The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1853

LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1853.

The Alarmists are again endeavouring to fill the
public mind with apprehensions. They are spread-
ing abroad the gloomiest forebodings in regard to
the harvest, and in regard to the cholera. They are
beginning to talk confidently of the approach of a
formidable dearth of provisions, and of the steady
advance of a dreaded pestilence. If we were to
credit but a small proportion of their sinister pre-
dictions, we must assuredly give ourselves up for
lost between the hormors of these two vast cala-
mities, about which they have lately become so
grimly garrulous. Now, precaution is, of course,
all very well—but it must be allowed at the same
time to be not less irrational when it degenerates
into panic than it would be if it gave place to a
blind and culpable indifference. We invari-
ably suspect the motives of those who are
so peculiarly vociferous in announcing the
perils in store for the great masses of
the population. We cannot but conjecture
that some other object is kept in view than the
indulgence of a morbid fancy when a certain class
of publicists begin sounding the trumpet of alarm
with more noise than circumstances would appear
to justify. It so happens, moreover, at the pre-
sent juncture, that we are confirmed in these sus-
picions by one remarkable and really significant
remembrance. The recollection, we mean, that
terrors of this extraordinary character, if only in-
dustriously awakened in the popular heart, would
be wonderfully well calculated to subserve, in the
most effectual manner, the paltry policy recently
adventured upon by a band of pusillanimous ad-
ministrators. Convince the multitude that they
are actually threatened at this moment with
famine, and impress their minds, in addi-
tion to this, with the belief that a disas-
trous scarcity will be accompanied by a
destructive pestilence, and you will be better
enabled to satisfy them with an uncertain
peace purchased by a disgraceful compromise. In
other words, you may paralyse them by these
horrible prophecies of a bad harvest and return-
ing cholera into consenting to a series of- conces-
sions from which their nobler instincts under more
propitious circumstances must inevitably have re-
volted. The reasoning is obvious, and the de-
duction from it at this crisis we conceive to be no
less apparent.
Certainly, to say the very least of it, these
Alarmists begin croaking at a period the most op-
portune, so far as concerns the abject foreign
Policy of the Coalition Government ! Nothing
could come more exquisitely " in the nick"
than their horrid BEWARE as to the Dearth and
the Cholera. Threatened, according to their
showing, with the simultaneous scourges of
Famine and Pestilence, Western Europe might
naturally enough be expected to take less interest
than usual in the manlier of settling the Eastern
difficulty by a vamped treaty and a cobbled paci-
fication. People might reasonably neglect paying
much attention to the course taken by events at
at
St. Petersburg and Constantinople when they are
told that the modern plague is again stalking across
Europe towards them, and that the e grain crops
are everywhere proving miserablyat
in this manner inadequate for
the wants of the population. It is
that the Alarmists are striving to prepare the
subser-
viency public mind for an acceptancewhic
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nbamountunt
to a tacit approval of a shameless act
viency to the pride, ambition, and arrogance of
the Russian AUTOCRAT. According to this rational
view of things we may readily account for the
brious tone in which the apologists of the ABER-
DEEN Cabinet have been latterly accustomed to
speak of the probable deterioration of the harvest,
and of the likelihood of a speedy return of Asiatic
Cholera. An instant's reflection may therefore
satisfy even the most credulous that many of the
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sombre rumours recently promulgated by the
Alarmists, i. e., by the more blundering of the
Abe rdeenists, may just within the limits of pos-
sibility be slightly in one or two instances—exag-
gerated.
Notwithstanding all that has been asserted of
late so confidently about the deficiency of the grain
•
crops, notwithstanding the enormous rise in the
price of corn effected at intervals by the
ingenuity of the panicmongers, notwithstanding
the riots that have taken place in Belgium and in
parts of France, in consequence of the increased
demands made by the millers and the bakers upon
the unfortunate purchaser—we don't at all regard
the present harvest
as likely, when completed, to
prove as lamentably deficient as many have anti-
cipated. As to the cholera, When, we should like
to know, s-
nce the period of its last most
memorable appearance, have our large towns
been altogether free from its
va
during the warm seasons, riatges I Why,
has always
more or less aided in swelling the amount of the
general mortality. The truth of this has been
evidenced again and again by the official return
of the Registrar-General. People
died of the
cholera in London last year, and the year before,
and the year before that. It is, consequently,
with no new disease that the community is threat-

ened when they are told of the approach once'
more of this dreadful and destructive pestilence.
No !--while we would urge upon our rulers more
and more strenuously if possible than ever the
adoption of better sanitary regulations, while we
would insist more and more energetically upon the
advisability of facilitating by every contrivance
the general transit of provisions—we would, ne-
vertheless, at the same time, protest most loudly
and earnestly against the sinister predictions
recently disseminated about the harvest, and
about the cholera, believing them to be, in our
conscience, marked by the most criminal exagge-
ration.

We all know what is meant in common par-
lance by trailing the herring. We believe that the
herring has been trailed in the instance here
particularised. We believe that attempts have
been made to divert popular attention
from all that is odious in our treatment of Turkey,
and from all that is despicable in our sycophancy
to Russia, by talking about the probability of the
simultaneous approach of scarcity and pestilence.
The common sense of the community, we hope,
however, will altogether defeat this contemptible
endeavour. Englishmen will not allow themselves,
we trust, to be alarmed in this manner into a
disregard for the sacred rights of an unoffending
ally, or into an unwonted indifference for the fair
fame of their own country, the honour of which
we believe is at this moment being deplorably
compromised.

The Ursine fraternity are displaying considerable
activity and boldness in their operations on the
Stock Exchange. They are taking advantage of
every circumstance whereon "to hang a doubt"
that may suffice to alarm the timid or inexperi-
enced, and induce them to sacrifice their property
at far less than its actual value. They are the
better able to carry out their inequitable projects
by the temporary absence from town of the lead-
ing bulls, who are seized with the rural mania for
the time being, and flying in every direction in
pursuit of health, or amusement, in accordance
with their respective tastes. Such an opportunity
is seldom or ever thrown away by their energetic
opponents. As there is but little real business
at this season, they are enabled to depress the
quotations at their pleasure, and any person com-
pelled by circumstances to dispose of his property
without reserve must make up his mind to a con-
siderable loss in the transaction. It is strange
that capitalists who have money lying idle, while
waiting for a favourable investment, should not
take due advantage of the golden opportunity. By so
doing, they could be certain of realising consider-
able profits. But, independently of the pre-
valent vis inertia, and the readiness with
which they permit themselves to be operated
on by the centrifugal force which affects
every thorough-bred and thorough-going " cit"
at this time, driving him in any direction, and
in pursuance of any object, so that it be away
from town and business—there seems to be a
general desire to let the " bears" play out their
game for a time, satisfied that ample retribution
will follow the short-lived triumph. They like,
too, to await the turn of the tide, when the stream
has set in in au opposite direction, or, in Capel-
court parlance, when " prices show a tendency
upwards." It is true that those who have the
good fortune to hit the lucky moment of 'Change
make very considerable profits, but if the gains
be smaller they are more certain, and, therefore,
the worthy speculators for a rise bide their time,
and the market consequently first becomes heavy,
then weak ; then a panic sets in, and the uniniti-
ated, frightened by the direct mendacity, as well
as the hints, insinuations, and surmises that follow
each other in rapid succession, surrender themselves
up as willing victims, leaving portions of the
" golden fleece" upon the brambles and thorns
that surround the magic portals. Why will men
permit themselves to be thus victimised ? Some,
unquestionably, are unable to help themselves,
being driven to the course by causes over which
they have no control ; but the great majority are,
as we have stated, " the timid and the inexpe-
rienced," who reverse the economical rule, being
anxious to "sell in the cheapest and to buy in the
dearest market—Quos Deus volt perdere prius
dementta." It is impossible to help those who
will not help themselves—of whom the artful
dodger might say, "It is no pleasure to cheat
them, they're so jolly green."

We could understand the nature and the causes
of the depression that prevailed in 1847 and 1848,
when the bullion in the Bank had fallen to less
than ten millions, and there was a danger that
the " Old Lady"—notwithstanding an amount
amply sufficient under a judicious monetary
code to provide abundantly for all engage-
ments—might be driven to the greatest straits
through the stringent operation of the Act of
1844 ; but it really is inexplicable at this moment,
when there is more than 17,000,0001. of gold in
hand. It is true that the final arrangement of
the Turco-Russian question has not yet been au-
thoritatively announced ; but there seems to be
but little doubt that the problem will speedily
receive a pacific solution. Each passing shower
enables the croakers and alarmists to predict a
total failure of the harvest, and a consequent
scarcity. We doubt, however, if the " loaf" will
be anything whatsoever dearer than it is at this
moment, or if the opportunities for remunerative
employment—the great matter, after all, for
a commercial and industrial community—will
be at all lessened. So long as there
is abundant occupation for men " able and willing
to work," there is nothing to fear in the social
condition of England. The most superficial ob-
server may perceive that there is that general
activity—that the working classes, generallyspeak-
ing, are fully occupied, and that, notwithstanding
the high prices, they are in the enjoyment of un-
usual comforts. Indeed, the extravagant prices
are in a great degree ascribable to the increased
demand occasioned by the number of persons able
to afford a much larger expenditure than was for-
merly practicable. The Board of Trade returns,
too, show that the foreign demand is fully keeping
pace with that for domestic use. The declared
value of our exports for the first seven months
of the year exhibit increases amounting in the
aggregate to nearly ten millions of pounds
sterling beyond those of the corresponding
months of last year—the returns being from
January to August, 1845, 49,861,6431. against
40,138,5601. for the corresponding months of
1852, and nearly 9,350,0001. beyond those of
the same months in 1851. We may also add
that the importation of wheat has been nearly
doubled, and that of flour materially increased.
Under such circumstances there is really nothing
to fear. Let the alarmists cry out as they will,
Old England will still weather the storm ;
and persons possessed of property need not
submit to any losses, or suffer themselves to be
unduly alarmed in consequence of the unfounded
Predictions of interested individuals. All that
is required is, that they should not throw their
stock or
grounds. Bh area on the market on insufficient

DEATH OF CAPTAIN SI
The Dublin Evening NZ-W. C. H. BURNABY, BART.—
lant officer has been reported, :—The death of this al-
son of the Burnaby was only
Sir William Chaloner
Sir William Crisp Hoodg
late
daughter of Crisp
Burnaby, Bait, by Elizabeth
Molyneux, Esq. ,of Garboldesh
'ireetY Norfolk, and
grandson of Admiral Sir William
dieitii the Lee
successively neld the chief commartlidron:3`by, Bart., who
Islands and Jamaica stations, and ward
This
succeeded his father as third baronet in 17ig'41777* He
DEATH OF SIR PECKHAM MICKLRWAITR, BA
1833ng- theli
hon. boronet, who died at his seat on Friday,
sixty-eighth year, was created a baronet di3irr'i ill his
late Lord Melbourne's administration, in
married, in 1836, the sister of the late Lord Bateman.
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MELANCHOLY CASE or DROWNING AT MARGATE.
The very offensive practice of ladies and gentlemen
bathing in close proximity with each other is followed
in Margate. On Thursday, while the different sexes
were thus indulging in the luxuries of open air sea bath.
ing, a lady observed a young gentleman, who was bath-
ing close to her, struggle and then sink. At first she
thought that he was only indulging in aquatic gambols,
but his cries and continued struggles quickly convinced
her of the reality of his danger, and she accordingly '
hurried back to the shore, loudly screaming for help and
pointing towards the drowning man, who was carried
out of sight and buried for ever beneath the waves befor 0
assistance could reach him, although several boats in-
stantly pushed off from shore. His body has not since
i b een discovered. The unfortunate youth was a student,
ipreparing for holy orders.

MONEY MARKET

AND
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

_
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken
for export and on speculation. The market closed
heavily. Railway Shares were again depressed, at
lower prices.
The balance sheet of the Bank of England made
up to the 3d inst. is particularly interesting, be-
cause it includes the period when the minimum rate
of discount was advanced, and partly illustrates
that measure. The bullion had fallen off to a
greater extent than ever, and the demand for dis-
counts was much increased, while the deposits of
private parties, as well as the amount of Govern-
ment securities held, was reduced. It is not im-
probable that this movement is in a great measure
due to the preparations made by those who appre-
hended a renewed application of the " screw," and
as far as is known bullion will for a time continue
to be taken for Russia and China. Very large
supplies of grain have, however, been already paid
for, and the completion of harvest is advancing
under more favourable auspices. The activity of
our general foreign trade is, therefore, the main
present cause of money being in request, but the
uncertainty connected with the Eastern question
aggravates the matter, and induces hoarding on
the continent. Compared with the previous week,
the changes are as follow :

Active circulation..
Decrease_...
Bullion .
Decrease—.
Rest

£22,465,945
310,360
16,500,068
462,850
3,634,523
343,083
4,701,598
99,913
11,017,313
116,043
1,447,059
18,490
12,773,176
254,406
14,546,194

Increase'
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-day and other Bills
Decrease ,
Government Securities
Decrease_ .
Other Securities...

Increase_ ..
Notes unemployed .
Decrease-

715,359
7,696,695
58,650

Bills of exchange on the principal continental
cities were taken yesterday afternoon at very full
rates, Paris, 90 days, 25, 17i- to 20 ; Amsterdam,
11, 17} to -i- ; Hamburgh, 13, 61 to i ; and Trieste,
10, 54 to 58. _ _

The amount of silver exported from London
direct during the week to Thursday last was 16,000
ounces, and of gold 45,573 ounces, all to the Con-
tinent.

English Stocks are steady, with very little doing
either for Money or Account. Consols have been
96g for Transfer, and 96i I for Account. The
New Three-and-a,-Quarter per Cents. have realised
99k, and the Three per Cents. 97k. Exchequer
Bills have been at par to 2s. discount, and Indian
Bonds at par.
Foreign Stocks are quiet, but maintain their
prices very fairly. Mexican Bonds have been 25
to 26 ; Buenos Ayres, 66 ; and Brazilian Small
1014. Spanish New Deferred Stock is at 23, and
Portuguese Four per Cents. are quoted 44. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done at 64f.
The English Railway Share Market has been
lower again, and sales are pressed. French Shares,
however, are well supported. _

The Old Trewethei Consolidated Mining Com-
pany tried their new 20-horse steam-engine on
Thursday last, at the factory of Medwin and Hall,
in Blackfriars-road. It has been built by that
firm expressly for that company, and its use will
be a novelty to miners. It is firmly placed upon
wheels, and its portability will allow of its being
' removed from one locality to another with perfect
ease. The consumption of coals is small, and,
with improvements in the construction of the flues,
which will be effected when the engine is on the
mine, that expenditure will be materially lessened.
The company will have it at work in about a month
from the present time, when the operations on the
old antimony lode will be resumed. The former
adventurers profited 50,0001. in two years from the
lode, and at the present price of antimony, which
is 451. per ton, this company stands in a fair posi-
tion to realise a similar result.

The Mining Share Market has been very flat
again. Joint-Stock Banks are heavy. Land Com-
panies' Shares still recede.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(Prom the Official List.) _ .

Business done.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities . . 968 IA
New 31 per Cent. Annuities shut tevi
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Dittc, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859
fndia Bonds, £l000
Consols for Account 13th October
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£lOOO ....
£5OO ..
Small ..,

par 2d
par 2d
par 2d

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 991
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 66
Chilian Bonds, 3 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4i per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94i i
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 23 2t
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6 i P 0
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ......„

Consols
Ditto October Account

TWO O'CLOCK.
96
961

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 7.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred left Holyrood Palace
yesterday morning at a quarter-past eight, and travelled
by railway to Cupar Angus, where carriages were in
readiness to convey them by the Spittal of Glen Shee to
Balmoral, where they arrived at a quarter-past six.
In attendance were the Duchess of Wellington, the
Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl Granville, the Hon. Col.
Phipps, the Hon. Col. Gordon, Sir James Clark, and
Mr. Gibbs.

At Holyrood Palace her Majesty was handed to her
carriage by the Marquis of Breadalbane and Major-
General Napier, commanding the troops in Scotland,
and escorted by a detachment of the 7th Hussars.
The Duke of Hamilton had the honour of dining with
her Majesty at Holyrood Palace on Monday.

- SEPT. 8.
Her Majesty drove yesterday to Abergeldie with his
Royal Highness Prince Albert.

The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Bent, Count Alexander Mens-
dorff, and Lady Augusta Bruce.

Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor-General of Canada, and the Go-
vernors of the other North American provinces. Dis-
patches were sent on Thursday to the Governor of Hong
Kong, the Governor of Malta, and the Lord High Com-
missioner of the lonian Islands.

The Duke of Cambridge, after reviewing the cavalry
at Portobello, joined the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary, who arrived on Tuesday afternoon from
Eglinton Castle. The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz also reached Edinburgh on Tuesday, and will
proceed, with the distinguished visitors we have men-
tioned to Taymouth Castle.
_ ...

The Duchess of Wellington, on closing her term in
waitinf; on the Queen at Balmoral, is expected to visit
her noble parents, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Tweeddale, at Hester House, near Haddington.
Viscount and Viscountess Canning have sailed from
Torbay on board the Fair Rosamond, yacht, on a cruise
off the coast of Scotland.

_.. ....
The Right Hon. Lord John Russell arrived at the
Queen's Hotel, Glasgow, on Wednesday evening.
THE BRAEMAR GATHERING.—The Braemar Highland
gathering comes off on Thursday, the 15th current, and
it is expected that the Queen, Prince Albert, aad the
Royal family will honour it with their presence.

RATING THE MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY.-It
appears that the government, to whom this institution
now belongs, has objected to pay poor-rates, but have
offered a bonus in lieu, and a question arose at the
vestry meeting of St. James's pariah yesterday whether
they could accept that alternative ? This, on being put
to the vote, was decided in the negative, and conse-
quently the parish will in future insist upon claiming
the rates. _ _

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BRISTOL WOOL FAIR, SEPT. 9.—The usual annual
great wool fair closed last night. The quantity pitched
fell a good deal short of that sent in last year, a circum-
stance, no doubt, to some extent, owing to an anticipa-
tion on the part of the staplers that wools would not
realise the late prices, but, also, probably influenced by
the fact that sales are now largely made by samples
from the bulk, the deliveries to be regulated by order.
Tiler.: was an average attendance of buyers, but the
prices asked to a great extent restricted sales. Low
class wools were a good deal required, but for the better
descriptions there were not many purchasers. Tegs,
which have latterly been in much request, experienced
1 a re-action, and were very difficult to move, and pieces
could only be done by staplers submitting to prices
which did not remunerate the prime cost from the former
to them. Skin lambs brought from 13d. to 17d. per
lb.; and sheep from 10d. to 16d. per lb.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE
STRAND.-ANOTHER DEATH.

INQUEST ON THE BODIES—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Langham, Deputy-Coroner for Westminster, at
ten o'clock this morning, opened an inquiry before a jury,
composed of the principal inhabitants of St. Clements
Danes, at the Vestry-hall, Pickett-street, to ascertain
the cause of the death of Robert Thompson, Sarah
Thompson, and George Dunn, the three unfortunate
persons who were killed by suffocation at the time of the
fall of the building, No. 184, Strand, on Thursday last.
The unfortunate man George Rowe, the foreman of Mr.
Lucas, the builder, having died this morning in King's
College Hospital, from the injuries he had received, the
inquiry was also extended into the cause of his death.
Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Pringle,
appeared to watch the case on the part of Mr. Lucas, the
builder ; Mr. Holdrich, solicitor, for Mr. Abraham, the
surveyor ; Mr. Ford, of the firm of Rogerson and Ford,
Lincoln's-inn-fields, for Messrs. W. H. Smith and Sons,
the owners of the adjoining vacant space of ground ; and
Mr. Isaacson, the vestry clerk, on the part of the parish.
The jury having been sworn,
The Coroner said, in answer to a question from one of
the jury, that it would be more regular to go and view
the bodies at King's College Hospital before inspecting
the ruins.

That course having been assented to, on the return of
the coroner and jury the following evidence was ad.
duced

Henry Calder, 32, Lloyd's-row, Clerkenwell, the
brother of Mrs. Sarah Thompson, identified the body of
his sister and Mr. Robert Thompson. Mrs. Thompson
wag aged about 44, and Mr. Thompson 49. The wit-
ness also identified the body of George Dunn, aged 21,
shopman, and said he had nothing to say as to the facts,
except that he heard his brother-in-law (the deceased)
the day before say that he did not think the house was
safe.

Wm. Shrimpnall, of Lower Charlotte.place, carpenter,
identified the body of the deceased George Rowe, the
clerk or foreman to Mr. Lucas. He was about 50 years
of age.

James Henderson, photographist, stated that he re-
sided at No. 184, Strand, until last quarter-day, but
now resided at 204, Regent-street. He knew Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson, as also the shopman, George Dunn.
The coroner thought the evidence as to the death of
the deceased should be completed before any facts were
gone into as to the nature of the accident.

Mr. Thomas Keel, 42, Norfolk-street, Strand, sur-
geon, deposed to having been called on Thursday morn-
ing between half-past 8 and 9in the morning, and first
saw Mr. Thompson after he had been taken out, and also
saw Mrs. Thompson taken out of the ruins. They were
both dead. He did not closely examine their bodies at
the time, but had done so since. He found that Mrs.
Thompson's features were pale, but not at all distorted,
and there was not the slightest abrasure of the skin of
the face. The body was in no way mutilated, nor was
there any fracture of the limbs. The cause of death
was suffocation. The countenance of Mr. Thompson
presented a very livid appearance, a large quantity of
blood and mucus issuing from the mouth. The body
was not mutilated.
The evidence as to the deceased Dunn was similar.

Mr. John Whittaker, of King's College Hospital,
proved that the death of George Rowe resulted from the
injuries he had sustained. The deceased died about nine
o'clock this morning.
James Goodson, P.C. 28 F, stated he was on duty
in the Strand on Thursday morning last, about twenty
minutes before eight ; he was standing opposite the
house which fell down, and was looking at the house in
consequence of a loud crack he heard, and within half a
minute the house fell down. The crack was as if some-
thing had given way at the bottom. The dust was so
great that he was nearly smothered with it. He asked
the deceased (Rowe) if he was hurt, and he replied that
his leg was broken in one or two places.
Thomas James Williams, 59, Clement's-lane, —car-
penter, deposed that after clearing away a portion of the
ruins they came to the body of Mrs. Thompson, on a
level with the first floor, supposing the building to be
standing. She appeared to have been in the act of
dressing, as she was only partly dressed. A consider
able time elapsed before the body could be released, as a
heavy lead flat was lying over her, which had to be re-
moved. With the assistance of ropes the flat was re-
moved, and the body got out. The features were much
swollen. The mouth was open and filled with dusts
which he took out with his fingers. Mr. Thompson
was next got out, quite dead. He was dressed, and
witness assisted in removing his gold watch and chain.
By Mr. Hawkins (barrister)—The state of the house
had been the subject of conversation before the accident.
The house was considered to be in an unsafe state, and
several labouring men had spoken to him on the subject
on the previous Tuesday,

Elizabeth Stanhouse, 22, Lloyd's-row, Clerkenwell,
the young girl who escaped—l was a waistcoat-maker
aild was in the house at the time
it the kitchen at about a quarter
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d b.
ut they
blocked up the door by which I
went made the place completely dark.
I was in
there,so thatabout
cur and a half altogether, but in
about half-an-hour the ruins were removed from the
grating. I was nearly smothered with gas, smoke,
a
and dust, but I pa out the gas. Before I
went down I left lira. Thompson in the back
parlour. She was dressing at the time. Mr.
Thompson was in the back shop between the par-
lour and the front shop, they are all on the same floor,
about 20 feet apart. George Dunn was standing on the
steps of the front door. I went down stairs to get a
bottle of ale, and as I as stooping down to get it I
heard the crack. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson had been
speaking of the unsafe state of the house several times,
particularly since Tuesday.
By the Jury—l did not hear any men working that
morning when I heard the crack. Part of the wall had
been taken down where Mr. Thompson was standing.
I heard Mr. Thompson say that he would require 101.
for the damage he should sustain from the alteration of
the party wall, and Mr. Abraham's said he would speak
to Mr. Smith about it. I did not hear Mr. Abraham
express any fear about the house coming down.
The witness Shrimplaw was then recalled, and stated
he was employed on the works under Mr. Lucas. The
work was going on in the sewer of the house that has
fallen. He first went to work at the premises about
eight weeks since. Mr. Abrahams instructed him to
put up the new shores.
Several other witnesses having been examined,
The Coroner said he thought it would be better, before
proceeding further, to have the rubbish cleared away,
and the excavations inspected by surveyors. In order
that this might be done, he adjourned the inquiry to
Monday week.

TERRIFIC FIRE AT MILL-WALL.—This morning, shortly
after twelve o'clock, a most destructive fire, attended
with great loss of property, broke out on the extensive
premises of Mr. John Scott Russell, iron ship-builder,
Mill-wall, Poplar. The fire commenced in the work-
shop, a large range of building, and was first discovered
by some men on the premises. An alarm was instantly
raised, but not before the flames burst forth with terrific
fury. The Fire-brigade engines quickly arrived, followed
by the West of England and the Steam-floating engines
from Southwark, which threw immense volumes of water
on the burning elements. By very great exertions the
fire was ultimately subdued, but not till after a tre-
mendous quantity of valuable property had been de-
stroyed. No fewer than sixteen engines were at work
at one time, with 150 auxilaries employed. The fol-
lowing is the official report of Mr. J. Braidwood of da-
mage done :—" P. Scott Russell, Mill-wall, iron ship-
builder, contractor and builder, insured in the Sun, Atlas,
Globe, and Phoenix-West. Ftting and carpenters' shops
destroyed ; men's tools, stores, and contents, severely
damaged ; also, two Union steam-ships on the stocks
damaged ; Messrs. Napier, steam-engineer, timber build-
ings burnt down." It is understood all the premises are
insured.

havTeHoEccCurHrOedLEin tLowlVnEfßrPoOmt.h—isTmliraeleigninOranet
disease.deaths
CHOLERA
IthAisT LIVERPOOL.—Three
In all the cases the sufferers were poor German emi-
grants recently arrived from the Continent, who no
doubt brought the malady with them. The crowded
state of the lodging-houses where they stay during their
brief sojourn in Liverpool is a en,. r' ~t,ing the serious atten-
tion of the authorities, and not before required.
THE CHOLERA.—From Christiania, August 31, we
learn that the cholera seems neither to spare age, sex,
nor coniition, nor islit confined to any one quarter of the
city or suburbs. The number of victims is not very
numerous, but the disease is most severe, death ensuing
after a few hours' illness. From the 25th July to the
31st August, the total number attacked has been 393 ;
deaths, 250.
SUICIDE BY THREE SISTLES.—A deplorable event
took place on Wednesday evening is the Rue d'Amster-
dam. Three females, the eldest only 20 years of age,
committed suicide with the fumes of charcoal, in a
chamber which they occupied with! their mother, the
widow of a foreign officer. The three girls took advan-
tage of the absence of their mither, now at St. Germain,
to put an end to their exisLenee. This fatal act is attri-
buted to the recent loss of a considerable fortune of
the family.—Galignuni

LATEST FORE/GN NEWS

FRANCE.

Although no Ministerial journal in Paris has
confirmed the rumour that the Emperor of Russia
has refused to accept the modifications of the note
of the Congress of Vienna, insisted on by the Porte
in such a way as to be almost a sine qud non of
arrangement ' • yet it is generally understood that
the French Government has received an intimation
that these modifications have not met with the
approbation of the Autocrat of all the Russias.
The Pays says :—" Public opinion appears to
be disquieted at Russia not having yet replied to
the propositions modified by the Porte, and trans-
mitted by the Conference of Vienna. This delay,
if it exists, needs not cause alarm or:astonishment.
It is evident that the Czar will not take a hasty.
resolution. We have reason to believe that in re-
ceiving the new note he did not immediately make
known either his refusal or his acceptation, and
that he has reserved his decision. In any case, we
believe that the reply of Russia will very shortly
be known at Paris. It must not be forgotten that
the question at stake is not one of fact, but one of
form. It is evidently the conference at Vienna
which will have to solve it."

The same journal, whilst it admits that the re-
fusal of the Emperor of Russia to accept the modi-
fications of the Porte, would be an unfortunate
complication of the affair, professes to be perfectly
tranquil as to the probable result. One of the two
powers in dispute, it thinks, must give way, and
if it will not, Europe will prevent their going to
war, for Europe will not allow its interests or
its safety to be compromised by either Russia or
Turkey.
Several political arrests were made three days
ago at Orleans. Amongst the persons arrested is
a man who was transported in December, 1851,
but subsequently pardoned.
The ministers present in Paris assembled on
Thursday at the hotel of the Minister of Justice,
to deliberate (says the Moniteur) on urgent affairs.
The business thus alluded to can scarcely be any
other than the presumed refusal of Russia to agree
to the modifications of Turkey in the Vienna pro-
position.

- The Courrier du Pas de Calais states that it is
on the 20th that the Emperor is to leave Paris for
his journey to the North. His Majesty will, it
says, stop at Arras and Lille ; from Lille he will
proceed to the camp of Helfaut ; and from that
place to Boulogne. He will return from Boulogne
by Amiens to Paris.

A letter from Dieppe, of the 7th, states that in
consequence of the violence of the wind the night
before it was determined to bring the Reine Hor-
tense, which was riding in the roadstead, into port.
This was a work of some difficulty as the sea was
exceedingly high and broke frequently over the
jetty. By the aid, however, of two experienced
pilots the yacht was brought safely in, in the
presence of a considerable number of spectators,
including the Emperor and the Empress. When
the yacht was safely inside, preparations were
being made to displace three trading vessels to
make room for her, but the Emperor sent word
not to disturb them as the yacht could stay very
well outside of them.
The Moniteur publishes a decree, relieviag M.
Abbatucci from the ad interim, direction of the
Ministry of State and of the household of the Em-
peror, M. A. Fould having resumed his functions.
The Moniteur announces the election of the fol-
lowing Government candidates, as representatives
to the Legislative Body :—M. A. Chevalier for the
3d circumscription of the Aveyron ; M. Nogent
Saint-Laurent, for the Ist circumscription of the
Loiret ; Count Paul de Champagny de Cadore, for
the Ist circumscription of the Cotes-du-Sord ;
General Lebreton, for the 3d circumscription of
La Vendee ; and M. Godard-Desmarets, for the
Bth circumscription of the Nord.

BANK OF FRANCE.—The following was the situa-
tion of the Bank on Thursday, Sept. 8 :
DR.
. _

Capital
Reserve fund 12,980,,7:50 14
Reserve immobiliere 4,000,€u)0
Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks 157,944,675 --
Do. to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 69,801,7184 20
Various accounts-current 132,316,8:W 99
Do. branch banks 26,431,2;22
Dividends to be paid 805,5:85 25
Discount, interest, and expenses
Fees on the care of securities 17,0.72 60
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Sums received over and above the
value of the protested bills
Sundries 2,033,518 42

(;.I ...-- , 1,025,015,1611 79
_ •
CR. Fr. c.
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks
Overdue bills 291,515 68
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
56,229,888 f. Oc. are from the branch
banks 133,235,5°82
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 33,557,706 10
Do. by the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bolds 64,451,10 0
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks 3,844,313
Interest in National Discount Bank
Expenses of administra:lon 561,3511 89
Sundries 119,58E; 91

1,025,015,161 79

Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France.

It appears that the cash in hand has decreased
by 26,895,000 f. The commercial bills discounted
have increased by 4,531,000 f. The deposits on
public securies have decreased by 1,540,000 f. !The
deposits on railway securities have decreas ecl by
1,083,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation b.ave
decreased by 6,514,000 f. The balance to the or edit
of the Treasury has decreased by 1,520,000 f. The
sundry credits have decreased by 19,000,000 f....
The receipts of the Paris and Bordeaux Raidway
Company with its extensions, for the week en ding
the 3d September, amount to 917,134 f., beila g an
increase, as compared with the corresponding week
of last years of 337,452 f.
There was a considerable amount of bu:si'ness
transacted at the Bourse yesterday, and after n
ime-
rous variations public securities closed at am ad-
vance on the prices of Thursday. The Three per
Cents. opened at 78f. 15c., and fell to 77f. 85c.
They rose subsequently to 78f. 25c., at which they
closed for the end of the month. There wan no
rational cause assigned either for the first dec line
or the subsequent recovery. The Four-and-a -11alf
per Cents. closed at 1011. 40c. ; Orleans Rail way
Shares, 1,240 f. ; Rouen, 1,085 f. ; Havre, 51)0f. ;
Great Northern, 877 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg,
935 f.; Paris and Lyons, 945 f.; Lyons to the M edi-
terranean, 780 f. ; Western of France, 74,5 f. ; 13or-
deaux and Cette, 623 f. 75e. ; Great Central, 537 f.
50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 550 f.; Shares of the B:Ink
of Credit Mobilier, 822 f. 50e.