The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-29 00:00:00

EDITION.

. COURT CIRCULAR.
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5t.W...1--.?R, MONDAL—The Earl of Erroll, Lord
tt4bnerfdritChamberlain,
,""ard of the Household, and the Earl of Uxbridge.
came to the Castle this morning.
litn _ fuer from London, and the latter from Cumber-
itt d. Lodge. Their Lordships bad an audience of her
!e,stY, and in the evening took their departure.
to ine weather has been such throughout the day as
outrevent the Royal party tither from driving or riding
to Between ten and four o'clock on Friday is understood
Prihe the period during which the remains of the
p -:e., Augusta will lie in State at her residence,
e:elinore. Codge, previous to the interment, in the
in g, in St. George'd Chop!.

f_ Her Majesty the Queeu Dowager left town yesterday
tuer Sudbury Hall, Ehrbyshire. Her Majesty,. . a
I .n.itied_by. the Countess Brownlow, Lady in Waiting,
"444 V, BedtWeld, Hon. Miss Hudson, Maid of Honour
1H
Vaitleg, I.:Arl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse,
Hon, Captain Eeward Curzon, R.N., Res:dent Gen..le-
thn4e Usher, and the Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain to
i,:fir,Ael:jaersrtiayg,esleft Marlborough House with her Suit
e
hbenrear Eustoin
4, for the •
square,
afterrc.. ten o'clock yesterdaym_oarinl: station of the London and Birmingham It
eii. 1,1 . Majesty left by a special train with her Suite
agduine carriages. After her Majesty's departure,
to the Eedlngfeld returned to Marlborough House, and
TheeafLernoori left town for her own residence.
re 4 uuke of Cambridge attended yesterday at Cla-
ee House St J '
Laa ,-...*, .1 , . ames s.
k-; bilct Council was held yesterday afternoon at
tended three o'clock, at the .Foreign-office. Itwasat-
-1,,,„,,eq by viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor,
Palmerston` of Clarendon, Marquis of Normanby, Viscounthe
Exchequer, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of.
thet
, Earl 4'44 Hen.LaboofucAhlei%t°' Lord Holland, and
The Council sat until near seven o'clock in the
evening.
Ye Tae
Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
Throd4R3' ;from Stra' ton Park.
yeaterdaylfght Hon. H. Labouchere arrived in town
Alison' h
The.
:Irerieurantihis residence, Overstowry. .
Countess of Lichfield and Lady Ann
park, stsitri!ft Buxton for their seat, Shugborough-
%l[l::Patc°effs from New Zealand, and also from thetle
Coloarinr
4 .offlofeeG.ibraltar, were received yesterday at 1

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uISABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Rev, ,
T, ARRIVALS.
FtCokj-'strnee
Yser w t,andGrolkslsr.senCorh..isccihueasrtee,r, at Hathaway's
from
a Park ;
Fred hYte, Esq., at ditto, from Rendlesham .
ride
/40 :nelt
v i, Cuthbert, Esq , at ditto, from Pau ; U N., '.sq., at ditto ; Ali.. Charles Greville, in Grosvionrodr:
at wihitorn 4 visit to the Duke and Duchess of Be
I.4,kcly°"eunrn Abbey; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry and
tlaept,rtinrning% in Upper Grosvenor-street, from aco tiogn our; sir
Claude de Crespigny, Bart., at Fla;
ub Hotel, from South America : the Right Hon.. S.i
bqugtelostittlb3ePo_ster and suite, from Berlin; Mr. Slingsby
444 L5l. Ivi• P., in the Albany, fromv ari
ttonshir f .outhampton, atWhittlebury —o-gvei,aNtotrothaLmoprd-
arnernes:se;Lorci Russell, Esq., at Cleveland House, St.
Langdale, in South-street, Park-lane, f 4lev,,Pleton-house, Roehampton;' Lord and Lady George
at y°llr. from a visit to Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour,
rUssels,

-1*(1 DEPARTURES.
like). band Lady Hatherton and family, from Patterson's
Mau' J3took-street, for Cheltenham ; the Hon. Miss
Ihuh an, from ditto, on a tour; Mrs. Hurt Sitwell, from
torn," ,Y's Hotel, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, for
k,aptain Richardson, from ditto ; M. G. Pitt,
dittl',"ciin ditto, for Brighton ; Madame Money, from
far hu'r Paris ; Viscount Boyne, from Belgrave-square.
Aeoruil:e;; Lord Monson, on a continental tour; Lady
bant:/for Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Belfast
~u'tece, from Fenton's Hotel, for Ramsgate; Lieute-
ad i"ieral Sir Frederick Mulcaster, for Paris ; Mr.
(cooper,-4clJro Fortescuc, on a tour ; Sir A. and Lady
iadi f Conduit-street, for DoverSugdFn,
rawley's Hotel, for Paris • the Bishop of Lmiaicsa
kittnNrs. Coleridge, for Ryde, Isle of Wight ; 1 u.-
0e0-0, for Eartham House, nar pctworth ; the Rev. r
and rTga turrard, for Walbampton, Hants ; ne"
The iiady Isabella St. John, and family, for Clifton Mr.
;
Afti °ager Lady Middleton, for ditto; Rev.
rore.yafnodr
Xe • Maltby, for ditto; Sir John and Lady Gu_
ClitllPt"a ; General Marshall, for ditto; the Dean of
FirsleLhester, for St. Leonard'a.on- Sea ; the Dowager Lady
ag7ll, for Wortbing ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
°a a continental tour.
at
ad CHANGES.
and the Hon. Missril:oley, on a visit to Sir Citarlcs
Lay hton, from a tour ; Sir Thos.
~ay Cockerell, at '
dY Massey Stanley, at Bedford House, Northum-
t6arlfon Hall,
Cheshire ; the lion. Captain~iai ea .
from _ woo
Scott, at Birt, the
seat of Lord Dowries, from a
the Earl and Countess of Mayo, at Palmerston
!_t
c_o4,7,til° ;
ale Marquis of Hertford, and the Count and
.11• t'Zichey at Milan, from the Baths at Lucca ;
tikit;l4ore Broadhead, Bart., and family, from Wor-
Lca;V;last• Leonard's; the Hon. George and Lady
Bedford. 41°44411, on a visit to the Dowager Duchess of
Georo4t he Doune, from Harewood House Icarif
borZh "age, Bart., at Kirklecs Park, from _
N ° ; the Earl of Surrey, on a visit to the Duke of
Scar-
Norfolk FQrnham Hall, Suffolk, from Windsor Castle;
the Counts M. P., at Streatham Castle, from Doncaster
fit elun!ess Delawarr,_at Buckhurst Palk, from Brighton;
obis oaries Rent, Ist Lite Guards, on a visit to the Mar-
itC:itii:NeVhniatoefirfaord. at hit shooting quarters, from Dalgcty
tot% ei Captain Sir Henry. Baker, Bart., at Sheerness,o
; Rear- Admiral Sir L. A. Ommanney_ t
d tt at
,Ant?n, from' Portsmouth ; the Bishop of Ll
of vs wlek House, Chepstow, from Pontypool ; trienMarumis
INtirjj,;,u'lsarsoa4onsktdieeLord Oasulston, at Hamilton
'Dlcsisreono;f Palacc,_t
1%4, At Bath, from NClroelyo
Arran ; Lord Clifford, at Bath,
Weymouth.
14th Light

ATI/
%mai. ma OF MARSHAL MACDONALD.—Ma.r.-
detalii„ ed,"alrl, D4l do Tarente, died on the 25th, at his
He is w Courcelles, near Orleans, aged sere.nty-fis,_e•
kamo welt to have been of the Scotch family of the
tenai,t,nidids• He entered the French service, as Leo-
`altte /3 1783. He was Colonel at Jcmappes, and be-
lie eneral on passing the Waal when it was frozen..
was
)ther erely wounded at the battle of the Trebbia,
hrou'r,ci e‘coramanded in 1799. His friendship fur Moreau
eor,,l°,le; ./',l? into disgrace with the Emperor. Et
e
shack }ram
his marshal's stiff" at Wagram by his successful
carp, i°4 the Austrian centre. He commanded the 10.11
tiver the _Russian campaign. He sprung into the
tlitntt:,'„'tcr, at Leipsic, with Poniatowski, but, more for-
f 4nan the Pule, escaped. la 1815 he refused to
asi„:lther Napole,'n or the Bourbons. Yet, on his re-
,ri You to serve under ;he Duke of Berry, the latter said
N 1,14 „Would not give such a refusal to Napoleon."
40')4 -"no' I would arot," replied the Marsha!, "}'our
.I,ii iiietriess is iof Nknoleon."
E L'a/fE ACCIDENT ON THE BLACEWALL
the' The poor man John Hill, who, on the 8:h cf
lar rPkr.esett mon't received some seven! injuries by
.the
atvtii gof the rope on the BLekwall Railway, expire
t„tr e London Hospital on Saturday evening last from the
'deaths of his injuries, so that this will inado the second
from that has occurred at this Institution within the week
rh:.railway tceidents. It is not a little singular that at
o:tittle he received the injury which caused his death he
84, raPlOyed erecting ,a wooden fence close to the drum
- '44ich the rope is rolled (.0 prevent similar accidents.
'Nnir• Robins, the English marine painter, who
1&11),-,rned to be present when the King of the French
,1(1 at Boulogne on the 16th of last month, and made a
red ske'ch of the whole scene, in which the King's
h‘,",el, the Vcloce, fixed in the sands after having shuck
e'last the point of the jetty, was the principal feature,
a-r°te to tho Queen, to whom tho sketch had been shown,
arl
`"c 10th inst., acquainting her Majesty that his intended
~ra,c'ings were completed In a day or two 1.3 received a
rnand to attend at the Tuileries, where, having. been
4^tzarierd by the Countess Chalot,
inher ajeisitey
hadcx
ttB,3ed her admiration of the mannerwhich
itb-'4ed his drawings, and detained his portfolio to showv,
see to the King. A few days afterwards
hheerwm
aj
Majesty's
l'otary waited upon him, and, saying that
to bear the thanks of the Queen, presented him
Ire, check for a very handsome amount as a mark of
IPProbation.
C.,ORNT. KONIGSBERG, SEPT. 5,--The con-
?4nt, corn from this port to St. Petersburgh and
ironstadt e.oount already to 2,150 lasts of rye, and still
t,";,t,in,,u` 8. The whole exportation of corn from this place,
3.17,,111P3, by way of Pillais, may have amounted to
t C- lasts ; Of which 15,260 to Great Britain, 10 000
Netherlands, and 4,300 to Norway. Judging by
it's I'xPortation, this year may be about two-thirds of what
rye as was last year. The prices have not varied, only that
a trifle lower than in July. 'The stock in hand is on
t,oee very limited ; barley, oats, and peas there aro
0 CHILD CHOKED BY A BIT OF BEEF.-
-onday forenoon an inquest was held before Mr.
Baker, at the White Lion, South Hackney Wick, o,n.t.laie
gay ,of Wm. Wright, aged four years, who,
t, a-t dinner, snatched from a plate a bit
.1.
on rid,oy_
t!ueef, I.‘ot bigger than a walnut, and put it
ilt° his mouth. He had scarcely done so whenme, became, black in the face, and showed symptomso
4,3_1 choking. Its his agony he thrust his fingers fiercely into
throat, bat could get nothing cut of it. The child
a taken to .his mother, and forthwith afterwards to
sur-e-
-lir 8 on s, nut lie expired on the way thither. Mr. Has-
-1;43110, the surgeon, raid when the child was brought to
its was was apparently dead. He passed a probang dowo
ta throat, but encountered no obstacle. Since dca..ll he
"h'edr. opened the body and found a small piece of meat ad-
mi!oneg to, and obs.truoting, the epiglottis, which caused
ti°n RU arit and death. 'The Coroner remarked on the sin-
y of the case, and said that it differed little from one
Wnich was the subject of inquiry before him bat week, ex-
cept that in the latter case the head of a shrimp had caused
suffocation. In Limehouse, two or three days back, a roan
‘-i
ot
boltnorbescaped being choked by a bit of co.d beef.
en ought to be taught to masticate their foot, and
e"a itllowed to gulp it down, or, vulgarly speaking,
.--Verdiet, " Accidental death."
AB
isERGAVENNY CYMREIGYDDION SOCIETY.
stated by two or three of our neighbouring Contem-
res, that Dr. Thirwall, the Learned Bishop of St.
who, since his election to the See, has applied
Ivlth tiro
unwcaryingly to the studies of the Welch language,
view to secure the affections and promote the best
interests of his people, intends to honour this Eisteddfod
'Path his presence.

DEs rRu CTI V E FIRE
IN PLYMOUTH DOCKYAItD.

We last evening briefly announced this fearful dis-
aster, our report having been hastily despatched by
our Correspondent whilst the fire was still raging,
and it was uncertain to what extent the destruc-
tion might prevail. We now proceed to fur-
nish further particulars of this disastrous event, for-
warded to us from Correspondents at Plymouth, one
of whom gives the following description :
At half-past three o'clock on Sunday morning,
when the guard was relieved, all appeared safe
in the yard, but at a few minutes before four
o'clock, one of the policemen observed smoke issuing
from the Talavera, a 74 gun ship, fitting in dock.
The Minden, another 74, was also lying in the
same dock, immediately astern of the 'Talavera,
a pair of flood-gates only separating the two ships.
The Dock was imasediately adjoining the gallery in
which were deposited the splendid collection of trophies
and memorials of British naval triumphs, comprising
the figure-heads, masts, &c. of our most celebrated
men of-war, which had been wounded in action, toge-
ther with the fl lgY. captured in our chief naval
victories ; and, above all, the renowned flag of
our own Nelson—that beneath which he fought, and
conquered, and died. The loss of this gallery, our
proudest national treasure, is the saddest feature of this
great calamity, and I mention it thus early as mark-
irg exactly,, to those readers who have visited
the yard, the exact locality on which the fire raged.
Immediately on observing smoke issuing from the
Talavera, the policeman directed the sentries to dis-
charge their muskets as a signal of alarm, which
rapidly spread throughout the whole establishment,
and the most prompt and energetic assistance was
immediately given ; but so completely had the
fire obtained possession of the ship, that before
the powerful engines belonging to the yard could be
brought to bear upon her, the flames had burst forth
with terrific fury, setting at defiance every effort to ar-
rest their progress. The ship was covered over by one
of the large sheds used to screen the ships from the
weather, the light roof of which soon caught, and
from the volume of burning matter thrown up into the
air, soon conveyed the fire to the adjoining gallery,
which, consisting of a shed of similar construction, fell
an easy and rapid prey to the furious element. At
this period the sight was indescribably grand ; the night
was calm, clear, and starlight, and the sheets of flame,
and masses of sparks rising from so large a body of burn-
ing wood, lighted up both sea and land for many miles
round. All hope of saving the Talavera being at an end,
the most strenuous exertions were directed to the pre-
servation of the Minden, the bows of which projected
immediately over the stern of the Talavera, and for
a length of time there seemed little chance of rescuing
her from destruction ; her bows caught several times,
and it was only by the most daring resolution that the
burning timbers were detached from her, or extin-
guished by the united efforts of several engines. By
these means, although she has sustained very serious in-
jury, she was preserved from entire destruction ; but it
was extraordinary that whilst this ship, in immediate
proximity to the mighty cauldron of fire which the Tala-
vera for many hours presented, was at last saved, another
vessel, the Imogene lying in a dock several hundred feet
distant was doomed to entire destruction, the flames
spreading rapidly along the roofs of the sheds, reached
some large stacks of timber, oak and fir, and these were
speedily adding fuel to the conflagration, which extend-
ing to leeward with awful speed, at length reached the
Imogene, and she too was quickly in flames in
every part, presenting a scene of destruction of
overwhelming magnitude. The alarm was extended at
an early hour through the three towns. Devonport,
Stonehouse, and Plymouth. The Dockyard labourers
were aroused and hastened to the spot ; a detachment
of men from the 11th and 53d regiments were marched
into the yard. Sir George Hoste, of the Engineers,
commanding the citadel, and Colonel Hill, commanding
the 53d regiment., galloped early to the scene of alarm,
and rendered the most valuable aid in directing the ef-
forts of the men. The engines belonging to the Ord-
nance-office,the Marine Barracks, the West of England
Insurance, and the town engines, were hurried to the
Dockyard. The men of war lying in Hainoaze sent large
drafts of men, and the daring of these hardy tars, in their
endeavours to preserve the ships, excseded all praise.
Suffice it to say, that they fully sustained the character
of British sailors in times of peril and danger. It
being found impossible to subdue the fire, the attention
of those in command was directed to cut off its commu-
nication with other parts of the yard, and for this pur-
pose a powerful body of men were employed
to pull down the sheds and buildings connected with
the sawpits. By these means, and the immense body
of water thrown upon the burning materials by so many
engines (fortunately the tide was high about 7 o'clock),
the flames were held in check, and by 10 o'clock all
danger of further destruction was overcome. For
many hours the Talavera continued to burn with
tremendous fury, and as her upper and inner
works were destroyed, the huge blackened tim-
bers of her outer frame presented the appearance
of a vast cradle vomiting forth flames and sparks,
whilst above all wreathing volumes of smoke and steam
curled upwards, and floated slowly to leeward, scatter-
ing a shower of ashes over the town and country to
some miles distance. As soon as the progress of the
fire was sufficiently arrested to secure the safety of the
other parts of the yard, the efforts of the men
were directed to save as much as possible of the
burning timber, and a most lively and aril-
mated scene was presented. Men and horses
were harnessed to the burning logs, and dragged them
into places of security, where the flames were extin-
guished, and in this way much valuable property was
saved, though not without serious injury. Much dis-
tress is occasioned by the entire destruction of the tools
belonging, to about 500 of the men. They were kept
in boxes beneath one of the sheds, which was burnt, and
which was involved in flames before the men could reach
the yard. Some of the poor fellows have lost as much as
30/, each in this way. The entire value of property
destroyed cannot at present be correctly given, but it
probably exceeds 200,000/. The first inquiry which
naturally arises in such a catastrophe as this is, the
cause of its origin—this is, at pre sent, a matte,' of much.
mystery and doubt, and great apprehensions are enter-
tained that it must have been a wilful act of some mis-
creant, for no workman had been employed upon the
Talavera for three weeks before the fire, and no person
had any bus ness in the ship at all, much less to carry in
fire with them. This, of course, will be a subject for
searching inquiry, and it would be useless to indulge in
any coajectures at present. Another most extraordi-
nary circumstance is, that to discovery should have
been made of the fire by the policemen and sentries on
guard at an ear:ier period, for it must have been
burning many hours to hese: obta'ned such a
hold on the ship. It was about four o'clock
when the alarm was given, and at that period
an officer on board a ship lying in the Sound, at two
miles distance, when he came on deck to relieve guard,
d'stinctly perceived the smoke iis ng from the yard, and
pointed it out as indicating a fire. It is premature yet
to indulge in censure, but the country will surely look
for some explanation of the fact diet two of her
finest ships arc destroyed by fire, and property
to an immense amount lost, in an establish-
ment provided with every facility ler guarding
against such accidents. At the present morrena too,
the loss will be doubly felt when the naval force of the
country has been made a subject of so much question,
and i
the services of our navy are looked to with such
anxious nteres.. It was a providential thing that the
weather was so perfectly calm, and that the breath of
air which rose with the sun, set towards the quarter
which it did. Had it shown in an opposite direction,
the fire would in all probability have reached the dock
.in which is placed the St. George, the splendid 120
gun ship launched from this yard on the 27th August.
No accidents fatal to life, or of serious consequence,
appear to bar e happened, notwithstanding the great risk
run by many of those employed.