The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-27 00:00:00

Shoc''ing Death of a Pawnbroker

This morning an inquest was held by Mr. F. S. Lang-
ham, the deputy-coroner for Westminster, in the Board-
room of the Strand Union, Bow-street, on the body of
Mr. Richard Sayer, pawnbroker, of 29, Brydges-street,
Covent-garden, who sustained fatal injuries by slipping
down stairs on Saturday last. It appeared that deceased
had been in ill health for about three years, and latterly
had become so debilitated that he was confined to his
apartments up stairs. He, however, went from ono room to
another, and was enabled to keep his books. On Saturday
last he slipped on goinng down stairs and broke his right
thigh and left leg. Medical assistance was called in and
deceased removed to bed, where death ensued a few hours
after the occurrence. Mr. Dunne, of Norfolk-street, who
had been deceased's medical attendant for many years, said
he had suffered from internal swelling of the glands of the
whole body, togetaer with misenteric disease and dropsy.
Although hs had a good appetite, the nourishment he took
did not supply the system. The cause of death was
exhaustion from shock to the system, owing to the feeble
condition of the body and fractured limbs. The jury re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental Death."

THE TEMPLE CHURCH.--A notice has been placed
on the walls of the Temple Church announcing its reopen-
ing after the long vacation, on Sunday next, October 1.
DEATH OF ARCHDEACON BARTHOLOMEW.—The
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V en. Archdeacon Bartholomew died at Morchard,
near Exeter, on Sunday, and the cathedral bell tolled for
him on Monday. The archdeacon was much beloved in
the neighbourhood where he lived, and also in the city of
Exeter. He was very charitable, and his hand was always
ready and his heart always open to releive distress. The
deceased took his degree of B.A. at Corpus Christi College,
Oxford, in 1813, and became M.A. in 1820. He was or-
dained in 1817 by Dr. Pelham, then Bishop of Exeter; and
preferred to the rectory of Morchard Bishop in 1831, Mr. J.
Tudfield being the patron. He was appointed canon resi-
dentiary of Exeter Cathedral in 1840, Archdeacon of
Barnstaple in 1847, and was previously incumbent of
Withycombe Raleigh in 1817, Sowton in 1819, and Lymp-
stone in 1820, and prebendary of Exeter Cathedral in 1831.
The ven. archdeacon was author of sundry charges as
Archdeacon of Barnstaple, and had published several ser-
mons, one of them being that preached at the consecration
of the present Bishop of Exeter in 1831.
A STEAMSHIP IN THE RIVER ON FIRE.--An
alarming fire was yesterday morning discovered to
have broken out on board the fine steamship London,
belonging to the London and Perth Steam-Shipping Com-
pany, commanded by Captain Rattray, lying off the com-
pany's wharf, Wapping. The London, which is an iron
screw built vessel, about 600 tons burden, and has four
compartments, arrived from Dundee on Monday evening.
During the voyage nothing occurred to excite the least
suspicion of the cargo being on fire, and on Monday
night all hands turned in for rest, the watchman on
the wharf having orders to call them at four o'clock
yesterday morning. This he did, and no sooner had
the men come on deck before they were startled by
the fore-hatch covering blowing off as if from an
explosion in the hold, and instantly smoke and
flames burst forth with great force.. The ship's fire bell
was at once rung, to give the alarm to the shipping in the
Pool for assistance. The Thames police galley bore down
immediately to the floating steam fire-engines belonging to
the brigade, on the river, off Rotherhithe, and at South-
wark-bridge, both of which got under weigh to the fire
with all possible despatch. The crew of the London in
the meantime got their pumps to work and played down
into the hold among the cargo. The smoke, however, was
dense in the extreme, almost suffocating the men as they
stood at the hatchways ; one or two attempts were made
to get below in order to obtain a better command of the
fire, but this was found to be so dangerous that the men
were stopped. Upon the arrival of the floating engines,
both having steam up, they were got to work, several
jag of water being directed into all parts of the hold.
Captain Shaw, the chief of the fire brigade, accom-
panied the upper floating fire steamer to the burning
vessel, and superintended the operations. For hours the
engines continued pouring torrents of water into the hold,
without producing any apparent impression on the fire,
for the smoke rolled up in heavy clouds, and the heat
was intense. It now became evident that the only
course left to get the fire under was to keep the engines
playing until the forehold was filled with water, which
WAS carried out, and, as was to be expected, as the water
rose the extent of the fire diminished, and by 8 o'clock
it was entirely extinguished, the water having reached to
the combings of the hatchways. The origin of the fire is
attributed to spontaneous combustion among a quantity of
cotton waste and canvas which was stowed among the
cargo. Until the water is pumped out of the forehold it is
impossible to state the amount of damage done. The
steamer is represented to be fully insured.
PROPOSED GREAT BRIDGE ACROSS THE HUMBER.
—The proposition to bring an independent railway
into Hull and the east riding of Yorkshire has at length
taken definite shape, and a new project for crossing the
Humber will be introduced into Parliament as the Hull,
Lancashire, and Midland Counties Railway. The effect of
this scheme, if carried, would be to bring the Great East-
ern, the Great Northern, the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, and the Midland Companies into Hull, entirely
independent of the lines of the North-Eastern Railway
Company. Tho project is in five sections. Tho first and
chief proposed to run near the existing line of the North-
Eastern from HUH to Hessle on the Yorkshire side of the
Humber. From the high chalk here to the Lincolnshire
chalk on the opposite shore it is proposed to build a bridge
of sufficient height to allow the free navigation of the
river by small craft which only
ply above Hull. This
bridge would be probably 11 mile long, and, it is said, at
the site chosen would have a solid chalk rock foundation
throughout. From Barton the line would proceed to a
junction with the Keadby extension (now forming) at
Frodingham. This section is about 14i miles. The se-
cond section leaves the first at Howksnow and runs to the
Market Rasen branch of the Sheffield and Lincoln Com-
pany near Howsham. Section three runs to the Brigg sta-
tion of the Sheffield Company's main line. Section four
unites the Sheffield and Great Northern and Great Eastern
joint loop line between Snelland and Southroy, cutting off
the Lincoln angle and giving a direct line via Cambridge,
Spalding, and March, or via Peterborough to London. No.
sis a short curve connecting the Lincoln and Althorpe-
on-Trent lines. To London the new line would save 41
miles compared with the North-Eastern route, and 25 corn-
compared with the Retford route. The distance to Man-
chester, Sheffield, &c., would be okkortened by 28 miles.