The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-26 00:00:00

BRISTOL GENERAL UNION.

Council of the Bristol General Union having read
Irnatien issued by his Majesty, (kern it their duty
liely to declare, that such proclamation does not
-'" this " Association," inasmuch as it is not (as the
on expresses) " composed of separate bodies,
rri"s divisions and subdivisions, under leaders,
trudation of ranks and authority, and distin-
.,ll certain badges, and subject to the general con-
rived limen'direction of a superior Committee or Council.'
:"I,4neil confirm their late declaration of the neces-
AshbV,."t their fellow-citizens of property and influence
al authority
them to preserve the peace of the city, under
Queblihlauthority which they can respect, as the Council
L 11istilre;"44,nt that they speak the sentiments of every
)(1,°,1 ,the Union, in saying, that they will yield to
;tcuody of men, in a sincere desire for the pre-
°` Property and social order.
WILLIAM HERAPAtH, 'Vice President.
15Y order of the Council;
24) 1881; J. P. VEN, Secretary.

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BRISTOL, Nov. 25.

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Alid (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
pi "'able alarm was created by a fire that was dis-
d:t 5° early hour this morning at a tea-warehouse
tstreet. The danger was exceedingly great, and
k Lvery praiseworthy exertions of the citizens, act-
% slitabuliry force, aided by the military detach-
tala was immediately called out, it is hard to tell
Ue destruction would have ended ; for the build-
ti:srl close, and itt the neighbourhood of Bridge-
btti,s,!' are numbers of old houses built with a large

thou °f wood. As soon as the alarm of fire was
e ci'uleves congregated to the spot from all quarters
tlbleY' and would have made sad work had not the
arrangements of the constabulary alluded to, and
lawtarYs completely frustrated their attempts. The
iere brought speedily to the spot, and the con-
ther'nmilitary formed double lines of communication
,6 burning premises, as well to facilitate the efforts
iNterucla as to keep off the numerous bodies of thieve 4.
got arrangements they were successful, and the fire
Veer without extending to any of the other
out The Sun agents were busy in removing the pro-
c`f the premises during the day. The cause of
4 (4.1 not yet known.
114 °lnrnittee of Inquiry appointed at the late meet-
retlrat ecnninenced receiving evidence to-day, and 1
re uri that some of an important nature has already
d te:,iveds but as no reporters from the Press are al-
hee Present nothing further is known.
rel Urt of Inquiry upon Colonel Brereton finished
telatyl: 1'43 as this Court was also a close one in the
Proe,"4 of the word, nothing whatever is known of
et ta,-,7l°P. The inquiry was conducted in the most
that,—.lacrs and more resembled a Court of Inquisi-
commonly understood Military Court of In-
k, rYeral of the members of the Court have already
atigaLondon, and no doubt the result of the tedious

will
be speedily laid before the Commander-
elitlu Till the result of Lord Hill's examination of
hetiles submitted to him be known, we must of
ti!!4de, ignorant of the course to which tLe inquiry

tp,eitY is in a most dieorgvnized state. Robberik sof
1113;t datirg character occur nightly. Yesterday
14° 4,, gentleman was robbed on one of the quays ; and
lit
lit glass in a shop window was cut in one of -the
41, let,) and property to the amount of fifteen pounds
4diato efficient police must be established, and that
followi or the consequences will be dreadful.
td n
h, g is a copy of a letter which has been re-
;te to-day from one of the Members for the city,
ailie E'q., acknowledging the receipt of the
~ouine stating that he had presented it to Lord

have onl Seymour-place, Nov. 24.
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dated hers
had the honour of receiving
which I take the liberty of men-
Ipio,nthceasroeethere may hate• been any mistake at the Post-office.
being confined by indisposition in Hertfordshire,
inlrnediately on Lord Melbourne with the memorial
meeting of Monday last, praying that his Lordship
'alesty's bdinisters would reconsider the applicati
fellow-citizens had made for a public and official inJe late disastrous events at Bristol.
~ripossible any arguments of mine could add weight
ae. language of the memorial, I felt that I should best
duty imposed upon me by merely entreating his
wourable attention to the earnest and repeated de_
itituents as expressed at their public meetings.
me stated' that he would return an answer in
.nt delay.
'ernOY gratified by the vote of thanks from the medee t.
the kind manner in which you have been pleas o
to have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
JAMES E. BAILIE.

Esq., Bristol.

RACY TO SETA HOUSE ON FIRE.

HATT ON-GARDEN.
Mr. John N. Walters, surgeon, was placed
!, before Mr. ROGERS, for further examination
Ire charge.
. who gave his name as Lieutenant Steele,
that an impression, highly prejudicial to his
wts afloat, in consequence of his having disclosed

Proposals to him. His nephew was a young
tfl' Most irreproachable character, and that fact he
• Public to be put in possession of. Indeed he
couch injured that his fellow-students at the
where be attended, actually shunned him, and
Pon him as a traitor.
14Rs advised him not to harrow up his feelings
to idea, as his character from the army would
strate a very different caste ; one title of which
character he had not lost by bringing the pri-
fijii4tice, but the contrary.
.mend
fresh witnesses were examined :
James Brice—l am an assistant to Mr.
of 52, Edgeware-road, and know the
,`",le• On Tuesday, the 15th inst., Mr. Steele
tnie morning a villainous proposal was made to
desirous of obtaining your advice as to the
mode of acting under the circumstances.
me that the person who bad made the infa-
to dim was a friend of his, whose name
in i°
and who was a surgeon in Tottenham Court-
-4,1° object was either to cheat the Fire Assurance
or *blob he was insured, by getting his house
to ensnare him. Mr. Steele then entered into
My advice to Mr. Steele was to lose no
loainting either the Magistrates or the police of
of the prisoner's proposals.
ill em Cook, collecting clerk at the Sun Fire
fee `'f6ce, produced a copy of the policy of t 3001., effected effected by himself and the prisoner,
to flee of the latter, on the 30th of July last. The
trade and fixtures were insured for 2501., and the
and wearing apparel at 501. The house was,
insured in the British Fire Office.
lebael 'Ward, a surgeon, of Great Russell-street,
as to the value of the prisoner's stock in
ttures, and stated that there was comparatively
the shop, it principally consisting of turpen-
ld about a gallon of tincture, if all the bottles

*itnesses were severally bound over to prosecute
but, owing to the chain of evidence not being
he will be brought up for final examination
next.
t° & question from Mr. Wooler, Mr. ROGERS
consent to receive bail for the prisoner until
examination, and then be should require
each
recognizance in 1,0001., and two sureties
Bombb
4Y Papers to the 30th of June have
;
ay
Their columns are almost wholly filled
intelligence. The festival of the Moho.
oolj;i11°13 _ the 21st ; no accident or disturbance oc-
t its continuance, a circumstance which ap-
a 4/g
been rather unusual. His Majesty's sloop
rt,ved from Bassadore on the 25th. As this was
arrival from the Persian Gulf since it was known
plague was raging at Bagdad and the countries
'lily of the Gulf, it created a lively sensation at
The Clive was to perform quarantine at Middle-
„„,,4l3e last arrivals were the Hyte, the General
"" the Good Success. The Bnhckin9hanishire
for China on the 26th. No engagements
-ur
onts had been latterly entered into, and the last
rent offered nothing worthy of notice.
lilts N
},,aPles journal announces that a dis-
l'eeo made in the ruins of Pompeii of greater
of interest than any that has preceded it. On the
October a picture in mosaic was found in the
of the house said to belong to FAUNUS ; it is
9 Palum high by 10 palms in width (or about 1S
441;e feet English), and of exquisite workmanship.
J,t is the battle of Sarpedon from the Iliad, the
of half the natural size. Time has injured some
(patis precious relic, which, however, is still the
nJte of Pompeii, as to the expression of the
is the perfection of the drawing, and, what is more
a Marble picture, the finish of the execution. The
'°d the whole Court have been to view this mag-
inotaic, and while there the room adjoining the
- was explored, and several vases and utensils
and bronze brought to light.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

DOWNING-STIIVET, Not. 23, IRII.
The King has been pleased to appoint Major-General James
Alexander Farquharson to be Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Island of St. Lucia.

\VAR-OFFICE, Nov. 25.
4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign C. C. Elton, from the 63d Re-
giment, to be Ensign, vice Griffith, promoted, Nov. 25.
30th Foot—Paymaster D. Hay, from the half-pay of the 6th
Dragoon Guards, Lobe Paymaster, vice Wray, deceased, Nov. 25.
lst Foot—Ensign A. 'Dickson, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, lice O'Gbrman, deceased, March 8 • R. O'Brien,
Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dickson, promoted,
Nov. 25.
35th Foot—Serjeant- Major D. M'Curdy to be Quarter-master,
vice Howe, deceased, Aug. 29.
40th Foot—Lieut. J. Richardson to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Dalrymple, deceased ; Ensign A. T. Lewis, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Richardson, Nov. 17 ; Lord
J. Thynne to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lewis, promoted.
Nov. 25.
45th Foot—Ensign R. J. Edmonds to be Lieutenant, without
purehase, vice Jones, deceased, Jan. 10 ; Ensign C. Smith-
waite to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Smith, appointed
t 9 the 57th Regiment ; Ensign W. H. 1%1. Ogilvie,'from the 94th
Regiment, ti) be Ensign, vice Smithwaite, Nov. 24.
54th Foot—Lieut. F. Thdrnbury to be Captain; Without
purchase, vice Barbauld, deceased; Ensign J. B. Chalk to be
Lieutenant without purchase, vice Thornbury, Feb. M ; R.
' Dyke, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Chalk, pro-
moted, Nov. 25.
67th Foot—H. D. Dacres, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Lloyd, who retires, Nov. 25.
720 Foot—Ensign M. C. O'Connell to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Primrose, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet W. L. Y.
Baker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
O'Connell, promoted, Nov. 25.
923 Foot—Ensign T. D. Gordon to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Gordon, promoted ; K. D. Mackenzie, Gent. to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Gordon, Nov. 25.
Foot—Gentleman Cadet T. L. K. Nelson, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ogilvie,
appointed to the 46th Regiment, Nov. 25.
99th Foot—Captain J. Duberly, from the half-pay of the 11th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Boyce, who retires, Nov. 25.
99th Foot—Captain W. Gill, from the half-pay of the 27th
Regiment, to be Captain, vice S. W. Mayne, who exchanges,
Nov. 25.
UNATTACHED.—Lieut. J. Gordon, from the 92d Regi-
ment, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase; Ensign H. 1).
Griffith, from the 4th Regiment, to be Lieutenant of Infantry,
by purchase, Nov. 25.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon R. Tuthill, M.D.
from the 52d Regiment, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cal-
lender, appointed to the 69th Regiment; Assistant-Surgeon F.
C. Huthwaite, from the half-pay of the 90th Regiment, to be
Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice R. M'Nab Robertson, resigned,
Nov. 25.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieut. C. Shaw, upon half-pay 52d Foot,
has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of an un-
attached commission, Nov. 25.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Urwick, of Lud-
low, in the county of Salop, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary
in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed James Matthews, of
West Bromwich, in the county of Staffbrd, Gent, to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex.
T. rider, Esq., Sept. 16; J. Shuter, Esq., Nov. 19; C. Prater,
Esq., Nov. 21, to be Deputy Lieutenants.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Lincoln.
Royal North Lincoln Regiment of Militia.
G. H. Tennyson, Esq., to be Captain, Nov. 18.
Royal South Lincoln Regiment of Militia.
P. M. Pell, Gant., to be Ensign, Nov. 1.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Carmarthen,
Royal Carmarthen Fus,ileer Regiment of Militia.
Ensign.J. B. Gwyn, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 17.

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