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

_ --_______............... 21 IE FIRE A2' MESSRS. SCOTT RUSSELL'S. Opp', iIoCIAL REPORT OF THE EXTENT OF Ms's...ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. th e almost is almost impossible to convey an adequate idea of lea gnitude of the havoc occasioned by the fire which an A d Pelied at the establishment of Messrs. Scott Russell see • steam -ship b u ild ers, on S atur d a y morning. morethe fo rmat i on of the London Fire Brigade, now sr, on „_ .so years, no event of the kind has occurred rts hs„ bank s o f the Thames which involved so great a d ebt yuction o f machinery as this truly unfortunate disas " that It hick li been most devastating in every respect ;and their e f a.s will most seri ous ly a ffect the firm is the loss Ito.:t valuable collection of models, patterns, designs, can e work of ye ars to collect, and which no money replace. ins e ll ,. r .: 3ll ghout y es t er d ay the surveyors o f t h e var i ous eno4noe offices which are affected by the fire, were the n ged in k4'° inspectin g the ruins. From them we gather nnesed report, which will furnish a more accurate ed Yet, b ge of the ex t en t o f t h e con fl agra ti on th an h as bee given. :akThe works destroyed comprised, first, the boiler e re' and forg g-inshops, which contained large punch- Leiniit-d cutting machines worked by steam, powerful g cranes, six forges, and other ponderous ma notes'? and iron -work. The roof, which rested on iron u . n ute n,s, was formed of weather boarding, covered with sun'arpauling, eli ng, and to that inflammable character of shelter Y be attributed the rapid progress of the flames. "It w • th isi n department th a t th e fi re or iginated, „ r _ueiore the workpeople bad an opportunity of sup ar,:::!ng it, the fl ames travelled along the covering with 80 ` 4 , wing rapidity, and the whole place, in a minute or destroyed a blaze. The best part of the machinery is . The vithjoiners', carpenters', and painters' workshops, _t_iiin_ia:bat:idi-nsnglls underneath, were filled with partly _ work and materials. All were consumed. It 80 feet by 25, two stories in height run- Z e e between the boiler and forging-houses and the main l a i d ° - r Y , the whole of which, with its contents, has been in ruins. enti " The engi ne -h ouse adjoined ; it was 30 feet by 16, t wo r elY distinct from the other buildings, and contained d ri engines o f 25- horse power, which were employedin Prig the mac hi nery in different parts of the works. -*as destroyed. id er e T he main building or factory was a massive brick tne s'mn, 120 feet long and 80 wide, four stories high, upied as fitters' shops, turning and driving rooms, `_4°llld lofts, pattern stores, &c. It is stated that it could have contained little short of 50,000/. of machinery. c h i ° g ro und or basement floor was filled with the ma hu-rierY commonly employed in factories of this kind, j e lathes for boring large cylinders, drilling, slotting, su e P ar ing machines with other machinery of an elabo ,no character. The ' first story was also a fitting-shop, del itairl ing a large amount of machinery of a more minute nt;_eription than the floor beneath. The remaining , rhoosuliess,waeirie used as moulding, designing, and pattern of which were almost filled with the most e n and valuable work of the firm. The loss will be Severely felt. There were plans and models of a corn ..." fleet of st eamers , many for foreign governments, - ` 4 lll d their destruction as a reference, in case of accident, 4 i 114 invol ve most ser i ous i nconvenience . Th e w h o l e o f s b uilding was gutted, not a vestige was saved, the c° building being either melted or shattered. 'Was The erecting-shop had been recently formed, and ;4 , a brick building, 100 feet by 40, and 30 feet high, tenor a glass kind of transept roof, the whole of the in "or being open up to the roof. It contained a new eatent punching-machine, for punching three holes at many T here were three sets o f eng i nes comp l e t e d f or as -18 '"Y screw -colliers, intended to run between Lowestoft and the Tyne, and another, with oscillating cylinders, of 250 horse-power, for one of her Majesty's steamers, which Was also finish e d. S ome large machinery ready for !s -r.rtation to the West Indies, for a suga r -crushing mi ll, ; v as also i n th e b u ildi ng, toget h er with probably t h e hugest roll i ng -machine in the kingdo-n, numer ou s) !Anders, propellers, &c., besides three havellers(cra (cra n es) lor shiftin g machinery. The bulk of this valuable m ass is broken and otherwise damaged. h o " Another brick building, intended for an erecting-, use; but used as carpenters', painters', and joiners Workshops, 50 feet by 25 feet, was entirely destroyed, W ith 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, a knownats 1 .! 8 deck pl an ti ng , the computed quantity being b 1,000 tons. " The two iron steamers, for the North of L Europe t Steam Navigation Company to run between owes and Denmark and other northern ports, which were building on the slips on the west side of the factory, were all but complet ed. 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 d amage d th a t near l y th e w h o l e 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 abutted on the w e st ern wa ll o f S co tt R usse ll' 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, h aving escaped injury. This, fortunately, will enable t he firm to continue labour, as the works, although somewhat reduced as compared with previous operations, On the eastern or preserved bide of the establishment, Where other vessels which were building were not hurt. Never, perhaps, did a fire rage with such violence, as t ll litY be inferred from the fact, that within two hours it ad awent over the entire portion of the works destroyed. Jmotwitlistanding the most searching investigation by the * ins the origin of the fire remains a complete mystery. has been mentioned that the steam floating fire -"gine, belonging to the brigade, was brought into re quisition during the fire. It was the first outbreak of b i as moment that the capabilities of the machine were „Tight to be ar u p on , an d it cer tainly proved a most l i s tnable aux ili ary. U pon w h a t ever point it was Z eu ght into play, it succeeded in stopping the progress l t be dest ruc ti ve e l ement . It posses bes the power of early eight ordinary land engines, and when in full °Pera.tion the force of the water was tremendous, lite lally weeping before it walls and whatever obstacles pro pented itself. Owing to its not being supplied with ng power, in the shape of screw or paddle, con >n able l oss of time occurre d i n conve yi ng it f r om its as °°ri nga, at Southwa r k-bridge, to Mill-wall, a circissi -4-;" much to be deplored. It appears that it was e st eam in a ccor d ance w ith th e reg ulation, and wo uld, 11 :: , 1 7 it been provided with e f f i cient propelling power, Co eine d the scene long before the land engines, and Yal il : l l, ll ently have preserved, in all probability, mu ch " te e i O3 Property. Through the mistake which most of r tßade fell in to, in supposing the fire to be on the 1,4 4 t side of the Thames, more than an hour elapsed i tti or e many of the engines reached Mill-wall ; some, S t isV, travelled 12 miles before they gained it. When eu sr , s e nwn that these errors are not of infrequent oc telet,,,,-"ee: it is somewhat surprising that the electric euraTeaPnilign e o n t e m e. ade the source of communicating ac ilstel be rr r he total l oss h as not b een overrate d ; an d, w h a t is to a ttr i e g r etted, we understand that Messrs. Scott Russell o. Pre en ,, t __,are not insur e d to the extent that has been re - Dos e - `'n• A meeting is about to be held for the put.- % 's ..° l affor Sufferers by the loss of their tools. 25 25 18 20 St. 50 40 25 25 8/28 6 25 50 20 St. St. St. St. 261 13A 20 20 50 °ln n g e hn e t ,.. tt. --.ISTOCRATIO VisironsTo in A A lT u S s T t ß ra A l L ia lA n .--7- lay A b ln e t r recent fa , hionable arrivals : ri rle .,. (l Lord Henry Scott, son of the Duke of Buccleuc . Hugh Stobart, and thi4.4.,ord Schoinberg Kerr, son of the Marquis of Lo i„. with their chaplain, the Rev. ;4velling companion, the Rev. Thomas days in ,:;euglit:oblenaen stayed about intercourse, ms mle r d li i l t l om Copperorto t n ercourse, and partly other . Bowles. B These u v i ll t.hey spent partly in social 1 ling the few sights worth s a ces they have inspected the u 4te tt the u whence they p Pro be . started for the Turon, seeing. Amon a g th ivl u i r n s e t , ' Morton bay, war s ding to Newcastle, and afterwards With ti, . / 1 ,1 2te e intention of spending 4-41 maproved sign of the winter i 2 , e • 2 A visit from gentlemen of th d e i i f r u r n an d k er a ta n k d e s n ta w i ith Zet,Practical purpose of making advantages A o the the wants, iiecessities, andnatural productive of good. and littl e°llll trY, may ultimately be . a t n hemselves acquainted f d e e More time devoted to travelling in th th e o c e o e lo w n t 0,,, Pendencies of the British crown, by . da t b - would to miti gate Y obecome legislators of the empire, 4 ct the evils arising out of an ignoranc e blunders in Rov e n, and would f disaf- Ual P°siti° often prevent eeetirhrneAt which have first planted the seeds o hiewho are tend ar e the e of their . 4 lest °l/ ' and afterwards ripened them into rebellion.— t„, Tian and New Zealand Gazette. Port of TO AIISTRALIA.—The departures from the 1 ) ,. 8t er London for the Australian colonies during the Wl2,,,N"ek have greatly increased, and are calculated, Zip s -. "' e°oPled With the accounts of the departures from arPuol and elsewhere, to create the most . serious • ' i o e t3' as to their results. They have comprised alto tether 15 vessels —six to Port Philip, with an aggregate iiirdae;rodfesn,2ls tons ; two to Sydney, with an aggregatere. _ rtitzlea of 1,593 tons ; four to Adelaide, with an a o gg of 1 ,515 tons • one to Hobart Tow d n on f e 2Bl t'o r e ° ee to Portland Bay of 659 tons ;an t is Pairey of 367 tons. Their total capacity was aencteriatl,y 9,930 tong con- The shipments of manufactures d the °l.`"earY merchandise continue very extensive, an rates of freight have been supported with steadiness. of t ( 1 ) 1 1 SEA. STOCK. —The act to extend the provisions tile the TB (16 Viet., c. 28) for redeeming or commuting s e Huth Sea stock, was nearly the last act of the late ase e i r , ° ,°• . The South Sea Company had not signified any act. ,::",within the period allowed, and the object of the atottliut_, :olrieirettentdhethe same and to give proprietors of cer laao Sto ck the right of ;oting. The South Sea Corn present act, may commute on . their gou aL j el "ging to proorietors disabled from voting at t alt er— , e ° ll rts. we company,' if authorised to under foerrieiriPfrvate trusts may commute for the . purpose of Decv e g 4 guarantee fund. The Treasury is now em mat Within before the 25th December next, to appoint the Met e within Which the assents of the company to corn eortirn4re to be si gnified, and are to fix the terms of the d Flareall,t,tien• 0 6 n the Exchequer bonds given, it t is eset ii, to b that ~, :on their becoming redeemable, the in er l reclonaraeLA'cl on the half-yearly days until the actua riglout ,---- E. InfOrtlr ite hour to 31,r' ,e at 4 5 , from ioor, 111 instan t ,ak Was ;. In a society engine s actor of v hole of ;u ffocat* Vith the Niaurice. ljpo -e began g as lan iightfiu he flesh de 1 1 jp ply:o 0 030, t of th e [r ut ouv,. )rtuna t his ar r ' . thst wo We n -ound ed , b e boa/ ouse to win be 7 of the d of , s° ; tion n .v s n their g the 05 Cht° l l ed, s lo Ors , uo c i re 0 , )f P li e d .04 mos SHARE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Binning. Wolverh. 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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 fir s t p ar t o f th e s t or y relates to Colonel e e x al tra m o ° ;d s ina e ly arly after h adventures, and. his elopement wi t h hi s fi rs t w if e . There is something very S t of so many years, of w hi c h th e c hi e f even t s te lapse are briefly told, to find the Colonel again figuring on the scene, not in a patriarchal character, but as the lover of a young lady of twenty-one. The 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 a page or two find him taking too much claret. The faults of plot and of incident are numerous, and the novel is no improvement on the writer's last work, but, without doubt, it is her judgment and taste which are to blame iu 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." 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 Phcenix 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 Phcenix 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, an d a t 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 making an excellent innings of ten, comprising a three, a two, 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 fou r ( one of the best hits of the match), four threes, sev en 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. 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 INFLUX OF CORN. (From the Times.) The coarse saying of the elder Napoleon, " Cest 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 follow the 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 that promised 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.lll., 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 we 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, whatever 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 secure against excessive fluctuations. We can only say that all appearances are against the probability of their recurrence. 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 y.et 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 B Lawrence . 9 1 Not ont 7 B Price 1 Byes, 2; wide, 1 B Lawrence Run out B Lawrence B Price Total second innings 56 Total first innings 4l C Dallas, b Price _ 7. Total 97 C Adams, b Doyle B Lawrence The first innings of the Phcenix 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, BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF FOR THE ADVANCE MENT 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 Hod g ki nson , on the elasticity of crystalline bodies ; J. J. Waterston, 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 mechanical force in elastic fluids. SECTION SCIENCE. The following papers were disposed of to-day. Pro fessor Johnstone, note on the formation of the magne sian limestone • Dr. Price, on th e d e termination of the com mercial value of the peroxide of manganese; W. R. Grove, Esq., on the conduction of electricity by flame and gasses ; T. J. Pearsall, Esq. no tice of changes in wood obtained from the submerged forest at Yir,wire, 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 anew plesiosaurus in the Yorkshire Museum ; Mr. Charlesworth, 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 plvts ; 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. Earl, F.R.A.S., progress of discovery in the western portion of New Guinea from 1828 to 1852 ; Captain Tickell, late surveys in Arra can ; Rev. Dr. Scoresby, D.D., F . R . s . , on the popular theory of an Arctic basin—is it true ? Pro fessor Rafa (of Copenhagen), contribution to the ancient geography of the Arctic regions ; Sir 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-lingual t own (D an i s h and Anglo. Saxon) in England. SECTION T.-STATISTICS. n attempt, with whichD B t o h L e i r o e A L i A RG s ON. — An reason fear the turn-out ATTEMPT 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 once fairly amon g it, a conflagration of the premises 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 flo or o f a two storey building at the outside of the works, a n d t o th e win dows of which access can readily be obtai ne d w i thout 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 w i n d ow into the room. , Fortunately they did not alight upon the flock, or they would instantly have set the whole place on fire. Every bit 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 off ere d f or the discovery of the I perpetrator of this frightful attempt to destroy property, and possibly life, as a great many men wero pn the pre mises at the time. In this section there was a very numerous attendance to hear a most excellent paper by John Locke, Esq., on excessive emigration and its reparative agencies in Ireland. Professor Paul Chaix, correspondin g mem b er , F.R.C.S., on a summary of the census of Switzerland ; Francis Bennoch, Esq., suggestions for an improved system of currency and banking. F. G. P. Neison, Esq., read a communication by Mr. Bracebridge, on the local registration of births and deaths. SECTION G.-MECIIANICAL 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 machine: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. Crosskill, Esq., Beverley, on improvements in 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. ROUEN,—The letters from Rouen state that the mar ket for manufactures remained inactive, and that prices showed a tendency to decline. SEAM FIGHT AT ST. GERMAIIV. PARIS, SUNDAY, SEPT. 11, 6 P.M. Those who have even but once visited St. Ger main must have been struck with the magnificent coup d'mil from the lofty and 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 stretdies 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, Rneil, 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 its site, but nothing can change the beauty of site, of its valley, its picturesque slopes, its stream, its terrace, and its forest. It would 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 exerc i se the troops i n a ser i es of military manoeuvres on an ex t ens i ve sca l e , and thus appropriately close th e camp of Satory, was, no doubt, the object of th e Commander-in-Chief. The point, as originally suggested, was the debarkation of an army on the coast of N ormandy, suppose d to march on Paris, and which had occupied St. Ger main by force ; and to repel th e i nvas i on and dr i ve out the hostile troops from St. Germain was the duty of the troops of Satory and Versailles. With that view, two plays of operation had been drawn up. One was to march by Roquelicourt and P or t M an l y' gain the left bank of the Seine, and att a i n 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 Van cresson and Garches ; to march on Chaton, and take possession of the bridge which was held by the enemy. 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 ou 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 rend point of the Paris and St. Germain road ; and a brigade of light ca valry, under General Feray, occupied the sides of the road and communicated with the infantry in position at Rueil. 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 Chalon 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, witnessed 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 castle frowned the assault of the town, whose gloomy over the plain. During the night precautions had been taken by the generalci / l) _commanding the o assault against any sudden 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 ere covered with clouds of skirmishers, and the v with a force strong enoughage itself was occupied to defend it, or to hold it till such time as reinforcements 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 Valerien the order was given 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 Feray, 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. In the meantime the pontooniers, aided by a body of engineers, com menced the operation of passing the river, between the old bridge of the Pecq, and that which baffled the attack of General Levasseur with his division the day previous. The engineers were frequently interrupted in their work by two batteries of the enemy's artillery on the opposite bank, which opened a tremendous fire, and was supported by the musketry of a strong detachment of infantry. In a few minutes the bridge of the Pee% with the LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compass, Closing Prices this day. RAnwets. Bedford and Blotchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. 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Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's land 4 .- - lf - lip! * 1 Tidzin -: 1 29 -- 31 ••• - 13 - 15 6 5i 61 zin 70 30k 29 14 4 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. Anived—Rack liffe, Quebec ; Farmer, do. CUXHAVEN, Sept. 10.—The Sarepta, Hamburgh to Hartlepool, has been got off shore. OFF SwANAUE.—Marion, Mauritius. QUEENSTOWN.—Arrived—Zephyr, Liverpool, for Alex andria, U.S., leaky ; Pauline Houghton Mauritius, for ' London • Gentoo, Sierra Leone, for Woolwich ; Glasgow, Callao ; El 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 joß o T n s t m h o e u r T o H, roc S ks south 2. th l of F.Vvaiiinb(z S. rongt.) S.E. Sailed — Her Majesty's steamer Plumper, Coast of Africa. OFF 13oNcHURCH, 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 ; Despequeds , 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.M. Wind, S.W. to N.W., 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 London ; Monarch, from Cape Horn for London ; Jamaica, from Barbadoes for London ' • barque Helen, from west ward for Lond o n ; El ec t ra , 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 ; Winds or , f rom L on d on f or Port Philip. Report of the barque Steadfast, from Madras towards cricaAta: August ;Ig2i 2, nAu2gblutaa7grr August 14, albi A ctur g ols. i 3L p ier p o. 2 i ni n j7rd a oo , nn from Gieamt London :—July 25, left at St. Helena the ship Moffatt ; July 26, barque Rebecca, of Sunderland, lat. 14.13 S., ion. isvNoiuna. fia 7 2oon . 4rn l a. 3. Cowes,s, 38;f1.wr.02mAugust London, lat. 1.44 S., lcn. 19.49 W ; August 9, barque a vir c as, September b ß e a r t 3 a Ceylon ,l la 3 t . 2 . 1 22 N . 3 toi ship Recorder, from Aracan, lat. 44.40 N., ion. 23.12 W. ; August 11, at 10.45 p.m., whilst sailing at the rate of five miles per hour, our ship was suddenly shaken by a vol canio shock, which continued about one minute; the sen sation was that of bliding over a sandy bottom, bat so heavy as to cause the windlass-pauls to vibrate, and the sound resembled distant thunder—lat. 17.10 N., ion. 26.20 ihr.l Paid, 0 I all 04 all 01 all 'O4 all 04 all It. 100 0 all It. 100 5 all 10 all 0 all 15 all 2i all : 3i all !O all :0 100 )i.OO 5 all i 0 all i 0 all * all .2i 12 3t. 100 'it. 100 5 18a .2 9i i 0 all 5 I all it. 100 1 all 1. all .08. all 10 2 I. all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all I:1 13.5 15 24i 1' 4 LO all 15 all 5 all !O all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 1 all 3 all 1 all 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all LO 5 5 1 1 all i() all ,5 15 30 10i 1 all 10 7 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all Business this day. * 11.0 10 I 221 5 all 5 5 0 25 LO all 5 1 109 xd ad xd li i i 3 i i 70 4 68 9} 61 i 1 2 1 19k 281 8 banks adjacent, - to a considerable extent up an d 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 ou 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 monient 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 Carbuccia 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 brigade, 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 renulsed, 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 brigade ; b u t th e l at t er, whenever they attempted to stop, gave th em no breathing time, but charged them with the bayonet, and 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 Manly, made a corresponding movement with the infantry General Forte, 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, marched, 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 art of the morning, yet the day kept up well. In girder, 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 pevons who went by rail is stated to be near 18,0 GO. Marshal Magnan, 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 Pavilion Henri IV. The dining-room was the saloon where Louis XIV. was born.—Times' Correspondent. THE MOORS, FORESTS, 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 yielded 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 13 stone clean. The Earl of Lei cester shot a fine stag it, the Great Wood at Inchna cardoch, weighing 18i 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, sea fishing, and grouse shooting, by terns. 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 Achnaca,cry 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 th 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 scarce l y a diseased bird to be seen. 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 that roe-deer are less numerous. The latter were starved by the severe 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 lb we s ight Mr th . is ß w ai e l e ie k , , of a i D d o h e h a, s f o ur had, a one o g f oo th d e sp sa o m rt e . 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 Stronchriggan 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 farraers a to turn their attention to its cultivation on more lready ce preparations have commence d for laying down an ex tensive breadth of land with wheat inn oils where, during recent years, very little of that graihad been grown. The fine condition of the present harvest and the very remunerative prices have given great c onfidence to land lords and farmers, and the prospekts 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 spoliatecl 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 (subterraneous or othe so me descending flue) in connection with Lincoln's-inn Lincoln's-inn fields and S mithfield —the auricle and ventricle of London's lungs ! It is proposed gravely t o pur chase Leicester - sq uare, to found u p on it a Colosseum ! The recent experiment of turning the nwooyraldn c outs f i d e v i i e n i n h a a i s h a o to u o s d e h f o o l r de a rs. tina vv e, i m ll uc th h e to re th si e de a n n t; suffer their square to be turned inside . out,. their daylight ca to u b se e w o ay bs i c m ur p e e d d , ed th b e y ir th a e tm re o ali sph sa e t r i e o vitiated, d to, man whom on 2t,theirstock brokers'{ e. can bring credit to no oneLaandapnrofin,,vtstilofenal conceit which brokersl The illustrious 1) rg Queen delighteth to honour," will now have imitators-- humble imitators, and at a long distance. Let them raise 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. 12 12i 25 St. St. St. 20 St. 10 20 20 20 9i 10 36i d 8 BM