The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-20 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO MR. BARON MARTIN.

(THIS MORNIN(3.)
vv.) Uo c. if,a ill
• nht
P''ed
this morning to Mr. Baron Ma: tin while on his way to
the C; urt of Exchequer, W: Guildhall. 'rho Learned
Baron, as is his usual practice, rode through the City on
horseback, and when in the act of turning from Cheap-
side into King-street, the animal, in coast quence of the
slippery at .te of pavrment, saimbled tied threw his
mast,,r h consitit table voice ce urn the ground.
He
fell with Breit force on his right stwulder, and was for
the moment completely stunned. Some passers-by ran
to his assistance and raised r.irn up, and in a few
mi-
nutes his Lordship was sufficiently rec, vered to proceed
onwards Guildhall. Though suffering much pain, it
appears he trt ated the injury as if of a very
he
reciter, for after placing his arm in a sling, entered.
the court as it nothing bad occurred, and common 'd
trying the first case on the paper, with the
aesistaoca of his clerk, who wrote down
the evidence from his dictatian. The trial,
howl ver, had not proceeded far before his Lordship
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changed colour, and b,csme very vale and faint, so
much so indeed that he felt compelled to leave the bench.
He retired into his private room, and medical aid was
immediately sent for. Before the lapse of many minutes,
Mr. Edinburgh, of Basiegball-street, his nephew, and
Mr. James, surgeon., were in attendance; we believe
they discovered, after a very alight examination, th"
the right shoulder was dislocated, though happily 1:10t to
such au extent as to justify any serious appreherisio":
The part was skilfully and quickly set,
and the usual
bandages and applications applied. A messenger bad
previously been dispatched to the residence of the Chief
Baron to request him to preside in the Court, but great
delay tuck place before his return. Mr. Baron Martin
felt much better in the meantime, and being anxious not
to delay the business of the kitting, he proposed to finis"
the case had commenced, but this w strongly or
posed by his medical attendants, who advised him to re'
turn home without a moment's delay. His Lordship
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acceded to their wishes, and left Guildhall in a carriage,
which had scarcely been driven off before the Civet
Batch made his appearance on the bench.

GREAT FIRE lIV THE CITY.—(THIS
This morning shortly after nine o'clock, an extensive
fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Cleghorn and
Co., the wholesale hemp and flax merchants, of New'
court, Btlliter-street, which resulted in the distraction
of a vast amount of valuable property.
The flumes were first discovered raging on the bast
ment floA., and soon communicated with the rations
materials. A messenger was quickly dispatched for the
nearest engine, and informacion was Instantly
police-station, when the various officers with an effiejens
body of constables rr paired to the spot. By that time
the flames had gained a firm hold of the contents of the
building, and the greatest fears were then OPPr,,e.
hended for the safety of the adjoining "41.-'
houses, which contained very combustible regt-
terials. The engine having arrived, with Mr. Fogi,,o,
the foreman, no time was lost in getting it into
w°orui
sent 10 the
The large engine was also soon in attendance ft'
Watlihg street, under the direction of Mr. Braid.o°_,`::
the superintendent. The flames spread with extrsorn
nary rapidity, end although the engines from Well°l°soef
square, Tooley-street, Waterloo-road, and the Wesci.
England engine .ere all engaged in pouring an, West
mense body of water into the burning mass, they
raged with great tury at noon.
The various approaches to the Blackwell Rsilwadle
have been rendered almost impassable by the multitu
of persona thronging towards the scene of the are.
The origin of the calamity is at present unknown.
LATEST PARTICULARS. vast
The flames were sufficiently got under by f
one o'clock this alernuon to prevent any extension of
further danger, although the premises belungingivith
Nle,srs Clegh. rn and t o. are entirely destroyed,
the whole of the contents, thirty bales of
„hich la
only received into the warehouse on Thursday It's
The hemp is entirely new, and the building, which cow
sists of three lofty floors, is a complete heap of rtlitj'Air.
The premises at the rear of the fin, belonging to
jf„" ,g
Burgess, the wine merchant, are very seriuuslY
as are likewise all the adjacent warehouses.
Several fi,ms are great sufferers, having muchef their
property under water. d in
The premises where the fire originated are insure
the Union Fire-,ffice. nart
A ;,reat body of fire is still burning in the lower part
of the ruins.

THE AMAZON. 11101-tE LIVES
SAVED.

SOUTLIANTYTON, THURSDAY
Intelligence has been received here from Derchemte"
that two men, named Thomas Sergeant and Allen, bl';'
lodging to the Amazon, landed yesterday (W edneodai)
at Weymouth. They assert that they were picked ut
by a Dutch vessel, after floating about with two Ober"
(who perished from cold) for two days upon life-buoy
Sergeant states they were not far from the Arnooll,
wren she blew up, and that a piece of the wreck strtle.
Allen on the shoulder, and that he thought be wou ir
killed. Allen is said to have the mark upon his sh
der now.
The above is the substance of the details which 135"
just been telegraphed from Dorchester to this place.
The news has been given in he presence of hf 1411;
respectable persons in Weymouth and Dorchester, w
ate strongly impressed with the truth of the statement. of
We have, however, carefully looked over the list
names of those raissihg by the Amazon, but can findno
persons named Serg,ant or Allen.
Ic is not improbable, on the other hand,
that the men
have shipped under assumed names.
The news is scarcely credited in Soutbaropton,'anci
will require further investigation to establish its cot'.
rectness.