The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-29 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

William Collins, found guilty of pot-stealing, was sen-
tenced to four months' imprisonment. In passing sentence,
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, if he found this offence of
pot-stealing increase in the same proportion which it ap-
peared to do latterly, he should feel it his duty to visit the
offenders with the severest penalty of the law.
George Snzith, for a similar offence, received a similar
sentence.
Henry Saunders was indicted for stealing a handkerchief,
the property of a person unknown.
A constable of the H division of police stated, that he
was on duty in private clothes, in St. James's-park, when
the Queen was going to open Parliament, and saw the pri-
soner urge two boys, about twelve years of age, to pick a
gentleman's pocket. They closed in upon him, when per-
ceiving him (the policeman), they drew back, upon which
the prisoner called them cowards, and said, " that cove is not
a Peeler." He urged them on again, but with the same result,
,
when he struck one of them, and getting close behind the
gentleman, turned his back to him, and took the handkerchief
from his pocket. The constable then seized hold of the
prisoner, when a number of his companions tripped them both
up, and endeavoured to rescue him. On searching him at
the station-house, four other silk handkerchiefs were found
upon him. The constable also stated, amidst considerable
laughter, that about five minutes before he saw the prisoner
his own handkerchief was stolen out of his pocket.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and
The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that, in all cases where
lie found persons endeavouring to incite children of tender
age to theft, he should inflict the heaviest punishment
allowed by the law. The prisoner was such a character,
and the sentence of the Court upon him therefore was, that
he be transported for ten years.

STORM AT LIVERPOOL.--LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
—We
,have experienced a very severe storm here, which
commenced shortly after midnight, and continued with un-
abated strength for several hours. The Dublin mail had to
lay. to during the storm. A large American ship, supposed
to be the Swatara, is reported outside with loss of masts.
The widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Faw-
cett, whose melancholy death in a duel with his brother-in-
law, Lieutenant Monro, in 1843, will be fresh in the recollec-
tion of our readers, was married on the Bth inst., at the
chapel of the British Embassy, in Florence, to Mr. A. Shaw
of the 2d Madras Infantry.
PRIZE MONEY.—In the Gazette of Tuesday notice
is given to the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Star,
K. J. W. Dunlop, conthiand,r, that an account of the lywnty
money on the tonnage, and a moiety of tile sile procud, o;
the Diligencia, Brazilian slave schooner, captured on the Bth
of February, 1845, will be deposited in the registry of the
Admiralty on the 26th of February next,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
James Edward Carnegie, alias Captain Carnegie, of the
Royal Engineers, was brought before the Lord Major for re-
examination.
Mr. Wilkins, solicitor, appeared for Mr. Smith, from whom
the prisoner fraudulently obtained 5/. ; and Mr. Humphreys
attended for the prisoner.
The policeman who apprehended the prisoner, said that
he had called at the Athenmum and Carltou Clubs, to both
of which the Hon. Captain Carnegie, to whom the prisoner
said he was related, belonged, but it was supposed that
gentleman, who disclaimed all knowledge of such a person,
was out of town, as there were letters at the clubs directed
to him.
Mr. Smith's (the prosecutor's) evidence, given on Saturday,
having been read over by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk,
Mr. Humphreys cross-examined that gentleman e* consi-
derable length. The following was the substance :
It was on the 7th of January, 1845, 1 was induced, by the
prisoner's statement that he was cousin of the Hon. Captain
Carnegie, of the Royal Navy, and Mr. Fox Maule, to lend
him the 5/. Three months before that my a quaintance
commenced with him. I first met him in Coventry-street,
Leicester-square, in a coffee-house. It was a casual acquaint-
ance, and aro-e about an atmospheric railway.
Mr. Humphreys—Da you not belie% • aim to be a scientific
man? Mr. Smith—ln some respects he certainly is—
(Laughter)—but he is by no means mathematical enough to
be an engineer. Ido not, upon my oath, believe hint to be
what is called a scientific man.
Mr. Humphreys—You must be so good as to answer me
without drawing upon your wit. Ail 1 want is a straight-
forward answer. Did he, before he borrowed the 5/., telt you
that these two gentlemen were his cousins? Mr. Smith—
Four or five times. I think the first time he mentioned it
was in the early part of Novem. er, 1844. He told me when
I saw him first that he had a patent for an atmospheric
railway.
Mr. Humphreys—Were you not very intimate with him ?
Mr. Smith—No.
Mr. Humphreys—Were you not so intimate with him as
to receive presents from him, and to make presents to his
wife? Mr. Smith—l received a book from him, and I re-
turned it to him. I never made a present to the Countess de
Beaumont, except a rosette, which represented a thistle, and
to which her Ladyship took a fancy, as a similar one was
worn by Sir Henry Pottinger, who was a steward at the
dinner at which we were—(Laughtei)—nothing further.
Mr. Humphreys—Have you seen him on board steam-
boats? Mr. Smith—l think I saw him in the early part of
1845 in a Woolwich steam-boat, and tie bolted as soon as we
reached the first station. It was between London and Black-
friars-bridges. He saw me go to the captain. I meant to
give him in charge, but he was too quick and clever, and he
cut off as soon as possible.
Mr. Humphreys—Did you know that he was in the
Queen's Bench Prison for debt? Mr. Smith—Not till Mr.
Turner, the silversmith, who has suffered considerably by
him, told me of that fact.
Mr. Humphreys—Do you not know that that debt was
settled ? Mr. Smith—l heard that it was compromised for
half-a-crown in the pound.—(Laughter. )
Re-examined by Ms. Wilkins—He did rot borrow the
money until after he had introduced me at a merchant's
office in Lime-street of the highest respectability. He in-
troduced me there as an engineer, and recommended me as
qualified to serve the firm in that capacity. He appeared to
be known at the house as Captain Carnegie, and he on that
day said he had been brought up at the Woolwich Royal
Academy, and that he was the cousin of the Honourable
Captain Carnegie and Mr. Fox Maule. He and the Coun-
tess walked with me thence to my office in White Lion-
court, and he said he had forgotten his purse at home, and
he wanted to go shopping with the Countess, so I gave him
the money at my office.
Mr. Goodman said the presence of the Hon. Captain Car-
negie was necessary.
Mr. Wilkins said he had no doubt of the prompt attend-
ance of that gentleman if he happened to be in town.
Mr. Humphreys said he knew the Lord Mayor had no
disposition to send a case before a jury, except there appeared
to be a probability of conviction. Now, the present case
had nothing of a positiveness about it. It was brought for-
ward upon a particular statute, which required that the
false pretence should have been made at the time the pro-
pel ty was obtained, and the fraud must have been grounded
upon that immediate pretence, taking the victim off his
guard, and inducing him to do that wnich but for the present
representation he would not have done. Now, there was
nothing at all new in the transactions of the 7th of
January, when the money was obtained. The pretence of
the relationship had been made over and over again, and
not a tittle was said of which the prosecutor was not long.
cognizant. It was to be attributed to the whole of the con-
duct of the person from the commencement of the acquaint-
ance that the prosecutor parted with the money. That
conduct had created a confidence and an intimacy, and the
loan sprung out of the variety of circumstances detailed by
Mr. Smith. It would be idle to think of a conviction in
such a case.
Mr. Wilkins said, that Mr. Humphreys wished to make
the Lord Mayor decide a most important point of law. The
case appeared to him to want a very little more confirmation.
It was riot to be supposed that a man who had a design
upon another would at once go up to him and say, "I am
the cousin of such or such a great man, and I'll thank you
to lend me 51." Some previous preparation was necessary,
and the prisoner showed that he did not want skill in arrang-
ing matters so as to inspire further confidence. He (Mr.
Wilkins) could, by and by, produce witnesses who would
show that neither Carnegie nor Beaumont was the prisoner's
name; and he requested that his Lordship would remand
the prisoner till Monday.
The Lours MAYOR—I have heard quite sufficient to en-
title you to claim a remand until that day.
BO U'-S TRE ET.
John Parkisson was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall,
charged with exposing a quantity of putrid fish for sale in
Clare-market.
The beadle of Clare-market said that the prisoner was
selling fish in a state of decomposition, at " two for a half-
penny." The smell from his barrow was exceedingly offen-
sive. On being taken in charge by witness, he said that he
bought the fish at a fair price, and did not know it was so
bad, but if he would let him go he would destroy it.
The prisoner in defence said that lie really Aid not observe
that the fish was bad when he bought it. He pail four
shillings for the barrow full.- He would destroy it if he was
discharged.
Mr. HALL discharged him, but ordered the fish to be de-
tained and destroyed by the police.
SOUTHWARK.
Burfield, night porter at the Catherine Wheel
Inn, in the Borough, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Seeker, charged on suspicion with stealing a pocket-book
containing 3001., consisting of 100/. and four 50/. Bank of
England notes, the property of Mr. Francis Skipper, residing
at Kingston-on-Thames.
The complainant stated that he lived at Kingston, from
which place he arrived in town on the preceding day, and
with a friend, a Mr. James West, went and dined at Drum-
mond's Hotel, in the New-road, Marylebone. As they in-
tended to visit the Princess's Theatre the same evening,
before they left the hotel he deposited his pocket-book, con-
taining a 100/. note and four 50/. Bank of England notes,
inside his left boot, a practice which he had adopted on pre-
vious occasions for safety : the leg of his trousers being
strapped down tightly underneath the boot rendered such a
place of depository less liable to an accident. Subsequently
to quitting the theatre he and his friend got into a cab,
and called at different places, after which they proceeded
to the Catherine Wheel Inn in the Borough, where they
intended to sleep, and where they arrived at about a
quarter before five o'clock that morning. Previously to
alighting from the vehicle and entering the inn-yard, he
distinctly felt that his pocket- book was safe in the leg of
his boot, and he and his friend were shown up to a
bed-room situated in the gallery, which surrounded the inn-
yard, by the prisoner, who attended with a candle, and
assisted first Mr. West in pulling off his boots. Afterwards
the prisoner attended upon him, and while he (complainant)
sat upon the foot of the bed the prisoner pulled off his left
boot, and the moment he did so he exclaimed that he had
left the gates open, and that he must hasten and look them,
or the yard would be robbed. On saying these words the
prisoner hurried out of the room with the boot, and coin-
plainant at the moment forgetting the pocket-book was in-
side made no remark, hut in a moment afterwards recollect-
ing the circumstance, went into the gallery and called back
the prisoner. The latter returned in a tew minutes, and
when he was informed that the pocket-book containing the
money was in the boot he had taken away, his reply was,
that he knew nothing about it, and that he was certain no-
thing of the kind was there, and ran and fetched the boot
to prove he was correct. Complainant, confident that the
pocket-book, with its contents, had been in the boot
up to the period he got into the bed-room, and that
it mutt have been seen by the prisoner in pulling off
the boot, expressed his determination to have it
restored, adding, at the same time, that he should
call in a policeman to examine the place for
it. Upon hearing these words, the prisoner immediately
threw open his coat and waistcoat, pulled inside out all his
pockets to show that he had not got it, and sail he should
call up his master to acquaint him with the serious nature
of the imputation that was made upon his character.
Complainant then intimated his wish to descend from the
room to call a policeman, hut the prisoner requested that
his master might be apprized of what had happened be-
fore resorting to that step. Complainant acceded, and Mr.
Gunder, the landlord, was aroused from his bed, and in-
formed of the circumstance, and he proceeded with them
to examine the bed-room, to see whether the pocket-book
and its contents might not have dropped on the floor in
pulling the boot off. No discovery, however, was made,
and complainant then proposed a second time to send for
a policeman, when the landlord interposed, spoke of the
honesty of his servant, who had been with him eight
years, and said that he was convinced the man had not
taken the pocket-book, and, therefore, there was no use
in making any noise about it to disturb his other
lodgers. Complainant, however, insisted on it, and
descended into the yard for the purpose, but finding
the gate locked l returne4 and, having reiterated his
determination on the subject, he was then accompanied
by the prisoner, who unlocked the gate leading from the inn
yard into the street, and a policeman was then called in and
informed of the whole of the circumstances. Another exa-
mination of the room and other places below was then made,
but the property was not found.
In reply to Mr. SHCKER, the complainant said, that he and
his friend were perfectly sober (a fact which was borne out
by Mr. Inspector Yates, who took down the charge at the
station-house when the prisoner was brought there), and
that the prisoner was about five minutes absent when he left
the room with the boot which contained the pocket-book to
lock the yard gates.
Mr. James West stated that he was present when the com-
plainant placed the pocket-book and its contents in his left
boot at Drummond's Hotel. The witness confirmed that part
of the complainant's statement relative to his having missed
the pocket-book in the bedroom of the above inn, and the
subsequent conduct of the accused and his master when it
was proposed to send for a policeman to search the former, as
well as that part of the premises where it. was likely the
pocket-book would have been concealed in the event of its
having been taken by the prisoner.
The prisoner here asked if he had not shown every dispo-
-SlinerrntUTisi"sevleNrelTyl-IfEelt34Lis —The want o;
byETatl°rer(.iourneyman garment
sition to render all the assistance he could in the discos cry employment
dyers anti the trade of calico glaziers, lieewi p • •ci
of the lost roerty, and whether lie had not voluntarily, and
&c , &c. In and about liiiight'sbridg% -analdn'Berrusnhirpi-
before the policeman entered, expressed his willingness. to glaziers,
ton, the bread of the cheapest..iod.description is still selling
submit to be searched, and in furtherance of that object had
cliOeds.eqpusral4l3l.bloaf;
proportionately
turned all his pockets inside out, to convince the complainantat
that he had not possessed himself of the pocket-boob? ? The
CITY OP LONDON LYING-IN HOSPITAL, ClTY-
tuhoi.istibeo—Jitalinweshdiacyh thels,as
prisoner then, addressinis complainant, asked him if he had
not offered him 10/. to find him the proper y ?
annualestatilishi d 'in 1750, for the recep-
meleng of the supporters of
The complainant, in reply, said that he certainly did offer
and tien and asli'sc-eiry of poor mu •rrital women, w held at the
the sum mentioned for the restoration of his money,
he admitted at the same time that had it been restored
limes Clift, ; W.
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the
institutien
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or
During theaod secretary, read the report..
he would most willing'y have given 201., but
hehe must say
that impediments were thrown in the way.wehnelnan first_ sug.
Irjceived relief, which was a considerable increase on the re'
Bested the propriety 467 in-patients,
of sending for a policeman ; againfour of whom had twins,
reiterated and the
reiterated his full conviction that his pocket-book
300/, had been taken
- from him while in the bedroom at ious year ; and only five deaths .took place. The financial
statement exhibited a great in in • •
the Catherine Wheel. croasesubscriptions, al
Policeman 101 M said, that when he was called in and ap- though considerable expense was incurred in enlarging and
ai •
• dof the circumstances attending the loss of the pocket- ;treat ring the hospital. The report, in conclusion, expressed
prise
book tanninconinng the money, he proceeded to examine the regre for the loss sustained by the death of John Co el vst. the trapturc,r Th, 4". Cop
bedroom ther places in the honee ia ertler !n v ,
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but could not Eli,
spea •k of his confidence in the honesty of his servant, and i u y
thanks were voted to the Wele eteeLeu vice-presidents; and
say that he did not believe he had anything whatever to do
„i„. „, officers of the hospital and to the
with stealing the complainant's money. He also heard the """I"uan'

THE LATE MR. W. CLOWES.
We have to record the death of one whom we may pro-
perly term distinguished. Clowes, the bead of
the largest printing establishment in Europe, expired, after
a short illness, on Tuesday evening. He was the architect
of his own fortune, having come to London, some fort 3 years
ago, after the expiration of his apprenticeship to a printer in
his native town of Chichester. He soon after commenced
business on his own account, in a small way; and by un-
wearied industry and perseverance, gradually es' ablished a
respectable connexion. He was amongst the first, a quarter
of a century ago, to see the new era of printing that was
opened by the introduction of the steam-dress; and his
engines at Northumberland-court were the earliest ap.
plied to the production of books. The demand for
cheap literature, of which the Penny Magazine was
the most extraordinary example, gave a new im-
pulse to the energies of Mr. Clowes ; and, in connexion
with a vast amount of Government business, gradually es-
tablished the gigantic printing manufactory of Duke-street,
Stamford-street, so often described and so celebrated wher-
ever English books penetrate. To have accomplished the
great results of his business from small beginnings required
the efforts of no common man. Mr. Clowes did not aspire to
the honours of the learned printers; but he possessed the
highest powers of business organisation, and an energy
which overcame every ordinary difficulty, and in many in-
stances accomplished undertakings which are almost marvels.
To work off half-a-million sheets of paper in a week—to set
up the types and complete the impression of a thousand folio
pages of a Parliamentary report in the same time—to print
the "Nautical Almanac," consisting of 500 or 600 pages of
figures, without a single error, in 16 or 17 days, are amongst
the recorded wonders of Mr. Clowes's establishment. The
labours of Mr. Clowes's life will be permanently associated
with the intellectual development 'end the persevering energy
which are distinguishing characteristics of our own own
times; and his loss will be deeply lamented by a large circle
of friends, to whom he was endeared by his kind and gene-
rous nature.

same person desire the complainant not to make such a noise
about the affair to disturb the other lodgers. The policeman
added that, at the complainant's request, he took the pri-
soner into custody, and to the station-house.
Mr. Ghnder said that, when he was awoke and informed !
of the circumstances, he (lid say that he was confident of his
servant's honesty—that he proposed searching the bedroom,
and in fact rendered every assistance himself, and that it was
unjust to insinuate that he threw any imepediments in the
way of discovery; and that his only motive in requesting
the complainant to be more quiet during the examination
the room was that the rest of the guests in the house might
not be disturbed at such an u,seasonable hour.
The prisoner, in defence, declared that he knew nothing
whatever about the pocket-book or its contents; that lie as-
sisted in pulling offone of the complainant's boots, and was
proceeding to take off the other, when he recollected he had
left the yard gate unlocked, and he theie,f-re harried out of
the room to fasten it, intendi,g to return tin:iv:that ely whin
he did it. He heard the complainant c it him back, a:id lie
returned with the boot, which in his burrs he had taken out
of the room; but he could assure the Magistrate there was
no pocket-book in it, and he thanked God that he had a clear
conscienc., and was it:nocent of the tff.:rite with which he
was charged.

baisEtt considered the landlord'- conduct reprehen-
sible in thwarting the complainant's exertions to discover,
if possible, what had bec,me so large a sum of motley,
which he wa confident he had tali; a into, the house. What
the landlord's duty would have been was to have instantly
called in a policeman, and not have permittee' the man
agtitist whom the accusation was made to leave the room
and go about the premises, by which he could have had
ample time and oppor,uni,y of secreting the property.
Altogether he h•glily disapprove 4 of such conduct, which
tended to give facility for the escape of a deli quest, and that
instead of his eiideai ouring to scree❑ an offender in his ser-
vice, it was his duty to render all the assistance in his power
in the detection and punishment of such a person. He (the
magistrate) would, therefore, advise the proprieter of the Ca-
therine Wheel to act differently in future when any cf his
guests were plundered in his house, and not throw obstach s
in the way of discovery, or probably he might get lintself
into a very serious dilemma.

Mr. Guilder said that he could not see his conduct was
blamable in the transaction, and that he had rendered all the
assistance he could, although unattended with success, in
attempting to discover the 300/.
.Mr. SECKER then said that he should remand the pri-
soner until next Monday, and in the meantime give in-
structions that no time should be lost in making a further
and more minute search for the pocket-book and its contents.
Application was then made to bail out the prisoner, who
was liberated in the course of the day, on his entering into
his own recognisance of 2001., and finding two sureties of
100/. each, his master offering himself as one of his bail.

GI?EEiVIVICH.
THE LATE CHARGE OF FESONY Al' MAIZE HIEL.
Frew g Coley ate, alias Lockett, George Phillips, and John
Jones were brought up for further examination, harged with
secreting themselves in a cave under the enclosed grounds of
A. Soames, Esq., of Vanbrugh-fields, Blackheath, for the
purpose of committing felony, and also with breaking a por-
tion of the cell at the station-house. In consequence of a
letter which was found amongst the stolen property, a clue
to the owners of most of the articles was obtained. This
letter was addressed to Master Edward Newman, of the
Upper School, Greenwich Hospital, and, on the facts of the
case being communicated to Sir Robert Stopford, Bart., in-
formation was obtained that about the Bth or 9th inst. the
lockers belonging to the boys of the Naval School bad been
opened, and numerous boxes stolen therefrom; the said rob-
beries having been effected by persons who must have scaled
the park wall into the asylum-grounds, and escaped with the
plunder in the same way.
An officer, in charge of about a dozen of the boys from
the Naval School, attended, and each identified the pro-
perty respectively missing from the lockers.
Police-sergeant Smith said lie had made further inquiry
since the first examination, and discovered that the " cave "
in which the prisoners were found, had formerly been an
ice-house, and not being required by a subsequent tenant,
was filled up. The entrance to the cave is about two feet
by two feet six wide; about fifty feet of it a man might stand
erect in.

Police-•constable Patmore deposed being spoken to by ➢ir.
Soame3, and going with that gentleman to the spot, to his
discovery of the prisoners by means of a dog, and to smoking
them out by burnt straw.

l'he prisoners denied all knowledge of the stolen property.
Mr. TRAIL', said he should again remand the prisoners.
PhiHipps, with tears in his eyes, declared his innocence, and
was about to explain his conduct, saying that he could call
witnesses to prove that he had slept at home &zing- the
nights in question, when
Mr. TRAILL remarked that he bad better reserve what he
bad to say, and in the meantime con,ult with his friends as
to the course he ought to take under the circumstances.
The prisoners were then removed from the dock, Phillipps
being placed in a cell by him-elf. It is believed that he will
make disclosures of importance on the next examination.

MELANCHOLY DISASTER at SEA.
LIVERPOOL? WEDNESDAY.—A melancholy duty devolves
upon us to-day to chronicle the loss of the captain, first and
second mates, five seamen, and a boy, belonging to one of
our noble packet-ships. The Colum!,is, Captain Rathbone,
left New York on the 2d inst.; on the 13th a gale sprung up,
and while scudding before it the whole nine men were swept
suddenly from the deck by a sea and hurried into eternity,
amidst the waste of waters.

Five days after the ;1143-was fallen in with, without a com-
mander, and in distress, by the Lady Falkland, arrived at
this port from New Orleans this morning. The Lady Falk-
land put her mate on board the Columbia to navigate her to
Liverpool. The Columbia ha 3 not yet arrived ; but she was
perfectly tight, and will, no doubt, be heard of in a short
time. The Lady Falkland experienced a buceession of vio-
lent gales during the last 16 days.
A few words are due to the memory of the gallant and la-
mented dead. We never knew a man more estimable than
Captain Rathbone. As a professional man he had no su-
perior, and to him we owe the discovery of the short route
across the Atlantic. As a private individual there was none
more gentlemanly, more humane, or more noble in all the
qualities that rerder man worthy of esteem, than Captain
Rathbone.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Between the hours of one and two o'clock on Wednesday
morning a dreadful fire broke out in the spacious premises
belonging to Mr. Challener, situated on the east side of
Mason-street, near %Yapping, Liverpool, which destroyed
buildings and other property to a very considerable amount.
It seems to have originated in a wooden shed used by Mr.
Challener as a place of temporary deposit for flour: but, as
in most cases of the kind, the cause of its origin is involved
in impenetrable mystery. The alarm was instantly conveyed
to the fire station, and Mr. Hewitt lost no time in sending
the engines to the spot, but in the meantime the high wind
which prevailed that night, aided by the fury of the devour-
ing element, speedily ignited the adjacent property. From
the wooden shed the flames were carried across a yard to Mr.
Challener's stable, which was burnt down; and we regret to
add that a fine horse which was in the stable was also burnt
to a cinder. The fire next communicated with Mr. Chal-
lener's large warehouse, which was used partly as a flour
store and partly as a block manufactory. This fine building
was entirely gutted. The roof, joists, and floors gave way
at an early period, and nothing now remains but the bare
walls. The property consumed in this building was to a
very great amount. Three of the rooms were fully stored
with flour, and the other roams contained a large stock of
with
and steam machinery, the whole of which have been
either wholly destroyed or rendered utterly useless. The
fire next communicated with a fine warehouse belonging to
Mr. Thomas Booth, the corn-merchant, and this warehouse
also, together with the whole of its contents, has likewise
been destroyed. The roof and floors have been burnt
through, and the bare walls only are standing. A second
warehouse belonging to Mr. Booth, and a large warehouse
belonging to Messrs. Lodge and Pritchard, on the east side
of Hurst-street, both took fire, but, owing to the vigorous
exertions of the firemen, they were only partially damaged.
A small dwelling-house adjoining Mr. Challoner's warehouse
was also on fire for a short time, and its preservation is en-
tirely owing to the efforts of the firemen. Too much praise
cannot indeed be given to Mr. Hewitt and the men under Ins
command, for their promptness and energy; and, when it is
considered that they had to contend against flames which
spread almost with the rapidity of lightning, and raged with
ungovernable fury, the wonder is that the entire of the pile
of buildings which skirt Mason-street on the one hand, and
Hurst-street on the other, were not entirely laid in ruins.
Mr. Challener informed us that he was insured in the Star-
office, and no doubt Mr. Booth is also insured. The large
block manufacturing premises of the former gentleman,
which have now been consumed, were the most complete in
Liverpool, they having been built expressly for the purpose
at great expense. Several ergines are still engaged in pla. -
i,ng upon the smouldering pile, and large crowds of persons
are assembled in all the adjacent streets. No correct esti-
mate can as yet be formed of the value of the property de-
stroyed, but, doubtless, it will amount to several thousand
pounds.—Liverpool Courier.