The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-21 00:00:00

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'iiiie4tion, By rnis-info'fin:itiOn curse cif Lortl
as *to the tuo:le of proceeding, he had failed to pt-•
sent his Appeal within fourteen days of the Decree,
not being aware of the tact, that this 'defecl Migla
be cured by atr; Lotd of Parliament ri'siog- in his
place, And stming- that to his knowledge a grievance
in the ease did„e'xi-..t. Thr Petition, moreover stated,
the Defendant had expended motley in repairs ;
he was willing to give security for the rents, aiid f,it.
all sums ).% Lich might be found due to the Plain 7
tiffs, over and above the 4001. being the. stipulated
'rent of the estates ; and that several other matters
still remained to be settled by the Master. • .
Sir SAMUEL IIOMILLY, Mr. HOLLIST, and Mr;
DANIELS, resisted this application.' They contend'
ed that the Petitioner had laid no grounds to‘varrayt
ity even in the di.icretioliarrpower of the Conn.!
Mr. B's toode of obaining the estate was fresh in ail
recolle6tion of the Court; and his Lordship 'could
not tail to recolleet that his conduCt did not entitle
him to any extraordinary favour -or indulgence.--
Compliance with the prayer of ihe Petition would
have this t!dditional died against the.Plaintiffs,.the
salmi proprietors of the estate, that while the De-
fendant,- the fraudulent-holder of the estate, was
lowed to remain in-- possesSion, the Plaintiffs, wild
were both legally and by the Decree of the Court;
entitled to the possession, might be suffered to die

in
'l'lw LORD CHANCEtLOR said, if he wee to lister
to the present Petition, it would only be_ necessary
for a panty to allege his.ignorance of the ptactice of -
the House of Lords, as to the Standing Order,
render a Decree of that Court at any time ineffec—
tual., He confessed, that he doubted of the judg'
merit pronounced by hitu in this case, but still,' 0.4
a Decree of the Court, he wits bound to give it ci'
feat. No appeal to the House of Lords could stop
the elle& of hiS Lordship's Decree till final execs'
tion.

The Prayer of the Petition was accordingly refused.

. On Thursday last an alarming accident occurred
at Thettbrd G. W. Marshall, clerk of the
three paiishes in that sown, had occasion (in 198
situation_ of Serjeant-Major of the TheitOrd \Tokio'
teers) to assort some damaged cartridges, in doing.
which a spark from a hearth-brush, which lid jost,
been used in sweeping up the embers of a W 004,1,
ire, and was procured by his son for the purpose 0'
gathering up some scattered powder, accidenolti
communicated with a barrel of gniipowder stand'
Mg near, which exploded, and blew up him and his
youngest son, a considerable .distance. The wore'
shop in which they were instantly took fire, and'
from its communication with the house and
ing buildings, at first occasioned considerable
alarm, but .the flames were soon subdued, from the
ready assistance' afligded by all classes of the inho4
bitants., Poor Marshall and, his boy languished
until the following evening (Friday), when the!
died, in -consequence- of their having been most
shockingly burnt and maimed. .It is not unworfbi
of record, that this man bad, kir- a considerable
period, filled nearly 30 situations in the Borough orl
Thetford, and his loss is much 41ored there•-'
The father' was 40, and the. son t t years 'of age'
A subscription for his widow and six surViving child
dren has been set on foot by Major Gill and the
other Officers of the Volunteers, which has already
a
received a considerable addition from the.inhabitant"
in. general.

On Monday evening these unfortunate persons
were interred in St. Mary's church-yard, Thetford,
when the Officers and whole Volunteer Corps at-
tended them to the grave, with a great 'number 0'
the principal- inhabitants, and the largest assemblage
of persons ever witnessed there on such an occasion;
after the funeral, Major Gill.addresscfl the corps 41
a -.manly and impressive speech, pointing out t°
them, in the most feeling terms, the great loss the,
had sustained; when the Non-commissioned Off"cers and Privwes, to a man, participating in the
same • feelings, desired they might be permitted t°,
add three days pay to the subscription forthe benefit
of .the widow and children. •

Thetford Wool Fair, held on Saturday. last, 414'
no so fully attended as in -some prcyroirs'years, 101.7
very little,' if any, business Was done. • .
Between the hours of seven and eight o'clock °`'!.
Thursday morning last, at Folkestone, the tic!:
flowed and ebbed twentv.five feet in three minutes'
this _very. remarkable circumstance has never befet
been witnessed by the oldest fishermen of til°
" town.

Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, as the work,:
men were taking down an old house, which stano°
on the scite of the intended right wing of the Ot6cd
of Ordnance, in Pall Mail, thelloors fell in with
tremendous crash, and buried' two workmen in £1)
ruins.