The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-03 00:00:00

and institutions, unlawful confiscations, inhuman carrying off
of children, most of whom perished on the road—acts which
have also been long disbelieved, and which, nevertheless,
proved true, are so many crimes rlready executed, and far
worse than the fulfilment of his threat of destroying War-
.saw. That threat only affords another proof of the policy
pursued by Russian government, which is, by preparing
men's minds for the worst that may happen, to diminish the
effect when the evil is done. In 24 hours Europe may now
receive news of Warsaw's walls being beaten dowrri by the
batteries of the Citadel, and its inhabitants either buried
under its ruins, or dragged away as rebels from their domes-
tic hearths into Russian bondage. Pretexts will not be
wanting : real or feigned, it matters little. The Czar hav-
ing announced his designs to Europe, they have become
tantamount to law for his slaves. To-morrow, even to-day,
a plot might be hatched, an einuete planned, and its execu-
tion manoeuvred by the Russian authorities themselves, to
have the doom of Warsaw consummated. This is only re-
tracing the same plan on a small scale, the execution of
which before the late revolutim had been attempted by the
Czar's Commissioner himself (Novosilt zolf ) on a lager
scale. _The Poles, especially young Poles, were excited by
his secret agents to form plots, in order to effect the destrue•
tion of Poland, which was long in contemplation. The nation
has so long in various ways been goaded by persecution and
oppression that the revolution broke out, and the ruin of
Poland, as intended, was consummated. In the same man-
lier he (now the Chancellor of Russia), or any of the ene-
mies of Warsaw, might now seal the fate of her capital.
All he has to do is to excite an emitete, and the Governor
of the Citadel, as Nicholas himself said " has already got
his instructions how to act." John the Terrible had several
centuries back left so much at least of the proud Novogrod,
that it still retains traces of its former glory ; but we much fear
lest under the paternal reign of Nicholas, the Polish capital
be made a single heap of stones, and " not to be built," as
he himself has declared, "in his time.' This promise of his
bein,, an emanation of his own will—of his Autocratic self
to be more strictly acted upon than the oath he
had taken on his coronation-day, which he was compelled to
swear on the charter, and by the charter, by a law not his
own, but imposed on him, and by which alone he had any-
thing to do .at Warsaw. Law acts always at some res-
traint, but will, when unbridled, knows no bounds ; from
that will the worst results may be anticipated for Warsaw.

WEST INDIA CLAIMS.—The broker for the. AC-
countant-General laid out about 150,0001. sterling to-
day (Tuesday) in Consols, which amounts to rather more
than 170,0001. Stock, and was eagerly supplied at 91i.
This bargain makes the total investments of the Court of
Chancery on account of unsettled and abeyed claims, to
amount about to the sum of three millions, seven hundred
thousand Stock, and, as usual after the transactions of the
Chancery broker, our quotations will show that the Con-
sol Market again declined. The business effected by the
Chancery broker to-day (Tuesday) has generally been es-
teemed to be the last that would be done before the usual
period of the shutting, which, in the ordinary manner, and
as regards the transactions of the public in Consols for
money, would take place on the Gth instant, but an impres-
sion prevails that an arrangement will be made with the
Bank of England to extend the period for keeping the
transfer-books of the Bank of England open until the
18th instant, exclusively in favour of the .Chancery broker,
which necessity is said to arise out of the increasing
amount of unsettled claims that cannot at present be adju-
dicatea, and which, according to the terms of the Slave
Abolition Act, must be invested in Consols. This antici-
pated arrangement has been looked upon with a great
deal of suspicion by the leading monetary interests, and on
the. Stock Exchange, and it is supposed that if this anti-
cipation is confirmed, the present feeling will rather increase
than the contrary. At all events, such an announcement
will prove very contretemps, and it wears too much of the
character of a puff. If the plan to which we have alluded
is carried into effect, it will prove that the financial scheme
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which appeared on the
first blush equitable to the country and to the contractor,
now turns out to be one of the greatest blunders that ever
was attempted. At the West end of the town it has also
been confidently rumoured that the present Administration
have determined not to issue, in future, any more Exche-
quer Bills than are strictly necessary for the public ser-
vice, unless a panic were again to visit our Money Market.
This determination, which will involve the only remaining
expansive character of the circulating medium under our
present vicious monetary system, is expected to lead to a
great increase of caution on the part of the banking and mo-
netary interests in general.—Morning Paper. (City article.)

ALARMING AND EXTENSIVE FIRE IN TOTTEN-
RAM-COURT-ROAD.—Tuesday night, about half-past eleven
o'clock, the utmost possible alarm and excitement took
place in the neighbourhood of Store-street, Tottenham-
court-road, in consequence of a very alarming fire breaking
out on the lower part of the premises of Mr. Chinnock, an
upholsterer, of No. 119. The front doors were burst open
by the populace, who, with the police, entered the house,
but so rapid was the extent of the flames, and the density
of smoke, that they could not make any progress, and the
inmates were compelled to make their escape from the
windows, lowering each other into the street ; in doing
which, one female fell and was considerably injured; a child
also belonging to one of the lodgers was thrown out, and
has received such severe injuries that it is not likely to
survive. At a quarter before 12 the flames had gained a
fearful ascendancy ; but providentially several engines ar-
rived on the spot, and there being happily a plentiful 'sup-
ply of water, the engines played with great effect. There
were also present a number of the fire brigademen whose
exertions upon the occasion was highly praiseworthy.
Whilst the destructive element was annihilating the pre-
mises of Mr. Chinnock, with their contents, the greatest
possible exertions were made to preserve the property in
the adjoining houses—viz., Mr. Corbett's, librarian and sta-
tioner, and Mr. Allison, linendraper. The premises of
Mr. Lennard, a timber-merchant, situated at the back of
Mr. Chinnock's, were also likely to be destroyed, and at
one o'clock a vast quantity of the timber lad caught fire.
At the above hour no less than seven engines were playing
upon the fire, which, however, still continued to rage, and
several houses in Alfred-place, at the back of Tottenham-
court-road, had partially caught ; however, by the united
exertions of the fireman, aided by the brigademen, at half-
past one o'clock the fire had considerably abated, and all
fear from further devastation was at an end. We regret
to say, that independent of the accidents above mentioned,
there were two females missing at the above hour (the
niece and servant of Mr. Chinnock), but we hope they
have taken refuge in some neighbours's house. The de-
struction of property is considerable, but is insured. At a
quarter before two o'clock. the fire was completely got
under. Since the above account was written we regret
that this calamitous fire has been attended with the loss of
no less than four lives. The names of the unfortunate suf-
ferers are, William Davis, aged 38, a bookbinder, residing
on the second floor ; Amen:Singer, aged 21, niece to Mrs.
Chinnock ; Louiza Tozer, aged 24 ; and Catherine Rogers,
aged 22 years, both servants in the house. The body of
Miss Singer was dug out of the ruins yesterday, at half-
past 12 o'clock, lying with the two maid servants ; they, it
appears, bad fled for security into one of the store-rooms.
The legs and arms of two were sadly broken—the bodies
in a mutilated state, and the skull of one completely di-
vided. At 11 the remains of Mr. Davis, an inmate, had
been previously discovered. Mr. Chinnock's four young
sisters escaped in a miraculous manner over the parapet
into the adjoining houses, and his father and mother
were saved by means of sheets and blankets joined to-
gether. The ignition was so rapid that no sooner did
one flame appear than the whole suite of shops, manu-
factory, and store-rooms, presented one entire blaze. We
regret to state that the loss and destruction of pro-
perty is immense, not one vestige being saved, every in-
mate even being without covering of any description. The
workmen employed in the manufactory are very numerous,
and they have lost every tool of which they were possessed.
It is not true that either of the Misses Chinnock was dan-
gerously wounded. The whole of the family are doing
well. The bodies were removed to Mr. Reid's, the under-
taker, to await a Coroner's inquest.
Another fire broke out yesterday morning in the
premises of the Phoenix Gas Company, Bankside, South-
wark ; but owing to the quick arrival of several engines,
the flames were subdued without doing so much damage as
it was at first anticipated.

A dreadful fire broke out at Mrs. Holt's, of Edg-
cott, near Grendon Underwood, about six o'clock last Sa-
turday evening. The property destroyed was as follows :
two bean ricks, two wheat ditto, two oat ditto, a barley
ditto, a stack of straw, two large ditto of hay, a very large
barn, a cart-hovel, and part of the house. The conflagra-
tion of such combustible materials, as may be supposed,
was awfully grand, and its light, at five miles distance,
almost equalled that of the moon. A candle and lantern
were found under one of the ricks. The Marquis of
Cliandos with other gentlemen have been indefatigable in
fathoming particulars to lead to its author, but no suspicion
can be found. On Sunday (the following day) the Mar-
quis, with his family, visited the wild ruins, and an accident
happened which had nearly been serious. As their carriage
was passing along, some boys who
were at play not heeding
it, blundered against a wheel, bruising and otherwise lacerat-
in.. him. The Marquis exculpated his coachman from
blame, had the boy taken home, surgical assistance ren-
dered, and gave five pounds for his comforts to his-friends.
His bounty was also bestowed on all who assisted at the
fire, rewarding each with a crown, and an additional sove-
reign to his own men attached to the engine. Since the great
fire at Wooton, which reduced to ruins his own splendid
mansion, he has always kept in order a fire engine, with a
set of men, who are called instantly together by a horn.—
Oxford Journal.