The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-15 00:00:00

THE DERBY.

Nto 1 agst Caractacus (offered, 30 to 1 taken)
[OO to 1 agst Marble Hill (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
100 to 7 agst Hadji Stavros (taken)
100 to 6 agst Zodiac (wanted)
100 to 6 agst Caractacus (taken)
100 to 6 agst Fairwater (offered)
100 to 4 agst Victrix (offered)
100 to 6 agst Agag (taken and offered)
200 to 7 agst Jung Frau (taken)
100 to 3 agst Rubicon (taken)
100 to 3 agst Wild Rose (taken)
200 to 5 agst Stampedo (taken)
200 to 3 agst Weasel (taken)

By the present Australian mail intelligence is
received of the sailing from Melbourne of the gold-ships
Copenhagen with 13,524 ounces, the Prince of Wales 9,777
ounces, True Briton 32,299, and the Latona with 7,409
ounces. Including the sums previously reported by the
Yorkshire, Omar Pasha, and E. A. Bright, the total
known to be on the way to this country is about £400,000.
GREAT FIRE AT FALMOUTH.—The busy little
seaport town of Falmouth has just been the scene of a
terrible conflagration, which threatened to destroy the
principal part of the borough, and which has resulted in
the total destruction of thirty houses, together with a large

amount of property contained therein, and entailing
the greatest distress on many families. The fire broke
out on Ludgate-hill, it is supposed, in the store at the back
of a grocer's shop, about one o'clock on the morning of
Saturday. The wind was blowing strongly from the har-
bour at the time, and the flames rapidly spread to the
houses on the right and left, and ultimately to those on the
opposite side of the way, Ludgate-hill being very narrow
and ancient. The fire quickly assumed such magni •
tude that it became manifest that to extinguish it
was hopeless, and all efforts were therefore concen-
trated to the limiting it to as small an area as possible.
With this view four houses were pulled down, one on either
side at both ends of the street. These measures were so far
successful, and the loss was limited to twenty-six houses
burnt and four pulled down. Prompt steps have been taken
to relieve the immediate wants of the houseless families, and
their pecuniary losses will, in some measure, be met ulti-
mately by the insurance offices. The Sun, Alliance, and
County are, it is believed, the companies most largely in-
terested.

DEATH FROM STARVATION.—An inquest was held
on Saturday evening at the Lord Wellington Tavern, Three
Colt-street, Stepney, before Mr. Walthew, deputy-coroner
for East Middlesex, on the body of a child named Edmund
Altharn, aged 3 years. The mother of the deceased stated
that her husband was a house-painter, living at 27, Alpha-
place, and in consequence of his not having had any em-
ployment during the winter the whole family bad been in a
state of the most abject poverty. They had often been '
many days without food. On Sunday evening, the 6tb,
her youngest child appeared to be very ill, and she took
him to a doctor, who administered medicine, but without
avail, as he died next morning. He had never been ill be-
fore, and she attributed his death to starvation. The poor
woman said it was hopeless to apply to the parish for re-
lief, as the authorities would not grant it unless the whole
family went in the house,
which
heir prospects. Dr. Maskell,
who
mualddehaavpe ruined all
post
mortera
examination of the body, said the organs were all healthy
but perfectly bloodless. The body was reduced to mere
skin and bone, the stomach was quite empty, and there
could be no doubt that death had resulted entirely from
starvation. After some observations by the deputy-coroner
on the melancholy facts of the case, the jury returned a
verdict of " Died from absolute starvation?,

On dit that the wife of a Yorkshire baronet,
eminent for her personal attractions, has very recently left
her husband's house, under the protection of a young gen-
tleman for whom she formed a passionate attachment
whilst he was being entertained as a guest by her husband
—Lqds Mercury.

Next Friday, being Good Friday, the Stock Ex-
change will of Course be closed, as well as other public
establishments.