The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS

Amsterdam...... ..... 11 14,A, 001,altar ........ •• .• ••
Ditto,three:mon-ths .. 11 16 Leghorn 30
Rotterdam 11 16' Genoa •• ........
Antwerp .....• •....... 25 20 Milan •. • .......
Brussels .............. 25 20 Venice •. •.......
tiamburgin ............ 13 4,44 Napies ..... 424 i
Altona ...• • ....... Palermo .......... 126 5,4
Paris .• ...... • • .... 25 5 ~lessina 126%
ileDitto, three months 25 30 'Lisbon .... • . 53
Marseilles.l.... ....... 25 32% 'Oporto ........ —53 M
Bourdeaux ............ ;Rio Janeiro ....
Frankfort-on• Maine .... 118% I Buenos Ayre5..........
Berlin
'New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna .. l2 20 Philadelphia ......
Trieste ..... ••.. 12 18 PRYCES or ourmoN, PER 05.
Petersburgh.. •......... 37% Foreign Gold in Bars Li 17 9
Madrid .
Cadiz 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
Barcelona New Dollars .... 00 0
Seville .• • ....... Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1%

SPORTING NOTES.

NO SPORT AT OUNDLE.

The Oundle Steeplechases will not take place this
week ; they have been postponed until Monday or Tues-
day next. The selected ground is, in places, still hard,
notwithstanding the rain and thaw, whilst in parts also'
it is deep and sloppy. All bets on the " Grand Race,"
And other events to be decided at this meeting, are now,
of course, void— a fortunate "get oat" for those hasty
individuals who backed the non-acceptor, Oscar.

The promoters of this meeting are certainly in a fix.
By celebrating the first day's sport on Monday they
will interfere, to their own disadvantage, with the cus-
tomary meeting at Tattersall's ; and by making their
fixture a day later, their meeting will clash with that
at Westbury, which is appointed to take place on Wed-
nesday. They will, therefore, scarcely be able to "ar-
range matters" to the satisfactionof both metropolitan
and provincial speculators.
The leading incident in the betting at Tattersall's yes-
terday was the powerful demonstration that was made
in favour of Scythian for the Derby. This horse was,
it will be remembered, a great favourite for the North
and South Biennial Stakes at Goodwood last year, when
he was beaten by Marsyas. He then belonged to Gene-
ral Anson, but he was subsequently purchased by Mr.
Howard, and he is still trained by John Scott at Malton.
The eagerness which was evinced to "get on" him advan-
tageously, induces me to anticipate his speedy advance
to a prominent position in the list of quotations. He
seemingly numbers a strong and confident party of
" good and safe men," who seldom speculate wildly or
without purpose. Whether, Scythian will ultimately
prove to be the best of John Scott's formidable " lot"
is, however, beyond my ken to determine. The " Wi-
zard of the North" has certainly puzzled the betting
fraternity.
January 17.

A FRESH MAN,

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.

It will be remembered that some time since workmen

commenced pulling down the extensive range of buildings
formerly used as the Inland Revenue-office in Old Broad-
street, City, and that a few weeks since several tons
weight of bricks taken from the walls fell and buried a
great many of the workmen, one of whom was killed.
Yesterday a far more serious accident happened, for
at a period when 200 men were actively employed on
the same premises a portion of them suddenly fell down. ANOTHER DEATH FROM THE COLLISION ON THE
This part of the premises was four floors high, and it is EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—THETFORD, JAN. 15.
—As was anticipated in our report of Friday of this sad
hardly necessary to state that each room was of consi- occurrence, Mr. Ellisson, the barometer and mathemati-
derable length and width ; the principal supports of the cal instrument maker of Norwich, who sustained such
room were heavy timber brestsummers. It is supposed serious injuries in the recent collision on this line, gradu-
that the catastrophe took place either from overloading ally sunk under them and died in the course of yester-
the floors with the bricks taken from the walls or from day, making the sixth sufferer who perished by this un-
some defect in the timbers, as it is asserted that none of fortunate occurrence. Like the Rev. Mr. Beil, he was
the walls fell until the uppermost floor sank, and its ad- a passenger in the down-train. Mr. Phillips, of Bir-
ditional weight settling upon the others caused them mingham, whose injuries are of a very serious character,
likewise to fall. is proceeding favourably. Edward Dury, a stoker, whose
For some time it was impossible to learn what had left arm and leg were fractured, is going on as well as
taken place ; but, as suon as the dust had somewhat his sad injuries will permit, as also are the other sufferers.
cleared away, a fearful scene presented itself, for it was The friends of Mr. Ashcroft, the superindent of the per-
then clearly seen that every floor in this part of the manent way, against whom a double vextlict of Man-
building had been cast down, and in the midst of the slaughter has been returned, are about to apply to a
debris were nearly a dozen of the unfortunate men who judge at chambers to put in the necessary bail for his
were at work there at the time. Several, who were appearance at Norwich, at the assizes.
hurled upon the top of the rubbish, were comparatively Ax EmpEßces,
PRESENT.—The Cologne Gazette of
uninjured, and they succeeded in saving themselves with- the 9th says :—" The Emperor of Russia has just made
out assistance, but seven poor fellows were found either a present to the Emperor of Austria of a tent. It is
totally buried or partially so, among the bricks and dry made of double white sail cloth, of a conical form, with
mortar. The foreman of the works immediately sum- red bands round the edges, and surmounted by an eagle
moned all hands to the spot, to rescue those less fortu- in massive gold. It is composed of two compartments,
nate than themselves and after some time a man named which may be separated at will, and each of which is
Owen Delay, who had only left the hospital a fortnight provided with a carpet. The furniture is simple but
owing to the injuries be received at the previous accident solid, and all covered with morocco leather. There are
in the same building, was dragged out of the ruins, and bags in Russia leather for packing every part during
was found again to be so dreadfully injured that he was removal."
compelled to be taken to the institution he had so re- CouiletE OD PHLRMAOY.—An association of chemists
c ntly left. A poor man named Lawrence Murray, and druggists has just been instituted, for the purpose
whose brother had also been an inmate of St. Bartholo- of establishing a college of pharmacy. This association
mew's Hospital owing to the previous accident, was designates itself the British Association of Chemists and
taken out and removed to the same hospital, bleeding Druggists ; and, in an address to the entire body of
from the nose, mouth, and ears. Upon arriving at the chemists and druggists of the United Kingdom, it states
hospital life was found to be extinct. Death in this case their number at somewhere about 10,000, and that, in
was, no doubt, caused from suffocation or internal inju- order to confer upon this body—respectable in social
ties, for, beyond the bleeding at the nose, mouth, and position as in
numbers—a professional status, the eon-l-
eers, no external marks of violence were perceptible. mittee proposes, in the first instance, a comlete and
p
thisteof mtohrneign sufferers
er thee rs following:_Law.
The deceased has left a wife and two children, as well as 4secognised registration of all duly qualified chemists and
an aged mother, unprovided for. druggists, and that the functions of this association shall
be limited to the granting of certificates of qualification,
waOsnasicneqintiraiyneadt
ttohebehotsipleitsatla
to maintaining a complete register of all persons pos-
rence Murray and John Hayes, killed on the spot ; Jas. sessing such certificates, and to the proper discharge of
Dargan and Daniel Scanlan, severely contused, and the duties of a, board of examiners. The committee
broken limbs, but likely to survive ; Owen Dobey, very state further that they have already received, from many
seriously injured. No fatal consequences are, however, I, members of the medical profession, their approbation of
expected. Two men, wl,of it appear, hive not been the propeeed elan fur h e establishment of a 'chool of
long in the employment, and whose names cannot-be pharmacy, and they propose to confer .upon their asso-
ascertained, are in a very precarious condition, being ciates a diploma or certificate of qualification, as issued
quite unconscious, through severe scalp wounds and in- I by direction of the British Association of Chemists and
ternal injuries. • Druggistee