The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY

full rates, and nearly all sold at 2s lOd to 43 10d for
good ordinary Cortes to good Sobres.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon a further advance of ld
per lb being required for Cochineal, operated egainst
business. Of 350 bags at auction barely ono half sold;
Honduras silver, low to fine. at 3s 11 d to 4s 4d; mid
black 43 7d to 4s 8d; and Mexican silvers 3s Ild to
4s per lb.
SALTPETRE.—The market has been plentifully sup-
plied, the home and export demand small, prices in con-
sequenceascnueden suction o 2
at ob2nigsys6ldia, staoodo
2r
afBossu6nt
taken
e9bniu yitnoe r.
als
4,t
have declined 6d per cwt. Of 5,400 bags Cal-
tre6dt(t3atoctt42i Ts
per t
cent. •
et2ousss6t a6pdae:r

Puoviseolss.—For Irish Butter the demand has be-
.....a F
rtr;if
tz6)oBauslncipciesfir.
ncewAtß i
be-
come brisk, both for consumption and on speculation,
prices also have advanced, Carlow, Clonmel ar Kil-
o,noz3.larg
k6e4nsny selling at 703 to 745, Cork 70s to 71s, Limerick
66s to 675, Tralee and Sligo 65s to 675, and Waterford
e scale at 603 to 80s, and Fresh at 8s to Ils per
17iviI3a:18toEot.8n
opg
gl
Ili, English rphaia. n:32 telaufnuti4rotre.hcseerho
Dias:lei
e6Tboisecettin;
70s,
to 645, L I.e n and Zwolle fine 72s to 76e, Grooingen 60s
K 41.2
. Leer 64., to 68s, 'Holstein and Kiel 72s to 78i.
Operations in Becon have been eaten ive, and prices
have6Bs, heavy sadvanced considerably; Irish small meat realising
63s to
i to 6 60e to 645, and Hausburgh sizeable 64s
~ 6s. Only 1,800 bales were importi d list week. Mid
are wanted, and the rates for Irish bale have teen
? 410 583. A good sale exists for satire] Provisions.
Irish Inch, Perk reali,ed 71 lOs to 8/ ler tierce, pilule
mess 874 61 to 903, B:lcon ditto, 85, Beef, _American
India 6/ 153 per tierce' prime mess 5/ 153 Irish India
71
to 71 103, and Mess from 51 to 61 103. For HMS
there is a further rise, Irish selling at 663 to 745,
English 75s to 803. Lard is mach wanted, Irish bled-
dered selling at 60s to 655, keg and firkin 503 to 565,
Hamburgh bladdered 62s to 645, and keg 52s to 555.
Ores.—There has been less demand for Seal Oil, and
prices have kiven way; pale selling
at 351 to 36/, other
sorts 321 to 341 103 per tun, and supply is more plentiful.
Cod hss been operated in with caution, and there are
sellers at 331 10s to 34/. A better demand exists for
Southern, and there being no increase of supple, rates
are firm, low to middling at 341 to 35153, and good to fine
35/ 10s to 36/10s. Sperm is rather cheaper, Yet 80 tuns
Colonial at auction all sold at 851 to 871, and privately
several transactions have taken place. The value for
Headmaster is 88/ to 90/, and a fair demand exists. In
Olive large transactions have taken place, and tne ad-
vance has been considerable; Gallipoli selling at
50/ to 511, and other sorts 461 to 491 per tun.
Although Linseed Oil has been in good demand
both for shipping and home consuniptien, yet
there are sellers at 28s 9d to 29s on the spot. For
delivery ceveral contracts have been entered into at 28s
to 28s 6d. The production is about equal to consump-
tion. A large business has been concluded in Rape
Oil, pale at 32s 6d to 335, brown 31s 6d to 32e, and Re-
fined Foreign 33s 6d to 355, indeed some parties will not
take these ratef on account of an increasing consump-
tion. Lard Oil is higher, and realizes 529 to 544. Palm
is rather cheaper, but the demand is now more active,
and 27s to 28s 6d is the value of middling to fine.
Taaaow.—Russian on the spot is node
further reduction, and operations have non red
a y more
ffe at an
extended scale, and 37s 6d to 38s per cist is the value
of fine yellow Candle. There are more buyers to be
met with for delivery, and under 389 3d there are not
sellers for the last three months of the year. Home
Tallow are not cheaper, but supply
melted remains plentiful, and there has been only
a limited demand; the Value is 37s cash. o:her sorts of
is larger. At auction
330 easka Australian were mostly sold, low to fine beef
at 32s to 365, mutton 32s 3d to 378 9d; but 160 casks
South American were only in part disposed of at 363 to
37s 3d, and 80 casks East India 353 to 41s per owt.

THE DUCHESS OF KENT
-- __—
STEAMER.
Another disaster has happened to the fouudered
Duchess of Kent steamer, which, in addition to rem-
dering her recovery much more doubtful, and creating a
serious obstruction iu the fairway of the navigation of
the river, was nearly being attended with loss of lite to
those engaged in the operation of raising her. In order
to weigh her as effectually acsquickly us possible, the
ile'rmirelty put at the service of the contractors two chain
lighter:, from the Woolwich dockyard, and a more power-
ful ore frtna Sheerness yard. Four chains from those
vessels were secured to end under the wreck, viz., one
st the stern, another at the bow, and the two 'others to
the ends of the main shaft of the engine. On Saturday
afthnooh, at low water, the chains ware what i 3 termed
fastened down, and on the return of the tide the wreck
was lifted, although
perhaps not more than a foot from
the bid of the river, but sufficient Lr the purpose
of buoreete up towards Grays to a more suitable
place for shorirg her. The Prince George steamer,
one of the Commercial Steam Company's tetiefes, then
took the lighlers in tow; but they had scarcely reached
halt a mile from the spot where the wreck had been
raised ere a fearful strain came upon the two smaller
lighters which held the chain prides her stern. They
were bre.tight gunwales under water and for the moment
it was thought that they were being
.carried down with
the wreck. The nezt instant or so the chain suddeely
yielced, apparently from the giving way of some portion
of the heel, us a quantity of timber flowed up, and the
lighters being relieved of the great weight upon
them, the whole strain came upon the larger ono, which
was itamedlately brought down, and but for
wfixturei might:llcffh,jarov
aethf,eoeurtineodduesor eof once
nat.,
vsnoreiati
positionobne whichaoa became
the
ehae
the timely relieving of the chains attached
.sheterouTrucilhvdtieeorinw,earainencicdktt-ohiestil;is identity.
willeeffortsr sn o fw' e
werer
b er
alitaeixsicn heredg:inewt
nc;
d and wi
ne
weighing
ist I e
feared
henra..
greatdTohel rd
aban-
doned,the c Theulel i labourers ur
It is said that, her engines are cot in the least injured.
She was about 16 years old, and at the time of t
un-
fortunate accident was worth 8,000/. or 10,000/ '
Some few days back a bkely was lc' d 'up la the
river tomowhere in the vicinity of GrP "e
which it
is thought was that of a second passenger
It w who perished
on bound the ill-tasted steamer.
heap; and
that of an elderly
new, stout hitilt, and with bald
and
ve and it was dressed
in a black ceat,grey trousers
him was found whichabt Nothing about
pockets were turned inside ca:, and
there is too much
reason to suspect that his body '
had been previously
picked up by some of the wretch.. e'-1
that part of the river, and who, honinge" who
infest
tai-en everything
3
valuable about the corpse, set ' reatur
quest was held upon the body by the coroneradriftagain. Ar. in-
quest of Graves-
end, and in the absence of all
of the deceased, and snideness rsthe • ti
dy
of he elvi _to ides
" Found drowned" was returned.est his The life, a verdict of
presumption is
from
that this was the body of a.second sufferer
from the circumstance of a
a letter in which
he statedth
passengerat having made public
struggling in the water, that a
rope
erastesaw three persons
thrown. to them,
and that only one succeeded in reaching
•‘
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ASSAULT ON MR. DIGBY SEYMOUR, M.P.,
BY MR. CAMPBELL FOSTER.
The Daily News of Wednesday contained a tolerably
impartial, but not quite accurate statement of the facts ac
to tho assault oa Mr. Seymour, committed by Mr.
Fester, at York, on Monday last. We subjoin the facts
of the assault, with some preliminary and explanatory
particulars.
Just on the eve of the Sunderland election, Mr. Fen-
wick, who was Mr. Seymour's opponent in the Into con-
test for this borough, read at a public meeting ot• the
electors, a letter from Mr. Foster, in which that gentle-
man, in strong terms, attacked Mr. Seymour's political
consistency. -In a speech in reply, Mr. Seymour took
Mr. Foeter severely to task for his letter, and mentioned
several facts, to show that Mr. Foster had, for a long
time, been actuated by a vindictive feeling against him.
Daring the early part of the assizes at York, Mr.
Dearsley, as a mutual friend of Mr. Foster and Mr.
Seymour, interfered for the purpose of effecting an ar-
rangement. Accordingly, some letters passed, and Mr.
Seymour wrote a letter to Mr. Dearsley, in which he
expressed his regret that he was compelled by dream-
stances to mike the statements he did, and, further,
repudiated certain constructions which .Mr. Dearaley
urged might be drawn from Mr. Seymonee 'speech,
and which Mr. Seymour declared he never meant to
convey.
In reply to this letter, Mr. Dearaley wrote a alert
note, in which he said he accepted Mr. Seymour's letter
as an " apology," and was satisfied with the " admis-
sions " that what he (Mr. S.) had said was quite un-
justifiable."
Mr. Seymour, on this, wrote to Mr. Dearsley protest-
ing against his putting such a constructioa on his letter;
and stating that, however he regretted what occurred,
he could not " retract " any fact he had stated.
.0n Monday, the 19th, Mr. Seymour, bad gone into
the barristers' robing-room, in York Castle, and was
sitting in his wig and gown writing a letter at the
table. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., the leader of the circuit,
• Mr. Paahley, Q.C., and several other barristera being
present.
Mr. Foster came suddenly to. Mr. Seymour and said,
" Do you retract your apology ?" Mr. Seymour replied,
" I never made one; I can retract nothing." Mr.
Foster then raised a stick, which he held in his hand,
and struck Mr. Seymour with considerable violence. Mr.
Seymour instantly rose to protect himself, when Mr,
Foster, pressing his foot against the fire-grate, pushed
Mr. Seymour back; and the latter gentleman tripping
is his gown, he fell to the floor, Mr. Foster falling over
th a theha rrbilsotoe
him. While on the floor. Mr. Foster seized Mr. Sey-
mour soniewhere about the throat, and tore his neck,
lip, and the inside of his cheek with his nails, which
caused
drato-pflroewsenfrzewlyh.o
were for the moment
psraly zed by the suddenness and nature of the whole
scene, now interfered and brought the matter to a close:
Mr. Knowles immediately after had an interview with
both the Learned Judges in their private room; and
Mr. Seymour and Mr. Foster being summoned to their
presence, both Learned Gentlemen were bound in their
own recognizance of 5004 each to keep the peace for six
months.
Mr. Seymour will, no doubt, feel himself constrained
to seek redress in a court of law. An outrage like
this on the piFt of Mr. Foster must, of course, bring
him before a jury, and pending a legal proceeding, we
shall abstain from further comment. Mesnwile wens-
sure Ur. Seymour of the sympathy and esteem of the
Ltberal electors of Sunderland, whose battle he so
nobly foeght and gallantly won. They also clearly re-
cognise the true author awl source of all this mischief.--
&Tido-laud News.

BERLIN THEATRICALS.—MadIIe. Rachel, who went
to Berlin at the express invitation of the Empress of Russia,
has been performing to empty houses. Miss Wagner has
made her appearance at Hamburgh, and is engaged to sing
at Brealaw till her leave of absence from Berlin expires. It
was lately reported that she had petitioned the King of
Majesty is not likely to do, be-
Prussia to pay the costs of her discreditable law-suit in
London, which,
cause the act would be very unfavourably regarded by the
Austriau public. however, his

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