The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, the inhabi-
tants of Queen-street, Ratcliff, were alarmed by the sud-
den outbreak of a fearful fire in the premises cccupied,
by Mr. W. Werneking, licensed victualler, and proprie-
tor of the Rainbow Tavern, situate at No. 4, in the
above-mentioned street. The several residents in the
house in attempting to gain the street by the staircase
were driven beck to their rooms by the flames. Mr.
Werneking, having fortunately sueceeded in
gaining the
street in sefazy, obtained the assistance of so old ladder,
end having placed it against one of the windows, he was
in the act of leading his wife down, when one of the
rounds gave way, and she was thrown upon her face.
Fortunately she was not very seriously injured. The
servant girl, however, who was in the second floor back,
on finding the fire approaching. her room, in order to
avoid being burnt to -.loath, jumped out of window, and
fell with a fearful crash on the ground. The poor
creature was picked up and was found to be so
seriously injured that she was forthwith obliged to be
removed to the hospital, where she at present re-
mains in a state of great suffering. A man and a
bcy were also obliged to melee a precipitate retreat from
the first floor, and the lodgers were driven to similar
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firemen were setting their engines to work, when the
whole building suddenly fell to the ground. The fire
communicated with the premises belonging to Mr. E.
Standish, No. 5, neat door. The destruction of the
last-named building appeared inevitable, when the bri-
gade, who were aided by about 50 hired assistants,
worked the engines with full vigour, and they at length
succeeded in getting the flames extinguished. The
damage done is thus officially reported by Mr. Braid-
wood to the various fire offices forming the London esta-
blishment :—" The premises of Mr. W. Werneking,
licensed victualler, and known as the Rainbow, were
very old, and fell down shortly after they took fire; con-
tents were insured its the Royal Exchange Fire-office.
The premises which belonged to Messrs. Larchin and
Co., of Queen-street, were insured in the Legal and Com-
mercial Fire-office. The premises of Mr. Standish have
the roof and side wall considerably damaged by fire,
and the furniture by removal and water ; the contents
were insured in the Phoenix Fire-office, end the building
was insured in the Legal and Commercial-office. The
furniture of Mr. G. Thorp, cowkeeper, No. 3, in the
same street, is likewise damaged by removal and water.
The loss will fall on the Royal Exchange Fire-office."

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS
BRISTOL, APRIL 19.

STOCK EXCITANGE.—The share market continues very
tirm. Great Westerns were done to-day at 921,i —South-
Eastern and Dover, 22% —York and North Midland, 26.
LIVERPOOL, APatt, 19 _

STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was an improved feeling ex-
hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business
has been done at improved prices. The sales reported were—
Eastern Counties, 9 9- 16---East Lancashire, 17% —Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 74 -Ditto, Fifths, G dis.—Liverpool,
Crosby, and Southport, 21—London and North-Western,
125—Manchester, Sheffied, and Lincolnshire, 33—Mid-
land, 68%,, —Shropshire Lnion (Railway and Canal), 3 dis.—
York and North Midland, 255,i.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 19.

STOCK EXCHANGL—There has been a fair amount of
business transacted to-day, without material alteration in
prices. The only transactions were as follow :—Ambergate,
Nottingham, Boston, and East Junction. 1,/,, dis.—Blackburn
( No. 1), 641—West Riding I.lllioll, dis.—Preston and
Wyre (No. 1), IPA—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland. 211 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35
Ditto, New 61. Preference, p.

SEABW-LNE
slgnifles that the mails are ient from the 4e.soral Post-office
the night—and M by the morning-4ispateh.)

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..?Leti:ll?-1.• ; Ger.eral Pot' .i.-,Jffice; port din- duo.
11 London: patehed.
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'ricrica (by Brit. pht.)NlApril 23 iLtverpoel .•
`erica (by U.S. pkt.) *April 20 Liverpool April 23
Imerica (by U.S. pkt.) Id:April 28 leouthampt.
Africa (West coast).. 11114th of the month Plymouth May 3
Ilexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of me. Dover ,April 18
Belgium .. N Daily ..IDover ;Daily
Brasil . • .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. ;May 1;
Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month I, Sonthampt. May 16
C.allfornia(via Chaves) MI 3d 17th of month Southampt. !April 20
Cape of Good Hope N 114th of month 'Plymouth • • May 3
Constantinopie* 15;7th 17th 27th of mo:Dover .. April 20
Central America .. MI 2d gc 17th of men. ISouthampt. April 20
Channel Islea • . NIMon., Wed., Rx Fri.lSouthampt. Tn. 'Ph.Sat
Chili .. .• . 11;17th of the month (Southampt. April 20
Trance M &*Twice daily .. ,Dover • • Twicedaily
Greece* • • .. • • N:7thl7tll27th of mo !Dover .. April 20
Hanaburgh *Tuesday is Friday ;London .. Thee. Sat.
Holland .. • • .. MI Wednes. 8e Satu.r.lLondonllgon.Thar
Honduras .. *l7th of the moath; Southampt.April 20
Ireland .. M.B; *Twice daily 'Holyhead .• Twicodaily
India (via Southamp.) Ml2oth of the month Southampt.
India (via Marseilles) N s th& 24th of month Dover • • May 1
Mediterranean (via I
Southim-nton) • • M 20th of the month Southampt.
Mediteri artean (via
Marseilles) .. 11;t3thge 24th of month Dover .. ,May
Mexico M 2d of the month.. Solithampt. ;May 5
Madeira • . • • .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. IMay 16
I I,7tich3,lo7tthho,lf9mtho,n27thth I
Dover April; 18
'Malta*
Naples* .. N nth 15th 35th of me Dover • • April 22
Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mo:Dovor April 22
Peninsular .. • . 51,7 th 17th 27th of molSouthampt. lApril 26
Peru M' 17th of the month .Southampt. April 20
Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th of molDover •• April 22
West Indies .. M 17th of the month ISouthampt:hpril 20
West Indies (except 1
Havanna & Nassau) 11'2d of the month Southampt. May 5
* The malls to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed t 7
French packet via Marseilles.

METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE.
SQUARI, BLSHOPSGATE.—Yesterday evening a very full
meeting was held in the board-room of the above institu-
tion, of which John Gurney Iloare, Esq., is treasurer. The
chairman stated in the most emphatic manner the claims of
the suffering poor upon this institution. In no part of
London was disease so prevalent as the eastern district.
O.her parts had their hospitals, but this—involving as it
did Spitalfields, Shoreditch, Bethnal-green, Whitechapel,
and St. George's-in-the-East—had but one, and that was
the London Hospital (already over-crowded). The Metro-
politan Free Hospital had during the past few months re-
lieved 13,432 sick persons, and the average was at least
13,00) per year. The medical staff had indeed more thrust
upon them, by the pressure of calamity and disease, than
they could well alleviate, unless they were more warmly
supported by the subscribers to the institution. A vote of
thanks having been passed to the medical officers for their
valuable services, the meeting adjourned.

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AhoiTns LiEs.—To the instances of unusually
Elphinstone, who is said, by tradition, to have had
not less than 36 children,
ild
M. whom 27 were living at one time.
There is a story told of
olafr a gelinanduGymEbEe:rpscihren by one mother may be added that
this lady and her husband, Lord
iti(i)nntheer,daranwd
drawing-room,
that they once asked a.
him that he should meet no one
ance to visit them, telling him Elphinstone, which seemnsewtoancdorsroobmoerwatheatthbeasthrafudlitaioccinuiaiitnti!
guest arrived shortly before
but their family circle. 1
ining h a
1 i atoa his
seeing
a
people. On remon-
stratinglong table laid out for about twenty
having
that he had been told
as he thought, he was quietly
egi-nrgo osmil o,
wwnas through
m ueh the
disconcerted d
informed
their family party, when all
with his host and hostess for taken him in,
no more than the truth, for that.th b
one. I believe that
assembled, only fell short of thirty y.
of the
the _Earl of Lauderdale who lived in the latter part .
Jmoahkne,
neioghruitehztridoEf
phenomenonlpahniynsetounche,and his lady, adaughter o
17th and begi • of 'th 18th centuries, are the pair to
3lona idnxiiY, Yet lam strongly
whom thisstory r •eand, though the Scotch peerage's
refers ;
in ,ne,zipain-
Of th 2 authority t orn which I derive the tradition, to believe
it to be true. inciinei, from the goodness
Coy aAG SO Notes and Queries.
lowing narratil e embodies as touching a tale taken from
actual and humble life as ever fiction portrayed, as it fur-
-Ir3 CorinucT or A W(,.stAN.—The fol-
lowing
a beautiful example of the heroism of affection, show-
ing that a won lan's motherly sympathy dared that which
man's courage was unequal to. On Sunday se'nnight a child
about four or five years of age fell over the Pothouse-quay,
Carmarthen, Into the To v
-"Y, a strong tide running at eke
time. Twc• young men were standing near, but being nn-
able to swim, made no effort to rescue the boy, merely crying
out,' He i s drowning!" but a woman named Hannah
Evans who wai in her house attending her nick daughter,
saw the accident, and gallantly rushed into the water up to
her arm-pi ta, although totally ignorant of the art of swim-
ming, and saved the child just as it was on the point 9r
dually sir tkirig.--Steciasea 1-I.rald,
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