The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-16 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY le, I 849:

WESTMINSTER.

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to the magistrate the following frightful
case of distress. He stated that man and his wife
who had been brought up verya
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countered great reverses, and
came genteelly. had
with their. family
to lodge in a house belonging to applicant, in York-
street, Westminster. For a shoiirn
voured to procure a subsistence, the mother ththey endea
knit-
ting worsted cuffs, and the father, who heradbyb een a
schoolmaster, by writing small labels for shop
win-
dows, both of which two of their children disposed
in the streets; but the slender profit derive froomf
these sources was totally inadequate to supply the wants
of their children ; and, to fill up their cup of misery,
both were taken ill a few days ago, and were unable
longer to assist, in the slightest degree, themselves or
children. Death had that morning released the poor
map from his sufferings, and the Ficture their abode
at that moment presented was frightful. Next to the
poor man, who had breathed his last in the whole of
the few articles of wearing apparel he possessed, lay

the wife, apparently in a dying state, without a bed
or an article of clothing to cover her, food, or firing,
with her six poor children, mourning in starvation
the death of their father, and probable bereavement
of their remaining parent. On being. acquainted with
these circumstances, applicant haQtenrd to the work-
house of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
that afternoon, in order to make the authorities ac-
quainted with the matter, and implore them to ad-
minister to the extreme necessities of the afflicted
mother and children, and perform the usual decencies
to the deceased. All his attempts, however, to
obtain an audience at either the workhouse
or the relieving-office were unavailing. At the
former the menials told him they were only
servants, and could not interfere, and directed him
to go round to the relief-office, where he knocked in
vain, and having gone to and fro for nearly two
hours, without the slightest chance of making the
appalling condition of the family known, he had
hastened to this Court in the hope that if he were
successful in arriving before the Magistrate left,
something would be done to alleviate their sufferings.
Mr. BRODERIP, who was evidently much affected,
inquired whether applicant knew the nature of the
disease of which the poor man had died.
Applicant replied, it was a sort of cramp, brought
on, he too much feared, by starvation.
Mr. BRODERIP rose hastily from the bench, and
addressing the chief usher, directed him to go imme-
diately to the house of affliction, not to lose a moment
in doing so, as by prompt attention the poor woman
might yet recover, to procure for her all the neces-
saries and comets time would allow, to see that she
had proper treatment in every respect, and let him
know the expense.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A person named Robertson, an upholsterer, was
brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having
had in his possession a quantity of valuable prints
stolen from the rooms of the Entomological Society.
Nathaniel Edwards, who described himself as a
translator, of .7, Mordan-street, Vauxhall-bridge-
road, and who said he had recently been employed
by an attorney as his clerk in a case in which se-
veral parties now in custody were charged with steal-
ing papers and documents from various public offices,
said he came forward reluctantly to give evidence on
the present occasion. He would not attempt to give
in evidence anything that had been communicated
to him under the professional seal of secresy. He
would, therefore, content himself with saying, that
the prints now produced, and owned by the officers
of the Entomological Society had been given into his
care by the prisoner.
The prisoner asked the witness if he meant to swear
that he received the engravings from him ?
The witness replied that he saw the engravings in
the prisoner's house; that he saw the prisoner give
the engravings to his wife, and that he heard him tell
his wile to give them to him.
The wife came forward and begged to be heard.
She said she was ready to swear there was not one
word of truth in what this witness had uttered. The
witness, who acted as a sort of attorney in the pro-
secution against parties in custody, came to her hus-
band and asked him if he would come forward and
swear that he saw the prints and engravings in
Smith's (one of the prisoners) room. Smith had
been a lodger in her husband's house. Her husband
said he would not tell such a lie. The witness then
said her husband might swear he saw the prints in
Smith's possession. Her husband refused to have
anything to do with the business, and the witness
left him with a threat. She could swear the prints
ware never in her husband's possession.
The witness Edwards said the wife's story was not
true.
Mr. BINGHAM could not receive the statement of
the wife as an answer to the charge, and he should,
therefore, remand the case for a week.
BENEVOLENCE.—From a nobleman, per J. D.,
51.; from H. T., 51.; and ss. worth of postage stamps
from a lady, for the poor-box.
Mr. 7 home Bruce, a linendraper, and Richard Carter,
a bricklayer, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged
with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty.
Police-constable 15 D, stated that on Saturday night,
about twelve o'clock, he was called to quell a disturbance
between some soldiers in Quebec-street. A large crowd
of persons had assembled, amongst whom was the pri-
soner Carter, who joined in hooting the police. Wit-
ness desired him to go home, and not to annoy hips.
The prisoner refused, and, as they were conveying one
of the soldiers to the station, he persisted in following
close bebini them, and called out " Down with the
police." As the prisoner still kept on hooting, witness
took him into custody.
Police-constable 187 C said, on Saturday night, about
twelve o'clock, he was engaged in conveying a soldier to
the station, when the prisoner Carter came behind him,
and excited the mob to rescue the soldier; and as he re-
fused t) go away, he (Carter) was taken to the station.
The prisoner Bruce then came up, and called out " Well
done, soldier." He then laid hold of witness's cape, and
tore it from his shoulders. Another constable who had
witnessed the transaction at that moment came up and
took him into custody.
Police-constable 84 D corroborated the evidence of the
last witness, and proved that the prisoner Bruce
voured to rescue the soldier.
A solicitor, who attended for Bruce, then called two
witnesses who attempted to prove that the assault upon
187' C was the result of an accident caused by the pri-
soner trying to save himself from being run over by a
cab, which was passing at the time of the row.

In reply to kr. BINGHAM, 84 D said the act was nut
the result of accident. He was close by the prisoner
and saw him deliberately take hold of the constable by
the cape, and, at the same time heard him call out, " Well
done soldier." Carter had been locked up since Satur-
day night, and Bruce was bailed out on Sunday. Neither
of them offered any violence to the constables.
Mr. BINGHAM said if any witnesses had been called to
prove in any way that Bruce accidentally tore the con-
stable's cape in the manner alleged by his witnesses,
he (Mr. Bingham) should have at once discharged
him. He hnd no doubt whatever that it was not
the result of accident, but that the defendant, seeing
the soldier in custody, had his sympathies ex-
cited in favour of the soldier. The defendant's con-
duct in calling out " Well done, soldier" verified that
fact. As he had not proceeded to further violence,
and had been locked up all night, he should discharge
him, providing he paid 7s. 6d., being the amount of
damage done to the constable's cape. As to the prisoner
Carter, he had been locked up since Saturday night,
and as that was no slight punishment, he (Mr. Bingham)
should discharge him by paying a fine of ss.
Mr. Bruce immediately paid both the fines.
SOUTHWARK.

Elizabeth Salter was brought up for re-examination,
charged with robbing Mr. Charles Wade of a watch,
gold guard chain, and a coat, containing a purse with
41. 10s., and Samuel Pudney, described as a builder,
attended in discharge of his bail, as being concerned
in the offence. Mr. Games attended on the part of
the prisoner Pudney.
The complainant stated that on Wednesday night
he met the prisoner in the Waterloo-road, and accom-
panied her to a house in Cornwall-road. On entering
a room in the house he deposited his purse and money,
and also his watch and guard, in the pocket of his
great coat for safety, and placed the garment on the
back of a door in the apartment. He had not long
been there before he missed the coat and its contents,

and charged Salter with robbing him. She, however,
denied the charge, and as he was apprehensive that he
would be maltreated in the house, and could not open
the room door, as it was locked, he commenced smash-
ing the windows to give the alarm. He, however,
had not broken many panes of glass before Salter
opened the door, and he then descended to the passage
where he was met by the other prisoner, to whom he
related that he had been robbed and mentioned the
property; but instead of that person rendering him
assistance, he remonstrated with him for breaking the
windows, adding, at the same time, that he should
protect the women from violence, and thereupon he
seized complainant and attempted to push him out of
the house into the street. A struggle took place be-
tween them, in the midst of which a policeman came
up, and both the prisoners were clamorous in charging
him with breaking the windows and gave him into
custody on the charge. He (complainant) described
the true nature of the case at the station house, and
gave Salter in charge for robbing him of the property
above enumerated, and on the following day, when
the circumstances were brought under the considera-
tion of the Magiarate, Pudney, who was in attend-
ance as a witness in Court, was ordered into custody
for the part he had taken in the transaction. On that
occasion the latter prisoner at first denied having any
intimacy with Salter or a woman named Moreton,
the landlady of the house, but upon being closely
pressed on the point, he admitted that he had slept in
the house, the landlady of which, he said, he became
acquainted with as he passed along, having had some
houses to repair in the street. He further said that
he was a builder, and lived in Holborn, and declared
that his only motive in interfering upon the occasion
was, on hearing the noise of the window breaking, and
being called upon by the landlady of the house and his
fellow prisoner to protect them from the violence of
the man that did the damage, and who, at the time,
appeared to be in a state of great excitement. He
also added, that he knew nothing of the robbery, and
admitted that he and the complainant had a scuffle
in the passage in his attempt to expel him from the
house.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM inquired if the complainant's
coat, or any of the property it contained, were traced
since the last examination, and the reply was in the
negative.
A Mr. Nelson, who was in the complainant's com-
pany on the night in question, and parted with him
shortly before the alleged robbery took place, proved
that the former had his purse and money, and also
his watch and guard chain when he left him.
In the complainant's cross-examination by Mr.
Games, he admitted that after he had quitted his
fliend I.llr. Nelson, he went to the Feathers, and that
it was after leaving that house that he met with Salter
at the corner of Stamford-street, and accompanied her
to the house where he was robbed. He had not been
in the company of any other female but Salter; had
no recollection of Salter leaving the room where they

were, in Jane-street, but:that she might have done so
without his knowledge.
A police sergeant stated that after the robbery, he
proceeded to a house, No. 1, in Jane-street, and
was there informed by a man named Brown, ti at
Pudney and the landlady of the house No. 4, in-the
same place, had been drinking there at the time of
the robbery, and that he (Brown) heard the latter
say that "Lizzy," meaning the female prisoner, had
just picked up with a " swell," and had taken him into
her house. The sergeant added, that he searched both
houses, Nos. 1 and 4, but could not discover any of
the property.
Mr. Games said, that on the part of Pudney he
disclaimed any concern in the robbery; that he
happened to be in the neighbourhood at the time, and
interfered solely with the view to prevent any violence
being resorted to when he heard the windows smash-
ing; that witnesses were in attendance to speak to
the respectability of Pudney's character, and to show
that a man in his condition of life was not likely to
have acted in concert in robbing the complainant.
Mr. COTTINGITAM said that the evidence, as it now
stood, ju,itified him in sending the case before a jury,
but as it was important to the ends of justice that the
man Brown should attend, as well as to give further
time for tracing the stolen property, he should remand
the prisoners, but would accept of the same bail as
he had done on the former examination for Pudney's
appearance to answer the part he took in the trans-
, action.

The prisoners were accordingly remanded until
next Monday.

THAMES.

Six boys, named Thomas Haggerty, Charles
Macarthy, John Cassidy, Charles Farrell, Thomas
Reardon, and Thos. Dogherty, sons of Irish parents,
whose ages varied between thirteen and seventeen,
were brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with steal-
ing rope on the Thames.
It appeared from the evidence of Inspectors Fox,
Griffin, and Bridges, of the Thames police, that
organized gangs of boys were constantly prowling
4bout the river and pilfering anything they could lay
their hands on, and that they hired boats for the pur-
pose of carrying on their depredations, between sun-
set and sunrise.

Numerous convictions had taken place at the
police-courts, and at the sessions, but the number of
young thieves did not appear to diminish.
The prisoners were detected, at an early hour on
Sunday morning, in the pool, in two boats, with a
quantity of rope which they had pilfered. One boat
containing Haggerty, Macarthy, and Cassidy, con-
tained-the rope tender belonging to the Pike schooner,
which had been cut away, in the course of the night,
and was identified by the mate of the vessel. The
remainder of the rope could not be identified.
The officers stated that all the prisoners had been
summarily convicted, and some of them had been in
custody again very recently on suspicion. Dogherty's
last conviction took place in July, 1847.
The prisoners generally conducted themselves in a
very audacious manner, and said the River police
would not let them get an honest living.
Mr. SECIEER said the police could not hinder them
from doing that, and they would find it to their ad-
vantage to return to honest courses. It was lament-
able that so many young thieves should be in the
dock charged with serious offences, and it was painful
for him to deal with such cases. He must visit all
the prisoners with further punishment. He sentenced
Haggerty, Macarthy, and Cassidy each to two months'
imprisonment and hard labour, Farrell to one month,
eardon to twenty-one days, and Dogherty, who bad
not been heard of for eighteen months, to seven days'
imprisonment only.

THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES.
Mr. Wakley held an inquest yesterday, at Chelsea
workhouse, on five children named Kellick, Ridgway,
Ihrtley, Ingar, and Pollington, removed from Mr.
Drnuet's pauper establishment at Tooting, where they
had died of cholera. In the course of the proceedings it
was elicited that the Chelsea guardians have 105 pauper
children still at Tooting, and that ten children from
Chelsea had died at Mr. Drouet's.

The CORONER observed that he had heard very bad se-
counts.—Mr. Popham said that there had been no true
case of cholera at Tooting since Saturday ; the cases
were mostly consecutive fever. The Coroner—How
many deaths have you had at Tooting altogether ? Mr.
Popham—Over 100. I cannot exactly say. The Coroner
—Yes, a great many more than that—more than 130.
Mr. Popham—The number of deaths there have been in
the ratio of lin 21 of those attacked. The Coroner—
How many parishes have their children at the Tooting
establishment now? Mr. Drouet replied that there were
the children of only three parishes now with him, viz , St.
George's-in-the-East,St. Luke's, Cheliea, and Clerken-
well. All the remainder belonging to other parishes
were the sick.

John Kellick examined—Was a labourer, and now an
inmate of Chelsea workhouse. His two children were
sent to Tooting from that workhouse about nine weeks
back. They were then as healthy girls as they could
wish to see. The age of the elder child was eleven
years, and that of the deceased nine years. He visited
them first at Tooting about six weeks back, and then
was more satisfied with their appearance than when in
Chelsea workhouse. When he saw the children he was
nut allowed to see them in private. The children were
sent out into the lodge to see him, and the porter and
some other officers of the establishment were there.—
By the Coroner—l did not ask to be permitted to see
them privately and alone. I again saw them on my last
monthly Sunday out, and I then asked them if they had
sufficient to eat there, and they answered "No." I took
them down three allowances of pudding, which my wife
had bought here, and two allowances of bread and butter,
and although the children had just had their dinner
they were so hungry that they ate the whole of it.
They said they did not get enough to eat there, and they
wished they were at home, meaning back at the Chelsea
workhouse. I did not complain to the Chelsea guardians
that my children had not enough to eat at Tooting. Had
I done so I might have met with worse treatment than I
have done. When I went the second time I found that
as well as not having had enough to eat the younger one
was eaten up with the itch. I was there last Sunday
week, and then thought my children looked well; but
that was the time they were dying. On the following
Thursday I received notice that my child was ill, and on
going to footing the same day I found the deceased in
one of the sick wards, and very sadly. I remained in
the ward with her for two hours. I have been down
there several times since. I saw no medical gentleman
attend upon my child, or any other, all the time I was
there. Mr. Kite—Do you mean to say you never saw
me? Witness—Yes, I saw you and that gentleman (Mr.
Popham), but not attending my child. I think there
were about fifteen children in the ward where my child
was. Coroner—Did you ask to see the medical men
about your child? Witness—l did not. lam positive
I saw no medicine administered either by the nurses
or the medical men. When I came back I sent in a
petition with four others, to the board, to say that we
would find lodgings for our children in the parish, if
the guardians would let them come away from Tooting,
and find them in food. The answer was, that the guar-
dians had decided that the children should all remain at
Tooting, and it could not be allowed, The foreman—
Do you know if there is any complaint of the food at
Tooting now? Witness—No, there is not. The children
say they have plenty of food now, since this has broken
out. The Coroner—lf the guardians have allowed their
children to remain at Tooting, no doubt they had good
reason for doing so. Ia doing so, however, they must
be aware they have involved themselves in a vast amount
of responsibility. It is not assumed that a wrong has
been done; but, if there has, it will be a portion of the
duty of the jury to investigate who are the authors of
that wrong.
Maria Ingar said she was the mother of the deceased
Sarah Ingar, and 24w her die at the Tooting Asylum at
tour o'clock on Saturday morning last, after an illness of
twenty-four hours. She had great pains and cramps in
the stomach, and had mustard poultices and other reme-
dies applied, and medicines administered by the medical
gentleman. Deceased bad been at Tooting about eight
weeks, and on remarking that she looked very pale the
last time she saw her, she complained that she was kept
out in a cold yard. By the Coroner—l saw her in the
lodge, but I had no opportunity of speaking to her in
private. I did not notice that she was scantily clothed
except about the neck and shoulders. On Friday night,
after she was taken ill, I asked her if she had sufficient
food, and she said, " No, mother; I did not get food
enough," and she then told me she had bought bread of
one of the nurses, with some halfpence I had given her.
On the Friday evening nothing was given her bat brandy
and water.

Mr. William Horn Popham deposed that he was a
member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He had
attend( d the deceased, George Hartley from Tuesday
last, when he was first attacked, until the time of his
death, on the morning of Friday last, the 12th instant.
His case presented all the usual symptoms of cholera,
and he died in a state of collapse. By the Coroner—
Witness was sent to the Tooting establishment by the
board of directors of the poor of St. Palcras, at the
suggestion of the Board of Health, to attend the boys
belonging to the parish. He saw also most of the other
pattents, as he went occasionally into all the other
wards, as well as that in which the St. Pancras children
were placed. Mr. Baillie, Mr. Penn, and Mr. Phillips
were also surgeons in attendance on the children.
Mr. WALKEY then, addressing Mr. Popham, said—
You have now, Mr. Popham, been called to prove the
cause of the death of one of the deceased, George Hart-
ley, but by and by you will be further examined and
called upon to state what is your opinion as to the cause
of this calamity; and it is therefore essentially neces-
sary that you should be present during the whole of the
inquiry, so that you may know and make yourself ac-
quainted with all the facts of the case developed by the
evidence given.
Mr. Popham said he was desirous of explaining one
circumstance, which was rather important. Amongst
the facts which have gone forward before the public,
Mr. Grainger, in his evidence given at the inquest held
on Friday last, at the Free Hospital, stated that the pa-
tients had lain five in a bed. lie (Mr. Fophatn) had
given Mr. Grainger that information under an erroneous
impression that it was a fact, but he had subsequently
ascertained, that where he supposed that to be the case,
it was a fact that a board had been placeed between two
beds for the purpose of making an additional bed for a
patient, which made it appear that five were in a bed.
The CORONER then observed that the inquiry had
now reached the point at which it would be necessary it
should be adjourned. There would be two questions
into which they would have to inquire. The first was
as to how this calamity had originated, and, secondly,

es to non•removal of the childmn belonizirg to Chelsea
from Tooting, which would require to be most fully
gone into; and he supposed that some of the mennbv:s
of the board of guardians would, at the proper time, be
able to state the reasons Vhich induced them to deter--
min'' on eun!inning thi,m there to the present time.
Strangers were then order,d wittalia,, and, atter
a lapse of :bc,ut-, half an hour, the rake were re-ad-
mitted, when,

The CORONIR said it would be necessary that this
inquest should be adjourned until after that held at the
Free Hospital was concluded, so as to prevent the two
clashing together. He proposed to take the Free Hos-
pital inquest on Tuesday and Wednesday next, and it
would most probably be held on the following Tuesday.
He would, therefore, suggest that this inquiry should be
adjourned until after that time.

The Foreman of the jury (Mr. Martin) said they bad
found that the board of guardians had ud to the present
time sent no medical man to take the especial care of the
children belonging to that parish, and uhe jury had in
consequence of that fact, whilw the room had been closed,
at the suggestion of the Coroner, resolved to suggest to
the guardians present their unanimous wish that the
children n ,vv remaining at Tooting should be removed
home to Chelsea.

Mr. Fielder (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Guar-
dians) rather warmly advocated the course the board
had adopted in keeping the children at Tooting.
Mr. Ryder (the Chairman) said he would tell the fore-
man and the jury why the board had come to the con-
clusion they had done. They believed that the outbreak
had been caused by the excessive overcrowding of the
establishment, and the want of proper ventilation ; and
there being after the removal of the other children
plenty of room and plenty of nurses and medical men in
attendance, which was not the case at first, they deter-
mined on the non-removal of the Chelsea children. The
children had also now food of a superior quality, and the
board were, therefore, of opinion that as they could not
find any place in Chelsea iu which upwards of 100 per-
sons could be placed, it would be better to keep them
where they were at present.
A juryman said he bad seen a family of five children
a day or two since which had come from Tooting, and
such objects he had never before seen, for they appeared
halt starved.—The inquiry was then adjourned.
In St. Paneras yesterday, Mr. Mills resumed the in-
quiry upon the cases of the children brought from Toot-
ing, who died in St. Pancras Workhouse. The inquest
was again adjourned.

The following are the official reports forwarded to the
Board of Health with respect to the continuance of the
cholera at Tooting and elsewhere:—
" Surrey-hall, Tooting, jan. 15.
" Death from cholera ... ... ... ... 1

Deaths from the consecutive fever of cholera ... 3
Under treatment 84
Convalescent ... ... 79
" No new cases of cholera have occurred, but there
are two of disordered bowels.

" W. J. KITE, Resident Surgeon."

The following is the report of Mr. Bird, the-surgeon
of St. Pancras Cholera Hospital, to the directors of the
poor, yesterday:—
" Temporary Hospital, St. Pancras, Jan. 15.
" I am happy to have again to make a very favourable
report as to the children; there have been no fresh cases
or deaths, and upon the whole there seems to be a gene-
ral improvement.

" The three patients reported last in a state of collapse
have passed from that stage of the disorder, and, I think,
with every appearance of their ultimate recovery.
" Number attacked ... 123
Deaths ... ... 9
Remaining under treatment ... 10
Collapse
Convalescent ... .. 109
" HENRY• BIRD, Surgeon."
The report received from Tooting from Mr. Popham,
the medical officer sent down thither by the parish of St.
Pancras, is as follows:

" Mr. Drouet's Establishment, Tooting, Jan. 15.

" I am happy to say that the improvement in the state
of affairs at Mr. Drouet's establishment has been so great
as not to require my attendance there after to morrow.
There is not a single case of cholera now in the esta-
blishment. " W. H. POPHAM."

THE FIRE IN LINCOLN'S INN.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

No fire that has occurred n the metropolis since the one
at Paper-buildings, in the Temple, about eleven years
ago, has created greater interest than that of Sunday
morning last, in New square, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The
oldest firemen can scarcely remember a fire of similar
magnitude burning for so long a period. Although the
engines were kept at work during the whole of Sunday
night and yesterday, there remained at seven o'clock last
evening a considerable body of fire in the basement, and
also in the walls of the building. The engines were
obliged, at that hour, to be kept at work upon the ruins.
During yesterday forenoon, whilst the firemen were em-
ployed upon this tire, a number of parties came running
with information that another had broken out in Chan-
cery-lane. One of the engines was immediately taken
there, when it was ascertained that some of the burning
flakes had been wafted by the wind upon the roof of the
Law Chambers, No. 77, in the lane, and having melted
the gutter plate, had come in contact with the timber
underneath, and fired the roof. When the brigade ar-
rived the flames were raging with such fury that the
two roofs at the least were in great danger of being
consumed. With the aid, however, of plenty of water,
the fire was extinguished, but not before considerable
damage was done by fire and water.
During yesterday Mr. Braidwood, the Superintendent
of the London Fire Establishment, was on the ruins,
giving directions to the firemen and superintending the
removal of what property could be found. An inspec-
tion of the place was also made, with the view of ascer-
taining the cause of the disaster, but up to the present
time without the least success. Mr. Loder, the head
engineer of the Farringdon-street Brigade, has been en-
gaged during the whole day in searching after deeds and
other documents known to be within the ruins, and
where they were sufficiently cooled to allow of search
being made, many things of considerable value have been
recovered.

The deeds and important documents lost are enormous,
although the firemen wore enabled, during yesterday
morning to rescue from the ruins a vast number of papers
and useful documents belonging to Messrs. Jones, Bate-
man, and Bennett. Not fewer than nine of Mart's fire-
proof boxes were taken outlof the basement, where they
had fallen from the first floor, and upon opening them
the deeds and other documents were found uninjured.
This is exceedingly fortunate, as the papers had refer-
ence to property of considerable value. The account-
books belonging to the same firm, with several drawers,
filled with important writings, have been taken out of
the premises slightly injured, but a great number of tin
boxes, containing legal parchments, &c., have been en-
tirely destroyed.
The firm of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Bennett—
one of the oldest and most extensive in the Inn—have
strong grounds for supposing that some of the deeds,
&c., left iu their custody, will be recovered.
Mr. Peter Erle has also succeeded, with the aid of the
firemen, in recovering many papers and important docu-
ments. The moment Mr. Justice Erle heard of the
misfortune he hastened to the scene, and accompanied
his brother into the ruins, where they assisted in the
rescue of several documents.

Mr. Hudson, one of the gentlemen on the basement
floor, was insured for 300/. in the West of England Fire
Office. One book alone in the chamber, he e-timates as
being worth full that sum. From the fact of a row or
books being now seen on one side of the chamber—pro-
bably 200 or 300 in number—there is ground for sup-
posing that the valuable volume alluded to may IN,
amongst them. Some time must, however, elapse before
the firemen will be able to enter that portion of the pre-
mises to make a search.

Mr. Hetherington, a barrister of great practice, on
the other hand, has lost everything his chambers con-
tained ; and so has Mr. Kettle, another eminent barris-
ter. This gentleman had a most narrow escape. He
slept on the ground floor, at the back of the premises,
and, before any alarm was given in the front, he was
awakened by hearing a slight noise like the dripping of
water in the next room. He immediately jumped out
of bed, and, on opening his door, he found the passage
full of smoke, of such a suffocating nature, that he
could not pass through. He then ran to another door,
and found that the fire was breaking into the passage,
so that his escape in that direction was also cut off.
He next made for one of the windows, but his escape
was in that direction almost hopeless ; for had he
jumped down, he would then have had to climb up a
wall twelve or fourteen'feet high. Not knowing what
to do for the best, Mr. Kettle sat upon the window sill,
whe he remained calling " Fire," and " Help " for up-
wards of an hour, during which time the flames broke
through the door of his room, and destruction looked
him in the face. At length, however, a lamplighter's
ladder was brought, and by its aid he managed to effect
a retreat. His opinion is that the fire must have occurred
in the area floor, immediately under Mr. Hetherington's
chambers.
During the day the following surveyors connected
with the fire-offices visited the ruins, in order to find out
the extent of the property that was insured:—Mr. Top-
lie, of the Sun; Mr. Belton, of the Licensed Victuallers;
Mr. Jury, of the Imperial; and Mr. Sabine, of the Lon-
don Fire Office. From the inquiries made they ascer-
tained that Mr. Sergeant was insured in the Westminster
Fire Office; Mr. Marquis, in the Law; Messrs. Jones,
Bateman, Bennett, in the Westminster; Mr. Pitman, in
the same office; Mr. Hallett, in the Legal and Commer-
cial; Mr. Clarke, in the Westminster; Mr. Bridges, in
the same; Mr. Freeling, in the Imperial; Mr. White, in
the Westminster; Mr. Peter Erle, in the Sun; Mr.
Kettle, in the Licensed Victuallers; Mr. Hetherington,
in the Sun—but neither Mr. Campbell, Mr. Wallace, nor
Mr. Burnett, were insured for a single penny.
The houses on either side have sustained much less
damage than was at first expected.
At half-past nine last evening it was still deemed ne-
cessary to continue playing upon the ruins.

NOVEL PROPHLLER FOR STEAM-VESSELS.—Lieu.
tenant-Colonel Sir T. Livingston Mitchell has secured a
patent for a new form for the screw propeller of vessels.
The inventor had observed the peculiar motion of the
" bommareng," in its rotatory motion through the air,
that of whirling round a hollow centre, leaving a vacant
centre of gravity; and it suggested itself to him, that
hthis centre might be in a line dividing the two eccentric
arts, so that they should be together equal to the re-
maining central portion; on experiment this view was
confirmed, and he considers an angle, similar tovtehsastos.f
the " bommareug" will prove the best form for the ap-
plication of the screw principle in propelling el
Motion is communicated as usual to the shaft, and the
blade of the propeller may be made with one side con-
vex, and the other fla', or with two flat or two convex
sides: when mrde flit, it will chamfer the edges. It may
be constructed with more than one blade; but it is con-
sidered ono will answer better than two or more.—
Mining Journal,