The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the _London New Price Current of this day).
SUGAR.—To-day the prices obtained for all descriptions
kf West India sugar were equal to those of Friday. Still
i.he demand was limited, and purchases amounted to 480
. hhds, &c., including at auction 259 hhds Barbadoes, which
realised full terms—good to fine yellow 37s to 39s 6d, mid
As to 36s 6d ; 100 hhds Demerara chrystalised, fine 398
Cd to 40s 6d, and other sorts 34s to 39s per cwt.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with
reluctance for home consumption, and prices are drooping ;
brown lumps selling at 44s to 44s 6d, and low to fine gro-
cery 45s to 47s 6d per cwt. For Crushed Sugar there are
few buyers for shipping, and rates are barely sustained.
EAY.AT INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
'l.ga'r offered at public sale amounted to a, 500 bags. Khalir
a'3 taken in at 27s 6d, being above the offers made; other
its sold at full terms—fine white Benares at 39s to 40s,
to good 36s to 38s 6d, ord. to mid. like Mauritius 32s
t., 355, fine and superior grainy yellow 39s to 40s 6d, and
flue white ditto at 45s per cwt. Madras is not offered
iinder last week's valuations, and there was no public sale,
but privately purchases were on a limited scale.
FOREIGN.—To-day purchases were on a small scale pri-
ately in foreign sugar, both for shipping and home con-
sll mption ; the rates of last week are barely sustained for
clutypaid parcels and floating cargoes. There was no
pithlic sale,
oloi..A.ssEs aro much wanted, and supply being small,
Ib,i.eevsine on tha advance for inferior. Sales of Antigua and
-v_i'ents were at 1.6 s 6d to 17s other sorts of West In-
'-'8 to ,6d 16s, Cuba and Porto 'Rico 16s 6d to 17s, Ben-
Mauritius 14s to 15s per cwt. Stock of Molasses
till much less than in the previous
•Li i vals may be looked for shortly. year, but several
us.—Today Mauritius sugar was held for pre-
-1 ; 'us priees, and the
purchases were on a grin:ll4 no
public sale, but privately
scale for all purposes.
COFFEE.—To-day there
f iioffee, and privately l9purchases public sale of any kind
11, rne and forei
gn markets, although we"
trifling both for the
sellers are willing to
importNjttiavy
,pn.gyillon is 46s 6d for good
~ept previous prices.
and old .tos ud to 41.65
_ff.ee were reported to
(•,;.,nge the sales of native Cgeyoolodnocor per cwt. On
he 3,000 bags at 46s 6d for
ell 45s 6d to 45s 9d. ordinary of new import,
'',EA.—Prices for low to good common rule at 1° cl to
',d, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf loid to is oid ong to Pekoe sorts is Id to is Bd, and superior 1s to9(i
2d. In Oolong little done ; prices remain for tine at is
o Is Bd, good is 2d to is 4d, low to mid 10d to is id.
thong continues to attract much attention, and there
firm market ; fine at is 7d to 2s, mid to good is to is
'. and common 10d to 11,1 d Clean Pouchong is held for
to 94d. In green many purchases have been made.
If v-son, ord and mid is 2d to is sd, good to fine is 6d to 28
J. *fi, choice 3s to 2s 4d, young Hyson Canton 10d to ls,
son kind, is 2d to 1s Bd, fine to superior is 9d to 2s 3d,
r_lwankaL 10d to is Id, gunpowder Canton lOd to is ld,
ifyson is 2d to 2s 9(1, fine 3s 10d to 3s 6d. Imperial
is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 2d. Hyson skin
to ls.

COCOA.—West India at present is not much required,
:".d. rates compared with last week show a small reduction.
4 '' 250 bags Trinidad at auction a part only sold—grey at
:'I -; fld to 345, low to good mid red 34s 6d to 38s. Privately
!.:::xl to fine can be obtained at 38s 6d to 445, and Grenada
),,
‘,„,t? 3713 per cwt. Stock is 3,000 bags larger than in the
;:- -.<',ls - seasons, but consumption „.„._7t.atyacts little notice • the value
of Bahia is 24e to
keeps favourable.
A" 7 --- dearly,lc to 27e 6d, and Guyaquil 3..'-s to 368. Stock
the sate°
cip., as last season.
l'atna can be--4oebdtafiinn
is a more rea;lv Fah, yet low to tint
\_'...rolina,, fir,,t
to
e.;1., at 12s CKI io 1T: ; town dressed
, American 238 to 25, ?.,8 to 325, second (tato 238, and
t Ivatnce, small pearl ~Zirdis wanted, and prices on the
. ~4,.(3.0c 32s ; sago flour is Cat.€3,-8s to 225, large and medium
It.,
~,4da, ralicihaaasne(siavrae sells at 19s to 20s. In
mcm23atatoorre;aieuxcitended scale, Rio at 3d
',LOVES.—To-day the titarkee.,4l Per Pound.
i 1 ),,nang at auction were mostly t-akasen"inicatt la2nld 2t90 is
II I Und•
s per
PIMENTO is not much wanted, still hold e,.
137 bags at auction, a small part only gold-i:i are
for ; of
COCHINEAL.—Purchases have been limited -''...or nail"
'.ad foreign markets, and prices rather inclineiLn—°whaorr.

Honduras Silvers selling at 3s 10d to 4s 4d, dead and pasty
grain 3s to 3s Bd, low to fine black 4s 2d to 5s 6d, Mexican
4s to 4s 6d, Silvers 3s 10d to 38 11d, Teneriffe 3s lld to
4s ld, and black 4s 2d to 4s 4d per lb. Stock of Cochineal
is 2,500 bags more than last year, but consumption is evi-
dently on the increase.

INLlG6.—Exporters. and home dealers are desirous to
operate in East India, and prices are still on the rise, ruling
31 to 5d per lb. above last quarterly sales ; indeed therez...t
some parties will not sell. At auction this after-
noon 29 chests imported from Hambro sold at
4s 9d to 5s 2d per lb. Stock is nearly the same
as last year, but consumption is evidently getting
larger. The quarterly sales are fixed for the Bth of the
month; at present 10,56.3 chests are declared, and this
quantity will not be much increased. Spanish is in good
demand, and rates have an upward tendency. For auction
500 Serous Guatimala are declared.

SPlRlTS.—Havannah is held for is 10d to is 10d proof,
but little is doing. Brandy continues in brisk request,
and previous terms are well supported, stock showing a
further decrease. Cognac best brands of the vintage of
1851 realised 7s M to 7s Bd, 1850 ditto 7s 7d to 7s 9d, 1849
ditto 7s 9d to is 11d, 1848 ditto 7s 9d to 7s 11d, older 8s to
8s 4d, and low to mid Os 9d to 7s.
FRUlT.—There is confidence on the part of holders of
currants, and the prices required are 40s to 68s, choice 70s
to 755, but at present little is doing. Prospects are un-
favourable for this season's crop. Raisins are dealt in with
caution ; Denis can be obtained at 32s to 345, and Valen-
cia 38s to 455.

SPICES.—In Cassia Lignea still the private purchases
have been small, and at auction 100 chts were taken in
at 110 s to 116 s for third to first pile • but 16
pkgs mouldy sold at 97s to 103 s per cwt. Cassia
Buds are not much required, and can be obtained at
Si 5s to 8/ 15s. Several buyers of Cassia Vera at 40s to 455,
and fine 56s to 60s, but stock is light. Pimento is
offered sparingly for sale, and there being several
buyers prices incline upwards, ruling at sid to 54d for
common to fine. Nutmegs are still wanted, and
the parcels sold privately were at full terms—low to fine
limed realising is 6d to 2s (hi, common brown 2s to 2s 4d,
mid 2s 5d to 2s 9d, good mid to good, 2s 10d to 3s sd, fine
3s 6d to 4s.

TALLOW.—SaIes on the spot of fine yellow candle having
been made at 35s 9d to 465, at 45s 3d to 45s 6d for delivery
in next two months, and at 45s for the latter part of the
year. Home melted is not much required, and can be
obtained at 46s to 46s 6d cash. Other sorts remain plenti-
ful, and prices keep on the decline.
OrLs.—Linseed oil is much required. An active demand
exists for rape oil ; there is also a material advance ; pale
selling at 38s to 395, brown 36s to 375, and refined Foreign
39s to 40s. Lard oil is worth 59s to 60s ; cocoa nut sells
more freely at previous terms at auction.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY -18, 1853

ABANDONMENT OF A BURNING EMIGRANT

SHIP,

tance from the wreck as he did, and his expressing his
great fears of getting any closer. Considering the dis-
tance which the boats had to travel between the two
ships, and in such a sea, it is snip:icing that so large a
number of passengers were saved. I have been examined
at the British Consulate office at Havre respecting the
loss of the St. George. The captain and his officers, and
Captain White of the Orlando, were also examined by
the consul. The St. George was an old vessel, and was,
I believe, insured at New York.
John Star and Charles Baterham made statements
confirmatory in every respect to that made by Cousins.
The poor fellow has suffered much from being frost-
bitten ; he has lost the use of his feet, and moves about
on crutches. He speaks in very grateful terms of the
treatment he experienced from the inhabitants of Havre.
These are the only survivors of the St. George, as we can
learn, who have returned to England. Captain Bairn-
son remains at Havre.with most of his crew ; and we
understand that it is the intention of the agents at
Liverpool to provide the remainder of the emigran;;s who
continue at Ilavre with passages in their first vessel to
New York.

By the arrival of the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steamer Sir Edward Banks, Captain Grant, from
Havre, on Sunday evening, which brought over three of
the survivors of the St. George, emigrant ship, we have
been enabled to collect the details of the abandonment
of that ill-fated vessel. The disaster has attracted much
attention at Lloyd's, from the circumstance of its being
reported that, amongst the cargo of the St. George, was
a quantity of oil and naphtha, if not something of a more
inflammable character, which, if true, rendered her, in-
deed, a fire-ship. Doubtless, the truth of this will be
ascertained by an investigation spoken of before the naval
department of the Board of Trade ; but the fact of the
master, his officers, and the crew, deserting the ship,
with the living freight on board, the very first opportu-
nity that presented itself, tends to strengthen an impres-
sion that they anticipated some terrible calamity. What
renders the catastrophe; if anything, more shocking, is
that the whole of the unhappy beings who perished in
the ship were women and children—not a man amongst
them.

The subjoined are the statements made by the snr•
vivors, who have reached London :

George Grant Cousins, of No. 44, Winchester-street,
Clerkenwell, London, says—l was one of the crew of the
St. George, emigrant ship. The crew numbered 25 in
all. She had a general cargo, such as coals, oil, iron,
and miscellaneous goods. I saw part of the cargo placed
on board. I have heard there was naptha amongst it,
but whether such was the fact, I am not in a position to
say positively, as T did not see it. With the exception
of four of the passengers who were Englishmen, the
whole of the emigrants come from Ireland, agricultural
labourers and their wives and families. Her gear, sails,
&c., were ample ; carrying a fire force pump, with gutta
percha hose, and besides a new life-boat, which was
bought at Liverpool just before her sailing. She had
four other boats. They were sufficiently capacious to
hold the entire ship's company and passengers. A
day or so before the breaking out of the fire, oil was
pumped out of the hold, from which we inferred
that some of the casks of oil had burst. A great
quantity was pumped up. The fire was discovered cn
the morning of December 24. As near as I can recollect,
it was about eight o'clock. At first little notice was
taken of the alarm, the smoke being so small.
The smoke that came up was thick and black ; it rolled
up in clouds, and filled the between decks, when the
steerage passengers became alarmed, and took to the
upper deck. Some assisted in working at the force-
pumps. After playing down the fore hatchways for
about two hours, the captain ordered the machine to be
run to the hatchway aft, in which direction he suspected
the fire existed, and told the men to rip up the deck to
find out where it most prevailed, which they did, but
without tracing its locality, the' smoke became more
dense every 'moment, and of that suffocating character
that the men were in a short time unable to live in it.
Some of them had to be dragged out. One of the
steerage passengers was suffocated in his berth. The
situation of the vessel now became alarming, the pas-
sengers, particularly the women, were in a most ex-
cited state of. alarm. The captain had previously told
all the women and children to go on to the poop.
When they were all assembled, many were loading
themselves with all they possessed, putting on several
gowns and other clothing. A large number of the male
passengers were doing likewise, several were putting
on two or three suits of clothing, in fact so overloaded
themselves, as to cost them their lives, for they were
unable to leap into the boats, and, falling into the sea,
were instantly borne down by the heavy weight on them.
As soon as the Orlando hove to, and the order was given
to clear away the boats, the line boat on the house was
hoisted with tackle, but in lowering it one end of the
tackle either broke or was cut away, she fell into the
sea, stern down, the men in her, seven or eight in num-
ber, clung to the thwarts and saved themselves by those
means • the other end of the tackle being lowered, she
was righted, and the water was baled out. The larboard
boat was got out about the same time, and I imagined
at the time that the captain intended sending off some
of the passengers. I was 'perfectly collected at the
time. I saw nothing to be frightened at. I knew
well it would take some hours before the ship could
be burnt, and I was certainly taken by surprise
on looking over the ship's side to see the two boats
some 400 or 500 yards from the vessel making for the
Orlando, containing Captain Bairnson, and all the crew,
with the exception of five hands. Captain Bairnson
never returned to the ship. At the time Captain Bairn.;
son and his officers took to the boats the passengers were
crowding the main rigging, expecting to be taken in
them, but none were allowed to go. The captain with
the rest jumped into the boats. In about an hour and
a half we saw the life-boat returning towards the ship,
but on approaching within a mile and a half of us, those
in her beckoned to us to round the ship again to get
closer to the Orlando, which we did, and bore on for
about half an hour, when she hove to. The Orlando
was drifting away from us. The life-boat returned to the
Orlando without taking any one off. She then ml.de
third trip, and reached the St. George about 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, and took-in eight or nine passengers, and
two of the crew; all had to watch the boat rising on the
top of a wave to jump into her. Two others, in an attempt
to join it, fell into the sea and were drowned. She made
a fourth, fifth, and sixth trip that evening. They could
have taken off more of the passengers, but they would not
jump, though prevailed upon to do so. They were implored
to jump, as it was the only means left them to save their
lives, and they were told that they must inevitably
perish in the burning ship if they persisted in not taking
advantage of leaping into the craft when she rose along-
side. I. with another seaman, left in the fifth trip that
day. We were the last of the crew. I would not have
left as I did, but the captain and all the officers and
men having abandoned the ship, I was at a loss to imagine
their reasons for so acting. There was no one left
behind who knew how to manage the ship. Her wheel
was lashed, and she was rolling fearfully ; at times she
was almost on her beam ends, and when the boat came
alongside, it was necessary to keep her some distance
off, to prevent the ship, as she rolled over, taking the
boat under. The other, I have omitted to mention, got
stove in getting alongside the Orlando, and sunk.
When I left, the gale was increasing. I saw, however,
no appearance of fire in any part of the vessel, but a
great deal of smoke. After getting on board the Orlando,
the life-boat made two other trips. The last was made
about nine o'clock. It was then considered dangerous
to make any more that night, and the boat was hoisted
on deck. The Orlando had two boats, but it was
not safe to launch them. She remained by all night
about ten miles distant. No communication was made
during the night with the St. George, and the storm
raged more furiously. At daybreak the following morn-
ing (Christmas day), Captain Bairnson came forward and
asked who would volunteer to go off to the St. George
to save the lives of the passengers. I was one of the
party. Off we went, and in the course of an hour and
a-half succeeded in coming alongside. Still there was
no means of assisting them, and their only chance for
them to reach her was to jump. Sometimes a sea would
carry the boat high above the ship's bulwarks, and when
she did so, several seized the opportunity and sprang into
her. We remained a long while alongside, imploring
fell
overboard. boat
We
could lost.
do No
nothing one
to saved
others to follow the example of those who had jumped,
but fear and terror seemed to have seized them. Seve-
ral al
who missedebnyhe
pre-
serve them. On returning to the Orlando, with eight
or nine passengers, among whom were three females
was
and a boy, a hole was found in the bottom of the
nails in
inwhhiicshhwooasts,
stovend w
in h
thejumbeped, thileenahit stove
in in and shattered the planking. A shirt was thrust in
the hole, and prevented her sinking. It was necessary
to repair her before another attempt could be made. It
was past 12 o'clock before the repairs were completed.
I did not go in her again. She made several trips be-
fore night—how many I cannot say, and on each trip
brought away some of the passengers. I don't recollect
ever seeing the officers going in these trips. The re-
port made by those who made the last trip was that no
male passenger remained on the k wreck • the poor crea-
tures who were left consisted entirely of
children ; the number they could not tell ; but on call-
ing over the names of those on board, for Capt. Bairnson
had saved the ship's papers and logbook, some 50 were
ascertained to be missing. In the middle of Christmas
night they were alarmed by obs • erving the wreck within a
mile of the Orlando. It was supposed that the lashing
which had been fixed to the wheel when the
master abandoned her, had cut or burned away,
and the ship getting before the wind she bore down
in the direction where the Orlando was lying.
Her appearance created much alarm, for instantly
sail was made on the Orlando, and being a lighter
vessel than the St. George soon got far away. They
never afterwards saw anything of the St. George, or heard
what fate she or her passengers met with. The next
morning Captain Bairnson, who was in a dreadful state
of mind, called the men together, and asked whether any
of them would volunteer to risk another attempt with
him to rescue the unhappy creatures, adding that it was
a horrible thing to abandon the wreck while so many
poor things were on it. None would volunteer to go.
Every one, as also those belonging to the Orlando, being
convinced an attempt would prove fatal. It was then
proposed to make all speed to Havre, and accordingly
the Orlando was so directed. She reached that port on
the eleventh day after they had been taken on board.
In the course of Christmas night it was reported on
board that the St. George had blown up. I did not see
it myself; my impression is, knowing that she made
' considerable water, and that a large quantity of water
had been pumped into her, that she foundered within
twelve hours after they had left her. She was set-
tling down when the last boat left her. I heard from
some of those who were last brought off from her that
the decks had become so hot that they could scarcely
walk upon them, and that the glass of the skylight was
cracking. Some one had also seen the n
all mainmast yield-
ing over, as if the bottom of the mast had been
in
burnedthe
away. The St. George had eight feet of water
as
to
the ea ice
hold when I left her. I cannot give any .opinien• 1
of the fire. I think Captain Bairnson did
he could to preserve the passengers. He was a very kind
and humane commander to the crew and passengers,
•
and while he remained on the .
ore than I have
why he and the crewship, the crew were
prompt to his order. I cannot
explain
so quickly left the ship.
I have
heard since that he did so in consequence of anticipat-
ing something serious from, an explosion. Some of the
passengers said there were naphtha and gunpowder on
board, but I
know nothing of such material being
in
her, although. from the circumstance of Capt. Bairnson
so speedily lev,ving her, I am induced to suspect that
,there must have been " something" among the cargo.
I am further strengthened in this impression by the
captain of the Orlando keeping his vessel so great a dis-