The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-25 00:00:00

I-10112.,E'0F LthtllS.--(THIS DAY:

The House sat to-day at ten o'clock to hear appeals.
Peers present were, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, and the
Earl of Dartmouth.

CAIRNS V.. RAM'.
The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied
their Lordships the whole morning.

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council grit to-dap
in the Council Chntnbet, Whttehnll. The Lords present were,
the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, the Lord Chief (Ins-
tice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Secretary
Gladstone, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall.

WILLIS V. SIR GEORGE: GIPPS
The arguments on this appeal were heard this morning.
The appellant had been a judge in New South Wales, and
had been dismissed from that office by the respondent, wbe
was at that time Governor of that colony.
Mr. DUNDRY was heard yesterday on behalf of the appel4
lant. and was followed on the same side to-day by
Mr. CHARLES BULLER, who addressed their Lordships tig
nearly one o'clock.
Mr. BETIIELL'S address against the appeal occupied their
Lordships the remainder of the day.
Nothing of any interest took place in the Equity Courts,
which are now sitting in Lincoln's Inn.

QUEEN'S BENCH --(THIS DAY )
THE MASTERS. &C., OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAIVIRRID•R, V°

SIIIE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
This case, in the result of which the public telt a deep in-
terest, stood first on the list for trial by special jury this
morning, hut, on being called on, it was stated that the
matter had been settled by private arrangement.
The case was accordingly withdrawn.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
Sittings at Nisi Prins.
(Before the LOAD CHIEF BARON and Middlesex Specie
3 uries).
GARWOOD V. MOORE.
This was an action to recover the sam of 1051. under the
following circumstances :—The plaintiff had been allotted 5°
shares in the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southamptoll
Railway Company, on each of which he had paid the requi-
site deposit of two guineas. It was set forth in the We'
pectus of the company, that the capital with which the schenr,
was to be carried out was 300,000 guineas. Instead
however, of that sum being, realised, the amount of the sub.
scriptions did not exceed 10,000. When all hope seemed to
be given up by the company of getting the two guineas
deposit on each share, they resolved to ask for
10s. only in the first instance, and to " call " • for the
remainirg 325. at a subsequent period. The plaintiff, how-
ever, had paid the entire amount of his two-guinea deposits,
and afterwards found himself in a worse condition than other
subscribers, who, by a resolution of the company, wero
exonerated from liabilities on payment of 2s. only per share.
lie afterwards failed in obtaining back hie deposit-money,
and, c .n-equently, brought the present action.
The Lofty CHIEF BARON told the jury they would have to
say whether, on I,.oking to the prosl ectus, to the letter of
allotment, and to the receipt of the depo,it money, the plain-
tiff, in theirjudgment, became a partner in the undertaking,
or whether he engaged to pay the preliminary expenssa•
The jury fountl 'thlif verdict for the plaintiff--Damages,
105/.

SHERIFFS'. CuURT.-(THIS DA
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuncizEz.L.)

FISHER. V. AMOS.
This was an action to recover damages for false 4111136'
sonment.
Mr. CORR'S appeared for the plaintiff, whom he stated to
be a
master tailor.in a small way. The defendant is a cheese'
monger in the Kentish-town-r..ad. ' In April, Of. lust Year,
the plaintiff was passing along Argyle-street, Regent-
street, when he saw the defendant in a state of is'
tw°axsicatai°ccrieptaeldl he offered him his assistance,
which
; but a few minutes atarwards,
charge of robbing
on meeting a policeman he gave plaintiff into custody ,I'l a
locked up at the station-house till the next morning, but t. _ him of 25., and plaintiff was thereupro
defendant did not appear be.ore the magistrates, and plaintin
was of course discharged The defendant 11,(1 refused all
apology, and had not even pleaded to the action ; the plain::
tiff, therefore, now came before the jury to ask such damage.
as they would themselves expect under similar cireumstancet
Police constable Goodram C 169, was called,
taking the plaintiff into custody ; on being searched, the.
only money found upon him was a hall-crown piece sna
some copper money. The defendant appeared to be very
day to follow'
much intoxicated and did not appear the next and proved
up the charge.
The UNDER SHERIFF said the defendant had admitted a
the allegations in the declaration, and had trot
was entire f
tor the jury.
Thejury gave damages 403.

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DREADFUL FIRES.
IMMENSE SACRIFICE OF PROPERTY.
This morning, about half-past two o'clock, the neighbour,
hood 4' Clerkenwell was visited by the outoresk of oneheo!
the most extensive conflagrations that has occurred in t
district for some considerable time.
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The scene of its operations was a large superficies,
were erected numerous large buildings, but it is at presee:
impossible to state with anything like accuracy the number
of premises destroyed. One thing is certain, that flames
were observed by a police-constable to break out of the lot y
veneer and foreign wood works, belonging to Mr: Jaques,
situate in Liquorpond-street-. In, the course of a few
minutes the whole place was wrapped in flames. --The house§
in Tothill-street and several intervening alleys abutted upon
the building in question, and some time elapsed before OP
whole of the inmates were aroused. By the time that wan
accomplishe,', their own dwellings had in several instant'
caught fire.
The tire-escapes of the Royal Society for the Protection of
Life from Fire, numerous engines of the brigade, West of
England and County Offices, with those of the parish, arrived
wi;h all expedition. The flames. however, had obtained too
strong a hold to be easily extinguished, and notwithstanding
that the firemen laboured most incessantly, the conflagra-
tion continued to extend, and by three o'clock tilers
could not have been much lees than half an acre of pro-
perty enveloped.
The scene at that period was truly distressing, the house-
hold goods of the different lodgers in the several streets were
thrown out of the windows for protection from the most
alarming and destructive element. The flakes of fire falliry4
like myriads2of—sparks around, several of the beds and ligi"
articles thrown for safety into the streets were actually set
in flames.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Abou. five o'clock all danger of the fire committing fur..
tier ravag. s was at an end, and the majority of the talginell
enabled to be removed to their stati6ns. Oo inquiry y: our
infi.rmant the most heart distressirg•accounts were obtbatned,
not has than between 20 and 30 families ret dered homeles4
alto, unfortunately, too poor in circumstances to retrieve
their lossos. The loss cannot be estimated at less than be-
tween h,OOO/. and 7,0001. •

DAMAGE OCCASIONED BY THE EIRE.
1. The saw-mills of Mr. Jaques, Tuthill-street, viit
chinery, stock, &c., entirely consumed.—lnsured ,ta
West of England Company
2. The coach depository of Messrs. Crowley and Cook en"
tirely consumed ; several coaches, tools, &c., all destroyed.-'
Supposed to be insured in the Sun Fire-office.
3. From Nos. 1 to 8 in White Hart,-passage,Liquorpond.
street, inhabited by about thirty families in poor circurn'
stances, back. part of houses nearly des. roy ed, anti majority of
the humble furniture damaged.—None
4. 'louses Nus. 6 to 13, Tuthill-street. all inhabited by poet;
working people, window-frames burnt, and greater portion of
furniture destroyed and damaged by hasty removal.—fiouses
(or.ly ) in• ured in the Snn Fire-office.
5. In Liquorpond-street, houses from No. 31 to 35 back
fronts all damaged, and furniture by removal.
Our informant, in endeavouring to ascertain the cam
of such a destruction of property, was tollit bl.
one of the Royal Society fire-escape men that while at tb
spot on the previous evening (Wednesday) a chimney be,:
longing to a house at the corner of White Hart-court tArt
fire, and from this circumstance it might have happened tbs:
a spark from the chimney fell among the timber in the ystri.3
of Mr. Jaques, where the fire originated.
The supply of water throughout was abundant in the 0:
creme, and the following is au account of the assistance On

dered on the oPcasiot,
FIRE-ENGINII —Of the London Establishment, 2 A, 4
20, 1 D, and between 100 and 130 auxiliaries • ViestA,
England Corm any. I, and every fireman of the auxiliaries;
London station ; County Office, 1, and every man; aria
2; Messrs. Rein's, I—Total, 13 engines
FIRE-ESCAPES.—Aur in number, from the Hatton-01
Red Lion-square, Iflacktriars, and King's-cross stations. j.
It is very pleasing to state that not a single senor 's ac,'
dent was heard of, and the police arrangements in keePtif.
back the vast crowd present was ably managed by ImsPei..paci
Penny. of the G division, not a single robbery having u"—
heard of. Qho
FIR! AT CAMBRIDGE-MATH, HACKNEY.
before half-past tour inteiligence arrived- of antral:
fire at Cambridge-heath, Hackney, when Mr. erB'„
wood with his,engine and men repaired thither. It 4,(:,
pened at the Victoria Coffee-house, near the toll-gate, v"„d.
ham-terrace; but from the timely aid previously runder'l3
by the arrival of other engines from the A brigade seed°
under Mr. Fogo, the foreman, the damage was confined tc,)
the floor on which it originated. The proprietor is insure,'
in the Royal Exchange office.

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MORE COACHES OFF THE
alway
to Ipswich, the to
the opening of the Eastern Counties
•R I
RoAD.—In consecluence 01
liator con, h to Woodbridge,
coacher
trom Colchester to Ipswich, hays
the Yarmouth Royal Mail the Quicksilver coach to Ipswich, anc!
all been taken off the n and•
wo or three weeks many niy6terloes ft
YOWL—Dui ing tite-ta
ANOTHER NI VsTE lOUS CASE OF POISONING IN N0.14'
named Maria Read, who died about a month 1:
:hien:
sfhroelnwaYsurntlaoklietn g
molars have prevailed Il'itt ^tthe vicinity of Norwich relative to the dea_,,..-
ora
~outig WoMaitir
hof • Etheldred, in the above city, it appears that "
fn the Parh'we-- ''tl.l. to her decease she came from h °
few days rvi: fattierieu and ma otthreird,ay
expired--a Medical • "—el
reside witti
eveningand val.,' ej
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Gentleman, „
being in attendance upon her just
Coleby. 'oefore she brest",,,
h r last, There were at the time son
viglowlegnill rinsiocikiiiin;
,e doubts as :to I'v
ctwhaienthsef°aolif° death, and an inquest was
emanofsu"slp)ii,eidousbyretphoert:'lshiattathiaotvle
held upon the b°,`!, •i;
but no post modem examination took place, and the Jr s.,
however, agreed
t o tao
verdictthy eta.
lated, the body on Friday night was exhumed, and the contents h,
the stomach submitted to Mr. Firth, the surgeon who so ably brcsig •
itta
to light the recent deaths by
poisoning at flappisburg, for exaln „so
o'bfee(ln°dsit"ice°"'M
Hon. We have been since informed that the presence of arsenic "it
beenin the corpse, and the further examination anti an detector slY°
DP
whi‘li is now going on will probably ascertain the quantity OAd tpo
effect. No doubt when the necessary tests are completed. li,a ire
evidence in a more perfect state, the city coroner will reopen 1"d its
quiry into the cause of death. At present the case is involve
complete mystery.
~,, 100
SEVERAE THUNDER-STORM IN KENT.—On ue
_p.
afternoon a most severe thunder-storm passed over Erith, 20",f01
end, Crayford, and Bexley, accompanied by much • lightnin%l'er
very heavy rain, which continued all night and throughout Ye,!,. $1
day (IVednesday) at intervals. Some damage is done, but aS i''
can be learned no lives are lust.
fli. 14,
WooLwicli DocKYARD.—The directors of the ,-„eot
Western Railway have given Mr. Wyatt, the sculptor, the uttaii
four large wheels, ten feet in diameter each. for conveying the tt.,,„•
of the Duke of Wellington from his establishment to its destined 1,0
lie wheels have been taken to the dockyard to have brass bo'4
made for the axles to revolve in, and to turn off the projecting 1;0
for guiding them on the railway. Tyers of ten inches broad are
o' ach
to be attached by rivets, to present a broad surface Ito the gr°,oo
and ina,sive iron axles will support the carriage with the b
weight of the statue.
ft SI
WANTON CR UELTY.—A few days since, some -1. so
cious vilian unknown cut the tails of two donkeys nearly oi:or
that they hung by the skin only. They are the property of aY'
man at Winston, near Debenham. Bury Poet,
We hear fever good authority that Lord Hardie
may be shortly expected back from India. Like a wise alaohso
wishes to return while his laurels retain all their tareshness, and '
written home to express his desire to come back.-..-Morning paPej,
NI URDER OF I Ht. TUKE IN PARIS.-.-The Frericti t:es ..
tier who murdered Dr. 'Puke in Paris, the circumstances of vc old
we gave at the tinie, has just been degr,atled from the ranks
sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.
tilt
..ko,• h r disastei ha,: talle'n upon Smyrna, -- Tn .0:
night of the 30th ult. a fire broY„o out there which consurnedr: el
very short space of time nea:rty 400 snaan shops. It was ct'vre"
the greatest exertten that the aural importaat buildings welw '
served. .
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