The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

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THE AUSTRIAN NAVY

A letter from Trieste, dated the 12th inst., gives
some interesting details respecting the Austrian
squadron of evolution now assembled in the
Adriatic.

The squadron, which has been formed silently,
consists of 50 vessels, of which 34 are steamers and
16 sailing vessels. In the former category there
are some fast screw line-of-battle ships ; among
others the Kaiser, 91 guns ; the Radetzky, Danube,
and Adria, frigates, of 31 guns ; the Archduke Fre-
derick, the Dandolo, and Elizabeth, of 22 guns ;
10 first. class gunboats, armed with 5 rifled cannon
each, and provided with machines of 230-horse
power.

The squadron is placed under the superior com-
mand of Archduke Maximilian, Lord High Admi-
ral of Austria, whose second in command is Rear-
Admiral Bourguignon. The crews are chiefly
Sclaves, Dalmatians, or Germans.
Independently of the organisation of this squad-
ron the Austrian Government is actually construct-
ing 10 ships of war, among which are two cuirassed
frigates, and six sailing vessels are being trans-
formed into steamers. Great works are under
construction at Pola.

THE MEXICAN EXPEDITION.
Under the head of " Latest Intelligence," La
Patric publishes the following:—
" The steam transport L'Aube, coming from
Toulon, entered the port of Mers-el-Kebir at 2
p.m. on the 16th inst., where the Massena steam
line of battle ship had arrived the evening before.
" The embarkation of the troops destined to form
part of the Mexican expedition commenced imme-
diately. These troops, which: had arrived from
different ports of Algeria at Oran, of which Mers-
el-kKbir is the port, comprise a battalion of the 2d
Regiment of Zouaves, a mounted squadron of the
2d Regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique, detachments
of Engineers, Artillery, &c.
" The Massena and L'Aube were were to sail on
the 17th for La Martinique.
TLe steam corvette Berthollet, from Rochefort,
on her way to La Martinique to join the squadron
under Rer-Admiral Julien de la Graviere, put into
Lisbon on the 15th."

MARTINIQUE.
Accounts from Martinique and Gradaloupe to the
26th ult. have arrived. In the former colony the
Governor had dissolved the Council-General on
account of serious dissensions among its members;
and that act had created considerable sensation.
An oofficial return shows that in tl.e month of Sep-
tember an increase took place in the exports of
sugar and coffee, and a decline in those of rum.
Lwo fires occurred on the same day in a plantation
called La Vapeur, one doing considerable damsge :
there was no doubt that they were lighted up by
incendiaries. In both Martinique and Guadaloupe
decrees had been issued doing away with the
formalities heretofore required to be observed to
obtain passports to leave the colonies, the formali-
ties being three advertisements in newspapers of the
intended departure, or the deposit of a sum of
money as security for creditors.

THIS DAPS SHIPPIN G.

LONDON, Nov. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and dull weather, with sharp
frost.

CLYDE, Nov. 16 —Wind N.W—Arrived—Claubel
from Demerara. Sailed—Young American, for Duneden
N.Z.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 18.—Arrived —Africa, steamer,
from NewiYork.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 17.--Wind N.W.—Sailed—Cathe-
rine, for Hayti.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Octavia,
for Madras.

FALmouTrt, Nov. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived—Mary Ann,
from Rio Janeiro.
GRIMSBY, Nov. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Christo-
bel, from Sunderland for the Cape of Good Hope, assisted
in by a smack, with loss of foretopmast, maintopgallant,
and jibboom,

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOU, onda Morning.
Arrived—Wild Duck, fromTHAMPTON
PatrasM; Audy enira, from
Dublin.
Sailed—Weser, for Lanelly ; Witch, for Launceston.
(ET SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
, ay g.
Arrived, Nov. 17—Askur,GRAVESEND
from DraMond in ; LordMornin nl Staey,
from Sonnesund ; Normandie, from Dunkirk ; James
Rennie and Carl Albert, from leonigsberg ;tAngeline, from
Riga; Planet, from Hamburg.
Arrived, Nov. 18—Taurus, from Havre ; Gipsy, from
Rotterdam; Senator, from Gottenborg ; Prevent, from
Aalborg.
Sailed,:Nov. 18—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
New York—both fromAnchored—Harrinton for Algoa Bay; Vision, for
London.

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S
9 a.m.
____ __
Nairn ' 30'20 35 33 S.W 3 8 0. __
Aberdeen__ 30.22 33 31 W. 3 Ib.
Leith ... 3026 33 32 N.W. 2 !
ierwick 3026 33 31 W 2 b.
. 2 5 b.
Ardrossan , 30'33 33 31 E, 1 3t. 1
Portri, sh ..
0
Shields
al way ... .
Liverpool
Valentia
Queenstown 30.44 36 35 N. W. 3 4 e. 1
Yarmouth....
3024 30 N. W. 4 om. 4
London 3013 38 N. N. W. 1 0 f. 0
Vover 3026 22 31 N. W. 4 1 h. 3
Portsmouth 3010 32 31 N. 3 60. 2
i'ortland
Plymouth
I enzance

EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermoiheter in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
vaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true--
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
t., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
since (1 to 9).

THE MURDER OF THE GAMEKEEPER NEAR
0 TLEY.—Yesterday morning, Waller, the desperate poacher
for whose apprehension a reward of £75 was offered for
murdering Smith a gamekeeper, near Bingley, was appre-
hended in a barn about two miles from the scene of the
tragedy. He was concealed in the straw, and was haggard
in the extreme.

FLOOD IN TIIE NoltTII RIDING.—O❑ Friday the
rivers Rye and Derwent overflowed their banks, and for
many miles laid the land on each side under water. From
Helmsley, in Ityedale, to Ayton, in the Derwent Valley,
the rivers form a vast lake, and in the low-lying districts,
especially about Newsham 'bridge, Ryton, and Yedingham,
the roads are in some places three feet deep in water. On
Friday night the waters were still rising, but the weather
was Suer,

On Saturday morning an alarming fire broke out
at Mr. Clifford's, John's-court, West Smithfield.
The inmates were aroused by the cracking of wood,
and on opening their bed room door found the first
floor on fire. They instantly raised' an alarm and
sent for the engines. In the meantime, Mr. Clifford
was extricated from his bed much burnt. He was
conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he
now remains, without the slightest hopes of recovery.
With a good supply of water the engines got to
work, but the fire was not subdued until consider-
able damage was done. The fire was caused by
smoking in bed.
Another fire, of a most alarming character, broke
out on the homestead of James Marshall, farmer,
Shundland farm, Hendon. The engines from King-
street, Baker-street, and Wells-street, were quickly
on the spot, but the fire was not extinguished until
some hay-ricks were destroyed, supposed to be the
act of an incendiary.
Yesterday a fire took place in the premises be-
longing to Mr. H. Gu pp, a cabinetmaker, &c.,
carrying on business at 20, Crown-row, Mile•end-
road. As the Watling-street engine was going at a
rapid pace along the road, one of the wheels got
into an opening caused by the traffic along the
thoroughfare, and the bumping of the engine caused
the driver, a man named John Langston, to fall
head foremost between the horses. He was removed
to the London Hospital, but has sustained such
serious injuries that he is not expected to recover.
The flames could not be subdued until the premises
in which the disaster commenced were burned
down, and the private dwelling-house and contents
severely damaged by fire and water. No. 19, in the
same street, belonging to Mr. J. Bry, is also dam-
aged by the hasty removal of the furniture, &c.
Mr. Gupp was fortunately insured in the Atlas
Fire-office; and Mr. Hodsall, the assessor of losses,
was quickly in attendance to take charge of the
salvage. The other losses will fall upon the
Phoenix Fire-office.
Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, as a
youth, of the name of Young, was delivering a
newspaper at a shop opposite St. Matthew's Church,
Oakley-square, he was alarmed by seeing a large
quantity of smoke issuing from the windows of
the sacred edifice. He immediately ran to the
police-station of the S division, Pratt-street, where
a number of men were preparing to start off on
day duty. Upon the Acting Inspecting Sergeant
Conway being told that the church was tat fire,
he sent off the entire body to the spot, when it
was soon found that there was a fire raging near
the Communion-table. The sergeant was followed
by Inspector Gibson, and in a few minutes by the
parish engine from the workhouse. The police
would not allow any door of the sacred building to
be opened till the arrival of the engine. Upon
that being in readiness, and there being a good sup-
ply of water, the hose was applied to the spot where
the fire was raging, which was adjoining the pul-
pit. The progress of the destructive element was
promptly arrested, and shortly after the arrival of
two engiueb, from Crown-street and Holborn, was
extinguished, but not before several of the pews
and part of the flooring were consumed. The fire
is supposed to have been caused by overheating the
underground pipes and fines for warming the
church. A sermon was to have been preached the
same forenoon in the church by the Rev. Dr. Champ-
neys, on behalf of a fund, which is in course of col-
lection, for the repairs of the sacred edifice. The
damage done will entail a considerable additional
expense. •