yrs—Flare-up, 3 yrs—Dulcet, aged—Agis, 5 yrs—va, 4 3 rs—Cossack, 6 yrs—Old Dan Tucker, 4 yrs—Won't-you-come-out to-night, 3 yrs—Essedarius, 4 yrs—Rusborough, 3 yrs —Bringtou, 3 yrs—Docility, 4 yrs—Musician, 3 yrs— Lord George, 5 yrs—Panopo, 3 yrs—Glen baddel, 5 yrs—Thibault, 4 yrs—Chantrey, 4 yrs—Snowstorm, 4 yrs—ltalian, 3 yrs—Langton, 4 yrs—Mark Tapley, 3 yrs—Chief Justice, 3 yrs—Quiver, 4 yrs—Zidoc, 3 yrs —Vampyre, 6 yrs—Valentine, 3 yrs—Ballinafad, 6 yrs —Kissaway, 4 yrs—Make-ready, 5 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 5 yrs—Maria Mont, 4 yrs—Fugleman, 5 yrs—Minimum, 4 yrs—Woolwich, 4 yrs. Epsom Autumn Steeplechase. The British Yeoman, aged—Lausquenet, aged—Vain Hope, 5 yrs—Gipsey Bess, 6 yrs—Miss Collingvvood, aged—Muria Day, aged—Sir Peter Laurie, aged— Johnny Oaks, 5 yrs—Spring Bole, 5 yrs—Kitty Kendal, 6 yrs—Abd-51 Kader, aged—Venture, 5 yrs—Gulnare —Lord George, 5 yrs—Merryman, aged. Tho 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 i n t h e f amily 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, a n d M r. A. F. Gregory. DEATH OF LI EUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JAMES , S. BARNS, 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 Royals, with which regiment he served at Toulon under Geueral 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 th e w h ole of the cam paign in Corsica, including the storming of Convention Re doubts, capture of St. Fiorenzo, .Bastia, th e s i ege and sur render of Calvi. Having in 179/ obtained his company, he proceeded in 1799 to Holland, where he served in the cam paign of that year, including the actions of th e 10 t h Sep tember and Gth 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 Walcberen. 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 be . was severely. wounded),. Sebastian and the Nive, for which services he . received the gold cross. This distinguished officer had received the silver war medal with three clasps for Fuentes 'Onor, Badajoz, St. and Nivelle. He was also nominated a knight of i the Por tuguese order of the Tower and Sword, and n 1831 a K.O B For his s er vi c es in Egypt he had been nominated a KC. In 1833 he was appointed colonel-commandant of the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade, and in 1842 was removed to the colonelcv of the 20th regiment, which is vacant by his decease. DEATI4 OF THE COUNTESS OF LANESBOBOUGH.— We regret to have to announce the demise of the Countess of Lanesborough. on Saturday morning, at the mansion of the Noble Earl, Quivy-ledge, near lielturbet. 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 not been realised, were recently beginning to be entertained. The melancholy bereavement which has befallen the Earl of Lanesborough is a source of deep sorrow to the numerous tenantry on the estate in 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. Tun 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 I.Lan the average of the same week-in seyen years. In the preyim week it was 57 clog. THE S UN, LONDON, MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. A copy of the following letter has been received at the Colonial-office from Ur. Smith O'Brien : " Darlington Probation Station, Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land, Feb. 28, 1850. "My dear Potter,—l 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 sort of treatment which I might possibly experience in this colony have been realised. During a period of about two months I suff,-red 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 restrictions 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 ofthe 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 be 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 Van 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. " cam afraid that some cf 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 reflect upon the circum stances of their position the more do I rejoice that I have kept myself unlettered by any engagement, even though my resolution in this regard very nearly cost me my life. 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 officers have been as ki n d as th e y could venture to be under the inhuman regulations laid down for their guidance by the Comptroller-GenerPl. lam 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 AMIRICA.—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 is 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 leave 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 difference of tisne, in precisely 10 days 7 hours; being 5 hours and 26 minutes less than were occupied by the Europa in her fine 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 quickest sun 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 squadror, 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 througheut easterly winds, which considerably retarded her progress. — Liverpool AMion. 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 W ells 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 Miss 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 brought back in the care of one of the constables of the G division, who had kindly divested himself of his great 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 read, and hastening to see what it was, discovered Miss Evans acting before an astonished audience of some BO 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. \V. Ben nett, a resident in Adelaide, was charged at the police-court 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 he 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 times, but the only reply he could get from her was,' Well, 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 lIOLMAN CUSTANCE.-011 the 4th instant this officer died at Edinburgh. In 1808 he en tered the service, and the next year accompanied the ex pedition to Walcheren. He subsequently served in the Peninsula, and was present at the repulse of the French troops at Bejer, the affair in Ronceevalles Pass, battle of Nivelle, attack on Cambo, crossing the Dive, action at St. Pierre d'Arube, near Bayonne (where he was twice severely wounded), action of Sauveterre, passage of Gave d'Oleron and Gave de Pau, battle of Orthes, affair 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 Peninsula, where he was a sub altern in the gallant 50th Regiment. There are four persons now under sentence of death ,n Connecticut.—New York Paper. Miss Cushman is playing with great success at Boston, says a New York paper. - - Mrs. Wood, the vocalist, re-appeared 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 that the Mexican Congress was discussing, in extra session, the tariff reduction projcct of the Cabi ne t, b u t with littl e h ope of a friendly result. Congress, in secret session, it was reported, had passed a resolution appropria ting 2,500,000 dolls. of the indemnity money towards the payment of arrears due on the foreign debt of Mexico, and reducing the interest to three-and-a-hall 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. COURT 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 :wear ing ui the IMP WEDNESDAY EVENING, 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 s n old ship were the objects experimented upon. The house was a tolerably substantial building, containing six rooms, eac h o f which were fitted up with rough furniture, so that it might present all the appearances of an inhabited dwelling. In the bold 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 cir cums t ances, 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 fur 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 wculd 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 brought to bear in the short time that elapsed before its appli cation yesterday. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu—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 down 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 reas on to believe, was con nec t e d w i t h 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. 11. BALLEY. 30, De Beauvoir -terrace, Kingsland-road, October 7, 1850. BREVET RANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slld,—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. SIR,—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. If a trace of sulphite of lead 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 lead is insoluble in water, and very sparingly soluble in aqueous sulphurous acid ; it is anhydrous and taste less." The persistent nature of sulphite of lead, and its insolubility render it innocuous. Li 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 Livvrpoo l Oct. 7, 1850 • COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has left Abergeldie for Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, at tended by her suite, on her return to town. The Chancellor or the Exchequer arrived last evec ing at his official residence in Downing-street, from his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. CAPTAIN COLLEVSON'S EXPEDITIO..V. By private letters received from Captain Collinson, C.C., dated the 26th of June, at Oahu, Sandwich Islands, it appears that Captain Kellett, C.B , (who had sailed in the Herald fur Behring's Straits), had appointed Cape Lisburne as his rendezvous. Captain Collinson was to sail in 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 NEL.—An inquest was held at Bristol on Monday, on the body of Mr. Evan Jefferies, who was drowned in conse q uence of the upsetting of a pleasure boat in the Bristol Channel, on the afternoon of Sunday last. The ju r y r eturned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally drow ned. THE SPONGE TRAD E OF THE B A gAMAS•—The rapid strides made in aP cng in g w i t hi n the Bahamas since the year 1847 appears al most i ncre dible. Although the trade has been carried on for years, a Mr. Ha., man was the first, we believe, who gave it an i mpetus . Since then others have embarked in it, and sp onge h as now become one of our staple products. From Bay- street to Thompson's Folly vast quantities of sponge may he seen coveri n g fences, y a rds , and house-tops, where it i s l eft to d r y, after having been previously buried (in or d er to k i l l t h e zooPhite which in habits it) and wa s h e d. It is afterwa rds divested of th e fragments of rock whi c h a dh ere to it, pressed, and p ac k ed in bales, averaging 300Ibs. weight each for the London trade, we have gathered market, where it is manufactured into cloth hats, &c., and converted to many useful purposes. We are informed that Janus in ship the following it has recently become the medium for applying poultices to iwdoeaunodfs,thiensitmeapderotafnceleotolif.thlenepoerndgeer to give our readers an statistics from a I s t of ping large quantities :—From the l 7 to 30th June of the present year there we, exported nearly I,too bales of sponge, of the value at least of 25 dollars each 25,C00 dollars; on the Ist of Januar). avery small stock of sponge was on hand, while on the 30th J uno every dealer in this article had a large stock; there f ore, as it is a cash article, there must have been pa id to the crews employed in gentleman this trade at least 40,000 dollarS9—Nassau SNP.) Guar dian, August 17. The lessons of blunder, disappointment, and humi liation impress more than those of a thousand masters.— .Eliza Cook's Journal. DISTRESS IN THE COUNTY OF KENT.-Wh a t ever may be said as to some other counties, we can vouch for this, on indisputable authority, that e there is a far greater amount of distress now prevalent i re than what has been witnessed for a long time p!evious y. _ We would adduce a variety of facts in contirmation—wbether it be in the many sales of agricul ural property, or the general depreciation of trade in the towns and villages—but the Parliamentary returns are sufficient, showing 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 July last, c ompared with th e cor responding period last year. Our reaiers all k now t h e much greater number receiving re l . ief last y ear to what there was in previous Pears. W e cannot refrai n f rom also referring to the frightful increae in daring o ff ences, as another indication of the extension of pauperisin. It i s 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 cri mes of a esperate nature have fricrht fully increased, especially in agricultural counties.— c anter. bury Journal. SINGING SHELLS.—Mr. Tqlor, When at Bethea lon, in Ceylon, on going at night on a lake near the fort, was struck by a loud musical noise proceeding from the bottom of the water. It was caused by m ultitudes . of some animal inhabiting shells, at least the natives call them ~, . shells." The sounds are like those of an a s i ng i ng &c vibrati ng notes, and or Eolian harp, guitar, .9. ea, and pitched in different keys. A snail, abundant in Corfu, if irrit ated emit touch of a piece of straw, wi ll this a distinctly by a and it audible sound in a querulous tone , frequently repeats if freshly touched. REPRESENTATION 0 F LONGFORD.—It is stated that Major Illackhall is to retire from this county, and that Mr. Hughes, the new Solicitor-General, is to seek the re presentation. OCTOBER 9, 1850. Castle, from Thurso for Perth, was driven ashore in the bay this morning; crew saved. ELSINORE, OCT. .—The Sarah, of Arbroqb, from London for Rig; was released from quarantine, and put into this harbour on Sept. 29, has been a urreyed, hove down for repairs, 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 (a), (rem Havre; Leonne, from Gravelines; City of Boulogne (a), from Boulogne; Soho (s), from Antwerp; Hoop, from Woreum. Sid. 7th, The Cairo, for Jamaica; Lyman, for New Orleans; Apnea, for Cadiz. VESSELI i POKEN WITH.—The Idas, Adelaide, South Australia, 19th Aug., 115., 33 W.; Boston, Boston to Calcutta, 4th Sept., 18 N., 30 W; Brooksby, Clyde 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, Hull to Quebec, 14th Sept.,in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Belle, of Padstow, boun to Quebec, 15th, lat. 47, long. 59; No. 6,748, lat 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,4tb Oct., lat. 49, long. 6; Remae, bound to Lima, 15th Aug., 19 S., 34 W.; Admiral Tromp, Batavia to Humburgh, sth Sept., 19 N., 27 W.; Peruvian, Rotterdam to New York, 4th Sept., lat 41, long. 50. THE LATE STORM. LOSS OF AN AFRICAN TRADER AND T WEN TY-TH REE LIVES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—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 u serious lo , s of 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 Baton 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. 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 later from Southport, that the Helena Zillen, from Liverpool for Ostend, was totally wrecked at that place this morning; one man only was saved. The sloops Freedom, of Salcombe, and the Com 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, tbat many casualties will yet be heard of from the more distant parts of the coast, and from Ireland. DAMAGE TO THE WORKS AT THE HAR BOUR OF REFUGE AT DOVER. DOVER, TUESDAY NlGRT.—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 portion of the esplanade, and 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 bad 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 Freetrader, after some difficulty, got back to the Downs, and landed those belonging to the missing ship. 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 Jantze, 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 several 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 be 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. TELGNMOUTH, OCT. 7.—The Atlas, Green, of Guernsey, on coming in last evening from Guernsey, for some on shore inside the bar, where she rema ined some time, but came off on the rising of the tide,A man ap parently without sustaining any dam a g e. named John Matthews, of Maldon, on e of t he 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 wife and two children. SHIELDS, MONDAY.—.Mr. EippoH, master of the Crown, arrived here from Hatnburgh, reports that at 11 A.M., on the 28th September, Heligoland,, bearing E., distant 18 miles, Anthony Park, seama n, 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 be sunk almost immediately, having his oilskins and seaboots on. The deceased belonged to South Shields. LIVERPOOL, OCT. B. Wind N.N. W.-.-. The Aurora, from Cardiff for this port, was w rec k e d of f H olyhta I yesterday morning; crew saved. Th e Arcturus, from ib ra il a , was wrecked on Crosby Point yesterday; pilot and first mate drowned. The Ali ce , of * Runcorn, hence for Llanelly, sank 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; h as put b ac k. Th e Catha rine, for Bolivia, has put back, with mainmast sprung, &c. The Helene, 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. ABEADgENt OCT. 7.—The schooner Biunborough NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. In publishing the following document, just issued by the Admiralty, we cannot omit all 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, experience, and unwearied 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, viz.:- 1. The allowance of salt meat to be increased from three•gnartcrs of a pound 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-cast at a daily rate, and the compensation above-mentioned to be blended with, 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 game to be postponed till the Ist of April following. The necessary supply of the new rate books will be forwarded to you by the Storekeeper-General. Given under our hands this Ist day of October, 1850, F. T. BARING. J. W. D. DUNDAS. M. F. F. BERKELEY. IL STEWART. A. MILNE. W. COWPER. By command of their Lordships. J. PARKER, To all Commanders•in-Chief, Captains, Comman ders, 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 ficers—Half great lit allowance; no compensatlcn allow ance. 2. Mates, assistant-surgeons, second-masters, and clerks—Half present allowance; savings price for half allowance, blended with pay. a. 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 of 2d class—No allowance; sav ings price for whole, blended with pay. b. Assistant engineess, warrant officers, petty officers, able seamen, and others of that class, ordinary seamen, non-commissioned officers, and privates of Royal Ma rines—ilalf present allowance; compensation, 3s. 6d. per man per calendar month. 6. Second-class ordinary seamen, landsmen, and others of that class—Half present -alloviance; compensa tion, 2s. 6d. per men per calendar month. A SCHEME OF VICTUALLING FOR THE NAVY. (Sanctioned by ,her Majesty's Order in Council of September 24, 1850.) There shall be allowed to every person serving in her Majesty's navy the following daily quantWas of provi vieuns, viz : Biscuits ... Spirits... Fresh meat ... Vegetables ... Sugar ... Chocolate Tea 1 lb. gill. 1 lb. lb. 1 tz. ... 1 cz. oz. When fresh meat and vegetables cannot be issued, ,here shall be allowed in lieu thereof, salt pork 11b., teas pint, every alternate day; or, salt beef lib., flour 4 . lb.; or, preserved meat preserved potato r rice (or of each) ilb., alternately on the da)s when salt pork and peas are not issued. And weekly, whether fresh or salt, or preserved meat be issued, oatmeal 4 pint, mustard ca., pepper i ca., per man. There shall also be allowed weekly, vinegar not ex ceedieg a pint per man, for occasional use only, when actually required, but not to be expended unnecessarily, nor considered as subject to be paid for when not used. Suet and raisins, or suet and currants, shall be sub stituted tor a quarter part of the before-mentioned pro portion of flour, half of the said fourth part in suet, and the other halt' in raisins or currants, at the following rates, of suet, or lib. of raisins, or alb. 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, litb. of sett bread, or 11b. of rice or sago, or 11b. of flour, is to be considered equal to 11b. of bi,cuit. 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 be 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 &1011, or pint of split peas, is to be considered equal to 1 pint of peas. _ 1 lb. of rice is to be considered equal to 1 quart of oatmeal. lb. of onions, or ilb. of leeks, is to be considered equal to 1 lb. of other vegetables. REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF THE ALLOW- ANCE OF •RGG 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 persisting drunkenness, 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 sbip'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 allowance of grog . to midshipmen, masters as sistant, and boys of tte first class, is to be issued only by the special written directions of the captain, and when not issued is to be paid for as savings. 6. If any man should not wish to take up his allow. ante of grog, he will be paid the savings price for it; or he may, if he prefers it, be allowed to take up in lieu 4 z. of tea and 1 oz. of sugar, in addition to the esta blished 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 half its weight in boding, 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 origins! allowance. . ---- 9. The fat or :skimmings of the coppers which may net be required for the use octhe ship is to be saved and put into casks, and to be delivered into the charge of the paymaster and purser of the ship, who is to return it into the store at any of her Majesty's de foes; but in the event of his not being able to comply with this regula tion, be is to obta;n a written order from his captain to dispose of the earns , at the most favourable price for the Government, taking credit for the same in his account, debiting himself with the proceeds of sale. On the delivery of the above fat or skimmings into the charge of the paymaster and purser, he is to apply to the captain for authority to pay to the cook of the ship one-half of the value of the fat (cut of which sum one-fourth is to be divided among the cook's mates, the remaining three fourths to belong to the cook;) the other half is to be appropriated to the use and for the benefit of the ship's company in the manner which may be deemed most advisable by the captain. The savings price of the fat for carrying out the above arrangement is to be IL per cwt. A SCHEME OF VICTUALLING FOR TROOPS WHEN EM BARKED. (Sanctioned by her Majesty's Order in Council of Sept. 24, 1850.) Officers Children and under 10 Species. Crew. Soldiers. Women. yrs. of age. Bread ib . I I it i Spirits gill i i Chocolate.... Sugar Fresh meat Vegetables lb. i 1- 3 .1. Tea ca. i 1-6 1 4 But when fresh meat and vegetables are not issued there shall be issued in lieu thereof, every alternate day, via. : Salt pork . . lb. I .; .1 Peas pint i 1-3 Or, Alternately on the day when salt pork and peas are not issued:— Salt beef lb. 1 A 4 1 I Flour lb. 1 -16 Or preserved meat, lb. 2 3-16 Or preserved po tato or rice (or iof each) oz 4 2 2-3 2 1 And weekly, whether fresh, or salt, or preserved meat he issued, not exceeding : Oatmeal Vinegar Mustard - 1.3 - • * Pepper N.B.—The oatmeal and vinegar are intended only for occasional use. Suet and raisins, or suet and currants, shall be sub stituted for 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. 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, 1651, draw bills for their full pay quarterly, instead of half yearly, as heretofore. 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 an 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 pint ; and in lieu of this quarter of a pint of oatmeal and vinegar, the men will have the above allowance of mustard, and pepper. We perceive that no 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 moat 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, &c., 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 and 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 dear 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 elects 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. bauntless, 24, serely-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 dockyard, 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 fur the Downs, en route to Blackwall, to take in her engines of 400-horse power, by Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill. .Mr. Penn, the master of the Britannia, has charge of the FuriotP, with sixty riggers, who bring hack 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 o❑ Mon day morning by Mr. Peter Wellington, late com manding the Adventure store ship. The Tyne has been taken into No. 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, TUESDAT.—The F.rst Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Francis Baring, M.P. for Portsmouth, visited this portyesterday, 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 neighourhood. The Electra, 14, and Rapid, 8, will be undocked after a complete repair on the 10th proximo, when they will be speedily commissioned for further service. The Norwegian corvette Ornen, Captain Volltim, will sail when the wind moderates fur 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.—We 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. APPOINTMENTS. WooLwrcrr, OCT. 8. Midshipmen—Charles Pringle to the Caledonia, 120, on the Alediterranean station. Naval Cadets—John G. J. Hanmer to the. Trafa lgar, 120, at Sheerness ; and Arthur G. R Roe to the Thetie, 38, on the south-east coast of America station. Commander Charles J. Austen (1848), Com• mander James F. 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 engineer, to-day, and, having passed in •a very satisfactory manner, obtained their certificates accordingly. The aailand, Dover mail steam-packet, Lieute nant-Cummander W. Wylde, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday last to have some slight defects made good, and these have been effected. She leaves \Voolwich to-morrow to resume her duties on the Dover station. When coming round to 'Woolwich she rendered the North Star good service, having 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 board the Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Crozier, for ser vice on the coast of Africa. The Wasp will leave this port on the 25th instant for Pl 3 mouth, 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 bating our fellow - creatures, out of a pret en d e d love of their Creator.—Eliza Cook's Journal. IMPORTATION OF TURTLE.—The vessel Dagger, arrived from Jamaica, has brought 51 head Q i t urt l o 63 part ,of kei cup from OW West ligia WU, ... 1 i3O; ..0 6 li