The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-25 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, compute,
rorn the returns made in the week ending September 21
1847, is 265. Otx2d. per cwt.

INCENDIARY

FIRE AT THE

SOU W HEEL.

Between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday
evening, a hull in the Soho grinding-wheel, which is
occupied by two or three brothers of the name of
Thompson, who are shear, edge-tool, saw-back, &c.,
grinders, WAS lucked up and left secure. About one
o'clock the following morning, a man named Thomas
Mitchell, was standing near his house door, in Noriis-
field, and observing a strong light through the win-
dow of Thompson's hull, ran towards the wheel gates,
when he discovered that the room was filled with
flames. He immediately gave an alarm, and messen-
gers were dispatched to the engines belonging to the
Sheffield Fire-office and the North of England Com-
pany, which arrived at the place by half-past one. On
trying the door of the hull, it was found closed, but
fastened only by the hasp. The appearance of the
room showed but too clearly that the fire was the act
of an incendiary. The rails along the side of the hull
had been cleared of all the glazers, buffers, &c., which
were piled in a heap in the centre of the floor, and at
the top of them a wheelbarrow was placed. The
whole mass was on fire, and almost entirely destroyed.
The room, which is open to the top of the building,
was not less than 20 feet high, but the flames were so
strong that they reached to the slates, and communi-
cated with the rafters, which were partially destroyed
before the efforts of the firemen were of any avail in
checking the devouring element. The heat from the
burning mass below was so intense that two large
grinding stones were broken by it. The Thompsons
were not members of any trades' union. They are
unable to assign any cause for this outrage. The
amount of injury sustained by them in the destruction
of their working tools, &c , which was not insured, is
near 1001. The building, which we understand is
insured in one of the local offices, is considerably in-
jured.— Sheffield Iris.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.
The result of yesterday's revision was as follows :
CLAIMS.

Liberals—Allowed
Disallowed .
Conservatives—Allowed
Disallowed ...
OBJECTIONS.
Liberals— Sustained
Failed ••• •••
Conservatives—Sustained ...
Failed
By both parties—Sustained
Failed
The business of the Court on Monday will be
Aldgate and Billingsgate Ward, St. Margaret Pat-
tens, and St. Mary-at-Hill, Bassishaw and Coleman-
street Ward, St. Margaret, Lothbury ; St. Michael,
Bassishaw; St. Olave, Jewry, and St. Stephen,
Coleman•street.

.. 14
... 16
... 29
... 25
... 16

EAST SURREY.
Yesterday Mr. Fish held a court at the French
horn and Half Moon Inn, at Wandsworth, to revise
the lists for the parishes in West Brixton—viz.,
Barnes, Battersea, Merton, Mortlake, Putney, Toot-
ing, Wandsworth, and Wimbledon.
Mr. Edward Meymott attended on behalf of the
Conservatives ; Mr. Robert Russell on behalf of the
Free-traders ; and Mr. Jeans on behalf of the Re-
formers.
Most of the objections made were in order to obtain
correct entries of the places of abode of the voters and
correct descriptions of the qualifications.
In Putney parish the Rev. Dr. Biber's name had
been objected to by the overseers on account of change
of residence.
Mr. Fisri having inquired of the overseers what
the present residence was, was about to insert it, and
amend the entry, when
Mr. Jeans stated that Dr. Biber did not possess the
qualification for which he was registered ; he had the
best authority for saying so.
Mr. E. Meymott called the attention of the Court
to the fact that last year Dr. Biber's name was ob-
jected to, and the merits of the case were gone into,
and the vote substantiated, and he produced the last
year's list and showed that it was so; and as the only
change with respect to Dr. Biber since that time was
on account of change of residence, the statement of
Mr. Jeans, that the qualification had been lost, ought
not to have been made.
Mr. Fisu said, he was satisfied that Dr. Biber's
name ought to stand; he, therefore, should allow the
vote.

In another parish a notice of objection, which had
been served on one of the churchwardens, but not
published in the overseers list, was supported by Mr.
Russell as a sufficient notice of objection, and was
held to be a good notice.
In Wandsworth parish a notice of objection, sup-
ported by Mr. E. Meymott, which had been sent by
post, addressed (as was usual in such cases) " To the
overseers of the parish of Wandsworth," and was
posted in due time, was returned from the Post-office,
endorsed by the letter-carrier, " Gone away, not
known where." It was therefore not included in the
overseers' list. It appeared that one of the overseers
—a Mr. Cupit—had removed, and that the letter-
carrier, instead of taking the notice to another over-
seer, had returned it endorsed as above.
Mr. FISH held the notice of objection to be suffi-
ciently served.
The lists for all the above parishes were completed
with the exception of three names, which stand over
till Monday next, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington,
at ten o'clock.

CHILD DROWNED IN A MUG OF WATER.—A little
girl of about a year and a quarter old, daughter of Wil-
liam Bibby, labourer, Croston, near Ormskirk, having
been left by its mother for a few minutes, on Saturday,
fell into a mug that had been placed upon the house, floor,
and which only contained about a quart of water, and
before it was discovered the accident had caused the loss
01 life. Acting urion the advice of some neighbours who
came in, recourse was had to making trial of an old
remedy (which properly belonged to the dark ages), that
f making a hole in some earth soil, and putting the
child's face into it, which, as a matter of course, pro-
need the only effect which persona of common sense would
;,ave anticipated—none at all.—Liverpool Standard.
VISITORS EXTRAORDINARY.—Two sea-gulls were
seen flying near the Wel,h•bridg?, iu this borough, on
yunday MO'n/i4r last; an c”.ent of very rare occurrence
%t all times, but rarer still for marine birds of any kind,
it such a period of the season. Some early togs of
;yißter, as it were, have likewise made a premature debut
n our valleys.—Shropshire Journal.