The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-29 00:00:00

AAIERICAN NEWS.

SOUTHAMPTON, THUUSDAY.
The United States mail steam-ship Franklin, Cap-
tain Wotton, with mails from New York, en route
for Havre, arrived this morning. She left on the
17th instant. Her cargo comprises 672 bales of cot-
ton, 50 packages of sundries, and specie to the value
of 340,000 dollars.
By this arrival we learn th'at the Austrian Charge
d'Affaires had complained to the President at Wash-
ington of the reception there of Kossuth, and of the
sentiments expressed by Mr. 'Webster. The crowd
at Harrisburg to hear Kossuth was so great in the
capitol that order Was obliged to be kept by the mili-
tary. Kossuth has gone to Pittsburg.
Two steam-boat explosions had occurred on the
Mississippi, by which 21 persons were killed.
Another steamer had arrived from California, with
1,400,000 dollars.
MARIUSTS.—Money easy. Large sales of cotton,
at same prices. Middling, 8i• Flour firm, same
prices. Exchange active, 4
19a to 110 i.

FIRE AND Loss or LlFE.—This morning a dreadful
fire broke out at the house of Mr. Werndley, No. 47, Wel-
beck- street, Cavendish-square. It appeared that the family
were aroused by the police between three and four o'clock,
and as the fire was making rapid progress,
,all, with the ex-
ception of the deceased (a man in possession) escaped by the
roof to the adjoining houses. A great portion of the building
anl its contents were saved ; but such was the rapidity with
which the flames travelled upstairs that the unfortunate de-
ceased was suffocated. The body was removed to Maryle-
b. one workhouse for an inquest. The two adjoining houses,
in the occupation of Mr. Walker, No. 47, were seriously
damaged by fire and water; as also the house of Mr. James, ,
o. 1, Bulstrode-street, with like damage. All three par-
ties are insured in the Globe, Imperial, and Law Fire offices.
The buildings, belonging to the Portland Estate, are insured
in the Imperial-oftce. No cause was known as to the origin
of the calamity.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord
Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Earl
of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. Eox
Maule, and Lord Seymour. The Council sat four hjurs and
a half.

DEATH OF
COLONEL J. J. COCHRANE, LATE 3111,
GuardDG s•—Colonel Cochrane, late of the Scots Fusilier
Guards, died at Bath on the 24th inst aged seventy years.
He entered the army in December, 1799, and accompanied
the Guards to Egypt in 1801. Afterwards he served in the
Peninsula. Colonel Cochrane had received the silver war
medal with three clasps for Egypt, Fuentes d'Onor, and
Ciudad Rodrigo.
DEATH OF BARON OsTEN, K. 11., FORMERLY 16TH
LAlceEßs•—Baron Osten died suddenly on the 24th inst.,
when on a visit to the Earl of Scarborough. He served
many years in the British army, first in the King's German
Legion, and afterwards in the 16th Lancers. With the
latter distinguished regiment he served in the Peninsular
war and at Waterloo. He had received, besides the Water-
100 medal, the silver war medal with seven clasps for the
following battles :—Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Salamanca,
Vittoria, Nivelle, and l'•li'o'• Baron Osten retired from the'
British service in 1834. He was a general ffi o...cer ;
in. the
Hanoverian army.