The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-29 00:00:00

FIRES AT MANCHESTER•

It is our painful duty to record the occurrence of
three serious fires during the week, involving the de-
struction of considerable property. The first was on
Wednesday afternoon, when about four o'clock, the oil-
cloth manufactory of Messrs. Hampson and Knight,
Pickford street, Alum-street, Great Ancoats, was dis-
covered to be on lire. The fire originated in some oil-
cloths hung out of one of the windows igniting from the
heat of a fire in the yard, into which some oil had been
spilt from the boiler. The damage done was abOut"3oo/.
worth, but is covered by an insurance in the West of
England Fire-office.
About hal:-past four o'clock on Thursday morning
information was given of a fire at Messrs. Peter and
Thomas Wood's timber-yard, Oxford-street, opposite the
bottom of James's-street. The fire origina,r-d in an open
shed, in which was a saw-mill, and communicated with a
building of two stories over it, used .as a workshop for
joiners. The roof and property in the upper storey were
destroyed, and the property in the shed, but there was
some salvage in the story, immediately over the shed, and
in the engine house to the amount of about 3001. The total
loss is about 1,0001. or 1,2001, including building, stock,
and machinery. The whole property is insured in the
West of England. The fire is supposed to have
originated from the over-heating of the saws, by fric-
tion, which having communicated with the saw-dust, it
was supposed to have smouldered all night and broke
out in the morning.

The third fire broke out early yesterday morning, in
the warehose of Mr. E. Bancroft, straw-bonnet manufac-
turer, which is situate on the north side of St. Anne's-
street, at the corner of Back-square. The building,
which is four stories high, with a frontage of about
twenty yards to St. Anne's-street, has recently been
partially rebuilt. The ground story was occupied
as shops, four in number, and the other three stories
formed the warehouse of Mr. Bancroft, to which access
was given by a door at the corner of Back-square. The
shops were in the several occupations of Messrs. G.
Scott and Co., seedsmen, Mr. Brindley, fishmonger, Mr.
Harrison, hat manufacturer, and Messrs. Dixon and Bell,
cigar and tobacco dealers. Owing to the exceedingly
light combustible nature of Mr. Bancroft's stock the
building was gutted and unroofed in a very short space
of time. Had there been a proper supply of water from
t.he first, there is no doubt that most of the property
would have been saved.—Manchester Times of Saturday.

LYNN.—At a meeting of the Court of Guar-
dians, held at the Town-hall of Lynn, on Thursday, the
unusually high rate of ls. 9d. in the pound was made for
the support of the poor for the coming quarter.
FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Saturday, about
half-past eleven o'clock, the following fatal accident hap-
pened to a youth about seventeen years of age, of the
name of Edwin Thomas Ashton, who resided with his
parents in Great Peter-street, Westminster. It appears
that his father, a market gardener, had been to
Putney, to purchase some cabbage plants, which he
was 'bringing home in a boat, accompanied by his
son. They had proceeded onward for about a mile, the
youth standing up all the way, when, by some accident,
his father, who was rowing the boat, ran it with great
force against a coal barge which was lying in the
river, the sudden concussion of which threw the
youth from off' his feet, and he fell headforemost into the
water, and was instantly carried down by the stream,
which was running very strong at the time. The father,
half frantic, let the oars fall out of' the rowlocks into the
water, and stood speechless, seeing his son floating down
with the tide, but unable to render the least assistance.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, about
two o'clock, a young man, named William Lindley, be-
longing to the Weekly Chronicle office, through some
carelessness on his part, got his hand entangled in the
cog-wheel of the machine whilst at work. Ilis cries
alarmed the rest of the work-people, who quickly re-
leased him, when it was found that his hand was severed
just above the wrist, and his arm broken and severely
lacerated. He was carried to Charing-Cross hospital.
LEEDS.—A meeting was held in this town on
Wednesday, in the St. Ann's school-room, Park-lane,
for the purpose of considering the propriety of petition-
ing the Queen in Council on the subject of the condition
of the Irish poor, residents in this town. Resolutions
for carrying out this laudable object were agreed to.
An address was also adopted, praying that her Majesty
would take the case into consideration. and issue such
orders as
.would prevent the poverty of the Irish being
treated as a crime.
SUDDEN DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
--On the morning of Tuesday last, Stephen Darby, Esq.,
who lately retired from an extensive brewery establish-
ment. and who resided at Cookham, in Berkshire, left
the Paddington station by the eleven o'clock train to
proceed by one of the first-class carriages, in which he
was by himself, to Maidenhead. When the train stopped
at Slough, a gentleman got into the same carriage, and
at this time Mr. Darby appeared to be dozing. The train,
however, had scarcely started from Slough when the
gentleman discovered that his travelling companion ap-
peared to be in his last sleep. All attempts to make the
guards or conductors hear his shouts for the train to be
stopped and assistance afforded to the deceased in the
event of his having been in a fit, were totally fruitless,
from the noise occasioned by the engine and the wheels
of the carriages. Upon its arrival at the Maidenhead
station, medical aid was immediately obtained, but it was
too late, life being entirely extinct. The deceased had
been for some time previously labouring under a disease
of the heart, and to this cause his medical attendant at-
tributed his death. Mr. Darby was possessed of very
considerable property.

The C'onstitutionnel publishes the following from
Hanover, 19th inst.:—" An important incident has just
occurred in the affair of the Council of Signature, orga-
nised by the King for the Prince, but without the con-

MORNING SUN

bm
test
sent of the agnates of. the . House. of,thteover•
Dukes of Cambridge and. Sussex have sent a Pr_vfor,
here from London against the measure, and hay.!into
warded it to the Germanic Diet, which will take 1/1 of
consideration at their next session. The Courr.ca,
Berlin and Brunswick have also received COmmtll:,onj
tions of this protest. The election intrigues old"'
there is general dissatisfaction in the country.,
_llsl
The Managing Committee of the .1-;eudio.
Reform Society ' have resolved on having
ner, to be continued yearly, on an early day in Ja_uviii
Mr. Wakley, M.P., one of the Vice-Presidents, Ifor
invited to take the chair. They have a treatY, apd
public Conference with the Chartists on the tap's,
_O,
propose to have a general public meeting of all theool4
of Poll "
hers a few days previous to the meeting
—Brirsh Queen. esioo
The Lord Chamberlain has granted an este
of license for two months to the Haymarket Ilea
Edul"
The Government belie appointed Sir
a publicoi,
Walker Head, Bart., one of the Assistant et?„0-40
sioners, to be the New Poor-law Commissioner, 1fr,„....
the actual Sign manual is not yet obtained by a.-
Sunday Tinter. • tea list
REFORM CLUB.—By the recently port bii
it appears that there are at present 1,545 inembersot,
Club, of whom 41 are Peers of Parliament, and
wards of 200 have seats in the House of Cornia°°s"l, st
The Rev. R. W. Sibthorp is, we understen%o
"Collegedi
the the Roman Catholic College, Oscott, and
re-ordained. His fellowship at Magdalen
ediogi
not yet, we believe, been declared void; and Pref.-eerie°
in the matter are looked to with much interest,"
and knotty questions will arise.—Leeds NerettrY•
RESTITUTION,—The executors of a r,
draper, in Truro, have received an anonymous letteveo
closing sixty postage stamps, and stating that seme;olo
ago, a person having the care of a drapers silollicti
the writer a present of a black silk handkereine write
r
he fears was not paid for. A sermon
heard led to this act of restitution.—Plymouti Algoishecl
This town, Sidmouth, has recently ftir..scrir
another victim to that most abominable and antld 11
tural impost, called Church-rates, on the personas bee'
William Barrett, of the Bedford Hotel, who usdicee
rudely torn from his affectionate family and lierioo
to become the cheerless inmate of a gl°°°llo;al'd',
Exeter, for non-payment of 9L church-rate'
which tbenai,
of him by the Churchwardens of thisparish' a
he hI
be due on some uninhabited houses Of Whi .flieNt
ch
charge, but is not owner. The houses being tan o°
he refused to pay, consequ,ntly law proceedilgtbe
taken against him for the original sum, wilich,,i'w.laistehl
now amounts to 49/., for which sera a " minis
angel" of the law arrived here last week t°,,t'"
but not being sufficiently acquainted with tPeitice,
he applied to a brother catchpole of this Pci for v•,
volunteered to perform the disgraceful job,
purpose dressed himself in his best clothes, seerviogs,
duced himself into •r. Barrett's hou4e ~3„5 31ipt,
friendly manner, and thus effected his CaPll4'. for
was removed in custody to where, unfortsll9'„vierciesdo
he will have time to ponder on the " tender:floor, 01-
what, in soleken mockery, is called the
tg ii
-‘l.
Church."— Western Times,
„riceol dog
It will be seen from several atillu%etsPre,
this paper that distress and poverty 1101'v:will
the land, and that the demons of mononthe
feel the screw. The slate trade, which, then the
sence of our local prosperity, is fast sinhilrbiettloelse
ral ruin which Tory monopolists are 110, ;11,'00
country. At Bangor quay, the property
Pennant, M.P., trade is actually at a sir- (141 ri,:t 000
whole amount of orders for one whole Wle,-,boa"Thel4
ceed ten tons. Thirty labourers wero-o',-1,01; -.ear
the quay, and four from the slate frarniag' DerSCLIf
l
are in Braich y Cafn Quarry nearly 2,3',„a'011°,1"
ployed, many of whom, unless the curse el- 1- eg
speedily removed, must of necessity ere h°- 01
*Jev4
charged.—Carnarvon Herald. be 01The
The funeral of Mrs. Blakesley, t o,,toc‘i*,rl:
her murderer, took place yesterday, at_ S" r
Hill,
was interred in the burying-groan" - powg
at-Hill, and was attended to the grave by the iota r:rol
the deceased, the widow Burdon, and 0 theithe
tives. There were but few spectators, as //
ias not expected to take place so early. r, 0414,,h,rr
WATERMEN'S STEAM-PACKET uCif t..- he," .14
On Wednesday the first annual Meet' ° pel3l 14
in" Core ,t'e
holders of the Watermen's Steam-packet to Jb
held at the London Coffee-house, LudgateLb•icii
the Report of the Directors, to declare a d"peoter,lol;
decide upon increasing the resources-of the 'bet C'ooo
the building of additional boats.' -3-fr• 11° otas'e
was voted to the chair. The Directors rehc,ith Yoe
that a dividend of eleven per cent. be ferfrd'on,,,iti 11
1,500/. be kept as a reserved fund, and that o'ror irfig
fifty guineas be presented to the ahnshousee Ith; j
decayed watermen and lightermen at Peuge. di,l°.oll"
been industriously circulated that waterniell jficeir
long to the Company, the Directors, in e",n,t„rve's,R, the
this assertion, stated that 250 watermenhaar,'- urt,'iveo
and that the Trustees were members of the r€'`
Watermen's Company. It was unanimous Yred
il
that the Report be received, adopted, and enteditiJot
minutes. It was then agreed upon thnt,,!,os rA
eleven rer cent. be paid. A vote of than on'ottu;
to the Managing Director for his able servf;se? hld
to the auditors and chairman, and the tneett%vid tied
A lady, Whose fondness for generons "coolioi
given her a flushed face and carbuncled
Doctor Cheyne. Upon surveying herself ter'
she exclaimed, " Where in the name of wolly2cs'‘
did I get such a nose as this ?" " Out oft,„`rtet
Madam out of the decanter." replied the D7,„.1
The elephant of the 78th, which,laa'„',oCllll'
port with, the gallant Celtic warriors, direct ''',,tti"j`Lier
their last station of foreign service, has acc()",l.-'"
78th to Dublin, and marched in with the Ll3° Of
4 fl
rich Chronicle.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.---A fine y- 0 swor
Mr. Anthony Cliffe, cf Bellevue, had his arlstt
by a bone-grinding machine a few daYsirretanaitie,to
tation has become necessary. The #l4Ol, clo'ciiitangiied,
gentleman unguardedly approached, ;jog qldepea°eh"i
machinery, whilst in full play, and fern in of :j
therein the terrible result ensued.-- 'Zochers e 11;
MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The
Honourable Society of' the Middle Tell'!'he' foll°"tt,
the degree of Barrister-at-Law upon a pon3-,,,,1i0-i„
tlemen :—William Hussey, Esq., A,lfrnein
Joseph Arnould, Esq., John Bridge -t)-sttilalliall 101.'ot
land William Davies Collett, Esq., ' George 000 t,
Esq., John 'William Williamson, Lever
eerie ;5%
Huxley, Esq., Thomas Sony Esq., if,„°:',l-igte 01. e,; Ditol/
Ward, Esq., Roger Wafters,' Esq., 11.10 pr Oel*:
kinson, Esq., Francis Scully, Esq.. Pe ti
well, Esq., David Edmund Babbingt
Francis Lucas, Esq., Peter Cotters Esq• e
ror
RUSSIAN ACADEMY.—The Eor the 3',,5
addressed on the 27th October a rescriet tlt4itieit)c
of Public Instruction, announcing Ills Aeadtelett,
termination that the Imperial Russia-ll % `so-iia
be incorporated with the Russian Acauellif3.l; die ,01 t.,
of which it shall form a distinct section, °ctior,'„,otr;
language and literature. The two other seoltheV
Academy of Science are-1. Physics aucl,
Pete f,
2. nistory and Philosophy. sophy.--Journalde Sf° li•
Nov. 13. TO otert(i
FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S VISI;fr O'.:111/5
PORT.—THE HOUSE IN AN UPEOAS.---,'-' wit" , 0
k tea otl to
sited this town on Thursday, and too ;„t fu,
of his friends and admirers at the S°co-5 he'df ?et),
Hill ate i after which a public meeting wlber cof 11,0;
same place, at which a considerable auliarieo"litip
assembled, although twopence each wn' eooat of
mission. No demonstration took place. the '0050;
nine, while Mr. O'Connor was address the sCre 0,4
a loud crash was heard, accompanied bYLit'r wsktioniel
the females, and a general cry that the ,'",r 101110
in. A rush was made to the door, aou
an ante-room was pushed down in the e-'hesia'„,la
out. After the confusion had somewhat slider, P"ii
ascertained that a beam had snapped Mune el iOse
the floor on that side of the room had give ote fog Po,
tion of it having sunk about a foot. Forttlot b of °el
rious accident occurred. The audience uo.coe°
posed to remain after the alarm, Mr' seuje
flounced that he would finish his address on
tit le'
evening,—Manchester Times. , GO' )tI2
A letter from Montpellier, in t" 01
Tribunaux, gives an account of the adrirovely °l)foirbtjs
Lafarge in that central prison. Nu" ' liefece /leo('
ing, she was compelled to take leave 134 0.,0ft,10
attendant, Clementine Servat, by which ate 1,/,'
deeply effected. After being received Ars othitit,/
she was delivered over to the S.A, ',lv
Joseph, who superintend the house. P;0011 c°oo
been treated as an invalid, being lby her t #
to a cough and is put into a small 1/01
taining only an iron bedstead, a small SW:,hdroJ
chairs. She has not left her bed since' blac'.4 spied
black velvet toque or beret, and h.r I tilt 1-
c o
dressed with taste on her forehead. Per lies •
over her bed. One of the Sisters visitorole,,
constantly with her, but all other, re.s
reit/ ,1
strictly excluded, except that a filed, A0"..40
yetin tkhneowtnowwnhehthaesr,oNnvcheen beenher adiu 1 ~tot
it
she will be clothed in the prison-drheseaitilarieesillgtiebleitoilf'.;
in the ordinary employments of the prisl Its dal
supposed that she will. The costume c°' the hea`o•ol4o
blue gown, and a cap fitting close to
isist 01'141
works are all parried on in silence, and coot
ill
of handkerchiefs, stockings, and gloves' of /11
cotton and silk. On her journey to the
_P,,,epoas
followed in a second post-chaise by
etw°ll_,..,
family, one of whom was the Count d
LLANGOLLEN.—lntelligenee n jtl4,ep
forecti
with poachers in Wynnstay Park has,,,l'neeF,A.t. orPe,;jr
through the medium of John by nt ' ired it oit, ;co
tendent of police. From what has transPafr. 11 ,e
thvaattinformationikshead
game-keeper,
am hade.
cbeeeepne
rt:otri‘l vaat
poachers were carousing; " at a publivc_l siting
or ;11t,
radegdanilogouos'lf:
on Tuesday evening, and purposed
„., fivetv, pie igef
oh ri his
earlypreservesm en were
ent that
vt night.end nthees d NvalyttAccordingmorning,
ri,n ip: iNt
the
t boy
foremost keeper, and wounded him
4: Oa rec°sovuull'(
which felled him to the groun
rid seveel' °icor.;
the preserves, whereupon one el
IP. ci°::::::rheseeerfos°f-stt,:srngi
sir
levelled his piece at the depredator, a
• tin all dire ik dto u' re'''
tared, and the police are out
sueP°se r 0
thhiempionacthheersab, dboemsietine.s
tlJeis
one
of the other fugitives. They are all
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Herald. • TIN A )I.lr
THE FOUR SEASONS IN ft
the itt• e•• Tit -
sons from the neighbourhood of WreNtiau
Nivso udne dPeadic,r,choiiulstkro
before last the ceekep heard 1", has jet 1„1
of Hadstock by a Correspondent, wa,°,„yy re
name, In the same day there was "" isatne.ry
~velightning at Bruton ; snoW fell here. ttacrr,lseire%lls
on that day also strawberries and r.y', will t
gathered in this immediate n
lu
the apple-trees in several gardens aro u
lossom.—Bath Paper. eighbouitto();_, see