The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-14 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Nor. 14.—Wind this day at noon, N. ;
cainin and fine.

PonTsmoum,!Nov. 13.—Wind N., thick fog.—Arrived
—Her Majesty's Ship Juno, from Western Australia.
CARDIFF, Nov. 13:—Wind calm.—Arrived—Haidee,
from Quebec. _ _ •

Orr PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Arrived—Penora, from
Callao, for Aberdeen.

COWES, Nov. 13.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—North
St .r. (s). from New York„and left for Bremen.
SIIIELDS, Nov. 13 —Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—Matilda
Cornelia, for Singapore.

ALARMING FIRE AT WOESLEY HALL—Yesterday
morning the noble mansion erected by the late Earl of
Ellesmere, at Worsley, near Manchester, a stone build-
ing in the Elizabethan style, had a narrow escape of
total destruction by fire. The damage is estimated at
4,0001., which is covered by insurance.

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—
' A meeting of those depositors who have not agreed to
the terms proposed for arranging its affairs was held
today, when a resolution was carried by a large majo-
rity accepting the terms. The minority was very small,
and the feeling manifested on the whole highly creditable
to all present.
SERIOUS RIOT AT LIIRGAN.—LIIRGAN, Friday Night.
—This afternoon a mob, compose t of weavers, attacked
the power-loom factory of James Malcolm, Esq., of this
town ; being driven off by the police they commenced to
demolish the windows of his private r‘sidenee. Several
shots were fired. Several persons were wounded, not
dangerously. Several arrests have been made up to 10
p.m. by the police. The town is quiet now. The origin
of attack is ascribable to the fact of Mr. Malcolm's em-
ployes being put on half time.

WzaroN's Music HALL.—This new and very splen-
did hall was inaugurated by a public dinner last even-
ing, under the presidency of Mr. Huggins, on the site
where the National Hall, Holborn--a building for a
long period dedicated to the promulgation of bad po-
litics and worse religion—formerly stood. Mr. Wes-
ton, the new proprietor, having had the hall entirely
rebuilt, has put it under the management of Mr.
Caulfield, formerly of the Haymarket Theatre, whose
name will be a sufficient guarantee for the excellence
of the entertainment to be produced. The ball, which
cost 9 0001. in rebuilding, is 100 feet long, 40 wide,
and 40 in height. The ceiling is divided into 10 com-
partments by horizontal beams, from which descend
pendants and elegant chandeliers. On either side of the
ball is a gallery projecting 6 feet from the wall, afford-
ing ample space for seats and promenade ; whilst at the
end opposite the orchestra is a refreshment room com-
manding a full view of the hall. The artistic decorations
are very elegant—the plate-glass and panelled walls with
arabesque paintings giving to the hall an extremely light ,
and chaste appearance. The entertainment of last
evening gave universal satisfaction to the company
present—about 300 in number—the prcfessionals en.
gaged at the establishment singing some really r xc2llent
music, including an admirable selection from the " Tro-
vatJre." With liberal management such as Mr. Weston
promises, he cannot fail to meet with success, and the.
visitors to his hall will ,certainly not be disposed again
to seek entertainment in inconvenient and ill-ventilated
rooms.

IMPORTS/IT SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICH.
—THE PATENT CORK MATTRASS COMPANY.—This day
(Saturday) a series of important experiments of an at
once novel and deeply interesting character took
place on the river Thames, oppoeite Woolwich Dock-
yard, in the presence of a large concourse of people.
The experimenta were made with a cork mattress by
Robert Whisby, a seafaring roan, under the direction of
Mr. George Ritchie, patentee of the Cork Mattress,
and Mr. Poole, manager of the company. The experi-
ments were eminently Successful, and tended all ti
give the following results :—Abundance of buoyancy
in the water, comfortable warmth, and strength to en-
counter the surging of the waves. A most impo;tant
result was, that Whisby, although in the water nearly
an hour, showed no signs of exhaustion, nor did he once
complain of the least eyruotorne of that detestable
oceanic enemy—"cramp." The fact he declared that he
found the mattress generate plenty of caloric, and that
he was capable of infinitely more exertion. Once he was.
buoyed up by the mattress, with head, feet, and hands
out of water, the lat-,i r sustainine: a weight of twenty
pounds for ten minutes. Tee results of the experiments
were quite io accordance with the expectations of the
patentee and company, who intend, on a future occasion,
to p relit Whisby (at his own request) to swim from
Southend to Sheerness. Many members of the mer-
cantile marine were present, and expressed themselves
in terms of the highest admiration and thankfulness at
the practicability of an invention tending largely to
diminish the horrors of shripwreek.
Accounts from Cronetaik, state that English divers
had been sent down by the Ru-r,ian government to
ex swine the line of battle-ship the Lef irt, which recently
sank in the Ralik. An immense nines of human bodies
were found belle/. The effect produced on one of the
divers by the sad sight was such that no report could
be obtained froru him, and he refused to descend a
beculd time,