The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-28 00:00:00

ADJOURNED CASE.

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (No. 2).
This case was then resumed, and occupied the rest of the
day. The Examiner said that an allegation as to the
accuracy of the sectional figures which he had received was
sustained by the evidence. No other allegation of any im-
portance was sustained to-day.

MELANCHOLY DISASTER at SEA.
LIVERrOOL, WEDNESDAY.—A melancholy duty devolves
Upon us to-day to chronicle the loss of the captain, first and
second relates, five seamen, and a boy, belonging to one of
oir noble packet-ships. The Columbia, Captain Rathbone,
left New York on the 2d inst.; on the 13th a gale spiting up,
141.4 while scudding before it the whole nine men were swept
middenly from the deck by a sea and hurried into eternity,
amidst the waste of waters.
Five days after the ship was fallen in with, without a com-
mander, and in distress, by the Lady Falkland, arrived at
this port from New Orleans this morning. The Lady Falk-
her mate on board the Columbia to navigate her to
...lverpool. The Columbia has not yet arrived; but she was
Perfectly tight, and will, no doubt, be heard of in a short
;iale. The Lady Falkland experienced a Suceession of vio-
lent gales during the last 16 days.
A few words are due to the memory of the gallant and la-
mented dead. We never knew a man more estimable than
lCaptainn
Rathbone. As a professional man he had no su-
Pvrtor, and to him we owe the discovery of the short route
"As the Atlantic. As a private individual there was none
Zqr,e...egentlemanly, more humane, or more noble in all the
atonsethat render man worthy of esteem, than Captain

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Between the hours of one and two o'clock on Wednesdey
beruing a dreadful fire broke out in the spacious premises
g to Mr. Challener situated on the east side of
Czon-street, near Wapping' Liverpool, which destroyed
It seems and other property tto a very considerable amount.
Ceetos to have originated in a wooden shed used by Mr.
„_aallener as a place of temporary deposit for flour: but, as
Lal most cases of the kind, the cause of its origin is involved
to the mystery. The alarm was instantly conveyed
• e fire station, and Mr. Hewitt lost no time in sending
; to the spot, but in the meantime the high wind
11 prevailed that night, aided by the fury of the devour-
th! welem,,,cat, speedily ignited the adjacent property. From
Chaiiren shed the flames were carried across a yard to Mr.
add -
" that
le _a
er'il stable, which was burnt down ; and we regret to
cinder. a due horse which was in the stable was also burnt
store d Partly as
The fire next communicated with Mr. Chal-
_.ore
anlare warehouse, which was used partly as a flour
anentirely
early a block manufactory. This fine building
watiirsgaffed. The roof, joists, and doors gave way
r ch°d, and nothing now remains but the bare
„I I • %lie property consumed in this building was to a
great arncunt. Three of the rooms were fully stored
bloc- flour, and the other rooms contained a large stock of
eithks and steam machinery, the whole of which have been
either whop machinery,
destroyed
with
rendered utterly useless. The
communicated with a fine warehouss belonging to
also, °lnas Booth, the corn-merchant, and this warehouse
been together with the whole of its contents, has likewise
n destroyed. The roof and floors have been burnt
.•_aarrou,,t,
, and the bare walls only are standing. A second
to house belonging to 'Mr. Booth. arid a large warehouse
of ITgi.g to Messrs. Lodge and Pritchard, on the east side
nrst-street, both took fire, but, owing to the vigorous
exertions mons of the firemen, they were only partially damaged.
small dwelling-house adjoining Mr. Challoner's warehouse
7.aa also on fire for a short time, and its preservation is en-
ca wing to the efforts of the firemen. Too much praise
nnot indeed be given to Mr. Hewitt and the men under hie
enot.and for their promptness and energy; and, when it is
ar2aKtered that they had to contend against flames which
ad almost with the rapidity of lightning, and raged with
ta'governable fury, the wonder is that the entire of the pile
L'4:-buildings which skirt Mason-street on the one hand, and
orst-street on the other, were not entirely laid in ruins.
r. Challener informed us that he was insured in the Star-
ffice and no doubt Mr. Booth is also insured. The large
manufacturing premises of the former gentleman,
Which have now been consumed, were the most complete in
Liverpool, they having been built expressly for the purpose
at'great expense. Several engines are still engaged in play-
tbg upon the smouldering pile, and large crowds of persons
are assembled in all the adjacent streets. do correctesti-
mate can as yet be formed of the value of the property de-
atroyed, but, doubtless, it will amount to several thousand
bounds.—Lirerpool Courier.

THE LATE MR.. W. CLOWES.
• We have to record the death of one whom we may pro-
perly term distinguished. Mr. William Clowes, the head of
the largest printing establishment in Europe, expired, after
a short illness, on Tuesday evening. He was the architect
of his own fortune, having come to London, some forty years
ago, after the expiration of his apprenticeship to a printer in
his native town of Chichester. He soon after commenced
business on his own account, in a small way ; and by un-
wearied industry and perseverance, gradually established a
respectable connexion. He was amongst the first, a quarter
tf a century ago, to see the new era of printing that was
vPened by the introduction of the steam-press; and his
engines at Northumberland-court were the earliest ap-
plied to the production of books. The demand for
cheap literature, of which the Penny Magazine was
the most extraordinary example, gave a new ina-
Pulse to the energies of Mr. Clowes ; and, in connexion
with a vast amount of Government business, gradually es-
tablished the gigantic printing manufactory of Duke-street,
Stamford-street, so often described and so celebrated wher-
°vet English books penetrate. To have accomplished the
great results of his business from small beginnings required
the efforts of no common man. Mr. Clowes did not aspire to
highest
honours of the learned printers; but he possessed the
nighest powers of business organisation, and an energy
which overcame every ordinary difficulty, and in many in-
!tancea accomplished undertakings which are almost marvels.
To work off half-a-million sheets of paper in a week—to set
uP the types and complete the impression of a thousand folio
~Pagea of a Parliamentary report in the same time—to print
,(•• "Nautical Almanac," consisting of 500 or 600 pages of
figures, without a single error, in 16 or 17 days, are amongst
the recorded wonders of Mr. Clowes's establishment. The
labours of Mr. Clowes's life will be permanently associated
with the intellectual development and the persevering energy
which are distinguishing characteristics of our own own
times ; and his loss will be deeply lamented by a large circle
of friends, to whom he was endeared by his kind and gene-
rous nature.

DEATH OF 'BAR-ADMIRAL EDW. ELLICOTT.
We have to announce tho decease of the above flag-officer,
who expired on Sunday, at Alcombe, near Minehead, Somer-
•set, in the 79th year of his age. The gallant deceased en-
tered the navy in 1781, at a comparative early age, and had
seen considerable service during the war under Admirals J.
Muchbridge, Sir Richard Strachan, G. Palmer, F. Cole, Lord
Bridport, and the immortal Nelson. When lieutenant on
board the Revolutionnaire. he gallantly distinguished him-
self in the capture of L'Unite. and in the following year, un-
der the command of Lord Bridport, be assisted at the fa-
mous victory off Cape St. Vincent. At the critical period
of the mutiny on board the fleet the same year, the intrepi-
dity of his conduct was so much appreciated, that he received
the thanks of his commanding officer, as well as from the
Admiralty. While on board the Perseus, he was severely
wounded in an engagement with the enemy. He served un-
• der Nelson in 1801, in that gallant hero's unsuccessful at-
tempts on the flotilla at Boulogne. In 1806 lie was wrecked
off the coast of Heligoland, and was iminediatel) afterwards
appointed to the command of the Hebe, and while in the
command of that vessel, assisted at the bombardment of Co-
Penhagen in 1807. For his eminent services in the Baltic,
the King of Sweden decorated him with the order of the
Knight of the Sword of Sweden. He was appointed lieute-
nant, 22d June, 1794; commander, 12th June, 1797; cap-
tain. 12th August, 1812 ; and by the recent retirement
accepted the rank of rear-admiral.
TROTTING MATCH FOR TWENTY PouNDs.—Yester-
day the one mile trotting match, between Mr. James's cob
and Mr. Bunce's mare, for 101. aside, came off at Dulwich.
The contest was in harness. The cob took the lead, which
he maintained throughout, and won the match cleverly by
twelve yards, having covered the one mile of road in three
minutes and twenty-eight seconds.
4, COURSING MATCH FOR FIFTY POUNDS —Yesterday
j:'eng-pnding coursing match, btween Mr. ya's cele-
ratlead doe l and Dr. Guthrie'se bitch Fly, R
wasll decided
i
N'rth trape
hares, on Wandsworth-common, in the best of
three courses. In the first course Albert turned the hare
twice, and ultimately picked her up. In the second course
Albert did all the work, and was declared winner.
Tun GUARANTEE SOCIETY.—A meeting of the
proprietors of the Guarantee Society took place yesterday, at
their premises in Birchin-lane, for the election of three direc-
rrs and one auditor, who had gone out by rotation. The
same
confidence were re-elected unanimously, showing the
of the shareholders in the manner in which the
affairs of the society are carried on. The chairman took the
opportunity of stating that the affairs. of the society were in
It±,s_ver.ylopmro security
condition, and that the number of persona
had greszreiyity has been given and the income received
increased.
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