The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRES.

On' Monday evening the premises of Mr. Tilliard.
oil and colourman, No. 28, Great Sufi.°lk- street, Borough,
were completely destroyed by fire, which broke cut in
the cellar, and which in a very short time c.,mmunicated
to every part of the building. In addition to the com-
bustible materials with which the place was stocked.
thliTo was in the upper part of the warehouse a large
quantity
.of gunpowder, which, when reached by the
flames, exploded with a tremendous report, carrying the
roofinto the air and totally destroying the walls. It was
fortunate that the want of a supply of water procrasti-
nated the operations of the firemen and the engines, for
if they had been on the spot which they would probably
have occupied, there is every reason to believe the lcss of
life would have been very great, from the fall of the ruins
and the effects of the explosion. As it was, several per-
sons who ventured too near, in ignorance of the danger
they incurred, were more or less injured by the falling
fragments of the building. The ionise, s of the upper part
of the warehouse had scarcely time to escape, and it was
with difficulty that the daughter of Mr. 'I illiard, a boy
about nine years, and his sister, about five years old, with
the shop-boy, succeeded in getting into the yard; their
clothes were on fire, but fortunately, by the exertions of
their neighbours, they were dragged out of the pre-
' mises, and assisted over a back wall into Revel's-row.
A lad in the employ of Mr. Tilliard was injured by an
explosion which took place in the shop; his hand was
severely cut, and he was removed to Guy's Hospital,
where he still remains. Water was eventually obtained,
and the engines of the London Brigade and West of
England Company succeeded, by nine o'clock, in extin-
guishing the flames.
About an hour previously to this disastrous fire
another fire broke out in the factory of Messrs. Ash-
lieu and Son, 55, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, water-
proofing hat-maker, by which a consideranle damage
was done to the premises, and several of the work-
people injured; two were so badly burnt that it was
necessary to take them to Guy's Hospital. There being
a plentiful. supply of water, the firemen succeeded in
confining the flames to the proof-maker's shop, which
was completely destroyed. •
Subjoined is a copy of the official report of the extent
of damage done:—

" Monday, April 2, 1849, Six P.M.
" Called to a fire at Mr. J. Tilleards, oil and colour-
man, No. 28, Great Suffolk-street, Southwark. Cause
of fire, explosion of gunpowder. The building and con-
tents of stock i❑ trade, furniture, wearing apparel, and
other effects, totally destroyed by fire and explosion.—
Building insured in the Sun Fire-office; contents in-
sured in the same office.

Mr. C. Deprose, No. 27, in the same street ; build-
ing and contents considerably damaged by explosion.—
Stock in trade, &c., insured in the Phoenix Fire-office.
" Mr. J. Weller, baker, No. 29, in the same street;
fixtures and stock in trade damaged by explosion and
water; shop front scorched and window•glass broken.—
Insured in the County Fire-office.
Mr. R. Preece, licensed victualler, the Grapes ta-
vern; several squares of glass and chandelier demolished.
—lnsured in the Licensed Victuallers' Fire-office.

" Mr. R. Preece, Windsor Castle (opposite); several
squares of window-glass broken.
" Mr. C. Chadjoy, licensed victualler, the King's
Arms; front damaged by fire and window-glass broken.
—lnsurance not known.

" Jane Sandon, confectioner, No. 116, Great Suffolk-
ctreet; part of premises damaged by fire, window glass,
fixtures, and stock considerably damaged by explosion.—
Insured in the Phcenix Fire-office. .

" Mr. J. Sawvary, No. 7, Revers-court; window•-glass
broken, and furniture damaged by removal, &c.—Unin-
sured.
" Mr. W. White, No. 9, in same same place; similar
damage.—Unin.ured.
Mr. H. Hudson, No. 8, ditto; furniture severely
arnag. d, and building injured by explo.ion.—Uu-
insured. _ _

" Mr. T. Dover, No. 10, ditto; window-glass broken
and furniture damaged.—Uninsured4
" Mr. W. Dore, No. 11, ditto; building and furni-
ture damaged by explosion and windows broken.—Not
insured."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
JUDGES' CHAMBERS, April 3.
APOTHECARIES' COMPANY V. WELLS.

This was an action brought in the Bloomsbury Ccunty
Court by the plaintiffs against the defendant, who is a
chemist, for a penalty of 201, for practising as an
apothecary, without having a certificate, and was fixed
for trial in the County Court in Berners-street, on
Thursday next, but the defendant had obtained n
certiorari under the County Court Act, to remove the
tiial into the Queen's Bench; and the questiun to-day
was whether that certiorari should be quashed.
Mr. J. 0. Griffiths appeared as Counsel for the plain-
tiffs, and Mr. Stone fur the defendant; and after hearing
the Learned Gentlemen at some length,
The Learned JUDGE made an order that the certiorari
should be quashed, unless the defendant found satisfac-
tory security for the costs within a week.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
POTTER V. COLLINS AND ANOTIIER.—A REPORTER
LIBELLED.

This was an application on a summons calling upon
the defendants to admit the existence of the indictments,
convictions, and sentences of the Chartist leaders, Ernest
Jones, Fussell, and the other lour who were tried and
convicted at the Central Criminal Court, the said Char-
tists being severally sentenced to be imprisoned for two

years.
From the statement of Mr. Phillpotts, who appeared
on the part of the plaintiff, who is a short-hand writer
and reporter, the plaintiff was called upon by the Go-
vernment to give evidence against some of the defend-
ants. After they had been tried and convicted, the de-
fendants, who are the proprietors of the Hull Advertiser,
published a certain false and malicious libel, in which
they reflected on the character of the plaintiff, and
another reporter. The defendants refusing to retract
the said libel, he brought an action, and in the
pleading averred that the said Chartists were tried and
convicted in due course of.law. Defendants in their re-
plication denied that the said persons called Chartists
were so convicted. Plaintiff, therefore, was compelled,
to establish the plea, to obtain attested copies of the
several convictions, and to do this the fees for such a
transcript would considerably exceed 1001.; and his
Lordship, under these circumstances, was called upon
to make an order on the defendants to examine and
admit the existence of the records.
Mr. Justice PerrEsoN observed, as there was no
legal existence of the documents in consequence of the
conviction and sentence not being recorded in the in-
dictment, he could make no order, but probably the
plaintiff might be assisted by applying to the Govern-
ment.
Mr. PHILLPOTTS said such an application had been
made to Sir G. Grey, as the Home Secretary, who re-
gretted that he had no power to order either the makiag
up of the records or of causing them to be produced, A
memorial bad also been presented to the Crown on the
subject, but without success.
Mr Justice PATTESON regretted the peculiar position
of the plaintiff, but he had no power to interfere, and
the summons must therefore be dismissed.

QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY.
FLAG OFFICERS.

Vice-Admirals—Thomas J. Maling, Charles B. H.
Ross, C.B.
Rear-Admiral—Thomas Searle, C.B.
Captains—Sir Samuel Roberts, C. 8., Charles Nelson,
John Simpson, John Lawrence, C. 8., John N. Camp-
bell, C. 8., John A. Blow, Frederick Hoffman.
Commanders—John Campbell (b), Joseph W. Bazal-
gette, Thomas Williams, Simon Hopkinson, Edmund
W. Gilbert, Peter Wybergh, John J. Hough, Gower
Lowe, Richard D. Pritchard, Thomas B. Brown, Robert
Sangstei, John Moore, Thomas Duncan, John B. Con-
nolly, Thomas L. Prescott, Wm. Lugg, John Franklin.
Lieutenants—William Purchus, Howard Moore, Wm.
Richards (b), Robert Delap, William Walker (b), Thos.
F. Stead, Edward Owen, William W. Pennefather, Ed-
ward Hennah, William C. Gerrard, William H. Rout-
ledgei Henry Bull, Edward Tyndall, Richard WK.
Richardson, Herbert B. Gray, David M'D. Gordon,
Willoughby C. Marshall, William G. Herbert, Philip
Rogers Couch.
.tasters—Thomas M. Temple, Thomas Kirby, Alex-
ander Lovie, Kempster Knapp, Alexander Watson, Jere-
miah Ryan, John l'ascoe (b).

ROYAL MARlNES.—Captain—Richard R. S. BURCe.
Mate—William R. Adair.
MEDICAL OFFICERS. _

Surgeons—Chediah Pineo' George Drysdale, Thos.
Cunningham, John Allen, John Grant, John Miller (a),
James Osman, John Callan, James Dundas.
Assistant-Survons—George E. Freeman, Walter J.
Burke.
Paymasters and Pursers—John M'Arthur, NV. Mark.

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threatened to destroy hint-
bridge, Surrey side, and shortly afterwards an alarm was
given that a person, answering
the deceased's description
had thrown himself off the bridge into the water. No-
thing further was seen of him until Sunday, afternoon
last, when his body
was picked up in the river, off Bell-
gstte-stairs, Shadwell. Verdict," Found drowned."
A SINGULAR DIVORCE CASE.—The jury, in a di-
vorce case at New Orleans, have rendered a verdict de-
claring the marriage of Kate Meadows to John Proctor,
both belonging to the stage, null and void, on account
of a previous marriage, to another woman having been
proved. Kate applied for the divorce on the ground that
Proctor, at the time that they were married, had agreed
merely to pass as her husband, without claiming any of
the marital rights of his position, but had since insisted
on violating this portion of the contract. Hence she
brought the writ to obtain a divorce.
THE NEGLECT OF Lira ASSURANCE.—It is a
remarkable fact, but one ascertained beyond the shadow
of a doubt—and, indeed, we are disposed to stake our
reputation, as the only life assurance organ, on the
truth of what we aro going to assert—that not 67 per
cent. of the whole population have had the foreutut to
perform the most important duty that devolves upon all
man—but more especially those " who marry wives "
,namely, assuring their lives. Scarcely two per cent. of
the population of the entire kingdom have done so. This
' is the more remarkable and unaccountable, since the
"death of every 1,000 persons in the middle and lower
ranks of life who have not assured their lives leaves at
least 4,000 women and children in poverty, if not in
absolute penury, who raight otherwise be left in 8.01-
parative alifluense.—Beporter.