The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-22 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY

CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY
This week's arrival of English W heat coastwise has
consisted of 2,390 quarters, a fair average quantity for
the time of year, yet the stands were scaiatily filled with
samples. Selected qualities of both red and white moved
off steadily at Monday's improved currencies. In the
middling and inferior parcels only a, limited busi-
ness was transacted. There was a moderate inquiry
for the best foreign Wheat at late figures, otherwise the
trade was heavy. Although the supply of Barley was
small, that article moved off slowly, at !barely stationary
prices. Malt was a slow sale, but not cheaper. With
Oats we were very scantily supplied, -nevertheless the
Oat trade was in a very sluggish state, at unaltered
figures. In Beans and Peas next to n othing was doing,
but Indian Corn and Meal, as well as 'lour, were quite
as dear.

AItRIVALB.
Wheat. I Barisy. Oats. I Flom-.
English •• .. • . 2,390 qrs. 1.450 in. 320 qrs. I 660 mkt,.
trish.
. _
__
__ __ __
Foreign ...... 310 - 3,890 I --

Malt. 1,440 are.
VIIIITECSAPEIr.
Our market was very firm, and price; had an upward
tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d
to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s ad to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to
5s 2d per 81b5 by the carcase.

EXTENSIVE FIRE.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning, at a few minutes beft .re four o'clock, a
fire burst forth from the lower part of the Coaehmakers
Arms Tavern, Rose-street, Long-acre , the property of
Mr. John Dunsten. At the time of the outbreak there
were nearly a dozen persons sleeping i ii the upper floors.
They were made sensible of the danger to which they
were exposed, and they immediately a tade an attempt to
get to the street door. They had, however, hardly
descended half way down the staircas Ae than the whole
party were met by a huge sheet of fla rue, which nearly
prostrated them. By a desperate effoirt they succeeded
the
safety,
of the prey vises, and having
i n
reached returningth the
a most piteo is scene presented
itself—the whole of the inmates we re, noticed on the
parapet in their night clothes ; ar t he, same time the
flames were rushing out of the windol vs.. Owing to the
rootof in the
exertions of the police and inhabitants a very person way
safely rescued. The engines of the :London brigade,
parish, West of England, and county of fices, quickly at-
tended, but owing to the great quantity of spirits in the
place the whole was soon one sheet of fire, which,
mounting the stairs, fired every room in the building
almost simultaneously. Fortunately there was a good
supply of water, which was scattered into the midst of
the fire, and after the lapse of two hours the flames were
extinguished. The total damage is very considerable,
but fortunately Mr. Dunsten was insured. How the fire
originated could not be ascertained.

FATAL ACCIDICT ON THE P4DINITURGH AND
NORTHERN RAILWAT.—On Saturday, an accident of a
fatal and distressing character occurred at fettle, Fife-
shire, on the line of the Edinburgh and isT.srthern
ilail-
way. It appears that while a passenger t; rain had just
started from that station for Edinburgh, 1, i young man,
who acted in the capacity of guard, was in the act of
stepping upon a carriage, when he missed his tooting,
with tl le other car-
rainadgefselolfbtehfeorteraiints, wwehneetlgOvewrbhiiesh'body anc I killed him
aoa
respectable instantaneously,
ryas
manner. The deceased
cterura,aagnsldinghim in a shocking
rend. :vs the tied,-
a-
what
young man of highlya
dent more distressing is, that he had complet ed arrange-
ments for his marriage on an early day.— - Edinburgh
Advertiser.
cha character,
a
PUGILISM.—JAMES MADDEN AND J Hi ROE'S
MOUSE FOR 251. ASlDE.—These tiny ones mut, yesterday
in battle array, near Horley, in Sussex. A.lec Keene
and Bob Fuller esquired Madden. well known as a hope•
ful chicken of Jem Burn's coop, while Macdonald and
Herbert did the attention to " the Mouse," which was
but right, as the last named second was lon g known
iu fistic circles as " a Mouse" himself. An active, clever,
and a resolute mill of two hours and. ten minute a ended
in:Madden being saluted as the conqueror. In the
earlier rounds the Mouse appeared. to have best of the
out-fighting, but his game opponent would not be rlenied,
and punished him in closes and in throws. The finale
was a throw, from which Madden., by his lasting quali-
ties, cast the die of his opponent's defeat.
INCREASE OF DRUNXENNEIS.—It is lament able to
think that, while there is so much destitution a. 3d dis-
ease, drurkenuess should sti',l be on the increase . Be-
tween Saturday night and 'Sunday morning sixtei in men
and twenty-three women• were taken to the
ventralpolice-office in a stata of beastly intoxication. The
greater number of the above were so drunk th:st they
bad to be conveyed in barrows. There were in a ddition
twenty-three men, more or less intoxicated, takers to the
office, making altogether sixty-three persons. The latter,
however, were able, with a little assistances, to Ni alk to
" durance vile." The district officers bad, we are in-
formed, fully an average number of drunken cases, not-
withstanding Saturday last being what is 13e7.13 technically
termed the " wee pa..,1
When we hev.r so much of
sanitary reform,
what, we would ask, has become of the
advocates
ailof the temperance reformation ?—.North
Bri.

• AMENDMENT 0.1.
BUILDINGS ACT.--The Commit-
tee appointed by Lord Morpet'a to consider the subject
have held several meetings to t ,ke evidence, and are now
about to report. The consti' ution of the offices of the
Official Referees and Registr has been the tnibjeet of
some animadversi
for remodelling k
Li* same. entuii:ie-ly, with a view ,to render
the administration of thie law more speedy and econo-
-41; and s argestions have been made
mical to the public. The subject of " ape, rial super-
vision" hag also been. considered, and, indeed , it we are
rightly informed, most of the principal object
lions to the
form and Working of the Act have received attention.
We are satisfied that any
attempt to improve,, he present
Act, by another supplemental Act, will provea failure;
and we earnestly hope that the committee w ill not fail
to recommend Lord Morpeth to bring in e .n entirely I
new Bill in preference to
making such an en deavour.—
Builder.
Several of the Polish refugees lately as quitted at
Berlin, presented, previous to quitting
that ea pita!, con-
siderable donations to public charities, in all l 'mounting
to 14,000 thalers (56,000 f.)
With a view to its improvement and E xtension,
the direction of the money-order department th roughout
tho kingdom has been placed by the Po. itteaster-
General in the hands ot. Ur. Rowland Hill.