The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-27 00:00:00

when they permitted the suicide of the Duke DE
CHOISEUL PRASLIN.
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The proceedings of the Court-martial assembled at
Portsmouth on Wednesday, for the trial o ' JOHN
CoNNOR, a seaman of the Agincourt, 72 gun; for
striking his superior officer, are worthy of the most
serious attention. We do not complain of the deci-
sion of the Court in awarding the sentence of an igno-
minious death for a blow, and not a very severe one,
struck in the heat of passion, occasioned and aggra-
vated by drink. Indeed, they had no option, and
when they declared the charge fully proved, they
were bound to adjudge at the same time the extreme

penalty, the Act by which such courts were al-
lowed a discretion as to the nature and quantity of
punishment in similar cases, not coming into opera-
tion until the Ist of January next, and their earnest
recommendation to mercy sufficiently proved
that if it had been in their power, they
would have ordered a milder and more suit-
able punishment. We do, however, strongly
object to the Draconic severity of a code that could
not only sanction, but render imperative, such a
sentence for such an offence. It should not be per-
mitted to exist in a civilized and Christian land. A
slight alteration has, undoubtedly, been effected
during the past session, but it was by no means
adequate to the evil, affording a discretion to the
court, but it being still authorised to pass such a
sentence, if the majority of the members of which it
might be composed should decide thereon. The
character of the various provisions may be estimated
from that under notice ; and we do not hesitate to
say that the entire of the Articles of War should be
thoroughly revised, and the most extensive changes
effected therein.
The circumstances of the case were very simple.
There had been no combination or conspiracy of auy
kind which would render such an offence dan-

FRIGHTFUL
SWAM BOAT EXPLOSION

made a second and more successful attempt by
swallowing arsenic, in which case the question arises,
how was it possible for arsenic to be conveyed to the
Duke of PRASLIN in the prison of the Luxembourg
without the knowledge of the authorities ; for as to
the story told by the Journal des Debats, of the
swallowing, by the Duke, of a mixture of laudanum
and arsenic before his arrest, and which mixture
took a week to produce its effect, it is not only ab-
surdly improbable, but physically impossible. It is
not surprising, therefore, to find that the suspicion is
generally entertained that the Ministry, having had
enough of public investigations into the crimes of
those connected with the Court, in the case of M.
TESTE, (by the bye, who supplied M. TESTE with
the pistols with which he attempted suicide in this
same prison?) had purposely caused those precautions
to be neglected which are uniformly observed with
regard to accused persons of lower degree, in order
to prevent them from committing suicide. The
National, in the course of an article which will no
doubt produce a powerful effect on the susceptible
minds of the French people, after stating that three
hours after the discovery of the murder, the Duke
of PRASLIN was watched by M. ALLARD and his agents,
who did not lose sight of him for a moment, asks,
" How then, could he poison himself in their presence
without their having prevented him ? It was
only on the third day afterwards that some
mysterious expressions were dropped relative to
an attempt at suicide. The public, who were
aware that the accused was well guarded, did not
believe a word of it. The statement was repeated,
and details were added ; ' a phial of laudanum' was
found beside another bottle containing nitric acid ;
the first was empty, and it was insinuated that the
Duke might have swallowed the laudanum. Never-
theless, nothing was certain. The physicians who
attended him were watching the effects of the nar-
cotic. There were reports of spasms, of prostration
of strength, of extreme weakness. Nevertheless,
copious vomiting followed; but laudanum does not
cause vomiting. The treatment of the malady, which
appeared to vary every hour, was most strange. One
day the invalid was given broth and wine. The fol-
lowing day he was made to swallow a quantity of
ice, and in this situation he was surrendered to the
Court of Peers. He reached the prison on Saturday,
and a remarkable improvement in his condition was
announced. On Sunday the symptoms re-appeared.
He was interrogated on the Monday, and he could
scarcely answer. At five o'clock on Tuesday he slept
the sleep of the just! But then the cause was ascer-
tained. It was no longer laudanum, it was arsenic.
We are told that he took a considerable quantity of
it, and the first physicians, MM. ORFILA, ANDRAL,
and Um, never suspected that. They gave him
wine and ice! The symptoms of poisoning by ar-
senic are solittlestudied and so little known that three
physicians might have been deceived."
The Constitutionnel has the following just observa-
tions on the consequences likely to ensue from
elevating suioide into a privilege for the rich and
titled criminal:-
" If the honourable families which have the misfor-
tune to be allied to a great criminal can see without
regret a suicide which frees him from a more terrible
chastisement, it is not less true that a great social
interest demands that in every case justice should take
its course. In general, precautions are multiplied to
prevent prisoners from escaping by death from the pro-
ceedings of justice ; morality and example demand that
they should appear before their judges, and undergo
shame and remorse to the very end. The salutary
principle of equality before the law requires that suicide
may not be elevated to a privilege. A crime committed
amongst the higher classes of society is always a public
misfortune ; it weakens the confidence of the nation in
those who are placed at its head ; it furnishes to poor
obscure criminals a dangerous excuse ; it causes civili-
sation and intelligence to be calumniated. The repara-
tion and the expiation cannot therefore be either too
complete or too public. Whilst expressing on the
occasion of M. de Praslin's suicide those severe but
incontestable truths, we do not mean to accuse in any
way the authorities of having shut their eyes, and
allowed the prisoner to escape his trial by a 'voluntary
death. But it appears to us that the facility with which
H. de Praslin poisoned himself is perhaps the result
of a grave error of the Procureur-General Delangle,
which it is important to point out, and to put an end
to. If, in place of being merely garde a vue, the Duke
had been arrested and confined, it is probable that he
would not have found means to kill himself. The Pro-
cureur-General thought he could not incarcerate a Peer
of France without an express ordonnance of the Court of
Peers. Wo do not think that this scruple has the slight..
est foundation."
One effect of this case will undoubtedly be to de-
prive by law the Peers of France of the privilege
which they enjoy, of being exempt from arrest in all
criminal matters, except by the authority of the
Chamber, and if once the question of the abolition of
any of the privileges of the Peers is mooted, there is
no knowing to what, in the present temper of the
French people, it may not lead.
The Courtier Francais says-" The Austrisin
Ambassador at Paris has presented to the French
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occupation of Ferrara by the Austrians, says the it if
it were intended as a provocation by the Austri. sus,
the best manner to reply to to such a provocat iron
would be to remain orderly and calm, and show
that the snare was discovered. The Journal des
Debats would, probably, give similar advice if St. mis-
burg instead of Ferrara were occupied, " alw says
supposing " the dynasty got a " consideration " fo
The Gazette des Tribunaux announces that, in
consequence of a complaint addressed by the Mini later
of War to the Keeper of the Seals, and containing a
statement of facts implicating in a serious degree. a
person holding a high position in the War depa rt-
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118 f. 15c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2 ,3 of. ;
Rouen, 950 f. ; Havre, 598 f. 75c. ; Great Nort .11 ern,
537 f. 50c.; Avignon, 595 f.; Vierzon, 573 f. 7 5e.;
Bordeaux, 473 f. 75c. ; Dieppe, 270 f. ; Paris and
Strasburg, 391 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 3 :I'7of. ;
Paris and Lyons, 396 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avi pion,
448 f. 75c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 31f.
LYONS, AIJG. 23.-Paris and Rouen, 961 f. .'25c.;
Avignon and Marseilles, 608 f. 75c.; Vierzon, £701'.;
Orleans, 1,233 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT' THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 26.
Northern of France, 10%-Paris and Lyons, 3%- Paris
and Strasbourg, 314-Sambre and Meuse, 83/4.

gerous to the safety of the vessel, or calling for such
exemplary punishment. The prisoner had maintained an
excellent character during the entire time of his service,
a period of more than eight years and a half, and was
regarded by the officers under whom he served as
an exceedingly well-conducted man, there having
been but one trivial complaint preferred against him
during five years and seven months. Unfortunately,
on the morning of the 27th April, he was reported by
one of the naval cadets for some trifling offence, and,
being much excited and irritated thereat, had become
intoxicated, whether from obtaining additional
liquor, or from the quantity allowed having taken an
unusual effect in consequence of his great excitement,
it did not appear. When in that state of inebriation,
and speaking warmly on the subject, the cadet who
bad lodged the complaint came in his way, and
called out to him to make less noise, on which the
unfortunate man, who was infuriated almost
to madness, struck him a blow on the mouth ;
he was immediately taken into custody, and has been
kept in irons until the present time, a period of four
months.

We are well aware of the grave character
of the offence, and of the absolute necessity for put-
ting down, by the most stringent remedies, any act
of insubordination, or resistance to superior officers
in the execution of their duty ; but there are many
phases or shades of the crime, and scarcely any that
would warrant a capital punishment. It should be
seen whether the accused party was associated with
others, or was wholly isolated in the transaction—
whether a tendency to mutiny existed in the ship—or
whether the crew were contented and tranquil. Above
all, it should be ascertained whether the act arose
from any temporary ebullition of passion, or whether
it had been premeditated and brooded over. But the
article made no difference or distinction ; it dealt
with every variation of the act in the same
sanguinary and bloodthirsty spirit—a resistance to a
superior authority under any circumstances whatever
could only be adequately expiated by the death of the
offender. No matter how deeply his feelings had been
hurt, his passions aroused, or himself goaded to mad-
ness, by the taunts and insults of some beardless
tyrant, the slightest outbreak subjected him to a
painful and ignominious death. It is well known
how many opportunities exist of oppressing
sailors. A system of tyranny can be carried on for
months under which the best-conducted man will be
driven to desperation without being enabled to obtain
protection in any quarter. He is not merely subject
to the will and pleasure of one despot, who
may order him to be flogged without
trial, or even hearing him in his defence, nay,
with scarcely the necessity of assigning a reason
for the degrading and odious infliction ; but he has
many masters, any one of whom can render his life
miserable. There are so many meshes within which
he may be entangled, that no man can possibly escape
if a superior should conceive an animosity against
him. The greatest attention to his duties, the most
zealous discharge of everything required at his hands,
would be insufficient for his protection. What wonder
then, that we repeatedly hear of desertions from a
service where such things are tolerated, and where
even the remuneration is not proportioned to the toil,
or at all equivalent to that which the same individual
can obtain in the mercantile marine. No wonder
that seamen cannot be procured to man our fleet
without a considerable delay, and, perhaps,
the operations of the press-gang. We are
well convinced that our naval supremacy
would not be in any manner endangered by
the substitution of a more humane code for that
now in force for the government of our seamen.
Nay, we are convinced that the efficiency of our
navy would be increased, and its discipline
as adequately preserved, if our gallant seamen
were no longer treated as slaves, who could
only be coerced by brute force. At no
period could the experiment be more properly
made than at present, when, happily, we are at peace
with all the world, and when no rumoured wars dis-
turb our tranquillity. The changes might be
gradual, and such as that no risk could be incurred
by their adoption for a limited period. We will hope
that the next session may not be suffered to elapse
without putting the matter in train of settlement,
that the claims, the services, and the condition of
our gallant defenders may be fully considered, and
that every beneficial alteration compatible with the
efficiency of the service and the maintenance and
preservation of discipline may be effected.

In consequence of the military preparations of the
Sonderbund, the authorities of the canton of Ticino
have called out their military contingent, and it is
supposed that the other cantons who support the legi-
timate authority of the Federal Government will fol-
low this example. The case of the canton of Ticino
is a precedent which settles the question of the right
of interference on the part of the Federal Govern-
ment in continental matters. In 1815 the canton of
Ticino refused to submit to the orders of the Federal
Government, and the cantons composing the now re-
bellious Sonderbund were the first to insist on the en-
forcement of those orders, and on the supremacy of
federal over all cantonal government.

Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived.
The Herald() states that PACHECO, who continues
still in office, has demanded an audience of the KING,
to " submit to him the considerations of public in-
terest which exact the immediate reconciliation of the
royal pair." The Correo states that the reconcilia-
tion ought not to be despaired of.
It is said that the bank of San Fernando has
agreed to advance one-fourth of the loan of
100,000,000 reels.
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Interest, at 5/. r paper; and the Debt without

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papers of
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The Duke DE PRASLIN
Luxembourg,
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circumstances of his deathn in
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column. The
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the least, very suspicious. It is strange that, to
kept
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Under the immediate surveillance of the cleverest
police in the world, the Duke DE PRASLIN should
have managed to elude their vigilance, and thus
escape from justice. It is equally strange that M.
OnriLA and all the other physicians should have mis-
taken the symptoms of poisoning by arsenic for
those of poisoning by laudanum ; unless, indeed, we
adopt the hypothesis, that having made an unsuccess-
ful attempt at suicide by swallowing laudanum, he,
after his transfer to the prison of the Luxembourg,

(THIS DAY.)

FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
One of the most fearful steam-boat explosions that
has occurred either in this country or in America—so
proverbial for fearful accidents of the kind—during the
last few years, occurred this morning at the pier close to
the Fox-under-the-Hill, almost at the back of The Sun
office, between which and London-bridge the Cricket,
the Ant, and the Bee, three new and beautifully con-
structed steam-boats ply, carrying passengers at the
small fare of a halfpenny each. As may be imagined,
these boats, owing to the small cost at which they
carry passengers, receive a vast amount of public
patronage, particularly at the end of the week, owing
to the numbers who avail themselves of the accom-
modation they afford in conveying goods between
Billingsgate, Newgate-market, and the western por-
tion of the metropolis.
Shortly before half-past nine o'clock this morning'
whilst the first mentioned boat—the Cricket—which
had on board from 150 to 200 persons of all ages and
of both sexes, was about to start with her human
freight to London-bridge, her boiler burst with a
terrific explosion. Several of the passengers were
blown into the air and fell into the river—others fell
on the deck from a considerable height—and when
the immense cloud of steam and smoke had in some
degree evaporated, it was found that the decks were
covered with the injured and the dying, that the
sides of the boat had been blown outwards, and that
several persons were in the after-cabin, which had
been driven several feet below the ordinary water
mark, and that it had been filled with water.
Assistance was immediately rendered from the
pier and by watermen, when it was found that
upwards of fifty persons had been more or less
injured. Owing to the great excitement that
prevailed, and the crowds that almost effectually
blocked up all access to that part of the river, great
difficulty was experienced in getting anything like
authentic information of the horrible disaster. A
generally credited rumour was afloat that several
bodies were under the boat and the adjacent barges.
From a careful investigation we have ascertained that
upwards of eight bodies were picked up and conveyed
in shells to the workhouse. The stoker, who was
killed, was amongst them. The call-boy is lying in
a dying state at the hospital. Up to twelve o'clock
more than twelve persons had been taken to the
hospital, some of whom were seriously injured. The
dead are mostly men and boys. We are informed that
but one woman was amongst them. Several women were
on board. The number injured cannot be correctly
estimated, as those who had the good fortune to
escape with a few scratches or bruises made the best
of their way from the scene of the acciient. Several
fragments of wood and iron were blown a consider-
able distance, and‘we were informed that the houses
in the immediate locality were shaken to their founda-
tion. The tide is flowing up, and twenty or thirty
men are busily engaged in trying to raise the sunken
part of the boat, in order to recover any bodies that
may be in that part of the boat.
The other boats immediately ceased running.
Great credit is due to James Dodd, Jeremiah
Leary, John Conner, and Joseph Taylor, who are
employed as coal-heavers at Smith and Sharpe's,
Waterloo-wharf, which is situated close to the
pier. As soon as the accident occurred, and be-
fore the consequences could be known, or whether
or not a second explosion might not occur, these
brave fellows rushed into the water, waded to the
wreck, and succeeded in saving many of their fellow-
creatures from death. It is not the first time these
brave fellows have risked their lives to save those
of others. Whenever any accident occurs on the
river in the neighbourhood of the wharf these men
are always among the first to render assistance. An
eyewitness who was standing at the wharf at the
time of the accident, states that he saw a young
woman with a child in her arms blown up into the
air by the force of the explosion, they fell into the
river, and were never afterwards seen.
This vessel, like the Ant and Bee, was fitted up
with Joyces's high-pressure engines, with oscilliating
cylinders, and the awful calamity was no doubt
caused by an undue pressure of steam. Both ends of
these steamers, belonging to the " halfpenny com-
pany," as it is termed on the river, are alike, and
there is a rudder and tiller at each end of the vessel,
to enable the masters to steer them without the in-
convenience of turning round on leaving the piers.
(ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.)
The following are the names of the persons brought
to Charing-cross Hospital up to twelve o'clock as
Mr. M'Cain, the secre-
ftaurrvnioshf etdhet
hooosupritarle:p—orter by
Thomas Willa. Thomas Shade (call boy).
James Holls.
lying
Virgoßirks (severe fracture
Mr. Cabin ot the leg).
Henry Rowland. William Kay.
James Sisman. William Ayre.
Benjamin Reesse. William Redgrave (a child—
William Rutt. broken leg).
There at the hospital
whose her
name
able to obtain. Most
of them have received severe injuries on their legs,
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h oneav e man
not beeny
and several are severely scalded. Scarcely any hope
is entertained of the recovery of the call-boy. With
the exception of the call-boy all the others are in
a fair way of recovery, but it is impossible to speak
with any certainty as to this.
Our reporter noted the two bodies now lying at
the dead-house of St. Martin's workhouse. One is
that of a respectable middle-aged man, apparently
about thirty-five years of age. His death was no
doubt caused by a severe and deep cut on his right
temple. A watch, with the name of "Dent" upon it,
was found on his person. The other body is that of
a working man, and from marks on his finger it is
concluded he is a tailor. He has a cotton night-
shirt on, marked " J. 8.," and a detached front. He
is of a dark complexion, with black whiskers. As
there are no marks of violence upon his person, no
doubt his death was occasioned by drowning. He
wore black trousers, and a satin figured waistcoat.
(ANOTHER ACCOUNT.)
The Cricket arrived at the pier from London-
bridge with a full complement of passengers. As
soon as she bad discharged the persons on board, she
was taking in another cargo for London-bridge. The
master of the vessel, Captain Martin, as is usual
when the boats are loading, was not standing on the
paddle-box, and fortunately neither the stoker nor
engineers were below at the time.
A sufficient number of passengers had gone on
board to occupy nearly the whole of the seats on the
fore and after decks, when a scene occurred of a most
appalling character. The centre of the vessel with
the funnel suddenly rose a considerable distance, and
in an instant a noise resembling the discharge of a
hundred cannons took place. At the same instant
clouds of steam and showers of burning coke, to-
gether with the ponderous boiler, and we regret
to say a number of human beings, were blown high
into the air. The after-cabin and deck were simul-
taneously shivered to atoms, the persons standing
thereon were forced into the water. The shrieks of
the passengers who were on the fore-deck were truly
heartrending, and many of them leaped over board to
save their lives.
Some few minutes elapsed before the exact mis-
chief done could be ascertained. When the steam
and smoke had in some measure cleared away a great
number of the unfortunate passengers were to be seen
struggling in the water. The boiler, weighing a ton
or two, was forced about one hundred and fifty feet
from the ill-fated vessel, to which a, young man was
clinging—the funnel of the boat was split completely
up the centre, and after being forced a great height,
it fell at the side of the fore-deck, after striking several
of the passengers on their heads.
The parties belonging to the vessel feeling con-
fident, from the great number that had taken their
seats on the after-deck, that other persons must have
sank with that portion of the vessel, which it should
be stated was some distance under water, they had
the search renewed, and very speedily they found
the body of a man dreadfully mangled amidst the
wreck. The lifeless body was removed to the dead-
house of St. Martin's workhouse. As one of the
steamers was passing up the river the swell of the

BRIGHTON AND CHICHES'. VER
RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors ( )' this
company was held to-day, at their offices, Lc as don-
bridge station.

The Hon. Captain HOTHAM, the chairman Q f the
company, presided, and stated that he did not e: xpect
that they should have had to assemble again,. as it
was supposed the company would be extinct. The
only circumstance that prevented their making: their
final arrangements was their not having succeed 4 KI in
purchasing land at Portsmouth. However, tl 3a line
from Gosham to Farnham was nearly complete d, , and
would be soon opened, so that there was noth iu ig to
prevent their disposing of their line to the Ilc ,ndon
and Brighton Company. The Chairman con a luded
by moving the adoption of the balance-sheet,. from
which it appeared that the gross expen liture
amounted to 293,0571. 18s. 11d., and which was
unanimously adopted.
The meeting then separated.

We announce with great regret the death of" :Lady
Westphal, which melancholy event took place yi ester-
day at Brighton. Sir George and Lady Westpb la 1 had
arrived only a week ago at their residence in Brun 01 Nick-
square, and the death of her Ladyship, althou gi she
had been suffering from illness during the last two y ears,
was not supposed to be so imminent as has proved -to be
the case.
Drafts of Prime, Ward, and Co., of New Y ork,
upon Gverenel, Gurney, and Co., were yesterda y re-
fused acceptance, " until the arrival of next packe t "
THE ONLY COTTON MILL IN LIVERPOOL.- - .We
learn with great regret that it is purposed entire 13 to
close the "North Shore Mill," the only one in Livei Tool,
on the 11th of next month, and that it is doubtful Iv] hen
the proprietors will again open it, the trade—spit to ,ing
of twist for export—being anything but remuneri it ive.
pAloboymutensZo
andope rwaittihvesthweni will thustak a
ior thrownsmsll out of emas-
regards families, 500 more, or in all 1,000.—Live 72:1 aol
Standard.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1847.

water washed another body out from the wreck, and
a fourth was found by a waterman floating toward's
Waterloo-bridge. 'With the exce-ption of the call-
boy not one of the unfortunate persons are known.
Those at the hospital are so severely injured as not to
be able to tell who they are.

The last party picked up is well known to the
people on the pier as being a daily passenger. He
had 1/. 10s. in gold in his pocket, and 105. in silver.
He wore a gold chain and silver watch. Some of
his linen was marked J. N. B. There was a letter
in his pocket, which may possibly lead to his identity.
It was dated Wednesday, and commenced thus :
"Dear John,—l am going to Walton's this after-
noon," and ended, " I shall expect you to-morrow
(Thursday) without fail."
(Signed) " W. N. SMART."
One of the parties who was going by the boat to
London-bridge, and who had just taken his seat when
the disaster occurred, thus related the affair to the re-
porter. He said, " I had barely seated myself on the
fore cabin deck than a scene which I shall never for-
get took place. The boat at first seemed to heave
up and then down, and whilst I was considering what
it could be I saw the whole of the middle blow up
with a frightful noise ; at the same time I saw one of
the passengers, whom I had noticed standing at the
side of the chimney, ascend into the air with the
boiler. The rush of smoke and steam that followed
prevented me from seeing anything else, and I im-
mediately leaped over the side of the boat, and
by laying hold of one of the chains of the pier
I got on to the dumb lighter, and by that
means saved myself. I have no doubt that con-
siderably more persons were driven into the river
than have yet been found. lam led to this conclu-
sion from the number I saw in the boat, and the
comparatively few that I saw afterwards leaving. I
should think that there were from 100 to 150 on
board, and I don't think more than 80 left."
There is no doubt that some of the ill-fated pas-
sengers were carried away with the tide, which was
running down very strong at the time.
(LATEST PARTICULARS.)
Shortly before the fatal catastrophe the captain
and crew, and engineer, left the engine-room, where
everything appeared in its usual state of safety, and
left the vessel to proceed to the pier, for what is at
present unexplained, when in an instant a loud and
rumbling noise was heard, like the first breaking out
of a volcano, which was immediately followed by a
terrific explosion, which was distinctly heard for
miles round the metropolis, and many persons ima-
gined that it was the roaring of distant thunder.
At this moment the vast concourse of persons
who had assembled on the pier were forced back in
all directions by a dense mass of smoke arising,
and by heavy weights falling upon and striking
them. By the time the dense smoke had cleared
away, those who were fortunate enough to re-
main unhurt soon discovered that the boiler had
burst on board the vessel, and that the decks,
and all the passengers on them, were blown
almost to atoms. A most frightful scene
here presented itself on the after part of the
vessel. The deck had been smashed into a thousand
pieces, and all persons there were more or less hurt ;
some were literally cut into pieces—legs, arms, and
heads were seen flying in all directions. The screams
from the persons on the bridges and piers in the vici-
nity were of the most heartrending character. Some
of the persons on the pier had just seen their friends on
board, and were only waiting for the vessel to depart,
and in an instant they were blown in all directions.
The scene is described by a person who was on board
at the time as being of a most extraordinary character.
The following is the statement of police-constable
F 111, who was on board at the time :
I went on buard at about twenty minutes to ten.
When I had been on board about five minutes I heard
a terrific explosion, and before I could recover from
the shock I was quite stunned by finding my
ife and two children, who had accompanied me on
board, had by some means been torn from me, by
what means I could not tell ; all I knew was that the
boat appeared to be sinking. Large missiles of all
description kept dropping for some seconds, and
when the smoke which the explosion had caused had
cleared away, I succeeded in rescuing my family ;
and then I s.,w that the decks of the vessel had been
shattered to pieces, and that nearly all the passengers
who had not been thrown overboard were either dead
or dying. The hull of the vessel was then filled with
water, and was sinking fast.
Only one body has been identified, it is that of Mr.
J. Blunt, of Vauxhall-road, watchmaker.
The drags are now actively engaged in endeavour-
ing to recover the other bodies.
It is expected that above 50 persons have lost their
lives in the cabins, but as the tide was fast flowing,
it is impossible to search for them until after the tide
goes down.

ness.

(FROM ANOTHER REPORTER.)
THREE O'CLOCK.
It appears, on further inquiry, that but four
deaths have been caused by this distress-
ing accident at least, only four have been
found ; but it is presumed that several
will yet be found. It was currently re-
ported that two bodies were found, soon after the oc-
currence, at Black friars-bridge, they having been
carried thither by the tide, which was
running down at the time of the accident,
but we cannot vouch for the correctness of the infor-
mation. The beat is completely shattered, and al-
though every means were taken to buoy it up with
barges, the greater portion of it has sunk. It is a
complete wreck.
The call-boy died shortly before three o'clock, in.the
presence of our Reporter. His widowed mother,
and some friends were at his death-bed. They
were overwhelmed with grief, as may be ima-
gined. his head presented a frightful spectacle.
There were several severe gashes, each in itself suffi-
cient to cause death. He died from fracture of the
brain.

Up to the time we write the following will be
found an accurate list of the persons killed :
The-Call-boy.
A man dressed as a sailor—name unknown.
John Littleton, 6, Bloomsbury-street.
John Blunt, jun., watchmaker, 3, Vauxhall-bridge-
road.

Two, we urnderstand, are lying in a dangerous
state at the hospital.
The engineer's statement is to the following
effect :—He says he was in the engine-
room at the time, and that he did not re-
cover his canscionsness until he found himself
lying on the pier !! ! There must, to all appearances,
have been considerable neglect. We are informed
that the sister of the unfortunate boy at the time the
disaster happened was waiting on the pier with his
breakfast.
(We shall give further particulars in our Third
Edition.)

POST OFFECE NOTICE.—VIGO, OPORTO, LIMN,
CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MEDITERRANEAN, EGYPT, INDIA,
AND CHINA.--The Iberia, for the Peninsular, &0., mails
on the morning of the 27th (this day). The next mails
for Gibraltar,. Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt,
India, China, .&c., via Southampton, will be dispatched
from hence on the morning of the 3d September. The
Erin, for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., mails of
the morning of the 3d September. The next mails for
the Mediterrat tean, Egypt, India, China, &c., and Mar-
seilles, will be dispatched from hence on the evening of
the 7th Septen £ber. Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres
—Her Majesty ''s brig Crane, for the mails of the 4th
September (from August to January inclusive, the
packet touchw at Pernambuco and Bahia on her out-
ward passage, to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months
on her homeward). Sydney, New South Wales—The
Kelso, for the mails of the 31st instant. West Indies,
&c.—The For th, for the mails of the morning of the 2d
September. .America—The Britannia, for the mails of
the evening oi • the 3d September.
The King; of the Two gicilies has just promulgated
a decree, whi eh, after setting forth the reforms he has
effected since his accession to the throne—among others
the paying of f of the floating debt, the reduction of the
public debt,, and the lowering of the duties on grinding
corn, on in ea t, on the exportation of olives, &c.—orders
that from rb e Ist of January, 1848, the fiscal duty on
grinding cur a shall be abolished, that the civic duty on
it shall be g-,r eatly reduced, that the duty on salt shall
be reduced, q ie-third, and that the duties on the wines
of Sicily she 11 be reduced nearly one half. The reduc-
tion of the d uties on salt and on grinding corn will
lessen the bu rdens on the people to a very large extent.
FIRE ars NenTuLEAcu.—On Saturday last
.a lad,
in the emcniko, of Mr. Garn, of Broadmire incau-
tiously tiously ustiel a lucifer match for lighting his
stack; is
ark
immediate-Tit 3inity of his master's hay
fctEorooxnumasr
msoetfihnopeefrrr. s /if n
tab 2ohhr
at sytei:mwfieer
were
ev‘t.oot
totally
atnaletk. os f,d tehset
containing
destroyed.--Cheltenham
ricks,yed.andabout
ttienfnpoiztraht
mye

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. v Mid'nd,Leicest.tcSwan-
nington, 8 per ct.g,uar. 50 ...... ...............
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 61idland Great Western
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were
about 4,000 bales, with a steady market at former rates. Nelwricshastle and Berwick 3200 ......
---26. is ...........
Ditto New
American sid. to 74d. per lb. There was but little doing Ditto North Shields... 25 - ............
in shares, and prices were again lower. Newcastle and Carlisle...loo - .....
Do. Quarters 4ON.--............
As all attention is now centred in the Corn Market, Do. New Quarters —Bl. 185. 9d. -- ...... .... ••••
we may naturally be expected to refer in the first Newmrket&Chesterford 1334
instance to its condition this day. A house of most Do. Extension .........21. as — ............
respectable standing, and until very recently in the Neawnfilte' Hereford ennY' 4 - ..............
...............
Sussex trade almost exclusively, has been declared un- Newry and Enniskillen 7
able at present to meet its engagements, having liabili- Newry, Rost Warrenpoint,
and - •• ......... "'
ties to the amount of 150,0001. This firm even taking Norfolk
.........
........... no
..•...112 113..........••
wheat at 40s. per quarter, and flour at 255. per barrel, Do. New 201. .. . 5 ... .. ...... •••••• •
shows ample assets and a fair surplus, but we believe it Do. Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
is hardly two months since the firm in question an- of Norfolk 2 ...... -- ••• ,••• •••••
nounced, by circular, its intention to retire from busi- Do. do. Waveney Val 2 ...... •;-- .... • .........
- though unfortunately this was deferred. Northern Counties Union 4 ...... ...............
25 --

4, .
The Bank of England is still reported to be acting
liberally, and has advanced to some extent upon stock,
the assistance being very acceptable now cash is so
dear in the market. The anxiety for the next arrivals
from New York is becoming very marked.
The Public Securities have maintained themselves far
better than might be anticipated, possibly in conse-
quence of the increasing disinclination to loan capital
upon bills, while the crisis lasts. Consols have been 86i
for transfer, but are now 87 to Time bargains, for
October 14, have been made at par to 3s. premium. Bank
Stock is marked 195 to 1961. The New Three-and-a-

Quarter per Cents. are 881, to 89.
The transactions in the Foreign Market are wholly
devoid of interest. Portuguese Four per Cents. have
been nominally 24 to 26. The Three per Cents. have
been done at 25i. Spanish Stock has not been dealt in.
There has been an improvement in the shares of the
North Stafford and one or two other lines, but the pur-
chases are not numerous.

ORE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 196 1961,4 1961/2
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 871% 114 14 87%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 87% 86% 87 % 87%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 8874 89% 88%
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 1-16 9 1-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8%
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001. ..
Consols for Account... 8714% 87%

Exchequer Bills. 2d.
1,0001.
5001 4sp 5p
Small .. 8 4 8p 8p

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l9 191
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... ........ ..... 25%
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto, Account —
Ditto, Small 27
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 1844
Ditto. 3 per Cent —
Ditto, Account . —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41% per Cent ....... 921%
Dutch, 21% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 55%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 88%1,
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 25,,i..... 1% l%
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21,E -
Belfast & County Down. 10
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 16
Binning., Wolverlepton,
and Stour Valley... .. 8 ...... -.-
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 61,1
Boston, StantiVi Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire B/. 4s • 1% dis.... ..... 1% dis,
ealedonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 21. E
Ditto,J 35
Chester and Holyhead... 321
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .. ....... .
...
Clarence lOO
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 -
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. lO ..... -
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 3/4 —

North British ... ..... ... -
Do. Half Shells IVA...". -- .. ..... •""'
Do. Quarters ......
Do. Extension - .......... «..Ditto Thirds 1 •••••' ......... . .....
Northern and Eastern 5O ...... -- .. .......... '..
Ditto Quarter Shares 12 % ...... -, ........ ' ...
Ditto New
North Staffordshire 714 ...... 9V23/4 ............
North Wales
North Western 4 ...... •• • ••• •• " .....
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton 27% ...... ...............
..
Portsmouth Direct 3% —.. .. .. ........
Preston and Wyre
Do. lA Shares (A) ... 81/2
• ..............
- VA .

CLOSING
PRICES
191%
25%

Dublin andßelfastJune. 20.
Dundalk & Enniskillen 12%
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D. ...... 25

Do., 181., E. & H.... 25
Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1
Eastern Counties
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d...
Do.,York Extension..
_7%...... 6%

, -
Eastern -Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 —
Ditto,Thirds ... .....13s. 4d
EF.st Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., do., Exten. Scrip 1
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... ......... ...
Ditto Half Shares ... 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 1514
___.

Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 -
•••
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport .....
Ditto, ditto, New .
Edinburgh and Perth... 2
Ditto, Extension
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2r2 —
Ditto, New .
Glasgow Dumfries, and
Carlisle B/. 6s. Bd. —
Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 ...„.
Ditto New
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)
Great Nortkem 6
Do., London and York 2%..... 1%
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England..loo 231
Ditto, New 40/.
Ditto, New 301.
Ditto,New 151 ll/2 —
Great Western B5 - •••
Ditto % Shares. 5O
Ditto 1,4 Shares ...... 15
Ditto Fifths: 2O
Ditto, New 171 ... 7
Huddersfield & Mauches. 19
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 5O .. ..
1)o. Half Shares 25
Ditto % Shares 121,4 — ...
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15
Do., do., and Norwich 12
Do., do., Extens.Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 21,x
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Leeds and Bradford 45
Leicester and Bedford... 16s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 321 A — ......
Do., Branch % Shares 71/2_
DoNew Branch( blue) 21/2 —
Do• Extension (green) 2%.. ...
Do.NewExten. (pink) 2% —
__.. .

Leeds wid Thirsk - 31' -
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% —
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport.......
Liverp., Mnchstr& New-
castle Junction 2%.
London and Blackwall. 16/. 133.4 d. 6 .. •••
Do. New, No. 1
Do. New, No. 2 ..... 3/. 13s. 4d.
Do. Extension 12%
London, Brighton, and
South Coast ......
Do. Consol. Eighths.. 20
De. Guarant. 5 per et. 9
•• •••••
Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 „.... ... .....,
London andGreenvach 121 15s 4d...
Do. Preference ...1811:s 2d —
London and N. Westeruloo ... 164 164 163%
Do. Quarters L. & B. 12
Do., d0., New
Ditto Fifths
Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 20
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 —
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5
Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1
London, Oxford, and
Cheltenham
Lond. & S.Westem 41/ 6s 10d 60% 60 60%..
Do. New ConsoL Bths 40
Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. ..
Do. New 40/. 26 ... .
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto
Ditto Scrip 50/. - ••. ..... •••••
Ditto ditto 40/
_

London, Salisbury, and .----
Yeovil ...... ........ 1%...... .....
Londonderry& 3;leraine 25
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 221,4 ......
Manchester and Leeds 82
Ditto .1,..1. Shares . ... 38
Do. Quarter Shares... 141/4
Do. Fifths 6l/4.. . 9%
Do. Sixteenths 614 —
Do. Thirds (Reg.). —7l. 4s. — ......
Do. Liverp. and Bury 29
Ditto 14.2 (late Hud-
dersfield and Shell.) 28
Manclester,Buxton,and
42
Matlock s. ...... 1114% dis....
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 71,4 —
Ditto and Grimsby.— 25
Ditto ditto . ......... 7
Ditto ditto ... 4%
Ditte Sheffield and

Lincolnshire 7l
Handiest. &Southampt. 2 I/4 — ...... „...,
Midland lOO ll6,
Do. Fifths 2
Do. 401. Shares
Do. 50/. Shares
Do. Birm., and Derby100
Midland Consol. Brist. &
Binning., 6 per cent.loo ...„. .
111id1 .d, Briet. &Glocstr. 34

26%

N.

"" ...............

2 ,

~.
9~

fo. ,

DittCr ditto (B)
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin
8.-.•ottish Central
Scottish Midland l7 th — •
Ditto, New......... ..... 10
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole
Shrewsbury and Birm 3%.... 1
........... ...
..
Ditto ditto, Class B. 3-
Shrewsbury & Chester •
(Nor. W. Min.) ' l6 -..... ... .......
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
.... ..
Ditto Oswestry
Ditto New
Shrewsbury and Herefd '2 ...... -- ...............
Shropshire Union
..
.... ..... . ....
South Devon 4O ...... ............
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 21. 125.... ............ ...
South Eastern & Dover 331/8 ...... 34% ... ..... "''''
Do., No. 1 2O ...... --. ...........
Do., Na. 2.
•••
..•
Do., No. 3 l5 ...... —.... ......
Do., No. 4
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 2 ...... % ......... "'".
14
—"
..............•••••
Swans. & Loughor & Ca- ' ..
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 4
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway 17% ......... • .
..... • r •....
..........
Vale of Neath 4 ...... ••-• ....
Wakefield, Pontefract. &
Goole . :....... 421,4 ...... -- .... ........ .•
.....
Waterford and Kilkenny 131...... 4% ..- .......
/2
Waterford and Limerick 35 ...... -- .......... .....
Waterfd,Wilrd,Wicklw, ........
and Dublin - .....
•••'•"'
West Riding Union 4/. 25..«••• % dill' ...
........
West Cornwall ...... 4... • • •••• • ......
Whitehaven & Furness 8 ...... ...............
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 42s
Wilts, Somerset, & 'Wey-
mouth ... 25 ...... ••••• • . •
York and Newcastle. .. 25 .. ... 345 g ..............
Do. Extension lO ...... 1414... .........
8 •••••• 111 A 11 .........
Do. Preference
York and North Midland 50 ..... .
...............
Ditto Extension
... .....
Ditto, Preference - •• • ......
Do. East and West Rid-
....
L 2
W4A 3A
ing Extension
..
Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... ........
...
;FOREIGN RAI ....
.."
Barbadoes 1 ...... ..........
Boulogne and Amiens—, 20 5..... 1334 ..........
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and ....... '
Cette (Constituted ) 4 ..... -- ......
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) - ...............
Central of Spain ... .
" ..-
as.
................
Ceylon - ... .. -- ..............
Demerara 21,t1 •••••• -- ........
Dendre Valley -- . ..........
Direct Bombay and•
Madras
~..........
....-- ..................
. • .
........
..
Dutch Rhenish 7
East Indian ... ..... .... 5, ..... ..... .. .....
...... ...
Great Indian Peninsular 58.
Great Southern of Madras 5e....••• -- ........
Great Western Bengal... 59. . ...........
Great Western Canada... 31A •••••• -- .............
Italian and Austrian. ... .
4 ... - •• ........... •
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Louvain O. la Sambre ... 6 ...
„.
...... ...
Luxembourg...-. •••.... 6
Lyons and Avignon 5 ...... ....... . .•
Madras 1 ...... -- ..........
Madras. Nellore, and •• ••'•'•
Arcot l4 ...... -- ......
......
.....
Madrid and Valentia 2 .......
Namur and Liege
........ , . •
Northern of France lO •• ... -- ..........
........
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4i
Paris and Lyons ...... ... 8 - .....
3% .......... ...
.......
Paris and Orleans 2O
-- ........
..
...... •••
Paris and Rouen - ••• ..........
Paris and Strasbourg 8 ..... 3% ............
........
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Bale - ...... .......•
Tours and Nantes 8 ...... 2•• ••''' .
Tourney, Jurbise, Lan- .....
den, and Hasselt l2 ...... --• .............
.....
Trinidad - .......
..
......
West Flanders ...... - .......
JOINT STOCK BANS& .„
••••••'"
Australasia - •• .. .....
Provincial of Ireland
..... 0
Ditto, New lO ...... --- ..... '
MINES. ....... •
Anglo Mexican lOO ...... --, i ...... ~..•
Real Del Monte, Unreg — ...... 3;4 .......
........ • '
United Mexican .28/. 2s. 83ad. -- ......

....
• •. •• 00000000
a..

1%

Ditto, ditto ...... ..... 71,%

~~

0

..3-4%

9%,
/I'

~.

71/4

1814

•••
414

% P

5f ~

10%
20%
1514

231
5914

P

6 0 IA
92 i/2

% dis.

48%

'

,62%
26%
103/4
14

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137,
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33

51,4

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11/4

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LONDON, AUG.HIPPIING—(TI-1151' id
sx
fine, -
hreeo
hiams ~I trill"
DEAL, A uG. 26.—Wind N.N.W. to .0'
~ igne"'
WalkerDe Commodore, St. Croix, Monte Video • Lady reel.ge-1
tralia
from the; river York • Nantucket, Nov, "fori,:tb fros'
Newmerara ; Aurora, Chalestoo ; , Arr.'
;Triumph, and sld., Derwent, .Adelaids,°,ur, Csi.
Eliza, Trinidad cotta ; Punjab, oofironist;
Cape Calcutta ; Jessee, Cape of
John's, New
Hind, Singapore ; Duke of 13eu'° tloPs'
St. LawrenceFi Coast Castle ; Golden Fleee',ois, •1.
ad ; Rosalind, Halifax ; titan , sl,fet,
;BArugnnsews,ickße;stVigiocutteirlyle,
;dittotiiy '',,f5.,110,
0i;e1.,„
and Centurion,
Water Hen, Agnes, IWtirotstreol;d•
Thomas
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 26.
Princess Victoria, nor, Ava,
catoriean,tTurhiooron,,Q,
mueabreacD:aDraou; gx.,Tia,awo,Bitr,ol.
1,,r,
Wind 14..,,; • b;th Wto '
Hadwin
Orleans ; King,
radoes ; Mandane, Hutchinspo 00, Sof
Storm kin Robinson,Z. Laguna ; Creuions,h 0a5i,11,,;1:,
Delano, ditto
den, Baltimore Haden, Savannah ; pow;hiidelpcil:
Roger Sherman,me ; Monongababt, Julius, x"...onbarby,
Brunswick ; ;
Gaskill, New Tork 1 jobo 5, ~,nisl
1-1 146
Themis, Leighton, St" n 6 OA.' er
Margaret, Black, Quebee. " ;tto ; gieti
Greaves, Bombay -
lake, Adby, ; Manilla Ilarrison, etlic tOV •Of
Berbice; I:00 o,ood, Errilig joutil ,
Orleans ; Al
Bombay; Alexander, Lads, Philadelphio ; 14.1..arereog-,
Martin, New
Prince
Bird, St. Andrew's Edwardsetinee,lllaamnadi.ca
;SAldul.
era, ilsoo:47%o:svicie;l,ll;tros
Quebec; Columbus,nr.ew'2 ;
rence, O'Connor, Doyle, St. John's, New Prtood Irlijelf
Aviero, Cacti %anodes,
ditto. Off port, Iv." .20
Orleans ; Quintin •
Leitch, Rival, -----,%, .00 Jel;-01,
Sierra Leone, for Hauiburgh; Boding,
OFF DUNGENESS, AUG. 21. -- tAstlal 'llOO, ii
Aabtoo, rter, 6
fr)rF BEACH,/ HEAD, AUG. 25.---GeOrgo ro
PORTISIMAOB
OrleansoFil j Melitta, St. Croix, for Flensburqou.
~
Awrerbds.ter, uTTlNElG,s.A.—uMG.firr_et
lEviads,sll.s to 14,140;01
IS,Id. Sutlej,M lednrzaies, oh ;OP
William Mitchell, BPLachlan, Lonib, or C° 4,
, avanna ,an art. iSti
oort, Bataf f R d i AlehY°3„, ,
andii Calcuhtts. dOsffaiPlea AlithQPl
ia, or otter am
FALMOUTH AUG. 1,1 Arr.. - bou.-6'
Wills, Quebec.
, G. 26. Wind .--,,ert, Bo
. Off port, Prince Ail' ..da
aeoit,
Itaiathan, Bombay. A. a.
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as
John, Nutchius,Queu7,oo to ./01,
on OBEIIMORY, AUG. 22.--The Aid, Gllolb feet Iro to
t , was assisted in h v with three Troo9
in her hold; will d ere
'Tester"; bl r Cifirict
ischarge. Th s, st night;
Tyre, was
driven out of the harbour is er, A
abandoned, and sank Of iiiirgolo
F__ ..__ in deep water.
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"sERBURG 23.--The sloop Lived in
ness, was driven; AUG.•
among the breakers yesteri
and abandoned. 01°'
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On po C Stadt - • bat- '
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MARKET NEWS.--(TOIS P
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ACORN EXCHANGE.--F,---- Of ill
the— great gloom was thrown over the roarket._t°,liii re:e
announcement of the failure of anothe! OW are
slpectable firm in the corn trade. Tile Abilboughht‘oll
ittle, if anything, short of 150,000/. " hoe "-he
Frivals of English Wheat since MOW soil, !p,
but moderate, and the show of samples w,a4, 0011 in
demand for that article was excessively do", ilducti9,
seriptions might have bean purchased at s rtetio coSeh;j
the quotations of fully 3s per quarter. 'M iris ..;a4
sion of business, scarcely a moiety of tha 57 Vore'r
been disposed of. ..1. very large gale.
oil Oder
Wheat was pressed for sale. Ai closrc
were a mere drug, and quite 32 Per I,,ve
cheaper than on Monday. The import's ..000001,
ceeded 27,000 quarters. In Barley nest t°
,sodeact
was doing, and the currencies had a downward tv‘s .15re'i
The Malt trade was excessively dull, sit Is to Ofir
quarter less money. Oats were in larger Ptiis F°3ol
heavy request, at a fall in value of from 15 4005
quarter. All other articles might have been 19'
on easier turnas. Cyli.is
ARRIVALS.
OAS'
....
jr t'9
Rluar 0
lo qrs. 840 o'' _,,,r0
2,350 86,690
Aialt, 2,71'0 4rB.

42N
9%

11Adis.

116%
443 k

Wheat.
English •••• .. 2,330 qrs.
Irish. .. ...... --.
Foreign ...... 27,990