The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-01 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

Guildhall Hotel, City, Aug. 30, 1845.
Six,—You have reported very incorrectly the fire that
occurred on my premises on Thursday last. There was
no burning of bond timber or wood of any description,
and the heat was entirely confined to one room, it having
been caused by a lodgment of soot in an old flue which
had not been used for many years. By correcting the
mistake in your next number you will oblige,
Your most obedient servant,
JAMES WALTERS.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 29.—About 750
hhds. and tierces West India have found buyers since our last,
at the former currency. Included in the above is a cargo of
St. Vincent, which brought an average of about 50s. round ;
these were principally taken by the refiners, and the quality,
generally speaking, was good. No sales reported in Bengals or
Mauritius. Very little doing in rum, but prices are supported.
Molasses is still inquired for.—Bristol Mercury.
STEAM TO LEGHORN.—The North Star steam-
ship arrived at the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, a few days
since with a cargo and passengers from the port of Leghorn.
This was understood to be an experimental trip, being the first
voyage ever made by a steam-vessel to or from that place
and the port of Landon. It is well known that there is a
numerous feet of vessels trading between this port and the
port under notice, which bring extensive cargoes of every '
description of Italian produce, articles of vertu, &e. ; and
further that the place is the principal shipping port fur the
conveyance to this country of the baggage and private effects,
collections of continental paintings, statues, ecc., of noble-
men and gentlemen returning home at the termination of
their continental tours, as well as of British artists and others
who have been pursuing, their s'udies in the Italian and
other continental States—in fact, that it is the direct mute for
London, vii Civita Vecchia, from the eternal city itself, and
from which everything is removed on its way to this country.
The introduction of steam will, therefore, doubtless, be an
important consideration for those vrho may be anxious for a
speedy transmission of their property to its destination. Ibe
traffic for passengers from Leghorn is at present very trifling,
but it is difficult to aay to how great an extent it. may be in-
creased, if a continuous and regular line of steam-vessels be
established, which, it is said, is not at all improbable, should
the speculation prove a successful one. Italy is almost the
A CHILD FOUND DROWNED.—On Thursday even-
only European state whose 'ports d »-iot le,sse.s the advantages
ing Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the Hero of
afforded by the invention of steamiu its intercourse with this
Waterloo, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, on the body of a male country, and the importance of its adoption to'a large and re •
spec able portion of the public as a means of transit, instead of
child found in the Thames. Paul Hill, a waterman, said that
on Tuesday morning last he discovered the body of deceased I the fatigue of journeyinir over land, cannot fur a moment be
floating in the water otf Langton'a Wharf, Pedlar's-acre. He I doubted.
immediately gave information to Sergeant Baldwin, 13 L. who IRISH REAPSH.S.—A great numb,.!)- of Napers
got the body ashore. Mr. John Havers, surgeon, said the the sister cmr,try have already arrived In Yorkshire, and are
child had been born from three to tour w‘ eks, but fr.ron its likely, in general, to find immediate anti vroffiabk, employ-
decomposed state it was impossible to telt wile the, it. had 6,1, ment. The scythe and the sickle are both in rtqui-ition in
born alive or not. Verdict, t, Found drowned, but whether ..lie corn fields of the southern part 01 the county, and this
born alive or not there was no evidence to prove."
aux'liar force comes very opportunely to the aid of the Eng-
THE STOPPAGE OF FLEET- STREET. —On F. i 'ay lists labourer for the security of his own f,,,r1 quit his mister's
crops. 'l'Le unsettled 'A eath::: fors Ilfif• 't,oek past has given
morning a notice was posted at the Sewers. office, Guildhall,
stimuli, t;, hare, t. ()pert i n . Atiti we should not
intimating that Fleet-street roadway will be elo.,ed for oi,e an unusual stimu
week longer, commencing on Monday, to complete the sewer be !urprised to find the week- harvest t:linitikhett by the
now in formation in that thoroughfare. I energy which a sense of danger has produced.—Leeds —Leeds Mercury.

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PROMISSORY NOTES.

(From Friday Night's Gazette.)
An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis-
sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been
in circulation by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ire-
land, and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the four
weeks ending the 16th day of August, 1845, pursuant to
the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50
SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks £3,303,255
IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland 3,776,775
Private and Joint-stock Banks

Total £9,662,414
JOHN THORNTON.
Stamps and Taxes, Aug. 29, 1845.