The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-07 00:00:00

THE "TIMES" AND THE CHRONICLE."

The low. worrilowi attack by the Ti.,,.. on the
Morning Chronicle—its late ally and " respected con-
temporary "—because it has announced its intention
of fighting, for the future, under the standard raised
by the Daily News, has been the subject of general
conversation. We give below some extracts from the
reply of the Chronicle, and, in another page, an article
from the Daily News, in which the argument of the
Timer, if it deserve to be so called, has been tho-
roughly diasected, and some plain facts are told in plain
language. The general feeling in the City is, that the
Thanderer has overshot his mark—that the attempt at
mystification is too obvious, and that the charging
to the public the cost of the additional paper
and stamp on which his advertisements are printed,
and omitting the hundred thousand pounds a year
received for advertisements, is too barefaced to be
allowed to peas as an accidental error, considering
that the account has been twice published at an
interval of a twelvemonth.

The disinterestedness of our contemporary will perhaps
more clearly appear from a notice of his account of the ex-
pense of producing a newspaper. • • Now, without at
all admitting this to be a true aoeouat of the expense of a
journal, it is enough to direct attention to the transparent
deception of attributing to other newspapers an expense with
which the Times alone is encumbered. • • •
The Times alone, of all the morning journals, publishes
a supplement. • • This supplement, however,
which is with our contemporary a necessary evil, I.
the real cause of his annoyance. The supplement of the
Times is a single sheet, in which those advertisements
which are thought of least account are stowed away in a
rain, without any adventitious attraction, except some
fatted of an obscure disquisition carried over from the
mer part of the paper, with the ingenious design of
Mitring a stray reader now and then to take up that
rely sheet for which he bas paid kis extra penny.
The supplement, it is very well known, is mere dead
weight. The newsvenders would *ell the paper with-
out it if they were not prohibited from doing so by
Imr. Sold however as it is, by compulsion, it shows all
the signs Of a forced circulation. Let the paper be opened
where it may, at the breakfast table or in the railway car.
Vine, the supplement is sure to sink down disregarded.
Not one reader in a dozen glances into it. Look into a club
or a toffee-house. and while the sheet containing the news
Rae", about from hand to band, the supplement is always to
he seen lying in a corner, as neat sad unruffled as when it

RETurtis or PENSTONS.—A list of all the pensions
granted between the 20th day of June, 1846, and the 20th
clay of June, 1847, charged upon the civil list, has been laid
before parliament. It appears that pensions to the amount
of 1,2001. per annum have been granted, viz , to Hisses Anna
Archer Shee, Mary Archer Shoe' and Eliza Jane Archer
Shee, the daughters of Sir Martin Archer S bee, president of
the Royal Academy, in consideration of the eminence of their
father as an artist, and of his services as president of the Royal
Academy during a period of 16 years a pension of 2001. : to
Christian M'Cari ill and Jessie sistersof the late Sir
J. M'Caslull, in consideration of the gallant saviors of their
brother, and of Hs death oath* field of battle, 501. each ; to
Catherine Taylor, daughter of Brig.. Gen. Taylor, killed in ac-
tion in the late campaign of the Butted, in consideration of
OAR distiagnished services of her late father, in trust to Sir
Harry Dent Goring, Bart, a pension of 501. ; to the Rev.
Samuel Bloomfield, D.D. consideration of his services
and acquirements as a Gelder and divine, a pension of 2001.;
to Mr. Bernard Barton, in consideration of his literary
merits, a pension of 1001. • to Mr. John Ramsey M'Culloch,
in consideration of his am:stones the author of many useful
publications connected with the finance and commerce of
the country, a pension of 2001. ,• to MarT Haydon, widow of
the late Mr. Benjamin Robert Haydon, a wad leration of
her distressed circumstances, and the merits, as ea
artist, of her late kubend, a pension of 501.; to Calvin
Beaumont Winstanley and John Lloyd, in considera-
tion of the services rendered by their ancestors to
King Charles 11. in his escape after the battle of Worcester,
a pension of 261. each ; to Samuel Wilderspin, in considera-
tion of his services in promoting infant schools, a pension of
1001.; to Ellen Mary Banim, widow of Mr. John Banim,
the author of several works of imagination and poetry, in
consideration of the literary merits of her late husband, a,
pension of 601. ; to Margaret Turnbull, widow of the late'
James Turnbull, in consideration of the literary merits of
her brother, the late Dr. Leyden, a pension of 601.; and to
Mrs. Fanny Gurwood, widow of tient-Colonel Garwood, in
consideration of the literary merits of her late husband, a
pension of 601.
DARING Arrratirr AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND
MURDER, THIS DAY.—Bradley, one of the postmen who is
employed by the General Poet-office to deliver the bankers'
letters and parcels, received them at the natal hour, and
about eight o'clock left the- Post-office for the vicinity of
Lombard-street. Upon entering Mitre-court, three well-
dreamed men were at the narrow end, and while in the act of
turning a kind of elbow in the court, one of the fellows drew
a life-preserver, and s:rork Bradley a violent blow on the
head, the aim being the temple, butwhich fortunately mimed,
falling on the forehead immediately above the eye. For a
moment the blow rendered Bradley Insensible, when an at-
tempt was made by the party to ponces themselves of the
letter-bag, which fortunately was twisted round the
postman's arm, who immediately cried murder. At the
time Bradley called out, Inspector Woodruff., who happened
to be in Wood-street, hearing the alarm, ran up, when he
found the fellows had closed the gate, on which be imme-
diately ran round to Milk-street, brat by the time he got into
the court the assailants had effected their escape. He
found Bradley in a kind of stupor, bleeding profusely
from the head, and on the pavement the life pre-
server with which he bad been attseked, and in
the Lock of the gate a skeleton key. Assistance coming
up, Bradley and the letter-bag were conveyed to
the Partoffior. The letters and parcels, which, no doubt,
contained property to an immense amount, were mites-
, quently delivered to the respective parties. Daring the
whole of the morning Inspector Woodruff. and some of the
detective police have been in communication with the Post-
office authorities on this daring attempt. Had the blow
taken the desired effect, no doubt Bradley's life would have
fallen a sacrifice. A reward will be offered for the dis-
covery and apprehension of the offenders.
DREADFUL FIRE NEAR GREENWICH HOSPITAL,
CAUSED Sr LIGHTNING. THIRTEIN BUILDINGS Da-
ITROTED.—ThiI morning, during the raging of the terrific
storm which passed over the metropolis, between one and
two o'clock, the electric fluid struck the roofing of the pri-
vate dwelling in the occupation of Mr. T. Wiseman, situate
in Brewer's-lane, Greenwath,near to the Hospital, and set fire
to it and several otberdwellings. The authorities connected
with the Hospital at Greenwich being informed of the cala-
mity ordered the engine belonging to that establishment to
be got out without delay; and, upon information being sent
to the dockyard at Deptford, the powerful floating engine
moored off the yard was speedily manned, and rowed to a
position opposite the flee; and Mr. Henderson, the foremen
of the southern section of the fire brigade, the Farringdon-
street engine, the West of England engine, and the engine
from the County establishment in Regent's-quadrant were
very soon at the fire. The hose of the float being led from
the Thames, and the other engines being will supplied from
the waterworks of the Kent Company, vast bodies of water
were soon poured upon the burning material ; but the fire,
which hilly this tame necessarily obtained great hold, pro-
gressed fearfully nom house to house, until it encircled an
area of great extent. From Mr. Wiseman 's private dwelling
it extended to the extensive lofts and store-rooms of Mesas.
W. and R. Fluntley, mart, block, and sail makers, in
Brewer's-lane, thence to the warehouse. belonging to the
same firm, which were chiefly stored with silt and provi-
sions; and to the private residence of one of the partners.
Several cottages on the same side of the way then became
ignited while those opposite, in Coomb's-court, caught fire.
The efforts of the firemen were now directed to the pre-
servation of the ancient waterside house, known by the sign
of the " Tubs and Yacht," but their exertions proved fruit-
less, and the whole of the building and its contents were
drstroyed. At this critical juncture much judgment was dis-
played by the directors of the firemen. By seven o'clock the
fire was so far subdued that no further danger of its exten-
sion appeared, and by nine o'clock nothing remained but a
smouldering MAU of ruins. Some of the parties are insured,
but to many of the poor, renting or lodging in the emall
tenements, the loss will be great. Several leading officers
from the dockyard and Greenwich hospital were present,
aiding the inhabitants and assisting the firemen in the dis-
charge of their duty.
ANOTHER FIRE CAUSED BY THE ELECTRIC FLUID,
THIS MORNING.—Aboct a quarter-past two o'clock this
morning, the electric fluid struck the roof of the house and
shop belonging to Mr. Thomas Maslow, leather-dresser,
&c., 54, Paulin-street, Bermondsey. The parish engine was
get to work, but the workshop and the front of the dwelling-
house were destroyed.