The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-15 00:00:00

gArcittnts ant Offences.

'fur Gottes STATION of the Edinburgh, Perth,
and lititideelZailway took tire on Sunday last. All
ellitrts to save the burning building were hopeless ;
and the firemen directetl their exertions to preserve
the engine house and other buildings belonging to
the Ihtndee and Arbroath Railway Company, which
are in the immediate proximity, and are also of wood.
This they fortunately succeeded in accomplishing,
otherwise the damage would have been much more
serious. The good. station was totally consumed,
with sixteen waggons filled with goods of various de-
scriptions. The damage is estimated at about
The origin of the fire is said to have been the spon-
taneous combustion of a quantity of rags.
EXTRAORPINAItY CArrettE was effected on
Wednesday by the London detectives, resulting in
the apprehension of an outlaw, and more than 1,0011,.
in money. The name of the captured person is
Michael Thorns Stacey Welsh, a draper at Rumford,
when he was made a bankrupt some years since,
but had previously disposed of his stock. He ab
seonded, and was prOt tanned an outlaw, and nothing
more was heard of him until about a month ago. It
was then ascertained that Welsh, after his bankruptcy,
had gone to Dieppe. and finally made Australia his
place of refuge. Here he became a dealer in gold.
NIA was so successful as to amass above 8,000/.
He n4lllllOl to England about a month since in the
halms, visited the metropolis, having a large sum in
his possession, and was " tracked " with great inge-
nuity from place to place by the "detectives.- He
gave champagne dinners and suppers at the Tavt-
stock, the Saracen's Head, and other tirst•rate hotels,
and his Ito isliness to the cinpboyis impeded in no
small degree the officers in eliciting information. A
clue was at length obtained tie his
on WelitteStlay he was apprehended at Southampton,
where he bad taken a berth en beard the &swum'.

OCTOBER 13, 1853.

About 7,000/ in gold. and other property were found
in his possession. All the creditors under the bank-
ruptcy will now obtain their debts in full. Meantime
Welsh will spend the season in Newgate.
Reronrs from St. John's, Newfoundland, state
that a munber of fishing-vessels, together with their
crews, had been lost on the northern side of New
foundland, during a terrible gale which occurred
about the 15th ult. The fishery, also, had turned
out badly, and great fears were entertained of a
famine among the poorer inhabitants during the
ensuing winter.
MAI. was visited on Thursday afternoon by one
of the most awful thunderstorms known for some
years.
LAST week a labourer named Edward ilarnett.
employed in supplying with bricks the workmen en
gaged in the erection of the new dining-room at
Buckingham Palace, fell off a stage, and Was Si)
much injured that he died next day.
THE RAILWAY STATION at Reading was knocked
down by a goods train on Wednesday night. Some
projecting portion of the train came in contact with
the iron pillars which supported the root; thrusting
each of them out of the perpendicular as they were
successively struck, and finally overthrowing the
whole, with the roof itself, into a mass of debris. The
crash was stupendous, and the damage done of a
serious and expensive character. Fortunately uo
lives were lost. _ _ _

ON THE. SAME L►NE, near the London terminus,
another and fatal accident occurred on Saturday last.
Some girders for the roof of the new hu►ldings at
ladled to the Paddington station came down while
in process of erection, killing one workman and
severely wounding several of his companions.

(Sporting.

NEWMAIiKET SEGONI► 04 :TOBER M EET INI ;.-

Ti•ESDAY.
CEstat.arn STAKE', Handicap, of boys. each, a ith :(111
added by the Jockey Club. 77 subs.
Mr. W. Barrett's Haeo ( Palmer 1 I

11;tiniald'a Nabob .O

Mr. Howard's King Fepin
The following also 11111 :—Tuddington, Mountain Deer,
King of 'lnimps, Torment. The Reivcr. Songstress, Mll6
covite, Joe Miller, Indian Warrior, Itaillolph, Oarbsith.
Cariboo, TaMm►d. Nutshell, Catherine Hayes, Black
horror, Dove, Gossip, Miss►ve, Ilailelitfe Hero, PaneAke.
Strawberry Hill, Nervous, Peacock. Winter, Pastrycook,
Placid, Angelo.
Betting at starting : 5 to I against Songst►ess. si to I
against King Pepin, 10 to I against Indian Warrior, 12 to
1 against Teddingtoti, 12 to 1 against Angelo, 15 to 1 cash
against King ot"I rumps, Nervous. Nabob, and Joe Miller.
10 to 1 against I:adorn', 25 to I against I tore, :II ) I
against any other. Men showed early in front, and won
%cry cleverly by a head.

EMMY.
P/IF.NPERO sT S CAKE s.
Boaritng School 11iRs filly
Astolfo
HWLEI•sTAKILS of 10 soya

f. by U.4ly Buck
%% live
Four nu,.
HAxotetr, two and three year-obto.
_

Grimalkin
H ANNWAP SWF:EPP:TAKES

limeltitel

Ten ran.
SWF:EPSTAKES. 10011110VPI.

B •at rix
lie worse

Three ran.

A NEAP4)LITAN CORRESPI)NDENT of the 3fornittl
Post gives, upon good authority, the following ac-
count of the arrangements mole, or pcioling, Irct seen
Austria and Russia respecting the Turki,.ll contro-
versy :

It was never intended that Austria should take up any
really hostile attitude with regard to I:sissia and it was
perfectly understood at St. Petersburg that the Cabinet of
Vienna would withdraw precisely when it l's Ifihl we longer
influenee the western howelN and t's assail' the views of
the Czar. The arniiete of Mitosis still Austria ore now to
unite and permanently occupy the I lannbilin province..
The northern powers calculate on tieing able to beet the
Tiu.k%. whom, however. they do not intend to askance.
lint rather wait to receive. The great object of the
them powers is to confine the war—if they (some to
blows—as nisieli as possible to a frontier fight for the pre-
sent. The t•tar is highly satisfied with the• success of his
ibid.mittey. and ee.lisi.krti h. has gained mains points by
the lis sitating pssliey of France tool England. Ilk, hail
reticulated that the combined fleets worth! have gone on to
constaiitinsople nineh sooner, hefms• he model have osim-
pletcsl his army arrangements for the winter. No far, then,
the Czar thinks lie has treolesl on the ere ehility srf Lord Aber-
deen with senile favourable results, assisted ley two power-
ful jeTrnalte---suit. in London. and the other in Paris.

"Meanwhile the Thiesiati iiitrigue is hard at work, both
in Constantinople mid Paris ; lmt, it is stated, hitherto
without the leaet success in the hitter city. The
Emperor hold's on to his I:nti3selni alliance ; but in the
City of the Crescent much has accomplished for the
future.'

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