The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-26 00:00:00

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It is with feelings of the most painful nature that we lay before our readers some particulars of one of the most, if not the most, calamitous and devastating conflagrations that has occurred in this town for a considerable number of years, whether we regard its extent, the rapidity with which it spread, the destruc tion of property, or the loss of human life. This morning, about three o'clock, information reached the fire-police station that a cooper's shed, in Wood -street North, was in flames. Immediately the engines were dispatched, and Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, with a number of the fire police, were speedily on the spot. At that time, however, the fire hadgained considerable progress, aided'as it was by a strong breeze from the north-west. The shed in which the fire originated was situated amidst 'a number of other sheds of slender con struction, principally made of wood, and containing vast quantities of materials easily of ignition. These . blazed furiously for some time, illuminating the whole town, and creating considerable alarm in the minds of , • persons at a great distance from the Eocene of the de vouring element. The flames were carried from Wood -street North, to the back of some large ware houses, principally stowed with cotton, and these speedily were enveloped in clouds of smoke, which but too truly told that the work of destruCtion was going on within.. In a very short time the flames burst forth with awful fury, warehouse after ware house was ignited, and ultimately the whOle of the warehouses on one side of Formby -street were in a blaze. The spectacle was truly grand, yet awful, and then it was perceived that all attempts to save the property then in flames was useless. The attention of the firemen was therefore directed to the north side of Formby-street, with a view of saving some of the fine warehouses there, but the street being very narrow, and the wind blowing very high, the suc cessive and well-directed efforts of the fire-police were but a short time of any avail. The north side, in its turn, was soon a prey to the devouring fire, and, like the rest, the warehouses then were soon razed to the ground. • • The May - or and Mr. Rushton were early on the spot, and aided the officers of police in their arduous duties. A number of men from the Redwing (her „ Majesty's steamer), attended, and, un d er the direction of M r . L A dd , assisted in suppl y i ng the engines with water. Water was obtained in great abundance from • the Waterloo Dock, but, in consequence of the height . of the walls, and no aperture being made in them, it , required a great force to raise it. Mr. Highton, Go vernor of the Borough Gaol, was -most actively en gaged i n every place where he could make his ser vices of any avail. Messrs. Superintendents Leverett, Qute.k, and M‘D onald were early in attendance, and, by their judicious arrangeme n t s , cleared th e way f or 'ILI /II „the uni n t errupted exertions of the firemen. No person , who_ attended the fire could for a moment doubt the efficiency and excellency of our fire brigade and police ,establishment. Mr. Whitty placed himself in the most imminent danger, being entirely absorbed with an evident anxiety to save property and prevent injury to life. Much, however, as we regret the immense loss of prainsoperty, the most painful part of our task yet re m ;itis to record the death of several indivi duals. O ne of them was named Hodgson, officer 34 7, who b ore a most excellent character in the force, and many of our r ea d ers may recollect him when they are told that his b ea t was i n Castle-street, oppo site the coach -stands. About half-past six, he, along with officers Tuck and Bates, were holding their branches opposite a warehouse, near the top of Fo rmby -street • Tuck said t o th e men, " T hat wall is goi ng to fall." They stood but for a moment or two, when Hodgson walked up the street. A large bale of burning cotton fell into the street ; Hodgson a9Pped to d as h i t out, as it was blinding all around, and he had just compl e t e d hi s t as k w h en the wall • . fell with a tremendous crash, burying Hodgson in the ruins. Tuck at the instant seized hold of Bates, Pulled him away, and by the greatest miracle almost both escaped. unhurt, th e b ranc h b e i ng k nocked out • of Tuck's hand by part of the wall, as it fell. Lower down the street, the wall of Mr. Gray's yard gave - w ay, just as three or four labourers were removing some timber, and they were buried in the ruins. In- Spector Ridings was also at this spot, and by the falling of the wall, had his leg broken. He was taken up by the men, and c-inveyed to the Northern - Hospital, az were also several other men, who were Severely injured, but the number we cannot at pre ! sent learn. The fire, at the time we are writing, is still raging with intense fury. etee l , ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. s g, Al ELEVEN O'CLOCK. We have the painful d u ty t o record a calamity L'AiNlieh, wh et h er as regards the loss of life o r o f pro ir/il:ir,l'eacrt is calculated to excite the most painful feelings ,eaflierreseitnit moment, and will form a sorrowful page sift ;;;ber over many still ragingthe annals of the town. As the fire is • to give , acres of ground, it is impossi tron en • ' as Yet, a correct account of the destruc maw, much less in detail ; but we shall sup " 1 throughout p y roughout the day, in succeeding editions, such particulars as we The fire originated 00(1 street enabled to gat er. w_in Crompton-street, formerly docks. , at the north end of the town near the The three principal streets affected—namely, Crom tontree, Formby -street, and Neptune-street, Nairnnearly opposite the Borough Gaol, run east and west,, between Great Howard-street (in which the p_r)son stands) and • Waterloo -road, close to the docks. T_ he three streets and their boundaries, east and west, ,e . .uPy an area of from six to seven acres, and the whole tprat•space is even now in, with few exceptions, a mass ° t e. It appe ars that at three o'clock pre c i se ly, a watch It named Barnard Coyle, who was employed to guard the premises of Iklr. Pennington, bone grind and drysalt er d ur i ng the night, found P; fire hid broken out hi the engine -house, e havi ng b een kept in all night to keep p o lice- u the steam. H e i mme di ately gave the alarm to .uoofficer No. 24, w h o exerted himself to the ut an mo st, but before the engines could be brought up immense quantity of warehouses an d th ree yar d s natu re Were on fire in Crompton -street. The c om b us tibl e str op g of the premises wa s suc h, t oget h er w i t h a breeze f rom t h e north-west, that Mrs. Isaac's °" nd colo ur store soon took fire, as well as many gall crowded workshops of mill-wrights, smiths, &c., I,iipoole's"tilat immedi a t e l oca li ty. The fire next got to bonded cotton sheds, in Great Howard street, and finally swept to Formby- s t ree t. The t the wal ehouses in that street were successively n s i gnited, and are burnt to the gro un d, w ith a vast de property, an d , we lament to say, several ction o f Jive s . The fire -police officer, Samuel Hodgson, of . 0. 1 engine, was kill e d an d crushed in the ruins of one of the walls. Two of the engines were also smashed, and a considerable number of the firemen and others were killed. On calling at the Northern follo w i ng at ten o'clock, w e were informed that the was the state of the parties who had been removed there :—John Martin and Luke Smith, dead; l u red °lie man dying; R o b ert Bl ack, skull extensively frac , not exp ec t e d t o recover; Superintendent Rid g+, of of the police, compound fracture of the leg; and 4 8 or 20 more or less dangerously hurt. Many other cand as es of a minor nature have been sent to the hospital, dischirged; after having their hurts examined and , t ` r essed. Several men were carried to the hospital 4 .,,uadly burnt or hurt, some of them mortally. From eight ;' half -past nine o'clock the fire in Formby-street, and i n the adjoini ng cotton sheds (Poole's) in Great Howard ,,,r,''treet, rag e d with an intensity that heated the at ' 'uosphere to a great distance round. Great exertions b W ere made to save the top houses, in Formby-street, ut those on the north side, dwelling-houses caught the chiefl y b y t h e i ntens i ty of the fire just below of : b urning warehouses, the rui ns , an d b urn i ng ma ulsiniety Ler of whi c h, were p il e d t o t h e h e i g h t o f e i g h ty to n feet—thr ow i ng up i mmense vo l umes o f fl ame smoke. From time to time the high walls of the Warehouses fell with a thundering crash, and shortly tafter nine o'clock one man was killed outright by the aillring material s . Th e wa ll o f a large ware h ouse i n omhy-st ree t, w hi c h had been on fire some time, and ,bad reached, with th e cotton w i t hi n, almost a w hi te soneat, a t l ength fell upon some of the sheds on the South in Neptune-street, and the consequence in a short time was, that the whole range of sheds at the part o f t h at street, used for bonding cotton and as , e°•3 ,Perages, were i gn i te d . A great quantity of staves, l' ° Je s, hoop s , & c ., were carr i ed out, before and after the ignition, to the neighbouring vacant ground. The flames during the whole o f th e fi re were throughout most intense, and at i n t erva l s t err ifi c. T hey,.. r ose , on some occasions, apparently to the height °' 150 feet, or even higher. The heat and sparks . Were such that the eyes of the parties near were so arch affected that they were obli ge d f requently to n away and procure water to was h b e f ore they Co uld distinctly see. The whole of the police, in cluding Mr. Whitty, h ea d constable, and Mr. H ew itt, the fi re-police, were so covered' with dust, mud, water, flour, and other materials, and their faces so their most intimate acquaintances. At ten o'clock, th e sheds and cooperages in Neptune-street, some of :tem new buildings and full of goods, were in a ~,,- 1-4t e of rapid-combustion, and little of the property I,ii2Uld be saved from them. There was a r e p or t t about 30 individ ua l s connec t e d w ith the e ng i nes 'ad Perished; but this will, we hope, be found to be lossaggrated At resent no correct account of the of life can be obtained ; and even in the end, th e pro b a bi lity is, that some of, the bodies, if found at all, will be so burnt and calcined that they m ay not be recognised. One of the fire-police, John ~4togers, (No. 215) was c l ose to poor Ho d gson , o f •sle No. 1, w h en h e was struck down by the ruins killed on the spot. Th e h ose was cut off, as if by Chet, by the materials ; and the piece near the pipe (which . Hodgson held, and which is buried with him), was scorched to the hardness of bone. Amongst the warehouses, sheds, &c., burned down, were Poole's two sheds (before noticed) in Great Howard-street, both filled with cotton, the masses of which, in a burning state, and closely compacted, re sembled immense- broken rocks in a state of red heat at every interstice. In Formby -street there were five warehouses belonging to Mr. Maw, two to Mr. J. H. Rayner, and others belonging to Mr. H. Horseley and Messrs. 'Waterhouse and Son. _ln one, of the ware houses there was said to be a quantity of saltpetre, and a kind of explosion in the . falling of one of the walls favoured the supposition. Amidst the destruc tion in Neptune-street, besides the cotton sheds, were the cooperages and timber-yards of Messrs. Chapman and Dean, and Lythoe. The vacant ground between . the prison and the canal bridge, on the east side of the street, was covered with staves, hoops, felloes, &c., saved from the yards and sheds ; but the greater. part of the property, as well as the buildings, were com pletely dPstroyed. It is stated, but we know not as yet with What accuracy, that the cotton destroyed amounted to about 35,000 bales. Cotton, we may state, formed the great bulk of the property destroyed. ACCOUNT 01? THE BUILDINGS ANI) PROPERTY DESTROYED. The following is, as near as we can ascertain, a statement of the buildi ngs d estroyed, and the goods supposed to be destroyed : Rayner's A 309, B 315 ; ditto, C 309, D 315 ; Maw's 4 warehouses, no numbers ; Grey's E 228; Grey's C 229 ; Taylor's 233; Rogers's 256, two; Rayner's shed, 252 ; Gregson's 319, two ; Horsley's two sheds; M'Knight's one ditto ; Poole's two sheds ; Taylor's cooperages and other timber yards. The whole is assessed at an annual value of 3,5001. The value of the buildings, exclusive of the land, probably from 35,0001. to 40,0001. The property which. they contain may be estimated at the value of 300,000/. to 400,0001. The principal contents are cotton, turpen tine, flour, &c. The brokers can add up to 20,000 bales ; but there must be more. The following is an estimate : £250,000 in cotton. 150,000 in other goods. 35,000 in buildings. £435,000 The following is a correct statement of the build ings burnt, for which we are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Samuel Hohne, who was for a long period on the spot :- 4 warehouses (Gray's) North. Burnt. 1 ditto (Taylor's) do. do.. 2 ditto (Rayner's) do. , do. 2 ditto (Poole's) do. do. 4 ditto (Maw's) South. do. 1 ditto (Roger's) " fire proof," now on fire. 1 ditto (Rayner's) Burnt. 1 shed (Rayner's) do. 2 sheds (Horsley's) Neptune-street, now almost burnt 1 shed (Mr. Knight's) west of the above, on fire. Taylor's cooperage Molyneux's timber-yard } Burnt. Cart-houses, stables, a row of about sixteen houses, and a large mass of property of various descriptions. Seventeen men have been carried to the hospital, one of whom is dead, and three more supposed to be dying, and, probably, e i g ht een to twenty more are buried under the burning piles, together with one of the engines. Mr. Holme states it as his opinion that the value of the buildings alone which are burnt will exceed 30,000/. ; and we have been informed by several brokers on 'Change that the quantity of cotton alone which has been destroyed exceeds 40,000 bales, together with an immense quantity of other foreign and colonial produce. (From the Fifth Edition of the Liverpool Standard.) STANDARD -OFFICE, HALF-PAST Two O'CLOCK. We have again visited the scene of the conflagration, and are happy to state that the flames are so far sub dued by the falling materials, and the exertions of the firemen in the outskirts, that the destruction will in all probability be confined to the buildings already noticed; the goods in which (a comparatively trifling quantity being got out) are doomed to entire de struction. We have just taken a tour of the whole area. In Formby -street the row of dwelling-houses at the top on Pie north side, w hi c h had before ignited, were in a blaze all through, reaching thefloors and roof of the lodging-house at the corner of that street and Great Howard -street. The house just opposite (also at the corner) will probably be saved. The furniture had been removed. The yard and brick-field opposite to Poole's cotton sheds, on the - other side of the street were strewed with bags and heaps of loose cotton, bags of flour, furniture, &c. The lodging-house became in flames at about a quarter-past twelve o'clock. The interior of Poole's sheds was still when we left a mass of burning cotton, like red-hot rocks; and the outer wall was in 30 pre carious a state from the floor, &c., being burnt, that the police were active in keeping parties off, lest some further fatal accident might take place. The scene in passing down Crompton -street (the northern boundary of the fire) was painfully interesting. The site of the yards, smithies, and other workshops, where the fire had originated, still enclosed by a wall on the north, presented a large area of burning material s an d ruins,, not, however, rising to any great height in that quarter. The remains of the bone grinding steam engine with its small chimney ; the chimney of an other small engine to the eastward of it ; heaps of paint that had been in barrels burnt out, and leaving only a few of the iron hoops, formed the foreground of the picture from this point, and other materials. More behind were two " burning mountains" of cotton, one on the site of Dennistown's (called Rayner's) large warehouse, and the other in Taylor's. That on the west side was about 60 to 70 feet in height, burning and flaming all over, and resembling a perfect volcano previous to or after the subsiding of an eruption. The mill where the fire originated was Mr. Peniston's. The adjoining paintworks which were ignited belonged to Mrs. Isaac. From the door of a shed a little lower down, and the whole of which had interiorly fallen, a most imposing v i ew o f t h e general conflagration was obtained. Even here,' though to windward, the heat was very great. , Indeed the whiffs or gusts of hot air that passed along all the neighbouring streets were at times al most stifling, being 6s hot as the breath of a furnace, and surcharged withal with motes, dust, and sparks, exceedingly injurious to the eyes. Some high por tions of the ruins rose in majestic isolation behind, and had a truly romantic appearance. Sudlow's free cotton-shed, in the same line a little below, was saved, as were the buildings (boat-builders, &c.) facing Wa terloo-road on the west. We passed up Neptune- . street—the southern boundary of the fire ; the sheds at the top, on the north side—with the exception of the corner one just opposite the Borough Gaol —were all burnt out. Some staves, hoops, &c., were saved from the cooperages and yards above, but a great deal of cotton in other sheds was consumed, many of the bags retaining their shape though red hot ; and re duced to tinder. The back or north wall of a ware house lower down had fallen down from the effects of the fire, so that it could be seen through to " the burning mountains "of cotton on the north. Out of this warehouse a great quantity of rice, in bags, was lowered and taken away in carts, and great part of this property will doubtless be saved. A fireproof warehouse near the bottom of Formby street, stood the effects of the flames surprisingly. It closely adjoined one of those warehouses to the east, the contents of which formed the larger " Vesuvius." Men were employed in hoisting buckets of water into it to cool the walls, which, however, were by no means so hot as might be expected. The wall of the ad joining warehouse burned down, against the gable end of this fireproof building, still stands, and forms a sort of protection f rom i gn iti on b y t h e i mmense pile of red hot cotton still blazing against it. Much damage is done to the premises of Messrs. Grayson and Bannister, shipwrights and smiths, and to those of other smiths, &c., a little lower down. Men are employed carrying the timber and other cchnbustibles out of Messrs. G. and B.'s. One shed, between two other sheds which have ignited, has not taken fire, and is, we learn, filled with "guano" manure' In Formb-street there were also wareliouses known as " Gray's, in which it is stated, there were 24,000 bales of cotton. In taking the rice out of " Sudlow's" a bag fell upon the head of a man in one of the carts, and con siderably stunned and injured him. He, however, walked away to obtain rest at a neighbouring house. It was at first thought that he was killed, but he hap pily escaped without any bones being broken. Se veral other and more serious accidents took place in various parts within the site of the fire, besides the fatalities before referred to. It is, therefore, quite impossible to give the precise number of unfortunate men killed or injured. This cannot, indeed, be ascer tained for some days; for,' though the missing police may be reckoned, there were some few others who were strangers who were hurt or killed, of whom no account can yet be supplied. The rumours abroad on this point are, we feel assured, as before stated, much exaggerated. We have not yet been enabled to ascertain the re lative amounts of insurance effected, but we fear the loss to individuals will be very great and disastrous. LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE FIRE. The fire, we should think, when at its height, which was from five to six o'clock in the morning, must have been discernible for miles round. From the Cheshire shores of the Mersey the appearance was terrific. Seen through the rigging of the shipping in Prince's and Waterloo Docks, it appeared, upon a first view, that these docks were themselves , on fire; and on looking closer, the inhabitants . of Seacombe, Egre mont, and New Brighton.: --many of them our leading merchants—imagined from the extent o f ground covered, that the destruction extended over a great 1 ertbn bf the north part of the town, the extensive a 1»n THE SUN, I,ONDOiNT, -MONDAY MORNING, SEPT'EMBER 26', 1842 warehouses of which containa mass of property whoie value is inCalculable. The early boats, it will readily be believed, were crowded with parties anxious for the safety of mer chandize and buildings belonging to themselves and their connections ; and the vague rumours brought at a very early hour of the destruction of life which had unfortunately occurred, rendered many, we have no doubt, anxious for the personal safety of parties far removed from danger. The scene in the neighbourhood of the fire, and particularly in that of the hospital, to which many of the unfortunate sufferers were carried, was distress ing in the extreme. The police and firemen on duty were distracted by the application of parties anxious for intelligence of fathers, brothers, or sons, missing and supposed to be buried in the burning ruins. Of course, as yet no satisfactory answer can in many cases be 'returned. Many parties missing are no doubt actively engaged at the fire, and well. Many, no doubt, will never be heard of; unless the calcined bones which may be found on clearing away the ruins may be imagined to belong to them. At the Northern Hospital, crowds of distracted persons were gathered round the gate anxiously inquiring after the condition of friends known to have been admitted, or seeking intelligence of persons for whose safety they -were under apprehension. The scene as a whole, may be imagined, but cannot pos s ibly be described. Of the men admitted here, as described in former editions we find, up to this hour, two o'clock, that two, Join; Martin and Lul* Smith, are dead, besides one man, name unknown.. Robert Black is dangerously ill (skull fractured). The remainder, more or less se verely injured, are doing well. Tvvomore have be en admitted within th e last two hours, and discharged, after having had their wounds dressed. We have just heard, as the latest estimate on 'Change, that the quantity of cotton consumed is. 37,000 bags. This will make the total loss half a million sterling. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Throughout the day the fire continued to rage with awful violence, defying every effort to check its progress, the heat being so intense as to prevent ap proach within working distance. Towards four o'clock every building contiguous being destroyed it abated, though at the present ;moment it presents a dreadful scene of destruction—one burning mass of ruins, consisting of about forty warehouses, dwelling houses, and bonded sheds: Several fatal accidents have occurred, principally to the firemen, from the falling of the walls. The scene of this terrible con flagration has been visited by thousands .during the day, and the town is in a state of great excitement. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) STOCK IN THE BUILDINGS. The stocks in the warehouses, sheds, &c., appear to have been very large, and to consist chiefly of cotton (which is variously estimated from 40,000 to 75,000 bales), turpentine (stated at from 10,000 to 15,000 barrels), besides a quantity of East India and American flour, rice, and other .colonial and foreign produce, including a large quantity of the " guano," or new manure from South America, much of which, however, is saved. It was reported at the close of 'Change, that 50,000 bales of cotton had been destroyed ; and, in some instances, an advance of one-eighth per lb. was obtained on the prices of the previous day. The master of the Exchange -room told us, at a later hour, that the most generally re ceived estimate was from 40,000 to 50,000 bales. We subsequently learned, that a number of cotton brokers estimated the amount of cotton destroyed at between 50,000 and 60,000 bales. And we have also seen another estimate, which we were as sured was carefully made by it number of brokers possessing accurate information, that the bales of cot ton destroyed would reach 75,000. The same parties stated, that the exact number of barrels of turpentine, chiefly stored in the cellaring of warehouses, was 15,000 barrels. From inquiry in other quarters we learn, that one house (Messrs. Fielden, Brothers, American merchants) had 10,000 barrels, Mr. Eccles 3,000, Messrs. Baring 1,500 ; and that there was a quantity beneath the warehouse of Messrs. Rayner, Brothers. In a shed belonging to Messrs. Howard, Horsley, and Co., on the south side of Formby-street, Messrs. Hardman and Co. had 800 sacks of East India flour, only a portion of which is destroyed. In the same shed was a large quantity of American flour in barrels, be longing to other parties ; also a number of barrels of tallow, &c. There were 70 tuns of oil under the warehouse of Messrs. Glynn and Co. ESTIMATED TOTAL DAMAGE. The total loss, from the destruction of building property and stock of all kinds is variously estimated at from 400,0001. to a million. sterling. We have reason to hope and believe, that the latter will be found considerably above the ' truth. Indeed the highest estimate that we have beard, that seems based on anything like calculation, is the following, which, it should be remembered, is the highest estimate as to the quantity of cotton of which we have any know ledge :—The same brokers who estimated the quan tity of cotton destroyed at 75,000 bales, stated it to be worth on an average 81. per bale, or 600,0001. They also take the value of the turpentine, flour, rice, t a ll ow , oil, and other produ ce consumed or destroyed, at 150,000/. ; and if to these amounts we add Mr. Holmes's valuation of the buildings, 35,000/. (which, by the way, is the lowest estimate of their value), we arrive at a total loss of 785,000/. H owever, at the present moment, such estimate must, to some extent, be mere speculations little . better than guesses; and we only give them in the unavoidable absence of any information in which implicit reliance can be placed. THE INSURANCE OFFICES. We have found no part of our inquiry more em barrassing than that by which we sought to ascertain the amounts insured, and in what offices. Here again we can only state what we have heard, with the pass ing remark, that though we have taken such pains as our limited time permitted, to guard against exagger tion, we can only hope to approximate in some small degree to the fact. Some part of the difficulty arises from insurances being effected, not only in the Liver pool ageneles of the respective Insurance Companies, but in other agencies of the same Companies in other towns.—We could not any where obtain the slightest information as to the amount of de stroyed property, not insured at all. The prin cipal fire offices will sustain very heavy losses, but the exact amounts we could not learn. We were told on the Liverpool 'Change that the Liver pool Company had insurances on property destroyed to the amount of 30,0001. or 35,000/. ; that the Phcenix policies were to the amount of 25,0001., and that the Sun was to a much larger amount than either. At the Phoenix-office, we learned that the amount insured in two of their agencies was under 20,000/. ; but the amount in another agency they could not tell. At the Sun Fire-office, all we could learn was, that the amount of the loss sustained by all the fire-offices having policies on the destroyed property, was supposed to be about 400,0001. We heard the Globe mentioned as having granted policies to a considerable amount—we were told 35,000/. in floating policies ; and the Royal Exchange 50,0001. Of course, we cannot vouch for any of these amounts, though we endeavoured 'to obtain them from the fire-offices ; but we found some of them closed for the evening. Last night, the only buildings remaining whole, in the square area denoted above, were three fire-proof warehouses at the back of the premises of Messrs. Grayson and Bannister, shipwrights, &c., Neptune street ; part of the premises of Mr. J. M'Dougal, an chor and shipsmith, in the same street ; and a por tion of Mr. Lythgoe's cooperage, at the corner of Neptune -street and Great Howard-street. These were all on the north side of Neptune-street, which was the southern boundary of the fire, no material injury being done to the warehouses or new buildings on the south side of the street, In Formby-street, on the south side, a small portion of a shed of Messrs. Howard, Hornsley, and Co., had escaped utter destruction, and from this part Messrs. Hardman and Co. were busy removing their flour. The corner house on that side, to. Great Howard-street, was also wholly saved; and the shells of the small houses opposite, a row of six or seven house s , w ith an outer gallery, the property of Mr. Nathaniel Rayner. Between these and the Waterloo-road, there remained two detached warehouses, besides the three fire-proof ones before-mentioned, hich latter were contiguous buildings, with party walls between, and present a remarkable appearance in the midst of the blazing ruins on all sides. The flames are by no means ex tinguished; indeed, their reflection in the sky, as seen from Edgehill (Wavertree), was exceedingly vivid at half-past seven o'clock last evening, and they will doubtless continue to burn for weeks, till the im mense masses of cotton and other combustible mate rials, which lie ' pil e d i n h uge mountains, as if for bonfires, shall either be consumed or deluged with vv ater by the continual use of the fire-engines. (From the Liverpool Journal.) We have just seen the report of Inspector Abra ham with regard to the origin of the fire. After stating that he visited the drysaltery works of Mr. Peniston, in Crompton-street, directly after it had broken out, and finding it in a state already.described by Inspector Massey, he gives it as his opinion that the fire was either the act of an incendiary, .or else it had been caused by some large flakes of burning soot carried from a chimney, which had been on fire the previous night in Stuart-street, and which had been seen to drop into Mr. PeniSton's , yard, and that he was of opinion the fire did not originate from the one used in heating the engine. The Liverpool Insurance Company will not, we un derstand, be a great sufferer by the calamity, but that 20,0001. will cover their losses. CASUALTIES.—UpTo eight o'clock last night, the following is a list of the sufferers who had been brought during the day to the Northern Hospital DEAD. — James Bell, labourer, dead when ad mitted ; Luke Smith, labourer, Westmoreland-street, and John Martin, labourer, Chisenholl-stre e t, b o th of whom died two hours after being admitted. DANGEROUSLY INURED.—Robert Black, New hall-street, fractured skull. Eight others severely in jured, of which number Superintendent Riding is one, he having his heel bone broken ) , and a severe injury of the ankle. Besides th e a b ove, there were thirteen others @lightly.' injured, but who were enabled to leave the hospital on being dressed, four of whom had lost their ight, from the smoke, flame, and dust received about the fire. . • In the whole, twenty-five were brought to the hos pital, of whom nine belonged to the police force. - The above, besides the two deaths previously no ticed, are the only casualties which have come to our .knowledge. It is feared, however, that many other deaths have been caused by the fire, but the parties at present are unknown. LORD AS REVRTON'S TREATY. (From the Weekly Chronicle.) It is perfectly natural, and perfectly - right, that a treaty of such importance as that with the United States should g i ve r i se to a pretty smart controversy. England wou ld not be England, if upon such a sub ject, and a t such a time, unanimity were possible; but the sin gu l ar part of the present differences is that they have no party colouring. The Tory Morning Herald is quite as bitter against the treaty and its negotiator, as the Whig Morning Chronicle; its oracle upon foreign affairs, Mr. Urquhart, having ap parently discovered a greater traitor than Lord Pal merston, since the Herald designates the cession of the Madawasca settlement " as an exhibition calculated to shock, and to arouse with indignation, any man who has hith erto felt himself distinguished and ho noured by the name of Briton !" We know few things more sickening than this mix ture of rhodomontade and sentimentalism upon plain, practical questions. The Morning Chronicle takes a much safer line. It appeals to the national honour, which we hope that we prize as highly as it can do. It is, perhaps, because we thus value it, that we think few things more to be regretted than a mistaken appeal to it ; and it is a mistake, in our • humble judgment, to instil into the minds of people generally the idea that there is anything derogatory to national honour in seeking the settlenaentofa longstanding difference by mutual concessions, where the points at issue are not of vital importance. We are aware that on this point we differ from our Liberal Contemporary ; but as we said, when the news of Lord Ashburton's treaty first reached us, what is there in the may of territorial ac quisition, in this case, of sufficient consequence to be placed in comparison with the maintenance of peace with the United States? We shall be called "Peace-at-any-price men" for this, by Lord Ashburton's critics. We are not so. We could repudiate, as warmly as the most violent of them, a peace bought upon dishonourable terms; but we ace no wisdom, or statesmanship, in attempting to extract terms irritating to it, and not clearly beneficial to ourselves, by a perpetual th rea t o f hostility, from a country which is so closely connected with us as the United States by an almost endless blending of inte rests. We see no wisdom in periling those interests by a war which is to give us nothing ; and if the treaty concluded by Lord Ashburton secure to us, as we be lieve it does, a boundary line effectual for all necessary purposes, and differing but in some immaterial points from that which the English Government professed its willingness to accept when recommended by the King of Holland, we cannot for the life of us see what good it would have done to have hung the question up for another ten years, at the risk of collisions, which might have made any peaceful settlement impracticable. As to the assumption of the Chronicle that, for the first time since 1783, we approached this question with a perfect knowledge of our own rights, and with the means of establishing them, at the very moment when it was put into Lord Ashburton's hands—we have not equal confidence in the infallibility of Colonel Mudge and Mr. Featherstonhaugh, or rather in the impossibility of getting up an equally plausible case by an American survey, in favour of their view of the treaty of 1'783. The question is, not what we believe ourselves, but what we can force our adversa ries to a d m i t, an d assent to ; and it is perfectly ob vious th a t th ere can b e no more prolific source of differences than a treaty professing to define a boundary line, which none of the parties describing it were personally acquainted with, or had the means of ascertaining correctly, since, after the lapse of half a century, the country through which it runs is still uninhabited. The question was, therefore, how to bring the matter to an issue ? The Chronicle says, and truly, that the United States were never in a worse situation for going to war than at the present moment. But, are we in a better ? And if we were-so, is war to be the solution of every disputed question, however fatal its influence upon our permanent interests ? But we should have had no war—at least, not with America single-handed. She would have bided her time. We should- have had fresh surveys, and correspond ences , and protocols, and arbitrations, for the next twenty years, during the whole of which time we must have kept up a military force in the American colonies fully adequate to their protection, and that force alone would have cost us more than the fee simple of the disputed territori es i s worth, l et a l on e the small addi tional fracti on o f i t, of which we might by possibility have become p ossesse d . Unless, t h ere f ore , it can b e shown that-there is something monstrous in Lord Ashburton's concessions—something that sows the seed of future difficulties, and gives an advantage to certain enemies —we shall not be cheated by high sounding appeal s t o our pride and our susce ptibili t i es, out of our belief that it was right to put an end to a dispute involvi ng our commercial relations with our most important customers in perpetual uncertainty, and crippling our free agency in Europe by the con. viction that whoever quarrelled with us might feel sure of a valuable ally, ready to act upon our most vulnerable quarter. Now as we understand the presen t treaty, it se cures to us a s omew h at better line of frontier than that given to us by the award of the King of the Ne therlands in 1831, Which Lord Grey's Government declared its readiness to abide by. It interposes a wider space betw een t h e American line, and the line of communication between New Brunswick and Ca nada. What reason have we, then, for supposing that Lord Grey's Cabinet would have rejected this ar rangement ? And why is Sir Robert Peel to be run down for not having hazarded a war rather than give his assent to terms which Lord Grey would have ac cepted in 1831, without once dreaming of this fearful alternative ? As to the alleged abandonment of the right of search, it is a matter altogether of minor moment. Nobody ever expected that America would have con ceded it practically : and the correspondence proves that it is n o t g i ven up b y us. E ac h party retains The French papers may put what construction they please upon the fact that there is no recognition of th e r i ght in the treaty i tse l f, in ith the o o w ri i -, positic n. which is of some value to them because of its bearing upon their own domestic squabbles, the concession of the right of search upon the African coast being one of the principal items in the chargeagainst.Monsieur solemn promise of the slave trade—and we of co-operation, backed Guizot. To us, the only question of the slightest interest is, whether th e r i ght of searc h b e i ng unat tainable, we have •got th e b est poss i ble . su b st i tute as legards thanthe prevention a confess that we can conc e i ve no more d es i ra bl e sub stitute by a squadron carrying, at th e l east, 80 guns . With regard to the right o f search, it. is perfectly clear that we can only claim i t b y perm i ss i on over the .. subjects of a neutral and independent Power, or assume it at the risk of war. It is a most fit subject for negotiation ;—a most unfit subject for taking the law with our own hands. We may have a beneficent and praiseworthy object in view ; but if we go to war for this object with every country that demurs to, our proposals, we shall in reality revive the Cru sades. Are we prepared to risk a rupture not merely with.the United States, but with Prance ? And if so prepared, why not go further ? Why confine our selves to the trade with Africa? Why not throw. down the gauntlet, at once, . for the abolition of slavery in the West Indies, and the Southern States of the American Union ? There would be magnani mity in this, for it would go to the root of the evil ; but we shrink from such Quixotism. Is it less Quix otic to insist upon a right, which independent Powers are most unwilling to concede, and to say, because we accept their co-operation upon less obnoxious terms, that this concession is a national disgrace ? (From the Examiner.) Our first impression on hearing that the long ex isting dispute was settled respecting the boundary line between the British Provinces in North America and the State of Maine, was one of unqualified sa tisfaction. The restoration of a good understanding between England and America cannot be over-valued. Every great national interest of the country is deeply concerned in the peaceful and unbroken intercourse, and intimate political union, of Great Britain and the United States. The ties that bind us ought to be the strongest that ever bound two countries together. Difference between us will, and perhaps must, arise. Two such nations must encounter the good and the evil effects of a vigorous and unceasing , rivalry be tween the subjects of each ;- -- ;h_ , but -tne Governments of England an d A m erica will, if directed wisely, long avert the rivalry of arms. We must con f ess , therefore, that on perusing the treaty, we were less struck 'with its form than its - substance. It removed an irritating, menacing cause of difference, and that in a most anxious crisis of our commercial history. NeverthelesS, had that difference involved the honour of the 'country, had any right been forcibly w ithh e ld to which we had an i rresistible claim, - had an appeal to arms been necessary in self defence, we should have been ready to face the . evils , and hazards - of war, rather, than submit to 'violence ' and injustice. But the "boundary question furnished no such grounds for hostile measures when Lord Ashburton undertook his mission to the United States. But a short time before, indeed, the ill-advised pro ceedings o f th e st a te of Maine. presented &threaten- i ing aspect; and so late as the 25th of March, 1840, the President, in reference to the apparent approach of a rupture and its consequences, depicted by the British Minister at Washington, wished that he could dispel the fear that such dark forebodings might be realised. Such was the condition of our relations with the United States a little more than two years ago. - Lord Palmerston had previously determined upon and ordered a survey of the disputed territory; and which has since been made. But before any negotia tions could be grounded upon the information thence obtained, the Whig Ministry was dissolved, and Sir Robert Peel, upon his accession to office, appointed Lord Ashburton to go to Washington, with full powers to regulate the final settlement of this vexed•question. Of the instructions to Lord Ashburton we know no thing, nor are they of any importance, except for the purpose of justly awarding praise or censure to the individuals responsible for the treaty in question, a matter of comparatively little importance to the public, which is alone interested in a fair and honourable settlement of the question. We have, therefore, only to inquire whether Lord Ashburton has accomplished this. If he have, though now a political opponent, let him have the credit due to his success and ability. A conventional line was essential to any adjustment of the conflicting claims of the two countries ; and the question therefore is, is the line agreed to by Lord Ashburton a fair one, presenting a good hatural boun dary and an equitable division of the disputed terri tory ? We think on the whole it is ; and taking into accaunt the impertar.ce to both countries of a settle ment of the question, we think that it is very impro bable that any much fairer line could have been laid down. Objections have been taken to it, and amongst others is, that it involves the free navigation of the River St. John from its source to its mouth ; and another is, that a British settlement, as the Madawaska settlement is called, is given up to the United States. As to the line itself, an offer was made in 1838, by our Ministers, to divide the territory—" That in ac cordance with the principles of equity, and in pursu ance of the general practice of mankind in similar cases, the object of difference should be equally divided between the two differing parties, each of whom is alike convinced of the justice of his claim." Now if this offer had been accepted, it is most probable that the. River St. John would have been made the national, as it is, where it flows through the disputed territory, an obvious natural boundary of the two countries. Had the St. John's been the boundary through the district in question, then there can be no doubt that a claim to its free navigation would have been made, and could not have been refused, according to esta blished international law. Nor, with our views, can we object to this concession, because we think a vast quantity of the produce of the States will ultimately find its way down this river, through New Bruns wick, to the ports of England. This concession, if concession it is to be called, therefore, is in favour of our trade with the United States,—of a trade mainly in the great necessaries of life. It. is nobusiness of ours to defend Lord Ashburton; but if he or any other opponent accomplishes objects of national importance, as he has done in this case, by restoring a healthier state of feeling, and by expedit ing the renewal of active and friendly commercial in tercourse between this country and America, we shall not refuse him our meed of praise ; especially, too, when he utters liberal sentiments, with which we have ever been identified. His Lordship appears to have encountered the joint, and, we are sorry to say, the angry, animad versions of the Times and the Morning Chronicle, because, speaking in the principal Northern State of the Union, he called it a "hallowed spot," and the "cradle of liberty." IVe fear the Chronicle is growing fastidious, and somewhat late in the day too. These sentiments, whatever disapprobation they might have elicited in Tory journals, should have met with none from the Morning Chronicle. Lord Ashburton spoke feelingly and eloquently, and, above all, truly. New England and New York might be justly called the cradle of liberty ; for when despotic power and religious bigotry raged, in the mother country, these States became the asylum of men who sacrified their all to their unconquerable love of liberty and freedom of conscience; and the laws which they enacted recognised principles of popu lar and personal liberty, to secure which for ourselves in after times, some of the best blood "of our own country was shed upon the scaffold and in the field. We think the- time is come when even the most loyal subject of the Crown might rejoice in the inde pendence of the American colonies. Sure we are that, as far as we are concerned, they have proved far more beneficial to us and to the world as free States, than they were ever likely to become under the sway of the Colonial-office. THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. • The Clerk of the Needle-makers' oOmpany applied for permission to insert in the list the name of a claimant which he had accidentally omitted. The application was made under the .50th sect. of the Act. The REVISING BARRISTER did not think that the section in question empowered him to insert the name. The section did not apply to cases of total omission. Mr. Marr objected to the name of Samuel Lips combe, who was described as of " Blackfriar's bridge." That could not be considered an address. The Beadle of the Company said that the man had been a waterman, but he had not been heard of for the last thirty-five years. The REVISING BARRISTER thought that in this case no address was in reality given. The man might he under the bridge as well as over it. He should strike out the name. Some other cases arose, but they offered no poin of general interest. WESTMINSTER. Mr. ARNOLD, the Revising Barrister, gave judgment ou Saturday in the following cases:— James Vine had been objected to on the ground that his name was not upon the register in 1832 and 1833. It appeared that in 1832 no name of Vine was upon the register, but, in 1833, John Vine and Joseph Vine were on, and evidence was produced to show that James Vine was in reality the person meant. He (the Revising Barrister) thought that that was suffi cient, and, in conformity with the case of Lovett, he should retain the name upon the register. James Sandfrith Taylor had claimed to be regis tered in respect of a workshop which, in fact, con sisted of one attic in the house of the claimant's brother, for which he paid 101. a year rent, and for the use of fixtures, including a bench, &c. (The argu ments in this case have already been published at con siderable length in our reports.) The claimant said he considered he was bound to keep the place in repair, hut he had no agreement to that effect, though he had once whitewashed it; in that attic he slept, took his meals, and worked. His brother resided in the house. It appeared to him (the Revising Barrister) that this was simply the case of a party lodging in a house where the landlord resided, and the case was not altered by the mere fact of the lodger using the room for the purpose of working at his trade ; he should, therefore, disallow this claim. Thomas Hodgson, the beadle of the parish of St. Anne, had been objected to on the ground of his being a constable, and therefore disqualified by the 10th Geo. IV., c. 44, sec. 18, " No person belonging to the police force shall be capable of voting."rhe appointment of Mr. Hodgson was ostensibly to keep the peace—in reality it was to serve certain duties in the parish of St. Anne, and as he received no salary from the Police Commissioners it appeared to him (the Revising Barrister) that he was not appointed by the Police Commissioners under the 10th Geo. IV., but by the 2d and 3d Victoria. Ills name would, therefore, be retained. John Wm. Allen was objected to on the ground that he was concerned in the management of the as sessed taxes, but the Revising Barrister did not con sider the objection valid, and his name would, there fore, be, retained. The parish of St. James's; was then proceeded with. There are only 23 claims and 23 objections made in this parish by both parties. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Haniphire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—The Pearl, 20, Comman der R. Stopford, and Partridge, 10, Lieutenant Knox, were at Monte Video on the 17th July, with the American line-of-battle ship Delawarre, 93 guns ; the French frigates Gloire, 50, and Arethuse, 28 ; Sardinian frigate, of 44 guns, and four Brazilian cor vettes. The Kestrel yacht, with the Earl of Yarborough on board, returned this morning from the Mediterra nean. She experienced a severe gale of wind off Cape St. Vincent. The Rhadamanthus, steam vessel, left Woolwich on Tuesday, with Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothsay and family, for St. Petersburgh. In Harbour.—St. Vinceht, Victory, Excellent, Bel lone (Austrian), Orestes, Nautilus, Rocket, Alban, and Echo, steamers, and Sylvia, tender. At Spithead—Warspite, Imaum, Abo (Russian). PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Comet steamer, Commander G. A. Frazer, from Woolwich, on her way to survey the coast of Ireland ; her crew have been paid wages in advance, and will sail in a few days. On Friday arrived the Dec_ steamer, Mr. Driver, Master, from Woolwich, got a supply of coals, and sailed the next day for the Mediterranean, with supernumerary seamen, and two companio of artil lery, for Malta. The Bellone, 52 (Austrian), sailed for 'Portsmouth. On Monday the. Albion, 90, was taken out of dock, but will not be commissioned so soon as reported. In Hamoaze—Caledonia, San Josef, Confiance and Kite steamers. . In the Sound—Comet: , • PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PEOMOTION6.--Lieutenant — ll ii.• Budd (1807), senior Lieutenant of the Ordinary 'at Plymouth, to the rank of Commander. Mates —W. H. Stewart (1841), and W. L. Lam. bert (1837), to the rank of Lieutenant. • A ssistant-Surgeon —A. Woodcock, of the Magpifi cent, to the rank of Surgeon. A PPOINTMENTS. —C omman d er— Ed ward Burt, to the Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital. Lieutenants -IV, H. Stewart and W. L. Lambert, to vice the Volage ; J o h n H . Maxwell to the San J ose f, Budd, promoted ; Henry Jenkins, to the San Josef, vice Thurtell, time expired ; L. G. Heath, to the Salamander, vice Southey; G. B. Jeffreys, to the Alfred, to take passage in th e S a l aman d er. Second Master—K. L. Buish, to the Rhadamanthus, vice Slaughter. Purser—W. Thompson, to the Illustrious, vice Mason, invalided. Surgeons—A. Woodcock, to the Volage, vice R. L. Birtwhistle, to the Romney. Mates—G. Hancock, and 11. B. King, to the Ex cellent; C. A. Lodder, to the Orestes. Clerk—W. 11. Boone, from the Admiral's Office of -illustrious, to be acting Purser of that ship, in place of J. Mason, invalided. ROYAL MARlNES—Lieutenant Pengelly is ordered to be ready for embarkation to join the Thalia. MONEY MARKET and CIT Y NEW 6. ' FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATVRDAY. TIMES.—The Stock Market was in ,rather an excited state to-day, owing to some reported failures said to have taken place at Manchester; but; though every possible inquiry has been made among laarties who were most" ikely to be acquainted with such news had it reached town, nothing of a satisfactory tenoar could be learned. The mystery observed re specfrog the names of these firms, or any mention :of the trade in which they were engaged, rendered - almost nugatory the effect which these reports ivere otherwise calculated to have upon prices, since, not withstanding some little fluctuation NvaiNctßFß:sioned by them and the heavy appearance of business, tie great depression ever presented itself, while at the close of the day's transactions quotations .had ishnost recovered thei r f ormer pos i t i on. The few sales .of stock made durirw the day were in Consols awl New Three-and-a-Halt per- Cents., and cash . .during th e temporary exc i tement created commanded ; a rate. varying from 3 to 34 per cent. . . • There ar e many circumstances at present 'which ljnr i oee monetary ci calculationstof i the t a p pEastappears a r s which transactions Indiat that a t have Ca with o m most p . b l l. n en 3 nde r, xi afttrt and ari ol i r generally.the tn. s tate ß of y imperatively call for some notice of the financial 00- ss o s uo i u t ii onporiffvatheasacctoakuennt p in lac b e ill i s n of the (al. royn fall ingth e Directors a on the Indianperiwi intrelasBu4rii,esbLinii.thindfeoen.rd amount exchange. ra l l remitted by months that have elapsed since last April, as e com pa 4le red ly tl* no less than 1,131,3161. Ils. 6d. This reduction of. the amount of remittances is attributedthe high rate of exchange (125.) fi xed by the Court of -Direc tors for their bills; a n d the correspondent w o o vernment, the calculations observes, that ' the Go- . vernment, having advanced the rate of - exchange to a prohibitory degree, without notice. will pro bably pursue the same course in .Indi, th e ' effect • of which would be to depreciate the value of all Merchandise, by the producer and merchant being forced to rely for the sale of bills against good upon s, the funds of pri v ate individuals, the suppl y of vrhich would be by no means adequate to the dethand. The object, it is said, which the Directors had in view in raising the rate of exchange was to force private per sons to send out bullion to India; but this, our eorres piident says, has proved a failure, as the Wholeamo un t - remitted in bulli on d ur i ng the four months referred to has not exceeded 150,000/., while the value of trek sure drawn from India within the last three tars is • estimated at 13,000,000/. This drain, our-oorrespon dent remarks, has quite d erange d t h e currency . of the country; a n d the only way to reform it wouldbe for the Government itself to make shipments of bullion,' the Treasury again being thrown open for theale of . bills, at a rate not worse than bullion shipmentwould yield. Thus the Government might remit bullion 'to the amount of 2,000,0001., and replace that value in the home-treasury by passing draughts at such rates as the bullion when coined would realize,•-or the bul lion might be replaced by the purchase of billOollate rally secured by the shipments of inercliace from India. POST.--The American correspondence received' from New York by the Cambridge, the' arrival of which at Liverpool has been already annonnced-, being but one day later than that last receivemely, to the 2d instant—possesses no novelty of importance to commercial readers. States' stocks were still heaVy . in the Wall-street market, as well they miglh be, so poor as was the prospect of any immediate attention,. on the part of the States' Governments in default, being paid to the liquidation of the dividends. The - stocks of the suspended banks, of which a large pro portion is, unfortunately, held in Europe, more par ticularly in• England, were in scarcely better odour than the State securities, although, in tlie-cse of the latter, the observation is made, that " the neglect of several of the States to discharge their, dividends has assumed the character of a settled - disease." Such an admission, coming, as it does,' from the pen of an American, will not fail to be regarded by, the European stockholders with 'feelings of mingled disappointment and indignatiOn; for the only rational interpretation that can be put upon so discoura g ing a stateme n t i s , th a t no t on l y do the de, linquentGovernments omit to provide the moneys re-'. quisite for, The payment of the interest due on their external debt, but the omission itself, and the effect it may be supposed to have upon American credit 'abroad, are alikcviewed with a calm - impenetrable indifference betokening no disposition whatever to reit* to 'a more honest course of proceeding. It is acknOwledged, it is true, that " the conduct of the non-payi ng S tate Governments may be expected to have a very •serious . bearing on the American character in Europe, and give rise to bitter and unrelenting denunciations of- American probity, honour, and integrity;" but this, is, perhaps, an acknowledgment that inclOeS but little of the actual feeling of the creditors of 'America in this country, who are so shamelessly deprived of their due. Of the great principles named,:." probity,- hoirour, and integrity," nothing 'has been : uttered for some time •in connection • with American finances. The repudiation system has effectually ix tingiiisbed the notion of the existence of either one or the O:lier; nor is. an expression of opinion'on4 e sub ject of the defalcations of the American Staies the policy adopted by British capitalists in treating of the past. The market for their stocks and bank shares is totally impracticable here, and the contemptevineed for such commodities far more intelligibly explains the feeling of the sufferers towards th eir ca ll ous debtors, and the course of proceeding that may, at their hands, be expected for the future. A paper, claiming to stand high as a mercantile authority, says, " What the result of European public opinion on American sensitiveness may _ be, it is impossible' . to predict ; but, as a nation, it must be felt,as a . humi liation, that so many rich and prosperous States should give examples of such faithlessness, dishonour, and disgrace. This state of things cannot last for eve r." The only thing that need be said; in reply to such an observation as the concluding one, is 7 that it . has lasted much too long already. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept.. 25. IN RE THOMAS WEBSTER. The bankrupt had carried on business as an Ame rican merchant. lle had also traded extensively as gengral outfitter, in Upper Thames-street, but sold his ntterest in the stock-in-trade and premises to his brother-in-law, al it was alleged, for a sum of 3,000/: The amount of debts and liabilities in connection with his American transactions were stated in lii. balance .iheet to be 4,9001., and the assets that were likely to be realised from the same source was about 1,5001., of which about one-half was debts, several of which were descrcbed as doubtful. The debts and liabilities incurred in his trade as an outfitter were:about 7,000/. The case was eventually adjourned for tbe.puipose of affording the trade assignees an opportunity for further inquiries respecting the alleged sale, a cid 0' his American dealings. Thar: does INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT,' Spt. 14. A.Nesting order was made on Saturday, in the case of a French woman named lienriette d'Ambre, con.; fined in the Queen's Prison, on a petition . presented the day previously, praying to be . discharged under the Act. Her schedule contains debts with 'milliners and others, contracted from April last to Septeinber; amount ing in that short period to 3701. the creditors are tradespeople at tkeWest-end. On the general balan ce _ yt a Ze i m nsb en i t v . e re n s t pe ,de e b i t i o n i g .. sheet7appears the cause of insolvency in th th e. e: ar ll ci o u w is in words,:—" The cause of my present insolvency IS hayipg.been disappointed in my expectations; of ilertford not having re ceiving money from the executors of been realised." appear on the proceedings the expectations alluded to in the foregoin— ft is said that the insolvent attended a the appearance before the Cot: the trial of Nicholas Suisse,the valet of the a witnes3 on • who it will be recollected guts, 1 the late Mar was tried t session of the Central Criminal ,-, .a th e l ate uCourt. It does not appear, front the * examined.' iler hettrin(p report, that she was December next. t , ~.tnnot take ' One before ~ CENTR AL 'ANAL COURT. OLD COURT. • - MURDER •ON THE lIIGII SEAS. (Continued from our Morning Edition of Saturday.) Mr. CLARKSON then proceeded to address the Jury On behalf of the prisoner, and called a witness,. when The Foreman of the Jury said that the Jury had made up their minds at the conclusion of the case for the prosecution that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant them in convicting the prisoner. Mr. ADOLPHUS said that at present the Jury ap peared almost to reprove the Government for having taken up the case, and he was therefore anxious to satisfy them that the Government had only done what its duty to the public required. With , regard to the complaint of a witness having been kept- back, he could only say that that individual was'never under stood to be a witness for the Crown, and he was not examined at any time in that capacity:. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said there was not the least ground for complaining of the conduct of the Government,, which had acted only with a due regard to the interest of the public, and its duty to.a foreign State, one of whose subjects was alleged to have lost his life at the hands of the prisoner, it was a most serious charge, and one which demanded The Jury said they did not wish to .throw any blame upon the conductors of the prosecution, but in their opinion the evidence was quite insufficient to support the charge, and they would have.stated their opinion to the Court, but for the expectation, when Mr. Clarkson rose, that he was about to submit to their Lordships that there was no cases against the prisoner. . . Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said that after this . impres- Sion -of the opinion of the Jury, whose .peculiar pro vince it WAS to consider the effect of the evidence, it would be useless to proceed any further. The ptisonei was then acquitted.- LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - LONDON, SEPT. 24.—Wind this day at noon, E. to N.E., light and cloudy. DEAL, SEPT. 23.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Hindoo, Mohawk, Bahia ; Niagara, Boston ; Ocean, Quebec ; Huron, Oromoets ; Fortitude and Lady Sal toun, westward ; William Broomham, Quebec. PoaTsmouTir, SEPT. N.W. to W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Warspite, New York, sailed Ist inst. Arrd. off, Zenobia, Owen, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Planter, James, Monte Video, sailed June 25 ; Tartar, Gordon, Valparaiso, sailed June 24 ; Llama, Clayton, Porto Cabello, sailed Aug. 12 ; Carlton, Symmers;.Sa vannah and Halifax ; Joseph, Newfoundland. - . HAYMARKET THEATRE. A farce, under the title of Curiosities of Literature, was produced at this theatre on Saturday evening, and was quite successful. It is attributed to Mr. Bourcicault, and though he does not acknow ledge the piece, it is more to his credit than his co medy brought out last week at Covent-garden. The following is •an outline of the plot :—Sir Terence Velvet (Tilbury) is at the head of what is called (in the face) the Transportation office in Downing ' street ; he is also a Member of Parliament, but at the opening of the piece his interest is opposed at Mary bury, to which place he goes in haste, leaving his af fairs, diplomatic and otherwise, in the hands of an agent whom he has never seen. This violent impro bability must be allowed for the sake of what follows. He' leaves instructions behind him for his unseen agent, which instructions are by mistake carried to a person of the name of William Shakspeare Dibbs (Webster), who is a candidate for the situatidn of Secretary to the Double-action Anti-matrimonial Non-population Company. Dibbs, it should be stated, is an author, in prose and poetry ; he lives in a garret, of course is in the last and lowest stage of poverty, but is engaged on a work which is to harrow up the very soul of society, being the " Life and Death of Mrs. Brownrigg," who flogged her apprentices to death. This part of the character is meant to ridicule .that style of .writing which has become popular within these few years, and the chief excellence of which seems to consist in the accumulation and exaggeration of vulgar horrors. Into the hands of Dibbs fall the instructions Sir Terence Velvet has left behind him, and accordingly Dibbs proceeds to Downing-street, and is duly received and installed as. the agent of the Transportation Board. In this capacity, and in the abseqce of his principal, he has interviews with depu tations, with Members of Parliament, with ladies of title, and others, upon the business of Sir. Terence Velvet; all which business Dibbs transacts .much to his own satisfaction, -but ito the. apparent utter confusion of the affairs of his employer. Here, of course, we have various scenes of equivaque, generally droll, if not always new, and in the midst of the blundering thus occasioned, Sir Terence Velvet returns, to the dismay of all parties, and not least to his own, when he finds what has occurred. It turns out, however, that Dibbs has unconsciously accom plished all the plans of his principal, and consequently he is taken into the full favour and confidence of the Baronet. The result is a double marriage between Miss Velvet and a Major Blunt (Brindal), and be tween Dibbs and Lady Pension Hunter, while Sir Terence is left in full possession of his seat in Parlia ment, of his place in DoWning-itreet, and of all his political influence. - There is a good deal of pleasant if not of smart writing in the dialogue, and some of the situations are highly laughable. Webster gave it out for repetition amidst general applause from a full audience. DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE. , The new version of Semirami de, which is to be produced on Saturday next at Covent-garden, has, we hear, been made by Plariche, whose skill and tact in undertakings of the kind is without rivalship. The story of Senzirantid,e is not equal in point of interest to that of Norma, and although there are several ex quisite pieces of music in it, such, for instance, as the great duet between the heroine and Arsace, we are much mistaken if the performance as a whole will not be heavy. The scenery and dresses will be beautiful and gorgeous, and the two chief parts will be in great hands—those of Miss A. Kemble and Mrs. Alfred Shaw, who comes forward in her own unpretending mar ried name, although formerly so well known as Miss Postans. The part of Arsace must be sung by what i. technically called a contralto voice, but Mrs. Alfred Shaw has much higher pretensions as a vocalist; and thus our two forest English singers will unite to render the same opera attractive. Those who formerly saw Pesa rone in Arsace, will be aware what may be done with the music ; and Grisi, in the season when Brambilla was in this country, will have left such an impression be hind her in Semiramide, as Miss A. Kemble will find it difficult to "xceed. If she equal it, she will do more than any singer, a native of this country, ever yet accomplished. It was not originally intended to bring out Semirantide so ear l y i n the season, and we think it a pity that the management could not reserve it until the town is fuller. However, if Miss A. Kemble is indeed to retire at •Christmas, there was no time to be lost. Circumstances have led to the production of the opera perhaps a fortnight before the period first designed ; but, it was found that a new character was required for Miss A. Kemble, and accordingly Semi - ramide has been a little hastened. It is advertised in the bills that there will be no performance on Friday next in consequence of the preparations. Since our last the cast of As You Like It, for the opening of Drury-lane, on Saturday next , has been published. Mrs. Nisbett is to play Rosalind. Ma cready would not relinquish Jaques to Phelps, and the town would have had reason to regret the cha nge had he consented t o d o so . Keeley's Touchstone will be a new experiment on the part of that very droll and clever actor; but we doubt whether the smart things of the part will come from his lips with suffi cient neatness and precision. The musical parts will be all- well supported, and, looking at the cast, we should suppose that it is to be made a prominen feature. The new little afterpiece, called The Follies of a Night, is by Planche, and is an adaptation of a French vaudeville. It was said a few days ago that it was by C. Mathews, who plays in it, but that seems to be a mistake. Macready's bill for the commencement of his season is, on the whole, a good one. It seems that we are to have King John at both houses. .At Covent-garden who is to be the Con stance? We still say Mrs. Butler ; but we know that we say it only to have it contradicted in some quarters. We may be wrong, but our impression upon the subj ec t i s very s t rong , especiallyif it be found that her father cannot carry on the theatre to advantage without her aid. Then she will have the best excuse for coming forward; though people may be disposed to ask why, at his age, he mixed Walls& up with theatricals again ? L et, if King Jahn he played (and it is already in some state of preparation), who is to play Falconbridge but C. Kemble ? And seeing him in the part, who will think of his 70 years? We hOpe that the reports regardin it are true,_ and with Vandenhoff for the King, C. Itemble for Falcon bridge, and Mrs. Butler for Constance, 'there would be little more to be desired.—Sunday Paper. We perceive that that old servant of the public, Campbell, takes his benefit on Wednesday next, the 28th, at the Royal Grecian Saloon. Mr. Campbell's untiring exertions, as caterer for the amusement of our lighter hours, and the excellence of the arrange. rnents at this favourite temple of the muses, since he has wielded the managerial baton, we think will in sure him, what we heartily wish, a bumper to over flovVifig. The evening's e ntertainments will consist of The Haunted Tower, an opera in three acts ; Don Juan; a ball, fireworks, a variety of danein, and not less than forty songs, duets, glees, &c. the Lion last Ma un derstand this is to be the last gala night of th e season. the —Sunday .„ltthe tPnagilsieri Opera House, M r . C arter, King, will take a benefit this evening, Ding night of his appearance in England. Mr. Carter, .0 equal his per and wonders, f l o v r h in o a c n h c al e l , e l ns i s e th x e hi l b v i o t rld al f l or h r acc t. and will prove the extraordinar twined over the savage tribe, a n y d povve. cage as usual, and feed all the anwirnilla of Mont i i s e a ra h t a e g: l e as i s n a o m th b e e - D tim re e a . nz D fo o r g m will and Tie Maiden's part of atrhge4c amusements of the evening. Isabella 11., Queen of 12th October, th e t welfth year of her age. This is Spain, will compl e te, on the the age at which, according to the text of the ancient Spanish law, the minority ceases. Now the new Spanish. Constitution has not modified these laws ; Queen Isabella will, therefore, be at the. end of the minority n ex t month, and on the day on which she attains that age the functions of AI. Arguelles will cease, as those of Queen Christina would do: =Bfuss~l Paper.