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THE HEALTH OF LONDON.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the weekly return of the Registrar-General.)
It is satisfactory to observe that the public health,
as compared with that of former periods, is in a
favOUrable state. Last week the mortality in London
_continued to decline, and' the 'deaths were only
935, showing a decrease of 19 on those of the former
week, and of 139 on those of the weekly average ofJast
January. In the corresponding weeks of 1Q previous
years (1840-9) the average was 1,041, which, if cor-
rected for increased population, becomes 1,136 ; the
present decrease of mortality, as compared with
former years, is therefore 198. In the epidemic

MALTA, FEB. 13.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDI-
TERRANEAN SQUADRON.-; Malta Harbour--The
Ceylon receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear•Ad-
rniral Edward• Harvey, Superintendent of Malta
Dockyard, and second in command ; Volar, 6, sur-
veying ship, Captain Thomas Graves; Sharpshooter,
Lieutenant-Commander Bailey ; Scourge, .Lord F.
11. Kerr ; Oberon (laid up), troop ship; Waverley,
Captain J. Morgan; Locust, in ordinary.
At Gibraltar—The .Tanus steamer, Lieut. Powell.
At Leghorn--The Spitfire, Lieutenant Gardiner.
At Patras—The Frolic, 16, Captain N. Vansittart ;
Tartarus steam-vessel, Commander Sir G. Webster.
At Salonica—The Research surveying tender to
the Volage, Lieutenant Lord John Browne.
At Syr;—The Spiteful steam-corvette, Commander
J. Carmichael.

nongrr,
:tit e-street
recroft,
telye.

L ,March
r, . [lather-

sage, Derbyshire, needle manufacturer, March 15, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester,---S. Stooks; aadM. L.
Tait Manchester, and ;Heaton Mersey, La cashire,
fileadhers and finishers, March 14, at twelve,, at the
Manchesi-r—T. Collett and Ossetr,.
near :Wakefield, Yorkshire, cotton 'spinners, Ala .rch 14,
at elOen, at the Court, LCeds.
. PAYMENT OP DIVIDENDS.
Elzabeth Aydon "and T. W., Feigusen,Ne vcastle-
npou-'Type, grocers and tea dea/ers, 23.2 d., on S a turday,
Feb.l23, 'or any following Saturday; between ten and
three, at the office of Mr.. Wakley, Novelist ti .:-upon-
Tyne.
J. Ilinchcliffe, Wakefield,Toikehire, carrier, 4 3. NCI.,
on .Toelday,' Feb. 19, or any-subsequent Tues di ty. be-
tween . eleven and two,
..at the office of Mr... , Hope,
Lieds. • .•
NOTICES OF 'CERT - fFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghsell-street. •
• IL Blain and C. T. Pearce, Vauxhall, wine•mcia -chants
34'0 18," at ..tio—S..) DeibY, Dorset-mews, x )orset-
square horse-dealer, March 13, at eleven--;H. Smith,
jun.,! Aoath Ockendon,: Essex, farmer, March 13, at
eleven—J. Charter, Grimstone, Norfolk, gro*-sr and
draper, March 21, at two—J. Bowler, Crescent, ;South-
wark-bridge-road, hat manufacturer, March 12, at
one.
In the Country.
E. Cocker, Manchester, cotton-manufacturer, ':March
14, tit eleven, at the Court, Manchester= 'G. I.)avey,
G Cornwall, MillervMaich 12, at dived, Ist the
Court, Exeter. ,
S'P. Anderson, NelsontrES-street, City-road, :cliNor:
man's-buildings Middlesex, engineer, certificate of the
second class—T. Richbell, Cold Harbour-lane, Bi'xton,
and Woolwich, rocket and shell-manufacturer, mrtifi-
cate of the second class—G. Gillingham, Church- s treet,
Chelsea, veterinary surgeon, farrier, and horse-de a ler—
Elizabeth Rust, Fouchers, Essex, brickmaker, (1( rtifi-
eate of the second class—P. Millard, Steeple A 3: htan,
Wiltshire, grocer, certificate of the first class—S.. Hip-
kins, Sedgley, Staffordshire, grocer, certificate o f the
first class—G. Andrews, King's Lynn, Norfolk, pl. ocer,
March 12—T. Wheeler. Liverpool, fruit merchant,, after
twenty-one days from Feb. 15.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

or zymolic class of diseases the deaths last week were
144 ; in the corresponding weeks of the years 1840 9

they fluctuated behiaTen 129 and 333; the Corrected ave-

rage is 209. Froth phthisis (or consumptiOn) the
deaths last week were 113 ; at the same period of pre-
vious years they ranged from 115 to 170. From other

diseases that affect the respiratory organs (exclusive
of hooping cough) the deaths were 199 ; in previous
years, at this time, they ranged from 115 to 330.
To take particular diseases:—smallpox was feat to
6 persons, less than one-third of its former mortality ;
scarlatina to 13, while the average is 34 ; hooping-
cough to 31, the average being 46 ; typhus to 29,
the average being 36. The deaths from measles were
91, a mortality which is about the usual amount.
From asthma and bronchitis there were 110 deaths,
the average is 100 ; from pneumonia there were
76, whilst 96 forms the average. Diarrhoea was
fatal to 18 persons, which exceeds the average by
7, though the number who died of this complaint
in the same week of last year was 27. The wife of
a journeyman lampnzaker, aged 60, died in St. John
the Evangelist's, Westminster, of debility, which was
the result of an attack of Asiatic cholera six months
before. Four nonagenarians died during the week,
of whom three were women ; one man died in the
Goswea4treet sub-district, at the Advanced age of 99

I At or near Athens—The Queen, 116, Captain C.
Wise, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W.
Parker, G.C.8., the Commander-in• Chief ; the Cale-
donia, 120, Captain T. W. Carter; the Howe, 120,
Captain Sir J. Stirling ; the Bellerophon, 78, Cap-
tain Robert L. Baynes ; the Powerful, 84, Captain
the Hon. R. S. Dunda.s ; the Vengeance, 84, Captain
Sir H. M. Blackwood ; the Ganges, 84, Captain H.
Smith ; the Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain T. 0.
Knox ; the Bulldog, Commander Key (on a cruise),
the Rosamond, Commander Foote ; the Ardent,
Lieutenant Nowell, steam-sloops ; the Odin, the Hon.
F. Pelham, the Dragon, Captain W. IL Hall, steam •
frigates; the Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts;
and Auxiliary, surveying tender to Volage, Mate-
Commander J. H. Gover.

En route from Malta to Gibraltar, Lisbon, and
England—The Hercules, 12, store•sbip, Captain R.
Fulton ; the Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin.
En route from Malta to Corfu—The Racer, 12,
Captain Beddoes. •
En route from Afelta.to the Levant—The Growler,
Commander Stoddart.

years.
The mean height of the barometer at the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich, during the week was
29.754 in. The mean temperature was 49 deg.
8 min., and exceeded the average of the same week in
seven years by 6 deg. 9 min. ; on Sunday it was
9 deg., and on Friday 14 deg. 9 min. above the ave-
rage. On Wednesday, when the mean temperature
was 35 deg. 1 min., it was slightly below the average
of that day.
The following extracts are made from the regis-
trars' reports :
"At tha Potteries, Kensington, a boy, a month old,
son of a journeyman baker, died convulsions.' The
locality (says Mr. Gorham) is extremely dirty and badly
drained.

W. and 11. Claughton and J. B. Fox, Chaste t field,
wine and spirit merchants—J. Lingard, B. Smitl 3 W.
and H. Claughton, and J. B. Fox, Chesterfield, chi s mists
—J. Clayton, L. Clayton, G. Clayton, and P. Clayton,
jur. (so far as regards J. Clayton), Prestwich, I. anca-
hire, notton spinners--;-M. Kendal and J. IL Virsilker,
Carr's-hill, Durham, earthenware manufacture.es—J.
ilryant and A. Ellis, Ramsgate, drapers—J. P. Tur-
ton and R. Morris, Liverpool, commission merchea its—
E. B. Coilard and H. Sarsfield, Liverpool, metal mer-
chants—T. and J. Holcroft and R. Timmins (so fa sr as
regards J. Holcroft), Dcepfield, Staffordshire, cement
manufacturers—J. and F. Tallis, St. John-street, .Lon-
dun, and New York, America, booksellers—J. Ed wards
and C. 0. Rising, Upper St. Martin's-lane—R. Woo ci and
Co. Ottley, Yorkshire, grocers, drapers, and shopkeepers
—J. Downing and G. rryce, Bristol, auctioneers --Sa-
rah Shillitto, W. Cattle, and Harriet Cattle, Roth a ram,
Yorkshire, staymakers—A. Morrison and P. Walker,
Liverpool, brewers—N. Buchanan and H. S. Pt ior, 13 ast-
inv, hairdressers—J. Coleman and J. Jarrom, Leices-
ter, builders—W. Cumming and D. Millward, j un.,
Plymouth, brewers—the Hartley Coal Company (so far
as regards N. G. Lambert), Northumberland—J. Weir
and W. F. Hunter, Gloucester terrace, New-road, White-
chapel, drapers—W., 1., and T. Roberts, Preston, Lan-
cashire, butchers—J. N. Ferris and Rachael Rose,
Batnpton, Oxfordshire, coach proprietors—R. Slingsby
md W. Guy, Lincoln, joiners—A. Broad and W. 11.
Evens, jun., Plymouth, wine and spirit merchants.—J.
Atherton and W. Stagg, Liverpool, tailors.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Shrubsolo Lawrence, Margate, tea dealer.
Richard Green, Bobbington, Staffordshire, farmer.
Thomas Blower, Wolverhampton, builder.
Thowas Anthony Ladd, Ramsgate, bookseller.

" In Somers-town, at 3, Steven's place, the wife of a
carpenter, aged 56, died of 'rheumatism and disease of
the heart: Mr. Matthews states that this place is
situated at the commencement of Brill-row; it is damp
and very unhealthy. It consists of 12 houses, some
containing two rooms, some three, and others four, all
in front. There are no back-rooms, yards, or water-
closets; water is not laid on in any of the houses, but is
supplied from a pump, and there is only one privy for
the whole of the inhabitants.' He registered also the
death of a labourer's daughter, aged eight months, from
hooping•cough (seven months), at 11, Hampton-court,
which he describes as very crowded, and, in his opinion,
not healthy. A child of the same family, aged three
years, died of the same complaint on the 7th inst.
"In Camden-town, at 7, Thornley-place, a shoemaker,
of 65 years cf age, died of bronchitis(
' three mocths'
illness). Mr. Holl states that this is a close confined
court, in a thickly popula!ed neighbourhood, and most
unhealthy."
"In Camden-town, at 10, Lower Edmund-street, the
son and daughter of a carman, aged respectively 5 years
and 8 months, died on the 13th and 14th of February
small-pox (atter 14 days' illness), vaccination not
having been performed in either case.' The house stands
in a more open part of a crowded neighbourhood, and
is near the Smallpox Hospital. The children had not
been vaccinated, because a death had occurred some time
ago to a member of the same family on whom vaccina-
tion had been performed. Another child is now dan-
gerously ill of the same disorder.
"In Islington, at 9, Adelaide-'quare, the daughter of
a toothbrush-maker, a twin, died of diarrhces.' Mr.
Butterfield calls it ' a badly ventilated place, and a
square only in name.'
"In St. Clement Danes, at 9, Little Shire-lane, the
wife of ae
asrl is). T
oe m :dtheirs is
, of
statedB years,by m
died
r. Jones
to, a
b bronchitis'
(many y
close densely-peopled and dirty neighbourhood.' In the
same sub-district at 5, Yeat's-court, the daughter of a
bricklayer deceased, of 3 years old, died of 'fever after
a month's illness.' Mr. Jones adds that this court,
which adjoins the worst part of St. Clement's-lane, is
very unhealthy; the houses are very close, and contain
six or seven rooms each, with a family of four or five
persons in each room. Here fever and diarrhoea (as
cholera was last year) are nearly always present in one
or other of the tenements. The drains smell dread-
fully.'
"In Hackney-road, Bethnal-green, at 16, Coiling-
wood-street, the daughter of a cordwainer, aged five
years, died of water on the brain (three weeks), con-
vulsions (three days).' The houses (sayalfr. Murray)
are remarkably crowded, the custom being to let, not by
tenements, but by rooms.' Also, at 7, Virginia-row, the
wife of a cordwainer, aged 59 years, died of ' paralysis
(24 hours): The houses are capacious and are built on
the French model, in fiats, with common staircases.
The street is crowded and ill-cleansed.

Thomas Jell, sen., Ramsgate, coach proprietor.
Alexander Hunter, Ramsgate, boot and skoctnaker.

stpphenlness, Margate, hair-dresser and perfumer.
Edward Powell, Ramsgate, clerk.

John Wiseman, Everton, Lancashire, schoolmaster.

Henry Nathan, New Nelson-street, Conimereial-road,
general dealer.
William Roger Auster, Birmingham, commercial clerk.
Joseph Catley, Birmingham, brewer.
3,,hn Daniel, Birmingham, baker.
sainti,4 Bradbury, Birmingham fishmonger.
Joseph Sutton, Crowland, Lincolnshire, grocer and

draper.
William Lee Sumner, Quadring, Lincolnshire, journey.

man grocer. •
Thomas Wright Thacker, Donington, Lincolnshire,

farmer.
Thomas Hart, King Stanley, Gloucestershire, cloth-

dresser.
James Worsley, Leicester, publican.
John Pegler, Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, butcher.
John O'Neill, Liverpool, cabinet maker and upholsterer.
Joseph Cass, Liverpool, clogger.
Edward Crowhurst, Wrotham-heath, Kent, grocer.
William Vaughan, Aston, Warwickshire, commercial

clerk.
William Hudson, Owsthorpe, Yorkshire, farmer and la-

"In Trinity, Newington, at 27, Adam-street, the son
of a cigar-maker, aged two years, died of ' pertussis.'
Mr. Seagrave states that ' an open and very offensive
sewer runs behind the house.' "

bourer.
Edward Grundon,'.llowden, Yorkshire, miller and shop•

keeper.
Henry Graves, Yarm, Yorkshire, incumbent.
William Johnson, Stranton, Durham, cabinetmaker.
James, Cleal, Lime Regis, innkeeper.
Jabez Jones, Saint Mary Bourne, Southampton, builder.
John Barham Bilham, Norwich, journeyman printer.
Joseph Harvey, Leicester, cabinet-maker.
John Yates, Wellington, Shropshire, brewer.
Edwin Birch, Wrockwardiue, Shropshire, butcher and
farmer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
H. Macbean, commission-agent and mer-
chant, t
Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, Feb. 22,
and March 15, at two.
J. Govan, Galashiels, grocer and spirit-merchant, to
aoeb meet ea n,
a t Abtehrede ,
meet within the Salmon Inn, Galashiels, Feb. 25, and
Aug. 14, at twelve.

Besides the above, the following were registered :
" Shopman, aged 20, fell while running, and died in
about twenty minutes; this took place between ten and
eleven P.M., after shutting up shop; be, with other young
men, went into the park to practise for a race, which
was to take place in a day or two with one of the per-
sons present.'
" Female child, aged 2 mouths, gammorrhage from
mouth and nose (3 days).'
" Woman, aged 40, ' cauliflower excrescence of the
uterus (18 months), exhaustion.'
" Male child, aged 4 weeks, congenital fungoid, dis-
ease of the eye.'
Male child, aged 2 years, cedema glottidis (7 days).' "
The following deaths from cholera, occurred last
year in Lewisham village, but were not registered
till the week ending Februry 16, 1850 :
" July 5, aged 9, son of a baker, ' cholera, 14 hours.'
—lnquest. At Southend.
"July 6, aged 45, woman,
quest. In Union Workhouse.
"July 6, aged 33, a gardener, cholera, 12 hours:
Inquest. At Southend.
"July 10, aged 6, son of a shoemaker, Asiatic cholera,
12 heurs.'—lnquest. In Hanover-street.

' cholers, 10 hours.'—ln-

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1850.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *144
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 41

Tubercular Diseases ...
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 119
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 37
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration . ... 199
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ,
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &.e.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations...
Premature Birth
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden •..
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not, specified

... ... 62
••• ... 12
... 10

... ... ... 1
... ... ... ... ... 3
... ... .. ... ... 27
... ... ... ... ... ... 27

3
... .•• ...

938
Deaths
in the
Week.
133
183
153
205
264

‘--G- ,
THE BELVIDERE TAVERN, PEN.
TONVILLE.
Th‘e lessee of White Conduit-house Tavern,
Mr. R. Rouse, having recently become the proprietor
of this establishment a numerous and highly respect-
able body of his friends assembled last evening to
celebrate the event. The festival tock place in the
new and splendid room constructed on the first floor
of the tavern, which is capable of accommodating two
hundred persons at dinner, and is fitted up with con-
summate skill by Mr. Thomas Wright, the architect,
under whose direction appropriate paintings, mirrors,
and other decorations have been called into requisi-
tion, and by their combination have produced a most
striking and pleasing effect. Nearly one hundred
and twenty gentlemen sat down to a truly recherché
dinner, which was served up in Mr. Rouse's usual
style of excellence, and gave infinite satisfaction to
the company.
The chair was taken by E. Huggins, Esq., of the
firm of Broadwood and Co., brewers, and the vice-
chair was filled by William Stone, Esq., both gentle
men performing the duties of their respective offices
in the most effective manner.
The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal
toasts having been done honour te,
The CHAIRMAN proposed, in very complimentary
terms, the health tf Mr. Rouse. In doing so he ad-
verted to the new and beautiful room in which they
were then assembled, and to the very splendid dinner
which had been served up to them, which could not
be surpassed by any house in the metropolis.—(Hear.)
Their excellent friend Mr. Rouse had rcmored from.
the Temple of Apollo, and had taken up his abode in
the Belvidere, and he trusted that his new location
would be ail that his best friends could desire. Of
this, however, he was satisfied, that if a desire to
please, and a determination to make his friends and
the public comfortable, by supplying them with the
best of everything connected with his trade, could
insure success, then they need have no fear for the
future fortunes of their friend.—(Hear, bear.) He
begged, therefore, to give, which he did with all sin-
cerity, " Mr. Rouse, and success to his new under.
taking."—(Applause.)
Mr. ROUSE said he rose with feelings of very great
pleasure to acknowledge the compliment that had
been conferred upon him. He could not express, as
he desired, the feelings by which he was influenced
at that moment, but when he saw so many friends
around him, and when he witnessed the enthusiastic
manner in which his name, and the hope for his future
success, had been received by the company, he would
not be a man if he Aid riot:feel deeply the kind and
warm feelings that had been manifested towards him
on that occasion.—(Hear.) Allusion had been made
to the mode in which he had endeavoured to cater for
the comforts of his friends. He could only assure
them that it was his intention to go on as he had corn-
mencod.—(Hear.) If he was successful in his efforts,
why so much the better for himself and his family ;
but if he failed, why then all he could say was that
it should not be from any fault of his.—(Hear.) In
conclusion, he had only to observe that he drank their
healths in a full bumper, and wished them every
happiness.—(Hear.)
Mr. SHILLIBEER then proposed the health of the
chairman, which that gentleman acknowledged, and
said that upon all occasions he would feel most happy
if he could in any way promote the success of their
esteemed host.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the
vice chairman, who, in responding to the toast, ex-
pressed a hope that his friend Mr. Rouse, when he
retired from the Belvidere, would do sn with as good
a fortune as the late proprietor, Mr. MiDiarmid, who
he was happy to see present in good health.
Several other toasts were drunk, and the evening
was spent in the most agreeable manner, the pleasure
of which was materially heightened by some exqui-
site singing by Messrs. Holmes, Jones, Mayne, and
Edney, the latter of whom presided at the pianoforte
with his usual ability. Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Jones, and
other visitors, also contributed their vocal aid on the
occasion with considerable advantage to the general
satisfaction of the company, who retired evidently
much pleased with the proceedings of the evening.

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO-

CIETY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the members of
this society was held yesterday afternoon at the
London Tavern, Mr. Whiskin in the chair.

The minutes of the former meetings having been
read and confirmed, Mr. Hardy, the secretary, read
the report for the year 1849. A considerable in-
crease of business had taken place during the past
year, the new premiums received during the year
1848 being 2,47.5/. 13e. Id., whilst in 1849 they
amounted to 3,2271.2;. 2d. A considerable sum had
during the past year been added to the invested
capital of the society, whilst the expenses of manage-
ment (with en increase-d business) were lower than
in 1848 by the sum of 2061. The expenses charged
for local boards would continue no longer, as since it
had been determined to allow commission, the direc-
tors had deemed it proper to dissolve these boards;
the society, however, had not lost any ef the poli-
cies effected through these boards, the premiums on
which amounted to 3,0001. yearly. There were
1,247 policies in force upon the 31st of December
last, assuring in the aggregate 828,090/, and
the premiums on these amounted to 28,2231. 9s. 4d.
The balance sheet showed a surplus in fa-
vour of the society of 74,0961. 2s. 9d., and this
sum is applicable to the augmentation of the sums
assured to the members under their respective puli-
cies. The accumulated capital of the society
amounted to 146,217/. 2s, 9d., and this amount was
invested in Government and other real securities.
The income of the society, on dividends, mortgages,
bonds, and funded property amounted to 5,9331.
7s. Bd., and the total income was 34,1561. 175., show-
ing an increase of about 3,0001. for the past year.
The general balance-sheet debited the society with
472,4001. as the present value of 828,0901., the aggre-
gate sum assured, and 4,8221. for claims on policies
admitted, but not yet paid. The creditor-account gave
the present ♦alue of 28,223/. 9s. 4d. income on
policies as 465,1611. ; value of funded stock,
87,9171. 175.; mortgages, 31,0661. 13s. 4d. ; loans
to members, 2,704/. ; bonds on the London and
North-Western and other railways, 13,0001.; value
of the society's house, 3,0141. 2s. Id. ; dividend on
stock and interest on premiums due on the 31st of
December, 6,482/. lls. 7d. ; total, 551,3781. 2s. 9d.
Mr. BOLTON, a member, objected to the expenses
of management as very great; and, after many ques-
tions, proposed an amendment recommending greater
economy to the directors.
The CHAIRMAN explained that the directors bad
done all in their power already, and had stated in the
report that no effort of theirs should be wanting
in future. The expenses were not so great as Mr.
Bolto❑ would have it appear.
The
.report was received unanimously, and Mr.
Bolton's amendment negatived by an immense majo-
rity, and amidst some marks of disapproval.
Mr. CLAYTON, a director, objected to the practice
of members advertising their own views in a way cal-
culated to damage the society ; and upon a show of
bands being asked as an exhibition of disapproval of
such a mode of proceeding, nearly all present com-
plied with the request.
On the motion of Alderman SALOMONS, seconded
by Mr. GROTE, Mr. R. F. Davis was elected a di-
rector ; and
On the motion of Mr. ROUSELL, Mr. Pennytborne,
the architect of the Woods and Forests, was also
elected.

These gentlemen were elected in the room of Mr.
Godson, deceased, and Mr. Burchell, retired.

The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks
;o the Chairman.

ALARMING FIRS.--Last night, between the hours
of ten and eleven, a fire broke out in the Globe Tavern,
situate at the corner of Drummond and Seymour-streets
and nearly facing the North-Western Railway termi-
nus, Euston-square. It originated in the second floor
front, and was discovered by a gentleman connected
with the Royal Navy, who was sleeping in the room.
He succeeded in getting out of bed, but so fiercely was
the fire burning, and so dense was the smoke, that be
was unable to get to the door. Police-constable 302 S
mad. several attempt; to enter the room, but the smoke
was of such a suffocating nature that he was forced to
give up the task. The lodger all the time kept
havingerying
been obtained, several were. scattered over thetwo young
fire,
which out for some one to save him. Buckets ofe vwearter
re
which in a great measure get u_
out, but not until he
succeeded in pulling she gentleman
heat. The engines of
was nearlytexhaus ed with smoke and
and
men crawled upon their hands and knees, andfortunately
several of the
London brigade attended, but, fortunately, their ser-
vices Lon required, the damage done having been
were not Company,
the Birmingham
confined gthhaemdelsCariulcwtaioyn only of the contents of that
rnfin which the fire commenced.
VORXING AN ILLICIT STILL.—Mr.
of No. 1, James-street, Peckham, who de-
as Herdern of
sjpesarrmei bt leosdAf Jones,itht h6i
rn eB o
sbiu l idilfas a turner, and Mr. Thom
No. 3, Char!es-street, East-lane, Camberwell, who , d
himself to be an agent, w«,re placed at the bar before Mr.
Elliott, at the Lambeth Police Court, on the charge of
working an illicit still. From the evidence it appeared
that the prisoners had been suspected, in the first in-
stance, of being concerned with a gang of thieves, who
have latterly committed various daring and extensive
robberies at different parts of the town, by starting out
of the slops of silversmiths, jeweller, and watchmakers
with valuable property, and then getting into a light
chaise-cart with a fast horse, and getting out of sight in
a short time, but the officers who followed them home,
observing the contents of the cart to be molasses, had no
doubt as to the nature of their trade, and gave informa-
tion to the Excise officer. The prisoners were both
taken on the premises occupied by Jones, in which s
60-gallon still was at full work, and a quantity of wash
in preparation for distillation, and it was evident, from
the appearance of the place; that an extensive illicit trade
was carried on. Jones endeavoured to get his fellow-
prisoner off by saving he knew nothing whatever of the
business he carried on. Nor was he, he said, many
minutes in the house when the officers made their
pearance; but Mr. Elliott was of a different opinion, and
convicted both prisoners in a penalty of 201. eacb, or in
Moult to three motile' imPritailloAtl