The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-28 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE.-(THIS DAY.)

TWO FIREMEN KILLED.
This morning (Friday) the neighbourhood of. Nor
Crane, Wapping, was thrown into a state of conside fable
excitement by the sudden outbreak of a snot disaS trous
tire, which, in a comparatively short time, laid in ruins
a great amount of valuable property, and destr(T. d the
lives of two fireman belonging to the London Fin t Es•
tablishment. The scene of its operations was the t *ten-
sive biscuit factory belonging to Mesare. Lawfort and
Westrupp, situate in New Crane, High-street, Wap-
ping. About half-past four o'clock the flames i ere
first noticed by the policeman on duty. An ins tent
alarm was given, but although immediate assistance, was
obtained the flames spread, firing floor after floor t Intl'
the upper part of the building presented one she tof
fire. The engines from the London Brigade. f rots
Wellclose-square. with that of the parish, quickly. at-
tended. The firemen, under the impression that
they would be able to prevent the flames prom
working downward into the lower floor, asein.ded
the stairs, and were busily employed in C:-Jstri-
buting water over the blazing mass. Fur some time they
met with no obstruction, but all of a sudden the rot if fell
iu with a fearful crash, carrying by its weight the Doors
below, and two firemen named Fearcy and Hancock were
buried in the rnins. Mackey, the head engineer, ,who
was: standing in a loophole at work near the two un-
fortunate men, was also severely injured, and was re-
moved to the hospital.
Other engines belonging to the brigade, with tha t of
the \Vest of England Company. from Waterlooegoad,
arrived in rapid succession, also the powerful float tig-
engine, notwithstanding which it was several le itirs
before the flames could be entirely extinguished,' and
not until the three upper floors of the mill were de-
stroyed, and the contents consumed. The total dam age
must amount to a large sum.

VAN/MULL GARDENs.—Last night a Bal Maequi
was given at these gardens, and numerously .attended;
the weather, which had been unfavourable during the
last two days, holding up very propitiously throughout
towards evening. Amongst the company were to be
seen the usual variety of costumes, and the disguised
and undisguised alike kept up the exercise of the " light
fantastic toe" with great spirit till an advanced hour to
the morning.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box
at her Majesty's Theatre was yesterday (Thnryday)
evening occupied by the Marquis and Marchionens of
Abercorn, the Countess Jocelyn, Lady Anne Charteris,
the Count Kalowrat, and the lion. W. Begot. Among
the audience were his Royal Highness the Prince Leo-
pold of Naples, his Grace the Duke of Wellington; the
Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duke and Duchess
of Norfolk, the Duke of Leeds, his Excellency the
Swedish Minister and Baroness Rehausen, the Baroness
de Brunnow, the Viscountess Dungannon, the Hon.
Miss Irving, and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Donegal.
the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord
Charles Wellesley, Lord Ward, Lady Augusta Paulet,
Lady A. M. Dawson, Lady H. Bettinek, Lady Mac-
donald, Lady Clay, Lord Gardner, Major-General Sir
Alexander Woodford, Bart., General the Hon. IL
Cavendish, the Hon. F. Byng, Captain the Hon. G.
Grey, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard, Sir
H. Duckworth, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrc.
Palmer, M. C. Koudriaffsky, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, &c.
OPERA ARRANGEMENTS. Mdlle. Jenny Lind
will appear in two new parts before the close of the
season, namely, in I Par itani, to-morrow evening; and
next week in Balfe's opera of Falstaff, with which the
season will close. This opera, originally produced in
1838 with great success, having run six consecutive
nights. has not been performed since; probably on ac-
count of the difficulty of procuring two soprani capeble
of adequately sustaining the two principal female parts.
On the present occasion Mdlle. Lind will play Grisi'i
part—Mrs. Ford, and Mdlle. Cravolli that of Anne
Page, sldlle. Schwartz will sustain the part of Mrs. rage,
Gardoni that of Fenton, Belletti that of Ford, whilst the
incomparable Lablache will fill his original part of Fal-
staff, as no other than himself at the present day can,
that great creation of our immortal Shakspere. So
much having recently been agitated about native talent,
it4is gratifying to fir,d that our Italian opera before the
close of its season will produce a work doing peculiar
homage to British genius—the libretto, the music, and
the scene, being all peculiarly national. But, indeed,
there should be no distinctions of nationality in the
world of art. We understand that Mr. Balfe has com-
posed a new cavatina and a new rondo finale expressly
for Mdlle. Lind.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Mr. Oxberry's benefit will
take place at this theatre on Wednesday next, and we
trust that the public estimation of his talents will be
evinced by the house being well filled.
DEATH OF FRANCOIS CRANIER.—This eminent and
highly esteemed musician died on Tuesday, at his resi-
dence in Weatborne-grove, aged 76. Mr. Cramer was
leader of the Concert of Ancient Music for forty years;
he also led the principal musical festivals in the pro-
vin3es for a; bon period; and: be had been a worthy
member of the ituyal Society of Musicians for 4fty-four
years.

" LIST OF PROCLAIMED JOICES."—Nobody is hence'
forth permitted to say—That an elderly gentleman eon-
nected with railways is a railway buffer. Nor that a lc'
comotive is like a policeman—because it takes people
up to the station. Nor that a slow train, followed by
quick one, is like the letter W—because the X presses
on behind. Nor that a partizan of the Great Western
line is like a stout exciseman—because he is a broad'
gauger. Nor that the wheels upon railways are lubri-
cated with train oil. Nor that railroads intended fur the
conveyance of luggage are therefore to be called trunk
lines.—Bubbles of the Boiler.
THE COLD EARTH CURE.—The " cold earth" care
seems destined to rival the " cold water cure." One
day last week, an old man from Shields arrived from
his native place, High Coniscliffe, near Darlingtonl
suffering very much from paralysis, which had deprtved.
him of the use of one side. He said he was told to get
himself buried two feet deep in his " native soil," and be
would be cured. The poor fellow, strong in faith, got anion
to dig a hole by the Tees-side, into which he got, and "9 ,
covered over for a couple of hours, his head only being
visible ! He had not been long in his grave before be
broke out into a profuse perspiration. He complained
of excruciating pain in the side where before he had n°
feeling at all, and after his exhumation he declared hie'
self better, could walk nimbler, and had some feeling iB
his side. A correspondent of the Durham Advertiser, wbe
thinks the " cold earth" cure "not to be laughed at," 80,
"on the authority of an informant at Darlington, a Alto"
tese physician was, some forty years since on a visit to the
father of my informant, who, in the coarse of conversv
tion, asked him what treatment he prescribed in an at'
tack of the plague, to which the physician replied, in b_4,l'
imperfect English, " We do take the people that are
seized, and do bury them in the ground till they
do
swear." " Swear, doctor, swear, did you say? Vas'
can swearing have to do with their cure? You probably
mean sweat instead of swear." " Ah! yes; sweat, apt
is the word; we do bury them in the ground till they
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sweat."—Newcastle Journal.
TEA.—It has been asserted, by writer after writer,.
that the black and green teas are the produce of distincU
species of the tea tree, and to this
circumstance their
difference of quality has been attributed. Mr. Reeves'
an Englishman, arid tea-taster to the East India Co
pany at Canton, gave his authority to the opinion; but
seems probable that his taste was a better assistant to
commerce than his eye to science, for Dr. Slebald,
other botanists, have determined that in Japan the same
plant produces both the; black and green teas, and
Fortune has corroborated the fact in China. For greet,'
tea the leaves are gathered, and immediately submitted
to the drying process, on large iron pans, and to rolling
them between the hands, to twist them as required. For,
black tea, the leaves after gathering, are exposed 01
sieves over boiling water, and infused by the hot steepl'
by which they are deprived of some of their astringent
principles, and then dried as for
green tea. An err°-
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connected as it is with an article so perpetually before
us, it is worth while to correct—Al aund'a Bolani°
Garden and Fruitist.
FATAL AccIDENT.—On Monday morning, while
Charles Clark, pointsman on the Ilawick l:reanch of the
North British Railway, was at his post, an engine cal
along the line on a different rail from what he expect'
and before he could get out of the way the buffer of 19'
locomotive struck him down, and the wheels of the 4,12:
gine passed over his body, causing instantaneous deist",
No blame, we believe, can be attached to any person.'
North BY iti,h Daily Mail.
A GRATEFUL NEIGHBOUR.—A man out vie-
at
whose house was recently destroyed by fire, publish es le
card, in which lie thanks his fellow-citizens for malting
an unsuccessful attempt to save his furniture, and SP
presses a hope that he will soon have an opportunity to
reciprocate the favour!—American paper.

al Ist

On the 21st inst., at litiniiFryston-hall. Ferrybrid get
Yorkshire, the wife of B. Hemsworth, Esq., of a son.
On the 23d inst., in Winckley• square, Preston, the
wilt
Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Crofton, Unattached, of a son.
111 On the 24th inst., at Southend, Kent, the wife of W. ,
shall, Esq., of a sini.
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On the 25th inst., at Chelmsford, the lady of Capt. Coed Of
Royal Marines, of a daughter.
At Sydenham, on the 26th inst., the lady of R. C. Pel
Esu., of a daughter.
srilf
On the 27th inst., at Ince Blundell-hall, near Liven MP'
Mrs. W. Blundell, of a son.
On the 26th inst., at Upper Clapton, Middlesex, Mrs.
Gill, of a son.

MARR. t•
On the 20th inst., at PortstewalED
rt, Capt. George J. itic4
goinery, Hon. East India Company's Service, to Julia Mai -01
third daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Douglas>
Earls Gift, county Tyrone.
On the 25th inst., Lieutenant Sohn Huskisson,
Marines, to Julia, eldest daughter of the late T. Lovatt,
of High-green, Wolverhampton.
On the 25th inst., at Kingston Church, Partsea. H . tit
Dr. Edward G. Irving, surgeon, R.N., late of H. DI. S. f•
to Lucy Elizabeth Haynes, second daughter of A. Me ri e
ld
Esq., Commander, Royal Navy, late Governor of the I Pi
of -Ascension.

DIED.
On the 24th inst., aged 71, Mr. George Lawford, of Sa ville-
place, Saville-row. let
On the 25th inst., at Brompton, aged 78, Elizabeth, Ftl
of the late S. Harrison, Esq. 0
Vos
On the 25th inst., at Hertingfordbury, aged 14,
Isabella, third daughter of W. H. Sutton, Esq. IA C
On the 25th inst., II aged 65. Ann, the beloved wife of •
Hitchcock, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. 2-
On the 25th inst., Eliza, the wife of Major Storks, ag Al „i•
On the 25th inst., at Kensington, Mrs. Emma Hawl ;e: t "
Grantchester, near Cambridge.
.1.
On the 25th inst., in the Vilumball-bridge-road, :WA
G. Jones, daughter of J. H. Skelton, Esq. 00
On the 26th inst., aged 70, the Rev. W. Chapman, 41 ye
pastor of the church at Greenwich-road Chapel. , L - : '' ='_
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