The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-07 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).

COLONIAL MARKET.
There Was little business done privately, and the .publie
sales were of little moment, but in prices no material
riation occurred. The arrivals continue small.
TEA MARKET.
There was little business done, but holders were 101
disposed to sell, and it was difficult to get Cotnrai
Congou under IF. Bi. cash.

TALLOW MARKET.
There WU little• demand for Russian Tallow, either co
the spot or to arrive, and prices had a downward ten"
deney. The stock is exceedingly large.

HAY MARKET.
There was a good demand, and the supply being 0014
full prices ware paid. Clover, 4/ to 61; Meadow 118Y'
31 1.5 s to 5/ ; Straw, 32s to 345.

Met. L.--We noticed in our last the reset.''
death, at an advanced age, of Thomas Hill, Esq., ral9,'.
hasty designated by his acquaintances (amongst whom
reckoned the most celebrated of the literary men, artists
and actors, and the leading publishers of his time),
" Little Tom Hill." His good humour, and certsiis
harmless peculiarities, rendered him at all times a
come and an amusing associate. No one knew his age'
nor could lie ever be prevailed on to confe,'s it—a re.
luctance which one of his friends ascribed to the acci.l.
dent of the destruction of his baptismal register in the
great fire of London (1666) ; whilst another charge,
him with having once admitted that it was he who 111°
contracted for supplying Guy Fawkes with gunpow c
But upon this point he was banter-proof. Of late yearsll
was celebrated as the supposed prototype of Paul Pryer'
f ,ct, however, which we believe the author has never
mitted. That he was the original 01 the good-natured
in Mr. Hook's " Gilbert Gurney," and of many points 1,1;
the character of Little Jack Hohbleday in Mr. Poole'
" Little Pedlington," is unquestionable. Of his resemblanc/
(accidental though it might have been) to Paul Pry,
following is an amusing instance, and may he relied on
true. Calling one morning upon Mr. —, the eminel'e
bookseller in Pall-mall, he found him in his counting-1015,
along with a gentleman with whom he ( Hill) was utter;
unacquainted. Presently Mr. was called out, ls'avil.l
the stranger and Hill together. Upon his return ni
took his leave. " Pray, Mr —," inquired the gentleMalli
who is that extraordinary person that bas just left us?
assure you he has asked me more qusitions in theso ten
minutes than I have been asked for the last ten monthS'o
" 0," replied Mr. —, laughing, " That is Little I.°
Hill, the supposed original of Paul Pry." At that idelY,
tical moment Hill popped his head in at the counting-130'P'
door with—" Beg pardon—l forgot my umbrella
Briyhtou Gazette.
TII E WEATII E PA R KS.— The frosi;
has considerably increased in severity, and if " Murphy'
predictions are at all to be relied on, we are to have ff°l
until Monday week next, the 18th instant, with on StlG'
day, the 17th, " probably the lowest degree of wint°
cold." At six o'clock on Tuesday evening the thermoilc
ter stood at 28 degrees, and at twelve o'clock at night'
had fallen to 26 degrees, with the wind north. Yesterdli
morning, at six o'clock, it had fallen to 24 deg., but to
wards twelve o'clock at noon, the wind having- for a tir'e
shifted to the south, accompanied by a thick fog.parti°
larly in the outskirts of the metropolis, it rose to 26 (11
Soon afterwards, however, the wind shifted back to t",
north-east, anti commenced freezing most intensely, I",
thermometer at stx o'clock last evening having fallen
low as 20 (leg., 12 deg. below freezing point, with e'ichti,
appearance of a most severe night. During yesterday t,")
roads in the metropolis, owing to the intense frost vii):lc
succeeded the fall of snow on Tuesday, were most sill?
pert' and dangerous, and numerous accidents oceurre,
In the Parks and Kensington-gardens yesterday nothing
of any particular interest occurred.

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR NO':
TINGHA M.—We regret to announce that on Saturday welt
ing last, another destructive and extensive fire occurred 0
Paplewick, nearly five miles from Notting ham. lo
hour from the discovery of the fire, the roof of Forge-ml
had fallen in, and in three hours it was a complete wteced
and scene of devastation and ruin. The engines stmt
from Nottingham, but all the mischief was dose ; the Pre
miser were burned to the ground. On the 30th 1`1°1:
1838, two years and a month age, Forge-mill was `";
stroyed by fire, and was afterwards rebuilt, and fitted iti;
with machinery of the most costly description. On tb
occasion, in addition to the loss of the building and me.,
nery, we are sorry to say a large stock of wheat, barley, 0.t1,,
and flour have been consumed ; what the amount of drool,
is we cannot learn at present, but it must be several th°,o
sands of pounds. There is no doubt that the mill has beer
wilfully set on fire. The building belonged to the plio,
of Portland, and the property inside to Mr. Charles
cock, an extensive factor of Bulwell, and was insured
the Norwich Fire-office.—Liacoln Gazette.
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EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—On Tueso
morning last, an explosion of gunpowder, attended 01,.,ti
serious and fatal consequences, took place at the house ;f
a man named Moult, residing at Spotland Bridge, 14,1
Rochdale. Moult who is a coal.miner and sinker, hadf
received a barrel of gunpowder, containing upicar„o
of thirty pounds, which was placed in an upper ru"bil
in the house; and his son, who had been in the hams
of taking out small quantities, went into the room 15
that purpose at six o'clock on Tuesday morning °LIO,
a lighted candle, when a spark fell upon the goo
powder, which immediately exploded, and the roof of
blown from the house. The unfortunate cause ee
the accident was found in the garden, a distrlll
of eight yards from the house, alive, but tirearl'a,ool
mangled. Two of his fingers were blown off, and f
received the most serious injuries in the lower P.ar'tlie
the abdomen. The unfortunate youth lingered In ths
most excruciating agonies until eight o'clock of
to,
same day, when death put a period to his sufferitThre
In the house where the explosion took place. theh,
were about fourteen persons, all of whom escaped wit,)
out injury. But if the barrel of gunpowder had beln
placed on the ground floor of the house, instead c(„0
the garret, the consequences would have been tu.,,
A lamentable. In addition to the injury done to buiv
.„
house, several looms in an adjoining house were
tirely destroyed. The dwelling of the collier was tuf
back part of a double house, the front of which 00.6/j
four, and the back three Bn:flies high. The roofs of b
back arid front house were completely blown off; the paro:'t
wall which divided the garrets of the front tenefue
from the back, was blown into the front, amidst three
looms which stood in that chamber. The warps rtesconsumed by the flames, and the kerns broken bV
bricks ; the windows of this room were all driven oat "/
the force of the powder. The collier's house was a hest
of ruins, the whole front, as far as the lower story, lite
been blown into the garden. In the second chamber the '5
were three beds fell of inmates, but the floor above Its
driven down over the beds, and completely protected theta
from the falling slates and timbers of the roof.
THE PYTCHLEY .HOUNDS.—Our 1101.11415:
amongst many other packs, bad excellent runs last wee";
commencing on Monday, at Buttock's Booth, by kiliill.7
two foxes and running a third to ground. On Wednesday
;
they met at Oxendon, and found a gallant fox, directly, ";
aterloo Gorse, which took across the finest line this gra''
country could show. and fur half an hour the pace was ver,
good, when the scent became colder, but they hunted hi,,'
several miles to Loathland Wood, where they killed, tholfg,"'
by some it was not thought to be the same fox. On Fri;
day they met at Crick, arid showed a brilliant day's sPa.r
to an immense field of sportsmen. The fox was found iO,
this famed cover, and at length got away, with the foci,
close at his brush. The first twenty minutes, a few or%
kept near them, when the pace became slower, and other"
got up. After some difficulties, the pack again set to rua;
iiing in earnest, and killed him in the middle of a fi `yo
The time, about one hour after the fox broke cover.
cannot help congratulating Mr. Smith on his sport, o'tec
the difficulties he has had to encounter, and beg to add t.lia
we were prepared to expect a good report, having late
perused this gentleman's treatise on hunting, " The Die,'
of a Huntsman," a second and cheap edition of which, "11
observe, is just advertised. It appears to us entirely or';
ginal, and, amongst the engravings, the sketch of a eat
when the hounds are at fault, and the drawings of the fre"
and the exhausted fox, &c., &c., are excellent.—F•l"-
traeteft front the Northampton Herald of Saturday, -Dtc..
19, 1840.)
DARING ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT A TRAIN
ON THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Tucad,3l
Robert Hill Henry Welsted, Thomas Williams, William
Bartram, and Henry Sutton, all labourers on the rail.vaP
were brought before I. Hodgson, Esq., cliarged with 1)0'
ing, on Thursday, the 24th of December, attempted t°
obstruct a train upon the railway. About half-past nioe
o'clock on the evening in question it appeared that thefe
men went in a body to the Wigston station, and, in s
threatening and violent manner, called upon the keeper t°
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was resolute in his refusal, the party threatened that
they would tear up the gate, and, by flinging it on I"rail, overturn the train. This threat, however, was 10',
carried into effect, owing to the decision and firmne°
of the keeper, who, partly by force and partly by en'
treaty, persuaded them to desist, Finding that their Ojai
here was defeated, the party walked towards Leicester.
Foster, apprehending that some mischief might be done by
the way, followed them until they had got as far as the,
Knighton viaduct. There he was fortunately the means 01
saving the life of Bartram. This individual fell across the
rails at a time that the train was not more than 210 yards
off, and was instantly dragged cif by Foster. These were
the facts deposed to. There were two trains then coming
from Rugby within a short distance of each other, the PP
senger and luggage trains. find the gate been flung e°
the rails as threatened, the destruction of life and property
might have been great, and people would be found to el'

claim against negligent drivers, &c. There was some
tenuation of this outrage offered by the defendants. TheY
stated that they were lather fresh." This was not conci
sidercd an aggravation, as it might have been. They had
also the benefit of a character for sobriety and steadioo;6
from Mr. Betts. Welsted was fined 5/., Williams 2‘,.'
Sutton it., Hill and Bartram 15s. each. The entire 0'
the money was paid, and the parties left the office.
rester Chronicle.

THE LATE ACCIDENTS ON THE BRIGHTON
RAILWAY.-01) Monday an inquest was held on the bodice
of three men killed on the Brighton Railway, under the
circumstances described in our paper of that day. Tb°
occurrence seems to Inv() originated in the chimney of all
engine used in the construction of the works having caug."
in " a heading," or tunnel, in progress, through not he::
ing been sufficiently lowered in time. This vtas the fault
of the men in charge of it, namely, two of the deeesscuci
It brought down the soil upon the engine and tender, an,
caused them to be overturned. Verdict—Accidental cleat",

with a deodand of Is, on thu chimney of the engin°.