The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-30 00:00:00

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road, which crosses the line of railway a little nearer to the
II,:le !•tation. ..kt. the corner of that road stands a have
occupiers by Mr. Greenslade, a cattle dealer. which stems to
escapedmhave in a most singular anner, encompas
whi to
as it must have been by the destroying element,
sr.reading ding rally, rched the main street, and caught
e'a
the houses on the opposite side. The New Inn. the tithe
barn, school-house, and other buildings,
church, were soon in a blaze, including the dwelling-Wise
of Mr. llevcroft.
In Mr. llaycroft's house 100 packs of wool were totally
consumed. In the easterly direction simultaneouslY,
.1,1;!,
extending to the
flames were doing equal damage, destroying most raplo.'l_
the King's Arms, ten or a dozen cottages, the house of tuu
Rev. Mr. Knight ; that of a lady named Craig, who keeps a
seminary ; the vicarage occupied by the Rev. W. T. N3l3e;
ton Penoyre (whose furniture was consumed, together
the communion plate, which had only been removed third
from the church the previous evening, "for safety,") aer 13
finally the outhouse of the rector, the Rev. Mr. Bond, where
they were at length subdued. , i, must
`otwitlistanding the vast amount of misery Arb,c- t
inevitably attend this severe visitation. there is one abunclat
source of thankfulness and congratulation in the fact, =I,
not one life has fallen a sacrifice to :the conflagration, mornwh'cl
breaking out at so early an hour, found the inhabitant a
prepared than if it had come upon them in the WaSs
teal%
dead of night. half-past three o'clock in the afternoon 1
said to be the time when it commenced, and it was eot
of
under till nine in the evening. This morning, when 'yearn-
the ruins, they were still smoking, and in some parts b
ing, and every now and then the fall of a
violence of the wind, showed the temerity of venturingi,tro
near their unsupported, gaunt, and threatening beigl't,s,; an
engines were on the spat, and playing on the fire witl. 0-al
hour of the outbreak, with a plentiful supply of water r.ll,
the river Esse, which runs close tiv; but the roofs being witt,,,
out exception of thatch, and the 'wind very high and g`,l' ',
the check was only slight, and their influence for a very ST,
time unperceivable. The damage is estimated at 1,50°L and
property in fee belongs chiefly to the Dean and Chapters' -0.01
wall, front the
was mostly insured by the lesees, though a heavY 1° 6bcen
unquestionably fall on the poor people whose goods have
either damaged or burnt.

LAW INTELLIGENCE. •
BAIL COURT, April 29
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE. ) ,
TIIE, QUEEN V. BRAITHWAITE AND ANOTHE... fling
Sir F. THESIc,ER applied to his Lordship for a rule,e! ries
upon Mr. John Braithwaite, the •proprietor,show'"ilatiSe
,
Wyman, the publisher, of the Railway Times, toi cause
why a criminal information should not be tiled aga-n t hie
for publishing a libel in that journal reflecting on tbe ;1.,
meter of George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Dirrnl
Learned
ham. It appeared from the Affidavits on which the Trng
Counsel founded his motion, that in August, 1845, a cqc.., of
forming a railway from there to Leicester,
was convened at Birmingham to consider the Proprie.
Mr. Muntz was requested' to attend by a person did at-
Shaw, a houeeholder of Birmingham. Mr. blattt"" 0-
tend the meeting, where he found about sixty gentle should
sembled, by whom it was resolved that the project a nits
be carried out, and so convinced was Mr. Muntz of the 100
mate success of the measure that he agreed to take 100
shares in the proposed company, which were ttee°' .L.:l tbe
allotted to him, and which lie stilt retained, having PAI e the
deposit, &c. It was afterwards proposed that he shouh• col,"
which eetoll,l4
chairman of the new company, but this he declined, on account:
of his Parliamentary engagements ; but he ultimately
tea the
to accept the office, provided Mr. Shaw was appoint'', oat
vice-chairman, and' undertook to discharge the duties of oat
office. Prospectuses were subsequently issued, and !co be
sional committee appointed. The capital propose" bieb a
raised was 600,0001., in shares of 201. each, upon W spares
deposit of two guineas a share was to be paid. The -the°
were duly allotted, and the amount paid uP urtinf tha
was 52,6C0/., which was paid into the bands " 0,00
bankers. The necessary arrangements were then oal.
for obtaining an Act of Parliament to establish the sitioo
pany. The Bill was thrown out owing to the oPrf ih a
of two rival lines, whereupon it was resolved ha' tote
share should be returned to the subscribers, the la the
investigated, and the whole concern wound uP• flail'
2Sth of November an article was published in the.
_, and
way Times, designating the whole scheme 1%5 a bubbl_eiros
stating Mr. Muntz to have been the chairman et. 7 oat
disgraceful scheme; and in a subsequent ntu„,b,er7oghaal
journal it was stated that the; Members for P,.iationSr
had been most unfortunate in their railway. spec" pro'
and had not been particularly scrupulous in
hl_rAelinis
ceedings, which had stamped their characters witheTuead of
disgrace. Mr. Muntz had placed his name at 01 riles
to
a bubble company, and which had induced other P'!.TrosnY
join it. Mr. Muntz in his affidavit denied that the coed
in question was a bubble one, and said that it Wil'ortiOined
Lone fide; and also denied the material allegations C
in the libel. al the
ffiChatl
Mr. Justice CoLERIDGIc said he doubted whe.-ebrat woe,
were sufficient to call for such an interference, e.,plalla"
nevertheless, grant a rule, as it might lead to solve
Lion or disavowal by the defendants.
Rule to show cause granted. rll5ll/'
THE QUEEN V. Ft-Imm HENRY /KUNTZ AND ,-, a , cel"
Mr. CocxltUßN said he was instructed on the part of
tain shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Jan'ing
Railway Company to apply to his Lordship for a rule, e!",h,
upon the defendants, and the directors 4enerallyno.ra_:sto
above company, to show cause why a writ of ma d ",,t
should not issue commanding them to elect by ballot four.‘,.;
their number who were to retire from the direction, and a,'
convene a general meeting of the shareholders of the ell;
pant to elect four other persons to supply their places. 1 0
Learned Counsel proceeded to state that the case was °I?
ttg
that had already undergone very considerable argtren
itniglesythsoaat
the Court of Chancery, the result of which WO that great
Place r:cetlllitlY been
ro c e whiche
d
parties were directed to apply to a court of conallwn
sought.
e takenkle A r zreat
for
length
he rtehleiefp
of Chancery, the particulars of which have 0
unnecessary
published that a recapitulation of them i 3
the present occasion.
His LORDSHIP granted a rule to show cause.
then detaile. ac_eourt

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. -
H(;
Virool
The LoRD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the .- - ,
sack at Five .
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
certain
Messengers from the Commons brought up
Bills.
raGrIOIVIETIrwiIILEINATAmPLpAreNsenOtFedE
Lions from Rotherham, York, Doncaster, Thicrkr___,eo
numerous other places, in favour of the Gee nw
plan of education.
Lord BROUGHAM
HEAL'FII OF TOWNS. meed
of
several medical gentlemen, in favour of the Ile 11.
Towns Bill. apUnuCtnAX.OolN.f :pV:i
veral Pr'
petition, meat., ef
The NoELE and LEEDlPNC:vAseTLniot;lial';',.presented se e co.
titions for and against the Government sCheMe 0'
cation.
IRISH POOR-LAW. , etition,
The same LEARNED LORD also presented
Itc
lltionerS
from the vestry of Liverpool. The P 1:,5 had
stated that the number of Irish
Paeleooo hAa
of late very rapidly increased ; thatnel
cern' tier 1104
passed into Liverpool since the month of
according to documents of authority on
some 30,000
but these did not include in that number . , ..4
further state
that had come over more recently. They , ined in
that of the 180,000 paupers 105,000 had rema ,
,vitt,
Liverpool in a state of perfect destitution, alol thus
cases of very grievous disease among tettown,
the subject ;
fostering the seeds of a very wide contagion in the ose
They said that there had been not only a sudden iner , jo
of the population, but a sudden increase of 180,00eo
300,000—an increase of near two-thirds—in the coo
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of four or fire months. That affected the poor of the top
more than any other class in society ; and that class p•rev i°,-
to this numbered 70,000 or 80,000, principally Irish lr
InpLErotae, Catholicrngvdleasnhntidp.ts
hwei ol
immigration
paupers.
passpi
oge
irrdas :
an
1 3onTar
Irish
fs petitioners
riiu,t)iop)oern-rwelsari
ws,firpl
oetror
ada
wished,
3ehicdroic,ityjihta
seanyttdeet:pnte:hti lo
passing of Irish paupers from England to Ireland, into
guard his Noble Friend
site against supposing th(atl
the present measure, for thgetayhneiufui
petition was t 04
did not think srtohfeLr asntasdteodivinntfeha)r o,llPri3oi,
the measure passed by the House of k-',,°o-01
mons would at all ameliorate the condition of Li land
—(Hear)—for the facilities of obtaining relief in Eog,`,°oo‘
were so great, that Irish paupers would continue tn,' the
into England. The Noble and Learned Lord saiu pis
opinion was founded on a vast number of docutne so
drawn out by an authority who was of opinion that 0,
Irish poor-law would increase the influx of puYOO.
He, therefore, deemed it his duty to present the petir'di.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the
e°nht
tion of the manufacturing districts had been „;e-at.
under the consideration of her Majesty's Governi-old
but he was not prepared to say what steps if anY' Iv
as
Tthhies.—Erilleoafr‘inanmjespeuniecliiplfsl
be taken in reference to the subject.
After a few words from fiord ASHBURTON, which
were inaudible. . ees bj
•
Lord MUNTEAGLE was/surprised that tile -11
had nes sooner ht under consideration. f.
,„,r low„,,
Lord Ftllo/12-41 leavWb
, . , <,, d•-vv pray for ap— 0..-
Lord IMINTs ....' -_-:-.2.--Tkey ti.); but not such
reeoo
influx Wmo of Liverpool,
Irish s a i
of
d distress,wt he aat l t
wealth
t w that wth
hsi
ces they
I,
it ec) ci: t
it i :„g_s 1 ob t
r: byoui
nssari
wesmaurflienedoref dtthsheoe
tbt ohe e
aware
distress caused to flow into that port ; if t e ii wed in
the poor-rates with the enormous sums w rn thel
hibehyiion_rar ¢r to
their coffers, from every part of the world, for
e--- ' ~,,
would find the latter greatly to prepondersl,eri.ONl'''
After a few words from the Earl of WP' Friend. "35
Lord BROUGHAM said that his Noble %tertascd;
quite mistaken in the supposition that he osion n;
for he meant to reserve himself for the e'.cie Frjeco
the poor-law. He quite agreed with his Noble wend
behind him that the present depression of to od al-
market justified the most careful proceedings? in Ire-
though, perhaps, ,the worst might be Pas', be be-
land, there was yet much to be endured ; Pan, be
lieved that the Government would do well to udefioite
this subject maturely before they took 1/nY
measures.
OUTDOOR RELIEF. orot et!'
The Earl of SHREWSBURY presented se
led ,,,et i
tions on out-door relief, and said that tic
out door relief were given it might b© made .e„,.F ,
TENURE OF LAND IN IRELAi";',•severe'
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE preser!it 1 ?ure in
' petitions praying for the abolition of 'Wei ten
Ireland.
POOR-LAW (IRELAND) Blatt Bads poPt
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that
become his duty to move the second reading,lo; tha
Poor-law Bill for Ireland, and in doing so he isms path
truosmTeovy.
he was inviting their Lordships to follow himttis 'itifore
beset with difficulties and with danger. He is „eople
that, in taking measures 'for the relief of a riegeee
on whom a calamity had fallen with n,de,yeo6
of unusual intenseness they bad to Pre!' t the
only for human improvidence, but aenspiiipe
consequences of an awful dispensation ot,ib they
Providence, and if they, reached the port vv_u,,e,et bi
sought to attain, they must reach it by a COuras.e it ois.et
rocks and encumbered by shoals. They h d__Ll:cli ;
out of the depth of misery into wf,,treof
was plunged a country which, without rnanula:et to
except to a very small extent, was
~Inrjeh,o
and to 3det, it
be elevated to a state of active industry,
people by the efforts of industry, which, to re_isess--
effective, required a capital which they did nOty....au
co of
to enrich a people which, without the OPPL"'

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