The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-07 00:00:00

'BE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, JULY 7, 18640

Total Destruction of Savoy Chapel by Fire.
(This Day,)

This morning the venerable Chapel Royal, in the
Precincts of the Savoy, was entirely destroyed by
fire.

The confusion necessarily attendant upon such a
calamity at present precludes any lengthened
details, The fire was discovered at about five
minutes to two by a quantity of smoke issuing
from one of the windows near the new entrance,
but on attempting to gain an entrance to the
edifice the doors were found all to be locked, and,
still worse, the person in charge of the keys was not
to be found. At t;:•is time had admission been gained
to the chapel 10 or 12 buckets of water might have
Saved the venerable building, but nothing fir some
time ecuhi be done but, to quietly ;Ttiz,3 on the rapid
pregrns of the flames. At ten minutes pact two
the organ was seen through the oriel windows to
fall to the ground, and then a scene of terrific
grandeur presented itself.
At this time, although situate in the
centre of the metropolis, not a single engine
had arrived. The chapel was now one mass of
flame from end to end, and it was not until all hope
of saving any portion cf it was gone that the en-
gines erzived.
At this time the flames rushed with dreadful
violence through the aperture, which till then had
held the large stained glass windows, and seized
hold of the back part of the premises of
Mr. Finney, tailor, Strand. The engines were
got into action, but the fire had burned itself nearly
out in the chapel.
At about half-past two the roof of the sacred
building, which had burned with terrific violence,
fell in, and thus partially smothered the burning
timbers. The effict of the water on Mr Finney's
premises was successful, and at the time we went
to press the flames were very greatly subdued.
The whole of the communion plate, parish regis-
try, and other valuable articles are saved.
It appears that a gas fitter was at work near the
organ this morning, and it is supposed that that
unfortunate circumstance has led to the destruction
of the chapel, which was one of the great antiqui-
ties of the metropolis.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr Commissioner Holroyd.)

IN RE ARNOLD.

Question—Can a bankrupt surrender after having been
convicted for not having done so,
This bankrupt was described as of the Commercial•road,
East, cheesemonger, and this was a meeting for last ex-
amination and discharge,

Mr Chidley appeared for the assignee, and said that they
did not oppose the application. A difficulty, however,
arose, as there was a former bankruptcy somo years ago
to which the bankrupt-did not surrender, and he was sub-
sEquen.tly tried and convicted for the offence. The present
bankruptcy was an adjudication by one of the registrars,
and as there had been no surrender under the first bank-
ruptcy, an application was made to allow this Lankrupt to
do so, and Mr Commissioner :I.7tue made an order to that
effect, but the order had been

His Rollout said that the c•isa mtzst be at7.jouracd for the
production of the ordor, and to consider whothe- the CuurL
had the power to take a Karel:der after conviction.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This ray.

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AN EXTRAORDINARY AND SHOCKING STORY.— A tall
good-looking, end Well-drestied young woman, named
Catherine Schlei, was charged before Mr Knox with break-
ing two panes of glass of the'V4neof 16,,, the property of
Air Samuel Humphreys, engraver, 12, Green. street,
Leicester•equare.

Mr SAlllllel 4.umphreys said that about four o'clock that
morning his bells were rung violently, and two of his win-
dows broken. ilia daughter saw the prisoner do it. The
value of the glass was 16s.

Mrs Jane Temaline, daughter of Mr. Humphreys, proved
seeing the prisoner wrap a pocket handkerchief round her
hand, and break the windows.
The prisoner then entered into a detailed narrative of the
circumstances which drove her to the commission of the
offence. but the details are of such a disgusting nature that
they are utterly unfit for publicwion. She was fully cor-
roborated in her statement by her mother and sister. The
magistiate eapreased great sympathy and told her father,
who Was the cause of all her trouble, that his presence was
a pollution in the court, and that he was sorry the laws of
England did not give the power to expel such a disreputable
wretch from the country. Great commiseration was shown
for the prisoner in courc, and the magistrate ultimately
discharged her, and handed her over to the care of her
mother.

A Terrible Scene.—Fourteen Deserters Shot.

The South CareliinCin of May 24 records the
execution of fourteen Confederates at Dalton for
desertion. A correspondent who witnessed the
affair says—" When I arrived on the ground 1 found
the division of MsjoisGen. Stevenson drawn up in
lines, forming three sides of a hollow square. In
front were fourteen stakes with a coffin at the foot
of each, and in the rear of these a long line of yawn-
ing graves. In a few minutes after our arrival, font
waggonscontaining the unfortunate men fliedslowly
through the lines and approached the fatal spot. The,
men, with one exception, approached untnovad, and
calmly looked around as though they were uncon-
scious of the fearful end they were approaching. By
direction of General Beynolde, they were drawn up
in line, and a number of chal•lains approached them
and besought them to give the few remaining,
moments of their lives to praycr, which was fol-
lowed by the reading of the twenty-third Psalm,
and an eloquent prayer, which eft cted the pri.
soners very much. General Reynolds then ashen
them ii they had anything to say, and addressed
them in au impressive manner for a few minutes.
Two of them said they had no intention of de-
serting the service ; ono said he was cut' off from
his command at Mission ,Ridge, and did not know
where to go, and so went home; the other said he
deserted on account of his family. Several of their
regimental and company officers now came forward
and bid them farewell. The men, with one excep-
tion, were very excited, several having lost all con-
trol of their feelings. General Reynolds turned to
them and said, 'May God have mercy on your souls,
and turned hastily away. The guard stepped for-
ward, and taking each to a stake, tied them fast,
and then bound a clath over their eyes. All began
to pray, and some were shouting and clapping their
hands. The shooting detail, consisting of 120 men,
were marched in front of them, and an officer stepped
aside and raised a handkerchief ; then the ominous
clicking of the locks was heard which thrilled through
the bystanders and caused the unfortunate men at the
stakes to shudder and tremble as though a galvanic
battery had been applied to each. One moment,
and a hundred tubas are levelled at their breasts.
We hold our breath in suspense, and a sickly faint-
ing feeling takes possession of us. While our eyes
are riveted' on the handkerchief—the fall of which
is to send these men to an untimely and dis..
honoured grave—the officer turns from the con-
demned to the detail, hurries along the line, drops
the handkerchief, and turns away. A ragged volley,
followed by straggling shots, and two of the men
are lifeless, others are screaming in their agony,
and imploring and beseeching the men to finish
the work so badly done. A few struggled to a
halfsreclining position, suspended by the rope
which confined them to the stakes, and expired.
A young soldier rushes up to shoot a poor wretch
who is crying in agony for death and presents his
gun, but, sickened with the horrid sight, turns
away, then wheels, and quickly aiming his gun,
sends a ball through his breast; At last the
Provost guard arrives, and despatches the few who
were yet struggling. With a sad sickened heart I
turned away, and even after I had mounted my
horse I heord a shot fired at some poor fellow who
had lingered ten or fifteen minutes."