The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock, TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING, szx o'cLocK. DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Teddington 7 to 1 agst Hernandez $ to 1 agst Marlborough Buck 10 to 1 agst Prime Minister 14 to 1 agst Constellation 16 to 1 agst Theseus 20 to 1 agst Hippolytus 90 to 1 agst Black Doctor 25 to 1 agst Heartbreaker 25 to 1 agst Neasham 30 to 1 agst Lamartine 40 to 1 agst Bonnie Dundee 66 to 1 agst Guy Mannering 100 to I agst Glenhawk OAIOS. 7 to 2 agst Hesse -Homburg 7 to 1 agst Aphrodit6 ELECTION COMMITTEE. —(THIS HARWICH. The Committee sat again to-day, and proceeded with the objections on the part of the sitting Member to the votes polled by Mr. Cranford. On the conclusion of the scrutiny the room was cleared, and on the parties being admitted, The CRAIRMAN announced that the Committee had determined that Mr. Prinsep, not being duly qualified in accordance with th e p rov i s i ons o f the Ist and 2d Vic.. asp. 48, entitled "A n A ct to amen d the Laws relat in g to tho qualification of M em b ers t o serve in Parliament, " was x'.3 duly elected for the borough of Harwich to serve in ttie present Parliament, and that the last election was f lorefore a void election. DAY. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo, et Five o'elock. PETITIONS. Lord CAMPBELL presented' 6 petition in favour of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill, from some gentle men who, under the present law, had had several valuable racehorses seized as an heriot. The Earl of EGLINTON pre;ented, from the borough of Ayr, the moat numerously signed petition that had ever been presented from t h at place. It was against Papal aggression, and he could bear witness to what had been stated by the Noble Duke (Argyle) as to the feeling generally prevailng in Scotland against this ag gression. The Noble Earl presented several petitions to the same effect. Lord CAMPBELL would bear witness to the feeling in Scotland ou the subject, and he had to present several petitions from parishes in Scotland against Papal ag gression, which had been signed by the whole of the in habitanti, male and female, of those parishes. The Earl of SANDWICH presented a petition from places in Huntingdonshire, praying for a restoration of agricultural protetion. Lord SFANLEY presented several petitions with a similar prayer, and he was convinced that before any long time had elapsed they would be compelled to pay attention to the claims of the landed interest. The Noble Lord also presented several Petitions against Papal aggression; also a petition from Belfast, praying for the establishment of an Irish Transatlantic packet station. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions against Papal aggression. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented several peti tions complaining of agricultural distress. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from Not tingham against Papal aggression. Lord STANLEY presented a petition in favour of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Railway. The Earl of WALDEGR AVE presented a petition in favour of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill. EXPENSES OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS BILL. Lord CRANWORTH moved the second reading of this Bill.—Agreed to. - PROPERTY TAX BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of the Income and Property -tax Bill. This was the Bill of the session, which was of the greatest financial importance. He believed that however imperfect the wording of the amendment introduced into this Bill by a majority of the House of Commons— introduced into this Bill in opposition to the wishes of her Majesty's Government, might have been, it would not affect the legal effect of the Bill. But he would call the attention of their Lord ships to the provisions of the Bill, and although he was not one of those who could be considered as an advocate of direct over indirect taxa tion, and although no one was more aware than himself of the imperfections of this tax, which imperfections had been most ably set forth by the Right Hon. Baronet, now no more, who had first proposed this tax, yet he felt bound to propose the renewal of it as a temporary measure. He was convinced that Parliament never could remedy the glaring inequalities of this tax, and he thought it was the duty of Parliament to make these immense burdens as palatable as possible. But these objections were subject to two qualifications, the first being how far by the continuance of this bur den they could facilitate the importation of raw produce into this country, and how far by doing away with other taxes they would so increase the revenue, by encouraging increased importation and increased consumption, so as to enable them eventually to do away with the income-tax itself. - -. rt 44 )2bitttoi.,l 41i, t (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, The SPEAZZa took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. THID The following Bills ß w e e AD read a INGS. third time and passed :-- Midland Railway (E xtension of Time, Esc.). York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Branch to the West Durham Railway, &c.). Taw Vale Railway and Dock. CONSIDERA HON OF BILLS. On the motion f o r cons i dering the Chorley Water works Bill, Mr. CARDWELL, on behalf of the corporation of Liverpool, complained that the promoters of this Bill had departed from their original Act of Parliament in the appropriation of their capital. The corporation of Liverpool petitioned against the present Bill, the object of which was to raise additional capital; but the Com mittee, acting ender the impression that the corporation could apply to one of the courts of law to redress the grievance which they complained of, refused to hear them. Now it so happened that the promoters of the Bill had so framed their original Act as to preclude that appeal to a court of law, and therefore, unless the House at this stage inserted a proviso to the contrary, this Bill would trench upon certain works of the Liverpool corporation and seriously injure the rate- Payers of that town. He moved the insertion of a pro viso to that effect. H r. CHRISTOPHER opposed the proviso, and, as ma n of the Committee w hi c h sa t u p on this Bill, This Bil defended l the c ourse t h at had been taken by that body. gi COMpany ZP I Y authorised the Chorley Water Works carry out certaraiinse an . addi tional . capital of 12,0001. to Coned by p oi% works which had already been sane to know how itahc t, and the Committee were at a loss Mr. HEY wol gd injure Liverpool. curred in the d eciB jotisupP°rted the Bill, and fully con- Committee. After some further d e l l the Mr. Thornely, di s cuss ion, in which Mr. W. Brown, part, the proviso was withcleateh' and Mr. Greene took The Bill was then considerewdrhand agreed to, as were also the following Bin o. _ Liverpool Docks (Alteration of m an Midland Railway (Purch ase of agement, &c.) eds and Bradford R a il wa y, and Increase of Capitaaje. Midland Railway (Regulation an d of Capital, &o.) Weeton-super-Mare Improvement and Market HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. K. sE ymER brought up the report of the declaring Election Committee unseat ing a s e — P. and declaring the last election to be void. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir W. HAYTER, a new writ Wu I ordered for Clackmannan and Killross, in the room of Sir W. Morrison, deceased. PETITIONS. Sher. ANDERSON presented a petition from the Shetld Islands complaining of the burdens upon land. f Pr. JOHN O'CONNELL presented several petitions against rl 4imerick and Dublin, and other places in Ireland, i ...h) Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. .. COWANvu presented a petition from Edinburgh in favour of thi s MREE Bill' ' EIFIELD presented several petitions from parishes in i the4inshire to the same effect. Mr. COWAN al so pr esented petitions from against the Distilled) Edinburgh never been consulted Spirit s Bill, stating that they had interests. the House, and that til7, nthrespect to the Bill now before ; injurious to their as it now stood would b v Mr. CORRALLY p r „ en _ the Ecclesiastical Titles Bitr a several petitions againt it Mr. REYNOLDS presented petitions to the sam in effect from the undermentioned AntimT.yrene; Lisbur a low ; Thurles, Tipperary; g er c r e: , :--_-Bray, in Wick c ou Dunabate an i and Hillsborough, Down and k A Dublin; Kticar, Done o d tiroihegby Monaghan ; Tessuagh , Tipperary l ; Tula ; Clone 'x Donegal; Aughabery. Monaghan; KillniPPe Dun.. many, Meath; Ballynderrf, Tyrone and Antrim. naskill, Galway; Sr. Nicholas Without, Dublin; 'Dtdilit • Cemeteries C omm i ttee ( w hich On the motio n o f the }I Gentleman w as rea d f rom t h e table); Dunnuly, LeiL.ri " 'tn;. 1 Bridgetown, G arry b arry, an d . Killaboe, Clare. i .Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN p r e s ented a petition from the t Chamber of Comm erce o f the city of Limerick, prayin g • that the Towns Improvement Bill be suspended till the , ' wards of that city be reconstructed on the principle of the Dublin Improvement Act ; also, a petition from a public meeting of the rate payers and citizens of Limerick, praying that the Towns Improvement B ill, with certain modifications, may pass into law. Mr. R. M. FOX presented a petition from the coin ay of Loneord against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, whiich he moved should be read at the table of the House. The petition was then read by the Clerk at the tahlf .. 1 THE SUN, LONDON, GERMANY, SEWERS ACT. ! Lord DUNCAN wished to ask the Right Hon. the ISecretary of State for the Home Department when he fproposed to bring in his new Bill respecting the Com missioners of Sewers ? Sir G. GREY could not name the day now, but ample notice would be given of it beforAhand. DINGLE WORKHOUSE. Mr. REYNOLDS asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land a question respecting the investigation held in the Dingle workhouse, county of Kerry ; and whether the Protestant chaplain, and other paid officials, alleged to have bribed Catholic paupers to become Protestants, are still continued in their respective appointments P Sir W. SOMERVILLE said an inquiry had been in ltituted into the matter by the Poor-law Commissioners, ,and it had transpired that they had been in the habit of , distributing small sums amongst the Protestant inmates of the Dingle workhouse, but it was more for the pur poses of charity than anything else. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know if the Hon. Baronet had any objection to lay the paper relating to that before the House? Sir W. SOMERVILLE had none whatever. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. HUME asked the Under-Secretary f or th e Colo nies w hether he would have any objection to l a y on t h e table the last dispatch received from the Cape respecting the expense of the Kafir war? Mr. HAWES said if the Hon. Member would put his • question to-morrow he would be in a position to give an answer. In reply to Mr. ADDERLEY, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was the intention of the Government to appoint assistant Commissioners to pro.. • ced to the Cape to inquire into the affairs of Kafraria. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know what powers the Commissioners would have to make peace with the Kafir tribe? Lord J. RUSSELL sa id Si r Harry Smith was Chief Commissioner. —(A laugh.) VISITS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS TO THE EXHIBITION. Mr. HUME said he understood it was the intention of the Government to give leave of absence to dockyard servants for six or t en d ays to enable them to come to London to see the Exhibition, and he wished to know whether the Government were to pay their ex penses; and also, wh e th er th e y wou ld h ave any objec tion to extend the same privilege to other public servants? Sir F. BARING replied that the Admiralty had given leave to the officers employed in the dockyards, who were anxious to attend the Exhibition, to be absent two days in London, but they did not propose to pay their expenses either in coming up or in returning.—(Hear.) ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. Mr. MOORE presented several petitions from Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. SPOONER presented two petitions against Papal aggression. Mr. ROCHE presented several petitions from Tip perary against the Bill. Sir JOHN YOUNG presented several petitions from the county of Durham to the same effect. Mr. W. Miles from Gloucestershire, and M. Hope and Sir John Trollope from Hants, presented petitions to the same effect. Dr. POWER presented several petitions from different places i❑ Ireland against the Bill. Mr. KEATING and Mr. LAWLESS presented several petitions, the latter, chiefly from Cloumel, against the Bill. Mr. SADLEIR also presented petitions against the Bill. Colonel CHATTERTON presented a petition from Cork in favour of the Bill. Several other petitions were presented in favour of and against the Bill. The House then resolved itself into Committee, and on the motion being made to proceed, Mr. REYNOLDS rose and said, that he moved that the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again.—(Loud laughter from all sides of the House.) Gentlemen might laugh at such a motion, but they should recollect that when the House last sat upon this question an understanding was come to that the First Lord of the Treasury should decide before they sat again as to the course which he intended to pursue with regard to this Bill. It was quite evident that no such understanding had been come to, and that no course had been adopted which was at all likely to lead to the settlement of the question.—(Hear, hear.) Members might cheer, but those who were most ready to give that ironical notice of their feelings, might be of a different opinion when they came to hear the reason which he had to adduce for thus moving that the Spesker should now report progress. He had care fully studied this Bill, and had been somewhat asto nished at the form which its several clauses had assumed. The understanding not having been carried out, he felt himself perfectly justified in the couse which he now pur sued, of moving that the Chairman report progress. It should be recollected that this was not the first Bill or even the second Bill, for it was entirely a different Bill from that which had been originally introduced. The Right. Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home De artment bad volmntarily abandoned the second and third a lauses of the Bill, but he had retained the first. L niring the course of the debate the Honourable Mem )), er for Midhurst, Mr. Walpole, had placed a notice on tl to books which materially affected the whole subject. B y that arrangement the whole of the evil was still con ti need, and the first clause contained all the mischief, 1 'hat clause he called the Walpole clause. There was a; !so another clause of the most insulting nature to him at ad his co-religionists, namely, that clause which Li ie Secretary of State had manufactured out ce. f the proviso which had been originally introduced tt exempt the Scotch Episcopalian bishops from the peration of the Bill. That was what he called making " fish of one and flesh of the other," and he would like tc ) know whether the Noble Lord would introduce jt tet such another clause for the benefit of the B :omen Catholic bishops of the United King d om. Another reason for his making this mu ti on was, that there were several amendments 'hich did not apply to the Bill in its present shape; a nd would it not, therefore, be reasonable to permit the C !hairmau to report progress, in order to enable Hon. fembers to have time to see what those amendments really • . ere? The many- t ngued enimal the press had lately been d evotirg great space to the proceedings of what was C ailed the Irish brigade, and remarked on the d earth of talent in the Irish ranks, asking • 'here were the Currans, the Grattans, the Sheridans, ti se Plunketts? He might well retaliate, and point ti 3 the Treasury bench, ask where were the Foxes— ( Laughter)—the Burkes, and the Pitts? He wile one v 'ho liked precedents, and if they were reproached for v 'sating the time of the House, which they hal not yet d one, he would refer them to an edition of I .ord Brougham's speeches, edited by himself, for the c ourse which was taken by the party to which the Noble I sord now at the head of the Government belonged, in 1 816, for the protection of the people of this country. I laving read the opinion of Mr. Brougham, when he was e , Member of the House, relative to the propriety of of f ering every description of opposition to an obnoxious t ax, that example being by him, and having had his pproval after the lapse of upwards of twenty 3 ears. He should be glad to know when it s vas fair or reasonable of the Noble Lord, and those who acted with him, to taunt him (Mr. Reynolds) and t hose who voted as he voted, with wasting the time c if the House, because he merely did what their bad .olicy had given him permission to do. Ile t rusted the Noble Lord would not object to t he Chairman reporting progress. He wished to c .ffer no factious opposition to the Bill—A laugh)— tut simply wanted to have time to consider the Bill it n its altered state. If such a concession were made by t he Government, a great deal of time ae,d trouble would E a saved. He therefore felt justified in moving, as an a mendment, that the Chairman now report progress. Sir GEORGE GREY said he would leave it to the c onsideration of the Committee, whether the course p ursued by the Hon. Gentleman was or was not in ac cordance with the understanding which was arrived at b y the House on Friday evening. —(Hear, hear.) Ie trusted that the House would not be led into the d iscussion of the difierent topics to which the Hon. Crentleman had adverted. Whatever might be the oh j. 'at of the Hen. Gentleman it could have no other e ffect them present the House adopting the arrangement a f Friday night. viz., that they should proceed with the c onsideration of the clauses of the Bill. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY seconded the a mendment. 1 Mr. ROEBUCK said that there were such stringent r egulations in that Bill that if they were to be per a evered in they would call into question all t he tenets of the Roman Catholic faith.—(Hear, hear.) a .nd cheers.) This was not the same Bill; it was a new I 3ill, and therefore it ought to go through all the pro c !eases of a new Bill.—(Hear, hear.) It was not I he Bill at all which the Noble Lord had I irst introduced. It was altogether a new Bill.—(Hear, ! war.) He confessed that he was not able to understand 1 L—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had, with all his soluble? then 1 1 !.?onnatis tutional earnestness, pressed the Bill upon the some, and yet what had been the effect ? ..for delibera ill , he that the Bill had been entirely changed. ask for anything that was unrea othing of the kind. He only asked for time j ority at their'r• The Ministry, with a large ma it, it wail evic t their designs; but, to say the least of it il!k, might, it was true, press for a Mr. GLADSfTOttit u y unconstitutional, and he should therefore vo e x motion.—(Hear, hear.) Ere ratted equally the motion and the necessity for its en made, not only in the Bill a great change h a d e e r T made, but it was evident that Wacuineren thing to that a the ._ Bill also, causing it itself, but in the apirit Within the whole to become altogether hleierience, he had gpt,e:nd he did h s er to enter uon i which it formerly course of his Parliamentary never met with anything equal tov: gentleman there fore feel that they had no right legislation on this subject, until they td y adv' ice f ro m the first law officers of the Crown. "( might get up and introduce wordswhich would altogether alter the tenor and the force o f the Bill. How then could they proceed. thes e there e t two w conta ined ere re th n r d e r e red op v e o r i a d t . ive wh c a la t uk w e3 old ; u of h they d o if his Honourable and Learned Friend the Member for Midhuret had attacked the Pope's brief itself. He said that that brief was in itself invalid, and quite illegal, in this country. This proposition the Ministry had adopted, and it was therefore plain that nothing could be done soundly at least without that legal advice of -which they now stood so much in need. DANGEROUS ATTACK ON THE REV. MR. POLLOCK LAST EVENING. Last evening a remarkable attack was made in St. Mark's Church, on the Rev. Mr. Pollock, under the fol lowing'circumstances :—On the commencement of the ser vice two men entered the church and took seats. For an hour the service proceeded quietly, but at the expiration of that time the individuals in question became apparently restless and wandered annoyingly up and down the aisle. Mr. Boyd, the clerk, in order to preserve decorum, ordered them either to sit down quietly or leave the church. Instantly, one of the men rushed to the pulpit, and, opening the door, with a stick in his hand, struck Mr. Pollock twice on the back. Mr. Pollock, on ob serving the man ascending the pulpit stairs, in quired who he was. The prisoner exclaimed, with violence, that he was " God Almighty." Great excitement instantly pervaded the edifice. Gentle men rose to their feet and ladies screamed, and seldom, perhaps, has a scene so remarkable been witnessed in any edifice devoted to sacred purposes. Mr. Pollock, of course, received instant assistance from the gentle men and officials of the congregation, and, after a violent struggle, the madman was carried forcibly from the pulpit and conveyed to the exterior of the building, Mr. Pollock resuming his sermon with perfect calmness and composure. A police-officer shortly arrived, and the assailant was pinioned and con ducted in custody to the station in High-street, followed by a large concourse of spectators from the congregations of St. Mark's and Great George-street Chapel, the services at both places having terminated shortly after the occur rence.s now ; a n d On a rr i v i ng at t h e sta ti on measures o f s t rong re pression were found neces s ar y to re s train the prison er f rom to a lev violence, and h an d cu ff s were p l ace d roun d hi s wr i sts and rope s roun d his feet. Subsequently, Mr. Gibbon and Mr. T a lb ot, from the Dispensary, visited the pri soneralthough at fi rs t i nsan ity was sus p ec t e d, i t believeder thatthe of omacstem violencetie had may be traced prito ner who . After elapsed dthe Roxbur , hthat his name is Daniel stated t hi pwri .g h . , , residing at 123, G ra ft on - street , master go, was conveyed to the Dispensary. A mes senger was sent to a • • His companion, whosecquaint his wife with hi s position. character, gave ove ments were at least of a sus piciousry to detain hi s name, but it wa s no t th oug ht the Rev. Mr. Pollockhim. was not We are happ y to state t h at Liverpool Albion. in any manner injured.— (LEFT SPEAKING.) CU RIOUS FA NCY IN A C AT .—At arton Hall, N rild rabbi t r •ftently a c a t had four kittens, which were drowned. A a bout the same time; and the old cat having sent the mother in One of the out-buildings bad four young C ESS —Th rabbit adrift, m a - ones .y now besuckling the y ou ng rabbits. ; PEACE ON•11 . .e London Congress will seen She seems to thiuk it str skip i open its sittings on Tuesday, July 22d, and will - • suge to see the young an i mals continue for Sh e so wildly., weal don cluing alit Tfesk, Accounts have been received from Frankfort to the 16th. M. von Rochow, the Russian Envoy, was to leave that city on the evening of the 17th for Warsaw. No sitting of the Diet for other than formal business was expected for some days. No date has been fixed for the dissolution of the Central Provisional Commission of the Bund, now practically superseded. The garrison of Frankfort has not been increased, nor had any troops been concentrated round it ; but the several States had agreed to put two-fifths of the Federal military contingent on such a footing that it could be put in motion within eight days. BRITISH PROTESTANT CHAPEL AT FLORENCE. The following correspondence has taken place between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and her Ma jesty's Minister at Florence, on the subject of certain charges brought by the Tuscan Government, to the effect that the British chapel at Florence has been con ducted wi;h a to making proselytes to Protestant wor ship:— THE HON P. C. SCARLETT TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. (Receivd January 28.) " Florence, January 20, 1851. "My Lord,—A charge has been brought against the British Protestant Church at Florence by the Tuscan Government, of having been in the practice of teaching Tuscan subjects the doctrines of the Protestant faith in the Italian language, and of adopting other practices specified, contrary to the ecclesiastical ,regulations and laws of Tuscany. " I have the honour to inclose a copy of a note re ceived on this subject from the Duke of Casigliano, and of my reply to that note, which last contains a refuta tion of those accusations, grounded on a letter, a copy of which I also inclose, which has been addressed to me by the church vestry at Florence, by which your Lordship will be convinced that there has been no sort of foundation for making the accusation. " Since sending by reply to his Excellency, I have been informed both by him and by Signor Landucci, that the explanation I have afforded appears satisfactory, and that it is possible the Tuscan Government may have been misinformed by their own authorities. " Your Lordships will observe that it is now the cus tom for the police to attend inside the Church on Sunday. " The Duke of Casigliano stated to me in conversa iion, that orders had come from the Prussian Mission at Rome to sanction the Tuscan Government in prohibit ing the pastor of the Swiss Church at Florence from preaching in Italian to Tuscan subjects who have for some time been accustemed to frequent that church, the practice in future, he said, would be forbiVen.—l have, &c., (Signed) "P. CAMPBELL SCARLETT." "Florence, January 9, 1851. " M. le Chargé d'Affaires,—Her Britannic Majesty's representative at Florence, applied to the Grand Ducal Gnvernment in 1838 for permission to open under his protection a private chapel for the purposes of Anglican worship. The Tuscan Government complied with the request of the Minister of England, on the condition, however, that this chapel should be wholly and exclu sively private, which was moreover the natural result of the public law of Tuscany, in which there exists a state religion protected by the State. " The Grand Ducal Government has now been in formed that in the Anglican chapel in the Via del Maglio, all those who desire to take part in the service are freely admitted, and it is even known that the custom of pray ing and catechizing in the Italian language has been in troduced there. Many Catholics, Tuscan subjects, im bibe there principles and sentiments contrary to the dominant religion, and publicly propagate the same. " The Tuscan government is deeply sensible of the duty of not tolerating such an abuse, and of opposing a state of things which, combined with other effects made of the same character and with the like object, would infallibly lead to the weakening of the Catholic religion in Tuscany. " Accordingly, I deem it my duty to acquaint you, M. le Charge d'Affaires, that if the abuse which I have pointed out to you is continued, the Grand Ducal Go vernment is resolved to adopt all the measures which shall be necessary to prevent Tuscan subjects from taking part in the religious ceremonies of the Anglican chapel.—Receive, (Signed) " LE DUC DE CASIGLIANO." THE HON. P. SCARLETT TO THE DUKE OF CASIGLIANO. " Florence, Jan. 16, 1851. " M. Le Ministre,—l have delayed until now to reply to your Excellency's note of January 9, relating to the charges brought by the Tuscan Government against the British Protestant Church at Florence, for supposed interference with the religion of the State, by the adoption of certain practices specified by your Ex cellency's communication to me, and alleged to have been sanctioned by that establishment. " I had the honour, in conversation, to observe to your Excellency, that I apprehended it would be found, on due investigation, that the accusations advanced were groundless and erroneous, and that the Tuscan Govern ment had been deceived and misled in this matter, to the prejudice of the British church in this city. "In this belief I was not mistaken, and I have much satisfaction in inclosing to your Excellency the accom panying statement, drawn up by the committee appointed for the management of the English Church, to whom I forwarded a copy of your Excellency's note. "In this statement, signed by the secretary of the committee, and addressed to me, every point in your Excellency's note has been answered seriatim, either by a direct denial of the facts imputed, or by an explana tion which cannot but prove satisfactory to the Tuscan Government. "It appears from this document that neither prayers, preaching, or teaching in the Italian language has ever been resorted to, nor in any other language, with refer ence to Tuscan subjects. That no Tuscans have either been invited to enter, or encouraged to frequent, the Pro testant church, excepting the police authorities sent there by the Tuscan Government; and I am further au thorised to state, that no Protestant books have ever been translated, printed, or circulated among Tuscan subjects with the sanction of the church in question. " Such being the state of the case, I trust your Ex cellency and the Tuscan Government will entertain the same conviction as I do myself, that the charge , ' which have been brought against the English Church have no real foundation, and must have be en caused by some cenfusion and misunderstanding of the truth, as I feel convinced that it is, and always has been, the sincere desire of that religious institution to conform entirely to the regulation required by the Tuscan Government, from which it has never deviated.—l seize this occasion, &c. (Signed) "P. CAMPBE LL SCARLETT." The select vestry of the church have given a distinct denial, seriatim, of the allegations contained in the letter of the Tuscan Minister for Foreign Affairs. They state that no custom has been introduced of making prayers or reading catechisms in the Italian language, and that no language had been used in the church ministrations save the English. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE RIGHT HON. R. L. SHEIL " Foreign-office, Lb. 3, 1851. " have received Mr. Scsrlett's dispatch of the 20th ult., enclosing copies of a correspondence with thg , Duke of Casigliano, respecting an unfounded accusation brought by the Turkish Government against the parties concerned in the management of the affairs of the 13ritish chapel at Florence ; that they conducted the services in that chapel in a way calculated to alienate the minds of Tuscan subjects from the Roman Catholic faith. " I have to instruct you to say to the Duke of Casig liano, that her Majesty's Government trust that this correspondence will show the Tuscan Government that they ought not to place too implicit reliance on the secret information which may reach them; and you will also say, that though the papers inclosed in Mr. Scarlett's dispatch are satisfactory to her Majesty's Government, as showing that the British residents at Florence have strictly com plied with the conditions on which permission was given for the establishment of a Protestant chapel, yet her Majesty's Government cannot disguise the pain ful impression which they have received from the into lerant spirit which is manifested in the Duke of Casig nano's communication, and which afford so remarkable a contrast with the liberal and enlightend system which prevails in the United Kingdom, in regard to the exer cise of religious belief. —You will give a copy of this dis patch to the Duke of Casigtiano.—l am, &c. (Signed) " PALMERSTON." MONDAY EVENING, INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREE7'. Funnell has also discovered a black shawl and two blue bags at the prisoner's lodgings in Earl-street, one of them, and the shawl, caactly corresponding with the description given by no less than four witnesses, viz., Edwards and Walter Smith, the porters at Wincester, and the two witnesses above alluded to. The variation in the statement of the prisoner's wife as to the cause of his leaving home is also a strong cir cumstance of suspicion against him. It is believed that the whole matter is now in fair train of being brought to a satisfactory issue in a short period. LYNCHING 11V - CALIFORNIA. Two men were hung on the Cosunmes, on Friday night last, for stealing horses. The circumstances are as follows :—The same night, about ten o'clock, a team ster came up to the rancho of Messrs. Gage and Almond, and informed them that " some men were below at tempting to cross the river with stock, and were having ah—of a time." These gentlemen at once seemed to be impressed with the idea that the men were horse theives, and they started for the spot. On arriving there they discovered two men whom they hailed, " What horses are those you have?" They re plied that they were some horses of their own, and that they had brought them from Dry Creek. "Are they all yours ?" said Mr. Gage. They replied, " Yes, all but one." " When did you leave Dry Creek?" said Mr. Gage. They replied that they " had left there late this afternoon" (Friday), and that they were taking the horses over to the American Fork. Messrs. Gage and Almond, in company with two or three others, s aw at once that the horses had been stolen from their own rancho, and belonged to themselves. They said to the thieves " God d— you, you must have stolen these horses," and they at once arrested them. The men and horses were then taken back to the rancho of Gage and Almond, opp os it e Rh oa d es ', w h ere s t r i c t inquiry was instituted. An examination was made of the brands on all the stock, and the brands were identical with those used by that firm, and each and every animal fully recog nised, not only by Gage and Almond, but by others in attendance. The prisoners were then arraigned, and a motion made to give them a trial by jury, but the proposition was hooted down by the incensed crowd. A motion was then made that they be hung at once, which was carried by acclamation. They were called on to make a confession, being told that they had but half an hour to prepare for the solemn change that awaited them. They gave their names as James Baxter, of Maine, and Charles Sim• mono, of Massachusetts; the names, however, may have been assumed. The prisoners were then told that their time had nearly elapsed. They seemed to be much excited, and begged, " For God's sake let us live a little longer." Five minutes more vr(re given them, during which time one of the prisoners called on the other, saying, in a low tone of voice, "Let us tell them all about it;" to which the other replied, " No, no, hush." When the half hour had elapsed, they were told their time had come. Lariats were brought, nooses made, and the guil y wretches hung up. This took place at twelve o'cl ck last night (Friday), and the bodies were still suspended this morning when our in formant left, although persons were engaged in digging two graves.—Sacramento Transcript. TUE LACE TnADE.—Since our last report we have had a number of buyers here from London and other places, but their purchases are unusually small. There have been a few American orders received since last week.—Arottinsh gm .7ournoe4 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Joshua Smith, who was indicted for breaking and en tering the warehouse of Josiah Lowe, was Acquitted. He was again indicted, with a man named John Lang ford, for being concerned in a burglary at the house of a Mr. Edmonds, a wholesale silk weaver in Spitalfields, when nearly 6001. worth of property was stolen. Mr. Parry defended Langford. In this case the girl Ball was the chief evidence, and through her instrumentality the prisoners had been taken, and also a portion of the property traced. She was partly confirmed by a servant of the prosecutor's, who saw the two prisoners hanging about her master's premises, and watching the windows through which the entry had been effected. The jury found them both Guilty. It was proved that the prisoners formed part of a re gular gang of notorious housebreakers, a great number of whom had been transported. They were both transported for ten years. The case occupied nearly the whole day. POLICE GAMING-HOUSE PRACTICE.—Joseph Belasco, 4, Little ' Catherine-street, and Isaac Belasco, of the Fountain public-house, Little Catherine -street, were brought be fore Mr. Hardwick, the first prisoner charged with hav ing / violently assaulted Nicolaus Papafi, an Hungarian refugee, and also with being concerned in defrauding him of 701. and his watch, by inducing him to play with ' false dice at a gaming-house, No. 4, Leicester-place, and the last prisoner, the father, charged with attempting to ' rescue his son from the police. The prosecutor, through the assistance of an inter preter, described himself as an Hungarian refugee, liv ing at No. 42, King-street, Soho. For some time he had frequented a coffee-house and gaming-house, No. 4, Leicester-place, for the purpose of play. Altogether, on various occasions he had lost about 701. in money, and his gold watch and chain. On Thursday night he went to the house and played at faro with dice, and lost about 71. Having his suspicions that he had been cheated throughout, he took up the dice, and on examining them discovered they were false dice, and was deficient of the highest number, a fraud that made loss inevitable to players. The defendant Joseph Belasco, who acted as treasurer, seeing him in the act of examining the dice, knocked them out of his hand. He then left the house and returned to his lodgings. On Friday he went to another house, 24, Cranbourn-street, where he saw the prisoners, and in the presence of several persons he ex plained how he had been cheated. A person named Wagner came in, and threatened to horsewhip him if he did not retract his words. He refused, and Wagner then struck him a severe blow on the face, and left the house. He left the place and procured the assistance of a constable to accompany him to the gaming house where Wagner lived. Not finding Wagner there, he returned into the street, and seeing Joseph Belasco, he pointed him out to the constable, who took him into custody. The prisoner, however, before this was effected, struck him two severe blows between the eyes. Police-constable Blunt, C 164, said the prosecutor, when he saw Joseph Belasco, called out to him loud enough for the prisoner to hear, " Here comes one of the thieves who robbed me." As soon as witness had the prisoner in custody, the elder prisoner came up and laid hold of witness's collar in order to rescue his son. Witness gave the father into custody. Mr. Davies, fur the prisoners, denied that any fraud had been practised at the house, where the prisoner Joseph was only a servant at the wages of 11. per week, but he admitted that Joseph Belasco had struck the complainant when he heard himself called a thief. Mr. HARDWICK said, in consequence of the provoca tion given he should not inflict the full penalty. The penalty of 31. was inflicted on Joseph, and 40s on Isaac Belasco. Mr. liennwicK further requested the police to look after the house in Leicester-place, and if evidence of gambling could be had, to indict the parties im mediately. THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. Since the last examination of the prisoner (William Pamplin) at Winchester, on Friday last, the detective officers of the city of London, Funnell, Trew, Hug getts, and Brett, under the direction of Mr. Superin tendent Hodgson, have been unremitting in their efforts to trace the stolen property, and several new facts have come to light which will tend to connect the former evi dence, and more firmly,fix upon the prisoner the charge of a guilty knowledge and participation in this deeply laid and cleverly executed robbery. As has been already stated, a person answering the description of the prisoner arrived at Mr. Eldred's, the Railway Coffee-house, Shoreditch, in a cab from the South-Western Railway, on the morning of Friday, the Bth inst., at about five o'clock; and it has since been as certained that when the person alighted from the cab he would not allow the driver or any one else to assist him with his luggage, cons i st i ng o f a b ag and a parcel, but carried them into the house himself. He placed them upon a seat in the coffee-room, upon which Mr. Eldred, seeing that his customer was a traveller, offered to take charge of them, but he imperatively desired him not to touch them, stating that he would take care of them himself. His face was muffled up with a black shawl, which covered a great part of it; and althotigh he was supplied with a chop and coffee, he only momen tarily removed the shawl. During his stay he called the coffee-shopkeeper by name, but his manner after wards indicated that his having done so was an act of inadvertence or accident. When he was about to leave with his luggage he remarked that he wanted a cab, upon which the coffee-shopkeeper volunteered to call hint one, which courtesy was declined, his visitor stating that he could get one for himself, and he went to the door and got one. When it drove up Mr. Eldred and the cabman wished to assist him to the cab, but he again declined their services, and himself placed the two par cels in the vehicle. This cab, it has been ascertained, was driven to the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail way, at London-bridge, shortly before seven o'clock, and on its arrival there, the porter No. 39, William Wardle, opened the door, and was about taking out a parcel and a blue bag, when the person inside put out his hand and pushed him oft; saying, I will take them out myself." The porter describes the bag as a similar one to that used by lawyers, and tied with a black curd, and it ap peared to be very heavy. He then entered the booking office, where the porter noticed him for some little time, and he thought it rather strange that he did not take a ticket. He was met there by a man, with whom he en tered into conversation, and the porter left them to gether. The train then started, and upon this point a great deal of farther intelligence has been received, but at the present moment its publication might have the effect of defeating the ends of justice. On Saturday morning Edward Fennell, the officer, accompanied by Mr. Eldred, the keeper of the Railway Coffee-house, left London for Winchester, and proceeded to the county gaol, where, in the presence of Mr. Bar ber, the governor, and Mr. Sheppard, the superinten dent of the Winchester city police, Mr. Eldred positively identified the prisoner Pamplin as the person who had come to his coffee-shop on the Ftiday morning in ques tion with the blue bag and a parcel, and who afterwards left his house in a cab in the manner described. Mr. Eldred spoke with the greatest confidence to the person of the prisoner, as he knew him by his voice; which means of identity was strongly dwelt on by the witness William Edwards in his examination at Winchester on Friday last. MA Y 19, 1851 Respecting the cause of the disaster a great many re ports are in circulation. Several scientific gentlemen are of opinion that the mortar was not of good quality. This is to some extent borne out by the fact of scarcely two bricks adhering together. Several portions of the walls are still in an exceedingly dangerous condition, and, should the wind blow with any degree of violence, it is quite probable that they will be thrown down; great care is, therefore, obliged o be used by the parties employed lest a further loss of life should occur. The proprietors of the premises, in order to satisfy the public mind, have determined, as far as can be done without endangering the lives of the men, to have every portion of the ruins turned over to see whether or not any others have perished. Upon making inquiries last evening, at St. Thomas's Hospital, the reporter was informed that, with the ex ception of Sullivan and Whiting, the survivors were all going on favourably. The first named, it is feared, can not survive the night; the latter, it has been found, has sustained a fractured radius, the back is dreadfully con tused, and the scalp is seriously wounded. So far as can at present bo learnt, Sullivan has sustained a com pound fracture of the clavicle, several ribs are broken, the tibia is fractured, and both legs are broken. Another of the sufferers, a man named George Barham, has his bead fearfully contused, and the abdomen is crushed. The following are the correct names and residences of those in the hospital : The poor fellow Hanley belonged to Westminster. He has left a widow and young family unprovided for. William Ransom resided at No. 25, Phcanix-street, Somers Town ; by trade a bricklayer. He is going on favourably. Timothy Sullivan resided at No. 3, Morgan'e-lane, Tooley-street. No hope can be entertained of his re covery. John Cooper resides at No. 3, New-alley, White street, Borough. He was a married man, and, besides sustaining a fractured scull, has his left leg completely smashed. George Barham is a single man, and he suffers se verely from his eyes being filled with lime. He has likewise received many internal injuries. Recovery ex tremely doubtful. Henry Clark, another of the sufferers, resides at No. 5, Vincent-street, Stepney, and, besides being terribly cru,hed, has I, , st his eyesight. A great crowd, at half-past ten o'clock last night, was in the immediate Leighbourhood of the disaster, and it rt quire:l the service 3 of a powerful body of the City po lice to keep them ow, of danger. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—We deg in it our Only to al,ay any feeling of excitement that may be produced in the public mind by exaggerated reports of the occurrence that has taken place at the building in Gracechurch-street, to request you will be good enough to insert this in your journal. We were both absent at the time of the accident; but we aro informed by the contractor and others, that an iron girder crossing one of the staircases broke from some imperceptible defect, and by its falling weight broke through the floors beneath, the iron joints of which, being built into an internal wall, prized over suc cessively each story of that as it fell, and which conse quently drew inwards with it apart of the external wall towards the court. We have to deplore the loss of the life of one man, one missing, supposed to be in the ruins and now being searched for, one dangerously wounded, and five with contusions more or less slight; this account of itself is sad enough, and we therefore desire to prevent as far as possible the anxiety that may be caused by the repre sentation that it is more terrible.—We are, Sir, your very obedient servants, BELL AND CORBETT. Gracechurch-street, Saturday afternoon. CALAMITOUS FIRE 1N THE CITE Yesterday (Sunday) morning, at a few minutes before three o'clock, the city of London was visited by another terrible occurrence, which, as far as the loss of human life was concerned, proved equally as disastrous as that which happened a few hours previously in Grace church-street. The scene of the present disaster was the well-known tavern termed the Rose and Crown, situate at No. 17, Love-lane, Lower Thames-street, City. The premises in question were of great antiquity, having, it is said, withstood the great tire of London. They were, including the basement, five floors high, and extended some considerable distance backwards. The houses in Botolph-lane abutted on one side of the pro perty, while those in Thames-street adjoined the sou thern side. From the fact of so many houses and ware houses being so closely connected with the building on fire, it appears truly miraculous that the loss of life, and the destruction of property, had not proved far more ex tensive than it really has been. From inquiries made on the spot during the progressv e. of the fire the reporter ascertapinaesdsintghadt,owasn p L o o l ic e -c a o n n e: stable Trimber, No. 586, was Entisfillede wind°w he perceived smoke pouringiefoorlitohgfrsoa a l t a h r a m t the by shutters of the front-bar. premises were on fire, he forthwith raised an knocking at the street door a a n- sprit] • - ging his rattle. Unfortunately, however, the residents powered with sleep that a cons i derable were so over time e before any of them could be m audse sensible of th e great lapsed danger to which they w ere ex lower portion of the houso becaPtneea bla ß z y ing th m at as t s im . e T t h h e e persons in the premises consisted of Mr. Richard Harvey, the proprietor of the establishment, his mother-in-law, a woman 52 years of Abraham Clark a g e, named Elizabeth Gray, , George the potman, and a young woman named rirlar Elizabeth Chambers, who acted as the servant. pos ( '‘') bent to BarykeY, owi ng dis to her child being in ing for a few days, and her mother came up to town and rook care of the house while she was away. Unfortunately, by so doing, her has been sacrificed. According to the statement made by the servant maid, the only survivor out of all those within the building, it appears that the house was closed et twelve o'clock on Saturday night, when she turned off the gas in the par lour, the potman did the same in the taproom, and Mr. Harvey was lett to turn the gas off at the metre, his usual practice. Little more than two hours had elapsed after the various residents had retired to rest when they were awoke by the p, 'iceman knocking at the door. The servant girl states, that when she awoke she found her room so full of smoke that she could scarcely breathe. She jumped out of bed and made for the door, when she could hear Mrs. Gray calling out "Richard, Richard !" That was the only name she heard called, and there was 129 uoiee in the house like Any one ranning ab9ut, Timothy Sullivan, aged about SO; both legs fractured, and severe contusions on the body and head. Remains in a very dangerous condition, in the same hospital. William Ransom, aged 24; right leg fractured, and body much bruised; supposed to havo received very severe internal injuries. William Whiting, aged 34; scalp seriously fractured, with divers wounds and contusions over body; not ex pected to iecover. Thomas Clark, aged 30; scalp lacerated, and ribs supposed to be fractured; in a very dangerous con dition. John Cooper, aged 39; laceration of the scalp, and several severe contusions on the body; expected to re cover. George Barham, aged 29 ; fracture of the legs, and severe injury to the scalp; hopes of recovery. David Foley, aged 31; numerous wounds and bruises over the body, and head much injured ; expected to recover. James Kirby, aged 28; head much cut, and lower part of the body seriously injured; recovery doubtful. Henry Perry, aged 38 ; slightly contused over the body and head; nothing fatal apprehended. James Jenkins; slightly injured. Three of the last named it was expected would be able to leave the hospital during the week. The names only of two of the sufferers still under the ruins can at present be gleaned. One was named James Harrigan, the other T. Connor. Three persons unquestionably are missing, but it is hoped that the third may have left the building in safety, and gone home. Thousands of persons continued to flock towards the scene of the melancholy catastrophe, and to keep the immense crowd out of danger the thoroughfare has been barricaded at each end, and a strong body of police placed on duty, under the command of Superintendent Hodgson and Inspector Alarchant. The premises, it is stated, were erected under the di rection of Messrs. Bell and Corbett, who officiated in the twofold capacities of builders and architects, while the brickwork was intrusted to the superintendence of Mr Dennett. LATEST PARTICULARS. • SUNDAY NIGHT.—The whole of the men employed on the premises who were fortunate enough to escape with their lives when the deplorable accident occurred were engaged during Saturday until midnight, when a fresh • number of hands were taken on to assist in removing the ruins, in order to get to the three unfortunate sufferers known to be wivhin the building. Several carts were filled with bricks and iron girders, and many tons' weight of both articles were removed before the least signs of a human being could be discovered. At length the men, in turning over a heavy iron girder discovered the body of one of their fellow-workmen. Great care was used to avoid mutilating the remains. After some time the brickwork around him was so loosened that the body was pulled out with little difficulty. The poor man was immediately recognized a 3 Martin Cronin, a labourer. Life, of course, was quite extinct. The unfortunate sufferer was 40 years of age, and had been within the ruins 24 hours. He has left a widow and three small children totally unprovided for. Within a few feet of the spot where the body was found, that of James Harrigan was discovered, but not so deep below the surface of the ruins. About 4 o'clock the workmen came to the body of Matthew Connor, and, after working round it for nearly an hour, they suc ceeded in extricating it. The three bodies were forthwith placed in shells and removed to the parish church of Allhallows, Lombard street. Neither of the three bodies appeared so much injured as the survivors in the hospital. There is no doubt therefore entertained that the three poor fellows died from suffocation, and not from any external wounds. During the day (Sunday morning) many thousand persons flocked to the scene anxious to view the ruins, but owing to the dang€.rous state of the remaining walls ne one unconnected with the works was allowed to enter the premises. So great was the excitement in the neighbourhood that the churchwardens of Allhallows judiciously dispensed with the performance of divine service during the day. The side windows of the sacred edifice affording a view of the ruins, it was considered the people would flock to that portion of the building and interrupt the proceedings, and hence the discon tinuance of the service. During the afternoon two more bodies were found, both shockingly mutilated. The poor fellows had fallen through the arch of the basement, and up to the time this account was written neither of the two had been identified. It is now extremely questionable whether there may not be one or two other bodies under the ruins. As soon as the excitement consequent on the accident had in some degree subsided, the foreman of the works had the men mustered and their names called over, when, in addition to those taken to the hospital, two men, of the names of Harrigan and Martin Crowan, were found missing. Some of the labourers escaped death under circum stances of a most marvellous character. In one instance a labourer who was in the vaults, bearing something tumbling above him, stepped aside into a nook, and the next moment the crown of the vault was burst in by the falling floors, completely wedging him in, but without doing him the slightest injury, and after some time he succeeded in extricating himself. Another surprising preservation of life came to the writer's knowledge; six Irishmen were on the uppermost goor, and seeing or feeling the building sinking from under them, they ran along the top, and reaching one of the ends, they, one by one, let themselves down to the street by means of the projecting iron stays. Those who witnessed their es cape described it to have been attended with the most imminent danger; how they managed to keep hold of the thin pieces of iron from such a height is considered truly marvellous. The only persons who probably witnessed the falling of the building, save those who were within it—as the portion which failed was shut out from public view—were Mrs. Beckett, the wife of Mr. Beckett, boot and shoe maker, of 18, Gracechurch-street, and Mrs. Back, of Langbourne Coffee-house, in Church-passage. A s be fore mentioned, th e b u ilding formed the north side of the passage. Mrs. Beckett was in her kitchen, and, was looking out of the window, when she saw the place fall in. The pillars running up between the windows ap peared to split in the centre of the building, and, one after another, gave way, " just like the falling of houses built of cards by children." It appeared as if the outer walls were too weak to bear the enormous weight upon the iron girders. A portion of the walk fell on to the roof of the vestry-room adjoining Allhallows Church, and broke it in. Fortunately the church has sustained no damage whatever. During the afternoon the City surveyors were engaged inquiring into the primary cause of the accident, but we have been unable to collect their opinion. The reporter had an interview with Mr. Charles Corbett (who is an architect), and that gentleman attributed the cause of the lamentable occurrence to the break ing of one cf the iron girders. Ho stated that in the centre of the building was a " well-hole," intended to form the staircase, and across were run on every flo)r or landing, iron girders, each weighing nearly two tons. All had been fitted and properly secured, and when in spected yesterday morning, seemed perfectly sound. From some cause or other the uppermost girder sud denly snapped in two; its excessive weight dragged the wall out of iLs perpendicular, and the girder, getting loose, fell and broke the girder below. This instantly brought the walls down with the floors. Mr. Dennett, we understand, was close to the girder when it broke, and the opinion he forms of the cause is, that there way a flaw in the metal of the girder, and that it did not arise from any want of foresight. Whether the girders had undergone the ordeal of testing before they were erected is a matter that will be subject to the strictest inquiry. The walls on which they rested were 18 inches thick, and were formed of what are called old stock bricks. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. From all that can be collected the building appears zo have been too weighty for its site; for the magnifi cently designed front is bulging in, and seems likely to follow the example of the back walls, while an Alton ale-shop adjoining it on the north side has every square in its plate-glass window cracked, the frame in its centre being driven several inches from the perpen dicular. The accident, dreadful as it was, appears to have been in some degree anticipated by persons employed in the building and others residing near the spot. We were informed, although wo cannot vouch for the accuracy of the statement, that the district inspector visited the building about a fortnight since, and advised the cessa tion of the works until the foundation should be strengthened. His advice, however, was neglected, and the catastrophe we have recorded is the consequence. Upon this point we have the more authentic, and still more decisive, testimony of the unfortunate widow of an Irishman (Harrigan) who has fallen a victim to the acci dent. She said to us, when condoling with her under her misfortune, " I knew the place was not safe. Yes. terday I brought my husband's dinner, and he sat down to eat it. I saw several cracks in the wall which has fallen, which they were stopping with compost, and I said to him, 'Harrigan, this is a bad place to eat your dinner in; it doesn't seem safe.' He replied, ' No, I know it ain't safe; there'll be a grand smash before long!' And," continued the poor woman, with tears in her eyes, "it seems to have been a sad smash for him; for I can't see anything of him, and they sa y h e ' s un d er the rubbish." The portion of the wall which fell carrying with it se veral immense iron girders, the raising of which is said to have been the immediate cause of the accident, was about 50 feet high by 30 feet in length. Up to half-past six o'clock last evening an immense number of men, under the personal direction of Mr. King, the superintendent of the works, had been actively employed in casting down the dangerous walls, and re moving the debris that covered the unfortunate men known to be beneath them. Owing, however, to the many tons weight of bricks, iron -work, and cement, th at rise s o me doem feet abov e th e b asement , it is the opinion of the o ffi cials employ e d th a t at t h e l eas t t h e en ti re night will be required t o c l ear a su ffi c i ency o f t h e ru bbi s h aw ay so as to bo able to reach the unfortunate sufferers. Mr. Mr. Woodthorpe, the surveyor, with several of the Court of Common Council, have been the scene, giving instructions to the men to portions of the remaining walls and floors now be said, those working beneath; and the walls con sidered likely to topple over and endanger the lives of unless a very stiff breeze should spring up, may to be tolerably two bricks have safe. To show the force that must . have struck the as eerily ashifkthaeysillhaadil sufferers when the building fell, it is almost as notwithstanding that tsrteaetes,that were heavy snapped beam „ o u f n i d r e o r n , fallen without being been mere timber laths s ; ep a a r r id ate s d ca , rce y they had been previously fixed together with strong cement. only anirsc:ewsmohe:ruaeerus hours a , h CORRECT LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED, Joseph Hanley, aged about 32; a compound fracture of the base of the skull,. and . both l egs b roken, Taken to Ot. Thomas's L 198041. Opaco (hid. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE IN THE CITY. An accident of a most appalling character happened on Saturday morning between tin and eleven o'clock in the immediate vicinity of Gracechureh-street. It caused the sacrifice of several lives and serious injury to a large number of persons. The premises, which were the property of Messrs. Bell and Corbett, of Pope's Head-alley and Adelaide chambers, King William-str ee t, occu pi e d th e s it e o f t h e old Cross K9ys Inn and coaching-house, on the west side of Gracechurch-street. They were intended exclusively for chambers and other private offices; and some idea may be formed of their extent when it is stated that the number of apartments amounted to 140. The property comprised one lofty range of buildings, four stories in height, and extend e d some 200 or 300 feet into Ball's court, George-yard, Lombard-street, the south frontage running the whole length of Allhallows Church-passage. The works had been going on for the last six or eight months, and it appears that the firm who owned the premises were their own builders, the workmen and labourers being under the direction of a Mr. Dennett, a kind of superintending foreman. The walls and flooring were built so as to render them fireproof, the girders being of iron, and the intermediate spaces filled with concrete, and it seems that the workmen had just com pleted the upper floors, preparatory to laying down the roof, when the catastrophe occurred. On Saturday morning some 30 men were busily en gaged in the upper portion of the premises, completing the floors by throwing in the concrete. Others were employed in the lower floors, while many were busy at the very bottom of the building, preparing the mortar and sand for the use of those throughout the premises. About 20 minutes to 11 o'clock a sudden snap, something similar to the report of a gun, was heard, and the next moment the men, to their horror, found the building tumbling beneath them, and in another second or so the whole of the south side, which overlooked Allhallows Church, was soon sinking in one general mass. A mo mentary glance sufficed to apprise the men of the fearful catastrophe that awaited them. Some of the poor fel lows, by an extraordinary and almost superhuman effort, bounded, as the floor gradually gave way, on to the roof of the church, while others, in as astounding a manner, contrived to leap on to the adjoining houses. The great majority of the workmen, however, fell with the build ing, and the scene that ensued may possibly be imagined. The crash shook and startled the whole of that part of the city, and for some time the greatest consternation prevailed; it was only to know the character of the event, however, to anticipate the melancholy results. Crowds of excited passers-by and neighbours rushed to the scene, and then it was discovered that the whole of the centre of the extensive range of building, from the highest story, had given way, and had fallen to the ground in one shapeless mass. The labourers who had escaped instantly made their way to the ruins, and with the police and other persons proceeded to extricate the unfortunate workmen who lay buried in the rubbish. In many instances their piercing cries for help intimated to their rescuers the spot where they lay imprisoned beneath huge rafters and masses of brickwork; and in the course of ten minutes or so some 20 or 30 were got out, and those most injured, about 17 in number, were carried to the shop of Mr. Harris, chemist and druggist on the opposite side of the way, where they were visited by Dr. Smith, of King William street, and several medical gentlemen in the neighbour hood. On the arrival of a reinforcement of police they were carefully removed in cabs and on stretchers to St. Thomas's Hospital. Among those most seriously hurt were Timothy Sullivan, William Ranson, Joseph Hen ley, William Whiting, H. Clark, J. Cooper, G. Barham, J. Kerby, C. Perry, D. and H. Daly. At the hospital they were at once placed in beds in William,' ward, and every possible attention rendered them by Mr. Macmurdo, the head surgeon, and the principal officers connected with the institution. Apprehensions being entertained by those connected with the works that the remaining portion of the building, fronting Gracechurch-street, would fall, the police, under the direction of Mr. Todhunter, Mr. Mitchel, and Mr. M.Lean, were at once ordered to clear the mob, which was very great, out of Gracechurch•street. This was quickly accomplished, and the road was kept closed until such time as the city surveyor could make the necessary inspection Of the ruins. The same precaution was adopted towards several courageous fellows who exposed themselves at times to much peril in searching for several unhappy creatures who were supposed to be buried in the ruins. They were called off, lest a second catastrophe should ensue. Having opened the door of her bedroom, she found a volume of ho: smoke ascending the staircase, which nearly prostrated her; the therefore made fcr the back-window, and, without waiting a minute longer, jumped out and fell upon the glass skylight over the kitchen adjoining the White Hart Tavern in Botolph lane. Upon reaching the roof in that place she found herself so injured as to be unable to extricate herself. She therefore remained in that critical position, with the flames rushing from the windows towards her person, when Joel King and Thomas Howard having broken a pane of glass in a room of the White Hart, pulled the poor creature through the hole, and found blood gush ing from various p arts o f h er b ody. She was forthwith placed in a cab and conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where, we are sorry to say, she is likely to remain for some considerable time before she can recover from the effects of the dreadful injuries she has sustained. The persons living on either side of the premises assert that they heard loud and fearful screams 111 the building, that a ma n a p peare d at the third floor winder/ and begged of some one to go and procure a ladder, and immediately afterwards disappeared. A man named Hart, living at Mrs. Blundell's, next door, then went ° T ' to the root, an d h av i ng opened the trap-door called loudly to the persons within to make for that part of the building, but not receiving an answer he imagined that probably they had made their escape from one of the lower windows. Such, however, unfortunately was not the case. The police who were on duty near lost no time in ,. sending for th e fi re -escapes and engines, and in tme course of a few minutes numerous engines of the Lon don Brigade, her Majesty's Custom-house, West °i England Company, and the pariah were on the spot, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, th e superth tendent, with Mr. F ogo, the foreman of the London establishment, and M r . C onnorton, the chief officer 9 f the West of England firemen. By that period the entire range of premises belonging to Mr. Harvey were 03 ; veloped in one immen se s h eet of flame, and the fire /30‘' extended to the roofs of the houses on either side, b e ' longing to Mr. D. Beard, a baker, and Mrs. Blundell, e fish-boiler. The White Hart Tavern, in Botolph-laq' and the premises of Mr. Stuart, the fish-factor a t Thames -street, were also burning with such rapidity ai to threaten the entire clump of houses in the immediat e vicinity with destruction. Fortunately a plentiful supply of water was obtaine d from the New River mains, and the engines we re , called into operation; but it at once became apparel' that the firemen would be unable to save any por tion of Mr. Harvey's property; they therefore had the hose of three or four engines conveyed round th e premises, so that the Brigade were enabled to cut off al/ spreading of the fl ames towards Thames-street ell" Botolph-lane almost simultaneously, and when that we s accomplished the whole force was brought to bear upon the main body of fire; but, in spite of the most Baena' cue exertions of all present, the flames continued to xi!' and, when the stock of liquors became ignited, they 1 1 ' luminated, for the space of a few minutes, the whol e neighbourhood. During the period the firemen were s° actively employed the utmost excitement prevailed as to the fate of the unfortunate persons who were missiog , and supposed to be within the ruins. As soon, therefore' as the fire could be got down sufficiently to enable to one to enter, M r . B rai d wood gave directions for sever s i lengths of scalin g -l a dd ers to be attached, and setae ° the firemen to search the upper rooms. Upon their s ° doing they beheld a most frightful scene. The life's!' bodies of four human beings were discovered, three 1 ,1 the attics and one on t h e second floor. They were. i) shockingly burnt and disfigured. The following are the names of the unfortunate tOl ferers:— Mr. Richard Harvey, aged 36, proprietor of the 1&O and Crown Tavern, Love-lane, dead. Mrs. Elizab et h tray, aged 52, mother•in-law of the last-named, dead. Abraham Clark, a lodger in the house, dead. George Sn, czum, the potmen, dead. Elizahqb Chambers, aged 17, the servant, seri,oualf injured and taken to Guy's Rospital. Duiing yesterday morning a minute examination WI made by the brig a d e , f or the purpose of finding on 4 . 1 ' possible, how the caldmity occurred, but nothing ai i .tir factory could be arrived at; there is, however, every r son for believing that it began in the back room onilhe ground floor, and worked its way up the staircase ler tore its existence became known to the inmates. The four bodies have been removed to the deadhot tee of the parish to await the coroner's inquest. The following is the of f icial report of the damage done:— "No. 17, Love-lane, Lower Thames street—lifr.V. Harvey, licensed victualler, and proprietor of this Rose and Crown Tavern. Contents and building all but de' stroyed. Four persons burnt to death, and one much injured; cause of fire not known. Stock insured in t Licensed Victuallers' Fire-office. Jte " No. 18, ditto—Elizabeth Blundell, boiling-hee e. Roof damaged by fire and cutting away. Insurance ILO known. " No. 16, ditto—Mr. D. Beard, baker, similar damag e. "No. 25, Botolph-lane—Mr. E..Rayment, the Whit Hart Tavern. Back windows burnt out, back roof second-floor and contents damaged by fire, and rest house by water. Insured in the Royal Exchange-offica " No. 104, Thames -street, Messrs. Stuart and Co., fin 13 factors. Back windows burnt out, and furniture damage a by water. Insured in the Phcenix-office." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAT 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There is a considerable improvemee t in the share market to-day, and a good business has bee a done at rather better prces. The transactions were as fa ,- low:—Great Western, 8 7—London and North-Western, 11 6 —Leeds, 61— South-Eastern and Dover, 26 4--Taff Vale, 17 0 —Ditto, New, 2 ikp. -LIVERPOOL, MAY 17. Srocx Excaucram—The share market has been q ui jet to-day, without alteration in prices. The transactions wi ire as follow : - Caledonian, 141/B—East Lancashire, 16 cashire and Yorkshire, 60 1 4 - Ditto, Fifths, 7 dis.—Lon, don and North-Western, 125 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 44 I ).--• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, dis.—Manche star, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 311 4—Midland, 59 1 4—D itto, Halves, 1 , 1 1 /, dis.- Northern Union (A), 24 1—South-Ea stern and Dover, 26 1 4—York and North Midland, 25 4—D ablin and Belfast Junction, 19 1 4 dis. MANCHESTER, MAY 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. There was a slight reaction in the market to-day, and prices were better, the quotatio na at taining a degree of firmness which has not been seer 1 since the agitation preceding the announcement of the late d efalca tion. The transactions were as follow:—Leeds Stocl kc, 61-- Ditto, Fifths, 67, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26%-- Sheffield, Preference, %—Ditto, New Preference, 3-161 h n. —Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2: 3 / 4 p, ,—East Lancashire, 16 n. -Eastern Counties, 7% n. BIBMINGBAM, Miir 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.-- The business transacted to-d, ay was BO trifling as not to justify a detailed report. The . London quotations of Saturday may generally on that day b 3 taken as those of Birmingham. YOR MAY 16. STOOK EX CH ANGE .—The K, transactions to-day 11 'ere 10 follow: —Great Northern, Halves (A), deferred, 6 —North British, Bd/4—North-Western, Preference, 13—Yor k and North Midland, 24%. L ADVERTIS EMEN T.] —A Person, 75 Years Old cured of a Bad Leg by Holloway's Ointment aid Pills. —Mrs. Larendon, of No. 2, Richardson's-buildings, Goswell- street, ever since giving birth to twins, 34 yearshad ag se o , , e offered a s l ed ffe i r c e a d i with dreadful woun d s i n her leg, and which men, both in France and England, had been unable tc , cure. d Her sulle rings were i ntense, and oftent i mes she was urin g l ong periods wh o ll y confined to h Ultimately, oir.tm b e y nt th a e n; a l d p v il i l c s e , e l r o f be of her fri en d s , she made trial d. Holloway's about with the gre a t est mat 0rt....... and these ce l e b rate d reme d i es have compl e t e l y Neale .d her wounds, and she can walk d London Sold by all vendors of medicines, and at Professor Roll( may's Establishment, 244, Stran , . RIOT AT HOLYHEAD.—The past Week has been one of great excitement at Holyhead, and a serious ric ,t has taken place at the harbour works. For some time pa i st the Welshmen engaged at the works have harboured ver y hos tile feelings towards their fellow-labourers, the Irish, c na ac count of the prejudices they entertain towards the cool 3try of the latter. On Saturday evening last an Irishman sta ,bbed a Welshman in a drunken brawl with a knife. The latt. er nar rowly escaped with his life, having received a dani gerous wound in the neck. On the circumstance becoming gene rally known on Monday morning, a party of Web di, en gaged on the mountain, made a furious attack on a n umber of the Irish, and with much cheering forced fifteen of the poor men on board the Irish Express packet, leavin i g their wives and children behind. Oa Tuesday the excitement be" came still greater, business was suspended, and thi e shops were closed. All public-houses were ordered to be et nit up and no liquor to be sold. A great number of we nitmen perambulated the streets all night. On Thursdai r,_ after much persuasion, the men resumed work, and it is hoped that the affray has ended. The late disturbances on the Bangor and Carnarvon Railway, which originated in the same feeling of prejudice against Irish, have terminated, and the line is rapidly progressing. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW Cnoss.—Ca ,ptain Gladstone, R.N., has presented the munificent sum of 100/.' in aid of the fund for the erection of a chapel attar Ned to this institution. BIRTHS. F A SON. On the 15th i ns t., a t Camden-ter race, Camden-tow n, the lady of J. C. Dale, Esq., of Glanvilles Wootton, Don let, of an heir. On the 15th inst., at Onslow-square, Brompton, the Iv ife of Joseph Joel, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 14th inst., in Berkeley-place, Connaught_sq care, Mrs. Barring on Mills. On the 14th inst., in Gloucester-square, Hyde -park , the lady of Isaac Moses, Esq. AI ARE., ED . On the 14th inst., at Presbury, Joshua Fielder), E s , , o f Stansfield-hall, near Todmorden, to Ellen, eld est daught ;et. of Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq., of the Fence, near Macclem field. On the 15th inst., at St. Osyth, Charles Brandreth, (late 4th Dragoonsi, to Eliza, youngest d aughter of % p. Nassau, Esq., St. Osyth Priory, Essex. DIED . -- On Friday, the 16th inst., after a very short ill ness, ari sing from a fall from his horse, William Brook Rhodes, Est F. of the firm of William Rhodes . and Sons, wine and hop : mer chants, Huddersfield, in his 4/ th year. On the 14th inst., Edward Clough Taylor, Esq., of li ark ham- abbey, Yorkshire, aged 66. On the 14th inst., at Bristow, Norfolk, Susanna, rolct of the Rev. Godfrey Bird, rector of Little Waltham, Esse a. On the 13th inst., Mary, wife of the Rev. T. P. Flatten, incumbent of Lingfield, Surrey. On the 15 , h inst., at Guildford -road, Greenwich, Het try, the second On sonlsth of the late Mr. T. B . Fisher, aged 24. Mrs. Mary War the inst., at H an l ey -road, Hornsey-road, aged R 3, Mar garet-street Waste, relict of Mr. E. Waring, form.erly of C.ivendish-square. On the 15th inst., at Acre-lane, Brixton, aged 72,. .Sarab, relict of the late T. Benson Es On the 15th inst., Mr. Edmund ' Wells, of Princes- Nurire, Kennington. London: Printed and Published by IKURDO YOUNG„ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The sun Office, No. i„l2, &rani!. in the Precinct tf the Savoy, in the COWatr of Middlesez, Monday, klay 19, 1841, Vim tern Cha to suet Dec Lon . Mal EU] Pre, Chu The wit LI F, Ilvin Led roy be vi LIE for t So The Tital I 3 b ever fa() par.l s. Age i