The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-03 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

[A summary of the following appeared in our Af-
ternoen Elition of yesterday :—]
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 2.—The United States' mail
steam-ship Franklin, Captain J. A. Wotton, arrived
off Cowes at seven A,M. this morning, and after land-
ing the English mails and passengers proceeded on
her voyage to Havre.
The Franklin brought 68 passengers, 52 of whom
are for Havre. The freight list comprises specie
value 832,000 dolls., of which 600,000 dolls. are for
Havre, the remainder, in gold, for London. She has
also 500 bales of cotton, 100 packages India rubber
goods, 60 packages of whalebone, and other freight,
for Havre.

The Franklin left New York at two P.M. on the
20th ult.; her run to Cowes has therefore occupied
eleven and a half days mean time. She encountered
head winds during the voyage.
Her intelligence is of four days' later date from
New York than that brought by the America to
Liverpool.
The United States mail steam-ship Illinois arrived
at New York on the 20Ja ult. with a fortnight's later
news from California, and specie value 1,38,000
dolls. The Brother Jonathan bad also arrived with
300,000 dolls. The news from the mining districts
was very encouraging ; fresh discoveries had been
made of gold deposits, and the yield of the precious
metals was immense. The Indians were still com-
mitting depredations. Gold had been found a few
miles south of San Diego.
There is little intelligence of importance from the
United States. President Fillmore had been in-
disposed, but the most recent accounts mention his
recovery.
. . _

The Boston Railroad jubilee had terminated.
100,000 persons were present, including the Presi-
dent of the Republic and Lord Elgin, the Governor-
General of Canada, both of whom were well re-
ceived. In reference to this celebration the Tribune
says :

Twenty years ago the first charter for a railroad
was granted in Massachusetts; 17 years ago the first
railroad was opened to the public; and they are now
celebrating at Boston the completion of a system of
seven trunk lines, with numerous and extensive branches,
including within the bounds of the state above 1,000
miles of railway, besides ut least 1,500 miles of direct
extensions or connexions beyond its borders. Of all
these roads those within the state alone employ a capital
of 52,000,000 dolls., and earn a yearly revenue of above
6,500,000; and thus it is not too much to estimate that
100,000,000 of Massachusetts capital have within these
brief 20 years been invested in railroads which have
their focus in Boston, and well invested to; and this is,
o❑ a fair calculation, but one-half of the capital invested
in railways in New England. This is why they hold a
jubilee there. They are right in doing so. They are
right in rejoicing at the contemplation of a syst©m of
public works absolutely unparalleled. We rejoice with
them, and feel our Yankee blood tingling in sympathy--
Cor whatever benefits one part of this Republic benefits
all others. But let us look into the occasion of the jubi-
lee a little more in detail.

" Massachusetts has a small territory—its area is but
5,000,000 acres, and its population not 1,009,000. A
rocky and barren soil, an unfriendly climate, and no
navigable rivers opening channels to the interior, are the
( ndowments with which old Massachusetts entered on
her career. They are not all, however. She had a
people unequalled in energy, concentration of purpose,
nd personal integrity; she had good schools, good laws,
a glorious history, and the go-a-head spirit; she had also
abundant water power, the enterprise to use it, and for a
time the national policy has favoured her; she has built
up manufactures, and on that basis stands the admirable
example of a state that she now presents; and, finally,
she has erected this great net-work of railways, extend-
ing in all directions, and bearing from every quarter a
willing tribute of prosperity and the means of greatness
Still more complete and enduring."
A fire had occurred in Sacramento city, entailing
a loss of 30,000 dollars.
The New York papers publish accounts from Val-
paraiso to the 9th of August, but they add nothing
~f importance to the advices previously published in
this journal, and received by the West India mail
steamer Avon.

President Fillmore was expected at New York
when the Franklin sailed. Lord Elgin also contem-
plated paying a visit to that city.
The President, in a letter to Governor Lowe, of
Maryland, had expressed his determination to enforce
the laws against the persons who took part in the late
outrage in Pennsylvania.
The French war steamer Mogador sailed from New
York on the 18th ult. for Rochefort.

Upon Cuban affairs we have nothing new.

NEW YORK MARKETS.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20,—The cotton sales of the week
amounted to 3,600 bales, but the market was exceed-
ingly dull.
In coffee there is a steady demand, but no advance in
prices. The sales are very large.
The flour receipts were moderate, with a very fair
home trade. Prices are steady. The export demand
has declined considerably. The old stock is reduced
very much.
Grain—The asking prices of wheat being above tho
views of the miller, the transactions still continue light,
with unsettled prices. Barley is very dull. Corn is more
plentiful, but the markets were the same.
In the hide trade the markets have been very dull,
and the sales have been confined to the actual wants of
the trade.

Indigo stands the same as last wcok's prices.
Provision trade steady, but the demand is good.
The spirit market has advanced in cons( qui-,•nee of the
advices recently sent from Europe respecting the bad
state of the vintage. The stock is large.
In sugars the prices are very much depressed, and in
favour the buyers.

The wool trade is remarkably dull, in consequence of
there being no demand from the manufacturers. The
supply is very large, and holders readily submit to great
reductions to effect sales.

Freights—We have no alterations to make of any im-
portance; the amount offering is moderate. The Liver-
pool cotton is 3s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. per bale. Flour, 6d.
and Bd.; naval stores,, is.; heavy good, 10s. to 155.;
grain, 3d. To London: tobacco, 205.; cheese, 305.;
flour, ls. 6d. and Is. 9d.; measurement goods, 255. and
305.; heavy goods, 20s. and 255. To Havre: cotton, .d.;
ashes, dolls. 4 and 5; rice, bark, &c., dolls. 5 and 6;
measurement goods, dolls. 6 and 8. To California, 40c.
and 50c.
The market for stocks has slightly improved, and
closes with great steadiness. The sales have been
greater, yet with less speculation. The amount of gold
to arrive within a few days is large, about 2,5 00, 00, dol.
on-
and has a tendency to allay fears, yet the ports ctinue. 500,000 dolls. will be shipped to-morrow.
Money is in great request, at 12 and 15 per cent., and
he amount available for discounts is rather contracting
than enlarging.
Foreign exchange continues firm at 10 and 101 for
sterling, and sf. 11c. and sf. 124 c. for France.
The present condition of the money market is not
likely to change, as the continued shipments of coin
keep in full activity the apprehensions of the banks, as
the receipts of gold do not all go into the banks, though
all the shipments come out of it. The general circula-
tion will be benefited.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The
vas
lled down
eowHn Hon.
evening at sunset on board the Victory, and at nine
a , flage. B. of
,
o'clock yesterday morning the flag of Sir Thomas
Briggs, G.C. St. M. and G., was hoisted on board
Portsmouth P. Biaden
Cpe li.last
her. The Britannia fired the usual salute of 17 guns,
which the Victory returned.
Captain George Bohun Martin, C. 8., the new flag-
captain at Portsmouth, is a nephew of the late Ad-
miral of the Fleet, Sir George Martin, G.C.M.G.
He has served on full pay twenty-one years since his
entry at the Naval College in 1812. Embarked
April 110815, as midshipman on board tbelmpreg-
eable, 98, Captain Samuel Campbell Rowley, bearing
the flag of Sir Josias Rowley, in the Mediterranean ;
where, in the following October, he removed to the
Spartan, 38, Captain Phipps Hornby. Quitting the
ship in July, 1816, he next, until the receipt of his
first commission, dated March 17, 1821, served on
the Channel, Mediterranean, and Cork stations in
the Madagascar and Meaander frigates, both
commanded by Captain Sir James Alexander
Gordon; Ganymede, 26, Captains William M'Cul-
loch and Hon. Robert Cavendish Spencer; Wasp
sloop, Captain William Woolridge ; Hyperion,
42, Captain Thomas Searle ; Newcastle, 60,
Captain Arthur Fanshawe; Cadmus and Brisk
sloops, each under the orders of Captain James
Montagu; Spencer, 74, flag-ship of Sir Josias Row-
ley ; and as Acting-Lieutenant in the Sappho sloop,
Captain James Hanway Plumridge. On the date of
his official promotion as above, Mr. Martin was no-
minated Flag Lieutenant, in the Queen Charlotte,
100, to Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed,
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. Obtaining a
second promotal commission in consequence, April
24, 1824, he assumed command, April 17, 1827, of
the Musquito, 10, and, returning to the Mediterra-
nean, was afforded an opportunity of sharing, Oct.
20 following, in the battle of Navarin. His conduct
on that occasion procured him the honours above
indicated, and was the cause of his being advanced (as
soon as he had served the necessary time as com-
mander) to post-rank, April 19, 1828. His next
appointments were—April 17, 1833, and October 31,
1835, to the Volage, 28, and Caledonia, 120, flag-
ship of Sir Josias Rowley, both in the Mediterrean,
whence he returned in the autumn of 1837. He has
been in command since November 4, 1844, of the
Eagle, 50; in which ship he at first conveyed Rear-
Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield to the south-east
coast of America, was then employed in North Ame-
rica and the West Indies, and in the performance of
a particular service.
Commander Colson Festing, sixth son of the late
Commander Henry Festing, R.N. C. 8., has been
promoted to the rank of captain. ibis officer entered
the navy Sept. 26, 1807, as first-class volunteer on
board the Volontaire, 38, Captain Charles Bullen,
with whom he continued to serve, latterly as mid-
I Allmon of the Cambrian, 40, until December, 1811;

during which period he assisted at the capture of the
island of Pomegue, near Marseilles, and the destruc-
tion of Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, near Cape
Croisette, in 1809, besides actively ca-operating for
many months with the patriots on the coast of Cata-
lonia, where, April 12 and 14, 1811, he witnessed
the capture of the towns of St. Philan and Palamos.
Removing next to the Caledonia, 120, flag-ship of
Sir Edward Pellew, he shared in a partial action
with the French fleet oft' Toulon, November 5, 1813 ;
after which he joined the Alcemene, 38, Captain Jere-
miah Coghlan, under whom, independently of the
capture of La Fleche national schooner, of 12 guns, he
was in warm action, April 11, 1814, with the batteries
of Porto Maurizio. On the paying off of the Caledonia,
which ship he had rejoined, Mr. Festing, in September,
1814, became Admiralty midshipman of the Rhin,
38, Captain Charles Malcolm. After a further servi-
tude as master's mate in the Pilot, 18, Captain John
Toup _Nicolas, and Boyne, 98, flag-ship of Lord Ex-
mouth, be obtained a commission, dated March 10,
1815, and was employed pro tern. towards the close of
the same year, in the Partridge, 16, Captain John
Millar Adye. his subsequent appointments as lieu-
tenant, we find, were chiefly as first lieutenant—Dac.
7, 1820, to the Seringapatam, 46, Captain Samuel
Warren, on particular service—August 3, 1825, to
the Fly, 18, Captains Frederick Augustus Wetherall
and Follott Walrond Pennell, on the East India sta-
ti?n—Nov. 26, 1830, to the Belvidera, 42, Captain

lion. Richard Saunders Dundas, in the Mediterranean
—and March 4 and August 27, 1834, to the Presi-
dent, 52, and Vernon, 50, both commanded on the
North American, West Indian, and Mediterranean
stations, by Captain John M'Kerlie. Attaining the
rank of commander Jan. 15, 1838, he next joined, on
the 30th of the same month, the Hercules, 72, in
which ship he served for nearly two years under Cap-
tain J. T. Nicolas and Edw. Barnard; and May 11,
1841, the Dublin, 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Richard Thomas, in South America. Since the
Autumn of 1842 he has been on half-pay.
The following is the number of men victualled on
board of the ships in commission at Portsmouth, in-
cluding the crews of their tenders and supernu-
meraries :

Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord G. Paulet ...
Blenheim screw-ship, Captain Henderson, C.B 2BO
Britannia, 120, Captain Yate5....... 660
Dauntless, 33, screw-sloop, Captain Halsted 315
Excellent gunnery-ship, Captain Chads, C.B B3O
Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C.B.
Victory flag-ship, Captain Sir G. B. Martin
Vulcan screw-troop ship, Master-Commander Penn 140
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—It commenced blowing
a gale of wind from the; S.S.W., with rain, yesterday
morning. The pay-yacht the Portsmouth attempted
to get out to the Dauntless, but was obliged to bear
up and run back into harbour.

James Glasspole, a boy, employed in the bakery at
the Clarence-yard, having injured his hand with the
machinery, was removed to Haslar, where it was
found necessary to remove the forefinger of his right
hand at the socket.

Died, Mr. George Hughes (only son of George
Hughes, Esq., of Upper Deal), midshipman of the
Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johnstone. In the dis-
charge of his duty in the foretop he was struck by a
heavy sail, which swept him out of the top on to the
deck, where he expired shortly from the injuries he
received.

Mr. Davis, the master-attendant of the Clarence-
yard, has just completed a cooking galley (Grant's) of
large dimensions for the Simoom. The condenser was
put on board her last week, which was looked at and
approved by the Admiral and officers of the dockyard.
It cooks for 1,000 men, and will produce ninety gal-
lons of fresh water per hour.
Bellerophon went out of dock at Portsmouth on
Wednesday, and alongside the jetty. She has manned
the Hercules, which she takes with her to Malta.
Hercules is taking in a large quantity of victualling
stores for Gibraltar and Malta.

The Vulcan iron screw steam troop-frigate, Mas-
ter Commander Penn, embarked detachments of the
12th Lancers and 12th Foot last evening, and went to
Spithead with them to-day, where she received ad-
vance, and sailed for Queenstown, to embark other
troops for the Cape of Good Hope.
The newly entered men of the Dauntless screw
steam-frigate, 33, Captain Halsted, were paid wages
in advance to-day. She will sail to-morrow, should
the present boisterous weather moderate, for Lisbon.
WooLwicu, OCT. 2.—The Rattler steam-sloop,
Commander Arthur Melleish, was paid in advance at
this port to-day, and proceeds to-morrow to Green-
hithe, where she will take on board her powder from
Purflest, and on the following day will be tried at the
measured mile in Sea Reach. It found on trial to be
in good sea-going order she will proceed to Plymouth,
calling at Portsmouth on her way round to embark
Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence for a
passage to Madeira, and will also take on board su-
pernumeraries at Portsmouth for the vessels on the
East India and China station, on which she is to be
employed in lieu of the Reynard, last on the coast of
China.

The Black Eagle, Master-Commander Petley, re-
turned to Woolwich yesterday, after attending on the
Lords of the Admiralty, from Chatham to Sheerness
and back, and is to be taken into the basin to have
new boilers.

Mr. Roberts, Master of the Blenheim, with a crew
that brought round the Defiance from Portsmouth to
Woolwich, is to return to the latter port in the
Sprightly steam-vessel, when ready to return. She
has been delayed here a few days to have one of her
sway beams replaced for one that was injured during
her recent service in bringing round the Blazer
steam-vessel to assist in laying the telegraphic cable
from Dover to Calais.

The Pluto steam-vessel is now ready for commis-
sion at this port.
The Torch is at Deptford, also ready for commis-
sion, having undergone a thorough repair.
The Myrtle steam-vessel will have her repairs com-
pleted at Woolwich by Saturday next, and will then
return to Sheerness, where she is stationed.

CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S EXPEDITION.
Captain Horatio Austin, C. 8., and Captain Om-
manney arrived in town on Wednesday evening,
leaving the squadron at Yarmouth and Grimsby ; and
yesterday these gallant officers had lengthened inter-
views at the Admiralty with the different members of
the board and the hydrographer. Rear-Admiral Sir
John Ross, C. 8., was also at the Admiralty, and met
Captains Austin and Ommanney.
Captain Austin remains in London, but Captain
Ommanney left last night to return to his ships. The
Resolute and her screw-tender, the Pioneer, Lieute-
nant-Commander Sberrard Osborne, are off Yar-
mouth ; and the Assistance, Captain Ommanney, and
her screw-tender, the Intrepid, are off Grimsby. The
squadron are ordered to snake the best of their way to
Woolwich, the sailing ships hiring any steam power
they can avail themselves of.
The following letter from a correspondent in the
squadron announces the arrival of the Resolute :
" Off Yarmouth, Wednesday.
" Again we are safe arrived from the dreary north,
although unsuccessful in finding poor Sir John. I sup-
pose you have received all the news and accounts of how
we passed the winter and spring. Since we saw Penny
near Cape Hotham, Jones's Sound has been examined,
and we have been further up than the Cary Islands,
which is the highest latitude north that ships have
reached for some years. The Intrepid was nearly lost
off Wolstenholm Sound, but luckily goks)ff after being
on top of the ice for some time. I have a fine sketch of
it. After her extrication we considered that nothing
remained to be done, so started for home. We have had
a wonderful passage, having been little more than three
weeks from Wolstenholm Sound, which we lost sight of
on the 6th of last month. It is a wonderful change of
climate,lwoset
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—Soon after twelve o'clock
last night a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. J. and
YenMt-reoearde., fish
hhe fire, which Noel-court, Hunter-street. New
which commenced in the fhed, at the
back of the house, rapidly extended itself to the dwelling.
house of Messrs. Moore, and also to the premises of Mr. A.
Chapman, bow-string and gut-wheel manufacturer, 11, Noel-
street, Bermondsey New-road. The exertions of the firemen,
•street, Hunter-street,
however, prevented its spreading much after they had got
into play, though they could not save the premises in which
the fire originated, nor the dwelling-house of Messrs. Moore,
which, with the furniture, were destroyed. The drying-
shed of Mr. Chapman, which was insured in the Phcenix
Office, was also entirely destroyed, partly by fire, and partly
night, was
by pulling down, to prevent the further spread of the flames.
ahyose in wait-
ing thehe (private houses), were slightly
damaged, and the windows were pulled out, to save the
furniture, which was considerably damaged by removal.
prroopofesrtyofofNoir.33.ainidun4t, Regent
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--The arrival of the
steameraLtotnenddonedbye
m eLlaenitehhoalty Goarsannatlorny,. onASmaotnugrdt
to receive their friends was a young man of the name of
Gillon, holding a situation of some responsibility in the'
office of Mr. Ballantyne, printer, who was among the pas-
sengers, and as the vessel, though due on Friday, did not
make her appearance till after eight o'clock on the night in
question, the confusion which usually accompanies the de-
barkation of the passengers was considerably increased by
the darkness which prevailed. The unfortunate young man
duly met his employer, and, according to instructions, was
proceeding with a light in one hand and a note of the articles
in the other to see the luggage all right, when the hatch of
the hold having been previously thrown open, and the place
left unprotected by lights or otherwise, he fell down head-
long and was killed on the spot. The attendance of a
medical
m requiredan was
;p rtohceur ed
poor withoutfellow's
neckdel
was broken. He
was only about 24 years of age, was but recently married,ay, but his services
were
nut
and much esteemed by all who knew him.--Caledonian
Mercury. _ ._

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. Yachtsmen
throughout the United Kingdom will be gratified to learn
that his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has been
elected a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. His
desire to be admitted into this distinguished club was com-
municated recently by his Charge d'Affaires to Lord Alfred
Paget, the gallant commodore of the Royal Thames Yacht
Club, and at a very numerous meeting of the officers and
members on Tuesday night last, his Majesty was elected by
acclamation, succeeded by long and hearty cheering, in ap-
preciation of the 119139 Ur conferred upon the club.