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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.) •
MANSION-HOUSE:
THE COAL TRADE.--Capt. illi'drum, of the Eliza col-
lier, of Newcastle, appeared upon a summons to answer
the complaint of George Thorborn, am! several other
seamen, who charged him with having unreasonably
detained them for several weeks in -the port of London.
The justice-room was crowded with persojis interested
in the coal trade, amongst whom were several highly
respectable shipowners and coal fa:Ttors. Sir P. Laurie
presided upon the occasion.
The complainants, who in fact-summoned the captain
of the Eliza because they did not know how 'to get their
case before the public by any other . means, stated that
they and from 100 to 200 other seamen, vrhohad worked
colliers from the north to the port of. London, had been
detained in tlie river six weeks between Gravesend' and
the upper section of Illaelmall, having unfortunately
subjected themselves to such opporssivedelay by signing
articles to perform the whole voyage.. The amount to
which each of them • would be entitled at the end
of the voyage was no more... than 44. and
no part of that money conk(' they 'obtain to "send to their
wives and families, so that the most poignant distress
was inflicted upon multitudes in cot aeqmce of the dis-
agreement between the pittnen and . *Timmins, the
former having struck for higher •-'.lind the latter
being determined_to get. as high a , Akpc4sible for
their coals. _ it: ---,..- _ `'- "
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Sir P. LAT:art—Ho* many colliers are now in the
port of. London ? One of the coniVainants—About two
hundred, and while They are holding out for high prices
you may guess our situation when your Worship is told
that 'several of us have seven, eight, or ten children
each to support.
Sir P. LAURIE—It appears that by the. articles which
you have signed you may be delayed here an- unlimited •
time.

their cries and the violence of 'their conduct attracted a.
mob of two hundred persons round thew, and it was
with the greatest 41ifficulty they were removed to the
station-house.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE at NAWORIW

CASTLE CUMBERLAND.
It falls to our lot to „record an account of one of the most
woeful and destructive fires that, perhaps, ever occurred in
the county' of Cumberland. About two o'clock on Saturday
afternoon last, a most violent tire broke out at Haworth
Castle, onaof, the seats Df the Earl of Carlisle, when an ex-
press was immediately sent oft' to Carlisle fof.the fire engines
and other assistance. The engines were almost instantly
sent off by the railway, and arrived at the scene of destruction
about six o'clock. 'the progress and devastation of the fire
in the meantime had proved so rapid and violent, that ma the
arrival of the engines the roofs of the principal building had
fallen in, with the exception of .the large tower, which the
uncontrollable element had not reached. The exertions of
the firemen were directed to the preservation of this tower,
which, after the most venturesome and arduous work,
was at last with great difficulty saved. There are various
rumours afloat as to the origin of the fire. Sonic
say that it was froni.one of the chimney flees; others that
it broke eut in a room where-had been no fire for years.
We understand that the Yaluable'collection of 'old.paintings,
by the best masters, and also the ancient and valuable fur-
niture, were nearly all destroyed; The smoking ruins of
Naworth Castle are all now that remain of tlio baronial man-
sion of the great Barony of Gilsland, situate in a verdant
park, embosocued among lofty trees on the south margin of
the river Irthing.
.This specimen of a feudal residence con-
sisted of two lofty towers, connected by other masses of ma-
sonry, inclosing a quadrangular court. Up to the time of
its destruction by fire, on Saturday last, it was kept up in
the style in which it appekrecrwhen occupied by Lord William
41°94ard, tbk .`,Vititixt.W.ii.l" of "The Lay of the Last
etrel." Fortunate, hoviEfet for the sake 'of curtiqult q,
that the tower which is- saved is' that widish contains the
private apartments and furnitare,-his library, 'Oratory, and
armoury, which- "convey a strong impression of 'the soli-
tary grandeur and.inconvenient magnificence of the border
feudal Lord." The private apartments communicate by
secret passages with the dungeons; thus, whilst reaaing in
his library, or engaged in his confessional, his eyes
might still be directed towards his prisoners and their guards,
so that it may be truly said of Naworth Castle, " that; sus-
picion was its architect' and fear its founder." Large
concourses of people from Carlisle, Brampton, and the• sur-
rounding districts, hastened to the spot to lend eyeryassist-
ance in endeavouring to extinguish the fire, but without
effect, except the :preservation of " Belted Will's" tower.
Much credit is due to the firemen, and more especially to
Mr. Richard Son, ironmonger, of Carlisle, and other trades-
men, whose exertions were of the most arduous and daring
character. The fire was distinctly seen on the Botcherby-
road at Carlisle, a distance of about ten miles, and being
Saturday evening, thousands of people congregated there, to
view the distant mighty flames, which illumined the whole
canopy of the sky for miles around with a brightness and
effect most wonderfully astonishing and sublime. The, loss
sustained by this fire cannot as yet be actually ascertained,
but it will be enormous. No lives were lost.

Inspector Penny stated that nothing could be mom
violent or disgraceful than the prisoners' behaviour in
the call.

THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY
DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS
MAJESTY the EMPEROR. of AUSTRIA contains Money Divillends
of— £5O .£6O £7O £BO £9O
.£ll3O XllO ' £l2O £l5O £2OO
£4to £6OO £2OO £l,OOO £1,500

Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced them to seven days' im-
prisonment each, in the House of Correction.
MANSLAUGHTER.— William Rend was brought up, on
remandi4larged with feloniously killing and slaying
Catherine Sheehan, of No. 4, Carrier-street, St. Giles's.
It appeared, from the evidence of Ellen, Johanna, and
Mary Sheehan, the mother and sisters of the deceased,
that the prisoner and John Sheehan, brother of the de-
ceased, lodge in the same apartment. The deceased was
a person of dissipated habits, and on the night of Satur-
day, the 11th, or rather the morning of Sunday, the 12th,
between one and two o'clock, cazae home under the in
%mace of liquor: She- became talkative and querulous,
and so awaked the prisoner, who-told 'her to be silent:.
-She-used offensive language towards hin2othereupon he
jumped out of bed. and struck her on the„face; with his
clenched fist. 4e then dressed. The quarrel was renewed;
the motherinterposed; the prisoner seized a broomstick,
and, in attempting to strike • the deceased, hit the old
woman on the leg. Ile tben.strnek the deceased on the
forehead with the broomstick (the weapon was produced),
inflicting a wound, from which she -bled considerably.
•Tae-deceUsed was -soon after attacked with violent spit-
ting-4 -ialoe4 exel eausplainetrof 'Wake. ittedsted
the side. Medical aid was obtained, but she died on the
following Wednesday. .
Mr. Wm. Bennett, a surgeon, residing in the infirmary
of' the St. Giles's workhouse, deposed- that he attended
the deceased during her illness, and made a post mortem
examination of her 'body after her death. She had a
contused wound on .the forehead, which would have ne-
cessarily produced a feverish action. The cause of her
death was inflammation of the stomach, but the wound
on her head might have, in a minute degree, accelerated
her death.

£5,000 and 23,000 sterling.
This Distriloution contains as many Dividends as Bands. Evciy
Bond a Dividend!
Smallest Dividend - - £5O
Largest Dividend - - £23,000
Direct for Prospectus, with full partienlars, without delay to
HEINE BROTHERS, at I jamburgh.-
Or to HEINE 'MOTHERS, at Lubeck.

MONEY.—GRAND DISTRIBUTION of
70,1701. sterling, authorised ky his Imperial Majesty, and the
Government of Austria, on the Ist JUNE .NExT, at Vienna. Highest
Prize, 23,000/. ; Lowest 501. ; 700 Prizes.
Apply for Prospectuses, to Messrs. F. E. Fuld and Co., bankersand
receivers-general, Frankfort ; or, to save postage, at 26, Bouverie-
street, London, by letter only. Office hours from Twelve to. Three.

The complainant replied that such was the case. In
the Act of Parliament for the regulation of the trade it
was 'so laid down that the poor labouring man had no
chance in a contest with the rich man, who would wait
until the market might rise.
Captain Mildrum said it was useless and absurd to
charge him'with having detained the men. He acted
under the direction of the shipowner, who was naturally
anxious to obtain a fair price for the coal, and the delay
was as muds against, the owner as against the men who
had worked the vessel.
The complainant declared that the shipowners had an
allowanee made to them.
A shipowner here denied most positively that any
allowance whatever was made to those who conveyed the
coal. He admitted that it was a very great hardship
upop the poor men that they should be detained, but in
fact, all parties were sufferers, the market in London
being completely overglutted, so that if sales were made,
the loss sustained would be serious.
Sir P. LAURIE—Is there any prospect that relief will
be afforded to these men ?—Captain Mildrutn said he
did not know. He knew that they were much- ineon-
venienced, and he had offered them "half voyage," but
they refused it.
The complainants said if " half voyage " had been
offered to them when first they began to feel the effects
of Ole delay; they would gladly have accepted it, but no
proposition of the kind had been made until very lately.
Captain Mildrum declared that he did not at al detain
the ship, but he was bound by the articles, and he sus-
tained a loss proportioned to that which the complain-
, ants suffered, and he had much more to do, and the
whole responsibility.
Sir P. LAURIE—The fault is evidently in the law,
,which is calculated to oppress the poor man who toils ,
necessarily, for the support of his. family. Here is a
very severe judgment, indeed, upon the working man.
I trust that the representatives and the Magistracy of
the districts in which such cases of distress have origi-
nated will take up the matter and attempt to provide
some remedy.
One of the complainants—There is no hope in quar-
ters of that kind, your Worship. All the magistracy and
great men, and representatives, aro coal-owners. They
are all interested in keeping up the price of coals, and
what chance have such as we against,them ? . None On
earth.
Sir P. Launvo--It would appear, then, from what you
say, that there exists a combination between• the coil..
owners and the coal factors, and that as the public won't
now purchase coal at the price required, you are to be
the victims ?
A coal factor and shipowner rose and declared that
there was no such thing as a combination or conspiracy
existing hetween the coal 9wnera in '..the north and any
persons in Loridimbut Alto fact nats if the coals were ,
to be sold at -the prices now offered, as much money as
would pay for the freight and she other charges would
not be received.
Another coal factor said there was no remedy for the
evil complained. of. He had had several ships in the port for
the last seven weeks, and he was obliged in consequence
of the 'overglut to avoid working them. The coal
owners of the north had nothing at all to do with the
matter. Almost all the coals which had lately come
in had been purchased by shipowners on speculation,
and the speculation had failed for the reasons already
stated.
Sir PETER LAURIE--I trust the condition of these
poor men will be taken into consideration by those
who derive profit from their labour. They say that this
is only the second voyage they have made within the
last five or six months, and if they are to be detained
in this manner, how on earth are they to maintain their
families?
One •of the shipawners, who is also a coal factor, here
declared, that whatever might be the state of the
market, he certainly would sell the cargoes in his vessels
a week hence. lie also stated to Sir Peter Laurie that-
ail the men who had been detained would, no doubt
whatever, be remunerated upon their return home.
Some of the complainants assured Sir Peter Laurie
that they had no expectation of the kind. They never
had the least indulgence or consideration extended to '
them by the wealthy men who had so much in their
power, and who exerted the whole of their influence and
authority for the benefit of themselves.
Sir PETER LAERIE—WeII, I am sorry for your condi-
tion, but there is no law which will sanction my inter-
ference for your benefit. The case will, no doubt from
the interest felt in the circumstances, be submitted to
public opinion through the Press, and I dare say that
through such channel remedy may result from exposure.
Although I cannot relieve you I do not regret that you
have sought redress at the bands of the Lord Mayor.
The case can only be met by an Act of Parliament, and
I trust that although the complainants say the magis-
tracy in the coal districts are all coal owners, some ef-
fectual means may be adopted to protect these poor men
and enable them to share with their families the produce
of their labour.
The captain was then told that he was wholly excul-
pated, and the complainants retired, expressing hopes,
but appearing to despair.
An elderly man, named Thomas Marsh, of very re-
spectable-appearance, and with a head as white as snow,
was charged with having committed a robbery in the
warehouse of Messrs. Lea, Wilson, and Co., the exten-
sive silk manufacturers in Goldsmith-street.
Mr. Caldwell, warehouseman in the house, stated that
the prisoner, about a week ago, called at the warehouse,
and desired to see some silk handkerchiefs. Witness
showed him several, but took no particular notice of
him, never suspecting that a person of his appearance
contemplated a robbery. He made some objections to
the width of the handkerchiefs, and went away without
purchtisitov any. After his departure witness missed
some of the goods which had been exhibited, and ascer-
tained in the course of the evening that twelve hand-
kerchiefs had been stolen. On Saturday, the prisoner
again entered the warehouse, and witness having made
previous arrangements in the event of a second visit
from -him, waited upon him. The prisoner looked at
several handkerchiefs, and was observed cautiously de-
positing three of them in his pocket. He then said he
would call again, and was moving towards the door,
when witness stepped up to him, and told him to deliver
up the property which he had taken, He, with affected
surprise, denied that he had put anything in his pocket;
bid upon beifig told there was no use in denxing the
fact, he pulled out the three handkerchiefs, said there
must be some mistake in the business, and flung them
into a corner.
The prisoner said the statement of the witness was
quite untrue, for he had never either put the handker-
chiefs into his•pocket or taken them out of it.
Another person in the employment of the firm con-
firmed the evidence 9f Mr. Caldwell.
One of the inspectors of the City Police said the pri-
soner was in the habit a robbing warehouses and shops,
and was very 'clever at that sort of work.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I have no doubt that a man so
wholly unlike the character of a thief in appearance
must, with such a propensity, do a vast deal of mischief.
I thought, when I first looked at him, that ho was at the
bar by mistake ; but I find that he is an adept, and I
have no doubt that he will be transported for this offence.
Committed for trial.
CLERKEN WELL.
Henry Jones and Charles Creed, paupers in the Hol-
born Union workhouse, were charged with outrageous
conduct.
Creed, when placed at the
_bar, affected to be both
deaf and dumb, and his fellow prisoner said he was so.
The Magistrate sent to the workhouse for an interpreter;
but Creed was no sooner placed in the passage of the
Court than ho commenced using the most abusive
language towards the policeman who captured him, and
replied to several questions.
An interpreter, however, was sworn, when it appeared
that, at seven o'clock on the previous evening, the pri-
soners, who were under the influence of liquor, went
along the footway in Baldwin 's-gardens and Gray's-inn-
lane, pushing, the passengers into the street. When
remonstrated with, they used the foulest language.
Police-constable 163 G came up. They then insulted
who attempted to pass along on an errand.
a servant girl,
The 'AIM wolf them into custody, and they at once
fell upon him, The assistance of two other constables
was obtained, whom the prisoners likewise kicked and
k cuffed in a West ferocious tuauner. Who lott4oos3 of

The prisoner, when asked for his defence, said, " I
will reserve it for-a higher tribunaL"
He was fully committed for trial
Anne Mitchell was brought up on remand, charged
with having stabbed John Dymmock with a knife.
The facts of the case have already appeared in detail
The prosecutor attended in Court, but in so weakly a
condition that he could scarcely articulate.
The prisoner was remanded for the evidence of the
_surgeon at Bartholomew's Hospital, who refused to come
without a fee. Mr. Greenwood issued a summons to
compel his attendance.

Charles Ford, servant in the employment of Mr.
Queleh, an' hotel-keeper in• Fleet-street, was charged
with having two gallons of whiskey without a permit.
The prisoner met Morris, an Excise-officer, in Church-
street, Lower-road, Islington, on Saturday evening,
when on his way to a customer of his master's with the
liquor, and asked him the shortest way to the street in
which the customer resided. Morris answered by
taking him into custody, findiug that he had no permit.
The prisoner admitted his guilt, and was fined 25/, or
three months' imprisonment.
Mr. Quelch paid the fine at once.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR.
FOLKESTONE.

Yesterday, shortly after three o'clock, much excitement
was occasioned at Folkestone by the arrival of amounted ex-
press, with intelligence that afire of a most alarming charac-
ter had just broken out in the extensive homestead occupied
by Mr. Taylor, and known as Enbrook Farm, situated about
midway between Folkestone and Cheriton. The inhabitants
were immediately on the alert to render the necessary assist-
ance, and a pair of horses, belonging to Mr. Valyer, the
postmaster of Sandgate, which Were awaiting the arrival of
a carriage at the railway station, having been attached to the
fire-engine belonging to the parish of Folkestone, it was im-
mediately dispatched with an efficient body of men. On ar-
riving at the spot the fire was found to be raging furiously in
the stack-yard belonging to the farm. Two wheat ricks were
already destroyed, and the flames were rapidly extending
themselves. Before water could be procured in any sufficient
quantity to be of service, several adjoining stacks were on
tire; and, as a strong north-easterly. wind was blowing
at the time, small hope was entertained of saving any
portion from the generall wreck. The inhabitants of
Sandgate and the adjoining villages soon assembled in
great numbers, attracted by the dense volumes of smoke
which arose from the burning mass; and it is only right
to say that each vied with the other in endeavouring,
by the most active exertions, to stay the progress of the fire.
Unfortunately, however. from the dry and combustible nature
Of the stock and premises their efforts were of no avail, and
within little more this half .an hour of the outbreak a large
barn full of wheat, all the ricks in the stack-yard, and
various lesser out-buildings, were one complete burning
mass. So rapid was the progress of the flames, that all those
at work on the farm where the fire broke out could do was to
remove the horses and other live stock out of danger. All
hope of saving the farm-buildings having ceased, the efforts
of the workmen were directed to the residence of Mr. Taylor,
which fortunately stands rather removed from the home-
stead. Notwithstanding this circumstance, however, it wag
several times in imminent danger. and escaped only by
keeping the walls constantly cool. The fire in the stackyard
and homestead continued to rage with undiminished violence,
and only ceased when it bad literally burnt itself out.
the last up-train left last night ,nothing remained but
a heap. of smoddering ruins. It is said that the accident
originated from a spark supposed to have been blown from
the locomotive engine of the eleven o'clock down-train into
the stack• yard, and from a personal inspection of the spot,
such art occurrence appears extremely probable. Under
ordinary circumstances it appears sufficiently far removed
from danger; but, yesterday the wind blew at some periods
with such fearful violence near the coast, that it is impos-
-sible to say where security might exist. It is said that
the stoker was attending to the lire as the engine passed
over the embankment, beneath which the farm is situate,
and that a large number of red hot einders fell from the
tire near the spot. If this really be the case, the accident
is easily accounted fir. Mr. Taylor is a young man very
highly respected, and, unfortunately, is stated to be un-
insured.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—Among the multitude of opinions and re-
commendations afloat on the subject of the currency,
there is one by Mr. Leckie which seems to be peculiarly
worthy of notice, and that is, to abolish the legal tender
clause as now attached to the Bank of England paper,
the effect of which would be, instead of locking it up in
one place, to " saturate" the country with gold, thus
leaving to tilt Bank, in the event of a continental war, a
supply to fall back npon.
A correspondent suggests, that as the new banking
measure of Sir R. Peel provides for the registration of all
the names of persons interested in joint-stock banks, a
similar enactmeat to include bankers generally,
whether of issue or deposit., would be, felt as add-
ing greatly to the security of the public.. What oc-
curred in the failure of Hammersley's is a case pre-
eiselyin point,* if it had been known to the cus-
tomers "of the 'Rank :that only one individual was
responsible -to 'them, they would either • bare with-
drawn their deposits, or by insisting upon additions to
the firm, have secured themselves against danger. Many
instances, if not of the same kind, nearly approaching
to it, may exist at the present time, and of the firm ac-
tually plari-Dd in- the list, it occasionally happens that not
one name of,those actually in it appears, the old descrip-
tion being
-kept up long after the business; has paste&
into other hands. The suggestion appears to be a very
reasonable one.

A letter from Mogador of the 19th ult. says—
" The commerce of Mogador continues in the same crippled
state. Almost every production of this country is lower in
price in London than it is in Mogador, and yet the Mer-
chants continue to carry on business! The only possible
way for them to do business is never to pay their duties when
they export produce. But, indeed, this is their system.
They make up their minds to involve themselves in delit with
the Emperor to the amount of thousands of dollars, and to
remain, on account of this debt, in this country for ever.
" There are twcror three joint•stock companies advertised
in the English papers 'for exploring the mines and develop-
ing the wealth of Morocco. These can never come into ope-
ration, for the Emperor's policy of enslaving European mer-
chants is quite against them. But if the Emperor can trick
the parties, he will."
S UN.—Stocks close better than they were in the morn-
ing, being 994 to for Consols, 'and 984 1 for Reduced
Threw per Cents. There was no alteration, however, in
the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Securities.
The Foreign Market also looked more buoyant.
Spanish Actives touched 24 to 1, and the Three per
Cents. 35 to 1. Mexican were done at 354 to 1, being
about previous quotations. Venezuela were 404 to 1,
and Colombian 144 to 4. The northern investments re-
mained as in the morning.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester were 8 to 101;
Caledonian, 11 to 1; Blackwall, 9f, and Greenwich, 51
to 4 discount. Bristol and Exeter have been 14 to 124;
Ditto and Gloucester, 18 to 181; Chester and Holyhead,
2 to 14; Dublin and Cashel, 21 to 34; Eastern Coun-
ties, New, 51; Great Western, 46; Ditto, Half, 271;
Harwich (Locke), i; Lancaster and Carlisle, 2; Bir-
iningham, 124/ to 125; Greenwich, Preference, f; South-
Western, 461; Ditto, Eighths, 41; Croydon, 4:1; Ditto,
Scrip, 9 to 81; Manchester and Birmingham, 161; North-
ern and Eastern, 12; North Midland, Thirds, fi; Trent
Valley, 54 to 51; Paris and Rouen, 184; and Rouen and
Havre, 94 to 4 premium. British North American
Bank Shares were 84 discount; Union of Australia, 14;
and Union of London 24 premium.

THE RECENT MELANCHOLY
ACCIDENT.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
A correspondent sends us the follovring particulars of the
melancholy accident at London-bridge Wharf, from an in-
quiry instituted yesterday (Monday) at the pelice stations in
the city and at \Yapping. The boat into which the children
ventured belongs to a waterman named Williamson, and at
the time of the accident it was rowed by his son, a youth
nineteen years of age, who had been duly indentured to
ins father, and was, consequently, so far qualified to ply for
hire upon the river. The boat, however, was not licensed,
as it had been purchased only a few days, and the necessary
instructions furnished in the 2d and 4th by-laws of the
Master and Wardens of the Watormen's and Lightermen's
Company had not been complied with. From the number of
those already known to be lost, and those rescued, it is evi-
dent that more were taken on board the skiff than the law
allows, as the proviso distinctly states that if more than
eight persons are carried, the party is liable to a fine of 5/.
By an Act passed in 1742, such an offender would be liable
not only to the arnercement, but to a disqualification, amount-
ing to a prohibition from plying at all for twelve months.
This statute, however, is rendered obsolete by the above by-
law, passed during the mayoralty of Alderman Lucas. The
following is a correct list of the persona known to be missing,
and of those subsequently restored to their friends :—Lost,
Julia Lane, aged twelve years, resident at Brin's-court,
Southwark; Robert Thurlow, eight-and-a-half, 12, Shaftes-
bury-place, Aldersgate-street ; W. Newton, thirty-eight,
Allen-street, Goswell-road. Up to this afternoon (Monday),
other inquiries have been made, but it is not quite clear that
the parties inquired for were on board the boat when she was
upset. Restored, George Field, William Bird, Charles New-
ton (brother to the above, who went down); Joseph New-
som, and Henry Thurlow. A lad of the name of Leicester,
who was supposed to be dead when taken into the Castle
public-house, in St. Mary-at-hill, recovered after consider-
able !attention, and was eventually removed to his home.
Another boy was restored at the Steam-packet Hotel, and
furnished with a change of clothing by the landlord. It is
to be hoped that the authorities will take immediate steps to
stay the nuisance of these overcrowded boats, in so danger-
ous a part of the river. None of the bodies have at present
been found.