The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-26 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 25.—Lieutenants—Loftus C.
H. Robinson (1847) from the Growler paddle-wheel
steam-vessel, on the Mediterranean station, to the
Penelope, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, on the west
coast of Africa station ; Charles Sullivan (1844) to be
flag-lieutenant to Commodore Michael Seymour,
superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, and carrying
his broad pendant on the St. George, 120, guard-ship
of ordinary at Devonport.
Midshipman—Hon. H. C. Eliot to the Bellerophon,
78, at Portsmouth.

Naval Cadet—Herbert Hilton to the Dido, 18, at
Sheerness.

The Lady Franklin and Sophia failing vessels, the
former under the ccmmand of Captain Penny, and
recently returned from a searching expedition in the
Arctic regions with the view of obtaining traces of
or relieving Sir John Franklin and the missing navi-
gators, have nearly completed the delivery of their
remaining stores on board of lighters to take them
up to Deptford, and the crews expect to be paid off
to-morrow and to have their conveyance expenses
paid to Aberdeen and Peterhead, to which places
they almost all belong. Competent judges express
their belief that fully eighteen months' provisions
have been discharged here from the two vessels since
their return, and feel surprised that Captain Penny
should have returned with such ample resources for
so long a period under his charge; but they can have
no idea of Captain Penny's motive in returning so
early in the season, which is evident from what can
be learnt from all on board, who were to a man
ready to volunteer to start again for the Arctic regions
if Captain Penny had been placed in charge of a
screw-propelled steamer, on which he appears now to
place every hope of realising the object of the
searching expeditions to ascertain th© fate or re-
lieve the officers and crews of the Erebus and
Terror. The examination of the relics of
the Erebus and Terror found by Captain Penny, and
examined by Commodore Sir William Edward Parry,
Captain Beechey, Dr. Sir John Richardson, and Mr.
Barrow, have satisfied them that the articles in reality
belonged to the Erebus and Terror. One of the
pieces of canvas was proved by several persons, exa-
mined separately, to have been a part of the binding
of the trysail of one of the vessels, and on opening a
part of the binding the letters "N. C.," meaning naval
canvas, and the figures " 35," meaning the number
of yards in the original piece, were found upon it,
and on unweaving a few threads the yellow Govern-
ment thread was found in it, proving that it was Go-
vernment property and that it had never belonged to
the mercantile marine of this or any other country.
The direction post found near the three graves is still
an object of great interest, and on being closely exa-
mined the upright post is ascertained to have been
formed of a boarding pike staff 7 feet long, the finger
or painted handboard being attached at the top by
three nails, and instead of the post being nailed to
the centre of the board, it is nailed to the side nearest
the wrist-end of the hand. When found the spike
end had been broken off within about 5 inches of the
point of the iron, which accounts for the staff being
found lying on the ground instead of being in an erect
position. The sides of the coal sacks which had been
exposed to the sun have been bleached to a pure white,
and all the articles afford evidence of their having
been in the Arctic regions.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--A workman named
Darling, employed in assisting to lay down the timber for
the narrow gauge on the Banbury branch of the Great
Western Railroad, was killed on Wednesday last by the Ban-
bury middle-day train, near Oxford. The poor fellow had
just left off work for his dinner hour, and had most incau-
tiously eat down on the bridge which is over the Cheltenham
turnpike road, between the parapet of the bridge and the line
of rail, a width of about thirty inches, waiting for his dinner,
when he unfortunately feel asleep. On the train coming
close upon him ho raised his head, but had not time to get
out of the way before one of the steps of the carriages cut
him behind his head in a most frightful manner, so that his
brains was scattered about on the line. A person who wit-
nessed the accident ran to his assistance, but it was of no
avail, for, after breathing a few times, the poor fellow was a
corpse. He has left a widow and five children to lament his
melancholy end. No blame whatever attaches to any one
but himself. 'I he engine-driver and guard were not aware
I of the accident aUtil they itulyed At the 0400 gaup.

The receipts yesterday amounted to 2,725/. 145.,
the number of visitors being 57,161.
At the present moment, when, from the exposures
of the Lancet and from the accounts of the experi-
ments made by the East India Company in the Hima-
layah Mountains, the cultivation and adulteration of
tea are attracting much attention, it may not be
uninteresting or unprofitable to direct public notice
to the very fine and remarkable varieties of that
plant exhibited by Mr. Phillip William Ripley, of
Canton, in the Chinese compartment of the Exhibi-
tion. Mr. Ripley's collection is classified into no
less than six different heads—viz., teas from the
Fokien Hills, Nukoi teas, Canton made teas, Nankin
teas, Present teas, and Physic teas, a large propor-
tion of the specimens included in which are, strange
to say, unknown to the English markets. The teas
from the Fokien Hills are—Congou, Souchong,
Pouchong, Golong, at 21s. per lb. ; black leaf Pekoe
Ning Yong or Koken, and Flowery Pekoe, at 40s.
and 503. per lb. Of Nukoi teas two varieties are
shown—the plain Caper and the plain orange Pekoe.
The Canton made teas include the scented Caper,
which is scented at great expense with flowers; the
scented orange Pekoe, each leaf of which is so twisted
that it looks like wire, a small quantity being suffi-
cient to flavour many pounds of any other tea.
Young Hyson, small leaf Hyson, -Imperial and Gun-
powder, all very curious, and of very superior qua-
lity. The Nankin teas comprehend specimens of
Twankey, Hyson, Hyson skin, young Hyson, Impe-
rial, and Gunpowder, all of which are the produce of
one plant, and are said to be dried, not on copper,
according to the general belief respecting green teas,
but on iron. Under the class of Nankin teas are also
exhibited spurious scented Caper and spurious Gun-
powder made in Canton from tea dust and rice water
without a leaf of the plant in them, and appropriately
called by the Celestials " lie teas." The present teas
include a box of Cumshau, made up in the shape of
balls, faggots, and cigars, The examples shown are
seldom to be met with, and are said to be grown by
the priests on the different hills in the tea district. Of
the Physic teas the following amusing account is
given by Mr. Ripley :
" No. 1 is made from the common description of black
teas, and is adulterated with herbs; it is used as a uni-
versal medicine. The cakes are made on the fifth day
of the fifth month, or Dragon's Feast,' at noon, and
come from the province of Fokien.

" No. 2 is said to dissolve a glutinous spittle, to dispel
h riskiness, to quiet troubled feelings, to clear the mind,
to brighten the vision, to engender a wholesome mois-
ture in the mouth, to moisten the lungs; its odour is
fragrant, its taste savoury. • This cake is much used by
persons when travelling.
" No. 3is called Suan-Kok, and is considered useful
in curing a variety of complaints; but fevers and rheu-
matic attacks are principally mentioned on the card.
" No. 4—A tea from the ridge or back of a hill in the
province of Kwangse, called the Dragon's Cavern,
whence the tea is called Dragon's Black Tea.' It is
effectual in quieting troubled feelings, in assuaging thirst,
removing undigested food, dissolving phlegm, and en-
livening the spirits.
" No. 5 is a specimen of the Poo-Urh-tea, from the
department of that name, in the province of Yunnan, and
is used to prevent indigestion.
" No. 6 is another specimen from the province of Yun-
nan; it is said to be unadulterated with herbs, and is
used for the same purpose as No. 5.
" No. 7—Sung-Lo tea cake. Sung-Lo is in the pro-
vince of Ganhway, near Nankin. The virtues of the tea
have been doubled by its being done up into this cake. It
is particularly powerful in removing all kinds of inflam-
matory disease*, as also those arising from the impeded
circulation of the fluids.

" No. B—Same as No. 6, only smaller.
"No. 9 is a round cake, also from the province of
Yunnan; used for assisting indigestion. A cup of this
tea is found vary beneficial in removing repletion.
" No. 10 is called Ileong-Pien, and is used as a drink
on hot days; it is supposed to cool the blood.
"No. 11—Chin-Chew, basket tea called Lok.Oan.
This tea is exported largely to Batavia.
"No. 12—Cakes of coarse tea, said to be used after too
large an allowance of Sam-Shoo. One cup is supposed
to be sufficient to remove any ill effects of the previous
night's debauch.

Looking at this singular specification, which is said
to be translated from the Chinese Chops, the public
will be reminded of that favourite quotation of tee-
totalism—" the cup which cheers but not inebriates."
'When the Royal Commission recently visited Liver-
pool they inspected among the other sights of that
great seaport the new Albert Dock, and there, in one
warehouse, they saw 20,000 chests of tea, which they
were assured supplied only one week's consumption
for the whole country. This gave an immense idea
of the tea-drinking :powers of our population. Let
any one, however, go with the facts which we
have just mentioned into a small space in the very
heart of the Chinese collection, and he will there
see, within a few glass cases, about forty dif-
ferent specimens of the plant, a large pro-
portion of which have hitherto been unknown even
to our most enthusiastic teetotallers. The Great
Exhibition among its other strange revelations, dis-
closes many new varieties of a favourite, and shows
how, in the Celestial Empire, an excessive allowance
of " Sam Shoo," or the effects of a night's debauch,
may be cured, how " troubled feelings," thirst and
indigestion may be relieved, how the blood may be
cooled, " the impeded circulation of the fluids " re'
stored, and the traveller sent on his way rejoicing.
Looking at the information which Mr. Ripley's col-
lection conveys, who can doubt that the qualities of
the tea plant are still very imperfectly appreciated
among the barbarians of western Europe ?
On Tuesday we gave an abstract of the following
regulations, which have been issued with reference to
the removal of British articles from the Exhibition
not liable to Customs' duties.

" The doors wilt be opened at eight o'clock in the
morning, when preparations for removal may be com-
menced. But in order that articles may not be impro-
perly removed until it may be convenient to the majority
of the exhibitors to bo present, no goods will be per-
mitted to be taken out of the building before nine A.N.,
or of ter sunset, when the bells will be rung.
"A permit to remove articles will be issued to every
exhibitor. This will admit himself or his agent, and the
requisite number of workmen, for which he must make
arrangements with the district superintendent. It will
ho absolutely necessary that the exhibitor or his agent
attend in person to admit his workmen. The permit
will be dated, and the articles must be removed within
the period entered on the permit, and through that exit
door only which is marked on the permit. If, owing to
its bulk, any article cannot be taken out of the exit door
appointed, then the exhibitor must obtain from the dis-
trict superintendent a special pass for the west door.
" Every exhibitor, or his authoriLed agent, in taking
out articles, must fi!l up a receipt, and deliver the same
to the officer on duty at the exit door. Forms of re-
ceipt will be given by the district superintendents. The
permit must also be given up when the exhibitor has re-
moved his goods.
_ _

" In order to provide as far as may be possible against
confusion and accidents in the removal, in some cases a
rotation will be established for the removal of each ex-
hibitor's articles, and the permits to remove articles
will be dated accordingly. If an exhibitor fail to re-
move his goods within the period assigned to him, his
articles must remain until the turn for their removal
again arrives.
" Whatever aid the Executive Committee may be able
to afford is to be considered as auxiliary only to the ar-
rangements made by the exhibitors themselves for the
removal,of their own articles, and the exhibitors or their
agents should therefore bring with them force sufficient
to insure the security and safe and speedy removal of
their goods.

" Among so many thousand exhibitors and so great a
variety of articles, it will obviously be impossible to
identify every labourer employed by exhibitors with the
articles which he may claim to be employed in packing;
and although every care will be taken to prevent errors
and losses, still it must be clearly understood that no
responsibility for losses rests with the Royal Commis-
sioners or Executive Committee; but that it rests en-
tirely with the exhibitors themselves. The Executive
Committee particularly recommend every exhibitor, or
his agent, to attend as early as possible and make due
arrangements to insure the proper security and removal
of his articles; and it is suggested that it will be pru-
dent that at every important stall the exhibitor should
appoint a trustworthy person alway to remain in charge
of his articles until they are finally removed.
" The conveniences for packing in the building are
limited, and can only be provided in certain parts of it,
and if performed in the building must entail delay, and
all those casualties consequent on delay. Exhibitors are
therefore particularly recommended in all cases where it
may be possible, to remove light and valuable articles
without repacking them in the building. It is desirable
to prevent accidents that all small glass cases should be
removed withi❑ the three first days—namely, 16th, 17th,
and 13th of October.
" In order to Give the utmost accommodation to ex-
hibitors who desire to take advantage of the advice con-
tained in the preceding paragraph, no packing-eases will
be allowed to be introduced into the Building until
Monday, the 20th of October.
" All pacicieg-caves must he brought to the west end,
and be marked with the exhibitor's name and the class
and number to which they belong, or they will not be
admitted within the building. Packing-cases left empty
for more than 48 hours will be liable to be taken out of
the building. _ _

ENhibitcrs are particularly requested not to allow
hay, paper, or the materials for packing to ho spread
about on the floors.

" As the removal of articles cannot be delayed to an
indefinite period, and as many articles may possibly be
left unclaimed, a final day for removing articles will be
fixed by public advertisement. All articles left in the
building offer such notice bad been giTOl3 will be PPPro7

THE GREAT BOAT RACE:
The great boat race between William Pocock, of
Lambeth, and John Mackinney, of Richmond, two
celebrated scuilers, took place yesterday, and a more
exciting or determined contest was never witnessed,
the immense distance of four miles and Upwards
finishing with a victory of only four lengths, and
being performed by the winner in thirty minutes and
a half.' The race commenced from the rivalry inci-
dental to the circumstance of each man being a mem-
ber of the two great London rival crews for the
champion prize at Henley this season. Both men
possess great pretensions as scullery, and yesterday's
race demonstrates the fact that there was good rea-
son on the part of the backers of both for the trial of
skill we are about recording.
Pocock has been many years engaged in all the
leading contests of the Thames, and his defeat by the
renowned Henry Clasper, the champion of the Tyne,
some years ego, but served to establish the repute he
had earned as a finished sculler ; with varied success
he has been a great favourite of the public for years,
but the opinion that he was " used up" may have
been said to have produced the present race. John,
Mackinney, the brother of the candidate for the
championship of the Thames, has not earned so many
laurels yet, but bids fair to be as popular as his ad-
versary ; he won the last coat and badge given by the
late Mr. Evan Morris, and his rowing at Henley
fully justified his friends in matching him against
Pocock. The former is something like ten years
younger than Pocock, and is the heavier man.
The distance was from the railway bridge at Barnes
to Richmond-bridge, and the prize 1001. The Childe
Harolde, Lalla Rookh, and Echo, steamers, chartered
to accompany the race, were thronged with company,
and there were a great number of small boats out.
Betting was very brisk at even, and Pocock for choice,
but some money was laid out at 5 to 4 on the Lam-
beth hero.

Mr. E. Searle kindly officiated as referee.
Both men went to their stations full of confidence,
Mackinney with the choice on the Middlesex side.
Mackinney took the lead and went away with his
boat half a length in advance, and in this position,
stroke succeeded stroke at a "clipping" pace for hal,f
a mile, when Pocock gradually, inch by inch, came
level. A desperate struggle followed, in which they
were skull and skull for 200 yards, with their heads
slightly varying. Then Pocock gradually showed in
front, and passed under :Kew-bridge a length and a
half in advance, which he immediately afterwards
slightly increased, but it was as soon diminished by
a beautiful spurt of Mackinney's. Again Pocock
took a trifle more lead, and at Sion-house was three
lengths in advance, but again it was slightly reduced
by the gallant exertions of Mackinney. At Isle-
worth Church Pocock had an advance of four or five
lengths, but his opponent made another desperate
effort to change the fortune of the day, unsuccess-
fully, as it turned out, for Pocock retained his lead,
and won by four lengths. His rowing was the per-
fection of nautical art. Mackinney's, although not so
finished in style, was extremely good. Both were
beautifully steady throughout, and a more finished
performance it would be difficult to imagine.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
MIDLAND RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week
ending Sept. 21:— £25,574 14 8
Corresponding week last year... 25,539 9 11
Aggregate, 1850 ... £292,135 11 10
1851 ... 281,429 15 5
EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILWAY...4'MM)
return for the week ending Sept. 21
Passengers, parcels, &c. 11,144 12 1
Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 5,298 13 1

Total ... £16,443 5 2
Corresponding week of 1850 ... 13,889 11 1
YORK AND NOIMI MIDLAND RAILWAY. —The following
is the traffic return f 'or the week ending Sept. 21 :
Passengers, Eke.... ... £5,770 16 3
Merchandize and minerals ~. 4,8:2 5 4

Total ... £10,5.93 1 7
BRISTOL AND EWER RAILWAY. Traffic for the week
ending Sept. 14:—
Passengers
Goods „..
Parcels ...
Mails

,Z 4,217 9 5
.. 1,067 0 1
... 133 18 11
... 223 4 2

Total ... £5.641 12 7
SHROPSHIRE UNIO:N RAILIVAT.—(Open 29 miles.)—Traffic
or the week ending Sept. 21:—
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods and live stock

... £456 3 Ei
... 272 16

Total £728 19 8i
Corresponding' week last year ... 525 14 8

MANCHESTER, Bu. ETON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending
Sept. 21:—
Passengers, &c.
Merchandise

... £l3B 18 5
... 51 10 10

Total ... •.. XIPO 9 3
Corresponding week last year ... :203 10 6
Scornskt CF—NTRAL RAILWAY.—Traflic for th© Week
ending Sept. 21,1851
Passengers (13,818), parcels, horses,
and carriages ... ... £1,172 7 5
Goods, cattle, &c. 798 14 7

2,171 2 0
Correspondingweek in last year... 1,;16 1 8

Perth, Sept. 24, -1E;51.

GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTIZUN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
(188 miles).—Return of traffic for the week ending Sept.
20:—

Passengers, parcels, &c.
Merchandise and cattle

£4,237 5 8
... 970 8 7

Total ... £5,207 14 3
Corresponding week last year ... 4,779 17 0

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FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THE BANK. - Yesterday
evening an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, at St. Thomas's
Hospital, on view of the body of Mr. F. Field, aged 64, for
many years a cashier iu the Bank of England. It appeared
from the evidence of Mr. Hector Cochrane, of Newhall-
street, that the deceased was crossing Princes-street, to go
from the Poultry to the Bank, when a lioxton omnibus came
down from Lothbury towards the Mansion-house, and de-
ceased stopped to let them pass. A waggon and a cart were
going from London-bridge to Lothbury at the same mo-
ment, the cart being a yard or two behind the waggon. As
soon as the waggon and omnibus had passed the deceased
he mada a rush to cross the road, and when he got between
the waggon and cart he seemed to be quite paralysed, and
the shafts of the off side of the cart knocked him down.
The driver immediately pulled up, but the wheel of the cart
was on the body of the deceased, and some persons extri-
cated him and took him to a surgeon's, and thence to the
hospital. Sonic other witnesses were examined, whose tes-
timony corroborated this statement, and all agreed that no
fault could be found with the driver; and the house-surgeon
stated that decased died of extravasation of blood on the
brain, which would have been caused by a fall. A relative
of the deceased stated that he bad been very nervous for
sonic time, which would account for his seeming paralysed
when he found himself between the two vehicles, and the
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."

DEATH FROM POISONING.—An inquest was held
yesterday evening before Mr. Payne, at St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, on view of the body of Lucy Seiver, aged 45, who died
from the effects of poison. It appeared from the evidence
th it the deceased had lately drunk very much, and taken
money f, om her husband, as well as pawned their furniture
to purchase spirits. This had often caused words between
them, and on Monday evening last, in consequence of her
conduct, he threatened to send his daughter away, as he
would not have her remain in the house to be ruined. The
nest day his wife went to a neighbour's house, and said she
was come there to die, and her conduct was altogether so
strange that her neighbour suspected she had taken poison,
but she denied having done so, when she became very
drowsy, and in her pocket was found a large bottle, which
smelt very strongly of laudanum. A surgeon was imme-
diately sent for (this was about two o'clock), and all the
usual remedies tried, but without effect, as she died at Our.
The jury returiud i verdict of i` Itraperau iniauity."