The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

TALLOW.

The prices of Tallow are still about the same as for many weeks
past; the stock is small, and the demand good, both sufficiently so
to cause some excitement and create an advance of from 41 to 51 per
ton. Town Tallow has fallen is 6d per cwt, more from the state of
the weather than any other cause. The price is 41s cash.
HOP M BaaILET .

The late high winds and heavy rains appear to have done con-
siderable damage to the bine, owing to which, the demand, for most
kinds of Hops, is fair, and prices have an upward tendency. The
duty is now called only 170,0001. Picking will be pretty general to-
day. Nearly 100 pockets of New Hops have been disposed of, at
prices varying from 61 to Si 10s per cwt.

Lord Cowley returned on Thursday to Paris from
England.

THE HARVEST IN IRELAND.—We are now in a
position, from accurate information, to form an opinion of
the harvest. First, with respect to wheat—that crop, which
caused such well-grounded apprehensions three or four weeks
ago, has been preserved by the fine autumnal weather. The
injury from smut and other causes is much less than had
been supposed, and generally speaking, the yield will be con-
siderably more than an average and the quality good. In
many instances, especially on poor lands, where the corn was
lodged by the rain, and smut supervened, the grain is
damaged and shrivelled in appearance. But taken altogether,
the crop is turning out well. We know a very large farm in
Tipperary, where the produce, prime in quality, averages
nearly twenty barrels to the acre. This, however, is a pecu-
liar case; but, looking to all the reports, we consider the
wheat crop as likely to prove very satisfactory. Of oats we
hear very few complaints, and we have arrived at the conclu-
sion that the crop is an abundant one, and the quality very
fine. An extensive armer in Meath has assured us that oat-
fields not at all the best circumstanced in that county are
yielding sixteen barrels to the acre. In regard to potatoes,
we fear that the disease now so much spoken of
prevails to a considerable extent, although much
more limited than in England, so far as has
yet been ascertained. But a month must elapse
before the general digging of potatoes will enable
the farmer to estimate the amount of damage.
The accounts are very conflicting; some counties—for in-
stance, Meath and Tipperary—are represented as unaffected
by the disease. We trust that such will prove to be the
case. We have ascertained that considerable injury has been
suffered in some of the districts around Dublin. We know
the case of one farmer whose potatoes (six acres) have failed
altogether. On being dug out they were unfit for anything.
In the district of Fingal, celebrated for its fine crop of po-
tatoes, the disease has been severely felt, although its opera-
tion has been partial. In some fields so offensive is the efflu-
vium that the country people unwillingly undertake the la-
bour of digging out. The disease, we have heard, is begin-
ning to appear about Celbridge and ether places in that
direction. Looking to accounts from Cork, Wexford, and
other places, we fear that a considerable portion of the po-
tato crop will be lost, if we can depend on the accuracy of
the accounts that reach us. On the other hand, the extent
of this crop and the yield are unusually abundant. TLe
Dublin market is supplied with very fine potatoes at a price
much lower than generally occurs at this season. There are
no complaints from the provincial markets, either as to
scarcity or price ; and, upon the whole, we are disposed to
believe that a full average crop of sound potatoes will be
available for home consumption, even if we should export some
to England and the Netherlands.—. Dublin Evening Post.
EXPLOSION OF TURPENTINE NEAR THE LONDON
AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—On Saturday night, about eight
o'clock, an explosion of turpentine took place, under the most singu-
lar circumstances, near the terminus of the London and Birmingham
Railway, at Euston-square, which, owing to the disgraceful conduct
of a cabman, was near being attended by serious consequences, not
only to property, but life. About the time above stated a man was
unloading a cart, laden with drugs, and carrying the articles into the
shop of Mr. J. Knowles, chemist and druggist, of Seymour-street.
Among other articles was a carboy of turpentiue, which, on being
lifted from the cart unfortunately burst, the whole of the spirits fall-
into the gutter and on the pavement fronting Mr. Knowles's shop.
One of the cabmen, who is unfortunately not known, plying on
the Seymour-street stand (which is a great nuisance to the in-
habitants of the street, but of convenience to the London and
Birmingham Railway Company, who have no room, like other
railways, on their own premises for cabs) went into Blundell's ham
and beef shop adjoining Mr. Knowles's, for the purpose of, it was sup-
posed, lighting his pipe, but as it afterwards turned out, to have a lark
with his companions by setting fire to the turpentine. On coming
out of the shop he threw the lighted paper amongst the liquid,
which floated in the gutter, and an explosion immediately fol-
lowed, a bright flame shooting up nearly as high as the
second-floor windows of the houses, and burning furiously
for several minutes. To describe the alarm and conlbsion
that prevailed is out of the question. The people in the various
shops making purchases flew to the parlours behind the shops for
safety from the flames, which threatened to destroy everything
within their reach. The cabs were moved, but not before the paint
upon them was blistered, as well as the paint upon the doors of the
houses on the opposite side of the street. In every place touched
by the turpentine flames were observed, :and for a long dis-
tance the pavement appeared a sheet of fire, The inhabitants,
aided by a body of police of the S division, succeeded, after much
difficulty, in extinguishing the flames, but not before a great many
windows were broken by the heat. Various reports were circulated ;
one, that an explosion had taken place on the London and Birming-
ham Railway, caused several of the brigade engines, with the engine
of the County Fire•office, to arrive, but their aid was not required.
It is understood to be the determination of the inhabitants to offer a
reward for the diaceyery of the dastardly miscreant who caused the
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