The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Lord John Russell will leave Minto Castle this
day, and proceed to Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster,
to visit the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.

A deputation from the Windsor Local Board of
Health had an interview yesterday with the General
Board of Health at their offices, Whitehall. The de-
putation consisted of Messrs. lugulton, Lawrence,
and Darvill.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office from the Governors of the West India Is-
lands. Dispatches were also received from the
Governor of Gibraltar.

A NEW APPLICATION or THE SCREW.PROPELLEIS.
—A new screw-steamer, called the Frankfort, has lately ar-
rived at Liverpool, having a novel application
She belongs to Mr. Chappel, of the firm of 1,75 f
I)anna the
Jones.
and Co., of Liverpool, and is intended to trade from' this
place to Genoa, Leghorn, Naples. and Sicily. The Frank-
fort is about 700 tons burden, built 4f iron, with engines of
100 horse-power. The screw is placed abaft the rudder, out-
side of all, instead of between the rudder and the ship, as
heretofore, and this is the principle of the new application.
The rudder is divided into two parts, connected by a ring,
through which the shaft is carried to the screw outside of a
second sternpost, acting freely in solid water, and doing away,
at the same time, V, ith that unpleasant vibration so charac-
teristic of all steamers, both paddle-wheel and screw. Daring
the trial-trip on Thursday last she performed to the admira-
tion of her passengers, and fully bore out all that the paten-
tee promised ; for, although only of 100 horse-power, she
steamed 11 knots against a headwind, going through the
water with the easy motion of a sailing vessel, and so per-
fectly under control that she could be brought round almost
within her own length. Besides these advantages, the screw
is of a very high pitch, enabling her to sail several knots
faster with a fair wind, without the screw being a drag. The
patentee is Mr. John Beattie, of Liverpool.
STATE OF TRADE.— MANCHESTER, SEPT. 9.—ln
cloth we have bad rather less animation, but though manu-
facturers have in some cases manifested a disposition to do
business on easier terms, generally speaki change are
rather firm. The announcement on the E that
a manufacturer at Blackburn had been obliged to suspend,
and that a house at Halifax was in difficulties, created
some uneasiness, though it is believed that the liabilities
are not heavy in either case. The house at Blackburn
(Abbott's) is said to owe 12,000/., and the chief creditor
is a spinner at Bolton. In yarns spinners were disposed
to yield a fraction in price. Both mule and water twist
were bought rather freely on easier terms, with one excep-
tion, 30's water—which is in request for Russia, and also
for the East Indies, and commanded full prices. Among
Russian agents there is a rumour which may hereafter be
traced to a reliable source, that the Czar is disposed to re-
move the heavy duties at present levied on yarns and
manufactures of this country, and that so imminent is
the end of protection among Russian manufacturers that
they have already begun to set their houses in order by
lightening their responsibilities.
CONFLAGRATION AT LORD HARRY vANE's,
EWHURST.— On Sunday night a terrible conflagration broke
out at New House Farm, Ewhurst, the property of, and
occupied by, Lord Harry Vane. It appearsthatso
them e
children of Irish labourers, who were encamped near
premises, obtained lucifer-matches and wont into the straw
yard. By accident they fired the straw, which communicated
with the farm buildings. A barn, with thirty loads of peas
in the haulm, half of which were white, and a lodge, were
burnt down. Great praise is due to thelabonu(rers in assisting,
otherwise a peastack, and a beanstack, and haystack, which
stood within a few feet of the barn, must have been
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down. We have not yet learned whether the pro
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