The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1854

Majesty to reign many years over your loving and grate-
ful people." _ _ .

This address having been put to the chair was
unanimously adopted.
The Chamber afterwards authorised the Cabinet,
by a majority of 86 to 13, to levy the taxes until
the close of March, 1854.
The Senate also voted on the same day the reply
to the King's speech, without any discussion.
• We read in the Parlament° of the 29th ult. :

" The budget of 1854 fixes the expenses of the State
at 149,314,294 livres, and the receipts at 125,061,061,
leaving a deficit of 24,253,233 livres, viz., 13,097,300
livres for the ordinary expenses and 11,155,926 for the
extraordinary ones. If we compare these numbers with
those of 1853 we find a diminution in the expenses of
1,613,081 livres, although there appears an augmenta-
tion in the ordinary expenses of 4,000,609 livres. The
Ministry is not preoccupied with the deficit of 11,000,000
in the extraordinary section, because it relies on the
results accruing from the construction of the Alexandria,
Novara, and Arona Railway. It directs all its attention
to the deficit of 13,000,000 in the ordinary section. A
considerable reduction is to be effected in the estimates
of the Ministry of Justice, and if the general state of
Europe was not opposed to the conversion of the Five
per Cents., now at par, the desired balance between the
public receipts and expenses would be immediately ob-
tained by that very simple financial operation."
The Pope has appointed Cardinal Asquini a
member of the Congregation of the Inquisition,
and Monsignor de Luca to the post of Apostolic
Nuncio at Munich.

The Pope held a public Consistory on the 22d
ult., in the palace of the Vatican, to perforni the
ceremony of conferring the cardinal's hat upon
Monsignors Brunelli and Pecci. The candidates,
after kissing the Pope's slipper, received the Papal
embrace, and afterwards those of their new col-
leagues. The Ambrosial hymn was then sung in
the Sixtine Chapel, and a secret Consistory held,
in which the Pope proposed several bishops. Car-
dinal Brunelli has since been appointed a mem-
ber of the congregation of regular bishops ; and
of those of the council, the index, and examina-
tion of bishops ; and Cardinal Pecci has also been
appointed to those of the council, sacred rites,
ecclesiastical immunities, and regular discipline.

DENMARK AND SWEDEN.
The Aftonbadet announces, on authority, that
the Secret Committee of the Swedish Diet has de-
cided on strict neutrality in case of war.
A treaty has been concluded with Denmark for a
ommon course of operations by sea.

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THE LATE GAROTTE MURDER AT BARNSLEY.—The
adjourned inquest touching the death of Thomas Hus-
band, the man who was found dead on the Barnsley and
Pontefract turnpike road on Sunday evening week, was
resumed on Monday. Tho jury, after a long delibera-
tion, returned the following open verdict :—" That the
deceased, Thomas Husband, was found dead, but there
is not sufficient evidence to show how he came by his
death."
A FACT FOR THE CZAR.—The Emperorof the French
some time back gave directions to the Minister of War
to prepare a report for him, giving an exact detail of
the present situation'of the French army, to be accom-
panied with a statement of the number of men that
France could, if necessary, place on a war footing. This
paper, it is said,
has been lately sent in, and the num-
ber of men which could be employed as, just stated, is
set down in it at 1,250,000.

FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE BY FIRE AT
ROCHDALE.

A emit' ‘gration broke out on Tuesday morning in the
woollen mill of Messrs. R. Kelsall and Brother, at Roch-
dale, flannel manufacturers, by which two of the work-
people in the mill lost their lives, and not fewer than
twelve others were more or less injured. Messrs. Kel-
sail's mill was a brick building, erected about 11 years
ago, and situate in Smith-street, near to the river Roach
(from which the town takes its name). It was ten win-
dows, or about thirty yards, long, and eight windows, or
thirty yards, wide, four stories high, with an attic.
The two lower stories, a portion of the third, the fourth,
and the attic were occupied by Messrs. Kelsall in the
preparation for weaving of flannel ; that portion of
the third story which they did not use was ltt
off to Mr. Thomas Scott, a carder of wool, wl.o
appears to have risen from the position of a working
man, and in his old age was acquiring the means
of living in competence. One of the processes for which
his machinery was adapted, was that of "deviling," or
separating the fibre in the fleece, besides cleaning it,
answering to " willowing" in a cotton factory ; and this
was performed in a portion of the third room, adjacent to
the staircase leading to all the upper rooms, and over the
engine-house. The mill started at six o'clock on Tues-
day morning, and there would be at that time probably
150 hands in the various rooms of the building, Mr.
Stott employing 24. Of the whole, by far the larger
proportion, most probably four-fifths, would be females
and children, many of the latter "short timers." At seven
o'clock Mr. Stott's son, Samuel, a young man aged 23,
was in the " Devil hole," which was separated from the
rest of the room by a thin boarding of wood, when sud-
denly he saw a flame playing over his head about the
burner of the gas, and calling to a carter who was assist-
ing him, they strove to extinguish the flames by putting
on sacks. It is usual to have water in buckets in the
t" Devil-hole," because of the danger of fire arising from
he rapid evolutions of the beater, and the consequent
chance of the elimination of sparks from contact with
some gritty substance in the wool ; but they had been
removed the day before, while the workpeople were
cleaning the place out, and, consequently, were not at
hand. The flames spread so rapidly that the two men
were quite powerless, and an alarm was given to the
hands in the mill, and also to the fire-brigade, whose en-
gine house and three engines are on the rooms of the
town commissioners, exactly opposite the burning build-
ing. The hands in the room No. 3, both those employed
by Mr. Stott and by the Messrs. Kelsall, escaped, so
far as we heard, unhurt, though they had to pass
the "Devil-hole" to do so, and to rush through
smoke and fire. Not so the unfortunates in the
rooms above. They heard the alarm east, and not
until the fire had attained some head, and on going
to the usual means of exit, the staircase, they
found it filled with smoke and fire, which were warping
themselves up from the room below. To attempt to
descend was certain death—to remain was equally cer-
tain destruction. In these frightful circumstances they
were seen by the firemen when they turned out with
their engines. Fire was pouring out from four windows
at the end of the room farthest from the advancing fire,
which were described as being blocked up with heads
and faces, in which the utmost agony and desperation
were depicted, and cries for help rose above every other
sound. Upon the roof, at the lowest point of the dizzy
height to which the exterior walls towered, probably
50 feet, there were several calling out for the same
assistance ; and as if in mockery of them, when the firemen
obtained two ladders, and placed them beside the wall,
they were found to be so short as to be of no avail. At last,

however, the presence of mind of some of the men gave
them the means of escaping. One man, named Rd. Duck-

worth, unwrapped a partly woven piece of flannel from a
loom, fastened one end to one of the posts of the loom, and

pushed the other through the window, allowing sonic

dozen or fourteen children and women to slide down it
from the fourth story. Henry Ratcliffe also assisted in
the same way, and another man, named Taylor, got a
piece of cotton rope, and, ascending to the roof; he let
down no fewer than 14 persons, who all descended safely,
with one unfortunate exception, Margaret Scott, a wo-
man who seems to have let go her hold when she was a
considerable distance from the ground, and received such
injuries by her fall that she died subsequently. When
he had let all down, the noble fellow descended himself;
and was comparatively uninjured. Another fatality
occurred in the same way among those who had hold

of the piece of flannel. A woman, named Ambler,
had not sufficient power to hold it when she got out
of the window, and in falling she dislocated her
back, and died soon after. From the fourth story
at the back of the mill, the hands jumped out of the
windows into a pit of slaked lime which was there, and
one if not more is so seriously injured as to lead to fears
of fatal consequences. One, it is believed, will lose her
eye-sight through the lime getting into them. It is
feared that all have not escaped, and one Irish lad is

supposed to be lost in the fire ; he has not been heard of
since. A number of persons were let down by the rope
of the triangle which is at the end of the building where
the fire originated, but some little distances from where
it was raging. The casualties, so far as we have been
able to ascertain them, are as follows :

DlED.—Hannah Ambler, Amen-corner ; Margaret
Scott, Clarke's-place.
INJURED.—James Kershaw, 1, Holroyd-street, Vi-
car's-moss ; Jane Standrig, 2, Livsey-street ; Jane
Taylor, Henry-street, Guide-post, daughter of R.
Inglis ; William Butterworth, top of Milk-stone ;
Betty Chadwick, daughter of John Chadwick ; Alice
Shore, daughter of James Shore, 12, Molesworth-street,
Vicar's-moss ; Mary Wolfenden, Back Drake-street ;
Elizabeth Armitage, Portland-street ; Mary Hardman,
Church-lane ; Reuben Sutcliffe, Bailey-street ; Martha
Heywood, Cleveland-square ; Emma Slott, Hanging
Bottom.

Most of these were injured in the arms and legs, and
they were removed to their own homes as soon as they
were got away. Most of the injuries were caused by the
reckless jumping of the people through fright, for beds
were procured upon which they might have fallen had
the circumstances of the case rendered more care pos-
sible. One girl jumped from the fourth story into the
arms of Mr. Eccles, the superintendent of the fire-
brigade, and was saved uninjured. That would be, at
least, a fall of 40 feet. Of course the three engines be-
longing to the town were got to work, but it was found
impossible to save any portion of the burning building,
from which flame was poured forth with such fierceness
as to set fire to several other buildings adjacent. Sparks
and pieces of burning materials fell thick as hail, and
at a distance of fifty yards the clothing of one of the
firemen was set on fire, and scorched him. They worked
away, however, by means of engines, high-pressure
plugs, and hydrogents supplying the engines from the
river Roach, and by ten o'clock the fire had burnt itself
out. The damage it is estimated will not be less than
10,000/. The poor man Stott, in whose room the fire
originated, has lost his all, about 1001. as he was not
insured. The loss of Messrs. Kelsall is not yet ascer-
tained,' but they are insured—in the Leeds and York
shire, it is said, for 4,400/., and in other offices. The
townspeople hastened to the spot as soon as the fire-bell
was rung, and they worked to put out the fire with the
most praiseworthy diligence.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.

A special court of sewers was held at the Greek-street
office ; present, Mr. R. Jebb . (chairman), Sir C. Fel-
lowes, Mr. Thomas Hawes, Mr. Baker, Mr. T. F. Field
and Mr. Smith.

The SECRETARY (Mr. Woolrych) read the usual state-
ment of accounts, which showed the present available
balance to amount to 48,6001.
Works were then ordered by the Court, the aggregate
expense of which was estimated at 8,9471.
The SECRETARY announced that notices had been given
of intended application to Parliament in the next session
for the following bills : —Southwark and Crystal Palace
Railway ; North Metropolitan Railway ; West Keut
and Crystal Palace Junction Railways ; Charing-cross
Bridge ; Great London Drainage ; Thames Embank-
ment and Railway ; Wellington Docks, Southwark ;
Direct Southern Railway and Thames Terminus ;
Wandle Water and Sewerage Company ; the Commis-
sioners for the Exhibition of 1851 ; Thames Improve.
meat • and Westminster Terminus Railway.The' Court then ordered the notices to be referred to
the engineer of the committee, with instructions to as-
certain how far the proposed works will interfere with
the drainage of the metropolis.
In consequence of the recent decision of the commis-
sioners exempting tithe-rent charge in the hands of
clergymen from assessment to sewers-rate, the Court
next ordered that the sum of 171. 11s., which had been
paid by the Rev. R. Dalton, rector of Lambeth, to be
refunded to that gentleman, the collection of the rate in
question not being yet closed.
After disposing of some further business of a purely
formal nature, the court adjourned till the 19th inst.

ROYAL DANISH RAILWAY.—A report on the present
position of this railway has just been issued by the
chairman, Mr. G. G. Glyn. The line of 44 miles be-
tween Tonning and Flensburg, connecting the North Sea
and the Baltic, is expected to be opened in the summer,
the permanent way being already laid throughout half
its length, while the earthwork for the remainder also is
nearly finished. The works on the short section forming
the junction with the Kiel and Altona line are to be
vigorously prosecuted in the spring, and arrangements
are in progress for a beneficial interchange of traffic
with neighbouring companies.. The amount expended
thus far has been 255,0001., and the stipulated propor-
tion of the 100,0001. which is to constitute a security for
the minimum dividend of 6 per cent., guaranteed by
Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Brassey, has been duly depo-
sited.

ALLIANCE BETWEENISWEDEN AND DENMARK.—The
Gazette de Cologne asserts that the two Cabinets are about
concluding a treaty offensive and defensive, and' the
immediate result will be the fortification of the Danish
coast, and more especially of the Danish capital.
AN IRREPARABLE Loss.--Lost somewhere between
sunrise and sunset two golden hours, each set with
sixty golden minutes. No reward is offered, as they are
lost for ever.—OW Countryman,

'Nbition+

SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

Owing to the heavy fall of snow in the country,
several of our papers and communications have been
unavoidably delayed.

IPSWICH GRAIN MARKET.—Jan. 3.

There was not a large supply of wheat to-day, which sold
readily at a further advance of 2s to 3s per qr. upon last
week's prices. Barley in good supply, which was not so
easily disposed of as of late ; but an advance of is to 2s
per qr. was realised. Beans and peas scarce and dear.

PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red (old) 8 's to 843 Barley, grinding ... 36s to 40s
Ditto (new)
Ditto, white (new) 83s to Hs Peas
51s to 54s
Ditto (old)
Barley, maitiug ...
44s to 49s,Flour, per sack

A.VERAGES FOR THE WEEK REDING DEC. 31, 1853.
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Beaus
Peas