The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-07 00:00:00

ITALY.

CERNUSCHI' the able and eloquent advocate, the
friend of the Prince DE CANINO, whom he accom-
panied to Civita Vecchia, where he was arrested,
although the PRINCE was permited to embark, and
who has been detained as a prisoner since the 4th
of July, under charges of " provocation to the
French troops on their entering Rome, inviting the
people to resistance by words and acts ;" and of
having, as the President of Commission, given
orders to remove the furniture, pictures, plate, &c.,
from the Palazzo Farnese, and having caused dila-
pidation in that palace, occupied by the Neapolitan
Minister, Count LUDOLF, thereby exposing him to a
loss to the extent of 50,000 francs, has been acquitted
of both charges by the court-martial of French
officers before whom he was brought for trial.
The clerical authorities are extremely savage at the
result of this trial, for they see that the victim will
escape the additional torments and trials they had
prepared for him.
Letters from Florence, of the 29th ult., announce
the suspension of the Constituzionale, in consequence
of an energetic note addressed to the Tuscan Go-
vernment by the Austrian Minister. It was ru-
moured that ROMANELLI, the ex-Minister, had been
arrested at Arezzo, and taken to the Murate, where
GUERRAZZI is at present. VANUCCI ADIMARI, one
of the persons excluded from the amnesty, has been
arrested at Florence.

AWFUL FIRE IN LAMBETH THIS
MORNING.
LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY.
(BY OUR OWN REPORTER.)

We have this morning visited the scene of the awful
conflagration, which broke out in the dead of last night
in the vicinity cf York-road and Belvederevread, in Lam-
beth. A fire which has resulted in more destruction of
property, and been at the same time attended with more
of miraculous preservation of life, has not occurred in
this great metropolis fur many years, unhappily frequent
and disastrous as such devastating conflagrations are in
London. Men, women, and children who retired to rest
last night, fearing no danger, the occupants of commo-
dious houses, and surrounded by many of the refinements
and all the conveniences of life, find themselves this
morning houseless and homeless, and obliged to throw
themselves on the hospitality of friends for shelter and
protection. Immense piles of buildings, which but
yesterday were the proud exponents of thousands over
thousands of pounds sterling, are this morning razed to
the ground, presenting only a melancholy mass of burn-
ing and smoking embers; and hundreds of operatives,
depending on their daily labour for their daily bread,
are suddenly thrown out of employment. Most of our me-
tropolitan, though not our distant readers, are aware
that York-road is a great thoroughfare, running parallel
with the river, on the Lambeth side, between the West-
minster and Waterloo-roads. Going along Westmin-
ster-bridge from the north side of the river, the Belvedere-
road is the first, and the York-road the second, turning
on the left, and about a hundred yards from the West-
minster-rcad a short street, called Guildford-street, runs
between the York and Belvedere roads. The east side
of Guildford-street is almost wholly occupied by the ex-
tensive range of workshops and manufactory belonging
to Messrs. Grissell and Pete, the eminent builders. On
the opposite side of the street stand (or rather stood) the
timber yard and saw-mills of Mr. Myers, a building con-
tractor in a large way of business, and the India-rubber
manufactory of Mr. Benjamin Nickell and Co. Until
within the last two years the premises in the occupation
of Mr. Myers were part of the manufactory of Messrs
Grissell and Peto, and a cast-iron bridge was thrown
across the street to connect the two places together. In
Guildford-street it was, and in the premises of Mr.
Myers, as it is supposed, that the fire originated. Mr.
Myers bad a large yard, filled with timber, building
materials, and carpenter's work of all kinds, occupying
the space immediately behind his own premises and the
India rubber manufactory of Messrs. Nickell, extend-
ing north and south between the houses of a portion of
the York and Belvedere-road:; and it was in the back
part of the timber-yard of Mr. Myers that the fire is
said to have broken out, it having been first discovered
there by a policeman about half-past twelve o'clock last
night. A stiff westerly wind was blowing at the time,
which gave increased vehemence to the flames, and car-
ried them in the direction of the Indian-rubber factory
and Guildford-street. In an incredibly short space of
time the whole of the combustible materials congregated
in the timber-yard presented one vast roaring mass of
flame, shooting up into the air, magnificently lighting
up the surrounding vicinage at the dead hour of night,
and spreading terror and devastation all around.
The timber-yard abutted towards the south on the
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back part of the premises of Mr.
surgeon in large practice residing at No. 7, York-rcal,
whose house happening to be immediately contiguous to
the spot where the tiro is said to have taken its rise,
speedily caught hold, and in very short tia• was com-
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pleteligutted, he and his family escaping into the
streets for their lives. Thence the conflagration pro-
ceeded down Yord•roacl, in the direction of Guildford,
street, consuming each house in its irresistible progress
with terrific rapidity. The houses in York•road, num-
bered 7,8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, were each in its turn sub.
mitted to this awful ordeal, and with the same result—
the flight of the inmates, the destruction of their furni-
tur• and property to a greater or less extent, and a me-
lancholy mass of charred and roofless walls to memo-
rialize the locality, and the attendant ruin of the
cstastrophe.
Had not York-road been intercepted by Guild.
ford.street, thus cutting off the communication between
the line of houses on the north side of the road, the
mischief's of the conflagration would have been greatly
augmented, and it is difficult to imagine where it might
have ended.

Simultaneous with the destruction of the houses in
York-road. the flames communicated with the India►
rubt er manufactory of Messrs. Nickell, consisting of an
immense building five stories high, and fifteen rooms,
which they speedily consumed, with all its machinery
and stock. In one floor of this building alone there
were 500 machines used in the manufacture of India-
rubber web, and in another 300, besides about a dozen
power looms and various band looms. There were also
several hydraulic and screw presses on the ground floor,
and a very large stock of silk-rubber and cotton, all of
which are destroyed. A fine high pressure condensing
steam engine, of twenty horse power, built by Manw ar-
ing, and which gave motion to the machinery in the manu-
factory, met with a similar fate. There were about 130 men
and girls employed on the premises, who are conse-
quently thrown out of work. The superintendent of
the manufactory, who lived on the premises, escaped
with his wife and four children in their night clothes,
every artic!e of their furniture and the rest of their
clothirg being destroyed. Messrs. Nickell estimate
their loss at about 15,0001., but they are I artially in-
sured. The whole of the property of Mr. Myers, on
whose premises the fire is supposed to have originated,
was in like manner consumed, including four valuable
horses, which the firemen were unable to rescue. Mr.
Myers is an eminent stone carver, and, executes a great
deal of the work of Mr. Pugin, the ecclesiastical archi-
tect. The new Roman Catholic cathedral, St. George's-
fields, was built by him. His property was partly
insured. _ _

During this awful conflagration not a single life ap-
pears to have been sacrificed, so far as we can learn,
though the escape of many persons, exposed to the most
imminent peril, must have been little less than miracu-
lous. One instance may be singled out for relation:—
The house No. 12, in York-road, being one of those
which were burnt, was occupied by a Mr. Wardell, the
superintendent of the works of Messrs. Grist*ll and
Peto at the House of Lords, whose wife was confined by
child-birth yesterday. Whilst the flames were raging
she was carried down from her room at midnight into
the street, in the arms of two gentlemen, and taken along
with her child to the house of a friend in Addington-
street, close by, for safety.
The fire appears to have spent itself about three
o'clock this morning, though at between ten and eleven
the embers were still burning in many places,

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY).
NEW'GATII AND MEADENNALL.
These markets were heavy to-day at barely stationary
prices. Bed, from 2s 4d to 8s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to
3s 6d; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs by
the carcase.

MEAT MARICETS.
SoIITHALL, FEB. 6.—Our market was heavy to-day,
and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 2s 8d
to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork,
3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81b6, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, FEB. 6.—Prime Beasts end Sheep were
in moderate request, at about last week's quotations.
Otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 3s to 4s;
Mutton, 3si 2d to 4s 2d ; Teal 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and
Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bn Suckling Calves,
18s to 263; Quarter-old Store Pigs 16s to 21s; and
Mikh Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each.
LEwis, FEB. s.—The general demand rule I heavy at
our quotations. Beef; from 3s to 41; Mutton, 3s to 4s;
Veal, 35 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs.
HAY rizavartzTs.
SINITEMELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3110 s; Clover
ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 16 per
cad. A full average supply, and a heavy demand.
C73II3ERLA.I7D.—Meadow Hay, 0110,; to 3l 10s; Clover
ditto, 3/ O. to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8s per
load. Supply good, and trade dull.
WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, 2/ 5s to 31 10i ;
Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, ll Is toll 8s per
load. Trade dull, at barely la'e rates.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Jan. 31, 1850, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WIIEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. RTC I BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE •• 139 s 4d 25s 4d I 15s 2cl 123 s 10d 25s 6d I 27s el

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
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