The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-13 00:00:00

RE"iURNS.

Lord MON TEAGLE moved for certain returns relating to
public fluids, a -hick were ordered.

TOWNSJU.ND PEERAGE.
Lore. 8R0U:'...; HAM, in the absence of his Noble Friend
(Lord Sydney) g ave notice that it was that Noble Lord's in-
tention, on tile di May, to present a petiticn relating to the
Townsheoll Pces-a ge, which involved certain questions relating
to the prix Jegeg their Lordships' House.
ADJOURZ IMENT FOR. THE HOLIDAYS.
On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, their
Lordships atiPourno I to Friday next.

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H OW_IE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAK ER entered the House at a quarter to two. At
two, 40 Members being present, the Right Hon. Gentleman
took his scat.

Messengers from the Lords appeared at the table, and an-
nounced that th)eir Lordships had agreed to the Exchequer
Frauds Bills Billy the Victoria Park Bill, the Kingsclerc Inclo-
sure Bill, and of her Bills, without any amendment.
On the motion of Mr. BECKETT the Leeds Improvement
Bill and the Tad caster and Otley Road Bill were read a second
time.

FORTH AND CLYDE NAVIGATION BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
DUNDEE AND ARBROATH BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. .PLUMPTRE presented a petition from the Edinburgh
Associati'm against travelling on the,Sabbath ; also a petition
from Glash-ow to the same effect.
Captain VOLDEIIO presented a petition for the better ob-
servance of the .Sabbath.

Mr. MILNES. presented a petition from factory labourers
in York, stating that they alternately suffered from too much
labour, short labour', and no labour at all, and praying for relief.
The Deputy Ush.'r of the Black Rod appeared at the table,
and summoned the Mouse to hear the Royal Assent given by
Commission to certain Bills.

The SPEAKER on his return informed the House that he
had heard the Royal assent given by Commission to several
Bills (for which see Lords' report).
Messengers from the Lords brought up the Glasgow an 1
Kilmarnwk Railway Bill and other Private Bilis, agreed to
without amendments by their L ordships.
The House then adjourned ti'l Four O'Clock.

LATER NEWS FROM HAMBURGH.
By the General Steam Na vigation Company's packet Coun-
tess of Lonsdale, Captain S tranack, which has just arrived
from Hamburgh, having per formed the voyage in less than
forty-seven hours, we have received the Hamburgh papers of
Tuesday last.
The fire had been confined n early within the limits stated in
our former report, and had beets completely reduced.
The following is an extract fro as the Hamburgh Nachrichten
of Tuesday last :
• " The fire having been entirely extinguished, tranquillity
begins to be gradually re-established. The inhabitants, with
their goods, are returning and finding shelter in the houses that
have been spared. For those who ha' e been rendered roofless
provision is making by the authorities, and by the generous
zeal of our citizens and neighbours. '1 he Tivoli Theatre has
already announced that the gross receipts of one of its first
performances shall be given to the sufferers from the conflagra-
tion. The reports that were in circulation of acts of ineen-
diarism, and of whole gangs of incendiaries, are gradually
dyieg away, or showu more and more to have originated in
misunderstanding. Excesses have been committed in conse-
quence of the public excitement, and some English residents
have been sufferers from those acts; but none of our friends
abroad, leant of all our high-minded friends in Great Britain,
will judge these acts too severely, or lay the blame of them on
our now too deeply afflicted city.
" The excellent fire brigade from Lubeck leaves us to-mor-
row to return home.
" From Bremen 1,400 carpenters have been sent to out as-
sistance.
"Among the strangers that hive arrived, with a view to ren-
der us what service might be in their power, may be named,
the Governor of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein; and
Burgomaster Schmidt, ircm Bremen."
(Fitor THE SAME PAPER.)
" The reports of incendiarism that have prevailed during the
last two days have led to scenes which have again filled our
city and the vicinity with consternation. The excitement of
the multitude at the supposed crimes has led to attacks on in-
dividuals, some of whom have been seriously, and some, it is
feared, even mortally injured. Official proclamations have
been published, declaring that, from the investigations hitherto
made, there dem not appear to be any foundation for these re-
ports, but that, on the contrary, those who have been ill-treated
by the multitude, are precisely among those who have been
most zealous and active in their humane efforts for the public
benefit.
" The blowing up of the corner of the Gras Keller, and of
Streit's Hotel, has evidently been the saving of that part of the
town beyond those buildings, and the blowing up of a row of
houses on the Pferde-Markt has had the effect of arresting the
conflagration in that direction."
The article goes on to say that Mr. Thomson, a principal
engineer in the service of Messrs. Gleichmann and Besse, had
rendered the most important services in effecting the explosions
by which so large a portion of the city had been saved, and
evidently hints that Mr. Thomson is one of those against
whom the injurious su'picions of the public had been so un-
justly directed.
We have received a plan of Hamburgh, with the extent of
the conflagration exactly marked out.
The New Exchange has escaped unhurt, though all the
housca round about have been completely destroyed. The
Town-house in the Ncuer Wall has also been saved. For the
preservation of the New Exchange the city is indebted to the
zeal and exertions of a Mr. Smith.
The following is an exact list of the streets that have Win
entirely or partly destroyed :
Grutz-twiete. Neut.: Wall.
Hoptenmarkt. Scheelengang.
Neue-hurg. Voglers-Wall.
Bohnen-strasse. Grosse Bleichen (partially).
Aluhlenbruclie. Kleine Konig-strasse.
Grosser and Kleiner Burstah Grosse Konig-strasse (only a
Ness (partially). few houses).
Grouse Backer-strasse. Alte Jungfernstieg.
Dore busch (partially). Bei der Kunst.
Pelzer-strasse (ditto). Bergstrasse.
Filter-strasse. Grosse and Kleine Paulstrarse
Fichmarkt (partially). Zuchthaus-strasse.
Schmiede-strasse. Holzdamrn.
IBerg. Beim Drillhause.
Grosse and Kleine Jolrannis- Schacht-strasse.
stras..e. Rosen-strasse.
Knochenliauer-strasse. P ferdemarkt.
Breitegiebel. Breite-strasse (not entirely).
Adolfs-platz. St. Gertrude's church and all
Schauenburger,strw.se. the adjoining houses.
St avenpforte. Kurze-twiete.
Plan. Wa.ser- twiet e.
Monkedainso. Neue-weg.
Alert Wall-strasse. Lilien-strasse.
Ciraskeller.
Of the Neuer Wall it appears that the houses at the southern
extremity have not been destroyed.
Of the Rodings Markt only the eastern side has been burnt.
Some houses at the southern extremity of the Deichstrasse
appear likewise to have escaped.
The whole of tile 'Old Jungfernstieg is gone, but the New
Jungfernstieg has not been injured.
The Publiip *l;sosis and the City Library have escaped.S h d
hrearanbdeetnhereAacisteer:
butitilajitachoroblaillesirtilrtfr. sik
I,s- en that c`ohti,
,inchidinivarei-Rigin-..strag-s#, the Breite Strasse, the Pferde
Marla, thp-Apitaler ,Estrasse, the- Schweine Markt,i &c., are
completely ;one.
A great Trail of the Grosse Bleichen has been saved, and in
the Konig Stra7se only a few houses have been burnt down.
The three prisons, the Zuchthaus, the Spinnhaus, and the
DetentionshauS, have been completely destroyed.
The conflagration has destroyed rather more than a fourth
part of the city, as far as extent is concerned, but viewing the
relative importance of the different quarters of the town, the
portion that has been burnt must far exceed in value that which
has been preserved.
The Nachrichten of Tuesday contains the following ad-
vertisement :
" Colonel Hodges requests the attendance of the British re-
sidents of Hamburgh at a public meeting to be held at her
Britannic Majesty's Consulate in the Fuhlentwiete, on Thurs-
day, May 12, at two o'clock P.M. to take into consideration
the steps necessary to be pursued in order to make an ap_peal
to the British nation in favour of the distressed poor of Ham-
burgh, who, by the existing calamitous and destructive fire,
have become totally destitute.
" Her British Majesty's Consulate, May 9, 1842."

The Courrier Francais gives the following letter
from an officer of one of the vessels of war off Tangiers
dated April 19th :—" In pursuance of orders brought by the
Grondeur steamer, we have quitted the delicious station of the
Tagus for these melancholy latitudes. If we had to send a few
bullets against the Morocco people, that would reconcile us a
little to the change, but diplomacy takes place of artillery, and
the Grondeur was here before us to announce our coming
Our little division consists of the Jena, 90 gun-ship, the
Africane, frigate of 60, the Volage, brig of 10, and Grondeur
of 160 horse-power—more than is necessary to demolish the
fortifications of Tangiers. When we appeared before the port,
we were taken for Americans come to avenge the insult offered
to their Consul. Such was the alarm that a great number of
families fled to the mountains. When they learned that we
were French, the a.itation calmed down. It would appear
from this that the inhabitants have no great fear of us ; they
see that we are always threatening, without ever executing.'
TILE TRUCK SYSTEM.—The Select Committee ap-
pointed to inquire in the frauds committed upon the working
classes by this oppressive system, met yesterday, and elected
Lord Ashley to be their chairman. They then adjourned
until Wednesday the 25th instant, on which they will commence
their labours, by instituting an inquiry into its extent and
effects, as practised in Bradford, Yorkshire, and the surround-
ing district. _ _

-The Gazette de Law anne relates that a boy of eight
years of age, residing at Chambery, in playing nearing a pre-
cipice, lost his balance, and fell down a perpendicular depth
of 162 feet. At that distance he met the branches of a tree,
which, bending with bier-weight and afterwards rebounding,
sent him forward 91 feet lower ! He was found half an hour
afterwards, with cony a thigh broken and some slight scratches.
He is not ceusidere in any danger. •