The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY.
For the Two Thousand 4 to 1 was offered against
Clydesdale, and 100 to 15 against Brother to Marchioness
to 1 would have been taken to money about the
latter ; 10 to 1 was offered against any other ; 1,000 to
30 was was taken about Clydesdale this event and the
Derby, and 1000 to 15 about Clydesdale winning this
event an,A Sedbury the Derby.
The Derby betting wss limited-12 to 1 was offered
against Clydesdale, whilst his stable companion Sedbury
was backed fur 1001. at the price quoted.

DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Clydesdale (offered)
13 to 1 agst Sedbury (taken)
1000 to 45 agst Ditto (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Sermon (offered)
40 to 1 agst Grand Secret (taken)
15 to 1 agst Sedbury and Fitz Roland coupled
(taken)

The general business of the port of London during
the past week has been very inactive. The number of
ships reported inwards was 123, including 9 with cargoes
of sugar, 4 with dried fruit, and 17 with corn, flour, &c.
The number cleared outward was 96, including 19 in
ballast; and those on the berth loading for the Austra-
lian colonies amount to 50, out of which 2 were entered
outwards in Sept., 9 in Oct., and 19 in Nov.

R.,':I7,"RA- PIRI'S A 77',.,VDr.:. A 7.7)
LIVES s:9 I':,1) BY 7!'1; ROYAL SOCIETY'S
FIRE ESCAPES AND OO_NDUCTORS.

Yesterday. (Monday) being the con,m,--ne-m.ent of
the first week in the new year, Mr. Samr s
she secretiry of the Royal Society for toe Pr ec-
non of Life from Fire, according to annual custom,
laid before the comm,ttee the yearly return of the
number of fires attended and lives saved by means
of the escapes and conductors ; from which it ap-
pears that, during the quarter ending March 31,
1.8:i7, not fewer than 104 tires were attended. and
21 lives saved, viz.:—at No. 92 EaNsto-.stitrele,tiAinfagisi.-
e2;4lsltZtr:eC3o;vent-garclen, and
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No. 41, Aldgate. During the quer er ending
June 30, the fires attended were 135, and the lives
saved 19, viz., at No. 7, Leldenhall-street ; No.
150, Blaekfriars-road ; No. 19, Eldon-street, Fins-
bury ; No. 10, Middle-row ; and No. 59, Exmouth-
stree‘. During the quarter ending September 30,
135 fires were attended, and 13 lives saved, viz., at
No. 14, Fore-street, Cripplegate ; No. 98, Old
Gravel-lane ; No. 14, High Holborn ; and No. 61,
\Vhitechapel. During the quarter finishing the
last night of the old year, 142 fires were attended
and 14 lives saved, viz., at No. 3, King-street,
Long-acre ; No. 16, Sun-street, Bishopsga e ; No.
122, Cheapside ; No. 2, Spectacle-alley ; White-
chapel, and No. 25, New-road, St. George's-in-the-
Easc ; making a total of 514 fires attended duriag
the year, and 58 lives saved. This cannot fail to
gratify those interested in the society's welfare ; in
f tct, it must be a source of pleasure to all classes to
learn that so many of their fellow-creatures have
been rescued from such a dreadful fa`e as death
from fire.

Amongst the cases enumerated in the return are
three worthy of especial mention. At the fire at
No. 2, Minories, on the 25th of last January, when,
from the number of persons not aroused from their
bells, all equally in danger, and the house being
thoroughly on fire, it required the greatest judg-
ment and determination to bring there all out in
safety. This was accomplished, however, by the
conductor's exertions, and the whole of the inmate 4
seven in number, were taken down the escape, the
conductor only reaching the bottom of the canvas
with the last two children when the flames burst
out of the window from whence he had just taken
them. Also at the fire which occurred at 41, Ald-
gate, when it was mainly through the conductor's
prompt attendance that the lives of five persons
were rescued from inevitable destruction. In
another case of fire in Spectacle-alley, there were
upon the conductor's arrival with his escape no less
than seven persons (including four children) in the
house, and it was owing only to the undaunted
courage of Conductor Wood, of the Whiteehapel
statics, that they were rescued in safety.
Not only are the machines made useful in the
preservation of human life, but they are likewise,
from their great height. brought into action by
the fire brigade, who, by conveying the branches
up the ladder, are enabled to command greater in-
fluence over the flames than they could do by
directing the water from the street. The escapes
are kept during the hours of duty in a state of
readiness, and upon the alarm being given they are
instantly taken to the scene of danger, and the
society always remunerates those giving the " call."
The fire-eecape brigade comprises a body of GO well-
disciplined men, who are visited whilst on duty by
the inspectors cf the several districts ; this ensures
their vigilance and attenidon to their duties.
During the past year the society has increased
the number of fire-escape stations for the metro-
polis, the number quoted in the return of 1856
having been 46, whereas they now number 56. The
following stations having been addedsinee that date:
—Ball's pond ; Richmond-road ; Barnsbury ; Cam-
den-road, Holloway; Piccadilly ; Golden-square,
Southwark-bridge-road, Walwoith-road, Old Kent-
road, Camberwell-green, High-street, Peckham.
The committee attribute this success not only to
their own endeavours, but also to the valuable and
hearty co-operation they have at all times ieceived
from the churchwardens and other officers of the
parishes in which the escapes are situated. Three
stations will shortly be added to tho number—viz.,
at Tooley-street, London-bridge ; Rateliff-highway,
and St. John, Wapping ; and the committee enter-
tain great hopes that the parishes of Poplar, Lime.
house, Stepney, and Bethnal-green will shortly co-
operate with the society, for in no part of London
are fire-eicapes more required than in these popu-
lous and closely-built districts. 431 persons have
been saved from death by fire since 1843, and 3,563
fires attended by the escapes.