The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

7F LIFE. sven o'clock, t ae e in the premises Hemming!-ron e °other in tliv r eating- house; ity. Both e flYlng z., a spark Furniture, Whlce, The engine s 47 ' of England were iderable dams! could be co )od were ineum a* and unf ortg. ni 't at a lat e /Or to le r. longing 45, rsituate at eo;iginated fro! m first dent' I t ne. An ins ta° outbreak sos e on /0 • stations. , e Royal Societyseveral enginof she condwu.ctoor tnd the 11,.. 0 . !„ of the surrol,e • With to airs. Al fo: retreat. - P_„ ;II t h e fire be!..: unate man ' t in a fr i g h9" L ,d him the fles' n Br fla Brigade m e t 0 Ade soPP . f oal° panY' t the ;hat part oA was burnt the unfortuOt ori , b, upon s tot It aPPe arS o ther two I.A me s urrouri ;hem. The y vv to workhol 10, lerstood nor so of rya 'RS AT i er s took P a mem. the g West 'Zit .A o Land they P, la t e to the P-0", isen lOd• a t t e s into the P 0 eries gene!:o o und that D is c in the e n3P ct Leeds, S tril •nt )een re ce . i r e # t the colliel:to rakefield, 111,, onday Ir l/s a, Riding, 1 , 0 11 1 ,ed throug" f o r ate meetie_Age, mild be ra'or rever, sa °l ot have been leg , ressrs. Ch' 4 0 0 , e, and li b° eS e all theirtifeo keeping lo re ing this there the demonolliers s'o from Le i g hbourb ° oo ord, lto• t 'oi be ie chair pprove- of he adoptiolio the calaoileir pursuing, t. 1 : 4 , its in th e ' elA rie l ion' aD t d , 6rr es 8 d tb o rdere 9th of ju jei t ' is ri a o n Als° nn QQ sterda 9 'as s red, Oef i ouG at sorao ase c c aii ° rs w ho l e B° nwd eign . al / 3° irr ho .0 3 ing vi ! b 9 w hiC eo ea ril l i fOr Vi A t jir th e be nee . nel . 1 Fre 4 - 11 E FIRE AT MESSRS. SCOTT RUSSELL'S. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE EXTENT OF L OSS. —ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. It is almost impossible to convey an adequate idea of _ lO,O magnitud e o f t h e havoc occasioned by the fire wh i ch h appened at the establishment of Messrs. Scott Russell ct Co., s t eam - ship builders, on Saturday morning. Zince the formation of the London Fire Brigade, now More than 20 years, no event of the kind has occurred d 1 the b an k s of the Thames which involved so great a destruction o f mac hi nery as this tru l y un f ortunate disas ter. It has been most devastating in every respect ; and that which w il l most seriously affect the firm is the loss of their valuable collection of models, patterns, designs, theTu work of y ears t o co ll ec t, an d w hi c h no mone y can Throw bout yeste r d a y th e surveyors of the va r i ous Insurance offices which are affected by the fire, were the in i nspect i ng the ruins. From them we gather k nowledg e annexed report, which will furn i sh a more accurate knowledge of the extent of the conflagration than has Yet been given. re "The works destroyed comprised, first, the boiler in al ters' and forgin g - s h o p s , w hi c h c on tained la rge punch g and cutti ng mac hi nes wor k e d b y steam, powerful travelling cranes, six forges, and other ponderous ma chinery and ir on - wor k . Th e roo f, w hi c h res t e d on i ron i: 4l tans was formed o f weather boarding, covered w ith ,„ e P a ttlin ' g, and to that inflammable character of shelter ma y be attributed the rapid progress of the flames. "It was in this department that the fire originated, and before the workpeople had an opportunity of sup- Pressing it, the flames travelled along the coverin g w ith 4111324 1 g rapidity and the whole place, in a minute or So, was in a blaze. The best part of the machinery is destroyed. with uaw - mills underneath, were filled with pa r tly finished work and materials. All were consumed. It was a building 80 feet by 25, two stories in height run jning bet ween the boiler and forging-houses and the main n!story, the w h o l e o f w hi c h, w ith it s contents, has b een laid ruins. e "The engine -house adjoined ;it was 30 feet by 16, tntirely distinct from the other buildings, and contained driv ing of 25-horse power, which were employed in the machinery in different parts of the works. All destroyed. er "The ma i n b uilding or factory was a massive brick „ action, 120 feet long and 80 w id e , f our s t or i es hi g h, ' e euPied as fitters' shops, turning and driving rooms, ‘!lould lofts, pattern stores, &c. It is stated that it c ould ha ve conta i ned little short of 50,000/. of machinery. k he ground o r b asemen t fl oor was fill e d w ith th e ma ch commonly e m ployed in factories of this kind ,hu ge lathes for boring large cylinders, drilling, slotting, r a n d Paring machines, with other machinery of an elabo -'s character. The first story was also a fitting-shop, i ° „ nt aining a large amount of machinery of a more minute Stores were u se d as mou ldi n g, designing, and pattern -L(3°ls) all of which were almost filleSwith the most c uoice and v a l ua bl e wor k o f th e fi r m. The loss will be severely felt. There were plans and models of a com plete fleet of steamers, many for foreign governments, a nd their destruction as a reference, in case of accident, must i nvolve most serious inconvenience. The whole of this building was gutted, not a vestige was saved, the contents being either melted or shattered. "The erecting-shop had been recently formed, and was a brick building, 100 feet by 40, and 30 feet high, ..." 411 a glass kind of transept roof, the whole of the in wrier being open up to the roof. It contained a new Patent punching-machine, for punching three holes at „, °° ° o . There were three sets of engines completed for as m any screw -colliers, intended to run between Lowestoft 25d the Tyne, and another, with oscillating cylinders, of 0 horse-power, for one of her Majesty's steamers, which was also finished. Some large machinery ready for ex- Portation to the West Indies, for a sugar-crushing mill, lar gest also i n th e b u ildi ng, together with pro b a b ly the i rolling-machine in the kingdo,n numerous °Ydriders, propellers, &c., besides three havellers (cranes) for shifting machinery. The bulk of this valuable mass Is broken and otherwise damaged. h Another brick building, intended for an erecting house, but used as ca r penters', painters', and joiners' w orkshops 50 feet by 25 feet, was entirely destroyed, With contents. "The coal-store in a shed, with 80 tons of coal, was Partly consumed, and the timber-yard adjoining, and stretching nearly down to the water's edge, burnt out. It contained one unbroken line of stacked timber, known as deck planting, the computed quantity being about 1,000 tons. " The two iron steamers, for the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company to run between Lowestoft , 24 41 Denmark and other northern ports, which were building on the slips on the west side of the factory, Were all but completed. It is the practice at this yard to launch steamers almost fit for immediate sea service, With engines, masts; and stores in them—as was the case With the Adelaide Royal Australian mail steam-ship. Such was the case with the two in this instance, and, considering the quantity of timber which surrounded them, and the great body of fire that they were exposed to, it is almost a miracle how they escaped. Their pre servation is entirely owing to the important aid ren dered by the floating engine from the Dockyard at Deptford, and the Royal Marines who worked it. As it is, one of them is so damaged that nearly the whole of her bow will have to be removed." In addition to this serious mischief must be mentioned the damage to the works of Messrs. Napier, which 1 abutted on the western wall of Scott Russell's factory. They were some 160 feet long and 40 feet broad, con taining a number of punching, drilling, and other ma chines. All were destroyed. The above forms one-half of Messrs. Scott Russell's Yard, the other portion, although exposed to much peril, having escaped injury. This, fortunately, will enable the firm to continue labour, as the works, although somewhat reduced as compared with previous operations, on the eastern or preserved side of the establishment, Where other vessels which were building were not hurt. Never, perhaps, did a fire rage with such violence, as had swept be inferred from the fact, that within two hours it swept over the entire portion of the works destroyed. -N otwithstanding the most searching investigation by the firm, the origin of the fire remains a complete mystery. It has been mentioned that the steam floating fire- Nine, belonging to the brigade, was brought into re quisition during the fire. It was the first outbreak of any moment that the capabilities o f th e mac hine were br ought to bear upon, and it certainly proved a most brluable au x ili ar y. Up on w h a t ever p o i n t it was ought into play, it succeeded in stopping the progress sf the destructive element. It possesses the power of nearly eight ordinary land engines, and when in full °Aeration the force of the water was tremendous, lite rally sweeping before it walls and whatever obstacles ,' l 'esented itself. Owing to its not being supplied with v. r oPellin c , • the shape of screw or paddle, con fect power, to erahie loss of time occurred in conveying it from its ma nr in gs, at Southwark-bridge, to Mill-wall, a circum 4lue much to be deplored. It appears that it was un -11-ir St earn in accordance with the regulation, and would, h ad it been provided with efficient propelling power, , a ' v e gained the scene long before the land engines, and Zsequently have preserved, in all probability, much tr i able property. Through the mistake which most of rent side of the Thames, more than an hour elapsed itefore many of the engines reached Mill-wall ; some, it is travelled 12 miles before they gained it. When etlis known that these errors are not of infrequent oc teirreuce? it is somewhat surprising that the electric oil e graph is not made the source of communicating ac- Theratnteigece. an regretted, total loss has not been overrated; and, what is to a" . l.s r petted, we understand that Messrs. Scott Russell prDre ‘-' 0 • are not insured to the extent that has been re esented. A meeting is about to be held for the pur ar e of affording some relief to the many workmen, who e sever e sufferers by the loss of their tools. ttIIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—The departure d s u f r r i o n m g the Port of Londo n for the Australian colonies Past week have greatly increased, and de are ar c t a u l r c e u s la fr te o r i l l , i rhen coupled with the accounts of the p Z i le je rP t ;o a l Et and h their elsewhere so lts,. to ncireeyatheavtoh. thecomprised serious . w an aggregate tether 15 vessels it to Port Philip, with an aggregate tOrden of 5 ,215 tons ; two to Sydney, with bu r de n °f of 1,593 tons ; four to Adelaide, with an agg re " .tate burden of 1,515 tons • one to_ 9 Ho to b n a s rt ; T a o n w d n I ,? o rre ; one to Portland Bay o o n f e 2B to l segue rt Fairey of 367 tons. Their of 6 to ° talca e p f a i c u i a t ntly 9 ,930 tone. The shipmentsvery extensive, and con and ordinary merchandise continue capacity manufactures u n ° re n s ' SonT R g s The act to extend the p '''` e rates of freight have been supported with steadiness. rovisions Of th RA TOOL -1 last act of the late the e act (16 Vict., c. 28) for redeeming or commuting ii — e South Sea stock, was nearly the a e ' lBi ° ll . The South Sea Company at . . gent witlam the period allowed, an act i had not signified any s _ . sto extend the same, and to g ive proprietors the t o o f f o t e h r e . 'llla stock the right of voting. The South mute on their le/aOY, under the present act, t°elr belonging to proprietors rn di a s y abl n e n d m from v to ot u in n g de a r t . gelieral courts. The company, if authorised of lake private trusts, may commute for the purposenowem. o cl „ in int a guarantee fund. The Treasury is i-Werd, before the 25th December next, to appoint to corn 'lrre within Which the assents of the company the mute are to be signified, and are to fix the terms of is .e. the ei_°rornutation. On the Exchequer bonds given, it d `' lr ed that on their becoming redeemable, the interest re to b e tedernptionon paid the half-y ear l y d ays until the actual the ARISTOCRATIC VISITORS TO AUSTRALIA.—Amongst t i recent fa-hionable arrivals in Australia may be men- And-"ord Henr Scott, son of the Duke of Buccleuch, 01. Lord Schornbyerg Kerr, son of the Marquis of Lo t lan, with their chaplain, the Rev. Hugh Stobart, and Vvr,,a,lling companion, the Rev, Thomas Bowles. These ll`int noblemen stayed about ten days in Bathurst, l o v 9 l . they spent partly in social intercourse, and partly icliat:esitin the few sights worth seeing.. Among other a they have inspected the Summerhill Copper Mine, p4l.°odeeteli4e.n started for the Turon, whence they purpose with thong ton Newcastle, and afterwards to Morton bay, Il i ac .ue i ntion of spending the winter at the latter 1 ,,, a _ e. A visit from gentlemen of their rank and station t he Improved sign of the times, and if undertaken with vivtliPractical purpose of making themselves acquainted With t he wants, necessities, and natural advantages of littl ri trY, may ultimately be productive of good. A ,_ e more ti devoted to travelling in the colonies and Zeendencies of the 13 ritisli crown, by those who are t o _ ( . 1 a) - to themebeco legislators of the empire, would tend 4ctmitigate evils arising out of an ignorance of their 4,4141 position, and would often prevent the blunders in te-ejortiment Which have first planted the seeds of disaf eiurn, and afterwards ripened them into rebellion,— ci/i " and Nolo Zealand azette. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 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Pref, Western of France West. of Switzerland New Zealand.,.._„ , 1 -- ad i -1) 13i -- 14. 16 - 2 2t -- 2 d 4 -44 p I -A P it 2 -- 2ap 1 - .4,11 L - 4 -- .1 14 la 14 la d - 1 61- 7 3 . 4 = 34i 14 - 146 84 -- 9 161 -- 1 6 ip 48 -- 50 42 -- 43 361 -36 i 3 -- 44 20i -21 i 86 -- 9 4 - 5 DX -- 3/ - 4 ip 9 Business done this day. 100 8 18i 100 100 all all all 5 i. 3 !. all ;, 10 8 57i i 6i 12i 12 81 i 801 2 671 6i 9,1 Pm 13 13 1 97i 1103 A li 2i 20 19 62h 1$ 34h 5 x d ad 62 4 x d loi 11 x d ad 46i 5 ad THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY E TENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853. CRICKET IN IRELAND. LITERATURE. AN ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF THE PHCENIX CLUB AND GROUND. The Colonel. By the Author of " The Perils of Fashion." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. By a telegraphic dispatch from Lord Milton an Eleven of England was hurriedly got together on Tuesday last and brought to contend against Twenty-two of the Phoenix Club, which now consists of such good players that it would require England's best eleven to make a match with them. In the present case the eleven was weak, other matches in England requiring the services of many of their most efficient players, including Mar tingell, Sampson, John Lillywhite, Chatterton, Lockyer, and Grundy, all of whom are first-rate cricketers, and were very much needed in the present match. The Phoenix won the toss on Thursday morning,. and imme diately sent to the wickets Mr. Dallas and Lawrence. The former made a two and two singles, and retired from a ball delivered by Nixon. Lawrence made a very brilliant innings of twenty-nine, composed of a three, seven twos, and singles, and at last fell to James Lilly white, who had taken up the bowling at Wisden's end. We may here state that the ground had been got into prime order for the occasion, which caused the bowling to be comparatively plain. Captain Thesiger was un fortunately run out after makinc , an excellent innings of ten, comprising a three, a t wo ,' and singles--thus five wickets were disposed of for sixty-five runs. In justice to the bowlers we may here state that the rain at this period prevented their dropping the ball on " the spot" as surely as they usually can do. The game was stopped for a short time, and luncheon was got over, when it was again resumed. Doyle, like Lawrence, made a very excellent innings, which was well appreciated by the English players. He has a good defence, and a very excellent drive ; before he ran himself out by bad judgment he got, together, 37, by two threes, seven twos, and singles. Mr. Cod dington then proved himself " a teazer" to the Eleven, and seven times caused the bowling to be changed ; he has a good style, and evidently showed that he has fre quently before' handled " the willow." His well-got innings of 51 was obtained by a fine leg hit for four (one of the best hits of the match), four threes, seven twos, and singles ; seven wickets down for 133 runs. Adams about this period took Nixon's place, and proved a most effective bowler, 10 of the wickets falling victims to his tempting but simple bowling. Mr. Norman made a good stand, and played well for ten by two threes and singles. Mr. Scott exhibited some of his Rugby cricket, by making an excellent innings of 20, comprising a very fine square leg hit for four, three threes, a two, &c. The innings closed at 12.30 for 200 runs. The wicket-keeping of England was far from good, Hunt taking that position in the case of emergency, in place of Lockyer, who is acknowledged by all to be the best man that ever stood behind three stumps. The score might not have been so high had he been to the fore. Whatever faults may be laid to the charge of this author, the merit of originality cannot cer tainly be denied. The chief claim to it lies in the fact that, throughout two volumes and a half, the hero, Colonel St. Colmo, is of the age of fifty-five, and the father of five children. His only son is of a sufficient age to be a rival to his father. This circumstance is most objectionable, as are many other points of the tale. Another of the chief in cidents is of a painful nature—that of an impostor, by an ingenious fraud, passing himself off as the long-lost brother of an heiress, the heroine, Junie Mavesyn. The first part of the story relates to Colonel St. Colmo's early adventures, and his elopement with his first wife. There is something very extraordinary after the lapse of so many years, of which the chief events v s e c r en o e f , fai.o3t,oinunagpatriarchal ch arac t er , b u t as are briefly told, to find the Colonel again figuring lady of twenty-one. The t o l n ie th lo e authoress gives an argument of two pages to prove the much greater chance of happiness which such young ladies possess in a marriage with fifty-five than twenty-five. The remarks on this subject are quite in an indignant spirit, and certainly the sam ples of young men are anything but favourable spe cimens. Eric St. Colmo, the son of the Colonel, is a contemptible character, and Mr. Colyton is very singular. There is one serious charge which we must bring against this author. If the sacred subject of religion must be touched upon, and its high and holy things dis cussed in the midst of a tale of love and lawsuits, care should at least be taken to introduce it appro priately. If the Mr. Hume the clergyman, and Junie the simple-minded heiress, for instance, were the speakers, we might sympathise with them, but there is something jarring in the most solemn ideas being discoursed upon by Mr. Daniel Colyton and Yolande Villaroy, when we find the friendship on both sides is of a sentimental description. If re ligious feelings or opinions are introduced, the author should be careful to keep the character at that level, and not tell us of a young lady eating an " enormous dinner" in one chapter, and in the ensuing one delivering a lecture on the Israelites' golden calf. And still more we should not have that lecture replied to by a gentleman quoting Scripture, and in are numerous, and the novel is no improvement on c a lar p et a . ge T o h r e tw fa o ults filad of hipullottalndg. too oo mu incident much the writer's last work, but, without doubt, it is her judgment and taste which are to blame in the selec tion of such subjects, and not her capabilities. There is no want of power in the style, and the de lineation of the characters is good, though some of them are a little overdrawn. Let us hope, then, that by an avoidance of theological discussions in love scenes, by an absence of painful and unpleas ing events, and by a hero a little more juvenile, and sentiment a little more natural, the authoress may employ her powers to a better purpose, and give us a novel superior to " The Colonel." On England's side Dean and Adams put in an appear ance to the bowling of Lawrence and Doyle. The field was excellently arranged, under the management of Capt. Dickens, W. Adams, Esq., and R. Scott, Esq. The two batsmen made a good stand, and secured 18 before they were parted, when Lawrence, who was bowl ing well to the mark, gave Adams a " trimmer," which shivered his timbers. Dean soon received another of the same sort. Mr. Fenn, in his score of seven, made a brilliant leg hit, for which he ran five. The wickets from this period fell rapidly. The fielding of the Twenty-two throughout was first-rate. The long-stop ping of Capt. Piper was of a description not to be sur passed by any amateur in England. We need only say that the Eleven were disposed of for 41. Bentley played as an emergency for Samson, Coates for Chatterton. According to the laws of cricket, England having failed to score within 100 runs of their opponents, were forced to follow their innings, which they did with as little success as their previous one, scoring only 56. The Phoenix Club and Ground thus proved victorious in one innings and 103 runs ! We hear that it is the intention of the club to play another match next year, when the full strength of the United will be brought against them, and we have no doubt that the match will prove an interesting and well contested one. We may here state that the warmest thanks of every cricketer in Ireland are due to Lord Milton for his exertions on behalf of the game, as yet only in its youth on this side of the Channel ; and we hope that soon we may see Ireland under the patronage of such men rise to contend with England without more odds than 11 to 15, instead of 22. The following is the correct score of the second innings of the Eleven : C Adams, Doyle 9 B Lawrence 1 B Lawrence 2 Not out 7 B Price 1 Byes, 2; wide, 1 3 Run out B Lawrence Total second innings 56 Total first innings 4l B Price C Dallas, b Price 7 C Adams, b Doyle 4 B Lawrence Total 97 The first innings of she Phoenix told 200. The return match between the Kilbeggan Border Union and the garrison of Mullingar came off on the ground of the former on Thursday, the 25th ult., but was not played out from the extreme wetness of the evening and late hour in commencing ; though there is little doubt but that the Borderers would have reversed the position they were placed in by the garrison in their previous matches. The following is the score : Mul lingar Garrison—First innings, 36 ; second innings, 27 ; total, 63. Kilbeggan Border Union—First innings, 39. SHAM FIGHT AT ST. GE.RMAIN. PARIS, SUNDAY, SEPT. 11, 6 P.M. Those who have even but once visited St. Ger main must have been struck vith the magnificent coup d'ceil from the lofty aid spacious terrace which rises on the very edge of its old forest. With the advantages of a beautiful promenade, where those who drive, or ride, or walk are equally gratified, it possesses those which few others can boast. Nothing can well be conceived more im posing than that majestic sweep of ground which begins at the pavilion of Henri IV., and stretches far away, taking in the most picturesque and the most varied points of scenery. Le Notre, who planned it, seems to have exhausted all his skill in this work of art. It commands a verdant valley, as well as the heights which vary its surface. A forest lines it ; a forest stretches out at its feet ; and through the wide and smiling valley the Seine, fringed with foliage, winds like a serpent, and steals softly away to the rich fields of Normandy. To the left and right are towns, with their steeples . rising from amid the trees—Chaton, Rueil, and Asnieres ; full in front Mont Valerien, glittering in the sun, veiled in the mists of morning, or with its sharper outline softened in the moonlight, rises at one extremity of the plain ; while, far away, the noble arch of the Barriere de l'Etoile raises its graceful form to the sky, and marks the boundary where, five leagues distant, Paris begins. As a princely residence St. Germain is long fallen, but nothing can change the beauty of its site, of its valley, its picturesque slopes, its stream, its terrace, and it s f ores t. It wou ld not be easy to select a spot more admirably adapted for a display such as was witnessed there yesterday and the day before—the representation of the capture of a town by assault. To exercise the troops in a series of military manoeuvres on an extensive scale, and thus appropriately close the camp of Satory, was, no doubt, the object of the Commander-in-Chief. The point, as originally suggested, was the debarkation of an army on the coast of Normandy, supposed to march on Paris, and which had occupied St. Ger main by force ; and to repel the invasion and drive out the hostile troops from St. Germain was the duty of the troops of Satory and Versailles. With that view, two plans of operation had been drawn up. One was to march by Roquencourt and Port Manly, gain the left bank of the Seine, and attain St. Ger main by the Paris road, by Fourqueux and the Tasmories. This was subsequently rejected, owing to the narrowness of the defiles. The second was to push on by the Seine, along the Celle St. Cloud and Bougival, to Malmaison and Rueil, by Vau cresson and Garches ' • to march on Ch a t on, an d take possession of the bridge which was held by the enem y. In case of the failure of this opera tion, a bridge was to have been thrown in front of Bougival, and the army was to pass the night in the little island of La Loge. The day following another bridge was to be thrown from that isle to complete the communication with the right bank ; then the troops were to move on to the wood of Vesenit ; and the result expected was that the enemy would be dislodged from Chaton, and forced to fall back on St. Germain. A reason which would have had no weight were the war real instead of fictitious—namely, the state of the crops on the ground intended to be tra versed, and the fear of injuring them—prevented the execution of the plan; and the operation finally determined on, and actually followed out, was one rather adapted to an army coming from Paris than Versailles. About 12 o'clock on Thursday the operations commenced with the movement of two regiments, one of the line, the other of light infantry, with a battery of artillery, which arrived at St. Germain to join the 12th Regiment of Dragoons and the troops of the garrison, who, under the command of General Dubreton, were to defend the place, and where they passed the day and night ; while the attacking army, the division of General Levasseur, quitted their encampment on Friday morning, and proceeded to Rueil, which was the point where the operations were to commence. The first brigade took the road of St. Cloud, turned aside and , marched on Rueil with a battery of artillery. The second brigade, also with artillery, moved by the Petit Chenay, and the Celle St. Cloud, and de bouched on the high road to Bougival ; it proceeded to Rueil, where it occupied the plain and the sides of the road ; and two brigades of cavalry, under General Korte, took possession of the high road to Paris by Roquencourt and Courvolant, about the same time that the division of Levasseur issued there. In the meantime the pontoons and the parks of artillery had quitted Paris under a strong escort of cavalry, and reached Nanterre, where they took position on the road point of the Pari, and St. Germain road ; and a brigade of light ca valry, under General Foray, occupied the sides of the road and communicated with the infantry in position at Rucil. At 1 o'clock all the troops were in position, and Marshal Magnan, who directed the operations, gave the order for the advance on St. Germain. A brigade under General Alphonse, with a battery, quitted Rueil by the road to Chaton, passed along the causeway over the rail road, and, supported on the right and left by the two brigades under Repond and Carbuccia, opened a fire on the bridges, which they took after a des perate resistance by the enemy, who were extended en echelon between the town and St. Germain ; and the enemy, whose attempt to defend the vil lage was useless, were forced to abandon defini tively their position, and commence a retreat by the road from Chaton to the Pecq, and were vigorously pursued. The enemy retreated without confusion, and several times turned round to dispute the vari ous positions. They again made a stand at the bridge which crosses the railroad, but the artillery poured in upon them on all sides, and they were forced to abandon the point. They were pursued by the two brigades of Repond and Carbuccia ; and the latter attempted to follow them on the bridge of the Pecq. The enemy's artillery, how ever, which was in position on the opposite bank of the river, kept back the heads of the columns, and the attacking force, in spite of a vigorous can nonade and of incessant musketry, was forced to suspend its forward movement. The columns of infantry yet remained in the skirts of the wood ; and a regiment of light cavalry (the Chasseurs), who had, under their cover, marched by the road of Croissy, advanced to protect the pontoniers who were coming up from the Chaton road. The pon toons were brought up under their protection to a short distance from the river ; and Gen. Levasseur, after having established his outposts on the skirt s of the wood, ordered that preparations should be made for the troops to bivouack. Every soldier had the necessary material for the purpose, and in a few minutes the whole of the ground was covered with small tents formed of four encamping sacks each, supported on three slight pieces of wood. Some of the men went to fetch water, others lighted fires, others made preparations for their comrades' supper. In the meantime the artillery and cavalry took up the cantonments assigned them in the neighbouring villages, and strong outposts were placed in various directions to guard against a surprise. _ _ _ Before night fell all was quiet. The smoke of the artillery that had hung heavily over the banks of the river cleared away, and except a low murmur or hum of voices, and a few occasional shots between the outposts, nothing was heard. The weather was beautiful during the day, and the thousands of spectators who had come out from Paris and from the towns in the vicinity of the scene of action,. w itnessed the battle from the terrace of St. Germain and the heights and slopes in front. Marshal Magnan, who bivouacked with the troops, as also the superior foreign officers who witnessed the operations, availed themselves of the brief in terval to dine at the Chateau of Croissy, where they were entertained by the directors of the St. Germain Railroad. The next morning, at daybreak, the fires of the bivouack were extinguished, and the movement on both sides of the river showed that preparations were making to renew the battle and push on the assault of the town, whose gloomy castle frowned over the plain. During the night precautions had been taken by the general commanding the assault against any sudden coup de main on the bridge of the Pecq. Artillery in sufficient force was deposited at it, in the direction of St. Germain, both banks of the stream were cov ere d w i t h c l ouds of skirmishers, and the village itself was occupied with a force strong enough to defend it, or to hold it till such time as reinforc emen t s could be got up. The strictest watch was kept up by the outposts in both armies, and, as I have already mentioned, some shots were exchanged whenever the slightest stir was observable. When the first rays of morn ing broke over Mont V a l er i en th e or d er was g i ven to strike the tents, and in a few minutes the ground was clear ; but the division of General Levasseur, under shelter of the wood, still occupied the ground where the camp had been established. The attack was resumed soon after, and a brigade of light ca valry, under General Foray, which had been can tooned in the villages on the right, formed in the road from Houille, to Maisons, appeared to menace the bridge of the latter village, and only waited to pass it till a corresponding movement in support was made by the infantry. 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Austral. Invest Do. New Scrip South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land 28 - 30 a 1 - Ci ••• •.• ig - lip 1 pl 1 --idain id par I = il; ii 1 - lip 30 - 32 15 -- 16 16 a Business this day. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE MENT OF SCIENCE. HULL, MONDAY. The various sections resumed their sittings at 11 o'clock this morning. SECTION A. - MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. The following were the papers to be disposed of in this section to-day :—Professor Phillips, on magnetic phenomena in Yorkshire. Part 1. Magnetic declina tion and dip. Part 2. Magnetic intensity—Professor Plucker, on new laws of magnetic and diamagnetic in duction—Professor Matteucci, of Pisa, on the distribu tion of electrical currents in the rotating disc of M. Arago ; also on the magnetism of rotation in masses of crystallised bismuth ; and on the magnetism of rotation developed in masses formed of very small insulated me tallic particles ; Professor Hodgki ns on, on the elasticity of crystalline bodies ; J. J. W a t ers ton, Esq., on the density of saturated vapours and their liquids at the point of transition, also on a law of mutual dependence between temperature and mec h an i ca l force in elastic fluids. SECTION 8. - CHEMICAL SCIENCE. The following papers were disposed of to-day. Pro fessor Johnstone, note on the formation of the magne sian limestone ; Dr. Price, on the determination of the commercial value of the peroxide of manganese ; W. R. Grove, Esq., on the conduction of electricity by flame and gasses ; T. J. Pearsall, Esq., notice of changes in wood obtained from the submerged forest at Wawire, in Holderness ; Dr. Gladstone, on the corrosion of iron built ships by sugar cargoes ; Professor Johnstone, pro perties and composition of the coca leaf; T. S. Pearsall, Esq., notice of peculiarly formed substances called " lime flowers," from the brickwork of the reservoirs of the Hull Waterworks before they were completed for use. SECTION C.-GEOLOGY. In this section six papers were disposed of, viz. : Professor Johnstone, on a chemical cause of change in the composition of rocks ; Professor Phillips, on the most remarkable causes of the unconformity among the strata in Yorkshire, also on the dispersion of erratic blocks at higher levels than their present rock in York shire, and on a new plesiosaurus in the Yorkshire Museum ; Mr. Ch ar lesworth, F.G.S., on the curious spiral body in certain fossil sponges, and a notice of several remark able fossils from the Yorkshira strata ; Mr.Twamley, on a singular fault in the southern termination of the War wickshire coal fields. SECTION D.-ZOOLOLOGY AND BOTANY. The following papers were read :—The Rev. F. F. Statham, A.M., on a curious exemplification of instinct in birds ; H. E. Strickland, Esq., on a new form of sponge, animal ; Dr. Lankester, report of the com mittee for the registration of periodic phenomena in plants and animals ; B. Clarke, Esq., additional obser- • vations on a new system for the classification of plants ; Professor Balfour, on some new plants ; Dr. Fowler, on the influence of the circulation of the blood on the mental. functions. Dr. James 'Blake (Sacramento), on the physological action of inorganic substances introduced directly into the blood. SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. The section was occupied from eleven to three in the reading and discussion of the following papers :—G. W. Ear), F.R.A.S., progress o f di scovery in the western portion of New Guinea from 1828 to 1852 ; Captain Tickell, late surveys in Arra can ; Rev. Dr. Scoresby , D.D P.R.S., on t h e popular theory of an Arctic bas T—is it tru e ? Pro fessor Rafa (of Copenhagen),. contribution to the a nc i en t geography of the Arctic regi on ! ; Si! Charles Anderson, Bart., on the influence of the invasions of the Danes and Scandinavians, in early times, on certain localities in England; Chas. Beckett, Esq., M.R.C.S., the dia lects north and south of the Humber compared ; Dr. R. G. Latham, on the traces of a bi-lin g u al town (Danish and Anglo. Saxon) in England. SECTION F.—STATISTICS. In this section there was a very numerous attendance to hear a most excellent paper by Jobn Locke, Esq., on excessive emigration and its reparative agencies in Ireland. Professor Paul Chaix, corresponding member, F.R.C.S., on a summary of the census of Switzerla n d ; Francis Bennoch, Esq. system of currency and suggestions f or an improved banking. F. G. P. Nelson, Esq., read a communication by Mr. Bracebridge, on the local registration of births and deaths. SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. Colonel Chesney read a paper on life-boats. The fol lowing papers were also read :--B Samuelson, Esq., of Banbury, on some recent improvements in machines for tilling land ; Wm. Fairbairn, Esq., C.E., experimental researches to determine the strength of locomotive boilers, and the causes which lead to explosions ; James Thompson, Esq., A.M., C.E., Belfast, on an experi mental apparatus constructed to determine the efficiency of the jet pump, and a series of results obtained ; W. o Crosskill, Esq., Beverley, on improvem en t s i n machin ery for grinding corn. A communication was read from Lady Bentham on the progress and improvements of machinery in her Majesty's dockyards, as suggested by the late General Samuel Bentham and Sir Isambart Brunel. ROIIEN.—The letters from Rouen state that the mar ket for manufactures remained inactive, and that prices showed a tendency to decline. INFLUX OF CORN. (From the Times.) The coarse saying of the elder Napoleon, " C'est le ventre qui gouverne le monde , " admits of two very different significations ;—the one, that people in general will approve that system of government under which they can best earn their livelihood ; and the other, that people are apt to f o ll ow th e hand that feeds them. The first is obviously the truest, because it is the general law ; the second necessarily being confined to such instances as a great potentate distributing his panem et circenses, or a populace, in a paroxysm of terror, or of rage, choosing the man th a t prom i se d most. The first sense of the maxim is that illustrated by the gene ral policy of this country, and never more conspi cuous, never more triumphant than at this junc ture ; the second sense is the policy of Napoleon treading, of course, in the steps of his uncle. It is the policy, also, of some other European Powers, including those of the Zollverein, as we learn from the letter of our correspondent at Berlin. Without such a thing as an order in Council, without the least word or warrant from either the Legislature or any department of the State, but simply in the regular operation of laws ,now some time enacted, there is pouring into this metropolis such a supply of food as removes all danger of a famine, or even a dearth. Notwithstanding our unfavourable and still unsettled harvest weather, grain seems to have reached its maximum price for the present at least, and has been sustained with difficulty for the last week. We can be at no loss for a reason, when we find that for 4,927 quarters of English wheat, that arrived in London from September 5 to September 10, there arrived 88,383 quarters of foreign wheat, for 131 quarters of English barley, 9,170 of foreign ; and for 3,185 quarters of British oats, no less than 123,700 of foreign. This has not been specially invited, or rather entrapped into the Thames ; we have not seduced foreign corn-growers to deviate from their usual course of traffic, and baulk their usual customers, by an extraordinary promise of remission of duties pro hac vice; much less has her Majesty graciously undertaken to find work and food for the half-million working men in this metropolis, or commanded the bakers, on peril of their liberty or their purses, to supply bread to every corner at closing prices. No, the steady and abundant influx of food, which is likely to make London the cheapest capital in Europe for the ne cessaries of life for many months to come, is the result of laws that have now been for some years in regular operation. We are told, indeed, by the authorities of the corn trade that we are not to expect a continuance of such supplies, and that the few days of east wind we had last week have pretty well cleared the Baltic for the present. It may be so ; and certainly wp have no wish to see a greater importation than is necessary for our wants, or that can easily be dis posed of. Let the farmers have a turn, by all means, particularly when the general prosperity of the coun try enables the public to pay good prices. But we must say, that such a fact as more than two hundred thousand quarters of foreign grain arriving in the port of London alone from the sth to the 10th of September, while the greater part of our own harvest is still out in the fields, seems to remove all doubt as to the sufficiency of our sup plies for this year. Even if Russia should succeed in entirely stopping up the mouth of the Danube and ruining all the countries on that ill-fated river, it is clear that there are other parts of the world as productive, other rivers in more civilised hands, and other seas more open. Having established a character as the best market, the freest port, and the safest customers in the world, we shall have the preference over all other countries, what ever promises they may make to serve the occasion. The present, too, is a state of things that should be satisfactory to all parties at home, for, while we are not at the mercy of our own corn growers, so neither are they likely to be too much beaten down. Ten years ago, with the prices now ruling, we should have had no importation, except in bond. These 200,000 quarters would have been shut up in warehouses, waiting for the expected time when wheat, being at 735., would be admitted duty free. In due time it would probably have attained that price, and we should have had a regular avalanche of corn thrown on the market, followed by an im mense downfall of prices, and the consequent ruin of those farmers who had not yet succeeded in bringing their corn to market. Now there is no such catastrophe looming in the future. The British farmer is not tempted, or rather compelled, like Sisyphus, to struggle to raise prices up to some Parliamentary summit, only to be suddenly hurled down again. It is all plain, straightforward buy ing and selling. Meanwhile the excessive fluctua tions that prevailed under the Corn Laws are a thing of the past. A rise or a fall of 10s. in half a year is thought something considerable. No legislation could ever have attained such a unifor mity as that which has followed the repeal of the laws enacted to prevent fluctuations. Of course, we are too sensible of the uncertainty of all human affairs to feel secnre a g ainst excessive fluctuations. We can only say that all appearances are against the probability of their recurrence. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT AT ABSON.—An attempt, with which there is too much reason to fear the turn-out dyers at Manchester are connected, was made on Thurs day night to set fire to the works of Messrs. George Whyatt and Sons, whose men were so ferociously at tacked last week, while on their way in a van to the works at Openshaw. The process ,, of raising the pile upon fustians is called "shearing. A good deal of loose cotton "fluff" or flock is produced by the "cards " that are used for the purpose, and fire once fairly among it, a conflagration of the premises is soon brought about. Near nine o'clock on Thursday night a little boy who lives in the neighbourhood saw a bright light in the "shearing" room, which is on the ground floor of a two storey building at the outside of the works, and to the win dows of which access can readily be obtained without going into the yard, and having given information of the fact, a search was made in the premises, and there was found a piece of fustian on fire in one of the machines. They cut the piece out, and by that means prevented the fire from spreading. On Friday morning, on examining the place close to the machine, they found a box of luci fer matches, which had evidently all been fired at once, and then cast through a broken window into the room. Fortunately they did not alight upon the flock, or they would instantly have set the whole place on fire. Every hit of the inflammable matter was burned off the end of the matches, but the wood had scarcely ignited. A re ward of 501. has been offered for the discovery of the perpetrator of this frightful attempt to destroy property, and possibly life, as a great many men were on the pre , mins at the time. • all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 13.5 24 all all all all 6 5Z 2# x in 4i i i 2i 30b 29 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 13. -Wind this day at Noon, N.NW. ; light breeze and cloudy, with sunshine at times. There was rather a heavy fall of rain this morning, at about 10 o'clock. CROOKHAVEN, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Laura, Port Nova, Coast of Africa. GRIMSBY, Sept. 12.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Arminius, Richibucto. DEAL, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W. to N.W. Arrived—Wm. Watson, Shanghai • Shanghai, Singapore ; Steadfast, Cal cutta ; Sultana, Madras ; Warrior, Mauritius ; Monarch, Cape Town ; Hornby, St. Vincent ' • Electra, Grenada ; Jamaica, Barbadoes. The Steadfast, arrived here from Calcutta, reports having experienced a violent shock Aug. 11, 17 N., 26 W., which continued about one minute. The sensation was that of sliding over a sandy bottom, but so strong as to cause the windlass joints to vibrate ; the sound resembled distant thunder. SHIELDS, Sept. 12.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Rack liffe, Quebec ; Farmer, do. CUXHAVEN, Sept. 10.—The Sarepta, Hamburgh to Hartlepool, has been got off shore. OFF SWANAGE.—Marion, Mauritius. QUEENSTOWN.—Arrived—Zephyr, Liverpool, for Alex andria, U.S., leaky ; Pauline Houghton, M aur itius, for London • Gentoo, Sierra Leone, for Woolwich ; Glasgow, Callao ; 'EI Dorado, ditto ; Hermann, Monte Video ; Pearl, Rio Grande ; Moslem, Demerara, for Liverpool ; Rollo, and Jane Ellis, Porto Rico ; Josephine, Havana. BRIDLINGTON, Sept. 12.—The Amelia Caroline, London, to Newcastle, has come in with slight damage, having been on the rocks south of Flamborough. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 12.—Wind, S. to S.E. Sailed — Her Majesty's steamer Plumper, Coast of Africa. OFF BONCHURCH, 1.W., Sept. 12.—Holmes, Barbadoes. COWES, Sept. 12.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Potsdam, Akyab, and sailed for Bremen ; Harold, Matanzas. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 12. Wind, W. Arrived Pegu, Maulmain. ARENDAL, Aug. 29.—The Concordia, Narva, to Bristol, has put in with damage from lightning. LISBON, Sept. 2.—The Warrior (s), Plymouth, to Aus tralia, which put in here 23d ult., unmanageable, has been surveyed, and declared unfit to proceed on any voyage under canvass. The Wasp, Newport, to Wilmington, U.S., put in here very leaky, and it is supposed must discharge. FALMOUTH, Sept. 12. Arrived Maria Elizabeth, Akyab, for Rotterdam ; Anna, ditto ; Sundade Bahia ; Despequeda, Beriz, do. ; Pauline, Havannah ; Till, Ma tanzas; Horatio, Aux Cayes, for Clyde; Albert, do., for Liverpool. Off Port—Pegue, Maulmain ;Augusta, Akyab; Catharina, Buenos Ayres; Trident, Porto Rico (the last three sailed for London) ; Marie, Havannah, and sailed for Antwerp. SWANSEA, Sept. 12.—Wind, W. Arrived—Underley, Cuba. OFF LIVERPOOL, Sept. 13.—Marco Polo, Melbourne. BY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TELEGRAPH. DEAL, TUESDAY, 10 A.3f. Wind, S.W. to NN., and cloudy. Passed—Marion, from Mauritius for London ; William Watson, from Shanghae for London ; Wasa, from Odessa for London ; Clarinda, from Smyrna for London ; Elizabeth, from Rotterdam for London ; Shanghae, from Singapore for Londo ß n a ; rb M ad o o n e a s f rch o , r fr L om onc C io a n pe . Horn for Helen, orLond from; Jamaica, from west ward for London ; Electra, 'from Grenada for London ; Steadfast, from Calcutta for London ; Cornhill, from Ho bart for London ; Sultana, from Madras for London ; Hornby, from St. Vincent for London ; Frowning Beauty, from westward for London. Anchored—Adam, from Lon don for Havre ; Windsor, from London for Port Philip. Report of the barque Steadfast, from Madras towards London :—July 25, left at St. Helena the ship Moffatt ; July 26, barque Rebecca, of Sunderland, lat. 14.13 S., lon. 7.13 ; August 2, barque Agrippina, from Ceylon, to London, lat. 1.44 S., lon. 19.49 W ; August 9, barque Sultana, from Callingapatam to London, lat. 13.24 N., lon. 24.58 W. • August 14, b arque I ron G em , l a t. 22.37 N., lon. 31.27 'W . ; August 14, ship Jacatra, from Bata via for Cowes, lat. 22.37 N., lon. 31.27 W. ; September 3, ship Recorder, from Aracan, lat. 44.40 N. lon. 23.12 W. ; August 11, at 10.45 p.m., whilst sailin g at the rate of five miles per hour, our ship was suddenly shaken by a vol canic shock, which continued about one minute; the sen sation was that of sliding over a sandy bottom, but so heavy as to cause the windlass-pauls to vibrate, and the sound resembled distant thunder—lat. 17.10 N„ lon. 26.20 109 ad ad ad banks adjacent, to a considerable extent up and down the river, were enveloped in thick wreaths of smoke, through which might be seen the flashes of the guns. The commanding officers of corps, on horseback, were seen animating and cheering on their men as they advanced to the stream, all pouring in a galling fire on the defenders of the passage, who returned it with equal vigour. The latter sustained the attack with great constancy ; and, while part of the number continued to fire across the river, others kept up constant discharges of musketry on those who were advancing in sup port of the operations of which it was the theatre. At this moment the action was so vigorous that the soldiers and many of the spectators on the terrace and slopes seemed carried away by the excitement, and appeared for a moment to think that it was not a fiction, but that the battle which was raging harmless below had all the stern reality of war. In the meantime the brigade of light cavalry crossed the bridge of Maison at a smart trot, wheeled rapidly to the left, dashed on towards Menil, and soon reached Carriere-sous-Bois, where they menaced the left flank of the enemy, who were then drawn in order of battle along the terrace of St. Germain. About 11 o'clock the garrison of St. Germain, deploying by the bridge of the Pecq, attempted a sortie on the French camp. The two brigades of infantry under Alphonse and Carleuccia advanced hastily along the road from Chaton to the Pecq, while that of Repond moved by the Montesson road towards the same point : each brigade was supported by a battery of artillery. With such an imposing force before them all attempt of the enemy at a sortie was useless ; they were forced to recross the bridge and establish their artillery on the other bank. While this was going on the pontoniers and engineers com pleted their bridge of boats, the river was crossed by a brigade which at once attacked the enemy in the village of the Pecq, and drove them from it ; while a second brigade deployed on both sides of the bridge kept in check the enemy, who attempted to oppose them, and also gained the other bank of the river. The third brigae, which had remained at the point near Pecq where the roads of Chaton, Montesson, and Croissy meet, and which had kept up a cannonade on the bridge, rushed forward to cross. The head of the column was at once vigor ously engaged ; and it was repulsed, until such time as the troops who defended the passage were forced to retire, as the two brigades of French troops were now in the act of passing the bridge. The column which had been repulsed crossed it also, and galled the enemy as they fell back on the St. Germain road. The now retreating enemy availed themselves of every advantage of ground, as they fell back, to oppose the rapid advance of the bri g ade ; but the latter, whenever they attempted to stop, gave them no breathing time, but charged them with th e b a y one t, an d forced them to resume their retreat, until they made a stand on the last heights of St. Germain. In the mean time General Levasseur, at the head of the two brigades Alphonse and Carbuccia, joined the corps under General Repond, and the whole force debouched together in St. Germain, and moved towards the terrace ; while the brigades of cavalry, who, massed in column, remained in reserve at Port Marly, made a corresponding movement with the infantry. General Korte, who commanded the cavalry, gal loped on to St. Germain by the Versailles road the moment he saw the columns engaged on the pon toon bridge, reached that place nearly at the same time with General Levasseur, and while the in fantry occupied the terrace which served as the enemy's redoubt, the cavalry followed in the forest one of the alleys parallel to the terrace. This latter movement was the last ; it was made in the rear of the enemy, who, having in front the infantry of General Levasseur, and on the left the brigade of light cavalry, had no other alternative than to capitulate. The capitulation took place on the usual terms. The action was over about two o'clock; and soon after both conqueror and con quered prepared to defile before Marshal St. Ar naud, Minister of War, who was on the spot, and Marshal Magnan, who had directed the operations. The defile occupied about two hours and the men, as they left the ground, m arc h e d, with their bands of music at their head and their colours flying, to their respective quarters. On the whole the spec tacle was most interesting, and at one moment was really exciting. Though some rain fell in the early part of the morning, yet the day kept up well. In order, no doubt, to render the delusion more com plete, Marshal Magnan issued a proclamation to the town, stating, that though it was to be attacked and the enemy driven from it, life and property should be protected, and that the strictest orders had been given against pillage. The number of persons who went by rail is stated to be near 18,000. Marshal Magian, Marshal St. Arnaud, Prince Jablonowski, and the other superior offi cers, French as well as foreign, were subsequently entertained at dinner at the Hotel of the Pavillon Henri IV. The dining-room was the saloon where I Louis XIV. was born.—T imes' Correspondent. THE MOORS, FOREST.% AND RIVERS. From whatever cause the news from the moors is flat this week. The edge of the interest in the sport has been dulled by the actual abundance of the game, and by the heavy gloomy weather of last week. The forests seem to have yieldea more sport, comparatively, than the moors. Among the notes which have been reported us are the following :—Mr. Mackenzie, of Ord, accom panied by Seaforth and Allangrange, shot two stags, two hinds, and three roebucks, in the woods at Ord last week ; one of the stags, shot by Seaforth, had 12 points, and weighed 18 stone clean. The Earl of Lei cester shot a fine stag in the Great Wood at Inchna cardoch, weighing 18L stone. The head was very finely formed, and had 11 points. Sir K. S. Mackenzie entertains a number of friends at Gairloch, who enjoys the salmon fishing on the Ewe, , ea fishing, and grouse shooting, by turns. Sir Kenneth has not been much in his deer forest as yet. Mr. Bankes of Letterewe went on Tuesday evening to his Gruinard property, to shoot over his extensive moors and hills there, but we have not heard the result. Beina chasgen, Beindearg, and Meidan, are, however, famed for large stags and plenty of ptarmigan, and Finn-Loch cannot be surpassed for large trout. Mr. Bankes is the only proprietor in this quarter that does not let any part of his shootings. Mr. Digby and his friends are very succsssful in the Glassletter deer forest. They have killed five stags, most of which are royal stags. One with 10 points was remarkably well formed. The tenants, also, get an ample supply of grouse and haunches of vension sent them. On Friday last Lord Ossulton brought down a royal stag in the Achnacarry forest, said to be one of the finest that has been killed in that forest for many years. A. correspondent at Aberchalder writes last week : "There is a great show of grouse on the Glengarry moors, but as yet we have no shooting party, and I do not hear of any coming. I presume the game are to have a jubi lee this year. Of late years some of our birds were very much diseased, but this season the coveys are all healthy and strong, and scarcely a diseased bird to be seen. I am also informed grouse are more plentiful at Glen quoich. The moors there were almost depopulated by disease, but are now much improved. It is is said black game are not so abundant as usual, and e th b a y t T h e e -deer ve ar re e less numerous. The latter were storms of last winter, and the former probably suffered from the same cause. The angling in the Ness has been above the average this week, the recent rains having brought the river into good fishing order. Lord Gifford in four days killed 16 grilse and salmon—one of which weighed 19 lbs. Mr. Bailie, of Dochfour, killed one of the same weight this week, and has had generally good sport. Mr. Jervoise and family have had capital sport, and have landed upwards of 20 fish during the week, with out devoting much time to the sport. Mr. Lowe, on Tuesday, landed six fine fish ; and many other sports. men have had fair sport on the Ness. The Lochy has afforded excellent sport this season, and continues to do so still. On Monday, the 29th ult., Colonel Williams killed four fine fish, and six on Tues day. and from two to three every other day during the week. Lord Ossulton, who is with Lord Malmesbury at Achnacarry, occasionally fishes on the Lochy, and has had good sport ; also Sir John Hardinge, who is at Stroncbriggan with Sir William Maxwell Steel and Captain Jones.—lnverness Courier. CULTIVATION OF WHEAT IN IRELAND.--The very high prices of wheat, and the decided success of that crop, so far as it was planted, has induced the farmers to turn their attention to its cultivation once more ; and already preparations have commenced for laying down an ex tensive breadth of land with wheat in soils where, during recent years, very little of that grain had been grown. The fine condition of the present harvest and the very remunerative prices have given great confidence to land lords and farmers, and the prospects of Irish agricul ture, under the operation of free trade, are far better than they had been at any time since the commence ment of the present century. LEICESTER-SQUARE.—In the very midst of the con gested metropolis, Leicester-square has been spoliated and delivered over to speculative thrift ! An exhibition has blotted out the site "where once a garden smiled," and now a new project is set on foot to extinguish for ever this small air -cell, which may be thought to have some communicating duct ( s ubterraneous or other— some descending flue) in connection with Lincoln s•inn fields and Smithfield —the auricle and ventricle of London's lungs ! It is proposed gravely to pur cllase Leicester-square, to found upon it a second Colosseum ! The recent experiment of turning the world outside in has stood for a time, much to the an noyance of vicinal householders. Will the residents suffer their square to be turned inside out, their daylight to be i obscured,impeded d t h b e y i r t he realisation atmosphere o vitiated, a conceit a which and their causeway m can baanrdgapnr, "the man whom the profit only to the stock brokers? The ill ustrious e Q u een bring dle credit d e lighteth to honour," w ill now h ave imitators— humble imitators, and at a long distance. Let them r aise athenaeums, gymnasiums, or forums, if they prefer it, by public companies, but let them take a hint from the royal founder of the National institution, proposed at Kensington Gore, so that no more obstacles shall be obtruded upon our already too crowded metropolis.-..- The Builder. 13A 20 20 50 12' 121 i St- ►.0.61 Pa id 25 25 St. 50 al 11 100 100 42 34 10 , 0 100 47? 17i 100 , 4 176 100 all 3 100 100 100 1100 100 11 100 FOR. ;lON. 74 5 60 58 40i 34" 261 E