The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-20 00:00:00

Examiner GU ?MILL.)

The Examiner intimated yesterday morning that if his
colleague, Mr. Smith, did not get through the Scotch case
which was before him yesterday, he would on Wednespay
enter upon b oth li ts, taking each petition in the order in
which it stood on the general list.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY
AMENDMENT (No. 2).
This case was them resumed.
An allegation was sustained, to the effect that a certain
real, which was intended to be diverted, was not shown
upon the plans. Other allegations of less moment were :tls•
sustained, not, however, till after they had been severly con-
tested.
The case closed with the memorials of William George
and William Russell, in which several allegations were sus-
tained.
The Court then adjourned till this day, at ten o'clock,
Mr. May repeating the order of business he had named at
the opening of to-day.

PORTSMOUTIE, JAN. 18.—Captains Henry Drury
and P. Ilaymes, and Commander E. G. Fishbourne, are ap-
pointed by the Treasury to assist in the distribution of pro-
visions in Ireland.
THE LATE ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS. The
three men who received such frightful injuries on Friday
night last at Mr. Ainger's iron foundry, Blackfriars, are still
in a very precarious condition. The man George Richard-
son, who is in Guy's Hospital, remains without the slightest
hope of surviving the injuries. The other two are likely to
recover, and are in St. Thomas's Hospital.
DEATH IN A POLICE STATlON.—Yesterday after-
noon an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Ten Bells,
Church-street, Spitaltields, on the body of Elizabeth Dono-
van, aged 59 years, a clothes dealer. It appeared that the
deceased was much addicted to drinking, and was seldom
sober. On Sunday last she was discovered by a police con-
stable in a dreadful state of intoxication. She was very
noisy and troublesome, am: she was conveyed to the police
station in' Whitechapel, where she was placed in a cell.
During the night she was visited by the policeman on duty,
and was discovered lying on her side quite dead. Mr. Slears,
benrgon attributed excessive to apoplexy, which might have
dealer) men was driving a valuable
to a nobleman in a break along
be accelerated by drinking. A verdict was re-
when opposite the end of the
turned accordingly.
the opposite direction FATAL ACCIDENT TO A VALUABLE HORSE.--Yes-
terday afternoon, shortly before two o'clock, as one of Mr.
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ing to a laundress, the driver of which appeared to be in
liquor, came with great violence in contact with the horse.
The shaft of the vehicle entered the animal's chest, and after
a few convulsions it dropped down dead. The animal was
worth nearly one hundred guineas. •
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT DT THE FALLING OF
SEVERAL TONS OF EARTH AT RANDALL'S TILE KILNS,
MAIDEN-LANE.—Yesterday forenoon, an accident, which
will probably be attended with fatal consequences to one
poor fellow, happened at the back of Randall's tile kilns, in
Maiden-lane, King's-cross. For several weeks past a num-
ber of men have been employed in " turning over" the
clay used for making tiles, in order that the frost shall
penetrate through it and make it 'lmre suited to the pur-
pose. In one part of the ground there has existed for some
time an immense mound of clay, which has been brought
from the various excavations for buildings in the neighbour-
• • many hundred tons. Yesterday morning
hood, consisting o
as the men were at work beneath this
about eleven o'clock,
some of it for use, the whole of the
mound digging out
upper portion tell, and for several minutes it was supposed
that five or six oft he men were buried beneath. Upon the
foreman coming up and calling over the names, he found,
that but one poor fellow, named Wm. Norris,
fortunately,
who had been but recently employed upon the work, was
missing. A search was immediatlyecao_mm wash amongst
the fallen clay, and the poor fellohw's.h dobserved pro-
the remaining portion of
trading through the mass of eart
from view. r.: Wood,
his body being completely. hidM
I oered th • men
the overseer of the works, immedoutiat e y
, butr sd to
o firmly was h
lose no time in getting the man
ailed to use their pickaxe
embedded, that they were comp
The time occupied
i
before they could release him.
tes, and when Norris wa
doing this was nearly twenty mina
axle, both
got out he presented a pitiable specta
ds being
broken, one in three places, besides being legr.n other
moved with all possible speed
parts of the body. He was re
to the University College Hospital, where he was attended
by Mr. Quain and other medical gentlemen, but from the
serious expected to e
serious character of his injuries he is
re-
cover.
On account of the great advan to in the price of
es to bear the loss they
flour, and the incapacity of the parti
for bread
and flour
apprehend in consequence, two contrac
tors
d
for the Chelmsford Union have divontinue the supply and Id
forfeited their contracts. The contracts vacate were taken
on the Bth of December for three months; bread, first dis-
trict, 41b. loaf, 53/4d.; second district, fidd;
floureconadt district,
Hour at 445. per sack; house bread at 514 s- 6d.
contractor, has, at a
Mr. Bryant, of Springfield, a former
,
very short notice, prevented the inconvenience which must
otherwise have arisen by providing the necessary supplies
upon very reasonable terms. The contracts are consequently
again opeu.— Essex Herald.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN WELLS.STREET.—YeSter-.
day afternoon a fire, attended with onsiderablo destruction
of property, broke out upon the premises of Mr. Thomas
Riddle, a cabinet-maker, at 54, Wells-street, Oxford-street.
The flames originated in the second floor of theworkshops, at
the rear of the drelling-house. An attempt was made to
extinguish the flames by means of buckets of water, but
owing to the inflammable nature of the stock-in-trade, the
tire travelled with more than usual rapidity, so that in less
than half an hour after the outbreak the flames had peqe-
trated the roof. Various engines arrived at the scene in
rapid succession, but it was not until that portion of the
works in which the fire commenced was burned out, and the
roof destroyed, that the conflagration could be subdued. The
damage done is very considerable, and, unfortunately, Mr.
Riddle was not insured. The origin of the disaster could not
be ascertained.
"SCOTTISH BAPTISM.—Yesterday, at Stafford
House, St. James's, was christened the second son of the
Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn, according to the forms of
the Established Church of Scotland. The Rev. Dr Cum
ming, of the Scotch Church, Crown-court, Covent-garden,
officio! e 1.
Notwithstanding the high price of provisions,
some of the farmers of Bicester have recently reduced the
wages of their labourers from 9s. to Bs. per week, and,
startling as it may appear, one of them is paying able-bodied
married men but 78. per week. Bread 81hd. the 41b. loaf,
and wages 7s. per week, ill accord. We believe that many
persona. -around us are or the verge of .starvation.—such
Advertiser and detyles*.y News.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the popular domestic Melodranze, entitled LA
DAME DE SAINT TROPEZ. Georges Maurice, Mons. F. Le-
maitre ; Hortenie d'Auberive, Mdlle. Clarisse.
Boxes, Gs. , Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Stalls, 36.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at
!:alf-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight.