The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-27 00:00:00

as Clerk of Council.

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The Princess of Wales took a carriage dr'
Saturday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Sto ded
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, at'
by Major Teesdale. mpanie'l
The Prince and Princess of Wales, aec°-1, the
by Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, went
evening to the amateur theatrical perforviell-,cs'
the Bijou Theatre, Haymarket, in aid of the Gil--
Industrial Home. gon
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the del
Mrs. Stonor and Major Teesdale in waiting, 36e5,0,
Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. efe'
yesterday morning.
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add
Rome, HEALTH OF HIS HOLINESS.--A lette
Rome, of the 15th, says It is useless °
that the Holy Father continues to enjoy excellent haeigivg
The other day I met him near the Ponte gelle'
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on foot, in spite of the severely cold weather ; 8114%0ei
of
going at so free and hearty a pace as to give 0°-
the vigour and freshness of his strength. 1,, OS
His Highness Prince Ferdinand Winsqrsilt
Highness Prince E. Taxis, his Highness Prince ,10/6
mansdorff, and his Highness Prince Emil Furstenber
arrived at Claridge's Hotel. st
The Hon. C. A. Murray, her MajestY e
's
at the Court of Saxony, and Mrs. Murray, have
Claridge's Hotel. f
Mr. and Lady Mary Craven have arr i
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Rome.
B lorale‘
Lord Abercromby has taken 9, Upper -e
street, for the season.
Der
Lord Herries has left Thomas's Hotel,
square, for Liverpool.
Lord and Lady Lovat have arrived at 11°1°
Hotel. t"
The marriage of Lord Rosehill, eldest on
daUo,hter
Earl and Countess of Northesk, with Miss Elliot,
of Rear-Admiral George Elliot, Bear-Adinfral Sur
tendent at Portsmouth, is to take place to-morrow. of
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ext at
left town on Saturday on a visit to Lord aesb
Latimers, Bucks. ee 10
The Earl de Grey returned to his reside° I at
Carlton-gardens yesterday from a visit to her g3jes
Windsor Castle. Worael
The Right Hon. James and Mrs. Stuart weelo
and Miss Wortley leave town to-day to Pa" a fe'v
in Paris. itlger
Miss BATEmAx—and we are delighte at -e /i.
ote.,
Tuesday l
abled to announce the fact—will 011
to-morrow) week the 6th proximo, resume
;sonatiee
very successful and really exquisite WI: „bola
oatf Julia in Sheridan Kuowles's " Ouncll4.ltvere
length sufficiently recovered from her 10•4°
without TO'.
position to admit of her re-appearance then Datev°
s ,ar
By the advice of her physicians, however, 31i° to Or t
will not undertake—at any rate at the out
rtorn
more frequently than three nights a week. merely
all, however—even though it will be for 111°-
nights a week—is matter for congratulation.

Great Fire at Messrs. Refries'
Houndsditch. a °
• err she
The most extensive conflagration that has t,
the East-end of London for a considerable time r-I.ooo'
pened in the well known and 'immense pile ef, ,torasl33t
belonging to Messrs.Defries and Sons, gas illutilnus•aess
glass chandelier merchants, &c., carrying nilotobrolaottio,fo,
136, Houndsditch. The premised were fir%
p
and contained property valued at many thousaP ices 00°0,
sterling, including the whole of the splendid dsf4 to lA,'
at the National Gallery and other public building:i
brats the Peace between this country and 131151 as eon'
discovery appears to havo been made by all °l'll° is°,lott
ductor, who in passing the premises noticed sstF:gr
out of the side windows in Gravel-lane. the;Feelip ad
that the premises were on fire, he at once gaYe,,,,i l /V, Jt
sary intelligence to Conductors Preston AndS3'..,detb t';°lo
of the Royal Society, who promptly attended
."-0 of it
escapes, and were followed by numerous en.iiitiaesoao alltes
London brigade, and the whole of Shand' :;$10135,50V
Co.'s land steamers from Wellclose-square' ' °l7l,tej'
Watling-street, Chandos-street, and /King-street:oa of
square stations. By the time those engines
the flames had obtained such a firm hold of the 00P"iais
more correctly speaking, buildings, that it bees'll'i-o,„pret
that some hours must elapse before the len's,,-;00°11;tel
could be made upon the violence of the fearfei oli°
fact, the firemen themselves expected that n°thointertlivili,re'
the destruction of every building near could 110- ands)l'o:
mCaepntaßinridSgheas,w,
jt.hjeerrachirdef, osfwtahnetLono,ndon Brig facia 01'
and other ° coloriiol44
ing obtained a plentiful supply of the New Bilreret to
on tlij
water, the whole of the land steamers we t.° „ao tetiotlY
and before the least impression could be be
eooa tta
flames, the land steamers were obliged to he 04',
worked for five hours. Whilst the flames 11;ereitt
fire dropped down the loop-holes of the rtietr6,o3l;
and came in contact with an immense gnsue oria Or
charged with gas. One of the principals 4"f t „fled °D
in
out that unless the gas was immediately' ttl';o hig jive
whole of the extensive premises would he It the nr; 611;
the air, when Conductor Wood jumped fr°,l-I,aprosatif
in Gravel lane, entered the basement, au„-- ttlat g lost
ceeded in turning off the gas, and P., Ilethia'
much property was saved, to 631,„
aen
ye tho
the many lives that might Ilnvire- s$'101‘:1,0
if the gas had exploded. Wood, who bass: of tilf roff,"„r
lives in the same neighbourhood, regarele"d. 'pa,
ran, rushed through the flaming building line gas. 00t11°';
most dangerous auxiliary to feed a ftre--tayeei
the direction of Capt. Shaw, his Grace 0oa• spe°
land, Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P., this 40c1 C0131:i
Wortley, and the other officials of the brigsee/,:siisvoooo
jov
Oakley, of the London, Chatham, and Deli
f tit° ore, el,
pany, with their engine, and Mr. M` brit ,s' 04
Penn and Co., rendered great assistance, I'titiatiod tot„ la
spite of their indomitable perseverance, n°130011;07 aillo,
and it could not be said to be quite extinguo; sort dem;
this morning. The damage done is to
at a moderate calculation must anl°lll' larg:red
ry f
end a'
Amongst the goods destroyed we it is aci
just completed for France, wititobeinian .41,
ta
irretrievably lost. The whole of the ontaine`d. Yvt,
man ciystals of which the buildings_ conaunleroein llte
quantity are supposed to have been ale" c at
t 4,,, n lye it
the cause of the fire nothing Pc'e"- eoraree-ctet
gleaned, but from the fact of the flame°
°'h
were c 1
top floor, where the parrafin and other °"' a igolt` ,0 d
arbeJ cipaP
presumed that some of the oily -v ,0 the c .„4.1
taneously, and the fire communicating 'pieces oliow, P;0.4
bottles caused the outbreak, for Igrgee floors be pill p;
to the floor the , Ore ,1
wood fell like showers of sparks
hence the terrible conflagration' r°r,,tilliofene-. tfr
insured in six of the princiPal L°11'°•110 Were Prs an
body of the City and Metropolitan P°ll°
conduct
to
the c° t in
they rendered great assistance to
,
r
firemen. 1,04
The Black Swan, from Shills fer,, with a _O.
rried awa''
collision about 8.30 on the 261n1 otancilly
anchor; lost foretopsail na uage,
plates, and received considerable dal