The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The States of Hesse Cassel are convoked for the
30th.

In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States
at Darmstadt on the 7th inst., a report was presented
no the deliberations of the Custom's Congress of Ber-
lin by a committee appointed for that purpose. The
majority of the committee have decided in favour of
the Zolverein ; the minority, which is composed of
public functionaries, were favourable to the views of
the Government, that is to say, to Austria. Several
petitions had been presented from certain provinces in
favour of the maintenance of the Zolverein, and it is
generally thought that the majority of the Second
Chamber will vote in that sense.
salute of artillery,
afternoon of the sth inst., under al
The Emperor of Ansi'nrA 'arrived at Pesth in the
Palace.
and went:immediately to-the Ratoya
M. WAGinalßerlin, has invented
with characters in
a Inachine for making bank-notes_most
a mechanician
impossible,
'
un-
less by the aid of a Similar machine,l,oo.
relief, so as to reader forgeryal
whichis so com-
plicated
nas
atdooepoteds t mboyretthheana
Belgium, and Austria. Governments
' A letter from Trieste says--`! The works on the
railway from Vienna to Trieste, that which the
French and Anglo-Piedrnontese competition most
dreaded, on account of the advantages which i'.-, was
calculated to take away from Marseilles and Genoa,
for the transit of the mails from India, have been
suspended by order of the Government. It is be-
tween Trieste and Lubiana that the interruption has
taken place, on an extent of about twenty leagues. This
line was to place Trieste in comtnunicatien with all
the North and West of Europe; and the Channel,
the Baltic, and the Adriatic were all to be more or
less united together by means of it. These conside-
rations have not prevailed to prevent the fat 4 decision
just mentioned from being come to. A. petition
against the suspension of the works has been scut in
from the merchants of this place."

BELGIUM.
The KING Of the BELGIANS was to leave Brussels
yesterday for Wiesbaden, where he intends to remain
some weeks.
The Lumber of deputies to be elected int Belgium
for the partial renewal of the Chamber of Represen-
tatives was 54, namely 20 in Eastern Flanders, 18 in
the-Hainaut, 11 in the Province of Liege, and 5 in
Limbourg. The Liberals have succeeded in carrying
the election of 33 of their ean!lidates, and the remain,
ing 21 are of the Clerical party. The latter Will
have gained sor 6 votes in the Chamber, bat the
Government will still continue to possess a large mg'
jority. -
a a
The trial of.the. Nation, A
,I r.tor
complaint preferred by the .French Amhs3„`t°„--blia,
articles insulting to the PII.ESILiENT of the ::--x:e,x;i3 on
Beussels journal, 0 ,
took place beibre-the-Court of 'Assiz' at 1371(tfal.
the 7th. The jury returned a verdict of wig

About "----, IiOLLAND. , ,
"ent:f Pe4sPnts of Flun3l32'lP°Er' in
Northern Draban!., i
-I1 I.lall4nd,
night last 'Neck, by a detarsinnert were, detected, one
succeeded.
act of cutting thy,.
they had
arrested, the dyke. Tilei were imme-
diatelyef soldiers, is the
arrest' "di:at:toed in close confinement.:' If
a tremendous in-
undation
"I°llld have been caused. The Dutch laws
punish this or' • hdeath...
Inie With
in their dusigol

THE LEVANT.e A
The Ugsburg Gazette quotes a letter from Trieste,
theof 3lst ult., complaining of the ill-will evinced
y the Turkish authorities at Smyrna, Trapozunt,
and Constantinople, towards the steamers of the Aus•
trian Lloyd's. This conduct the writer attributes to

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jealousy, and is, he says, carried so far that the
Austrian Government vi ill have to make r ious re-
monstrances on the subject to the Ottoman Porte, or
even make some military demonstration on the fron-
tiers of Bosnia, in order to put a stop to the many
vexations obstacles thrown in the way of the free
navigation of the steamers in the face of existing
treaties.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(ran( OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, JUNE JO,
•
ROYAL YACHT 'SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
June 4. Drift cutter, Capt. Jas. Lyon, aq , from the
liles.:iterrs,nesn; Freak ditto, Wm. Curling, Esq., Poole.
7. Derwent schooner, Lord Londesborough, Cowes
Harbour.
8. Constance schooner, Marquis of Conyngham, ditto;
Lavrock cutter Capt. C. H. Williams; R.N., ditto; -Os-
prey ditto,- JoLe Petra, Esq. Poitstaiiith; Nautilus
BAteson, Esq., Betast,
9. Gauntlet cutter, Wro. Peareth, Esq., Saidgate.--*
10. Ballerina schooner, John Davenport, E:q., Dart-
mouth.

SAILED.
June 4. Gostanier cutter, R. Hoare, E q , for Rams-
gatc; Exeak ditto, Wm. Curling, Ecl., ditto; Flower,of
Yarrow yawl, Lord John 600 tr, London and
7. Talisman cutter, Captain 11. N. Smith, Dover and
London; Dream yawl, George Bentinck. EEq., Guern-
sey; Claymore schooner, Arch. Campbell, Es q., Cronstadt.
9. Dasvent ditto, Lord Londesborobgh, LOndon and
Baltic;. Miranda cutler, John Gray, Esq., Leith and

theseY
t waeters.axi.e
Lg..
spencer
.ronecoA,cCitstii:iniTiceiSnic.t,LT,eadro'riana,, Osprey,
DisapApßhiOre7ccTigeteS,TßAnTsinOink
Resolution,
Ballerina, Spider,
Nautilus, Triumvir,
.hlaritana.
Franois S. Raiford, Esq., has rnrchased Sir 'Henry
Oglander's schooner Sibyl, of 104 tons.
' . The Angle-American schooner •Glotir.na, of 134 tons,
Wag muted - this day; she 'promises to be a regular'.
ocpfer, but there are many who think that the Triumvir,
one Theo 'C?ns,
ts,bimie ao.
ort:e.very yacht of her tonnage.
6 Constance, 255 tons, seems a favourite with every
Rouse thgisstwt
dheaail,ootinr:ltiviine:k:le2ll.7,e a
Eamlyn Williams, RX
noticed—the Moysarquis of Co apt.
members
~,
jaixtesßm 1., Yacht Squadron;
Utzumbill, Bsq.; Captain C. ,
Yonsonby,- and J. 14, sin% Symonds Gee, Esq.; Captain
members and the yachts inlittlY6
We have received J. It ss' E'-(1*
little work, describing the form e •
izumel?er of members is
.qualification of members. Th 6
Lbers. It appears
170, and there are 500 honorary
present time;
nab
oxi:oyoniusat.hl,
ealiesltnabolufaatnhldne
there are nearly 100 yachts in it at
Zen employed
the tonnage is 10,340, and the number of
about 1,500. It contains also a list of
eighteen royal cops in the past eighteen yea winners of
dates of all the regattas named for this seasonrt:- and
suhri
not least, the names, rig, and tonnage of all the' yLdhels—iii—
tho squadron, with the names of the owners.

GREAT FIRE AT MESSRS. CLOW,Es.
About ten -minutes after one yesterday-afteinoori, a
very extensive fire broke oat in the well known printing
premises- of Messrs. Clowes and Son, situate in Duke-
street, tamford-street, Blackfriars-road, and which en.
tirely destroyed that portion of the warehouse known by
the name of the drying-room, the printed paper-room,
the' white paper-room, and the type store-room, standing
upon an area, at'the north-west end of the building, of
itbout 150 by 70 feet, nothing being left standing but
the bare outer walls.

'lt appears that all the men employed in the ware-
hou:se department left for dinner at the usual hour of
one o'clock, when everything was apparently safe and
secure; but they had not quitted the premises more than
five minutes, when one of the neighbours, from his
back window, perceived a vast body of flame rushing
from the upper northern window of the drying room: he
immediately raised an alarm, but before he could make
spread with almost the rapidity of light-
Messrs. Clowes' workmen aware of the danger, the con-
flagration had
ning over the whole extent of the warehouse containing
the rooms above mentioned. •
Fortunately there was a small fire-engine kept upon
the premises, which was soon brought into play, and
supplied with water from a tank in the machine-room,
a pump being affixed to the steam-engine. This work
was considerably facilitated by the son of an opposite
neighbour, who had formerly been employed when a
bey by the Messrs. Clowes, and who directed the opera-
tions of the fire-engine with so much skill and energy as,
by his means, to prevent the conflagration from spread-
ing to the opposite side of the printing-effice, and which
would thus undoubtedly have produced a vast deal more
dsmagolhan has occurred, although the loss must still be
very great.

. Ina quarter of an hour after the discovery of the fire,
the engine belonging to Mr. Cory, the coal merchant,
arrived; which was quickly followed by several others
from the West of England Fire-office, and the Brigade
establishment; bat nearly twenty minutes elapsed before
a supply of water could be obtained. At length, how-
ever, the engines were well supplied, and such a stream
so successfully poured upon the burning pile, that the fire
was completely got under by three o'clock.
The composing-rooms, the machine-room, and the
stereotyping department have entirely escaped injury, so
that the men were enabled to resume their employ-
ment this morning.
We understand that the fire could scarcely have broken
out at a more unfortunate time, as the warehouse was
much more then usually full, not only of printed works,
rcady for publication, but also of many thousands of
reams of white paper ready far printing, the works now
in process of execution. Among the works destroyed
are a Is'ige number of the Official Catalogue of the
Great Exhibition, the Jury Awards, and some of Mr.
Murray's Read Books; and likewise a great quantity of
type kept ready for use in the store-room; besides seve-
ral thousand reams of white paper.
We believe the stock and premises are insured in the
Sun, Pbcraix, Westminster, and Royal Exchange Fire-
offices; but whether to the whole extent of the damage
or not, we had not the means of ascertaining.
No certain estimate of the amount of damage can at
present he implicitly relied on, but it is computed by per-
sons, competent to forma good opinion, that it, cannot be
less than between 20,000/. and 30,9G0i.
The origin of the fire is net known, but from the
suddenness of the outbreak, as also from the rapidity of
the flames, it is thought probable that it watt caused by
an unobserved escape of gas from some of the pipes.

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ALLEGED MURDER AND VIOLATION.
On Tuesday Mr. W. Baker opened an inquiry at the
Foresters' Arms, Old Ford-road, Victoria-park, respect-
ing the death of Maria Leech, aged eighteen years, a
single woman, who was found dead in Sir George
Dackett's Canal. Mr. John Parr, residing at No. 1, Et.
John's-terrace, Smith Hackney-, an independent gentle-
men, stated that the 4i-ceased was his servant. Sae left
his residence on Friday morning at eleven o'clock, for
holiday, with direction; to return at eight o'clock in the
evonie.g. She was cinite cheerful when she departed,
and witness had not seen her alive since. She was very
regular in her attire, and attentive to the
Witness livid undo inquiry and ascertained that her
body lead been found in the canal, which he hid
since seen and recegnised by her dress. He
(ID not believe she had committed suicide. Had
heard that she had been on a visit to her aunt. Deceased
yeas an excellent servant, and had no followers. Mary
Brown, the aunt, was called, and said that she resided
at Bromley. The deceased came to see her on Friday
last, and remained anti' seven o'clock in the evening,
when she left to proceed across the fields to her master's
house at Hackney. She had a little basket with her and
a pair of cloth boots, which she had purchased before
she left witness. She had only a few coppers with her
when she degiared. l'ar. Edward Moore, surgeon, of
No. 86, BetlinciT-green-road, said he had examined the
body, and found a bruise on the left eye, and marks of
strangulation on the neck, as if the arm of some per-
son had been closely pressed roend it, and her ears
exhibited marks as if they had been tightly grasped.
There were bruises en other parts of her per-
son, which he was of opinion had been inflicted
previous to immersion in the water. Witness had
also ascertained that some connexion had very recently
taken place, but there was no hworrhage proving any
particular violence. Susannah Keppell, wife of a beer-
shop keeper, stated that she saw the deceased with a
sailor on the Friday night, about ten o'clock. Tney
entered the Yarmouth Arms, in Green-street, Bethnal-
green; but witness only knew her by the bonnet she
had on at the time. Vaughan, summoning officer, said
they had since found the deesesA's shawl by the dregs.
The basket had also been recovered at a public-house at
Folly-bridge, where it had been sold for a pint of beer
on the Saturday, by some person who picked it up in the
field near the canal. No barges were allowed to pass
through it. It was kept for pleasure-boats and bathing.
The road-way was not dangerous, and the deceased
amid not have walked in from the main thoroughfare.
e inquest was adjourned to give the police time fur
farther inquiries.

SEABORNE MAILS.
EN airiblee that the mails are 'ant from the General
by the night—and M by the morning—iispateb.)

Post-office

I When made to lb' From what
.PIAGT.S. GeneralPoit-otecel port dis- When
London: I patched. due.
• -...
I I
America (by Brit. pkt.)N June 11 .. ..11Liverpool .. June 17
America (by U.S. pkt.) NI .. .. [Liverpool .. June 25
America (by U.S. pkt.) Mf 44 .. Southampt.lJuly 3
Australia (via South- I '
ampton) .. .. .. MI :. .. .. .. .Southampt.
Ditto (via Marseilles) NI .. „, „ .. [Dover ..
Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N,2d of the month.. [Plymouth..
Africa (West coact).. Ni 14th of the month ,Plymosth June 29
Alexandria* ........ 1119th is-, 30th of rao.[Dover .. June 18
Ilelgl ..
anz .. .. NI Daily .. .. .. (Dover • • Daily
Itraril ... , • .. 2.1,9 th of the month [Sonthampt. June 16
Buenos Ayres .. .. M,9tla of the mouth [ Soathampt. June 16
Callfornie(viaCkarer) M ill k 17th of Month !Soathamp t. Jane 20
Ogee of Good Hope N, 14th of Jane .. 'Plymouth .. June 29
Cape,.. de Verdi .. .. 'N'2d of the month .. !Plymouth.. June 29
Constantinople* .... N 70117th 27th of mo 'Dover .. Arrived
Central America .. M,ed & 17th of men. ISonthampt. June 20
'LLeunellalei .. .. ii! Mon., Wed., &Th.!Sontitampt. Tu. Th. Sat
Chili -
• .. .. - M 17th cf.the month ISouthampt. June 20
(iree,...o s• •• '-'' N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily
riu,,„,_••• .. . N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Arrived
Relia;474-1 .. .. N., Tuosday & Friday !London .. Toes. Sat.
Bond •• .. .. X I Wednes. & Solar.Londen .. Moa.Thur
inland A • • . If 17th of the month Southampt. June 20
India o.ta -- Id fc IT; Twice daily.. .. /Holyhead.. Twicedally
jadta(ia;v7:thantp,,) M,2oth of the month Sonthatupt. June 23
India, -"lac. Z.p.,!!_lles, N th.k.24,th efneonth Dover .. June 17
Mauritius „. 7' DePe N 15. th of month Plyenouth..
.. N 15th of month Plymouth..
Mediterranean ••
SoutbrJrpto-n) `vla i
k-editen ~,nean (vf t 14l 20th o: the month Southampt. June 28
:Marseilles) .: 4
made°
..
.. •• •14 rt-cA 2 itli Of fflOnth Dover .. Jane 17
mmeirs
..
..
.. til,d_of the month.. Southampt. July 5
e eta of the month SontJaampt. June 16
Malta* •• •• • 117th,.. ilth.l9th 27th
,„,. ~,,,a4th ernm'nth Dover Arrived
jgra* • • • ' :: ~,115"ithh tis.t.h •25th-of'rn—e Dover .. June 12
.., al States* •..
r ninsnlar.• • • • • :.I Ttn 1:-/71.1rs of mo; Dover .. IJune 12
th of e[outhampt. !June 16
.. S sth 15thue month I Soathampt. [June 20
Yarn • • • • '" ''' 17% Of th
It ."4117.1)-4 • • • •
..
.. 54 i via, of . ‘.O Dover • • !June 12
. 4th of 7-,
'West Indleh
West lediJs (except
11 th 'Scutb.ampt. June 20
HAVE/flllll & 5:1,15310 51 ' of tbe mem:, . k
, ~ 4, these c(,antrica Vans aka.nthafiartt. I
.1 The nr.D.5 .--• • le,
(*) aro coaveyel. by
French onetret v,!. VarFeli .. .
The India mail, via Southampton, will ~,,,
made
of the 19th instant. in coniequence of the aqui ID on the, evening
The Peninsula mail will be makie uP 071 the:r_ung en a Sunday.
‘..tnin.,
of the 2:th tailing on a s nof the 28th
Instant, in consequeuee
.._

k for-
TIM BANK FORGERIES AT SHETZIEL,. i_.
Qrapel, whose examination on several. charge, Qt. , Ernest
magistrates on Ve
genies appeared in Saturday's publication, was aga.i..tian
br g
up before_ the Sheffield borough edneoiud-ht
Mr. Melees, solkitor to the Bankers' Association. appeaZ.
to conduct the prosecution. The only additional evideacet
was the prpof, on the past of the Coventry and Warwiek,hira
Banking Company, of the forgery of the draught for 198/.
11,. 2d., which the iiedg,rB
prisoner paid to Messrs. Joseph
and Sons, cutlery mmufacturrs,ircnbSasepetue,mtboert,hleSloinunptiayo
merit foi goods Well he hid pa
SOL Payment of money was also proved in the case of the
forgery •at West Bromwich, where a draugbt on Smith,
Payne, and Smith's, of London, in the name of the Man-
chester and Liverpool District Bank at Stafford, was paid on
the 29th ult. to Messrs. Davies and Bloomer, of Goldshill
l'ev, Ironworks. After the depositions had been read, the
priaoner Paid—" The statements of the witnesses are perfectly
true. lam the only guilty
myself, and there is nobody one- I executed the forgeries
else implicated in any way. I
executed all with my own hands, and nobody else knew a
word about it." The prisoner was committed to York for
trial at the assizes.

Conozatt's INQUEST.—On Thursday last an in-
(pest was held at Maid tone on the body of WiltiaM Ed-
wards Chittenden, a young man who carried on the business
of a butcher at Maidstone. It appeared from the evidence
produced before the coroner that the deceased 130 e,o,ntr9cted
to supply the barracks with meat, and that en the delivery
of a portion of the contract ottjection had been taken to it,
both as to its quality and its freshness. The deceased be-
came excited, and shortly afterwards was found with his
throat out in a building formerly used as the workhouse. It
was also'shown that several members .of his family had de-
stroyed themselves whilst under mental delusion. The jury,
after a ling-continued investigation, returned a verdict of
" Temporary insanity."
Tan ..MAY;CarSTFR CIIARITIES.—The Theatre
Royal, Manchester, has been thrown open for six nights per-
g, in order that the gross receipts may be devoted to
the benefit of the various charitable institutions of Manches-
eve ter a
ni nd Sa
underlfod.
the distinguiphed patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, am most of the influential 'inhabitants of Manchester and itaneiehbourhood. addition to the members 1
of the drainatic corps of the TheTheatre
.Eoyal, whoat.oncevolun-
teered their assistance, several'paenrciornfers of eminence Op-
eluding Miss Helen Raucit, at, I
Glyn, Mis 9 Alias Vandenhoff, ins
Fanny Vining; Cue Bateman children, and Mr.
Barry Sullivan) have given their gratuitous services for the
occasion. The receipts on Alon":, r
of Y d Tuesda were about
2601., and • a handsome summoney is likely to be realised
PROTECTIONIST ESTIMATES --pethns the most
Curious item in the estimates agreed to by the Protectionist
Govetinment is the est?mate that has been
eas been set formed of our
national honour, which (aide the Mather
ase) h
down at two hularod-and forty pounds.

'NS, REGEIVT'S-

ROYAL BOTANIC GARD
PARK.
The second general exhibition of plants and flowers
these gardens took place on Wednesday, but owing to the
fitness of the weather feet persons were present beyond
the professional horticultarista immediately interested
in the show and those determined amateurs whom no-
thrng can daunt. In themselves the collections were re-
merkably fine, and although numerous, would have been
more abundant had not the almost certain prospect of
continuous rain prevented the exposition of many others.
The heaths and azaleas were, perhaps, the most plenti-
ful in proportion, and reflected great credit on the
growers. The orchideous plants were also remarkably
good, but not in such numbers as at the preceding fete.
The same observation will apply to the quality of the
pelargoniums and the stove and greenhouse plants.
Roses' cinerarias, calceolarias, and the other hosts com-
pleted the crowds which filled the marquees. The fruits,
which generally attract so much attention, were con-
strained to expand their sweetness upon the vacant air.
The American plants, which formed on the preceding
Saturday a special show by_themselves, but were then
rather backward in flower, owing to the coldness of the
season, were on Wednesday in magnificent condition.
Nothing, indeed, was wanting but a sunny sky to have
nade thin exhibition most successful, the number of
tickets issued to the fellowa and their friends having ex-
ceeded all formers years. We subjoin an official list of
the chief prizes awarded:—
MEDALS WITH THEIR MONEY VALUE.
EXTRA GOLD, 30Z—To Mr. Franklin, gardener to
Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing-park, for 25 orchids.
LIEGE Gortpt 15/.—To Mr. May, gardener to Mrs.
Lawrence, EariSg-park, Mr. Cola, gardener to Mr. H.
Colyer, Dartford, for 30 stove and greenhouse plants,,
and to Mr. Cole.
MEDIUM GOLD, 101.—To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir
E. Antrobtas, Che,am, Surrey, for 20 stove and green-
house plants; Mr. Blake, gardener to Mr. J. 11. Rhoder,
Stratford-green, for 25 orchids; Messrs. Robinson and
Son, nurserymen, Tooting. for 20 orchids; Mr. Woolley,
gardener to Mr. H. B. Kerr, Cheshuat, Herts, for 15
orchids.
Smith,gartie gardener to
Nor
.
GOLD MEDAL, 71.—T0 Mr. Speed, Edmonton, for 20
stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. Smith,
Mi. W. Qailter, for 12 cape heaths; Mr.
wood, fur 12 Cape heaths. Open class—Mr. Green, gar-
dener to Sir E. Antrobtis, for 10 greenhotis
Teahzaamleaess.;
Ms. Robinson, gardener to Mr. J. Simpson,
hank, Pimlicite for 12 pelargoniums in 8-inch pots;
Messrs. Lane and Son, nurserymen, Great Berkhatnp-
stead, for 12 distinct varieties of roses in 13-inch pots.
LARGE SILVER GILT 51.—T0 Mr. Stanley, gardener,
for 30 stove and greenhouse plants ; Ur. Dods, gar-
- dener to Sir J. Cathcart, coo-hill,
Surrey, or 10
clove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. May, gardener to
Mr,. Lawrence, fox six greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. MI-
. name, etardener to Mr. C. B. Werner, Hcdesdon, Herts,
far 25 orchids ; Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E Antro-
ga.., for six orchids ; dr. A. Rowlang, Lewisham, Kent
for eigt t (Watt:let varieties of roses in 13-inch pots.
LAIIOI3 S/LVER, 41—To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir
E. Antrobus, for six tall cacti ; Mr. May, gardener to
Mrs. Lawrence, for 12 Cape heaths; Messrs. Robinson,
nurserymen, Tooting, for 12 Cape heaths ; Mr. Car-
rigan, gardener to Mr. E. Lawrance, Kentish Town, for
1/2 pelargoniums in 8-inch pots ; Mr. Pa:-kor, gardener
to Mr. J. AL Strachen, Teddington, for six pelar-
goniums in 11-inch pots ; Mr. Turner, nurseryman,
441000, for six fancy pelargoniuma in 8-inch pots ; Mr.
Robinson, Pimlico, for six fancy pelargoniums in 8-inch
Pots ; Mr. Hoyle, Reading, for six pelargoniums in 8
inch pots.