The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-05 00:00:00

THE LATE B. R. HAYDON.
A general meeting of the committee for promoting the
sub cription to make a permanent provision for the widow
and daughter of the late Mr. Havdon, was held on Tuesday
afternoon, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. Jarnes's-sti eet.
Among other active members of the committee present were
Dr. Bowring, M.P., Dr. Darling, M.D., the Rev. J. S. Boone,
D. T. Coulton, honorary secretary, &c. W. Longman, Esq.,
esided.
The Hon. SECRETARY read the minutes of the previous
meetings, from which it appeared, that since the first
on meet
ing, held at the chambers of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, the
30th of June, about 1,400/. had been subscribed. The fundll
now amounted to nearly 1,7001., from which only a sma
deduction would have to be made. In reply to an applica"
tien made to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
Mr. Coultoa had received the following letter from Baron
Knesebeck

" Cambride-hous August 1, 1846.
" Sir,—l have received the commands e,
of the Duke of Cam-
bridge to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th
nit., and to transmit to you the enclosed 101. Bank of Mg-
'rind note, in aid of the fund now in progress for the permt
nent rc!ief of Mrs. and Miss Haydon, and at the same tirir
to express is Royal Highness's sincere regret that the vets.
numerous calls he has upon him prevents his Royal MP'
ness from contribtitjng more liberally to it.—l have the
honour to remain, Sir, your very obedient servant,
" KNESE BECK.

" D. S. Coulton, Esq."
Among the subscriptions received from distinguished
viduals. within the last few days, the secretary
Earl of Dartmouth, 21/. ; the Duchess of Somerset, JO/ „; Earl
Fortescue,, ; G. Hudson, Esq., M.P. 20/. ;
Esq., 10/. ; Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Knight Bruce, 31 "vir'
Lord Bexley, 5/. ;R. Palmer, Esq., M.P., 1014 '
announced 01
Fielder, Bart., M.P., 5/. ; Lord J. Stwart, 5/. • E. Pendarves:
Esq., M.P., 101. 10s.; Sir C.R.Cockerell, Bart., M.P., 51.,;,555a•
Captain Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., 51.; W. 111111°1Y'
Q.C., 51. 55.; M. D. Hill, Esq., Q.C., 51. ss. ; John KenYct
Esq., 5/. ss. Mr. Coulton here stated,
taken to forward the subscription in the various provincur
towns, and that letters had been received from Liverpoct
stating that a subscription was in progress in that tc_r_
the, steps had.bee_,
under the auspices of an eminent member of the Stock DX_
change, who had succeeded in collecting a censiderable srt;
for the family of the late Mr. Thomas Hood, thy'
committee continue their sitticgs at their office, :20r
lane, Fleet-street, to receive subscriptions.

PRIZE FIGHTS. 200 h
THE TIPTON SLASHER AND TASS PARKER Fon
ASIDE.—The fight between these heavy weights took place
terday, at Lindrick Common, in the Wolverhampto„nr lar
trict. Contrary to expectation, it did not last long, ra
being beaten in twenty-seven minutes. The number °
rounds was twenty-three. ght
BEN TERRY AND ROWLEY.—These middle weights fo-ld
yesterday, near Belper, Derbyshire. The fight was a g„,e,
one. Terry was declared the victor after seventY4'
rounds. Time one hour and fifty-seven minutes.

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On Monday theLONDON at second mchYACHT of theCLUßas seon, by Yac-h t•
the above club, came off. The Lass of Richmond steant-bios r
„ t
with a .highly respectable company, including LaflY °llshio
left Temple-bar pier at ten o'clock,' for East C,reenwicis , 0
order to accompany the match. The following yeas the
twelve o'clock came to station off the Commodores k
Club House) East Lodge, Greenwich : . -
No. Yachts. Tons. Owners.
1. The Cygnet
2.. Mischief
3. Lady Louisa l2 J. G. Moon, Esq. 4it to
The Lady Louisa, at starting, took the lead, and kept' tv..
the flag buoy off Gravesend, which she founded at thirdve
five minutes past two o'clock, followed by the Cygneist'forti
minutes later. The Mischief had been preljouslY t."`—tlis*
out of the race by an accident to her gaff. The 14dY44,7—entl'
returned to East Greenwich, and came in a winner at '",t, r of
five minutes past five, beating the Cygnet by a (I'l4e
an hour.

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THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The comraun-;csejOil is
between Portsmouth- and London by electric telegVreffect
stopped fur the present, the lightning have taken suua the
upon the wires as to preclude the possibility of workid_gas
sa
telegraph. At Farnham the shock communicated
orts the
great as to throw down one of the posts which suPP use-
wires, and the dial in the Gosport terminus is rendere-loged
less by the electric fluid having passed into it and der'have .
all the machinery. It is fortunate that the AdmiraltY
the old telegraph or semaphore to fall back upon. poop,
ORNITHOLOGICAL ANOMALY.—There is at
over the drawing-room window at Casterton Palau.,
near Kirkby Lonsdale, where Mr. W. W. C.. Wilson,
residing, a nest built by a blackbird and a thrush, ;old
have paired together, containing one bird, which ref. nest,
both species. It has been placed in a cage close to the set
and both the blackbird and thrush may constantlY sand
feeding it through the wires of the cage, with W
or
m_, for
caterpillars. Captivity has not abated their affectic'
they sit by it just the same, and entirely support it.
TEZ LATE FIRE IN ST. KATHERINE'S DOcri'eEst
Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire Eng,:i 1,00,,,(11
blishment, returned the following to the insurance Pitlee,,'," Are
us the official report of the extent of damage done at Os, vote,
occurred at St. Katherine's Dock, reported in this joureld,l_,!,,i'agefa.
day :—" Half-past Ten, p.m.—A fire occurred in the •"1::„. TT:
St. Katherine's Dock, the property of the Dock Conail'2,,., 1117:
cause unknown. The premises were insured in the Lon toy
office. The roof of the cooperage is entirely burnt off,
n ite:d „
second floor is burnt out. The first floor is liken''
siticrably damaged by fire and water, and the c°
of the crashing shed are damaged by water,
Leg:ttelld'a,
fire was extinguished by firemen. The engines that ed co-
wers three laud ones belonging to the Dock Company, 4,4 con'
floating engine ; six land engines of the London Establishlne"„ frots
nected with the A district, three from the B section, and tw'aisD,
the D district, as well as the float of the same division ; lae„„Pilarr
West of England, and County engines also attended. No. 44,
street, in the occupation of Mrs. Ann Morris (private), had tb_e_,d tbe
dow curtains burnt, and the sills scorched in the back attic, 8".., .urea
whole of the remainder of the house is damaged by water. le"
in the Sun Fire-office."
ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE QUEEN OF PoRTUGAt
,thod
letter from Lisbon, 23d ultimo, states that the Queen
was on that day delivered of a son. Ibrahim Pacha arrived _ej
Tagus on the same day, and was present at the Te Deum perfo
in the cathedral on that occasion.
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE WILDS.—Sir Thomas Wilde
mon Pleas at Staffordshire Assizes. His Lordship, it," entered upon his duties as Lord Chief Justice of the
wConunets,oift
iCn°,lg
Nisi Prius Court, has made a most favourable impression oinnardlAtioefe,
ties who have witnessed his labours, which have been ,ep
great suavity and patience, as ,tell as a clear and quicle.Pe,!*, beb,P_
of the points of a case. His Lordship is accompanied
,'",-Tder':
Wilde (lately Mademoiselle D'Este), who has attracted c,olis.rsoo;‘,
attention, in consequence of her relationship to the WV` Atills at
being a daughter of the lute Duke of Sussex, by Lalorrle`coir
Murray, to whom his Royal Highness was privately beers tee
Rome. Her Ladyship is almost portly in person, and fleofge ~rte
siderable resemblance to members of the family of tite
Third. Her Ladyship and Sir Thomas did not occuPY of
ments at the Judges' house, but had lodgings in the hoe
Hughes, surgeon.—Staffordshire Mercury. tiTridec
wood mill has been very closely followed by
FIRE AT DUNTOCHER.—The conflagration 10,3. *
both In a pecuniary and industrial sense. It is grleveunee its•
a great as
eta, elle
that the result of the devastation is not only a loss of 40,,„,c, poi
distressing suspension of employment to no less than
,„e 'at the,Pfil:ite
There does not appear to have been a single fire-eng-- d te id
When the fire broke out the country people endeevoure_t hide
ravages by throwing water on the flames, a futile attern.uPd 10 aro"
the case of matter so combustible- as what is usually feutot-rat'ihes'
Not only should such establishments be provided with ly °roe, to
paratus for extinguishing fires, but also with a large.rP,Peat 10'4110
fire-buckets, such as may be found in the lobbies I ga',..ortiod
London and in some of the public offices. Nor is this a 11; giou
male workers, especially those belonging to country nn"ftt this c..r0.-
regularly trained as firemen, and get some advailtage..dded
city. They wen:ft acquire a knowledge of their early
int°,,tto
sion, and when unfortunately it was necessary to c destrd:ifiefl
cution, labour the more strenuously, knowing that.tla if it g' and
element with which they were called to contend, 1",
Irt
the mastery, throw themselves, their families, theilif of 0,11
neighbours out of employ. This hint is worthy, we trainowo,e,dty ,
tion from all concerned—the insurance-offices, reg'"
the operatives themselves, so deeply interested in the o'l
their employment—Edinburgh Evening Post.
THE STORM OF SATURDAY LAST.-- "e,O 3 vitt'', foto
other portions of the new Houses of Parliament P,r,e9.-opeers.,,taj; s, tbe
scene of broken window sashes and panes ; and
is new 11%-rieced,
some defect in the joining of the iron rooting of ths cote violence
gildings and other ornamental work which had 11-fej•ing tilt. of Mr:
so injured that the damage is estimated at 2,000- ,icyllghed se ekes,
of the storm the hail and rain demolished thew:a cedsier,giasseil'
Walker's furniture warehouse, in the York-roaPseeer:d Ps, the hail,
loss to the proprietor, the wet having destroYe need Wd-d, OM° "
beds, &c. In this case there appeased to be ce
or rather encased in it, large lumps of a substan e
fe stern'', Sat:l"
which was shown to our informant soon after " d
MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS FATll`;_biooded rooo
day evening last, about six o'clock, an act of col. .„,e of the tog
berate murder is alleged to have been committed in ancl
pubic parts of the city, We victim a child about
etse._,
„vn e 31,0,
years of ago, and the person who deprived it of lif Illsliric,
e
The unnatural, and in this parts of the country rafhe fi
rave
perpetrated ruder the following rcumstances At t,
pdh°rn:s4e'oloitgYa:Ppdeda
rs alo
old offender," was observed
a man, named Francis Ssveente,
welkin pildfe~
Glasgow-bridge, from south to north, with two of his 'leloP:f
carrying the youngest, named Patrick Sweenie, in his arils, ode
the other by the hand. When he reached the Glastrow,,,,ont't
the bridge, he stopped and placed the child in his Arius
, hot
parapet, at first apparently with the object of taking a rest
looking cautiously round as if to see that he was not obser,viesces
pushed him over the wall, when he fell with all the force dyer, b 6
from such a height was capable of imparting, not into the v. sae
upon the stair between the bridge and the steamboat Wry; sto
child was immediately lifted and sent to the Royal Infirmary t`c3lo
he expired at eleven o'clock the same night, and the father p-evoto
into custody, and afterwards lodged in the police-eille2:,gar
has been for a long time a most incorrigible street v!f;toori.,.--
Glasgow, and has been frequently sent to Ireland by the "'OW
from which he had only arrived for the last time 011
Glasgow .Argus. Of 014
I'HUNDER-STORM.—PARTLILL DESTRUCTI?. tolord!'
GEORGE'S Council, LEICESTER.—On Saturday last el der",„ll
y
neighbourhood were visited b
led
accompanied by the most vivid lightning that has heeilioicS-Itle to
years ; the rain descended in such torrents as gale'
property in Humberstone-gate, Belg
L to the streets been completely ofilleoodofedth, e heaviest thud xne
and other parts of the town, is ~uce
raavned.gathtee, dr.
dcraftrtiou
very 3t ars og
water rushing into the cellars, and destroying a gel, occiosi
the goods therein deposited ; but the most lanledt°:)„iee bet
was the total destruction of' the beautiful octagon -1
to St. George's, or the new church, in Butlae.vo Oleo%
.t.theid
annidieneartrh3cinegntirawenyfabric fell,completely
lightning struck the vane and passed n 441;;•00gto3ber,i1.-
ar
belfry, after which the upper
chshambahseer% andptharetbeeflltn
pfliroeorfesgo'rgii,"44etperooevi frOnAieliftlg;
position on the ground floor, whilst somee spire
the,1,13-- f orgrl an of
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the base became detached, and falling on each std the
lnl The age
destroyed the roofs and staircase, but fortunateutiecb- fiew;;Od
extend to the organ or any other portion of the " het l;n" etp'
w!? also very severe at Rugby, Lntterworth,
r.
f importance was done, except to the standing yes
situations. e VII,-
-ff..4icOr.Of
ALLEGED MURDER AT AINTREE murder eye
of
day the adjourned investigation into the alleged, the aloha', of
Bateson at the late Aintree Races, was resumed 30, psi) fing4ess
in Leigh-street, before Mr. Richard Edwards' iirerfe, grePirt-er,
this melancholy case were briefly detailed inald; werde,' to
this day week. The deceased was a dancer, slTailegee toaide
in the show-box of a man named Shaw. add or
on
Robert Farmer, was a flute-player in another shol t Aintre,c_: co to
a man named Powell. Both these boxes were.'sobee, getitter
the last night of the races the prisoner, who wa'ney Weri dolly
pauy with the deceased, who was very drunk' the foiloolos utter,
leave a tent together about ten o'clock, and od. _ „too.
ad left
..1,0
body was discovered in a pit not far from tne
~, where 11°11 with '„%.••
ments, prior to the finding of• the body, as s- and false, to ald'og
and what had become of her, were so strange to fouoic.'„,
the discoloration of the body, that they yesterdays!t the ono
hended at Croxteth on the capital charge. Thoots that
_Ator
additional evidence was given by lilt:* gated, esteon
Christie, surgeon, of Knotty Ash : went „
consequence of information he received, in,. n"ti Dep
week to the Septon churchyard, andflies n
"s's'
whlc-- t ee,
examination of the body of the decease 00 fa
exhumed for the purpose. Decomposition ;."' The hello licoor
felt himself satisfied with a superficial vie for _
chest, and shoulders, were swollen and livid, P wereui
and face. On the side of the neck and left side
.tiff;',et..3, 50". tl~o,
five marks, similar to the imprint of a thumb an !fit, the:, on
parts were distinctly different from those surre_ttZ;r, It ite;:
cuticle was rubbed off one of the marks. The "`""
the cbest'defo° e
siderably swollen, but not so much discoloured
des
raised In blisters in places which contained blood
water deich Wed
the cuticle, but very different from the Marks dlesa dec°,7;:he
situated on the skin. The lower extremities were
_tot hs pros"
ed nos' • g than any other part. He was of otphieniomnartklisatw etrite:erperodticed,lTNY-orr
a struggle before death, and that Joan witi.e is
011
~,By cord Ite
sure before death. The investigation was here
bade
day next, when, we believe, the prisoner will
aes„.„ assizes-_„a
the capital charge to take his trial at the approye dfe.t. age ;tase . de a 3
an elderly man, apparently not less than 60 lll
only imaginable reason that he could have foranualoon‘jearg,
is, that he wanted to accomplish an unlawfuland
ttle'Frav'ry. we
appe
woman, who is described as middle-aged
evidence it vroul_lntiolli
resisted him. According to the medical
nuhut 'l—
i t a fierce struggle took place between. Lon; psis,
eke was strangled, and throvrn into the pit._rot

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