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

)1' LIFE. yen o'clock, tom' ° ; in the premiso 3 Elemmings-roix e other in trJ ea ting-how 03, s ay. Both fire fIY" a spark . 1 , 'urniture, e'bi The engines 01 A England ivel.B derable dainsS s could be or', lod Were instil r, and unfatAli to ; u t at a late hot r' l on ging sr , situate at _ originated fro! m first floor, let ne. A e. e outbreak r: stations. 15,0 e Royal Socley_. severa l e ngin", the conductor 4 m d the whole vt, t of the suffatele ;airs. jVith nam ed ga igl f o retre at. the fire be t"; ;unate ma it in a frigrat ed him the Pei- n Brigad e of super entiful io )mpanY ° t he that part 0 toot I Was Wi the ullf° rtil .,f l4 hi ritB' s 4 - t, upon t hs•t It appea r s other two i d M e aurrot o them. Thesbusi, e workhou. l ,l l derstood vaLL E t i° nor ani ° ERS Air t , H -L" ers too I ra t the gat tang. re West ' ar e nand they P 3 d , ,nate to t he w, risen 10d. : c lot into the P eo ill .ieries ge ll it 15 round that tog i i n the enA stri r t. 4 1r Leeds , 6 00 been in f i e je fiee at the CO W a kefieloP os itr riondaY w o ol' Riding) 40 0 Lted throob for gate rneet i lie ). hould be r3 „ 1 01 ,wever, s o d have be er ' t ie Cps Messrs• ho e 0 :7e, and w. 1.0 ve all theiroo ,f keeping th ere ,ding this den3°- ngse; 3 the t , co lliers '; at ho cc; neighb °4 ` T iford, 84° ' heirs the chair t ? o veci 0 appr tot , . the thecaad°l3l.oK tt Ti pUrS W t he AT tents in Bra xey CHAMPAGNE STAKES Brothe r to Mountain Deer Domino. Tadoaster ..... .. Six ran. Won cleverly. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP liungerford Fifteen ran. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.--Jewess, and Lady Emily, ..... T AE FIRE AT MESSRS. SCOTT RUSSELL'S. ° ?PICIAL REPORT OF THE EXTENT OF .LO SS. —ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. it It is almost impossible to convey an adequate idea of - L llB magnitude of the havoc occasioned by the fire which a ' a PPened at the establishment of Messrs. Scott Russell 8 1 . 1d steam-ship builders, on Saturday morning. sine the formation of the London Fire Brigade, now more than 20 years, no event of the kind has occurred on the banks of the Thames which involved so great a ILBretruction of m ac hi nery as thi s t ru l y unfortunate di sas - IT • It has been most devastating in every respect ; and that - which will most seriously affect the firm is the loss of their valuable collection of models, patterns, designs, 46 °., the work of years to collect, and which no money can replace. Throughout yesterday the surveyors of the various insurance offices which are affected by the fire, were the in i nspect i ng t h e ru i ns. F rom them we gat h er e annex e d report, w hi c h w ill f urn i s h a more accurate kal ewledge of the extent of the conflagration than has Yet been given. "The works destroyed comprised, first, the boiler and forging-shops, which contained large punch rig and cutting machines worked by steam, powerful avellin cranes, six forges, and other ponderous and ma chinery,s7 iron-work. The roof, which rested on iron 4 .7 ,4 ran5, was formed of weather boarding, covered with "arPauling, and to that inflammable character of shelter 3118 .3' 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 covering with amazing rapidity, and the whole place, in a minute or 80 , was in a blaze. The best part of the machinery is destroyed. "The joiners', carpenters', and painters' workshops, 'With saw -mills underneath, were filled with partly finished work and materials. All were consumed. It Was a building 80 feet by 25, two stories in height run- Zing between the boiler and forging-houses and the main factory, the whole of which, with its contents, has been lsid in ruins. "The engine -house adjoined ; it was 30 feet by 16, entirely distinct from the other buildings, and contained two engin es o f 25-h orse power, which were employedin drivin g the machinery in different parts of the works. All destroyed. "The main building or factory was a massive brick erection, 120 feet long and 80 wide, four stories high, occupied as fitters' shops, tarning and driving rooms, Inould lofts, pattern stores, &c. It is stated that it could have contained little short of 50,0001. of machinery. The ground or basement floor was filled with the ma chineryi_ commonly employed in factories of this kind, huge lathes for boring large cylinders, drilling, slotting, and paring machines, with other machinery of an elabo rate character. The first story was also a fitting-shop, Containing a large amount of machinery of a more minute description than the floor beneath. The remaining stores were used as moulding, designing, and pattern rooms, all of which were almost filled with the most choice and valuable work of the firm. The loss will be severely felt. There were plans and models of a com plete fleet of steamers, many for foreign governments, and their destruction as a reference, in case of accident, inust involve 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, with a glass kind of transept roof, the whole of the in terior being open up to the roof. It contained a new patent punching-machine, for punching three holes at once. There were three sets of engines completed for as many 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 finished. Some large machinery ready for ex portation to the West Indies, for a sugar-crushing mill, was also in the building, together with probably the largest rolling-machine in the kingdom, numerous Cyliriders, propellers, &c., besides three havellers ( cranes ) for shifting machinery. The bulk of this valuable mass ill broken and otherwise damaged. "Another brick building, intended for an erecting house, but used as carpenters', painters', and joiners' Workshops, 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 building Denm a rk and o th er nor th ern p or ts, which were allilding 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 and the great body of fire that they were exposed 9 , it is almost a miracle how they escaped. Their pre le'rvation is entirely owing to the important aid ren dered by the floating engine from the Dockyard at Deptford, an d th e Royal Marines who worked it. As is one of them is so damaged that nearly the whole ' o f her bow will have to be removed." In addition to this serious mischief must be mentioned t he damage to the works of Messrs. Napier, which a butted on th e wes t ern wa ll o f Sc o tt Russell's factory. T hey were some 160 feet long and 40 feet broad, con taining a numb er o f punching, drilling, and other ma- Chines. All were destroyed. The above forms one-half of Messrs. Scott Russell's ? l ard, th e other portion, although expose d to muc h p er il, the escaped i n j ur y. This, fortunately, will enable ‘ue firm t o continue ° labour, as the works, although oroewhat re d uce d as compare d w i t h prev i ous o p er ations, the eastern or preserved side of the establishment, W here other vessels which were building were not hurt. 'Never, perhaps, did a fire rage with such violence, as ha Y be i n f erre d f rom the fact, that within two hours it 1 1 4_1 swept over the entire portion of the works destroyed. firt.'.vcithstanding, the most searching investigation by the rs, the origin of the fire remains a complete mystery. It ha s b een mentioned that the steam fl oat i ng fire engine, belonging to the brigade, was brought into re quisition during the fire. It was the first outbreak of Y moment that the capabilities of the machine were va ght to bea r u p on , an d it cer t a i n ly proved a most ofliable auxiliary. Upon whatever point it was o 4. 11 , s ght into pl a y, it succee d e d in s topping the progress t 'e dest ruct i ve element. I t possesses th e p owe r of earl y eight o r di nar y land engines, and when in full o perati on th e force of the water was tremen d ous , lite rally sweeping before it walls and whatever obstacles Presented„ itself. Owing to its not being supplied with pPelling power, in the shape of screw or paddle, con talaerable loss of time occurred in conveying it from its tr ri ngs, at Southwark-bridge, to Mill-wall, a eircum dae-rice much to be deplored. It appears that it was un ha steam accordance with the regulation, and would, d it been provided with efficient propelling power , Cove gained the scene lon , before the land engines, and ✓aluable have preserved, in all probability, much the nable property Through the mistake which most of brigade fell in ' to, in supposing the fire to be on the b e e fo rit side of the Thames, more than an hour elapsed many of th e eng i nes reac h e d Mill-wall ; some, i t is 7u, travell e d 12 miles before they ga i ne d it. When corre Tl e awn that these errors are n ot of infrequent oc telegr e,it is somewh a t sur p r i s i n g that the electric c ur Th is not ma d e the source of comm unicating ac atel intelligence. The t total loss has not been overrated; and, what is to a.;arecgoretted, we understand that Messrs. Scott Russell 13resslitere not insured to the extent that has been re- Pos e of a • A meeting is about to be held for the pur at, severe affording some relief to the many workmen, who sufferers by the loss of their tools. 4, eARISTOCRATIC VISITORS TO AIISTRALIA.—Am ongst 171 recent fashionable arrivals in Australia may be men rdan Lord Henry Scott, son of the Duke of Buccleuc , Lord Schoenberg Kerr, son of the Marquis of Lo .,"iala, with their chaplain, the Rev. Hugh Stobart, and travelling ompanion, the Rev, Thomas Bowles. These 37°111g noblemen stayed about ten days in Bathurst, th iell they spent partly in social intercourse, and partly t visiting the few rsights worth seeing. Among other Plates they have inspected the Summerhill Copper Mine, Vi?F, s tld then started for the Turon, whence they purpose eeding to Newcastle, and afterwards to Morton bay, plate, with the intention of spending the winter at the latter l e A visit from gentlemen of their rank and station the inlproved sign of the times, and if undertaken with practical thth, th e Wan purpose of making them se l ves acqua i nted e coil, necessities, and natural advantaes A of tittl e ilt rY, may ultimately be productive of good.. more time devoted to travelling in the colonies and to es to e e of the British crown, by those who are t o '3•37 become legislators of the empire, would tend anal the evils arising out of an ignorance of their govtlal position, and would often prevent the blunders in feett:4l4ellt which have first planted the seeds of disal -444n' and afterwards ripened them into rebellion.-- raiian, and New Zealand Gazette. IV 44( . L '4 , "" 4ti 360 1 1 k2 t v -40 DONCASTER RACES. 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E all all all 7 100 100] 100 100 173 100 100 100 100 215.1 1 100 20 11 100 100 1( )0 100 100 10 all 1I all 76 29 10 all 57} i 6i 12a 12 81 i 801 2 671 6i 9i pm 13 13 971 L 034 2i ad 62h 1/1 342 5 ad ad 624 xd 10i 11 x d xd xd 463 5 r THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEIVIBP,R la, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. CRICKET IN IRELAND. LITERATURE. AN ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF THE PHCENIX CLUB AND GROUND. 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 Lill kite Ch a tterton, Lockyer, and Grundy, all of wh om 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, and at last fell to James Lilly white, who had tak en up th e b ow li n g 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 exc ellent innings, which was well app r eciated by the E n glish 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 bowlin g to be changed ; he has a good style, and ev id en tly showed that he has fre quently before handl e d " th e w illow." 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. The Colonel. By the Author of " The Perils of Fashion." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. 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 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. Aume 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 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 tmhoeraeujtuhvoernielsse,manayd tter purpose, and employsi nengt events,i m en h t a r and l ipttol powers y e m r s a o more natural, o ro aa littlebe 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 BLawrence B Lawrence 2 Run out 9 B Lawrence 4 B Price 8 C Dallas, b Price 7 C Adams, b Doyle 4 B Lawrence The first innings of Not out 7 B Price 1 Byes, 2; wide, 1 3 Total second innings 56 Total first innings 4l Total 97 he 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. 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 :—P ro f essor Phillips, on magnetic phenomena in York s hi re. P art 1 . Magnetic declina tion and dip. Part 2. Magnetic i n tensity—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 ; an d on t h e magn etism of rotation developed in masses formed of very small insulated me tallic particles ; Professor Hodcrkinson, on the elasticity of crystalline bodies ; J. J. W a t ers ton, Esq., on the density of saturated vapours and t h e i r liquids at the point of transition, a l so on a law of mu t ua l dependence between temperature and mechanical 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. Gl a d s t one, on the corrosion of iron built ships by sugar cargoes ; Professor Johnstone , pro perties and compositio n of the coca leaf; T. S. Pearsall, Esq., notice of peculiarly formed substances called " ltme 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 plesiosamus in the Yorkshire Museum ; Mr. Charles worth, 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. SIIAM FIGHT AT ST. GERMAIN. 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'ceil 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 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 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 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 2 Chief. The point, as originally suggested, was the debarkation of an army on the coast of Normandy, supposed to march on Paris, and which bad 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 beendrawn up. One . was to ma rc h b y Roqueiicourt and Port Manly, gain the left bank o f th e S e i ne, 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 Chaton, and take possession of the brid ge w hi c h 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 Logo. 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 Vegenit ; 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 rond point of the Paris and St. Germain goad ; and a brigade of light ca valry, under General Feray, occupied the sides of the road and communicated with the infantry 1.13 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 VI protect the pontoniers who were coming up from the Chaton. road. The pon- 1 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 frowned were making to renew the battle a n d assault of the town, whose gloomy on the over the plain. During the night precautions had been taken by the general commanding th e assault against any sudden co up P it e , eq. Ainthretillenn sufficient direction de main on the b d r e i p d e g s t of e th a e t of Qt Germain, force was main' both banks of the s t ream were covered with clouds of skirmishers, and the village itself was with a force st rong enough to defend itor oc t c e ute ld d it till such time as reinforcements could be got up. The strictest wa t c h was kept up by the outposts in both armies, and, as I have already mentioned, some shots wero 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 mended 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 Pecq, with the RAILWAT& Buckghamsh. OlydesdaPt E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. do Railway Hull dt Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. dr Greenw Do.Prcference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per et Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar .. I Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. d:Wyre Do. Shares. Roystu.&llit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p. c S. Statlordsh WearValloygr 6 per cent Do 1 Wilts &somrsti Leasing Company, L. dr N.W. 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Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New Scrip South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land Closing Prices Yesterday. 100 - 101 51i -53 i 149 - 151 32 - 33 110 —lllxd 55 56xd 27 28xd, 141 14 26 27 96 98xd 3 - 3i 1103 - 105 G 3 65 147 - 149 147 - 149 'ii- 1 ti 30 - 32 101 - 103 - I I 4 - 1 4 - d 2 -- - d d d dia— par d V 9 3 3i 21 2i 32 34 1d d 41 45 10A fi 11 P A 55 65 6A-7 p 1 2A— 2d 14 —l6 par -2A 2 d A A d d —4dgd 6A 7 Id par idis— par. 3 4 I d— par 7 8 3 - 3 A d a fi d 4 —4 d d BANKS. 68 - 72 p - par ... dis 1 d- pl par - 2 ... --. .., . • *--' • • ~ •-•' .., 46 - 50 ... '-' . a- par 38 40 60 62 GA 7A "EOUS. 28 - 30 64 1 - 67 ..• ••• ••• ••• - lip 6 - p 1 —;chinj id par ••• - ... i - IP ili - lip 30 - 32 1.6 -17 is li a Business this day. 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 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 111., 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 comer 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. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT AT ABSON.—An attempt, with which there is too much reason to feartheturn-out dyers at Manchester are connected, was made on Thurs day n ight 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 Treading. 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 bit of the inflammable matter was burned off the end of the matches, but the wood had scarcely ignited. A re ward of 30/. 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 wises at the time. 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. r e a t s h the of followingdiacovery SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. The section was occupied from eleven to three papers . .Earl, progress in the western portion of New Guinea from 1828 i n the G \lr. and F.Il discussion A . s ,p 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 hi-lingual town (Danish and Anglo-Saxon) in England. i SECTION F.-STATISTICS. In this section there was a very numerous attendance to hear a most excellent paper by Jobn Locke, Esq., on excessive emigratio n and its re parative agencies .' in Ireland. Professor Paul Chaix, corresponding member, 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.-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. Crosskill, Esq., Beverley, on improvements in machin ery for grinding corn. A communication was read from progress and improvements of Lady ac hi Bentham her in on i resty's dockyards, as suggested by mner the late General Samuel Bentham and Sir Isambart Brunel. Rot;L:N.—Tilu letters from Rouen state that the mar ket for manufactures remained inactive, and that prices showed a tendency to decline. 12' 12i 20 St. :11.1 100 all all all all all 13.5 24i 25 100 100 20 20 10 20 35 100 20 10 b 0 100 5 4 20 6 5i 2i a in 44k 2-4 3ok 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 m inute. The sensation was that of sliding over a sandy bottom, but so strong as to causo 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, 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 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. LissoN, 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 Benz, 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., mad cloudy. Passed—Marion, s fr h o a m nah tau fo rt r . ti L u o s nd f o o n r ; L w on a d s o a n , ;froWmiloliadmessa.Wfaotr London Watson, from Clarinda, from Smyrna for London ; Elizabeth, from Rotterdam for London ; Shanghae, from Singapore for f L r o o n m do ß n arb ; M at o io n e a s rc f h o , r fr Ld from Cape ; pe H ba o r rn qu f e or H L e o l n e don nr fr ; o J m am w ai e c s a t ,. ward for London ; Electra, from Grenada for London ; Steadfast, from Calcutta for London ; Cornhill, from Ho bart for Loudon ; 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 Iron Gem, lat. 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., whil s t sa il ing 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. , ze heavy as to cause the windlass-pauls to vibrate, and the sound resembled distant thunder—lat. 17.10 N., lon. 26.20 W. 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 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 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 brigade ; but the latter, whenever they attempted to stop, gave them 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 i n reserve at Port larly, 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, 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 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 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 Pavillon 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 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 181 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 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 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 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, occasio nally fishes on the Lochy, and has had good sport ; also Sir John Harding e, , who is at Stronehriggan with Sir William Maxwell Steel and i 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 s p e culative thrift ! An exhibin tio 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 other— some descending flue) in connection with Lincoln's-inn tofound upon it a second proposed gravely to pur chase and Sm ithfield—the auricle and ventri cle of CeLlinodessoenu'sml! Leicesterhungs-I' is square, 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 obscured, their atmosphere vitiated, and their causeway impeded by the realisation of a conceit which can bring credit to no one, and profit only to the stock brokers ? The illu s t r i ous Dargan, " the man whom the Queen delighteth to honour," will now have imitators — humble imitators, and at a long distance. Let them raise athennums, 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. w • 50 25 .00 St. 10 20 10 2C IGN. 74 5 20 19 60 58 40i 34 i 26fli