The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-20 00:00:00

RETURN OF T.RE ABOTIC.

LwEnroot, May 19.—The United States' mail steamship
Arctic, Luce, commander, took her departure from the Mer-
sey for New York, on Wednesday, at 1.31 p.m. The day
was succeeded by a flue clear night, and all went right until
she arrived off the Tuskar light. The captain, having seen
the light, proceeded ou the usual course, and after getting, as
was thought, a mile beyond Tuskar, and while at full speed,
they again came suddenly upon the light, and at once struck
upon the rock. The only way in which this can be ac-
counted for is that a current set the ship in towards the
rock. She immediately careened over to the larboard side,
and went into deep water. On getting off the rock she pro-
ceeded some distance ; but finding that she was making
water Captain Luce thought it advisable to return. Before '
making the port she was met by the steam-tug Dreadnought,
which took some of her passengers on board. She arrived off
the port last night, but was unable to make the river, owing
to low tide, until this morning. Her engines arc in perfect
order. It is hoped that she will be got into the Huskissou
Dock to-morrow, but she will be unable to get on the block
until Tuesday, owing to low tides, and if the d,tmage is no
worse than is anticipated she will get under way again by
Friday. All the passengers who wished it have had their
passage money returned, but those who prefer to remain un-
til she is again ready for sea can either stay on board or come
ashore. She will carry her own cargo out. The pumps were
able to keep the s',ip clear of water, so that the cargo is not
supposed to have sustained any damage.

84
84
81
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Present
Station.

Helsingfors.
Cronstadt.

Helsingfors,

Cron'4adt.

Heliingfors,
Crouatadt.

Hels'ingfors,
Cronstadt.

Hel;ingfors,

Cron"stadt.

in 30 ships.

And two or three others.
In addition to the above, there are, belonging to the
Baltic fleet, 15 schooners, transports, and loggers ; also
50 or 60 miscellaneous small craft, such as pilot vessels,
tenders, yachts, &c. The gun-boat flotilla is in bad con-
dition, and in number does not exceed 50 boats ; but
80 more were ordered to be built last autumn.

Besides the above, 10 small yachts (used by the Impe
rial family for river purposes and tenders), chiefly of
iron, with horse-power from 100 to 60 ; also a few tugs,
&c., for local use, in various parts of the Baltic, and
the iron post-steatner Vladimir.
SCREW STEAMSHIPS OF THE LINE.
Name. Guns. Horse-power. Present Station.
Orel
. .....
Remarks.—On stocks ready for launching. Engines, by
Napier, just seized in Scotland.
Wiburg Bl
Constantine
Remarks.—Two old ships rebuilt and converted ; ready
for tbeir machinery, which have just been seized by her
Majesty's Government.

Cronstadi

SCREW•FRIGATES.
Maria
Remarks.— Ready for launching. Engines by Penn, now
in possession of her Majesty's Government.
Ilya of Muronetz.. 41
Remarks.—Just laid down.
Polchan
Remarks.—Launched last year in Archangel; engines on
board, but machinery not complete.

THE MILITARY FORCES OF RUSSIA.
A letter from Hamburgh of the 6th inst, contains the
following account of the military forces of Russia in her
Baltic provinces :—" Beginning with the towns of Abo,
Sweaborg, Helsingfors, Borga, and Vyborg, in Finland,
I do not underrate their number by e,timating it at
52,000 men, ;.2,000 of whom can, in case of need, be
speedily concentrated on any point of Finland. Ido not
include in that number the new battalions, formed at St.
Petersburgh,since the guard has left that capital, who,
in a few days, can march to the very heart of the Grand
Duchy of Finland. On the southern coast of the Baltic,
where the commercial cities of Revel, Riga, Mittau, and
Narva are situate, the effective force of the Russian army
amounts to 45,000 men, of whom 25,000 may, in the
course of eight or ten days, be assembled at one point.
There is besides a corps of army of 30,000 men for the
defence of Cronstadt, one-third of which may be detached,
and marched to any part of the coast menaced by the
allies."

GUN BOATS AND LAND FORCES FOR

THE BALTIC.

There has been a remarkable clashing in the accounts
respecting Revel, as to whether there are Russian ships
of war there or not. We have it from good authority
that there are some there ; that they recently attempted
to show their noses outside ; but, at the sight of our
British cruisers, drew them in again as hastily as a snail
does its horns when your foot approaches it. It is clear
that the Russian ships of war will not meet ours on the
deep water. The Czar has made up his mind to leave
the open sea to the French and English, trusting that
they will not venture in-shore to ferret out his men-of-
war in their burrows, or attempt a landing. It nc"v
seems probable that nothing very effectual can be done
in the Baltic till the allied squadrons are supplied with
the means of reaching the enemy in his skulking-holes.l
Gun-boats and an auxiliiary land army seem to he
wanted. The former are about to be forwarded. This
is well—only let them be in sufficient nu W
mbers. ith
these, and with a land army, say 30,000 French
un-
and
10,000 English soldiers, St: Petersburg would be
tenable. St. Petersburg is not only the seat of govern-
ment—of all the central executive departments—it is the
centre towards which converge the St. Petersburg and
Moscow Railway, the great highways to Pskow, Smo-
lensk, and Warsaw to the south-west, and to Archangel
to the north ; and the three systems of water communi-
cation by which the most valuable part of the exports of
Russia are brought to the sea-board from the Volga
provinces, the Ural, and Siberia. The occupation of
St. Petersburg by the allies would at once humiliate
and paralyse the Czar.

THE NAVAL CLUB•--The members of the naval club
of 1765, celebrate the Queen's birthday by a grand ban-
quet this evening at the Thatched-house Tavern. The
immortal Nelson was a patron of this time-honoured in-
stitution, which annually distributes a, large sum pri-
vately amongst. the widows and orphans of deceased
members of the naval profession.

.Mr. JoilN Noon (the chairman of the Consolidated
Committee) took the Opportunity afforded by the infor-
mation given from the chair to state that be had a re-
port connected with the inquiry to which the Govern-
ment document related, and he thought the introduction
of that report, preparatory to the consideration of the
latter, would be acceptable to the court. He then pre-
sented the following report :
" We whose names are hereunto subscribed of your Con-
solidated Committee, to whom on the 30th of Juno last it
was referred to assist the inquiry before the 'Royal Com•
missioners on behalf of the corporation of London, and
afford the fullest information on every subject connected
therewith, do certify that in accordance with the reference
and the several resolutions of this honourable court, in re-
spect of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Corpo-
ration of London, we afforded every assistance in our
power to aid the commissioners, and proffered the evidence
of the officers and certain members of this honourable court, i
whose examinations and remarks will be found in the ap-
pendix to the report of the commissioners hereunto an-
nexed. We also had prepared and laid before the commis-
sioners a statement in reply generally to the observations
of witnesses who gave evidence adverse to the corporation,
which will be found also in the appendix. The report of
the commissioners having been laid upon the tables of
both houses of Parliament by the Secretary of State, we
have applied for and obtained a copy of
,the same, which
we lose no time in laying before this honourable court.
We beg to recommend that the report should be referred
to us as a committee for consideration, that we may be
authorised to submit our suggestions to this honourable
court as to the course to be pursued by the corporation in
this very important matter. All which we submit to the
judgment of this honourable court."
The report was signed by Messrs. J. Wood, Burrows,
Gresham, T. H. Hall, Salomons, Hicks, Peacock, W.
Hinton, Perkins, Blades, Dakin, Pewtress, Lis-
ter, Bower, Butler, and Bailey.
Mr. J. WOOD said the committee had expressed a very
decided opinion that a matter of such importance to the
citizens of London would undergo more deliberate con-
sideration in the committee which had already had an
intimate acquaintance with the proceedings in reference
to the inquiry, tha❑ any other body deputed by the
court. (Hear.) They had abstained from making any
comment, but it would not be incompatible with his
duties as chairman to observe that all the information
which could be given had been furnished to the commis-
sioners, and that the corporation had proved itself to be
perfectly free from the vices with which it had been so
frequently charged. (Hear, hear.) He then moved
that the court agree with the report, and that the report
of the Commissioners of Inquiry be referred to the Con-
solidated Committee.
Deputy LOTT seconded the motion, and suggested the
propriety of having a full attendance of the members
upon every occasio❑ on which they assembled upon a
matter so vitally important. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. WlLLiems moved as an amendment that the
question should be referred to a committee of the whole
court, who could undertake to examine into everything
connected with the interests of the corporation. He
could not see the propriety of delegating such a power
to a committee consisting of a very limited number of
members. In the multitude of councillors wisdom was
to be found. (Hear.)
Mr. Cox seconded the amendment.
Deputy STEVENS was for the original proposition, and
ridiculed the Lotion of having any improvement accom-
plished by a committee of the whole court. The whole
court had been annually taking the business of reform
into their hands, and if they repeated the experiment
under existing circumstances they would most assuredly
be laughed at. (Hear, hear.) It was his firm opinion
that Parliament would do for them all which they could
not do for themselves. Amongst themselves nothing
but disagreements and contradictions would abound.
The amendment was then negatived, only two hands
having been held up for it ; and the original motion,
submitted by the Chairman of the Consolidated Com-
mittee, was agreed to.

THE NORTH METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.
Mr. T. H. HALL presented the report of the Improve*
ment Committee upon the North Metropolitan Railway
Bill. The following aro extracts :—" That since our re-
port of the 14th of February last, agreed to by the
court, a petition against the bill has been presented
to the House of Commons. That the bill has been
added to one of the groups for railway and canal bills,
which will probably commence its sittings in the course
of next week. That the bill is to empower the North
Metropolitan Railway Company to construct a railway
from Battle-bridge through certain parishes, and passing
under the New Victoria-street, to terminate at or near
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, in the
City of London, with power to purchase and hold
lands in the City of London adjacent or near to the
intended railway, for stations, warehouses, and other
buildings ; to purchase the burial grounds of St. Sepul-
chre and St. Botolph, Aldersgate, and St. Ann and
St. Agnes, in the city of London, and to appropriate
and use the sites thereof, and the burial grounds attached
thereto, with power to contract with the justices of the
peace for the county of Middlesex for the purchase of
the House of Correction in Cold Bath-fields, and with
your court fur the property at or near the New Victoria
street, with power to cross, alter, and divert streets,
roads, or any of them, and to use and appropriate any
of them so stopped up. That the promoters of the bill
have informed your committee that the railway within
the city of London is to be made in cuttings, arched
over. That the architect has not yet received from the
promoters of the bill sufficient information to enable him
to report upon the plan ; but as the bill may shortly go
into committee, your committee recommend that clauses
to the following effect should be inserted in the bill,
to protect the interest of the corporation.
That the railway be made within the City of London,
and through the property belonging to the corporation
in the parish of Clerkenwell, in arcade, so that the use
of the surface of the ground throughout l'e not impeded.
That the line of the railway be altered in conformity
with the plan proposed.
That no property belonging to the corporation of Lon-
don be taken without their consent, which may not be
required for the formation of the railway.
That none of the streets, ways, &c., or the site of
Smithfield Market, be taken fer the purposes of the
railway company.
That compensation be made to the corporation of Lon-
don for the injury which their property will sustain.
The power to alter arid stop up streets, &c., to be de-
fined by stating- the streets to be so stopped.
That a time be stipulated fur the perf,rinance of the
works, and nuisances during their progress be prevented.
That the earth from the excavations be promptly re-
moved, so that there shall never be more than 100 cubic
yards lying in any one place in the roads, streets, or
works, all of which shall be removed in 24 hours after
receiving notice from the City authorities.
That the whole line of arcade shown on the sheet No.
3 of the deposited plans be completed within six months
from the commencement of the formation of the line.
That the diversion of Peter-street, shown on sheet
No. 3, before referred to, be not made.
The report was unanimously agreed to.
ABOLITION OF OATHS.
Mr. BLADES brought up a report with the draft of a
petition to Parliament to abolish or alter the oaths of
allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration. Agreed to, and
the petition ordered to be presented accorlingly.
THE PRESIDENT OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Deputy BOWER submitted the following 'notion to the
court :—" That the court having on the 20th inst. re-
solved that the office of President of Christ's Hospital
having for a great many years been uniformly
ourt i filleds bof
a member of the Court of Aldermen, this cthlt
opinion that no reason exists for de
eparturef any other per-
precedent, and that the appointment o
son, however exalted, to thato honourable office would
be an infringement. of the arciehnt.pndveileengdesenocfet'hanisdcoinr-
porat:on, and preiudicial to t e p
terests of the citizens of L)ndon. Having also been
informed by the Right Ho.a. the Lord Mayor that he
had, at the late election for ,he said. office of President
's Hospital, protested against any other man
of Christ
than a member of the Court of Aldermen being put in
nomination, that this question be referred to a committee
of ths court, to examine and report what measures, if
any, should be taken by this court."
The previous question was moved as an amendment,
and a lot g discussion took place, which ended in the
adoption of the original motion by a large majority.
Petitions from several charitable institutions for
grants of money were referred to the Coal, Corn, and
Finance Committee, after which the court adjourned.

EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION.—The vote to be
asked for this year is 92,7651., which is considerably
more than that of last year, but less than the year pre-
ceding. Provision is made for the expenses of removal
of 1,900 convicts.
GROSS OUTRAGE, AND MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A
TAVERN-KEEPER'S WIFE.—A. melancholy sensation has
been produced at Southwark, Trowbridge, by the death,
1 under circumstances of a painful nature, of Mrs. Deacon,
the wife of Mr. John Deacon, a respectable resident of
that place. It appears that some fellows were drinking
in the taproom of Mr. Deacon's house, and after a time
they called for a fresh supply of liquor. Mrs. Deacon
perceiving that they were becoming somewhat riotous,
and being anxious to preserve good order in her house,
e,
sent word that she could not draw them any mor
They said that they were determined that they would.
have more, but the landlady, with commendable
fellows
became refused to draw for them. Upon this the
became exceedingly angry, and abused Mrs.la_Deacon,w.o
using very coarse language. The unfortunate
medny, :as
was within a very short time of her confired
atn,d
in
observed to be terrified and a good deal.it t
her peculiar state of health, the
such an awful effect upon her that she excitement produced
e"
died very shortly
after the altercation.

furlongs. 7 subs.
Mr. Morris's b c Usurer, Est 21b (Ashmall) 1
Mr. Halford's oh f Myrtle, by Sweetmeat, Est (Carroll) 2
Mr. Smith's b f Mystic, 7st (Aspinall) 3
The following also ran :—Woodford, Poynton, and
Myrtle.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Usurer, 4 tol agst Myrtle. Won
by half a length ; Mystic a bad third.
The A TTINGHAM STAKES of 5 soya each, with 30 added,
for three-yr-olds ; colts 9st, fillies Bst 111 b ; the second
to save his stake ; the winner to be sold by auction,
&c., for 100 goys ; if entered to be sold for 80 soya
allowed 121 b, 60 191 b, 40 281 b ; five furlongs ; 7 subs.
Mr. Mather's b c by Van Tromp out of Reel, 7st (40
sous) (T. Cliffe) 1
Mr. Burton's b f Pope Joan, Est 111 b (40 save) (Carroll) 2
Mr. Bloss's b c Mirabeau, 7st (40 sovs) ........(Wells) 3
Mr. G. Taylor's br f Czarina, Est 111 b (40 sovs)
(Ashman) 4
Lord J. Scott's b f Vingt et Un, 6st 111 b (40 soya)
(Aldcroft) 5
Betting-7 to 4on Pope Joan, 3to 1 agst Mirabean,
and sto 1 agst Vingt et Un. Won by two lengths, the
second beating the third by half a length.
The SHROPSHIRE HANDICAP of 5 80,78. each, 3 ft, if
declared, with 50 added ; the second to receive 20
sovs, out of the stakes, and the third to save his
stake : a winner this year of any race value 100 SOVS.
141 b, 'and the second in any such race 71b extra, if
after the declaration of the weights ; if of the Cleve-
land or Queen's Plate, 71b extra over and above the
other weight ; the winner to pay 10 soya. towards
expenses. Shropshire Course, about a mile and a
Mrq.usatretevre.n,BslBiesruebusi,e2s,B3oyfrssv,h4osmt
idiethclare
(carriedd sst 11b)
(Prior) 1

Lord Derby's Hobbyhorse, 4 yrs, Est 21b --(Carroll) 2
Mr. Andrew's Kidnapper, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Fordham) 3
Mr. Choyce's May Day, aged, 6st (Ashman) 4
The following also ran ,Grief, Sextus, Wild Deer,
Little Tom, Ada, Waterfall, and The Roebuck.
Bitting-5 to 2 agst Hercules, 3to 1 agst Hobby-
horse, 4 to 1 agst Kidnapper, and 8 to 1 agst Little
Tow. Won by a neck, Kidnapper a bad third.
The ACTON BURNEL STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 20
added ; three-yr-olds, 7st 111 b ; four, Bst 111 b ; five,
Oct 31b ; six and aged, 9st 51b , mares and geldings
allowed 31b ; a winner at any time (matches and han-
dicaps excepted) of 50 sovs 31b. of 100 71b extra ; the
second to save his stake ; the winner to be sold by
auction, &c., for 100 sovs ; if entered to be sold for
80 soya allowed 101 b, 70 171 b, 30 251 b ; beaten horses
at this meeting allowed 31b ; t-rice 71b ; a winner at
this ine,tinglo,b extra in :‘ddition to all other weights;
three quarters of a mile ; 9 subs.
Mr. Hodson us br e Florist 4 yrs, 7st (carried 7st 31b)
(30 sovs,) (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Megson's b c Master Adam, 3 yrs, sst 130
soya ) (Carroll) 2
Mr. Moss's b f Donna, 3 yrs, sst 81b (30 soya.))
(Plumb 3
The following also ran :—Comfort, Jupiter, Terrona,
Gabriel, Songster.
Betting-2 to lon Master Adam. Won by a neck;
half a length between second and third.
The HAWESTONE Cur of 100 sovs, the surplus in specie,
by subscription of 10 sovs each ; three-yr-olds 7st 71b,
four 9st 21b, five 9st 91b, six and aged 9st 121 b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner of the Queen's
Plate, or of the Cleveland or Shropshire, 71b extra ;
or the winner of any other race value 100 soya after
the the day of closing 71b extra, in addition to all
other weights ; horses having started twice as two-yr-
olds (now three) without winning allowed 31b, four-
,-r
-olds never having won 100 soya 51b ; five-yr-olds
711), six-yr-olds 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 600
sovs ; if entered to be sold for 500 SOTS to be allowed
71b, if for 400 121 b, ZOO 171 b, 200 231 b, 100 281 b ;
Cup Course, two miles and a half ; 23 subs.
Mr. Hive's St. Spiro, 3 yrs, sst 7lb (Carroll) 1
Mr. Palmer's Lurley, 3 yrs, sst llb (Fordham) 2
Mr. J. Merry's Morning Star, 5 yrs, let 91b (Wilson) 3
The following also ran :—The Medal, Bulls Eye,
Lady Flora, and Don John filly.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Lurley, and 3to 1 agst Lady
Flora. Won easy by a length ; the same between
second and third.
A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs ; about a mile and a
halt. _ _

Mr. Rowdon's Little Davre,s yrs,6st lib ... (Carroll) 1
Mr. Hodg3on's Florist, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb (Ashmall) 2
Mr. Leach's Master Slender, 7st (Cliffs) 3
Mr. Morris's Phoenix, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Munday) 4
The following also ran :—Sir J. Boswell's Annie
Sutherland, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Aldcroft) ; Mr. Johnson's
Gabriel, 3 yr. 4, sst 21b (Bates) ; Mr. Cooper's Red Rose,
3 yrs, Est 91b (Hughes) ; Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Leera-
ing, aged, 7st llb (Kendall) ; Mr. Golby's Dispute,
3 yrs, sst 31b (Fordhr.na).
Betting-2 to 1 agst Master Slender, 4to 1 agst Little
Davie, and sto 1 agst any other. Won by half a
length ; same between second and third.
THE CORPORATION HANDICAP of 5 sous each, with 25
added by the Corporation, for two-yearolds and up-
wards ; the second to save his stake ; the winner to
be sold by auction for 40 sovs, &c.; T.Y.C. 9 subs.
Mr. Copeland's b.c Field Marshal, by Touchstone, 3
yrs, .sst 121 b (Hughes) I
Mr. Meiklam's b c Robin Hood, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Bates) 2
Mr. Merry's b ni Sally, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Wilson) 3
The following also ran :—Lord Lieutenant, Cimicina,
and Nelly Bly.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Cimicina, and 3to 1 each agst
Field Marshal and Lord Lieutenant. Won by a neck,
second beating the third by the same.
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SAILORS' STRIKE AT SOUTHAMPTON.--Manyof the
sailors employed on board the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's vessels at Southampton have again struck
for an advance of wages from 0/. to 4/. per month, and
much difficulty has in consequence been experienced d in
sufficiently manning the vessels to enable them to pro-
ceed to sea. The sailors on board the Colombo, with but
two exceptions, partook in the strike, and one of them, a
man named Glasspool, who signed articles for another
voyage at the old rate of wages, seems to have been
singled out by his late shipmates, who have endea-
voured to inliinidate him into taking part with them,
but, finding all their efforts of no avail, a party, amongst
whom two men named Pugh and Gale appeared to be
ringleaders, waylaid him in the neighbourhood of the
docks on Wednesday afternoon, threatening to injure
Lim so that he should not proceed in the vessel, and pro-
ceeded to attack him in a most brutal manner, knocking
him down, kicking and jumping upon him so severely
that he was completely covered with blood. The poor man,
however, managed to effect his escape, and upon giving
information to Captain Ingledew, the company's superin-
tendent, of the manner in which lie had been treated, that
gentleman immediately ordered the two men, Gale and
Pugh, to be taken into custody, and they were on Thurs-
day brought before the borough magistrates, and cora-
mitted for trial at the quarter sessions in July next, on
a charge of conspiring, together with others, to intimi-
date and prevent Glasspool from following his employ.
ment. Several other warrants were issued, and Mr.
Pocock, the solicitor who conducted the case, expressed
the determination of the company to take every means
to prevent a repetition_ of those painful scenes which oc-
curred at the strike a few months since.
GREAT FIRE AT POPLAR.—EXTENSIVE Loss or Pao-
PERTY.—Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, a fire
of a most alarming and destructive character, broke out
in the extensive range of premises belonging to the
London Manure Company, situated at No. 40, New
Bridge-street, Plough-wharf, Cubit's Town, Isle of
Dogs, Poplar. The discovery was made by a po-
lice-officer of the K division, who, in passing the
wharf, perceived a dense mass of smoke hovering
over the machine-room, a building nearly 150 feet
long, in which were a costly stock of machinery,
n? Sae
hundred carboys of sulphuric acid, and other chemicals
used in the business. The officer at once gave A° alarm,
and succeeded, after some difficulty, in arousing the
foreman of the works, who slept in an
The progress of the fire, however,
rapid, so that in the course of a few
commencedran
the premises in which the disaster
flames from end to end, and unusually
became
tes t part of
adjoining house.
was in
the fearful element
d everything near
rpieischteedd
that through
the
foreman'stho
.house
h "aanod roof, it was ex•
would have been levelled with t
oo
ff
tthhee parish,lvest o Egg under a nodf office, rour.d. The engines
on.deogn Brigade, and that
ere remark bl a y early in
ton, went to work from
arriving, when the firemen,
conor 'sunder the direction of
Mr. Fogo and Mr. o
by
Company's engines ; but, notwithstanding
supply of water furnished the East
exertions, the work of devastation continued, and
severaltheir
hundred car-boys of sulphuric acid, and lIIPs.
aLho plentiful
nii
rd o n
chinery valued at some thousand pounds, kept falling •
prey to the action of the conflagration. The firemen,
however, kept to their posts, and'after three hours' un-
remitting exertion, they at length succeeded in getting
the mastery over the destroying element, but not until
property, valued at several thousand pounds, was
totally consumed. The origin of the fire is enveloped
in obscurity. It seems that when the works were closed
the over-night everything appeared perfectly safe as
usual. Fortunately the company was insured in the
Royal Farmers' Fire-office. The police rendered_essen•
fiat aid to the ftromon by .keeping &great 4:1-914.90 of
danger.