The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

The prisoner was remanded until Thursday next.

FIRE IN THE ADELPlll.—Yesterday morning, be-
tween twelve and one o'clock-, the family of Mr. Appleyard,
of Duke-street, Adelphi, newspaper agent, were greatly
alarmed by the discovery of a tire in one of the sleeping
rooms. Messengers were instantly sent to Chandos-street
brigade station and other places, when in a few minutes two
engines and several firemen arrived. The fire burnt very ra-
pidly, and every precaution was taken to prevent its spread-
ing to the other parts of the house. The firemen soon ob-
tained water, and with their usual ability they resorted to
the most effectual measures. For some short time their ex-
ertions were placed in a very doubtful position ; but ulti-
mately they succeeded, not, however, until a considerable
quantity of the household furniture had been consumed, and
great damage done to the building.
Loss OF THE CITT OF SHIRAZ.—A dispatch has
been forwarded to Lloyd's from the India Board, by order of
the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, enclosing a copy
of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at the Philippine
Islands, reporting the loss of the Bombay ship City of Shiraz,
off the island of Negros. Three, out of a crew of forty persons,
saved.

FATAL FALL TO A GENTLEMAN AGED EIGMTY-
FOUR YEARS.—On Saturday evening Mr. Payne held an in-
quest at the Fountain Tavern, St. George's-road, Southwark,
on the body of Mr. William Douglas, aged eighty-four, who
lately resided at No. 3, West-place, St. George's. He was in
affluent circumstances. On Sunday evening week he left
the parlour in good health, for the purpose of retiring to rest.
On going up stairs he found the landing window open and
attempted to shut it, when it is supposed he missed his foot-
ing, and fell backwards down the stairs, by which he sus-
tained a severe concussion of the brain, and fracture of the
left wrist. Mr. Hooper, a surgeon, attended him till the fol-
lowing Tuesday, when he died from the injuries. Verdict—
" Accidental death."

SUICIDE OF A PAY-SERGEANT IN THE GRENADIER
GUARDS.—WINDSOR, SnipAv.—Yesterday evening an in-
quest was held before 'Wm. Martin, Esq., the Coroner for the
borough, at the Infantry Barracks, Sheet- street, on the body
of John Richardson, a pay-sergeant in the 2d battalion of
Grenadier Guards. The first witness examined was George
Sawyer, colour sergeant, who stated that when hs saw the
deceased, on the previous evening, h appeared very dull, in
consequence of a report in the barracks relating to himself,
and two daughters of one of the other sergeants, which, he
said, was false. Sergeant Henry. Rands deposed that the de-
ceased always appeared to be a man of sound mind, but was
considerably excited about the report alluded to by the former
witness!Colonel Sir Johnßurgoyne stated, that shortly before
nine o'clock that morning, Captain Bradford, the Adjutant,
reported that Sergeant Richardson had hung himself, and
gave witness a sealed letter. Witness knew nothing about
the reports alluded to, nor anything particular concerning
the deceased, having only lately himself joined the battalion.
The surgeon having proved that the usual means to restore
animation were resorted to without effect, the Coroner briefly
summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary
insanity." The deceased, who bore a generally excellent
character, had been in the battalion for upwards of fifteen
years.
DEPARTURE OF THE EAST AND WEST INDIA MAILS.
—SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 3.—The Achilles, Captain Wilson, a
very fine new steam-ship, built for the Oriental Company,
took her departure from the docks this day, at three P.M., for
Constantinople, taking the East India and China mails to
Malta, from which place they will be forwarded to Alexandria
by the Iberia steamer. The Achilles has forty passengers,
and a very full cargo of bale goods. The Royal West India
mail-packet the Thames, Captain Haste, left this port yester-
day, for the West Indies, with the mails for the islands and
MELANCHOLY
South America. She had thirty passengers, a good average
—On the morning of the 26th instant
SHIPwRE.CYS
cargo, also 600 bottles of quicksilver. •
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the stern. Three was subsequently drinen
the West Bay of Dungeness,siliaden with coals; and a boat
with the name " Eliza-
't"hoencoast, and will be
oinntieirirsedri att. Lydd.
ri:ee !lead bodies have
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One of the seamen had initials e W.
and a register ticket found, signed " John Negalet,"arainnd
issued from Newcastle, proves that this man was one of
the unfortunate crew who were all, without doubt,
drowned. The vessel was bound to Rouen.--A large
Dutch ship, said to be the "La Vie Coliseum," from Ba-
tavia to Amsterdam, was wrecked near Pevensey Bay,
and the cargo, consisting of coffee, sugar, indigo, block
tin, and other articles, have washed ashore as far as Dun-
geness West Bay, and lie strewed along the beach at Hast
ings, and some of the timber has floated round the point.
The crew were saved, with the exception of one soldier (an
invalid), who died from his long exposure in the rigging.
Tonnage of the vessel, 620 tons.—A light collier was driven
on shore near Camber Sand Hills, without damage to the
vessel or crew, and it is expected she will be floated off.—A
large ship rode out the gale most of the time in the West
Bay. Fears were entertained for her safety; but she now
lies at anchor in the East Bay, giving another proof of the
value of these roadsteads, in the absence of good Channel
Refuge Ports.—Dover Chronicle.
STRUCTION OF A LARGE MILL NEAR KENDAL
---;s7atordsy night last the neighbourhood of Kendal was
visitesl with a severe gale of wind and rain, which effected
the alnsost entire destruction of a very large and extensive
mill at Seas' Fort, near Kendal, the property of Messrs. G.
and J. Braithwaite, manufacturers, which was in the course
of building. I,j, appears that the roof of the building, which
was composed oif massive balks of wood supported by iron
pillars, was not ettirely completed, and the hurricane tore
away some of the ye,!'
unfinished, and probably not effectually
fixed, beams, and the
y'
1::11 with a dreadful crash, leaving the
i
bare walls standing, whi.-n
some 11 were much damaged. The force
of the shock ma eassasure be estimated by the fact
that many of theyonderou`ad='splaces, and the iron pii.'ar `ad='s of wood were smashed in
tax severalwere likewise broken to
atoms. What renders the circums'
C.xce more extraordinary,
is that the building is almost surrou
and that no other 0 ed by a mountainous
rocky precipice, p !way has been p l
de-
stroyed in the neighbourhood. From the te:.'"ive character
of the building, and the romantic spot in whiCii
is situated,
it has been the resort of great numbers of peopJe
from the
neighbourhood; and when they paid it a visit off 05unday
last, they were astonished at seeing only a heap of
r`lirs
Derby Reporter.
PRISONERS' PROPERTY.-It is to be regretted th 9,t
the very objectionable practice of taking everything from a I
' given all to the Crown,
prisoner which is found in his possession at the time of his
whetherapprehension,
any
partand,
be i f
proved
still continued. This is twice punishing a man for one offence,
be&cles doing injustice and injury to his wife and family,
where he hays them. It was hoped that this system would
have been discontinued before now. We trust it may be
mooted in Parliament. The Government is not so poor as to
need doing this to prisoners.—From a correspondent.
NEW CATECHISM.—The following is a specimen of
the Christrian charity which children are taught by Puseyite
clergy in a parish church of Northumberland :—Question :
After attending church in the morning, and you were to go I
to a Dissenting meeting-house in the evening, whet sit)
would that be? Answer : A grievous sin, a heinous sin.—
Question: What would that sin be called? Answer: The
sin of schism.—Question : What would
,you ask the person
who was preaching there? Answer: I would ask him if he
was ordained by a Bishop. It is needless to add, these
answers are drilled into the poor children beforehand, and
that such is the language of those who rank among their
clergy. A late Bishop of Clogher, a Vere, and a Wetherel,
what did ordination by a Bishop profit them?