The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-29 00:00:00

THE FATAL CONFLAGRATION IN T.

Upon making inquiries at the hospital as to the state of
Mrs. Woolley, the unfortunate woman who was so
r
seriously injured by jumping out of the second-iluvrts
window, during the progress of the fire at Mr. Bile 0,
chemical warehouses, No. 30, Liverpool Street, 13„isheal3nd
gate, it was ascertained that she was going on wait:" d
nothing fatal was apprehended. The death of her huslr
has been wisely kept from her, and she seems to.lonber
that he has not been to see her. In order to pacify of
she has beentold that in all probability he is not aw,sl.„ente
her being in the hospital. Yesterday a very 111'"-of
examination of the ruins was made for the purpose
the
learning if possible the cause of the fire, but without
least success.

ANOTHER CHEMICAL WORKS ON FIFE'
At an early hour yesterday morning the foblri-
tants of Battersea were terribly alarmed owing to 3
and an explosion taking place on the extensive Nor.
belonging to Messrs. May and Baker, manufaxtultr
ch emists, Garden Wharf, Church-street. The diso,";
arose from the fumes of either coming in contact wit'
gas light, and in an instant the ether rooms and itores'us
timber building 60 feet long, was in a blaze, and nurnertoly
explosions followed each other in rapid succession, Pfs,
riddling the building. The damage done is very Seri
but no one was injured.

MR. BRUCE AT GREENOCK.
[CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.] ed
The Right Hon. Mr. Bruce, Home Secretary, addressed
his constituents at Greenock yesterday. His address sass
a repetition of his Glasgow speech. In regard to 01
paucity of measures passed last session, he said that there
was some defect in the constitutional machhierli:
vor>
which should be remedied, as the quantity 01 ‘" 9,se
had increased enormously, and there was nom
of ministers. He thought that an institution like w,
li French Chamber of Deputies might be adopted. ede
etfended himself against the charges which had Abe
at
brought against him, and said he could justify his con7hat
when called upon. He defied anyone to saY
the Home Office, when called upon to remove a Pre'
grievance, had failed to do so. He defended the positiouft
neutrality which England had taken during the preseyi
continental war, and said that he considered the solo
of arms to a belligerent was justifiable, In regard
the the giving up of Alsace and Lorraine, he thought it
our duty to see that people were not handed over to
Government which they were not disposed to obey, silo
considered that the possession of these provinces vi°tlt
be a weak defence to Prussia if that country dig rd.
possess the heart of the people. He justified Mr. ‘-'3've
well's policy with regard to the creation of a reset;
force, and said he was opposed to a sudden reorganiss.t,li°o
of the volunteers. In conclusion he promised that just
to
would be done to Scotland next session with regard,
education, transfer of land, game laws, and o,!'eof
measures. On the motion of Provost Morton a vo"‘:.3e
thanks was awarded to the hon. gentleman, who
greatly applauded during his speech.

DEATH OF MR. JEREMIAH GARNET
It
The death of Mr. Jeremiah Garnett, at the age of
et
is announced by the Manchester Guardian, a Paris
c founded in great part by the efforts of the decease,•ef
1821. Mr. Garnett was publisher, manager, and f.lOO
editor respectively of that journal durince his connecbler
with it up fill 1861, and it was to his intelligence, eut
prise, and learniig that the paper owes its ',reseal°
flourishing condition. Mr. Garnett was born eleir,
2nd of October, 1793, at Wharfeside,
the residence • of his father, Mr.
Garnett, who was a pap
er manufacturer of Mg
place. He was the third son in a nunier,,y,
family, and his education, commenced under the -Lwas,
Mr. Rye, of Otley, was completed at Rawden, near Lee,he
where he left school, about the year 1809, to learn ;fr.
business of a printer and publisher at Barnsley. ..r,e
Garnett came to Manchester in 1814 or 1815, and for""by
his first connection with the newspaper world the
entering the office of Wheeler's Chronicle, and to
staff of that journal he continued to be attache,L,
with the exception of a brief episode of six ra°llv-ite
in 1819, during which he edited the West Riding Gaziact r
at Huddersfield--until the foundation some six Years la
of the Manchester Guardian. As a proof of the reputa a
which he had acquired at this early period for ability ac
diligence in the collection and arrangement of intelligerito;
it may be observed that he was employed to prepare ing
elaborate memoir of the disturbances in the manufactur to
districts in 1819 for the information of the Secretary of 6ta
for Home Affairs, to whom it was in due course subinitti4
Under Mr. Garnett's guidance the Guardian made,ho
first appearance as a sevenpenny weekly journal on vie.
sth of May, 1821. The first public office that tbe,."o,
ceased filled was that of Commissioner of the P°lo
under the old Government, of Manchester. He was for
and wide respected in the North of England, not only,
tu.
his gentlemanly earnestness, but for his extreme can°
and literary worth.

COMIC PAPERS.
(From Punch.) •
the
A GOOD WISH.-Tay the Rhine, the " Region °-
f
Vine," be henceforth free from Gra_pe-shot ! clier
THE FORTUNE OF WAR.—The French private 591 his
is often told for his encouragement, that he carries
tells
knapsack the bciton of a marshal. Nobody ever
oo -
dell
him that he is much more likely to be carrying a w
leg.
A TRUISM OF THE TIME--Prussia flaw
, says Count
storff, wants us to observe towards her a " benevolent
neutrality. But a neutrality acknowledged to be bene o.
.„
lent by Prussia would be resented as a malevolent neli
trality by France. It is too evident that neutrality
please neither.
Rome with
THE ITALIAN CAPITAL.—The reunion of Roin-,;,tor
Italy may give occasion for the remark respecting v of
Emanuel, that success has at last crowned the venturcei „
an enterprising capitalist. May the capital acquire ;it
the Italian kingdom conduce to an immense improvenl
in its financial affairs.
BEHIND TIME.— Ticket Collector : "This your ill
Mum ? He's too big for a 'alf Ticket."—Mother (d ow
upon him) : " Oh, is he ? Well, p'raps he is now, 3list°
reso
but he wasn't when we started. This 'Xcursion's eve w !
many hours be'ind time, an' he's a growin' lad ! S° no
[Exit in triumph.]

(From Fun.)
When is a rifleman better than his rifle ? Whell

caps it. from
LE FOLLET. —The milliners are not to be driven
they
field, because it is now a field of battle. A contemn:
raradvertises :—" lgitrailleuse a perfectly new fabr/c”
with endless wear." "Drab Fritz an autumn naetitYdi-
" Black silk at panic prices." We resume " iVjj r •
leuse " is a sort of shot-silk. The French novelti,es4
dress are equally suggestive. We learn that— it
Revolution Hat " and " The Vendean Hat " have'tist
seems, appeared simultaneously; these two hats
fight it out as best they can, the general favourite leludi
the "Emigrs bonnet." The " Emigr4 Bonnet" .6
the
course without a crown. Why do not the tailors takeiitb:
hint ? For instance, a reversible paletOt might well
styled the "Turn-about Coat."

( From Judy).
NEVER.—At the conference between M. Jules Favre
and Count Bismarck, we are informed that M. F3vit.:
was actually prepared, with a view to peace, to offeron
pay an indemnity of £100,000,000. If this is correct, V
thing is certain—the German artillery may be good, but
it will never beat the French in sittlling out !
NOT so BAD.—The Pope's time has come at last. The
Italian Royal troops have entered Papal territory t an.l
the chair of St. Peter is on its last legs. The YAP"'
Zouaves shewed just a little fight, but it was of no usV,
of course. The case doesn't want arguing:—the POte 8t
mercenaries might possess the Zouave-iter ma map, "
the King's troops decidedly had thejortite in, 114 I