Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-03-06

IRON chest can be plainly seen which Is supposed TO
contain some valuable documents. Inc insress ana
egress to and from the Bank very difficult not only
IN consequence of the regulations to keep on the
crowd, bat from the quantity OF water that Is Kept
flowing through the street in order 10 supply the en-
glnes In every turn you take you meet some one or
otRer carrying the books and papers that were saved
byplacing them in Bartholomew Church, to another
place of safety.
The public Companies who had Offices in the build
ings must also be great sufferers but much OF their
property consisting of documents, which are usually
kept in fire proof Safes will snl be saved. we saw
ten OF these safes carried from the runs INTO the
bank, where there is an extra number OF the guards
on duty. One of these Of immense size, ana was
confidently reported to belong TO Lloyd II was not
found TILL half past twelve. We have as yet been I'M
able 10 learn TO the truth OF the report Inc CON-
mlttee are now sitting at the Jerusalem Coffee House
Their determination as 10 their future proceedings mas
not yet transplred. The engines sull continue 10
play on the runs. The whole area OF the Exchange
is filled with ruins which occasionally break out, but
are immediately put out. The followngls list OF
small portion only of the sufferers by the confagra
ton az the Royal Exchange orHhH 'FRONT.' Chap-
pell news vender all destroyed; Wilson, bookseller
ditto; Lett, statloner, ditto Seedlings AHy: Jes-
sup, satoner, stock and building consunied; Barker
halter dto; Venn and Son, notarles, ditto; Pouey,
print seller ditto; Tent, hosier ditto. Mr.. French
the chronometer and matchmaker, who had very
large stock of plate and Jewels IN his house IN the al
ley, fortunately saved them IN tlmc.-Castte Alley
Boughton and Grlnsead, stock brokers' all destroy
ed; Peake English and foreign broker, ditto DAVIS
stock broker, ditto Foster and Son, brokers, dltlo
Sutton, Son, and Gnbble ditto; Dundee and Perth
steam packet Office, ditto; Bethel, stationer dltto
Wthers and Scorer ditto; Royal Exchange fire Of
flee, ditto; Williamson, matchmaker, ditto; Lloyd's
Coffee House. ditto.
Ii Is worthy OF remark, that the statue of Sir Tho
mas Gresham, the founder of the original bank IN
the of the square, which is surrounded by piles
of huge stones which had the appearance of unsack-
ed lime on which water had been thrown remains
inches is that of Mr. Alderman Barnard Placards
are posted in every street in the city, stating that
the Lord Mayor has ordered the Guildhall to ne
thrown open for the accommodation OF merchants
who attend the Exchange, until new one is built.
We are happy in being enabled TO state that the
whole of the papers and memoranda connected with
the policies of insurance effected at Lloyd's during
the last year have been saved-the underwriters
drawers in the different tables have been secured and
deposited in ST. Barthol0mews Church and the
Bank of England where they are kept till claimed by
their respective owners So great was the anxiety
to rescue every scrap of paper and every species OF
property from the destructive element that Bank OF
England notes to the amount of t400 or ESQ WERE
this morning, found openly lying on chest, in ST.
Bartholomew Church. which had been there during
the whole of the night, although hundreds Of persons
had been engaged IN depesng property there during
the fire.
The fine statue of King Charles, standing on mar
BILE PEDESTAL and surrounded by an iron railing, re-
MAINS however, uninjured, and appears to be sur
veying the scene of destruction and ruin with the
most Patonic indifference. This will be almost the
only relic of the interior of the building.
II is likely that railroad will be constructed by
means of bridges the Lagunes, connecting Venice
with terra rma and running through Padua, Vicenza,
Verona, &c This may stop the decay of the Queen
of the Adrac and restore TO her portion OF her for
mer grandeur and population.
Greece, at the last accounts, was in great commo-
ton, and numerous arrests were taking place at
Athens, and in the country These have been ocea-
mad NV detp m n u
retain the Bavaran troops and to restrain the liberty
of the press. AT Athens rice la constifution was
common cry; and revolt was momentarly expected
Maximilen, father Of the King of Saxony, died at
Dresden on the Sd January. Ii will be remembered
that this prince abdicated his crows in favor of his
son in 1880.
The Belgian preIales have declared that freemasons
are unworthy of being admitted to the sacrament and
must be denied absoluton.
Civilization is making some progress In Denmark !;
the torture, as a mode of ellcitng evidence In crm
nal cases, has been jast abolished at Copenhagen!
soldier named Peretty, at Lyons, was sentenced
by a cour, martial 10 be diseraeed In the pubic
square, when his sentence was being read to him be-
fore the assembled garrison, he interrupted the cap
tain Judge advocate, exclalmlng,-"thats enough,
sir" and stabbed himself to the heart with knife.
M. Cremieux, the advocate Of the Polish doctors,
who lately tried TO swinde the Dake of Hamilton
out of 400 900 by unjust charge has been cited be-
fore the counsel Of the order of to explain
his conduct, as his undertaking the cause was looked
upon as degrading to the bar generally.
The agitation at Cologne is on the increase; Sc
cret press has been discovered in that city which
printed seditious handbs. These had recently been
most extensively circulated among the lower classes,
and the efervescence was very intense IN the minds
of the populace.
The young ladies' Of AK la Chapelle and Cologne
have formed society to prevent marriages with Pro-
testants. Subscriptions have been entered into in
those cities to provide dowries for yosng Catholic
grls, provided they contracted marriage with those
Of their own faith only.
The following specimen Of Partisan loaterism was
recently exhibited in one of the police Offices at
Paris An officer of the guards rescued young man
had thrown himself into the Seine, driven to the act
by distress On being carried TO the police, II was
found that he had forty francs in his pocket just as
this YVES going on a man Of the lowest class was
brought in charge efvacabondage, who, on learning
the accident and the Of the young man, exclam
ed, What 40r.,-drown himself with 4Oir. IN his
pocket!-40 litres Of de we in his pocket flood
for whole fortnight The bysiandcrs tried to stop
him in his noise; but he still continued to exclalm
40 lires of eau de vie in his pocket!-the mans
fool quite unnatural.
The plague has broken out at Odessa, where the
inhabitants are in phrenzy ofhoror.
A yosth named Rice, having lately fallen into
the basin City-load quarter Of an hour elapsed be-
fore he could be got out when two surgeons attended,
but after an hour exerton unsuccessful in their
attempts 10 restore the youth to life. drunken man
from the tap-room, waking from his sleep, and hear
isg that the medical men had failed, staggered into
The room and aaid be could restore the boy and ap-