The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-29 00:00:00

NOTICE TO THE PROFESSION.

Lord Ei.LeNuottouon gave notice, that die
Court would sit at Sedeant'slun nail, Chancery-
lane, on,Monday, the 15th of January, 1816, to
dispose of the new trials moved for in the present
Term, and to bear the remaining special ai.gq-

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

SEQCEsTRATIONS.

November 24. John Miller and Son, iverchantq,(3.reenOelr
—Creditors meet. in the Tontine coikeboime there,-4th and
19th December, at 12. _ _

November 2.1* Thomas Secular of Rosebanli, grazier and
cattle-thaler, near Ifamilton—erplitors meet in Carrie's inn-
Hamilton, sth and-t!9nlt December, at 12. •

November 24; George Paton, tobacconist, Ayr—Creditors
meet in'the Black Bull inn there, ,ith awl 26th Dec. at 1.

JUDICIAL \VIT.—A few (lays since, while. Ser7'
jeant VAUGUIAN was arguing a case. in the Court
of Common Pleas, in wlqich it became necessary
to refer to some legal instruments, he observed,
that he had those instruments in Court to support
-his argument. Mr. Serjeant BEST, who was on
the other side, said, that he had also instruments
in Court tet support his case. The Learned Chief
on the Bench instantly remorked—" Then, Bro-
thers, it should' seem this Is quite a case of ihstru-
ments."

A band of foreign robbers, said to be 50 or GO
in number, have committed several crimes in the
Vallais. :Six of these wretches have been lately
taken, and
,the police is in pursuit of the other.
At a meeting of the Paper Manufacturers of
the West of England, held at Byistoloo the 16th
inst. it vas unanimously resolved, that in conse-
quence of the great reductionin the prices of pro-
visions, the late allowance of 2s. per week, called
beer numey, , should be henceforth disallowed to
their ft:specLive journeymen.

fze Dll-EADITL Finn at CENTISII T7Ysit4N.

CORONER's INQUEST..
A Coronet's Inque,v4,4i, on Monday takentOsfore
GEottdc I.IODGsoN, Ls+ one of the Coroners for
the county of Middlesex, and a Jury of the re-
spectable inhabitants of Kentish Tow'u, on h View
of the remains Of the late THOMAS CAR-rwrIGHT
SLAcx, Esq. and Sarah Borrel, his cook-maid,
who perished in the fire at Kentish Town, on Fri-
-day mot fling.
The first witness called was Mr. R. Tate, jun.
who deposed, that he was a resident in the house
of his father, next door to Mr. Slack's ; that be
'was first alarmed by the cry of fire, at about half
past two 'on Friday morning. He immediately
proceeded to Mr. Robinson's door, where he ob-
served Mrs. Slack, her sister, and some other fe
males,: he had first entrusted the care of his own
family to his elder brother, as his father was out
of town. Mrs. Slack said, that one .of her
children,. Eliza, was missing, and all were safe
but that child. Un hearing Mrs. Slack scream,
the deceased made his appearance,•but whence he
cattle witness knew not ; he immediately rushed
to his own door, and called for a light. Witness
returned to his father's house, where he met one
of his -servants., from whom he snatched a 'lan-
te'rn, and followed Mr. Slack into the house. - Mr.
Slack exclaimed, " bring a light, for God's sake!".
Witness followed him within a couple of steps of
the first landing ; the smoke'was so dense, that
the lantern would not afford the least light : wit-
ness was nearly suffocated by the smoke, and re-
treated down stairs, but kneW not how :---lie saw,
no more of the deceased afterwards. The child
was subsequently rescued, but it might be after
tile lapse of 20 minutes. Fie did not know the
cook, nor any of the eircunhtances relative to her
unhappy late. ACcordiog to his opinion,
Slack must have perished five minutes -aftentards
from suffocation. No exertion was wanting' on
the part of the 'neighbours, or any person, to
render every assistance possible.
Miss Rebecca Grainge deposed, that she was a
ward of the deceased, and a resident-in his house ;'
she was called out of Litt' I.ti-:ti-room at (she was
informed) abont.two'Welock on Friday morning ;
she immediately- went to the nursery -to the chil-
dren, and she Was there informed that the Chim-
ney -was on fire; she took sine 'of the children in
her arms, and proceeded °tit of the• house ; she
went to Mr. -Robinson's and went into the- bed-
room, where she Mr. R. ; she did not of her
own knowledge knoW where the child was that
was Missing ;. she did- not know who saw the
cook last ; the child's legs and arms were scorch-
ed, but her shift was not somuch as singed ; there
was nothing before the laundry fire, no clothes or
any thing else hanging to air; iu the course of
the preeHing evening the Ii mily,bad been burn-
ing some green wood in tho fire, which occasion-
ed a slight smoke in the roam, but they thought
nothing of that, nor was that, in. witness's
opi-
nion, the occasion of:the fire : Mrs. Newel told
!beta to look it there
..was any tire ; -they did, and
there was nothing of the kind; the family,retited-
to rest at about eleven os.elock; ,it teas the. con-
smut custom of Mr. Slafsk to go down end see
that all the tires-.were before-he is tired to
rest ; there teas not an onosually large firecio.the
preceding evening in any of the fire-places that
witss was aware of.

Thomas -----,'was coachman to th.e deceased,
and slept in the at tic story at the top of the house.
Ile and the f.;'artletier a et e called ,by their master
about two o'clock On Ft idayniorning, anti in-
formed there was ay tire in the house. Witness
immediately came_down, and went into the din-
ing-parlour, and there was a Lire at the left hand
side of thr fire-place, and it was working towards
the partition ‘vhieli divided the diTling7room freta
the drawing-room. It was not thett iu flames. Tht y
ran down to the kitchen to Kct water, mid on their
return they could not get_ into the room for the
tire. There was a. hole shy. the chimney in the
ceiling of the kitchen. Witness conceived that
the lire originated from a beam of the parlour floor
going into the chimney and catching fire. Mr.
Slack then went to 'the door, and called out-----
" Watch I" and " fire and told them for God's
sake to run tip stairs, and save the family. Both
witness and gardener then went tip stairs for the
family. The females were altogether,on the top
landing-place., Witness assisted Mrs. Slack and
the children down stairs. They leaned against the
wall in the lane for a time,and then went to Mr. R-
obinson's. They then looked round for the family,
and missed the infant Eliza and the cook. Mr. Slack
called out to know if the child was toned and
Mrs. Slack *replied " No." This was after any
assistance was possible to be rendered by the ap-
plication of water. Mr. Slack called for a light,
and went into the house. Witness did not see
his master after that. Ladders .were then applied
to the windows, and Witness ascended and burst
open the shutters, and beard his • master calling
out for help, and the child. The voice appeared
to be iu the upper part of the house. Ile called
Out " For God's sake, 1:41) me !" There were
doors at the top of the house. Mr.-Gardner came
round to witness, and told him that the child was
on the stairs in the front part of the house. The
child was sitting on the stairs, about seven steps
up. Lewis \Veber rushed in, and witness fol-
lowed him : in coming out, the floor gave way,
and Weber fell in up to his knees : witness pull-
ed him, with the child, out by the shoulders, and
supposps that he himself must have been standing
on one of the joist,s.. There was no fire in any.
other place but that place by the kitchen chits-.`
ney, which went through the parlour floor. Wit-
ness heard the cook say " What is the matter?"
but knows nothing of her loss. Every possible
and, useful service was rendered by the neigh-
bours. Witness saw the remains, which the Jury
had viewed, digged from the ruins ; they were
about three feet asunder. There was an ironing
stove, but not in the part of tliC house where the
fire took place. The body, which was supposed
to be Mr. Slack's, was found not three inches
from whence witness conceives he fell, after hang-
ing on the balustres ; he must have been a corpse
then.

Mathias Archibald Robinson, Esq. deposed,
tliat he lived next door but one to the deceased,
and %vas alarnied by a knocking at his door, and
ringing 4t the bell.; at about two, o'clock on Fri-

dly On hip ite.fting tip, lie fo 'lll
slack, tvith the terndle part tuc f'o
some ofliis children, at•his lie too':
in, and after he bad rendered ever-v. as,stance
to
them', went to the house. the three (140.-
ters of an hour alter, the fire eoinwelfzed: .there
WaS not even aheat in the-kiteheu. The parlour
was in flames. lie had an opportunity of ext"
mining,and is convinced thaf th-e fire was catisea
by one•of the rafters of the dining-rooni floor gc-
ing into the kitchen .chiuxnies. At first half a do-
zen pails of water might have extino-nished the
fire ; but certainly not then. Lie hcFprd to take
out part of the clock, and several other things.
It was afterwards that he SaW the clad on the
stairs. Lie could plaink..dist-ingt'tish the screami,
of the cook, and heal(' Mr. Stack cry dui wher
is my child ?" He saw the ladders raised to the
- %winnows. The flames but s.t out of the back win-
dows,. after the shutters were broken dovrri. He.
,tried to get in at the hack part of the house, aft"
in the mean time the child was rescued by Weber•
Witness brought his garden engine, but witti°?t
effect-. Every assistance that could pOssibly,•l3
e
afforded by the neighbours was Given with the
greatest.Blacrity and promptitude. •
Joseph Sutton, Esq. deposed neatly to the Sarni'
effect.
This was all the evidence .adduced,
and the:
Jury returned a verdict—
"• That Sarah Burrell came by leer death acct'
dentally and calamitously by fire ;
Thomas Cat twright Slack, Esq• C3/11,r- .-64‘
to ',xis death in like manner, and in'an endeavour
to rescue his infant child Eliza froni the firc•”
The Rev. Mr. White, brother-in-law of
teABOl, begged v teae t;i•thank ihe'JurY,
his neighbours, for the piompt assistanCe t‘oic-
he and•his family were rendered, aUd for tvbicl►r
to the latest period of their lives, they must fee
grateful.

DREADFUL FIRE.

• FURTHER PAItTICUCARS.—A most destructive
and tremendous fire broke out yesterday !Burping'
between twsive ankl one o'clock, at Mr. Nuttoh(4.."'
umbrella-maker, No. 53, High Holborn, tra
doors west of firownlow-street, which in h'sl,
than half alt hour communicated to the uoule t
Mr. Phillips,. ironmonger, on the west, -affil to
Mr. Cons, draper, and to Mr. Hobiev, h3t,tcs:
g-nv-
on the cast. From the great number of er,
thit arrived- by two
.o'clock, and from a copi°°s
supply of iNi:LV River water, hopci were ':.°t.er;
tained that tois fire would be confiuLd to the tc,'''t
houses ali•e-aily iti‘a stare of conflat,ration.. )". )
we regret to •state, that in this we were dis'tiq
pointed, for before three o'clock the boast!,
*%ir. Norris, carpet-ware-house, and I‘l4s:ft''
Browning and Ho; kins, turners, were 00 Prei
notwith,tanding exertio,ir. :be firemen. 101'14,
tire populace,-,vito, condiyeted • themselves ill t
Inc.st exemplary manner vet
.the flames were wit
impeded till they readied the laver house- ,
was peculiarly giatifying to us to behold
immense aslembinge qlll. COarltrcit%en 41i'r
the title principle!; of lkitish
heart seemed to animate the whole—it tts-.
active Ivlu should render the gretlivsil.to
siitance to stop the pro,,ress.or the- ii:a-soc',
assist the sutfertrs. The n•hole of this ter;-a
scene .tvts rendered JoiiblN'impw3ing' by tFe
pt:ler that animated evervinitivid„al; It wo 'be
till near seven o'clock yesterday morning' lii"t
flitutus Crete •subcuttl, aud not ti!l alter.siN h"5l
in the fruit of Holhol•n 1.!
and the hose of Mr. Smith, corner Of
II
court,. tlainag.A. oreadiul icrnati0tl
our..
into which the whole of this poind.'u tleighb hot.,
.'
s
Rood Was thrown by a secotid tire in the s
space of three day.s,, can scarcely be des.crtalC
.hut amidst the whole, it is pleasing to know ‘
, ("j,
no life had been, to our know ledge, Lost,
, itl'a
though greatproperty been siteriticeo,
this
were not able to ascertain from what caoc
lt; ilk
disastrous fire originated, but we hope it .;
prompt t:ie master of every family to tw•A•l'e,hii
Sacred 'duty, not only to be the last out 0 of
bed, but rigidly to examine every- part of
house, atter his family bas retired to rest. •

A few evenings since,
,a little girl, ahrint
or ten. ycars of age, was observed in Gay-stre-d"
Bath, leaning on a crutch, and crying- out 1°1,,V,
her apparent distress,
as if to attract general notice. \. Lidy,,
3s•
tlenian pAssing shortly afterwards handed her ho
Piece• She continued her lamentation null ttbc-
IP.tter was out of ht, when she tucke.
crutch under her arm, and ran down the
hat!. iiol.
laughing at the credulity of tho&e she
posed upon, and exhibiting tkt fruits of l'erw,..re
'posture in triumph t 6 several (children lc"
have her Is. 6d. and a Gel"
drawn to the spot by her supposed distrer NordTbe Rev. 11.D.Isn WOOD, Qt CaiSterY 11C.1 ;rice
wich, has, in consequence 01 the dtPre'se(Qo pll
of- grain; generously reduCed his tithes •
cent. te. 011
A few days since a fine hen pheasatl "e'".( 5.
board hharbour,is Majesty's sliip Harrier, lyhig in ro.be
month and was sn tame as sum) to
easily cailt.ri
. it, by one of theineg.

BIRTHS. o• f Sir
On the 16th inst. at Prestoutield, Scotland, the Lady
Robert Dick, I3art. of a soli. of
1.1 the 19th inst. Mrs. i..iruce; of Powfoulis Scotland,
S,) . . • ' . . r Anion'
On.the 22d inst. Mrs. H. D. Erskine, younger, Qt. A,
dell, Scotland, of a sou. . 1.------7-'.

' .
At Kippenross, on thel‘tiltinNliPolD-e.tibot , by the Rig
Bishop Glrig, William Napier Milliken, Esq. •of Millit ,Q
en4l:,
Miss Elizabeth C. Stirling, fifth (laughter of John
Esq. of liippendarie.•
ht ileY.
At Madras, T. \Wyllie, Esq. Garrison Surgeon of Nez.3,l'.'.
tam, to Helen, second (laughter of the late Tholuas A 1;,.",
Esq. Merchant in Leith: _
ulious, a
On flielid inst. at Leith, Lieutenant John Colq
the It*yal Mariues, to Miss Maria Horne..
____...----"!`

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• •
On the'2Sth November, antlSEtopc.kwell, after a most Pa;n6l.l'
illness of mare than two years, suppovtedwitb much 6rinevq,
Mrs. Rowcroft, aged 40..
On t'b 15th in A. at Berwick, John Proctor, Esq,' aged 97 „
y...ars. .

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; and pnblitlctt by W. A. SCitilTS, Of -Nript
t'' ,
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