The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING AUG UST O,
_1845.

Leeds District Court. Freeman, (Bola' assignee,
Leeds ; Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row, London ;
Achers, Manchester. _ _

(Dividends, &e.. in our next.)

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE ELEC-

TION.

Friday last having been fixed by the Stewart of
Kirkcudbright as the day for nominating candidates for
the stewartry, the quiet country town presented an un-
usual scene of animation and bustle. Kirkcudbright
always looks well, its spires and towers rising from the
blue waters, surrounded on every side by umbrageous
woods, and the rarity of a bright sun overhead on Friday
gave an additional charm to the scene. Parties on foot and
in vehicles continued to arrive during the forenoon, and
about twelve o'clock a very large crowd had assembled
in the front of the hustings ; the windows of the
houses adjoining were filled with ladies, a great number
of whoa were prwent. Betwixt twelve and one o'clock
the respective candidates and their friends took their
places on the hustings, when the Stewart-Depute, Mr.
Sandford, read the election writ. The Bribery Act
_ _

having been read by the clerk, Mr. R. Gordon, the
Stewart, requested the people to listen peaceably and
quietly to the addresses which would be delivered.
James Oswald, of Auchincruive, MP. for Glasgow,
then proposed Mr. Maitland, of Dundrennan, which was
seconded by Mr. M'Adam, farmer, Kirkland, William
Maxwell, Esq„ yr., of Cardoness, proposed Colonel
M'Douall, of Logan, which . was seconded by Mr. Bell,
of Balgreddan.
Mr. MAITLAND then addressed the electors in a long
and eloquent speech.
Colonel M'DouALL next addressed the electors. He
spoke, however, in a very low tone, which, together with
a slight buzz in front of the hustings, prevented him
from bring heard. He said he hoped credit would be
given him for feeling deeply the loss of his friend Mr.
Murray ; and that he had come forward to prevent the
stewartry being rcp-esented by a Roman Catholic. The
crowd became a little impatient at not hearing what was
said, and, of course, made the matter worse. Mr. Mait-
land and Mr. Oswald requested them to give Colonel
M'Douall a fair hearing, but, after uttering another sen-
tence or two indistinctly, he apparently became nervous
and stopped.
The Stewart called for a show of hands, which was
largely in favour of Mr. Maitland. Colonel M'Douall
then demanded a poll, which was fixed for Monday
at nine, and on Tuesday at eight o'clock.
Themeeting then quietly dispersed. We understand
that upwards of 100 of Colonel M'Douall's friends and
supporters dined together in the afternoon in the Selkirk
Arms Ina.—Caledonian Mercury.

BERKLEY COTTAGE NEAR TO
CANTERBURY.
One of the happiest efforts (as it appears to us) is that
of which we only give a short extract. The composition
will soon be traced to the right author. If he needed
renown, we think this great effort would alone insure it
to him. The announcement of the auction has been
already inserted.
" Mr. George Robins is much gratified in being
selected to offer to public competition, on Thursday next,
at twelve, a freehold villa, which, it may be safely
affirmed, for its size, will not yield to anything contem-
poraneous. It is, in fact, one of the most delightful
bijoux throughout the entire kingdom, and the great
difficulty that presents itself to the composer is to do it
justice without encountering the idea of having too
highly coloured the landscape. However, this arduous
task shall be undertaken. Berkley Lodge is half way on
the declivity at Broughton Hill. In days of yore
Broughton Hill presented a fearful obstacle to enjoy,
without alloy, all the accessories this lovely spot had in
store. In our boyish days it was ace( :tinted an hercu-
lean task to reach the summit, but Mr. M'Adam, with
his powerful mind and road-making powers, soon re-
moved the imaginary difficulty, and that which pre-
viously was a fearful obstable to encounter, is now a
gentle and almost unperceived ascent. Upon this hill
now dwells the incomparable Villa, the property of,
and completed in his usual good taste by Henry
Woollright, Esq., of which a moderated account is
to follow ;—The Garden of England and the garden
of Kent have been held as synonymous terms ; and it
has long since been conceded to this spot, that throughout
Kent, it stands unrivalled. It is first seen nestling
amid the ambrosial grounds, with clumps of trees to
vary-the scene, stretching their wide and shadowy arms
far across the green sward that encompasses it. The
natural beauty of this position it will not be attempted
to describe, because it is fearlessly asserted that it must
be seen or it cannot be appreciated; the beauties that
press on the enraptured sight, strewed by the hands of
Art and Nature, combined over the surface, will hold a
place in the memory which never can be effaced, and ere
the visit is half completed, with common assent it will
be responded to by all, that fairy land is in view. Of
residence little has yet been said (although an outlay of
6,000 L has just been expended on its completion), and it
may be well to observe that, without being encumbered with
the nuisance of too large a domicile, there is all and
everything that a family (not too large) can desire. It
has been erected within the last seven years, and what-
ever can-be understood by the comprehensive term
" comfort" will be found to hold a prominent place here;
but within this little Elysium is placed a gazeebo of
novel form, and so ingeniously contrived that the beau-
teous scenery by which it is so entirely surrounded is
seen with immensely increased effect. It is really quite
impossible to do justice to the tact that has presided over
this great feature of the abode. Its form is duodecagon,
there are five windows, each diversifying the scene. The
ingenuity that has conceived this happy effort to give
additional effect to the magnificent scene is unquestion-
able. It exhibits a panoramic view that yields to nothing
throughout England, softened by the intermixture of
features the most romantic and picturesque—
' Till breathless, as we grow when feeling most,
And silent, we stand in thoughts too deep
For utterance,'
it produces such an ensemble as the writer of this im-
perfect sketch has never before enjoyed. To give an
adequate representation is quite out of the question—its
beauty and its loveliness altogether forbid it, but it may
be permitted to observe that the river Medway and the
Nore, which are in the distance, are, at high water, on
visiting terms with Berkley Lodge. An English fleet
of one hundred vessels has not unfrequently aided
this splendid picture. To return for a moment
to the demesne—the grounds are very extensive and
luxuriant beyond imagination. There is not a landscape
gardener that will not be proud to take a lesson here, and
the proprietor has added so much of ingenuity, and of
variety, that the scene never tires—at every turn some-
thing new and beautiful is presented. In the centre is
an observatory 50 feet in height,' which stands 350 feet
higher than Canterbury. From this spot Dover and
Gravesend are both brought within view, and the coast
of France seen without difficulty. The terrace walk,
that runs parallel with the London-road is adorned by
American shrubs and flowering plants without number ;
aid to perfect chi's scene there are rising in majestic gran-
deur in the rear the splendid woods of Blean (of which
this property includes four acres), to protect the villa
from the wintry winds—the kitchen gardens are
well planned, and the supply of fruit and vegetables
most abundant. Dispersedly placed, and in excellent
taste, are to be seen about the grounds everything that
ingenuity and art combined could effect. In one spot is a
grotto. Contiguous to it the ornamental waters, with
three vessels in full sail, of solid copper, and wire rig-
ging, and a jet d'eau which Mr. Robins will not dis-
honour by a comparison with the ' nonentities
at Trafalgar-square.' On another spot is a second
grotto, which, by means of no ordinary inge-
nuity, represents a perpetual telegraph and windmill,
which never cease their pteasing vocation. It has con-
sumed 700 feet of iron pipe to accomplish this. The
Eddystone Lighthonse adorns the centre of the waters,
in which exists myriads of gold and silver fish. In short,
neither words nor painting can do it adequate justice ;
we know of nothing comparable with the scene, so as to
give it that vivid colouring by which those who have not
had ocular demonstration, may recognise its wild phone).
mena. And now the composer feels that he must
compassionate with his readers, and arrive at a conclu-
sion. The demesne around it is 14 acres, including the
rich paddocks. The offices within and without are con-
responding, and the whole in complete apple-pie order.
It is four miles from Canterbury ; and the society every-
where is proverbial for its being prone to good fellow-
ship, with lots of shooting, hunting, and fishing without
much trouble."

DEATH from ALLEGED NEGLECT
AT NORTHFLUET.
On Wednesday last a poor man, of the name of John
Tuckwell, died at Northfleet, near Gravesend, as was al-
leged by the overseers of the parish of Northfleet, in
consequence of the neglect of the medical officer of the
Union, Mr. Whitcombe, of Gravesend, and of the
relieving officer, Mr. Siddell, both of whom, together
with the Board of Guardians, repudiated the order
for medical and ether relief given by the overseers
of the parish, upon the ground that the latter had
no right to give such order, without the concurrence
of the relieving officers and the Board of Guardians.
On Friday, on the requisition of the overseers, ad-
dressed to the Coroner for the west division of Kent, that
officer held an inquest on the body of the victim of al-
leged neglect; and a highly respectable jury being em-
panelled, the evidence of the medical officer (Mr. Whit-
combe), of M essrs. Betts and Higgins, overseers of North-
fleet, of Mr. Wood, poor-law guardian of Northfleet, and
of the woman in whose house the deceased sickened and
died, as well as that of other persons who were
cognisant of the facts of the case, having been
taken, the Coroner, with the full concurrence
of the jury, adjourned the inquest, in order
that the books of instruction of the board of guardians
to• the relieving officer, and the reports of the case
of the deceased by the medical officer to the Board
should be produced, as there appeared to the Coroner
and Jury a startling discrepancy between the evidence of
the medical officer, that of Mr. Wood, the guardian, and
of Mr. SiddAl, the relieving officer, in respect to the
reports of the case, as made to the Board by the
first-mentioned officer, and a total denegation by each
of these officers of the statements of the overseers,
Messrs. Betts and Higgins. The Coroner observed,
that if these documents were not produced lie would
summon every member of the Board of Guardians before
him, and commented in strong terms of reprehen-
sion on what he denominated the disgraceful pro-
ceedings of the officers appointed to administer the
poor-law in the Union generally, and in the parish of
Northfleet in particular. This, he said, was only one of
the many instances that came before him of the result
of these disgraceful quarrels ; and he expressed his
opinion, that unless they altered their conduct in the
administration of the poor-law, they would be sent, one
of these days, to Maidstone gaol, on a verdict of Man-
slaughter.
An Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, it is stated,
will attend the adjourned inquest, to watch the proceed-
ings, and the result is looked to with intense interest
by the inhabitants, of all classes, in the district.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES

IN THE
'RINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND,
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES or RAILWAYS,

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3. I 18. I 11

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8. I 18.

lAug.
18.

Aberdeen • • ..
Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbroath and Forfar .. • .

Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Armagh,Colr.,&Portrush

Bandon and Bantry . • • • •
Belfast and Ballymena • •
Belfast and County Down
Birknhd,Lan. & Ches.Jnc.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (its. at 7% dis.)
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Birrninglun & Oxfrd.Junc.
Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un.
Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn
Bolton, W igau, & Liverpl.
Boston, Sta►nfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter • • • • • •

Ditto New . • • • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester • •
Bristol and S. Wales June.

British and Irish Union. • -
Caledon. and Ayrsh. Junc -
Caledon. & Dumbar. Juno -
Calednniau .•• • . . ..... I

Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Cambridge and Lineoln• •
Chester and Birkenhead..

Ditto New Shares • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Chester and Holyhead • •
Cheltenham and Oxford
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley . • • • • • • • •
Clitheroe Junction
Clydesdale Junction .• • • •
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon .• • • • • •
Cork and Killarney .• • • •
Cork and Waterford • • • .
Cork and Youghal • • • • • •
Canterbury and Dover. • •
Coventry and Leicester• •
Cornwall . • • • •

Derby and Crewe . • • • • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Dies, Beccles, & Yarmoth
Direct Northern • • • • • • •
Direct Norwich . • • • • • • • •

Dublin and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Coin e -
Dublin and Drogheda •• • • -
Dublin and Galway . • • • .
Dundalk and Enniskillen -
Dundee and Arbroath .• . -
Ditto New ..........-
Dundee and Per.h •• • • -
Durham and Sunderland -
East Lancashire (No. 1) -
Ditto (No. 2) •• • • -
Eastern Counties . 21
Do. New....
Do. Perp. spr Ct., No 1 -

Do. do. No. 2
East Dereham 8; Norwich
East Union . - • •• • • • • • • • •

Ditto Extension • • • • ..
Edinbgh, Glass., and Dum. -
Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 81
Do. Quarter Shares •• • 2'
Do. New Quarter Shares 1
Edin b. Leith, and Granton -
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent • • -
Edinburgh and Northern -
Edinburgh and Peebles • • -
Edinburgh and Perth •. • • -
Ely and Huntingdon • • ••
Enniskillen and Sligo .• • • -
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr -
Fltwood, Prstn, &W. Rid. -
Garnkirk and Glasgow . • -
Glasgow and Ayr .••• • • • -
Do. Quarter Shares.... -
Glasgow and Greenock •. -
Ditto New...........-
Ditto • ••...••.
Preference ••• • • -
Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. -
Glsgw, Kilmamck, & Ard. -
Glasgow and Belfast Un. -
Goole and Doncaster .... -
Grand Junction
Ditto Half Shares •• . • -

Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New Quarters ..
Ditto Eighths • .....
Grand Union . .... • •. • •
Great Eastern & Western

Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (lend) 21
Ditto Extension .•• • • •
Great Munster. ••••• • • • •
Gt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England 211

)o. New 401. Shares • . I 5'

Do. New 301. Shares .. 31
Great Western • ... • • • • • 21'
Ditto Half Shares •• • • 121
Ditto Fifths
Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. -
lludrsfid & Man. R. & C anl -
Huddersfield and Sheffield -
Hull and Gainsborough • • -
Hull and Selby .. •••• .. . • 101
Ditto Quarter Shares • • -
Ditto Half Shares •••• • 2
Inverness and Elgin •• • • -
Isle of Jersey ••••• • .. • • -
Kendal and Windermere -
Kingstown and Bray .... -
Killarney Junctions -
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Lancaster and Preston .. -
Leeds and Bradfbrd -

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Ditto Extension .. •• ..
Leeds and Dewsbury. •• •
Leeds and Thirsk .••• • • • •
Leeds &W. Riding June.
Leicester & Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford .• • 23
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc.
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng.
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares . •
Ditto Quarter Shares . •
Liverpl, Ormskrk, & Prstn
London and Birmingham 224
Ditto Thirds.... ••• • • • 41
Ditto Quarters •••• • • • 24
London and Blackwall • • 1(
Los.&Man.(Reroington's) 1
London and Brighton .• • • 7'
Ditto Consolid. Eighths 5'
London and Croydon •• • • 2.
Ditto New . ••••• • • • • 1.
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut.
London and Greenwich •
Do. Pref. or Privilege..
London and South Westrn 7!
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501. Shares • • 11

fq Do. New, 401. Shares • •
London and York . • • • • • •
Ditto (Bantry) .• • .. • •
London and Windsor....
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl
Londonderry & Coleraine
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Londonderri& Enuiskilln
Lynn and Ely .... • • ....
Lynn and Dereham .• • • .
Manchester and Leeds • • 20,
Ditto Half Shares ..
Ditto Quarter Shares • • 3;
Ditto Sixteenths ••• • • •
Manchstr and Birkenhead
Manchester &Birminghm 6;
Ditto Quarter Shares .•
Ditto New Quarters . • • E
Do. Con. & Welsh Junc.
Manchestr, Boitn, & Bury
3lnchstr, Buxtn, &Matlk 7
Man. Shef. and Mid. June.
Manchestr & Southamptn
Midland .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 171
Ditto Fifths
Ditto•••••••••• New .. .. •• • 2'
Do. Con. Birm. & Derby

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Midind Gt Westrn (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Newcstl & Daringtat June.
Do. New (Brandling) . •
Newcastle and Berwick • - 2
Newcastle and Carlisle • •
Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavermy
Newry and Enniskillen . .
Newark and Sheffield . • •
North British 3

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Ditto New Shares ....
Northern and Eastern • .
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shares ..
North Devon . ....
North Kent • • • • • • • • • • • •
North Staffordshire ....
North Eastern • • • • • . • • • .
North Union (A) .. • • • • • •
Ditto (B)
North Wales Mineral....
Ditto New Shares • • • •
North Western •••• • • • •
North Wales • • • • • •
Norwich and Brandon • •

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Ditto New • • • • • • • • •
Not., Belvoir, & Oranthm
Nottingham and Boston. .
Nott., Er wsh, Val.& Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Birming. June
Oxford and Worcester • •
Oxford and Cambridge . •
Perth and Inverness • • • •
Portsmouth Direct . • . • • -
Preston and Wyre • • • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div.
Preston & Wyre Extens.
Richmond & W. End June
Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring
Scottish Central . • .. .
Scottish Midland • .. .
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares • .
Ditto ditto (No. 2) • .
Ditto ditts (No. 3)
Sheffield and Lincoln....
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry & Grand June.
Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe
Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl,& Bir
Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. 2
Shrws, Herefd,& N. Wales
Slarnannan ..... ........
South Devon . ..........
South Midland • • • • • • • • • •
South Eastern and Dover 4
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I
Do. (iss.33/.65.8d.) „ 2 I
Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3

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Staines and Richmond
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales • . • • • ...
Tean and Dove Valley • •
Trent Valley . • • . • • • • • • • •
Do. and Holyhead Junc.
Vale of Neath .•
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Coun.
Wexford and Carlow
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub
Wakefield and Bradford
Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Gool
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London . • .
West Lancashire. • • • • • • •
-Worcester and Tring . - • •
Whitehaven and Furness
Do. New Half Shares • •
Welsh Midland
Wect Cornwall. • • • • • • • • •
West Yorkshire • • .. • • • •
Wilsoutwn, M. & Coltness
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich
Ditto New. • .. ..... • •
York and Carlisle
. York and North Midland
1 Ditto Half Shares .. • . 5
Ditto Scarbro' Brench 5
Ditto Selby
Ditto Extension
Yorkshire & Glasgow I:7n

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HULL, AUG. 18.

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STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half
Shares, 24—London and Birmingham Extension, 35a.

Preston and Wyre, 39—York and North Midland Extension,
241,4—North British, 314 %—Ditto, Half Shares, 9 —Great
Eastern and Western, 35.-liottingham, Erewash, &c., 408.
Smith Midland, 4% 18s. 9d.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc-
tion, 31,12—Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 31,4—Trent Valley
Continuation, 214—York and Carlise, 4.
YORK, AuG. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Durham and Sunder-
land, New, guaranteed Five per Cent., 51,12—North British,
New, 91/8—York and North Midland, Selby Scrip, 78 with
div.—Ditto Extension,. 24% 3%—Leicester and Bedford,
31.73.—L0nd0n and York, s—Manchester, Buxton, &c., 8—
Newcastle and Berwick, 24% 241. 6s. 3d.—Wakefield, Pon-
tefract, and Goole, 431.
EXETER, Aua. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE:.-The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
12/.—Exeter and Crediton, 81/2—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor-
chester, prem.—Eastern Counties, 204—London and
Blackwall, 103/4—South Devon. 301/2.

EDINBURGH, AUG. 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 55.-
Aberdeen and Banff, and Elgin, 2/. lls. 6d.-Arbroath and
Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Armagh and Portrusb,
2L-Banffshire, 2/. 38.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 95.-
Belfast and County Down, 41. 35.-Cambridge and Lincoln,
V.-Caledonian, 101. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 175.-Ca-
ledonian and Dumbarton,3l. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 9/.
-Direct North ern, 21. 55.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 2s. 6d.-
Ditto, New, 18L-Dundee and Perth, 41.45, 6d.-Edinburgh
and Batbgate, 21. ss. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,BBL 7s. 6d.-
Ditto, Quarter, 211. 10s.-Ditto, Ditto New, 141. 10s.-
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, IL 17s. 6d.-Edin-
burgh, Leith, and Granton, 241.-Ditto, Preference, 161. 10s.
-Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 125.-Ditto, Ditto New, 1/.
ls.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Edinburgh and
Perth, 11. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto, New
Stock, 22L-Glasgow Belfast Union, 3/. 18s. 6d.-Glasgow
and Neilston, 21/. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/.-Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. Os. 3d.-Glasgow and
Ureenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 21. 15s. 6d.-
Inverness and Elgin, 11.35.-Kilmarnock and Ardrosaan, 51.
15s -London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and Cole •
raine, 31. 17s. 6d.-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/. 158.-
Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-Morayshire, 1/.-North
British, 31/. 10s.-ditto, Halves, 9/. 10s.-North Wales Mi-
neral, New, 6/ 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 35.-Scottish
Central, 71. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 75.-Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. 25.-Slamannan, 181.-South Mid-
land, Si. 165.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, IL 10s.-Stirling
and Dunfermline, U. 165.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin,
1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/.

FIRE IN ALDERMANBURY.

Last evening, about twenty minutes before eight '
o'clock, a destructive conflagration, involving loss of
property to the amount of nearly 20,0001, broke nut in
the premises of Messrs. Bradbury, Greatorex, and Beale,
French, Scotch, and Manchester warehousemen, of No.
6, Aldermanbury.
The premises in question are considered as those
almost the largest in that line of business in the city of
London, extending in the rear from Aldermanbury to
the western end of the Guildhall, and abutting on Dyers-
court, on the northern side of the church of St. Law-
rence Jen ry.
The fire was first discovered by the porters employed
by the firm to have broken out in the basement, or
cellar, of the building, and although an immediate
alarm was raised, so rapid, in consequence of the com-
bustible nature of the stock, were the flames, that be-
fore any assistance could arrive the whole of? the lower
portion of the premises were on fire, which speedily
caught the warehouse on the ground-floor, and
extended to the upper rooms. In less than a quarter
of an hour, the whole of these extensive warehouses
were in flames from the basement to the roof,
and the light created thereby was visible in every part
of London. The bridges were crowded with spectators •,
an-1 Bow Church, the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, and
the surrounding edifices were shown out in bold relief
from the objects of lesser elevation more immediately
surrounding them. The flames continued to increase,
and from the lurid glare on the turrets of Guildhall
shortly after eight o'clock, the greatest apprehensions
• were entertained that that ancient edifice was involved in
the conflagration.
So rapid was the progress of the fire, that the whole
building was one mass of flames before an engine arrived,
the first being that of St. Lawrence Jewry. This was
speedily followed by the brigade from the Watling-street
and other stations, and also the County and the West of
England. Notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen,
under the orders of Superintendent Braidwood, the fire
continued to progres, and at one time the whole of Alder-
manbury, Guildhall, and the church of St. Lawrence
Jewry, were considered in imminent danger ; and, but for
the extraordinary exertions of the firemen, they must
have fallen a prey to the flames.
A young man, named Diamond, was in the top floor
at the time the alarm was given, and so rapid were the
flames that he was forced to escape without his coat,
whilst another, named Samuel, asserts that it was with
no small degree of difficulty that those on the ground-
floor were enabled to escape. Mr. Beale, one of the
firm, had only arrived from Glasgow yesterday after-
noon, and upwards of 10,0001. worth of goods had been
received during the day.
The adjacent premises of Messrs. Stone and Com-
pany, grocers and tea dealers, No. 5, Aldermanbury,
were seriously damaged by water and fire. The flames
were got under by half-past nine o'clock, and it is be-
lieved that not only every vestige of property, but even
the books of the firm, are consumed. By half-past ten
o'clock the fire was extinguished.
It is believed that the premises and stock are valued
at upwards of 50,0001., and that they are insured ; but,
owing to the confusion, it is impossible at present to
ascertain.

[ANOTHER ACCOUNT.]
One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the
City for a considerable period broke out on Monday night,
between the hours of seven and eight, in the spacious
range of premises, belonging to Messrs. Bradbury and
Greatorex, Manchester warehousemen, situate at No. 6,
Aldermanbury. The premises in question were five
stories high, including the basement, and were bounded
on every side by numerous similar buildings. The Guild-
hall flanked the premises on the east, Dyers-court, a
large and tall row of warehouses, were on the north ;
and Fountain-court, used as warehouses, intersected
Aldermanbury on the south. The whole covered an
area of ground of vast extent.
The fire commenced in that part of Messrs. Bradbury's
premises, termed the Scotch warehouse, filled with a
costly assortment of goods. -At that time a number of
the workpeople were in the building, who endeavoured
as well as they could to extinguish the flames ; in that
however they were unsuccessful, for 4pwing to the
very combustible nature of the goods, the fire spread
right and left with fearful rapidity. Seeing that it
was impossible to subdue the conflagration without
additional aid, an alarm was spread in the
usual way, a messenger being dispatched to give
intelligence at the' engine stations. During the short
time that was thus necessarily lost, the fire mounted
most fearfully, seizing upon everything-in the warehouse
in which it commenced, and extending from thence to
the upper floors, so that by the period the engines from
the parish and Watling street stations could arrive, the
greater portion of the building was enveloped in one
broad sheet of flame, which rushed out of the different
floors with a loud and fearful noise.

The firemen exerted themselves to the utmost, to pre-
vent, if possible, the flames from extending beyond the
premises in which they commenced. Their labours,
however, were not quite successful ; in less than twenty
minutes after the outbreak, every part of the spacious
building was on fire, and when the roof fell in, the fiery
fragments were scattered by the wind over the surround-
ing premises, setting in flames the adjoining house in
Fountain-court, belonging to Messrs. Coster, James,
and Co., warehousemen.

At this conjuncture the flames rose to such an alarm.
ing height as to be distinctly visible from every part o:
London.

By half past nine o'clock the fire was at its height ; at
that time there were seven hundred square feet of solid
flame ascending high into the air, and extending across
the carriage-way of Aldermanbury, setting the windows
and doors of the opposite houses in a general blaze. In
this extremity, Mr. Crookland, the fireman of the
district, and Mr. Braidwood had the engines of the
London establishment brought to the sides and back of
the blazing premises, while Mr. Connerton had the
branch of the West of England engine directed through
the front windows and against the opposite windows.
By strenuous and skilful exertions the firemen, to-
wards half-past ten o'clock, began to get the mastery
over the flames, and in the course of another fifteen mi-
nutes they yielded completely to the great power of
water that was cast upon them.
It is hardly necessary to say, that by this period the
whole of the spacious range of premises of Messrs. Brad-
bury and Co. were reduced to a misshapen mass of
ruins, the valuable stock in trade consumed, and the
undermentioned premises more or less damaged :—Mr.
Stone and Co., tea dealers, No. 5, Aldermanbury;
Messrs. Coster, James, and Co., No. 4, Aldermanbury;
Messrs. Oliver and Co., merchants, Nos. 7 and 8 in the
same thoroughfare; Messrs. Chadwick, warehousemen,
No. 4, Dyer's-court; Messrs. Allen and Tollys, whole-
sale milliners; and Messrs. Coster, James, and Co., in
Fountain-court.