The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-21 00:00:00

GREAT NORTHERN (ISLE OF AHHOLIVIE

EXTENSION).

The Committee met at the usual hour, and was occu-
pied the whole of the day iu hearing evidence in favour
of the proposed extension.

DISASTROUS FIRE AND PRO-

_
BABLE LOSS OF LIFE.—(THIS DAY.)
Between the hours of two and three this morning a
very destructive fire broke out in the King's Head Ta-
vern, Brook-street, Ratcliff, the property of Mr. John
Waller, which, besides consuming a considerable amount
of stock and furniture, has been attended with serious,
and, it is to be feared, fatal consequences to one of the
inmates. From inquiries made it appears that the fire
was first discovered by the policeman on the beat, at
which time it had obtained a strong hold of the lower
portion of the premises. The constable raised an alarm
in the usual way, and after some trouble the inmates
were aroused from their slumbers, but with such vio-
lence was the fire progressing, that very few of the resi-
dents were able to descend the staircase. One person,
named John Camberton, a lodger in the house, finding
that the flames had cut off all escape by the stairs,
jumped from the top window, and, falling on the stone
flags beneath, fractured his thigh, and was otherwise so
seriously injured that he was obliged to be taken to the
hospital, where he at present remains in a very pre-
carious state. Another lodger jumped from the same
window, but, with the exception of a severe shaking, was
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much injured. A
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until a ladder could' be procured, by the
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engines reached the scene ; those were followed the brigade
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ther, belonging to the West of England Company,b y
the Waterloo-road. By that time, however, the greaterrom
portion of Mr. Waller's premises was wrapped in an
immense sheet of fl ime, and the adjoining houses at
first appeased doomed to destruction. Under the direc-
tion of their chief officers, the firemen worked most
vigorously-, but they were unable to get the mastery
over the conflagration until the building wee nearly
destroyed, the furniture, fixtures, and stock in trade
partially consumed. The total damage will amount to
several hundred pounds, but fortunately Mr. Waller was
insured in the Sun Fire-office for the stock, &c.; the
building belongs to Messrs. Strong and Lurchin, the
brewers, and it is not known whether or not it was in-
sured. The origin of the disaster is wrapped in
mystery.

ELECTION MOVEMENTS AT KNARESBOROUGH,--
The Tories here are in a complete fix. Their requisi-
tion to Sir Charles Slingsby, at first only a forlorn hope,
a desperate plunge for life, has been declined. Indeed,
how could it be otherwise, for both candidates had
offered to decline coming forward if Sir Charles wished
to stand, and although this was known to the prime
movers of the requisition, yet they persisted in trying to
induce him to violate his honour. It is expected they
will try another dodge, but they cannot succeed. Mr.
Westhead commenced his canvas on Friday, and he will
be followed on Monday by Mr. Lascelles. Success is
considered certain.
THE COURT.—Their Majesties the King and Queen
of the Belgians are expected to arrive in this country,
upon a visit to her Majesty, either to-morrow or Thurs-
day next. Should the arrival of their Belgian Majesties
be delayed until the latter-named day, the Court, instead
of returning to Buckingham Palace this afternoon, as it
had been arranged, will prolong its. stay at Claremont
for another day or two. The King and Queen of the
Belgians are not expected to remain upon a visit to her
Majesty beyond seven or eight days.
We believe that we may now confidently state
that the session will be brought to a close on or about
the 15th of July, and that Parliament will be dissolved
on
thev day following the prorogation.—Observer.
l INCHESTER COLLEGE.--A meeting of the sub •
scribers to the Goddard scholarship in connexion with
the above seat of learning, was held on Saturday at the
Thatched Ilouse Tavern. The Earl of Eldon occupied
the chair, and was supported by the Lord Bishop of
Durham, Dean Chandler, the N
Oxford, the Warden of Winchester Varan o
College New College,
Oxford, Mr.
Rolfe, Mr. Justice E'W
e Sir William Heathco Baro
Baron
Williams,te, Sir
John Awdrev, Mr. Cardwell,T M., Mr. Bramston, M.P.,
Mr. Stacy, Mr.
Mr. Laing,
some
friendly discussion, the
conditions proposed by the
Mr. Bridger, and
the Rev. W. Short. After
adopted. Wardens of the two Colleges
were unanimously

WEST INDIA MAILS.:

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.

The royal mail steam-packet Trent, E. T. Sturdee,
Commander, Lieutenant Densten, RN., Admiralty
agent, arrived at Southampton shortly before twelve
o'clock last night, after a very quick passage of 19 days
from St. Thomas, experiencing fine weather throughout.
She was detained a day and a half at St. Thomas for
coals, or her arrival would have been one of the earliest
on record. She brings 65 cabin passengers, 60 tons of
coffee from Jamaica, in 70 tierces, 51 half tierces, and
200 barrels; 70 bales of sarsaparilla, 35 casks of ginger,
and 1,000 ounces of gold. Her mails are of the follow-
ing dates:—St. Jago de Cuba, May 25; Jamaica, 24th;
Jacmel, 27th; Puerto Rico, 30th; Demerara, 18th; To-
bago, 19th; Trinidad, 19th; Barbadoes, 24th; Granada,
25th; St. Vincent, 25th; St. Lucia, '2sth ; Martinique'
26th; Dominique, 26th; Guadaloupe, 27th; Antigua,
28th; Montserrat, 27th; Nevis, 27th; St. Kitt's, 27th;
Tortola, 28th; St. Thomas, June 1; Fayal, 14th.
The Royal mail steam-packet Forth will bring the
next mail.

By this arrival we learn that the Royal mail steam-
packet Reindeer was at Grenada; the Forth, on the
Spanish Main, left Jamaica on the 16th of May; the
Medway, in the Gulf of Mexico; the Conway, at De-
merara, left Barbadoes on the 9th of May; the Avon, at
Jamaica, left Grenada the 11th of May.

Her Majesty's ship Thetis, Captain Codrington, left
Fayal for St. Michael's on the 14th of June.
The Thetis was at Madeira on the arrival of the Royal
mail steam packet Thames the 9th of June, from Eng-
land: all well.

Two schooners belonging to Nassau had been " fish-
ing" up articles belonging to the wreck of the Tweed
steam-ship, and, amongst other articles, had succeeded
in recovering three hundred bottles of quicksilver, of
which there was, it will be recollected, a large quan-
tity on board at the time this unfortunate ship was
wrecked.

Accounts had reached the Trent relative to the move-
ment of the Americans towards the city of Mexico. It
appears they had taken Perote, distant about one hun-
dred and thirty-five miles from the city. Santa Anna,
in the recent battle of Cerro Gorda, had a narrow
escape. His carriage, in which was his service of plate
ani a large quantity of dollars, fell into the enemy's
hands.

It was reported that he had received positive instruc-
tions from the Mexican Congress to destroy the city of
Mexico by fire, rather than allow it to be captured by the
Americans.

The Trent boarded the Brothers, of St. Andrew's,
N. 8., with timber, dismasted, water-logged, and de-
serted by the crew. She was in lat, 42 50 N., and long.
10 34 W.

THE WEATHER.—The whole island has been blessed
with refreshing rains. At Trelawny there has been fine
showers, accompanied by thunder and lightning. These
(the Cornwall Courier says) at the time cooled the sultry
air, which has been very oppressive of late, and re•
lieved the town from the clouds of dust that in windy
weather nearly blinded the inhabitants. The country,
too, will benefit by it, and it is to be hoped the planters
will not soon again experience such drought as they did
last year. The crops 'generally throughout the parish
are abundant, we learn, and the produce good. We
never remember to have seen the pimento trees more
full of blossom than they are now.
The subscription in behalf of the Irish and Scotch
relief fund was still progressing.

JAMAICA MARKETS.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligeneer.)
The business during the past fortnight was confined
solely to transactions for immediate use. Our market,
therefore, continues to wear the same appearance of in-
activity and dulness by which it was characterised at the
period of dur last issue.

The arrivals have been exceedingly light, and supplies
are diminishing under the purchases for present con-
sumption; but we do not notice the slightest speculative
demand. We have no improvement to report in the state
of the money market.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.—Bank Bills, 30 days, 1 ;
60 days, 1 12; and 90 days, 2 per cent. discount. On
New York—Merchants' Bills, 60 days, 5 per cent.
premium.
This being the Queen's birth-day, no business will be
transacted at the banks and other public offices.