The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

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HAMBURG!! and FLANDERS MAM• N
CONSTANT/NOPLB, SEPT. 2.—On the night of ~,..
24th of August, a dreadful fire broke out at Adrianetple,'N-F.!,17)
in the populous Jewish quarter of that city, and, in spite
of the utmost efforts to arrest the progress of the flames,
destroyed in a few hours GOO houses, large and:s=l47' 1-77\g-f
110 magazines of merchandise, 40 taverns, 6 synargAsPA?
and several stores. Above 1,000 families' are '
shelter, and the damage caused by this conflagration _ ;
estimated at more than 18,000,000 of Turkish piaskrfb._),•ti_ye LL
HAMBURGH, SEPT. 17.—The telegraph has brougneSa ei..z.essza
word that the great fire at Ebersdorf is confirmed. The
sufferers have saved scarcely anything. Several children
are said to have been burnt, and manYhandred sheep
perished in the flames.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 17.—Yesterday, about one o'clock,
the opening of the beautiful sluice of Ileysh took place.
This ceremony attracted a great concourse of spectators
from Bruges and from the neighbouring places, who were
eager to be present at a fete so important to the inhabi-
tants of Flanders, as it indicates the completion of one
of the most useful works which have been undertaken
for many years, and which will protect the two provinces
of Flanders from the annual ravages of inundation.
The meeting of the commission, institieed for the ame-
lioration of th condition of the working classes is fix d
for Monday next. The question for the order of the
day is, to inquire into the measures to be employed under
the present circumstances effectually to assist the indi-
gent, and especially of the population of Flanders, who
were formerly engaged in the manufacture of linen by
the handloom.
The general programme of the fetes and ceremonies
which will take place on the anniversaries in
September, has just been published and placarded by
order of the magistrates. It contains no other regula-
tion than those which we have already announced.
The arrivals of corn are at this time very considerable
at Antwerp, within these three days alone thirty ships,
laden with wheat and rye, have entered this port.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 18.—We learn with pleasure that
two important projects of law are proposed by the de- •
partment of Justice, one on the treatment of lunatics,
and the other on the public pawn este blisments, Monts-
de-Piete, and may be laid before the Chambers at their
next session.
By a royal resolution of the 2d of August, M. Callery,
interpreter to the Extraordinary Embassy of his Majesty
the King of the French in China, is nominated Knight
of the Order of Leopold for the active part which he took
in the negotiations, the result of which was to regulate,
on favourable footing, the relations of the commerce and
navigation of Belgium in China.

The punishment peculiar to the naval service of
their country, that of being lashed to the rigging hand
and foot, was undergone by one of the sailors of the Sar-
dinian corvette L'Aurora, on her arrival at Woolwich
on Friday. The poor fellow remained " 'twixt earth
and heaven," suspended in the fore shrouds for four or
five hours, and appeared, from his writhings and contor-
tions, to be suffering considerably.
THE FREE BATHS AND WASHHOUSE ESTABLISH-
MENT IN GLASSHOUSE-YARD.—ThiS establishment has
now been open for twelve months. In the course of the
year 27,622 bathers, 35,480 washers and dryers of clothes,
and 4,522 ironers, have made use of the premises. The
working expenses have been under lid. a head, although
soap is allowed to each bather, and a portion of soap and
soda to each washer of clothes. Quiet, orderly, and civil
conduct has universally prevailed amongst those fre-
quenting the establishment. At the commencement of

the experiment there were only two baths, and to suit
the demand to the means, six persons had to use the
same water successively ; by greater dexterity, the re -
sult of practice, and the addition of two other baths, two
or three persons at the utmost were permitted to use the
same water. Since the erection of two more baths, six
altogether, each individual bathing is supplied with pure
warm water, soap, and a clean towel, except where mem-
bers of a family desire to bathe together. The water
has been supplied gratuitously by the East London.
Waterworks Company.
FIRE ON A RAILWAY.—On Saturday last, as a
merchandise train was going along the London and North-
Western Railway, a piece of ignited coke escaped from
the engine when near the Wolverton station, and dropped
on the tarpauling covering the truck; from the inflam-
mable nature of the materials the flames rapidly spread
to three other trucks, the contents of which were nearly
destroyed before sufficient assistance could be rendered;
one of the trucks was laden with a valuable cargo of
indigo. It is but justice to state that the London and
North-Western Company have taken every precaution
in their power to guard against such casualties as the
foregoing, by directing the servants in their employ to
throw a quantity of water on the covering of the trucks,
at short intervals; but from the extensive warmth that
has prevailed during the summer, the tarpaulings have
been so heated as to ignite upon coming in contact with
the smallest portion of fire.
KINGSWINFORD.—FATAL MINE A CCIDENT.—A.
fatal accident occurred on Thursday weel., to a man
named James Millington, whose death was occasioned
by an explosion of sulphur in a pit which he worked at
Hart's Hill. The mine was considered perfectly safe,
and had been examined with the safety lamp, but the
foul air is so rapid in its accumulation, large quantities
being frequently liberated in the working of the mine,
that before the men became aware of it the explosion
took place. Several poor fellows were badly burnt, one
of whom, named Thomas Winwood, expired a short
time after at Millington. The others are in a fair way
of recovery.—Birmingham Journal.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT NEAR THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY.—On Sunday evening, about six o'clock, an
accident, attended with serious consequences, happened
to a lady and gentleman named Marks, residing at Rod-
ney-terrace West, Mile-end-road, near the Maryland-
point-bridge of the Eastern Counties Railway (Colchester
line), at Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Marks had been cut
tbr an evening drive, and were returning over the above
bridge, when the engine driver of one of the trains
" blew off his steam ;" and the shrillness of the whistle
caused the horse in the chaise to start off at a furious
rate. Mr. Marks did all he could to stop the speed of the
horse, but without doing it, and on getting to the corner
of Well-street, the wheel came in violent contact with
the lamp-post at the corner, and both were thrown out
of it. They were picked up in a state of insensibility,
and carried hit° the Cart and Horse public-house, where
they were attended by Mr. Valiance, surgeon, Stratford.
They were subsequently enabled to be removed to their
residence in a fly.
DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL OWEN.—Lientellant-,
General Robert Owen, one of the oldest as well as one of
the most distinguished officers in the British army, ex-
pired on Friday last, at his seat near Dublin, at the ad-
vanced age of 82, no less than 64 of which were spent
in the service of his country. He entered the army as
an infantry officer in 1782, a somewhat momentous
period, and was then but 18 years of age. His services
were of a most distinguished character, though confined
to the early wars of the Georgian reign. He took part
at the siege of Fort Bownbow, and the captures of the
Islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, and Guadeloupe, in
1794. He was also present in the different actions when
the latter island was attacked by the French sea and
land troops in 1795. On his arrival in England he
commenced the direction of the movements with regard
to the troops doing home duty, and was not, in conse-
quence, employed in the Peninsular and other wars that
followed. On the occasion of a brevet in 1841, he re-
ceived a lieutenant-generalship, but unfortunately no
other honours awaited him. He never received the
colonelcy of a regiment, nor was he decorated.

FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES.—From a private
letter, addressed to one of our correspondents, dated
" Ifobart Town, April 20, 1846," by a gentleman resi-
dent in that colony, we learn that Frost, the leader of the
Chartist body at Monmouth, was at that period a clerk
or warehouseman in a large grocery establishment. That
Williams is still in the police force of the colony, at the
same salary as paid to the other constables, one shilling
and ninepence per day; he bears the character of being
a good officer. Junes was in the police also, but on ac-
count of his good conduct he was appointed as guard to
the mail, and recommended for indulgence; he has since
received his ticket of leave, and was living at the date of
the letter with a watchmaker at Launceston, at a good
salary. It is a remarkable fact that Sergeant Hadley,
who filled the post of " principal drill" in the Birming-
ham police force, under the late Commissioner, is now
filling a similar situation in the police force of the above
colony under the same gentleman. Hadley, it appears,
was transported for embezzlement some time since.—
Birmingham Journal.
A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the forenoon of
Monday last, while some boys were watching a pair of
swallows feeding their young, behind Charlotte-street, a
hawk, skimming along the eaves of the houses, suddenly
pounced upon the nest and carried away two of the
brood. One of the parent birds having witnessed the
onslaught, instantly gave utterance to a peculiar cry,
which, as by the power of incantation, quickly convened
a noisy and enraged swarm of comrades from all quar-
ters, who, with one consent, gave chase to the destroyer,
and overtaking him ere he had got half across the Inch,
commenced such a desperate attack that he soon gave
evident signs of being fairly over-mastered, and ulti-
mately sought the ground at a short distance from the
Fishers' Lodge, where he bravely tried his best to repel
the onsets of his assaulters, hut was compelled to relin-
quish his prey and seek for safety in inglorious flight.
After his departure, which was effected under no little
molestation, the swallows then set about the conveyance
of the young ones to the nest, which, it is said, they
effected in fine style, and seemingly to the satisfaction of
the whole tribe, who gave unmistakeable signs of being
more than usually pleased on the occasion.—Strutnwre
Journal.

THE Bisnormc or AIANCIIESTER.—The death of
Dr. Carey, Bishop of St. Asaph, gives rise to the con-
solidation of the two sees of St. Asaph and Bangor in one
see, according to the Act of Parliament of 1836, and the
order in council of 1838 ; but needs the consent of the
Bishop of Bangor to carry it into effect, otherwise it must
remain in statu quo until the death of that prelate, when
the two sees will become the united see of St. Asaph and
Bangor. As the present net annual revenue of the see
of Bangor is only 4,4641., and the amount of the revenue
of the proposed united see is fixed at 5,2001., we can
hardly suppose that Dr. Bethel, the present Bishop of
Bangor, will decline the offer of the united see, with an
additional revenue of 7361. a year. Assuming that thia
prelate accepts the united see, then one consequence of
that act, as we understand the Order in Council, is the
erection of Manchester into a bishopric forthwith.
Manchester Guardian.

EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE OF HONEY.—Last
week the gardener of James Wintle, Esq., Grey Friars,
in this city, took from one stock of bees in that gentle-
man's garden, a comb weighing no less than 851b5.; the
net weight of the honey which it yielded was near 601bs.
—Gloucester Chronicle.
CHILD DROTPING.—On Saturday night a fine male
child, warmly, but poorly clad, was left in the hall of
Mr. Kelly's bookbinding establishment, Water-street,
Strand. The constable on duty conveyed it to the union
workhouse, where every attention was paid to the found.,
ling, Whp is not more than 4 fortnight old.