The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-24 00:00:00

THE SUN,

WIMAT ZbillnEtZT3.
SorrraALL, JULY 23 —To-day's market was fairly
supplied with each kind of stock, in which a steady bu-
siness was transacted at full prices :—Beef, from 35 to
3s 8d; Mutton, 38 to 4s; Lamb, 4s to 4s 8d; Veal,
as to 3s 6d; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs, to sink the
offal&
BoxFonD, JULY 23.—Generully speaking, the de-
mand ruled steady at full rates of currency. Beef, from
28 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 35 to 4s; Lamb, 4s to ss;
Veal, 3s to 3s 6,1; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs. Suck-
ling Calves, 15s to 20s. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s
to 19s each.
LEWES, JULY 22.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton,
2s 4d to 4s;Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 35 to 35 8d per 81bs,
a moderate supply and a 5tP-ady trade.

COAL aiARK.ET..YESTERDAY.
Bate's West Hartley.. 13s Od Eletton
Carr's Hartley .... ... 13s 6d Haswell l5B 0.1
Davison'sWestHartley 13s 6d Scarborough l3s 3d
Howard's W. H. Neth, 13s 6d Latnbton
North Percy Hartley.. 13s Od Lumley
Recihugh Main ... lis 6d Russell's Hatton
Ravensworth'sW, Hart 13s 6d Stewart's
'Canfield Moor .... ..... 12s 9d!Whitwell
Townley
Jonassohns Hartley ... 12a 9d Hough ILsll
West Wylam
Windsor's Pontop l2s Od Liclloe l4s 6d
Wall's End, &c, South Kelloe l3s 6d
Acorn Close ... ......... 13s Ott South Hartlepool
Brown ..... ............ 12s 3d West Kelloe
Gosforth ..... .......... 13s 3c( Whitworth
Hilda
N0rthumber1and......'............. 13s Od Adelaide Tees
. 12s 9d 'Seymour Tees ......
12s 9d
Original Gibson ...... 12s 9d West Corntorth
198 Od
Walker .................. 123 9d Birclig. Graigola
Eden Mein ...... ...... 13, 6d, Cowpon Hartley
Pensher ................ 13s 3d Sidney% Hartley
Braddyll ............. 14s 6dl
Ships at market, 165 Sold, 116.

OVER AVERAGES.
GENERAL GE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended July 17, 1851, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
?RICE •• I wna4AT. (EMMET I os.'re I BM I Imam I
PEAS.
42
7d I 25s 6d. 21s 11. d I 28s 2d I 318 5d 28s 6•1
snakier it DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
li od EY. I I AIL
la Od curs ATE. I BEANS. I PEAS.
Is od. lis Od is Od Is OdWhQtaITANTITIES OF GRAIN SL IN THE PAST WEEK.
4 51,264; Barley, 1,80750 ODats, 6,259 ; Rye, 87; Beans,
1,313 ; peas, 340 quarters.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.
(Before lair. Under-Sheriff BIIRCHELL.)
DREW V. BORCHARDT. his was an action to met:A-(r the balance of three
(Marten' rent of premises in the Grange-road, Ber-
tiondsey.
Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
On the part of the plaintiff evidence was adduced to
show that the defendant had occupied the premises in
question from Christmas 1849 to September 1851. When
applied t
iecit)o for the first quarter's rent, he positively re-
pay, on the ground that the plaintiff was not
the landlord of the premises; and on the second quarter's
rent becoming due, he refused to pay unless certain re-
Pahl were done to the premises, and he left before the
thrd quarter was due, but had paid some money on ac.
mount, and subsequently offered 61. to liquidate the
arrears.
For the defendant a letter was put in with the view
of showing that plaintiff was not the landlord, but
merely an agent; but this was rebutted by evidence to
'how that plaintiff was now entitled to the property by
Purchase.
The UNDER•SHERIFF said that the only question
Was whether there was the relationship of landlord and
tenant between the parties. It was quite clear that al•
though at first defendant had objected to plaintiff's title,
yet afterwards he abandoned that and raised another
objection, and actually paid money on account. The
jury had nothing to do with the title as the case
atood.
The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
The other cases were undefended.

BO W-STREET.—( THIS DAY.)
Mary Cohan, a decent-looking matronly woman,
about fifty years of age, was charged (upon remand)
before Mr. Hall, with stealing a gold ring of the value
of 128., two silk hazdkerchiets, and various other arti-
cles, the property of Anne Dean, of 5, James-street,
Covent-garden.
The prisoner had lived some time as servant to Mrs.
Dean, who is the wife of a salesman in Covent-garden
Market. Prisoner was dismissed for inability to do her
work, and atter her leaving the gold ring and several
cards of address were missed from a box, in which they
were locked up a few minutes before she left, and missed
as soon after, no one else having had access to the room
in the mean time. From the same apartment, at the
lame time, the other property also disappeared. In-
formation was given to the police, who took her into
custody. In her possession were found the address
cards taken from the box with the ring, also a pair of
stockings belonging to prosecutor, but no other part of
the property stolen. It. had attracted attention at her
departure, that although her own property was not
supposed to be bulky, she required a porter to take
away her luggage.
The prisoner was remanded for further search to be
made, but as nothing more was discovered,
Mr. HALL deemed the evidence not sufficient, and
discharged her.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Zerlina ; ou la Corbeilled'Oranges, the latest of Auber's
Operas, which wag only produced at the Grand Opera in
Paris on the 16th of May, was performed here for the
first time on Tuesday evening. The opera was com-
posed expressly for Alboni, who sustained the part of
Zarlina, as she had previously done in Paris. Madlle.
jNan made her first appearance on the boards of her Ma-
esty's Theatre in the character of Jemma, also her
original character at the Grand Opera. The scene of
Zerlina is laid at Palermo, and when the curtain rises
We discover a view of the fruit market of Palermo,
With the sea in the distance, with fruit•sellers
sitting before their stalls, and Lazzaroni lazily stretched
!Pon the ground, some sleeping, some eating maccaroni.
The opera opens with a chorus of Lazzaroni in praise
of the dolce fur niente, which is so dear to tho soul of
the inhabitants of the south—this is replied to by an
Objurgatory chorus of the fruit women. They are in.
terrupted by the entrance of Prince Boccanera (Signor
Scapini) from the palace ; he is is the Prime Minister,
and has married the sister of the King, who leads him a
Precious life; the maxim of this' amiable Princess
(kladlle. Feler) being " I will what I will, because I
!fill," a theory which in practice she carries out to
w:i!I utmost extent. The Prince, in the midst of
it splendour, sighs for the days when he lived
...!th his dear Zerlina, the companion of his youth,
Zuo, although only au orange merchant, made him
ZaPPY. and whose daughter Jemma (Madlle. Nau), be
1_44 still living with him, passing her off as his niece,
!sad endeavouring to bring about a match between her
Al the Prince de Butters, a rich but silly gentleman.
i','_ hip approaches. and the Prince retires into his v! pa-
From this ship Zerlina (Madlle. Alboni) descends
eat! regards with silent emotion her native Sicily, from
which she had been torn fifteen years before by a Bar-
l_sery corsair.. The air, " 0 Palermo, o mia Sicilia,"
WU rendered deliciously by Alboni, and was
Mich applauded. Whilst she has been singing
Foxes
sailors have been lauding from the ship several
iFoxes of oranges, which they arrange for her, when she
_ attacked by the fruit women, who refuse' to permit
toa establish herselt in the market-place; she is,
however, rescued from their fury by Rudolf° (Cs.lzolari),
a_ young officer, and having secured her station in the
qtatket she commences her song, red her .
et, .”
eyelet fruits, aranci
ttt, which is the song of the Opera, and which, as
we said yeSterday, will no doubt be heard upon every
taking
in our streets. The melody is one of those
and tunes that once heard can never be forgotten,
is introduced
into haunts one perpetually ; it
,40 the overture, and it Plays a Principal
Zerit in the opera, in which snatches of
tacit tiro constantly introduced. The Princess enters
bey having received ts note handed to her by a black
:
this' which. she tears up and throws on the ground. per.
tole a an orange of Zerlina, for which she give% her
ate the Princess ,hands the orange to the black boy,
put. quite the scene, while the curious Zerlina,
that'ilg:together the fragments of the letter, perceives
ree-Twahnicattppointreent ofisathreenscligezn7aunsd, of the
macecnecpets-
er se an orange
Nae) ng " Dolci frutta." Jemma (Mademoiselle•
, enters and
ii often sung to her in her infancy. She
"4
bee recognises the song as one which
quest
own Gana Zerlina, who recognises in Jemma her
eo.,,ritl.ghbct.er, now become a princess, and without dia-
l', ith 01. Z, "self obtains permission to serve the palace
to bitrodlea• It is in this scene that the " Dolci frutta"
znakeosreed to who
is
in
love
with
"7 tteetj ed as a duet, and it was exquisitely rendered
we find p.p. Alboni and Madlle. Nau. In the second act
theatf JeeTiValus in the palace, when she soon discovers
Promises on, Rodolfo, is about to
to ee—,arrY the Prince de Buttura, and she
Boccanera,
to
litticud the lovers ; she joins Beccan
rejoiced to aee her'
to him, who, to do him justice, is
beebe procul:
he will er. and from him obtains a promise
•esodolfo consent to Jemnsa s mrriage with
-!r,rl:oviititdebeueciLactth,e consent of the Princess can
Thefiew '' .ureaking off tho match with Buttura.
tbelutifulley " A suoi pie le e una madre," was
i e"gnisea it, theAlboni. Princess the purchaser of the orange
girl, she 1T:15, and having attired Jemma as an orange
Ptenges tousruth her, after presenting a basket of
her mania the Princess, to ask her consent to
with au °rang° with Rodolfo, and presenting her
to the
e_
.gB.h, to say " I know all," and the Princess,
happy:"LTliehrnent of all, consents to make the lovers
is one age t " Vittoria oh estremo guibbilo,"
bravura aie Fie most marvellous specimens of
Alboni exhiOtud'g ever heard ; never has
and never has t,s'i - greater brilliancy or flexibility,
with a hurricansi
more wonderful, 0 marvellous compass of her voice been
shown. It brought down the curtain
a diverties,cuent, °I applause. In the third act there is
a most quaint an which is introduced a Chinese pas of
encored. At the novel character, which was deservedly
three times
Called oloinclusion of the opera Alboni was
____°_._ The 1.____22,,8e was crowded.
FROpERTY•TAX, C '''
important that it sho 1 ',AIMS or .cAEMPTION.—It is
exemption as not ps", d he known that persons entitled to
Who desire to claim rue.es4ing incomes of 1501. a year, and
the three years to the fitPty na en tof property-tax for any of
claims to the surveyors
they respectively reside on )1. April, 1851, must forward their
next, otherwise the claims taxes for the districts in which
~ CHARTER-HOUSE. -- The
Wciell before the 10th of October
not be admitted.
*A., Fellow of
St. Jh's Colle el'.
Hayman,
foa.ters of the schools (responsionl: Henry
and one of the present
s in the University of Ox-
i, ford
ituhas been appointed an assistant-master in Charter-
asle_S, cmho.oi.l
,to. r,ucceed, next Christmas, the Rev. William
tiOteveletaiiirc "itelY resented
.rectory if BinegF,
v. i Lee

IRON HOUSES 1N TIIE FIRE AT SAN

FRANCISCO.
Nothing excited so much surprise, amid the many
surprising things that occurred the night of the great
fire, as the little resistance that was ofE•red to the
progress of the flames by the splendid and
substantial iron buildings that had been constructed
i❑ the full conviction that fire could not harm theca
at least. Eves when the insatiate flames were career-
ing wildly elsewhere, laying low the fairest fabrics
that man's ingenuity could devise to stay their course,
those doing business in these iron houses felt an
abiding confidence that they should escape the gene•
ral ruin. Others entertained the same idea, and
rushed their costliest articles into these warehouses,
and when the fire swept out of existence their
own combustible houses, consoled themselves with
the cell c;ion that a part at least of their property was
saved. But never was confidence more misplaced. It
is true iron will not burn, but destructio❑ as total
fell upon all such buildings as if they had been made
of light wood. We watched the fate of two ele-
gant three-st.iry iron houses—one situated at the
corner of WaJiington and Sans-me-streets, and the
other occupied by Messrs. Berthelot and Cronise, at the
corner of Jackson and Sansowe-streets, and never was
there a more complete wreck when the fire had done
with them. The zinc roof caught first and burnt as
fiercely as if made of piue•knots. The flame was of a
deep blur, and looked most singular beside that which
rose up from surrounding frame buildings. But little
smoke issued at first, but the heat was greater than that
of a furnace. The iron pillars and plates glowed
brightly; in a little while they warped, curled like
crisp leaves, opened, let in the flames to the piles of rich
merchandise stored within, and in a few moments all
was over. With a tremendous crash they fell in ruins
to the ground, and long after the wooden buildings around
were reduced to ashes these glowing heaps of iron
threw out an intense heat that allowed of no approach.
And, indeed, when we consider the fierceness of the heat
that arose on that memorable night from hundreds of
burning structures and piles of costly goods—a heat that
no one can conceive who was not present—it is not to be
wondered at that even iron succumbed before its wither-
ing power. From the nature of the material, however,
a less degree of heat would have produced the same
effect. Its expansibility will always open the interior of
a house constructed of iron to the admission of the
flames, and then it is not more secure than if made of
wood. In the recent conflagration there were five
elegant buildings constructed of plates of cast-iron,
three stories high, destroyed, besides a great number of
corrugated iron houses. The latter offered no check
whatever to the fire. They went down as a matter of
course. They have proved equally as insecure as wooden
houses, and when burnt more expensive, because in their
case it does require some outlay to clear the ground of
the wreck, whilst in the other nothing but a heap of
ashes remains.—San Francisco Herald.

EARLIEST STEAM NAVIGATION.

The first laurel, in connexion with steam naviga-
tion, certainly belongs to Robert Fulton, who formed
the most useful and beautiful art of steam navigation,
partly on his own discoveries, partly on the abortive or
unprofitable experiments of others. Fulton was a na-
tive of the state of Pennsylvania, and was born in
the township of Little Britain, and county of Lancaster.
in that great state, in the year 1766. All that his pa-
rents were able to give him was the rudiments of a com-
mon English education; his own inventive genius and
unweared perseverance did the rest. He canoe to Eu-
rope soon after he had reached manhood, and spent
several years either in this country or France, labouring
amidst every discouragement to carry out a variety
of ingenious projects of his own invention. He com-
menced his experiments in steam navigation as
early as the year 1793, but laid them aside, for
objects less worthy of his attention, until about the year
1803 ; when Mr. Livingston, the American ambassa-
dor at Paris, and afterwards his most liberal patron
and firmest friend, strongly urged him to renew
them. After trying experiments on a small scale,
on models of his own invention, it was understood
that he bad developed the true principle on which
steam-boats should be built, and for want of a know-
ledge of which all previous experiments had failed. But
as he and Mr. Livingston both knew that many things
which are apparently perfect when tried on a small
scale, fail when reduced to practice on a large one,
they determined to go to the expense of building an
operating boat upon the Seine. This was done in the
year 1803, at their joint expense, under the direction of
Fulton, and so fully evinced the justice of his prin-
ciples, that it was immediately determined to enrich
their country by their valuable discoveries, as soon as
they should meet there, and, in the meantime, to
order a❑ engine to be made in England. This engine
was accordingly made for them by Bolton and Watt ;
and on their arrival in the United States, i❑ the year
1806, they immediately engaged in building a boat,
of what was then considered very considerable dimen-
sions. This boat began to navigate the Hudson
river, between New York and Albany, in the year
1807: its progress through the water was at the rate
of five miles an hour. In the course of the ensuing
winter it was enlarged to a boat of 140 feet keel and 16i
feet beam. * * * The death of Fulton happened in
the year 1815. He lived long enough for fame, but not
for fortune. He died before his great discovery had re-
turned him any profit, and at a time when he was in-
volved in a troublesome litigation in defence of his
rights. It was derided before he perfected his discovery,
and plundered afterwards.
Steam navigation was first introduced on the Missis-
sippi, the great river of the west, in the year 1811, and
into Great Britain, on the river Clyde, by Henry Bell,
in the year 1812. In October, 1813, there were three
vessels of this kind plying on the river Clyde between
Glasgow and Greenock, and they were so much used
teat they had driven four of the eight coaches, which
ran before, off the road. The fare was five shillings
in the after cabin, and in the fore cabin half a crown.
In the year 1813 steam navigation was introduced on
the river Yare between Norwich and Yarmouth. The
steamer used on that river was built at Leeds by
Messrs. Fenton, Murray, and Wood, and was launched
in the month of July. In the same month two
other steamers were launched, one at Manchester
and the other at Bristol. In the month of October,
1814, the first steamboat was introduced on the Hum-
ber, and in December, 1814, on the river Thames. In
May, 1815, it was first announced that a steamer was
about to be introduced on the river Mersey; and in the
month of June the first steamer arrived from the
Clyde. "On Wednesday last," says the Liver-
pool Mercury, of the 30th June, " about noon,
the public curiosity was considerably excited, by the
arrival of the first steam-boat ever seen on our river. She
came from the Clyde, and in the passage called at Ram-
sey, in the Isle of Man, which place she lett early in the
same morning. We believe that she is intended to ply
between this port and Runcorn, ,or even occasionally as
far as Warrington. Her cabin will contain about 100
passengers."—Baines's History of Liverpool, Sec. VI.,
just published.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 22.—Yesterday afternoon a man
named Robert Hodge, the driver of a fly, entered the house
occupied by his sister in Claremont-street, in this town, and
after being there a few minutes asked his sister to give him
some hot water for him to mix sone Epsom salts in. This
she did, and the man opened a small paper parcel and
mixed what appeared to be about two ounces of salts in the
water, and drank off the contents. He then got up and bid
his sisters good by, and kissed them. He was about to do
the same to his sister. in-law, when she seemed to be
struck by the act, and said, " Nonsense you are not going
out !" She then closed the door, and asked him what it was
that he had drunk. He said it was salts; but on her telling
him that she did aot believe it, he said, .‘ Well, it's no use
now, it is oxalic acid." Upon hearing that, the sisters sent
off for a medical man. Meantime Hodge lay down on the
floor in great pain, and before the doctor could arrive he ex-
pired. While he was lying on the floor he said "it was all
through her," alluding to his wife, who had lefr him, and is
said to be living with another man in Kent. The poor fel-
low also added, that the world was nothing to him now. He
was about thirty-two years of age, and was a healthy, good-
looking man.
THE MAN WHO STATED OUT AT NIGHT !--A recent
number of Chambers's Journal has an amusing sketch illus-
trative of the groundless imputations so often thrown upon
ind viduals by those who judge of the characters of others
solely by appearances. It is the case of a gentleman named
who stays out every night till late hours, coming
bonnere only
her The
‘ bruteupon of his
a
pale and haggard, when "daylight doth appear."
broose, touchingly laments the condition of "his dear little
husbandopposite neighbour, Mrs. Pry, or Mrs. Bray-
er,gitatt noon,
wife, condemned to pass so many tedious hours alone, whilst
be ; breakfasting or passing his time in is drinking at the tavern, gambling,
me in any company but that where he should
however, and dining at night " On expla-
nation,are more his misfortuneurns out that the offender's late hours
other people's ends—in
than his fault—his work begins when
Paper ! a word—he is the Editor of a Morning

a particuelln
Napoleon-Vendee,
young lieutenant of
TRAGICAL ClRcums,r,x
-Vendee, was accustomed
a regiment stationed at
tilealc'ilop. and he established
afuugrthhtteehr
eo
moment,
othe e
npt e, r
as persons
to take his cigar at
girl
and, seventeen.afte A few days
came
in
artsome conversation,
A sentimental connexion with
of
who keep the shop, a pretty
r, cried that he
ago, he found the girl alone,
at
tnist marry her.
, but
consented
tthoenly in her
gave her a kiss. The mother
thinking that the matter had gone
, went to to him
had dishonoured her daughter, and thatehhee
He assured her she was mistaken, and
to allow him to continue to see her daughter,
girl, one
presence. Next morning the two brothers of
of whom is a sergeant in an infantry regiment
before he was out of bed, and declared that as
honoured their sister, he should sign a promise toad dri:v-
her. He refused to take such an engagement underina'
con-
straint; whereupon they both discharged their pistolsa
him. The ball of one smashed a finger—that of the other
entered the breast. The two young men then hurried to
their mother, and said," We have killed him," They then
gave themselves into custody. The wounds of the officer
are not serious.— G alignani's Messenger.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23.—Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived here this after-
noon by the South-Western Railway, and embarked on board
the Fairy for Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal
Highness was received by Captain Peacock and Mr. John
Levy, the principal officers of the docks, and these gentle-
men had the honour of being presented to the Duchess,
who was attended by Sir George Couper and Lady Augusta
Bruce.

MANES' WALKING EXPLOlT.—Richard Manks still
perseveres in his arduous task. He is cheerful and confident.
During the past week his appetite is improved. His weight
is said to be now about nine stones. During the day his
half-mile is often accomplished in 5 min. 12 sec., but in the
night he commonly occupies eight to nine minutes. The
1,000 half-miles will be completed on the morning of Friday,
the 25th July, when Minks enters upon the third part of his
task-1,000 miles in 1,000 hours. He has even issued a pro-
posal to make the distance for the last 1,000 hours 2,000 in-
stead of 1,000 miles.— She, Independent.
From communications appearing in the Arbroath
GwGuide, it appetrs that the Kirk Sessions there are inflicting
discipline " on
persons found guilty of walking on Sun-
day !—Scotsman. _