The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-24 00:00:00

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.

MANCHESTER, DEC 23. This morning, shortly
after two o'clock, a fire was discovered to have
broken out in the shop of Mr. Charles Healy, clotk
dealer, Shude-hill, which we regret to say was at•
tended by fatal consequences.

Mr. PRENDERGAST said, it was most absurd to
pass a vote of thanks to Mr. Anderton for his pre-
tended support of the Jewish petition when at the last
general election he voted for Mr. Masterman, the
only one of the metropolitan representatives who had
opposed the Premier's recent Bill. On the occasion
of the last election there was very little probability
of the Jewish Bill becoming law. Mr. Anderton
then thought he should be on the safe side in sticking
by the opponents of the measure, but now, when he
saw the measure must pass, he came forward in its
support.—(Laughter.) Mr. Anderton's exertions on
this subject had not been very great, inasmuch as
when the subject was mooted in the Court of Com-
mon Council only five hands were held up against the
resolution.—(Hear, hear.) If, however, they were
determined to pass the vote, he would humbly sug-
gest that Mr. Anderton should also be thanked for
his promotion of the sanitary humbug, and for his
recommendation of suburban cemeteries, he himself
being a rather extensive shareholder in such under-
takings.—(Hear, and laughter.)
Mr. ANDERTON defended himself from the attack
of the last speaker, remarking, in explanation of his
having voted for Mr. Masterman, that he had pro-
mised his support to that gentleman some time p re-
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accountable to his constituents for what he had said
and done in the Court of Common Council, but he
denied their right to question the propriety of his
conduct
After in
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further other
discussion
on the resolution was
passed.
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persons have been formally proclaimed under process oi
the hustings of Pleas at Guildhall, in the
• city of London :--John Hilder the younger, of Houns.
here rose and said, that so far from feeling diss-'
heartened at the defeat he had sustained,
tlohwe, in Middlesex, and of Robertsbridge, in Sussex, at
isuit of Charles Horseley—William Paget, commonly
he thought known as Lord William Paget, at the suit of W. IL
he had reason to congratulate himself, considering 1 Vardy—John Ainslie, at the suit of George Webster—
that he was a new man, and had not canvassed a single Ade Ramon y Carbonell, at the suit of Henry Brock—
Voter. He also congratulated himself on being de- and the Rev. James Williams, clerk, at the suit of James
feated in good company, for the ward had rejected . D. Brown and another.

The flames were firsi seen by Mr. Stephen Neil, the
inspector of nuisances, and information was itnmedi-
ately conveyed to the town yard, and in a very short
time Mr. Rose and a body of firemen were on the
spot. On their arrival it was found to be impossible
to save the building, which was a very old one. When
the fire first broke out there were five persons sleeping
in one small room—namely, Mrs. Healy, her two
sons, a daughter, and an old female servant. The
smoke in the room was excessive, and when the in-
mates were awoke, they ;were unable to find their
way to the door. Mrs. Healy succeeded in effecting
her escape, and that of her two sons, out of the win-
dow on to the roof of a lower building, and the ser-
vant woman had made her way down stairs, but, in
the hope of rescuing Mary Healy, who was about
nine years of age, returned to the room, where they
both perished. The old woman, when found, was
crouched up in a corner quite dead, and the little
girl was found opposite the door, with her hands in an
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