The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF FOUR LIVES

IN MARYLEBONE.-(THIS

This morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Wakley resumed
the adjourned inquiry in the Marylebone Workhouse,
touching the deaths of the four unfortunate persons who
perished in the conflagration which took place on Wed-
nesday night, the 7th inst., under circumstances already
detailed in The Sun. The jury, acting under a recom-
mendation from the Coroner, returned a verdict to the
effect, that there was no evidence to prove how the fire
originated ; at the same time adding, that there was
great blame attachable to some person or persons for not
giving the alarm to the unfortunate residents of the pre-
mises when the fire was first discovered.

General de Marquenal has been appointed to the
command of the Ist brigade of the Ist division of
the army of reserve at eonstantineple.
ACTS or PARLIAMENT.—The present session com•
menced on the 12th December, and the number of public
acts passed in the period is six.
The screw steam-ship Indian, Captain M‘Ma,ster, sailed
from the Mersey yesterday from Balaklava, with cavalry
and ordnance stores.

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY.—At a meeting of
this company, held yesterday, Mr. J. Chattley presiding,
the report and accounts were unanimously adopted.
Mrs. Morris, who, it will be recollected, was charged
with an extraordinary act of forgery in Herts, was to
have been tried at the assizes for that county, but the
prosecutor did not appear, and his recognisance were
entreated.

MAILS FOR THE BRAZILS.—The steam-ship Consti-
tution, Captain Cobb (late of the Swordfish), will leave
Liverpool for the west coast of South America on Satur-
day morning, at 10 o'clock. She will call at Rio Janeiro,
for which port she takes a mail. Letters posted in Lon-
don on Friday evening, and Liverpool ou Saturday up
to 8 a.m. will be in time.

Notwithstanding the statement in the Moniteur, some
doubts still are expressed as to the opening of the Ex.
hibition. From a very good source we learn that the
opening will positively take place on the Ist of May.
A despatch from Behobia states that the bridge over
the Bidassoa, between France and Spain, had been car-
ried off by the inundation of the river.
Letters from the French bead-quarters, dated 27th
February, state that the Russians were throwing up
formidable works of defence at various points, and that
they had sunk two more ships at ate entrance to the
port of Sebastopol. They feared an assault, and were
making every preparation to meet it. It was said that
they were establishing a battery of heavy mortars at
Kasnara, from which they hoped to throw shells into
Balaklava.

The Electoral Committee of the Society for Liberating
.Religio❑ from State Patronage awl Control has at
length been organised, and Smnuel Morley, Esq., has
consented to be its chairman. The work of the commitce
will be to prepare the way for a !arg,e accession to the
senatorial strength of the society at the next general
election.--Nonconformist.
THE COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday this
place of amusement was offered for sale under the ham-
mer by Messrs. Winstauley, at the mart, by order of the
Court of Chancery, to reimburse the mortgage thereon.
The building is held under the Crown for 09 year at
a ground rent of 2031. per aminm. The auctioneer stated
that the property, including the erection of the building,
had cost the different. owners about 200,000/ , but the
•nly offer wa,3 20,0001., which being below the reserved
price the property was declared bought in.

THE MARYLEBONE EXTRAMURAL 'CEMETERY. On
Tuesday the ceremony of consecrating the Extramural
Cemetery for the parish of Marylebone, situate at Finch-
ley, was performed by the Bishop of London, in the
presence of the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, the rector,
and a number of the clergy, members of the public
boards, and influential ratepayers. The St. Marylebone
Extramural Cemetery is situate at the East-end, in the
parish of Finchley, and is in extent about 26 acres.

LLOYD'S PATRIOTIO FUND.—The committee of the
fund established in 1802, and known as Lloyd's Patri-
otic Fund, have notified that, in consequence of the sub-
scriptions under the Royal Patriotic Fund being limited
to the relief of widows and orphans of those dying in
active service during the present war, they have resolved
to apply the means remaining in their hands to other
classes of sufferers. They wilt therefore give gratuities
to soldiers, seamen, and marines disabled from wounds,
and discharged the service in consequenc, and also to
such relatives (not widows or orphans) as depended for
support on those killed in action. The total held by
the committee is valued at about 88,0001., subject to
the payment of some annuities amounting to 1,6001. per
annum. They have also certain rights of nomination
to the Royal Naval Asylum and Schools.

According to a notice in last night's Gazette, relating
to the system for granting pastoral leases in Australia,
established by the order in Council of the 9th of March,
1847, the Governor of the colony of Victoria is hence-
forth to have the power of fixing at his discretion the
money rent to be paid for such leases in that colony, or
for the renewal of them. This measure is, of course, to
have no effect on contracts already in existence.

THE MYSTERT.—By our advices from the Cape we
learn that the little lugger Mystery, of 16 tons, had
made the passage from Penzance to Simon's Bay in 60
days, and had proceeded thence to Table Bay, where she
took in stores and a mail, and had departed for Mel-
bourne. When leaving Simon's Bay she beat out without
making a tack, and all the vessels in the bay dipped
their ensigns in honour of the adventurous little barque.
She sailed for Melbourne on the 24th of January.
THE MONEY MARKET.- -It is remarked that the signs
beginning to be observable of greater confidence in the
money market are not likely to be counteracted by
such revelations as are obtained. in connection with the
various commercial failures now announced from time
to time in the provinces and elsewhere. Although
during the last six months uneasiness has been con-
stantly occasioned by isolated suspensions, which were
feared as the precursors of more exten,ive mischief, it is
ertisfactory to find not only that nothing has thus far
warranted a belief in any really unsound state of the
commerce of the country, but that out of such disasters
as have occurred it is scarcely possible to pick more
than two or three which can be attributed to any causes
that could affect the legitimate trader. Last week a
couple of cases were announced in Birmingham, where,
after the system of accommodation bills had been car-
ried to its utmost stretch, the parties stopped respec-
tively for 60,0001. and 90,0001., the assets in one
instance being estimated at Os. Bd., and in the other
at 2s. in the pound. In London the same thing
has been noticeable, and among recent stoppages
has been one of a firm for 100,0001., who are
shown only a few months back to have entered
into enormous speculations without a shilling of
capital at their command. In the Bankruptcy Court
yesterday there was also a case in which liabilities on
Liverpool accommodation bills were shown for 40,5001.,
while the direct debts were 2,200/., and the estimated
assets 1,2001. The difficulties at Liverpool a few month■
back were almost all of the same character, althougk on
a more distinguished scale. Looking therefore at the
fact that none of these things are to be attributed to a
pressure which 0.111 be supposed to have arisen either
from the war or any other recent cause, since in each
case the accommodation paper system was of old stand-
ing, aid those who have once begun that practice are
doomed sooner or later, there i> nu reason to suppose
that the field of fair etterprise has sustained any irreme-
diable datnage, but rather that there is ground for con-
gratulation at events having cut short the progress of
those who with every day's continuance in business
would merely have increased the amount for which they
were filially to
The _New Zufich Gazette states that the com-
mission formed by the committee of the people
to examine as to whether a charge of high
treason ought not to be brought against the
principal authors of the disturbances in the
canton of Ticino has just denounced to the
Council of State the names of MM. Stoppani, of
Ponte Trossa, Polari, of Moriote, Airoldi, of
Lugano, Franzoui, of Locaruo, and Advocate Cat-
-1 tango, of Fordo.