The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-09 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

The following has been posted at Lloyd's :--
DIRECTIONS FOR NAVIGATING THE GULF OF GMYRNA
AND THE NARROW CHANNEL OF ST. JAMES'S CASTLE.

Four buoys have been placed on the north side of
the channel leading to the Bay of Smyrna. They
are painted black, having the depth of water in
which they lie marked on the head in Roman cha-
racters, excepting the outer, or westernmost, which
is marked S.W. Spit. This lies in four and a half
fathoms on the S.W. projection, or elbow of the shoal,
A mile and a half eastward of this is the mouth of
the llermus, which may be known by the rushes
growing near it. The shoal water is very apparent.
The baulk is nearly dry, and covered with bushes and
stumps of trees. A beacon has been placed on its outer
edge in five feet water. There are five fathoms at half
a cable's distance south of it, thence increasing
to 13 and 25. Three quarters of a mile east of this
is another spit, on which a buoy has been placed, in
three fathoms, E. by N., one mile and a quarter from
N.' is a buoy, in four fathoms, and E. one quarter
N. one and-one eighth of a mile; further, another in
three fathoms ; this last is on the spit opposite St.
James's Castle, where the channel is only three cables
and a half wide, and the shoal very steep, there being
six and seven fathoms immediately without the buoy,
and at fifty yards distance within it not more than six
or seven feet; this buoy is placed on the most project-
ing point, and nearly in the middle of the flat head
which bounds the channel. They are placed on the
extreme points of the shoal ; no vessel should endea-
vour to pass beyond a direct line drawn through them;
by keeping without she will avoid all danger. The
peak of Ninnas at the middle of the hollow between
the two northermost peaks in Long Island bearing
N.W. by W. clears the S.W. elbow in sixteen
fathoms at three cables distance. A slip may pass
close to the buoy, as the bank is steep, but if bound
out of the Gulf should not bring the peak to the
northward of the mark until you are one mile and a
half N.W. of the buoy, as there is danger on the
western projection of the bank. The north end of
the old castle over the city of Smyrna on the south
end of St. James's Castle E., one quarter S., clears the
south edge of the bank leading close to the S.W.
spit mouth of Hermus, and Hermus spit buoy ; to the
eastward of this buoy a vessel may stand more to the
northward, taking care not to pass the line of the buoys.
No mark can be given for standing towards this part
of the Bank. That used in the Narrow 3 abreast of
the Castle is exceedingly difficult for a stranger to
make out, and can only be distinguished in certain
heights. It is the cliff over Kooklujah, on with the
south end of the barracks at Smyrna, bearing E. half
S.: the barrack is a long white building near the
water, in the south end of the town. High mountains
rise behind Kooklujah Cliff, which prevent it being
seen in the mornings when the .sun is behind it.
When Mount Sipylus (which has a black appearance
from the trees on its summit) comes on with Menimen
Scala, bearing N.E.lthree-quarters N., you will be
to the eastward of the shoal. The coast from the St.
James's Castle eastward is steep and clear of danger.
The bearings are, true variation, 12 deg. westerly.
THOMAS GRAVES, Commander of H.M.
Surveying vessel Beacon.
VESSELS SPOKEN `PlTH.—Rambler, Liverpool to
Bey rout, Sept. 27, off Gibraltar, by the Queen of the
Isles, arrived at Cagliari. Sovereigns, Miramichi,
to Gloucester, lat. 48, lon. 27, by the Atalanta, ar-
rived in the dlyde. Commodore, of Bristol, off Ma-
laga, by the Susan, arrived at Falmouth. Susan, of
Glasgow, 27th ult., off Ile, by the Hope, arrived at
ditto. William and Henry, Palermo to Liverpool,
10th ult., in the Straits of Gibraltar, by the Earl of
Zetland, arrived in the Clyde. Kate, of Greenock,
10th ult., lat. 16 N., lon. 58 E.; Sutton, of Leith,
14th, lat. 13, lon. 48, by the Cleopatra steamer, ar-
rived at Suez.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the
Queen's Prison, before W. Payne, Esq,. the Coroner
for the jurisdiction of the City of London in South-
wark, on view of the body of Mrs. Anna Maria For-
ster, aged 55 years. Mrs. Eliza Rose stated that she
had been intimately acquainted with the deceased,
who, since the beginning of August last, had been re-
siding in the prison with her husband,, who was a
prisoner. She bad been in an ill state of health ever
since she came there ; in fact, her " whole mass of
blood" seemed turned ever since her husband's arrest,
and she daily grew weaker. About three o'clock on
Sunday afternoon last, she requested to be assisted out
of bed. Witness did so, and placed her on a stool,
when she said, " Where shall I lay my head ?" and as
witness was answering her she fell on the floor on her
face, and nearly instantly expired. Mr. John Maze-
ley Forster stated that he was the husband of the de-
ceased. He was formerly in the navy, and after that
for many years held a situation in one of the public
offices, which he quitted on a retiring allowance
granted to him in consequence of a reduction in the
establishment. His wife was a lady of rank, being
cousin to the present Earl Courtenay ; and the me-
lancholy bereavement he had sustained by her lament-
able death was the more distressing to his feelings
as they had been brought up together from mere
childhood. On the 27th of July last, he proceeded to
the Audit-office, accompanied by the deceased, to re-
ceive his quarterly allowance, and was there, by the
treachery of a party he had known for 23 years,
arrested for debt. The deceased, on seeing the offi-
cers, sustained a shock from which she never re-
covered, and from that time she lost her spirits, and
her strength left her daily. On Sunday afternoon, on
coming up stairs, having been to order dinner, he
found his wife a corpse. Surgical aid was procured,
and on a vein being breathed the blood flowed freely,
but yet she was past all human help. He attributed
her death to a broken heart. The medical attendant
of the prison said her death certainly resulted from an
affection of the heart. The Jury returned a verdict
of Natural Death.

CHATHAM, Nov. 7.—An official order from the
Horse Guards arrived at the Commandant's office at
this garrison on Saturday, respecting an escort of the
Bth Hussars that will arrive at this garrison on the
11th instant. The escort will consist of four officers
and 52 men. Stabling for the horses and barrack
room for the men will be appropriated for them at
Brompton Barracks. The escort is to proceed with
her Majesty from Rochester to Canterbury, in her
Majesty's route to Walmer Castle. The day of her
Majesty's arrival at Rochester the order does not sive.

LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S
STEAMER SPITFIRE.

The subjoined relates to the loss of her Majesty's
steamer Spitfire, contained in a letter just received
from a Captain, 3d West India Regiment :
"BELISE, HONDURAS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 17.
Thinking that you in England might hear of the
total wreck of her Majesty's steamer Spitfire, about
70 miles from this place, having on board two com-
panies of the 3d West India Regiment, and fearing
that you might imagine me on board, and perhaps
lost, I hurry over a few lines previous to the departure
of our post to let you know I am perfectly safe, and
and am happy to say that out of 200 souls but one was
lost, a private of ours, and that through his own impru-
dence. The steamer was wrecked on Saturday night last,
shortly before eleven o'clock, having struck on a reef;
and in less than two hours her hold was full of water,
and we expected her to part during the night. Had
she done so there was no probability of a single life
being saved, land not being in sight, nor did we know
exactly where we were. We landed, however, on
two islands the day following, two other officers with
myself and 115 men on one, where we could obtain
neither water nor anything to eat without sending to
the wreck, nine or ten miles off; we got, indeed,
some of each, but not at all sufficient for our wants.
We reached this only last evening, and here we found
a portion of our baggage, but all completely ruined."

PRICE OF PROVISIONS IN LON-

DON, PARIS, AND NEW YORK.

The beneficial effects of the new tariff of the Right
Hon. Sir Robert Peel are by degrees showing them-
selves; as, in consequence of the extensive importa-
tions of foreign cattle from Spain, Rotterdam, and
Hamburgh, the farmers, as well as the butchers, are
obliged to reduce their high prices. The quantity of
bacon, hams, and cured meat from the United States
of America and Hamburgh has had the good tendency
of lowering the price in the English markets. The
same may be said with respect to foreign wheat and
flour, the importations of which have far exceeded all
expectation, and reduced the price of bTead, notwith-
standing the monopoly exercised by many of the
bakers, particularly at the West-end.

BREA-D.-The Price of the first quality is Bd. per
41b. loaf; the second quality, 60. In Whitechapel,
the Minories, Tottenham-court-road, Blackfriars-
road, the New-cut, and Westminster, it is only 50.,
and some charge but sd. per loaf, and of very good
quality.
MEAT.-Beef, 4d. to 7d. per lb. ; mutton, sd. to 7d.;
Veal, id. to 9d.; Pork, sd, to 10d. ; but by pur-
chasing any quantity at Newgate, Leadenhall, White-
chapel, and Newport markets it can be had at 3d.
to sd. for prime parts. Bacon, 4d. to 7d. ; Ham,
sd. to 71b. per lb ; American Pork and Bacon 3d. ,
Ham, 4d. per lb.
Butter, Bd. to ls.per lb. ; Cheese, id. to 7d. ; Dutch
and American ditto, 4d. to sd. per lb. Sugar, moist,
6d. to 7d. ; loaf ditto, Bd. to 10d. per lb. ; Tea, 4s. to
7s. ; Coffee, ls. 4d. to 2s. 6d.; Cocoa, Bd. per lb.
Poultry and game are extremely cheap for this sea-
son of the year, and Leadenhall and Newgate mar-
kets are well stocked with every description. Geese,
3s to is ; hares, 2s to 3s.

The price of meat in Paris, and throughout France,
is 4d to 7d ; bread, best quality, 51d ; second ditto,
41d per 41b 7oz English (2 kilogrammes) ; butter, 6d
to 81 per lb; and cheese, 4d to 6d. Wages are, how-
ever, more than one-third less than in this, country,
so that provisions, sugar, tea, and coffee, are equally
dear in proportion. Wines and spirits are cheap, as
well as fruit and vegetables, eggs and poultry.
PRICE OF PROVISIONS IN NEW YORK.—Flour,
best wheaten (per barrel of 1961b5), 11 ss; rye ditto,
16s 8d; bread, wheaten, 41b loaf, 60; India corn
meal, per 1001bs, 5s 4d to 5s 10d; beef, roasting, per
lb. 5d to 61d; ditto, boiling, 31d to 41d; mutton, 2d to
51d; lamb, 4d to sd; veal, 21d to 6d per lb; chickens,
in summer, 2s 3d to 2s 9d, ditto, autumn and winter,
Is ld to 2s ld; butter, per lb, 61d to lld ; cheese, 31d
to 7,id ; rice, 11d to 24d ; pork, salted, 21d to aid ;
lard, 30 to 4,d; hams, 34d to 51d; shoulders, ditto,
11d to 2id; smoked beef, 31d to 51d; ditto salmon,
4d to 71d ; ditto shad, ?id to 34d; tea, cheapest, is
ld ; dearest, 5s `2d ; coffee, raw, 5d to 81d ; cocoa,
3d ; sugar, loaf, ..Icl to 7d ; ditto, New Orleans, 21d
to 31d. Fruit—Raisins, lid to aid per lb; dried ap-
ples, per bushel, 41d to 51d ; ditto, peaches, 12s to
20s. Brandy, per gallon, 6s 3d to lOs 6d ; rum, 4s
2d to 8s 4d ; whiskey, is 41d to 2s 9d ; and oil, 3s ld
to 4s 4d per gallon.
The above are the prices generally throughout all
the States. In Upper and Lower Canada they are
rather higher. Fish, poultry, and game in abundance.