The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,. SE PTEMBER
_3O, 1845.

QUEEN-SQ UA RE.
42tToToRious scrogrolt.—Yesterday Ellen
tches, with her
head Ufa Rratkins, a young woman on cra
her face was
kat so enveloped in linen bandages that Sma/bnan,
jeelY Visible, was charged with begging.
B,lth.aules 1.011, 128 B, stated that at a little after six on
wheziLay eve.ning, he was in Queen's-buildings. Bro.mpwrtonnp,
bitadee,"e saw Oefendant go into a dark place, and
heramPes round he': head and right arm. Shelttehnenlapnlealceidn
froiii"' en the side e the footway, with a
She ,If her, on which vere the words, " Ithanrinvteirvrelfild;
deaf."
persou,._ gfiown her head, and appeared
_W't Witness then took her into
twito`er who passed relieved her.
itt, Yi when she walked very briskly to the
tantaetiboann,daangde
fi.roZed to have suddenly recoveced. Ile tookn
with Let arm, and found that there was nothing
head, he
hmeadttiesr.
byve,,,, and on removing the cloth front her
any resell very fine head of hair, but no wound
..p orfreeintiyury. of
liption. She understood what he said e
thlaltorelord, chief officer of the Mendicity Society, provedre_
,j, but
heade',,fei.ldant had been on two or three occasions p, .
pre-
he had with her father. She could both hear and speak,
get d every reason to believe that she was lame. Der
1,4 Peat deal of money in the streets.
lit; Bo Gan committed her for fourteen days-
h patiodlint, who never uttered a syllable during the
dexae--
eial,l? evidently understood every word, and on
the
de-
g given, immediately left the bar.
Joh, GREENWICH.
4 Chambers, a fruit-grower, at Mereworth, Kent, wess_
Qi. night before Mr. Jeremy charged with resisting an x
t:e:haarniesin the execution of his duty, by which he had made
Innielf liable to a penalty of 200/.
Crane deposed that he is an excise officer.tati onllnet
Syd P4sing between the Dartmouth Arms railway s
when he
_ enham and Lewisham, on Saturday evening,
...n the prisoner driving a van. It was between seven and
,aan,a.d,
ii',,g,in, o'clock. It was nearly dark, and knowing that
h,"„t
simnal
for fruit vans to travel by-roads in that neighbour-
/rie he suspected that he had contraband goods secreted._
Le ran up to the van, and jumped in ; the man appeared to
Niji."l"P• The prisoner being aroused, warned him
t, 'ne:is told him that he was an officer of excise, and wished
hit what he had got in the van. The prisoner resisted
~.'l, 'aYing, "that he wanted to rob him." He was nearly
~'_earPewered in the struggle, and called for assistance. Be
the cm his back for a quarter of an hour with the prisoner at
5 toll of hi
Jose ru
liretPil Gribble deposed that he was at the Castle Inn,
so. ev village, when Crane asked him to follow. He did
at dltencrwhen Crane jumped into the van, he held the reins_e
w hcirses, but the prisoner drove off at a gallop, and b
I," nOarl
kidA then)? 11111
'l4 hold. over by the wheels, and in consequence
let go
the van. Crane did not say he was an officer when he stopped
Raid
lumped in and demanded to search the van,
....._"" ,PO,l lice-constable deposed to stopping the van. On
;n- &it a bottle containing two quarts of and a large
it'liker of empty baskets were found. The p
ristinepr said h
It was ugh the rum to take home on leaving the market.
I,as !lark at the time the prisoner was given in custody.. -
,137 r,• JuttEwtr laid that, under a certain clause of the Lxr
ret,iet'Y'vs, the Prisoner had incurred a penalty of 2001. fo
an'rdie:eng the officer in the discharge of his duty.
about ironer Said he was returning home from market
art_
:ereoeo7:eertinic:ol"rabet months
taagonnes,, when
hheiswvuan swtouppsedembyhead.r: Ojn
71hs. 'll
fog homewards after this, he found that he had lost
ir7d this circumstance being fresh in hist
Tebbe n, he conscientiously helieved that an attempt a
• He WAS
well 1:3""8 being made on the present occasion.
gene.
11; 11
la cot one:
-.en in . Alderman Lucas and numerous il
raeter foralB own neighbourhood, who would speak to his chil-
li route throat: Perioci.
m' London
, and took the road to S denham instead of
-.ore, new He fet rather drowsy on returning
b air. SIY, the gshnra.len where he had to can on a friend on
islhurst to Mereworth.
ad real
to liliervisor of Excise, attended, and said he
aed the
_„,eerbelieve MY. Chambers was a respectable man,
ca_ rut:addiefTtniolest
et ha d ausNcted him from the fact, that fruit
vitts met, ravel en the road (a by one) where the prisoner
glautism,_ irciunstances, Mr. JEREMY Said he mould
s"
chirge' He had had a navrow escape.

LAMBETH EMBANKMENT.—Considerable efforts are
making by the inhabitants of the ancient houses westward
of the Palace-wharf, Lambeth, to get up an embankment of
the river, to extend from the church to Vauxhall-bridge.
There is probably no part of the metropolis which calls
louder for improvement. The houses next the water are
generally swamped in spring tides, and the inmates washed
out of their cellars and parlours. The tide has risen as
high as the church-yard wall, overflowing Palace-yard, and
the streets adjacent. Persons residing in Lambeth know
very well the inundations and misfortunes to which the
poor are exposed in the locality. Not long since all the
beer of a licensed victualler near the Palace-wharf was
entirely spoiled by the deluge which filled his cellar.
Either the Government or some spirited public company
should take this matter up, with a view of promoting health
and improvement. It is folly to talk of the health of the
lower classes, and the removal of nuisances, whilst this damp
and miserable district is suffered to remain in its present
state. The late Marquis of Westminster was so sensible of
the bad state of the banks of the river on the Surrey side,
that he consulted with his surveyors upon the best mode of
improving that part of his estates in Battersea-fields, and a
plan was adopted, which it is understood will be carried into
effect, for making an esplanade, to accord in architecture
with the intended new bridge across the Thames, in a line
with Sloane-street. At a period like the present, when ca-
pital, art, and science produce gigantic effects, it is reasonable
to expect something may be done to adorn the Surrey si
ct de
ure of
the water, and that the magnificent pile of archite
forming the new Houses of Legislation should not be left a
splendid monument of taste contrasted by a prospect of ne-
glect of the public health and comfort on the opposite banks
of the river.
CHELSEA OUT-PENSIONERS: WOOLWICH, SEPT.
27.—The enrolled Chelsea pensioners residing in the Wool-
wich division of the London district were measured on Fri-
lav last for their new clothing, and shortly expect to be
called out for service under the command of Captain Forbes,
appointed to the staff of the Woolwich division. One hun-
dred and thirty-eight new muskets, with flint locks, have been
received from the Tower by the Armourer of the Royal Artils
lery, to be set aside for use. These arms are a portion of
those which will be issued to the privates, and the staff non-
commissioned officers will be supplied with carbines, known
as the Duke's pattern, and formerly used by the 6th Dragoon
Guards. The dress of the pensioners is to consist of frock-
coats, made of a dark-coloured cloth, with scarlet necks and
calls, and the trousers of Oxford mixture, with red stripes
over the outside seams. Racks are in progress of
for storing the arms, which will be kept by the staff-ser-
geants at the depot at the rear of the Royal Artillery Bar-
racks when not in use. The number of efficient out-pen-
sioners in the Woolwich division is upwards of three hundred
and fifty men, thoroughly acquainted with the duties of the
services in which they spent the early part of their lives, and
still able and willing to serve her Majesty.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE EDGWARE-ROAD —On
Saturday afternoon, a few minutes before four o'clock, a most
appalling accident occurred to a middle-aged man, named
William Higgins, a journeyman painter, whilst painting the
exterior of a house in Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road,
Paddington. He had completed painting the
awholeffi on the
of the
exterior of the house except an urn, which was xed
top of the coping-stone in the centre as an ornament ;in
leaning over to paint it, he overbalanced himself, and fell on
to the pavement, a height of fifty feet. He was conveyed to
St. George's Hospital, where, on his arrival, it was found he
had expired on the road. The deceased has left a widow and
four small children.
DISCOVERY OF A STOLEN HORSE.—On Friday
considerable excitement prevailed in Beaconsfield and its
neighbourhood in consequence of the apprehension of the son
of a highly respectable individual of that town on a charge
of horse-stealing. A horse had been in the possession of the
youth, who is sixteen years of age, and on Thursday last his
brother borrowed it of him to go to Aylesbury, to pay a v
to an inspector of police, with whom he had been a fellow-
clerk. The brother stopped at the Swan, Aylesbury.
Shortly after the horse had been put in the stable, a person,
who had a horse in the adjoining rack, asked to whom the
animal belonged. The name of the presumed owner was at
once given, when it was stated that the animal had been
stolen, and was the property of the person making the in-
quiry. Subsequently information was communicated to the
police, and the youth, who saidthat he had bought the animal
in Smithfield, was taken into custody.
THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS.—The corn harvest
during the present week has been at its crisis in the north of
England, and more wheat has been secured north of the Trent
than in any week of the year. During the thirteen weeks
of harvest in England, Scotland, and Ireland, the value of
grain secured on an average in every week, is not less than
six million pounds sterling, reckoning the
Ocala uantity of
wheat grown at 20,000,000 quarters, each of ue of 505.,
and other sorts of grain at half the value of wheat. Of course
the quantity led each week varies, but we should take the
present week to have yielded to the stack-yard to the amount
in value of 10,000,000/. in grain. Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, were fair and fine days, with severe frost, on
Monday and Tuesday nights. On Wednesday the day was
favourable for harvest work, but in the night the barometer
fell considerably, and on Thursday, about noon, we had a re-
turn of heavy showers, since which time the weather has
beenchecked tunsettled. The frost of Monday and
to Tuesday nights
has he growth of the winter potaes, and rendered
their tops as black as ripe bean straw. We do not find that
it has in any degree increased the murrain amongst the dis-
eased potatoes, or brought on the decay where the crops
were before sound. We fear that the late crops of grain in
the hilly countries, still in an unripe state, will be shrivelled
by the frost, and rendered unproductive upon the threshing-
floor. On the whole, we feel it to be our duty to put our
readers upon an economical use of grain, and particularly of
potatoes, which are sure to be scarce and dear during the en-
suing winter. Of turnips, the crop is generally good, and the
Swedes in particular, being natives of a cold climate, have not
suffered either in the bulk or in the top by the premature se-
verity of the weather. The unfavourable prospects in conse-
quence of the weather of last week, combined, perhaps with
a more perfect knowledge of the yield of the crops of grain
in the present year, caused a serious advance in the London
market on Monday, which has since been confirmed both in
Leeds and Liverpool.—Leeds Mercury.
The eldest son of the late Mrs. Hemans has been
appointed engineer to the Irish Great Western Railway.
DEATH FROM GLANDERS.—This frightful disease,
which continues to baffle all human skill and the healin
Roth-
g art,
lately attacked a fine young man, aged 20, residing at
fuland, Newry. The deceased, who was a servant, caught
the disease from a distempered horse. He was some time ill
before lie sought medical advice. When the physician saw
him, his chest was oppressed nearly to suffocation. He had
great pains in his head, back, left shoulder, and arm, with
stiffness and pains in all his joints. His left knee was swol-
len and tense. His skin was hot, and the pulse was 114.
Thirst and loss of appetite ensued. In two days after the
physician saw him his body was thickly studded over
as 110 with
tumours. The skin continued hot, and the pulse w.
The day preceding his death the symptoms rapidly increased s
;
the nose, eyes, and tumours, discharged fetid natter;
hi
breathing became low and hurried ; his pulse was 80, and he
died in dreadful agony at midnight. The physician who at-
tended him, said that he prescribed medical treatment. with
no hopes of recovery, but merely to lessen, if possible, de-
ceased's sufferings.
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ADULTERATING FLOUR.—A few days ego, the
constables of Crewe and Nantwich seized a quantity of flour,
adulterated with alum and berraihise, fproromprtihetoe
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.

THE ACTION BETWEEN THE
SUPERB AND THE TWO SPANISH FIRST-
R ATES.
The following letter, contradicting the absurd assertion of
M. Thiers in relation to this action, has appeared in the
Times

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—As the modrn history of France by the talented M.
Thiers is now in every reader's hands, I feel it a sacred duty
to the memory of the gallant Lord de Saumarez, and of my
brave old shipmates, to give an unqualified contradiction to
a misrepresentation which casts a deep shade upon one of
the brightest pages of our naval annals—an achievement
which in the House of Peers both Earl St. Vincent and Lord
Nelson concurred in pronouncing to have surpassed anything
they had ever seen or heard of.
In describing the action in the Straits of the Mediterranean
on the eventful night of the 12th of July, 1801, M. Thiers
asserts that the Spanish first-rates, Carlos and Hermenegildo,
were destroyed by red-hot shot, fired from the Superb, and
heated by furnaces sent on board for the purpose. Now, Sir,
at that glorious period I had the good fortune to be the sur-
geon of that noble ship, and being one of the very few
survivors of her officers and crew, I solemnly pledge my word
of honour that there were no means of heating balls in any
of our men-of-war; that every spark of fire was put out
early in the day; and that the late distinguished Sir Richard
Keats, our captain, a thorough-bred officer and seaman,
would have scorned to employ any combustible missile, or
any other mode of warfare than the fair old English way
of fighting, with warm hearts and cold iron.
I write, Sir, a tale of years long gone by; but as the
question is again before the world, some of your numerous
reader s may be interested by my relating some particulars
of the action, as well as the real cause of the tragical catas-
trophe so disastrous to our enemies.
Her Majesty's ship Superb arrived at Gibraltar, fromthe a
cruise, in high health and discipline a few days after
battle of Algesiras, when the Hannibal had been obliged to
surrender from having grounded under the enemy's batte-
ries; and when our other disabled ships were towed back to
the mole with great labour and difficulty from the wind fail-
ing them. Here, also, M. Thiers is in error. The Pompey
suffered, indeed, severely, but never struck her colours, as he
is pleased to assert. The exertions to refit the crippled ves-
sels were, I believe, never equalled; but they were far from
ready for service, when, on Sunday afternoon, the 12th of
July (six days only after this first action), the combined
French and Spanish fleets, plainly in sight f our squadron,
was perceived to be preparing to weigh anchor. Then all
was bustle and animation ; the whole garrison and population
of Gibraltar were on the qui rive. The rock was covered
with anxious gazers. The force of the enemy more than
doubled ours, being two of 112 guns, seven of 74 (not reckon-
ing the Hannibal, which they failed to get out), and four
frigates. We had only four of 74 guns, and one frigate, for
the Pompey was obliged to remain in harbour. Neverthe-
less, our intrepid Admiral determined to attack them in the
night, ordering Captain Keats to annoy their rear after dark,
and adding, that ha would follow with the other ships as
goon as passible. About sunset, after long maneuvering to
weather Carbrita-point, the enemy bore up for Cadiz, and at
half-past eight o'clock the Superb made sail in chase.
At eleven P.M. I had reported everything ready in my de-
partment, and was walking the deck with the Captain, when
we came up with a large ship upon our larboard bow, which
proved to be the Carlos; and another, the Hermenegildo, was
soon after seen a little a-head of her, both unaware of our
stealthy approach, and probably too conscious of superiority
to fear attack.
This was a moment of intense interest ; the wind blew
strongly from the East (a black Levanter), it was nearly
midnight, and dark as Erebus, our lanterns were concealed
in match tubs, our other lights shaded, while those of the
enemy flashed brightly from their portholes and cabin win-
dows. Our decks were clear, our brave tars at their guns,
cool and confident of success. The strictest silence prevailed;
and not a sound was heard, except the ripple of the waves
as the gallant vessel made her way through them.
When nearly abreast of ,the Carlos, Captain Keats said,
" Now, Doctor, below ;" and before I could reach my quar-
ters the most astounding broadside was poured into her,
and repeated again and again before she returned a shot,
being taken so wholly by surprise. At last she began firing
from both sides, mistaking her consort for another enemy.
The effect of our thunder was terrific: away went her fore-
topmast, the sail fell over her bow guns, their flash caught
the canvass, and the rigging being newly tarred, the fire
flew to the mast-head with the rapidity of lightning, and in
a moment she was on fire fore and aft.
All was now horror and dismay on her deck, the Herme-
negildo was close to her; in utter confusion they fell aboard
each other ; their yards locked inseparably ; and in another
moment this second formidable vessel was also in a blaze.
Their sad fate was now too evident; the Superb, therefore,
ceased firing, and passed a-head to avoid the awful conflagra-
tion, for already some sparks had come into a port on her
lower deck, by which two cartridges exploded, wounding
Lieutenant Waller desperately, and several of our sailors
more or less severely.
According to my general orders, on the first alarm, I called
out for the magazine door to be shut, but when one vivid
blue flash after another came down the cockpit hatchway,
I thought our fate was sealed also; happily, however, the
deck was wet, and the evil extended no further.
Front my pandemonium below I ran on deck for a mo-
ment's breath of air, and to catch a glance of the sublime
but appalling spectacle ; and the deep red glare Miming
and spreading over the sea and sky, the impetuous roar of
the ragin flames, and the shrieks and agonising gestures of
the despairing Spaniards can never be effaced from my
memory.
It seemed wonderful that the adverse squadron, still so
superior to ours in strength, did not put about at any risk,
and try to rescue the hapless crews of the burning ships ;
but as they continued their course, it was obviously our
duty to follow them.
Accordingly, the Superb overtook and engaged Le St.
Antoine, a French line-of-battle ship of equal force, which
after an honourable defence surrendered, just as the Admiral
in the Caesar, and Captain Hood in the Venerable, came up.
The latter being the fastest sailer, at daylight, near Cadiz,
brought to action the gallant Linois in Le Formilable, but
without any other result than a mutual severe mauling, the
brave adversaries parting by content with both their ensigns

flying.
As the Suberb had suffered damage in the engagement, we
necessarily laid to, not only to repair them, but to take pos-
session of and man the captured French ship ; and while
thus employed, a large boat came alongside, with 2 officers
and 39 only of the ghastly Spanish sailors—wet, nearly
naked, panic-struck, and speechless.
At noon next day we passed by the melancholy wreck of
the ships, blown into fragments b the explosion of the ma-
gazines, the only relics of two "wooden worlds," which the
day before floated proudly on the ocean, v.pka z,-too
men, all of whom perished, alas ! except the comparative
few we bad the happiness to save.
In the evening we arrived at Gibraltar, with our prize in
company, under the command of our first-lieutenant, the late
Rear-Admiral S. Jackson, C.B. (than whom a braver fellow
never stepped on ship board), and were welcomed by the
garrison with the warmest enthasiam.
I fear that this tough old yarn may be spun out too long
for insertion in your valuable columns, even at this compara •
tively dull season, and have the honour to subscribe myself,
with great respect, Sir,
Your very humble servant,
B. F. OUTRAM, M.D., F.R.S.
Hanover-square, Sept. 20.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT
HOUNSLOW BARRACKS.
We regret to state that an occurrence of a melancholy
character took place on Sunday night at the barracks of the
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, stationed at Hounslow,
during which Quarter-master Thomas Tarleton was stabbed
in the belly by Lieutenant Martin Kerwan, of that regiment.
The greatest secrecy relative to the circumstances connected
with the unfortunate affair has ever since been maintained
by the military authorities at the barracks, and it was not
until yesterday afternoon that the fact began to be known,
even in the town of Hounslow. Various reports were im-
mediately in circulation as to the particulars of the trans-
action, one of which was, that in consequence of the pro-
motion, by purchase, of Major Harcourt Masters, of that
regiment, to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, unattached, which
appeared in the London Gazette of Friday last, that officer on
Sunday last gave a dinner to his brother officers, which took
place in the mess-room of the regiment at Hounslow bar-
racks. The convivialities of the evening were kept up until
a late hour, and it is stated by some who profess to be
well-informed, that about twelve o'clock, while under the
influence of wine, Lieutenant Kerwan took umbrage at some-
thing that occurred, and finally quitted the mess-room for
his own apartments, whither he was attended by Quarter-
master Tarleton, who endeavoured to soothe his irritated
feelings, but on reaching the Lieutenant's apartments that
officer immediately. seized his sword and stabbed Tarleton as
above described. From inquiries made by our reporter at
Hounslow last evening, we have obtained, from a source of
the highest respectability, upon which every reliance can
be placed, the following particulars, which differ consi-
derably from the statement in current circulation. After
the dinner, the officers generally amused themselves with
wrestling, and eventually with fencing, and our informant
states that it was in one of the passes, while fenc:_
that the wound was inflicted. This account would make
the occurrence purely accidental, and this we trust will
turn out to be the correct version of the matter. Quarter-
master Tarleton was immediately attended by the surgeon
and assistant-surgeon of the regiment, who were present at
the dinner, and who, on examining the wound, finding it
to be of a most serious nature, communicated the fact to
Colonel Daley, the commanding officer, with a suggestion
that the assistance of Mr. R. Frogley, surgeon, of Hounslow,
should be procured. Colonel Daley immediately directed a
mounted orderly should be dispatched to Mr. Frogley's reg.
deuce in Hounslow„ and that gentleman promptly arrived on
horseback at the barracks, where he remained in attendance
during the night. The wound is understood to be of a most
serious character, and at present it is impossible to ascertain
its depth, or to form an opinion as to what the ultimate re-
sult may be. Mr. Frogley and the regimental surgeons were
in attendance several times yesterday, and we understand
that it was found necessary, from the symptoms which ap-
peared to first apply leeches, and afterwards to bleed to the
extent of 28 ounces. Quartermaster Tarleton is a man muck
respected in the regiment, and in figure is very corpulent.
It is not known whether Lieutenant Kerwan has been
placed under arrest by the military authorities, but up to six
o'clock last evening no steps, as far as our reporter could
learn, had been taken by the police with a view to his appre-
hension by the civil authorities.
Colonel Daley, our reporter was informed, left the barracks
in the course of the forenoon for the purpose of reporting the
occurrence at the Horse Guards, and receiving instructions in
the matter.—Times.

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SODDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN D'URBAN, R.N.—
Yesterday information was forwarded to Mr. Bedford, Coroner
for Westminster, of the death of Capt. J. G. D'Urban, R.N.,
which occurred under the following circumstances :—The
deceased gentleman had for some time past occupied apart-
ments at No. 38, Norris-street, Haymarket, and was a mem-
ber of the Junior United Service Clbb. About half-past
eleven o'clock on Sunday night he returned home, when he
appeared in his usual good health and spirits, and shortly
afterwards retired to his bedroom. Between one and two
o'clock the landlady of the house was alarmed by deceased's
bell ringing violently; and on going to his room and open-
ing the door deceased said, " Leave the light and withdraw,"
which she did. For some time afterwards he was heard to
be moving about; but on the servant taking up his shaving
water yesterday morning at the usual. hour (eight o'clock),
and receiving no answer to her knocking, she entered, when
she discovered him lying with his head forward on the bed,
one leg partially bent under him, and the other outside, his
foot nearly touching the floor. He was quite cold; and a
surgeon being sent for, life was pronounced to have been some
time extinct. Deceased was about fifty years of age.
Loss or LIEN BY FlNE.—Late last night, Mr.
Wm. Payne, the Coroner, held an inquest' at Guy's Hospital,
on the body of Eliza Evans, aged six years, the daughter of
a labouring man living at 21, Brunswick-court, Bermondsey.
On Saturday morning, about seven o'clock, deceased was
about lighting the fire, when her pinafore suddenly ignited
from the candle which was standing by, and burned so ra-
pidly that in a few moments she was enveloped in flames.
Deceased was removed to the hospital, and expired the same
evening from the effects of the injuries. Verdict—" Acci-
dental Death."

EXTRAORDT BA BW INARY
ORT WHIRLWIND
AH.
About half-past two o'clock in the afternoon of Sun-
day last, one of these extraordinary freaks of the ele-
ments, designated whirlwinds, was experienced at Bab-
worth, near East Retford, which in its passage from the
S.E. into the N.W. did considerable damage, and was
productive of no small alarm to those persons residing
upon, and near the course which it pursueA. From in-
formation collected from various sources it would appear
that at about 25 minutes past 2, P.M., two dense clouds
were observed moving in nearly opposite directions, and
that towards the upper or western part of the parish of
Ordsall, these two floating masses suddenly came into
contact with each other, when they appeared to blend
together in a most singular manner, and assumed the
appearance of an immense water-spout. This descent is
the mechanical effect of a whirlwind, which, creating a
vacuum, or high degree of rarefaction, extending
between the clouds and the earth, in which the
clouds descend by their gravity, or by the pressure of
the surrounding clouds or air. Having amalgamated
together for a few seconds, it soon became apparent that
mischief was brewing by strong currents of wind rushing
about, and beginning to airmse themselves by pitching
and tossing the sheaves and stacks of wheat, belonging
to Me. Ledger, on the estate of John Kippax, Esq.. in
all directions—east, west, north, and south. Finding
more corn on the opposite side of the hedge, its gambols
commenced here and occupied a slanting breadth of at
least One hundred and fifty yards across the field, which
it left in a most admirable state of disorder, passing
northward over a field of barley stubble, and another of
seeds, where its effects are only slightly discernible, it
passed the rubicon of Ordsall, at the top of the Whisker
hills, where it set to work in right good earnest. It
commenced its cars er of destruction in a large planting
of elms and firs, where, in addition to seven trees blown
down, the tops of many of the others are so intricately
twisted into each other as to defy all attempts to sepa-
rate them; whilst limbs and broken parts lie scattered
about in every direction. Here its range appears to
have been about one hundred yards wide. Leaving this
plantation somewhat abruptly, it crossed a small valley,
which is liberally strewed over with the trophies of its
victory brought Irons amongst. the trees which it had just
left in such commotion. Entering another plantation
where were trees of a sturdier growth, it appears not to
have made so great an impression, as its pastime
was principally occupied in sporting with the junior
branches, which are suspended by the Reck or
strewed about in the most admired disorder, to the
very confines of its lateral range. Descending the hill
it appears to have collected its force into less compass,
and after passing a plantation of elderly larches
without committing any depredations of magnitude,
it entered a plantation of elms -where its powers are
most fearfully visible. Here are no less than a dozen
trees capsized, and split and reft in every direction,
whilst the ground around is covered with the dead
and dying branches. Passing on from thence over the
valley, it crossed the valley which supplies the Babworth
lake, and entering upon two grass fields, which are
divided by an iron fence, it tore up this fragile partition
from end to end, putting the rods into every conceivable
shape, and snapping the u_prights in pieces, as short and
as easily as though they had been radishes. Along the
line of this fence were several large trees, usually de-
nominated hedge-row timber ; three of these were ruth-
lessly torn up by the roots; whilst the large reft boughs
from the others exhibit the resistless force of the storm.
These fields are in the occupation of the Rev. W. B.
Simpson, and are immediately in front of the rectory.
Rushing onwards it crossed the Retford and Worksop
turnpike road, immediately contiguous to the new lodge
recently erected as an entrance to the rectory, which
escaped completely scatheless, and entered the park
attached to Bab worth Hall, and in its passage, tore off
large boughs from every tree with which it came in con-
tact, and scattered the branches to a distance almost in
conceivable. Leaving Mr. Simpson's farm premises a
little to the right, it entered Bowman Hill wood, near to
an opening, by which it escaped on to the farm occupied
by Richard Milward, Esq., when all immediate traces of
it appear to be lost on the large brecks of the forest for
a considerable distance. Passing onwards, however,
within a quarter of a mile, we find trees which bear
marked testimony of the tempest's force ; and further
onwards it entered the estate of the Right Hon. the Earl
of Lincoln, at Ranby, where its career appears to have
been stayed. Further than this we have not been
able to trace its progress, but, undoubtedly, it has pro-
ceeded much further, and been productive of greater
damage titan we have been able to ascertain. On pass-
ing Babworth, an eye-witness describes it as a huge
dense black cloud travelling with astonishing rapidity on
the surface of the earth. It was accompanied by a
singular rattling and moaning noise, and attended with
torrents of rain, which, however, did not extend far
beyond the breadth which it really occupied. The rate
at which it rushed onwards was exceedingly rapid, being
not less than from thirty to forty miles an hour. With
the exception of the havoc committed amongst the trees,
no other casualties have come to our knowledge ; and it
is most providential that neither human nor animal life
has stiff red from the visitation of this fearful and awful
elemental contention—Doncaster Gazette.

THE HARVEST.
siarvest is steadily progressing, and although some
what late, the general opinion is, that a more abundant
crop has not been known for years. A great deal of
barley has been got in, and the oat crop is now fully
ripe, unless in the higher districts of the country. In
the neighbourhood of Edinburgh most of the crop has
been safely transferred to the stack-yard, and in so far
as the same has been brought to the test on the barn-
floor, the yield has been a full average, and the impor-
tant points of weight and quality will stand a comparison
with the standards of ordinary seasons. Last week;
many of the farmers in the neighbourhood of Glasgow
had got the whole of their grain in stook, and with a few
fine days there woolctio. nothing but a few lute patches
left standing, the same might be said of many. a locality
in the south ; and it is stated that barley, in general
from plumpness of pickle and firmness of texture, resem-
bles last year's crop. The recent dull accounts from
Great Britain have failed, it appears, to have any influ-
ence on the trade in grain on the Continent ; indeed, so
far from any decline having occurred in prices, the ten-
dency.has been decidedly upwards at all the leading
ports in the Baltic. Tho principal cause of the advance
has been the advices from Holland and Belgium, re-
specting the failure of the potato crop.—lnverness
Courier.
NEWRY, SEPT 25.—Much of the grain in our imme-
diate neighbourhood is carried in very tolerable order.
We are much gratified to observe that the alarm re-
specting the potato failure is beginning to subside, and
that hopes are entertained that the injury will not be so
serious as was at one time feared.—Newry Telegraph.
THE POTATO CROP.—We are happy to announce that
no well-grounded complaints of any failure or decay in
the potato crops, so prevalent in England, are made by
the farmers of Limerick, Clare, and Kerry.
Chronicle.—Lirnerich
CLONMEL.—In the vicinity of this town the wheat
crop was an excellent one, and is now stacked and
secured from the inclemency of the weather, whilst our
crowded market attests sufficiently its state of forward-
ness. The oats in general are very gooil, and from its
height and soundness of grain, is considered very pro-
fitable. A great deal of it remains uncut, and some has
been partially injured, some ears sending forth shoots.
In soils of a warm and arid nature, the potato crop has
thriven well. In the neighbourhood of Abbey, Cleri-
han, and Fethard, the crop is profitable and luxuriant.
while at the eastern side of our town, in the vicinity of
Powerstown, Gammondsfield, Kilcash, and allyneale,
it is, I am sorry to say, inferior, in a great B
degree, to
that of the other. In the latter place I have sate field
of five acres of potatoes entirely destroy-ed.—rford
Chronicle.
RASPBERRIES AND CURRANTS.--SECOND CROP.—
Specimens of a second crop
of raspb er
rants, grown this season in the gardenes of Benjamin
Vicary, Esq., have been left at our office for inspection.
ri and red cur.
The fruit of both descriptions are large in size, and as
good in quality, as they could be expec
ord In de ted to be if only
f p
I the single crop had been raised.—Werendent.
[rig,

geable; and ulTues-
ffi
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Since Wednes
day the weather has been very chan ki
day the grain was never suciently dry for stacnnti a
g, large
quantity of rain having fallen in the course of Sunday night
and Monday morning, and had not the temperature been re-
markably low much loss must have been sustained from the
sprouting cf the grain ; but as ),et we are glad to say that
there is not an injured sheaf. ()n Monday it se t u hard and
dry, with the wind from the north, mid in thep coarse of
Tuesday and Wednesday a considerable breadth of the crop
has been carried. There is no appearance of the disease
amongst the potatoes which is doing so much mischief in
England and on the Continent,--and we hope that it will long
continue to be a stranger to this quarter The rains which
we have had must be very beneficial to the green crops. A
good deal of the crop is still uncut.—Fifeshire Journal.
Tua DAT MAIL.—We have at length obtained a
d
ght, the down train arriving
day mail, and as far as the down bags are concern we are
greatly benefited, as we get letters in the evening e
in time to
P. 111., and the up leaving 'at 7
minutes past 10 o'clock. To whom we may be indebted for
the arrangement of our mail hence to London we cannot say,
but a more bungling and useless arrangement could not pas-
rheetruernatan3asns inwienrutes the
past same 6, i n
sibly have been made. The bags leave Yarmouth at half-
past 5 o'clock in the morning, but must be posted not later
than 10 o'clock the previous evening. Now the London box
does not close till 9 o'clocy, and after that by payment of a
penny it may go that ni„ht. There are many complaints of
this arrangement, and surely, in introducing alterations, care
should be taken to make them as advantageous as possible
to the inhabitants. The probability is thata representation
in the right quarter would quickly secure a remedy for this
abncle rleriaubilreeranstalarty", that the steamer Acadia,
obvious evil.—Norfolk News.
THE IMPORT DUTIES OF TEX kS.—The New
We are informed on what
Boston on the 18th of July, took out extensive
aveuftnerdietroother conveyances will, no doubt, take similar
to Texas foreign
merchandise, to arrive and enter there at the existing re-
wwoor:drheodriebeckrriesislC)(eol to England, to purchase and skip
re-
duced rates of duties, and there await the action of Congress
on annexation. When that act is thus completed, all these
goods become ipso facto entered merchandise, so much so as
if in New York, Charleston, New Orleans, or any other Ame-
rican port, and can be transported coastwise or interior to any
of our other states. We simply state the fact, leaving the
remedy to those wbose,duty it is to see that existing laws
are faithfully executed. There are two modes of checking
this evil ; one is for Texes at once to adopt our scale of duty ;
or, if it be too late for this, then for our Government, upon
the meeting of Congress, to pass a law imposing on foreign
merchandise from Texas a duty equal to the difference be-
tween the Texan tariff and our own. We disclaim all party
feeling on the matter. We only desire to perform a duty we
owe our commercial community in announcing a fact which
may, if not thus noticed, wk much ovii.,,
THE lIAIIVEST IN WALES.—The farmers have
taken adeantage of the last few days of dry weather to cut
and take up a good portion of the late corn, and to carry in
what had before been cut. Another week or nine days of
ambrian
o •
fine weather
order—C enable them to secure the whole of their
crops In goad

THE POTATO CROP.
We regret much to learn, from accounts on which we
can rely, that the disease in the potato, first noticed in
Belgium and France, has been traced too clearly to ex-
tend to this country. Many fields in Ayrshire and
Dumfries- shire are infected—so much so that the loss in
Dumfries-shire alone it is calculated may amount to
50,0001. The presence of the disease in fields and ridges
is first discovered by the decay of the haulms and leaves
of the plant, and is exhibited at an advanced period of
the season, when the tubers are ripe, and when the leaves
have encountered a severe frost. As there has been no
such frost yet, it is found on examining the roots that
the potatoes, when cut through, are filled with black
spots and holes, and the roots turn out rotten and unfit
for boiling. We understand that Professor Johnston
has been in Ayrshire, endeavouring to trace the course
and extent of this distressing occurrence, and of course
his report will be anxiously looked for.—Sesteman.
We mentioned in our last that the highest price ob-
tained for this crop in the field was 191. per acre. Oa
Friday, however, several extensive bargains were made
so higlats 05/. The cause of this rise was two-fold—
the failure of the crop in Belgium and the countries bor-
dering on the Baltic, and the prevalent disease among
the same root in England. We understand that
orders to the extent of 5,000 to 6,000 tons for
shipment abroad have been received here, so soon as
the crop is ready for lifting ; and several agents from
London are at present going the round of the farmers,
purchasing up their potato crops at very high
figures. The disease is described by those who have
examindd the crop in Yorkshire to be a sort of spongy
growth, or excrescence, on the first joint of the stein
above the ground, of a yellow colour exteriorly, and
whitish within. Where the plant is thus affected, the
stalk is in an entire state of decay, and the potatoes
nearest the surface are invariably found in a rot en or
blemished state. Hitherto, however, it has been con-
fined to those nearest the surface, and hopes are thus
entertained that oven where the disease prevails, only a
part of the crop will be lost. We believe a disease of
this character was previously unknown in this root, and
it has been stated to be most prevalent where it follows
wheat which had been matured with guano. What
there may be in this we know not, but we should ra-
ther apprehend that the very wet summer, with a greater
degree of cold than almost ever experienced in
July and beginning of August, acting upon a root im-
poverished by too frequent replantings on the same soil,
is more likely to have generated it.—Perth Courier.
Speaking of the distemper, the Than:files Courier ob-
serves—" We imagine, at least, a sovereign remedy,
which we would recommend to all, but for the trouble
of its immediate execution. In raising stems to all ap-
pearance withered by the agency of frost, one or two
tubers nearest the surface are found more or less
mildewed ; now, supposing those removed, so as to
prevent farther contagion, and the shaws pulled at
the same time, the remaining roots, in ripening in the
ground, might be unearthed hereafter perfectly sound,
however inferior in point of size.. This notion
we communicated on Wednesday last to a number
of farmers, all of whom admitted the feasibility of the
process, but at the same time demurred to the enormous
trouble incurred, not to speak of expense, wherever the
scale of operations is large. Indeed, most said that as
white is of more importance than green crop, setting
aside the turnips, which are progressing so beautifully.
they deemed it better to encounter further risk, than
withdraw labourers from the harvest field. Upon the
whole, we do not consider the blight by any means so
overpowering as at one time imagined, although, truth
to say, bad and bad enough. Many fields are entirely
free, and though many anticipate difficulty in obtaining
proper seed, it will be found, when spring time again
arrives."
The disease with which potatoes are visited this year,
not only in England, but in many other countries of
Europe, threatens serious consequences to the poor, for
whom the potato, rather than bread, constitutes " the
staff of life." In many parts of England potatoes make
up two meals of the labouring man's day. We believe
that we shall be doing a real service by communicating
to the farmer and to the community generally a mode of
cure, or rather prevention, which has come under our
own notice, and which has been applied with the greatest
success. We are indebted for the experiment to Mr. W.
Gale, builder, of Burbage, in Wiltshire, a county in which
the potato is positively the poor man's chief food, and in
which, this season, the root has signally failed. The me-
dicine employed by Mr. Gale is quick lime. Mr. Gale
placed three pecks of sound potatoes in a box, the centre of
which he filled with several other potatoes in a diseased
and decaying condition. The sound potatoes lying to
the right of the decaying ones he sprinkled over very
carefully with lime. The sound potatoes lying to the
left, he left untouched. Furthermore, he took a diseased
potato and placed a sound one on each side of it. As
before, he sprinkled the potato on the right side with
lime; upon the other potato he put nothing. The result
in the two cases was the same. The potatoes sprinkled
with lime came out one month after the experiment
perfectly sound, whilst those on the left without lime
were in a state of decay. This plain remedy is as
cheap as it is simple. One gallon of lime will cure a
sack of potatoes. We do not advise the farmer to place
diseased potatoes with sound ones, unless by way of expe-
meet, and to test the truth of our assertions. In spite
of all his endeavours to prevent it, many diseased po-
tatoes will find their way to the sound ones ; and in this
case we undertake that the further extension of mischief
it is in his power to avoid. It may be proper to state
that where the lime touched the unsound potatoes, it
prevented the disease going further than it had reached
previously to the application of the lime. Mr. Here.
path, of Bristol, has publiibed a letter, in which he
shows us how we may save the starch or fecula of pota-
toes already diseased ; but the process would be attended
by considerable trouble and expense, and few could or
would adopt it. Besides, Mr. Herepath's process goes
only to the cure of the diseased potatoes, not to the
safety of those still sound. As far as the diseased pota-
toes are concerned, we believe the most judicious and
econowieat plc.. fro hnil them for the pizs. In a
raw state they have been found very injurious to this
animal. Many have died after eating them. We trust
that the above remarks will meet with serious public
attention, and that they may be the means of saving for
the poor and hard-working much of the nourishment of
which a terrible visitation was about to rob them.—
lerwich Warder.

THE EFFECTS OF . SEA WATER
ON IRON
In the course of the late Government inquiry on
establishment of harbours of refuge, Professor Faraday
furnished some interesting particulars respecting the
effects of sea water on iron. His observation had un-
fortunately been rather limited, and confined to the
question of cast-iron. Between this body and sea water
he considers the action to be vigorous, and greatest in
the water near the surface; less in deep water, and least
of all when the iron is buried in sand or earth, or build-
ing materials (into which the water may penetrate), for
then the oxide and other results formed are detained,
more or less, and form sometimes a cement to the sur-
rounding matter, and always a partial Rrotection. Soft
cast-iron corrodes more rapidly than hafd cast, and than
the brittle white iron. As to the amount of corrosion in
any given time Professor Faraday had not an opportu-
tunity of observing any good and satisfactory cases ot
illustration. In estuaries and the mouths of rivers, he
considered it probable that great differences of corrosion
would arise from the different circumstances of variable
saltness ; the soil of the river, if near a town, will
much affect the metal; thus, a harf of cast-iron might
occasionally be greatly injured by making fast to it
vessels that are coppered, using iron cables. As to the
protection of iron, with respect to the permanency of a
coat of paint, or tar, or bituminous matter, the only ex-
perience the Professor had was in a case where coated
iron, sheathed for vessels, was brought under his no-
tice. He was then much impressed with the thorough
adhesion of the coat to the iron. Zinced iron would re-
sist the action of the sea water as long as the metal
would crust the surface, but zinc dissolves rapidly in sea
water, and, after it is gone, the iron would, of course,
follow. As to voltaic protection, Professor Faraday
considers that the cast-iron piles, proposed for light-
houses or beacons, might be protected by zinc, in the
manner proposed by Sir Hutnphry Davy, to protect
copper by iron; but even in that case, the corrosion of
the zinc would be very rapid. If not found too expen-
sive, the object would be to apply the zinc protectors in
a place where they could be examined often, and re
placed when rendered ineffective; in this manner, he
entertains little doubt that iron could be protected in sea
water. It is even probable that, by investigation and
trial, different sorts of iron might easily be distinguished
and prepared, one of which would protect the other:
thus soft ,cast-iron would probably protect hard cast-
iron, and then it would be easy to place the protecting
masses where they could be removed when required.
Hence, though iron be a body very subject to the action
of sea water, Professor Faraday considers not unlikely
that it might be used with advantage in marine construc-
tions, intended to be permanent, especially if the joint
effects of preserving coats of voltaic protectors were
applied.