The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-28 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended Se,a. 28,1854, made up England Reurns of the
In-pectors in the differeat Cities and Towns i and Wale-
per Imperial Quarter.
wuzAT. BARLEY. OATS. .Ts. BEANS. I PEAS.
531 21 29s 2.1 24s 71 34s Ild 424 91 I 37s 31
I
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE.
WHT. i BAILEY. I OATS. I RTE. REARS. PEAS.
59s EA
21 31s bd 27s Od 38a 5d 4 46s 81 i34s 81
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. YEAS.
Is Od is Od is 01 is 01 Is Od Is 01
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEE.
Wheat, 85,934; Barley, 6,919 ; Oats,Rye, 543 ; K
Beans,
1,595; Peas. 833 qua3rBters.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10a to 4/ lOs ; clover
litto, 31 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 12s per load.
Trade dull.
CWIIIERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ Zi
to 41
15s ; clover
.iitto, 31 Os to 51 161.; and straw, 11 8s to 1/ Ns per load.
Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations.
WIIITICOHAPRL.—Meadow hay, 2/ .Os to 4t 10s; clover
ditto. 3' Os to 6' 04 ; and straw. 1/ 6s to 1/ 124 per load.
A full average supply and a sluggish demand.

MEAT MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—EaeII kind of meat was
in moderate request, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Oil to 4s 6d;
Mutton, 3s 2d to 48 Bil • Veal, 3s Oil to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4,1
to 48 8d per 81bs, by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, Sept. 27.—The supplies of each kind of stock
were very moderate, and a steady business was transacted,
se follows : —Beef, from 3s 4(1 to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to
5A 01 ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s Od. ; Pork, 38 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs,
to sink the offals.
ROM FORD, Sept. 27.—We had a very firm market to-day,
and prices were on the advance. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od. ;
Mutton, 3s 4dto 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 41; Pork, 3s 4d
to 4s 8d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each.

• ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The inhabitants of this port were startled this morning
by the intelligence that the fine new screw steamer
City of Philadelphia, Captain Leitch, which sailed from
this port for the town after which she is named on the
30th ult., had been lost off Cape Race on the 9th inst.
On inquiry it was discovered to be too true. The news
reached this port by the schooner Venus, Captain Bart-
lett, which arrived in the Mersey last night, from' St.
John's, N. 8., after a very fine run of thirteen days,
having left on the 13th inst. The following particulars
we find in the St. John's Express of the 12th inst. :
"We regret having to announce that the fine new
screw steamer, City of Philadelphia, Captain Leitch, of
2,100 tons, was stranded at Chance Cove, about 74
miles north of Cape Race, on Thursday night last.
This steamer, built for the Liverpool and Philadelphia
line, was on her first voyage, and was only eight days
and a few hours out from Liverpool, with a valuable
cargo and 540 passengers. She was proceeding under
full pressure of steam, at the rate of between nine and
ten miles an hour, when shortly after eleven o'clock, the
night being very dark, with heavy rain, she struck on
Cape Race, and being backed off she was run into
Chance Cove, the only place in the vicinity, and where
she now lies in three fathoms water. She leaked so

badly, that by the time she ran aground at Chance Cove
the water had extinguished the fire in the furnaces.
Providentially no lives were lost, and as soon as the
daylight enabled them to see about them, the passengers
were landed and tents pitched, where they remained
until Saturday morning, when the Telegraph Company's
►steamer Victory, coming in from the westward, ran in
to their assistance, and brought about half the passengers
on to this port, and having landed them on Sunday
morning, returned fur the remainder, with whom she
arrived yesterday morning. She left last night with a
number of persons on board, with the view of rendering
every possible assistance in endeavouring to save the
vessel and cargo. On Sunday a party of military, under
command of Lieutenant Law, was despatched for the
protection of property. The passengers have been pro-
vided with lodgings by Messrs. Brooking, Lloyd's
ageets, who have also chartered some sailing ♦essels,
and despatched them for the passengers' luggage. We
understand that the City of Philadelphia cost about
0,000/., and that the value of her cargo is about an equal
s.um. She was built in compartments, but the concus-
sion when she struek was so violent that the bulk-heads
were started and rendered useless.

The agent■ for Lloyd's have been prompt and un-
ceasing in their attention to the important duties apper-
taining to their responsible office, and it is pleasing to
learn that everythii,g possible has been effected, not only in
reference to the vessel and cargo, but fur the comfort of
passengers, who, with the greater part of the luggage,
have been conveyed here.
The unfortunate passengers, on reaching St. John's,
N. 8., bore testimony (as will be seen by the following
letter) to the energy and skill possessed by the com-
mander, Mr. Robert Leitch.
" Dear Sir—We, the undersigned passengers by the
s.s. City of Philadelphia, desirous of expressing our ap-
preciation of your conduct and confidence in your abili-
ties, take this opportunity of rendering our heartfelt
thanks and deep obligations for the judgment and skill
shown during our late misfortune, and consider that our
providential •od almost miraculous preservation is to be
attributed (under God's blessing) to the presence of
mind and energy manifested by you during the most
trying period. We also desire to acknowledge the exer-
tions of the officers under your command."
The agents at Liverpool (Messrs. Richardson,
Brothers, and Co., of Tower-buildings) have received
the following communication from Captain Leitch,
written at St. John's, N.B. :—" It is my painful duty
to record the loss of the City of Philadelphia.. She
struck on Cape Race, on the night of the 7th, at
11.15 p.m., in a fog. After sounding outside of the ship
and in the hold, backed off immediately. Finding the
ship making much water, kept her close to shore, and
made the best of our way north, in order to reach this
place if possible ; but the water gaining so fast I was
obliged to lay her on the beach in Chance Cove, about
six miles north of the Cape, fortunately a sandy beach,
where we succeeded in landing all the passengers safely.
I have obtained from here, and have on board of asmall
steamer, diving dresses, pumps, engines (fire), &c., for
doing all I can to get the ship afloat again. I sent one
of the officers down, who states that the extent of da-
mage is very small, so that with a diving apparatus we
may be able to stop the leak."
The announcement in the Liverpool Underwriters'
Room, from St. John's, 12th, adds to the above :—" The
weather has been rough the last day or two, and it is
feared the vessel will suffer severely. She was only eight
days eight hours from Liverpool to Cape Race."
The City of Philadelphia is the second steamer belong-
ing to the same company which has been unfortunate
during the present year—the first, the City of Glasgow
(whose place on the line she was destined to fill), having
sailed from this port on the first of March, and not hav-
ing since been heard of.