The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-19 00:00:00

FIRS AT THE BANK OF IRELAND,

(BY BLECTRIC TELE(IRAPB.)

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.

At 5 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in
the Bank of Ireland, and after raging for about
an hour and a half was got under ; not, however,
before the accountant& and bookkeepers' offices
were seriously damaged, and a great number of
b.ioks totally destroyed.

The morning is fortunately calm, not a breath

of wind blowing.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
(By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)

DUBLIN, MONDAY,

A fire broke out in the bookkeepers' offices in
the Bank of Ireland this morning, at four o'clock.
The entire office, and all the furniture in it, is
consumed, but fortunately all the books and other
valuables were in the strong rooms. With the
assistance of 300 soldiers and a number of fire
engines the fire is now (at nine o'clock) quite got
under.

BERNE, JAN. 17,

The Procureur-General is setting out for
Neuchatel to arrange the formalities necessary for
abrogating the law proceedings against the
Royalist prisoners. He is the bearer of their
passports.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Pos,
(second edition) says :

" The Prussian Government has signified its
willingness to permit a Conference of the repre-
sentatives of the Great Powers on the Neuchatel
question ; but I understand the bases for the said
Conference are not yet arranged."

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition) says :

"As the diplomatists will endeavour to settle the
Neuchatel question before the Conference meets,
it may be well to state what the future policy of
this Government is likely to be. 1. Should the
King of Prussia issue the order for the
of his forces, Austria will do all in her power
to prevent their march through the Federal terri-
tory. 2. The Austrian Government will employ
all its influence on the Berlin Cabinet to induce
it to renounce its claims on Neuchatel. 3. If
Prussia should propose that a Representative of
the German Confederation shall have a seat and
voice at the Conference this Government will not
second the proposition, as the Bund has
hitherto always been represented by Austria
and Prussia when questions of European impor-
tance have been discussed by the Powers.'
4. If the independence or non-independence
of Neuchatel is to be determined by vote, Austria
will, in all probability, go with France and
England. b. Any hostile demonstration made
by France against the King of Prussia would be a
political blunder, as the Emperor Francis Joseph
has a very high sense of his duties to his Federal
Allies. It is not yet settled where the Conference
is to meet, but probably in London, as the Pro-
tocols were drawn up and signed there in 1852.
This government would certainly not object to
the British metropolis, but I could not speak so
positively should the French capital be proposed."

A private letter from Naples of the 12th men-
tions that fresh arrests have been made there,
which were supposed to have connection with a
secret society in correspondence with a Mazzinian
Club in Genoa and Turin. Pieces of money are
also said to have been discovered, newly coined,
and stamped with the effigy of Lucien 1., King
of the Two Sicilies. Some of the parties arrested
were subsequently released ; the others are still
in custody, and au investigation is going on.

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY.
The Moniteur contains the following :—" Some
foreign journals announce that the Government is
preparing legislative measures for an augmentation
of the civil list. This statement is entirely false,
and those who endeavour to circulate it are doubt-
less not aware that the civil list has been voted for
the whole duration of the present reign."
The Moniteur also contains an announcement
that the journals La Presse and L'Estafette, which
published, one on Friday evening and the other
next morning, upon the subject of the dispute be-
tween Prussia and Switzerland, a letter falsely
(mesongorement) attributed by the former of these
journals to the secretariat of the Tuileries, and by
the latter to the Emperor's private secretary, are
to be prosecuted.
The following letter from M. Mocquard is pub-
lished by the Presse
Palace of the
Tuileries, 1
Monsieur le Redacteur en Chef,--
he pre stra e' 131e8:17' its
secre-
tariat number of Friday evening, contains, under th
Swiss Affairs, a letter which it attributes to
of the Emperor ; no suchleetter ever emanated
from his Majesty's secretariat. I b
declaration in your next number, and
du Cabinet, you to insert this
remain, &c.,
The Emperor's Secretary and Chef
The Moniteur de ,r.Armee gives a
positive eon.
tradiction to a statement made by several journals
published in different seaports, that it is in contem-
plation to attach to the Imperial Guards a battalion
of marines, to be stationed in Paris.
A hundred sail of vessels
haveh anchored before
Toulon, and under shelter of e Isle of Hyeres,
in consequence of contrar
Public opinion has seldom,winif ever,s' einressed it-
self more unanimously on any subjec than on the
verdict of the jury in the case of Verger, and his
condemnation to the extreme penalty, of the law
has been received with approbation.
At 7 o'clock last evening the Clerks of the Court
repaired to the prison of the Conciergerie, where
n"
Verger is confined. They entered his cell, and
nounced that they had come in conformity with an-
nounced
law of the 9th of September, 1835, to read to him
the copy of the minutes of the trial after lie had
been removed from the Court. Verger was then
somewhat calm ; he stood up, and declared that
he was ready to hear them. After the reading of
the minutes and of the sentence of the Court, he
bacame at once much excited, and, addressing the
clerks, he cried out, " Now, sirs, be off--get away
—administer justice. You also shall be condemned'
Quit this place. I drive you from my presence,
and I despise you 1"
The Governor of the prison at once gave orders
that Ver;ershould put on the dress appropriated
sentence of death. It consists of a
Lom thoseisote udeude:
force,
0: strait waistcoat. He made no
resistance; ncrr used an;violent words, while the
operation was going on. Ile merely said, 4t
know now that I am no. longer my own master."
He passed the night quietly, and even slept
soundly, and this morning seemed quite calm. He
asked for his breakfast, and partook of it with ap.
petite. The Governor inquired if there was any-
thing he wished for. " I desire," be said, "to appeal
to the Court of Cassation at once." He was in-
formed that it was impossible to do so to-day (Sun-
day), but he promised him that early to-morrow
be should communicate his demand to the Clerks
of the Court.
" There is another service I have now to ask
you," Terger said. «I wish to address a petition for
pardon to the Emperor, but I cannot write it myself,
as this camisole impedes the use of my hands." He
was informed that he could dictate his petition, and
that he should have his hands at liberty to sign it.
Verger thanked the Governor. He was thou asked
if he had any objection to receive the chaplain of
who was anxious to see and con-
the Couciergerie,
sole him.
" I agree, with pleasure, was the reply.
The Abbe Nottelet was then introduced, and the
moment he entered he received him with the
greatest apparent pleasure. The Governor and his
attendants then retired at some distance, in order
to allow the chaplain to have au opportunity or
conversing with him. The effect of the conference
seemed to be favourable. Verger appeared more