The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

E BEI Ni LONDON,

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

nay =art= -oar's.
SMITHFIELD.—bIeadow Hay, 21 53 to 3/ 123; (;Iv,r
ditto, 31 04 to 4/ 1031 and Straw, 1/ 43 io 1/ lOs F,.r
load. A full average supply, and a dull trade.
CUMUERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8, fl, 8/ 15i- Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 41 10s; and Straw, 1/ Gs to li lOs per
load. Supply rather limited, and trade (lull.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 55 to 31 15;
Clover, ditto, 315 s to 4/ 123; and Straw, 1/43 to 1/ lOs per
load. Trade heavy, at the above quotations.
CZLOPTIAL.
SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation centinues
heavy, at 6d decline since this day week. Sales 520
hhds, including 133 hhds. Barbadoes, by auction, from
36s 6d to 395, and 16 casks cry stalizad Demerara at 423
to 44s 6d; 620 bags Mauritius sold at a reduction of 6d;
very low to good brown, 293 6d to 335; grey, 35s t )365; and
mid to good yellow, 35s 6d to 38s. 7,180 bags Bengal
chiefly found buyers at a further decline of 6d per cwt
Becares descriptions, but at full prices for Wier sorts,
mid to tine white chrystalized 43s to 475 63, low to good
white Benares 37s 6d to 403, and good to fine yellow
date 37s to 38s 63; 900 boxes yellow Havannah, viz.,
500 (duty paid) sold privately at 40, to 41s, and 400
(in bond) at 2ls to 22s 6d. The quantity of British
Plantation landed last week at the East and West India
Docks was 1,405 hhds 126 tierces 299 barrels; there
were taken for home consumption 1,491 hhds 225 tierces
830 barrels. The stock in the same places was 19,712
hhds 2,826 tierces 5,013 barrels.
COFFEE.—Privately 1,000 bags Rio sold at a reduction
of 21s to 22s 6d.

BUm.—The quantity of British Plantation landed last
week at the East and West India Docks was 750 puns
59 Mule, there were taken for home consumption 214
puns 2.5 hhds, and exported 123 puns 106 hhds. The
stock in the same places was 23,408 puns 2,028 hhds.
Rice:.-375 bags Bengal sold steadily at 94 to lls for
low to good white.

SALTPETRE.-300 bags Bengal realised 263 to 26s 6d
for 12 and 11; per cent. refraction.
SPICES.-486 bags Malabar Pepper were withdrawn
above the value.
TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 378 6:1 per cwt on the spot, and
Town 39s 6d.
COTTON.—Speculation continues active in this article,
and at very full prices.
TEA.—The public sales are going off very flatly to-
day, but about 1,200 chests of Old Common Congcu sold
freely, at a reduction of id to id per lb.
TH

E DREADFUL EXPLOSION IN
BERMONDSEY.—(THIS DAY.)
The inquest on the four unfortunate individuals
who fell Tiatims to the awfal eiplo3ioni that occurred
a few days bine; in Brook-street, Bermondsey, took
place to-day at one o'clock, before Mr. Carter, the
coroner for East Surrey, at the King John's Head,
Abbey street, Bermondsey. The four unfortunate
individuals are George Barlow, 46; William Barling,
20; James Barling, 4 ; and Thomas .Barling, 18
months; and the cause of the death, our
readers will recollect, was the explosion of a
large quantity of fire-works in Brook•sfreet, Ber-
mondsey, where the father of three of the deceased
carried on the business of a fire-work maker. The
accident took place on Friday last, and the elder
Mr. Barling and his wife,:with two other persons, are
now lying dangerously ill of the injuries they have
received at Guy's Hospital.
The Beadle, in answer to the questions of the
Coroner, said that it would be impossible to identify
the bodies of the deceased, and that with respect
to three of the persons in the hospital, it might be
months before they were sufficiently recovered, if
they ever did recover, to give their evidence.
Mr. Burling might or might not recover
in a few days. Two of the children of
Mr. Barling might give some account of
how many individuals were in the house at the time
of the accident, but that was uncertain.
The jury having been sworn, and shortly addressed
by the Coroner on their duties, proceeded to view
the bodies, and on their return

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
A sparkling little novelty, in the shape of a
one act farce, entitled The Major's Daughter,
was brought out for the -first time last night at
this theatre. The author is evidently no novice
in the art of dramatic literature, and, whilst avoiding
the old stage conventionalities for the production of
effect, he has relied upon his dialogue and incident ;
the result has been a merited success. Mr. Blushley
(Mr. Forman) is an original character ; and in these
days of French translation it is agreeable to find a
thoroughly English piece upon our stage. The cha-
racter of Lydia (Miss Louisa Howard) is light and
spiritual ; she is made to come out of very embar-
rassing circumstances indeed in a manner far re-
moved from the gross or vulgar. In all this the
author's powers were well tested. We cannot con-
elude this notice without rendering a just tribute to
Mr. IVigan's development of the free and easy Mr.
Septimus Offhand. 'the piece was deservedly sue.
cessful, and the author was loudly called for. The
other entertainments were Don Giovanni and The
First Night.

itichard Henderson, the foreman of the London
Fire Brigade, was examined—On Friday last he was
called to a fire in New Brook-street, Bermondsey,
about ten o'clock at night. On arriving with his
engine, he found the dwelling-house No. 4, in
that street, nearly burnt out. There were two
engines there before him. About half an hour after
he arrived the fire was extinguished. Witness then
went into the ruins with his lamp, and after
ordering the engine to be made up, he looked
about among tte ruins again, and found the
remains of a full-grown person lying with, his head
to the parlour window ; he was in a perfect state of
nudity, his clothes having been burnt off. Such was
the state of mutilation that witness could not dis-
cover the sex. The body was removed, and in the act
of doing so another was discovered on the left hand
side of the parlour. This body was laying on its
back and was as much mutilated as: the other ; the
features were entirely destroyed. Witness put the
bodies under the care of the parochial authorities.
Another search was made among the ruins, to see if
any other bodies could be found, but that night no
further bodies were found. Witness had no doubt
death arose from the fire, but he had seen bodies worse
burnt.
[The inquiry was proceeding when our report left.]

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES.
8 to 1 agst Lord Clildea's Rathmines, 5 yrs, 6st 71b
10 to 1 agst Mr.Fowler'sßibaldry, 4 yrs, Est 101 b—t
12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby, 3 yrs, sst 10113
13 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Woolwich, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b
14 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Crucible, 3 yrs, sst 121 b—t
16 to 1 agst Mr. Roles Collingwood, 6 yrs, 9st 41b
20 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain, 3 yrs,
sst 51b—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Malton, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—t
25 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanguard, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
25 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Joe o' Sot, 5 yrs,
6st 10Ib
25 to 1 agst Mr. Drew na Minimum, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
—taken and afterwards offered
33 to 1 agst Mr. Campbell's Robert de Brus, 3 yrs,
sst 1016
50 to 1 agst Sir J. Gerard's Fitzpatrick, 3 yrs, sst 716
—3,000 to 30 laid once
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman 4 yrs,
7st 101 b
200 even on the field agst Ratbmmes, Raby, Wool-
'wich, Iron Duke, Mahon, Crucible, Rienzi, and Ribaldry.
The odds quoted agst Rathmines were currently
offered ; the only bet, we believe, was 100 to 10.
Ribaldry, on the other hand, was in high favour, a con-
siderable sum having been laid out at 10 and 12 to 1.
Legerdemain was backed for two or three hundred
Pounds, at 15 and 20 to 1; Fugleman for about the same
amount, at 50 to 1 and 1,000 to 15, The betting in other
respects was unimportant.

DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton'a Knight of Avenel
18 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—t
20 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—takes and
afterwards offered
20 to 1 agst Mr. Wadlow's Clincher
30 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Moultan—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Brother to Epirote—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Henry's Pitsford
40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Penang--taken
The backers of Ghillie Callum and Moultan offere I to
go on. Offers to lay 1,000 to 30, or to take 40 to 1 about
Pitsford.

DINNER TO SIR JAMES CARNEGIE, BART.---.Sir
James Carnegie', of Southesk, Bart., was on Thursday
entertained ut dinner in the Mill Inn, Stonehaven, by
the Lieutenantcy of the county, as a mark of respect to
the Honourable Baronet on his appointment to the high
office of Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire. R. Bar-
clay Allardice, Esq., of Ury, the senior Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, presided—and the duties of the Vice-Chair were
performed by William lanes, Eq., of Raemoir. Up-
wards of thirty gentlemen sat down to dinner, among
whom were tf.e Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.; Sir
John Stuart Forbes, of Pitsligo, Bart.; Sir Alexander
Burnet, of Leys, Bart.; Captain Carnegie, Kim aird
Castle; Mr. Irvine Boswell, of Kincaus4e; Mr. Grant,
of Eclesgreig; Major M'lnroy of The Burn; Mr.
Thomson, of 13anchory; Mr. Kinloch, of Park; Mr.
Gordon, of Avochie; Mr. Mactier, of Durris; Mr. Car-
Christie, dMr. Elora Burnett, of Tillyboy; Capt.
Eastland Cottage; Mr. Lines, of Cowie House;
Mr. Gibbon, of Johnston; Mr. Dickson, Brotherton;
Mr. Hepburn, of Ric carton; Mr. Stewart, of Hilton;
Captain Burnett Ramsay; Captain Taylor R.N., &c.
The chair was supported on the right by Sir John Stuart
'orbes, and on the left by the Right lion. W. E. Glad-
stone.—Cakdonian Mercury,
CLIFTON.—We ought to record with thankfulness
that our beautiful village of Clifton still remains exempt
from the dire disease which has so fatally prevailed in
other places; its pure air and pure springs of water
from the surrounding hills rtnder it ono of the most
attractive of residences. We cannot but:admire the (forts
tnade to beautify and adorn it iu all quarttrs; but our
attention has been particularly directed to the renova-
li3", of Richmond-terrace, which seems to have restored
m
.ic'as
d 1 pristine attractions to that excellent row of cumin°.
wellings; and when the small part of the ter-
race left untouched has been put into proper
it R
Jill vie with its juvenile competitors on thebill.—Bl
istol
ournai
A NEW DODGE.—The Yorhshireman states that
,r-Ine r
-lane. havingfs been sons to diztrain at a house in
Wltte found the tenant suffering under a dr(adtul
at ate of kodiately ocholera, and flAi in alarm. He recovered im-
n their departure.

thought it my duty to state its existence to you, an d AD. E,PHI THEATRE:
hope that you will take my communication into due Mrs. Banbury's Spaims, a slippery, tr;ppery,
consideration. Any further exp!anation you might v.ia,On . „Rack written by Mr. Stirl:ng Couie—rhe principil
upon the subject I shall be glad to give, if ou will
charact rs by Mr. Wright, Mr. P,,til Bs-Word, Mr.
apply to Messrs. Gronsund, ship agents, of your •piece.
0. Smith, and Mrs. Frank Mathews ; such was the
I am, Sir, your obedient s,.,rvalit,
" LAI:RITZ M. GrIT z s.w. announcement in the Adelphi bills, an announcement
which everybody who knows the Adelphi also knows
" Formerly C .aanander or tae Skjold.
"To Cantain G. A. Halstead, Esq., li.N., Secretary at denotes a foregone conclusion of a regular Adelphi
Lloyd's, London. screamer, overflowing with Adelphi fun, and con• POSITION OF THE REEF IN THE. RIVER LA PLATA. clodirg with a regular Adelphi triumph. No one is
" The Mount with Monte Video W. :1 N. by ' COM- more au fait than Stirling Coyne at seizing any
pass.' prevailing novelty and devoting it to Adelphi Fur-
" The Capitanis, at Ber'co, in en-f with the Windmill poses; and Mrs. Banbury's Spoons is neither more
at Oribes encampment—bearing N. by W. per C,rapass. nor less than the Pas des Patineurs which last
" Latitude 34 deg. 57 min. 30 sec. south.
" Longitude 56 deg. 5 min. west Greenwich. season created such a furore at her Majesty's Theatre
Coined into an Adelphi farce. We have Wright
" The chart I have been using was published by
Norte, London, 1846." masquerading first in a Hungarian c)stume, and
then as a Bavarian broom girl, and committing
all sorts of ludicrous extravagances; Paul Bedford
polling on the ice as a harlequin, with Mrs. F. Mat-
, thows attired as a Hungarian lady, and 0. Smith
appearing, first as a baker, and then as the devil. The
scene of the skate dancing is the lake at the Surrey
Zoological Gardens, and the Pus des Frdel;rs aril the
Pas des Patineurs were admirably danced by the
ladies and gentlemen of the Adelphi corps de bullet.
There was a Pierrot whose activity aui agility is
worthy of especial commendation. The piece con-
doles with a snow storm, and Wright speaks the
tig standing under an umbrella with Paul Bedford.
The announcement of its repetition was received with
shouts of applause. The house was, as usual, crammed
to the ceiling.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
A two act adaptation of the vaudeville Le Cheva-
lier d'.Essonne, which the acting of Mademoiselle
Nathalie rendered so popular a short time since at the
St. James's Theatre, was produced here last evening
under the title of A Lady in .Difficulties. The adap-
tation is from the pen of Planche, who has transferred
the scene of action from France to Prussia, and has
very judiciously condensed the three acts of the ori-
ginal into two. The lady in difficulties of the Eng-
lish version is a certain Madame Denhoff (Miss 11.
Gilbert), and her difficulties arise from the exceeding
friendship of Count Hutzmar (Mr. C. Mathews),
the son of the friend of her father. It ap-
pears that the brother of Madame Denhoff
having engaged in some political intrigues,
fancies he has cause to fear the vengeance of
Frederick of Prussia, and, in order to facilitate his
escape, his sister disguises herself in male attire, and
passes herself as her brother. This lady, thus dis-
guised, meets Count Hutzmar, and, believing her
to be the son of his father's old friend, declares
that he takes the young cavalier under his protection,
presents him vvi!li a commission in his own cavalry
regiment, and makes him a present of a handsome
charger, varying these most annoying kindnesses by
prolessicns of love for the, as he thinks, absent sister
of his friend. She is relieved at length from these em-
barrassments by the receipt of the intelligence of her
brother's safety, when she is enabled to explain
the real state of the case. In order to keep up her
assumed character, the lady has been obliged to make
but love to a poor village girl, the ward of a grasping
old hunx Puffengruntz, who is desirous of turning
her musical abilities to account for his own behoof.
The village girl was admirably performed by Miss
Kathleen Fitzwilliam, who introduced several new
ballads, which she sung deliciously; and the old-
guardian was played with great humour by Mr.
Frank Matthews. The great weight of the piece,
however, fell upon Mr. Charles Mathews, who acted
in Count nutznaar not only with that rattling volu-
bility in which he stands unrivalled, but also with a
warmth of feeling which made it a piece of genuine
comedy. He was admirably supported by Miss H.
Gilbert, who has added greatly to her fame by her
excellent impersonation of The Lady in Difficulties.
The success of the piece was complete, and there
were aloud calls for the author at the fall of the
curtain.