The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-07 00:00:00

FIRES.

A most alarming fire' broke out about half-paSt
seven o'clock yesterday 11, ening, in the Eogine-hoUse
behinging to Mr. Pearson, who kept a very exten-
sive Cotton Manufgtory and Feather Warehouse, at
floxion. Mr. Pearson's dwelling-house was the
left wing of that grand 'and beautiful Wilding, the
Haberdashers' Hall and Alms, Houses, which he held
ftom the Company, on a lease of 60 years : he kept
Upwards of 30 men, women, and boys at work.
The fire is supposed to proceed from that which
was under the copper in, the engine-house, as it
broke out in that building, and"soou communicated
to the machinery and. cotton. . In less than ham
hour, the whole' of the house was in flames, making
a rapid progress towards the warehouse, which was
filled with goods 'to the amount of 20,0001.. From
the dry state of the buildings, in which there was
much wood, these houses, and two adjoiniwr new
Ones, not entirely finished, were completely burned
down in an hour.

The ilaincs were so furious, that they were per-
'ceivabl6 fHri .:111 parts of the town, and spread a
I,,cnenal eonstet nal ion aill()ltg the inhabitants. Every
iitreet- was tilkd With.spkaturs to behold the mitt
which tilled the mind with dread and terror.
When the tirsCengines arrived, therecOuldnot be a
drop of .irater procured but what was carried in
bnekots.fron) aknaup, which was tt) the rear of the
building,: water being verp,scarco in that neigh,
bourboOd. The Jim communicated to Mr. Pear,
son's dwelling-honse, which was the lett wing of
Ilaberditshets' Hall, and caught the roof about nine

Aboct eleven o' cloth the fire, was subdued so far
tlnit- no further daNtag(„..t,vas.dreaded.

Yesterday mormag, about one o'clock, the neigh-
bourhood of South I.„imbeth :and Vauxhall were
much alarmed by la* volumes of smoke issuing,
from the roof of the newly-ereded buildings, the.
South London Water Works. hi a short space_of
time the whole of the upper part of those buildings
v;a3 in a complete blaze, -and presented .a most ter-
rific appearance. 11... was nearly an hour before any
cugines arrived--!and, before they could be brought
to act, the whole of the roofs had &lien in, and the'
bnikling4 were reduced to a mass of ruins; but as
they stood alone, no danger ',`.'its apprehended to the
surroyafting neighbourhood. Mr. CHAPMAN, tilt)
eng::llC:vr, vtafr immediately informed Of the cirettru-
stanc.., arid althoUgh Jiving at a Considerable distance,
on. tk.;,; Tot; a-od, by lils eNertions, great;
part ut the ntaChinv;y has been ;'reserved front the
di,vourin elentetit. Although ai temporaryincon-
vonience must be sustained by the eentiguous neigh
boolioodi4, from the interruption of the supply of
water, it is hoped in a few weeks the works, will
,be
ititliciently repaired toprevent any unpleasant con-
' sequences to the inhabitants. No cause can be as-
signed how the accident happened, as neither fire
nor candle has been permitted on that part: of the
premises since its erection. The VOlunteers mustered
on the alarm being given,' and by their exertions
contributed much to the salt...y.of the neighbourhood,
rig many families had removed their goods, with a
vicwrOf having them preserved from the impending,
.danger. The whole 'of the building, we are in-
foruA'd, has been insured to the full amount in the
n Fire °Aloe.

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_SUSSEX

Lswiis, AUG. 5.
Mr. JustiCe,nEA7.ll left towil yesterly i 5 SOOllll5
he had finished on the Crown
.Side.

Cilia Justice MANSFIELD sat here this mprning,
but • all the causes could not be tiled. Some were
left remnants for the next Circuit.

THE KING V. COLMAN, AND THRTig otitEns.

Mr. ROLLAND stated, that 'this tvas an informa.
tion- filed by 'the Attorney‘Getteral against four De-
fendants, for a Conspiracy to ge(out of the way one
'Peter Fenner, who was to .appear •as a witness
against a person of the name of -Farley'', •on an in.,
formation exhibited against him for an offence
against the Excise: Laws.
The- fads of this ease were as follow : The wit-
'mg's; Fenner, resided at, Mayfield, in Sussex, and
had given inforination against Farley, for smuggling.
The information was to be heard before two Magi-
strates,: at Burwaih, in this' county, on the 18th of
June, 11103. But two days -before the term the De-
fendant, Colman, being a Constable, and the others
all tieigh hours and friends of Farley, procured a War-
rant against -Fenner, the witness, as a deserter. They
"kept, htm in custody all that night; and the next day,
instead of carrying him to Ifurwash, where they
were sure of ,finding two MegiStrates, they carried
him to Sheffield-place, the scat of Lord ghetheld,
20 miles distant from Burwash ; when, upon exa-
mination, it was found that there was no pretence
for apprehending him as a deserter. In the:mean
time, howev,!r, the purpose was answered, and Far-.
ley Was acquitted at Burwash for avant of eviOnce
to support the information. •
Mr. MARI:YAM for the Defendants, made a
long and able speech ; but the Jury found them all
Guilty.

NEWMAN V. CDITTY AND SON.

This was tut action :for. an assaillt. The Plaintiff
and Defendant Arabothiarrners, in this county, near
Chichester, whose barns adjoined. Thy had some
slight disputes about carting through .t he Defendant's
yard, when the younger Chitty said to the Plaintiff,
Do's't remtmber, thee 'gave me a horsewhipping
on the bridge, some years .ago ? and now •I'm
dangV if h don't gee thee a clout in return." He did
so; and the Jury thought the Defendant ought to
pay a brass farthing—for 'wbich amount they gave 'a
verdia.