The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-16 00:00:00

AWAYL CAT4MITY.

Ycstcrilay morning, ilbout half-past ten o'clock:,
a dreadful explosion took place in the extensive
premises of IleSSri. 'CONSTADT alld Co. sugar-re-
filters, of IVell-street, Well Close-saquare, "hick
was attended with the most fatal consequences.--.-
A variety of reports were in circulation as to the
causes of this shocking catastrophe , but the foil-
lowing may he depended upon to be as correct a
statement as could be itscerlaincd, in the midst of
a scone equally confused end distressing :—lt ap-
veal that a new process hies lately beta diSCOTt.'.
ed 'for the quick refinement of sugar by means of
steaur [fled Messrs. CollStadt, under the direction
of Mr Hague, the Engineer, had constructed a
new steam boiler, worked by what is called a pres-
sure engine .of about six horse power, the boiler
holding about 2000 gallons. To this was attach;-
ed all the necessary apparatuiof tubes, valves, exc.
and the engineer had determined upon tryiug the
effect Of the whole yesterday moulting. 'Die. fire
was accordingly laid, and the engine put into
play. At 10 o'clock, Mr. Constadt expre-se*his
fears that the boiler would be over heated, and
the valves become overloaded with steam ; and, in
consequence, he and Mr. Hague went to inspect
it more closely. Scarcely, however, had they
reached the works, when a general explosion
took place, carrying, in the awful crash, titter
destruction to the concern, and closing, in the
heap of ruins, the bodies of more than 2U pc:'sons.
13y three o'clock in the afP.ernooo, nine of these
unhappy beings were dragged from the ruins,
dreadfully lacerated, and conveyed to the London
Hospital, where the utmost attention was paid
to them, and every thing wits provided which. sur-
gical skill and humanity could suggest for their
succour or consolation. At a late hour in the
evening, five dead bodies were also takeu from
the ruins—among these was the son of Mr. Spear,
one of the partners of the house. The remaiuder
of the sufferers were worknieo employed in the
concern, many of whom -have left large families.
The friends and relatives of these persons were
assembled round the premises, and by their cries
and lamentatinus rendered the scene truly heart-
reading.
Not a vestige of this extensive establishment
was left standing, an I the party wall of the ad-
joining warehouse was completely destroyed,.
while the interior still- threatened destruction.'
'finis is aL,o a sugar bakehouse belonging to the
same lino, brit condacted on a much smaller scale
than that u hich had beers destroyed. The latter
was about 70 reet in height and 50 in depth, and
the loss sustained by
,the sufferers, independent of
so many valuable lives, is eqiniated at 25,0001
Aboui six o'clock the voice of a man calling for
help, Was heard in the under floor of the building;
but it was feared [le would perish before the
which covered him were removed. The per-
sonal ['.case rat Messls. Constadt and Hague is
truly miraculous.

LIST ON THE rERSONS CARIIIED TO THE LONDON
HOSPITAL wiTII AN ACCOUNT or THEIR CON-

DITION
1. Sarah tiirlS, the servant of the house, much burnt and
hruised, .& t.
g. J. .1. a Freibelituan. 41.111. 27. lacerated head arid
face, fractorril nos,, and face.
S. Lmtis Lottermin, ilanoveriatt, lacerated scalp, contused
knee And a nele.
i. Thomas Little, Stepney, fractured thigh and contused
face.
5. Jean Crozat, Frenchman, contusad hip.
a. Another Ftenciiman, name unknown, lacerated scalp,
and•eioilused wound of the thigh.
7. Dennis Mack,‘Vapping, burns, bruises, and lacerations.
Three (Alie' wore slightly injured, wero out detained as
in-patients.

SUDDF,ti DEATllS.—Tuesday an Inquost was held
at the Cart and Horses in Turnmili-street, Clerk-
enwell, before GEORGE HODGSON, ES(I. COtoller
for Middlesex, on the body of S;trati Hosier, wife
of a file-cutter, living in Bowling-street. It ap-
peared -that the deceased was about 35 years of
age, and seemed to he in a very good state of
health on Sunday night, as she sat at supper with
her husband, site complained of a shortness of
breathing, anti said she felt as if her breath was
ready to leave her, and she feared she should die.
before morning ; her husband desired her to go
to bed, and. take something warn. The deceased '
accordingly went to bed, but having occasion to
get up again shortly afterwards, she fell on the
floor ; she was taken up instantly and pot into
bed, and expired immediately. A surgeon who
was sent for tame, and attempted to bleed her,
but she was guile dead. Verdict—Died by the
Visitation of Goof.—Atiother Inquest was held the
same day, before the same Coroner, at the Flask
in Highgate, on. the body of Samuel York, who
was seized with a fit as he sat at dinner ots Sun-
day, and expired almost immediately. Verdict—
Died by the Visitatron.of God.—Saturday the same
Coroner held two other Inquests in St. Mary-le-
:.lane, on cases. of sudden death, and 014 Jury in
both cases returned similar verdicts., •
Tuesday se'nnight, while Mr. Alexander' Reid,
who carried on an extensive dye-work in Glas-
gow, was reaching for an article across a vat full _
,ie boiling; liquor, he Missed his hold, fell in, and
was: so dreadfully scalded, that he died tl.le saute
afternoon.
Mr. William Glen, some time auctioneer, and
'latterly dealer in books, was found lying iu a close
ih Saltmarket-street, Glasgow, on Thursday
• morning, at twb o'clock. lie was taken to the
Police Office, where he expired about eight.
On Tuesday, the 3lst alt. a small boat, some-
'thing of the appearance of a canoe, was ding out,
of the days on the sea shore near Owthorn, on
the Hblderiiess coast, but was broken • with dig-,
~giog•out. Several' large hOrns hav'e been found:
.atdi6rent times, its nearly the sane place,; large
t.reet, nuts, &C. , •
1: In the evening of &Imlay sennight, a. large
stack, containing some thousandS of faggots be-
l6ging to' Mr. Rus-sell, of Swauscinnbe, was' set
:on fire, it is suppoSed wilfully, and entirely con-
sumed. The il .jatlICS excited inuch alarm on the
'line of the Loatlim Road, till the cause was as-
certained, being very perceptible from, Blackheath
•and the Metropolis.
The Cumberland, Westmoreland, and 'York-
shire hills, had their tops covered with snow last
week ; since'which the Weather has 'become more
settled, though cold'. The ice in the neighbonr-
hood, yesterday morning, was nearly'a gnat-ter at
iucb iu (16,614 e,,:s ;....:..44/CCIStCr. CraZ; Nay,-i4.)
a. a
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VATHER AND SON,

'TILE TWO DrI(ES OF mlusswicK WHO FELL IN
THE FIELD OF HONOUR, IN THE CAUSE OF
THEIR COUNTRY.

(Fenxt the Rhenish 3lei clay.)

Charles Ferdinand,' the father, was onepfeAlte
most -amiable and dignified Princes of his time.
He was the particular favourite of Frederick the
Second. He displayed the greatest valour in the
field during the seven years' war, when by his
daringness and skill, he often gained important
actions with very small means. his fine figure,
his wit, and delicate observance of circumstances,
dtstinguished lilut above all the German PrinceS
of his time.
He succeeded to the Government of a country
of no great extent, oppressed with Court ekpen-
diture and debts. Ile dedicated himself at the
same Able to the Prussian army; and he took
part also in the politics.of Prussia. His merits,
however, aka wise ruler of his own paternal do-
Minions is least known. Here he was in;mitahle.
• It was remarkable, that in his own State he
should have refused to indulge his fondness for a
numerous and brilliant army : of all the lesser
Prioces he maintained the fewest troops. The
care nearest his heart was to lighten, in• every
way, the burdens of his people. The expeosive
Opera was abolished, the Court Establishment
placed on the simplest footing, intriguing fa-
vourites banished, and order and economy intro-
duced in the right place. The Duke inquired mi-
nutely into every thing—he was always accessible
to time distressed—he had a singular memory, and
knew the history of a very great number of his
subjects.--7-He willingly conversed with his peo-
ple ; he sought opportunities of allowing the
lower orders to communicate with him; all ‘vere
known to him, but he left every man at full
berty in his operations ; fur very different front so
many other petty Princes, he never attempted to
intermeddie in affairs which ought,always to be
left perfectly free. The State debts were soon
honestly discharged, the prosperity of his State
increased, the taxes which rose in all other States
were (a singular fact in all times), actuaflydi-
minished in his.—His memory is held among all
classes of Brunswickers, in the highest affection.
In every village of-the country he is the subject
on which the people fondly dwell. •
Frederick William, the son of Charles Ferdi-
nand, distinguished himself in two events,. ti the
last of which he fell with glory.
When the dependence of Europe was sealed by
time peace of 1809, the Duke of Brunswick Was
on the Bohemian frontiers, in the middle of sub-
jugated Germany. Disdaining, though it was in
his power, to remain subject to the enemy, he
undertook the passage which seemed hardy pos-
sible, tbreugh a number of hostile bands, every
one of Which was superior to his own, till lie
reached the sen, on which he did nut possess a
single boat. The adventure became a great at-
chievemeut, from the prodigious efforts made, and
the valour displayed in so many rencounters, the
skill in countettnarching to escape, the dexterity
in obtaining vessels, and the good fortune with
which so diffielitt MI undertaking was crowned.
-
The evening before his death the Duke of Bruns-
wick and Wellington were at a Bail
.at Brussels.
The Duke, whose whole mind was occupied by
the awfulness of the crisis, was often absent—he
listened and heard a distant cannonatling
communicated the circumstance, and expressed
himself afraid of a surprise. Wellington did ;sot
entertain any such belief, but thought that' it was
a saint-mina on time arrival of the King of Prussia
at his army. Brunswick repeated his apprehen-
sions several titnes. He requested urgently' to be
permitted to march out immediately with a corps,
by tray of guarding against danger. This was
conceded, and he was allowed to take with him his
Brunstvickers and 2000 Saxons. He immediately
began his march, a considerable time before mid-
night, allowed his troops to rest and march by
turns, and advanced four German miles. He fell
in all at once with a very large army of French
destined to fall on Wellington. He had the good
fortune•to transmit immediate intelligence to Wel-
lington, who availed himself of the precionkhours.
The devoted valour with which the Duke and his
warriors for eight long Louts occupied the French
to allow time for the assembling together of the
army—the obstinacy with which he threw himself
with his small and wearied band in the way of the
• hostile army—the loss of nearly three thousand
men on time part of time I3ronswickers—the two
sev4re wounds which the Duke allowed to be
bound up, and the three slighter wounds which
be disregarded—his never leaving the fight, but
advancing always attain to the front, and though
enfeebled at last from loss of blood, his- calling
out perpetually to his people to fight for their
country, till a new wound laid his breast open,
and stretched him on the field ;—these circum-
stances always constitute one of time proudest
subjects of history.--4lonour to the sacred ashes
of the Son of Henry the Lion, and of his Father !
• in the character of the Duke the military
incli-
nation predominated. The number of troops
which he nutiotained and seemed to wish to con-
tinue, was touch too great for a country of a quar-
ter of a million of inhabitants; though in this
new and unexpected danger the circumstance lies
!teen pirticularly useful. Front the ardentdisPo-
sition of the Duke, his precipitate zeal, and his
Want of proper knowledge of civil affairs,
,he
al-
lowed himself at first to be influenced by.persons
whose inesures, if they had not at lengtk been
put a stop to, were in a fair way of depriving-him
of the love of his subjects. When the Duke
found his mistake, he listened to wiser council,
,asztti things were every day taking a better train,
wben he was called to act a part its the late 'events.
J. G.

, • . .
It hai been the practice for the last fortnight to
steal the - benches in the Parks, Several have
.been taken away front the Mall in St.:..lnmtis:s-
-nark, and front the Walk in the Green-park ; the
!litter have not been re-placed.

During the violent h'urricane on Monday morn-
ing, a chimney was blown blown with a tremen-
dous crash in the yard of Meux and Co. breuers,
in Liquorimnd-stre'et,-. Which bad nearly killed a

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 15;

. •
13::YANT, IN THE MATTER OF BRYANT. t,
The etitioner Bryant replied to the orgotnen
of the Counsel of yesterday, anti concluded the
defence of Its petition.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he- would glv?
judgment in this cause on entering the Court
morrow. His Lordship added, that he regarile7l
s
this. as a case of great importance to the j"sti%
and commerce of the country, and that the W'C'
ceedings in it sheaved that the present bankrli
taws were neither sufficient for the protectiOttre
the debtor, nor the secu:ity of the creditor.
1:P,
Lordship, in adverting to the conduct of Orti!4l-
-said, that he wished to receive no communicii(lol,
thltt
from either before he gave his decisionreild
any attempts to influence hint won't! find44iT
flexible. He had been aecilsed of being'
diligent in the hearing of the petitioner,: taig•
remarks upon his temper would affect- h'sr-
ment of facts, or thion, him off his balance'

•NIARTEN IN THE MATTER 0E- 2klA6Tri• „
The present was a petition front -Hannah 01:1';
ten, a bankrupt, in which she was joined by •,''ace'
children, praying, that her plate, elhnii;
and other articles of household furniture, !"i"
not pass into the hands of the assignees under het
commission of bankr n uptev, o the ground: thf°ai•
with regard to them she was only execon'/:li,-,
the behoof of her family. It appeared th'a
nah Marten lived with the testator, to tchor"
property in question belonged, awl bore him 5,-;
veral children. Some time before his death "ti
made a will, leaving Edward Prior and Rieba,r,.4
Barley his trustees, ivith injunctions to sell
property, and to divide. the proceeds anwfig. his
children by the peliti mer. In this wilt he roc)rciii
over directed, that if Hannah I\larten het'
choose to continue the business with one of
lis
sons, site should receive a sum of moneY
assets to enable her to go on, and that the 11"`'i
'
with the furniture, should be given her, t
convenience of her trade, andf "
or the becle 1-f
0
for t o
all.her family. The lease of the house and
Li
articles of furniture were, for this reason, orderotp
not to be sold by the trustees, but to be
to the petitioner for the advantage of her chiltir'or
Site thus appeared in the character of ina"Pc:
executrix for thern under the will. Some apple at'
terwards she became binkrupt, and it "PaS
tended, that as the property mentioned th,e;
titiOn did not belong to her, it could not be
for her debts.
Sir SAmtrEL RbMILLY,
tiosi, stated, that it contained a case of little atsvgs
culty or uncertainty. Ott the other hand,
contended by Mr. LIAnT and Mr. l‘lois;V6v
Counsel 'for the Assignees, that the house 1:01,
furniture were left to the petitioner in the c of
templation of trade, and for the conveniellswas
who supported the pe.friti:
business; that the property thus becl""tbe( eine;
like the money directed to be given for cllt
it
on the trade mentioned by the testator; thathe
was like a part of the stock in hand ;• :hats se.
creditors in their transactions looked to it
owe
curity, and that it was just that it should
t
liable for the credits which they gave orna beer
His Lordship, in giving judgment, react that
the clauses of the will, by which it onnearereo
ci
dren,
Hannah Marten was only executor 1,10 h
.we of the
and, therefore, granted Abe' Pral
petition.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov' , tbe
Mr. Justice BAYLF.Y was occupied (10'14' of
whole day hi superintending the
justification
bail, and in taking mere motions of course.