The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-09 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The death of the Rev. Francis Smith, M.A„ renders
'recant the livings of Tarrant Rawsto❑ and Tarrant
Rushton, near Blandfoul, Dorset. Both livings are
rectories, in the patronage of Sir J. W. Smith—the
former is worth 1201., and the latter about 2204 per
itILIUM.

A communion service has baen presented to the Rev.
J. T. Gollibrand by the congregation of the parish
church of Norton Fitzwarren, on the oc3asion of the
Rev. Gentleman's relinquishing his pastoral duties and
the assistant curacy of that parish.—Taunton Journal.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has appointed the
Rs`►. William Stud& rt Kennedy, curate of Ballymena,
and son of the Dean of Clonfert, to the incumbency of
the United parishes of St. Dolough's and Belgriffin,
diocese of Dublin.
On Sunday last the Very Rdv. W. B. Disney was duly
!nstalled, or, according to the technical phraseology,
read himself in," as Dean of Armagh, in the cathedral
of that city.

;CATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—We learn from
Itl‘eircular recently issued by Sir Joshua Walnaslev, M.p.,
° President of the National Parliamentary Reform 'Associa-
+9
4°o, that the council have resolved to convene a general
Conference of Reformers, to assemble in London from all parts
at) f the kingdom, on the meeting of Parliament. The objects
ti.lght in convening this conference are—that the introduc-
l°ll of a Ministerial measure of Parliamentary reform should
ce niatter of certainty; that there should be such a mani-
festation of public opinion as shall cause that measure to be
radical and complete; and that means should be taken to
insure its success, and to obviate the necessity for further
agitation. We unders and that the invitations of the council
10 attend this conference have been most extensively circu-
at.ed, and that, by the arrangements in progress, the
e°Pinions of all classes will be represented. The answers
already received are uniformly favourable ; and it
oas been well observed by one of the most
Zealous friends of reform, that " a delegation from
a lATIONAL CONFERENCE upon a subject in which the
thole country is interested' must be strictly in harmony with
c`ossellian notions of deputations( etiquette." We think that
lue Council of the National Reform Association have done
ell in convening a general conference of Reformers in Lon-
-11°11; and we confidently trust that every city, parliamentary
eoreugh, and town in the kingdom will send. their represen-
tatives' to this truly national assembly. Such a response is
ost jiistly due to the council of an association which, in the
i language. of Mr. Cobden, has " kept burning the lamp of Re-
'Vim, and trimmed it at a time when it was very likely to have
"n neglected by the great body of the people," and it cannot
be doubted that the country at large will, with one assent,
attend to the call of a body Of men who during a long season
Of apathy and indifference have, in three years, held nearly
'2OO meetings, and published upwards of 250,000 addresses,
tracts, and other papers. By these energetic means, the
principles of the Association have been disseminated tar and
Wide, and that those principles are founded in truth, justice,
and sound policy, is proved by the gratifying fact that at
every meeting which has been held under auspices of the
Association resolutions have been unanimously passed hi
their support.

FIRE' AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S.—Wednesday
morning, at a few Minutes before one o'clock, a fire of a seri-
ous character occurred in the premises known as the Globe
and Pigeons Tavern, No. 14, High-street, Shadwell, occupied
the house, on his return home,per-
ceived Mr. W. Lowman. It was discovered by one of the neigh-
pours, who in passing
a dense volume of black smoke issuing from the bar
that the place was t
Window. The man having listened... fo_r_a second or two at (
Ile
d.oor, heard sufficient to satisfy himself
°re. for the woodwork of the bar was cracking. Not a
tn ent longer was therefore lost in arousin 910-
g the inmates, but
before they were sensible of the great danger to Which the
Were exposed, the liquors became ignited, on Which a huge
sheet of flame rushed round the bar, and seized upon the bar
Parlour. ',three engines of the London Establishment were
promptly on the spot, and a plentiful supply cf
.water having
been furnished by the East London Company 's mains, the
firemen set to work, and finall
y succeeded in extinguishing
the names, but not until the most valuable portion of the
contents within the lower part of the building were consumed,
tlticl the upper part seriously damaged. The origin of the fire
I.l' unknown. Fortunate'v Mr. Lowman was insured in the
4lsinarch fire-office, and the premises in the Royal Exchange.
CAPTURE OF A GANG OF BURGLARS AND SUICIDE
?I'' THE PROSECUTOR.—Four young men, who from their
Position were supposed to be respectable persons, have been
arrested at Plymouth, charged with having committed
Iltveral burglaries in that town and ne;ghbourhood; three of
the
brothers—
sons of Mr. Pearse, who keeps a shop for
er sale of cheap publications in Marlborough-street, Devon-
;in, and who are apprentices respectively to a blacksmith, 2
re,irr, i!nd a cabinet-maker, and one the son of a tailor, also
Nyitking in Devonport, named Perry, but who has not resided
k,,,`.Ylie parents for some time past, but has lived out in
bril7e latterly with some officer living in Stonehouse. The
la:slivers
,were examined before the magistrates on Saturday
of 't-h,iu en the evidence taken placed beyond a doubt the fact
,have br being concerned in several of the burglaries which
last tweeill committed in Plymouth and Devonport during the
kr, we'll months. One of the principal witnesses was a
rbose premises !ow, a jewiller, carrying on business in the town,
erg, na_ were broken into a short time ago, and a
of tri4ev'tb_tl,,ty ofjewellery stolen. He proved that a number
`e'elsis ,t„!,lound in the prisoners' possession had formed part
,e aree u.„`: at the time of the robbery. Mr. Row, however,
4 Zpaist.,Viteala
°excited in consequence of. the prominent part
he ,4 41; subs °n to take in the prosecution, and a depression
A ceso4llnittedecillerilly ensued, under the pressure of which
insa,,itb_n loc,s,l'inide on Monday las', by shooting himself'.
•Y rete''St Was held, and a verdict of " Temporary
PUT tiled.
Puts Ntl 3,
b 'Y and P tly 13 ond of ulh RIDGE.—The papers tell us that
a who 11d
stand that thY: aePi are to be bound together in the new
bridge o— 114egant bridge. And we further under-
bridge afb eyed
tope .of' London has, in the handsomest
visa__ ressid .
p)stile U -se at the ceremony of opening the
the naillelS th ' 4 this •
,le old a" _, at douh, most wise and Christian- like pro-
-nisho merceear3, ale toll shall not (as at pr sent, on
a halfpenny Properly nlrtleture) be levied on Sundays. The
la therY 011 wee ,i7s (or might ask), " Wherefore take
e not t a 3, 8 ,
extortion) . he worst rs and exact double on the seventh?
killY hs?, in two sun, abbath-breaking (namely, that of
Ra; —Peach. unsay halfpence instead of the working-
there wilitiltbS:WrisTroN
two OP LEwE3.-7-W
41 for this e understand that illt.
,97 1 is borou h Protectionist candidates at the next elec-
-14 i s slip g —nainelY, Mr. D
0 barri Ay, the magistrate, and
titer.--Brigliton Gazette.