The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

Mismazzamsous.

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the circular has been issued from the Stamp-office, to
e district distributors and sub-distributors directing a
hs'etloction in the charges for all blank forms for docu-
lents to which stamps are attached, to take place from
1,9 after the sth of January, 1845. These reductions
a source of great saving to professional and corn-
rcial men. For parchment, such skins as are now
eilliitged at Bd., will henceforth be 6d. ; those at Is. Bd.,
01. ; those at 25., Is. 6d.; those at 45., 35. 2d. ; and the
fr‘nlicra in proportion. For paper, folio post is reduced
"In 2s. to Is. 6d. and Is. according to quality, dewy
tier from 2d. per sheet ; and bonds, bills of
wing, marriage licenses, transfers, and protests, from
27,* to id. and id. per sheet.
..1/„"'lnong the costly presents sent by the Emperor of
at'ssia to Sir Robert and Lady Peel 4,as a superb chire-
'3„: Piece of Siberian jasper.
0 less than sixteen couples were united " for weal
orl'4
4°,?" in Colchester, on Wednesday last, the 25th inst.
st1„:14o Society for relieving Destitution has placed the
ia;i„ of 1001. with each of the resident incumbents of
liel:inal-green parish durirg this inclement season.
iclotaef
of a very extensive nature in coal-, bread, and
distartleo, and a seasonable donation of blankets, was
th .`"ted for Christmas, throughout the whole of
e district
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The
Rectory of Greystead, Northumberland, vacant
4•!,, Lne death of the nev. George Rennell, is one of the
34 ih
eilectories which were created by Act of Parliament,
e Year 1811, when the extensive parish of Simon-
of 1t.)19 on the confiscated estates of the unfortunate Earl
thi orwentwater was divided. Previous to the division
whs aPirittial cure was forty miles in length. Clergymen
elik.;(11,11, are .been chaplains in the Royal Navy are only
ceil",e to be Fresented to these rectories, and the whole
exe ill the gift of the Commissioners of Green-

with Hospital, and not, as has been stated, of the Lords
of the Admiralty. All the livings that were formerly
the riatr...•rta:,-rc of the last Earl of Derwentwater, are
1i le gift of sue.. Commissi.iners of Greenwich If.spitsl,
arid navy chaplains are eligible to hold them.
Lord Petre has distributed a quantity of beef among
the poor of Ingatestone and Ingrave, Esrey.
The Lord Bishop of the Isle of Man held a confirma-
tion in St. Mary's Chapel, Castletown, on Sunday week,
and preached in the evening. his Lordship also visited
the national schools morning and afternoon, addressed
the teachers of the Sunday-school, and visited the gaol
of Castle Rushen, from two to three o'clock.
The building well known as Bonner's-hall, an inte-
resting object of architectural antiquity at the east end
of the metropolis, the materials of which were sold
on
Monday last, is nearly levelled with the ground. A
road 60 feet broad has bean marked out from opposite
the Greyhovnd Tavern, Old Ford-lane, to the Regent's
Canal, across the fields known as Bonner's Fields, which
will form the chief entrance, to be surrounded by villas
of an improved and uniform order of architecture.
From hence the commencement of the park will be by a
handsome iron suspension bridge across the canal.

The sixth and last of the first series of musical soirees
given by the Society of British Musicians during the
present season occurred last night. The attendance was
more crowded than on any previous occasion.

The subscription for Villington Park new Church,
llornsey, rapidly increases. The Metropolis Church
Fund have given 1,0001., and, amongst a long list of con-
tributions, are the Rev. Mr. Venn 2001., Captain Parry
301, Thomas Dickinson, Esq., 211., Messrs. Bedgood and
Johnson 101. 10s. each, 11. F. Richardson, Esq. 101. 10s.,
Lord Northampton (per Mr. H. F. Richardson, 50/., &c.

COURSE OF EXCHA]
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U. 12
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13i
Altona l3 13i
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70
Ditto, 3 mouths 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95
Frankfort on Maine— 121

Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37

Berlin — 7

Vienna, effee. £1.3 M 954
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36A

Cadiz

GE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar..... —
ILeghorn
Genoa 25 95
Milan
Venice
Naples .
Palermo, lie,oz llf.,
Lisbon 531
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Bahia ..
Buenos .Ayi•ts
dyssight
PRIC.F.4 J KULLION, PER 07.
Foreign ;, bars. £3 17 9
PortuAa: Gsld Coin 3 17 5
New boo; ,00n5..... 0 0 0
New 74,11115 0 4 91
Silver w Bars 0 4 11i

Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Sevilla

A few days ago a youth aged 21, named Alex-
andre Richard, who is connected with some of the first
families in the Morbihan, but whose conduct has been
for some time exceedingly irregular, was tried by the
Court of Assizes of that department, for the murder of
a female named Pouty, who kept a shop at Vannes, and
with whom he had entertained intimate relations. The
victim was found in her bed, stabbed in twenty-one places,
and Richard was seen, according to the evidence of one of
the witnesses, leaving her house in the dead of the
night of the murder. It was shown that he was the
father of a child borne by the female, and there was rea-
son to believe that he was desirous of putting an end to
the connexion between them. It was also shown that
the murder could not have been committed by robbers,
as nothing was taken from the house. The evidence
was altogether circumstantial, but the jury found the
prisoner guilty, declaring, however, that the murder was
without premeditation. The sentence, therefore, was
only ten years' imprisonment with hard labour.
MALICIOUS AND MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—On
Tuesday last some evil disposed person broke several
squares of glass in the house of Mr. Huila, chemist, of
John-street, London-fields; and although the most
rigid inquiry took place, nothing satisfactory could be
learned. The attack being shortly afterwards re-
peati d, information was forwarded to the police-station,
and Inspector Cooper dispatched several officers, who
were stationed in and about the house, and notwith-
standing their presence, large stones were hurled with
effect at the back windows, which command a view of
the brick-field adjacent to the canal. Every stratagem
which ingenuity and experience could devise was re-
sorted to by Sergeant flax kes, and Franeis, 221,
detective officer, but without success. On Christmas-
day the disgraceful annoyance recommenced, and about
two o'clock a joyous looking plum-pudding, which was
placed in the hack kitchen to cool, IN as deeply indented
by stony missiles, se fely lodged in its sides. Attention
was then especially directed to the rear of the house, and
instantly the attack upon the front was renewed with
vigour. The officers then made for the front, where they
found their lookers-out at their post, but heard no tidings
of the mysterious agent of destruction, when suddenly
a large earthenware pan, full of water, was dashed
into atoms at the back. Every effort to discover the
malicious gang continued to prove unavailing, and, in
consequence, Mr. Hullah is obliged to close his shop, to
preserve his large variegated colour-bottles, the destruc-
tion of which, from the inflammable nature of their con-
tents, might be attended with serious consequences. An
opinion prevails that the stones are thrown from a sling,
or fired from a gun. The door-lamp, which was broken,
is removed. The aff dr is altogether " mysterious," and
admits of a variety of conjectures and interpretations, but
of the facts, verified by the police, there is no doubt.
FIRE AT A UNION WORKHOUSIL—At a late hour
on Thursday night information was received at the
principal insurance-offices in the City of a very serious
fire having occurred on Tuesday morning at the Ban-
bury Union 'Workhouse, which was not subdued until
considerable damage was done to the building. The re-
port states, that at about a quarter to six o'clock on the
above-mentioned morning, one of the paupers was pass-
ing through the oakum-room with a lighted candle to
the master's bed-room, when, through some unfortunate
circumstance, she stumbled and fell to the ground, the
candle falling amongst some oakum which lay on the
floor, and which almost instantaneously became ignited.
The alarm was instantly given throughout the
establishment, and, as may be supposed, the most
prompt measures were adopted in order to check
the flames. The building is of great height, and the
apartments in which the fire originated was in the very
centre on the uppermost floor, immediately beneath a
cupola tower. The engines of the town, and those be-
longing to Neithrop, at the onset of the fire were sent
for, and quickly arrived ; but in the meanwhile the de-
structive element had made its way through the roof,
and fired the cupola, where the bells were kept, which,
beimg in the middle of the building, and contiguous to
the three wings, the utmost apprehensions were felt for
the safety of the house—in fact, its destruction at that
juncture appeared almost inevitable. In about half an
hour after the discovery the tower and bells fell in with
a loud crash ; and the flames were still raging with much
violence. The roof of the north-east wing caught fire.
The persons in charge of the engines, however, acted with
considerable skill, and the fire being prevented from ex-
tending to the two other wings, all their exertions were
directed to the preservation of the north-east one ; and
the fire was at last got under, the wing having been
saved with the exception of the top part of the roof' end
upper floor. There being upwards of 300 paupers in the
house at tile time, the scene that arose among them was
of a most distressing character. Nearly the whole of
them being in bed and locked in their rooms, their
screams were piercing in the extreme, and many libe-
rated themselves by breaking open the doors. The first
object of the authorities on the alarm being given was
to remove the aged and infirm inmates to the more dis-
tant parts of the establishment, out of danger, which
was effected by carrying them in blankets. A special
court of guardians has been held respecting the fire,
and they are clearly of opinion that it arose from acci-
dent. The workhouse is insured in the Guardian Fire-
office for 4,500/.
FIRES LAST NIGHT.—An alarming fire broke out
at a late honr last evening, upon the extensive ware-
houses belonging to Mr. Lewis Woolf, china dealer, 215,
Wapping High-street. The premises, which have a
spacious river frontage of about one hundred feet, are
situate a few yards below King Edward stairs, and, at
the time of the outbreak, were well stocked with goods,
the proprietor having shortly before housed a consider-
able quantity, which had been brought up from the
potteries. The discovery of the fire was made by a lad
who was passing along the shore. He immediately gave
information, and, upon entering the warehouse, it was
discovered that three crates were burning rapidly, and
that the flames had reached the joists and girders of the
first floor, which was nearly burned through. The
engines from Wellclose-square, Jeffery-square, and other
stations of the brigade, quickly arrived, as did also the
West of England from the Waterloo-road, and the fire was
extinguished, but not before several feet of the flooring
in the central part of the huilding were cut away, and
considerable damage done to the stock. Contents in-
sured in the Sun; building supposed to be covered by a
policy in the Globe fire-office. Just as the engines had
returned from the above fire, information was received
by Mr. Brookland, of Jeffery-square, that another had
broken out in the cooperage and workshops in the occu-
pation of Mr. W. Beal, 1, Lower Chapman-street, Com-
mercial-road. The fire was not extinguished before a
considerable quantity of staves of hard wood were de-
stroyed, and the roof of the shed burned off. Cooperage
not insured ; building, unknown. The origin of the fire
not accounted for.
TROTTING MATCH FOR FIFTY POUNDS ASIDE.—
, The trotting match between Mr. Vanderstein's pony
(The Wonder) and Mr. Griffin's pony (Merry Legs)
came off at the Rosemary Branch ground. The con-
testing distance was two miles in harness. Much betting
took place among the " sporting nobs," The Wonder
being the favourite at sto 4. The horses, harnessed to
match carts were driven up to the starting mark, and
immediately commenced the race, Wonder taking the
lead. One mile was completed in three minutes and
fourteen seconds. The horses kept nearly together
during the whole of the distance, and trotted in very ad-
mirable style. On the approach to the winning goal
they struggled for victory, when finally tl:e race ter-
minated by Merry Legs coming in the winner by two
lengths, after one of the finest trotting races ever wit-
nessed. From the great celebrity of the ponies as first-
rate trotters, and the sporting notoriety of their owners,
much interest was manifested, and large sums of money
changed hands.

THE SUCCESSOR TO SIR CHARLES ADAM.—ViCe-
Admiral Sir Francis 'William Austen, K.C.8., is ap-
pointed to succeed Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam,
K.C.8., as commander in chief of the North American
and West Indian station. Sir F. Austen's date of enter-
ing the navy is 1786, and he became a post captain in
1800, to which rank he attained while in command of
the Peterel sloop of war, for performing many gallant
exploits in the Mediterranean in the year preceding, and
particularly- for the capture of La Ligurienne from under
a battery near Marseilles. He subsequently commanded
the Canopus at St. Domingo. The fi,lallant commander
in chief hoists his flag in the Vindictive, 50, frigate, at
Portsmouth.