The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SA_TintDA.Y, DECEMBER 8, 1

SECOND EDITION

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock

THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF THIS EVENING.

We regret to say that up to this hour the Gazette,
containing the official dispatches, has nut been
published, although these dispatches arrived in
town early this forenoon. It was understood from
authority that these despatches would be published
very early in the day, it being the wish of the Govern-
ment to diffuse the official intelligence all over the
country. What the cause of the delay has been we
cannot imagine, for a dozen Gazettes might have been
composed and printed within the time. We shall
endeavour by Monday to ascertain the cause of this
delay. In the meantime we are happy to understand
that the official despatches contain merely more copious
details of the events which are already narrated
in our columns this day, together with the various
movements of the detachments of the forces in Canada.

consequent upon the irruption of the rebels.

DREADFUL MURDER AND ARSON
AT THE NEWCASTLE SAVINGS' BANK.

(From the Newcastle Courant of Doc. 7.)
Courant Office, Friday Morning, Three o'Clock.
This mornin7, shortly before two o'clock, a fire was
discovered in the waiting-room of the Savings' Banks
situated at the south-west end of the Arcade, in this
town. It speedily destroyed the cha;rs and oiler
furniture in the room, and two of the large window,
which look into Manor-street, as well as the entrance
door from the Royal Arcade. By great exertions, how-
ever, on the part of the firemen of the NeweaSt le and North
British offices, the flames were got under in a short time ;
but no sooner were they so far subdued as to admit of the
Savings' Bank being entered, than a most appalling spectacle
was presented ; for it was found that some desp, rate at-
tempt at robbery, as was supposed, had been made, and that
life had been sacrificed in some terrible strw2gle which had
taken place. The dead body of a man was discovered in the
first instanco, with his face and head so dreadfully cut and
broken as to prevent all chance of recognizing the features ;
and then that of Mr. Bolam, actuary of the bank, with his
throat cut, and insensible, but still alive, in the 'oath-west
corner of the room. Being near the annual meeting of the
institution, it is conjectured that Mr. B. had remained
late at the office, engaged with his banking books ;
and that some person or persons had entered with a
view to robbery. Finding Mr. Bolam there, an at-
tempt seems to have been made to murder him, and
he had probably used a poker in self-defence, one having
been found on the fluor, much bent, and besinearet'. with
blood and human hair.—We had written thus far, when in-
formation reached us that it was suspected the dead body
was that of Mr. Millie, an assistant to Mr. Bolan). If thiA
should he the case, the horrible character of the transacilOn
is fearfully increased—robbery, murder, and arson, being
mixed up in one appalling whole, and forming a body of
crime rarely paralleled in the worst page of our criminal his-
tory.—A messenger has this moment arri%ed, who knew
Mr. Millie well, and, notwithstanding the disfigured state of
the features, he expresses little doubt that it is the body of
the unfortunate assistant.

(From the Second Edition.)
We have now ascertained such particulars as leave
no doubt that the deceased was Mr. Mellie ; and no-
thing can be more awful to look upon than the cruel
mangling which his head and face have undergone
front the hands of his assassin. Mr. Armstrong, of
this offiee, who is cashier of the bank, was the first to
enter the premises after the fire had been overcome,
in company with Sub-inspector Bell, and while en-
gaged in examining what mischief bad be en done, he was
suddenly alarmed at striking his foot against the body
of a man. Lights
.having been procured, they per-
ceived the body was lying face downwards, and on
turning it over a sickening spectacle presentee' itself
to the view. The features were knocked on one side, evi-
dently with a heavy blow ; the left jaw was broken, two
cuts were on the forehead, and at the back part of
the head the skull was laid bare. On further ex-
amination, they found what they consid• red th, dead
body of Mr. Bolam ling near the south-west
cnrner of the bank ; but on being lifted up they ob-
served signs of life. Mr. P. Glenton, surgeon, was
immediately sent for ; and under his direction Mr. B. was
conveyed to Mr. Glenton's reside nee, where Messrs.
Nesham and Walker, surgeons, were also speedily in
attendance. Mr. All. Dunn and Mr. William Woods
were likewise soon at the house, anxiously waiting Mr.
Bolam's expected recosery, in order to learn some echr, et
particulars of what had taken place up to the time he
had lost his senses.
Between three and four in the mornini, Mr. Bolas was
so far recovered as to he able to give some account of the
transaction, and we gathered the following, at interv-ils,
from his His :
I have lately had two or three anonymous letters, threat •
ening to do me harm ; and one was put under the door of
the saving bank last evening after dark, saying that
some-
thing would happen to me at home. In consequence of
this, though I generally get my tea at the bank, I
went home, the other clerk, Millie. having previously
gone to his tea. I returned about half-past seven
o'clock in the evening, and finding the door locked as I
had left it, I opened it, and put the key into my pocket.
When I got into the b ink, I saw Millie lying on the rug,
and I thought he had fallen asleep. He also has a key,
and sometimes locked him-elf in. I then went towards my
desk, intending immediately to go and speak to Millie, but
while I was about to op;,u my desk, I thought I heard
some one coning behind, and was in the act of turning
round when I received a blow on my right temple from a
man in disguise, with his face blackened. I immediately
started up, and ran shouting towards the window, intend-
ing to give an alarm, on which the man followed me, and
said if I stirred, or made the least noise, he would serve
me as he had served the other man. He struck me again,
when I was near the window ; and when I was down, I
felt a knife at my throat. Shortly after this I became in-
sensible for a while; but afterwards my recollection seemed
to return, and I heard somebody in the other office, as
I supposed, going about and making a noise. I dared not
make the least outcry. I burnt the threatening letters
which I had previously received. The one which I found
last night under the waiting-room door, I left upon m7desk. I cannot well describe the man, excepting that I
think he was under the middle size, and spoke roughly, but
apparently in a feignen voice. I had a few shillings in my
pocket, and I think 41. 10s. in my desk, which was left by
Mr. Airey to deposit on Saturday. In the inner safe I had
a further sum of 801. of my own, which I kept to meet
current expenses.

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Further than this Mr. Bolam had no recollection of
what took place, and there can be little doubt that his
senses would soon leave him from the loss of blood, and
suffocation caused by the fire.
The poor unfortunate Millie (whose body remains
at the bank, awaiting the inquest) after having been
on pre bation for some time, was only fully appointed
to the office of assistant clerk of the Savings' Bunk at
the Meeting. of the Directors on Tuesday last. He
was a well disposed man, and greatly respected ; he was
about 50 years of age, and a widower, with several childr« n.
He was fitrmerly a hardwareman in South Shields, having
succeeded his lather, who was in the s erne busieess.
We understand the fire was discovered by police-
man Nathan Golding at twenty minutes to two
o'clock ; and other .policemen havin been collected,
they were very active, under the direction of their
r Snrint-ndent, iit givtriz, the alarm to the firemen
and turn-cocks, who promptly repaired to the spot. At
this moment, two of the large windows fronting into
Manor-street were demolished, and the plow inside the
waiting-room was so intense as to threaten ti.e upper
part of the building (ccl-brated for architectural
beauty) with destruct-on. Ton Newcastle engine was
the first to reach the p'ace, and withnut losing a n,
ment's time began to play opon,the doors from the in-
side of the Arcade. Tae Nerth Btitish followed
most immediately, and quickly reduecd the flames in
Manor-street, the demolished windows allowing the
water free access into the interior of the bidding. By
the joint exertions of the firemen and twit:maim, the fire
was fortunately confined to the wa:ting room in which it
originated. Mr. Green, architect, of cupies offices imme.
diately above the Bank ; anti above his (tiers, ag
apartments were oca upied by Mr. Robson, dealer in
lace, the greater portion of whose valuable Kock of
lace was removed front tlt corner shop of the Ar„,„it,
by the police, and others, to the tesidence o!' Mr. Par,ons,
hair-dre,ser, where several ir.dimiduals wore reridily ac-
commodated. Anotl.er Lundy. l4ho occupied ror-
'in, thieve
the Newcastle and North of Ecgli.nd Joint Stock Boi,k,
on the opposite s'de of the Arcade, took shelter in our
office.

What the Oesign of the party implicated in this frightful
husine.s could he, it is difficult to conceive. It was a rule
that no money should ever be kept in the bank, being
deposited in the bank of Sir M. W. Ridley and Co., as
soon zs received ; though of course this might not
be generally known, and the premises may he 'e
entered with a view to plunder. The tmeateolog
ters sent to Mr. Bolam, also, are inexplicabli: in :o far
as any attempt at robbery is concerned, for they ap-
pear to have been directed aiwlnst himself, and to have ,

had little or no connexion with the affairs of the bank.
As to the condition in which the premiss were found
after the fire, it can only as yet be stated that Mr.
Bolam's keys were in the desk, the lock of which was
open ; the door of the stone safe was also open, but
the inner iron safe was locked, although the key, which
Mr. B. said was in his desk, has not been found.
The papers and books in the Savings' Bank itself
are uninjured ; but those in the stone safe, consisting
principally of old account books, are partially burnt.
It cannot, however, be as yet positive), stated what
has suffered from the fire ; but it is expected that nothing
is lost which will interrupt the business of the bank further
than this dreadful occurrence may itself occasion.
In concluding this hasty account of an event which,
in a neighbourhood like this—unmarked as the popu-
lation is by any disposition to commit crimes of a
sanguinary nature, almost paralyzes our conceptions of
the reality of the occurrence—we cannot but express
an earnest hope that the murderer will speedily be
dizcovered, and brought to justice. Committed in the
heart of a populous town, almost immediately after night-
fall, and in premises surrouneed by shops, &c., on all
sides, the reckless daring displayed by the perp •trator, is
only to be exceeded by the enormity of the deed itself.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of last Evening.)
SUGIAR.—The West India Raw Sugar market has been in
a very excited state since our last ; the grocers have purchased
freely of brown as well as of yellow descriptions ; from the
refiners there has been a brisk demand, several parcels have
also been taken on speculation, in anticipation that owing to
the high pieces of Grain, Sugar will be admitted for dis-
tillation, and importers have obtained an advance on previous
rates of 2: to 2s 6d ; the purchases privately on Tuesday
amounted to 1 100. on Wednesday to 900, and yesterday to
600, making the quantity sold for the three days 2,600 Ithd,
and trs, be sides which 133 casks Barbadoes at public sale
sold with spirit at prices is to is 6d above those of the last
sale, low mid to fine brought 62s to 68s ' • the transactions
wouid have been to a greater extent had there been a
lerger quantity offering for sale, but the supply has become
very short, and the assortment indifferent ; by private contract
very firm yellow Jamaica has brought 68s; good and flue, 65:
to Otis; good mid from other islands, 63s to 64s 6d; rather
inferior Grenada in trs, 62s ; low mid in brls, 60s ; good and
mid grey Jamaica and St. Kitts, 58s to 598 ; fine brown. 57s ;
rather darker, 565; and low brown Jamaica, 555; below thin
quality we hale not seen any sold, and there is nothing of
dry brown quality to be had under 545; there is every pro-
bability that present prices will be maintained for the next two
months, the stock of unsold being only 18,000 hhds, &c. ; it
i 3 now onlv 13,780 hhds and trs more than last year at this
period, whereas, a few weeks back, it was nearly 19,000 hhds
and trs; the unusual demand which has prevailed of late is to
attributed, as we stated a short time back, to the moderate
prices. The deliveries last week were large, amounting to
2,672 hhds, and 267 trs ; making the total deliveries for home
use this year 114,900 hhds, &c., against 121,660 in 1837.
This afternoon there was again a good demand both for the
scale and pan, and rather higher prices were obtained, making
the rise during the week 2er 6 I a 3s, and 3,200 hhds and trs sold.
REFINED.—The grocers have purchased freely of both com-
mon and the getter description of goods, and prices :Is
above those of last Friday have been obtained, lumps equal
to the standard have brought 75s a 765, rather under
73s 64 a 745, brown 70s a 735, and wet lumps for
packing for the country 725, the stocks held by the re-
finers are still small, and principally consists of fine goods,
The present high rates prevent the execution of export
orders, there are buyers of small parcels of double crushed of
365, but no sellers under 3es a 40s. In Treacle there has
not been so much business done this as last week, but owing
to the short supply buyers have been compelled to pay 29s a
29, 64 fur common, and 3I s a 32s for patent awl the best old
make ; Pieces have been taken freely by the grocers at the ad-
vanced rates quoted. In bastards of common and good qua-
lity, the purchases have been rather extensive at 43s a 525.
Metteertus.—Buvers have Leen compelled to pay rather
higher prices, and there has been a good deal of inquiry, but
business was checked by the short supply at market; at pub-
lic sale 280 bags brought 55s to 63s 6(1 per cwt. The stock
and importation are both larger than last year, particularly the
former ; 3,107 bags have arrived since our last ; 2 000 bags
are declared for auction on Tuesday. This afternoon there
was a good demand, a public sale of 3,000 bags west with
spirit at prices is above those of last auction.
EAST INDIA.—In Bengal business is still checked by the
sea ty supply at market; the grocers are ready buyers, and
would pay 6Ss to 69.4 for fine white. Foreign East India de-
scriptions are held firmly ; but the public sales declared for
this afternoon have presented much business by private con-
tract : at auction on Wednesday, 634 bags Manilla sold at
22s 64 to 243 for good brown to low yellow. The arrivals of
all descriptions this year are nearly double of what they were
last. The stock of Bengal is 7,000 bags less than in 1837 ;
but of other kinds it is much larger : since this day week
13 000 bags have been received, 3.100 of which consists of
Bengal..
This afternoon 11,468 bags Manilla and 88 bags Bengal
for export, only were . ffered at auction; the former sold with
animation at an advance on former rates of 6 ; to is, arid were
princip,illy taken by th., Refiners, low brown to good yellow
went at 214 to 24a 61, damaged 21s to 21s 64 ; the latter
sold at 25, 61 to 26s 6,1 for ord white arid grey.
Fonetotse—Prices continue very firm for white and yellow
flavantiah, and _there has again been several inquiries, but the
short supply at market has checked business, and the transac-
tions have been co- fined to 300 boxes of the latter by private
contract at 27s 64; for mid quality none has been offered at
auction, and at present nothing is declared.
Mot,esses. —We...t India—prices Is above those of this day
week, 100 casks Grenada have brought 30a and there are not
further sell, rs undo 31s; the lowest point of the market is 28s
per cat, the supply has become very short.
Tee.—Linder I st sale's prices there are no sellers ; 100,000
packages intended for auction in January next have been exa-
mined, the quality of' which is various ; the icliverics have fallen
off, and since our last have been 433.500 lbs the shipments
from Canton to Great Britain frr.m the Ist July, 1837, to the
30th June, 1838, have amenuted to 25,841,836 lbs black, arid
7,574,400 lbs of green tea; three vessels have arrived, and
others may be shortly !coked for.
COFFEE.—The British Plantation market continues very
quiet, particularly for common descriptions, the grocers pur-
chasing only sufficient to supply their immediate wants, in con-
sequence of an opinion prevailing that prices will decline
to some extent, should importers be determined to sell ; but
we are of opinion that the reduced stocks held by the dealers
must prevent any reduction of consequence from present rates.
At public sale 143 casks 6 brls 286 bags have been brought
forward, nearly all of which was bought in at previous rates,
about 50 casks, &c., found buyers at the quotations. Of
East India none has been ofetred at public sale. Ceylon_
fer small parcels of good ordinary 98s was obtained in
the early part of the week, damaged brought 975, but
during the last two day s the transactions have been limited.
For Mocha lower prices have not been accepted.
Cocoe_British Plantation is not offered at lower ptices,
but the demand is still limited by private contract. Buyers
have been compelled to pay 36s to 37s for Guayaquil, but the
demand is still limited.
RieE--There has been a good demand for East India by
private contract ; for export to the West Indies buyers have
been compelled to pay 19s to 20s for low and good white
Bengal. Carolina has advanced to 42s to 445. This after-
noon 1,400 bags Madras at auction ; mid, and good white
brought 153 ed a 16s 6d per cwt.
RUM, BRANDT, AND HOLLAND/.—For Rum buyers have been
compelled to pay rather higher prices fur Leeward!; Jamaica has
maintained former rates ; 280 puns of the former have been sold,
proofs at 3s 4ild to 3s tid ; in the latter the operations have
been only 100 puncheons; 31 to 36 per cent. over proof at
55 2d ; some fine and strong Demerara, for which ss. was
offered, was withdrawn from the Market for the present.
Brandy—prices 11d per gallon under those of last week have
been accepted. In Geneva former rates are maintained. British
Corn Spirits remain at 10s 2d, but there is some probability
that the price will be advanced to 103 4d or 103 6d next or
the following Monday.
SPICES.—Fur Pimento prices continue firm; a auction 50
bags brought 3/1-1 for ordinary coarse shipping quality. Pepper
at late rates white is rather cheaper, 14 bags at auction sold
at Is. 6d. Nutmegs at 4s 8d to 4s 10d for good consumers.
This afternoon 20 casks Nutmegs at public sale s_ild at lower
prices, fair ;mil good consumers at 4s 6d a 4s 94 per lb.
FRUIT.—The disposition to purchase Currants manifested
lately has become more apparent, and the few parcels of old
Pairas remaining in second hands have brought 725. and new
Patras have been more reaiiily taken at 75 ; of new Zante and
Cephalonia sonic of the importers nave withdrawn their
parcels from the market, and have even become buyers, and
q owed price of 72s has . been paid also. by the
.
the
shippers who hate been. purchasing ;_ of
_Val.encia Raisins
the sales have been limited, but for Deena Raisins in
baskets there has been more inquiry, and the advanced
quotation of 32a has been reibizee. In new Turkey. Figs
eerie, is husiress doiec, the prices varying from 664 to 1001,
the latter price having been again übtained for sneill parcels
of very five quality.
Otes.—Fish Oils—pre vi. us noes have b• en fully sup.
ported, 341 has been paid for C. d, 361 iOl. 4 371 for pale Seal.
26/ a 281 los for Southern, the dealers hold light stocks.
se
perm—p ric.. • es have advanced to 82/ a 83/ for fit st quality. In
Linseed pi evious rates have been niatetvin«; Rape has sew
steadily at Is advance, sales of pale having been made at 425,
and brown at 40s. Palm is selling at 453 a 465. Olive has
maintained its former currency.

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tish I:4ricd—sever.,i purclnses have been made at 30s 6d in
hits, and 31s in brls.
INDIGO.— Eist India is held firmly at Is a Is 3d per lb ad.
vance on the rare 4 of the last quarterly sale. This afternoon
t p„bhe .ale 182 che,its East India sold with spirit at priers
Is 2d a Is 4d above those of the last quarterly sale for better
kinds, common sorts went 1, dearer, good and fine Ben,.al
brought 8s 6d a 8a 9d per lb.

PRICE OF BREAD.
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