The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

IMANDERS AND HAMBURGH

MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Nov. s.—Our city has just been visited
by 'at dreadful fire, in which several houses were con-
sumed, or very much injured, but there is reason to
hope that no person has perished. The the broke out,
between one and two o'clock in the morning, in the ex-
tensive manufactories of Mr. Pelseerer, timber-mer-
chant, in the Place Saint Gery. The warehouse and
workshops contained not only a great quantity of
various kinds of wood ready prepared, but
also a vast accumulation of furniture. The
ceighbouring houses were in part consumed, and
others much damaged. A mags:zine containing a large
stock of beer was destroyed, and the casks taking fire,
the beer was all lost ; unhappily the river since was
nearly dry, in consequence of the water having been
turned off AT the purpose of cleaning the bed. Orders
were given to open the sluices, but it was more than
two hours before the fire engines could act with full
effort. Several companies of cavalry were brought to
keep order, a company of gensdarmes preceded the
troops, and were employed in the same service; some of
the spectators assisted the firemen and the soldiers both
in working the engines and saving the furniture belong-
ing to the houses which were on fire, but they were not
so numerous as might have been desired, We were
sorry to observe that many workmen, attracted by cu-
riosity to the scene of the disaster, refused to afford
any assistance. The amount of the damage is not
known-300,000 francs is mentioned, but this is only a
rough estimate. The greater part of the property was
insured.

The unexpected continuance of fine weather begins to
alarm our gardeners. The fruit trees will actually
suffer by it, for the buds swell and will be destroyed
when the frost sets in, so that fruit will probably be
scarce next year. But, on the other hand, the pro-
ductions of this season, such as turnips, carrots,
&c., were never so fine or so abundant as
at the present moment, so that the nurserymen and mar-
ket gardeners cannot sell them except at a very low price.
It is surprising that the retail prices in the market do
not fall in proportion.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 6.—Accounts from Vienna, of the
29th October, state positively that the Austrian Govern-
ment intend to issue shortly notes to the amount of 25
millions of florins, which, like the English Exchequer-
bills, will bear interest at 3 per cent., and may be ex-
changed for money upon being presented at the Bank.
This issue will not exclude the plan of a loan at 5 per
cent.

VIENNA, OCT. 31.—IIis Imperial Highness the Arch-
duke Stephen, who was already on his journey hither,
was overtaken by a courier, who was dispatched after
him, and who brought the unexpected intelligence that
his father had suffered a relapse, in consequence of which
the Prince immediately returned to Ofen.
MONTENEGRO CATTARO, OCT. 26.—Recents events in
Montenegro explain the cause of the unexpected visit of
the Vladika. The Pacha of Scutari, Osman Malson
Pacha, is employing every means in his power to create
a party in Montenegro, to set them against the Vladika,
and gain them over to the Turkish Government, in
which he has been successful in many instances, by
means of presents and bribes. For some months the
Vladika has hesitated to grant consecration to several
priests of the Turkish party in Montenegro. By com-
mand of the Pacha they were consecrated by the bishop,
and afterwards received rich presents. In consequence of
this, !serious discussion arose in Montenegro, where
many are going over to the side of the Pacha every day.
The Vladika, whose influence is thus greatly weakened,
and who sees the number of his subjects greatly diminish,
is accordingly going to Vienna and Constantinople to
give those Courts a personal detail of the actual state of
things.

Thirty steam-boats on the western rivers of
America are lighted withtgas, made by apparatusin:esch
vessel, from the grease of its kitchen.

A charity sermon for the distressed Irish was
preached on the 25th ult. at Genoa, by the Rev. J. Ir-
vine, consular chaplain. It produced 544 f.
" LOVE HAS WINGS."—A couple from Ashby-de-
la-Zouch, attended, one day last week, at Quorndam
Baptist Chapel, a distance of 30 miles, to be married ;
but, as the minister was about registering the marriage,
they found that they had forgotten the registrar's certifi-
cate. As there was every danger, if time permitted, of
the marriage being forbidden, the bridegroom instantly
set off for the certificate, with which, to the great joy of
the bride, and the astonishment of the spectators, he re-
turned in three hours, having posted the whole of the
way backwards and forwards.
ROBBERY AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.--Friday,
information was forwarded to the London police, that
between the hours of two and seven o'clock on Tuesday
last, sown thief stole from the rooms of Thomas Acton,
Esq., of Emmanuel Collece, Cambridge, a drenssdinig)u-bboirn,
containing a letter of credit on the London a
Bank for 30.7., four 51. Bank of England notes, four or
five sovereigns, and about twenty shillings in silver ;
also, several bills and letters of consequence, and a va-
riety of articles of value.
A MAN STUNG TO DEATIL-011 Friday week an
inquest was held at llemsby, Suffolk, on the body of
Mr. Palmer, a miller, in that village, who a few days
before had, while employed in his ,garden, accidentally
overturned a skep of bees. The insects attacked the in-
truder, and stung him so dreadfully, that he died a short
time afterwards. The jury found a verdict accordingly.
—Cambridge Independent Press.

On Wednesday afternoon a butcher, named Rey-
nolds, residing in Orchard-place, Northgate, in Canter-
bury, committed suicide by firing a pistol through his
heart.—Kentish Observer.

•Dr. Conneau, the accomplice in the escape of
Prince Louis Napoleon, has been released from prison,
and intends, it is said, to go to England.

AV AL INTELLIGENCE.
PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA, OCT. 9.—ThePiekle schooner,
Lieut, Henry Bernard, did not sail till the 27th ult.,
when she embarked the Hon. Colonel Bruce for the Ha-
vannab, en route to Canada.
The United States' steam-sipop Spitfire, Commander
Tatnall, having completed her defects, sailed on the
24th ult. for Chagres.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Forth, Captain
, Chapman, arrived on the Ist instant from the Spanish
Main. Among her passengers from Chagres is Com-
modore Sloat, late Commander-in Chief of the United
States' squadron in the Pacific, on his way to New York.
The Gallant Officer paid his respects to our worthy
Commodore, and sailed on the 3d instant in the Tay, for
Ilavannah. The intelligence brought by the party from
the Pacific confirms that which we received in this island
two months ago, viz., that California was formally taken
possession of by the American forces. When Commo-
dore Sloat left Monterey on the 29th July, all Upper
California, north of Santa Barbara, was in the full and
quiet possession of the American forces, apparently, it is
said, very much to the satisfaction of all the inhabitants,
who have been long desirous of seeing their country
under some stable government.
The Ui:ited State4' steam-frigate Princetown was at
Chagres when the Furth lett, burwas to come on to this
island for a supply of coals. The' Princetown had con-
veyed dispatches thither fur the American Commander-
in-Chief in the Pacific.
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thropic efforts to unite the two divisions of the island
under one government, and in many internal reforms,
chiefest of which was the substituting coin for paper
money.
The ocean in this neighbourhood has 'been unusually
agitated for the last few days, that miserable cemetery,
the Palisades, and the town of Port Royal, having been
partially flooded by the waves. This circumstance, it
is feared, indicates the near approach of a hurricane, or
that some of the neighbouring islands have been visited
by this direful scourge.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Forth sails to-day
at noon with the mails for Jacmel, Porto Rico, St.
Thomas and Bermuda, at which latter island she delivers
the mails, &c., for England, to the Thames, which vessel
proceeds on to Southampton. The Clyde is at Grenada,
bound to Trinidad ; the Trent bound to this island, and
the Tay on her passage to the Gulf of Mexico.
In harbour—lmaum, 72, receiving ship, with the flag
of Commodore Pring, and the Royal Mail Company's
steamer Tweed, Captain Parsons.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.
The good_ service pensions, which reverted to the

patronage of the Admiralty by the promotion of Cap-
tains Maurice White, Earl Waldegrave, J. D. Markland,
C. 8., Sir Henry Hart, and T. T. Tucker, C. 8., to the
rank of retired Rear-Admiral, have been conferred upon
the following officers, whoseservices we give from Allen's
New Nary List:—
"Captain Philip Browne (1810), who was mate of the
Minerva at the siege of Pondicherry (1790); Lieutenant
commanding hired armed cutters Swan and Vixen, and
captured numerous smugglers and privateers in 1801
and 1802; was Commander of the Plover, and captured
seven French privateers ; and in 1809 co-operated with
the Spanish patriots ; and at Flushing, for which latter
service he was officially mentioned, and twice gazetted.
" Captain Manley Hall Dixon (1811), in command of
the ordinary guard ship Caledonia, 120, at Deyonport,
who was Midshipman of the Lion, 64, in action with four
Spanish frigates, and capture of Santa Dorotea in 1798;
and in 1800 bore an important _part at the capture of
Guillaume Tell ; was mate of the Gemireux at the sur-
, render of Malta and capture of the French frigate
Diane ; was senior Lieutenant of the Horatio, and se-
verely wounded in action with Junon. Gazetted 1809.
" Captain Peter John Douglas (1811), who was Lieu-
tenant of the Franchise at the destruction of the batteries
at Quracoa ; capture of a privateer, off Jamaica, by the
boats of that ship and Fortunee, in 1806 ; and com-
manded a boat at the capture of the Repose brig of war,
of 12 guns and 95 men; also at the capture of a schooner
of war off La Guayra ; and, when in charge of a prize,
beat off a privateer sent to recapture her ; commander
of the Reindeer in the Walcheren expedition. Gazetted
1806.

" Captain Barrington Reynolds, C.B. (1812), who was
Lieutenant of the Niobe in 1806 at the capture of the
French 16 guns corvette Nearque, of which vessel 'he
took possession in the presence of three French frigates;
Commander of the Ilesper at the capture of the island of
Java (1811).. Gaz9tted 1811.

" Captain A. R. Sharpe, C.B. (1813), who was Mid-
shipman of the Kent in the expedition to the Helder
(1799); and of the Hercule at Cape Francois and siege
of Curacoa (1804); Lieutenant of the Topaze in action
with two French frigates off Corfu (1809); Commander
of the Scout at the destruction of three French armed
ships, and some batteries in Sagone Bay in 1811.
Gazetted 1800.

"Captain W. F. Carroll, C.B. (1813);who was mid-
shipman of the Diamond, and in 1796 assisted at the
destruction of a French corvette, 8-gun lugger, and
convoy, on Herquipoint, under batteries, which were
stormed and guns spiked, and same year made prisoner
with Sir Sidney Smith. Was midshipman of the Syren
at the capture of Surinam (1799), and in 1800 was
severely wounded in attacking a French sloop under
Havre de Grace. Was acting-lieutenant of the Centurion
in the engagement with the squadron of Linois, in Viza-
gapatan roads (1604). Was flag-lieutenant to Sir Sidney
Smith, in the Pompee, in 1806, at the seiges of Gaieta and
Scylla, and storming of Capri ; and in 1807 commanded
the seamen and marines at the destruction of the battery
and guns on point Pesquies, and the guns in the wrecks
of the Turkish ship. In the same year he commanded
an armed transport tender to the Pony é at Copenhagen,
a7d repeatedly engeged the enemy's defences. Was
Senior Lieutenant of the Achille, at Walcheroa, and at
Cadiz (1809) ; and in the Cadiz flotilla (1819), at the
attack upon Fuengirula and 21a:aga ; and in 1811 his
vessel was sunk at tie attack upon Fort (atalina. Served
also at Barossa and Tarifa, and until the seige of Cadiz
was raised. Commander of the Volcano in co-op:ration
with the Spanish patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and
serving on shore in a breaching battery at the capture
of Fort St. Philip, when he was injured by the bursting
of a shell. Conveyed in portant dispatches across the
country to Wellin,7ton, relative to Tarragona. Was
Captain of the Revenge in the Adriatic at the reduction
of Venice and capture of the squadron in the port ; and
of the Cyrus, at the surrender of Napoleon (1814).
Twice cfficially mentioned by the Duke of Wellington.
Gazetted 1804, 1806, 1806, 1807, 1810, 1811, 1811,
1812, 1813."

The Island of Ascension, at present governed by a
Commander, will shortly have on old captain for its Go-
vernor, some disputes having arisen between that officer
and a captain on the station as to seniority, the latter
having claimed the Governor's house for his temporary
residence when ashore, upon a recent occasion. It is to
obviate similar difficulties in future that the above mea-
sure is resolved upon. Commander Morrell (1823), the
present Governor, will be promoted.
The Eurydice, 2G, Commander Anson, has taken out
orders for the Lily, 16, Commander Newton, employed
on the coast of Africa, to be sent home immediately,
in consequence of the second lieutenant and paymaster
and purser having written for courts• martial upon
themselves!

The Wanderer, 12, Commander Somerville, arrived at
St. Paul de Loando on the 4th of August, having on
board Sir GeOrge Jackson (and suite), appointed her
Majesty's Commissioner in the Mixed Committee, esta-
blished in that city under the treaty of Portugal, of the
3d of July, 1842. She sailed for Ascension on the 30th.
Orders were received here yesterday for the Scourge
steam bomb vessel, Commander J. C. Caffin, to be pre-
pared for immediate service, and her complement of men,
of which she is between 20 and 30 short, to be com-
pleted from the guard ships. This has been done ; she
is required to take dispatches to Vice-Admiral Sir
William Parker.

The Emerald tender sailed for Ply mouth last evening
with supernumeraries.
• The Manceuvrer lighter sailed yesterday in the even-
ing, with E tores for the Eastern yards.