The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-28 00:00:00

RV cNG ED 'PI ON.

MARKET DA z -)

DESTRUCTRE FIRE
IN PLYMOUTH DOCK-YARD.

CORN XC. Last week's arriva's
wer Ee
muderate HANGEof English Grain,
of Foreign Wheat, and titer...;.! was an increased fresh,.
NIVIY of New Wheat, Barl-y, an:! Oats. The runsoo3
tee! Wheat being chiefly in tender condition, declined .
1417'neqji.a.rte.r„ while the few dry
Wheat
fine samples "main-
,,4 their value. In Foreign heat transactions -:ere
wee 'r, at former prices. 'Barley sold much last
goiii New Beans 23., and OH is per quarter c..,p0.
Old ag Peas unaltered, and Grey Is, per quarter
.lower.t
2s. oats suncrted their tel ins, and New sold
Flouro
as
1,417 quarter below last Monday's quotations._
i-‘ reported.
L." bushel. Winter Tares in demand at 12s. to 13.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT).
Plymouth, Sunday Mernitig, Eight &Clock.
BURNING OF THE TALAVERA, 74 GUN-

SHIP AND IMOGENE FRIGATE.

This morulng, about three o'clock, a fire broke out ►
in the Dockyard, close adjoining the docks, in which
were lying the Talavera 74, Minden 74, and Imogene
frigate. Netwithstandiog the utmost exertions the fire
communicated to these ships, and the 'Talavera and
Imogene arc both totally destroyed. The Minden
caught evcral timee, and has sustained serious damage,
but the fire is at present extinguished on board that
ship. It is, however, raging in other parts of the
yard, and has communicated to the pitch loft, so that
where the damage will end it is impossible to say. The
Bombay, Spartiate, and another ship of the line are
towed out clear of all danger, nor is there any present
appearance of danger to any of the other vessels.
(ANOTHER ACCOUNT.)
Devonpoi ! Telegraph Office, Sept. 25.
At half-past four this morning an alarm was given
to the superintendent of. the dock-yard police. Lieu-
tenant Williams, that the Talavera line-of-battle ship,
in the North Dock, was on fire. All hands were in-
stantly, on the spot, with the engines, but so terrific
were the flames as to give evident proof that the total
destruction of the ship was to succeed. The fire-bells
were then rung, wed the workmen, with the military,
called in. The tide was high, and plenty of water con-
sequently at hand, but nothing appeared to subdue the
fury with which the fire extended southwards, the di-
rection in which the other docks and building-slips lay,
as well as the rigging house, sail loft, and all the
store-houses. At a quarter to five o'clock the Ta-
lavera was one mass of flame, which, communicating
with the shed over head, threatened to carry the
fire to the extremity of the yard. The Minden line
of battle ship, lying at the stern of the Talavera,
which took fire ahead, at one time appeared in-
evitably doomed ; but the wind shifting a point, and by
the most strenuous exertions of the engines, the pro-
gress of the flames astern was stopped ; but what ap-
peared to be the cause of the prevention of this danger
only carried it in another direction, as the roof of the
shed adjoining took fie, and the dense volumes of smoke
for a time appeared to choke the flame. Beneath this
shed were kept. the figure-heads of some of the ships
which, having borne the brunt of the battle, were after
the peace broken up ; and these slight remembrances of
their achievements were kept with a degree of pride.
At the eastern end hung the flag of our never-to-be-for-
gotten naval hero, Nelson, under which he fought the
battle of Trafalgar ; and opposite, the flag of Lord
Exmouth at the battle of Algiers. An attempt was
gallantly made by a young man to save them, but the fire
was too fierce, and the attempt given up for the safety
of the party who made it. Speedily succeedieg, the
firing of this shed, the one adjoining also took flame, in
which Was the Imogene frigate. This was also com-
pletely destroyed. To subdue the flames here appeared
to be fruitless, and an attempt was made to prevent a
further extension by playing the engines upon the build-
ing, opposite, but without success, and the whole range,
together with a large pile of timber under a shed, were
in flames. Eight o'clock—The fire is still burning, but
will not be confined merely to the consumption of the
timber and materials. The loss, at a rough estimate, is
said to be from 400,0001. to 500,000/. ; this appears to
be an extreme amount, but the amount of destruction is
immense, there can be no doubt. No account can yet
be collected as to the origin of the fire ; no party has
been at work on board the ship in which it originated
for several weeks ; at four o'clock there was nothing like
fire seen, and at half-past five the ship was in a fleme
fore and aft. The strictest inquiry will no doubt be in-
stituted as to the cause, and, ler the credit of the execu-
tive, it is to be hoped that no want of caution from a
false economy has led to this severe national loss.

Wheat „._. PRICES ON BOARD OF !",',FIP
~,.
\_M old) .... ..'6, 70s Deans, Small ;new' ...... 4:.13, 1--..
.......-zlnite 1d)........00:.• 764; (olti)i ...... ..
.4,3 i
40s.
ed '184,1 ~. .., k (new)
............,,.,.% -., ....... ..,..5...)...4. - Ile (old) 42.. 44.%
"........,....... !,' me ............ G's. uis.
„pupertine t•Fs (Ss - Harrow (new)
•4,'! ' 44.(''..
...."--- whq ...... • • • (Gid)....••-•-,5. `•
.............,., e(1841)....5?.5. 65a. - -
`till .ne .............63. ii,s. llr.nk ,
tt--,1.0........P...0.1e..1.2.n...fr.e..e.
.......... iii(t:,:..
4764::
.......,_
.pertln e...... 725. 74 s. Oats, teed .1.,. • Sy.
,1" 3Js.
- Poland ; e w .*..... ...... 2'l. "t e. 5:
.......2,7!: ................... 303. R9s. New '0 . %*),
....... i:Altitlg .......... :30s 345, - Pot::toe
kit. .I.ling ............. 38,. 4c5.i ______- v.,,,, __s. -s.
•.......•'i.y..... ................. 54;s Os .1 - Scorch *l4 3-Is.
Peasell'exew.. .......... 63,: ,iss. I - Irish 945. Di-. :2,-s.
**".....: reY. New ,• 40s. I Flour Twn (er sack) 1,12.i. (55..
...,,. a1..11.0 New . ...... 4.23, Cl.. I _- Seconds,
.t , i-!, :. 5 .
........ ,v.i.te
............. 40, 425. I- -- North ow. ry .....":.4
aiiiii nOilerri... ..... 4-.4. 45 - • Byan ll .12s.
Is VA" oF G ..... A-ll.l'l*N LONDON DURING LAST WEEK.
'4Rligh - Wheat 1 lar ' Oats. now
Ilyio -- , ..... 3,539; I 110710egYrs. qrs. 4,3:;3 sactzr.
~,".....: . : ..... --- -r" I .!-- 12;194 -
NW» ..» isJ:B I 12, 56 _42l rls,
-
The S3IIITIIFIELD MARKET.
the de of Cattle at Market was large, and exceeded
cover-e"et4hd' The inferior and chaice sorts of
trade r. - e decline in price noticed cn Friday, but the
3. Air ev....
'l°4 ally-''')Ling else was heavy.
edresstcorti,pe:
and i,kied, but coarse Mutton declined I' ,
r,
et-
dt 'le' 1/o‘wns were 2.1. dearer ; Lamb as last n i kod.
toY; V-iil2d. lower ; Pork unaltered. Beef 3s. -
3.
to 4sl: 81: ; Mutton "n, SI to 4s. Sd. ; Veal 4s. 4-
..,fi-; cork 4 3s. S(1.
d ; Lamb 3s. 10d. to 45. Bd.
, su, 3. 4d. to 5.,. 4 •
o 750 • Calves,
421" , 3,58 ; Sheep and Lambs, -, . P
; Ns, 58,
There 110 P MARKET.
Ital. ;17" lets demand for Hops, but prices remained_
last Ye a',."-e dtlfy was estimated at 30,000/. Fine Hops of
-20 growth r:ere very scarce, and wanted.
Thero TEA MARKET.
'NG - 'vas a fair iimount of business transacted in Fri.
Cot '1 4nd former rates were fully supported. COlL:pally b
g 011; cash, 2s. 41-d per lb.
, ?lie, TALLOW MARKET.
tHluesic„,,remain high for Tallow, but the demand con-
valet infect, both the sot and to arrive; firs qualvity
--"28. to 525. 3iil'n. per cpwt. ; the supplies keep lerbe.
Idt. y,. mismaratirassaws , , -TT'S DAY).
° -IFS SHIPPING-( r n
Jr
weigher

SEPT. 27.—.Plea4p-
sant breezes and very fine
28th—Light Southerly airs, with rain.
26.--Wind W.'S. W., fresh breczt s.
•4 the Lord William
Bentinck, Crow, from Sydney,
Kitt, pith Wales; Greyhound, Hutchinson, Mauritius;
p "l`Cormack, River Gambia.
97 —Wind
letr,lmUTll SEPT 26.—Wind W. S. W. .
Vitecr W:S. W.. Arrived the Moscow, Deane, from
,81„--1. Sailed the Florence, Davies, for Madeira. .
'the -e°llllE, SEPT. 25 —.Arrived off port the Catharine,
vselien, from Pernambuco.
SEPT. 25.—Wind N. to W. N. W.
p26,ther.
teketrigide rto N. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived
Tobago
pOm Barbadces, sailed 30th July,
T Tortola
13th, bki 7th ult, Grenada 9th, St. Kitt's 12th, ortola:
811„1,,''t• Thomas and Porto Rico 15th, Cape Henry 19th;
,iLe","'„‘,ke Packet, Rio Janeiro, sailed 31st July, Pernam-
410t p`-`B_tolt• ; Montrose steamer, Gibraltar, left 17th
44yr: ,z 18th, Lisbon 21st, Opo.rto 22d, Vigo 23d ;
I,er'' Mitchell, and Attweek, Robinson, Odessa ;
_Rosy;
hat37„'rtlV,phites Taganrog. Sailed the James Todd, Io
014,ciwn•
_,-- 001., SEPT. va-
riable • 27, ditto.—
itteiltieq, 26th, the Normandie, from New Orleans; Ct...r0%0n
%on Peerce Mobile • Fingalton, Quebec ; Wash.:ug-
h Ijrtto; Surprise, Newfoundland. 27th, Abbotsford,
Bombay,' sailed' from St. Helena, sth ult. ;
Prir,'!le. Shepherd, St. Vincents ; Robert Pulaford,
ditt.'"'e, New Orleans ; Levant, Mobile ; Rt..bert
Dirt.); Russia, ditto ; John Mat shall, Virginia ; William
Ze;' eed, New York ; Belmont, St. John's,
.N. B. ;.
tnii.nou • Hope, Orton, Richebucto ; Ann, Girgcnti ,
ke4t"ttilig, Mediterranean. Sailed, 26th, the Dryad,
pll.hte-
lipt:Y. wparaiso ; Georgiana, Stephenson,
Lady Paget,
Carthew, Santa Martha
; Independence, New York;; Delaware,
,thilC-',,iNew, Orleans ; Mary andVaney, ditto;
4-1:40 `4stle, Crowder, St. John's, Jane,N. B. ; Argentina,
k,,,4,monte'Video. Put 27th,
_ff port, Royal Capricorn, Santa
tti --a; New England, Baltimore. O
r°ln' Jamaica.
13144t0 Sinn'. d S.W.—Arrived the Amity,
IJritishn Monarch, Boyd, do. ; St.
4.ltalliti,:dsPiP34Zrtjtnaamiaa,lcNue;w Orleans; Ajax, Mediterranean.
Adeline and
e.tipt-,,,the Cygnet, Dalston, Australia ;
nOpkin s, New Orleans.
k:teei. 2i.— ndW.—Arrived the Walker,
115 414,1 sged, the Clio, Christian, for Malaga.
d of r),vonport is on fire ; her Majesty's..
ddl.estro ar
,vera and ielegeue being in deck, arc totally
-4-
'ael is
'lle Minden's bows are much burnt, but the
Cowoteted to be eiored.
N-u Orte''an^ VI • 20.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Lee, from
hisT•
"(311n
*ti
‘)R rrived the Druid, Bache, and
114 , from Quebec ; Susan,
Coffin
tr: 'ln-tb Zsb'sa, gS
bound
T • 24. —Arrived, the Phant' New York.
on, Sanders,
oel
-01.1nd to Liverpool, was obliged
ito throw
i" 4001 sixty tons of-cargo, in a gale, on the 16th
SEPT.WHtT
piepC 96.—Arrived, the Lightfoot,
kieto%fr°lll Queb
215._dA. 'lived, the Mary Jane, Taylor,
tr_Voinc WtoundiAn
Mo 'EPT. 25.-05 port, the Ries Effendi, Cross,
fr„Cl_Leerlt: V,44-0, sailed .July 21.
"41 0,, ztEPT. 27.—,;rrived, the Theodore, Cole,
b„"ebee.
" Sn..l!' SEPT. 27 .--The Corsair, Fox, from Lo,ndon,
to
4%, -mt`l Australi."—b, I put in here, whit damage
*itClatesri, dce., having been in contact off •Beacbey Heead
"oner.
ther„.
kit SEPT. .)7 The Hutton, Thompson,
_
Ittteres °ll shore' near- Cumberland Fort, was got off
aY, after throwing prt of her cargo, coals, .
esP4l.4erd' 'and proceededto Langston Harbour. .
25 l'e--e°III',IO,II'„SEPT. 26.—A.
.b.oat, marked " Britannia,
h WaUult 334: was fallen in with on the Bth inst., in lat.
'Ma ,f3G41.11. `SEPT. 27 The East Indian, Blom, froml
t: -42°,
Vlntl° and abes- having been on shore on. t
Sands. cables
'Nicholas, Hetherington, from
"4rna;4el, bound to ePlymouth, has also put in here,. with
ktetiet" kid foremast run having been run into by a
ill° teasel,vess Ie Osallo, from Scrtway to
44
ellthe Goodwin Sands, but assisted off,
exne„, on
...'doer 'Led in to-morrow. The Hussar Hall, from
Mirarnichi ir,proceeding to sea
got entangled
he
inoorine•s Hof ti c transport buoys, brokeitangledr
has returned- into the harbour to repair.
SEPT. 25.—The wreck of a copper blotte‘ma-s
e:itittet,:irtsv,:-tt,,;aipvpedarle,netrley. about 90 tons bottom upwards,
"ta.)."`"l ult., in lat. 37. long. '31., by the John Lilly,
", SEPT 21.—The Brian O'Lin, Forrester,
14e ock T.
Scallaway, and sunk, crew saved..i
Z44treligo4-11,1,°1eillevrry. Assolo,f was driven on shore. at Vei a
W. to W. N. W., 19th inst., but
oLtsistlt::l....t°,,ll.!evae'sesursottiaminflno damage.
444110 e Sydney,.ll ea o, se,
.(steamer),l Browning, fiorn
d here Cvith considerable
vtly,aegle4et°4lltngnLrA ;ul h having a beenrrl ve
in contact with a large
inist,erre. s
undom, from C almar to
41) al abandonedSvea, 13th inst., str
in a sinking state off
-t• Vine
&IN ent.
v
Union, Pelham, from Liverprli, bound to
The-ell's Land, has put in here in a sin g s.ate.
24th itia Ayr
of St. Ives, was driven under Laiia Bridge,
and carried away her mainmast.

BRITISH INDIA SUGAR COM=

PANY.

• (From the Sunday Times.)
CITY, SATURDAY.—The extremely advanced prices
at present demanded for British Plantation Sugars, is
a subject which attracts much discussion in the City,
and as it is considered by no means improbable that the
West India Colonies will not in future furnish the same
quantities as heretofore (owing to the indisposition of
the liberated negroes to work as they were compelled
to do previously to their emancipation), the attention
of many of our capitalists has been turned to the im-
portant subject of procuring a supply from the East
Indies, from whence unlimited quantities may, if the
cultivation of the cane is carried on vigorously and sys-
tematically, be obtained. To effect this great object,
and to discourage the use of Sugars produced by
slave labour in the Havannah, and elsewhere, a
Company is in progress of formation, to be de-
nominated the " British India Anti-Slavery Sugar
Company," which has already met the cordial sup-
port of numbers of the principal merchants of the
City of London, as well as those of Liverpool, Bristol,
and other important ports of the United Kingdom.
That the most beneficial results must follow the estab-
lishment of such a Company is doubted by none, whe-
ther as respects the extension of the cultivation of the
soil of India, or obtaining for the people of the United
Kingdom an abundant supply of sugar, one of the ne-
cessaties of life, at a comparatively cheep price. At
present fine West India Sugar is as high as 87 to 88
per csvt., or not less than 20 per, cwt. dearer than it
was at the.favourable period of last year. That the
stocks here are at present very deficient it is true. At the
commencement of the present week the quantity of West
India Sugar in the warehouses of the port of Lon-
don was but 20,300 hogsheads and 2,0-10 tierces. On
the 21st of September, 1839, the stocks were 40,400
'Aids. and 1,700 tierces. This is a deficiency, which
it must be admitted, warranted (the rapid spread of the
temperance principle in the British kingdom being
considered) holders demanding the high prices at
present realised, But the main question is, to what
quarter are the people of Great Britain to look
for a future adequate supply of Sugar. If it be true
as stated, that production in the Mauritius has been
already carried to maximum, the East Indies is the
only quarter of the world from whence this country can
expect to have such a supply of sugar, as is now needed
to meet the wants of an increasing population, and an
augmented consumption of the staple, unless, indeed, we
are to depend upon foreign states, where slave labou-
rers exist, for it, and that, too, after Great Britain has
sacrificed so many millions of her wealth to put down
the horrid traffic in human flesh. Upon the ground we
have already stated, a confident hope is entertained that
the measures about to be taken to extend the cultiva-
tion of Sugar in the East, Indies will he attended with
complete success. Bat tis argued in some quarters,
that the supplies front India cannot be made equal to
the wants of the United Kingdom, and the present re-
duced stocks of East India and Mauritius Sugars arc
given in proof. It must be recollected that, in conse-
quence of the requirements of the government of India
for ships to transport troops and warlike stores to
China, freights at the three Presidencies, and at
Port Louis, were so high that the exportation of
produce has been most materially checked. Such a
circumstance is not very likely to occur again in fu-
ture years, and with respect to the capabilities of India
to produce as much Sugar as Great Britain may
require, those best acquainted with the soil of this bright
appendage to the British Crown, do not for an instant
doubt. Of V% est India Rum the stocks are at present
very nearly equal to those of the same period of last
year—eiz. about 12,700 puncheons and 980 hogsheads.
As exhibiting the resources of the East Indies to produce
Rum, we observe that the present stock of this year's
imports arc 730 casks. A few years since it was a no-
velty to receive Rum into this country, the produce of
our East Indian possessions. If we advert to the other
staple articles of commerce imported from India—viz.,
Indigo, Rice, Cotton, Saltpetre, &c., there is, it must be
considered, a most ample field still open for increasi,
the produce of the soil in that immense country, by
which not only will great advantages be conferred on its
one hundred millions of inhabitants, but the manufec-
turers and merchants of Great Britain must be bene-
fited beyond the power of calculation by the improve-
ment that would follow an extension of the cultivation
of Sugar, of Cotton, nod other articles of produce of the
East Indies. As a most lively interest is at present
taken in all that concerns the welfare of India, we have
deemed it proper to call the attention of our readers to
the topics embraced under the head of the Commercial
Departtnent of the City Article.
A fair commedtary on the above is supplied on the
subject of slave-produced labour, in the contents of the
advices received yesterday from the Havannah, of the
qualities of this description of produce shipped from the
itlatid from the Ist January to the end of August last.
It appears that 43,270 boxes of Sugar in the period
stated, were exported to Spain, 43,470 boxes to the
United States, 13,035 to Great Britain, 94,156 to the
Eastern Markets, 37,543 to the Baltic, 61,669 to Ham-
burgh and Bremen, 9,119 to Holland, 13,899 to Bel-
gium, 10,922 to France, 9,302 to Italy, and 2,178 to
other ports ; total, 338,565 boxes. The exports of
CofEe in the same time were 1,0-15,529 ambits, 83,143
thousands of Cigars, and 496,349 lbs. of leaf Tobacco.
With an increased cultivation of Sugar and Coffee in
the East Indies, sufficient supplies could be raised to
'w slave-labour out of employment.

thro

/e)
...........
---E. ..
ftdi, 141 SATURDAY, SEPT. 26.--I\luch rain
1114 troZtatzling the week ; but reaping has been continued
some 11.1,444:!tivity during the intervals of sunshine.
.A
13414 sli,,tr."ll of oats is, however, still standing,
.and, in,
1141141.. Efictst s eciall in the north-west, reaping is I,er)
Lettreittli--"e4,,n..lcesopme weeks of fine. weather are required to
I.;;l'etir in
..",', rot). But, generally
speaking, the accounts
~ Profit, 'Presenting the oat crop as almost unexampled .
•-,°tri cc, and the quality very good. Indeed, it is the
Zokleye:°PoV'the year, for wheat is extremely t and
tOh to Ing to the spread of temperance, tad not been
i 14, be "Ything, like the usual extent. There can, we
PPorttd h° doubt that a large quantity of wheat must be
elt, on ; but the deficiency of this crop will be the less
ewe
„4,ceetint of the great abundance and the excellent
'-ilre heap oats and Pittagto:s which, at all events, will se-
.,lato 4,.a1) food for Oor'cr classes.
'oaf c,-(413;, the harvest
bread Willi
be lo
- Tonake .i n
Tg
ohcfev cwr
h wheatenca itne
gn
Will w in price ; but much less
Stile he consumed.—Dablin Evening Post.
Antlem ir)E.--Abont twelve o'clock on Saturday a
ark' aro
‘t
'tiglu. sipis head was literally shattered, the whole of the
the 44e WU blown away, and the trunk of a tree growing
tyitt, ;,),ek of the bench an which he had sat was covered
lioN, _lie suicide's brains. In his right hand he hell a
ntrichPo'setol. The body was remove to St. Martin's
Ittovo ti,e• The deceased appeared to be a man who had
hn,n
rn_eta respectable sphere of life, but bad apparently
tkut 3: i reduced in circumstances latterly. He was
hair, ratilY:airs si age, five feet fire high, has dark auburn
touch that r „wig, and a Roman nose. His appearance is
frock Coat ° a military man. Ho was dressed in a d4rk
up Shoes. 'hack black waistceat, and black silk stock, and Lee-
third ,e • Ho had one halfpenn in his ockets. On the
in hisu_n,ger of his light band ho Ywore a wpeddin ...ring, and
1,4 '44isteoat pockets was a quantity of balls andL' powder
1 percussion
"%do,. ~, The pistol is marked " William!,
or, hi,,... There wcre no papers of any description found
'
..,ovr„,., ,
•
..tf
__ .0" I'UARDEN THEATRE.—Thc Duchess
.1
Irtais7eltoolzrt, who has tAen for the season the proscenium MRS. J.: 11.0
man,
John Frost, wilt) is now su . ffer.
v -----T.—The friends of that well-inter
()levy E.,°PPcsite to her Majesty's, his Excellency tioned but misguided .
to learn that his much-afflicted
tts 1 ~endi, the Turkish Minister, and suite, Viscount ieg ie, ignominious exile for his rashness and indiscre.tron,
Adretil.rabsigh, Captain and Lady Geergiana Codrington, will, no doubt, be truly sorry
sta,e of helpless and pitiable
Si 'w 1 '',vices, Lord Thomas and Lady S.,plia Cecil, widow is now reduced to
1...! aller
expense incurred in the defence.
Ja;nes, Hon. Captain Murray, R N., and -eve- destitution. The heavy
to appeal to the sympa-
rti,utffieers of the 2d Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards of her husband lies completely exhausted her pecuniary re-
;„, 'O. have attended the performances during the last sources, and she is now oblig
humane, in order to afford
dae_"`" Knowlas's Bride of Messina was acted on &Asir-
comforts to
necessary ,
ably
evening to a thin house. The play has been considerr. her a small portion even of those
tides of the charitable and the
..
ise,Y, curtailed, and it is now performed within two hours which she has hitherto been accustom? evde.n
to twenty, are
a half. According .• uette the eurtaks of her ' four in number, front the
lmmest , to etiquette
age of eleven to Her daughters,
seek,
44 • , s box have been closely drawn during the week, , forced to leave their now only maternal home, and
lel it 'rill not be occupied until after tic intevilunt of the i by the honest industry of their own exertions, a compe-
tency Princess Augusta: