The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA.Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1864.

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Just ready, in 3 vols,,
T lIE M ASTER OF MARTON.
A NOVEL.

BANK OF ENGLAND, 15th Sept., 1864.
T HE COURT of DHtECTORS of the GOVER-
NOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND
give notice that a G ENERAL COURT will be held at the
Bank on THURSDAY next, the 2 ?t1 instant, at 12 o'clock
precisely, to consider of a Dividend ; this will also be one cf
the. Quarterly Courts appointed by the Charter,
HAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary.

being immersed in the cares of daily life. They hoard
often of the conversion c f England ; and certainly they
did hope that the time would come when the hands which
were lifted up against them iu religious controversy would
embrace those of the opposite Church in unity. It was
indeed a blessed vision. " But," said Dr Manning, " t fear
it is far off." Almighty God might do it in one instant;
but they must not look for it without labour and toil.
There was ton much perversion of intellect, unbelief, ob-
stinacy, stubborn prejudice, and hardness of heart to allow
them to look for so Divine a development. Christ had sent
them to labour, to pray, and to wait—to do what they
could while they were on earth towards so blessed a result.
The time for such an advancement had not yet come.
After a few further similar remarks the rev. doctor con-
cluded by some words of affectionate encouragement to the
St. Augustine brotherhood of Roston.
The proceedings then terminated.

The Great Fire in Gresham-street

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The accounts already published respecting this
disastrous fire convey but a faint idea of the pro-
perty destroyed, and the large number of persons,
male and female, who have been thrown out of em-
ployment, and who have lost the whole of their
wearing apparel. During the day, Mr Roberts,
assessor of fire losses ; Mr Timms, of the
County Fire Office; Mr T. Hodsoll, of the
Atlas ; Mr Closs, Mr Hearne, and Mr C: White
of the County, attended for the purpose, if
possible, of striking an average as to the extent
of property destroyed, and considering the best
means of recovering the salvage. It is probable
that several thousand pounds' worth of goods, more
especially rich carpets, Utrecht velvets, and silks,
may be recovered, much of which, though injured
by fire and water, will yet realise a considerable
sum. The assessors now put down the loss of pro.
perty, exclusive of the buildings, at from £150,000
to £200,000. Most of the buildings were formed
of solid brickwork and masonry, so that in several
instances the walls will not have to be rased to the
ground, but can be re-roofed and re-floored. The
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eight large warehouses of Messrs. Taplin d Co.,
carpet manufacturers, in Gresham.street ne were
supported on 24 iron columns, of abou ' 16ft. in
height. These columns were irrespective of the
supports to the upper floors, as they were built in a
very peculiar manner, and were considered fire.
proof. The ceilings of the ground floor warehouses
—eight in number—were spanned by brick and
concrete arches, braced together by ironwork, and
were considered to be sufficiently strong to prevent
any fire, no matter how large, from rising into any
of the upper floors. Unfortunately, in spite of the
precautions thus taken, they proved of no avail in
arresting the progress of the fire. With such fury
did the flames extend, that the 9-inch walls afforded
no safe resistance ; and from Messrs. Tapling's
the flames appear to have blown through
the side wall of Haberdashers' Hall.
Several thousand tons of water were thrown
upon the buildings, and saturated the
costly contents, but a great quantity of the
goods will probably turn up as what is
technically termed " good salvage." The public
will learn with pleasure that several pictures sup-
posed to have been destroyed were saved through
the instrumentality of Mr Swanton, foreman of the
C. district, and Mr C. White, of the County Fire
Office. Amongst the number is the portrait of Sir
George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London in 1831,
and which escaped the great fire of London in 1666.
In Haberdashers' Hall the stained glass windows
and carved oak figures, which embellished the
grand staircases, have been almost entirely de-
stroyed. Fortunately, in the lower hall a few of
the figures by G fluting Gibbons will be recovered.
The firemen were engaged until late last night in
recovering from the ruins numerous pieces of carpet
and other valuable articles.

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Gauges, Oby, Lena, Atuur, Yellow River, awl the
`Yang-Ise in (Mina. So deep is it, at least iu its
upper pia, that no bottom has bun found at u
depth of 721 feet. Its declivity is so imperceptible
and slow that were not its volume of water so
powerful it would with difficulty flow. Scarcely is
its descent in the space of 200 leagues 101 feet—
that is to say, 1-27th of an inch in I,oooft. From
the Atlantic, as far as Jaen de Bracamoros—latitude
5 deg. 30 min., and longitude 75 deg. 40 min. west
of Paris, it has no cataracts or currents which im-
pede navigation. At that place its surface is 1,240 ft
above the level at Para. The effluents of the Ame
zon form among themselves tens of thousands of
leagues of navigable rivers, an immense net cover-
ing more than two-thirds of South America.