The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-31 00:00:00

FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE.
Yesterday morning, sb Jut a quarter p'st tow.. o'cleck,
a tire, which was nearly attends el with feeal conse-
quences, broke out in the premises of Mr. E. F. Prec'eis,
`,le. 20, Stierrat (3-street, Gol.iene genre. A female living
in the house, being subject to esti:in:on bed been recom-
mended by her medical attendant to smoke tobacco ec-
a'"l 'Dully. Yesterday mernieg she took a lighted pipe
intoth bed, and whilst sniok ng it the tell asleep, %oleo
burning tobacco fell upon the bedding and s-t it On
fire. The engines of the parish and London Brigade
attended with all promptitude, and the fire was extin-
guished. but nut until considerable damage had been
done. The owner of the property was uninsured.
Yesterday morning, about oue o'clock, ieformation
reached the brigade stations tnct a fire bed broken out
about five hours previously, and was then aurnit gin the
isarkeeta,
itoap works of Mr. Thomas' Mitchell, No. 1, Coleman-
.WaPPing-vvell. The engines and firemen were
dineu'LdatelY dispatched to the spot, when it was asce.r-
tod that the heat from one of the iurneces had eat fire
supale the heavy bond timber behind the coppers on
b'met Lon.
1'!:e
e firemen iostantly set to work, and
Flitting the
brickwork away, they were enabled to
extthgelsh the fire, and tncreby proveut a fearful cons
uegration.
t Jut two hours after the itbeve, a fire of a vary dis-
4,eti"leg character eceurral on the premises of l!.Jr.
s Thomas 6earle, a stone merchant, eituate at No. 74,
111 We •
illnesx A young woman who was suffering fuom
re
had been commended to be rubbed over with
art embrocation consisting of various ingredients, one
of ntch was spirit of turpentine. To mix the various
articles together it was necessary to boil the whole,
which was beintr'done by Miss Lavicli, a young woman
aged thirty, when the mixture boiled over, and an
Immense flume shot forth from the grate, and rolling.
ever the floor fired in succession sundry articles of fur-
tlture, and before the unfortunate creature could leave
tilaFoom she became encircled in fire. The poor female
h
"leg Riven two or three frantic screams, sh© rushed out
of the kitchen with the flames mounting over her head.
Several persons living in the house ran to the assistance
13r Miss Lavick, but notwithstanding that they exerted
themselves to the utmost, they were unable to get the
fire extinguished until nearly every particle of wearing
apparel was consumed on her person, and her body so
aiarteusly burned that the flesh peeled off when touched.
al Medical gentleman was promptly in attendance, and
adtd. every thing that humanity or surgical skill could
e'ew arige but the unfortunate creature lingered only
i
,hours, when death terminated her sufferings. A
'a'" minutes before the melancholy event happened,
the
deceased had a very narrow escape, for the spirit
boiled over in an adjoining room, and she thinking the
ire was too fierce, adjuurried to the next room, but un-
tortunately the fire proved more disastrous in the last
Lathed place than, in the,former. Mr. Searle was in-
sured in the Sun Fire Office.
Two other fires occurred about the same time; one at
132°, High-street, Whitechapel, in the occupancy of Mr.
INunan, hatter; and the other at No. 6, Lincoln-court,
.ururplane, belonging to Mr. J. Shepperd.. Fortn-
naatell, owing to the timely arrival of assistance. the
"aluage done at each was comparatively inconsiderable.

RATH OF A LADY FROM FRIGHT.
The Bath Chronicle reports a most distressing case
Of
Shia description. It appears that on Tuesday night,
k_ rtween twelve and one o'clock, an attempt was matie
obreak into the house of Mrs. Collins, of the Radford
Brewery, near Timsbury. About two years ago one of
rt
Collins'so customers, living in Wales, informed her
that he had overheard two men who were plotting to
rob her house, and in consequence, she ha; ever since
'Laboured under the apprehension of being surprised by
burglars. For the purpose of protection, therefore, a
ran servant had slept in the house until within the last
foetal ht during which his employ mt.nt has eompellk d
lm to be absent, and the only male inmate of the house
kr as a boy, employed as a page. On Tu- sday night
8. Collins's coachman, atter attending The stables,
Zent home as usual; and soon after midnight Mrs.
Collins and the servant girl retired to rest. airs. Col-
-Illsa bad nor, however, been in her bed-room many mi.
allies, when she was startled by hearing a noise, sppa-
beilLtlY Proceeding from the window of the pantry, at the
b:lesL of the house, arid she called up the boy, desiring
to tucerrain the cause of it. Toe boy having
oown up the window of a roam immediatelyr
the pantry, discovered three men endeavour-
Itlg to force an entrance, for which purpose they had
t°lten a pane of glas. in the pantry window. As the
'scoundrels took no notice of their discovery, the lad ob-
tained a gong, which had been provided in the contem-
LihaSion of such an emergency. and beat it loudly to alarm
he neighbours, but in doing so broke the stick he was
beatsin awry again;
female servant, however, got another, and he
again; but the burglars were not driven away,
though, being unable to effect au entrance through the
Pantry, they went round to the front of the house to re-
commence_ operations. Hero one of them said, " That
exill do; we shall be able to get in here now;" and this
eprression being overheard by Mrs. Collins, she was so
overcome with terror that she fell down in a state of in.
the sensibility. In the meantime the lad continued to strike
,eiga:_gtt,rand in about twenty minutes some of the
emu, tou to whom Mrs. Collins's fears wore known,
ing probtaZ house, but the burglars had decamped, hay-
eTohnedintieoignhdbeYesucerreleblnalarmed by the approach of assistance.
ding Mrs. Collins in the pitiable
ed, obtained the assistance of a sur-
fgeozei
n; egd•t before The his arrival the unfertunate lady had
probability of sconodrels have not been caught, but the
theneighbourhood is such, that there is every
their speedy detection.
TEE

EARL of PEMBROKE.—PROBABLE
VACANCY FOR WILTSHIRE.
we. Understand that the Earl ot Pembroke, who has
i g been in a delicate state of health, has become so
_vir
worse within the last few days, that a telegraphic
ter-sage was scut on Thursday (muting to his brother,
al • Sydney Herbert, to repair to Paris immediately,
where his Lordship has resided roe some time. The
ki
gilt "on. Gentleman lest no time in starting for the
rench capital, and it was hoped by iais friends that be
Would reach in time to see his noblo brother alive.
Shnuld the anticipated event take place, Mr. Sydney
Harbert wilt succeed his brother as Earl of Pembroke,
and a vacancy consequently occur in the representation
of Wiltshire. Were the Right Hon. Gentleman once
translated to the Upper House, the Peelites in the Com-
mons will lose their best man; fur Sir Jams Graham re-
pudiates the title of Peelite, now that be has deter-
tnined to set up business on his own account, as the
leader of a G-rry.aud an aspirant at the Premiership.—
Morning Advertiser.

THB IS stated that serious dissen-
sions have already arisen within the Tory camp. Some of
its members have made free-trade professions others are
still protectionists; and the differences thus originating are
said already to indicate the still more serious difficulties
Which the ‘uture can scarcely fail to aggravate.— Daily News.
THE HEREFORDAHIRE ELECTION RtoTs.--A special
meeting of magistrates was held at Ross, on Tuesday to
investigate the cause's of, and the circumstances attending,
the riots there on Saturda week, when the poll-books wert
,
destroyed by a mob, a preliminary meeting having been
held on Friday. After the high sheriff had staled that he
appeared in his official capacity, to demand of the local ma-
gistrates that they should make a minute inquiry into the
origin of the late riots, by which one of the poll-books had
been destroyed, the under-sheriff read the declarations taken
en the day of the declaration of the poll. From the declara-
tion of Richard Deakinga Turner, poll-clerk at booth No. 2,
it appears that at two minutes to four the booth was attacked,
When the deputy-sheriff and the declarant endeavoured to
escape. but " two fellows with long staves like constables'
staves, and having painted on the top the colours orange
and green, followed the declarant; one of them caught hold
of the poll-book and register of voters' book, and endeavoured
to wrest the same from him, and said at the same time,
All
We want is the book; we won't harm you it you give it
Us!" The deputy-sheriff then took the books, of which,
however, he was immediately deprived. The declarations of
the checkclerk for Messrs. Booker, King, and Hanbury, who
had his checkbook wrested from him, of the slipclerk, and
messenger, went to show that the slipsheets received at the
committee-rooms of Messrs. Booker, King. and Hanbury,
were correct transcripts of the poll-book, On the motion of
Mr. Vaughan, the court was ordered to be cleared; tut it

was understood that the chief business related to the claims
of persons whose property had been damaged. A man
named Turner had been committed for trial on a charge of
fraudulently obtaining money and refreshment by means of
false orders purporting to be issued by the committee of
Messrs. Booker, King, and Hanbury.

THE COUNTESS DE NEUILLY.-00 Wednesday
afternoon the Countess de Neuilly arrived at Teignmouth,
Devonshire, accompanied by
their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess del. icmours and family and the Princess
de Joinville and family. Apartments had previously been
iloy
Prepared at Verde's Royal Hotel, where it is said the Royal
Party will remain about three months. His Royal High-
ness the Prince de Joinville
was expected vesnterudr ofay.
Teignmouth, it is understood, is indebted for the honour
the Countess de Neuilly's vi.iit to its repute for excellence
of sea bathing.
RAILWAY GUARDS.—We understoant to dthtaakte a thibseunseefi;
use-
ful and praiseworthy body of men are about
at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for the purpose
la
No cs of men are so of increas-
s
hig the Widows and Orphans' Fund.
identified with our business and pleasure. and none are more
exposed to loss of life, accidents, &c. We are informed that
r
the proprietor has met their wishes in the most liberal man-
lier, and we trust that the nobility and the public generally
.will respond to the call. Actors and professional singers
especially benefit by the quick transit which railwaysalner
allffgord,
Da
-
a We are confident they will not be tardy in evincing their
antipathy on this occasion.
TRIUMPH OF REFORM IN MARYLFBONE.—A mo-
tion of an interesting character will be submitted to the pato-
tllial committee of St. Pancras, according to notice, on Tues-
day next, by Mr. Ripley, to the effect that the subscriptions
to be collec'ed for the erection of a testimonial to Lord D.
Stuart and Sir Benjamin Hall, to whose services and exer-
tions the borough is mainly indebted for the entire extinc-
tion of Tory influence, as proved in the triumphant issue of
the two last elections, be applied to the buildiug and endow-
kept of almshouses for decayed ratepayers.
TRACTARIAN SCANDAL.—A very serious charge
aßainst a leading London Tract arian divine was, we under-
ht,sand, 3 eiterday the subject of an investigation iii•tituted by
IP'eeepal direction. The offence in question is alleged to
aye been committed by a reverend promoter of the system
of the Conlessional—a system he holds to be consistent with
the Protetsion of Protestantism. It is to be desired that the
fullest and fairest investigation of the affair should take
Place, since the gravest interests, both religious and moral,
ate at stake; and we may express a sincere hope that tie
ezelesiastical authorities will do their duty not only with
atrialitnPortiLP ta-rtiltitY, but with the edrnestness required on so
an occasion..—Doily News.
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dBETTINGayte D
rLu irys 7.18 a.
ti—e
t'oeetipzeropf_iriefar having affixed
friends bating
-list
patrons,°fil:e
oFF. To Tiff, DIGGINGs.—Yes.
suddenly. closed,
the cash; but don't d
followed the anti")) to the shutters the Ighoenefucifflowwiintgh
khanWe are off, we are oil, doggrel : .
air, for we will soon come back."
And in so doing we have taken
are off with the tin, .
But don't be frettedb, oerbg. in ;
Its true we are off with
For ere long we will tio3e4deospuzatriir,onal
in..”
aek and again join the fair.
Yet in oc, ticinz we haytctii
au,tkiebye :`:pttallttiti our friends