The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The crew of the steam-tug
Royal Charter, and of the boat John, 13 in nureher,
seized in this harbour lately by the Coast Guard, under
Lieutenant Brown, of the Portsmouth-harbour Station,
together with the guard under Lieutenant Scott, of the
Southsea Castle Station, having been charged before the
borough magistrates with the attempt to smuggle 150
half-ankers of spirits on the night of the 1611 inst., have
all been convicted, each respectively in the penalty of
1001., which not being provided, they are severally under-
going six months imprisonment in the borough gaol.
This was the most important " venture " made in latter
years on this part of the coast, and the officers concerned
in the seizure deserve great credit for their zeal and vigi-
lance in intercepting the parties and their illegal cargo,
The Court leaves Osborne to-morrow morning for
London.

The Cuckoo steam. vessel, Commander H. DumareFq,
sailed this afternoon for Jersey, to resume her station
for the protection of the fishery.
The S7lvia cutter has been completely fitted and got
ready for sea in the Camber, from which she hauled out
to day, yet she has not hoisted the pendant.
Wind —N.E. by N. ; moderate and dark hazy weather.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Gladiator, 6, sailed on Wednesday, and the Diligence
transport, with stores, on Thursday, both for Pembroke.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Jasper arrived on Friday
from a survey, and having coaled, returned to her ground
in the Bristol Channel.

The masts of her Majesty's brig Harlequin were taken
out and sent to the yard on WedLesday. Her crew were
paid off on Thursday.
On Wednesday her Majesty's ship Albion 90, was
towed from her moorings by the Confiance steamer, in
compliance with Admiralty orders for her to be docked
and have her copper examined, preparatory to being put
in commission. On Thursday, however, these orders
were countermanded.

Her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Henry W.
Bruce, having had her copper examined and repaired,
was taken out of dock on WednescLy; she was paid off
on Friday. Her crew havo been placed on board the
Bellona receiving ship. Yesterday the steamer Sala-
mander went alongside to take seamen and marines to
Chatham. When parting company the usual cheering
took place. One tar, on the steamer poop, was so en-
thusiastic that when waving his hat he overbalanced him-
self, and fell into the sea. He sank twice before he was
picked up, and was then so much exhausted that it be-
came necessary to convey him immediately to the Royal
Naval Hospital.
The Jlibernia, 104, Captain Wise, is expected here to
be paid off in about a week, from Malta. The whole of
her officers, it is said, will be transferred to the Queen,
110, on her being recommissioned.
Her Majesty's ship Daedalus, 19, has been inspected
by Admiral-Superintendent Sir John Louis, Bart,, pre-
paratory to her being reported ready for commission.
The Calliope, 26, is ordered to be fitted for foreign

service.
When the Alarm was paid off here last week, the
ship's company sent for one of their late shipmates, called
Johnson, who accidentally had his arm blown off while
firing a gun on board the Alarm last summer, and was
in consequence obliged to be discharged, and each of the
ship's company, upon receiving their pay, gave him a
present of money.
Mr. Samuel Angier has been appointed to fill the va-
cancy of first-class inspector of shipwrights, at the De-
vonport dockyard, vice Kemp, superannuated some
months since; salary 150/. per annum. A master and
two foremen are to be appointed to superintend the
smiths, the former at a salary of 250/. per annum; the
first foreman 1501., and the second 1251. per annum.
This arrangement will not affect the present holders, nor,
is the master to be immediately appointed. The present
system of placing the superintendent of the smiths under
the chief engineers will be discontinued.
The Grecian was unmasted and the crew raid off
to-day.
The Ranger brig was undocked to-day, masted, and
taken to the jetty to be rigged. She is to convey the
June mail to the coast of Africa.
The steamers Basilisk and Niger are to start on
Tuesday for a trial cruise of ten days, when their rela-
tive rates of sailing and steaming are t,) be tested.
The artisans of the dockyard were not paid wages on
Friday, as usual, in consequence of the crew of her Ma•
jetty's ship Queen having been paid on that day. The
artisans received their pay on Saturday.
Off the Start, on Saturday morning, the 24th inst.,

the emigrant ship Aden, for -AustraliZran into a fish.
ing boar, and carried away her mast and gear. The
Aden left Plymouth for her destination this afternoon,
but has put back in consequence of contrary winds.
The Derelict Galliot Hermanna.—The crew of this
ship, which was brought in here abandoned on the 31st
of March last, arrived in New York on the 16th of
April, on board La Duchesse d'Orleans, Captain
Richardson, from Havre, for New York, which vessel
came in contact with the galliot off the Eddystone.
Wind.—S. W., fresh breeze, and thick weather.

GREAT FIRE NEAR OXFORD-STREET.—Last nigh_
shortly after 9 o'cleck, a fearful fire, which was not ex
tinguished until nearly midnight, and not until a plan.
tity of property had been destroyed, broke out in then
heim-street, Oxford-street. The premises were formerly
in the tenure of the celebrated Dr. Brookes, but at the
present time were in the occupancy of Messrs. Alderson
and Sons, lead merchants and pew tererY. The flames
originated, from some cause at present unknown, in the
warehouse adjoining the Blenheim Dispensary. That
building, containing a vast quantity of oil, turpentine,
and other equally inflammable articles, caused the fire to
progress with unusual swiftness, so that before an engine
had time to reach the place the warehouse and all it con-
tained became wrapped in one immense sheet of flame.
This caused a general turn-out of the firemen, and forth-
with the engines of the parish, London Brigade, and
West of England Insurance Company, from the station
in the Waterloo-road, arrived. The flames at that
time were progressing so fearfully that the total
destruction of the dispensary appeared inevitable;
the firemen, however, set their engines to work,
and did all that was possible to save the latter building
from the ravages of the flames. Another warehouse,
belonging to Messrs. Alderson, running under the dis-
pensary, whilst the firemen were at work, also became
ignited, when the whole force w& brought to bear upon
it, but in spite of which the fire continued to spread, and
as the water was scattered upon the blazing oil and
spirits it caused them to rise still higher, until the whole
neighbourhood was in danger. The firemen, finding
that no good could be accomplished by working the en-
gines upon the vats of oil which were on fire, had the
hose from the engines conveyed round the burning pre-
mises, and by that means they were enabled to raceme
pass the flames on every side, but it was not until the
extensive warehouse in uhich they originated was
burned out, its valuable contents consumed, the building
under the dispensary severely damaged by fire and
water, and the lecture-room of the dispensary injured by
fire, &c., the flouring in several places being obliged to
be cut away so that the men could discharge the water
on the fire. The whole damage, it is stated by some of
the firemen, will not be far short of 2,0001,
CAUTION TO MASTERS OF VESSELS BRINGING
PASSENGERS FROM IRELAND.—The Cardiff Guardian
says—Jasper Travers, master of the James, of Kinsale,
appeared on Thursday last, at the Town hall, Newport,
before the Mayor and 'T. Hughes, Esq., to answer an
information for having carried forty passengers more than
allowed by his license, from Cartmasliery, in Ireland,
to that port.—RichardTrew, assistant tide-surveyor of
the customs, proved that defendant's vessel arrived on
the 22d inst., with 119 adults and 78 children—passengers
on board; and also 16 horses and 30 sheep—all confined
together in the hold, the vessel being only 78 tons re-
gister! She was much over-crowded, and in a very of-
fensive state on her arrival. Witness said he never saw
such starved and miserable looking beings in all his life.
The defendant's license allowed him to carry only 98
passengers; and calculating the children as three for one
adult passengers, he had on board 47 more than the num-
ber allowed.—Mr. Frost, tide-surveyor, produced the
ye:sera register and the license he received from the de-
fendant; also his cargo-book, in which he had entered
only 61 passengers.—The defendant said he did not
know the number he had on board, and produced Ni-
cholas Welsh, one of the passengers, to prove that he
( Welsh) had smuggled two friends on board.—The case
being clearly proved, Travers was fined 2001., being 54
each for 40 passengers; in default of payment he was
committed to Usk house of correction for two!months.
THE Wurrsuer HOLIDAYS.—The unpropitious wea-
ther of yesterday considerably damped the ardour of the
holiday•makers. Vast numbers, however, made their
way down to the different spots of suburban amusement.
The chief point of attraction, as usual, was Greenwich.
Here the railway and numerous steam-vessels continued
throughout the day to land crowds of pleasure-seekers,
the numbers increasing as occasional cessations of the
rain gave promise of fairer weather. Richardson's and
the Crown and Anchor both occupied their usual ground,
and the caterers for public amusement found to their
cost that their speculations had been on the losing side.
At Stepney, Chalk Farm, Battersea, and Wandsworth,
similar preparations were attended with a like result,.
The British Museum and National Gallery did not re-
ceive one half the usual amount of patronage, the num-
ber of visitants averaging
only 200 per hour. The Tower,
the United Service Museum, St. Paul's Cathedral, the
College of Surgeons, and the other scientific and popular
places of research and amusement, though not absolutely
deserted, were considerably thinned of their customary
holiday frequenters.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE FROM EXCESSIVE
DRINKING.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Adelaide public-
house, Hackney-road, on the body of Elizabeth Taylor,.
aged 33. It appeared that the deceased was the
to wife of
a cab proprietor, and was unfortunately addicted very
d
intemperate habits. Her favourite liqaufora
waaas
pintmg onfin, n
ht that
she was in the practice of drinking h
spirit every morning before breakfast, and
ten half pints during the day. O Friday last she n
re-
turned home in a state of intoxication,
d_
and about two
hours afterwards she was discovoerne
thelitnagble was found in a bed, ap-
parently in a dying condition.
poison, which was quite
empty. Mr. Langley, a
a phial, labelled laudanum,
peon, was called in, and re-
sha rvgi
p_uf,cTheamsepdorlaaurydainnusamnitayt
cognised the deceits BS
his shop that morning. V
from excessive drinking.
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REIGATE HORSE AND CATTLE FAlR.—Yesterday
at this fair the supply of horses was unusually large. The
very prime young cart was in great demand, obtaining
high prices, 60 to 75 guineas, even up to 80 guineas
being given for some very splendid animals for London
work; smaller sorts, suitable for farmers, 30 to 45
guineas each. Nags for riding or driving sold freely,
sound and young making from 40 to .50 guineas each,
second rate 25 to 35 guineas each. In the cattle fair the
trade was brisk, and better prices obtained, the North
Devons thiee year olds making from 9/. to 111., Scots 71,
to 91., Herefords. 8/. to 101.. Irish 41. .to 61. 'per head,
Sussex cows with calves let to 121. in calvers .81. to 101.
per head. The store beasts were nearly all sold, the
jobbers haying bought largely to send into the marshes.

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Colchester
Harwich ...... 400 58 330 780 415
Leigh
Maldon ... 1397 113 223 10 1120
COLCHESTER, MAY 96.—Wheat, white 48s to 525; red 401
to 46s ; barley 26s to 30s ; beans, mazagan 24s to 265; middle

and small 2t3s to 325.; peaa 30s to 34s per qr.
HA DDINGTON, MAY 25.—The following are the prices o
grain at our market to-day :
W heat. Barley. Oats. Bean&
First ... ... 48s Od 23s 6d 20s Od 80e Od
Second ... ... 455 Od 23s 4d 18s 10d 28s 6d
Third ... .. 38s Od 24s 6d 16s Od 27s Od'
Total quantity of Wheat in market 337 qrs., 410 sold
Do. Barley do. 149 qrs., 127 sold,
Do. Oats do. 281 qrs., 271 sold
- Do. Beans do. 54 qrs., 54 sold
KIRKA LOY, MAY 26.—The following are the quotations
up to this date :
Wheat.
First 50s Od
Second 48s Od
1 Third 43s Od

Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas.
27s Od 20s 6d —s Od —s Oa
25s Cd 18a 6d —s Od --s Od
21s Od 16s 6d —s Od —a Od

Oatmeal, Der bag of 2801bs. imp.. 126sioOd:
GLASGOW, MAY 24.—Provisions—Cheese, 341 to 40. Od
per cwt • retail, 40 to bd per lb. Skim milk, Os Od to N per
cwt. dountry fresh butter, 9d to 10d per lb ; Irish pow-
dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 80
to 9d. Country eggs, 10d per dozen; carried hen ditto, 55 Od
per hundred, or find per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair ; ducks,
25 6d.

-
BERWICK, MAY 24.9--Wheat, 42s Od; barley, 23s .9d;
oats, lis 74d ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 00s Od ; peas, 003 Od ate-
rage per imperial quarter.
KELSO, MAY 25.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, 335
to 37s Od ; barley, new, 16s .64 to 19s ; ditto old, Os Od to
Os ; potato oats, Os to Os Od ; ditto new, 13s to 14s Od ; emu-
mon oats, lls Cad to 13s ; ditto new, Os Od to Os Od ; peas, 225
to 25s Od ; beans, 21s to 22s per boll of six imperial bushels.
HAWICIC, MAY 24.—Wheat, new, 34s Od to 39s Od; ditto
old, uos Od to 00s Od ; barley, new, 17s to 21s ; potato oats.
14s Oil to 15s 6d ; common oats, lls to 14s Od ; peas, 231 Od
to 25s Od ; beans, 23s Od to 25, Od per boll of six impeOsi
bushels.

STIRLING, MAY 25.—Wheat, foreign, 211 s to 26s Od; ditto
home, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 21. 9d to ON ; barley, per,
boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 161 9d to 20s Od;
oats common, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, lOs Od to 12. 6d ;
ditto Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; mait
distillers, 35s Od to 385 ; - ditto brewers, 37s Od to 39s ' • beans,
per boll, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 13s Od to 14. 6d; riot
15s Od to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 36s to :Is ; ditto ooromou
ditto, 25s Od to 26s 6d; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to 050 d;
ditto new 26s 6d to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 81c1 to Os Od;
fresh butter, per lb. ad
,to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6d to 7d;
hay per ton, 42s to 455.
PERTH, MAY 24.—Wheat, 42s Od to 48s Od ; barley, 2111-
to 24s Od ; oats, 16s to 18s ; peas and beans, 23s Od to 26$ Od"
per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s t 0.285.
FALKIRK, MAY 24. —The supply of grain in this dsT'll
market was 696 bolls; wheat at his Od to 23s Od per boll ;-
barley, 183 Od to 20s Od ; oats, 12s 6d to 14s 9d; beans, 13$ 9d.
to 16s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.

COAL MAREiE

Bate's West Hartley 13s 6cl;
Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d
Carr's Hartley
Hastiug's Hartley l4s 3d
North Percy Hartley l3s 6d
Old rantield

T.—YESTERDAY.
;Killingworth l4O 3d,
Northumberland
Eden Main.. ... • l6s
_,Ua
Larribton Primrose
Belmont ... lsa 3cl
I,Bell
lilletton
I:Lambton
I[Stewart's
Caradoc .....
Haugh Hall
I Deuisen
[ Seymour Tees
WhitworthCoke
l Ships at market, 86.

Ord's Redheugh
Ravens worth's W.Hart 13s 6dl
Townley
Wylam