The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

THE ISUN 1 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING m7S'EPTrEMB'ETV44, tfts6.l

RMAIMETB.

HIS DA Y.)

itAILWAYS.

raid.; c6aR,WAYB.

Cicalas Prices
this day.

94 kmbg. Nottng."Bost

and Ba.stn.
all Belfast & Ballymena
‘ll Binning. Wolve rb
Stour Valley
all Birke.ihd. LancsL.
Cheshire Junct....
all Do. Chosh. ex Birk
all Do., do. .............
all Blyth &Tyne origin:.
425 (issd. at £4'
100 Bristol and Exeter...
WO Caledonian.
all Chester Holyhead
all Cork and Bandon..
all Cork, Black, & Pas,
18 Cornwall
all Do. A
8 Do. B

45 Dublin&BelfastJunc
all Dun. P. & Ahtr. Jne.
100 East Anglian
all Eastern Counties
100 East. Union, & St,
100 Pc, B. Stock
8i Do., New A.........
10 East Kent

-00 I East Lancashire)

tOG Edinburgh & Glasgo
all !Minh. and Peebles
100 Edin.Prth &Dun&
all Forth & Clyde Jan.:
all Furness
all Do. Extension.

100 Glasgow &S. Westert
all Great N. of Scotlnd
100 Great Northern
100 Do., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock
100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre
100 Great Western

100 Do. Stour Val. Rai'
Gina. Stk
all Irish South-Eastern 1
all Lancaster & Carlisle
14f Do., Thirds
12 Do. New Thirds
100 Lamcash.andYorksh
Da., Wst. Riding Ur.
all Do. Southl or t
all London & Blackw all
100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst.
100 Lond. and N. Westn
16 Do. Fifths

41 - 4i

- "•
81 - 9
19 20
lsi - 176
13 - 14

94 - 95
- 5.2
16t - 17

• ea "'' •.•

-10 i
16 - 17
9i
36 - 38
25 - 27

7 - 5
80 - 82
55 - 60

36 - 37~

••, '....

90 - 521
8 - 8j:
195 j - 96,11
85 - 86'
130 -133,
117 119
641 - 65
i
60 65

Business done
this day

sti 2
164 17

911 it isi,

82 1

95
85 ad
1501 80
64j

it. 100
It. 100
it. 100

5i D0.101,5h.t1i&8...(
2i bo. Big%the ..
100 LondonndS. W.A.tn..
li Lon. Tilby. & South.
Barking Sh.. . ......
all Lndndrry&Colorain,
all Lndndrry. & Ennisk
,100 Hanch.Shef.&Lineb.
182 a. Do., Man 7& Lin. Un

1 Nietiopolitan
.00 Slidland
[OO lio.Birmng.tzDerb
all Aidld. G. West. (Ira )
all Do. Half Shares
all Newcastle It Carliel,
all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd
8i Newry & Enniskille
all Newry, Warronpo:nt

and ii:ostrevor ,
100 Norfolk

3t.
50
St.

3i Northn.Cotuaties
100 North British
;100 Nth. Dovon Rail &

Dock Stock
100 Do., A Stock...
100 Do., B Stock
10, N. astern—Berwie
23i Do. do. Extension .
16i Do.do. G./CB. 'rural;
all Do. Leeds
100 Do. York
100 North London
31 la N.&S.Wstrn.,than -
stead, and City Jr,..
£74 North Staffordshirc.,
all North Western
all N. &S. West rn. Jun,-
I,Ki Ox., Wore., k Wolv
14 Portsmouth
100 Fieottish Central...
100 Soottishlididlaud_
100 =hropshire Union
all South Devon
110 South Eastern
100 South Wales
15 9. Yrksh. t Riv. Duo

5 Do
all SI a;nes,Wok. kWok
a.l Stockton ti Dar;ing.
10 Do., do., 1854
1 Do., do., 1855
16, Stockton d► Hartley'
110 Taff Vale
1.00 Do. Prof., No. 1
22 Thames Hay. D.& R.
all Vale of Neath
all Waterid. & Kilkenny
all Waterford&Limeriel
all West Cornwall
all West End of Londo
and Crystal Palace.
all Do. A
3 Do. B
all West London.

74 - 77
6 - 8
6 - 8
97i 97

6f 7
105 107
1031 —• 104
- ir
- 3 r
- d
106 1063

20
20
50
20

all iWimbledn&Croydob

all Antvierpl-RJtt,rdars
10 Ardennes
&I 1 Atlan.Sr, St.Llr. leassdl

at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tnk.

33 - 35

—lid
SO —80 i
51 53

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4 .0. --
4 .

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52 - 54
3A - At
41 ~. 41i

80 - 81
5} 4ict
3 24
'7l —17 i
57 58
94

5 - 41
6i - 7
104 - 11*
$0 - 32

110

of Canada
all Belgian Eadn. Jnn(
14 Beziere to Grasse Rsa
9 Bombay, Baroda, an
Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. c
all Do.

5i Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry.l
all learmeaux & Toulouse

Coal Mines and Ry,
all Demerara
12 Dutch Rhenish

all Eastern of Franco
19 Do. New
all gad Indian, g. sp.
all Do A and B, do ,
5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c
all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c.
all Do .4 p.c.Bnda. ,'s'
all Do. do. do., '59, de-.
all Gee'ong St Melbourne

49 - 51
15 - 15.
72i -23 i
81 - 83
5 -
2 - 1(1
15 - 17
.36 -- 37

5/ 191 20 -
61
24 - 26
6i -
6 - 8
2 - 4
5 - 54

guar. 5 per c,..nt. .
all Gd. Tk of Caned aA i .
90 Do. Cert. of Deben.
con. into Stk. till'a
all Do. Comp. 6p.c. , do.
14 Gt. Central of Fran
all Gt. To. Pen. g. sp. c.
2 Do New, guar. sp. e.
15 Great Luxembour
Constituted Share
all Gt. Western of Canae

Shares ..........
5i Do. New............
all Do. Ms., payable '6'
all Do. do., '76, p.
'60..
all Do, do., '73 do.
an Dr,. do., '73, withou

71 - 7i
4- 5

97z 7 it

61
106 54
1.03 i 314xd

li 2
1061 51 83

331
[793/4 80i 80
80i 79i 80 x d

11 - 2
2i - 3i

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40i 40 i

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18i
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173
57 z d

51 - 5i
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2 - 21
36i -36 i
13 -14

121 - 231
2i -2:
22i -22 i

50
15i
72i i i

231 - 23,
1.3 i -14 i

- fr;
61 -6?,
21i - 22
14 - lip
4/ - 54
241 - /4i
2 - 24
99 - 101
118 I'l3
ILB - 123

20
20
20
5

option
all Lake Const.
all Lierre and Turnhout
6 Lombardo Venetian.
all Lucca & Fist. sp. c.p.
10 Lyons and Geneva ...
all Lyons & Mediterran
all Iladrae, gear. 4 p.c
all Do. New do., SP. c
all no. 4/ p. c. Eaten
10 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c
all laria Antonia
all Do. do. New
all sTamur & Liege (
Interest)
all 1)o. (ox interest)...
all Do. do., Cp. e. Pref
I all iorthern of France
all iorwegianTrunkPre
all Paris and Lyons
all Ditto Bonds
all 'aris and Orleans
5 Recife & San. Fran.,
(Pernam.) g. 7 P. c.
all Riga & Dunaburg is.
at 80/. per share...
5 Rome and Frascati.
all loyal Danish .....
all Boyalivredish
all iambre and Meuse..
all Jo. 54 p. cent. Pre+
5 leinde, guar. sp. c
all D 0...
18 southern of France
18 it. Andrew's an
Quebec (A)
el Vest Flanders
all Do 54 per o. Pref ,
all V. &N.W. of Franc
' all +Vest. of Switzerlanc
all Wiesbaden
all 7..taland

110 112

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6 - Of t

111 ••• 12i

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if
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20
20
20
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all
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It. I $:)o

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It 100
It. i.OO
It. 1.00
8 all
I 0 all
I 0 all
St WC

t 3 all
21) all
I 6
St 1.00
St. 100
St. 100
St 100
St. 100
St. 100

it too

1.2 all
12, all
St. 10
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it. WO'
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It. I:00
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It. GO
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15 10

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all

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70 ,11 A.uAraiz.L, a - 105 104 k
25 14 Bank of Egypt
i d - f p
100 50 Bank of London - 71
40 all Rri. Col. iik.&Ln. e .. - -
50 al: 3ritish N. Americas . . - ... CBi
25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asi. .4
• 1 p
20 6 ahrtd. Bnk. of Indi -..
Australis, & Chin: 14 - i 1
WO 50 City 7l - 73
100 25 Colonial - ••
100 20 'Commercial of Load .. •-
20 all Falg.goot&ltus.Cht. 16i 171 16i 17
20 all Lon& Chart. Bk. o
Australia 2l - 22
20 15 Ditto New 1 - 2 p
50 20 1.4 D don and County„ _
...
100 50 Lnd.&E.Enkg•C'orp. 1 - 3p
50 10 London Joint Stock. -
321
2
100 10 London and Paris lO - 5 d
100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... - ... 49
100 3f. lational Pre.ei Eng .. _
..
20 10 Co. New _
,
f'2oo 2au2
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tohf
IvEaaniekr....l... .4.7. -....
49
25 all Oriental Bank. ,I
rlorpontion. 39. - 40! 40i I
20 10 Ottoman Bank I i 9i
100 2i, L•rcvincial cf Irelar: ... -
..
10 all Do. New ... - ........ . - --
5 1 ,t ins 13 kilo 1m C -.-
100 50 Royal British • •. •
25 al 4a-nth At straiia ..
25 all OniGn of Austr2llx 6B - 70
2., Do. NIW ..., .....,
51 10 Union of London . ...
... 28 71j 8
100 50 Western Bk of Lend 3 Et: 1 d 46

25
15
16
4

1
10
20
5

LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItENTALS.

I
LOatri Cioxtn *r-e••. ,tZli nom
Ranwsis. Corapal, . this d ky. this ,tai
5-' ?A:tiro:3 s Londot
Bletehley Wt 't.
81 luo Buckghamsh, L&N.W. 97 - 100
St li Clydesdal.-E, Celt-Kiwi— 100 105
2b all Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. &
Sud. and Hal. E. C l2 14
St. 100 E. Lin. R. 6 pc. Gt.Nrtitn 139 141 139
5 all E. Un. H. Sii. E. Count 4 ... 4a
5..'100 Glam. Barr. & Caldonis.n
Neils. Direct
St 100 Do. New. Do •• •••
2, all Glstr.& Dn./I'r Gt. Westu 27 29
03 all Dk. & Yk. Now.
Railway & Berw.
50 all Hull & Selby Y. & N 106 107
25 ILL Do. a Shares. Do
1.?.' al, Do. Shares. Do •• •••
12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastert 1.21 13/
r Do.Preferenu Do `'3a 24.1
St 101 Lon., Til., & Peto &Co ll3 116
St 100 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cont. Norfolk._
St WO D. 6 por ct. Do
5 all Mauch. Bxtn. LAN.W
and Matlock & Midld. 2a
`0 all Middleebro' & Stckton &
Redcar Darlingt.
St 110 Midld.Bradll Midland.. 96 95
61 51 Newmarket
Bury E. G.spc En. Conn. / p pm
60 all N.& Est.s p. c. C. Count. 57 Sti
".0 all Do. 6 per et. D 0...
50 all Do. Fixeds pc D 0.........
25 all Prost. &TV yte L. &N. W.
12. all Do.. Shrs. A Do —
St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthu 135 140
25 18$ Shot RothJand Lancaah&
Goole g. 5 p.c . Yorksh.
10 all Shrews.&Her. T. Brassey Sa
12 10i S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 3 21•21
50 all WearValleygr Stockt.
6 per cent... Darlingt.
?5 all Do Do 32 —33 a
St 100 Wilts&oomrst GtWeetn 9l 93

PREFERENCE SHARE 3.

Aberdeen Deben.
Do. 6 per cent.
Do. No. 2, 7 p. o.
Myth andTyno lOpet
0. pref. (issd.2.t 501.
Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St
Do. 4 p. c. Shares
Caledonian £lO
.11os. &Ho. On. 5i pc
Do. do. Pref. No. 2.
Do. do. Pref. No. 2
Cork dtßandonsip.c
' lun.Prth .&Aber.J.
Anglian Cls. A Sh.
Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c.
Do. do Cls. C 7p. c.
Ras. Co.Ex, spcNo. '
Do. No. 2 .
Do. New 6 p. o. St
/last Un., G. 6 p. c
Do. 51., 10 per cent
Do. 151. Debentr.Sh.
Do. do. 4 per cent.
gnat Lancach.6p.ct,,
E. kW. York. J. sth,
Ndin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh.
Rd. Prth.&Dun.4p.e
Furness
'llas. &5.W.G.5 p.c
'Treat Northn. 5 p. c
/o. 5 p. o. Redeem
at 10 p. c. prem.
Do. 4 p.c
Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red
%t 5 p. c. pm...
it.N. of Scot. let Pre
it. R. &W. (Ireland)
Do. 4per 0. Pref. S
It. W.(B.kll.Xxspc
)0. con. red. 4. p.c.
)0. con. red. 4 p. c
)o. irred. 4p. o.
Do. 5 p. c. red. pref
)o. Birm. Prof. Si 1
)o. Chester 8 p.
)o. do. 5 p. c. do
)o. Birm. Qua. Stk
)o. Ches. Qua. Sh..
Do, do. do
Do. do. do
ratn. &York. F..£2
Do. 6 p. c. Stock
(Jon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c.
It)o. Pref., 5 p. o. St.
Do. New Guar.6 p. c.
Do. do. 5 per cent .
Lon. &N. W., Coy. 6
Nuneaton 5 p. et
on.& S.W. 7 per ct
late 3d Shares 1
.cndy. & Color. Sh.
Londy. & Ennis. Sh
41.,8.,& L. 6 p. Cent
, Do. do. do.
Do. do. 31 per cent.
W.arypt .&Carl.4 p 0.
Do. 4.. per cent
Do. do.
Conaol.6 p.c.St
)o. Con.Br.Bir. 6pc
Di. 4i p. c. Pref. S
Ditto L. &H.Pref. St
New., Aber., &c., pr.
5 p. c. rod. 5 p.c. pm.
Do. Perpet. 6 p ct.
with optn. till '63
Norfolk Debenture .
Do. Pref. 5 p. c. Stocl
Do. 5 p.c. Bat
Do. 5i por ct. prof._
Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c
North British
Y. E. Berw, 4 p.o. P
,Do. do. do
Do Leeds 6 p.o :No.l
Do. do. Quarters
Do. York H.& S. Put.
North Staffordshire.
lx,Wo,kW.lsl6pc
Do R. Pref. 101. Sh.
Scot. Cent. ,New Prof
south Devon
Do. fixed, 4i per cent
S. Eastern (Reading
Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d.
WO Do. 4i per cent
ell Do. Fixed 4} p c sh
100 S. Wales Gus. 4p. c
100 Dl. do. 4i p. c
all I.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar
all 3tock.St Dar., sp. c
15 Do. do. do
all stock. & Harti. g. 5
p. e. till July 1, '56
44 Wsktprfd.& Rpc

100 - 102
16 -• 17

b.. ''''' N.

4/ - 5
6 - 6i

107 - 112
100 - 105

1 1
121 -- )3i

5 - 81

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117 - 119

110 - 112
103 - 105

~63 - 65
101 -10 i

6 - 64
95 - 97
89 - 91
89 - 91
99 • 101
- 101
16 - 17}
10 -- 104
73 -75

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38 - 140

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124 - 127
a - 68

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99 - 101
89 - 91
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105 —l(7
n 94
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24i - 25
100 - 103
10 - 101

27 - 28
2 - 3p

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Ds all

.A.gxn Fria
tnglo Californian
kustralian
Baden (Gd. Duchy of
Bleenar. Iron & Coal
British Iron
Brazilianlmp.(lesned
at £5 pm.)
Do. Cocaes bi Cniab,
Do. St. John Del Re 3
Clarendon Cons. Min
Co. of Jamaica
4) all Cobre Copper
5 1A Colonial Gold
all Copper Min. of Eng.
15 all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent
Copiapo.
gI Fortuna .........
ZO all Genc:al
1 all Ot.NuggetVeinßeg
44 all Great Polvtooth
5 all Gt Wheal Vor United
1 all Liberty
3 all Linares..
5 11 Lusitanian
1 all IMaricinita
1 all ,New Granada
1 all Nouveau Monde..,

6 = 'I

24 - 3
31 - 4
21 - 23
54 - 57

10 all
10 1.5
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16 - 18
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IPort Philip
Quartz Rock
ißhymney Iron
Do. Now

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1 - 2
21 - 2i

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1 all
1 all
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1. 100 ,
>t,, 100
6
b all
4 a
1

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It. 100
1 all
5 al;

Australian Agri=lt.
kustraln. Royal Mail
(erlin Water Works
American lend
Canada..

i'..Go.6p.c. Jan&july
Do 6 p.c. Feb & Aug
DO. 6p c. Mar & Sept
errtal Pa1ace........
Do. Preference...,..

25i —26 t,I
5a 6

126 - 128
13! - 114

2 -
5 -

Irystal Pal. of Franc,-
Duston Iron 0re.....
Eastern 5team........

Electric Telegraph...
gilectric Teleg. of Ir.
En.lzilus Cop Sm Co
Gen. Iron Sc Collier
Gen. Steam Navigat.
General Screw Steam
Loud. Gen. Omnibus
Magdalena St. Navig
lediteran. Elec. Tel.
lexican&S.Amerion.
Nat. Discount C 0....

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41 - 41
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Netherlands Land ,
Do. Do.

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21 - 26

121
110 1

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Do.BpcPissatld
New It & N.S. Land
N.S.W. Gov. sp.e.D.
N. B. Australasian_
Nrth. of EuropeSt eani
Oriental Gas
Do. "New Shares"
Peel Rr. Ld. & Minr).
Peninsular & Oriental
Do. N0w..,,,,
Royal Mail Steam
Scot. Austral. Invest
Ditto New
South Austral Land
3ubmar. Tel. Scrip,,.
Do. Registered
14.1180 L. Co.U. Can

$
13i -13 i
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65 - 67
4 - 5p
71 - 73
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16 - 17

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SUN OFFICE, Sig oTiock.

WARWICK RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SELLING STAKES.

Desdemona
Profile

Six ran.

COUNTY STAKES.

Llrd Alfred
Early Bird

Boer

Ten ran.

HANDICAP PLATE.

Pope Joan
Kertci Chief

WELTER CUP.

Early Bird

Seven ran.
GoMill broke down.
TWO-YEAR OLD HANDICAP.

Cara Fatima

Eight ran.

Gemma di Vergy bas gone to Derby.

DERBY RACES--(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

FOAL STAKES.

Druid
Bay Hilton

Four ran.
NURSERY STAKES.

Master Bagot
Barbarity .

Bight ran.
TRADESMAN'S PLATE.

Vulcan
Yorkshire Grey
Preston

Seven ran.

.~

.4 2

DONCA.STER—RACES:
Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25
Boys each,ls ft, with 100 added. St. Leger course.

Age et lb
Mr. Sykes 6 9 0
Ty pee 6 8 12
Hungerford
Saraband
Lady Tatton 4 7 9
Alembic
Courtenay 4 7 6
Yorkshire Grey 4 7 3
Stork 3 7 2

Vandal

Age at lb
Mishap
Pantomime
Go rtschakoff 3 6 8
Termagant 3 6 6
Prince of Orange 3 6 2
Gaudy
Preston
Kestrel
Colt by Orlando

BAton
-Imogene .. 4 7 0
Luodyfoot 3 7 0
Marchioness

out of Clarissa. 3 5 10

Houghton 3 5 7
Pant !lure
Miss Harkaway 3 5 5

THE FATAL CATASTROPHE IN
LITTLE SWAN ALLEY.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
We have paid a second visit to the scene of this dis-
aster, and on a further inspection of the neighbourhood
we are impressed with the truth of our hastily-formed
opinion of the dilapidated state of the houses, which are
a eisgraoe to the City of London and unfit for the habi-
tation of human beings. Visitors to this great metro-
polis, as well as its inhabitants, as they crowd the lead-
ing thoroughfares and admire and extol the capacious
buildings and gorgeous architecture which embellish our
streets, little dream of the close confined avenues and
dilapidated and filthy houses which lie hidden behind,
veiled from the sight by a fringe 'of elegance—where
squalor and wretchedness are to be found, and from
whence pestilence and fever walks forth upon the breath
of heaven, carrying death and desolation to all around,
The state of our metropolis, with regard to the dwellings
of the industrious poor, is a disgrace to humanity and
the age. Compelled from the imperious necessity of
labour to locate themselves near where they earn
their daily bread, these unfortunate individuals are
obliged to accept any accommodation offered to them,
and the grasping middleman, in the Lopes of getting as
much as possible out of his lease, turns a deaf ear to their
entreaties for cleanliness, decency, security, and comfort;
and then we are sometimes startled, as in this instance,
with the announcement of the fall of a house, burying
the wretched beings alive, and in many instances, as now,
attended with loss of life. It is high time that some
stringent powers were enacted to insure safety in dense
and over-crowded localities, fur the mere appointment
of a district surveyor under the present act, to examine
and keep secure the outside, is but providing half a re-
medy instead of a whole one. He tniy examine the outer
walls of a house, and find them secure ; but, having no
power to enter and examine the interior, he is unable
to say if that leo secure, and if not to order it to be
made so. In this instance we find the danger was
within, and bad the house, internally and externally,
been examined by an official responsible for his acts,
in all probability we should not have to announce and
deplore so lamentable and fatal an accident.
On interrogating Mrs. Palmer, whose husband was
killed, and who had herself a miraculous escape, she
furnished us with the following details :—We occupied
the back room on the first floor of the house, for which
I paid Mr. Crane 2s. a-week rent. There were my hue-
band and myself, the baby in my arms, my boy, who
was out its a situation, and my other children, Eliza-
beth, James, and Thomas Pullen, by a former marriage.
We lived in the one room. My husband is a dock la-
bourer, and I am in the habit of going out washing. On
Tuesday my poor boy was kept later at work at his
situation than usual, and so his life was caved. About 9
I was preparing my husband's supper, when I heard a
noise as if the walls were cracking, and Paw dust falling
from the ceiling. I said to my husband, " Oh, I am
sure the house is falling." He replied that I was always
thinking so ; it was the man in the next room sharpen.
ing his knife. I said there was a noise of the man
sharpening his knife, but it did not cause the walls to
crack or the dust to fall, at.d I was sure the house must
be falling. Nothing further was said, however ; we had
our supper, and shortly after 10 o'clock we went to
bed. In consequence of the baby crying I got up about
5 minutes to 12 o'clock, and gave him some milk. He fell
asleep in my arms, when I felt tee board of the floor
shaking under me. This was a few minutes after 12. I
felt the shaking of the floor more, and I called out to my
poor husband, "Oh ! Good God ! The house is falling ;
save my poor children !" Ile got up, and said, "My
God, the place is falling." The walls and floors were
shaking; he was trying to put on his trousers, and going
to the corner of the room where my three children laid
on the floor, to save them, no doubt. That is the last I
saw of them. I ran to the stairs screaming for Mrs.
King to escape with her family. As I got towards the
bottom of the stairs, they gave way under me, and as
the house fell, I was thrown out with my boy in my
arms on to the pavement in the court. I can recollect
little more than that I and my baby were saved, and
that we were nearly suffocated by the clouds of dust and
mortar. My child was hurt by the fall, I have lately
had strong doubts about the security of the house, and
- had talked to my husband about leaving, Laet Satur-
day night week Mr. Crane called upon me for the 2e.
week rent. I said, "Mi-. Crane, you had better have
something done to the fire p'ace, for it's not safe for me
or my children ; we shall fall into the cellar some of
these days." There was a large crack by the side of the
fire place. He said that he would call in a few days
and look to it. He went away, but nothing had been
done to the place. My husband wai 31 years of age,
Elizabeth Pullen 14, James 12, and Thomas 9, all of
whom are dead.
Last evening a meeting was held in the Ward School
Room, London-wall, to consider what steps should be
taken in reference to the accident ; Mr. Deputy
hale presided, A subscription was at once made for
the sufferer!, A resolution was alto carried, that
Messrs. 'Perkins, Saunders, and Wadd should be ap-
pointelle a sub-committee, and that they, with the sub-
scrir,tions received, should purchase such furniture as
w'as requisite for the poor persons whose goods had
been destroyed, and otherwise minister to the necessi-
I ties of the survivors. The coroner's inquest will be
opened by Mr. Payne on Friday next.
On the news of the accident reaching the Mansion
House, the Lord Mayor immediately repaired to the
n spot, and gave instructions that every possible attention
Ishould be paid to the injured persons. In the course of
the morning several members of the Court of Common
Cemncil commenced a subscription for the sufferers, the
list' being headed by the Lord Mayor with a donation of
51., and which in a very short period amounted to up-
ward-, of 701.
This mousing Mr. Waddington, Mr. Perkins, Mr,
Clarke, Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Elliott, assisted by Mr,
Jones the ward clerk, met at the same place, and
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case,

claimed.

narawateed a laqulry tutu the state 4nd outlaittan of
tha survivors, with a view to their temporary relief.
At the same meetirg reports were received from Mr.
Woodthorpe, the district survey, r, stating that mea-
sures had been taken to secure tine adj )ining houses
which the inmates fi.Kl from in alarm the previous
night leaving their little property behird them, in order
that they might enter in safety and remove their fur-
niture. It was further stated that the walls of the ad.
joining houses, from the defective state of the founda-

lions and the heavy stacks of chimneys in many instances
resting on the outer walls were in a very insecure state.
It is to be heped that prompt measures will be taken to
guard against another similar calamity.
On inquiry at St. Bartholomew's Hoi-pital this morn-
ing, we were gratified at hearing that the injuries of
many of the unfortunate individuals were not of so serious
a character as might have been expected Irian the nature
of the accident. The only inmates of the hospital at
present are John Seibert and his wife, who are much
bruised, particularly the wife, Jane Hod win, Julia King,
and Henry King. The deceased George Palmer was

the husband of MrP. Palmer above referred to, and the
three children, Elizabeth Pullen, 14, James Pullen, 12,
and Thomas Pullen, 9, also dead, were her children by
a former husband.

The inquest on the bodies of the above unfortunate
persons will take place to-morrow (Friday).

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

Mr. Commissioner Holroyd was the Commissioner of
he day, but the cases were simply for audits on small
3statea.

CITY SHERIFF COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
NICHOLSON, 01FICIAL ASSIGNEE, &C., V. JONES.

The plaintiffs in this action aro the acisigness of Messrs.
Williams, formerly bankers in Smithfield, to recover
the sum of 11., the balance of an account.

Mr. Hudson appeared for the plaintiff, and called
one of the bankrupts, who proved that they had an
account open against the defendant, and there was a
balance due on the present bill, which had been made
payable at the banking-house, and be had only paid in
211., but the bill was taken up and consequently the
balance claimed was now due.

The defendant persisted that he had paid the whole
amount, and complained that the bankers had charged
Ss. 6d. for making out the bill and ls. for taking it up.
His Honour said they had nothing to do with the
charges, and as he could not doubt the evidence ha
should make an order for the amount.
Judgment accordingly.

BIRD V. DIGGER V. ELDER.-EXPRNSES OF WITNIKSBS

UNDER SUBNENA TO THE SUPERIOR COURT.

The plaintiff in this case is a performer at the Britannia
Theatre, Hoxton, and the defendant is a dramatic author,
and the claim was for 10s. for attending as a witness at
the Queen's Bench in an action brought by defendant
against Mr. Lane, the proprietor of the Britannia, for
performing a piece belonging to the defendant without
having obtained licence so to do.

Hi; Honour said be did not like t) encourage such
cases, as he considered that whnesses ought to get their
money from the parties at the time, and asked what was
the result.

Plaintiff said it was settled out of court, and de-
fendant received 101. for damages.
His Honour said the law was by no means clear on

the point, but he thought that it was the duty of the
attorney to pay the costs ; not doing so caused a great
deal of mischief, and left these courts to investigate the

Mr. V. Field, a solicitor, said he always paid the wit-
nesses.

Mr. Hudson said it was not the uneral practice ; it
would be unreasonable to aik an attorney to pay wit
Lessee, perhaps from 200 miles.

Hie Honour ultimately gave a verdict for the amount