The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-24 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

We regret to state that no doubt is entertained that the fire
was the work of an incendiary. The building where it broke
out has been unoccupied for the last three years, and no access
could be gained legally on the premises. On Friday night
two men attired in great coats buttoned up to their chins, and
their hats slouched over their eyes, landed from a wherry at
Church-stairs, near the granary, and remarked to Thomas
Story, a waterman, that fires were very numerous in Rother-
hithe lately. Storey replied, " Yes, we have had enough for
seven years." On which one of the strangers observed,
" Perhaps not, you will have a few more," They were seen
to walk off and perambulate the church-yard. About half an
hour after their departure the fire was discovered. The
churchwardens, Messrs. Sedger and Morgan, the overseers,
and Mr. Nottingham, the Vestry-clerk, have made the most
rigid inquiries, and, with their usual promptitude, have ex-
amined several persons, and at an early hour on Saturday
morning they issued a placard offering a reward of MI. fer
the discovery of the offenders who have been guilty of setting
the premises in question on fire.
It appears that several threatening letters have been re-
ceived by respectable inhabitants in Rotherhithe, hinting tint,
their premises would be burnt down, and that great fires were
in contemplation. Saturday afternoon Mr. J. S. Sedger, the
churchwarden, and Mr. Nottingham proceed- d to the llonie
Office, and had an interview with the Duke of Wellington,
the result of which was a proclamation, offering a further
reward of 1001. and a free pardon to any person engaged in
the crime (except the party actually firing the premises) who
shall discover his accomplices, was ordered to be issued. We
regret to add, that several poor families, who occupied apart-
ments in the two houses burnt, have lost everything they pos-
sessed. A young man who saved his clothes took them into
the street, where he was quickly deprived of them by a ging
of thieves, who mustered in considerable numbers, and took
aivantage of the confusion to carry on their heartless and ne-
farious business.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.

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We have received no further accounts of disturbances in our
West India Colonies, and our Sugar Market has been steady
without variation in prices. Our sales are 1,000 hhds. Bri-
tish plantation at very full prices. In Bengal or Mauritius
we have no sales. A cargo of Java has been sold at 265., de-
liverable at or near a Continental port. In Coffee the trade
have shown more disposition to increase their stocks of Bri-
tish plantation, and the sales are upwards of 450 casks, exclu-
sively Jamaica ; and good clean ordinary to middling descrip-
tions have sold at an advance of ss. per ewt., and the finer at
about 2s. A few lots fine favourite marks have brought 1225.
a 1255. per cwt. Sixty-five fragils of Mocha sold at 665. for
good fair. In Ginger or Pepper nothing to note. Fine Rum
continues scarce, and much wanted. The sales are about 300
punchs. Demerara and Jamaica 3s. 2d. a 3s. 7d. per gallon.
Demerara proof to 5 over proof very scarce.
We have more inquiry for Indigo, though our transactions
are actually small.
Our Dyewood Market is still very depressed, without any
improvement in prices. The demand continues regular and
extensive, and none of American can now be touched under
9s. 6d. a 12s. Sales 2,600 barrels to consumers, with 10,000
barrels, to arrive at 11s. 11d.
No sales American Tar, but 1,700 barrels Stockholm have
sold at 13s. per barrel.
The Tobacco Market is steady, and our sales are 62 hogs-
heads Virginia leaf, 70 stemmed, and 64 Kentucky to home
trade, and 33 Virginia leaf and 21 stemmed to Ireland.