The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-22 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEXITIER 22, 1862.

FIRES THIS DAY.'

BLONDIN AY ST. JAMES'S HALL.

Closing
Price.

Paid.

Business don,

BURNING OF A CHURCH IN THE CITY.--This morning,
shortly after midnight, a call was received at the various
trigale stations that the fine old Dutch Reformed Church
in Austin Friars was on firo. Feveral engines were quickly
despatched to the spot, with a powerful body of firemen ;
but although a strong smell of burning wood could be ex-
perienced, the firemen were unable to find out any fire for
the space of an hour and a half and they sent their engines
btck to their respectivo stations, the men remaining in the
church to watch the place. All of a sudden engineer
Tiviotdale noticed fire issuing from a portion of the roof.
He at once procured a pail of water and threw it upon the
part on fire, but it had no effect in subduing the flames,
for it was then found out that the whole of the under-
side of the roof was on fire. Messengers were despatched for
Capt, Shaw, his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, and for the
return of the engines. Very shortly afterwards the parish
engines, with two of the powerful land steam engines, by
Shand and Mason, attended, as well as several manual
working machines and the escapes of the Royal Society for
the Protection of Life from Fire. The whole of this force
was under the superintendence of Captain Shaw, the Duke
of Sutherland, Mr. Foreman Bridges, Engineer Maidman,
and Foreman J. Gerrard. Without a moment's delay both

Last evening the third of a abort series of per-
formances by the wonderful M. Blondin took place
at St. James's Hall, and on the occasion there was
a very full and enthusiastic audience.

M. Blondin's performance was divided into two
parts, the first consisting of evolutions on the
" low," the latter the feats on the " high" rope,
terminating with the thrilling spectacle of the in-
trepid foreigner carrying a man double his own
weight along the rope stretched the entire length
of the hall.

It is almost needless to state that the whole per-
formance created the greatest astonishment; so,
without going into detail, we may briefly remark
that the extraordinary wooden shoe and stilt dance,
somersaults over lighted candles, and the violin and
drum feat, without the balance-pole, all excited the
most rapturous applause.

The two performances were very agreeably fol-
lowed up with a petite concert, in which Miss Rose
Hersee sung some very pretty songs in a very taste-
ful manner. The splendid band of the Coldstream
Guards was in attendance ; and altogether the en-
tertainment was one that afforded the highest satis-
faction.

steam engines were set to work, as well as a couple of hand-
machines, the latter being worked each by twenty-eight
hired auxiliaries. At first it was thought that the fire
would be easily extinguished, but unfortunately it was sub-
sequently ascertained that the flames had wound their way
into a range of offices numbered 4, Crown-court, old Broad -
street, the property of Messrs. Lister and Beak, as well as
another pile of offices at 10, Austin Friars, the property of
Mr. J. T. Romancia. The supply of water furnished by
the New River Company was most abundant, and copious
streams of the opposing liquid were thrown upon and into ths
burning building, but for some time without producing any
impression upon the fury of the flames, and by 3 o'oclock
the scene that presented itself was fearful, but at the same
time grand in the extreme, for out of the roof shot forth

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amountee for the week ending the 15th of November, on
10,499 miles, to £522,620, and fOr the corresponding week
of last year, on 10,186 miles, to £407,820, showing an increase
of 313 miles, and of £14,800 in the receipts. The gross re-
ceipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the aggre-
gate, on 7,221 miles, to £408,311; and for the correspond-
ing week of 1861, on 7,006 miles, to £398,818, showing an
increase of 215 miles, and of £9,523 in the receipts. The
increase on the Caledonian amounted to £484 ; on the Great
Northern to £1,834; on the Great Western to £523 ; on the
London and North-Western to £1,752; on the London,
Brighton, and South Coast to £1,617; on the London and
South-Western to £1,820; on the North British to £388;
on the North-Eastern to £1,560; and on the South-Eastern
to £2,265; total, £12,243. But from this must be deducted
£259, the decrease on the Great Eastern; £299 on the
Great Southern and Western ; £537 on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire; £544 on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire; and £l,OBl on the Midland ; together, £2,461,
leaving the increase, as above. £9,523. The goods and
mineral traffic on those lines amounted to £236,251, and for
the corresponding week of 1861 to £229,609, showing an
increase of £6,642 Receipts for passengers, parcels, &c.,
amounted to £172,090, against £169,209, showing an in-
crease of £2,881. The traffic receipts on 64 other lines
amounted, on 3,279 miles, to £114,279, and for the corre-
sponding week of last year, on £3,180 miles, to £109,002,
showing an increase of 99 miles, and of £5,277 in the re-
ceipts. The passenger traffic shows a falling off of £2,886
as compared with the preceding week. The total receipts
of the past week show a decrease of £15,521 as com-
pared with those of the preceding week, ending the Bth
instant.

immense sheets of flames which rose to such an altitude as
to light up the eastern district of the city. Captain Shaw,
with his usual discrimination, had the hose from the two

land steamers brought round the sacred edifice so as to save,
if possible, the offices in Crown-street, and also those in
Austin Friars. Fortunately, to some extent, the labours of
the firemen were crowned with success, for the flames, in
the course of a few minutes, began to succumb beneath their
exertions in the two offices, but not so with the fire in the
church, for it continued to spread with the rapidity, lite-
rally speaking, of lightning, and eventually the roof was
nearly destroyed, and as the burning pieces of wood fell
below, the costly fittings and lower pews became
ignited. Nothing but the most persevering efforts of
the firemen could now save any portion of the sacred
edifice, and the gallant captain and the noble duke cheered
on the firemen, and after a desperate struggle the fire began
palpably to diminish, but it was not entirely extinguished
until between nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon. The
damage done, it is hardly necessary to state, is very con.
siderable, for the roof of the church is nearly destroyed,
and the remainder of the building and the fittings severely
damaged by fire, &c. As to the cause of the misfortune
nothing that could be depended upon could be ascertained.
It, however, appears that a number of workmen had been
engaged in redecorating and repairing the church, and it
is not at all improbable that one of them might have
dropped a spark from his candle upon the lining under
the roof, as it is quite clear that the fire had been smoulder-
ing for hours before the flames showed themselves. The
building was the property of Mr. Wyman, of Mincing-lane,
and it is unknown whether it was insured or not. The
offices of Messrs. Lister and Beak, 4, Crown.-court, and those
of Mr. J. T. Romancia, 10, Austin Friars, are also damaged
by fire, water, &c. The last two owners, it is stated, were
uninsured.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.
Allies Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

, ---
1862.

1861.
136

1862. 1861.
£ £

Belfast and N, Counties 136
Belfast and County Down 49
Blyth and Tyne 22
Bristol and Exeter l2l}
Caledonian
_ _ .

2,042 1,869

689 '686
1,710 1,460
6,432 6,790
15,873 15,389
286 3:4
314 860
172 2, 3

FIRE IN BROA.D.STREET.—This (Saturday) morning,
about three o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of Mr.
J. W. Wallace, lace manufacturer, 36, Broad-street, Cheap-
side, City. Captain Shaw, with a body of firemen and four
engines of the brigade and one of the land steamers, soon
attended, and the fire was confined to the fourth floor, and
trifling damage to the third floor in the tenure of Messrs.
Bean and Co., warehousemen, by water. It is unknown
whether the parties were insured or not.

L'ockerraouth& Workington
Cork and Bandon

Cork, Blackrock, & Passage...
Cork and Youghal .....
Cornwall
Deeside

109 213
1,102 1,025
2-14 249
1,457 1,576
1,530 1,687
1,512 1,556
915 1,070
7,434 7,670
223 278
2,800 2,183
8,133 7,943
26,642 26,901
28,001 26,157
1,789 1,746

Dublin & Belfast Junction 6
Dublin and Drogheda 63
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 4Bl
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun., 31
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 614
reat Northern 330
Great North of Scotland 5B.
t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 57
xt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329
Great Western 992
Inverness & Aberdeen June -731
Irish North-Western 145
Irish South-Eastern 251
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951
Limerick and Ennis...
Limerick and Foynes 26
Llanelly 461
London & North-Western „ 11381
London and Blackwall ...... , 54
London & South-Western
Load. Brighton, &S. Coast 241/
London, Chatham, & Dover 721
Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 42)
51an.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh 236
Ranch. S.Jun.& Altrincham„ 01
Ilaryport and Carlisle
Midland (incl. N.-Western)„ 630
Lidland Gt.Westn. et Irlud. „ 1924
onkland
Nfoninouthsli. Rail. & Canal 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee . 4101
N-Eastern and New, & Car.,, 8911
North London 9

FIRE AT MILE-END•ROAD.—Another fire happened in
the premises belonging to Mr. H. Macksey, confectioner,
No. 2, Bancroft-place, Mile-end-road, which was wellnigh
attended with very serious consequences to several persons.
The fire commenced from some unknown cause in the first
floor, and so rapidly did it extend that before discovered it
obtained possession of the whole of the rooms on that floor.
Fortunately the inmates succeeded in effecting their escape.
The Royal Society's escapes promptly attended, as well as
several engines of the parish and London brigade, includ-
ing one of Shand and Mason's steam engines. Owing to
the combined exertions of the neighbours, the parish en-
gineer and firemen, the flames were extinguished, but the
damage done was considerable, and will fall upon the Sun
Fire-office.

491 30
8,081 8,369
53,103 62,580

920 815
1,929 1,982
272 249
32,652 33,189
194 182

10 iii

515 566
84,335 82,583
1,613 1,378
17,972 16.152
10,483 14,• 66
3,047 1,579
I,‘ 80 1,427
14,713 15,
980 1,058
1,454 1,287
3'5,719 39,800
4,690 4,684
1,535 1,476
2,433 2,588

Two other fires also took place—one at Pimlico, and the
other at Peter-street, St. James's, but the damage, owing
to the timely arrival of the parish and brigade firemen, was
fortunately not very great in either case.

iIIAUKETS---THIS DAY.

COVENT GARDEN.

11,447
41,131
2,097
7,810
816

There has been a seasonably extensive show of produce
on silo hero to-day, for which the demand has been steady
at our quotations.

North Staffordshire 248
Oswestry and Newton 42
ithymney l9i
St. Helen's Canal & Railway, , 52
Scottish Central ... 50
Scottish North-Eastem 132
Shropshire Union 291
Somerset and Dorset 394
South Devon

825 791
1,874 1,829
3,138 3,513
5,594 5,092
983 1,025
307
2,925 2,912
19,179 10,914
11,862 8,916
5,251 4,989
1,759 1,028
148 148
1,916 1,828
398 362
1,191 1,346

s. d. 8. d.
Pine apples, perib 8 0 to 10 0
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes,per lb 2 6 to 5 0
Foreign do 1 0 to 2 0
Melons 0 0 to 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
Apples, per hf-sv. 2 0 to 3 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100 8 0 to 14 0
Lemons, per 120 4 0 to 8 0
Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0

s. d. a d
Cherries, per lb. o oto 0 0
Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. ooto 0 0
Damson .. 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries,Pr Pt 0 oto 0 0

South-Eastern :306
Stockton and Darlington 185
Taff Vale 5B
Ulster

Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 251
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 274
W.HartlepoolllarbrAßaiL 39
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt., 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun bs

727 .803
4,141 4,371
518 381
780 701
730 858

VEGETABLES.
Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1
Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8
Red ditto 2 OSo 4 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4
Savoy do., pr dz oloto 1 6
Celery, per ditto 0 9to 1 9
Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 0 0 Beet r doz. .. 1 6to 2 0
Brocoli, per bun. 0 Bto 0 10 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Potatoes, per ton 100 to 150
0 3to 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0
New ditto, pr pd 0 oto 0 0 slushrooms.p ptl. 2 6to 3 0
Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0
3 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0
Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6, Cabbage I tt score 0 oto 0 0
Cucumbers -e c ' 0 2 to 0 4
0 0
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0
0 to 0 0
Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 ) Tomatoes, doz... 0
French beans, it s. 0 oto 0
Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 6to 2 0 ! Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 0 t Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0
New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, Per bun 0 oto 0 0
Mint and savory..
0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0; Seakale, per
bun• 0 0 to 0 0

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52
Austrian B2B 828
Belgian Eastern Junction 26 26i
Buffalo and Lake lluron
Detroit and Milwaukie ..... 185 185
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
.. 1078 1060
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Indian Peninsula 4371 3501
Great Luxembourg..., 134 128
Great Western of Canada 345 345
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 4"J994 435
Northern of Canada
.... ... • • • 94
Northern of France
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman ........
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354
Paris and Orleans 1340 1204
Pernambuco 6O
Royal Danish 69
Sambre and Meuse 6B
South Austrian ...... 1294
Southern of France .. 777
Welland • .
25
West Flanders
W. and N.W. of France 758

1,233 1,247
40,138 62,357

2,286 2,507
4,975 4,263
4,008 4,222
53,783 57,05
8,387 9,232
19,770 20,748
4,651 3,990
4,366 2,781
12,991 11,754
16,633 11,60)

56,135 54,547
1,115 1,027
274 250
130,286 136,588
68,617 65,913
738 -

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 58 Od; clover,
do., £3 108 to £5 10s Od • and straw, £l. 12s to £1 16s per
load. Trade slow. '
V
CUMBERLAND.--Mettiow hay, £1 16s to £4 ss; clover,
£3 108 to £5 108 Od ; and straw, XI
A slow demand.
WimEcnAPEr„—Meadow ha 129 to £1 16s per toad.
£1 16s to £4 5s Od;
•,
clove), do., £3 108 to £5 12s
aria' straw, £1 12s to £1 16s
per load. Trade inactive. -

707 621
1,432 1,373
57,326 60,902
24,8 8 24,680
450 575

1234
777

904 921
41,599 47,1(.5

NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od; geese, 6s Gd to 7s 6d each ;
goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings,
Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is to 2s Od each; wild do., 9d
to is 2d ; pigeons, 6d to 8d each; large Surrey fowls,
7s Od to lOs Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 7s Od; barn-door fowls,
3s Gd to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ;
grouse, 2s Od to 2s Gd each ; pbeasams, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ;
partridges, Is 6d to 2s 6d ; woodcocks, 3s to 3s 6d ; snipes, is
to Os Od; teal, is Od to Os Od • wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ;
widgeons, Os Od to is 6d ; plovers Os Gd to Os 9d each ;
guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od
each ; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Id ; English, is Od
to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Gd to 14s Od ; French do.,
8s Od to lOs Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each.

PLYMOUTH, Friday.— The steamship Golden
Fleece brought up in Mount's Bay on Thursday afternoon,
with boilers injured and under jurymasts, having left Cal-
cutta on the 25th May, and the Cape of Good Hope on the
22d Sept. She was detained in Simon's Bay by the injuries
she received in the severe gales encountered on her passage
from India—her captain, it will be remembered, being
killed by an accident during these gales. She brings a few
mails, and about 60 passengers, among whom are Lieut.
T. a Underwood, Madras Army; Lieut. F. Pierson. R.A.;
Lieut. Foord, Madras Staff; Mr. Salmon, late Master, In-
dian Navy ; Capt. Russell, Madras Army; Capt. J. Smith,
7th Royal Fusileers; Lieut. G. Mitchell, 2d Bengal Fusi-
leers; Lieut. T. Moorshead, 7th li,oyal Fusileers; Mr.
Green, engineer; and Mr. Claxton, Wesleyan minister.
Her news from the Cape has been forestalled by the arrival
of the Union Company's Cape Royal Mail steamer Norman,
which reached Plymouth three weeks since, the Norman
leaviLg Table Bay on the same day as the Golden Fleece
left Simon's Bay, the delay of the latter vessel being occa-
sioned by her disabled condition. A letter by the Golden
Fleece speaks of the gale (reported by the Norman as prevail-
ing at the Cape on Sept. 21 and 22) as terrific,and confirms the
report of the total loss of the brig Susan, laden for Walwick
Bay, and the American bark Lucy Johanna. The Swedish
-hip Amphitrite also had a narrow escape, and owed her
preservation to the prompt assistance rendered her by the
Port Captain and her agents (Anderson, Saxon, and Co.)
THE INCREASE OF GAROTTING.—Last evening a
numerously attended meeting was held at the Queen's
Head Tavern, Amelia-street, Walvirorth, convened by the
Lambeth Anti- Garotting Association, to adopt measures for
the suppression of this crying evil—Mr, Prothero in the
chair.—The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, read a
number of letters containing offers of co-operation, and sug-
gestions as to protective measures. The chairman then
proceeded to comment on the frightfully insecure state of
the streets at night. He complained very much of the in-
sufficient gas supply; the police were not half numerous
enough, and that being the case he suggested that,
had 20,000 soldiers in barracks, they should be employed to
patrol the streets at night, and thus rid the metropolis
these garotting rascals. tThis question was of great import'
a preli-
ance, both socially and morally. This was
nsinary meeting, and next week a large public
this
would be called.—Mr. Mulcock then .
m"measure is geeFublic meeting
meeting is of opinion that some immediate
abso-
lutely necessary to provide against tbneenrerceuerernetnicye
numerous acts of violence that. have been
are a dibgrace to a
the outskirts of the metropolis, whichmr. madeo of
ih oosne
Elliott seconded the
city calling itself a metropolims.r—
Clarke having drawn.
motion, which was carried.—.
should be adjourned
at-
tention to the evils of the ticket-of-le
ave syst
system,
mt
Fridaylt was
decided that the meetinnext, when resolutionsg
of a practical character will be
brought forward.
The Roman correspondent of the Temps says
"No news of the Queen of Naples. The King is much
afflicted tither obstinacy.
The Pope constantly complains
of it. He says, stinac'Poor y.
Prince I As a child he lost his
mother, as a Young
man his
,k,i,ngdom and his admirable
father; as a husband his wife,

BILLINGSGATE.
Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 8d to Is ;
prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Od per
lb. ; turbots, 3s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Gd to 15s Od ; brills, 3s Od
to 8s Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os Gd to 2s 6d ;
lobsters, Gd to 3s Od ; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets,
4d to is Od each; soles, Is to 2s Gd per pair ; common
oysters, 18s to 20s ; natives, —s to 50s per bushel ; whitings,
4s Od to lOs ; haddocks, 5s to 15s ; smelts, is Od to Is 6d ;
flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s per 120 ; fresh
herrings, Gs per 100 ; bloaters, 7s to Os per 100 ; carp and
tench, Os Od to Os per brace.
NEWPORT.

Beef, from 2s 8d to 31s Od ; mutton, 38 Od to 4s Od; lamb,
Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to
48 81 per Sibs by the carcase.
WHITECILAPEL.

Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ;
lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and pork, 3s 8d
to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase.
BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
8d to 81d, of household do., 6d to 7ld per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.

Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to
to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s
31d • 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d; 801 b to 881 b, 3/d to 41d;
881 b to 961 b, 4fd to sid ; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 5101; 1041 b to
8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins,
Od to lOs 0d; half.breds, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; Downs, 4s 9d to
5s 9cl; lambs, Os 6d to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od.
lightli2l b ' 2ssd Odto tso 13ds. 6 d I;1- o
full,rse hides,
G s
6 d

RUMOURED LEASE OF THE EDINBURGH AND
Pondent of the Glasgow
Which has been cur-
on the part of certain
Edinburgh and Glasgow
otherrHGe cur-
rent 1.6,
Herald
asf
10°d:eaY u
Ds
refershpl t
Short
AI
pat is;Le time, v
follows A
to lease
etraaoins
eaci
noterel
rumourle st,
line :—A rumour was lately current that the _Edinburgh
and Glasgow line was likely to be leased to the North-
Eastern and North British Railway Co •
mpames,
with a guaranteed dividend of five per cent, in
perpetuity. The favourable light in which this
proposal was viewed was evidenced by tho stock
rising in a few days from 80 to 87,
notwithstanding the
disastrous consequences to be apprehended from the late
serious accident on the line, which_ will,
I believe, cost the
, just learned, from a
source On which I can place the nighe,t dependence, that
not only is the above rumour correct, but also that the
Great Northern Railway Company will join in this guaran-
tee ; and in pooof of their. sincerityt they have actually
company at least £lOO,OOO. !. hal.2,
already given the usual notices. to obtain the necessary Par-
liamentary powers to the various companies to carry this
proposed lease into effect."