The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-06 00:00:00

THIS DA VS SHIPPI2VG.

LONDON, Aug. 6. —Wind this day at noes, N.W.; strong
breeze and cloudy.
t3OUTHAMPTON, Aug. s.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Fulton
(i), from New York.
CLYDE, Aug. s.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Champion, for
Quebec. .

SHEERNESS, Aug. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sarah Ann,
from Sierra Leone.

PORTSMOUTH, Aug. s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Al-
bion, from Qutber.

CinniFi, Aug. s.—Wind S.—Artived—Cote d'Or, from
Mauritius.
COWES, Aug. s.—Wind W.—An iyed—May Queen, from
Melbourne.

ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE AT GALWAT.--.
The steamship Indian Empire, from New York, having the
American mails and 60 first-class passengers on board, ar-
rived in Galway yesterday morning. She has a full cargo
of flour, Indian corn, tobacco, and sugar.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, BY MR. COx..
wnoo.—On Monday evening Mr. Coxwell made his 280th
ascent from the Pavilion Gardens, North Woolwich. On
the balloon, which is a handsome new one named the Queen,
attaining an altitude of 3,C00 feet, it altered IN course In a
most remarkab'e way, as if directed by machinery. About
two hours before the ascent Mr. Coxwell, by experiment
with pilot balloons, ascertained that a southerly current
existed in mid-air, which, owirg to the absence of cloud at
lllALlwutle, was unindicated. Near the earth, on the con-
trary, an almost easterly wind prevailed. The balloon, on.
starting from the gardens, made direct for the metropolis;
but Mr. Coxwell, before leaving, announced with prophetic
truth that be would descend in Essex. Sure enough, the
aeronautic eye, influenced by some meteorological observa-
tions, saw in advance of the gazing molt t• de, for the balloon
wheeled round within view of the spectators, and steered for
Wanstead where a capital descent wrou made in the park.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE BURWITU VIADUCT
ON THE SELBY AND MARKET WEIGTITON
On the morning of Monday last a conflagration of the moat
serious and destructive character occurred in the neigh-
bourhoed of the vil:aee of Butovith, on the Selby and Market
Weighten line of railway, the effect of which will be to step
the traffic. on the line for a considerable period to come.
Near the Bubwith Station the Selby and Market Weighton
Railway crosses the river Derwent by an iron bridge, and
thence passes over a trent of laud cif a marshy character by
means of a viaduct 300 yards in length constructed prin-
cipally of timber, in logs 14 or 15 inches square. Between
twelve and nue o'clock on Monday morning last, a firo was
observed on the bridge by the captain of a lighter lying in
the Derwent ; bat tnlnkiug it had been made by the corn-
ranv's ,ervatits to enable turn to work on the line, be took
no further notice of it. Shot tly after, however, it appears
that the flames, which had considerably increased in extent,
were °bee; ved by the inhabiorets of a farmhouse a short
distance from the line, and an alarm was immediately
raised by them. Communication was at once made with
the authorities at Selby, whence a telegraphic despatch
for means to subdue the fire was forwarded to York. Un-
fort ueatey, however, owing to some mismanagement, the
andfire tnu enginesssnwere n
hours were
e,tsou,
erradareeiTaseidaittir:udewet
deeuinfet,,g,
rent (lines b,r the fifff'-erple(iii
to increase
biiBonniotr'ectiineta• kht37,e,
aica,iubtt'ers3aeutl'sder6iinoieuunsfelmiegy arrived at the place the viaduct was in
Ifirlolm end to end. To save the structure was au im-
possibility, and therefore the efforts of firemen, company's
servants, and a large number of other persons whom the fire
had attracted to the spot, were directed to the saving of the
bridge and other parts of the line adjoining the burning
mass.immediately adopted to sever the
communicationAn
rea sW:. the alsoviaduct at cacti end. Ttli3 was even-
tually effected, immediately after which the viaduct fell with
a tremendous crash upon the land below, and presented one
vast heap of smouldering ruing. It appears from inquiry
into the cause of the fire, that the viaduct had only recently
been tarred, and portions of the tar bad dropped, and had
doubtless in some places ACCUniti!aff d, tied a burnine cinder
from a pnseing engine falling upon this inflammable sub-
stance haul, it is thought, caused the disaster. We have Dot
yet been able to ascertain the amount of loss which the
railway company will sustain by t be fire, but it must be very
considerable.--illonehrster Guardian.
SUSSEX AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR
JULY: 111
the early part of the month the weather was of the sante
nature as that we'experienced during the month of June
—very hot and forcing, with every indication of an un-
usually early harvest; in many places the land was com-
pletely dried up, and the early sown turnips were nearly
all lest. On the 9th of the month we had a beautiful rain;
this was fol:owed by showery weather during the following
fortnight, and there is now some hope of getting a good
plant of late turnips, es there is also a good prospect for
Michaelmas rape, but at present food for stock is very short.
We arc now in the midst of harvest, a large proportion of
the corn being already cut, and a considerable quantity
carried. Some corn has been thrashed, but the quality is
not equal to that of last year. At this period of the year
every one is inquiring what are the prospects of the
harvest ? We will now state what we think we may
expect. In our last report we expressed 'en opinion that the'
wheat crop would rather exceed an average; since then,
however, a considerable change hrs taken place, many
pieces of wheat, which at that time promised a large crop,
were laid even before any rain fell, and alter the heavy
showers it was quite flat on the ground ; all that is in
this state cuts up very light, and the yield will be far below
what was at one time expected. Some of the standing
crops are well filled in the ear, and will prove a good
crop, but we have not seen in any instance an indication
of the bountiful yield of last year. We estimate the crop
to be about an average, tut as compared with the last har-
vest (taking into consideration that a good deal will prove cf
inferior quality), we believe that in this county it will be
nearly one-fourth lees. Barley and oats are very variable;
the early sown will pore a good crop, but a great deal that
is haekvvard o ill be very inferior ; peas are almost a fail-
ure, in many pieces they ere hardly worth cutting; the
same may be also said cf wieter tares, which will be very
scarce, and evil], no doubt, fetch very high prices. There
has not been much variation in the price of wheat during
the past month ; millers held back in order to await
the result of the harvest. In -our opinion there is little
chances of prices being lower; duriog last harvest very large
supplies of new wheat were brought forward, but at that
time alert was some temptation to thrash; with prices as
low as they are at present, few persons
_wihlalrpnstt.the,Ae is
alsoseerlvee
to t
present the
ven
to b ience
of
fe takenthrash into ideration
inguducToinnsg ve—wheat is
a
inconvenience
cheapernr point
than any other grain, taking weight for
;l another
c weight, and unites there is some rise in its value, it will be
extensively used in lieu of peas, oats, and barley; and as
there is a deficient crop of ail these, we look forward to a
large coueuriaption of wheat for feeding purposer.—Rrig ht°4
Gazette.