The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

SAILED.

June 4. GEmstle: or muter, 1?. Beare, Lq , for Rams,
gate; Freak ditto, Wm. Carling, Esq., ditto; Flower of
Yarrow yawl, Lord John Scott, London and Leith.. -
7. Taiismlln cotter, Captain H. N. Smith, Doter and
London; Dream yawl, George Bientinck. -Esq., Guern,
bey ;.Claymoio schooner, Arch. C pbell, Es 4., Uroretad t.
9. De: gent ditto, Lord LoLcii-,sborcugb, London and
Baltic; Miranda cotter, John Gray, Leith gad
131.1 tic.
YACTITS AT AND ABOU 17 THE STATION.

Constance, Leda, 'Sapphire, Coquette, R,esolution,
Luc, Brilliant, Oloriana, Osprey, Ballerinr, Spider,
.Nautilus, Triumvir, hiaritana.
Fames S. Raiford, Esq , has purebssed Sir Henry
Oglander's schooner Sibyl, of 104 tons.
The Angle-Atnexican schooner Gloriata, of 134 tons,
was masted this day; she premises to ben regular
Clipper, but there are many who think that the Triumvir
of 106 tons, will beat every yacht of her tonnage. .
The Constance, 255 tons, seems a favourite with every
ono; she is the gem of these waters.
goam°ogss the members at the Royal Yacht Squadron
_ UBB th.
n esborougb,
8 week we noticed—the Marquis of Conyng.
had, Lord Lo d
de Horsey,
.E James Maxse, Esq.; Spencer
E i * sq.; Thomas Thornhill, Esq.; Captain C.
ronsonby, and J. 14.
_am Yil Williams, R xr Gee, Esq
we have received B.TymPonds, Esq.
•,-•.; Joseph uve, sq ; Captain
members opd:the. • R. Smith's annual list of the
.qualification
74ehts in the R.Y13., a valuable
170, and there are 500 . -," • , ,
qualification or mein a . , . .
rs ..- , rx.s3z--kAgiFf
also neuub
3 r:
members.
there are nearly 100 yacht honorary-
the tonnage is 10,340, and thel it
at
the present time;
about 1,500. It contains.o'feinletmaPpploeyate:
dates'of all the regattas named for eighteen
eighteen royal cups in the past ae.-het of the winners of
not least, the names, rig, and tonnageg is season; and last,
years, and the
the squadron, with the names of the of all the yachts in
owners.
irt

ern oon
GREAT FIRE AT MESsies. cLoWEs
About ten minutes after one yesterday ft
very extensive fire broke out in the welLkzuwan printing
premises of Messrs. Cloves and Son, situate in Duke:
street, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, end which en.
tirely destroyed that portion of the warehouse known by
the name of the drying-room, the printed paper-room,
the white paper-room, and the type store-room, standing
upon- an area, at the north-west end of the building, of
about 150 by 70 feet, nothing being left standing but
the bare outer walls. _ _

I: appears that ell the men employed in the ware-
hour- department loft f..r dinner at the usual hour of
oue o'clock, when everything was apparently safe and
secure; but they had not quitted the premises more than
five minutes, when one of the neighbours, from his
hack window, perceived a vast body of flame rushing
from the upper northern window of the drying room: he
immediately raised en alarm, but before he could make
Wieser:. Clowes' workmen aware of the danger, the con-
fl tgration had spread with almost the rapiciity of light-
ning over the whole extent of the warehouse containing
the rooms above mentioned.
Fortunately there was a small fire-engine kept upon
the premises, which was soon brought into play, and
supplied with water from a tank in the machine-room,
a pump being affixed to the steam-engine. This work
was considerably facilitated by the son of an opposite
neighbour, who had formerly been employed when a
boy by the Messrs. Clowes, and who directed the opera-
tions of the fire-engine with so much skill and energy as,
by his means, to prevent the conflagration from spread-
ing to the opposite side of the printing-office, and which
would thus undoubtedly have produced a vast deal more
damage than has occurred, although the loss must still be
very. great.
In t, quarter of an hour after the discovery of the fire,
the engine belonging to Mr. Cory, the coal merchant,
arrived; which was quickly followed by several others
from the West of England Fire office, and the Brigade
establishment; but nearly twenty minutes elapsed before
a supply of water could be obtained. At length, how-
ever, the engines were well supplied, and such a stream
so successfully poured upon the burning pile, that the fire
was completely got under by three o'clock.
The composing-rooms, the machine-room, and the
stereotyping department have entirely escaped injury, so
that the men were enabled to resume their employe
meat this nr,ruing.
We understand that the fire could scarcely have broken
out at a more unfortunate time, as the warehouse was
much more than usually full, not only of printed works,
ready for publication, but also of many thousands of
reams of white paper ready for printing the works.now
in process of execution. Among the works destroyed
are a large number of the Official Catalogue of the
Great Exhibition, the Jury Awards, and some of Mr.
Murray's Road Books; and likewise a great quantity of
type kept ready for use in the store-room; besides seve-
ral thousand reams of white paper.
Wo believe the stock and premises are insured in the
Sun, Fteceix, Westminster, and Royal Exchange Fire-
offices; but whether to the whole extent of the damage
or not, we had not the means of ascertaining.
No certain estimate of the amount of damage can at
present be implicitly relied on, but it is computed by per-
sons, competent to form a good opinion, that it cannot be
less than between 20,000/. and 30,0001.
The origin of the fire is not known, but from the
suddenness of the outbreak, as also from the rapidity of
the flames, it is thought probable that it was caused by
an unobserved escape of gas from some of the pipes.

( If
narrationr remarkably
y most
1:1 os tst e
MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
It was with considerable difficulty, after being com-
mitted to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, that
Captain Gossett could suweed in conveying Mr. O'Con-
nor to his destination in the Parliamentary lock-up, and
this difficulty was not a little increased from the circum-
stance of the well-known sinuous nature of the route
that leads to the legislative limbo. The Honourable
Gentleman et first - altogether declined the escort of
h constant at-
two of the A division, but on being persuaded that the
route was only another way into tho 'louse
officers succeeded in safely getting him up Etta the
his career in the
he was introduced into two comfortable rooms, stair:.
and a bedroom. A relay of police sergeants Here
travels in Ireland and
steenngdearnsceof
itilglii_lohuisnie of
ani
ndCootrnhfemhoinusnstea_crheain _ es.
symptoms of violence
scOon:teeorntaoninfors,tthwheehmmo iwnsoirtthemos
mealsfor b brandy, d communicative wit% l• •
House of Commons,
xcnleetr ;.111—s andtuilinir
unexceptionable sort.
America. His other diversion
stimulants is, of course, strictly prohibited,
placed in pryhniduuiteed,inthdouulggehnehee in
Lie shows no sy consist in songs,
aftertun-
quenchedte d withcravingbe iu being
is
Soonp permitted
rna i
have measures of small beer.
and a roll of bank noes confinement ho was searched,
pocket of his veit, and was found in the interior breast
on
the officer taking them for
security, ho is reported
not take those, 1 to have said abruptly, ~Do
throat with shall not cut anybody's
them ~
aalionary effects _c• Consequent on
dthe corme:
parativelY quiet, but complained x.ccss
he was Yes"rd afekness.
During the day complained of nausea m5l
he Speaker, to in-
quire the cause of hiswrote a letter to the
confinement, and requesting .
libe-
ration. This letter b Mr. Jacob Bell,
who manifests touch
was delivered
iY,
m bat received no
answer. He eh interest !. P conveyed to the
ci wrote another, which was
`packer h
-7 Captain Gossett,' who returned with a
formal the note, which Mr.
acknowledgment of
O'Connor construed into a missive of manumission,
and could not be prevailed upon to disbelieve the delu-
sion, Acting epee the mistaken impression, be made
two " bolts" towards the bannisters leading from his
room, bat was forcibly brought back by the police, to
whom he passed it off as a joke. Last evening, between
six and seven, Dr. Ter eedie and Dr. Lowrance, with Mr.
J • Bell, visited him, and the former gentleman pre-
scribed for him pills and a composing draught. It is
entlemen that there is no dcubt
the opinion of these ,K
s mental aberration, and copse-
about Mr. O'Connor' .
k• conclusion .they have forwarded their
conse-
quent upon t-is
ins ity to the Speaker.
The only
certificates °f haveviiiited the
unfortunate gentleman
Members who
G. Thomps.._
nnand Mr. Fuller.
are Mr.

Mr. Ingham, the former Member who lost
SOIITO SHIELDS.—There are three candidates for
in 1842, because he was not Liberal enougle,
trader enough, for it. He now comes forward on
or Free
anced principles. Mr. Mather, a thorough.going
more Adl
Free-trader in everything except shipping, who thinks
security of England depends upon her seamen, and,
Lahr
bboorrooouggilit—
t'be
with Adam Smith, supports a certain protection to the
shipping. He is a Liberal of the late Lord Durham's
ciples, going for household suffrage, vote by ballot,
andtriennial Parliaments. He is also for eta secular edu-
cation for the freedom of religion, undesecrated by the
State. From his addresses, these are known to be his true
principles, and not those erroneously stated in some of our
setatnwdoinfigrwsthich,
contemporaries a few days ago. He has had at afferent
times public honours bestowed upon him by South Shields,
and is the father of Mr. Erskine Mather, the young gentle..
man
Notwithstanding man on whom the gross outrage at Florence wtas committed.
The Hon. Mr. Liddell is a Protectionist, and has the support
wof e a
believe,large l body of
electionthe shipowners.
w iwill
lie
can-
didates.
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CHATHAM, JUNE 9.—George M.Dermot and John
litids ° rivate soldiers belonging to the G9th
quarteredßegi-
ment, in Brompton barracks, were brought before
the county magistrates at Rochester yesterday, the former
charged with criminally assaulting Elizabeth Schnebbelie,
and the latter with aiding and assisting. The case was
clearly proved, and they were both committed to the county
gaol for trial at the next assizes.
REPAYMENT of ADVANCES IN IRELAND...OB/ 1111
Act of Parliament which received the Royal assent on the
28th ult., the Treasury minute of the 21st of October last,
with respect to the repayment of advances in Ireland, is cox..
firmed. The Treasury may correct erroneous charges on
valuation, and the Poor-law Commission may rescind order%
and act on the directions of the WroasniTf.