The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-24 00:00:00

THE FRENCH STEEPLE CHASE,

The following are the declarations of forfeit in Paris :—Tiger
Fledge, Amelia, Spy, and the Hawk.

NORTHAMPTON RACES.
Northampton, Monday Evening, Six o'clock.—The following
horses have arrived :
Secundus, 5 yrs; Gabbler, 2 yrs ; Needful, 5 yrs ; Godfrey, 5 yrs ;
Muscatel, 3 yrs; Blind Hookey, aged ; Burlesque, 3 yrs.

DREADFUL FIRE

FOUR LIVES LOST,

AND SEVERAL PERSONS

SERIOUSLY INJURED.

On Monday morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire.
attended with fatal consequences to four persons—father and
three children,—and serious results to several other parties.
broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. Timpson,
chemist, No 77, Crawford-street, Marylebone. The dis-
covery was made by a policeman of the D division, whilst
passing along his beat. Smoke which he saw issuing from
the shop window-shutters convinced him that the building
was on fire. Without delay the officer raised an alarm,
and after some trouble succeeded in arousing several
of the inmates. Other constables having arrived at
the spot, some were sent for the fire-engines and escapes.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Life from fire had
the escape from Baker-street, Portman-square, station very
early at the scene. The first thing the conductor of the
machine attempted to du was to ascertain if all the parties
had escaped. Before, however, be had succeeded in affixing
the escape to the front of the premises, a female, apparently
about forty or forty-five years of age, suddenly approached
one of the front windows, and threw herself into the street.
She fell partly on her back and head. The poor creature
was picked up, but she was so dreadfully injured that the
only thing she could say was, " Oh, my poor children are in
the house." This becoming known, the conductor of the
escape ran up the machine in the expectation of being
enabled to save the parties in the place. Whet. however,
he had got upon the top of the escape, a sort of? explosion
occurred in the shop, which blew the shutters off, and the
flames rushing through set the escape in a blaze. The poor
man attempted to slide clown the canvas bag, when he fell
through the hole made by the action of the fire. Falling
upon his head he received a serious, if not fatal, injury to the
skull. The female and the man were promptly removed to
the hospital.
The engines of the brigade from Baker-street, Portman-
square, King-street, and Wells-street stations were early
in arriving, and were set to work under the direction 01
Mr. Staples, the foreman of the district. The Ceunty
engine from Regent-street, with Mr. Garwood and the com-
pany's firemen, followed immediately after, and also the pa-
rochial engines of St. Marylebone. The mains of the West
Middlesex Company afforded an abundant supply of water,
and the engines having been set to work, a powerful stream
of the antagonisti element was thrown into the blazing build-
ing, but upwards of an hour elapsed before the firemen file-
ceeded in getting the flames extinguished. By that period
the shop, kitchens, staircase, and the major part of the se-
cond floor, were destroyed, and the remainder of the premises
seriously damaged by fire.
As soon as the building was sufficiently cooled, a number
of firemen entered the wreck to search for the parties missing,
Upon entering the second floor a sight of a most distressing
character presented itself. In one of the rooms were to be
seen the bodies of Mr. Robert Batters and his three children.
They were not much burned, and death appeared to have re-
sulted from suffocation. They were got out as soon as pos-
sible, and taken to the house of Mr. Bateman, a surgeon op-
posite, and afterwards conveyed on the police stretcher to the
workhouse. The unfortunate man Batters was the husband
of the female before spoken of as having jumped out of the
window. They occupied the second floor.
Had it not been for the explosion of something in the shop,
which set the escape on fire, it is highly probable that the
whole of the inmates would have been rescued by the machine-
men.

By the abolition of the auction and glass duties.
salaries to the amount of 52,6361. annually have been saved
by the discontinuance of the army of officers employed to
collect those taxes.

ARRIVAL OF INDIAN CORN IN DUBLIN.—We feel
highly gratified to announce the arrival of a steamer in this
city from Cork, laden with Indian meal. There are 600
stacks of this excellent and nutricious corn, by the arrival.
One half, by the orders, is to be dispatched by the Royal,
and the other by the Grand Canal, to the interior. It must
be acknowledged that her Majesty's Government are exe-
cuting their duty promptly and with energy.—Dublin
Evening Post.

ST. iSLEBIENT DANES BENEVOLENT PENSION SOCIETY.
—On Saturday, Richard Twining, jun., E,q., furnished, as
treasurer, his annual report of the funds of this society. The
receipts for the year amounted to 2471. 125., and the funded
property to 1,4501. During the year 1801., pensions, were
g►ven to the recipients of the society's bounty. Eighty-
eight male and female qualified candidates bad appliA
for admission to the aluish.used, of whom twilit% -eight were
elected.

It is said that the last canto of Byron's " I)on Juan"
has been discovered at Geneva—that it is evidently the noble
author's manuscript, and equal to any of his published
work*

At the annual hop dinner at the New Inn, at Maid-
stone, last week, the betting for the present year was laid at
from 160,0001. to 170,0001.-7)over Chronicle.

The Duke of Richmond's salmon on the Spey are
selling at the high price of 2s. 6d. to 3s. a pound is the neigh-
bourhood of the fishing grounds.
The cod fishery has been prosecuted during the last
week with great success. The steam-packet has, during
each of the two last trips, carried to the Liverpool market
from twenty to thirty tons of fish. Our market has likewise
been well supplied; prices from 6d. to 9d. per head.—.'Manx
Sun.

IRISH RAILWAY LABOURER/L—At a general meeting
of shareholders of the Great Southern and Western Railway
Company, held on Friday, it was stated in Sir John M.Neill's
report that there are upwards of 25,000 labourers employed
on the works, who are as remarkable for their excellent
conduct as for the efficiency they exhibit in this new de-
scription of work. About 15,000 men are employed on the
Klullingar lino. _ . _ _

VISIT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY TO ASTLEY.S.— Mr.
William Batty, the lessee of Astley's Amphitheatre, having
received the "royal command," a private performance will
take place this afternoon, at four o'clock, which will be
honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice. This is the first visit of the Royal Family to any
theatre or place of public amusement, and it is fully antici-
pated that her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert will accompany their illustrious children.
Mr. Batty, fully appreciating the honour, has determined
that nothing shall be wanting to render the entertainment,
which will be conducted with the strictest privacy, worthy
of Astley's.
LEGAL CLAIMS OF FIREMEN.—At Marlborough-
street Police-court, on Saturday, an important question to
housekeepers was disposed of, in reference to the remunera-
tion firemen are entitled to in cases of a false alarm of fire.
Sparks were observed to escape from the chimney of the
Wyndham Clubhouse, St. James's-square, and in a short
time an engine attended, and it was for this attendance com-
pensation was demanded. In answer to the claim the
steward of the club stated that the kitchen was furnished
with a steam engine, and the draft occasioned the sparks to
fly out of the chimney ; but he denied that there was any
occasion for the attendance of the brigade, as no danger was
apprehended by the inhabitants. Mr. Hardwick decided
that the firemen were entitled to compensation in conse-
quence of sparks having been seen, but he left the amount to
be decided by the parish.
FIRE IN THE BLACKFRIARS-ROAD.—On Saturday
night, shortly before twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the
premises occupied by Mr. More ing, a fancy toy-dealer, carry-
ingd on business at so. 8, Blackfriars-road, near the It(eituiht
Rad.
It commenced in the shop, and when first discovered had
of
obtained a strong hold. Engines of
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England, and parish stations speedily arrived!ia
y succeeded
a good supply of water, the firemen
bhaPoPnid the premises
preventing the flames from extending bey
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in which they originated. The cause ofe the outbreak could
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not be traced. Q in
CAUTION.—A family relos‘iidin„o
venor place, were very nearly •
the artifice of an irnpostress, who called on a pretence of taking home
the linen to wash. lied she succeeded, she would ha% e. ai.straetcd
property to a considerable amount, but sonie susrncloms being excited,
she took advantage of the temporary absence 01 the Serv.ent in at-
tendance, and decamped. lihe Is a short figure, of pale complexion,
and marked with the small pox•