The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

MR. MONSELL TO LORD ABERDEEN.

25, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, June 4, 1853.
My Lord— I beg to acknowledge, with many thanks,
the receipt of your lordship's letter.
That letter puts it beyond doubt that the basis upon
which I accepted office remains unshaken, and that the
sentiments of which I complained are not those of your
lordship's Government.
It is, indeed, deeply to be lamented that a circumstance
should have occurred which required so imperatively the
reassertion by your lordship of the principles which you
have so long professed ; and I cannot conceal from my-
self that even the frank and generous consistency with
which your lordship has acted on the occasion, may
prove insufficient in some quarters to allay apprehensions
which have been excited. . .

With me, however, it is otherwise. I have trusted,
and I do trust, your lordship, as a high-minded states-
man, resolved to deal justly and liberally with a religious
communion which has long suffered from opposite treat-
ment ; and henceforth, unless I shall learn from your
own lips, or from formal acts, that the policy of the
Government is changed, I shall accept every fresh diffi-
culty which attends its course as a fresh reason for
offering to your lordship a continuance of the services,
humble as they are, which I am capable of rendering.
Under these circumstances, I can have no hesitation
in acceding to your lordship's wishes by withdrawing
my resignation. I am, my lord,
Your faithful and obliged servant,
To the Earl of Aberdeen. W. MONSELL.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE OUTTA PEROHA
COMPANY'S WORKS.

A fire of a most destructive character broke out yes-
terday morning, shortly before eleven o'clock, on the
premises of the Gutta Percha Company, in the Wharf-
road, City-road. The company's premises included an
immense warehouse for the raw material, a tube and
wire manufactory, in which the wire for the submarine
and subterranean telegraphs was prepared—the ware-
houses for manufactured goods, with a range of count-
ing houses over them—three boiler and engine houses
—the cleansing and kneading rooms—the rolling mills,
and the mechanics' shops, where the whole of the valu-
able machinery employed on the works has been made.
Of this immense range there now remains only the raw
material warehouse, the tube manufactory, and the
mechanics' shop. The rest of the premises are entirely
destroyed, and we regret to add that in them property
has been lost to the amount of more than 20,0001.
The fire was discovered by the wife of a confidential
servant of the company, by name Arthur Granville,
who, whilst they were preparing to go to chapel, ob-
served smoke issuing from the warehouse above the
.., boiler rooms. When the workmen, in number between
1 6 300 and 400, where dismissed on Saturday night, every-
a 310 thing was left perfectly safe.
4 0 4 4 A considerable period elapsed before any engine arrived,
•P 8 4 6 4 8 and when at length some did come, before the hose was at-
J 5 0 4 10 6 4
10 3 6 4 0 4 6 tached and a supply of water obtained, all hope of saving
3 8 4 o'4 8 5 0 any portion of the main building was at an end, and the
',..: 2 6 3 4 3 4 3 8 efforts of the firemen were confined to the salvage ofthose
6 3 83 10 4 4 Parts not
••• ...
„ ... 3 yet ignited, and of the adjoining premises, be-
-4,375 4 009 longing to Mr. Gorton, a patent fire-wood maker, which,
••• ••• •••
~. , ~, 28,570 24,000 from the direction the wind carried the flames, were in
319 335 great danger of total destruction. The boiler houses, in
. 310 255 the centre one of which the fire seems to have originated,
3.832 ;
sheep were situated about the middle of the works, the raw
material warehouse and the wire-covering department
being
on the north, and the cleansing and kneading
rooms and the rolling mills on the south. The wind
being north-west the flames were carried directly
through the two latter departments, which were speedily
gutted, and their contents, including much valuable
machinery, destroyed. Moored alongside this portion
of the premises were two barges laden with coils of sub-
marine wire suspended over the sides, in the water, for
the purpose of undergoing the testing process. The
barges speedily caught fire and burned to the water's
edge, but by great exertion very little damage was sus-
tained by the wire, the coils having been detached from
the boats and sunk in the canal.
Some idea of the fearful character of the conflagration
may be gathered from this fact, that although the Re-
gent's-canal at this point is 120 feet wide, the zinc mills
and a Staffordshire warehouse on the opposite side,
caught fire, and were for some time in imminent danger.
But the greatest alarm was occasioned for the safety of
the Patent Firewood Works, where several stacks ot
dry pine wood billets, 60 or 80 feet high, were greatly
exposed to the flames. An immense pile of this wood
closely adjoined the Gutta Percha Works, and just as
the fire was at its height that portion of it nearest the
canal ignited. A number of men, however, immediately
ascended to the top, and by great exertion succeeded in
pushing2a, large portion of the pile over into the canal.
The boiler-houses, the kneading and cleansing rooms,
the rolling mills, and the warehouses and counting-
housesS' belonging to the Gutta Percha Company are
th Sin oil hn WOOL. entirely destroyed. It is not yet known whether the
teass,
aucil• 7.4, these sales have been fairly attended by books are preserved, but one of Milner's patent safes,
Le all foie Lhere has bale r a spirited competition in which they are contained, remains firmly embedded
kolvrrillalitrerls' at a slight advance in the quctatioAns in the wall at a height of some 40 feet from the ground.
41111115A3Wisipoiiie:ave ruled steady. The autions close to- The Gutta Percha Company are insured in the York-
-4 as follows :—Port Philip—Clean sheep's,
shire, the Scottish Union, the Imperial and the Royal
ls ,hs, is 1 d ; dmaged. lld to ls lld ; black,lod to ls eci ;
Fire Offices.
14 e„,'9' to is Chao, to 2s lld • pieces ls 4d to ls 9d ; locks, isoartcoofpdyamofaMgerd.
oSnuep:e—rintendent Braid-
' t'l.-4 to ls-9'P, ; mixed, 'ls 6cl 'to ls 10d pisscc skin
Au
,eoxretth, eep,uB;
Theaodndwtaosh..ed ditto, is 6d oThe following
. tlae.e.
ahee (1 to Bd.i.s
hen'9 dddamaec , 1 lO9dlt—o lasP‘rd—'; ; wood's official rep
" Half-past ten a.m. called to a fire at the Gutta
tkings,l; 6(1 to iswashed, is 4d to is 7d ; Percha Company's works, in Wharf-road, City-road.
lat, i6d to ls 9d—Launceston Cause of fire unknown.engines that attended were
1 er kindia 8,1 S 4d tots lids; scoured ls 5d to 18 10(1; from the A, B, and D districts of Brigade, one of the
kti•td to 1,10 d. to is 3d—Hobart Town—Clean sheep's, parish, one private, and that of the West of England
2,.ssil. 8d stolC/di ; handwashed, is 5d to is 9id ; other office. The greater part of factory and contents burnt
°(1 to; haridw-8 41:1--SYdn—Scoured sheep's, is 7d to down ; upper floor of engineers' and mechanics' shops
1,7, lk: sd. New
ditto, is 7d to 2s 2d ; other kinds,
adjoining burned out ; roof off, and lower part damaged
poz,,', ; and f "'t,w Zealand wools have ranged from 8d t,o
by fire and water, and vessels, termed monkey boats',
land.% fast week's
including East Indian, 6d to 1s 10d
in the canal, burned. Insured in the Imperial, Soot-
' fr ay, 150 imports were 1,359 bales from Port-
-s:.!)''ret koretoi,
bfrom Hamburgh 1,252 from Adelaide, 786 1 tish Union, Royal Insurance, and the Yorkshire Fire
3,41.,,°111 Ale;_'''',aY•P 100 from Trieste 11 from Monte ideo, 1 Offices.
GA --eY 1 3 -"'ria 272 from Buenos' Ayres, 3 770 from " Messrs. Gorton and Co., patent firewood factory._
fron;• G 1 from Melbourne ,
Antwer In elbourne, 1,200 from Hobart Town, A great quantity of wood burned in open yard ; roof
TPp and 24 from Fayal. ' of stabling slightly damaged by fire, and window glass
blacker m SEEDS, broken. Insured in the Hand-in-Hand and County Fire
, a and for linseed is v ry. inactive. On the spot, Offices.
Vol• Onartearucl Calcutta is sellien at46s,and Bombay 47$ 11 " Wenlock-road, the Patent Cooperage Company.—
telte fe'rward East India rape is quoted at 45s 6d to 465. , store-how e burned out, roof off, machinery damaged by
Tax:l4l3ly firm shiPment, only little is doing. Cakes areapaVialte • , fire, and stock of timber in open yard damaged by fire,
)4h. W 64, • Perham, 9 ' &c. Insurance not known.
-.tam u•• •... • 4to 12s Carraway .... • • ...... 46s 48s
Tiir White rown..:::• 711 1s Coriander .. .. .. .. • ... lls I4s " The London Zinc Mills, Mr. N. Rothschild and Co.
400/figsw......'„_ 599 Hempseed, per quarter 38s 42s —Back gates and window-frames scorched, roof slightly
tittiapitryetirsztyq.,un.4.7.t.e..r......;43od
08091 unseeercle,shEinegii.o.w..in.g..... 549 583 damaged, and glass broken, and damaged by water.
9GdN 6d Baltic ...... •• • • 154: 4484
Vet' Red .. ••• • • ...' rs 448 Odessa .......... 464 48s Insured,,ll in the
.StrupreirOffianCde.
i. essi . • . Moore, manufacturers of fire
tv-hi. Eng, (cw,•„Bs 348 Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
rortra y ;...
.. ":! 483 64s English .. -81Os91 59 out,bricks, tiles, &c.—Back gates and window-frames burned
glass broken, and stock slightly damaged by fire
efoo ttl/11•"• •• 443 2: R Foreign, per ton 7/10s 91 Os
and water. Insurance not known.
usw.,..ite•• ••• sts 678 RaZeesCal'"
TALLOW, pr ton 41118 Si Os
•• •• 24s 28 led, New, prlst 21/ Os 141 os Pagden, ironfounder.—Back gates and
hasibilee At
...t,,,,, i°l1—y last the window-frames burned out, roof damaged, and contents
damaged by water and removal. Insurance not known.
o.4llaVrare, 4 very sluggish id" all kinds of tallow
" Thomas Hanson, coal merchant.—Back window
for ~,11.1.1- Ce'deney• To-d rotate for
is ay the market is very inactive
spot, quoted at
t4.7213:0er
prices have had a g damaged by fire, and two barges
14111.;11 asii..regl the
g at 46, eatehte
cpaisihet:
rios Zsi F: .„,„2s 8 frames of stabling
of the electric telegraph
Fo.; scoArcNh,eerd.
colnnssiudi•earanbceleugnukannotwitny.
wn tallow is very
d per 81bs. wire has been saved without receiving the least injury.

s. d. s. d.
Prime Southdown 4 6 4 8
Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6
Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 0
Large hogs 3 4 3 8
Small porkers 310 4 4
Suckling calves ..20 0 26 0
Quarter old pigs 19 0 25 0
10d to Gs 4d.

FOREIGN SUPPLY.

d.
s. d. s.
Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 10
Do., middling 4 0 4 2
Do., prime 4 4 4 8
Veal 3 10 4 10
Pork, small 4 0 4 4
5s Od to 6s 4d

Otii. BOROUGH HOP.
vaale market continues firm but we have no further aa
11 bale
to notice in pfices. 'Last week's imports were—
from ,8 from Ostend, 40 bags from Antwerp, and 2 bales
168.41.
..otterdam Mid and East Kent pockets, 120 s to
12es ;,,, !aid of. Kent, 115 s to 128 s ; and Susses, 1103 to
.r'4 cwt.
The BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
being
lemon 6,ll,PPlies of potatoes on sale in these markets.
tieronna',l7 good, though in very middling condition, the
itlll3o -;
: heavy, and prices are drooping. Last week's
4 b rianibro',
'tort Were_? baskets from Havre, 200 bags 41 tons
140 t from Rotterdam, 486 sacks
I:orMand 15 tons fromons Dunkirk. Prices as follows—
Qsis gents, 120 s to 165 s per ton ; Lincolnshire do.,
''s4 to ''lool-23.0s
Scotch ditto, 100 s to 130 s ; Foreign,