The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

The Vine hounds will meet en Thursday at Hannington ; Sa-
turday, at West Sherborne—quarter to 11.
Lord Ossulton's stag-hounds on Friday at Hore Rig Hill, near
Mindrum.
The N. F H. hounds on Thursday at Downton Common ; Sa-
turday, at Stubby Coppice—half-past 10.
Sir J. B. Mills's hounds on Friday at the Kennel-11.
The H. H. hounds to-morrow at Brandean Common; Thurs-
day, at Lanway Inn : Saturday, at Herriard House.
The East Kent harriers on Saturday at Walmer—half-past 10.
Sir John Cope's hounds to-morrow at Riseley Mill; Friday, at
BraAlfield Wood.
The Craven hounds to-morrow at Tottenham ; Friday, at Chil-

ton Lodge; Saturday, at Hunt's Green—half-past 10.
The Swansea harriers on Friday at Abergwlly—half-past 10.
The Tivyside hounds to-morrow at Bridell Village ; Friday, at
Coidmore Lodge Gate-11.
The Pembrokeshire hounds on Thursday at the Mote-10.
Mr. R. Cockburn's hounds on Friday at Kilmington Cross-11.
Sir W. Carew's hounds on Thursday at Stover Lodge.
Mr. G. L. Cobham's hounds en Friday at Moorhouse-9.
The Brecon hounds to-morrow at Talwen Common ; Friday, at
Cautreff-11.
Mr. Morgan's (of Ruperra's) hounds to-morrow at Lawrimiiy
Lodge; Friday, at High Cross-11,
Mr. Wilkin s hounds on Friday at Curnmy Moor —lO.
The York and Ainsty hounds on Thursday at Nun Monkton ;
Saturday, at Wigginton Bar—half-past 10.
The Boroughbridge harriers on Friday at the Windmill on Hut-
ton Moor—half-past 10.
The Earl of Harewood's hounds to-morrow at Harewood; Friday
at Ribston Moor—half-past M.
The Eddlethorpe hounds to-morrow at Castle Howard Inn ;
Friday, at Pluckham—half-past 10.
The Sinnington hounds on Friday at Hutton Bank Top—lif.-p. 9.
The Hurworth hounds on Friday at Low Middlelia.m-10.
The Wynyard and Durham hounds on Thursday at Murton
Moor Cottage-10.
The Ainwick hounds on Friday at East. Bolton—half-past 9.
The Galewood hounds t 0-morrow at Middleton Hall, near W ooler ;
Saturday, at Coupland Gorse—half-past 10.
The Darlington harriers on Friday at Kirmingham— 9.
The Carlisle harriers to-morrow at Newby Cross ; Friday, at
Giisland—half-past 8.
The Inglewood hounds on Thursday at Rangleton Head ; Satur-
day, at Bewaldeth—half-past 10.
The Cleveland hounds on Thursday at Guisborough Park—half-
past 10.
Mr. Wyndham's hounds to-morrow at Fovant ; Friday, at Od-
stock—half-past 10.
The Chesterfield harriers on Friday at Banborough Common—
half-past 9.
The Hambledon hounds on Thursday at Hill Place; Friday, at
Fisher's Pond—half-past 10.
The Plymouth harriers to-morrow at Langage Cross; Friday, at
Sal tash-9.

PREVENTIVE OF FIRE.—At Manchester, on
Tueslay, an experiment was tried with the new cement,
which, as a substitute for the common lime plaster for ceilings,
partitions, &c., or as a non-conducting medium to cover
woodwork, is assumed to be capable of limiting the ravages
of a fire to a room or, fl.or, when, under other circumstances,
the whole premises might be destroyed. On the occasion re-
ferred to, a building of two floors, each with three windows,
was prepared, by having the rafters, joists, lintels, and other
timbers covered with the cement in coats varying from one to
three-eighths of an inch in thickness, as well as the ladder
staircase connecting the two floors. The ceilings were also
covered chiefly with the cement. portions having been plas-
tered with lime to show decisively the action on each ; and,
in order to prove still more evidently that ignition might be
cut off between the two floors, the contents of one being
in flames, whilst those of the other, although equally
inflammable, remained untouched, a sub-floor, covered
on both sides with cement, was placed under the flooring of
the upper portion of the building, and a trap door, cemented
down over the aperture of the ladder way. An immense
crowd had assembled long before the hour appointed for light-
ing the mass of old furniture, wood, shavingfs, and other COM-
bustiblcs placed in the ground floor, a careful examination of
the premises having been previously made by the High Con-
stables of Manchester, the conductors of the fire-engine de-
partments. and of the police of that place, Liverpool, Bolton,
Stockport, &c., and many of the leading manufacturers of the
neighbourhood, who all appeared extremely anxious to steer-
tain the result. Shortly after three o'clock the materials on
the ground floor were set on fire, and the flames spread rapidly
around the floor, enveloping the ladder.staircase, covering. the
ceiling, and consuming the window frames, and all other portions
of wood material unprotected by the cement. The fire having
nearly expended its fury on the ground-floor, in half an hour
without having been communicated in the slightest degree
to the floor above, the combustibles in the latter were then
ignited, by a persor ascending on a ladder from without, and
a similar result followed. On after inspection by the local
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authorities, it was found that, whilst the mum
partly destroyed, and the unprotected wood-work
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consumed, complete access to flame had been cut off from one
floor to the other, the cement ceiling was uninjured, and the
ladder stair-case, rafters, joists, lintels, bind timbers, &c.,
protected with the cement, entirely preserved. All parties
expressed their satisfaction at the tests to which the cement
had been submitted, and the
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consequent proofs of its applica-
bility on the largest scale. Rose, the superintendent of
the fire-police, declared that he was beaten in the subjugation
of an element to which he has hitherto been the most potent
opponent in Manchester.