The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

Eight ran.

FRIGHTFUL m4-f,..--
IGHTFUL DEATII.—NOTTINGHAhI, Moll-- to
A shocking accident occurred in this town a few days ag,e;,e.
a young girl named Ann Hoe, of Barton, Nottingliamsifes,
It appears that the deceased kept the house of Mr. J?i,.'i t,
silversmith. Bottle-lane, tiottingham• On Thursday' ibliir,
about 11 o'clock, while her master was from home,
sliee'ther
fortunately set tire to her clothes. There being 1:10 -tree-t
person in the house, the poor creature rushed into the
rod
for assistance completely enveloped in flames, whiellf tut-
considerably above her head. The shrieks of the un 9 ~,
nate girl, together with the darkness of the night and tiiv.
lateness of the hour, alarmed the neighbourhood, but it w.s
not until she went into an adjoining street covered withw
hershe s u ter
flames that any assistance could be rendered her. She. a!,
as speedily as possible taken to the General Hospital, Li i
to
lingeredingsuntil Friday night, when death put an eWnde
FOR A FIT OF PASSIoN.--Walk out in the Opetll,
air. You may speak your mind to the wind, without bar
ing any one, or proclaiming yourself to be a simpleton.
d con-
The last files of the Sydney Morning Reral
tain accounts of a new propeller invented by Sir Thoul
Mitchell, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales, a
excitediris
of which in a small steamer at that port had just ,s
great interest. It is called the Bomerang propeller, and 2,1
constructed on the principle of the weapon of that narne lie'_„
by the natives to kill game. Although the experiment Icaf
only on a small and imperfect scale, a speed of 12 knots an ,
hour against ahead-wind is stated to have been obtaineti,
The instrument is described to combine great strength a.u.
simplicity, while it has also the advantage that its motiou
in the water causes but a comparatively slight agitation, se_
that it is capable of being adapted to canal Sionboatsas well 35
to other vessels. At the conclusion of the trial h
Mitchell expressed his conviction " that the weap of the
nation mathematically of the true form by which alone, ort
earliest inhabitants of Australia has now led to the deferral'
the screw principle, high speed on water can be obtained."
" Wily DON'T YOU SPEAR. OrlT !"—FTOIII the ifil-
possibility of making our present Ministers say what thel
mean—or even, what they do not mean—the observation
that was once made by Talleyrand of a celebrated nobody',
may with equal point 1313 turned round upon thern--,, deg
Messieurs out un grand talent pour le silenee."—Punch.
which various tradesmen P
SIR FITZEtaY NELIX AND EXCLUSIVE DEALING,
—There is a tale current in the town which, if true, &ha!
not reflect much credit on the Solicitor-General. It MAY ''''
remembered that some time since the Learned Gentle Mari
purchased the C haurqry, near
might have " a stake in the county." The mansion required
: „.....-or
.ere doing,
rather they u swic h a
rien
now order d 0 tif)::t D 0
for we hear that they have 'allr-
relied so violently among themselves that
withdrawn his men. But the brick.„oo
we were about to say that sv 3
time since a competent plasterer after
time a first-rate hand we was required, and
with C.'
sellout testimonials. __ went to the mansion armed they
wanted ; but, just Ile was found to be the very WI ttio
. as the bargain being line'
agent of Sir Fitzroy is was c mustoot
tell me what is
honest fell your colour—are you 'Whig or Tory i''' tile
agent is ow immediateiy said, " Whig." 'Whereupon
lino
your stated
does services,not belong for we have strict orders to employ no one ;$5
'elong to the Tory party." The plasterer oils
in straightway bowed from the mansion, and we trust ere„,.,
plying?psw. his craft profitably upon non-Political We"
./ tch Express.
MONEY Part
. MARKET.—The quotation of gold at ~ich,
is about 1 per mule prem. (according to the new tariff ), V 1 f for
at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce e,.
standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.19 i.; and thelioce
change at Paris on London at short being 250, it inf.°, , in
that gold is about 0.42 per cent. dearer in London "
t 3
~„iti
Paris. By advises from Hamburgh the price oftct'of
is about 430 per mark, which, at the English Mint Poge
31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives ao exed% At
of 13.71 ; and the exchange at Ilainburgh on Lon
.11,0 t.
short being 13.e.i', it follows that gold is about 0.35 P„„iige
dearer in Hamburgh than in London. The course of excullot i..,
at New York on London for bills at 60 daYs' p' a'
110 per per cent., and the par of exchange between 11:02; tiie
and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows Plod,
exchange is nominally 0.80 per cent. in favour of ale
And, after making allowance for charges of transport go
present rate leaves a tritliDg profit 0 tto igaportAtia 9
swot gig Wis 94 §tfikti"!

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IMPROVEMENTS IN PARIS

The materials which encumber the passage of the
new portion of the Rue de Rivoli, between the Rues
St. Martin and St. Denis, are being re:noved, and in
a few days the road will be given up to the engineers
for levelling. At present the garden of the Hotel
n'Augevilliers and the lightning-rods of the Tuileries
can he seen from the Hotel de Ville. The parts of
the street opened for traffic attract considerable crowds
every day, who watch the progress of the new build-
ings and other works with marked interest. The
prolongation of the Rue de Rivoli was decreed by the
law of the 4'h of October, 1849. It is 2,500 metres
in a straight line from the Ministry of-Marine in the
Place de la Concorde to the Hotel de Ville, and
about 22 yards in width. The demolitions commenced
on the 16th of January, 1852, and the contractors
undertook to complete them by the 18-h of Septem-
ber. They have suaceeded in completely clearing
the street, with the exception of the Small. por-
tion just mentioned. The demolitions were
divided into seven sections :—The first comprised 37
houses between the Rue des Poulies and the Rua de
la Monuaie ; the second, 29 houses from the Rue de la
Monnate to the Rue des Bourdonnais ; the third, 26
houses from the Rue des Bourdonnais to the Rue des
Lavandieres ; the fourth, 18 houses from the Rue des
Lavandieres to the Rue St. Denis; the fifth, 55
houses from the Rue St. Denis to the Rue St. Mar-
tin ; the sixth, 20 houses from the Rue St. Martin to
the Ruo de la Coutellerie; and the seventh, 43 houses
from the Rue de la Coutellerie to the Hotel de Vile.
If to this be added the dependencies of the houses, the
total number of edifices which have disappeared is
240, and their demolition has obliged not fewer than
12,000 persons to seek new lodgings. This number
is greater than the entire population of the chief
places of several departments—such as Eveeux,
Tulle, Auch, Quimper, &c. The new street
will cause the names of the Rues Bei-
thisy, des I\lauvaises Paroles, des Deux Boules, du
Chevalier-du-Goer, de la Vielle-Harengerie, des
Lavandieree d'Avignon, Trognon, St. Benoit, Jean
de-l'Epine, 'de la Tixerandierie, de la Petite-Bou-
teille, and others, to disappear from the list of Pari-
sian streets. The surface of the ground cleared is
about 35,450 yards, of which 21,662 will be taken by
the street, and the rest will be sold. The sum of
17,895,749 f. has been awarded to the owners of the
demolished houses, and 3,218,137 f. 85c. to the occu-
piers. The demolitions and other operations have
cost 200,000 f., so that the total sum paid by the mu-
nicipality is 21,318,886 f. 85c. In diminution of this
amount the city has received 724,116 f. for materials
of the demolished houses, 755,966 f. 75c. for 2,118
yards of ground sold. The remainder of the ground
to be sold will, it is erected, produce 2,477,259 f.
Deducting these items, the total expense of the street
will be 17,356,545f.10c., but the expense will be
increased by about 7,000,0001. by the prolongation of
the arcades to the Rue des Poulies.

PUBLIC DEBT.
A Parliamentary return in relation to the public
iebt gives the following particulars of its variations
during the last 30 years, both as regards the amount
of principal and the annual cost for the payment of
interest. It will be seen that the reduction in the
Principal effected during that period has been only
50,000,0001., or 6 per cent., but that as regards the
annual charge for interest it has been 3,326,4241.,
or nearly 11 per cent. The lowest point at which
the national debt ever stood of late years was in
1834, when it had declined to 772,196,8491., or to
teu millions below the sum at which it now stands,
the Emancipation loan in 1835 and the Irish
famine loan in 1847 having far more than coun-
terbalanced all subsequent reductions. It is to be re-
noarked, however, that, owing to the conversion of the
Three-and-a-Half per Cents., and the low rates paid
upon the unfunded debt, &c., the actual cost of these
obligations is now smaller than at that period. Dur-
ing the next seven or eight years this charge will
experience a further diminution of 3,207,5001., of
Which 600,000/. will take place by the Three-and- a-
Quarter per Cents. becoming Three per Cents. in
October, 1854, while the cessation of the remainder
Will occur through the expiry of the Long Annuities
in January, 1860, for 1,293,5001., and of other an-
nuities, amounting to 1,314,0001., during the interfor
-
!ening time. The annuity held by
the Bank
'',85,700/. does not terminate till 1867. The un-
funded debt, which is included in the
ear subjoin
theed
totals, was less in 1851 than in any other yof
aeries, its amount being 17,742,8001. In 1822 it was
as high as 36,281,1501.:

Total Debt.

Cost

Year.

Amouw.

1822 „. 832,811,295 ~,,,, 31,343,551
1823 •826,443.364 ••• 29,978,454
1824 ... 813.521 672 ... 30,166,421
1825
... 806,122,467 ..• 29,197,187
1826 ... 808,367.590 ... 29,228,967
1827 805.023,742 ... 29.417,543
1828 ... 799,979,540 ... 29,309,052
1829 ... 796,742,482 ... 29,156.611
1830 783,096,646 ... 29,118,859
1831 781,095,234 ... 28,341,416
1832 ... 779 796,549 ... 28,323,752
1833 ... 779.565,783 ... 28,522,507
1834 ... 772,196,849 ... 28,504,096
1835 ... 787,526,466 ... 28,514.610
1836 788,398,570 ... 29,243,599
1837 786,319,738 ... 29,489,571
1838 ... 785,373.740 ... 29,260.238
1839 786,512,734 ... 29,454.062
1840 ... 787,448,075 ... 29,381,718
1841 790,874,608 ... 29,450,145
1842 791,250,440 29,425,120
1843 790.576,392 ... 29.269,160
1844 ... 787,598,145 ... 30,495,459
1845 785,053,022 ... 28,253,872
1846 ... 782,918,984 ... 28,077,987
1847 790,348,351 ... 28,141,531
IS4B 791,809,338 ... 28,563,517
1849 790,927,017 28,323,961
1850 787.029,162 ... 28,091,590
1851 782,869,382 ... 28,017,127

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
lIANCEIETEE, TUESDAY.—By the America we learn
that, for a few days prior to her sailing from New
York on the 15th instant there was a renewal of
those reports of injury to the cotton crop in South
arolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, which
had previously come to be regarded as greatly exag-
heated ; that, on the 4th instant there were heavy
tAina in South Carolina; and that the consequence
Vag a renewed demand for cotton at New York, New
lOrleans and Charleston, with an upward ten-
oy in prices ; the 1.1. before lost at New York
Fulg recovered. The expectation of another crop of
11'000,000 was daily becoming fainter. The crop
1,4c1 been made up, showing a total of 3,015,029
„:tIPB, against 2,355,257 last year, being an increase
659,772 over the crop of 1850-51, and 918,323
ever that of 1849-50. These accounts have imparted
home fresh life to the Liverpool market, where prices
have regained 1-161 to id. per lb. Here, the effects
~
e simply an increase of firmness on the part of
sellers in maintaining the quotations of last week,
411(1 rather more disposition among buyers to operate
et those prices. A general feeling of caution, how-
ter, prevails, which restricts the aggregate business
of
%' the day to a very moderate amount. The Germans
PI still giving out but few orders ; and that small
decline which had taken place in 16's to 24's water
t
for
is therefore still unrecovered. But the demand
c't Common mule yarns which followed the arrival of
the overland mail has rather increased to-day the up-
leelq tendency of 30's, 40's, and 50's. And the
Leseounts then received from Calcutta have given rise
17, Purchases of light 40 and 45-inch shirtings and
their
6-4th jacconets, which have sligbtly added to
4-4 value.
I-kLIFAX, SATURDAY.—The amount of business
L limited
in our Piece-ball to• day has been very
ited ; but there is, we understand, rather more
doing in the warehouses, and to order, both in plain
and fancy goods. Prices, however, do not improve.
•ith respect to yarn, every spindle is running full
re ; but the merchants are becoming a little more
t
. It% erY of giving out their orders at the present rates,
tbere seems to be some uncertainty as to the future
price of the raw material. There is not a great deal
t:.1.11g in wool ; but the quotations arefirm, and a
f-oluing advance has been, in some instances, obtained
t some favourite sorts.
.11 tIUDDERSFIELD) TUESDAY.—There has been a ge-
:till heaviness in the market to-day, and goods have
mt'yed off more slowly than usual. A few parcels
tilt beaver and pilot cloths have been the principal
hot %actions in finished goods. Amongst the balk,
eever rather more has been doing. Black doe-
-111:48, fancy tweeds of dark pattern, and grey mixtures
tol'e been the prevailing articles inquired for, and a
Qtt number of those have changed hands; but,
mach
the market altogether, there has not been as
tts'eh doing in seasonable goods as was to have been
Fleeted.
Itlac 11DALE, MONDAY.—We have bad a very brisk
be"i( tin flannels, and more business would have
4:1: transacted if the manufacturers could have
I,o`;l_l.3ted the prices, as they consider themselves but
kiet_lY remunerated with oil and wool at their present
pot.' • There is no change in the wool market worth
tee.

AtgitßAT FREE•TRADE BANQUET AT MANCHESTER.--
htirinfluential meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League,
at Manchester yesterday, it was resolved that a great
thallet shall be held in the Free-trade Hall on Tuesday,
Br• 411 of November next, to which Ur. Cobden, Mr.
„f. and all the leading Free-trade Members of the House
1,, mons shall be invited. The meeting was attended by
""41(anah Armitage, Mr. Crook, M.P., Mr. T. Bazley,
ktid Buckley, Mr. It M. Philips, and most of the leading
Ate'lost active members of the council of the League were
tits teat at the meeting. Mr. George Wilson presided. The
to to include English, Irish, and Scotch Members of
tge b„,,use, and the obiect is to mark the determination of
vi-tY fully to carri out the free-trade olcwhic they
11144. fur advanced in the commercial legislation of the