The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CIIANCIf,RY—(This DAY.)
FARQUIIARiON V. BALFOUR..
Lonn CHANcErAott (to Mr. •Agar.)—Talte
your Receiver in the case' of Farquharson v.
Balfour.

Mr. AGAlL—There is a motion for costs, which
I will mention by and by.
Lu I) CHANCELLOR.-1 grant the Receiver on
this groand, that although, if there is any thing
due upon a mortgage, generally speaking you do
not appoint a Receiver ; but regard being had to
the state of facts respecting the conduct of the
defendant in this case, from the beginning to the
end, I think the appointment of a Receiver in
this case is due to the plaintiff, in consequence
of the various contradictions to be found in the
variety of answers, all of them upon oath ond f
camiot collect from the whole of them that this
Gentleman cart pledge himself to tire firct, that
there is any thing at all due to him; and let it
be understood that when I grant. a Receiver I do
it upon this principle, that in the whole of my
remembrance I have found no case in this Court
like the present one, and I hope there never wilt
be another like it. (To Mr. Agar.)—Move that
about the costs to-morrow.

Mr. AGAR.—WiII your Lorthhip be here to-
morrow ?

Lon I) CHANCELLOIt.-Both to-morrow and
Saturda y.

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

•
DEAL, MAncn 24.—Nirind N.E.—Sailed the Britannia,
Smith, for Madeira. Passed through for the River the Cathe-
rine, M'lntosh, from India, with two other ships, names un-
known. Remain the Jack Tar, Anderson, from Jamaica.
PoRTSSUOUTH, MARCH 2-1.---Wind N.E.—Arrived the
Nimble, Gibson, from London. Sailed the whole of the out-
ward-bound for their ditnrent destinations. Remains his Ma-
jesty's ship Maidstone. P
Y 01! T tt, MAnc . 23.—Wind.N.W.—Sailed the Per.
.severance, Nicells, for St. John's, .\.8.; and several coasters,
bound round land.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the John,
Eclipse, Sappho, Amit); and Enterprise, from London. Sailed
the Marquis of S.disbury packet, for America ; and Provi-
dence, Chanipit, for Figuera.
GRAVESEND, MARCH 24.—Arrived the Kent and General
Kyd, from China ; and Miley, Powel, from the South Seas.
Sailed the Mary, Harrington, for Honduras • Lov,ly Ann,
Blyth, for Paraiba; and Rambler, Hurst, for namburgh.
HASTINGS, MARCH 24.-off the port the Cyrus, Hall,
22 weeks from Sandwich Islands.
DOVER.; MARCH 24.—Off the port the Royal George, from
China.

The Adelphi, Stewart, bound to Halifax, was on shore la
the Rock Channel, Liverpool, on Tuesday.

DREADFUL FIRE AT WOOLWICH.

'feat. rd a y morning, at three o'clock, the town
and neighbourhood of Woolwich was thrown into a state of the
greatest confusion by an alarm of fire, and scarcely had the
alarm been given, when the entire place became illuminated
with the flames of the conflagration. It was imagined from this
circumstance tly,t the arsenal was on fire, but Cie reficetion•ap-
peared to Caine fn en the direction of the dock-yard, and the fears
of the inhabitants in some degree subsided, as, from the immense
stores and combustible materials in the arsenal, damage to an
incredible extent would inevitably have occurred. It was soon
ascertained that the flames proceeded from the house and pre-
mises of Mr. CUA.MBERS, baker and flour-factor, in a small
cluster of houses called Ashdown, in the parish of
•Woelwich,
within a few minutes' walk of the dock-yard, and in less than
ten minutes the whole range of houses composing AShdown
presented one grand mass of flames, illuminating the country
round for several' miles. Fortunately the inmates were all
• aroused and apprised of their danger, and had time to escape
with-but a small part of their property, as such was the fury of
the devouring element, that it cawinunicatsd from 3.1. r. Cham-
bers's premises to all around with the most incredible rapidity,
and burned upwards, the high wind, in some measure, favour-
ing its progress. The houses, 14 in number, with an immen-
sity of out-buildings, being detached from all other dwellings,
in a hind of valley, the fire was solely confined to them, butt,
from the quantity of burning flakes Of timber and straw, which
was continually carried through the air by the wind, which blew
very strong from the north-east, apprehensions were entertained
for the valuable Government stores that were in the wale
house surrounding the dock, but happily not the slightest in-
, jury was done to them : yet such was the awful nature of the
conflagtation, that may persons residing at Charlton and Greer
wich actually imagined half the town of Woolwich was in
flames. The marines composing the garrison at. Woolwich,
were beat to quarters, and, we understand, five hundred men
were placed under arms, but there was no necessity for brirg-
ing them out, as the danger had subsided very shortly after
the first burst of flames : and, in, fact, the engineers did not
it,latirnirigkit necessary to bring out the fire engines, as the flames,
destroyed every house, were mouldering slowly away.
The first engine that arrived wag from Depaiird, and very
soon after, eight of the London Insurance engines arrived,
but they returned in the coarse of the day, there being no
occasion for them. There are, in all, 12 houses reduced to
ashes, besides several sheds, and sonic hay and straw ricks.—
The fire, it is believed, originated either in the stove or the
bakehouse, which are parallel on the same floor, but what caus-
ed it is not yet ascertained. It was fir.it discovered by a young
man named Kent, who is in Mr. Chambers's employ, and
who was awoke by a suffocating smell ; he instantly lot
up, and opened the window of his roenr, which was on the third
floor of his master's house, and had scarcely returned to his
bed before he was alarmed by a loud crash at the bottom
of the house, which was followed by a burst or rush, which he
thought was water, but on opening the room-door he found it was
a torrent of flame and smoke bursting up stairs ; he instantly
alarmed his master, and all the family, and having clone . so,
attempted to get down stairs himself, bat found it impossible,
he then jumped out of a window,.and alarmed the neighbours.
Mr. Chambers at this dreadful juncture retained much self-
possession, and collecting his family, six in number, into Ins
first-floor room, closed the door, and flinging a bed into t. 5.6
street, caused each of his children to jump out ; the two youngest
were thrown out. Mrs. Chambers fainted, and was obliged to
be lowered into some person's antis. Mr. Chambers had scarcely
got into the street when the flames furiously rushed upwards,
and burst forth at each window, communicating to the adjoin-
ing houses of Mr. Parkinson and Mr. Shipt, which were also
in a few minutes in flames, as were all the houses back and
front. The flames were completely subdued by five o'clock in the
morning. Mr. Chambers is partially insured. The loss sus-
tained is incalculable. We understood the property is mostly
insured in the Phtcnix Association.

AUDACIOU3 ROBBERY.—An extensive robbery
it as committed a few weeks since in the house of
Mr. JOSEPH Nicnor.As G.tnuon, reziding at
No. 1, 'Upper Ma rylehone-street Fitzroy-squai e,
by his servant maid named Moore, who had
scarcely been in his employ five clays before she
complained of illness, and left in consequence, at
the same time taking away with her property to a
considerable amount, including a valuable gold
pin set in diamonds, a silver mug, silver soup
ladle, silk dresses, and a variety of other articles.
Although
escaped until Wednesday,
when, from information Buckridge, an Officer,
received, he went to her lodgings in Eden-street,
Hampstead-road, and, on searching her boxes, a
iout ;s everyh, ler however, i„quiry had been instituted to trace
number of duplicates were discovered of the pro-
perty stolen. The officer theniconducted her before
the sitting Magistrate, Enmuso GlliFFurn, Esq.,
at Marylebone Police-office, where she under-
went an examination. Part of the property was
then produced, which Mr. Garrod instantly iden-
tified, and the prisoner being sworn to by the
pawnbrokers. The Magistrate said the case was
clearly made out, and fully committed her to
Newgate for trial.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts front the Morning Papers, March 25.

[MORNING POST.]

We are rather at a loss to say whether the re-
sult of the late Elections in France, which
leaves an Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies
of only seventeen votes, together with the bare-
faced disregard of every form of political de-
cency by which such an end has been accom-
plished, are more disgraceful to the Government
or the people of that country. Could such a
thing be brought about in this kingdom, under
any modification of a Representative Constitu-
tion ? or could any Administration he selected
who would even connive at such atrocious schemes
against the rights and independence cf their
fellow-subjects, and the liberty of their country,
as have been recently practised by the Agents of
the French Ministry ? Are we not justified then
in concluding, that from the highest to the lowest
the French are yet incapable of enjoying civil
liberty and discharging the duties it imposes, or
even doubting whether they will, for some gene-
rations to come, be sufficiently qualified for that
enviable rank of civilization ? It may, therefore,
be a matter of comparative indifference to the
people of England how their French neighbours
now conduct their own affairs ; but the contrast
between the principles and practice of that Go-
vernment and this is worth remarking. The re-
cent dissolution of the French Chambers is known
to have originated in the success of the Spanish
invasion, and to be intended as a mere prelude to
further and most essential encroachments on the
Charter. Here we have a characteristic specimen
of the system acted on by the Ministry of France.
Not content with allowing themselves to enjoy
the popularity which a successful campaign,
added to the general prosperity of the nation,
had acquired for the King and Government, and
being satisfied with its natural influence upon the
Representative Assembly of Deputies, they
choose the occasion to exert their whole forces
against the future liberties of the country, and
by strength and stratagem to establish a despotic
Sovereignty ! Let our readers compare the pro-
ceedings with those of the British Ministry, not
only at present, but at all times within recollec-
tion. At this moment, for instance, whether as
regards our foreign or domestic policy, and the
internal prosperity and content of the people, his
Majesty's advisers are in possession of the most
unbounded public confidence and the highest po-
pularity. But instead of using, or, we should
say, abusing this power of attack, or circumvent
the rights and liberties of the Empire, they are
actually employing the opportunity to widen the
basis of popular freedom, to correct the errors of
past times, and render the law and the constitu-
tion in all respects a model of perfection. Such,
in short, is the transcendant superiority of the
system under which the people of England have
the happiness to live, that it is uniformly relaxed
in proportion to the satisfaction of the public
with their rulers, and is only straitened when
some unforeseen accident arouses discontent, and
the turbulent passions of the multitude require to
be moderated or subdued.