The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

♦DDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

HALF-PAST 10 P.M.—Several engines are still obliged
to be kept in constant operation. Owing to the various
floors being saturated with tallow the fire continues to
burn under the timbers left standing, and it is question-
able whether the firemen will be enabled to get it en-
tirely extinguished during the night. All danger of any
fresh outbreak, however, is at an end, Mr. Cuthbert
informed ti.e reporter that the disaster originated in the
fallowing manner:—A copper charged with tallow in
the basement was so constructed that the steam arising
during the process of melting, could pass through an
aperture at the back part of the brickwork, and be car-
ried away through the flue. By some means a portion
of the fat got upon some cinders, the moment the fire
touched them they blazed up, and the heat caused the
gas from the fat to generate very rapidly, so that a fierce
body of flame kept shooting forth. Mr. Cuthbert had
no doubt that he, with the assistance of his men, would
have been able to extinguish the flames, had it not been
for the effluvium emitted from the burning tallow. As
it was, they kept to their work, until most of them got
scalded or burnt about the hands, but the moment Mr.
Cuthbert saw the woodwork near the copper take fire
he desired his men to escape immediately. This they
did, and it was fortunate, for, had they remained two
minutes longer, they must have all lost their lives, the
greater part of the melting-house in that brief period
being covered with blazing fat. The firm do not believe,
their loss to be so extensive as may generally be sup-
posed; they are of opinion that many casks of fat and
boxes of candle will be recovered from the:several floors
only triflingly injured. Mr. Colf, the foreman of the B
district of the London brigade, is of quite a different opi-
nion; that officer informed the reporter that many of the
casks alluded to, as well as the floorings, had fallen into
the ground story; if so, very little property can be ex-
pected to be saved. Fortunately, Messrs. Cuthbert were
insured in the Imperial, Hand-in-Hand, Union, and se-
veral other fire-offices.

LATEST PARTICULARS.—(THIS DAY.)
The following is the official report of a.m.80,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.

Nos. 42, 43—Messrs. Cuthbert, tallow-melter, pro-
perty consumed; insured in the Hand-in-Hand, Imperial,
and Union Fire-offices.

No. 46—Phelps and Sons, sta'ioners, furniture and
stock damaged by water and removal; insured in the
Sun office. First-floor front room, occupied by Mr.
Joy, bookseller, some damage to property; insurance
unknown. First• floor back room, belonging to Mr.
Woollins, a bookseller, the same extent of damage; but
insured in the Sun Fire-office. Second-floor, March and
Co , pocket-book-makers, the same damage; insurance
unknown. Third-floor, occupied by Timbury and Sons,
engravers, same amount of damage; insured in the Sun
office.

No. 46—Hitchcock and Rogers, lincndrapers, serious
damage to stock by hasty removal; insurance unknown.
No. 4 Longman and Co., booksellers, contents
damaged by removal; inkured in the Church of England
and other offices.

LONDON-HOUSE-YARD.

Mr. Making, the Goose and Gridiron Tavern; pre-
mises damaged by fire, and contents by removal; in-
sured in the Monarch Fire•otfice.

Mr. Davis, the Rose and Crown Tavern, serious
damaged by fire and removal; insured in the Sun Fire-
office.

Mr. Hewlett, coffee-shopkeeper, like damage; insured
in the aceuix Fire-office.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

Mr. Inglis, baker, back-front and roof damaged by
tire and contents by removal; insured in the Monarch

Fire-offit!v.

Nos. 77, 78—Bailey, linen-drapery, slight damage to
stock by removal; the insurance unkaown.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Dernara's amusing and bustling comedietta, 7he Lady
and the Devil, was revived ut this theatre last evening.
The characters of Zephyrina, Wildlove, and Jeremy
(originally sustained by Miss Kelly, Elliston, and Har-
ley), being on this occasion represented by Mrs. Nesbitt.
Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Walter Lacy. The co-
medy went dashingly off, and was followed by the
magnificent spectacle of Azael, the representation of
which excited greater enthusiasm than ever. The house
was crowded to excess in every part.

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STATE OF TRADE.--MANCHESTER, THURSDAY,
FEB. 27.—The advance in yarns and cloths obtained on
Tuesday was firmly maintained this morning, and there was
a disposition on the part of both spinners and manufacturers
to demand still higher rates. Purchasers, however, did not
appear in such three, and there was a heavy market. The
business effected was generally at Tuesday's rates. The tele-
graphic announcements from the morning papers of the diffi-
culties encountered in all the combinations of parties yet at-
tempted in the formation of a Government exercised a dis-
turbing influence, and was apparently one cause of checking
operations, The export trade has been of a rather more
general character, including some purchases on account of
Italy and Germany, as well as for the East. The print trade
continues dull, though there is a good variety of new styles,
and prices have been rather favourable.

If you want enemies, excel others; if you want
friends, let others excel you.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

AL•jor Samuel Wensley Blackall, M.P. for Long-
ford, has been appointed Lie utenant-Governor of the island
of Dominica.

Marrying a woman for her beauty is like eating a
bird for its singing.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS.—Tbe Wotton estate,
of about 7,000 acres, in Bucks, till recently the property of
the Duke of Buckingham, is forthwith to be drained and im-
proved. The tiles for the drainage are to be manufactured
on the estate, and a number of workmen are engaged in fur-
therance of the object.

Lord Truro, the Lord Chancellor, and the
Marquis of Salisbury. the Lord Lieutenant, have appointed
Dr. Bateman,. her Majesty's assistant solicitor of Excise, to
be a magistrate for the county of Middlesex and liberty of
Westminster.

FOREIGNERS IN LONDON.—Communications have
been addressed by direction of the Royal Commissioners
from the Palace at Westminster to the several Government
establishments, respecting the admission of foreignersuc to
those places, without the payment of any fee, on ding
a card from the Consul-General or other public functionary
in London belonging to the several Continental an
Courts.
of the House
We understand that on the meeting
f the determination of
of Commons on Friday Mr. Cobden willgive_
will submit a resolution expressive
Administration that is
the House to refuse its support to anyt the notice that he
free-trade policy
not prepared faithfully to adhereoc so
Such motion will have the
adopted in the year 1846.
intendedS policy of Lord Stanley's
effect of discovering the
AND ATTEMPT
BURGLARY
—The Dean and Canons of Windsor
Government, should suchaGoEvDerni\mitheßntDbEeßfoArniTelldr.---IN7D'isinoeßs.
—WINDSOR, THU
have added 50/., as a reward for
tia,snGdsoovirestllA,cleo'n.nttributed the sum of 20/., to which
will lead to the apprehension and con-
viction accomplice of Ash (now in custody)
Laveher Mvaej res. t
siNn.uiecthhieinurfeo°c;:ennt'lletbi°Cuunr:zaPlsary and murderous attempt on the lives of
Mr.t Tucker and Mrs. Whittaker, of Clarence-road, Windsor,
and the most active steps are being taken by the authorities
of the borough to secure his apprehension. This man, for
whom a warrant has been issued, is known by the name of
,4 Bill," and absconded from his lodgings immediately after
the burglary was committed. lie follows the trade of a
blacksmith; and no doubt, when the following description
of his person is given by the London press, he will soon be
apprehended is a dirty-looking person, about five feet
live inches high, from twenty-six to thirty years of age, sal-
low complexion, dark Lair, full eyes and lace, has a burnt
mark en the fleshy part of the left hand, and a scar on the
right hand near the knuckles, through which a ramrod was
shot; was dressed in a dark corduroy round jacket and trou-
sers, and dark cap. Notwithstanding the severity of the
wounds sustained by Mr. Tucker and Mrs. Whittaker, the
report of Mr. Brown, her Majesty's household apothecary,
who now attends them, is favourable to their ultimate re-
covery.

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I..ZOUINTeff,
COURT OF COMMON,
Ytt.taday a Ceurt vies held fors' the bfateh of
business.
:the REMEMBRANCES hayitig autioael-toat aninngst
the Bills brought into Parliament w a Dili for the
removal of Smithfield-market, it was agreed tbat the 'said
Bill should be referred to the MarketiSlinpruvanient_
Committee, and Mr. H. L. Taylor, the chairman of that
! committee, promised that the best attention should be
paid to the project.
j Mr. PHILLIPP 3, the chairman of the Navigation and
Port of London Committee, brought up a report on the
reference respecting steam-boat landings at the Surrey
end of London-bridge.
The report, which relates to a great public conveni-
ence, stated that it was referred to the committee to in-
quire and report whether it would be fur the public con-
venience to afford accommodation for the embarking and
disemLarking of passengers by steam-boas and other
easels and boats at the east and west sides of the Surrey
end of London-bridge, and if the committee were of
opinion that such a ould be the este, that they 'pro-
cure and lay before the Court a plan or model, show.
iug bow the same could be protided. The re-
port then proceeds—ln order to ascertain how
far public accommodation might bo affected by the
question under consideration, we received the evidence
f several g ntlemen who were in the habit of using the
rails ay* the termini of which are at London-bridge, and
the steam-boats which call at the stairs at the Surrey
end of the bridge. We also had evidence before us by
I other gentlemen and tradesmen of the neighbourhood,who
I were constant witnesses of the -difficulty end danger of
crossing,the carriage way at .the Surrey end of the
bridge from the particularly crowded state of that busy
thoroughfare. The directors and managers of the steam.
boats afforded us further information in respect of the
numbers who avail themselves of the line of communioe-
tion to which our inquiries were directed. The concur-
rent testimony of all the parties who appeared before-us
has satisfied your committee that it would be very highly
conducive to the public convenience if the accommoda-
tion adverted to by the reference were afforded. Your
committee then proceeded to consider the other points
embraced in the reference, which directed us to obtain a
plan for effecting the objects contemplated. We there-
fore instructed Mr. S. W. Leach, the engineer, to prepare
a plan which might be suited for the purpose, and inter-
, Pere as little with the navigation of the river as circum-
stances and due security would permit; and two plans
were accordingly submitted by that officer.
A plan was also submitted by Mr. Dawson, a member
of your Hon. Court, proposing an arched thoroughfare
through the abutment of the bridge, and., under the road-
way from the upper landing, on the west stairs, to the
corresponding landing on the east stairs. Previously,
however, to agreeing upon the recommendation of any
plan your committee invited the attendance cf Messrs.
Fenning, the occupiers of the wharf next below the
bridge to the east, who had communicated their anxiety
to be beard on the subject. These gentlemen attended
with their solicitor and inspected the various plans, and
the objections urged by them were duly entertained.
Your committee having carefully deliberated upon the
advantages and disadvantages of the respective plans,
have agreed to recommend as most suitable the one
hereunto annexed, the estimate of the cost of executing
which is 1,220/. At the same time your committee beg
to lay before the Court the suggested plannf Mr. Daw-
son, and to state their opinion that the same would be a
great public accommodation; and if such a communica-
tion were made the platform and brow on.. the east stairs
would be rendered unnecessary.
Mr. PHILLIPS having - moved that the report be
agreed to,

-Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said the accommodation might,
for what he knew, be a great public convenience, but he
disapproved the sudden expenditure of 1,2001. upon an
improvement which was as yet unintelligible, at the
same time that the Court did not know how far it might
interfere with the interests of the tenants of the corpora-
tion in the locality.—(Hear, hear.) He moved as an
amendment, that the report be printed and circulated
amongst the members.

Mr. Deputy STACEY referred to the plan suggested by
Mr. Dawson, as likely, if carried into effect, to give im-
mense accommodation to the public independently of
the convenience afforded to the steamer passengers, at
the same time that it would present the advantage of
security to life and limb, which were constantly endan-
gered in the existing state of the traffic in the neigh-
bourhood of the bridge.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to
learn whether the plan proposed by Mr. Dawson was
practicable.

Mr. DawsoN said the opening at the abutment sug-
gested to the Court would prove an accommodation of
the greatest importance, for the attempt to cross from
one side of the street at the bottom of the bridge was
dangerous in the extreme, and he had known ladies to
be detained several minutes by the fear of being over-
whelmed by the ponderous and the rapid vehicles which
never cease to pass in the busy hours of the day.—(Hear,
hear.) A professional friend of his estimated the ex-
pense at SOO/. and no doubt the cost would ba a mere
trifle in comparison with the accommodation. which
would, in fact, obviate the necessity of putting the city
to the expense of a pier.
Mr. ANDERTON doubted that the person who esti•
mated the expense at 8001., would undertake to make it
for 1,0001.

Mr. Deputy HOLT placed implicit reliance upon the
judgement of the Navigation Committee, and agreed
with the report.

Mr. Deputy OBBARD did not approve of Mr. Dawson's
plan, and said that the danger incurred by ladies at
present in crossing the street was not likely to be so
great as the danger they would incur in making their
way through a dark and crowded passage, in which in-
sults might be very easily perpetrated.—('Hear, bear.)
Mr. BOWER saw no more difficulty in crossing Lou-
don-bridge than there was in crossing Cheapside and
other populous neighbourhoods, and thought the Court
ought to take care bow they incurred a large expense
merely for the benefit of steam companies.
Mr. BEimocu was afraid the project would increase
the number of nuisances in the vicinity of the bridge.
The report was then, in accordance with Mr. H; L.
Taylor's amendment,-Ordered to be printed.

BLICRFRIARS-BRIDGE.
Upon the motion of Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, 5 report re-
commending the payment of expenses incurred in works
at Blackfriars-bridge, amounting to 1,7001., and the ex-
. eution of other works, was agreed to, and referred back
to be carried into effect.

A report was agreed to recommending the payment
of the sum of 7001. for the repair of the Navigation-
barge. _

A voluminous report on the reference on the petition
of D. T. Alston, respecting the holdsmen to the deputy
oyster meters, was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Deputy BEDFORD presented a petition from the
vestrymen of the parish of St. Sepnlchere, "to !wear°
the rates of the parish, which may be effected by the
improvement of Smithfield-market, especially during the
progress of the works."
Referred to the Markets' Improvement Committee.
Upon the motion of Mr. BENNeca, a sum of 521. 10a.
ens voted in aid of the 8 widows and 36 orphans of the
Worthing fishermen who lost their lives om the 25th
November, while gallantly attempting to render as-
sistance to the Lalla Rookh, a bhip in distress.

FREE ADMISSION INTO ST. PAUL'S.
Mr. CLARKE moved that it be referred to a committee
to confer with the pr&iper authorities upon the desirs-
ableness of opening St. Paul's Cathedral for the free ad-
mission of strangers visiting the metropolis during the
Grand Exhibition this year, He considered it, be said,
disgraceful to the country that so magnificent a national
edifice should be shut, as it had always been, from publio
inspectim except ur on certain conditions.
Some discussion took place, and Mr. H. L. Taylor's
opinion that the matter ought to be left to the "Exhibi.
tion Committee" seemed to prevail in the court, for the
previous question was carried.
The Court then adjourned.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 236.)
Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb. 16, 1851 :
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,304 18 0
Merchandise and minerals ... 3,565 18
Cattle ... ... ... ... 255 8

Total .. ... ...£3,126 4
Corresponding week, Feb. 17, 1850 (143 miles):—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,153 7
Cattle ... ... 1,487 11

Total ...

• ... 2,640 18 4
EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILWAT.—TraftiC
return for the week ending Feb. 23 :
Passengers, parcels, Scc. £5,775 10 7
blerchaudise, cattle, and cartage 6,505 9 7

...... £1123,,288419
107 2
Corresponding Total
;.;ek oiiebo
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD HAILWAY.--,TrafEE for the
week ending Feb. 23:
MAIN LINE.

Passengers
Parcels, H. C. and D. „..
Goods, cattle, &c. .••
Mails

... £833 0 7
••• 72 11 8
... 387 9 0
... 575 0 0

Total

•••
MOLD.

Passengers
Parcels, H. C. and D. ...
Goods, cattle, &c.
___

••• £1,868 1 3

••• £29 2 7
••• 2 6 4
••• 79 14 7

Total ...
... .. .£lll 3 6
srElid_no,Ts.

Passengers
H eengers. C. and D. •••
...

Total

... £99 210
... 12 g 4