The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

LORD ELLESMERE AT NEW YORK.

(From the Now Pork Herald.)
The British frigate Leander, Coromauder King, ar-
rived at this port yesterday from Plymouth, ha,N:ng on
board as passengers Lord Ellesmere, family, and suite.
Lord Ellesmere is the English-Royal Commissioner to
the Crystal Palace at New York.
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The general interchange of friendly feeling among the
governments and inhabitants of all nations and the wide-
spread diffusion of the most recent discoveries in the
arts and sciences, together with the immediate propaga-
tion of the results of the latest philosophical researches
and agricultural improvement inquiries, which took
place after the Great National Exhibition in London,
entitle that tremendous undertaking to be looked upon
as a chief blessing by the civilised world.
The English Government was soon aware of the bene-
ficial influences which would flow upon mankind from
the uninterrupted march of the new spirit thus engen-
dered by itself, and, with characteristic readiness, it re-
solved upon lending a helping hand to similar institu-
tions all over the world.

The contributions of. America to the Crystal Palace
in Hyde•park were such as entitled this Republic to rank
among the most distinguished of the kingdoms in point
of industry, genius, and practical appliance of mechanical
skill ; and hence we were the first to determine upon
having an" Exhibition for the Industry of all Nations"
upon our own soil.

The alacrity with which England responded to the in-
timation of our intention is known to all. Her Sove-
reign issued a commission, by virtue of which a repre-
sentative delegation would proceed to New York ' • and
every department of the Government--Admiralty, Mili-
tary, Ordnance, Finance, and Trade----showed the most
ready determination to assist the Queen in carrying the
idea to a successful issue.

The British Sovereign placed at the head of the com-
mission the Right Ron. Francis Earl of Ellesmere, a
nobleman whose life has been distinguished by a devo-
tion to the practical study of science, literature, and the
fine arts ; and it was determined that he should proceed
upon his peaceful mission in a manner worthy his own
rank, his country, and that to which he was accredited.
The Lords of the Admiralty'immediately ordered the
new and very fine man-of-war Leander, which was com-
missioned for special seryice, to be made ready for sea,
and, her naval equipment being soon completed, Lord
Ellesmere, with her Ladyship and a portion of their
family, sailed from Plymouth upon the morning of the
10th May.

The voyage was most pleasant. No extraordinary
speed was desired, and;an even rate of sailing was main-
tained throughout. There was no sickness on board,
further than the expected stomach qualms of some of
the landsfolk comprising the suite, and the ship sped
on her course merrily. The Leander arrived at the
Narrows about half-past ten o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, •and was there taken in tow by the steam-tug
Ajax, by which vessel she was brought abreast of the
battery, where she cast anchor at a quarter past twelve
o'clock, noon, after making the passage from Plymouth
in a little over 30 days.;
When the Leander was coming into harbour her offi-
cers espied the American flag hoisted at Governor's
Island, which was saluted by a discharge of .21 guns
from the ship, the cannon of the fort responding in a
moment.

The news of her arrival was immediately forwarded to
Mr. Barclay, British Consul, and simultaneously tele-
graphed to the _Herald office by our ship news agent.
We dispatched special reporters to visit the ship, and
upon their arrival at Whitehall they found one of her
boats fully manned, with the union jack waving from her
stern, waiting to convey Mr. Barclay on board.
Mr. Barclay was received on deck by the commander,
Captain George St. V. King, with due honour, and
conducted over the vessel.

Immediately after our reporters came alongside, and
upon presenting their cards they were at once admitted,
and received with that frank and urbane attention
which characterises the British sailor both at home and
abroad.

Upon the Leander every man was at his post, but the
necessary bustle which always exists after a voyage was
such that a full inspection of the ship could not be made
yesterday. However we have received some details re-
specting her which will be found interesting. .
The Leander is a new ship—it not being more than
half a dozen years since she was built—of very ample
breadth, and a good height between decks. She does not
present the appearance of a "quick one" when viewed at
anchor, but yet she has the reputation of being a very
fast sailor, as was attested in. her late voyage; She is of
2,000 tons burden, and is. manned with a force, includ-
ing officers and hands of every rating, of 500 men. She
is pierced for and mounts 50 guns of very heavy calibre.
We find the names of her officers published in the
Navy List of the past year ; but as many changes have
taken place since, in consequence of promotions
and exchanges, we furnish a corrected roll of the gentle-
men now in commission :

Captain—George St. Vincent King.
Lieutenants First, Charles H. May ; second,
Agnew ; third, Frederick W. Gough; fourth, Sir Henry
Blackwood ; fifth, Campbell ; sixth, Lord G. Gros-
venor.

Surgeons— Robertson, M.D., Blake, M.D.
Chaplain—Rev. Charles W. Belgrave, B.A.
Midshipmen—Messrs. Ward, Hardy, Johnson, Mit-
chell, Warburton, Burnston, Ley, Wise.
The Royal Marine force detailed 68 men for duty
upon the Leander. They are all in the prime of life,
and excellent specimens of the British soldier, both in
drill, equipment, and personal appearance. The Marines
are commanded by Captain Miller, R.M., and Lieu-
tenant Douglass, R.M., with the usual complement of
non-commissioned officers.

The following is a complete list of the passengers on
board :—The Right Hon. Francis Earl of Ellesmere, the
Hon. Harriet Catherine Countess of Ellesmere ; his
Lordship's children—Lady Alice Harriet Frederica
Egerton, Lady Blanche Egerton, the Hon. Algernon
Egerton, Captain Coldstream Guards ; the Hon. Arthur
Frederick Egerton, Grenadier Guards. Sir John Acton
is also a passenger.
Lord Ellesmere's suite consists of three maid-servants
and three men-servants. 'ln order to enable the servants
to perform their duty with more ease and greater facility,
a considerable portion of the aft part of the ship was
fitted up as temporary cooking and washing rooms, &c.,
which somewhat detracts from her appearance. These
fixtures will soon be removed, we understand.
We regret to announce that during yesterday after-
noon Lord Ellesmere was confined to his state room
with a severe attack of gout, and had expressed his de-
termination not to leave •the ship during the evening.
The Ladies Egerton had gone ashore, attended by
their maids ; they were in excellent health, and we trust
enjoyed some pleasure from a sight of the novelties,
varieties, and bustle which are to be daily met with
during a walk through the Empire City.
The Hon. Captain Egerton was on board also, in good
health and spirits,
Lord Ellesmere has brought some valuable contribu-
tions to our exhibition—paintings, works' of art, &c.—
his own private property, from the family mansion, but,
owing to his indisposition, our reporter did not request a
catalogue. It is the intention of Lord Ellesmere to visit
the Niagara Falls, Canada, and various other parts of
the country previous to the opening of the Palace.
The English Commission to America is now complete,
and it must be acknowledged that the country is well
and worthily represented.
The Commission is constituted as follows :
Chief Commissioner—Earl of Ellesmere.
Geology and Mineralogy—Sir Charles Lyell.
Agriculture—Professor G. Wilson.
Textile Fabrics and Ornamental Arts—Mr. Wallis.
General Commissioner—Mr. Wentworth. Dilke.

We are informed by the officers of the Leander, that,
in addition to the complimentary delegation, many
distinguished gentlemen from various parts of Eng-
land were preparing to leave home for the purpose
of visiting us, and that a number had left in the different
ships and steamers daily sailing for our ports.
In concluding this sketch, we beg to tender a hearty-
welcome to the commissioners, the ladies, and the gal-
lant officers and men of the Leander, and to express the
hope that during their stay many opportunities will
present, by which the friendly bonds that cement the
two great sections of the Anglo-Saxon race may be
drawn closer.

FIRE AND Loss •OF LIFE IN HATTON-GARDEN.-1
fire of a very deStructive character, attended with a
serious loss of property, and fatal results to two or three
persons, broke out between the hours of seven and eight
on Saturday evening, in the premises occupied conjointly
by Mr. George Ross, the patentee of the American
over-shoe and India rubber fabrics, Messrs. Pakeman,
export tailors, Mr. Curtis, a clothier, and several other,
persons, situate at No. 107, Hatton-garden. The pre-
mises in question were of great altitude, there
being several floors in the structure. Mrs. Curtis,
who occupied the top part of the house, at the time
of the disaster occurring, was cleaning the stairs,
and was ali .of a suden alarmed by a dense body
of smoke issuing from the lower part of the build-
ing She at once gave an alarm, and had barely
sufficient time to reach the street door when she saw
the flames breaking through the doors and windows of
the ground floor. This part of the property was well
stored with articles made of India-rubber, gutta percha,
and other substances quite as inflammable, which proved
of such assistance to the flames that they travelled as
quick as electricity, thereby cutting off all means of
escape of three persons who had not been able to run
down stairs during the brief interval that had elapsed.
The scene at the time—not more than five minutes after
the fire was discovered—was painful in the extreme.
A young female, named Curtis, who was in the
upper part of the house became literally surrounded
with flame, 'and unfortunately she was quickly burnt
almost to a cinder. A woman, who also lived in the
upper part of the house, after making several futile
attempts to reach the street, was obliged to make
for the front window, no doubt expecting to find the
escapes of the Royal Society there, but unfortunately
the hour for the conductor to come on duty had not
arrived, and the poor creature, as the last expedient,
jumped out of the window. She fell, in the first in-
stance, upon some iron spikes that surrounded the area,
and, as one of the neighbours was hastening to liberate
her, she fell upon the stone flags with fearful violence.
She was instantly removed to St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital ; but very little hopes are entertained of her re-
covery. So fierce was the progress of the conflagration
that the firemen, in order to save the adjoining pre-
mises, mounted the roofs, and by conveying the hose
along the parapets they were enabled to distribute the
water in such directions as to confine the destructive
element principally to the warehouses in which it began.
The poor girl Curtis was found in the ruins by one of
the brigade, burnt quite black ; and during the morning
of yesterday the body of a man named Stephens was
also found dreadfully disfigured by the action .of the fire,
and quite dead.

NAY
EVENING, JUNE 27, 1 853.

STATE OF TRADE.

(Fron the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.)
,HESTEri, June 24.—The danger of war between
Russia, and Turkey has increased so much in the pre-
sent week as still further to restrict the amount of
business in our market. All classes of buyers are
rendered more timid. In addition to this, the ad-
vices received by the overland mail have the effect of
strengthening the indisposition of the India and
China merchants to enter into any operations. We
have, therefore, to report a week of extremely
limited transactions both in yarns and goods. With
all this, however there is no giving way in prices.
The firmness which prevails is owing to several causes.
Spinners and manufacturers are in general free from
stocks, and pretty well supplied with orders. The
falling-off in the receipts of cotton at the American
ports, and the very great proportion of rubbish now
held, give to respectable qualities somewhat of the
hardening tendency, even under existing circumstances.
On all hands, the opinion prevails that, if the differences
between Russia and Turkey were settled, the demand
would be such as to cause an advance in cotton, in yarns,
and in goods. At present there is a tendency to a higher
cost of production, arising. out of the agitation among
the operatives for a restriction of the hours of labour and
an advance of wages, and this agitation seems likely to suc-
ceed to some extent. Thus situated, producers are anything
but anxious to bring themselves under further engage-
ments, andlherefore they maintain their quotations with
unflinching firmness. The turn-out at Stockport con-'
tinues without any appearance of concession on either
side; but' it is said the " hands " are receiving hardly,
any support from other places. At Blackburn,
the " twisters-in" having struck for an advance of
wages, all the millowners gave notice, a few days ago,
that, if the demand were persisted in, they would, at the
end of a fortnight, entirely stop their machinery both in
the spinning and weaving departments. The conse-
quence is that the people, in at least half-a-dozen esta-
blishments, have ceased operations, without waiting for
the fortnight's notice.

GLASGOW, June 24.—We have had a quiet but steady
market ddring the week.
IST,OTTIXGRAIVI, June 23.—The two trades of this,town
do riot present any new features to call forth remark, as
each continues in pretty much the same condition as we
have reported it for several weeks past there
is certainly not any improvement in the lace trade, but
the hosiers are still well occupied. The high price of
yarns is yet maintained for both lace and hosiery, with-
out any prospect of a reduction being made in either- .
LEICESTER, June 23.—Upon a survey of business for
some time past, we find that although an almost unpre-
cedented rise in wools has taken place during the year, a
sustained demand has cleared the market, and manufac-
turers are now found with scarcely an average stock for
the season on hand. That the London and Manchester
wholesale houses have laid in heavy stocks for the
approaching season far beneath present prices admits of
no doubt, but the shipping trade being still good, and the
harvest coming on, renders it a moral certainty that
good employment for the operatives must continue.
Worsted and cotton yarns fully maintain their prices,
and higher rates in the former are inevitable if wools
maintain their present value. We may notice that al-
though farmers' lots have increased in value from 12s.
to 14s. per tod since last year, and foreign wools in the
same proportion, the demand both here and in York-
shire has met with no check, nor will it whilst trade in
Yorkshire continues good. The recent advance in the
rate of discount has brought prices to a stand at present,
and the uncertain posture of political affairs has put a
stop to all speculation.
BRADFORD.—The trade is decidedly dull, yarns and
piece being less inquired after. Wool during the last
fortnight has receded ld. per lb. all round. People will
not and dare not operate freely at present prices.