The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

I vet her stiee ye' - for rl of ;ood ffice. the , ster, rnest rdsll, Ye, 0 Ad' vhie b t ik6 O SSer te Sitg GLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. . . Pectal general meeting o f th e proprietors of the the e rancl Junction Railway was held en Thursday, in , KY!? ale-roorn, Liverpool, for the purpose of i Last er and obtaini ng the sanction of the Proprietors to the Lan- !I Carlisle R a il way Bill, now before Perlin- tame, to, give power to make a railway from Lances- I ) ! to Carlisle ; towards which • undertaking the . Irect - • tri- • b ors had recommended the Compiny to con e r e 2 1 0 ,000/., the amount to be raised by the creation new shares. The Chairman. (John Mossi• Esq.) o . Paned the'proCeedings, stating, that as to the pro tndtsa%eription of this ' Com imny to. the Chester 04 . en : . , n ead •Railway, which they.had been induced to I ,, l lt'ler by . being informed that a , consideral4 , a ,,'sultrt was to be paid by the Government as for i e ',," 1 1 )11 0 service, they_ retired from the undertaking ni " Y when the certainty of making any such arrange n•ent ,hen d - wholly ceased to exist. The Chairman de :(l.that - 11; hid ever applied for, or held a single I ar .°,--in the _ Chester awl Holyhead Ruilway. eference to 4 r •• • an , . a report, that, of late, he and the • in had considerably reduced their shares tchbo tna 'Grind *Jan ct i on COmpany, the. Chairman t • D: rector (m yself inauded) . Irma , every . t of Januar y last ; and avery share he did . on the s isy the y greatest number of shares which any tire • . parted with since that timeos ten. 'The ere.% held by myself and my family would more no a. glialify the whole Board twice -over, • and I have f or intention of reducing-my interest' in the concern ; te r vs l„4 l . l ow no railr o ad w h a tev e r meta- fieserving I t , 'mg corilsldeYea 4 deSirahle permanent invest eie4 than the Grand.aktueliun... Tile last and most 11 , 13 gniar complaint which Ijave seen made against 13 1 that we are are. Oppo s ed to the improvetrents e lli g on* and. Projected at Birkenhead. In point of let ' no h ter- • sue - subject has ever 'been even en tneeVby or "mentioned to the Board, or to any )"‘„,- of it; se 'far as .T* -dow—certainly not to Di s . ,„,,,..."aPtaint-Huish then read a,repert from the recommending. a creation of shares to the ea tentorih • to • e 2 . 50,0001, to be supplie • t is dby h' Company eo 'l`ds the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and re it,TZ:ntlAd the Shareholders:to embark 100,0001. in %At mve `wring that the DirectOradid not intend to • /°te on this occasion. The .Directors also Porti o : r •# , that r they "purpose calling up the unpaid the ditto the new quarter shares" in due course, as Mount can now be advantageously applied' to the Pineo n riginally intended, namely, the. payment off •Ortgagre d - bt " With reference to the pro- Posed linato e with the Grand Junzti connect Shrewsbury of a uncti on ' to the report states, that the expense tie ir.ailivay _to. Stafford or Penkridge. will he' eonsi theranlY iess.than to any point further south, while a s ; tr4 ftio . will certainly be- greater, inasmuch Manchest _..,Liverpool and all the t or % ,er _a n di, te e - t as 4.9 the south, will be thereby 9 nUnodated, .- a n d- . ..n0t the_ south only, as Do l".• , 1 : 1 ' sit the ,case if. W o l ver h am pt on were t o b e th e 1, - ,„". The Directors estimate the gro ss r e t urn on a . aialloh from Shrewsbury to the Grand J unc ti on lin e. qtaffor4eir en k r idg e ,l4 be such as to justify them ef Jatotrirriending their Shareholders to take a lease O• lefins at 4/. per cent. on the cost of it (which;may, - 1 H st ated at 400,000/.); with a divisidu of any further olt between the lessors and 'lessees equally, as the e nbs il dag.eipenses (indertaken by the Grind Junction I„,'„'Pany with their present es tabli s h men t) would, u nusually lOw, and-th ere , wou ld b e .a cons id e rable . ac cession of traffic to the 'main line. If the branch were c”„,,• ec,lty an independent party to a point on the Grand much farther south than Penkridge, the cost would quite last ;greater; and * the 'probable profit would be 'nsignifieant, because the working expenses d then bat he h' h rate onshort lines, and:the Liver e 6 6 ,nary traffic' vseni,pool and Manchester and north . 1)e wholly lost. The 'Directors consider a P, - i n %from Shrewsbury to their line at Stafferd or tem f r 'o l o- be essential ; and accordingly they in trie e -c ' arrange for having it brought before Parliti -844 next session, whether the Wolverhampton and p itm ",;s l3l lry line be prosecuted or not. Resolutions were am e n ' a,do.pting the report, l approving the Lancaster Railwayisle ill; and declaring that it is p ": the'. intere3t of the Grand Junction Company, to th c !nOtit• the constructien of a railway .connecting ',nett:(at Stafford or Penkridge) with Shrewsbury;. ta s ,, tie Directors were instructed to take the neces tio., I ter for a Parliamentary application next ses.- -' 84 tt the appeal of a 'future general ng of p o th e roprietors. Other resolute sea to ons were . pas te r ,; e r, eigioo* 'cif . new shares, and the meeting then - ' 4 Pated —Man.chester Guardiqn. • I RORAVALDSE. IN'S FUNERAL. 6 ~.'(titract fro* a Private Letter.) An The last solemn rites ea sy " LIP XRUAGEN, MARCH --. t i lt ain . the retti ' i'of Thorwaldsen were celebrated_ this . h ! !`Never," . says the Berlin Gazette, "has uopen aßen Witnessed a solemnity in which all its citizens ,e,llatiteil Iv; much pYrnpathy . and grief, and never. has Ile true Scandinavian spirit manifested itself among ,rosily i nhabitanti of ali ranks •and of all ages, niore , ; ne ily and more beautifully than on the present oeca -•°n.' The body lay in state 3 esterday, in the :roo_tn . ~ynropriated to antique works` of . sculpture - in the Thor Museum. Museum. Here' the ceremony corn ruetteed this' morning lit eleve n deloCk, with a dirg e , composed. by •liolst all the Attent's of the Academy of Fine Arts. And Rung ' • and executed by After this, • e7-13..A beautiltiful7 Vrir'e".. Dr. r tit vert -r kt . • appropriate oration upon Claussen delivered Ceeage,tor4tinaly a bili ties in the d e 1 ' 1 : Th e coffin -r , iiitk s l i t u r genius of th e de .4,-__ , *as' then taken down and placed lian conae,.2ll6"uilng' Whieb the , members of the Ita perforCe",at Nliitli were placed in Thorwaldsen's studio, conth o . e l t i c ankte in Italian' '..," written by Speratti, and aszrhetlr-e.`ibettuH_olst, and whenthehearse . moved slowly stuffnts-of th e'A' ademy of Fine Arts sung tifullplaison-csO. the b .1 • balcony of ng .from the- building, -111 ' f I • n was heade d bl. t wo i. •• ,e mourpA, procession 0 ., 41 th e most eminent members ofthe.Academy at t he Pine - rti followed ti , A—, -.. 1 10W6f1 - hy, about eight hundred e n -ell ' - ' i after • them came all -Thorwaldsen's °unryraen-44111 the. idelanders now residing here - - art a .nd then, almost without exception, all tha t l't ' in the city. The plain open coffin 1::11.e next, simply- ornamented on one side d 't ," It -beautiful carving of the Fates, a ft er a cie4n from. the great, master's own hand, and• a ,',.11811 representing:Victory on the other. On the d e ° ,,:n Were placed interwoven branches of palms an liile,,,,ve's, but . none , of -the numerous , decorations be- f th e b ee to the deceased sculptor. On the canopy o t'f - h r e atse was placed one of the last and most beau 11,,,VvOrks of the..great . artist, Hope leaning on an il i i i i ,"',. °l• .! Next came, immediately after the corpse, as ',-.'" kourners, all the members of the • Academy of - Int Arts headed by•their President, his Royal High ''hest th' A ' Crown Ptin"ce," followed by all the- other tm oYal Princes, and a great number of the principaland ti-...teers. of itate,..aticers..of. the army and .navy, e %t 1 ); Lards of 8,000. citigenx• of.-all classes. 11 l from lll : the . 14,7 through which the procession passe d, e ,,'", se llro to the church - of the Hcly Ghost, were liii . ed i'' rlieq,jei. :with' 'afferent hei r - .. • and „ colours and .Ensigns :covered - with T c h rape sireets, :companies of trade, with . f'ruol thethniesel,.*lrehin- : • ( . I . e nt ep • mourning. th at Of - n : the H hi o s ly ia G st e ho r st estin t g o Di A , ; ,, , ,Notre"' atue, w h ere . the '. I w as i l ie • Piri'a," • were lined. in g ame is manner. by..the. * different regiments. of the gam-. I°l-111 and # l 4 whole. distance from the Museum- to the tOotre..Dtaiii,(about an English mile) was, according _. the' ancient • Scandinavian custom, strewed with white saia ent ry or litti,in:teriniir with juniper _lea_ves. At the hadrn- ' cu d oh lns . Majesty the King, in deep _ n ~I%,:receive- corpse, and after the cab ere cted -T kr /4- 11 1 a Z i lin ' t ; catafalque which had been *iittent: . - . on '. (T i that vo l i intimate al was the ' rem iem was perforx_ned tut Right' Rev:• • .Dit-Tryde,horwaldsen's most friencisttlie. --....releiTrifel9AdamOehlenschlarger, the' comp, ‘l-124.1a5er.--The Bishop of Seelanci, aft er . nO lOrike a nd dettvered"a. most eloquent oration; then' performed the during wlliekth;'qallii7Waii . Ciiiiiigiied to its list, abode; rat ANihieh tiMe - thi :stii4enii, amounting to seve th:t thnils,ls,'Who had not found admittance into the r f h ° , ; ' the church and' had placed themselves in t (0 ,., 1 - '` en .Tird, Sting `ti hymn ,'also Written and c0rn ...7 .for • -the • occasion, bier Majesty . and all the vrhoyola.larlnieceesosreestnocnentip,ted the royal pew during the_ fro all . of all the churches in the capital tolled ' r : t h eliven till two o'clock, and when the procession -InP-in-sight, the - " Dead March" from • Saul was performed. . . I‘ 3 Alr was an tioipatedi Thorwaldsen has left nearly all s " . l - 'l4l'9 P er t3',. which .is more considerable than was 9pO,lrtloo the musenin that bears his name. erefroontititent' Upon i'in OSt• magnificent Scale will be „,h. -- " 1 - 1, toiais them tth üblic expense; for which , . 0r3., -a e.p hi ' , l 4 ll ption lists have already been opened, headed by ' ' a JesfYi with the muniOeent sum of 25,000 dollars. 1844 . are tip py .. _ winter of to announce that, in the Lady, .or 1841,.Captain Edward Hight, in the command of the , 4. Raffles, a large ship, bound to Van Die , tien's Land, With co/vriets, at the entrance of the British Channel fell in s i ft . a Russian merchantman, the Cossilia, with a crew, toll! 8 ,„,.._g of the Captain and sixteen men, whose vessel had s pog a leak the previous night, and was then in a sinking biiilt, With much difficulty, and the loss of a boat (it being ' w-eftt her); Captain Hight 'succeeded in getting them . a I re°ll.. board of- his ship ; ' thus preserving- from destruction tilT.nteen of his fellow-Creatures. This philanthropic conduct ,_ tight og been: represented _to the Emperor of -Russia, he has Proper to mark his esteem of this gallant and n n ace service by presenting Captain Hight with a gh!cl „," 4111 , with the inscription." For saving those who were in ~,omi” and the,riband of the order of St. Ann of Ruse* to be i',., ° '/I round. the neck. Captain Edward Hi ght, . we are proud ~ sap, is a native of neck. , Chronicle. cob °"°R.—This town has for some time past be- Who,einual Agitated from the conduct of the clergy. in in despite of the known sentiments of many of the ronabitants, have thought proper, under the plea of a _entwal. of obsolete customs, to adopt in the morning :N"lliee forms so highly offensive, that some of the con ation feel obliged to leave the church during the 9 wee, whilst others are precluded from going thither e.)," nrse Persevered i n by he-.-Vicar, in defi ance o f the -..t.cat,.. anct affectionate a. entreaties of the chief of hhis r ths !the seri 3tle% the cere ) yal, ut visit •ived, figh nntr (I fit, Icy's gter- The. :a by and 'don, rf we - J. a od at her. held the .trson the was ► o ral Ivan' Yesi' , con', ,o the orre' reign ant' 10 to nd in Sigi ani s an istiO dolv° THE SVIS t ruIiONDON, .4 : 0-NDAY_ NQRNANG, APRIL 8 4 1844. _ , --- THE- LATE FATAL CONFLAGRAI dreadful fire at .this W a av,nland'Cghion t avern an TION 1N OXFORD-STREET l -. • . . ~ . . wine Vaillts, at the cornet of Gilbert- street, in Oxford No event has occurred for many years to the western i -str eet, .. on the night of Thursday last. . • - portion of the metropolis which . has prOduced so painful 1 The jury having been sworn, ptoceeded to view the a sensation in the public mind as the deplorable fire that remains of the unfortunate deceased persons which took place, at a late hour on Thursday night, at the Rose ' lay in the dead-house attached to SL Georges Work and Crown wine-vaults; • occupied by Mr. Williams, I house. - On the return of' the jury to the inquest- No. 287, Oxford-street, and which, as stated in The Sun 1 room the following evidence was taken : • , of yesterday,. Was attended with the laerifice•of six bu- ' William Pluck, a police-eonstable of the 0 division, man lives, as well as a greaLloss of property. No. 98, stated that on the night of the fire (Thursday It • appears that the premises had been- but recently : last) he was on duty in Gilbert-street, Oxford-street. erected, and . were fitted up by Mr. Williams-in a most At about half-past eleven &clock he was standing gorgeous - style, and at u vast expense, for what is gene- E w ith his back against and w ine-merchant, against the connting-house ,of Mr. rally!termed " a gin palace." The bar occupied nearly . t . the whole of, the ground floor of the•building, and was Williams,. spi w ine-merchant, known as the Gilbert .handsomely appointed. A number of large rats, sup- , Crown and. Cushion. at the corner of Gilbert ported by stone columns, extended almost - to the second -! street, and - Oxford-street; when he saw a blue floor, and were well stocked with - .spirits of every de- i. flame on the counter. At that time he noticed the scription. , • I barman' in the same part of the premisesstanding be lt has since be?n ascertained that at, the time of the hind the counter. Allthe lights were burning two of through ' alarm- being first given Mr. Williams was from home, out the house. The barman seeing witness, said "For he having .left the premises in . charge .of his barmen. of -. the names' of Charles Goodivin 'and God's sake, go • and call the engines, -for we are all in a - blaze," ' He (witness) then - sprang his ' rattle, William- Robinson. Mrs. Williams, with her- two chit- shouted' "fire," and called a cab, into whie . h , begot," dren, one of the age of four years - and' a half, named , Eliza,- the other" named: William.' and age& ,about. and ordered the driver to drive to the Kin street night-months, with the female doinesties, one named station of the Fire -brigade, and request. Mr: Foga to Charlotte Fish; time other Sarah Hechion, and a sister of bring the engines'. A green door was parallel with Mrs. Williams (Miss Fritehley), had retired to rest at the counting-house and staircase, but witness. could the tune: - The other inmates were. the porter, named , 'not tell Whether it was open or closed. - , The 'cabriolet Henry Parker, 'and Jacob, the pot-boy. It seems that was driVen with all speed. to King-street, when Wit some of the customers, of Whom there *ere a great many ness ordered not only the engines, but also the escapes • standing in front of the bar, obsetved a body of flames belonging to the Royal Society for Protection of Life to break out suddenly from the top -cif one of 'the gin ..from 'Fire. - He next went to the engineers of other vats, containing a large quantity of that spirit. Such an unusual circumstance, as might be imagined, spread e ng ines, and g ave information of the ' calamity. . One of the jury thought that the policeman would the greatest alarm and terror among all around. One - in.in instantly ran to the street door, and shouted out have done better to have sent some one for . the en " Fire ;" another flew within speed to the engine-house gives, and have remained himself on the premises, to in Marylebone-larie. - 7 have rendered assistance to the inmates. - . Many. of .the persons who were in the bar tendered- The CORONER said. he had no: doubt .the officer did their assistance, and used every 'effort to prevent the ex- what he considered was the best. - • • . tension ..of the flames, but before many : seconds . had The evidence was corroborated by police-Constable elapsed every soul was obliged to make a precipitate re- 33 C, 'who 'added -that on his getting in front of the treat into the street. The spirit in the vats ran over in a flaming stream, setting the whole of the bar, counting- Crown and Cushion, he observed flames • breaking through the side door, into Gilbert...street, but there house, and spiritstoies in a general blaze. ' ' - was' , not much fi re then. It appeared to witness to The scene t hat - followed w as of the most heart-rending be thal moment bursting forth. .- . . character. It having been . ascertained from the barman that hiamistress, . with her . two children and the rest of The next witness examined , was William Hewitt, who said that he was a barman to Mr. • Williams. the domestics, 'were in. the upper part of the building, the most bitter lamentations were raised, accompanied On the night of Thursday last his master was - not at. with loud cries of e For God's sake save them;" and home. When the fire - broke out the shop was "'Seed for ladders." One or more humane . persons vo- open, and -he was _serving customers at the bar. lunteered to rush into the house to rescue them, but no The hour Mrs. Williams retired to bed he could not tell. sooner did they enter the premises than they were driven He heard and saw Goodwin pumping •up the spirits out by the heat of the blazing spirits, which poured forth . at the bar; -Goodwin - was -quite 'sober at the time, and from every quarter of the building, and . ran down the lived on good terms with the family. When the pavement into the gutters and - carriage:way in a river. fl ame s' of fire. -' • • .• 7 . were be g i nn i ng to spread, some one .brought a . • • - The onlyperson who was observed to leave the-pre- . ladder, which was plaCedagainstthe parlour window raises • was the sister Of the unfortunate Mrs..Williaths, . over the counting-.house, but the fire growing stronger and , she, it Will , becricollected; escaped freth the counting-. -it spread with indescribable rapidity.. .. - . housii w i n d, 4 4- 4 , ..-she was. assisted by a person living.. at The CoRoNER—Did any one. escape .by means of Mr. Wattioyes;.ti butcher, residing exactly opposite. Her the ladder ? Witness --- No sooner was it placed. where preservation is oonsidered truly .rairaculoue,, for she had_ .I have. stated; than Miss. Fiitchley.got upon it, but haidly gained the pavement before the whole building, she was obliged to jump down to escape being burnt from the'bar to the roof, became enwrapped in one cem- to death. plete vivid sheet of flame, whilst, at _the same moment, A juror—Do yoti think, Mr. Hewitt, if a perion the sky was illuminated to such an extent that the fire was had gone up stairs at the first, the inmates would have discernible from all parts of the west of London. been able to escape? - Witness—l don't think they It was then about a quarter to twelve, and for upwards of an hour afterwards the work of . destraction continued ' . • would , because the intense heat caused the bottles to with unabated fury, - destrOying everything the plate con- keep cracking, and the conte nts i (liquor) becoming tained. Seven - large engines of the London Fire Estab- ignited, the flames spread quic ker. . liniment, and those of the County and West of England .. The Cocotea-.-How long have you lived with Mr. Companies, with one belonging to the pariah, - arrived in Williams P . Witness—About three weeks, and I may quick succession, and were all brought into active ope- almost be termed a strang er: ration, and were the means of checking the progress of Mr. 'William Thompson, an uph olsterer in Gilbert • the conflagration. - ' - • . street, here stepped forward , an begged to say -a few As soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled, the' bri- words: 'On hearing the alarm of fire on the night in gade men got over the roof of the adjoining houses, question, he. instantly hastened to the spot with a fire and by raising 'the ladders reached the party-wall of ' thewhich he kept in his possession. Avery few premises, and, up -on looking over it, saw what appeared escape minutes had then elapsed. after the outbreak,. and to be the body of a man.lying _on the fib w of the second- bearing that there Were people in the' house he went stoFy front. At first the ruins appeared in such slot-, to the next house for the purpose of getting on to the tering condition as to render it dangerous to approach. but he was. prevented • from 'Ladders,. however, having been placed over the most roof, where he considered th ere would be a chance of dangerous -portien" . of the - floor,- the firemen .found saving . _ the parties . , the body to be that of the poor pot-boy Jacob, going up, by a policeman, who was standing at the who appeared to . hive - died . from auffocatims, for his door, and who • refused • any one admission into the hands covered his f a im, and he was lying flat on the - premises. He told him his intentions , when the mob floor, not flinch burnt. The firemen - having lowered the outside' exclaimed .that t he y ha d all been got out. He remains down the front of the building into t he street, was positive that had the p olic e allowed him to pass they proceeded to make ferthet -search. and in the he could have saved many of the unfortunate persons, , • course of another hour and •a half they found the re for there was sufficient time to reach them from the roof, which was the only accessible means of getting mains of' five other persons—three women and two chit into the remises the fl ames having the entire posses dren: They were discovered entangled in the burnt rafters in the back fl oors, but it was impossible to re- . _ , 1 stroyed. It was alrightful - sight. and many of the fire- Robert Tozer, an engineer cognise them, all traces of human form having been -de- sion of the bar and counter. in i the brigade force, men, in removing what they suppost,d to be the bodies was next called. He stated, at a quarter to twelve or the two servants, were actually moved to tears. , Each o'claockfiroen.bTrheaukradingayonoighatt, thehe receivedcrown and d fo c rm us a h t i ir i servant had'a child. clasped, in .her arms. The body of of Mrs. Williams was subsequently found d readfull y burnt. tavern, he forthwith - proceeded to the spot,. with the e The police, upon being made acquainted with the dis- engine and firemen belonging to the station of which covery, sent intelligence to Mount-street workheuse, and he had charge, namely, Baker-street, Portman-square. the authorities,- there sent shells, in which the black al - - • arriving he foun d tb sprennses nearly - on'fire froin ened remains Were placed, and they were then handed `'n over to the Custody of the beadle. Upon Mr: Williams the shop to the roof; and the flames were extendin g Oxford-street. reaching home, his . State of, mind on learning what had out halfway across• Two other en - befallen his wife and family can be better imagined than . g ines had previously arrived —one from King-street ' described.`' • • • station, and the other- from-Marylebone Court - house, ' - ' : ' . . Notwithstanding the vigilance of the police, a number belonging, to the parish. They were directly got to - of daring depredations were committed; among them work; ' and,. after working the one he brought was the- robbery of 50i in gold from Mr. Treelock, who in front of the . house, he took the hose on to resides next _door to . Mr. - Williams. Much discussion the roof of the adjacent premises, and .played 'into has arisen among the inhabitants as to the ifficaeyof that on- fire. After extinguishing the flames,- they the fire escapes. Had . they been standing under the ,• 'commenced to search the ruins for the deceased persons. window when the fire, broke out, in all probability they The first they came to was between one and two would hive been of no greater service than they were, o'clock, which proved .to be that of the boy Pickering. He owing to the vast quantity of spirits which became ig- - . e was l y ing en the flooring of the second floor front nited at the same isomenaand whieh-entered every room . .. ---.- .. . room, which partly stands, and was not much burnt.. The next—namely, that of Mrs. Wil liams---was in the 'place simultaneously. liams-•-was We have. received the following statement' from one of the survivors, Henry Parker, the porter, concerning on the 'remains of the uppermost flooring, and near the cause of the fire. He states, that as' was his custom, her laid the two servants with the children in their he left the bar at about half-past - ten o'clock .togo to arms. Witness described the condition of the re bed. On his way up stairs lie went into the kitchen, mains when first. discovered, which caus e d a most which was on the second floor, for a liglitedoandle, and painful sensation throughout the court. whilst there he Saw Mrs. Williams, her sister. and the By a juror—He did- not think ten minutes elapsed two female servants, who were preparing to retire to from . the time of receiving the intelligence 'until he arrived With the engine. - bid, and the youngest child was in the cradle. He wished them all " Good night," and preteeded to his a mile fire-escape had bed-room. Shortly afterwards he heard Mrs. Williams is within-half of the place. A . _ and the rest ofthe family go up stairs to bed. Mrs. reached the fire before his arrival, and . he saw it fixed Williams and the oldest child slept in the front room, 'against one of the adjoining. houses. The conductor His station in Baker-street second floor. The two servants' sleeping-room was the of it . told witness that he was ' afraid of placing the : of the shop with great violence. • ' one above; . and they had charge of the Want. The machine against Mr. Williams's house in case the sister of Mrs. Williams slept on the same floor. and the. canvass caught fire,- for the flames were bursting out `the ea sures sufferers-Do ? pot-boy in a room adjoining. He had not been, he. thought, more than an hour in bed when he was sud- - A relative of,OtstiE that denly startled, and upon getting out of bed found a great the lives could have be dat the time y o u r en -quantity of smoke and heat ascending the staircase, ac- en -save . compamed by a loud noise as of persons calling, '. Fire I gine arrived, hadth e o le police and the fire-seta pe p taken proper m fire' ' in the street. He could not - tell whether, any think . but he directly ran down stairs, and not, for every part of the house was .tben in `flames, person called him ' • •which the counting-and the crea t ures •allpe rished long upon reaching the landing into i house opened, he found he could get no further on ac e before that period. ,I am, however, of (minion, having count of a great body Of fire being at the bottom of the examined into the circumstances, that both the lives staircase. In consequence of that be went into e. and the hpuse Might hive been saved . had the Count lititessy—auNon parlour, where he saw Miss Fritchley in her night clot hes, ( ing-house door been- closed ;it w as, unfortunately, and 'trying to: get open. the window. He _ open e d left wide open amidst the Camfusion and this cc it for her, and called out for help . and for a ladder, the . counts for the flames. extending throughout ' the then saw th e carman, Charles -Goodwin, who was On e house with, the astonishin g-velocity they did. staircase, and out to him to come. down, but it was .A . ___ ~.. of the J itnpossible, for the fire had got hold of one port ion Having uror It is but proper that engines should be provided with blankets in case of an emergency Of this staircase, and was rapidly extending upwards._ description, . . ~. seen MIAs Fritchley safely secured, - . he - attempted to fol- ditin, in order that persons can escape by throw low her example by getting out oca the window, but in ing themselves into tbem.—Witness replied that A • doing by a body of nearly the wh • • them._ ' an instant he was prevente from-so , whole' of the engines belonging to the Lon flames bursting from the windows beneath.• He-then don Fire-Establishment were. provided with canvass turned back. and resolved to hasten to his room at the sheets, which ' 'answered th e same ; purpose, and also top of thti house; and on running up - s tairs he was near l y lengths of scaling ladd e rs. '• ' - deprived of his senses -; -in fact, he fell several times from • rhe only witness now, to be examined was John the oppressive heat and columns of smoke that rose u. a Good Win, the other ba rma n, who, on being called, ap the staircase. He distinctly heard Mrs. W i l li ams aa peared to suffer great mental anguish. Having been her servants scream ' for help. He called to them to ' . cautioned b th C • e Wolter that he nee no ma e an -know where they were, and 'the screaming still' con stateme tto - ' . n criminate himselA he said was willin g tinuing, he tried to get at, them, but he became so . all the informatio n laid • alarmed, that he made to the'top of ,the house with all to give speed and got intelis room: He then snatched hold of was then sworn, and stated that, since the fire he had a pair of trowsers, and jumped out of a small window on. been living ,at - No. 26, Thomas-street, Grosvenor to the roof Of one of the . adjoining -houses, where 'he square. H e had . acted. as 'foreman in. the service ,of remained Until-discovered: 'N\ hen informed where the Mr. Williams, for three yeari, And his duty, amongst bodies •of his Mistress and the 'other unfortunate crea-• other things, was to see to . vats and casks on the , tures were found, he said that they had endeavoured to premises being properly filled. On Thursday, morn- •,' make. their (escape, but had taken the wrong room, out ing Mr. Williams said he should expect him to of which there was no means of egress; and this opinion , . into . he wished pump's ofthe vats, the gin one is :confirmed by Tozer, the fireman,' who had to tear up . , away some iron bars in - front-in erder to lower the bodies . , _ . tillafterthe not to be done . down. 'Hi further adds, in respect to the origin of the The . vat contained three hundred gallons. He calamity, that Goodwin told him (which has since been (witness) wou ld have attended to Mr. • Williams's ascertained to be the case) that it arose from- the spirits instructions, and not have commenced • till after itrone of the vats flowing - over • into the counting-house the shop had been cl osed ; but findin g the bus i n ess s lack , on to the 'gaslight beneath._ This it • seems was occa - after half-past eleven...crock at night; he set about siOned by Goodwin pumping the spirit from the cellar the task. ' The pump Was erected near the counting . into 'the-vats in ' the bar as previously mentioned, and house door, and the spirit was conveyed out of a over-filling them. Goodwin has beeirever since the ac- the c ellar the , puncheon in ' llar up-into th e vats above bar, cident almost distracted. - . • • • and co unt er. He had not commenced pumping but The damage done' by the fire is detailed- in the -sub- - before b found joined list, which is a copy of the official report as sent one or two mina.. counters, minutes e the spirit •.flowing in yesterday morning to the different insurance- offices :- casks in the which he ' over the small . ~ " The fire which broke out in C section of the' brigade much surprised at, having filled them in the ear l y part _ . . _ . on 'Thursday night at the premises of Mr. W. Williams,' of the day. - sign of - the Rose and Crown, corner'of Gilbert-Street, The CORONER inquired if he could forth any judg- Oxford-street, consumed the whole of the - furnitnre'and ment' how that arose?—Witness said • he- Suspected contents. It extended completely through the house to that 'after he had filled thoSe casks; -he had neglected tire 'roof, part of which, together with part of the floors, to turn off one. of the POCki, I for he ;found instead of is standing. Much damage done to cellar stock by • ' '- t the-large t I he' - - mewing the gin on 9 va ~i was mg eject water. Six engines belonging to the brigade were in P d into .. f ei.s,ks. - - e .One. e the . .., attendance, with the parish engine and those belonging to. the County and West of England Companies. - 'Thed;--liO instantly Evidence oontinue . . , stopped puny building, with stock in trade and furniture, is insured in "and . went to the co u nter, and took down a shutter ing, .. to ~ . the Licensed Victuallers' of fi ce. Six. ees are lost. which coVered :the casks, 'ascertain: the one that No. 288, Oxford rtreet, Mr. C. Maeda potato dealer was need owing, and no sooner had he done so than —building damaged - .by fire, and roof injured ; furni- a great ;quantity of spirit came down, an 4 some fall ture extensively damaged by removal.. Insured in. ing on the burning gas; the burner-of stinc - h•Was im- the Sun. . . ' - - • • - mediately 7 beneath, ignited ,it. lie instantly ran into "NO. 286, Mr. Cook, , :baker—shop front extensively the cellar; 'and obtained two pails •of water, which he scorched. Insured in the Union. ' ' threw . over . the ,burning' ' Spirit, and ,partially " No..44;Giltiert.street, Mr. Mitcham, tailor--a similar -• . - • - bed' 't and for the - purpose ' o f . 1 extinguis -i . • - ' a damage to building.: • , • - ,it. wait he r ran. for another pail of • fecting • " .No. 1, Gilbera.street, FaTrulock„ potato dealer, front: , ' • - he ,when on is re turndiscovered the count of shop burned, arid furniture damaged by removal- our . water. . Insured in the Sun." - . - f flam - ing-house. in one 'mass 0 ea. 'Witness further added: that all human efforts were -made to Sere krs: Williams and - here family,, but .the 'flames Were •so frightfnlly-rapid in theirpregresS, that it was utterly, iinpracticable. He.,atteMpted to rush tip the stairs to their help, as did many other , persons, but• Could not ascend, the fire meeting them -and , driving theni back' into -the street. . . • . • . . • .. The CORONER thin - .briefly add r essed _the jury, and •• . they, after .a few minutes deliberation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." , • , Th 6 inquiry occupied nea rly five hours. It was stated that there was between .700 and 800 gallons of spirits •on the Preiniiei at the' tine Of the outbteak of the, fi rol 0 0 4914 4,which was Consumed. CENTRAL CRI VENAL COURT. During the recess which haS occurred since the ter• mination of the last session of the Central Criminal Court, the City Lands ComtnittAe have directed their attention toward improving the communication from the basement to the Old and New Courts, as well as afford ing a better systeth of accommodation and classifi cation to the nunierous and heterogenous masses that each session congregates at the above place. Here tofore, the entrance to the Old Court and the ofijee of the Clerk of the Indictments was by two stair Cases; the first one a wide flight of wooden stairs leading.to a passage which opens to the corridor separating the Old and New Courts; the other was a kind of well-staircase; consisting of stone steps, which led to the Indictment office, the gallery of the Old Court, and to the en trance for counsel and solicitors, and which, by means of a dark passage, rendered still darker by doors, led to an opposite flight, of steps, which communicated with what is termed the press-yard. These staircases were divided by a wall of masonry, four feet and a half in thickness, running from the base ment to the top of the building. This wllll, as well as the two flights of stairs, have been removed, and a wide circular, or well-staircase, has been built in their place. The flight, at the first landing, leads, and affords every facility, to and from both of the Courts and the indictment office ; the second flight leads to Mr. Clark's private offices, the gallery of the Old Court, and also to the gallery of the "New Court; while the third flight leads to the top of the building, and from the extreme width of the stairs several persons can pass and repass without the slightest inconvenience to each other. With regard to the alterations on the basement of the building, it has already been noticed that it has been divided into three compartments, but without any arrangement as to classification; this evil has been remedied, for the north division is set apart for the prosecutors and witnesses who may have to attend in the Old Court, as well as to afford ingress and egress to. the Grand Jury-room. The centre com partment is to be exclusively devoted for the friends of the prisoners, and witnesses to character. The south or right hand compartment affords the same facilities as the north end to the New Court ; and at the same time here the most important alteration has been made. Previous to . the last session all classes, male and female, the innocent and the vicious, the respectable and the dissolute, were herded together, intermixed with a vast number of the new police—the members of this protective force having nothing to do except to be in attendance, and to be ready to answer when their case was called on, too often made it the practice to take the female witness, especially if she was respectable, to some of the public-houses opposite, for the purpose, it was alleged, to remove her from being contaminated by the depravity with which she was surrounded, when in many instances, the remedy adopted far outbalanced the supposed evil, for being unused to such plaees, she became stupified by liquor, and became an easy victim to the passions of the constable. Not a session passed but what was marked with seductions, bath in married and single life, and to remedy this Monstrous evil, as well as the unhap py consequences which the want of a proper accommoda tion entailed, the City Lands Committee hare fitted up, the room which adjoins the office of the treasurer of the county.of Middlesex for the sole and exclusive accommo dation of respectable females who unfortunately are obliged to attend the Central Criminal Court in the cha racter of prosecutrixes or witnesses. In this room every thing that is essential is provided, and for the purpose of preventing any improper communication, a trustworthy female is to be appointed to attend to these parties, and to give notice when their attendance is required on the trial, thus preventing any unnecessary communication. Other improvements are about taking place, while the arrangements above alluded to will come into operation on Monday next. THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ssa,—l am induced to write to you, having acciden tally read your remarks on the conduct of the Emperor I Nicholas in your paper of the 2d of April. I am no admirer of his Imperial Majesty, but as I happen to be acquainted with the facts relating to the insurrection on his accession to the throne, I think it fair to communicate them to you. I am convinced that the Emperor. Nicholas never stated to the Marquis de Custine that he gave the order to the troops to go on their knees. This is a coup dc-theatre which the French Marquis could not resist ; and you are also mistaken in supposing that Nicholas did not expose himself on that day. The real fact was this:—Some time after the revolt had commenced, the regiment of Semenowski (Semenoffski) Guards, (in which Nicholas himself had been brought up) marched straight to the Winter Palace, with the intention either of securing or murdering him. The head of the column had no sooner entered the gateway of the palace, than Nicholas rushed down the stairs, without a sword on, and gave the command, " Semenowski ! halt 1 right about face I to the Isaac's Place ; quick march !" The regiment mechanically obeyed, and did march to the Isaac's Place, where the other revolted troops were as sembled. The coolness and decision of Nicholas on this occasion cannot be sufficiently praised; nor do I blame him, as all the troops were Russians, for. not superin tending the rather expensive amusement of charging squares of infantry with cavalry, which was resorted to in consequence of the artillery which (as well as the cavalry) was faithful, being unprovided with ammuni tion, which it was necessary to have sent for from Czarskoseloe. If Nicholas had only remained what he was when he came to the throne, the world would have had nothing to complain of. R. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury.) WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, APRIL 4.—We are unable to report any moveable change in the demand or price of wools of any description ; the market is firm at the rates of last week. LEEDS.—The balk cloth markets have been much the same this week as we have reported for several weeks past ; a moderate business has been done. There have been most of the principal buyers from London here this week ; their purchases, although not very large, have, on the whole, caused conkider able briskness in the warehouses. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The favourable change in the weather is looked upon as being bene ficial to the home trade merchants, who generally ex pect a good spring trade, and the demand is far better than last year at this period. The prices of all kinds of goods are very firm, and as they have not ad vanced in proportion with wool and yarns, lower prices cannot be submitted to. Yarns are not so ready of sale as a few weeks back, but as the spinners are very low in stock, there is no expectation of any lower rates being current. There is only a limited business doing in wool, and prices are barely main tained. TRADs OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.— The severe depression in the yarn market, to which we adverted last week, still continues, and the low rates at which a few sales were then made, have now become the current market prices. The decline ap- pears to have given a little more confidence to buyers ; and, although the amount of actual business done has not been very large, there is more disposition to give orders than for some time past. The goods market is rather firmer than last week, and a tolerable amount of business has been done at the prices of last week. The Clerk of the Ordnance (Captain Boldero, M.P.', proceeds to Plymouth and other stations (luring the re cess, on official business connected with the Master General's department. THE PEDLAR ArrAirt.—We understand that the referees, appointed to adjust the Rev. Mr. Pedlar's breach of promise of marriage to the daughter of the city High Sheriff, Benjamin Salter, Es q., have awarded to the for tunate young lady 1,000/. Western Times. The Hartlepool General Shipping Company have agreed to dissolve the deed of partnership constitutin g the Company, and to sell the ships belonging to them forthwith. Orders have arrived in Berwick to have a consider able portion of the barracks, which have been long un tenanted, prepared fur the reception of troops by the 15th inst. JOHN FEosT.—A letter, now in Newport, written at Pont Peer, Tasman's Peninsula, dated 17th October, 1843, conveys the intelligence that the writer saw Mr. John Frost in the previous March, " on the Station," and that he appeared in remarkably good health. — Monmouthshire Merlin. THE COLLIERS.—It is a matter of great satisfac tion to state that the coal miners at Lord Middleton's colliery, at Radford, Nottinghamshire, who had struck for an advance of wages last week, returned to their em ployment on Wednesday last, his Lordship's steward having complied with the wishes of the men, to pay them 4s. for a day's work of eight hours. The best workmen hitherto in coal-pits have not been able to earn (besides almost constant risk of life) more than from 12s. to 18s. per week, and working many hours per day. Public sympathy for the miners is now becoming universal. HOAXING.—A completely successful but rather mischievous hoax was played off in Dublin on Monday last—the Ist of April. Placards were issued and posted up which announced that a free passage to Drogheda and back would be given on the railway to . all who wished to enjoy the jaunt. In consequence, a vast num ber of persons collected at that point of the works where they expected to embark ; and, seeing a train with waggons approaching, they rushed forward, and en deavoured to secure themselves in an early place. The overseers remonstrated, and tried to undeceive the un happy dupes ; but all in vain—to Drogheda they would go and no mistake: The consequence was, a very serious riot, and damage to the works of more than 1001., in amount. The labourers on the road supported the over seers—the victims fought for their places, and the melee was tremendous. Next day Henry-street Police-office gave ear to a variety of complaints arising out of the transaction, but the magistrates dismissed , all the parties go od-humotiredly, " in honou r of the day. ' Holm') BORE.—Mr. Punch, re s ide i n Mayfair, and I write to complain to you of a monstrous nui- Millee existing in my neighbourhood. I allude to the crying of mackarel and oranges so early as ten o'clock in the morn ing. These noises are an intolerable interference with the repose of the superior classes ; auil I should like to know what the lower orders would say if the hours, which they think proper to devote to sleep, were broken in upon in a similar manner? In connexion with this subject, there is another point which I am desirous of mentioning, although lam quite aware that it is of a delicate nature. Undoubt edly, it is very right and proper that people should go to Church, and sonic meansof summoning them to service must, of course, be resorted to. Ido not at all object to bells at reasonable hours, but I must say, that to begin ringing them at eleven o'clock on a Sunday, in a district, to the majority of whose inhabitants attendance at the opera on the previous evening is indispensable, is preposterously inconsiderate, not to say, inhuman.—l t, Sir, &c,, A Fashionable Father of a ,‘.. - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • (From the Gosport Independent.) , GOSPORT, APRIL 6.—The Belvedere, 36, Capt., G. Grey, is ordered home from the Meditetannean to be paid off, and has left Malta, for the purpose of embark-, mg some of the_Xanthian Marbles, and bringing them to Ebgland. • • The Prince Regent is being very rapidly reduced from a 'Very unsightly dull 'sailing 120, to , what we predict to be a very fine, efficient, and faqt.sailing 92. The Cornwallis, 72, Capt. Richards, bearing the flag of. Admiral Sir W. Parker; arrived at Singapore, on the 11th of January, from China. • " The Flying Fish, built by Sir W. Symonds at Pem broke, is expected here next week, when all three .ves sels will be commissioned on the same day, The Clio, 16, Captain Fitijames, arrived at Bombay on the 27th of February, from Muscat, on her way to England to be paid off. The Thunderbolt. steamer, Captain Broke, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th of January, from Benguela. • The Castor, frigate, _Captain Graham, arrived at. Macao on the 24th of December, from Ireland, having General Dagular on board, the newly appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the , British forces in China. . Tho Avila sailed on Thursday for Quebec. -APPOINTMENTS.—Mates—J. Cartwright, to Cyclops;, F. Rooke, to St. Vincent. Chaplain—Rev. H. Franklin, to America. Master's-Assistant=T. B. Heed, to Speedy. _ MidsbiPman—Hon. -H. Moreton, to St. Vincent. 'Clerk in Charge—C. E. Colman, to Polyphemus. Naval Instructor—H. M. Snaps, to America. UXIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. .; ST. J 0111578 COLLEGE. - . CAMBRIDGE, AI'BIL s.—Nr. John Howar4, Cressy Wr gilt, 8.A., has just , been appointed one of the• Assistant• Masters in "the Collegiate Grammar School, Southwell: THR CHURCH. The following appointments have taken place:— The Rev. Thomas James Rowseil, M.A., of St. John's College, to the incumbency of St. Peter's, Stepney. Value, 400 L ' ' • The Rev. Josiah Bartlett,. of Queen's College, tothe inturnbency of the new • district church of St. John, at Ivington, Herefordshire. " The Rev. Josiah Crofts M.A., of St. Catherine's Hall, to the rectory of St. Saviour's Church, York. Value; 1331. The Rev - . Thomas French Eade, 8.A., cf Jesus College, to the rectory of Thrandestone, Suffolk. Value, 391 L - The Rev. John Hallewall, M.A., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Chillenden. Kent. Value, 130 L The Rev. Th:imas John Edward Steel, 8.A., of St. John's College, to the senior curacy of Sedgefield. • The Rev. Charles 'Wade Green, 8.A., of St. Petefs College, to the curacy of Brantham, Suffolk. The Rev. John Cross Morphew• ' 8.A ., _of St. Peter's College, to the curacy of South Lynn. Norfolk. The Rev Perey Gilpin M.A., of Christ's College, to be one-of the domestic chaplains to. his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. • • Riv. W. Crawley, rector of Bryngwyn, to the arch deaconry of Monmouth. Rev. Henry Holland, 8.A., of Queen's College, Cam bridge (who went out with the Bishop of Guiana in Ja nuary last), to be assistant-curate of the parish of All Saints, New Amsterdam, in that diocese. Rev. John Barham Johnson, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Welborne, Norfolk, on the presentation of his mother, Mrs. Maria Dorothy Johnson, of Yaxham. Rev. Noel Lowe, to the vicarage of Colliton Rawleigh, Devonshire c vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Green wood. Patron, the Dean of Exeter. Rev.! J. Lister, to the rectory of Luddington, Lin colnshire. • Rev. John Kippesly Maclean, son of the late Sir Lachlan Maclean, M.D., of Sudbury, to the vicarage of Caistor, Lincolnshire, by the Rev. Dr. Book, vicar of Leeds. _ _ _ _ . Rev. H. H. Morgan, B.D. to wardenship of St. Cathe rine's Hospital; Ledbury, Worcestershire. - Rev. William Ramsden, perpetual curate of Hales with Heekingham, Norfolk, to the rectory of Busling thorpe, Lincolnshire. Patton, the Governors of the Cbarter house. . _ • Rev. Gilbert H. Robinson,: M.A., has been licensed by the Bishop of Worcester toofficiate in a school-room and district at Walmsley, in the parish of Sutton Coldfield, on the nomination of the rector. Rev. Robert Sinipson, M.A., late perpetual curate of Christ Church, Newark, to the curacy of St. Paul's, Bristol. Rev. William Henry Tudor, to the rectory of Syder stone, librfolk, on the presentation of the Marquis of Cholmilndel by. - • Rev. F. Twiselton, D.C.L., to the mastership. of St. Ethelbert's Hospital, Ledbury, Worcestershire. Rev. Peter Almerie Le Heup Wood, 8.A., to the vacant stall of. St. George, in the Royal Collegiate Church of Middleham. By the appointment of the above gentleman (who is 'eldest son of the Very _Rev. the Dean of Middleham and nephew of Colonel Wood. M.P.. for Brecknockshire, and lord of the manor of Micildlehsm). all the stalls in this ancient Royal founda tion are filled up. • ,On Saturday last, the Rev. Thomas Daniel Holt Wil son, A.M., was instituted to the rectory of Redgrave with Botesdalet Suffolk, on his own petition. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Alexander Broadley, M.A. perpetual curate of Walditch, and curate of Bradpo le, to the vacant vicarage of the last named parish, the annual value of which is 2001., and that of the former about 601. LOV,, ON. BY Eura COOK. 46 Love not, love not, ye hapless sons of earth." MRS: NORTON. Love on, love on, the soul must have a shrine, The rudest breast must find some hallow'd spot ; The God who form'd us left no spark divine, In him who dwells on earth, yet loveth not. Devotion's links composes sacred chain Of holy brightness and unmeasured length ; The world with selfish rust and reckless stain, May mar its beauty, but not touch its strength. Love on, love on,—aye, even though the heart 'We fondly build on' proveth like the sand, Though one by one-Faith's corner-stones depart, And even Hope's 'last pillar fads to stand. Though we may dread the lips we once believed, And know their falsehood shadows all our days, Who would not rather trust and be deceived, Than own the mean, cold spirit that betrays ? Love on, love on, though we may live to see . The dear face whiter than its circling shroud. Though dark and dense the gloom of death may be, Affection's glory yet shall pierce the cloud. The truest spell that Heaten can givelo lure, The sweetest prospect mercy can bestow, Is the blest thought that bids the soul be sure.- 'Twill meet above the things it loved below.. Love on, love on, Creation breathes the words, • Their mystic ' music ever dwells around • The strain i s echo'd by'unnumber'd chords, And gentlest bosoms yield the fullest sound. As flowers keep springing, though their dazzling bloom Is oft put forth for worms to feed upon ; So hearts, though wrung by traitors and the tomb, Shall still be precious and shall still love on. --New Monthly. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT On Wednesday evening was held a meeting of the Metropolitan Improvement Society, at their rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, to take into con sideration the published plans .of the Government Commission for an Embankment of the Thames. Major-General Mercer, Dr. Southwood Smith, Messieurs Frampton, Drew, Biers, Martin, Cantwell, W. E. Hickson, Laxton, and other gentlemen, took part in the discussion. A general feeling of gratifica tion was expressed that the Commissioners had adopted the principle of not merely embanking the river, but of so embanking it as to form a continuous thoroughfare between the bridges. From Whitehall place to Blackfriars-bridge, there would be a new carriage-road, fifty feet in width, along the edge of the river, including a pavement of fifteen feet for foot passengers. Within this line of road a series of docks would be constructed to provide the needful accommodation for the barges of wharfingers, who would have the same facility of access to their pre mises as at present, so that it would not be necessary to interfere with private property in any case. The defects of.the plan appeared to be—first, the imperfect means of communication provided between the em bankment and the shore. These were on a very nig gardly scale, and, like the stations of railroads, con venient only to those living in their immediate neigh bourhood. No public communication, for example, was contemplated between Norfolk-street in the Strand and Blackfriars-bridge, so that a person might actually live within three hundred yards of the embankment, and not be able to approach it without a weary walk of a mile. The principal termini of the roadway were also objectionable ; it would be entered at right angles both at Blackfriars-bridge and Whitehall-place, and the latter opening, in stead of one nearer Charing-cross, would be ex tremely circuitous and inconvenient to the whole of the inhabitants of the north-west of London. At the City end, the embankment would be no relief to the narrow and crowded thoroughfare of Ludgate-hill, as it might have been if carried along the shore, at least as far as Southwark-bridge ; and that part of the plan, which provided a footpath only from Hunger ford-market to Westminster-bridge, and proposes to give up the ground there gained from the river as private gardens, was strongly condemned. These and other defects pointed out were, however, not of a character which could not be obviated as the work proceeded. In the general outline of the plan there was undoubted merit, and, as a whole, it was en titled to public support. The first step was the con struction of a new river walk, and it was the interest of the public that this object should be effected with as little delay Si possible. Various improvements might afterwards be Introduced in the internal line of the embankment.' Before the meeting broke up it was resolved that a deputation from the Society should unite with a deputation from the Master Car- Eenters' Society to wait upon the Ch ance ll or o f th e xchequer, with a view to such a remission of the window duties as would enable builders to provide for the ventilation of ceihm, water-closets, &c., without Win -subject ta talkfAiga. _ IiQUEST ON THE BODIES OF THE SIX SUFFERERS, On Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Coroner's investigation was commenced by Mr. Higgs, the deputy coroner for Westminster, before a jury of fourteen respectable tradesmen, at the Malpas Arms public-house, Charles-street, Grovesnor-square, on the bodies of the six unfortunate persons, namely, Mrs. Eliza `Williams, aged 31 years ; Eliza Williams, her daughter, aged 4 years ; William Williams, her infant; Sarah Hodgson, aged 25 years; Charlotte aged 30 years (the servant) ; and Henry Jacob , rickenn, isock.l2,7c*N:yillc...4 o 4 _tiaeillivevot - THE VST,F, .00A - Cll — Roisp,E - Ry, - ..XECITTION of JOHN LAwrir.iNcE , OX FOR D, -APRIL :6.-s--- RiChard Elliott,. Who' - de , .;.: ,' FOR •MURDErS, 'AT HORSHAM. ' scribed himself aS . a cigar.reerchent, residing in Bell- ' , The setitenCe•Of execution passed upon Lawrence.. street, Paddingtone and, who .has. b een i n c us t o dy , at the late Lewes Assizes for the murder of Mr. eince the night of Monday, the:lBth of last tnontlion Solomon, the chief officer of Brighton, was on &tuts a airge•of being Concerned, with two others, not yet , day morning carried into _effect, at the usual place of in custody, in robbing the Defiance Oxford: eoaeh - of - I execution on the top of the county gaol. From the T;500 sovereigns, was, for th e - first . time, publicly exa-, .4 character: of the Offence, and the circumstances under mined in. the houSe of the Governor of -the priso n, by 1 which it. Was committed, there was not the slightest • ~, ~ Dr..lllariham and Captein Shepperd. - ' --- • chance of any remission of the sentence, and from the. The prieoner, who is a:sharp-visaged Man, oro-i -,athtime of his conviction the wretched culprit evidently fair complexion, and'about thirty years, of age, . as prepared for the fate which awaited hiM; and ste smartly. dreseed, . and is evidently a sharp and active i peered anxious to make all the atonement in his power fellow. . ~ by a sincere repetstance. Previous to the examination being entered on, Mr. Although the prisoner admitted' the justice of his Ballantine, who appeared for the prisoner, applied to esentence, yet, up to the very last moment, he persisted the Magistrate, and requested that some friends • of I in declaring , that he was not actuated by any tnalk the accused, who had come from London, and who ciorts feeling towards the unfortunate deceased, but 1 were very anxious to hear the nature of the eharge he says that, at the moment, a sudden and uncontrol against the prisoner, as they had: been kept in the table impulse impel!ed him to seize the poker and give dark about it, should Isepreaent. - It was also but fair the deadly blow, and he said that, if he had eonsi to inform the Magistrates that he, Mr. Ballantine; dered but one moment, lie should not have committed also intended calling some of those as , witnesses to :the a•ct.• He has all along declared that be could hot speak to the character of the prisoner, to show who tell - what possessed him at the moment, but the and what he was. - thought to kill the deceased suddenly came across his - Dr. MARSUAM replied, that at present he did not mind, and he- could not resist it. The Rev. Mr. 'see the necessity of calling witnesses as to character, C Allen, the chaplain of the gaol, who has been con es the question before the court was one of fact. He stantly with the prisoner since he has been at Hors- - --- refused the application : but said he had no : Ob.** ham s :repeatedly:asked him whether he was actuated tion to the depositions taken at the former examine- •by any feeling of malice toward the deceased, and tionatif the prisoner being read over, and it would be the culprit in the most solemn mattoer always mad© then - open to him, Mr. Ballantine,: to make such oh- the same statement relative to the melancholy trans- servations on 'the case as he might think proper. action, and also said that at the time he struck the The deposition of Mr. Robert Hair; 'clerk in the blow, he could hardly tell whether, it was aimed et banking-house of 'Messrs. COutts and 'Co e Strend Solomon or any other person. • (who_ was .not present), was the first read. It was to The pri-•oner, although only 24 years old, appears the effect that the witness, from instructions he had, to have passed his life in one long career of vice and received, on Monday, the 18th of last month, counted crime.' Although or respectable connections at Tun out 1 ,00 sovereigns; and, after weighing them, put bridge Wells, at.an early age he was in the habit of them intoo-a bag and delivered them to Robert Quint, frequenting beer-shops, where he became acquainted a porter employed in' thebanks • ' * with the mast depraved characters. lie then went to 'rhe deposition of Quint, the person alltided work upon the Brighton Railway, and the scenes of to by the lasi witness, was to the effect, that after re vice and profligacy _which he there witnessed cons • ceiving the sovereigns from' Mr. Hair, he, put them pleted his ruin. After this he went home to his intes a small box, which he deposited in a blue bag, parents ; and being intrusted with a cheque for 25/. secured at the mouth with astring.: He then got. into he appropriated the proceeds to his own use, and set a cab, and drove to the GloucestereCoffee-house, Ox- off to Brighton, accompanied by a young women, with ford-street, to deliver it to Hobson, the driver of the whom he had cohabited ; and the money being.soon Defiance Oxford coach. When he arrived •at the spent he was reduced to distress, and then coin- Gloucester Coffee-house, the coach had not got up, but mitted the offence of stealing the carpet, which evens after remaining -a few minutes in the passage, it ar- tually led - to the murder of the unfortunate deceased, rived, when 'he delivered the bag to , Hobson, and saw . - end the forfeiture of his on n life. The wretched man - him put it into_ the front boot. - The time he had to stated that for three days before he stole the carpet he wait for the coach was about five minutes, and all this . had been continually drunk, and that when he .com• time the bag lay . by his side in the passage. ' mitted that offence lie did not know what he was Joseph Hobson, who was in attendance, was here about. .. . called, and being sworn, his deposition eaken on the The prisoner's mother, it appears, is married to a 29th of Mareh was read over to him. He deposed second husband . He has written to her, and received that. - he was coachman of. the Defiance Oxford coach, answers several times since.his condemnation, but she which travels' between that. place and London. On was in such a state of mind as to render her quite Monday, the 18th of last month, at about-ten o'clock unable .to support the trial of parting with her in the morning, be 'called at the banking-house of wretched son. .The prisoner's uncle and a younger Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand, and signed a receipt brother went to the gaol on Friday evening; but, at • for 1,5001. sovereigns. He subsequently returned to the request of-the prisoner, the parting with them was the Belle Sauvage, on Ludgate-hill, and left there deferred until the following morning. The conduct with his coach at twelve o'clock, when he had one of this brother during the time he has been in the lady on the front seat. He then proceeded to the town has created an universal feeling of disgust. Bell and Crown, Holborn, where he took up . Ever since he has been in the town he has been another lady, who also got upon the - front almost continually drunk, and on the Thursday seat. He next drove to the Regent - circus, where night before the execution of' his wretched relative he he took up a lad and a man, both of whom sat on vest the evening at a beer-shop, where fiddling and the front with the two ladies. He then proceeded to dancing was going on. In answer to an observation the Gloucester Coffee-house, where he saw Quint, the made by Mr. Loader, the governor of the gaol, as to porter at Messrs. Coutts's, who gave him a blue bag, , whether he intended to see his brother executed, he and this he placed in the off side of the front seat , replied that he certainly should do so. amongst other things, but put it near the bottom. Very shortly after the culprit's condemnation hit He then took up a man (who took the box seat), fortitulle returned ts him, and he expressed en who saw him 'place the bag in the boot. This ' anxious and apparently sincere desire to atone fcr his man was stout, about 5 feet 9 in. in. height, and wore past crimes by a full and *sincere repentance, awl on an old-fashioned blue. great coat, and had no luggage. Friday he expressed a strong wish to receive the Holy Before reaching .Knightsbridge the man on the box - Sacrament. - The chaplain at first rather dissuaded told him a Person - wanted to go with him, when him from so doing, but at length, believing him to be Elliott, the prisoner, came out •of a gin-shop, got sincere and truly penitent., he acceded to the pri up on the dickey, and said he- was going to Benson. soner's desire. It w as after this that the prisoner `a - At Hemmersmith he took up another man, who got uncle and brother called, but the culprit not being • on the back part of ,the coach, and a woman, and at l then in a state. of mind to receive them, requested, Cranford-bridge he:took up another gentleman. At through the governor, that they . should not disturb Cranford-bridge he' saw - the big- in the boot safe, him at that moment, but come to him in the morn end he did: not think that anything was taken out of ing. The brother at first said he should not come the boot till he reached Benson. He changed horses, any more'to see him, and it was only at the earnest first at Hounslow, next at Longford, then at Salt-hill, request of Mr. Loader that he at length consented to when a lady got down; next at Ealy Bottom, then at accompany his uncle in the morning. Henley Bottom, and next at Benson. Here Mr. When not engaged with the chaplain, the culprit Shrub, whom he had taken up at Cranford-bridge, has almost incessantly occupied himself in writing, and the prisoner 'Elliott, got off. The former had a and he has sent letters to nearly all his old abandoned carpet bag, which, was given to his boy, and witness associates earnestly entreating them to avoid their went into the Crown Inn, where he stopped to receive present course of life, and to refrain from the conduct the prisoner's fare. He gave him change for a sovereign, that lead to his destruction. The culprit had his sup and he pressed witness to have a glass of ale, which he , per at the usual hour on Friday night, and went to (witness) took. Before this a lady got out at Salt- I bed about ten o'clock, and slept soundly until the next hill, and a passenger at Henley Bottom. When he morning at seven o'clock, soon after which hour the reached the Crown Inn, Benson, it was a quarter to chaplain was in attendance upon him. Mr. France, seven o'clock, and he on that occasion, as well as other the under-sheriff of the county of Sussex, had arrived Places at which he had changed horses, left, the box. on Friday evening, and, as a great crowd was ex- On arriving at the Old Bank. at Oxford, he looked, pected, by his directione'barriers were erezted, in order • for the bag delivered to him by the porter of Messrs. to prevent accidents from the .pressure of the people. Coutts and Co., but could not find it. He then drove Saturday morning the prisoner's uncle and his to the Vine Inn, in the High-street, where the coach brother .came to take their last leave of him in this finally- stopped, and then again looked for, it, . but world. The culprit here the scene with great firm found it was gone. -He then, asked the passenger ness, and he appeared more concerned - on account of who sat on the box with him and the others, if they his brother than for himself, and he entreated him in saw any person take it, and they all said they did not. the most solemn manner to alter his course of life, In his cross-examination by Mr. Ballantine, the and avoid the miserable condition to %bids he h a d re witness . laid that the man whom he described as duced himself by his misconduct. The brother ap riding with him on the box, and who had observed peered very much affected, and he promised to retina him 'receive the box and put it in the boot, was en- his evil way of life and go home with Lis uncle, who, tered as a " gent." on the way-bill. He did not at the dying request of the culprit, promised to provide know what - became of him, nor had he seen him for him. From this time the culprit prepared himself since. ' He knew. all the females that were with him for the fatal moment, and he repeatedly expressed his as passengers but one, and he believed they were all desire that 'it had arrived, as he said he was quite respectable persons. At Benson he was ,away from i ready to die, and he trusted he should be forgiven his his coach about five minutes, and was also off his box girlie at the five, other places he had previously changed The officers of the sheriff arrived at the gaol soon horses at; as well as at Knightsbridge, when he took the I after eleven o'clock, - and about a quarter to twelve prisoner up. He did not see the prisoner take any- time culprit was pinioned, and he was shortly after thing away , from the coach at Benson. - wards led along the 'passage of the gaol to the drop Mr. Ballantine here remarked on the extreme which was erected upen the temporary platform made singularity of the witness g ivin g a recei p t for the for that purpose. He walked with a firm step, and 1,500 Sovereigns at the - banking: house of the Messrs. mounted the ladder leading to the scaffold without Coutts' two hours before he received t hem. any assistance, and - then gaged calmly round among The other witnesses examined w ere 11 Bikini Chap- the crowd. The Rev. Mr. Allen asked the miserable man, a servant in , the - emloy of Mr.. Shrub, R. man whether he had anything he wished to say, and Carr, horsekeeper at the (.sown Inn, Benson, Mi• he replied that lie had not, and at the same time again Carter, landlord of the same inn, and a female ser- declared that; although he suffered justly for killing a vant, named Pierce. • fe!low-creature, he had no enmity -against the The prisoner was then remanded 'till a future day. deceased, and that - he was not conscious of what he was doing when he struck him with the poker. He then shook hands with the reverend gentleman, and expressed, in the wannest terms, his gratitude for the kindness he had received from him, and also from Mr. Loader, the governor of the gaol. All the arranges ments were now completed, and at a given signal the drop fell, and in less than a minute the miserable culprit had ceased to exist. Although the crime of which LaWrence was eon -1 vieted created a good deal of excitement in the neighs' bourhood, and, indeed, throughout the whole county, where the unfortunate deceased was generally re -1 spected as an active and excellent officer, very few persons; - comparatively, were present at the execution, notwithstanding there was a great cattle fair in the town, which, • of course, attracted a number of strangers. Preparations had, however, been made to , prevent accident in the event of there being so great a concourse of people as was expected ; and Inspector Hughes and seven men of the A division of Metro politan Police were engaged to superintend e i arrangements. It is now nine years since there has ' been an execution_ in this county; and it is rather re markable, that the last man who was executed, for four daring burglaries, was brought to j stic through the exertions of SolSolomon,the unfortunatye ue mainl deceased, who, no doubt, at the time, little anticipated that the next execution would be that of his murderer. The body, after hanging an hour, was cut down and placed in a shell, and at ten o'clock on Saturday night, according to the terms of the sentenee, it was interred within the gaol. TORT CALUNINIES.THR HAMPER= ADVERTI• SER AND THE REPORTER.—WO were at some pains last week to correct certain calumnies of the Tory paper of this town, and, amongst other matters, we were enabled from undoubted authority to expose the mis-statements respecting Prince Albert's treat ment of the: reporter who had . intruded on his privacy, which the Editor of the . Advertiser had cir culated on the authority of his Cowes Correspondent, with the addition of some characteristic flourishes of his own. In spite of our expoeure, and of our state ment of what really 'took place, and in spite of the disclairder *of the reporter himself - --the Advertiser-- instead: of acknowledging- that he wil misled, and of apologising for his own share in the calumnies — endeavours to wriggle out of the disgraceful affair ; and pretends even now, that his own account of the matter is the correct one and avers that it is known to be so to every one in Cowes and Portsmouth. Now this same every one is a most convenient personage to erect into's, general voucher on such occasions, and one very difficult to discover or contradict- ibut in the teeth of such high authority, we boldly assert that if every one says that the Advertiser's account is correct, every one knows nothing at all about it. It is not true that the reporter was treated with " cruel severity " by order of the Prince, "as Princes do in Germany. ' It is not. true that "h e was towed through the surf in a. small boat at the stern of the steamer against a biting north-east wind:" It is not true that "he was landed by our brave tars in a delightful frolicsome spirit, four or five miles up the harbour of Portsmouth in - the mud, to find his way as well as he was able." He was, on the contrary, treated with kindness by the Prince's order, and brought to Portsmouth in the steamer , and to L ondon. in the special train which conveyed the SOTERND.—Cousiderable progress has been made royal party. This we repeat from aut horit y on which i n extending the pier at this fpleeseut watering place to the lighthouse. When completed it will afford a noble we can rely, 'against which the H a mpshire Advertiser enlists that common report, which is proverbially promenade for visitors.—Esees Standard. called a common liar, and his o wn unbl u shing f I ns th.e Dom', APRIL s.—The depot of the 95th, now pudence of. assertion. Now these calumnies stationed at the Heights Barracks here, will be inspected Advertiser' are not only untrue, but they arc malicio_us on Thursday next, the 11th inst., by his lloyol Highness and mischievous, and by no means calcula ted to make Prince Albert enamoured of the district, through I .. 'rid e c:A s. lb . e j rt and the Adjutant-General of her Majesty's which they are so industriously circulated. His Royal tore ohn Macdonald, K.C.B. Orders have been Highness, however, knows enough of the gentlemen received at this garrison for the depots of the 77th and connected with the public press not to take this reporte r 25th regiments to be held in readiness to march to as a fair specimen of his class—and we sholild be very Gravesend, early in the ensuing month, for embarkation sorry indeed were he to judge of other members of the for Ireland—the former depot for Cork, and the latter FOurth Estate from the specimen exhibited b y t h e for Kinsale. The 52d de l ot is ordered from Ireland to Hampshire Advertiser. -;--Hampshire Independent. i Dover, to relieve the 77th and 95th. GREAT BRITAIN STEAK-SHIP.--The flow of the Tun WHEAT.—We are happy to hear a very tide on - Thursday night and Friday morning, at the favourable report of the appearance of the wheat on the Cumberland basin gates, was to the height of from 35 to ground. Though we have had a good deal of wet during 36 feet, probably higher than any we shall have before the last month, it does not seem to have hurt it at all ; the autumnal equinox. It was by the tide of and ne have it from an agriculturist of long experience Thursday that the . Directors of the Great Western that it never looked better, through the whole of the Steam-ship Company had hoped to have passed Weald, than it does at present, an appearance he 'Atli the Great Britain down the r i ve r. At a meet- i, butes to the improved drainage of almost all the laud i n ing of the board of Dire c t o rs o f the Dock Company, the country that requires it.- The oat-sowing, has been on Monday last, a resolution was passed that a copy 4 doue, almost everywhere, better than usual, and many of . the correspondence which had taken place between pieces of peas are up, and looking well. The lambing that Board and - the Directors of the Great Western on the Downs has comdrenced, with different SUCCCSI its Steam-ship :Company, respecting the removal of the i different localities ;iu Sonic places there has been a Great Britain, be transmitted to the. Board of Trade, great loss of ewes—more than usual by far. The grass with such ex planatiOns as may be deemed necessary to is backward, but there is an abundance of hay every - elucidate the position of all parties. By this it will be where.—Brighion Paper. seen that nothing has yet been done to relieve the Great THE IRON TRADE. — We are ver to learn seen happy Britain from her embarrassing situation. The Brisk , / that the iron trade is greatly improved, and is likely to Mercury states that the- 'William Milnes, in ; passing be so for a long period. The public may rely upon thita through the ,smaller lock 'of Cumberland-basin, hung as it comes front one having iron and coal works, and upon the walls, and, the tide ebbing, her bottom was extensively conuected with the business.—Biendrigharn forced out, and the greater part of her valuable cargo Advertiser. FA ce d e r THE PeNDialms.—Rich. was lost. This occurred in the ,autumn of 1813. She MELANCHOLY remained , for..some weeks, wedged in, the spring tides Herbert Penderill, ag t lineal descendant of the successively Bowing over, and it. was: tliought she would Penderills, whose loyalty to Clerics 11. is a matter of have to be broken up; at.length, however, she wag ex- history', perished in a miserable way on Wednesday. tricated, underwent very costly repairs, and was re- The deceased W a s a waterman on the -Thames, end was moved to another port. • subject to fits ; and. finding one approaching, held out }UV. Martin Wright, curate of Redniarahall. has been his arras as a signal to his associates, but fell into the appointed by the rector of Sunderland cene*f the curates river before. they could at-sist hire, and p er i t h e a, j „u l o px§ i . _ .„ Arewskrp 1 4 1racs. . _ . .• . " 1 1