The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

Anwics, Ocr, s.—The Forager, Barnett, from Shore-
ham, drove ashore on the Buxey last night, but got off, and
proceeded for this port.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following have been posted at Lloyd's :
" Hydrographic• office, Admiralty, Sept. 24, 1846.
" BALTIC.—GOTHLAN SUT-WEST LIGII T.
" On the Ist of October n D extO a revH wi
olving light ll be
established on Refsudden Point, on the south-west extremity
of the island of Gothland, in latitude 56 deg. 56 min. N., and
longitude 18 deg. 9 min. E. The light will continue bright
for half a minute, and will then be eclipsed for an interval of
a minute and a half. The lantern is 56 feet high, and the
light 166 feet above the level of the sea, so that it may be
seen at the distance of seventeen miles."
" Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, Sept. 29.
"COAST OF PORTUGAL.—ALTERATION OF PENICHE
LIGHT.
" Information has been received by her Majesty's Govern-
ment that on the 16th of this month the re'rolving light of
Peniche, on the coast of Portugal, was converted into a
fixed light, with the object of enabling seamen to distinguish
it from the revolving light of the Berling Islands, and from
the projected revolving light which is in course of construc-
tion on Cape St. Vincent."

" Danish Consulate, London, Oct. 5.
" Instead of the Old Lantern on Thirnal Lighthouse, there
has been placed in the present summer (in the way announced
in the notice dated 4th of July this year), a new one of
'metal, with smaller window-frames and large panes of glass,
by means of which the light can be seen better than hitherto.
And, also, from the 10th of this month, instead of the
old reflecting apparatus, a magnifying apparatus of the fourth
oyder has been used, which stands Ph feet higher than the
10, Cr
light, or in the whole 98% feet above the sea, and
lights
round the horizon to a distance of about three Danish miles
out
4 The
light is
d, kept burning the same as formerly through-
the year
1c._7811 ,
Board'" of Trade, Copenhagen, Sept. 15."
...

IKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

Cri-D•ik.,
—,te4 EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY.
h!ond....A. full average supply of English Wheat has reached us since
ay, yet the stands were by no means heavily filled
with samples. Selected parcels moved off steadily, at full
krices, but other kinds were a slow inquiry, at late rates.
he quantity of free foreign Wheat was comparatively small.
price,xlds were very firm, and would not sell except at
extreme
In Corn under lock very little was doing. We had
a fair inquiry for Barley, and the quotations were well sup-
ported. Malt, ready for delivery, sold steadily, at previous
rates. There was a good demand for Oats, at Monday's im-
proved currencies. Beans, Peas, and Flour were quite as dear.
ARRIVALS.
Wbeat. Barley. Oats I Flour.
5,880 qrs. 4,720 qrs. 2,330 qrs. I 3,3505k5.
3,680 I and
3,690 4,700 5,720 I 2,280 brit;
Malt, 2,540 qrs.
irriIIiCIZALPEX.
Full average supper
es of meat were on offer here. Prime
Mutton and Veal sold readily, at full prices; otherwise, the
trade was in a sluggish state. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ;
?glutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s lid to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s
10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the 1
carcase.

Mnglish ..
Irish ..
Foreign

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
(RECEIVED THIS DA Y. )
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TOESDAY.
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
7 to 1 agst Tom Tullock—taken
15 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes—offered
16 to 1 agst Terrier—offered
18 to 1 agst. The Baron
18 to 1 agst Kesheng—taken
20 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild—offers to take
25 to 1 agst Giantess—taken
25 to 1 agst Glossy—taken
25 to 1 agst Flahowlagh—taken
25 to 1 agat Fort William
33 to 1 agst Tugnet—taken
33 to 1 agst Sheraton—taken
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
' 8 to 1 agat lago—taken
14 to 1 agst Tom Tullock—taken
18 to 1 agst Idas—taken
20 to 1 agst Conspiracy—taken
22 to 1 agst Joanna colt—taken
Even on the field against twelve.
DEABT.
9 to 1 agst Von Tromp--taken
16 to lon the field, bar one. to 2001.
DERBY RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 25 added from the
Fund. One mile and a half. (4 Subs.)
Sir C. R. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b 1
Mr. Knight's The Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs. 9st 91b.........,.. 2
Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b
2tol on the Duke. Won in a canter. 3
The Tradesmen's Plate of 100 sous., added to a Handicap of
15 sovs. each, 10 it, and 5 only if declared. Two miles.
Lord Chesterfield's Cherry (Morella filly), 3 yrs, sst 101 b 1
Sir Wm. Stanley's Pic Nic, 4 yrs, Est 121 b .......
y..rs ...
...... 2
Mr. Meiklanfa c, by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 .
3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. G.
Orgley's Roderick, aged, 7st 101b—Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalm-
singer, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Skelmerdine's Rolla, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr.
C. Dorrian's Laird o 'Cackpen ;4 yrs, Est 91b—and Mr. W.
Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, Est 21b.
A fine race with two.
The Maiden Plate of 30/., added to a Sweepstake of 5 soya.
each. Heats, two miles. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Skelmerdine's Rollr, 4 3 rs, Bst 5113 (Whitehouse) 1 1
Mr. Wel.mesley's Heir- at-Law, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 2 2
Mr. Dixon's Amazon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b...
The Derby and Chaddesdon Cavalry Stakes of 1 soy. each,
with 5G added, one round and a distance, were won by Mr.
F. Pepper's Queen of Hearts. aged, 12st, beating Mr. Ellaby's
Sir Roger, 6 yrs, 12st, and Mr. Lowe's Baronet, 5 yrs, llst.

FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
DURHAM, MONDAY EVENING.--At an early hour yes-
terday morning, a great deal of smoke having been ob-
served issuing from the mouth of the downcast shaft of
the Alexander Pit, at Rainton, near the city of Durham,
the property of the Marquis of Londonderry, fears were
entertained that during the night an explosion had taken
place, and on some of the officers of the pit descending
the shaft they found that their fears were too fully
verified. It appears that shortly after three o'clock on
the preceding day tho workmen had left the pit, when
there was not the least appearance of danger from an
explosion. The only person who. was left in the shaft
on the Saturday night was apa n named Richard
Stott, aged about ninety years,
who
ma
had
furnace used for ventilating the shcharge
aft.`.hen the deputy
of the
overman descended the shaft the following morning, he
found Stott lying beside the furnace quite dead, his body
e
g the usual appearance of a person who had beeny
killed by an explosion of fire-damp. On proceeding to-
wards the stable, it was found that the whole of the
horses, seventeen in number, bad also fallen victims to
the explosion. It is a most providential circumstance
that the explosion took place on the Sunday morning,
for had it happened at any other time, the consequences
might have been of the most frightful nature; every-
thingi is the mine having life at the time of the exp °-
Mon perished. Had the catastrophe occurred on the
Saturday morning, it is supposed that upwards of one
hundred lives would have been sacrificed. This after-
noon an inquest was held on the body of Stott, before
T. C. Maynard, Esq., coroner for Easington Ward,
when John Streaker, the deputy overman, stated that
on Saturday he left the pit at about three o'clock in the
afternoon, and at that time there was not the least ap-
pearance of fire in the shaft; there was, as was the
usual custom, two oil lamps left burning, but their being
left burning would not have caused the pit to fire. He
could not assign an reason for the explosion, but it was
his opinion that it had not taken place spontaneously.
Several other witnesses were examined, but their esi-
dence was merely a corroboration of that of Streaker;
they all spoke to having left the pit safe and the lamps
burning on the Saturday afternoon. After a short
consultation the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."
R,

•owiNG MATcu.—The scullers contest between
Joseph Cobb and T. Reed, for 10/. aside, came off yes-
terday. Both men belong to Greenwich; Reed, how-
ever, plying at the east end of the town; and as the
subject of the superiority of each had been frequently
discussed by their friends, the present contest was deter-
mined upon to settle the matter. The the Halfway House to the Dreadnought Hospi
total-ship,
and the Prince of Wales steamer had been engaged
there
conveywere company to witness the struggle, ;besides which
me long boats out. Betting was about sto
4 in
adhering to the current odds, but rather exercising their
Own favouritism on the subject. After a pretty even
''..4;:t, Cobb, after the first dozen yards had been rowed,
took the lead, and maintained it all the w ay, coming in
firat by thirty yards. His opponent was close upon him
14 ile later mile, and rovEd altogether a most "plucky"
aura "ram

zrunswick, with loss of bulwarks and deckload ; Juliet,
Hayden, Placentia, with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c.
MARGATE, Ocr, 6.—The Leopoldine, Schmack, from
Stettin to Bordeaux, has been assisted off the Kentish Knock
waterlogged, and with loss of rudder, and is riding bete/ten
the Knock and Long Sand in twelve fathoms water.
Co
it was, Ocr, 6.—The Mercury Gibbs, from London to
Mi aurius, has arrived here leaky, and rudder partly un-
sh
Needpped, having struck on the ridge coming in at the
les. It has blown a hard gale all the morning, with
rain; about one r.3r. the gale abated.
PAnsTow, OCT. s.—The Elie Marie, Jubert, from Newport
to Indret, with pig iron, went ashore on the rocks in Harlon
at
Ba
low watery this morning, and s-Ank. The tide just leaves her deck
CORK, Ocr. 3.—rae brig Cushla Machree, from Quebec to
Liverpool, was alp Antioned at sea; crew saved by the Flora,
Brown, arrived at this port. A brig, dimasted and aban
cloned, with painted ports and a woman bust head, was
passed in ..41, 47, lon. 31 by the Juliet, arrived here. 4.
the Julia
day, ve„.l,-,
. _Hayden, from Newfoundland, put in here yester-
leaky, and with loss of sails, 'cc. A small schooner
from Prebee, name unknown, has arrived at this port, with
loss
. , '.if bowsprit, &c., and has been run on the Mud Bank.
it 'are ship, totally dismasted, was passed 23d ult. in lat. 48,
:on. 34. Another vessel, supposed the same, having a sail
on the stump of the mainmast, 2d instant, in lat. 50, lon. 13 ;
and a third disabled vessel, 30th ult., in lat. 50, lon. 16, all
'by the Triton-, Smith, arrived here.
HULL, OCT. 6.—The Catherine, Ackerman, from New-
castle to Rotterdam, which struck on the Spurn Point sth
instant, was run on shore this morning, near Easington, in
ainking state, and must discharge.
EXMOUTH BIGHT, Ocr. 5.—A lighter, loaded with deals
from the Royal Tar, sunk to•day alongside that vessel; the
greater part of the deals are recovered.
MARrroaT, Ocr. s.—The Shaw, Hewitt, for —, has put
back, having lost mainmast on the 30th ult., in lon. 34 W,
aatl stern having been afterwards stove in.
KINSALE, Ocr. s.—The Ambassadress, Bannerman, of St.
-John's, New Brunswick, arrived here yesterday, water-logged,
with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. The Malabar, Barker, of
Liverpool, arrived here yesterday, with loss of mainmast.
The brig Isadore, of this port, struck on the rocks at the en-
trance of this harbour yesterday, and became a total wreck ;
tWo of the crew drowned.
YArtmourn, Ocr. s.—The Lark, Lee, from Poole to Goole,
'Was assisted in to-day, having been compelled to cut away
foremast, maintopmast, &c., during a gale. 6th. The Thomas
and Mary, Dapledge, was assisted into the harbour this
morning, leaky.
LOWESTOFFE, OCT. 6.—The Charles Emelie, Paris, struck
on the Beacon Ridge this morning, and after beating hea-
vily, sunk about three cables' length from the shore ; crew I
saved.