The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-12 00:00:00

ADELPHI.

The May Queen was revived here last night, after
having slumbered for several years. The plot is eiabo-
r47e ; the scenery is wild, tragic, and melancholy. The
acting was respectable. Mr. Lyon played a " sergeant,"
and went through a drunken fencing scene with great
aPirit. Mr. Maynard, as a guilty steward arid a dis-
tracted father, lost himself amid " the wreck of matter
and the crash of worlds." He was a sort of ranting
Chaos, the " nothing to nobody" of the piece. Wilde,
who played a tinker, was not quite a John Reeve, but
let out a little of his nature's fun with a bright and
slearkling effervescence. Wright, the birdcatcher, was,
mevertheless, the liveliest gentleman of the sober ludo
drama. Miss Lee and Miss E. Hornier took the parts
of the ladies. A pas de trois, in the first act, was well
danced by Mr. Harvey, Mrs. Nailer, and Miss Maile.

AWFUL FIRE J HOUNDSDITCH.

EIGHT LIVES LOST.

About daybreak this morning the vicinity of Hounds-
•i itch and its immediate neighbourhood was thrown into
a scene of consternation and confusion, not easily to be
deser3ed, by the outbreak of a fire of an awful and
ealamitbus character, in Wighgate-alley (a narrow street,
leading from the centre of Houndsditch to Bishopsgate-
street, overhoig by old dilapidated shops and premises,
and most dense" inhabited by the poorer classes of the
community). Who gave the alarm could not be ascer-
tained ; but when tha police proceeded in the direc-
tion where the sounds cam? from, they perceived the
upper portion of the house No. 10 in Wighgate-alley,
on the south side, belonging to a person of the name
of Barretti, by trade a trunk and box-maker, on fire. It
appeared then to be confined to the second floor front
.room, but before they had time to give the general
alarm to the neighbourhood, the flames burst forth from
tlie windows, and in an amazing short time completely
eaveloped the whole of the upper part of the house.
The
.police immediately they reached the spot, ham-
mered away at the house, and those adjoining, with their
Stoves aid rattles, and prior to the fire obtaining the
height just alluded to, succeeded in arous ng the in-
Mates, and the whole•of whom, it was conjectured, had
effected an escape. Such, however, we regret to state,
Was not the case.
In about a quarter of an hour, or it might be less,
the intelligence had reached the fire-station of the Bri-
g, de establishment In Jeffery-square, St. Mary Axe.
Th,l engines were instantly turned out, and run by
hand to the spot, and when water was obtained the
firemen got the machines to ciork with great alacrity,
but tho:tgh they strove hard to suppress the flames in
their infaecy, as they call it, their exe:tions and skill
were bailleci. The conflagration every moinent in'
creased in magnitude, and within half an hour after its
commencement, (six o'clock) the next house, No. 9,
,the property of Mr. Allen, pawnbroker of Shoreditch,
bct let out to seven or eight families, and two houses
at be back, appropriated as a kind of store, had ig-
nited, And were all in a blaze. The appearance of the
neighlwirhood at this moment presented a most pitiful
sight ; wcnien, children, and men, were rushing about
the street _almost like savages, with nothing to cover
their nakedness but their night-clothes, and in a state
of madness. A large body of the City Police, under
the superintendence of Mr. Merchant, an inspector, ar-
rived very short ly after the outbreak, they endeavoured
to their utmost to appease the unfortunate creatures.
but to no use, and on ascertaining that, they, in a
Manner highly creci.'table to the force, turned their as-
sistance to the preservation of the property adjoining
to the fire, and succeeded in snatching from the ravages
of the terrible element the " all" of nearly thirty poor
families. Before seven o'clock Mr. Braidwood had
reached the scene with the engine and fireman from the
head department of brigade in Watliag- street, and others
followed quickly from the station in Welclose-square,
Whitecross-street, Farringdon-street. Holborn, and
after those by that of the West of England, of the
County, and several others. As they drew up to the
spot every one was got to work, and the fire was
attacked on all sides. At a few minutes
after seven o'clock the whole frontage of both
houses, Nos. 9 and 10, gave way and fell into
the street with a dreadful crash ; very fortunately the
eveht was anticipated by the firemen, who retired some
distance, and escaped without, receiving any injury.
The whole of the engines kept playing on the dames
till eight o'clock, about which time the fire was so much
pot under, that several engines returned to their respec-
tieo stations, but four continued working on the ruins
till t welve o'clock this forenoon. Up to half-past ten
o'clue.k this morning it was supposed that all who
inhabitod the premises bad escaped ; but while one of
the brigade ivas directing a branch of one of the engines
into a pile of rubbish, he imagined he saw the body of a
huma u being hugging over a high beam in the ruins.
He called several of his brother firemen to him, and
?it goi.v up, was horror-struck in discovering
't to be Ole remains of a woman ; they reraGyed them
from the gi„'ze of the immense number of persons g'ho
surrounded the place, but, no sooner had they done so
than the bodies of three children presented themselves
to their view. A further search was then made by two
firemen—Kitehen, No. 49, and the other, No. 76—and
in the course of an hour after dug out the remains of
roar others, a female and three men ; they were in-
stantly enwrapped in blankets until the arrival of shells
front the A orahouse ; it is 'eared that two other persons
nave p, ri,hed, but the bodies had not been discovered
uP to the time of this being written, 1 o'clock. The
names of the ill-fated individuals are at present un-
t","cvn ; they are all supposed to have lodged at No. 10,
w"iell was let out to eight or twelve families, but how
many persons slept there last night cannot be ascer-
tained.
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THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
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HUNGERFORD MARKET.
Pair supplies of all kinds, and a good amount of business
done. Turbot Bs. to 255. ; Cod, 4s. to 20s. • Soles, 10d. to
V• (id. per pair ; Lobsters, 9d. to 3s. ; Beef, 7d. to 13id. ;
sd. to 9d. ; Pork 7d. to Bd.
CITY FISH MARKET.
The sullieswere good, and so was the demand; prices much
last quotesi. Turbot 81. 6d. to 255. ; Cod 2s. 64. to 81.
444 210.. sa,l•non very scarce and dear ; Sole. 9d. to 31. per
Wir; Lobsters to 3s. ; Oysters 12s. to 40s. per bushel;
hitings sd. to 10:1. L• and Haddocks ls. 6d. to 25. 6d.
SPIRIT MARKET.
Rum and Brandy nothing passed in the shape of business
worth the slightest notiop.s.. and prices were nominal. There
"rere few buyers of Geneva, and She quotation was 2s. per gal-
. British Corn Spirits in tolerably good demand at 10s. 3d.
HAY MARKE. TS.
Very good supplies of all kinds, and the demand brisk, at
the following prices :-Hay, 60s. to 955. ; Cover, 80s. to 120 s.
Straw, 30s. to 4u .-s.
per load.
COLONIAL MARKET.
For a Tuesday, there was but little business done, either by
19nblic sale or otherwise. The demand for B. P. Sugar was
't,?ady, and the price for the Brown now selling was 605., mid-
"ng 635.. and fine 68s. 1,100 bags Bengal Sugar, a sulphery
parcel, sold. 308 bags Manilla fetched about 18s. A parcel of
ordinary Brava Coffee, 72 cases, and 266 bags fetched 455.
Tea not brisk, but prices are very firm. The impression in
the trade seem,t China to be that it will be a long a time before the
business wi
keep up for s come ti will be settled, and that present prices will
Trinidad Cocoa fetched ab.oNutot4hsintg doing is Rice. 170 bags

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY•)

DEAL, Nov. 11.—Wind
.
from India. Arrived the Eliza,
rA'vd the Austrian,
Barclay,
LivEßrooL,Nov. 11.—Wind S.—
ArArmstrong, from Ceylon ; Francis
Valparaiso. sailed the 11th "lay, Bartlett,
Sarah, Honduras
Mearns, Quebec; Margaret and Jane, Newfoundland;:
and Hibernia, Ferneres, Richebucto. saiied
_e Adonis,
Mottle, for Brazils; George Gordon, Stirling, Demerara;
and Echo, Cornelessen. Vera Cruz.
t3TANOATE CREEK, NOV. 10.—Arrived the Elizabeth,
*Laren, from Mogadore.
FAlstouTli, Nov. 10.—Wind N. to N. N. W.—Arrived
the Mariner, Rodham, from Odessa ; and Charles, Pear..
son. ditut. Off port the Eight, Renshaw, from Odessa.
GLOUCESTER, Nov. IL—Arrived the Speculator, Pope,
".rcln Miramichi.
BRISTOL, Nov. IL—Arrived the Hero, Cumming, from
Quebec; and Lydia, Blundell, Lisbon.
Cultic, Nov, 9 —Arrived the Kingaloch, Staunton,
"111 Newfoundland ; and Thomas Crisp, Bloem, Odessa.

DovER, Nov. 10.—The town was never more
full of fashionablos at this season of the year. The
greater prrt of the residences on Waterloo-crescent are
engaged, and there is every prospect of a full winter
Lord and Ludy Willoughby d'Eresby, who
_lave occupied apartments at Worthington's Ship Hotel
-
uriziK the week, have engaged No. 14, Waterloo-
'revue:it. Our other arrivals are the Earl and Countess
Ili. Fingal, Wlaterloo-crescent ; Earl and Countess of
~,:rdwieke, ditto ; Hon. Mrs. Westby, Liverpool
'1 use ; LadY Yount; and Miss West, Esplanade ; Mr.
and
Mrs. Jekyll E k House. The Marquis
add Marchioness of BS 00
of Aylesba.ry and suite, arrived at the
ShiPHotel, on Tuesday even; in three carriages, and
embarked the following morning fo," Boulogne.
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