The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-03 00:00:00

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called to the subject of spontaneous combustion in
1829, from the circumstance of the execution of a
young man named James Butler, who was convicted of STuTTGARD, seen; as if the Statcseto
r of
setting fire to a floor-cloth manufactory. After his Q Germany seriously intended to adopt in
execution I became acquainted with the details, and, cert several military measures, on account of the icc.
Southern exn a:
: after most closely and carefully investigating the subject, ordinary armaments (not quite in harmony with a L'
came to the conclusion that he was an innocent victim lot neiglihooshoo(l), which Fr,ince is making. "P:7 the
e to
of the law ; in which view I was supported by my whole left bank of the Rhine in Alsace, from 0,3-
friend, the late Dr. Gordon Smith, then Professor of Rhenish Bavaria, with a degree of eclat that loorcs
Medical Jurisprudence at London University College,
affirrnei.
Dr. Birkbeck, and several other scientific men. a challenge. Since Baden and Wurtemberg have
bidden the exportation of horses, it is confidently the
" In a letter to a public Journal about that time, I ' by well informed persons that the Bth corps of
bleu
drew attention to the variety of circumstances under army (of the Confederation) will be speeddy
"rid- to
which spontaneous combustion would take place (in all
about 40 instances), and I then felt that my researches be prepared against every contingency.
.1 theling
to protect the banks of the Rhine. It is reso ve
and remarks might be of some benefit to the commu- BERLlN,OCT.27.—Yesterday forenoon,whi c
nity, from the circumstance that they were printed was here, there was a full Council of Ministers, to which I. ut
and supended on boards as cautions against fire, in the commanding Genera's now here were summone spreadfi'
different dock-yards and other public establishments inthe
the kingdom. Whether this reasonable precaution is in the higher circles, oforders given to call out
r Itheol'u
four o'clockin the afternoon a report was already
now withheld, I know not. 7th corps (Westphalia), and the Bth corps
013(.1,
" The cases under which spontaneous combustion of Provinces). We will neither contradict nor confirm
animal and vegetable substances will take place, are
such as no ordinary sagacity can foresee, nor prudence source, that Lieutenant-General Von Thill e
this report ; but we can state from the most autl_001".
prevent. In the official reported list of fires, the ma- mander-in-Chief in the Rhenish Province, durtOg theh
jority of causes is unknown, whilst another large or- ceremonies on the doing homage, had lodged I,rlt,
lion are only conjectural. The science of chemist'
may, however, advantageously lend its aid, and some has since hired apartments far some Weeks in d, set
y house of his brother, Lieutenant-General Thill 10.0:of
consequence °`
of its investigations on the subject have been our first hotels, to which he had already rem°vreorders
matters of high interest. The most memorable out this morning for Coblcntz, in
instance on record is that of a series of from his Majesty, received yesterday afternoo;o;wend,
fires which took place at St. Petersburgh in 1780 and that two officers of the General Staff have folio the
1781, when a frigate, with several other vessels, and All this is attributed to the accounts received ootieri,
houses were destroyed, supposed to have been the work 231 and 'l4th of this month from the French fro_,.
of an incendiary. A Scientific Commission was ap-
and from the fortresses of Mayence and Luxembou
four,'
of
by the Russian Government to inquire into the GELGIAN k UNDS--BRUSSELS, OCT. 3i.
subject, who found that the self-enkindiing substances Actual Det4t, 2N, per Cent. ............ . ........
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Csnt ...................
were charcoal and hemp oil. In 1757 the Royal Dock- Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent..........
yard at Brest was nearly destroyed by spontaneous _ 3 per Cent..........
Fhb
combustion taking place in the rope-yard, and
some of the old workmen declared that the same thing
had happened some years ago, but that, conceiving it
impossible for the bales to take fire of themselves, they
had concealed the accident, for fear of being taxed
with negligence, and punished accordingly. On Thurs-
day, July 3, 1760, a fire from spontaneous combustion
broke out in the rope-yard of the Royal Dockyard at
Portsmouth, which caused much mischief. It would
be tedious to relate the other various circumstances
under which spontaneous combustion will take place,
such as with hay, corn, flax, cotton, wool, turf, flour,
saffron, and other vegetallla substances ; rags, oatmeal,
charcoal ; woollen cloth and cotton goods ; roasted
coffee and chocolate roots ; bales of woollen yarn or
cloth ; waste cotton or rags used in cleaning oil, paint,
floor-cloth, pyritous 'coal, &c., &c., although the subject
is one of considerable importance in our domestic
security.
My object in this communication, is to suggest to
your Lordship the desirableness of making the subject
I have referred to one of more general attention, and
that in order to prevent the so frequent recurrence of
evils, the most lamentable in our social and domestic
economy, it would be extremely desirable that a code of
cautions should be drawn up, explaining chemically the
circumstances under which a fire may take place, and
which no ordinary caution can prevent, whether in manu-
factories, public establishments, or even private houses.
I have the honour to remain,
Your Lordship's obedient humble servant,
ABRAHAM BOOTH.
Lecturer in Chemistry.
Cambridge-road, Hackney, Oct. 28, 1840.
The LORD MAYOR said that he had no doubt, judg-
ing from the serious attention which the Police Com-
mittee were devoting to the subject of fires, that the
inquiry would extend itself to the consideration of the
class to which the letter referred. He had every
reason to believe that his successor would not cease
to call the attention of the Corporation to
what was of such immense consequence, until a very ex-
traordinary charge should take place as regarded the
frequency and fury of the calamity. He believed, too,
that scientific men, knowing that their humane sugges-
tions would be attended to, would not hesitate to give
all the information with which their skill and experience
supplied them.
A man named George Thompson, who looked like a
stoker to a steamer, but who is known as a habitual
smuggler in the small way, was brought before the Lord
Mayor charged with having in his possession three
pounds and a half of manufactured tobacco, and some
cigars.
A revenue officer said that he saw the defendant come
from the Giraffe, Rotterdam vessel, and followed him,
suspecting that he had something he ought not to have.
The defendant endeavoured to avoid him, but could not,
and then at once acknowledged that he had some tobacco,
stating that, there was no occasion to make a noise.
The LORD MAYOR—What have you to say ? you
will never leave off this game? Defendant ('baking his
head)—l'm sorry for it, my Lord.
The Revenue Officer—He is well known, my Lord.
He has been imprisoned several times for smuggling.
Defendant—Oh, indeed I have. I'm most unlucky ;
always taken.
The LORD MAYOR—Why don't you try something
else? Defendant—l hope I shall, my Lord. I'm mi-
serably poor.
The Revenue Officer—He is not long out of King-
ston gaol, my Lord.
Defendant—That's true.
The LORD MAYOR—How long were you there
Defendant—l had twelve long months of it, my Lord.
The LORD MAYOR—Then I am afraid you will never
drop this mode of living, if it can be called living.
Defendant—Oh, I trust I shall, my Lord—l don't
despair.
The Loan MAYOR—WeII, in the hope that you will
quit smuggling, I fine you twenty shillings only.
Defendant—l humbly thank you, my Lord.
The Loan MAYOR—I suppose you have got the
money ? Defendant—No, my Lord, not a farthing.
The LORD MAYOR—Then I dare say you can get it.
Defendant—l shall try, with your Lordship's per-
mission.
The Loan MAYOR—Then you shall be discharged
the moment you pay the penalty.
The defendant, who did not pretend to conceal an'
thing, again thanked the Lord Mayor, and retired.

Thirty.seven . -- .. ..•... s4^
Lean of City, 15311, 4 per Cent. .................. 110
Society ot Commerce, 4 l>,-, per Cent .......... ... ,2
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ..................... `....
National Society.
Exchange on Londou (short)
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 31.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. '25 lova
Five per Cents. Metalliques " 99';
Four per Cents . ... 79
',three per Cents. .......................... - ..... ** 160
Bank Shares ... .......................... ... ....
--Allgemeine Zeitung. Oct. 21
HAMBURG BO RSEN H ALLE, OCT. s°. mon*
ging.
„....
Austrian 5 per Cents. . lOlSt go
Bank Shares l6OO lb 10414
Ariel°. Russian Loan JO too
Russian 5 per Cent. !st series, Certificate
11
Inscription, Ist Se: is's
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop. and Co. 3d and 4th , fti
Series
~..
Ditto in Certificates
.....
Dutch Actual Debt, 2},i pee Cent 43
Ditto 6 per Cent - -.-
Polish Bonds
New ticket
....
A-nglo- Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 71,2
Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent....
-.. .
Spanish. New 3 per Cents.
rXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, OCT. 30.-13 3Y, —Two months, 13 .7s.
CLI RISTIANIA, OCT. 21.--Three months, 4 6.1.
PETERSBURGII, OGT. 20.—Two months, 395 Pence'

THE MARKETS.

PRICE OF BREAD.
The highest t rit eof iire.ut i the 31,troolts .3,34 d for the
Loaf. Gut d Bread may be had at et-,j 1.

PRICES OF SEEDS. 101
Per Cwt. I Per 5/
New Engl sh Red Clover...sos SOs St. Fein ............ .. .......... I,:s v ,
' „."'
Old Ditto Ditto —3 —s —s Rye Grass ..................
...,_
515
New Foreign Ditto —s 50s 75s Pacey Grass .............. !es
~,,
.--1 ,Of
011 Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for fe, ......,•_A 60• 0
New White Clover 45s 503 CO3 DiVo, tor sowing ........
.....s 4;?1 ,i,,
Old Ditta Ditto —s —s —s Ditto, for crushing •••
.... sEi 7x,
New 'l're oil ... —s 28s 42s MAW, .................... --4 ...
Old Ditto.....
—s 20s 36s Canary .. .. . ............ , cot
Tr folium —s 45s 70s Per BasheLod to 104
English Carraway —s 50s 53s White M05t..rd....1" ott to 0.6.1
Foreign Ditto —s 46s 4.8 s Brown Ditto ........• 16: , CC i,›
Coriander —s 12s 16s;Tares ....... ... ........ 7 u"
PRICE OF OIL.
.£35 °
Rape Oil, brown, per ton ............................. ..« 10
Ditto, refined
Linseed Oil .............. . ..................................... '7', le
Lins ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 10)0) ............... .ii 0
Rat e Cake, per too
PRICE OF TALLOW —Lustier...4 56,
.0
Town Tallow £ll 15 DI
Yellow Russia

0
Melting
.....
(4 ..15
Ditto
Good Dregs ................. . v
'AT, per stone of 8110.
fallow Melters)... .........

White 0 0 0
Soap Ditto 0 0 0

PRICE OF RAW F.
Price of Tallow (as stated by the '1
COAL M
Ships arrived since
s. d.
Buddle's West Hartley l9 0
Carr's Hartley l9 0
Garesfield
Hebburn Main 22 0
Original Windsor's Pontoo 19 6
Ord's Itedhugh
Russell's High Main
Townley .
West Hartley 2O
Wylam l9
Walls End Bell and Brown 22 6
Walls E d Bewicite anclCc% 22 6
Walls End Gosforth
Walls Ynd Heaton 22 3
Walls End Hilda ...... .. 22 0
Walls End Killingworth s 2 0
Walls End Nor hunr,berland 21 6
Walls End Percy 'fetish= 21 6
Walls End Riddell's 22 3

[ARKET. j,
last market-dab S. s. j $
.
Eden Main .............. o 9
Walls End Belmont .....
Walls End F_
Walls End Hetton... .........
Walls End
Walls End PereJerton .... t 3
Walls End Russell's Hett.
Walls Ecd Whitwell ......... 0.
Walls End Caradoc ............
Walls End Hartlepool ..... fitt ;
Walls End Kelloe ......
.. /
Pennant's Hartlepool ....... 2 6
W.lls End Adehide ...... o •w.
Rl *
Ils End Barrett $
Walls End Barrington 'TestsV g
Endttichardsor.'s ; •
Walls End Tees.... ............. .1
Hartley ................ •

RAILWAY CASE.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE

INHABITANTS OF GODDARD'S RENTS, SIIOREDITCH,

This was a case which came before the Paving
Board of the parish of St. Matthew, I3ethnal Green,
yesterday, and before the Paving Board of Christ
Church, Spite Melds, on Wednesday last.
The Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway de-
sire to extend their works at their terminus in Shore-
ditch, and, in order to do so, have commenced building
a thick wall, which would render impassable for carts a
street called Goddard's Rents, besides blocking up or
obstructing the lights of the existing houses. Not hay-
ing power in their Acts of Parliament to take or to
enter upon those premises, which are situated on the
boundary line of the parishes of Christ Church and
Bethnal Green, they sought to effect their object by
petitioning the Paying Boards of those parishes to assist
them under their local Acts so to do, on the ground
that the road sought to be stopped up was useless, or
likely to become so.

Mr. NORTIIIIOUSE, Parliamentary Agent, opposed
the application on the part of the inhabitants of God-
dard's-rents. After showing, on the plan, the way in
which the proposed wall would obstruct the lights, and
so diminish the road as to render it impassable, he
argued on the gross injustice and inhumanity of the
application. One of the inhabitants was an innkeeper,
he could get no beer into his cellar—another a baker,
he could get no flour to make his bread—a third a car-
man with ten or twelve children, whose sole subsistence
arose from his cart, that he could no longer use were
this application granted. The gist of the case on the
other side was, that this road was useless, or likely to
become so. How could a road be deemed useless,
which was so useful, so absolutely necessary for the ex-
isting inhabitants? True, the Railway Directors might
desire to make it useless,
in order to make the build-
ings worthless, and so obtain them for a small propor-
tion of their present value. This was no improbable
supposition. They were already commencing other
walls, which wotild eerie° right over the ground on
which these houses stood. The owner of this property,
in a similar case, a few months ago, found this out to
his cost. He had some small houses for which 150/. were
offered. He agreed to accept that sum. The railway
works proceeded, his premises became uninhabitable, and
ultimately he received only 601. by the verdict of a Jury,
instead of 1501. Surely that Board would not sane"
tion parties in playing a similar game ? 'Would they be
less ,jeAlutis• of encroachments upon property than the
Legislature was in all railway cases ? Both Houses of
Parliament provided by their Standing Orders that be-
fore any man's hottsa or land Were taken from him that
notices sbould appear in the Loaidoti Gazette, in the
newspapers, and on the doors of the Church ; and be-
sides all these, he was himself to be served with those
notices, and hi, assent or dissent, or neutrality, de-
mandad ; and more than this, the very line, the plan of his
house or garden was to be kept fur his inspection in divers
public places. Would the Board, in the face of those
Standin Orders, turn out perhaps sixty souls in the
dead of winter without notice
The parties being directed to withdraw, were in a
few in;unteil oulled in, when the Chairman informed them
tha; the Board had come to the determination that the
application should be refused.
Yesterday the satire case came tq be argued before
ANtsing Board of Bethn:2, Green, but no person ap-
pearing on behalf r toe application, Mr. Northouse
was direeta klftetz addressing the Board, to cause a me-
tcs be sent from the inhabitants on which the
Board would act next Wednesday week.

DEATH Or LADY ROSSMORE.—This Noble
Lady expired suddenly on Tuesday afternoon at NVilton
House, Cheltenham, where she had only arrived on the
previous day, accompanied lay Lord Rossmore, from
ha. Her Ladyship was Lady Augusta Charteris, fourth
daughter of Prancis, late Lord Elcho, and was married on
Cue ad of June, 1819, to the present Lord Rossator e, by
whom she bad BQ iSMCA