The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-31 00:00:00

GREAT FIRE IN SOUTHWARK.

Mr. Burford, paper-hanger.—Back of the building da-
maged. , Furniture destroyed.
Mr. Pocock, shoemaker.—Building damaged behind.
Mr. Whiting, solicitor.—Similar damage. .
Mr. J. C. Rush, cheese-factor.—Warehouse burnt •down.
Mr. George Key, Tooley-street, lead-merchant.—Ware-
house burnt down.

Mr. Williams, wool-stapler.—Warehouse burnt down.
Mr. Goodchild, junior, glass-cutter.—Building much
scorched.

Mr. Clift, cheese-factor.—Premises slightly damaged.
Mr. Franklin —Private residence slightly damaged also.
Mr. \Valli!, London-bridge Tavern and Coffee-house.—
S?ightly damaged from tvat?r.

Mr. S. G. Barnett, stack-cloth-maker.—Slight damage.
Messrs. Evans and Co., hop-merchants, Goodchild,
pen., and Messrs. Seovil! and Co., wharfingers, have all ti:e
fonts of their respective premises co4isiderably searched.
Immense crowds were collected at a late hour last night
around the smouldering ruins, in front of which a strong
body of the A division of police were placed, to prevent
the crowd from pressing too near the tottering. avails. Three
engines were playing upon a portion of the buildings, to
prevent the possibility of the tire again breaking out.
It was stated by some of the firemen that the conflagra-
tion was caused by some defect in the gas-pipe,;, but, as far
us we could learn, the origin of the fire cannot be accounted
for. It broke out at about twenty-five minutes past two in
the morning, and was not got under so as to warrant the
safety of the neighbouring buildings until eight o'clock.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, AUG. 24.—The Spanish cri ;is has produced a
strange revolution among our absolutists ; as strenuously
as they were opposed to the idea of any intervention of
France, so eager are they now for it. They patronize
Don Carlos, but, before all, they hate the Constitution.
The conviction that Louis Phillippe will, in his own inte-
rest, discourage the attempts of the Spanish Exaltados,
quiets all their former apprehensions—in a word, the scene
has completely changed ; before the Constitution of 1812
was proclaimed, they feared liberalism would gain ground in
Spain if the French should intervene ; at present they are
afraid of the same thing if the French should not intervene.
If northern absolutism has indeed been the cause which
prevented Louis Phillippe from intervening ere now, it h
sufficiently punished for its meddling. The friends of eivi'
liberty in Germany hail with sincere joy the approach.
ing emancipation of the Jews in your country ; I say ap-
proaching, for what would it signify if the Peers shouk
reject this measure like so many others, or that it
deferred till they feel the necessity of agreeing to it,
Several States in Germany will soon imitate the good
example, but I am sorry to say Prussia will not be among
the number on the contrary, the Jews are to be subjected
to new restrictions. They are not to assume, as they have
done in the last twenty years, names which Christians re-
ceive in baptism, nor are they to be called euphonically
Israelites, or believers in the Old Testament, but, in the
downright manner of former ages, Jews. Now, as to the
former, measure, we should be strangely puzzled if the same
practice prevailed here as in your country, viz., of making
ample use of Old Testament names in baptism ; for, as the
Jews are not to be called as Christians are in baptism,
whilst Christians assumed Hebrew names the former would
be condemned to bear no names at all, or to borrow heathen
ones, or to put themselves on the rack of invention for new-
fangled appellations. As to the second measure, it would
be innocent enough (as it is quite indifferent in itself
whether Hebrew, Iraelite, or Jew be the word by which
an exclusive believer of the Old Testament is to be de-
signated) were it not for the odium which for ages has
been attached to the word Jude (Jew) in Germany, which
was also the cause of its coming into disuse, the civilized
spirit of the people feeling that such recollections ought to
be obliterated. Dwelling on this topic, I cannot help ex-
pressing the regret which many in this place feel at the
money the English are squandering away on the Continent,
and chiefly at Berlin, for the object of prdselytising the
Jews. An Englishman preaches here the gospel to the
German Jews ; the case would be all but hopeless, even if
a German was appointed to the task of Sisiphus, but an
Englishman, with his foreign accent, can only the more sti-
mulate that propensity to sarcasm to which the Hebrews
are but too prone of themselves. In fine, your Parliament
by passing the Emancipation Bill, will have done more,
though indirectly, for the honour of our sacred religion
than your expensive societies for promoting Christianity
among the Jews ever have effected by their ill-directed
direct operations. That society has a branch society here,
which the Jews nick-name the Jews' Abolition Company,
after the model of Debt Abolition Fund as our sinking fund
is called.

Assignees and other persons concerned in the admi-
nistration of bankrupt estates should be aware of the coming
into operation of the Act of the sth and 6th of William IV.,
cap. 29, which directs the manner in which unclaimed divi-
dends are hereafter to be disposed of. This Act renders it
incumbent on all assignees to estates which have declared any
dividends previous to August 21, 1835, the date of the passing
of this Act, which dividends shall not have been claimed
within 12 months following the date of the Act, to file certifi-
cates in the Secretary or Bankrupts' Office, containing the
names of all persons, with the amount, to whom such dividends
are due. The failure of compliance with this clause of the Act
subjects the parties who still retains such dividends, and do
not put in a certificate in the manner described, to a payment
of interest on the amount of interest so retained at the rate of
from 5 to 20 per cent. per annum, at the discretion of the com-
missioners of the Court of Bankruptcy. Within one year after the
filing of the certificate the amount of such dividends is to be
paid to the accountant in bankruptcy to the credit of a fund en-
titled the " unclaimed dividend" account. In the case of di-
vidends declared subsequently to the passing of the Act, the
same course is prescribed within three months after the ex-
piration of one year from the declaration, of dividend. Any
undivided surplus existing at the date of the Act is also (ii_
rected to be certified in the same manner and paid to the
same account, and any future undivided surplus within three
months after the expiration of one year after the declaration of
a final dividend. The wording of the clause relating to the
retention of unclaimed dividends or undivided balance is very
strong and precise, so as to include not only the actual cus-
tody of such dividends, &c., Lot the knowledge that they are
" in the hands or subject to the disposition of any co-assignee
or coassignees." Tliis law came into operation as regards
dividendsdeelared previous to the 21st of August; 1835, on
the 21st inst., and there have already been a great number of
old commissions brought forward for the purpose of register-
ing the unclaimed portion of the dividends in the manner pre-
scribed.—Morning Paper.
Yesterday morning the following accident occurred
at the residence of Mrs. Anderson, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-
square :--She having occasion to quit the room left her infant,
t;irirr%tckek from d, in the cradle, a short distance the fire,
• ail 661, between two and three years old. On her
"TIA Al, •1, 0 infant burnt in so shocking a manner
othing in the cradle being destroyed)
d to the hospital not the slightest
its recovery. It is supposed to have
. r child playing with the fire, and
_ the bed- clothes.
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(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
The amount of damage sustained by the fire has been va-
riously estimated. We understand that the insurance-
offices calculate the loss of property at 300,0001., while the
actual sufferers compute it at 400,0001. But these calcu-
lations cannot be relied upon, although it is certain that
the buildings destroyed and the property they contained,
no portion of which has been saved, cannot be replaced
under an immense sum. Mr. Alderman Humphrey is said
to be a considerable loser, Fenning's-wharf and many other
of the buildings being his property. The escape of Mr.
Wallis's house, which stands like a wedge, and forms the
angle of the new buildings, is considered almost miraculous.
Mr. Wallis, it may be remembered, is the party who has
met with so much opposition with respect to his repeated
applications for a license, which we believe is still withheld.
The new buildings in front of the gardens of St. Thomas's
Hospital were in some danger while the fire raged, but at
a later period they served as storehouses for household fur-
niture of every description, which were carried thither for
safety.
Some of the oldest firemen declare that London has not
witnessed a conflagration so extensive in its character, as
regards the amount of property consumed, since the fire
which took place in Ratcliffe-highway, in 1794.
Mr. 'Wilson, we are happy to state, is going on favour-
ably. He is attended in the hospital by Mr. Callaway.
His wrist and ancle are broken by the fall, and if not in-
ternally injured there is every hope of his recovery.
Mr. Goodchild, sen., the father-in-law of Mr. Wakley,
the member for Finsbury, had a narrow escape, and was
indebted for the preservation of his life to the exertions of
Joseph Lewis, surveyor of the Thames Police, who burst
open the door and actually dragged him by force out of the
house. Mr. Goodchild, from the suddenness of the alarm,
appeared like a man bereft of reason, and refused to leave
the premises, until compelled to no by Lewis. Fenn, the
fireman, is not seriously hurt, although considerably shaken.
With regard to the amount in which parties were insured
whose property is consumed by this calamity, there can be
no certain account at present. We heard that the whole
of the buildings destroyed were insured in the Globe-of-
fice, but it will be some time before it can be ascertained
what portion of the valuable stock is covered by insurance.
The following, as far as can be at present ascertained,
are the names of the sufferers by this calamity, and the par-
ticulors of the damage sustained
Messrs. 'Wilson and Co., tea-dealers.—Premises wholly
destroyed. Not known whether insured, or to what extent.
The premises of Mr. Penning also wholly destroyed, but
are reported to be insured for 15,000/. Estimated property
in the building at the time, between 60,000/. and 70,000/.
Messrs. Grant and Co., cheese-factors.—Back warehouse
burnt down ; amount of loss not known.