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

THIS DAPS SHIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 6.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; strong
breeze and cloudy.
:SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Fulton
(s), frotn New York.

CLYDE, Aug. s.—Winl S.W.—S3iled—Champion, for
Queb(c.

SII EL RN ESS, Aug. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sarah Anti,
from Siam Leone.

PORTSMOUTII, Aug. s.—Wind
biop, from Qucbee.

CARDIFF, Aug. s.—Wind S.—Arrived—Coto d'Or, from
Mauritius.

COWES, Aug. s.—Wind W.—An ived —May Queen, from
Melbourne.

ARRIVAL or THE INDIAN EMPIRE AT GALWAY.--
The stearnseip Indian Empire, from New York, having the
American snails 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.
AIETEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 11T Mat. Cox-
WELL.—Oa elenday evening Mr. Coxwell made his 280th
ascent from the Pavilion Gardens, North Woolwich. Oa
the balloon, which is a handsome new one named the Queen,
' attaining an altitude of 3,000 feet, it altered its course in a
aasscierndtireic;.ecdobxywneriale, hbiyneeryx.perAimbonultt
mostteto hoursremarkable b e fo r e Ilt' ahye '
with pilot balloons, ascertained that a southerly current
existed in mid-air, which, owing to the absence of cloud at
t that altitude, was unindicated. Near the earth, on the cen-
t 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 he would descend in Essex. Sure enough, the
aeronautic eye, influenced by some meteorological observe-
tions, saw in advance of the gazing mutt t )de,for the balloon
I wheeled round within view of the spectators, and steered for
Wanstead, where a capital descent was made in the park.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF TILE BUBWITII VIADUCT
ON TIIE SELBY AND MARKET WEIGIITON RAILWAY.
On the morning of Monday last a conflagration of the most
serious and destructive character occurred in the neigh-
bourhor d of the vil'age of Bubwith, on the Selby and Market
Weight m line of railway, the effect of which will be to stop
the traffe on the line for a considerable period to come.
Near the Bubwith Station the Se by and Market Weighton
Railway crosses the river Derwent by an iron bridge, and
thence passes over a tract of laid cf a marshy character by
means of a viaduct 390 yards in length constructed prin-
cipally of timber, in logs 14 or 15 inches square. Between
two lye and one o'clock on Monday morning last, a fire was
observed on the bridge by the captain of a lighter lying in
the Derwent ; bat thinking it I ad been made by tbe corn-
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v ere chsetved by the inhabitants of a farmhouse a stern
that the flames, which had considerably increased in extent,
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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-
fortunate'y, however, owing to some mismanagement, the
fire engines were not ordered rut until half-past 8 o'clock,
and thus some hours were afforded for the fire to increase to
a most serious magnitude. The engines belonging to the
city, and ene from the railway, were sent off without delay,
but by the time they arrived at the place the viaduct was in
a blaze from end to end. To save the structure was an im-
possibility, and therefore the efforts of firemen, company'a
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. Means were also immediately adopted to sever the
communication of the viaduct at each end. Toffs was even-
tually effected, immediately after IN hich the viaduct fell with
a tremendous crash upon the land below, and presented one
vast heap of smouldering ruins. It appears from inquiry
into the cause of the fire, that the viaduct had only recently
been tarred, and portions of the tar had dropped, and bad
doubtless in some places accumulated, and a burning cinder
from a passing engine falling upon this inflammable sub-
stance had, it is thought, caused the disaster. We have not
yet been able to ascertain the amount of-loss which the
railway company will sustain by the fire, but it must be very
considerable.—Manchester Guardian.
SUSSEX AGRICULTURAL EFFORT FOR JULT.—In
the early part of the month the weather was of the same
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 oth 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, as there is also a good prospect for
Michaelmas rape, but at present food for stock is very short.
We are now in the midst of harvest, a large proportion of
thea
r ried. corn
already cut, and a considerable quantity
Some corn has been thrashed, but the quality is
ebeingsoln
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 an opinion that the
wheat crep would rather exceed an average; since then,
however, a considerable change hes taken place, many
pieces of wheat, which at that time promised a large crop,
were laid even before any rain fell, and after 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 ;gill 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 he about an averave, but as compared with the last her-
TI S' (t.,Li!,g intu eensideration that a good deal will prole I f
inferior quality), we believe that in this county it will be
nearly one-fourth less. Barley and oats are very variable;
the early sown will prove a good crop, but a great deal that
is backwardi willn
many pisses
be very loft rior ; peas are almost a fail-
ure, they ere hardly worth cutting ; the
same may be also said of winter tares, which will be very
scarce, and will, no doubt, fetch eery high prices. There
has not been much vat iatiou in the price of wheat dutiog
time past month ; triflers hold back in order to await
the result of the harvest. In our Opinion there is little
chances of prices being lower ; during last harvest very large
supplies of new wheat were brought forward, but at that
time there was some temptation to thrash; with prices as
low as they are at present, few persons will put themselves
to the inconvenience of thrashing during harvest. There is
also another point to be taken into consideration—wheat is
at present cheaper than any other grain, taking
weight for
weight, and unless there is some rise in its value, it will be
extensively used in lieu .of rem, oats, and barley; and as
there is a deficient crop of all these, we look forward to a
lame consumption of wheat for feeding purpoesi-e-Brighton
Gazctte.