The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-12 00:00:00

DESTRUCHVE FIRE.-(THIS DAY.)

This (Friday) morning, at the early hour of 2
o'clock, the inmates of the Licensed Victuallers'
Asylum, and the inhabitants generally of the
Asylum-road, Peckham, were aroused from their
slumbers by the spring of policemen's rattles
and cries of " Fire." It was quickly ascer-
tained by the neighbours that a destructive
fire was raging in the premises of Mr. D. R. Thomas,
a grocer and cheesemonger, carrying on business at
No. 146 in the before-mentioned road. The inmates,
who were fast asleep at the time of the discovery,
had the greatest difficulty in escaping from the
burning building. The powerful land, steam, and
manual power engines, by Shand, Mason, and Co.,
arrived from numerous stations of the Metropolitan
Brigade. Plenty of water having been obtained
from the mains of the Southwark Company, the
firemen went to work under the direction of Mr.
Foreman Hamlyn and head-engineer Joseph Per-
rard, but they were unable to get the fire extin-
guished until the stock in trade was destroyed, and
the building partially destroyed. The back fron t
of the premises of Mr. Metton, a chemist, were
also severely injured by
the action of the flames.
The losses will fall upon the Royal and London
and Southwark fire offices.

THE LATE EARL OF SIIREWSBURY.—The lying
in State of the body of the deceased Earl of Shrewsbury
having been fixed for yesterday, Ingestte Hall was visited
by a great number of people, chiefly from the contiguous
villages. The body was placed in one of the lower rooms of
the hall, which was daikenod for the occasion, six wax ta-
pers serving just to show the contents, and barely showing,
till the visitor was accustomed to the gloom, that a detach-
ment of yeomanry cavalry, of which the successor to the
earldom is major, was on guard. On the coffin were
the earl's coronet, admiral's hat, uniform, and sword, and
at the foot was the earl's robe of State. There were
also the Orders of the Redeemer of Greece, St Louis of
France, and St. Anne of Russia, besides the various
British Orders to which the deceased earl belonged. The
interment will be performed in the little churchyard close
to the hall, and besides the relatives about 49 of the prin-
cipal tenants are invited as mourners. _

VISIT FROM SIR ROBT. NAPIER.—It is rumoured,
we believe, on good foundation, that Sir Robert Napier,
soon after his arrival in England, will pay a visit to Gen.
Scott, at his residence near Welchpool.—Oswestry Adver-
tiser.

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NG, JUNE 12, 1868.

CORRESPnNDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, THURSDAY, June 11.

Though the Emperor is at Fontainebleau, he is not taking
bis holiday. There is constant telegraphic communication
going on between him and his Ministers, and yesterday
I courier went down with a large portfolio full of papers.
Before the Emperor left Paris he went to see a
new apparatus for raising vessels. A barge was
sunk at Courbevoie, and the machine, consisting of two
cylinders, worked by divers, brought the barge to the
surface in seven minutes. The affair was superintended
by M. Dupuy de L6me, Director-General of Naval Con-
struction. This is likely to prove a very useful invention.
A certain Dr. Bollentuit, superintendent of a hydropathic
establishment is endeavouring to carry out Ft scheme
for bringing sea water to Paris. He believes that he can
carry the water from the Channel to Paris at a very small
cost, and have it laid on to every house just as ordinary
water is. His object in starting this idea is to obtain for
our nearly two million inhabitants the great therapeutic
advantages which he believes are to be derived from the
use of salt water.

The news from Belgrade is very serious, and at present
we do not know what to make of it. There is a suspicion
that Russia is at the bottom of the affair, but at present
the Paris journals withhold their comments, desiring to
have further details before they express an opinion.
Meanwhile, we have information from the neighbouring
country of Roumania, which chews how unsettled is the
condition of all the Danubian Provinces. A little while
ago the Austrian Government endeavoured to persuade
ours and your to unite in insisting upon the withdrawal
of a certain document published by Stephen Golesco, the
Prime Minister, which the Vienna Cabinet considered
offensive. Thereupon Prussia interposed, and declared
that such pressure would stultify Prince Charles in the
eyes of his subjects, and that the most serious consequences
would result. I fear that after the murder at Belgrade
we shall hear of further complications.

A Vienna paper vouches for Prince Napoleon's pacific
tendencies. He is credited with desiring the unification
of Italy and the restoration of Poland. But it is added,
that he sees the time for these changes is not come. There
is certainly a good deal of agitation among the Poles
just now, and they seem to think that before long they
will be able to utter something more than pitiable com-
plaints against the outrageous oppression of the Russian
Government.

The Brunswickers are just now debating who shall be
their next sovereign. The general impression seems to be
that they will unite themselves to Prussia, but that the
connection between them and King William will he, as in
the Duchy of Lauenhurg, only a personal one. Perhaps
they won't be consulted in the matter any more than the
Hanoverians have been.

We hear the last of the Tunisian difficulty to-day. The
Bey completely " caved in." Ile wrote a letter to our
consul expressing his extreme regret at the temporary sus-
pension of diplomatic relations, and his formal adherence
to the financial convention, whereupon up went the tri-
colour, and all was harmony again.
The Moniteur is likely to come into the law courts. The
Government wants to transfer it to M. Plon, the Imperial
publisher, but the present personnel claim a large compen-
sation, declaring that the official journal belongs to them,
whereas the Emperor and his Ministers consider it to be
Government property. According to present appearances
the dispute will have to he decided by the judges.
M. Henri Rochefort is said to have sold 80,000 copies of
the first number of La Lanterne, and thereby to have
made £640. If he go on at this rate, he will be getting
over £30,000 a year. It is rumoured that he has been
wounded in an encounter with the Prince of Moskowa,
but I believe there is no foundation for the report.
A hairdresser is the fortunate winner of the great
prize of £6,000 in the lottery for the Enfants Paurres.
Much amusement was caused in the Corps L6gislatif by
the appearance of the lucky man in a k t Ate of high excite-
ment. He would come to see his deputy, and insisted
upon the honourable member going off with him in < r ler
to obtain payment of the money forthwith. As the
elections are close at hand, of course the deputy went,
amid the laughter of his colleagues.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

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METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

Extreme Sea
Friday, F. 1
June 12, B. T. IW. Ito F. D. W It. to
8 a.m. 12 9
Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith
shields
Scarborough 30'21r. 59 54 W.S.W. 2 2 S.E. o.cb 2
Yarmouth., 30'24r. 59 56 W.N.W. 2 3 E. c.o. 2
11 elder
Cuxlia,ven
Pkutlesmes
Vale n tia
Cape Clear 3O 33r. 54 53 i S. 2 2 S. c.o. 2
P. wile Pt 3o'33r. 55 152 N.W. 2 3 W. c.b. 1
S. ol yhea 30'26r. 158 i 54 W. N.W. 5 2 W. S. W. c.
Liverpool I 30'28r. t 62 56 I W. 2 3 W. c.b. 1
A rdro.ssan 30'21f. 156 52 IW. .W. 3 3 N.W. c.O. 2
reencastle 30'23f. 54 52 W.S.W. 3 2 E. c.o.
Penzance - 2
l• Iymouth 30'3r5. 62 59 N.E. 1 3 N.N.N. c.b. 1
Iveymouth
ortsmouth 30'31r. 61 58 N. 1 4 W.N.W. c.
London „ 30'29r. 62 57 N.W. 3 1 W. o.bc
Cl'peGris Nez
ftrest i 30'375. 57 53 N.N.W. 4 4 N.N.W. o. 2
I. Orient 33'3or. 55 53 N. 4 4 N. c. 2
P °chef °rt 3o'29s. 61 156 N.E. 4 5 N.W. b. 1
Biarritz 30'23x. 63 61 W. 3 3 W. c. 4
Corm ma . 530'67 65 N.W. b. 4
Prussels ... • _
Paris
Strasbourg —
Toulon 29'94f- 68 68 S.W. 1 1 S.W. b. 1
lfeart's Con-
tent 16 a.m.
local time) 30'285. 55 50 W.S.W. 1 3 W.S.W. b. 2