The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-17 00:00:00

BB:EPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Jan. 17.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
PILL, Jan. 15.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Padre, for St.
Thomas.
Stumps, Jan. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Cdtstan-
titto, from Buenos Ayres.

NEWPORT, Jan. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Bidewell,
from navannah.

LYNN Jan. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Challenge)
from Sulina.
HOLYHEAD, Jan. 15.—Wind N.E. —Sailed—lnal, for
13uenos Ayres.
CARDIPP, Jan. 16.—Wind E.— Arrived—Hammonie,
from Havannah.

SERIOUS FIRES.—This morning a fire broke out
in the premises occupied by Mr. W. East, in St.
41311'a-court, Sho, Through the instrumentality of the
fire-escape no less than four lives were saved. A fire also
broke out in the premises cccupied by Mr. Pinch, an
tlpholsterer,inGibraltar-walk,Bethnal-green ; another in the
premises of Mr. Robinson, baker, of Bretton-terrace, Chel-
sea ; and another in the premises of Messrs. Bell, the
lucifer match makers, at Wandsworth, but through the
exertions of the fire brigade she fires were prevented de-
stroying the premises. A great loss of property, however,
has been occasioned.

A prospectus has been issued of the Anglo-
Parisian Brewery Company, with a capital of
£200,000 (of which one-half is to be first issued), in shares
of £2O. The object is to purchase a freehold brewery at
Ivry, near Paris, with 20 acres of land, which is described
to be expressly adapted for Bavarian or Lager beer, a
description largely consumed in Paris.

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—The following extraor-
dinary act of benevolence has just been reported by
the chaplain to thin noble charity :—A lady, being per-
mitted to visit the wards on the 6th inst., went from bed to
bed, and in the most quiet and gracious manner presented
half a sovereign to almost every one of the patients as a
new year's gift, and as a thank-offering for her recovery
from a dangerous illness. The number of patients so re-
lieved amounted to nearly 300.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. Mr.
Parnell, who has occupied the chair at the Glou-
estershire Court of Quarter Sessions for many years, has
esigned the position, and Mr. C. Hayward, the vice-chair-
Man of the Court, has been elected chairman. On the
Motion. of Earl Ducie, seconded by the Earl of Ellenbo-
ough, a resolution was passed by the Court at the Sessions
list held, requesting Mr. Parnell to allow his portrait to be
taken and hung up in the grand jury room, as a testimonial
by his brother magistrates of his long and arduous term of
office.
COTTON GROWING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. _The
Assembly has agreed to imitate the Queensland plan
of encouraging the growth of cotton by a bounty, The
bounty is to be 3d. a pound for common cotton, and 6d. a
paooobsuni.
dfor Sea Island cotton. Nothing less than a bale of
weight will take the bounty, and the cotton must
be sound and clean. The bonus is not to exceed 10,000 lbs.
altogether ; and, in case there are more claimants than can
be satisfied, the first applicant are to receive it,—.Auf-
rattan and New Zealand Gazette.
In order to satisfy in some degree the Neapolitan
longings for a court the King has resolved to send
h. la sister-in-law, the Duchess of Genoa, now married to
the Marquis Rapollo, to take up her residence at the
southern capital. The duchess is said to possess very pleas-
',TlP', affable manners, and to be in all respects well calculated
to create a favourablo impression upon the Neapolitans.
tier stay will probably be prolonged fur three or four
months, during which time she will be surrounded by all
the attributes of a court, give receptions and balls, patronise
local industry and charitable institutions, and in fact eis-
44rge all the extra-official duties of a crowned head.