The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

THE SUN,_LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2 1845.

" There were oysters zt dinner, an:: ozm was ail-
belting to the shelict one pre-etited to :: .s v. This was
shown io Sir James Wylie, whe sat.: C9rnrinn atti'•
harmless, and he reminded the Erepi rur t f urefisesto;:cc
which had occurred to them at the Concr.,:, -f Verona. A
person at Venice had then sent to the Emperor to intreat that
he would abstain from the use of oysters, as there was a poi-
sonous marine worm or insect in them. This led the conver-
satinn to the insects of the Crimea and Ukraine, of which I
had made a considerable collection, and the Emperor inquired
of me if there were scorpions, scolopendras, and tarantulas in
the Crimea. I said scorpions of large size were not uncommon
and that at Musghor, during our former visit, we found a scor-
pion of great strength in the apartment where we passed the
night, but that it was harmless. Scolopendras of great length
I had often seen around Odessa, but not in the Crimea, nor
tarantulas, a'though, as I had been informed, they were not
very rare. I heard of no instance during the autumn in which
they had inflicted any injury by their bites or stings. He said,
he supposed they were the same as in Italy, and then alluded to
the dance for the cure of the bite of the tarantula ; Sir James
Wylie reminded his Majesty of the scorpion which was found in
his bed at Verona, and of the prescription which he had then
written for the cure of the bites of the ca:bonari.

" Again the Emporor expressed how much he was pleased
with Orlando, and stated that it it was his determination to have
a prda,.te built there as expeditiously as possible. To my
amazement ha then said, after a pause, When I give in my
demission, I will return and fix myself at Orlando, and wear
the costume of she Tourida.' Not a word was uttered by any
one when this extraordinary resolution was announeeil, and I
thought that I must have misunde:stood the Emperor, but this
could not be, for in ashort time,when CountWoronzow proposed
that the large open fiat space of ground to the westward of
Otianda should be converted into pleasure-grounds for his
Majesty, he replied, ' I wish this to be purchased for General
Diebitch, as it is right that tke chief of my kat-major and I
should be neighbours.'
" His Majesty made a frugal repast, and drank little wine.
When champagne was presented, Count Woronzow said,' Sire,
may we be permitted to drink to the health of her Majesty the
Empress ?' He replied, Most certainly; and all immediately
rising, did honour to the toast. On retiring, his Majesty
returned thanks to Count Woronzow for the excellent enter-
tainment he had provided, and, addressing himself to us all,
said, with kindness and condescension, Your presence on this
occasion has afforded me the greatest satisfaction.' He then
walked out, and mounted the steps to the fiat roof of the house,
around which a number of Tartars were collected. He looked
at the groups through his eve-glass, and said, ' What hand-
some oriental countenances I what a fine race of men ! One
of the snout striking peculiarities of the Crimea would be lust
if the Tarters were exp.- lied ; I hope they will by encouraged
to continue here.' An Effendi ssatit introduced to his Maje-ty
to present a petition, which he did by bending down and raising
his hands to his head, without removing his turban from it.

" The Emperor retired to rest early in the evening. In the
middle of the night a courier arrived, when he arose and trans-
acted business. General Diebitch, who slept in a house close
to that in which I was, was twice summoned in the night to
wait upon His Majesty. I was afterwards informed that the
dispatches brought by the courier were of the highest public
importance ; in fact, that they fully revealed to His Nltijesty
the existence of a dangerous and extensive conspiracy, of which
he had nut been previously aware.
" On the morning of the 27th, after breakfast, the. Emperor
sent a message to say that he desired me to accompany him
round the lower garden. After some conversation respecting
the illness of the Empress, and the proposal that I should visit
ber ;Majesty protessionaily at Taganrog, he again called my
attention to the magifieeuce of the scenery around us, and t x-
vressed the pleasure he had derived from this vast- to the
Crimea, and the hope he tntertained that at no very re.: t,te
perio I its shores should be full of rich vineyards, an . contain
many flourishing villages and towns. I hinted, in the most
delicate manner I could, that the frequent occurrence of vio-
lent fevers to those who vi.,ited the Crimea, and to its constant
inhabitants, was the only circumstance whic'i appeared t me
likely to prevent his Majesty's anticipations being completely
realised. He expressed a strong wish that I shout remain in
Russia, permanently attached to Count Woror z nv. the value of
whore public services he appeared justly to ap,Teciate.
" At mid-day the Erni.eror and his attendants were on horse-
back, and. aPer shaking hands with and taking an affe,tionate
leave of all, he set out for Seba-topole. In a few days I re-
turned with Count Woro:.zow to Odes-a, by. Per cop, reslaw,
and Nicola. f, where we remained till the 22d Novetnt,er, 1823.

" At milt o'clock, on Sunday morning, the 2ed November,
Count Woronz iw expressed a wish to see me in his library.
On going there, the Count stated that he had received ha, i
news from Taganrog—that the Emperor was dangerously ill,
and that I must set out with him, in two hours, to render my
assistance with the other physicii.ns. It appeared from a letter
of the 7th inst. that the Emperor had been attacked with
symptoms of slight catarrh soon after leaving the Cr 'nee, and
that at Oriekoff these had assumed the mended firm of re-
mittent fever—; hat it had incr. a..sed in sev. rite, and thet his
Mejesty refused to take any medicine. Anther letter, of the
14th, stated that he was much wat se—indeed, in ,great danger
—and that still he refuse.: to submit to any medical treatment.
A third letter. dated Thursday the 19th, had also been re-
ceived, from which it appeared that tie malady had been d .ily
growing worse, and that. almost all hope of his recovery was
past. The Count was much 4filict,ci when he communicated
this intelligence, and expressed his fear that we should
find ail over before we reached Taganrog. We started
from Odessa at midday, and when our carriage was going
slowly over the deep sands by the sea-shore, the :cunt said
that unpleasant occurrences seldom came alone—that a letter
had arrived that morning from London, informing him of an
accident that had endangered the life of hie father; also, that
William Findley, who had been his father's coachman for up-
wards of thirty years, had been thrown from his be:, and killed
on the spot. I knew William Findley well,' lie added,
bursting into tears, ' and feel how muck my father must have
suffered on the occasion.' We continued our journey to
Nieolaef, where we arrived at midnight. The Count retired
to rest for two hours ; but I did not, being anxious to learn
from Admiral Greig what consequences would be likely to re-
sult, in the event of the Emperor's death, and the accession of
his brother Constantine to the throne. We were, of course,
unacquainted with the fact, that in 1822, the Grand Duke
Constantine had voluntarily waived his title to the succession,
and that the next in the line after him should take his place.
Admiral Greig requested me to write to him immediately after
ms arrival at Tag irtrog, which I did, and communicated all the
information I could obtain respecting his Imperial Majesty's
illness and death.
" We reached Cherson at seven o'clock in the morning. There
had been a hard frost during the night. The tow n vras evidently
in a state of decay, and many of the houses were roofless. Du-
ring the previous winter, the he age in the Crime a and country
extending along the northern coast of he Black Sea, was ex.
haunted before the spring, and the crops having been des toyed
by the locusts arid a drought, the people had actually been corn.
gelled, in some places, to employ the straw thatching of their
cottages to feed their cattle. I had previously bee. info: met!
that the commerce of the place was ruined ; that the rise of
Odes-a bad, in fact, been the fall of Cherson. The Dnieper is
here as he mid as the Danube above Vienna, or the Rhone near
the Mediterranean. At a she rt distance from the gate of the
town, we saw an obelisk, which had been erected to the me-
wore of John Howard, who died of fever, near Cherson, on the
20t1; of January, 1790, and was buried in the open a; epee, at a
short distance from the town. It was his request that « sun-
dial should b • ereeted over his grave ; and Admiral Greig in-
formed me that this wish had recent.'y been comelieil with, and
through the Admiral's exertions chiefly, as I learn from others
"We arrived at Beresla m at two o'clock in the afternoon of the
131, and crossed the Dieeper on a raft, the totting bridge
having been removed. In the morning of the 24th, we reached
Oriekoff, which is on the high road between Taganrog arid
Warsaw, where the Grand Duke Constantine then was. The
postmaster of this place stated that no account had been re-
ceived of the Emperor's death ; but he must have wished to con.
steal 'he tact, as at the next post stailon, we were at once in-
formed that the news of his decease had been received two
day s before.
" On Wednesday, the 25th, at seven in the morning, we ar-
rived at Marienpole, a small town on the Sea of Az inha-
bited by Greeks, who had emigrated from the Crimea forty
tears before. We remained an hour at the residence of a mi-
litary officer of rank, who gave me a general account of the
Emperor's illness. He informed me that bilious levers
were very common along the whole northern coast
of the Sea of A zoff. From Marienpole to Ta-
ganrog the country presented a most dreary aspect,
and the post-houses and horses were truly wretched.
We crossed a small river, and, entering Taganrog at eight
o'clock in the evening, were immediately conducted by the
governor of the town to the house of one of the most respect.
able merchants. We harried, on arriving, that his Majesty died
on the 19th of N svernber, and that he had been insensible
and deprived of the power of swaeloweig two days before his
decease.
" On Thursday, the 26th of November, I went to see his
Imperial Majesty lying in state in the house where he had lived
and died. '1 he coffin was planed upon a slighrly-elevated
form, and covered icy a canopy. The room w s hung with
black, and the coffin covered with a cloth of gold. There
were numerous large war lights horning inthe apartment, and
each person present held a slender lighted wax taper. A
priest was standing at the head of the coffin reading the
Evangelists, and I was told that this was carried on day
anti night. On each side of the body a sentinel was placed
with a drawn sword. In the ante-room there were a
number of priests putting en their robes, arid preparing
fur the service or mass, which was celebrated twice
every day. There were no symptoms of melancholy
in this crowded room, and some young military
officers even displayed a degree of levity altogether
unsuitable to the solemnity of the scene. The Empress,
I was informed, remained constantly in an apartment, the door
of which opened into that where the body of the Emperor was
lying, ant where the service was performed. Guards were
stationed around the house, at the door, as also on the stairs,
and in the eate.room.

On the evening of Friday, the 27th of November, I pro- I
ceeded, at the request of Count Woronzow, to the residence of
Sir James Wylie, for many years physician to the person of his
Imperial Majesty, for the purpose of obtaining an accauet of
the Emperor's illness, and the treatment which •would have
been pursued, bad not his Majesty strenuously refused all
medical assistance. Sir James read to me the wi ole of the
reports of his Majesty's case, written down by him from day to
day, and which contained the fullest and most satisfactory ex-
planation of all the attendant circumstances. These reports
were also signed by the other physicians, who coincid,d in the
views entertained by Sir James respecting the na,ure and pro-
posed treatment of the disease. As these reports were
about to be forwarded to St. Petersburgh for the satisfac-
tion of the Government, I could not procure a perfect copy,
but the following are the must important facts c intained,
and were noted down by me in short-hand, as I heard them.
Dr. Reinhold, surgeon to the Empress, who hid remained with
the Emperor during the night of the 12th of November, came
in when Sir James Wylie was thus occupied, and declared to
me in the most unequivocal manner that he was entirely of the
same opinion with the other physicians respecting the nature
of the disease; and of the means t hat would have been ems rayed.
" The weather suddenly changed on the day the Emperor left
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the A thick
east mwians o
wind
was
calstnet(ia
)lid, coveredar,
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shower of rain fell. 1 he preitious day had been intensely hat
so the coast, and at the time the Emperor was riding from
Yeur,outf to Alotwka. His Majesty wits accusttimed to travel
in an open caMche, with alight military cloak, trusting solely
to the vigour of his constitution against the sudden changes of ,
the atmosphere. After quitting Aloupka, he went to that
part of the road where the ascent of the Merdveen
cpororpezi by this
and hesitated for sonic time whether to
are between ttbhirseediaffincaulftoupratilso,wojnedr
fetehtehimaho,uni.tiatointsile which
of Baidar, or by that of Foros. After a little del.ty dZi!letiti
for the former, end arrived at Baelar fatigued, perspirit.g, and
unusually irritable on account of the unruliness of his none.
At Haider, a caliche awaited him but no refreshment was pi e-
pared—his maitreprocreelieCidieeldhioavilinili‘rne on Cu, Sev:istoole. ;
(tp:aar,taTwohhderreeEvitFrtrcrolo.:.,d. olonel
From Baitlar, he
Ray.lotti's regiment of Greek Rua;
entered his cat cite, and drove to that again
tguranins
off to the monastery of St. George.
a--Ild.i'r.tita lniecemof at least ten
mounted a horse
before
him to zvast
it
wo-
and rode to the monastery alone,
vents. Sir James 1.4.1 gone forward
pole, and the Emperor did not arrive there until
dark, having rerwiine:l upwards of two hours at the monsalilirYle
where was a bishop and several }priests, He entered Sevzsto:
pole by to chlight, and before going to the house prepared, went
to the church, and afterwards reviewed same troops drawn up
in a line along the street. through which he passed. His
, Majesty dined alone, and it was said scarcely tasted ail-
' thing. The following, day, at twelve o'cloek, he examined
the barracks, hospital, and forts at Sevaa opole, and then
I set out for Bacheterai. On the journey he was ob-

Lei red to be asleep in the carriage. At Baehe:ferai, ,'vs
Emperor also edited alone, and the following morning be in-
formed Sir James Wylie that. he had suffered from al teteek
of bilious diarrhoea in the night, but that he was then pet:ie.-1;
w, 11. Thus he said, will all my complaints pass away
without the help of meeicine.' Sir James did not state to tee
the circumstances which led the Emperor to believe that medi-
cal treatment was of no avail in arresting the progress of dis-
ease and to determine him not to have recourse to its aid.
There could be no doubt that the Emperor bad some peculiar
views about the doctrine of predestination, but whether his
scepticism respecting the efficacy of medicine originated in these
opioiens, I could not ascertain.
" His Majesty that day went to Chufut Kali, and returned in
the afternoon to Bacheserai to meet the Tartar chiefs. Next
day he went to Kosloff, and on arriving there Sir James
observed that they had passed some marshes which emitted
a most disagreeable odour. The following night he slept
near Perecop, and on the next between the Isthmus and
Oriekoff. At this place he was observed by his valet-
de-chembre to be ill, but his Majesty did not inform
Sir James of the circumstance, and the latter saw nothing
unusual in the appsaratica of the Emperor the next morning
during their visit to an hospital dose by this village. But the
val: t aft eraser& stated that his Majesty had been very ill in the
night, and inquired if Sir James did not observe how pale he
was. In the carriage with General Diebitch on the road to
i\!arienpole, the Emperor was st. aeked with violent shivering:,
and on arriving there had a strcng and distinct paroxysm of
fever. A warm bed was prepved for him, and he took some
hot punch. As the place they were in was of a wretched
description, Sir James recommended him to push forward to
Taganrog on the following day, and there to take the proper
remedies. They reached Taganrog on the sth of November,
0. S. On the two following days, the Emperor suffered
severely from derangement of the liver and digestive organs,
and experienced severe paroxysms of fever. It was evident
that he was severely attacked with the bilious remittent
fever of the Crimea ; but at this time there was
no head•aehe or any other symptom of the brain
being affected. Four grains of calomel were give!),
and some purgative medicine, with great but tem.
porary relief of the febrile symptoms, yet his Majesty
would not consent to a repetition of these remedies, or to the
adoption of any other means. On the Bth, the fever continued
with undiminished violence, and as the Emperor positively re•
fused to avail himself of the aid of snedicine Sir James re-
quested that Dr. Stofregen, physician to the Empress, should
he called into consultation. His head had now become burn-
ing hot, and a marked change was perceptible in his Majesty's
countenance. 'When Dr. Stofregen was introduced, he said,
' I am distressed to see your Majesty suffering in this manner.'
Say nothing of my indisposition, replied the Emperor,
but tell me how the Empress is.' After being sati-fied on
this point, his Majesty told Dr. Stofregen that Sir James
Wylie considered him in a dangerous state, but he added, ' I
feel that I am not seriously ill, and that I shall recover without
the employment of medical aid.' It was the opinion of the
physicians that the Emperor should have been bled at this
time, and that calomel and cathartics should have been freely
administered, and this opinion they gave to the Emperor in a
decided manner, but he would not consent to the employment
of any remedies. The paroxysm of fever recurred, but there
were occasional remissions when the pulse came down to the
natural state; once to seventy-one and repeatedly to ninety.
but it was at all times during the progress of the disease ex-
tremely small and feeble.
" On the 13 h of the month, and tenth day of the disease, it
WAS again proposed to take blood from the Emperor, but he
would not submit. On the morning of the 14th, Sir James
and the other medical attendants again urged him to the same
purport, but he refused, even to the application of leeches to
the head. He rejected this proposal with the greatest impa-
tience and obstinacy. The Empress on her knees implored
him to consent, but he would not. At first,' he said, ' I
had only an intermittent fever, and now it has been con-
verted into a continued fever, and I will trust rather to my
ci,nstitution than to the means restomatended.' As it
was now obvious that his life was in imminent danger,
and that he was becoming worse and worse, Sir James pro-
posed, late in the evening, that a priest should be brought
to him. Sir James was again desired by the Empress
to endeavour to convince his Majesty that his life was in the
greatest danger, and that as he would not submit to medical
tr. atmerit, he should think seriously, so long as he retained
censc:ousness, of employing spiritual aid. On the morn-
ing of the 15th, at Ave o'clock, he was confessed by
the pies' ; and he requested that in this religious act he
should l.e centered as a simple individual. When this was
finished, the priest strongly urged his Majesty to employ medi-
cal aid, saying that, unless he did so, he would not fulfil the
whole of his Christian duty. Between nine and ten o'clock he
consented, for the first time, to the application of leeches to the
temples. The brain had now become affected, and he was on-
ca-einally delirious, aial uttered incoherent et:pre .sions. For
thirty hours before his death the Empress lordly quitted his
bed.-isle. The scene was most affecting when the Emperor, on
the 19;h, expired. The Empress had been kneeling by his
h, d-siie, with her eyes fixed upon him, as he gradually became
weaker and weaker, until all signs of life were gone. Then,
risi g, she closed his eyes. and with a handkerchief
bound up his head, to suppott the lower jaw. After
this, she folded his arms over his breast, kissed his
hand, and then knelt down by the side of the dead body for
half an hour in prayer to (hod. Throughout the whole of his
Majesty's ihness she manifested the strongest attachment to her
husband, and at his death was inconsolable.
" ('n the post mortem examination of the body being made,
the appearances observed were such as ate most frequently met
with in those dying from bilious remittent fever, with iieernal
coegestion. Two ounces of serous fluid were found in the
ventricles of the brain, and all the veins and arteries were
gorged with blood. There was an old adhesion between the
data and pia mater at the hack part, but of no great extent.
The heart and lungs were sound, but too vascular. The liver
was turgid with blood, and of a much darker colour than
natural. The spleen was enlarged, and softened in texture.

• The prey aleilee of.fever in th- Crimea during the autumn, the
sudden change of the weather when the Emperor left the coast,
the usual symptoms appearing in the course of a few days after
quitting Perecop, as I had before observed in others, with the
subsevent history of the disease and the appearances after
death, rendered it certain that the Emperor Alexander was cut
off by the bilious remittent fever of the Crimea. During the
six weeks I remained at Taganrog after the Emperor's death, I
never heart that any one entertained a doubt, or expressed a
suspicion that his Majesty's death was attributable to any other
than a natural cause. The physicians who had the care of Its
Alajesty were accused by some, without the slightest ground, of
mismanaging the case ; and I heard the question repeatedly
i.ut, Why they did not compel his Maje •ty to submit to their
plait of treatment?' or, in other words, as Sir James Wylie
expre;sed i•, why they did not commit the crime of /he- Majestel
—a pr seeding which no circumstances could ever justify. I
enjoyed the best opportunities in the Crimea of observing the
devreed attachment. of Sir James Wylie to the Emperor Alex-
ander, whom he hail accompanied in all his campaigns; and I
conscientiously believe, that on this trying occasion Sir James
Wylie discharged his arduous professional duty in a manner
worthy of his high reputation."

GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-sHIV.

Auc. 15 rids fneno.:-.r
ii di i tit B.t.y of New York on t:to atterno in of Surt-
dny, the 10 h o'AuE,rust, after a pas:•mge of fourfec,n days
t...vewy-onc hours. She was tel-graphed nt n.)on,
but, site was not positively known by the puilic gene-
rally to be near till about two o'clock, when thousands
upon th•Jusands of the New Yorkers proceeded in conti-
nued streams towards every spot from which a view of
her might be obtained.
For two or three days previous to her arrival false ru-
mours of her approach had been given, and some anxiety
on Sunday morning began to be felt respecting her.
Many supposed, and indeed it was so stated by the
public press, that she would not sail from England until
the second week in August, but all tin se uncertainties
were dissipated by her appearance off Sandy Hook.
Sunday is a great day with the New Yorkers for pro-
menading Broadway, and for taking ssxcursions down
the bay ; but the expectation created of seeing the far
and wide renowned iron• snip, whose Bristol parturition
was so difficult, and ab.tut which thi:re has been such a
multipbcity of opinions, made the banks of the river the
only place tf resort. I was sitting in a friend's parlour,
in Brooklyn, when about half past two o'clock 1 saw her
smoke from my window, aryl immediately proceeded to
the " heights," whence the panoramic view of New Yolk
city, the East Illver, and the Biy is exceedingly fine ;
there I hal the first view of the Great Britain.

A regular New York August sun was pouring down
almost intolerable heat, and the water gleamed like mol-
ten silver. Amongst a fleet of small steamers and river
craft Has the " big ship," a Triton amongst the minnows.
She was approaching the battery, and seemed to be
skering for the North River, but when she had shown
herself to the thousands who thronged the promenade
by the Castle garden—perhaps the most magnificent city
promenade in the world—she turned as on a pivot, and
slowly steamed over to the Brooklynshore, and then
passed gracefully below the Heights, which, together with
the Gowanns shores, the masts of shipping, the tops of
houses, and, indeed, every spot which commanded a view
of the river, were crowded. She then went on slowly to
her wharf, at the foot of Clinton-street, where she was
mo,Ted ir. safety.
It was not until she got opposite the Battery that her
great size made any impressi in on the spectators. As
she passed the North Carolina man-of-war her great
length was apparent, but I did not think she looked very
elegant with her six low masts. The graceful rig of the
American vessels is well known, and the Great Britain
contrasted unfavourably in the opinion of many. Ne-
vertheless she was heartily welcomed, altho•igh there
was no cheering ; the lay forbade any demonstration of
the kind.

In five minutes Broadway was deserted ; young and
old, rich and poor, all flocked towards Atlantic-wharf,
and the gr,e,test difficulty was found in preserving order.
N few accidents occurred, but none of a serious nature.
As the ship entered the harbour she was gaily dressed
with colours, which streamed from each of her masts.
At the gaff. the large union flag of England floated gaily
in th, breeze ; the first mast had the Austrian flag ;
the second mast the Russian ; the third, the Spanish ;
the fourth, the French tricolour : the main, the union
jack ; at the foremast, a blended flag of England and
Amtrica, t!.;e stars of the latter country blending with
the blue, white, and red of the union of England, and
at the lower quartering the stripes. Some of the papers
the next morning, with the usual American sensitive-
tvss, c..mc out pretty strong on Captain Hoskin, for not
haying displayed the American flig (they had not noticed
the, fl it I have just mentioned), and expressed a great
deal shoat the intended insult, &c. It was to be wiped
out with blood, a'.d all that. This was laughable enough,
and a hen these journals discovered thtir error, the exhi-
bition was ridiculous indeed to the rightly-thinking por-
ti:as of the c antnunity. Whilst I was mixing freely in
the crowd, listening to the various opinions which were
broached, I was greatly amused ; one fellow, a regular
wag itt his w,y, turned his plug scientifically, looked at
the royal arms on the bows of the vessel, and said that
the lion was like one of their drinks. for he had a
" cock tail." This same lion was the subject of many a
joke, vn 1, to tell the truth, he was a very fierce-looking
lion, and really provoked it ; but I cannot rernembt-r
half of them. The best joke I heard, however, was made
by an impudent young vagabond, who was singing out,
" Extras—news tram Eu-rope." Ile squinted at the flag
w biah showed the emblems of both countries, and then
bawled out, " d--d if Great Britain han't an-
nex',l we." _ .

Tie g,,neral impression amongst the Americans is,
that she is riot so large as they expected. I don't knoy.
what they would have. To be sure, she is not so long
as some of the North River boats, some a which are
upwarls of 350 feet in length, 16 of them going to it
; but then they would not do for ocean stvaming ;
and in point of breadth are far below the Great Britain.
ficr model is not greatly adm;r,d, and they call it clumsy.
On the whole, she has not made such a sensation as per-
haps her proprietors expected, and is not considered here
as a safe boat. People in America will prefer the Bus.
ton steamer or the packet•ships to her.
Captain Hoskin informed me that nothing of any im-
portance occurred on the voyage out ; the prissentrurs
seemed all pleased .with the ati,aimmidatimis, and spoke
in the verN highest ter ,its of Captain Hoskin as a gen•
tl•-man an l a sailor. They remarked on the very slight
vibratory motion in the Great Britain as compared with
that produced by paddlewheels, and seemed confident
as t the ultimate success of th, ship. . .

•
On Monday notice was given that the Great Britain
would he op,ned to the public at the rate of 25 cents. a
head, and ernts. extra to the engine-room, so thit
,he is to he i;ia& a show here. just as she was in
England. Th,u,ands of persons hive visited her, and
all express themselves as being greatly delighted and
surprised at her internal arrangements. Captain Hoskin
is the lion of the week, and is followed by crowds wher-
ever he shows himself. From Boston,ltim-re,
And other neighbouring cities, strangers are
pouring into New York, all anxious to see the " big
ship."
The following statement has been furnished by another
correspondent:—
As great interest is felt by the public on the subject
ovessel, the following analysis of her
the;;Atlantic may be acceptable :
frstthvisoyexagtreaoacrrdoinssar
Nautical miles.
The d;statsce from Liverpool to the South Stack
Lighthouse off Holyhead is
Tho4e., to the Tuskar Lighthouse
From the Tuskar Light to Cape Clear
Cape Clear to New York 3,008

Whole distance from Liverpool to New Y0rk...3,304
The Great Britain steamed this distance, against foul
winds awl cross seas, in l•fil days, or 315 hours, giving
an average svoyage of somewhat
more than 91
ward knots or nautical miles (which is equal to
peed for the whole.
loi- vatute miles) per hour.. _From unquestionahle data
age
occurred to
i n
Government, it can he
IpnroPt(llPtshia.tii neither the thiejeHsatj'vh'fsax nor the West India
passages (say for a period of six months) an aver.
steam-packets have been able to maintain in their out-
age speed equal to what has been achieved by the Great
New York ; although
which a homeward
passage, made under favourable eireamstances, has
IBuraintayinin:tananlcare,rs
may
yt
hvaov)e•
shown (as in the last voyage of the Cambria) an aver-
age speed of lOi knots or nautical miles per hour,—
Times,

opened as folio" '.—Bani‘ Stock, Tuesday, September 2 (to-
October 16; Three per Cents. Re-
duced, or THE TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE
BANK of ENGLAND.se—ptThe
betrra3n,sr,tiirlibaTouk
naorr),
Wednesday,till Thursday.
Tuesday, October 21 ;
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., Thursday, September
4, till Wednesday, October 22 ; Long Annuities, Thursday,
September 4, till Tuesday, October 21 ; Annuities for terms
of years, Thursday, September 4, to Tuesday, October 21 ;
South Sea Ohl Annuities, Thursday, September 4, till Thurs-
day, October 16.
MARtzt4or IN Mali LIFE.—The marriage be-
tween Mr. Foljimbe, of Osberton Hall, and Lady Selina Milton,
Aldwark Hail ( widow of the late Viscount Milton, M.P.), was
solemnized at Wentworth
House, on Thursday last.—Leeds
Mercury.
EXTRAORDINARY INQUEST.—An inquest. instituted
liletters patent under the great seal, was opened at the
ork Hotel Brighton,
eosftytha:
case,
on Saturday, Mr. Horatio Wad-
dington and 'Mr. G. Maule, barristers, anti Mr. R. Upperton,
solicitor, being constituted commissioners, for the purpose
cf a:ceitainine whether Maurice Alfred Barrow, formerly
Grinstead, and
ullich he said
a solicitor, at East Gil • . latterly residing at
Brighton, had died seised of freehold property, which for
although escheats were fre-
an escheat by virtue
Of the royal prerogative. A jury having been empanelled
elswdaill be
closed and
Mr. Waddington
Novfandediirosg
ton devolvedstated othe
b eora:ularej
(Pent in by-gene days. He then called evidence, which had seldom occurred of late years,
esta-
blished the following facts: —The deceased, Air. Barrow, made
his will in 1534, giving certain specific legacte', and devising
anti bequeathing the residue and reniaiiider of the estate and
effects to his wife, under certaisi conditions. Subsequently,
deceased obtained an enfranchisement of certain copyhold
property, which he possessed in Brighton ; after which,
without altering or republishing his will, he died.
This property, consisting of a nest of cottages,
called France and Durham, at the top of
North-street, were subsequen 1Y removed to form
an approach to the railway tat-mint", and a portion of the
site is now in the market as building wound. On investi-
gating the title, it appeared that the enfranchised property
did not pass by will to the widow, as part of the residue of
the estate, it being freehold property subsequently acquired;
and the deceased having no -children, inquiry aroa made for
the collateral heirs, when it was discovered that the de-
ceased had none, he being an illegitimate child, and, conse.
quently, by the law of Eneland, having no father or mother,
or collateral relations. The only mode of enabling the widow
to complete the title was to take proceedings to declare the
property escheated to the Crown, in which event the Crown
has generally been advised to grant the same back again to the
party who appeared to have the best claim to it, and who
generally initiates the proceeding!. The proceedings in this
ease were taken by the widow, who failed in satisfying the nu.
merous applicants for the building plots of the validity of her
title. The whole of these facts having been detailed in evi-
dence, the jury returned a verdict declaring the property an
escheat.
USEFUL CIVILITIES.--A letter received at Lloyd's
ft oin their agent at Ilavre, dated the 27th of August, mentions
that the Chamber of Commerce there had voted a sum of 50f.
each to the men, and 100 f. to the pilot, comprising a crew of
sevea, who hail, with considerable danger, rescued the crew of
the British schooner llebborhall, wrecked off Havre, from a
very perilnus siturion. Five out of the boat's crew were
English sailors. This :is one of the many instances of the
gene: ous feelin4 of the French Gover.ment displayed towards
those who have been wrecked upon
the French coast, (,r who
have rendered . t 1 • .1, —I
aSSIS ance to a s ttpwrei—ii. crew. Lloyd's
anent also at Gibraltar mention' that the commander of the
Spanish Govertnnent steamer Piles, has, ma several occasions,
goal' 0 - rendered valuable, nrompt. and - 't in eases oi sea.
us aid,eels getting on shore at that place and neighbourhood.
A. VET-::; vv. _Ti.,, Ki,,,, ,„ the Fre,:ch 113.4 jOA
given the decoration of the Leg ion of Honour to a non-com-
missioriel officer caged Kolemaski, o. Polish extraction, and
who arrived in France with King Stanislaus. Upon the death
of that Prince, in 1766, he entered the French ervice. Ko-
lemheski is 101 years cld, he has passed through 79 years of
active service, anal been engaged in 29 campaigns, among
vs Inch were those of America, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portuo
tugal, Rus-ia, ar.d France. He is the oldest soldier in the
French army.

Taii. W TN T lid, ; .T. 44.1,7,1:44:1-3.

yr('
..i!11 1.7 !)ff :17r. Set I.

(Before the Vtcr-CFANcr.LLort OF ENGLAND.)
His Honour the Vice-Chat,eellor of England sat to-day at
half past three, fJr the purpose of hearing any applications
that might be considered of a pressi' g nature.

swat! :Iniount of silvpr and copper were found in his
po4sessikAt. lie cab etiMilfatt4l tur twf.!lity-one dap:.

MARKET NI-!..1v .--.(YESTERDAY.)

COILN-nxcnltzir a E,

During the past week the weather has been extremely
favourable for the ingathering of the crops; hence the ad-
vices which have reached us to-day from nearly all parts of
England—but more particularly from the forward districts,
in which large breadths of wheat and other grain have been
already carried in good condition—including Ireland and
Scotland, are of a more gratifying character than those
which have been received for some time previously. The
quality of the grain as yet submitted to the process of thrash-
ing is stated to be below an average, though the weight is
nearly, or quite, equal to that of former seasons. Since this
day se'nnight, up to Saturday evening, the receipts of English
Wheat were somewhat liberal for the time of year, and of
full average quality. Of Barley, Beans, Peas, and flour
the receipts were comparatively small. Fresh up this
morning, however, upwards office hundred quarters of wheat
of this year's produce came to hand, chiefly from Essex with
a few parcels from Kent and other parts. The fresh supply
of old wheat was small. As the dealers purchased with great
caution, the demand for that description of produce ruled
dull. New wheat may be quoted from Is to 2s; old qualities
Is per quarter lower than on Monday last, and a clearance was
not effected. The prices obtained for the former varied from 48s
to 60s per quarter, and at which nearly the whole was dis-
posed of. A total clearance of the old parcels was not effected.
The show of fine foreign wheat was by no means large.
Holders were tolerably firm, yet the trade was in a
sluggish state, and when sales were forced an abatement of
quite Is per quarter was submitted to. Bonded Grain was
quite neglected. There was scarcely any English Barley on
show, while that of Foreign was by no means large. Grind.
ing and Distilling parcels commanded a ready sale, at ex-
tensive rates. In Malting qualites only a moderate business
'was doing. Although the supply of Malt was somewhat on
the increase, we had a fair retail demand for it, at ful'y, but
at nothing quotable beyond, previous figures. From Ireland
very few Oats have reached us since our last, but we have
to report the arrival ofupwards of 37,000 quarters from foreign
ports. The Oat trade was very dull, at, in some instances, a
decline of 6d per quarter. lieaus and Peas supported late
rates; hut Flour was offering at somewhat easier terms.
Several parcels of new Seeds w,re on show, but the business
doing was trifling.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, I Malt—Chevalier. ... . • 63s to 64s

Red . ........ 4Gs to 55s Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto, White ••. • . • 51s 62s Lincohish., Feed. 22s 23e
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe .......... 22s 24e
cola, Red. 48s 54s . Youghar and Cork,
Ditto, White ••• . • . 508 60s Black . 20s 2ls
Irish, Red •••• • • • • —5 —s Cork, White ..... 21s 235
Ditto, White •• • ... —8 Scotch, Feed. .. • • 205 22s
itye:—Old ••••• • • • • • —s —s Beans—Tick 365 40. s
New. ...... • • 30s 32s Pigeons
Barley—Grinding. 25s 27s Pease—Grey . •
Malting . .... •• • 30s 33s Maple . ... ••• • • 38s 43s
Chevalier •• • • 34s —s White 36s 39s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- • Boilers •• • 405 43s
folk ..... ....... 58s 59s Flour—Town-made .• • 42s 49s
Brown ........... 52s 58s Suffolk .
Kingston and Ware 58s 63s Stockta & Norfolk 36s 40s
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
Wlseat—Dantzic...... 4.:s to 485 Beans
Hamburgh ..... • • 37s 42s Pease ••• • • ..... • ... • • 338 3Gs
Barley
Oats —New ••• • • . .. 19s 21s Baltic ••• • • 19s 21s
geed
SMITHFIELD.

Since Monday last, the imports of live stock for this market
have been extensive, they having amounted to 22 Oxen and
Cows from Hamburgh, and 200 Oxen and Cows, together
with 76 Sheep, from Rotterdam. We had on offer 190 Dutch
Beasts, in excellent condition ; indeed, they were some of the
best animals we had seen fur some weeks past. At the out-
ports, the arrivals of stock from the Continent have
proved large, viz. 220 Beasts and Sheep, all at Hull.
From our own grazing districts, the Bullock sup-
plies received fresh up this morning were very extensive for
the time of year, while a decided improvement was noticed
in their quality and condition. Although the attendance of
buyers was rather numerous, theßeef trade was in a very de-
pressed state, at a decline in the currencies obtained last
week of quite 2d per 81bs, the highest figure for the best Scots
not exceeding 4s per Sibs, and a clearance was not effected.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we re-
ceived 600 short horns, Scots and homebreds ; from the
northern counties, 800 short horns, &c. ; from the western
and midland counties, 900 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ;
from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds;
and from Scotland 200 horned and polled Scots.—
'rhe numbers of sheep were somewhat on the increase, though
by no means larger for the season. Prime old Downs sup-
ported previous rates, but all other kinds were 2d per 81bs
lower, with a heavy demand. Lambs were in fair average
supply and sluggish inquiry, at a decline in the quotations of
2d per 81bs. The Veal trade was in a sluggish state, yet
prices were mostly supported. The numbers of Pigs, 132
of which came from Ireland, were moderate. The Pork
trade ruled steady at full prices.

Per albs. to sink the offal.

s. d. to a.
Inferior Beasts 2 6 210 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 1
Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolledditto 4 4 4 6
Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wethera 4 8 6 0
Prime Scots
Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 2 Large Hogs ...... 3 0 3 8
Prime small ditto
Suckling Calves lB 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0
Inferior Sheep ..
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. Sheep. I
1 Calves. I
Pigs.
3,650 22,140 148 309

NEWGATE AND IMAXIENZIAIM.
For the time of year a full average supply of slaughtered
meat has reached us from Scothnd and various parts of
England—it having consisted of 846 caresses of Beet; 1,600
ditto of Mutton, 584 ditto of Veal, and 1,250 tato of Pork.
Generally speaking the trade has ruled dull, and prices had
downward tendency.

At per stone, by the Carcase.

s. d. to s. d. I s. d. to a. d.
Beef, inferior—. •• 2 6 2 8; Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 4 0
middling .. ••2 10 3 0 •4 0 4 4
prime large .. 3 2 3 4; primp .... 4 ti 4 6
prime small .. 3 6 3 8 , Pork, large.... •• • 210 310
Veal ... ....... 3 8 4 8 small ........ 4 0 4 4
Lamb, 4s 6d to 5a Gd.
WOOL DILA.I4.IMr.
During the week the imports of Wool into London have
been extensive, viz., 446 bales from Hobart Town, 1,007
ditto from Port Phiiip, 1,630 ditto from Sydney, 279 ditto
from Port Beaufort, 56 ditto from Turkey, 200 ditto from
Elamburg.h, 162 ditto from Spain, arid 300 ditto from other
quarters. Privately an extensive business is doing in most
kindsr and previous rates are steadily supported. The sup-
plies offering are not heavy.