The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-30 00:00:00

Lx:'LGS:oN:UN liUtJ SLO W 'I L.ITII.

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On Monday trite; noon; about four o'clock, the 1
neighbottrhOod of liOnlislow, and ttic comll4-y, foe., I
some utiles round; beyond IViudsor on fire south,
wore aiornicd by kt,,kremeaos enlosi9o
of
so:ae powder: woriis utt .I.IOIIIISIOW Beath. They
proved to be_the property of JOHN 1-1.11-I'S, ESA.
in the parish of lianworth: By this at:cid-Z.)r
two men employed in the mantifaCtory %were killed.
An inquisitioji xvas accordingly held on" Tuegday,
before GEoitoz lionosON, Esti. Coroner for Aiid-
dlesex, .When it appeared, On the evidence of
Samuel Edwards, manager of these works, that
one of the unfortunate Men, James Tinsey, about
twenty years of age, had been at work in a, de-
tached, building., used toe pressing the poWqer,,
about four hundred yards front the main esta-
blishment, and at the time of the explosion was
alone in these premises, and bad finished his daily
emyloyup-mt. in this building rvere about fifteen
ban els of powder. The press was 'empty, and no
machinery at all was moving. Lr was t het efore
conjectured that ,the fatal explosion must Ito ye .)et..l)
! • •
occasioned hysome imprudent act of the turfort (mate
twist. llis hody was carried wort.. than ;'.lO yards
front the spot, and was town', dreadfully mutt i-
hated. About 50 aids front this building; was
another, called the Liand-cOrningHouse, it.rwhich
were five barrels. of dust-poryder. This was also
exploded within a second of the former, by sonie
: bliening timber, which must have fallen upcm it ;
and the examinant. supposed that the other snf,
ferer, Ferris, was passiiig close' to 'the
on his way to ilanworth, after his
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day's work. The Mangled parts of his .hotly
were found about 4u yards from the kland corn-
lug Uouse. ,:;Satnuel Edward; deposed, that.thcre
was no defect in. the %yolks, and eras clear that
none were in motion at the time of the accident,
NO other witness was;ex'amined, and the Jury
mediately returned a verdict of ,:kcidental Death.
A very considerable part of the c..,tablishinent,
and the buildings of a neighbouring; faerr , were
very lintel) injured:. by thee kviiidowS,
tiles, &c. Large fragments of_ timber were scat-
tered about the tieighl4ouring fields.
.T he damage
is estimated at-about 10001. •

DIZLADFUL FIRE.

DcBLIN, NOY.. the:•li ours of two
and ti....ree'o'lock this morning-, a tire brnke.out
in a house "in Mary's Abbey', belottging-:to Mr.
a. whOlesale grocer, and adjoining house
inhabited by• hinr—the alarm' was given by the
. watchman, and by tour if,Sock the entire build-
was lit Thitne'iL--Ithree men,apiprentices;
tnnl, the porter, who sk,ft the house, en:lea-
voured to'escapc from the; ilante§, am, sought an
wiylo;n iii the.attic violence of tit:2. con-
t•.flaion Sc such, that in a short time they he-
came.neatly enveloped by fire --lit •that dreadful
staie,-they Nvevt:ecen; iii ineirsh its, at the upper
• story window, making., the post piteous supplica=
Cows for assistance, which it wasutterly impos-
sible to aff:rd : they then I.eturned into the hack
trn,ii►, anti rrt'CiplOtC(t theIIISOVCS into the yard,
wj)e) t. they Jay for : in S'ome time'aftefwardn
1114'y 1V( r,! removed into Mr. Elliott's
house where they lie in it State of insensibility.
the prompt attendance. of the
different fireengines of;, the cify,'-the !hones
with such violence as to hank every exertiO•niii'at
c6uld be made to preserve the premises; it Was
funned to the grown!. The 'fate is supposed to
have .been occasioned by the care!essness of some
person in the lower part- of. the house, where. a
cork-cutler resided, who, haying sat up 'we, kit
sonic s!lavin,:Ts 'rite active. Inillann.jne
exertions, of Mr. Shelia Tyndall, win!, on the
first alarm, lr-ls:enei'. to the spot St itli a military
guard, was highly consianons, rally entizies
him to the thanks of his fellow.:citizecs
tinned there until an advanced limnr in the day.
The bon.. es at,eithr sale were f,.)r a consider Ale
time in imminent danger, and the whole nei4ll-
- bourhood .was threatened bythedestruttive
ment; when the entire tell in, leai,j;lg not
• a wreck behind. he eligines'con'tinileiplaying
On m the immense heap or fire at two o'clock this
!day, We are sorry.to hear the premises were not
• insured.

On Sunday evening Eire broke out in a
dtvellin;;-hotise in the Cloisters Of Deter Cathe-
dral, which we arc happy, to say, ‘yassoonext
guished, without doing any..serious inury.'
A fire lately broke out in the couiwiine of Sum-
main, district of Donay,France,.by, which, in lets
than au hour, 24 houses were destroyed. .

The contention, as to the property in the trees
growing 9n 7 Northernhay,'in this city, which has
some time existed hetweca the Chamber, of. Exe-
ter, .and certain Agents of the PRINCE REGENT,
and Whirl' threatened to cud with the cutting
down thoSe venerable elms, which form one of
the finest features...andtshade the most beautiful
promehade.of Exeter, has happily terminated, we
are told The fine taste and liberality of the
PnixcF, have reprieved the-trees ; and the.ques-
tion of on the part of time Chamber to.ap-
.propriate them, has been conceded.—(blincieWs
:f.'estern Linninary, Exeter-, NOV, 25.)
RIVER PIRACV.r.-00 Tuesdaym'rght, at .flood-'
tide, a gang of robbers', consisting of five AIM],
in a skiff, boarded a bare off Tinton-stairs, the
property.of Mr.I.U.RNLEY, fightcrtuan. -As soon
as they got on board, finding, only the ‘vatehmau,
they immediately gagged-and blindf9ltied •himn,
threateniog. instantly. to murder him; if he at-
tempted to make the least resistance ; they then .
proceesled with. the barge above London Midge,
until' they got near, an empty -barge, where they
put the watchman on board ; but pevionsly.l.beY
held a conversation 110 W to dispose Of, him : .one
Ilas'.for :throwing him overboArd,!- and .a second.
for running hint through ; the majority, however,
of the gang pronounced his sentence to be pit
bOard the barge, where, they,eried
get ashore if he could, and it' not, .he
overboard, and
with her cargo; was Stolen. by th'en.t, was yester-
day morning found-athwart Condon Bridge, sunk,
with four -hogshead: 4,1-eVir deficient of the
quantity. . .

LAW INTELLIGEN Cl.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nor. 21.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH commenced the Sittings
alterMichaelinas Term for the County of Mid-
.l-
- this.day.