The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-19 00:00:00

............___ THE SUN, LONDON; 7 987 ,- THE COAL TRADE. LLOYD'S SH IP PI N G.- (THIS D A Y.) SHARE MARKETS.-(.THIS DAY), ; Paris -* . ••• is, 862 f. NEWCASTLE-ON -TYNE, Wednesday.-The large fleet LONDON, Jan. 19.--Wind this day at Noon, S.E. ; BRITISH RAILWAYS. --- Western of coal-lad en vesse l s w hi c h h a d b een accum ulating in D light airs, and hazy weather. ...ORTSMOUTH, Jan. 18.-Wind, S. Off Port-G. B. - --- e, 575 f.; the north ern por t s d ur i ng th e recen t b a d weather, Leemar, from New York, for London. Sh r . P a id RAILWAYS, Closing Prices Basi ness d one yesterday. this day. , 490 f. ; have nearly all putnext to sea. We have had too heavy SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 18.-Wind, S. Arrived-Prince if. 50c. sea tid es during pasttideill (a), from Brazils and Losbon. The Thomas Gleadow, from _ - ____,-- St. 100 Aberdeen ............. 20 _.21 i2O Ibraila to England, was seen on shore on the bar of the about clear the harbour. The vessels that were blown Tagus, and it was feared would become a wreck. 20 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. 41 down to Leith-roads are also getting up. Several PLYMOUTH, Jan. 18.-Wind, S.E. Sailed-Spermaceti, & Eastn. June.,,.... 4 i. - 5 1 died at for Savannah. 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ••• - laden vessels passed Shields-bar yesterday from the OFF THE START.-Diamond, Demerara. 14 all Birrang. Wolverh. & north for London. These vessels were Newcastle colliers. SHIELDS, Jan. 18.-Wind, W.S.W. The Signet, the Stour Va11ey......... 9 - 9 i L impri- • Coal freights on Newcastle quay are 13s. Per ton to Lon- Junius, Sarah Milledge, Virginia, and Ann, still remain 31 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & 12 - 10 d been re- on the Herd • and the Hannah and Nerio on the rocks ; Cheshire Junct...... don, If they only could procure coals and decent the others have' become total wrecks. 271 all Do. Chesil. & SUNDERLAND, Birk. , ere had ' passages, th ere are an i mm ense number of vessels in Jan. 18. -Wind, W.S.W , Arrived - , £5O & £25 Cons... , . 1 , 0 tys, that the traile. In former times, about this season of the Oceanus, from Quebec ; Britis h Tar, Dalhousie. 22 18 } Do. , £ 2O . ...... ........ 0 - 5 d NEWPORT Jan. 18.-Arrived-Wilhelm Ludwig, from 25 30 Blyth & Tyne original le army year, a considerable quantity of tonnage employed in the Bristol, for' St. Thomas ; Michael, Gloucester, fcr Sa- £25 (iss. at £45).... •e$ - ••,, Aassimo American and Baltic trades during the summer months vannah. St. 100 'Caledonian & Exeter.-- gt -_ 52d9. .;though was laid up in the harbours on the north-east coast ; but CoRK, Jan. 17.-Wind, S.S.W. Arrived-Idas, from St. 100 jCaledonian.... ....... .., 52 1a ;hat M. 50 all !Chester & Holyhead 1 14 4 ...7 16 now, on account of the high rate of freights, they are all Demerara._ Sailed-Corsair, for Barbadoes. 3 4 Th.wreck barque ofabout3ooall Jo kand BOSTON, ...an. .-- 4 of a son his in employment. The losses occasioned by the late gale tons, almost new, on her beam ends, painted black, with a 20 all Icork, •Black. & Pass. ••• -• • • the Go- will fall heavily upon the underwriters, though vessels white monkeyrael all round, cabin on deck nearly forward 20 12 Cornwall' . - ••• take no . to the mainmast, yards painted black,. lower masts white, 50 45 (DiiblinkßelfastJune 43 - 43 belonging to the southern ports have suffered more in J. adviceexcept the mizen, which was varnished, apparently a 25 all Dundeererth &Aber proportion than north country colliers. A considerable French clipper, was passed on the Bth December, in lat. 29 ' deen Junction •,..,,, 8 - 9 the late proportion of those wrecked at the mouth of the Tyne N., 66 W. 25 all Do. New 25 all ;East Anglian (£25 L actively. were strange vessels. Foreigners have suffered most (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) I&E.& L. & D.) 4 i - 4 1 i 4 of the severely in the late gale. The principal part of the crews LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 A ss. 18 all 'Do., (218 E. & H.) :)..• 'Z. ••; m weak drowned during the storm were foreigners. The Break- Wi n d, S.S.W., fresh breeze, and fine. 20 all 'Eastern Counties__ 1 -i - 13 14 i -__ 42 St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. )ssession water, Conference, and Mountaineer colliers and the Arrived-American Union, from New York. 11 ae more Aurora barque have been got off the Hurd Sand, Off Port-Magician and Forest King (ships) ; Lotty, St. 100 IDo., 'do. B 25 8 1 Do.NewA(lateThirds) ••• - • • cing the • Sleigh (barque), Arica (brig), and Cherub (schooner.) St. 100 East Lancashire ... _ 62 - 64 A ten, . - QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 17. making GREAT FLOOD AT DONCASTER. Wind, S.S.W. St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 61 - 63 der the .- Arrived-Charlotte, from Memel; Unicorn, Moulmein ; s l O t 10 3 0 1 EFlinnbb:painthd.PaeDebulnead:e.,., 211 _-- i 2l Engineer, Liverpool, for Barbadoes, with loss of water, 10 1 :Forth and ClydeJunc. •• • ust been Owing to the rapid thawing of the snow, the inhabi- out 11 days ; North Star, from Liverpool, for New York, St. 100 'Glasgow &S. Western „„••• - Flores- i tants of the lower part of Doncaster, lying in the valley with cargo shifted ; Leslie Adams, Malta ; Courier de St. 100 ;Great Northern Stk.. 0 . , > - c* 831 2 2 .n Italy. • of the river Don, were yesterday (Wednesday) surprised Messina, Trieste...-- 60 the life With one of the greatest floods that has occurred in that - St, 10010 'Do., A. Stock stoek ....... 12 58 7 129 I -known town for the last 60 years. In previous inundations in (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) St. 100 !Gt. Sth.StWestare.) 10 , 0 , - 102 GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.45 a.m. St. 100 'Great Western........ bla - 82 81 i an td advo- this locality as great a weight of water has probably Wind, E. : tide last hour's ebb ; thick foe. 12 11 Irish South-Eastern. ••• - ... ce, con- 50 all 'Lancaster &Carlisle.. 92 • - 95 England. overflowed the banks of the river, but it has never Arrived-18th.-Elise, from New York ; ° Jessy, Guern-Hi 114 i Do., Thirds... ..... .... 111 -126 p Italian before been concentrated in such a narrow space, and Bey; Rival, Terceira. DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. St. 100 Lancasse &Yorkshire 63 -, 63 i 621 2i 2 consequently has never been felt so severely by the poor Wind, S.E, light, and foggy. 192 171 Do., Fifth s - 'lid Milan ; people whose domiciles are exposed to its ravages. For. No arrivals . . L 4 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un ••• - ... d SO all Leeds Northern l2 - 131 13 son who merly the flood wafer was allowed to escape through - - • 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. ••• •• politics the fields on ea c h aide o f th e rive r f rom Is a b e l W a th, MARKET NE IVS-(T HIS DAY.) 111 a ll L on d on & Blackwall 7i - 8 • about a mile above the town, to Sandall-outfall, about • l.O 81 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Par -i p xin . dy as to two miles below it. The extra course on the left side of GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 3 100 Lond.Bright. &S.Cst. 98 1 -9 9 99 the Em- 101 For the Week ended Jan. 19 1854, made up from the Returns of tie st. 100 London &N. Western 1011 - 102 the river h as , h owever , bee n stopped within the last Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and wale , 20 12 Do. Fifths - par le decree year or two by extensive embankments erected by the Per imperial Quarter. LO 1 D0.,16/.Sh.,M&B 0 Par - i P he most B - 6 WHEAT. !BARLEY., OATS. I RYE. BEANS. l PEAS 12i 21 Do. Eighths River Don Company, while that on the right side coupled 78i 16.1 423 04 1 26s 4d ) 473 7d J 489 91 51s 9d St. 100 London & S.Western 75 77 76 has been considerably contracted by the elevated line THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. 50 421 Do., £50........ nnestied al.ity be of the Great Northern Railway Company. On the WHEAT. I BARLEY OATS. 73s sd . i 39s 10d . I 25s 5d I 1Z t .3 " 2,1 I BEANS. I I o E s A '' d 10 34 Do., £40...... ..... - 9 d other hand, a new flood drain has been opened as 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine - - ... interns- DUTIES ON FOREIGN costae --• • • in the an additional out fall below the town, but Owing WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I I RYE. BEANS. I , PEAS. 25 all Liadndrry. & Ennisk. to the water being held up by a wear in con- is Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is 05 t.. 100 Manch.She f &L i ncln. 21 -22 8-4 48 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. •.. - d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. ing. & Derby 3631 - 611 60 need= with a millrace and by the circumscribed area Wheat, 60,500; 8ar1ey,87,531; Oats, 17.952 ; Rye, 141 ; Beans, 4,310; Peas, 1,784 quarters.3s 341 of the bridge above it, the new drain cannot receive the s S t t . . 1 00 00 Do. Midl ß an irm d 50 471 Midland G. West.(lr.) ... - ... 16th for surplus water on these occasions in time to prevent a HAY MARKETS. 25 171 De. 4 5hare5.......... ... - ... general submerging of the locality adjacent to it. The S M I THFIELD .-M ea d ow h ay, 31 5 s to Si 10 s ; c l over 100 all Newcastle dr.. - --__ ... . left Ma- water in the river began to rise on Tuesday night, but ditto, 41 Os to 61 6s ; and straw, 1118 s to 213 s per load. St. 100 Newmarkete Carlisle 54 - par s 6 61 5 Do. Bury Extensions 4 d it was not until Wednesday morning, at about 4 o'clock, Trade steady. 25 171 Nowpt•Aberg,&Htfcl. 5 - 4 d done at that it began to encroach on the houses in Marshgate, CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, 31 5s to 51 lOs ; clover 50 74 Newry & Enniskillen 2i - 3 he Debt ditto 41 Os to 61 6s • and straw, 1/ 18s to 21 4s per load. which ext en ds at a right angle to the course of the Supply moderate, and trade firm . 20 all Newry Warrenpoint t& Rostrevor 6 - 8 Second, stream. The inhabitants of that street, mostly water- WBITECHApEL.-Meadow hay, 31 3s to Si 8s; clover St. 100 Norfolk.. 47 -49 471 men and labourers, then found it necessary to take Edo, 41 Os to 61101 ; and straw, 1116 s to 213 s per load. 50 3A Northu.Counties MI 3 a - 3 4 d .. I measures for the safety of their household goods, while A. full average supply, and a sluggish demand. I s 6 t. 1 1 0 6 0 North North Devon,Thit i British N0.l _--- 3 1 1 0 30 1 the owners of horses and cattle in sheds and pastures [and, in ' , MEAT MARKETS. 16 111 Do., No. 2 -.- -. in the neighbourhood as promptly removed them. XT „ „ a 8 all Dc., 1 A Deferred liL - 21 is of the ,EITGATE AND LEADENHALL.- T he general deman d 13 y 11 a.m. every house in the street was flooded-a ruled heavy at this market, at the following quotations. body of 8 8 Do., 1 B Guaranteed 61 - '7 50 all North London ..... it to de- • Circumstance which has not occurred at any previous Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4'S 8d ; 10 1.1 N. & S.Wstn., Hamp- Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8c1; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Sibs, by rith this I inundation within recollection. The water in some of stead, and City Ju ... - ••• , the carcase. the OUTHALL, JAN. 18.-We had a dull sale for all kinds 20 7 a l ll 6- North North W St e a s ff t o e i rn •ds . hhe 8 5 1 3.... - 5 8 id cottages was between two and three feet deep. All 20 ni the inhabitants *ere in their upper chambers. Their of stock, the prices of which had a downward tendency, 10 10 N. &S. Westin. June. 1 d - par r • furniture was floating about in the rooms below, or in as follows : Beef, from 3s Od. to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley,, the str ee t, an d commun i ca ti ons c ould on ly b e k ep t up by 5s 01 ; Veal, 3s 6d. to 4s 6d; Pork, 35 4d to 4s 8d per an d L e i ces t er ... - ... • 81bs, to sink the offal. , Captain carts an d waggons and ladders, At 2 p.m. the water St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Oriental ROMFORD, JAN. 18.-Our market has ruled dull to-day, Wolverhampton 34 - 36 * was still rising ;it rushed though the courts and alleys as follows :-Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d 20 2.2 Portsmouth ,ranee in ••• - ••• of great i n the street with great impetuosity. It also overflowed to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d St. 100 Scottish Central 11 classes the canal lock, against which a large mass of ice was per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. St. 100 Scottish Midland 56 --- 57 St. 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 55 - 60 board to lodged, and it was only prevented from rising above the St. 100 Do., L. & N. Westn of enter - north b an k o f th e r i ver b y a num b er o f l a b ourers p ili ng STATE OF TRADE. Guaranteed Stock 55 - 60 steamer. 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd 2l - 2dis up sods as fast as it rose. Mr. Carr, the resident en- so. Lip in the 261 all Shrewsby. & Chester gineer of the Great Northern Eailway Company, also . (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) ton," not (Nor. W. Min.) l3 -15 fleet, but - had a, staff of " navvies " employed in filling up the an- MANCHESTER, Jan. 17.-The American advices, re- 131 all Do. Halves, do. 6l - 71 nships at gles of the pile-bridge of the line over the flood-dike, to ceived yesterday, report an increase in the receipts of cotton from the interior ; and a considerable augments- 2 20 0 al 6 l s D h o r . o o ps s i w ,fr e e sti u •y nic;n 3 10 1 ......- t 1 ; register, prevent the water washing down the railway. At 3 he extra'••• •'' tion may from this time be looked for, as the rivers are Do. A, B,C, &D, fully P.m. the flood had not begun to abate, though it was high, and prices tempting. Hence there is a disposition paid up at per cent. ... - ... length of l 6 feet 2 the falling of the full tide which held up the stream to-day to expect that cotton may become rather easier 50 all South Devon l_4 --- _l_6 St. 100 South Eastern o3l - alti 59 for buyers. Since the arrival of the overland mail with 50 all South Wales 3l 32 lose pro- at Sandall would admit of its abating in the course favourable accounts from Calcutta, there has been are 20 of of two or three hours. The weight of water above sewed demand for suitable yarns and for the lower qua- 20 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 4 3 -- 2 5 d Lularly in the town,. however, was very considerable. In the idles Qf shirtings, madapollams, and jaconets. Some V) SDo 2.2 Stadnes,Wok &Wok : - ... I Duke of field in Marshgata it was seven or eight feet purchases of 81b. to 811 b. shirtings have also been made. 25 all Stockton & Darling 27 - 30 beam and deep at the least, and was bursting through the wall ROCHDALE, Jan. 16.- We have had to-day a rather „, 16i Stockton & llartlepl. ... - ... iimalaya• slack market, except in kerseys and coarse goods, for ••• - ••• next the pavement in countless streams. A strolling long, or , which there has been a tolerably good demand, with 10 8 Do. £lO shades players' booth in the middle of the field was half sub- St. 100 Taff Vale American little or no change in prices from those of the former St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1-- ... - ,- •oyed by , merged in the flood,, and the proprietor and his family week. The wool market has been languid ; the menu- 25 20 Thames Haven Dock $f 47 feet found it necessary to remove to their caravan on the facturers buy sparingly ; but prices are firmly main- and Railway....., 2i 21 Himalaya 20 17 Vale of Neath 146 - 151 canal bridge. Several women and children were taken tamed, ) Duke of IBMINGHAM, Jan. 16.-The quarterly meetings in hat ship, ' 2 all Waterford&Limerick 25 - 27 0 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 51 - 5 out of the h ouses i n Marshgate in the afternoon, and 50 the iron trade of the last week have passed off with 2,00 tea" ' f ound shelter among their friends and relatives in other 20 14 West Cornwall 6l '74 More than ordinary satisfaction to all parties. Both Len of the parts of the town. One poor creature, who had been 1 West End of London buyers and sellers appeared contented, and a • ccounts - and Crystal Palace ... - . mormous Confined only the night before, lay in a room not many on all hands were met with alacrity. But, notwith- 20 all West Loudon 6 - 7 th, which feet above the water, without any fireplace in it. Al- standing the prevalence of an undiminished brisk de- 10 51s. Wmble , lon&Croydoi. ... - ... Qu h ealmiti to es though no li ves h ave b een l ost, an d no persona l i n j ur i es mand, several circumstances operated to prevent the St. 100 York Newctl.&Benv. 63 - 64 621 3 $ t , 25 20 Do. Extensions. transaction of anything beyond an average extent of 9 - 813 requisite s ustained, this calamity, even if it should end here, will business. * 25 11A Do. G.N.E. Purchase 41 - 4 d nalaya is ' be seriously f e lt f or some mon ths to come by those who St. 1001 York &N. Midland.. 45 -46 451 5 -s. J. C. ' are the principal sufferers by it. It is expected the DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MESSRS. FIGGINS THIS DAY.- the-hFOREIGN. the trunk t own authorities will take some steps to prevent the re- This morning, shortly before seven o'clock, a fire broke firm to currence of such a flood for the future. At 5 p.m. the out on the premises, No. 17 and 18, West-street, West 10 7 .Altavrp&Rotterdam 21 - 2 d and Vincent in the occupation of Messrs. ndid per - W ater was as high as ever, and was believed to be rising. Smithfield,s 3 Belgian East. Juuct. 1 - 11 like the James Figgins, type and stereotype founders. It was 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 31 - 24 d , first discovered by one of the w or k men , on his arrival at „, ... Central of Italy he ship _ . . and ease THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EXCISE the factory ;an alarm was instantly raised, and messen- 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 12 -14 84 inches • OFFICE.-THE INQUEST. gers despatched for the engines, which arrived with great 174 all. Demerara . • • - -. lions t er ea , promptitude. In the meantime, the flames had got such 20 10 Dijon and Besagon... ... - ...p xin Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by Mr. an ascendancy that it was found difficult to subdue them. 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 21d x d ro-blared 20 all East Indian 3 -31 p vith a 2B l'i •Yne, in the Steward's Office, St. Bartholomew's Hos- Towards eight o'clock the flames were quelled consider -20 2 Do. Extension - i p At nine o'clock they were totally extinguished, vess4 is P i ' a l , on view of the bodies of John Hayes, aged 25 abl y' 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 6 - 4 x in but not before the second and third floors and roof were p la wsiell years, and Lawrence Murray, aged 24 years, who were completely destroyed, the lower part of the premises 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France, 24 - 2ip xin ppership kited on Monday last, by the falling of a portion of the seriously damaged, and a considerable quantity of pro- - 10 Gcl. Trunk. of Canada' free the 011 Excise -office, Broad-street, City. perty destroyed. Shrs. and Bonds... I, 4- 3 d 20 8 Gt. Central of France; 1d - Ad. iestf the x in dificulty The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, said that it FIRE IN NEW-STREET, COVENT -GARDEN.-Last night, 201 204 Gt. Westn. of Canada' it of the has been his intention to obtain the attendance of the between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, a fire broke out Shares 2 ld r by this big • rict Surveyor, to assist the investigation by his in the premises of Mr. Ferroy, a hat manufacturer, No. ... ... Do. bonds(' i55.)1857 ... - ... 16, New-street, Covent-garden, which, besides destroy- ... ~. Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 ... - . lad coin- evilace, but as that gentleman could not attend, he ing a considerable amount of property, was well nigh 201 101 Hamilton & Toronto id •- par 1 2 1 a 1 145 B aD Luccaok. e 6 c p a on e n i d • s cent i n s zs t t 0 Bi z s 15e . . -. e. The (the Coroner) was happy to say that Mr. Shaw, the attended with the sacrifice of from 25 to 30 human. , .. - ... )ersons ; ever yet °t eill referee, a gentleman of superior abilities and beings. Police-constable 149 immediately sprang his••• rattle, and, after knocking at the street door, succeeded in the ek Peience, a,ncliMr. Piper, the contractor for the works, per cent, pref, in making the inmates sensible of their impending danger. 20 15 Luexembourg ... 9i .. - ...d 200 first Were tresent.- 10 ei I A on woman finding named Scott, who occupied the second floor, 10 10 Do. (Railway) 11 mail- 6 - 61 Wn. Cuningham deposed-Is a carpenter, and leading the smoke rushing up the stairs, seized hold 5 2Do ls -at 4,1 ks, &c. man enployed in pulling down the Excise-office. The of two of her children and carried them down, intending 5 3 Do. (Canal) ll - 2 ;nods on ts r° ° l3 a, he floor of which fell, is about 17 feet by 21 feet. to return and save the remaining three, but such was 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. $ _ id tons of 20 12 (Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ...p rn and There vere 11 men employed in it, cleaning bricks, which the violence of the fire that she was prevented. The 20 102 Madras i - I P 11 xin a that vsere talen from the walls, and they were lowered down as Chandos-street engine at that moment came up, when 33/ 29 Maria' Antonia et upon fa, S t as tiey were cleared. At the time of the accident, the poor woman informed Cooper the sub-engineer, that 3 ' •. lO 10 ! Do. New - - .. -- - 175 feet, the re three of her children still remained in the building, and 20 2 'Melbourne Dk. & Ry. wai not more than a dozen bricks in the room, and likewise several other lodgers. Cooper, during the time 20 all Namur & Liege (with ... - - he spar about 15owt. of rubbish. There was about 2 cwt. on each the men were setting the enaine to work, rushed up the interest 7l - 8 'versed. [I as the Of the firers beneath. The first intimation he had of the stairs through the heated smoke, laid hold of two chil- 20 all Do. (ex interest) . - ... cal, but oce urrente was that six men, who had been in the room, dren whom he found on the stairs-one in each arm- 16 all Northern of France 32 - 321 32 14 x i n ted war Passed his on the stairs and told him that the floor had and was carrying them down, when he heard another 20 all Do. 201. 3p. C. Bds $ which, fallen • crying. He returned a few steps, and told the child to in, and that they were going down to rescue the jump upon his back, which was done, and by that means ifmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) ... •- ... .10 all NorwegianTruk. Prof 8 - 9 ism s ht in en- The three floors gave way, and th e w h o l e l o d ge d h e suc c eeded in saving th e liv e s of th ree c hild ren . 20 10 Paris and Lyons 1 44 - 14 ip 24 3 xin g ht 40 40 Do. bonds - South - on the ba*ment. Three - quarters of an hour elapsed Luckily, Merryweather s fire-escape, kept at the police- 20 all Paris and Orleans,,,, 45 -- 4 . 'i d l and ttt B ti t saon in Bow street, was broughto the spot pace days to bef ore the men were extricated, Hayes and Murray2o all Paris and Rouen irs such Were quite dead. Considered the accident was to be on the roof, by order of Inspectors Dodd and Wilkinson, 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 301 - 301 294 30 291 Jrcesue, attributedto the girder giving way, This beam is 11 by the aid of which the unfortunate creatures were 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbr . _- . xin rtionate enabled to pass to the next house, and, with the assist- 104 104 Quebec & Richmond g 3 . - I'd inches byl.ll inches, but fi ve inch es had been cut away anco of Briggs, who had charge of the Royal Society's 20 all Rouen and Havre - 19 great On each ode, to mortice the binders, leaving only an fire-escape, the whole of the occupants in the house were 20 12 Royal Danish xin 1 small - ••• inch solid of this great mass of timber. There was a saved from a horrible death. Owing to the indefatigable 5 2 Royal Swedish 20 all ! Sambre and Mouse i3i - gi )artics• . . are the Crack that ran the whole length of the girder, which exertions of the firemen the flames were extinguished, 10 6 I Do. 5i per cent. pref. but not, however, until the whole of Mr. Ferroy's stock ,-.- ~ render was rotten at both ends near the walls. The several 20 2 S.E. of Franca.,,,, ... - - .., so trade was totally destroyed, and serious damage done 20 6 Southern of France ... - bag lin' floors were not shored up, nor did he consid er su c h a pre- t o th e p..p.,-ty of the different lodgers. How the dis- 20 A 5t.A.a.......1.,Qucb., ... pm xin lery, of Caution necessary, from the apparent strength of the aster originated is enveloped in obscurity. Mr. Ferroy 20 2s. 'Upper India Scrip - xin Cediter- ... building. The girder gave wayin the centre (its weakest and one of the lodgers were insured, but the whole of 81 all 'West Flanders 3l -41 434 x .. n y what , the others were not insured for a single penny. 20 10 Do. 51', per c. Prof - 1 d be ren' ' 'art) and at the ends. It might have been the effect of GREAT FIRE TOTTENHAM. -DESTRUCTION ,is !Western - 9... TREAT AT ---4,ESTRUCTION OF THE 20 D., of France.,. 5 - 6 p e mploy' ald the i he vibration, caused by the men working and walking CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.-Yesterday forenoon, betw ee n th e 1G 4 'West. of Switzerl an d .. - ... and fro, which allowed the beam to surge, and then hours of eleven and twelve, a fire, attended with a cons i- 20 2 'Wiesbaden nanned break. derable destruction of property, broke out in the pre- 20 12 I Zealewl 41 - 31 d xin o gun' Charles Powell, a mason, had been at work on the mises known as the Catholic Schools, situate in White Horse-lane, Lower Tottenham. The building in which o scorn the misfortune commenced . was nearly 50 feet wid and LINES LEASED AT FTXRD RENTALS.. re her. Wall, and had only walked across the room a minute or escape So before. Since the accident, had examined the girder, 30 deep. Besides the large school-room there o were Leasing Closing Prices Business of-vtar, about 16 g Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. - lalllage ' W hich is very much decayed, particularly that part left separate apartments in the place. The dis in the wall. Can give no reason for its breaking, except covert' was made by one of the inmates, who at once - t;ompans yesterday. this day. )oTdillg 3 easilf its rottenness. Did not think the floors required longing gd t a o n th a e lar p m ar a is n h d sent were for quickly the engin es. spot, and a b n e d .. 50 all Bedford and Ln . &N. W. no time was lost in setting them to work ; but by rightly . Shoring. the time that could be accomplished, the flames had BletchleY.- . - Led us e Luke Fidler, a mason's labourer, thought there was seized upon the greater portion of the building. The 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Cadedon... 50 - 52 ore ex' not above a ton weight on the floor. St 100 E.Lincoln. gr. s ships , tion was extending so rapidly, Mr. John Shaw, official referee under the Buildings authorities of the parish, on seein g that the conflagra , and that there was 6p. cent..... Gt.Northn 140 - 143 25 all Gias. Barr. es Caldenian. )r, and nt the Ac t, examined the building. The model produced most to the fury of the destructive element ofthe Neils. Direct. ... - ...' every chance element, dispatched aa 25 2 all all G D i o s . tr le D w n.Fr. D et e . westn. 30 - 32 0 tons truly represents the broken girder. It is his decided. - ... o • • preymounted police-officer to London for the services of the 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. pieoeS Pinion that the cause of its giving way was the very ) ships dee p insertion made in it for the admission of the bind- Brigade and West of England firemen. The moment the ons of ers . • Railway & Beres.. ... - 50 all Hull Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 - 111 1092 iapable ' Whi ch, being exactly opposite each other, it must news arrived, two powerful engines of the London Es 50 0 • tablishment, with that of the West of England Office banding house,.e 25 all Do. I Shares. Do 541 - 551 bvi ons, weakened the beam very much, as the int 12A all Do. 1 Shares. Do a place mouse , started to the scene, and npon arriving there th , 27 - 28 1 there nse us' of 11 in. by 111 in,, was reduced to the l Lo u n w . e & st G o i f •e t en gi w .. S.Eastern. 131 - 141 fora- , valu e o s • scantlingr little more than an inch in old buildings. The andfou found the fire v 6 e r r e y r h o a o d m s i e n i z ed the upon the extensive eliding in a 20 all Do. Preference Do 24i -25 i igantie mode o f , . s l2 t i . 1 : but Placing binders opposite each other was adopted, termed Dawson's Academy. The firemen from town, notion. 'now builders firemen ;blaze, of Mr. Superintendent B 4 per cent_ Norfolk - ... ntirelf to inte ilders have a better plan by allowing 3or 4 feet under the direction ' raldwood St. 100 Do. 6 per e s D o 0 rton went. - ... intervene. Th e bl ame o f thi s rests with the builders, and Messrs. Fogo and ~onno , to work in an 56 all Mancleßxton. Lu.&N.W. me for- am id not - ' spite of their exertions, and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 3 silitari Work. with any person at present connected with the admirable manner; but, in and a nd , . The beam, which was 90 years old, became dry the work of dests uction continued, nearly every 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & ructioa prevrittle, and on a slight jar might hav e broken even floor and all they contained at length became Redcar Darlingt. ... - ... [wa ter a • °IIBI Y. The accident, in • do- t waspurely involved,The firemen, on finding that the 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland... 99 - 100 991 be do' eeideoss, he ' 4l , as judging from the scantling of the girder, building in which the outbreak began must b e sense . would have laced 20 tons . h •and 1 11 d d directed the full force of water - Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. GO - 62 sidered it - wio y estroye , a all Do. 6 per ct .Do ......./ safe. In his o anion with if P , such a beans ( upon the adjoining house, . . which was then on fire -,, 8 " n d) )shoran a all Do.Fixedsp.:-..• Do .. - . - ... MAC* ur. ~., ring was unnecessary. at the roof. By mounting the building, and cutting 2a all Prcst. & Wyre L. tit:is .W . ••• - - ens of tw o - dward James, resident surgeon, said that the away the bond timbers, the men, after some hours' hard &Ln&Yk ... - - )bberf d. deceased men were brought to the hospital on Mon- labour, eventually succeeded in getting the fearful . con- 1 12 Do. 1- Shares. Do i s at- ``"Y afternoon quite dead, dLI d* • •building in which S 100 Ro t (I t • • - •• • ° fthe an ee ing at the nose, one flagra,tion subdued, but not until the , , ys n. Hit. Gt•Northn 140 - 143 a dis" fiat symptoms of the base of the skull having been it commenced was burned down. The ' greater part of -- 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l4O - 143 [ l e this t nred ; falling into lime rubbish might - , 2., 181 Shcf. Roth. & Laucash.& tat have accele- the roof is also burned off the premises of Mr. Dawson 's cles is rate their death by suffocation. Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh The C o • . academy, and the remainder of the building is exten -12 91 S. Staflordsh.. MrISI •• ••• - ••• ale's ; eoi , Co roner in summing up, said he entirely sively damaged by fire and water. The buildings 50 a ll w , Clean 2 - lid [t has, ncided with Mr. Shaw, that the occurrence , - earValleygr Stockt. & Bed nce was purely belonged to Messrs. Alexander and Bradshaw, of South- 6 per cent ... Darling obberY The ental. ... street, Finsbury, and are supposed to be uninsured. 25 all Do Do ...... 30/ - 316 have ' u e's del' ' Verdict J ur Y , after a min t iberation, returned a The fire, it is believed, arose from the over-heating of a St. 100 WiltsdsSomrst Gt W t • efl IL 95 - 97 96 Of " Accidental death." drying stove. . , , ~_ TETE SUN, LONDON - 0, TICURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1854 PREFERENCE SHARES. 'Aberdeen. D ni o ;.ih N k o . T 2, e 7 13 0 . c p . e . r . et. pref. (iss. at£so) ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock.... o. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &l3andon 5i p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction. EastAnglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent. Do: (R,5) 7 per cent.. Do. (17175) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l, Do No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do. £lO Debeu. Sh... EastLancash. 6 pets. East & West Yorksh - Junction Fifths..,... Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Westerc guar. 5 per cent. Great Northr sp. e. Do. 5 p. c.,R edeem., at 10 p. c. prom I Do. 4 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) , Do. con. & red. 42 p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B Loudon and,Brightor Guaranteed 5 p. c 00. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852.,.......... , Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler.! A Shares ......... ..... I ['jowly. & Ennis. Sh Slanch.,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. ...... Do. Now, Do., £6 . . Harypt.&Carl. 4 p c. Do. per cent Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4z per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5i per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire:. 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Land Submarine Telegraph Van Dienecu's Laud 43 2 2i 37i x d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL-hfEETING OF SURGEONS. A. public meeting of the members of the surgical pro fession, called by advertisement, was held yesterday afternoon at the Hanover-square Rooms, to express their opinion upon the conduct of the board of manage ment of the Royal Free Hospital, in recently dismissing from his situation Mr. John Gay, who had acted as honorary surgeon to the institution for the last 17 years. There was a largo attendance of the members of the pro fession, and the large room was nearly filled. Dr. Cop land was unanimously called to the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. Ludlow) read a statement, drawn up by Mr. Gay, of the proceedings of the board of management connected with his dismissal. From that statement it appeared that in the month of March last a biographical sketch of Mr. Gay's life and surgical career, appeared in a professional periodical, called the Medical Circular, which, among other statements re specting Mr. Gay, contained the following : —That the present position of the hospital was almost solely owing to Mr. Gay, the principal surgeon—that but for the re putation which that gentlemen had earned for it the institution would be almost unknown—that, unlike most other surgeons, Mr. Gay was not indebted to the hos pital, but that the hospital owed everything to his skill and enterprise. No notice was taken of these statements till the month of July, when the secretary of the hospital was directed by the board to ask Mr. Gay, first, if the MS., or any proof of the sketch, was seen by him previous to its publication ; secondly, if he himself supplied any portion of the sketch itself ; and thirdly, if it was published altogether without his know ledge, whether he had since disclaimed the statements contained in it ? To these questions Mr. Gay re plied that he had supplied the editor of the paper with such facts relating to his birth and education and with such references to h,s writings as were required for the purposes of the biography, but that he was not respon sible, directly or indirectly, for any statements of opinion it contained ; that he had not seen any part of the sketch previous to its publication ; and that, till he read it in the paper, he was not aware of the tone that would be taken by the writer. He added that he had not com plained to the editor of any of the statements contained in it. Another meeting of the board was held upon this, and Mr. Gay was requested to correct the of fensive statements ; on which he wrote a letter to the editor, stating that he was not the principal surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital, as there were two other sur geons in the institution, and that Dr. Marsden was his senior ; that the editor had overrated his services, and especially that he had overlooked the merits of the founder of the institution, with whom it had been Mr. Gay's privilege to co-operate for many years ; and he concluded by expressing a hope that the editor would admit he (Mr. Gay) was not responsible for the opinions which had been published. At the next meeting of the board, in August last, Mr. Gay produced a reply from the editor, stating simply that Mr. Gay was not responsible in any way for the opinions ex pressed in the biographical sketch. Hereupon the com mittee came to a unanimous resolution that the explana tion of Mr. Gay was not satisfactory, and that by his conduct he had forfeited the confidence of the board. Another meeting of the committee was held in Decem ber last, when Mr. Gay again addressed a letter to the committee, offering to use his best endeavours in the event of the republication of the sketch, to have the offensive passages suppressed. The committee, how ever, came to a resolution that those letters did not alter their former opinion, and that Mr. Gay be dismissed from his office. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, and sa, i they must observe, from the papers which had been read, that the proceedings taken against Mr. Gay had been taken with design. (Applause.) Mr. Gay had resorted to every means of conciliation which it had become a gentleman to do, but every attempt had been rejected ; and under these circumstances, it did appear that an indignity offered to one member of the profession was to a certain extent reflected upon them all. He apprehended every one would agree that the position of a surgeon in an hospital ought not to be affected unless he was guilty of some moral delinquency or professional incapacity. Mr. KEMBLE DR MORGAN, in moving the first resolu tion, said there would, perhaps, be different opinions as to the propriety of members of their profession allowing biographical sketches to appear. (Hear.) For himself, he had a strong opinion on that point ; but it must be borne in mind that if Mr. Gay had allowed his biography to appear without making any comment upon it at the time, that was done by the advice of one of his colleagues, who advised him to take no notice of it, and told him the affair would only be laughed at, as, indeed, it ought to be laughed at byall sensible men. (Applause.) But sup pose Mr. Gay had written every syllable of the article on his own life ; they might have said he was a vain man, but there would have been an end of it; it contained nothing insulting to the hospital. But there was something more than a dismissal of Mr. Gay, which had tended strongly to enlist the sympathies of the profession in his favour. For himself, he had no acquaintance with that gentleman—he had never met him till this occurrence took place Why, then, had he felt so strongly upon the subject? It was because of the conviction upon his mind that all this was done by a single individual who exercised an undue influence over the medical profes sion—(applause and hisses)—an individual who pro fessed to be the guardian of the rights of medical men, and the defender of their honour, but he feared that his acts had not borne out his professions. But he hoped one result of this day's meeting would he that the profession would not submit to his dicta tion any longer. Ho concluded by moving the first resolution—that without expressing any opinion as to the publication of biographical sketches of the lives of members of the profession, that meeting recorded its conviction that Mr. Gay had been guilty of no act which called for the inference in any manner of the governors of the hospital ; that his dismissal front office with no charge against his moral or professional character was an act in the highest degree oppressive and unjustifiable. Mr. WEBER, of Norwich, seconded the resolution, and called upon the members of the profession present to emancipate it from the dictation of the Lancet. The resolution was then carried unanimously. Mr. JORDAN, the senior surgeon of the Manchester Infirmary, in moving the second resolution, said the charges against Mr. Gay were far too insignificant for the punishment he had received, and lie hoped that the vote for his dismissal would be reversed by th ,se go vernors who did not vote on the first occasion. He moved that the dismissal of Mr. Gay by the committee of the Royal Free Hospital was not only unjust and oppressive to that gentleman as an individual, but that, if adopted as a precedent, it would be most injurious to the interests of hospitals generally, as well as insulting to the profession at large. Mr. HOLMES COOTE, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Dr. DROURT moved, that copies of the statements and of these resolutions be forwarded to the public and to the medical journals, to the heads of the medical profes sion' and to the officers of her Majesty's household. Dr. CONQUEST, in seconding this resolution, said it appeared to him that a gross insult had been offered to the profession generally in the person of Mr. Gay. He had not seen any charges brought for ward which would justify a reprimand, much less a dismissal. (Applause.) He had known Mr. Gay in timately for the last fourteen or fifteen years, and he had never known anything of him unbefitting the cha rae,er of a gentleman and philanthropist. He never knew a man with a higher sense of honour and integrity, and he believed that be would submit to any sacrifice rather do a dishonest act. (Applause.) Mr. LIDDELL, of Ely-place, Goodman's-fields, here askel what was to be done with Mr. Gay's place. It was aot yet filled up, and lie presumed no man of re spectability would take it. (Great applause.) He pre sumed also that Mr. Gay's colleagues had resigned, and that they only held their places till their successors were appointed. (Applause.) This gave rise to a conversation of a very exciting nature, as a question was put to the medical lecturers connected with the hospital present, whether they ap proved of the proceedings taken against Mr. Gay. Dr. CORMACR, one of the lecturers, repudiated the proceedings of the governors, as far as he was concerned. His sympathies were entirely with the meeting and with Mr. Gay, though he strongly disapproved of the system of biographies. (Applause.) Dr. GALLARD, another of the lecturers, said he had come there to learn the real facts of the case. After what he had heard, there was only one course open to him, and that course he was determined to take. (Great applause.) There were then loud calls for Mr. Gant, and that gentleman, in answer to questions put to him, said he had voted conscientiously, as one of the governors of the hospital, for Mr. Gay's dismissal, and that he had sent in his testimonials and application for the vacant place ; but that, he said, was only done formally to keep his standing in the hospital. He would not accept the situation if it were offered to him. Each of these admissions gave rise to a storm of hisses and great confusion. The resolution was carried, like the rest, unanimously. A resolution was then moved, and agreed to, to open a subscription for defraying the expenses connected with the proceedings, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting adjourned. DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER.—Major Ro berts, for many years a resident stipendiary magistrate in the West of Ireland, died un the 16th instant, at his residence, near Dublin, at an advanced age. He had but a short time retired upon a pension. Major Roberts was one of the few Waterloo men left. He also served with distinction in the Peninsula, and was at the battles of the Pyrenees and Vittoria, whilst connected with the 71st Highlanders. LIFE-BOAT AT HARTLEPOOL.--The seamen of the above port held a meeting, to take into consideration the awful sacrifice of life near Hartlepool during the past week, and they determined to have a life-boat of their own, not being satisfied with the conduct of those who have the management of the life-boat now under the care of the pilots and fishermen there. The seamen complain that their brethren are drowned before the boat is started. Resolutions were passed to the effect that a second life boat was necessary, and that the same be the property of the Seamen's United Friendly Association of the port. Twenty pounds were voted out of the funds of that association, and a book was opened for voluntary subscriptions of seamen and the public generally. Bravo Jack ! May your endeavours be crowned with complete success. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The royal commissioners met again yesterday, at the Privy Council Chamber, Downing-street, and resumed their inquiry. Commissioners present : the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The proceedings were recommenced by the fur ther examination of Mr. Sergeant Merewether, town clerk, who stated— Since he had been last before the committee he had pre pared a list of the charters which had been granted to the City in various reigns, with the different amounts which had been paid by the City to the Crown in con sideration of those charters. The list was as follows : GRANTS OF MONEYS TO THR CROWN FROM 1139 (4TH OF STEPHEN) TO 1487 (18TH EDWARD IV.) Stephen, 100 marks of silver for permission to choose their sheriffs. 1158. 4th Henry 11., 1,0431., gift. 1159. sth Henry 11., 1,000 marks donum. 1170. 16th Henry IL, 6661. 13s. 4d. 1172-3. 19th Henry 11., 666/. 13s. 4d. 1197. Bth Richard 1., 1,500 marks. 1250-1. 35th Henry 111., 600 marks. 1256. 40th Henry 111., 3,000 marks. 1267-8. 52d Henry 111., 20,000 marks. 1270. 54th Henry 111., 100 Cilroks. 500 1307-8. Ist Edward 11., 1,7002. 1,0001. 1314-15. Bth Edward 11., 600 marks. 1319. 12th Edward 11., 1,000 marks. 1322. 16th Edward 11., 2,000 marks. 1332. 15th Edward 111., 20,000 marks. 1371. 44th Edward 111., 4,601 marks. 1383-4. 7th Richard 11., 4,000 marks. 1478-9. 18th Edward IV., charter granting package, car riage, porterage, garbelling, and gauging, and coroner, in consequence of the City releasing a debt due from the Crown off' 7,0001. Another charter respecting mortmain in conse quence of the City releasing a further debt -1640-1. 16th Charles 1., charter respecting porterage 4,200/. The witness then proceeded to another point. He said : It was very material that he should lay before the com mission a plan of the sewerage of the City, a reference to which enabled every citizen to ascertain how near the public drains came to his own house, if he wished to connect his house drainage with them. He next referred to the subject of the suit with the Crown respecting the ?ight to the soil and bed of the river. He said that he held in his hand a report drawn up in 1842 by Mr. Walker, the eminent civil engineer, and Captain Bullock, RN., of the Admiralty, who examined the state of the river, assisted by the city water bailiff and the enginee r of the navigation committee of the corporation. This report entered into the management of the stream of the river, and was founded on the assumed necessity of giving to the current as direct a channel as possible, in order to maintain a uniform depth of water. The framers of the report considered that the complete embankment of the river was an undertaking which would be impracticable to carry out as a whole on account of the enormous ex pense it would involve ; but they thought that the bringing about of the same object by degrees, by ob taining a certain amount of frontage wherever any alteration took place, was a feasible scheme, and they accordingly recommended that this plan should be adopted. The examination of the river, performed by Mr. Walker, extended from Teddington to a point be low Gravesend. After this report was made the Crown called upon the corporation to vindicate its right to the bed and soil of the river, the Crown at the same time asserting a claim on its own part to all the soil between high and low water mark. The City had contested this claim of the Crown, and he felt satisfied that, in all the historical and legal records of the country, no mention would be found of so extensive a right on the part of the Crown as this amounted to. The doctrine of the City is that, the proposition of the Crown cannot be supported, and that, if the Crown seeks to take the river out of the possession of the corporation, it should do so in the ordinary course by process of intrusion ; first, establishing its own right, instead of starting with the assumption of that right, and then calling upon the City to make out its right. 1139. Mr. C. Lewis—l understand Mr. Pemberton, solici tor to the Board of Inland Revenue, to hold that the City, being conservators of the river, has been compel led to perform acts resembling acts of possession, but not acts of possession in fact. How is that allegation made by the City ? Mr. Merewether—l look upon that as a mere•ab stract proposition which is not at all tenable. The City has performed acts of actual possession, interfering with the soil ; and it is impossible for anything to be more distinct than the acts of the City as conservator of the river, and the acts it has exercised as owner of the soil. The corporation resisted the claim of the Crown to cer tain parts of the banks of the river in the reign of Henry VIII., and it also established the well-known water works near London-bridge on the soil of the river. In Doomsday-book there is no record of any claim of the Crown to the sea-shore or to the bed and soil of the river. Mr. C. Lewis—What is the origin of the right of the City to the soil and bed of the river ? Mr. Merewether—l would rather abstain from going into that point, it now being pendente lite. Mr. C. Lewis—But a public matter like this might be made the subject of legislation as well as of litigation. Mr. Merewhether—Yes, but of course legislation with regard to rights of this kind would proceed on the ordi dmary principle of granting compensation. And the corporation are quite willing to give every facility for having its rights tried in a court of law if the Crown proceeds by writ of intrusion, and does not set out with an extraordinary assertion, like that of its general right to all the soil lying between high and low water marks. Mr. C. Lewis—Of course we do not wish to ask you as an officer of the corporation, what the specific nature of the right of the City is, but it is necessary for the purposes of this inquiry that we should ask you what is the general nature of the claim of the City to the soil and bed of the river—whether it is a right of prescrip tion, or a grant, or any other kind of right ? Mr. Merewether— We claim by prescription, as in dicated by successive acts of ownership, performed from an early period. The corporation derive no revenue from the conservancy of the river. They derive a small income of about 1,1001. a year from the soil of the lifer, in the shape of rents ; but any sum thus derived is ex pended on the river itself. The corporation look on the matter rather as one of jurisdiction than one of revenue. The witness then stated that he had paid great attention to the case, in which Mr. Mathews, solicitor, was con cerned, with regard to a lay-by place on the river near Gravesend. The right to this inlet, which Mr. Mathews's client claimed, was very doubtful and uncertain, and the corporation could not, therefore, interfere. The cor poration always exercises its jurisdiction over the river where it feels that it can properly do so. It is not inac tive or slow in the exercise of its rights, but it abstains from mixing itself up with questions which are in dis pute with private litigants. The navigation committee make personal visits of inspection on the river from time to time. The Chairman—But a body like the navigation com mittee, engaged in trading pursuits as they are, must be guided by their professional officers with regard to the river, must they not ? Mr. Merewether—To a certain extent they must be ; but there is a very proper jealousy entertained by the corporation with respect to acting on the advice of its officers ; and it is on this account that the navi gation committee make these visits of inspection. There are members on the navigation committee who have great knowledge of their duties, and are inti mately acquainted with the river ; and their officers are admitted to be very efficient. I think the busi ness of the navigation committee is conducted in an efficient manner, and in a manner that on th e whole gives satisfaction to the public. At the same time, I do not mean to say that no further improve• ments could be effected in this department of the affairs of the corporation. The witness then gave evidence re garding the police of the City. This body he thought was managed with efficiency and economy. The police rate in the City was 7d. in the pound, and was not more, but rather less, than th e same c h arge i n th e me tropolitan districts. The reason why the City had desired to be separated from the general system of the metro politan police, was because it thought it could manage its police better for itself; and experience, he believed, had confirmed that opinion. As far back as history went the City had always had the care and control of its own police, whether in the hands of the trainbands, the watch and ward, or other wise. The police of the other metropolitan districts used to be regulated by the different parishes. Tie City manages its own sewers. It considers that it can manage them better for itself than they could be managed for it. The sewers rates in the City are moderate, _ea the sewers themselves are in a very perfect state. Th.) corporation delegates the management of the sew ers _ toa commission, and the accounts of the income a nd expen diture of this department are kept distinct. The manner of subdividing the management of the corporate busi ness into separate trusts or boards works very satisfac torily. The conduct of prosecutions instituted by the corporation is vested in the Court of Aldermen. Th e connection between the Irish Society and the corpora tion is not vary intimate ; but the recorder, the common sergeant, and some other officers and members of the corporation are governors of that society. The Chairman—Does not the corporation of London possess any jurisdiction or control over the municipality of Londonderry and of other Irish boroughs ? Mr. Merewether—l have never known any such ju risdiction to be ex ercised b y the pity of London. Th ere was a petition presented, a short time ago, by the cor poration of Londonderry to the corporation of London ; but nothing was actually done in the matter. Ido not recollect what was the nature of this petition, but I will have the petition itself produced on a future day. The Chairman—ls it not necessary for the 'bye-laws of the corporation of Londonderry to be sanctioned by the corporation of London ? Mr. Merewether—l do not believe there is any such power now in actual use ; but the petitioners to whom I have referred seem to consider that there is such a power vested in the corporation. Mr. C. Lewis —What was the origin of the Irish So ciety ? Mr. Merewether—l hold in my hand a complete state ment of the charter and other particulars relating to the Irish Society, which I obtained for the purpose of lay ing before the commissioners ; but I thing it will be better that information on that subject should come from the secretary of the Irish Society himself. The City has very little to do with the society. The Gresham institu .. Lion was formerly connected wilt'. the Royal Exchange; but when the old Royal Exchange was destroyed by fire it was thought advisable to separate the two, and a new building was erected for the Gresham institution at the corner Basinghall•street. There are four terms in 7 V. each year, and five or six praessors are, appo lutO whose lectures are pretty weil'attelideel, particularly the music lectures ; but I do not 'say tint, I think (en very efficient educational institution., The ' new XX change cost more than the inbome of the G-resham' edigite would provid e , an d that buildi n g is now in debt,te corporation on this account. 'The, riches to• the Exchange were ve r y costly. The qtiestionlis to S'hether the general words of an act of Parliament can over-ride the special customs of the city has never yet been de cided by the highest courts of the realm. Every free man of a livery company could vote in the common ball, but it was extremely difficult to say whether the companies separate and distinct from the corporation, or formed an integral part of it. This was a point on which witness had not been able to satisfy himself, be cause the companies elected their own officers and dis posed of their own funds. The Goldsmiths', the Apothe caries', the Stationers', and the Vintners' companies were composed of persons carrying on these trades re spectively. If the livery companies were abolished, the elections in common hall, under the act 2d Geo. 1., could not take place. Mr. Merewether then withdrew. Mr. Edward Tyrrell, remem bran eer of the corpora. tion, was next examined. He said that he was appointed to that office in 1852, and succeeded his father in it. His emoluments are derived from two sources. He received 1,000/. a year from the corporation in a fixed payment, and 250/. more for office charges ; and he was also paid certain fees on acccount of the parliamentary business that passed through his hands, and which fees amounted altogether to 7001. in 1852. These fees fluctuated very considerably ; and it would be more satisfactory to him if he received a fixed salary in lieu of them. His average income, after deducting the expenses inci dental to his office (which were 3001.) amounted to about 1,400/ a yea.a. He acted as parliamentary solicitor to the corporation, and had the superintendence of the corpo ration business in both Houses of Parliament. The cor poration regarded him as the responsible party for every thing which passed in either branch of the Legislature in any way affecting the interests of the City. He had also to attend all the Courts of Aldermen and Courts of Common Council, and was likewise the medium of com munication between the corporation and the Crown. Last year the number of public and private bills in which the City was interested was fifty. That was a rather larger number than usual. It was his duty at an early period of each session to report to the Court of Common Council all the bills which were likely to affect the inte rests of the City. The subject of these bills were then re ferred to a committee of the 'corporation, and if any further step was taken in Parliament with regard to the bills, he (witness) had to communicate with the chair man, who would then call the committee together to consider the matter. The Chairman—We have heard of an extraordinary expense incurred on the part of the City, in opposing the Government measure relating to the removal of Smithfield market. Had you any control over the management of that expenditure ? Mr. Tyrrell—The control, generally, was in my hands. I sat from time to time, and Mr. Scott knew what was done. A great deal of it passed through my depart ment. The Chairman—l allude to that part which is called the irregular expenditure. Were you not the party who had the management of that ? Mr. Tyrrell--I was in some degree, because no great outlay was incurred without a communication passing between me and Mr. Scott. The total amount of this expenditure was 2,750/. Mr. C, Lewis—Mr. Scott said that out of that sum professional gentlemen were employed. Did you employ any of them ? Mr. Tyrrell—l think not. Mr. C. Lewis—By whom were they employed ? Mr. Tyrrell—l really at this time hardly know the names. It was represented to me that it was desirable to have the aid of some literary gentlemen, and I gave my sanction to the expenditure of 1001. in that way. The Chairman—How was the remainder of the 2,7501. applied ? Mr. Tyrrell—The main part of it went to parties who got up petitions. I believe about 2,2001., or perhaps a larger sum, went in that way. The Chairman—Did you authorise and control that expenditure ? Mr. Tyrrell—l did, in a certain degree. Whenever any amount was paid, the bill was brought to me. The Chairman—Probably you selected the agents you thought best able to carry your views into effect ? Mr. Tyrrell—l did not personally employ the agents, although I gave my sanction to their being employed. The Chairman—ls it an unusual occurrence to set aside a sum of money for the conduct of Parliamentary business, or is it the common practice, when any im portant question affecting the City is under discussion ? Mr. Tyrrell—lt is a most uncommon occurrence, al though on a few other occasions there have been smaller expended. Mr. C. Lewis—What was the total cost of the Parlia mentary opposition to the removal of Smithfield market? Mr. Tyrrell--There was the 2,7501. of which I have just been speaking, and then there was 3,169/., the amount paid by me for counsel, witnesses, and the other usual legal charges • and these two items mak e th e en tire sum, which I believe is rather under the sum paid by the Government for the same purpose in promoting its Smithfield-market Removal Bill. Mr. C. Lewis—But the bill of the solicitor of the Go vernment was printed and published among the Parlia mentary papers at length. A. return of the whole ex pense was moved for. Mr. Tyrrell—l was not aware of that. The accounts of Parliamentary expenditure are laid before the Court of Common Council in detail ; but they are not pub lished in detail. As soon as any Parliamentary effort is concluded, the account of the expenses is sent in, and is laid before the committee to whose department the business belongs, and when the committee is satisfied that the thing charged was ordered by them, the chair man signs the bill, and it is then laid before the Court of Common Council. It is next submitted to the law bills committee, which is composed of legal members of the court, and after the vouchers have been examined, the charges are either allowed or abated, and afterwards paid. The account specifies every particular measure, such as so much for opposing the Smithfield Market Removal Bill. The Chairman—Do you see any objection to laying these accounts before the corporation in detail ? Mr. Tyrrell—None whatever. Mr. C. Lewis—When the City Police Bill was intro duced were you an officer of the corporation ? Mr. Tyrrell—l was. Mr. C. Lewis—When Mr. Rogers was examined by the commissioners as a witness, he stated the mode in which the corporation opposed the measure of the Government of Lord Melbourne as follows :—" They (the corporation) immediately fixed their town clerk in New Palace-yard. They gave him a large body of assistants, and instructed him to com municate with every corporation in the United King dom. #1 The consequence was that by the influence of those country corporations, the Minister found that his support fell like a "rope of sand." Is that a correct statement ? Mr. Tyrrell—lt is rather an over-coloured description. The fact was a committee engaged an office at Palace yard, and I believe communications were made to other corporations, but what the nature of those communica tions was lam unable to state. The whole expense of these proceedings was 3061. The Chairman—Were any literary gentlemen engaged on that occasion ? Mr. Tyrrell—None whatever. Mr. C. Lewis—l believe the corporation considers that it has the same right to its tolls and markets as it has to its lands or other property ? Mr. Tyrrell—lt does. Mr. C. Lewis—And it would regard any attempt to take away its markets without compensation as confis cation and injustice? Mr. Tyrrell—Yes. Mr. C. Lewis—Would it apply the same doctrine to the tolls on carts ? Mr. Tyrrell—lt might make a voluntary surrender of the tolls en carts. Mr. C. Lewis—But supposing the corporation did ;o t consent to that, would not these tolls be a portion of 315 revenue which it would call its property? Mr. Tyrrell—Certainly. Mr. C. Lewis—How would it be with the tonnage dues Mr. Tyrrell—That is a different thing. They were given by act of Parliament for a particular purpose, and there would be no claim to compensation if they were withdrawn. Mr. C. Lewis—How do you view the 4d. coal tax ? Mr. Tyrrell—That is decidedly corporate property, and in the event of its reduction or repeal the corpora tion would be entitled to compensation. And the same would C. L th e e w c is a _ se i w n i t t h h e t e h v e e m nt et o a i g t e he d i u r es. to make the compensation ? repeal, who ought Mr. Tyrrell—The party who deprives the City of its property, I apprehend. The Chairman—ls there no distinction to be drawn between the right given to a public corporation to levy a duty for public purposes, and a similar right given to any individual for his private benefit ? Mr. Tyrrell—lt would depend a good deal on the terms of the grant. The Chairman—ls not every revenue of a public body like a corporation intended for public purposes, and not for private purposes ? Mr. Tyrrell—lt belongs to the corporation. The Chairman—Do you mean that it belongs to indi viduals, or to the community ? Mr. Tyrrell—l should say it belongs to the persons from whom the representative body is chosen- The Chairman—At the time the coal duty was given did not the City constitute the whole of the metropolis ? Mr. Tyrrell--It was given to the same body as now holds it, but there certainly was not the same popula tion outside the walls then as there is now. The Chairman—Do you consider that if the size of London had been the same as it is nowin those days, the right of levying a duty on the whole of the inhabitants would have been given to so small a portion as is now contained within the walls ? Mr. Tyrrell—That is a question which I can bardif answer; it depends so much on the particular circum stances of the case. The Chairman—ls it no t r easo na bl e t o conceive that the right of levying the duty was given because it was r b known at the time th a t th e City was the whole,svo nearly the whole, o f th e me t ro p o lis, and that it been t t scarcely have been given in perpetuity if m l uc d h ar larger? say,er anticipated that London would become so Mr. Tyrrell—That is impossible to say. it a h when the coal duty was first grante d , therewas, pro bably, no idea that the buildings outside the walls would become so numerous ; but, so far as the application - of the proceeds of the coal tax went, they had been ap plied for some titre not only for the benefit of the City, but of the metropolis generally. The Chairman--But I distinguish the 4d, duty from ~"'" __ 100 100 100 6 100 St. 20 12i St. 12i 12 12j St. St. all 10 100 100 15 8i 8 10 10 25 10 W 6 10 all li all 30 20 1 40 1 10 1 1 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25