The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-24 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

We have just seen a coloured engraving of the new
steamship, the Victoria, which was built lately at Hull,
anl is now plying between that port and London. The ori-
ginal design from which the engrAving has been executed, we
made by Mr. Ward, the marine artist. It gives, we under-
stand, a most correct view of the town of Hull, as taken
from the Humber, and exhibits the Victoria to great a:!-
vantage. The size of the plate is twenty-seven inches by
eighteen. It is a very creditable specimen of coloured
engraving. The artist is a gentleman named Reeve.

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THE TWIN BARONETS AT STOCK-

PORT.

S
TQI,IkPORT, SATURDAN, APRIL I:l.—The Stockport Adver-
tiser of yesterday announced that Sir Francis Burdett and Sir
o
corge Sinclair, in consequence of a bombastic address pre-
seated to the former by the mis-called Operative Couserva-
tivegi would visit them this day at four o'clock, p.m., and
Address them in rho National School of the borough, and the
Ivalls of the borough were plaearded with notices in very large
characters to the same effi.ct. About four o'clock in the a-
ternoon, in purse ;ice of this notice, Sir Francis Burdett,
leaning on the arm of Mr. Thomas Marsland, the Tory Mem-
ber for Stockport, and Sir George Sinclair, leaning familiarly
on the arm of a grocer of Stockport, were seen approaching
the school, which is situated in one of the most populous dis-
tricts of Stockport. No one was there to meet them save the
secretary, a young man in the employ of a thread-spinner, and
1601.11 TWENTY of these so-called operatives, including the pa-
-...t several equally respectable individuals. Sir
risk dent t,' • --it- and as no meeting could be
Francis said he could not - -he and Sir George
obtained to hear his miserable twaddling, - stay
both left the place ander the pretence that they couiu
on account of their other engagements. Sir Francis had for-
gotten that the men of Stockport had been once taken in by
his turncoat speeches.
The Reformers had at first intended to meet him by a depu-
tation of twenty-four men, each having in his hand a large
lantern ; but this plan was abandoned, from the utter insigni-
ficance in which his conduct has placed this contemptible poli-
tical catueleon.
A more miserable failure for a public meeting, so ostenta-
tkusly announced, could not well be imagined. Neither cu-
riosit;, nor politics could cause a muster on this occasion.

THE LATE CALAMITOUS FIRE AT

ISLINGTON.

CORONERS INQUEST ON THE THREE UNFORTUNATE SUF-
FERERS WHO PERIsHED. (Tbi3 morning. )—At half-past ten
o'clock the enquiry touching the respective deaths of Elisha
Cockrill, aged 20 ; John Cockrill, aged 31, and Henry Cock-
rill, aged 17 (brothers), the three unfortunate individuals who
perished at the late fire in Paradise-place, Lower-street, Isling-
ton, was instituted at the King's Head, in the above street, be-
fore Mr. Sterling and a most respectable jury.
Thomas Eason, examined—l am a labouring man; I knew
the deceased persons, who resided with their parents in the
same row of houses. The father is a manufacturer of fire-
works. About 5 o'clock on Sunday morning last, I heard an
alarkst of fire, and on going out I saw flames issuing from the
lower windows of Mr. Cockrill's house. A ladder was
Placed against one of the windows which I ascended and
assisted in getting the elder Mr. Cockrill out. He was
slightly burnt and in a very exhausted condition. On looking
through the window I saw that the room was enveloped in
flames, and I found it impossible to enter. I saw a bed in-
side the window, on which was lying John and Henry
Cockrill ; they appeared to be dead from suffocation. I did
not see Elisha Cockrill ; owing to the heat and smother I was
ob.!iged to descend the ladder. I afterwards saw Mrs.
Cockrill, her daughter, and youngest son George ; they were
laying in the back yard much exhausted and injured, having
jumped from the windows. The house was soon consumed.
lam unable to account for the origin of the fire. I was much
burnt in my exertions in endeavouring to rescue the unfortu-
nate sufferers.
The CORONER and Jury said that the conduct of the witness
had been highly praiseworthy upon the melancholy occasion.
Mr. Spring said that be should strongly recommend him to
the Committee of the Society for the Protection of Life from
Fire.
Georgo Cockrill, the youngest surviving brother, was next
examined—l went to bed about eleven o'clock on Saturday
night, when all was safe. My father and three brothers slept
in the same room. Elisha and Henry were my own brothers ;
but John mas my mother's son by a former husband, named
Glen. He was dumb, idiotic, and helpless. My brother
Elisha was - a cabinet-maker, and Henry a painter. I was
awoke early on Sunday morning be the cries of fire, when I
found that the house was full of smoke, and I heard a crack-
ling noise like the burning of wood.