The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-20 00:00:00

J A N U Y '2O, 1852

THE PRESERVED MEATS OF THE NAVY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUV.
Sia,—My attention having been attracted by the
reports throughout the public press respecting the
preserved meat supplied for the use of the navy, and
being anxious of ascertaining the cause of such com-
plaints, I beg to state that I had the opportunity of
carefully inspecting the contents of several canisters
supplied to the Government stores, which were ex-
pressly opened for the purpose of giving my opinion
upon them. Out of seven which I saw open one was
in a perfect state of decomposition and of a very
offensive Knell, so much so that the contents could
not even be analysed with safety. Another had the
appearance of pulp, forming almost a puree ; though
unfit to be used it did not produce the slightest
eftiuvia. Two of the other canisters were in a state
of semi-decomposition, the remaining three were fit
to be eaten, but not likely to keep for two or three
years longer, as supposed by the contractors. In the
latter I found the meat of good quality ; the only of
was a piece of ex-heart in one of them, which though
of jected to in the contract, is certainly eatable, and
capable of keeping, as well as any
other parts of the
animal. The dreadful decomposition contained is
the first canister is, in my opinion, owing to a quan-
tity of unextracted air concealed in the meat, and
which is at all times very pernicious to preserves of
every kind ; the second I attributed to the meat not
being quite cooked enough ; the third and fourth to
the jelly mixed with the meat, in which vegetables
are boiled to give flavour to the stock ; the bulk of
the meat is also rather too large, each canister con-
taining from 101'o. to 121 h. ; and another thing I fear,
from the appearance of each canister, is, that they
have been painted when quite hot.
After a profound consideration I do believe that
almost any one might be deceived on the delivery of
those goods, which in appearance at the time were
probably in a good state, provided nothing more than
what I found in them was introduced. Understand-
ing that five cases out of every hundred were opened
before they had been accepted by the members of the
Victualling-yard, I consider that number a very fair
test.

Therefore, I would strongly advise for the future
(especially if those preserved meats are to be cured
abroad, as the last contracts appear to have been done,)
that official persons, well acquainted with that impor.
tant process, who only require cleanliness, care, and a
little judgment, be appointed to examine the quality
of the meat, not only when preserved, but also in a
raw state, and previous to the purchase of it by the
contractors, in or out of England ; and it would be
even more gratifying if Government were to under-
take it, and cause those preserves to be done in the
various victualling yards, where abundance of room
is there unoccupied.
No canister besides ought to contain more than 61b.
of meat, the same to be very slightly seasoned with
bay salt, pepper, and aromatic herbs in powder, such
as thyme and bay leaf, a small quantity of which
would not be objectionable even for invalids.
That no jelly be added to the meat; but that the
meat, and the meat alone, should produce its own
jelly ; and that with the bones and trimmings of the
above a good stock should be made without veget-
ables, well-reduced and skimmed to form a very
strong transparent demi-glaze ; and that 61b. canis-
ters should be filled with the same, bearing a special
mark, and one of these allowed to any dozen of the
others, this demi-glaze when diluted in water would
make six gallons of very good broth, with which any
kind of soup could be made in a very short time;
otherwise, divide it into portions with the meat.
Ordinary vegetables of any kind—so very beneficial
on a long sea voyage—may be easily preserved sepa-
rately, at a trifling cost, with the greatest facility,
and used in perfection in every climate.
As a well-wisher to the naval profession, of which
you so justly take a national interest for its welfare,
I beg the insertion of this communication in your
esteemed journal.
With high consideration,
I have the honour to remain your obedient servant,
A. SOYER.
Gore House, Kensington, Jan. 17.

- - - --
FIRE AT MESSRS. LAWSON'S FOUNDRY.
PHILLIPS'S PATENT ANNIHILATOR BROUGHT INTO
USE.—About five o'clock on Friday morning a fire
broke out in the model house attached to the foundry of
Messrs. Lawson and Son, machine-makers, Mabgate.
The town fire-engine was speedily on the spot, and
began to pour torrents of water, but without any visible
effect, upon the burning premises, which consisted of a
building of two stories in height, the upper floor being
entirely occupied with wooden models, and the lower
partly with iron models and partly with wood and char-
coal, amongst which it was evident the fire had origi-
nated. After the engine had been playing about five
minutes upon the flames, the roof of the building fell
in, and it was evident that the whole erection would ine-
vitably be destroyed. By this time two of Phillips's pa-
tent fire annihilators had been prepared by Mr. Superin-
tendent James, and were discharged by him into the lower
room, by which the flames were extinguished almost im-
mediately, and the air was so purified that the firemen
were enabled in less than halt a minute to enter the
building and play the engines with effect upon the burn-
ing embers, all appearance of fismes having been com-
pletely destroyed. That the air was purified entirely by
the effect of the annihilators was evident from the fact
that just before they had been used a fireman, named
Wood, bad a narrow escape of his life, having been
nearly suffocated by the noxious vapour. As it was found
to be utterly impossible to provide means to get the an-
nihilators into the upper room, Mr. James resolved to
discharge four of them in the room below, in the hope
that they would have an effect upon the fire which was
still raging above. This he accordingly did, and the re-
sult was such as far to exceed his expectations, as the
flames were at once extinguished, and in a short time
afterwards the fire was got completely under. In the
yard of the foundry there is a fire-plug, to which a pipe
was attached and worked with great daring and much
effect by Mr. Edward Lawson, who got to the top of the
wall and played the water upon the fire beneath. The
damage done is calculated to amount to about 200/., and
we understand there had been no insurance effected. This
is the first time, we believe, that the annihilators have
been used in Leeds, and they have proved so effective,
both in extinguishing the flames and purifying the air,
so that the firemen could work with efficiency, that we
do not doubt they will soon be brought inte general use.
—Leeds Intelligencer.

General Caulfield, we are informed by the Medical
Times, has offered to Sir Benjamin Brodie an appointment in
the medical department of the East India Company's service,
for one of the students of St. George's Hospital ; and Sir B.
Brodie at once placed it at the disposition of the weekly
hoard.

WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.—A meeting of
the members of this society, which has been in abeyance for
the last two or three years, was held last night in the Exeter
Hall Hotel, Strand; Mr. Geeson in the chair. A report
was read explaining the causes of the suspended action of
the society during the past year, the chief of which was that
the public mind required repose after carrying the abolition
of the corn-laws, and the deadening effect of the Great Ex-
hibition upon all questions merely political. But now that
a dissolution of Parliament was expected, it was felt that
the society should be put in working order and ready for
action. A committee named from the different parishes in
the city was appointed; and it was remitted to them to re-
vise the rules and regulations now existing, and report to a
future meeting to be held soon after the meeting of Par-
liament.

GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL.—The annual gene-
ral meeting of the subscribers and governors of this institu- !
tion was held yesterday at the hospital, York-road, Lam- .
beth, Thomas Somners Cocks, M.P., in the chair. The
minutes of the last meeting having been read and con-
firmed, the annual report was brought forward. It stated
that during the past year 248 had been admitted to the
institution, and 456 had been attended at their own homes.
The receipts amounted to 1,5901. Bs. 7d., and the expenses
to 1,278/. 19s. 3d., leaving a difference in favour of income
of 320/. 93.4 d. ' There had been a decrease of nearly 2001.
in the house expenses during last year, compared with the
elat
year before, owing to some alterations in the management.
The report was adopted, some routine business transacted;
and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting
separated.
t be immediately
NEW RAILWAY.—A survey was
made on Monday
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leading charges, compared with
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land. This branch will
hifsnpdrensdenertrYbrainnc
at the Alexandrine pit, a distanceam and Sunderland Railway
land. It will also form a of ten miles from Sunder-
Branch Railway will shorter route, than the Penshar
pits at Rainton give, to the nearest of the Marquis's
branch will bring about Meadows,fi. and it is probable that the new
coals for shipment to fty or sixty thousand chaldron of
sends annually by the Sunderland Dock, which the Marquis
Victoria-bridge for circuitous and expensive route of the
Herald. shipment at South Shields.—Sunder/wid
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The Royal Mail steam-
ship N.
... iagara Stone at
3.3 u
P.
I. I commander, sailed from the Mersey
:\ today for New York, •
with the usual mails, a large
and valuable
cargo of British and foreign manufactured
goods, and 52 passengers. The United States' Mail steam-
skip Pacific, Nye commander, which would leave New York
on the 10th inst., will be due Lift this port on Wednesday
morning next.
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_Lr,
IM FAILURE OF WESTMINSTER AND BLICILFRIARS
BRIDGES. —The removal of the old London-bridge, with its
numerous obstructive piers, and the consequent " scouring
away" of the river's bed have been elsewhere given as a
reason for their present critical and. sinking state, but if this
supposition has truth for its basis, how happens it that
appears to me, then,
neither Waterloo nor Southwark-bridge—deeigued and
explanations are to be foend
erected by the late Dlr. (the present. Sir John) Rennie—has
stuhfla'teroetdhear tblecertainl3,-
for the matter, and they would tend to show a lack of prac-
saimndilamrorfaetefeasi
tical judgment in some who have conducted the thirty
years' patching .and repairing of the first-named bridges.
What could, for instance, be more contrary to common sense
—leaving scientific wisdom out of the question—than to
draw the rows of inner piles which had been driven in the
formation of the coffer-dams around and close to the piers of
the bridges? Why were they not (as in the case of the
erection of Waterloo and Southwark-bridges) cut off level
with the shingle bed of the Thames? Is it not palpable that
by withdrawing the roots of the massive piling fromthe
compressed strata in which they were embedded for so long
a period, a foundational disturbance seriously dangerous to
the immediate stability of the piers would ensue, and that
time would accomplish their ruin inevitably ?....Buzlder.
The Customs officers stationed at the building of
the Great Exhibition for revenue purposes have been with-
. dram, and remued ttaciz duties at thtl C 44914.119 4'W'

SPORTING INTELLIGELVCE.,
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The declaration of the weights for the Chester Cup, :•,!
if it failed to give an impulse to business, had the offect
of driving Haresfoot out of the market, and of g iving
the lead in the betting to two animals—Ariosto and
Grand Dake—who had previously been scarcely men-
tioned; nothing else was backed to any extent. Tha 41.
handicap, although open to some objections, is generally
approved. Some rather heavy transactions were effocted
on the Derby—Augur, Orelio, Kingston, Alfred the
Great, and Films being most in favour—the odds quoted
against them were taken freely, and their backers would
have gone on. Closing prices:—
LINCOLN HANDICAP.
2 to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's View Halloo—taken
3 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes—taken
BIETROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
100 to 6 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron
20 to 1 agst Mr. Morris's Haresfoot.
CHESTER CUP.
30 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Herbert's Grand Duke—taken
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Merry's Ringleader—taken
35 to 1 apt Mr. J. filling's High Sheriff—takett
40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's The Confessor—taken
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00 ii!1050 uazss ttt Mr. E. Et:i.oPargitl,lsipisiasrleisci)oho-ti-noor —taken
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Martiason's Eliza Middleton—t
enis's Aphrodite—taken
1,000 to 10 i,gst Mr. J. Hill na Harp—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Harrison's Torn Holtby—taken
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
7 to 1 agt Sir R. Piget's Filius—taken
DERRY.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble—take 9 to 1.
14 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Au...fir—taken freely
18 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale'sKingston—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stebbing's Alfred the Great—
taken freely
25 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist—taken and.
afterwards offered
30 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Filius—taken freely
30 to 1 agst Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson
taken freely
WEIGHTS FOR THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
Age it. lb.; Age st. lb.
Teddington 4 9 0 Bird-on-the-Wing 3 6 0
Clincher
Landgrave
Aphrodite
Hernandez
Marlborough Buck 4 8 (Old Rowley 3 5 10
Old Dan Tueker... 6 8 o,'Knight of the Shire 3 5 9
Payment 4 7 12,IFather Thames ... 3 5 9
Story-teller 4 7 9' the Old Lad 3 5 8
Barcelona
Officious
Hardinwe 5 7 8 Mountain Flower 3 5 8
Hesse Homburg 4 7 7 The Sutler 3 .5 S
Hungerford 4 7 7 Greengage
Grand Duke
The Proctor
Merry Peal.. 4 7 4 Delia
Tom Holtby
Recruit
Nutshell
Antigone 4 7 1 Warfoot
Don Pedro 4 7 0 Hop-picker
Knook Knoll
Tophana
a 6 S Bardolph 3 5 6
Abderrhaman 4 6 8 Caracara
Daniel O'Rourke .. 3 6 7 Poodle
Haresfoot
Harpsichord
Coryphee 4 6 3 Pluck
Frantic
Lady Agnes ...... 3 6 2,Snarry
Forfeits to be declared on the 2d of February.
EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1652.
Weights for the City and Suburban Handicap; forfeit to
be declared on or before Feb. 2.
Ago at. lb.,
Elthiroa
Vatican
Aphrodite
Alonzo
Prime Minister
Bordeaux
The Italian 5 7 10
Thornhill ... 6 7 10
Lamartine
Merry Peel 4 7 5
Hungerford 4 7 5
Guy Mannering
Hothorpe 4 7 5
lanthe 4 7 5
Louis Napoleon
Tonic
Heriot 4 7 3
Woodlark
Dulcet a 7 1
Christiana
Jack in the Corner a 6 12
Kilmeny(late Lily) 4 6 7
Edward of York 4 6 7
Diligence
Miss Flyaway 4 6 6

Age st. lb.
Madame Wharton 4 6 5
Frantic
Paddy Bird 3 6 4
Lucio
Blood Royal
Odessus
Janina 3 5 9
C by Cotherstone,
out Mary
Ann
of Wryneck 3 5 6
• Plumstead

The Brahmin 3 5 5
Sir Charles Napier 3 5 2
Greengage
;Julien 3 5 1

F by Lanercost,
out of Cytherea 3 4 13
Lady Isabel
Urbanity 3 4 13

Flounce ....... .... 3 4 10

Merlin
Butterfly 3 4 6

Snarry 3 4 4
ISurprise

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, JAN. 19.
The Queen and the Duchesse de Nemours walked in the
Home Park and the Slopes this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and youuger
members of the Royal Family, took walking and puny
exercise.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunting
this forenoon, accompanied by the Due de Nemours, aad
attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has been
for some time past prevented from joining the Queen's
parties at Windsor Castle by a slight attack of rheu-
matic pain.
Lord Harris had an interview with Earl Grey yester-
day at the Colonial office. Mr. B. Taylor bad also an
interview with the Noble Earl yesterday.
Lord and Lady John Russell left town yesterday after-
noon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) arrived
in town yesterday evening from his seat, Bowood Park,
Wiltshire.
Mr. Montgomery Martin had an interview yesterday
with Earl Grey.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governors of the North American pro.
vi
Dispatches were sent off to the Governors of Ceylon and
nces and the Governor of Van Diemen's Laad.
Hong Kong; and also to the Governor of the Mauritius,

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ea df
tt
ho cek
minutes
inn
utthees
complimented by the chair-
man Nr
m To r
e Sdo
members c r EoTf Ird this Y
society e S t e r d:.
was LcßouErNt BENEVOLENT othL
man for the admirable way he had, during the illness of the
a n LOYALannual generalN AV A
chair.he l d a t Thatched-housetitiier.Diarch rurs e r
wTasa.vce; Lordptihi
; and a sub-committee
appointed to determine what use should be made of a bond
for 100/. due by the Liverpool Dock Company, and upon. the
secretary, f
the
las
last
conductedco u
court
Generally the businesscoui.i
propriety of transferring_ 1001. left by the late Admiral Co-
diet, and 150/. by the late Con unander Schard, from
Three-and-a-Quarter to the Three per Cent. Consols, in
which the other moneys of the society. are invested ; a re-
port from a committee appointed to revise the bye-laws was
brought forward, adopted, and referred
confirmation ; a motion by
to the next court for
Commissioner Marshall, that the
secretary should not insert ad
cretion, was negatived. yertisements at his own dis-
motion with respect toLieutenant Bedford withdrew a
making mateseligible to
members ; and the claims of
members applying for relief the widows and orphans of past
The report stated that were taken into consideration.
of the deaths of Sir L. Codrington
had been given at the bank
Dur-
ham, former trustee Codrington and Sir P. C. H.
isi, and the necessary transfer made to
their successors. T
3,1401. lls. 2d , the e receipts for the year amounted to
.expenditure to 2,2181. 10s. id., leaving
a balance in hand of 9221. ls id. Among the donations was
one of boi. given
as a
restitution, and which the secretary was
instructed to publicly acknowledge. The business of the day
terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
SERIOUS Loss IN A FLOCK OF SHEEP.—Mr.
Trickett, farmer, of Hill-top Farm, in the parish of Dron-
field, sustained a severe loss late on Saturday evening last,
or early the following morning. He had 25 fine in-lambed_
ewes in one of his closes, and some dogs, apparently large
ones by the footmarks left, worried five of them dead. when
opened they were found to contain two lambs each. The
dogs also ran two into a pool of water, in which they were
found drowned. The remainder were dispersed in all direc-
tions—some were found in Barlow-woods, some in Piper-
wood, others on Hill-top, and at various places in the
neighbourhood. All of them were severely bitten about the
head, neck, and legs; many had sustained much loss of
wool, and, what appears strange, there was with them a ram,
and the only sheep that had not received serious damage.—
Derbyshire Courier.
NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHANS.•••••A special
general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this charity
was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose
of electing ten children; the Lord Mayor in the chair. The
report stated that, during the past year, her Majesty had
been pleased to honour the institution with her PatrVage,
and the Prince of W.l
- —es, by his gilt of 250 guineas, had been
constituted a governor, with a presentation for if
The
total receipts (including a balance from last year of 39/. bs.
40.) had been 2,8081. 4s. 4d., and after all the necessary
expenses had been paid, there was left in the hands of the
treasurer the small sum of 4/. Os. Bd. A discussion ensued
as to the propriety of altering rule 2, so as to enable the
children to remain longer in the institution—the boys till
14, and the girls till 13 years of age; and ultimately a reso-
lution to that effect was carried unanimously. The election
then took place.
The commercial advises from the United States
are not important. The rate of exchange has declined, and
the shipments of gold to this country have therefore been
checked, the present packet bringing only 5,0001. A con-
siderable arrival, however, which had just taken place from
California, and a further large_ sum known to be on the way,
would make money casn and by stimulating the import
market wou
Id most likely soon cause fresh remittances. One
i takenplace,
or two additional failures had
an unimportant character. Thethan
accounts from San Francisco
~ a few daye later those by the last strainer,
were 011 Q
ear to confirm the extra • ordinary discoveries
but they aPP
The Pacific,-
then reported. with four days' later dates
New York, may be expected on Wnes , d 0
from e av or
Thursday.
'Ns BANDITRY MURDER,_—The inquiry into this
atrocious crime was resumed at Banbury yesterday, but was
not brougbt to a close. Several circumstances, however, of
A suspicious nature were proved against the paisoner, who, it
may be remembered, is the nephew of the deceased Mr.
Nalabergo ; and he was again remanded.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND MIDLAND
ItainwaYs.—The long-pending negotiations between these
two companies are understood to have terminated in an
agreement that neither of them, without consultation, shall
entertain terms with other railways competing with them.
THE CITY OF .2 1
ITTSBURGLI.—This new and large
American steamer has now been out thirty-eight days on her
voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia. It ii thought that
the may have put jaw the Westerti 14=4.

7,1,

FRANCE.
The following remarks on the defensive preparations
said to be commanded by the British Government are
from the Constitutionnel
"It is affected to believe and to assert that the British
Government has commanded armaments and that the sea-
't is being placed in a state of defence. We are accus-
-:-...ed to see the military and naval authorities. demand si-
milar measures of precaution every time any circumstance
occurs in France to interest them more or less. During
the last years of the reign of Louis Philippe, who certainly
did not pass for one who indulged in ideas of war, when
the Chamber of Deputies voted a credit for the increase
of our navy, which was to be divided into annual
grants, Admiral Napier and others demanded that ex-
traordinary armaments should be prepared, and advised
that seamen should be pressed for the service; but there
was little attention paid to them. The armaments now
spoken of in England are not more serious than those of
that period. We show in a subsequent article the value
to be set on the alarming cries of the English journals.
We mean to speak here only of what is said in France.
Those reports of war are collected; certain parties have
an interest in exaggerating them, and they are exag-
gerated. They are made the foundation of the most absurd
commentaries, the most sinister conclusions are deduced
from them, and they are converted into false news.
To believe the alarmists the Government is about
to bring us back to the period of the camp of Boulogne,
and means of a descent on England have not only been
discussed but concerted. Other newsmongers direct the
conquering ambition of Louis Napoleon to another
quarter. The latter assure us that a decree is about to
be published annexing Belgium with France, others
that it is proposed to resume the frontiers of the Rhine.
Some people will tell you that the Government has views
on Geneva, others on Savoy. Everybody is in posses-
sion of a State secret, everybody is aware of a plan on
which depend the destinies of France and of Europe. Is
it necessary to say that all those pretended facts are ri-
diculous inventions? Assuredly the safety and the honour
of France are in good hands. If Louis Napoleon were
compelled to maintain in a foreign land the right or the
dignity of the nation which placed him at its head, he
would not be false to the glorious traditions of his family.
But he must be attacked before he will consider it neces-
sary for him to defend himself, and no power in the
universe would think of disturbing France in her inde-
pendence or her interests. In the second place, it has
never entered the head of Louis Napoleon to make an
act of unjust aggression against any State, great or
small. The elect of 7,500,000 Frenchmen is occupied
in organizing his Government is order to give the
country an era of order, labour, and prosperity. It is a
noble and a grand task. The ideas which occupy his
Council are ideas connected with the peace of France
and of the world. How, then, are we to regard those
reports of war? Simply, as we have already said, as
a war of false reports against the national Government
of Louis Napoleon.'

HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, JAN. 17.—The proposition made by
our Government to the Germanic Diet to rescind the
federal contributions for Luxemburg and Limburg,
have been met by a resolution on the part of the
Diet, which has been approved by the Netherlands
Envoy.
The Diet has also resolved, unanimously, not to
approve, upon principle, the division of the contri-
tions for Luxemburg and Limburg, but to authorise
the repartition on the basis of the respective popula-
tions. The Austrian Envoy has voted for the pro-
position, nor is it inferred that there will be any mo-
dification in the obligations of the Netherlands in
regard to Limburg and Luxemburg.
The Netherlands Envoy is satisfied with this deci-
sion, though it does not correspond entirely with the
demands of his Government.

The King has decided that the prizes which have I
been formerly granted in the herring fisheries shall
be re-established, and that the sum of 6,400 florins,
which has been given for some years for keeping up a
floating hospital for the benefit of the herring fisheries,
shall be allowed for the present year also.
The Netherlands Ambassador at Madrid has in-
formed our Government that various modifications
have been introduced into the Spanish tariff on im-
ports into Spain and the Balearic Isles. Nearly all
these modifications are in favour of imports intro-
duced direct from either Europe or America, and
brought in under a foreign flag.
The Netherlands ship the Java Courier, Captain
Reinetz, has just arrived here from Batavia, having
on board the whole of the crew belonging to the
British ship Resolution, Captain T. Orbe, from Liver-
pool to Zarucksee. The crew was picked up by
Captain Reinetz at Kamperdun yesterday morning.
Dreadful storms have prevailed on the coast for the
last ten days.