The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-01 00:00:00

FIRE IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND

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was
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lemen and others resident
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printing offices,
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of the main building, in Lothbury
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.
Very considerable alarm
_the fire was first
produced among the geo-
discovered by one of the fr- .
ntlemen whose night it was
leiffmroantolb on the first floor, in which workmen have for
to take hourly a general survey
of all the departments), in the last room of a range
pedauustt been employed in fitting up machinery for
yan:art'iles and Bank post bills. There were
two new steam-engines, of four and five horse-power, besides
several expensive presses. Part of the machinery commu-
nicated with the floor beneath. The floor near to a re.
glitter grate was for some distance completely on fire. It
was at first thought by the head cashier, who was early
awake and on the spot, that by withdrawing the larger
portion of the 32 soldiers who nightly form the guard from
their respective posts, and by the muster of their own offi-
cers, they could with the assistance of their engines and
buckets get the fire under, without producing any of that
extensive excitement, which a knowledge of the exist-
@age of a fire within the Bank would produce abroad.
The floor, however, was found to be of such extraordinary
thickness, and the fire had so complete a hold of its mas-
sive beams and girders, that after half an hour's labour,
withpokes, which were the only implements they had for
i
tearing up the flooring, it was deemed prudent to send to
the head fire-station for assistance. One of the Bank en-
gines had been brought into the yard behind the room on
fire, and played threnrh the window en the fire, Hen-
derson,
engineer, of Watling,street, took charge of the
Bank engine, and bringing the hose through the window,
attacked the fire at close quarters. At the same time, the
other firemen, ender r. Braidwood's directions, with
their large pickaxes, 4c., tore out the register grate, and
made an opening through the flooring.
The branch of the engine was carried below, and the
engineer was able to pour a powerful stream of water upon
the burning beams and girders. By five o'clock all danger
had ceased. The Clerk of the Bank Works thinks that
by some accidental neglect, such as dropping a spark, fire
was communicated in an aperture cut throug the flooring
on the previous day to the right of the fire place. At this
part the immense beam that ran across the room is burnt
nearly through.

WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. CRAIG.)
Mr. H. Hetherington attented this morning, and made
out his claim to have his name inserted in the list for the
Savoy Precinct.
The List was then signed, and passed.
ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN.

The lists of these united parishes were gone through, and
a few names struck, on evidence being given that the par-
ties were dead.

There were neither claims nor objection, and the lists
were signed and passed.
This closed the business of the Registration in this Court
with the exception of the judgment in the case of the Exe-
ter Hall claimants, which will be given to-morrow.
Mr. MILNE sat for two hours, and finished the revision
of those parishes which were before him.
Nothing of any public interest came before him.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)

DEAL, OCT. 31.:—Wind N.—Arrived from the River the
Tancred, Crosby, for Barbadoes ; Joanna, Rowland, for
Smyrna ; Evans, Ricardo, for Cadiz; Augusta, Bladesdale,
for Baltimore ; Palmyra, Gill, for Teneriffe ; General Brock,
Train, for Rio Janeiro ; and Head, Whitehead, for Ascension.
Arrived and proceeded for the River, the James, Dennison,
from Tobago ; and Fame, Shackston, from Cork.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived from
London the Meg Merrilies, Skinner, for the Cape of Good
Hope ; and Craydon, Rickett, for Virginia.
PLYMOUTH, CCT. 30.—Wind W. N. W.—Sailed the Ac-
tive, —, for Cadiz.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind N. to W.

RAMSGATE, OCT. 31.—Arrived the Emerald, Back,
from Cork.

DOVER, OCT. 31.—Arrived the Venus, Brenning, from
Gergenti. Off port the Caesar, Rothwell, from Demerara ;
Maria, Brightman, from Cuba; and Lydia, —, from Bordeaux.
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 31.—Arrived the George Canning,
Bynen, from Malta ; and Shannon, Croft, from Archangel.
JERSEY, OCT. 29.—Arrived the Mary and Joseph, Grant,
from Archangel.
GUERNSEY, OCT. 29.—Arrived the Godfred Paul, Zitzoe,
from Dantzic.

BEECHLEY, Ocr. 31.—Arrived the Emeline, Petingall
fom Pugwash.

CAUTION TO FAMILIES.--On Friday, the 21st
ult., a woman, about 22 years of age, called at a house in
Webb's-lane, Hammersmith, and by stating that she came
for the mangling things, obtained several articles of table-
linen and ladies' apparel. On the following day a similar
fraud was practised by a woman, about 30 years of age, at
a house in Young-street, Kensington.

The intended improvements at Derwentwater have
have been delayed in consequence of the serious indisposition
of the late purchaser, Mr. John Marshall.
The Sunderland and Durham Railway have com-
menced running coaches between Sunderland and Ryehope,
at the small charge of 3d. each passenger.

Lord Dundas has, during the last month, been en-
tertaining a large circle of noble friends at his fine mansion,
Aske Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady
Charlotte Fitzwilliam, have arrived on a visit to his Lordship.
Lord Brougham left town yesterday for Petersham.
Sir E. Bouverie, Governor of Malta, has left town
to embark for that island.

V
- Sir John Lowther is entertaining at Wilton Cas-
tle a select party of friends. The Archbishop of York and
John Henry Lowther, Esq., M.P., are amongst the late ar-
rivals at the Castle.

Sir L. Shadwell, the Vice-Chancellor, and Thomas
Pemberton, Esq., M.P.,have been on a visit to Mrs. Law-
rence, at. Studley Park, Yorkshire.
Several workable seams of ironstone of the best de-
scription have been found in the estate of Scotstown, near
Glasgow, belonging to Mr. Oswald. These seams may not
only be easily worked, but from lying near the canal and
the Clyde, must be exceedingly valuable, and will add greatly
to the facilities of this rising and most important branch of
our manufactures.
It is said that certain persons, proprietors of a well-
known gaming-house, lost large sums at the late Doncaster
races.
A Mr. Chute, of Pickenham, has accepted the in-
vitation of the Conservatives to become a candidate for the
Western Division of Norfolk, at the next general election,
in conjunction with Mr. Badge.
Mr. Roche, who is to offer himself candidate for the
extensive county of Cork, on the Liberal interest, is de-
scended from an ancient family in the county, who always
supported the popular interest. The family estate borders
on the Atlantic, near the Cove of Cork, and the family
mansion was always open to the officers of the navy when
their ships entered the harbour. Sir Walter Raleigh
partook of the hospitality of an ancestor of Mr. Roche's, at
his scat at Trabulgan, and it was there that the first po-
tatoes were planted that ever appeared in Ireland, the seed
having been made a present to Mr. Roche by Sir Walter
Raleigh.
A portion of a high wall at the back of Gordon-
square, in the New-road, fell down on Saturday morning
between six and seven o'clock, and a young man, named'
Owen Shannon, was buried underneath the bricks, and
received such severe injury that no hope is entertained of
his recovery.
The Swabian Mercury contains a letter from Vienna,
dated the 19th inst., of which the following is an extract :
" The Duke of Bordeaux is gaining an embonzpoint very
unusual at his age ; his health is, nevertheless, good, and
nothing indicates any- disposition to illness, which might be
apprehended from his precocious obesity. His cheerfulness
and witty repartees are generally admired. It is reported
that a misunderstanding has arisen between the Duchess de
Berry and the Court o Charles X., on the subject of the
education of her son, but it is said, that notwithstanding all
her remonstrances, the King has resolved to have the Prince
brought up under his own instructions. The Duke de Bor-
deaux and his sister are said to be about to be sent to
Gratz to visit their mother, but it is more generally believed
.that their meeting will take place at Salzburg, where the
Duchess de Beira continues to reside with the sons of Don
Carlos." A letter, of the 18th inst., from Vienna, an-
nounces that the Duchess of Berry has been delivered at
Crab a a daughter.
followina inoartant informa-
tion, announcing a
,greaA undertak irr is •
copied from a
Derbyshire paper We can this week inform our readers
that Mr, Paine has finished his great undertaking, The
church clock is now completed, ind the inhabitants residing
within its vicinity, will in future have much pleasure and
satisfaction in listening to the harmonious sound of the
quarter-jacks—,(we believe the sopund only Of the Mind
in the kingdom) and viewing the very beautiful appearance
of the illuminated dial,"

At Urswielc, in Low Furness, there is a poor 11114 p,
named William Taylor, who is 8) pail old, and his wife
upwafe.ti of 80. Taylor has laboured without being at any
time absent from his employ for 75 years, ant ias main-
tained during a long life the most irreproachable character.
Is there anything in !be new Poor liaw Act to revaffl
sucli'persons Pr are they to lle separate 4 durinf; the few
remaining days of their existence in a prison, called an
Union Workhouse?-ouniberlapd Packet.

This

-AI-MONDAY.

~,ternoon, at half-past two o'clock, his Majesty,
accompanied by Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipstball, drove
out on the West Cliff, extending his ride to Shoreham. The
day being delightfully fine, the Cliff was thronged with
equipages and fashionable pedestrians, and Brighton ap-
peared itself again.

The King g,ave audience this morning to Admiral Sir
Robert Otway.
The Queen has not left the Palace to-clay.

The calls at the Palace this day have been very numerous,
including. Sir G., Lady, and Misses Shiner, Vice-Admiral
Gosselin, Lady Hampson, Major-General Dickinson, Sir
Jamei, Lady, and Miss Loyd, Lady Jane Peel, Lady and
and the Misses Burdett, Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. and Lady
Lumley, Dowager Lady Onslow, Lady and Miss Darell,
Dowager Countess of Chichester and the Ladies Pelham,
Sir J. Nicholls, Mr. Sergeant and Mrs. Adams, Dowager
Countess of Erroll, Lord Somerville and the Hon. Miss
Somerville, Vice-Admiral and Miss Halloway, Earl and
Countess of Bosse and Lady Alicia Parsons, Sir David,
Lady, and Miss Scott.

Mr. Justice Littledale quitted this place yesterday, but
Lady Littledale remains.

We understand that Sir Francis Burdett and family will
remain here till the close of February.
The Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis aro expected
to arrive to-morrow, with the Princess Augusta.
Lady James Hay arrived last night, with the intention of
taking a house for the season.