The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

OPENING THE PORTS.

On Saturday, at half-past four o'clock, according to
previous appointment, Lord John Russell received, at
his official residence, the members of four diff,rent
deputations, appointed at recent metropolitan meetings,
got up in favour of opening the ports to the free admis •
sir,n of foreign food. and at which memorials were agreed
in
to be presented to his Lordship by the deputations
h
qtu•stion. The meetings referred to wereheld in the
Borough, at, the L• ,ndon Tavern, the Crown and Anchor,
the Riding School, and John-street Institution, in the
parish of St. Pancras. Mr. Lea Stephens was entrusted
with the B tough memorial, the Rev. W. Stoddart with
the one from the Crown arid Anchor, and Dr. Bird ar.d
\lr. Alexander Camp,, 11 were entrusted with the others
In aadition, there were pr-sent Mr. Charles Cochrane.
Mr. Knighten, Mr Ellis, and Mr. Savage. His Lordship
received the deputation with his usual urbanity, and
having reepested them to be seated, the different memo-
rials v‘ ere pre, ented ut succession.
us the spokesman of the deputation,
Mr. Cochrane,
impressed on his Lordshiap the
with impoeveryrtance
prospect in the p
of a
resent
state of the country, nd,
famine, the neces-ity of conceding to the prayer ofthe
memorialists. He cited a number of instances in which
the greatest privations bad ben suffered through the
high price of provisions, and especially recalled to his
Lordship's recollection his declaration contained in his
address to the city of London, delivered about this time
last year. His Lordship, having listened with great
attention, said that should there be any emergency
requiring extraordinary measures, he would be prepared
to advise his colleagues to adopt them, and when Par-
liament met he would be prepared to justify his conduct.
Mr. Cochrane expressed himself dissatisfied, and wished
idg Lordship to be more precise in what he would con-
sider .‘ an extraordinary emergency," but his Lordship
said that he could give no further explanation. The
- deputation then withdrew.

ANOTHER FIRE AT GRAVESEND.—On Saturday
evening, about seven o'clock, a fire broke out upon the
premises iu the occupation of Mr. Baker, greengrocer,
at the corner of Bentley-street, Gravesend. Informa-
tion was at once furnished to Mr. Loder, the engineer of
the brigade, who was tending the ruins in West-street
at the time, and in a few minutes he dispatched Perrier
and Carter to the spot. The fire had by this time ob-
tained considerable hold of the bed, bedding, furniture,
and skirting boards of the room, and was rapidly ex-
tending upwards, when the firemen rushed in and tore
out the bed furniture and well saturated the floors with
water, which happily had the effect of staying the pro-
gress of the fire. Considerable injury, however, is done
to the contents and building. The occupier is insured.
CURIOUS INCIDENT.—On Monday last, as a train
was going to Didcot, a woodcock flew against the engine,
and was immediately killed by the concussion ; it was
picked up on the return of the engine, when its breast
was found with the skin torn off. It was to be seen at
Mr. Carter's, in the High-street.—Oxford Chronicle.
DEATH BT FIRE AT A POLICE-STATlON.—Thurs-
day, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital,
on Thomas Green, aged five years, the son of Police-
constable 330 K. The parents of deceased reside in the
section-house of the police-station in Arbour-square
Stepney. On Tuesday morning both parents left the
room for a few minutes, when deceased began lighting
paper, by which his clothes were set on fire. his
screams attracted his father's attention, who extinguished
the flames. The deceased was burnt in a most dreadful
manner all over the body, and he expired in the hospital
shortly after his admission. The jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death."
THE LATE EXPLOSION AT OLDBURY. —D HDLEY,
Nov. 19.—Adjourned inquests were held to-day in the
district where the unfortunate accident occurred, but to-
morrow Mr. Hincliffe resumes the inquiry a. Oldbury,
when the most important evidence with respect to the
state of the pits will be produced. The evidence to-
day has been entirely with respect to the identity of the
bodies.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—On Thursday information
was circulated that on Saturday night last the house of
Mr. Richard Ward, at Kilpin Pike, in the parish of
Howden, in Yorkshire, was broken into and robbed of
301. in gold, 201. in silver (including about 150 sixpences
and 200 fourpenny pieces), a bank book, with Mr.
Wood's name on the outside case, and a parcel contain-
ing three dozen Turkey red cotton handkerchiefs, and
several blue ditto. Part of the gold was in a small
black bag, and the silver was in a white linen bag.
Two men are suspected, who were seen lurking aboul
the place.