The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-16 00:00:00

FRANCE. :s have been dispatched to Cherbourg to arm 'ling frigates La Forte, I'Alceste, and La .e, together with the steam-frigate Gomer. isurgents imprisoned on board the / frigate are to be removed, and that fine vessel 19 to ed forthwith. • corvette, La Thisbe, lying in the harbour of l'Orient, is to be immediately armed. M. Fawtier, an ultra-Republican, has been elected by an immense majority as representative of the peo ple for the department of the Upper Rhine. He had been dismissed by M. Leon Faucher from the office of Prefect. The Crediesays: — ' "The most alarming reports are being every day ad dressed to the Ministers from the departments, describ ing the deplorable situation of our commerce, manu factures, and agriculture. Business is not improving. The public works commenced in several directions are being successively abandoned, and notwithstand ing the extraordinary efforts made by our manufacturers during six months to support their esta blishments, they now find 1,1,11 their resources exhaused. Another serious fact to be remarked is, that the farmers are selling their produce at a loss of from 30 to 40 per cent.. when they are so fortuuate as to effect a sale. What are Ministers doing in the face of such menacing facts ? They are lost in their dreams of a restoration. They have withdrawn all Parliamentary Bills presented by their predecessors, and they have riot replaced them by even one measure. Is it fair on theik' part to remain in office after having given such proofs of i ncompetency? Can they expect to reconstruct a solid edifice with ma terials reduced to dust? We address these q nestions to the electors who are about to be called on to elt`ct a new Assembly." SPAIN. We have received Madrid papers of the Bth. The Clamor Publico publishes a letter from Vera of the 4th instant, announcing the entrance into Spain of two bands of factions ; one composed of 500 indi viduals, under the command of Zariategui, entered by Echalard; the second composed of 100 men, under the command of Saux, entered by Zugarra mendi. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. B.—The Three per Cents. closed 19i ; the Five per Cents. 9-1 cash ; the Debt without Interest at 3 7-16 cash ; and Coupons at 6 for paper. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Ministers of the Central Power have published a document on the subject of the conduct of Denmark in regard to the Duchies. They allude to the con ciliatory steps taken by Germany, and to the viola tion of the treaty by the Danes, in reinforcing the garrisons of the Isle of Alsen, and by the declaration of the King of Denmark, that there is no legal authority in the Duchies. The Ministers conclude by declaring that they will oppose the menacing measures of Denmark by precautionary measures alone, that they propose observing the armi s t ice as closely as possible, as well as to the other measures agreed upon, and that they will obviate, as much as possible, giving rise to any useless dangers. According to the Hamburgh Correspondent, Hamburgh intends granting Schleswig its independence so far, that it is to contribute ac cording to its population to the public debt, to the civil list, and to the budget of war of Denmark, and that the remainder of the contributions shall be regu latyl by the States of Schleswig. A line of customs is to be established on the banks of the Eider and separate Schleswig and Holstein. On receiving information of this at Schleswig a meeting was immediately called, and it was resolved to address a protest to the Ministry of the Empire against this project. The project of concluding peace on the basis of the intermediate position of Schleswig between Holstein and Denmark, is violently repu diated by those in terested. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 7.—While our armies are proceeding victoriously against our Hungarian fellow-subjects, we have unhappily been visited by the outposts of an enemy whom it is not possible to withstand. Within the walls of our city there are at this moment no less than eleven cholera corpses. It is indisputably the Asiatic cholera in its worst form ; every case has proved fatal. It is confined exclusively to the mili tary hospital at present, and this need excite no sur prise, if we reflect for one moment upon the continual fatigue which our soldiers have undergone, and still continue to endure; the night watches, especially in the intense cold, are scarcely bearable. It is remarkable that we have as yet had no snow, and this is also the case in Hungary and Moravia. Our authorities have adopted every possible measure of precaution.—Allgemeine Zeitung. BELGIUM. Banssmr.s, JAN.l3.—i'lndependanee of this day I contains the following facts relative to the Belgian Treasury :—" On the 24th February, 1848, the day on which the French Revolution broke out, the Bel gian Treasury had bonds in circulation to the amount of 27,259,0001. On the Ist of May this sum was reduced to 14,414,0001.; on the Ist Septem ber it was only 8,655,0001., and after divers fluctuations, it fell on the 4th of January to 4,314,000 f. The sum of 23 millions has therefore been repaid, without return, and without loss to the holders. The reimbursement was effected by means of the resources which the forced loans gained the Treasury, which is` thereby to fulfil all its engage ments with scrupulous punctuality, and at the same time to its own advantage, for the loan costs it less than keeping the Treasury bonds in circulation/ The country has in fact lent to itself, to its own profit; all have lent to all, and thus the generality have reaped the advantage. In order to continue the emission of the Treasury bonds it was necessary to raise the interest to 8 and 10 per cent. at least ; while to consolidate it by the ordinary means, it would have been necessary, as in France, to make a loan by sacrificing a third, and even more, of the capital. By the forced loan, divided into small con tributions, the Treasury has borrowed at the nominal interest of 5 per cent., and never perhaps was a better and more intelligent operation made in finance. "The affair of Risquons-Tout, which, but for the energetic measures adopted for its suppression, and for the apprehension of the ringleaders has been treated in a rather singular manner in France. It appears that in a recent sitting of the Assembly the Minister for Foreign Affairs made some remarks which induced M. de Lamartine and M. Ledru Rollin to reply. M. de Lamartine stated that he had mottling whatever to do with it, and must again 'solemnly disavow all participation in the famous ex peditions of Savoy and Risquons-Tout. This espe cially concerned M. Ledru Rollin ; but M. Ledru Rollin exonerated himself with equal energy from all connexion with the international attempts. To these disavowals we must boldly reply, if it was not you it was your commissioners. HOLLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—lnquiry into the laws of money and the science of exchange is not a mere ddletanti amusement :which a man may take up and lay down just as he pleases. The memorial quoted above shows that a barbarous money system like the gold, as an instrument to carry on our extended trade—a trade thrust upon us by the necessities of an enormous population, who are beginning to be dependent upon foreign commerce for all raw ma terials and food—is absurd and most injurious; and that we must invent a scientific money if we wish such commercial revulsions as we were witnesses to, in this town, in the memorable October of 1847, not to recur every three or four years, in what Mr. Jones Loyd calls "an established cycle." We must set ourselves to discover a sound monetary system, which, by facilitating exchange, would render labour always available—would supply the wants of our people—empty our shops and warehouses—and would cause to disappear that frightful destitution and misery, which seem such extrordinary and unaccountable concomitants to our wonderfully ad vanced powers of production. It is the WANT OF A SCIENTIFIC MONEY that shall expand and adapt itself to our growing necessities, that may be attributed that extraordinary spectacle which must have struck the most thoughtless among us—a spectacle presented to our eyes on any given day, in any I, v,iven street, of men able to work, and willing to work, h _wing no work to do, and in want of everything; and t h e . se same streets containing rows of shops full of the goor,'s wanted by these very men, and the proprietors list less b e 'bind their counters, lamenting the lack of customers. A will.lngness to produce, and an intense desire to con sume, a , yet the healthy circulation stopped by enchant ment! Production divorced from consumption!! "Oh ! if the ins 'foible accursed nightmare, that is crushing out the life us and our's, would take a shape—England * * full of w ecilth—of multifarious produce, supply for hum- n want a every kind; yet * * dying of inanition, with unabareo‘ bounty the land of England • • waving with ye-llow ha.evests—thick studded with workshops— industrial implecti,ents—with fifteen millions of workers, understood to he the strongest, the cunningest, and the willineTst our earth ever had—with hunger, nakedness, and misery for their reward," is owing to our present barbarous gold mon,Ty, and to the want of a circulating medium, which shall adjust itself, and increase with the wealth which it is its peculiar function to circulate and distribute. What that scientific money shall be, I will examine hereafter, and I eall upon your readers to help in so im portant an inquiry. I can discover no principle, only clever expedient in the letters of a London Banker. The California discoveries demand instant exertion in this investigation. PACTOL LIS. Liverpool, Dec. 31, 1848. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUR. have perused the letter of " An East India Proprietor," which appeared in your paper of the 10th inst., with much satisfaction, and shall be obliged if you will indulge me with inserting the following remarks. People who compare the rule of England in India with its rule in other colonies, are apt to conclude that the system works well, and therefore should remain undis turbed. In other words, that the present charter should be renewed. It was not many days ago that a Member of Parliament said to me " Give India to the Colonial office and it will be lost." The circumstances are totally dissimilar. If India were by nature less rich than it is, if its powers of production did not surpass those of any country in the world, long ago it would have been a desert. The East India Company have done their ut most to ruin the country, its population bas been thinned by famine, and its revenues are well nigh exhausted; they have changed and changed again, to find the means of extorting more and more, till they have left but one system, which an ordinary observer can recognise—a system of universal poverty. What have the East India Company done in the way of education? what to advance the people in affairs of government? Take Madras as an example. They have given 5,0001. per annum to educate a country possessing a population of twenty millions! they have established a high school at Madras! but where will there be found a school appointed by the Gov.irnment within the pro vinces? Their Governments are composed of foreigners—not a man of the country being permitted to take a share in them; the only individuals can able of imparting the knowledge essential for due go vernment, and for the welfare of the country, are wholly excluded! Would this be so, if India were subject to the Colonial-office? Is it so at the Cape of Good Hope? Is it so at Ceylon? In which are the inhabitants or the country most fitted by education and intellectual acquirements to be asso ciated with their governors? The strength of the East India Company is the ignorance of the people, and to maintain this has been their constant endeavour. The East India Company will tell you that their laws and administration of justice have given security to life and property! " Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant"—they have taken away the incentive to theft, they have reduced the country to a nation of paupers, and now pride themselves on the fact that people do not steal! The calendars of the circuit courts will show that during the past fifteen years (an interval I speak ot from personal knowledge) the cases in which property t a large amount has been the ques tion are rare indeed. " An E ist India Proprietor" would do well to con ' sider whether the interference of authority to establish the Christian religion in India is not more likely to stir up an opposition to its introduction than to aid its dis semination. Had the missionaries, as in former days, been left to perform their own work, without the inter vention of secular authority, they would have done more than has been accomplished. I remain. Sir, your most obedient servant, EAST INDIA PROPRIETOR SECUNDUS. 14th January, 1848. THE HAGUE, JAN. 13.—CONVOCATION OP THE NEw CHAMBERS. --His Majesty has nominated thirty-nine members, who are to compose the First Chamber of the States- . General, out of a list of 130 candidates submitted to his Majesty. The names are given at length in the Staatg Courant. The number of members returned and confirmed for the various provinces are as follows :—West Brabant, 5 ; Guel derland, 5 ; South Holland, 7 ; West Holland, 6 ; Zealand, 2 ; Utrecht, 2 ; Friesland, 3 ; Overyssel, 2 ; Groningen, 2 ; Drenthe, 1 ; Limbourg, 3. His Majesty has also issued the following royal d e cree " We, Willia m 11., &c., &c. Upon the report o f our Minister of the Interior, January 10, 1849, No. 133, " Seeing Art. ; of t h e Provisional Electoral Law, we have decreed, and do decree d " Our Minister of t he Interior is charged to convoke the Chambers of the new First and Second Chambers of the St a t es . G e neral for Tuesday, thel ne3thwofLFe Legislative u t a i r v y e next, on w hi c h day the opening of the Session will take place. " Our Mi n i s t er o f th e Interior is charged with the execution of th e p resen t d e cree, a copy of which shall be sent for information to the First and Second Cham bers of the States-General, and inserted in the official journal. The Hague, Jan, 11, 1849. 4 , The Minister of the Interior." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Henry Albert and Henry Howard were fully com mitted for trial, for robbing Messrs. Wood and Co., of Watling-street, warehousemen, of goods. The following are the chief facts of the evidence heard for the prosecution. The property missed from the pre mises is considerable, but the present cese, which re lates to the plunder of 180 yards of carpeting, will give an idea of the system to which numbers of the largest warehousemen in London have been subjected. Francis Shaw stated that in February he bought 1661 yards of carpeting, the patterns of which were produced, of a person who signed the name of Isaacs to the invoice. Isaacs stated that he received the goo& from his employer, Mr. Judah Jacobs. Judah Jacobs said he imagined the carpet referred to in the invoice was sent from his house, and that he might have bought it, but he could not exactly say whether he did or not. He produced his journal, in which was an entry of a sale to Shaw on that day, which referred to some carpets purchased of Mr. Rimes. Edward Rimes, of 58, Mansell-street, general dealer, said—l recollect selling two pieces of carpet ing on the 15th of February last, to Mr. Jacobs. It consisted of 156 yards. I believe the patterns pro duced are those I sold, but I cannot swear they are the identical patterns, but I should say they are. I purchased them of the prisoner Howard. The pri soner Albert had nothing to do with the sale. After I had purchased it of Howard, and sold it to Mr. Jacobs, I found it was about ten yards short in mea sure. When Howard called for the balance of what was due to him, I told him of the short measure, for which I should deduct 10s. He called on me again in the afternoon, in company with Albert, who was then dressed as a porter, with a piece of canvass tied round his waist as an apron. Howard said to me, in Albert's presence, will you tell this party how many yards you paid me for. Albert said to me I want to speak to you ; will you come and have something to drink ? I said, no, I never drink with any one. He then said, will you take any more, meaning, would I purchase any more carpet ? I said, certainly not, and I am sorry I bought that. From that day I have never seen Howard tid now. I paid 9/. for the carpet. Cross -examined—I am positive Albert is the man who came with Howard. lam a general dealer. I have no shop.:.,, Lhave half a large house in Mansell street. I deal in anything. I had not known Howard before, but I made inquiries about him. He was brought to me by my . brother, who is, like myself, a Howard gaveim, and I wentme his address. I wis hedto g eneral dealer. I did not ta k e w as only young in b u siness. b e sure ll about w to his address , and found he lived there. I had sold th e carpeting whe n the two prisoners came to me, for t I told 'Toward it would 91. Bs. 6d. I wish to add t me be sold in the trade , a nd he said I might show it to he was employed to whoever I liked. He told rehas sell it by a party who wa s in difficulti waouseman to Mr. Samuel Thaokrah—W es.. Messrs. Wood and Co., who said that Albert was under hi m i n th e same employment. Knew the patterns, and believed they were from Messrs. Wood's house. There were two pieces of the patterns pro duced missing. The house had only ascertained the loss since they received information of the robbery. Thomas Bradley (City police) took the two priso ners into custody. Howard said he knew nothing about any carpets upon being apprehended, and de nied having any knowledge of Rimes. He objected] to go to limes with the witness, but was compelled to go, and was at once identified by Rimes as the party who had sold the carpet to him. Subsequently Howard said that if Mr. Wood would be lenient to wards him he would tell him all about it. No pro mise of the kind was made to 11,,ward, who after wards handed a written statement to the clerk of Mr. Hobler, the solicitor for the prosecutor. The paper • was read. It stated that Howard met at the Lion, " WILLXI73I, DISASTROUS FIRE AT A LLERTON. - morning the premises of Mr. Allertori, took fire, and, before Jam es On Sunday the Lowther, Pittville , e flames could be sub dued, a considerable amount of pro p erty, including two valuable horses , were totally destroye d. The alarm of fire reached the station about half - pas t pas . t t hree, fi imme diately upon which the en g ine s , with the r of e brigade, were dispatched from Liver p ool, u nder thedir e ction the a rn, two Mr. Howitt. On his a rrival he found that the cottages, and several hous es were on fire, and dwell ing-house of Mr. Lowther was in the most im min ent danger. Fortunately, a plen tiful su pp l y of water es procured from a neighbouring pond, and poured upon tho flames, which were raging with great violence, in consequence of a heavy gale blowing at the time. By the greatest exertions on the part of the fire brigade, the fire was eventually got under control, but not until a barn, two cottages, and an outhouse were destroyed, with all they contained. There were a number of horses in one of the stables, but such was the rapidity with which the flaes extended, that the whole of them could not be rescuedm. Two of the animals were burnt to death. Some of the people had a narrow escape, and one female was obliged to make a hasty retreat almost in a state of nudity. Mr. Lowther's house narrowly escaped being destroyed. He was insured in the Royal Life Assurance Company, but his loss, which at present cannot be cor rectly estimated, will it is feared, be very considerable. — Liverpool Mercury. -MONSTER COD.—There was brought ashore, by a crew of Buckie fishermen, on Wednesday last, a mo , aster cod, measuring in length 42 inches, in girth 304 inches, and weighing 391bs. It was presented to a fish curer, as a Christmas present. —North British Daily .111a2 I when' he used to go to look for a job, the prisoner GOLD ONLY AN U NFIT INSTRU MENT FOR SO GREAT A TRADE AS ENG-- Albs a br who asked him to sell a piece of carpet for LAND'S. h that he took the carpet to Mr. Himes, who " The present condition of trade , mannfacturesi., and b' eight it of him, and told him to mention to the comm erce is deplorable. Produce of every description h 'party who d, at a shilling a yard; that though hadhe sent it that he was op e n to take all he is only saleable in small quantities, and at an enormous liked to send, sa crifice. Bills of Exchange and the most valuable acted thus he was as innocent as one of his b a b es ; sePurias are inconvertible into cash, even It that Albert was the man who employed him to sell great depreciation except in the most in t- the goods, but where Albert got them he could not significant amounts. Foreign orders for produce an d tell, or he would not be in such an awful situation. goods cannot be executed, for want of the customar3r The paper concluded with praying for mercy. facilities for disposal of bills drawn against them. Con- Mr. Henry Wood said—My warehouse is in Wat fidence is all but annihilated, and the currency of the ling- street, and goes to the back into and forms the country is in a great measure withdrawn and hoarded." whole of Red Lion-court, in which court my count -Liverpool Memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury in ing-house is situate. Goods which have been sold October, 1847. were taken out in Red Lion-court, but there is an outlet in Watling-street which cannot be seen from the counting-house. Albert has been in my employ ment about a year and a quarter, as porter, and he had charge of the warehouse in Watling-street from twelve to one o'clock, during the time the other porter, who usually had the charge, went to dinner. I have seen the patterns produced—they are our pat terns. Our wholesale price would be 2s. 4d. a yard for each piece. I never saw Howard on my premises. The two pieces consisted of 185 yards, and were worth upwards of 201. The depositions were signed by Alderman Law rence, who sat for the Lord Mayor, and the prisoners were sent to Newgate for trial. Samuel Gll , sson, a porter in the employment of Messrs. Brown and Sharp, of Watling-street, was brought up under the following circumstances, and charged with having conspired with another man, not yet apprehended, to rob his employers. A policeman who watched the neighbourhood of late, so prolific in robberies, as he was going his rounds at a quarter past thr6e o'clock yesterday morning, saw the prisoner slam the door of the pro secutor's warehouse, at the corner of Bread-street, and asked him where he was going at so unseason able an hour. The reply was "to Dover," and the prisoner, on being further questioned, said he intended to call at a coffee-shop in the neighbourhood, and stay there till five o'clock, at which hour he would take a cab for the Dover Railroad ; that he was go ing upon his own, and not the firm's business; and that the servants in the house knew of his departure, although his employers were not aware of it. He had with him two bundles, one slung before the other behind, containing, as he represented, kis own clothes. The policeman, not believing the statement, took the prisoner to the station-house, and gave im mediate notice of what had occurred to those who were on the premises. Mr. F. T. Tyars, of the house of Brown, Sharp, and Co., said they had no notice of the intention of the prisoner, who was in their employment, to leave their service ; but they had since his apprehension as certained that another person, who was in their em ployment, had absconded, and was deficient in his accounts. The bundles found in the prisoner's posses sion contained his own property, in the witness's opinion ; but he was deficient in his petty cash accounts. The prisoner said, the clerk to whom Mr. Tyars had alluded had prevailed upon him to consent to go out of the country, and that they were to have met at half-past five o'clock that morning, at St. Pancras Church, and from thence to have gone by the Bir mingham Railroad to Liverpool. He did not think that the clerk had gone to Liverpool, as their meeting had been prevented. The prisoner was remanded, and orders were issued for the apprehension of the clerk. We are requested to announce the receipt of the following sums :—From the Inquest of Walbrook Ward, 21. 4s, 6d.; from J. Campbell, Esq., 3/. ; from James Barnes, Esq., .51., for the poor-box ; and 1/. from J. W., for Felix Laycock. GUILDHALL. A young man, named Frederick Jaques, living at 49, Aflerton-street, Hoxton, was charged with being on Blackfriars-bridge, with intent to destroy himself. When placed at the bar, the prisoner, who appeared in great distress of mind, burst out crying, and con tinued sobbing while the witnesses gave their evidence. Henry Capsey, of No. 7, Addle-hill, Doctors'- commons, said that about a quarter past nine o'clock he was passing over Blackfriars-bridge, when his wife called his attention to the prisoner, who was stooping down in one of the recesses, with his hat off. Witness passed on, and looked round, when he ob served him with his foot on the parapet; upon seeing which, he ran back, and found him in a very excited state, with a cord round his neck, to the other end of which a large brick-bat was attached. He at once took out his knife, and cut the rope from his neck ; and on asking him why ho could contemplate so rash an act, he burst into tears, and said, " Oh, don't ask me." He then gave the prisoner into custody. Robert Kennedy, 837, deposed to taking the pri soner into custody, and on searching him 'found a pocketbook, containing the following letter to his wife : " January 11, 1849. "My dear Wife,—l take up my pen to address a few lines to you for the last time, as to the state of my mind, for my heart is broken to think of my pre sent condition, and that when I left you had only a small portion of dry bread, which is all we have to eat the whole day ; and after working the whole week, all day and half the nights, the both of us, only to earn enough to pay the rent. Do you think I can sit by you and see you starve ? No, I cannot ; it would drive me mad, my dear. I have been on the wide world now eighteen years, and never stained my character only by this horrid deed. lam now driven to perish by my distressed circumstances. Steal I will not, starve I cannot, and employment I cannot get ; so, my dear Mary, I hope you will not fret, but pray for my soul, that it may be saved, and pray for God to assist you through all the trials of this world. Be upright, honest, and just to all. Pray go to your father for protection, I know that he will see that no harm come to you. Serve him day and night, and God will reward you. I tried to sell the ticket for my boots, but in vain, so I cannot bear it any longer. Pray for my soul to be saved. " So no more from your affectionate and broken hearted husband, " F. JAQUES. " P.S. By the time you receive this your wretched husband will be no more. " To Mrs. M. A. Jaques, 49, Allerton-street East, Horton New Town." Alderman HOOPER asked the prisoner what he had to say ?—He replied he was a cheesemonger by trade, but had latterly set up an eel-pie. house, which had proved a disastrous speculation, for he lost upwards of 401. in a short time, and became so reduced that he could hardly procure a crust of bread for his wife, and, not being able to see her starve, it had driven him almost mad, and that induced him to act as he had done. It was here intimated that the prisoner's wife was outside the court, upon which the Alderman ordered her to be called in, when on seeing Jaques she burst into a fit of crying, and for a length of time was unable to answer any of the questions put to her. Alderman HOOPER asked the prisoner how long he had the eel-pie shop ? Jaques replied, about four months. Alderman Hoormt—And how long have you been married to this young woman ? Jaques—One month and three days. Alderman HOOPER—OnIy one month ! Why did you marry her when you were losing money ? Jaques—At that time I was not going down, and I did it as, about three years ago, I gained her affec tions, and wished to act honourable towards her. I might have let the business, had not the landlord turned me out suddenly. Alderman Hoopmt—To say the least of it, you acted very indiscreetly in marrying when you were on the brink of ruin. Jaques—But I repeat, I was not so then. In answer to questions put by the Alderman, the wife said that she had a mother and father living at Whitechapel, and although they were not very friendly towards her husband, still her mother said she might marry if she liked. Her husband and self were in furnished lodgings, for whic h the y p aid 3s. 6d. per week, and the first week would be due on Tuesday (this day). She hoped the Alderman would forgive the prisoner, and she would take him home with her ? Alderman HOOPER said he should not. The wife had better go to her parents, and inform them of what had occurred, and he should detain her husband for a couple of days, when he would have the benefit of seeing the surgeon of the Compter infirmary, who would report as to bis state of mind, and also the chaplain, who would converse with him on the' enor mity of rushing unbidden into the presence of his Maker. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY le, I 849: WESTMINSTER. As Mr. Broderip a respectable lootin'thmtc;auntr:Usi retiring into last even ing,court His w re a ci e ue l h t r o a u t e r for r e and requested to be allowed sstpewakastoimthmeedmmagteilsy msinagmethaet.court and he then . hastily com municatedcomplied with, although it after the . usual a lo to the magistrate the following frightful case of distress. He stated that man and his wife who had been brought up very a en countered great reverses, and came genteelly . had with their . family to lodge in a house belonging to applicant, in York street, Westminster. For a shoiirn voured to procure a subsistence, the mother th they endea knit ting worsted cuffs, and the father, who heradbyb een a schoolmaster, by writing small labels for shop win dows, both of which two of their children disposed in the streets; but the slender profit derive fro o m f these sources was totally inadequate to supply the wants of their children ; and, to fill up their cup of misery, both were taken ill a few d ay s a g o, and were unable longer to assist, in the slightest degree, themselves or children. Death had that morning released the poor map from his sufferings, and the Ficture their abode at that moment presented was frightful. Next to the poor man, who had breathed his last in the whole of the few articles of wearing apparel he possessed, lay the wife, apparently in a dying state, without a bed or an article of clothing to cover her, food, or firing, with her six poor children, mourning in starvation the death of their father, and probable bereavement of their remaining parent. On being. acquainted with these circumstances, applicant haQtenrd to the work house of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, that afternoon, in order to make the authorities ac quainted with the matter, and implore them to ad minister to the extreme necessities of the afflicted mother and children, and perform the usual decencies to the deceased. All his attempts, however, to obtain an audience at either the workhouse or the relieving-office were unavailing. At the former the menials told him they were only servants, and could not interfere, and directed him to go round to the relief-office, where he knocked in vain, and having gone to and fro for nearly two hours, without the slightest chance of making the appalling condition of the family known, he had hastened to this Court in the hope that if he were successful in arriving before the Magistrate left, something would be done to alleviate their sufferings. Mr. BRODERIP, who was evidently much affected, inquired whether applicant knew the nature of the disease of which the poor man had died. Applicant replied, it was a sort of cramp, brought on, he too much feared, by starvation. Mr. BRODERIP rose hastily from the bench, and addressing the chief usher, directed him to go imme diately to the house of affliction, not to lose a moment in doing so, as by prompt attention the poor woman might yet recover, to procure for her all the neces saries and comets time would allow, to see that she had proper treatment in every respect, and let him know the expense. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A person named Robertson, an upholsterer, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having had in his possession a quantity of valuable prints stolen from the rooms of the Entomological Society. Nathaniel Edwards, who described himself as a translator, of .7, Mordan-street, Vauxhall-bridge road, and who said he had recently been employed by an attorney as his clerk in a case in which se veral parties now in custody were charged with steal ing papers and documents from various public offices, said he came forward reluctantly to give evidence on the present occasion. He would not attempt to give in evidence anything that had been communicated to him under the professional seal of secresy. He would, therefore, content himself with saying, that the prints now produced, and owned by the officers of the Entomological Society had been given into his care by the prisoner. The prisoner asked the witness if he meant to swear that he received the engravings from him ? The witness replied that he saw the engravings in the prisoner's house; that he saw the prisoner give the engravings to his wife, and that he heard him tell his wile to give them to him. The wife came forward and begged to be heard. She said she was ready to swear there was not one word of truth in what this witness had uttered. The witness, who acted as a sort of attorney in the pro secution against parties in custody, came to her hus band and asked him if he would come forward and swear that he saw the prints and engravings in Smith's (one of the prisoners) room. Smith had been a lodger in her husband's house. Her husband said he would not tell such a lie. The witness then said her husband might swear he saw the prints in Smith's possession. Her husband refused to have anything to do with the business, and the witness left him with a threat. She could swear the prints ware never in her husband's possession. The witness Edwards said the wife's story was not true. Mr. BINGHAM could not receive the statement of the wife as an answer to the charge, and he should, therefore, remand the case for a week. BENEVOLENCE.—From a nobleman, per J. D., 51.; from H. T., 51.; and ss. worth of postage stamps from a lady, for the poor-box. Mr. 7 home Bruce, a linendraper, and Richard Carter, a bricklayer, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty. Police-constable 15 D, stated that on Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, he was called to quell a disturbance between some soldiers in Quebec -street. A large crowd of persons had assembled, amongst whom was the pri soner Carter, who joined in hooting the police. Wit ness desired him to go home, and not to annoy hips. The prisoner refused, and, as they were conveying one of the soldiers to the station, he persisted in following close bebini them, and called out " Down with the police." As the prisoner still kept on hooting, witness took him into custody. Police-constable 187 C said, on Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, he was engaged in conveying a soldier to the station, when the prisoner Carter came behind him, and excited the mob to rescue the soldier; and as he re fused t) go away, he (Carter) was taken to the station. The prisoner Bruce then came up, and called out " Well done, soldier." He then laid hold of witness's cape, and tore it from his shoulders. Another constable who had witnessed the transaction at that moment came up and took him into custody. Police-constable 84 D corroborated the evidence of the last witness, and proved that the prisoner Bruce voured to rescue the soldier. A solicitor, who attended for Bruce, then called two witnesses who attempted to prove that the assault upon 187' C was the result of an accident caused by the pri soner trying to save himself from being run over by a cab, which was passing at the time of the row. In reply to kr. BINGHAM, 84 D said the act was nut the result of accident. He was close by the prisoner and saw him deliberately take hold of the constable by the cape, and, at the same time heard him call out, " Well done soldier." Carter had been locked up since Satur day night, and Bruce was bailed out on Sunday. Neither of them offered any violence to the constables. Mr. BINGHAM said if any witnesses had been called to prove in any way that Bruce accidentally tore the con stable's cape in the manner alleged by his witnesses, he (Mr. Bingham) should have at once discharged him. He hnd no doubt whatever that it was not the result of accident, but that the defendant, seeing the soldier in custody, had his sympathies ex cited in favour of the soldier. The defendant's con duct in calling out " Well done, soldier" verified that fact. As he had not proceeded to further violence, and had been locked up all night, he should discharge him, providing he paid 7s. 6d., being the amount of damage done to the constable's cape. As to the prisoner Carter, he had been locked up since Saturday night, and as that was no slight punishment, he (Mr. Bingham) should discharge him by paying a fine of ss. Mr. Bruce immediately paid both the fines. SOUTHWARK. Elizabeth Salter was brought up for re-examination, charged with robbing Mr. Charles Wade of a watch, gold guard chain, and a coat, containing a purse with 41. 10s., and Samuel Pudney, described as a builder, attended in discharge of his bail, as being concerned in the offence. Mr. Games attended on the part of the prisoner Pudney. The complainant stated that on Wednesday night he met the prisoner in the Waterloo-road, and accom panied her to a house in Cornwall-road. On entering a room in the house he deposited his purse and money, and also his watch and guard, in the pocket of his great coat for safety, and placed the garment on the back of a door in the apartment. He had not long been there before he missed the coat and its contents, and charged Salter with robbing him. She, however, denied the charge, and as he was apprehensive that he would be maltreated in the house, and could not open the room door, as it was locked, he commenced smash ing the windows to give the alarm. He, however, had not broken many panes of glass before Salter opened the door, and he then descended to the passage where he was met by the other prisoner, to whom he related that he had been robbed and mentioned the property; but instead of that person rendering him assistance, he remonstrated with him for breaking the windows, adding, at the same time, that he should protect the women from violence, and thereupon he seized complainant and attempted to push him out of the house into the street. A struggle took place be tween them, in the midst of which a policeman came up, and both the prisoners were clamorous in charging him with breaking the windows and gave him into custody on the charge. He (complainant) described the true nature of the case at the station house, and gave Salter in charge for robbing him of the property above enumerated, and on the following day, when the circumstances were brought under the considera tion of the Magiarate, Pudney, who was in attend ance as a witness in Court, was ordered into custody for the part he had taken in the transaction. On that occasion the latter prisoner at first denied having any intimacy with Salter or a woman named Moreton, the landlady of the house, but upon being closely pressed on the point, he admitted that he had slept in the house, the landlady of which, he said, he became acquainted with as he passed along, having had some houses to repair in the street. He further said that he was a builder, and lived in Holborn, and declared that his only motive in interfering upon the occasion was, on hearing the noise of the window breaking, and being called upon by the landlady of the house and his fellow prisoner to protect them from the violence of the man that did the damage, and who, at the time, appeared to be in a state of great excitement. He also added, that he knew nothing of the robbery, and admitted that he and the complainant had a scuffle in the passage in his attempt to expel him from the house. Mr. COTTINGIIAM inquired if the complainant's coat, or any of the property it contained, were traced since the last examination, and the reply was in the negative. A Mr. Nelson, who was in the complainant's com pany on the night in question, and parted with him shortly before the alleged robbery took place, proved that the former had his purse and money, and also his watch and guard chain when he left him. In the complainant's cross-examination by Mr. Games, he admitted that after he had quitted his fliend I.llr. Nelson, he went to the Feathers, and that it was after leaving that house that he met with Salter at the corner of Stamford-street, and accompanied her to the house where he was robbed. He had not been in the company of any other female but Salter; had no recollection of Salter leaving the room where they were, in Jane-street, but:that she might have done so without his knowledge. A police sergeant stated that after the robbery, he proceeded to a house, No. 1, in Jane -street, and was there informed by a man named Brown, ti at Pudney and the landlady of the house No. 4, in-the same place, had been drinking there at the time of the robbery, and that he (Brown) heard the latter say that "Lizzy," meaning the female prisoner, had just picked up with a " swell," and had taken him into her house. The sergeant added, that he searched both houses, Nos. 1 and 4, but could not discover any of the property. Mr. Games said, that on the part of Pudney he disclaimed any concern in the robbery; that he happened to be in the neighbourhood at the time, and interfered solely with the view to prevent any violence being resorted to when he heard the windows smash ing; that witnesses were in attendance to speak to the respectability of Pudney's character, and to show that a man in his condition of life was not likely to have acted in concert in robbing the complainant. Mr. COTTINGITAM said that the evidence, as it now stood, ju,itified him in sending the case before a jury, but as it was important to the ends of justice that the man Brown should attend, as well as to give further time for tracing the stolen property, he should remand the prisoners, but would accept of the same bail as he had done on the former examination for Pudney's appearance to answer the part he took in the trans , action. The prisoners were accordingly remanded until next Monday. THAMES. Six boys, named Thomas Haggerty, Charles Macarthy, John Cassidy, Charles Farrell, Thomas Reardon, and Thos. Dogherty, sons of Irish parents, whose ages varied between thirteen and seventeen, were brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with steal ing rope on the Thames. It appeared from the evidence of Inspectors Fox, Griffin, and Bridges, of the Thames police, that organized gangs of boys were constantly prowling 4bout the river and pilfering anything they could lay their hands on, and that they hired boats for the pur pose of carrying on their depredations, between sun set and sunrise. Numerous convictions had taken place at the police-courts, and at the sessions, but the number of young thieves did not appear to diminish. The prisoners were detected, at an early hour on Sunday morning, in the pool, in two boats, with a quantity of rope which they had pilfered. One boat containing Haggerty, Macarthy, and Cassidy, con tained-the rope tender belonging to the Pike schooner, which had been cut away, in the course of the night, and was identified by the mate of the vessel. The remainder of the rope could not be identified. The officers stated that all the prisoners had been summarily convicted, and some of them had been in custody again very recently on suspicion. Dogherty's last conviction took place in July, 1847. The prisoners generally conducted themselves in a very audacious manner, and said the River police would not let them get an honest living. Mr. SECIEER said the police could not hinder them from doing that, and they would find it to their ad vantage to return to honest courses. It was lament able that so many young thieves should be in the dock charged with serious offences, and it was painful for him to deal with such cases. He must visit all the prisoners with further punishment. He sentenced Haggerty, Macarthy, and Cassidy each to two months' imprisonment and hard labour, Farrell to one month, eardon to twenty-one days, and Dogherty, who bad not been heard of for eighteen months, to seven days' imprisonment only. THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES. Mr. Wakley held an inquest yesterday, at Chelsea workhouse, on five children named Kellick, Ridgway, Ihrtley, Ingar, and Pollington, removed from Mr. Drnuet's pauper establishment at Tooting, where they had died of cholera. In the course of the proceedings it was elicited that the Chelsea guardians have 105 pauper children still at Tooting, and that ten children from Chelsea had died at Mr. Drouet's. The CORONER observed that he had heard very bad se counts.—Mr. Popham said that there had been no true case of cholera at Tooting since Saturday ; the cases were mostly consecutive fever. The Coroner—How many deaths have you had at Tooting altogether ? Mr. Popham—Over 100. I cannot exactly say. The Coroner —Yes, a great many more than that—more than 130. Mr. Popham—The number of deaths there have been in the ratio of lin 21 of those attacked. The Coroner— How many parishes have their children at the Tooting establishment now? Mr. Drouet replied that there were the children of only three parishes now with him, viz , St. George's-in-the-East,St. Luke's, Cheliea, and Clerken well. All the remainder belonging to other parishes were the sick. John Kellick examined—Was a labourer, and now an inmate of Chelsea workhouse. His two children were sent to Tooting from that workhouse about nine weeks back. They were then as healthy girls as they could wish to see. The age of the elder child was eleven years, and that of the deceased nine years. He visited them first at Tooting about six weeks back, and then was more satisfied with their appearance than when in Chelsea workhouse. When he saw the children he was nut allowed to see them in private. The children were sent out into the lodge to see him, and the porter and some other officers of the establishment were there.— By the Coroner—l did not ask to be permitted to see them privately and alone. I again saw them on my last monthly Sunday out, and I then asked them if they had sufficient to eat there, and they answered "No." I took them down three allowances of pudding, which my wife had bought here, and two allowances of bread and butter, and although the children had just had their dinner they were so hungry that they ate the whole of it. They said they did not get enough to eat there, and they wished they were at home, meaning back at the Chelsea workhouse. I did not complain to the Chelsea guardians that my children had not enough to eat at Tooting. Had I done so I might have met with worse treatment than I have done. When I went the second time I found that as well as not having had enough to eat the younger one was eaten up with the itch. I was there last Sunday week, and then thought my children looked well; but that was the time they were dying. On the following Thursday I received notice that my child was ill, and on going to footing the same day I found the deceased in one of the sick wards, and very sadly. I remained in the ward with her for two hours. I have been down there several times since. I saw no medical gentleman attend upon my child, or any other, all the time I was there. Mr. Kite—Do you mean to say you never saw me? Witness—Yes, I saw you and that gentleman (Mr. Popham), but not attending my child. I think there were about fifteen children in the ward where my child was. Coroner—Did you ask to see the medical men about your child? Witness—l did not. lam positive I saw no medicine administered either by the nurses or the medical men. When I came back I sent in a petition with four others, to the board, to say that we would find lodgings for our children in the parish, if the guardians would let them come away from Tooting, and find them in food. The answer was, that the guar dians had decided that the children should all remain at Tooting, and it could not be allowed, The foreman — Do you know if there is any complaint of the food at Tooting now? Witness—No, there is not. The children say they have plenty of food now, since this has broken out. The Coroner—lf the guardians have allowed their children to remain at Tooting, no doubt they had good reason for doing so. Ia doing so, however, they must be aware they have involved themselves in a vast amount of responsibility. It is not assumed that a wrong has been done; but, if there has, it will be a portion of the duty of the jury to investigate who are the authors of that wrong. Maria Ingar said she was the mother of the deceased Sarah Ingar, and 24w her die at the Tooting Asylum at tour o'clock on Saturday morning last, after an illness of twenty-four hours. She had great pains and cramps in the stomach, and had mustard poultices and other reme dies applied, and medicines administered by the medical gentleman. Deceased bad been at Tooting about eight weeks, and on remarking that she looked very pale the last time she saw her, she complained that she was kept out in a cold yard. By the Coroner—l saw her in the lodge, but I had no opportunity of speaking to her in private. I did not notice that she was scantily clothed except about the neck and shoulders. On Friday night, after she was taken ill, I asked her if she had sufficient food, and she said, " No, mother; I did not get food enough," and she then told me she had bought bread of one of the nurses, with some halfpe nce I h a d g i ven h er. On the Friday evening nothing was given her bat brandy and water. Mr. William Horn Popham deposed that he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He had attend( d the deceased, George Hartley from Tuesday last, when he was first attacked, un til th e t i me o f his death, on the morning of Friday last, the 12th instant. His case presented all the usual symptoms of cholera, and he died in a state of collapse. By the Coroner — Witness was sent to the Tooting establishment by the board of directors of the poor of St. Palcras, at the suggestion of the Board of Health, to attend the boys belonging to the parish. He saw also most of the other pattents, as he went occasionally into all the other wards, as well as that in which the St. Pancras children were placed. Mr. Baillie, Mr. Penn, and Mr. Phillips were also surgeons in attendance on the children. Mr. WALKEY then, addressing Mr. Popham, said— You have now, Mr. Popham, been called to prove the cause of the death of one of the deceased, George Hart ley, but by and by you will be further examined and called upon to state what is your opinion as to the cause of this calamity; and it is therefore essentially neces sary that you should be present during the whole of the inquiry, so that you may know and make yourself ac quainted with all the facts of the case developed by the evidence given. Mr. Popham said he was desirous of explaining one circumstance, which was rather important. Amongst the facts which have gone forward before the public, Mr. Grainger, in his evidence given at the inquest held on Friday last, at the Free Hospital, s t ate d t h at t h e pa tients had lain five in a bed. lie (Mr. Fophatn) had given Mr. Grainger that information under an erroneous impression that it was a fact, but he had subsequently ascertained, that where he supposed that to be the case, it was a fact that a board had been placeed between two beds for the purpose of making an additional bed for a patient, which made it appear that five were in a bed. The CORONER then observed that the inquiry had now reached the point at which it would be necessary it should be adjourned. There would be two questions into which they would have to inquire. The first was as to how this calamity had originated, and, secondly, es to non•removal of the childmn belonizirg to Chelsea from Tooting, which would require to be most fully gone into; and he supposed that some of the mennbv:s of the board of guardians would, at the proper time, be able to state the reasons Vhich induced them to deter-- min'' on eun!inning thi , m there to the present time. Strangers were then order,d wittalia,, and, atter a lapse of :bc , ut - , half an hour, the rake were re-ad mitted, when, The CORONIR said it would be necessary that this inquest should be adjourned until after that held at the Free Hospital was concluded, so as to prevent the two clashing together. He proposed to take the Free Hos pital inquest on Tuesday and Wednesday next, and it would most probably be held on the following Tuesday. He would, therefore, suggest that this inquiry should be adjourned until after that time. The Foreman of the jury (Mr. Martin) said they bad found that the board of guardians had ud to the present time sent no medical man to take the especial care of the children belonging to that parish, and uhe jury had in consequence of that fact, whilw the room had been closed, at the suggestion of the Coroner, resolved to suggest to the guardians present their unanimous wish that the children n ,vv remaining at Tooting should be removed home to Chelsea. Mr. Fielder (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Guar dians) rather warmly advocated the course the board had adopted in keeping the children at Tooting. Mr. Ryder (the Chairman) said he would tell the fore man and the jury why the board had come to the con clusion they had done. They believed that the outbreak had been caused by the excessive overcrowding of the establishment, and the want of proper ventilation ; and there being after the removal of the other children plenty of room and plenty of nurses and medical men in attendance, which was not the case at first, they deter mined on the non-removal of the Chelsea children. The children had also now food of a superior quality, and the board were, therefore, of opinion that as they could not find any place in Chelsea iu which upwards of 100 per sons could be placed, it would be better to keep them where they were at present. A juryman said he bad seen a family of five children a day or two since which had come from Tooting, and such objects he had never before seen, for they appeared halt starved.—The inquiry was then adjourned. In St. Paneras yesterday, Mr. Mills resumed the in quiry upon the cases of the children brought from Toot ing, who died in St. Pancras Workhouse. The inquest was again adjourned. The following are the official reports forwarded to the Board of Health with respect to the continuance of the cholera at Tooting and elsewhere:— " Surrey-hall, Tooting, jan. 15. " Death from cholera ... ... ... ... 1 Deaths from the consecutive fever of cholera ... 3 Under treatment 84 Convalescent ... ... 79 " No new cases of cholera have occurred, but there are two of disordered bowels. " W. J. KITE, Resident Surgeon." The following is the report of Mr. Bird, the - surgeon of St. Pancras Cholera Hospital, to the directors of the poor, yesterday:— " Temporary Hospital, St. Pancras, Jan. 15. " I am happy to have again to make a very favourable report as to the children; there have been no fresh cases or deaths, and upon the whole there seems to be a gene ral improvement. " The three patients reported last in a state of collapse have passed from that stage of the disorder, and, I think, with every appearance of their ultimate recovery. " Number attacked ... 123 Deaths ... ... 9 Remaining under treatment ... 10 Collapse Convalescent ... .. 109 " HENRY • BIRD, Surgeon." The report received from Tooting from Mr. Popham, the medical officer sent down thither by the parish of St. Pancras, is as follows: " Mr. Drouet's Establishment, Tooting, Jan. 15. " I am happy to say that the improvement in the state of affairs at Mr. Drouet's establishment has been so great as not to require my attendance there after to morrow. There is not a single case of cholera now in the esta blishment. " W. H. POPHAM." THE FIRE IN LINCOLN'S INN. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. No fire that has occurred n the metropolis since the one at Paper-buildings, in the Temple, about eleven years ago, has created greater interest than that of Sunday morning last, in New square, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The oldest firemen can scarcely remember a fire of similar magnitude burning for so long a period. Although the engines were kept at work during the whole of Sunday night and yesterday, there remained at seven o'clock last evening a considerable body of fire in the basement, and also in the walls of the building. The engines were obliged, at that hour, to be kept at work upon the ruins. During yesterday forenoon, whilst the firemen were em ployed upon this tire, a number of parties came running with information that another had broken out in Chan cery-lane. One of the engines was immediately taken there, when it was ascertained that some of the burning flakes had been wafted by the wind upon the roof of the Law Chambers, No. 77, in the lane, and having melted the gutter plate, had come in contact with the timber underneath, and fired the roof. When the brigade ar rived the flames were raging with such fury that the two roofs at the least were in great danger of being consumed. With the aid, however, of plenty of water, the fire was extinguished, but not before considerable damage was done by fire and water. During yesterday Mr. Braidwood, the Superintendent of the London Fire Establishment, was on the ruins, giving directions to the firemen and superintending the removal of what property could be found. An inspec tion of the place was also made, with the view of ascer taining the cause of the disaster, but up to the present time without the least success. Mr. Loder, the head engineer of the Farringdon-street Brigade, has been en gaged during the whole day in searching after deeds and other documents known to be within the ruins, and where they were sufficiently cooled to allow of search being made, many things of considerable value have been recovered. The deeds and important documents lost are enormous, although the firemen wore enabled, during yesterday morning to rescue from the ruins a vast number of papers and useful documents belonging to Messrs. Jones, Bate man, and Bennett. Not fewer than nine of Mart's fire proof boxes were taken outlof the basement, where they had fallen from the first floor, and upon opening them the deeds and other documents were found uninjured. This is exceedingly fortunate, as the papers had refer ence to property of considerable value. The account books belonging to the same firm, with several drawers, filled with important writings, have been taken out of the premises slightly injured, but a great number of tin boxes, containing legal parchments, &c., have been en tirely destroyed. The firm of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Bennett— one of the oldest and most extensive in the Inn—have strong grounds for supposing that some of the deeds, &c., left iu their custody, will be recovered. Mr. Peter Erle has also succeeded, with the aid of the firemen, in recovering many papers and important docu ments. The moment Mr. Justice Erle heard of the misfortune he hastened to the scene, and accompanied his brother into the ruins, where they assisted in the rescue of several documents. Mr. Hudson, one of the gentlemen on the basement floor, was insured for 300/. in the West of England Fire Office. One book alone in the chamber, he e-timates as being worth full that sum. From the fact of a row or books being now seen on one side of the chamber—pro bably 200 or 300 in number—there is ground for sup posing that the valuable volume alluded to may IN, amongst them. Some time must, however, elapse before the firemen will be able to enter that portion of the pre mises to make a search. Mr. Hetherington, a barrister of great practice, on the other hand, has lost everything his chambers con tained ; and so has Mr. Kettle, another eminent barris ter. This gentleman had a most narrow escape. He slept on the ground floor, at the back of the premises, and, before any alarm was given in the front, he was awakened by hearing a slight noise like the dripping of water in the next room. He immediately jumped out of bed, and, on opening his door, he found the passage full of smoke, of such a suffocating nature, that he could not pass through. He then ran to another door, and found that the fire was breaking into the passage, so that his escape in that direction was also cut off. He next made for one of the windows, but his escape was in that direction almost hopeless ; for had he jumped down, he would then have had to climb up a wall twelve or fourteen'feet high. Not knowing what to do for the best, Mr. Kettle sat upon the window sill, whe he remained calling " Fire," and " Help " for up wards of an hour, during which time the flames broke through the door of his room, and destruction looked him in the face. At length, however, a lamplighter's ladder was brought, and by its aid he managed to effect a retreat. His opinion is that the fire must have occurred in the area floor, immediately under Mr. Hetherington's chambers. During the day the following surveyors connected with the fire-offices visited the ruins, in order to find out the extent of the property that was insured:—Mr. Top lie, of the Sun; Mr. Belton, of the Licensed Victuallers; Mr. Jury, of the Imperial; and Mr. Sabine, of the Lon don Fire Office. From the inquiries made they ascer tained that Mr. Ser g eant was insured in the Westminster Fire Office; Mr. Marquis, in the Law; Messrs. Jones, Bateman, Bennett, in th e Westminster; Mr. Pitman, in the same office; Mr. Hallett, in the Legal and Commer cial; Mr. Clarke, in the Westminster; Mr. Bridges, in the same; Mr. Freeling, in the Imperial; Mr. White, in the Westminster; Mr. Peter Erle, in the Sun; Mr. Kettle, in the Licensed Victuallers; Mr. Hetherington, in the Sun—but neither Mr. Campbell, Mr. Wallace, nor Mr. Burnett, were insured for a single penny. The houses on either side have sustained much less damage than was at first expected. At half-past nine last evening it was still deemed ne cessary to continue playing upon the ruins. NOVEL PROPHLLER FOR STEAM-VESSELS.—Lieu. tenant-Colonel Sir T. Livingston Mitchell has secured a patent for a new form for the screw propeller of vessels. The inventor had observed the peculiar motion of the " bommareng," in its rotatory motion through the air, that of whirling round a hollow centre, leaving a vacant centre of gravity; and it suggested itself to him, that hthis centre might be in a line dividing the two eccentric arts, so that they should be together equal to the re maining central portion; on experiment this view was confirmed, and he considers an angle, similar tovtehsastos.f the " bommareug" will prove the best form for the ap plication of the screw principle in propelling el Motion is communicated as usual to the shaft, and the blade of the propeller may be made with one side con vex, and the other fla', or with two flat or two convex sides: when mrde flit, it will chamfer the edges. It may be constructed with more than one blade; but it is con sidered ono will answer better than two or more.— Mining Journal, THE SU7isr, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD, JAN. 12.—The trade today in whea was firm, and somewhat briekor, at fully last week's prices. All else dull of sale, and barely maintaining the quotutions beneath. Per Quarter. Wheat, White, 01d... New iZed, New S. 51 55 50 54 41 47 40 46 Barley 27 31 Chevalier 29 33 Grinding 25 28 17 24 56 60 Chevalier COLCHESTER, JAN. 13.—V dir.o, 42s to 465; barley, 26s to 28s; middle and small di 36s per quarter. Per Quarter. ?eas, Partridge White ...... S. S. 31 34 31 34 Dun Beans, Tick (new) 29 33 24 27 01d... 27 31 Harrow Ticks (new) 25 28 01d... 28 32 111azagan (new)...... 22 25 01d... 26 28 Oats Malt Theat, white, 46s to 525; red, to 32; beans, Mazagan, 24s tto, 30s to 355; peas, 30s to KIRKALDY. JAN. 13.—We had here to-day rather small supp ies of wheat and barley, nevertheless sales were slow, at barely IHAt week's prices. Oats were in good supply, and sold readily at the previous week's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas, I First 48s Od 28s 6d 20s ed — s Od —s Od Second 47s Od 27s Od 8s 6d —s Od —a Od Third .......38s Od 21s Od 15 s 6d —s I—s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2861b5. imp.; 26s to 06s. HADDINGTON, JAN. 12.—We had a large supply to day of all kinds of grain, with the exception of barley. Sales were quick. Wheat, top, 2s down, and average same as last market; weight of top, per four bushels, 18st 111 b. Barley, top, 3s, and average 7d down ; weight of top, per four bushels, l6st 121 b. Oats, top, 6d up, and average 2d down; weight of top per four bushels, 13At 21b. Beans, top, same as last market, and average 's id up; weight of top, per four bushels, 19st 131 b. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. ... 51s Od 29s 6d 121 s 6d Od _ aos Second ... ... 45s 3d 126 s i Idi 19s 4d 28s 2d Third ... .. 35s Od 22s Od 153 6d 25s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 439 qrs., 399 sold Do. Barley do. 390 q rs ., 264 sok, Do. Oats do. 652 qrs., 604 sold Do. Beans do. 99 qrs., 92 sold GLASGOW PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 11. Cheese, 46s Od to 52s Od per cwt; retail ditto, sid to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 00s to 00s per cwt. Country fresh butter, 10d to Ild per lb; Irish powdered, in lumps, 90 to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 90 to 10d. Country eggs, is per dozen; carried hen ditto, 8s 6d per hundred, or 8d per dozen. Hens, 2s Od per pair; ducks, 2s Od. BERwICK, JAN. 11.—Wheat, 44s 10d; barley, 25s llid; oats, 19s 61d; peas„oos Od, average per imperial quarter. KELSO, JAN. 12.—Wheat, old, 38s to 40s; ditto, new, 32s to 38s; barley, new, 17s to 21s Od; ditto, old, —s to —s; potato oats, —s to --s; ditto, new, 13s to 15s Od; common oats, lls to 14s; ditto, new, —s to —s; peas, 24s to 255; beans, 24s to 25s per boll of six imperial bushels. IlAwicx, JAN. 11.—Wheat, new, 36s to 425; ditto, old, 46s to 48s; barley, new, 17s to 21s; ditto, old, ; potato oats, 14s to 15s; common ditto, lls to 14s; peas, 27s to 28s; beans, 27s to 28s, per boll of six im perial bushels. PERTH, JAN. 1 1.—Wheat, 44s to 525; barley, 22s to 275; oats, 15s to 19s; peas and beans, 26s to 30s per quarter; oatmeal 28s to 31s per sack. FALKIRK, JAN. 12.—The supply of grain in this day's market was 896 bolls. Wheat at 16s 6d to 23s 3d per boll; barley, 17s 9d to 20s 9d; oats, 13s to 14s 9d; beans, 12 to 14s 6d per boll; oatmeal, —s to —s per load. STIRLING, JAN. 12.=Wheat, foreign, 26s to 295; ditto home, 00s to 00s; ditto ditto, new, 303 to 225; barley, per boll of six bushels, 00s to OOs; ditto, new, 17a to 21s 6d; oats, common, OOs Od to 00s; ditto ditto, new, 10s 6d to 12s; ditto, Flemish, 00s to 00s; ditto ditto, new, 00s to 00s; malt, distillers, 38s to 40s; ditto, brew ers, 39s to 41s; beans, per boll, 00s Od to Os; ditto, new, lOs 6d to 14s; peas, 00s to OOs. Flour, new, per sack, 40s to 425; ditto, common ditto, 29s to 30s 6d. Oatmeal, per load, 003 to 00s; ditto, new, 27s to 295; ditto, per peck of 71bs, 9i-d to lod. Fresh butter per lb, lid to 12d. Eggs per dozen, 9d to 10d. Hay, per ton, 451 to 465. COAL MARKET....YESTERDAT. Bate's West Hartley... 14s 6d infield Moor l4s 6d Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s Ou Fanfield Moor Butes 138 6d Dean's Primrose ...... 14s 6d Wall's End, &c East Adairs .. 13s Oa Denison Jonassohns Hartley lis 6a Anthracite 24s Od New Tanfield l3s 6d D 3 rwentwaterilartley 14s 61 North Percy Hartley l4s 6a Llangennech 22s 6 Ravensworth's W.llart 14s 6d Ships at market, 270. RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS. BRISTOL, (TAN. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Great Western, Quarters, were done at 2 /2 dis.—Ditto, 171. Shares, 1% dis. LIVERVUOL JAN. 15. , STOCK ExcHANOa.—The market to-day has been strong and active, and for London and North Western, Midland, Bast Lancashii t, &c., there has been a good demaid. The bales are;—Caledon an, Preference, % p.—Great Western, 92—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Bir mingham), r ifths, 3 1 7 1 1 dis.— Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 3 dis.—London and North-Western, 123%—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 1 4 p.—Ditto, Thirds, B %—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,6% dis. ex int. Ditto, 10/. Preference, 11 1 4 —Midland Stock, 17—Ditto, Nog Halves, 6/. 18s. 9d. dis. ex int.—North British, Quarters, 3%—North Staffordshire, 33 dis.—North- Western, 8 dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5 dis. ex int South-Eastern and Dover, 24 %—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 7 1 / 4 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), I.s. 3d. dis. ex int. MANCHESTER, JAN. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—North Staffordshire, 3% n. d. —East Lancashire, New, 5 3 / dis.—Leeds, Fifths, 2% dis —West Riding Union, 4 %—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2 3 / 4 p.—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4,7% c.—Sheffield, Preference, 1 I l A—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A. and B), 12 3 / 4 —Dover, No. 4, 7 9-16 ex int.—London Stock, 126 3 / — Liverpool and Manchester, 401. Shares, 8 p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There were few transactions to-daY, but at the close of the market there was an evident inclination to buy. The sales are—North Staffordshire, 3% dig.—" Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 64 di s , —Ditto (B), 3%4 dis.—Shropshire Union, 565. 3d. dis. _ YORK, JAN. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day WO as follows :—Great Northern, 8 % —Sheffield, Rotherham , and Goole, 61—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extensioth No. 1), 15. [ADTERTISEMENT.]—A Certain Cure for Scrofulst or King's Evil, by Holloway's Pills and Ointment.-- - Many of the hospitals, finding that a number of their ps' tients afflicted with ulcers, abscesses, and sores, but more particularly from scrofula, who had been discharged 1 0 incurable from the various medical institutions, ware al' terwards soundly healed by Holloway's Pills and OW merit ; this fact has induced several infirmaries to pur chase by weight, from the proprietor, Holloway's °int' ment for hospital use, for the purpose of curing this els° of patients. All such would, therefore, do well to hale recourse to those famed remedies when suffering from si milar ailments. These medicines may be obtained of all Chemists and Druggists throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DE AFNESS AND DEFEcTIDEFECTIVE'AIbemarIe- s t reet, P iccad ilV • —Optical improvements to enable p ersons at an act' v V a i n il dil. TilE EicE age — to read with ease and to discriminate objects with perfect distinctness. Messrs. S. and B. Solomon. , opticians, hays invented Spectacle Lenses, of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention over th e S pectacles now in common use is. that instead of vision becoming strained, heated , weakened, and in numerous cases seriously injured, it is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons ar e enabled to empl o y t h e i r sight at the most minute ocev pation, and can s ee w i th those Lenses of a much 109 magnifying power, and that which is a matter of the greatest consequence is that they do not require th e frequent change to further helps. Also, Achromstl Telescopes, O pera Glasses, Microscopes, invisible an d all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of extrett? deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, °pa' cians and audits, are not in any way connected with person p utt i ng up the same name in their immediate nethbourtn,od.- T o prevent m i stakes be cautious, and observe—T o b e h a d at 39, Albemarle -street, PiccadiUyi opposite the York Hotel. n INDIAN RAILROADS.—We hear th a t th e important question question of East Indian Railways, which has for 5.01 0 time past occupied the attention of the Court of Dl, rectors of the Ea.t India Company and of the Govern : : L ment, is likely to b e b roug h t to an i mmediate and it ' believed satisfactory termination. Thereinvegiulli,:whtitill case, be no occasion for the Parliamentary it is understood to have been the intention of some (:)", the Members to bring before the House of Common s this session. WINTER BLOSSOM.—We have been shown a slip cut from a gooseberry bush in the garden of Mr. Toe 4 North Mains of Durns, which, n otwithstanding the ke ness of the biting blasts of winter, is in full blossom."' Banffshire Journal BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at H am il ton -terrace, St. John'e-w— -nod, the wife of E. T. Watts, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at Efford-house, Hants, the Marchiorler of Hastings, Baroness G rey de Ruthyn, wife of Captain l re verton, R.N., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Clarendon -road, Notting-hill, a l* T. H. Davies, of a son. On the 13th i ns t., at the Hook, Northaw, the lady 0 P O. = Cherry, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., at Brixton-hill, the wife of R. Bre Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at Bryanstone-place, the lady of Oct' vius Ommanney, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. At the British E m b assy, Paris, on the 10th inst., Baron _ K. P. Bonde, t o Fl orence, daughter of the late Sir Ric'''. Robinson, Bart. On the 11th inst., at Cheltenham, David Fitz Gerald wor co nd th, E d au sq., Brevet Maj or 31 st Regiment, to Isabella SoPie l seghter of W. Rathborne, Esq., J.P., ScriPP town-house, county of Dublin. DD. On the 11th inst., at Coning lE ton-house, near C a mbridg e i ► Annette, wife of W. W. Chef)', Esq., and se con d daugh"r of the late Lord Bishop of Cork. Elizabet h ' s On the 11 t h in at Corville, Roscrea Ireland, Elizau wife of the H on. F ranc i s Aldborough Prittie. On the 12th inst., at Cheltenham, Isaac Spooner, ES ( P B %, On the 10th inst., at Atherton. Lancashire, James Br)' second son of the late Stephen Curtis, Esq., of London. On the 10th inst., John William Gage, son of the late Gage, Esq., of Eaton-place. 811 On the 11th inst., at Trowb r id ge, Wi lts, aged 6$ SO Ann, widow of the late Rev. Henry Page. w it lloP , On the 11th inst.. Mr. William Dowling, of Over Hants. On the 12th inst , at Norwood, Surrey, S o phi a , the Wi fe J. H. Rowland, Esq., aged 30. London: Printed an d P u bli s h ed by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy hl the cog"' Middlesex, Tuesday, January 16, 18'V., First