The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-13 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS FOR MONDAY.

An asterisk is prefixed to the horses now at New•
market. _ _

The Craven Stakes of 10 soya. each, three-year-olds,
6st ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, ost 51b.
A. F.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each for three
and four-year-olds. D. M.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 Bove. each, 10 ft, for
four-year-olds and upwards. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for three-yrs-old

fillies, Bst 71b. (D. M).
* Duke of Bedford's Lady Constance
* Duke of Rutland's sis. to Flambeau
* Lord Stradbroke's ns. Blackbird
* Colonel Wyndham's sis. to Nora Creina
Lord Exeter's (dead) f by Beiram, out of Marinello
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, for fillies out of mares or
by stallions which never bred a winner, Bst 71b each.
(I). M.)
* Duke of Bedford's Lady Constance
* Lord Albemarle's Wrynose
* Colonel Peel's Samphire
A Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft ; for three-yrs-
old colts, Bst 71b ; those by untried stallions, or out of
untried mares, allowed 41b ; but only one allowance.
Ab. M.
*Duke of Bedford's Piet Whitefoot
Lord Chesterfield's Birkenhead
*Sir J. Hawley's Prospect (41b)
*Mr. Payne's Collingwood
Mr. Phillimore's Oxberry
*Sir G. Heathcate's c, by Amato, out of Countess
(41b)
*Lord Lonsdale's c, by Bay Middleton, out of Miss
Miln (41b)
*Sir W. W. Wynn's Cymynion
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, for three-yrs-olds, not en-
gaged in either Riddlesworth, Two Thousand Guineas
Stake, or One Thousand Guineas Stake; colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. D.M.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Joinville
'Lord Lonsdale's Joy
*Lord Chesterfield's The Free Lance
*Mr. Mason's Pawnbroker
Mr. Batson's c. by Plenipo out'of Revelry.
MATCH.-500 soya. 200 forfeit, Bst 71b each, D.I.
•Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, agst Mr. Payne's Queen
Mab.

MATCH.-200 sovs., half forfeit, 1).M., weight for age.
•Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, Agit *Lord
Orford's Prussic Acid, 3 yrs.
MATCH.-100 sovs., half forfeit, 7st 71b each, Y.C.
*Mr. Clifton's Brown Bess, agst *Mr. O'Brien's Tribute.
MATCH.-300 sm., half forfeit, A.F. *Mr. G. H.
Moore's Wolf Dog, 7st 101 b, received 50 Aprs forfeit from
*Mr. Greville's Alarm.

The match between Tribute and Millwood is post-
poned until Tuesday.

( RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT, II O'CLOCK.
The Craven Stakes not having tilled, the match between
Tribute and Brown Bees having been postponed till Tuesday,
and Lady Constance and Wrynose having, paid to Sam-
phire in the D.M. Sweepstakes, the bill of fare for to-mor-
row is reduced to eight races, all of which have appeared in
print, except the two handicaps ; for these the following
horses stand :

Handicap of 20 soya. each, and only 5, &c. D.M.
King Cob, Bst 121 b Nell Cook, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
Paultons, 4 yrs, Bst 71b cby Beiram, out of Agnes,
Footstool, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 3 yrs, sst 121 b
Peasant, 3 yrs, 7st Two declared forfeit.
Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft. T.Y.C.
Discord, aged, Bst 121 b Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b
Garry Owen, aged, Bst 121 b Beaumont, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b
Espoir, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 'Tewkesbury, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b
The Craven Stakes did not fill.
Lord Chesterfield's Birkenhead, Duke of Bedford's Piet
Whitefoot, Sir G. ITeathcote's Amato colt, Mr. Phillimore's
Oxberry, and Lord Lonsdale's Miss Milner colt, are scratched
for the A.B.M. Sweepstakes, and Joinville and the Revelry
colt for the D.M, Stakes ; both in the first day's list.
Soldier's Joy and Vol-au-Vent are scratched for the New-
market Handicay.
New Match for Friday—Corranna, Bst 101 b, eget Oakley,
Est 71b, T.M.M., 200 h ft.
As yet we have had no betting; in fact, the town has been
thrown off its balance by an accident of a most alarming nature
that befel the special train this afternoon. From the hasty ac-
count we have picked up, it would appear that the train
consisted of two engines, three horse-boxes, with backs, and
eight or nine carriages, and that it had proceeded not more
than nine or ten miles from Shoreditch before the first en-
gine jerked the other off the line, and the horse-boxes be-
coming detached, were overturned into the water at the aide
of the line. Of the carriages, all went over but three, some
on their sides, and others over those in advance, with
the wheels in the air. The wreck is represented to have been
awful, and it is miraculous that the consequences should have
been so comparatively trifling. One horse was killed, another
had his back broken, and two or three others were dread-
fully maimed. One of the guards was also very severely
hurt, but we are happy to state that the passengers escaped
altogether. What would have been their fate lard not the
horse-boxes been placed between the carriages and the en-
gine 3 it is frightful to contemplate. It was full half an hour
before the unfortunate horses were extricated, or the full
extent of the mischief ascertained; one of the engines was
and
o ngs fresh
whomcarr carriages
having etpaevninsgenbteebnacfokrwtoatrdheed, Shoreditch
thepasse passengers, amongst
Lords Chesterfield and Maidstone, were sent on, and, about
two hours after the proper time, reached Newmarket.

A Sofa:nail's Doo.—Sergeant O'Neill, of the 3d
Light Dragoons, writing home to his friends from Ferozepore
on the Bth of January, communicates the fall of his brother
inii frome itilii troop
in
every, the
e came
foot daenri ndetxbtey day and
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remembrancerem
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of remove
in the battle of Moohee, and adds, " he had a little dog that
was with him through the whole charge ; and his comrades
troop,th
themwhiehl,oufcnog urse, andaccededto,day, s intgbactcinogm,panandied
Cis
, the next two
again safe with them.'
ROYAL HARWICH YACHT CLUB. —The Swedish Charge
d'Affaires at the Court of London has just forwarded to the
Rear-Commodore of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club the
following letter :—" Baron Rehausen presents his compli-
ments to Mr. William Knight, and has the honour to inform
him that his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway has
been pleased to grant to the Royal Harwich Yacht Club the
same privileges in the ports of Sweden and Norway as those
already conceded to other yacht clubs.—April 11, 1846." The
Royal Harwich Yacht Club is now exempt from port charges
in Prussia, Lubec, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Hamburgh,
Hanover, Bremen, Holland, Frankfort-on-Maine, Belgium,
France, Portugal, Sardinia, and Egypt. The same privilege
will, it is expected, be soon granted by Russia, Oldenburgh,
Spain, and the Mediterranean Powers. Sardinia and Egypt,
as we have just stated, have already granted the privilege.
DEATH OF EIENSHAW LATHAM, Esq., BANKER.
It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we have this
day to make the painful announcement of the death of oar
highly-respected townsman, Henshaw Latham, Esq., whose
loss will be as severely felt as it will be universally deplored.
Mr. Latham was taken ill yesterday morning at his resi-
dence, Marine-parade, Dover, and expired about an hour
afterwards, from an attack of apoplexy. Mr. Latham
vwas,
we believe, in the 64th year of his age. l Icliannagane7f
many years he had been looked up to as the eeffegwas one
this town, and had been several times mayor. He
ep
d uteri to
of the Barons of the Cinque Ports,
who wereh
Fourth—the
the coronation of George t a _
bear the canopy at
•was observed. He was
last occasion when that ceremony
o H Hand, Bremen, Lubeck,
Consul at this port for France,Sweden, Norway, Den-
and Mecklenburg,' ; Vice-Consul for
Prussia,
Russia, Sardinia, Sicily,
Spain, and Rio de i
mark, America, /IT 11. riY,eart,s. He was agent to Lloyd's, and
Treasurer of Dover Harbour; and since the decease of his
late lamented father,
he was head of the very old and highly-
respected ,firm
banking
. of Latham and Co., Dover.—Dover
Chronic&
VxcLE SAM TERMINATING THE " JOINT OCCII-
rAiscy."—The New York Herald has a pictorial device of
Uncle Sam rinting a new sign and name for the " Oregon
Dispensary, and underneath is printed, " Uncle Sam, chief
partner in the late firm of Sam and Bull. announces to the
world that he is resolved to set up business in Oregon for
himself, and terminate the joint occupancy which has here-
fere existed. Gentlemen having adverse claims to the ter-
ritory, will please step up to the War Department and
receive payment in powder and ball. Ire believes himself
fully capable of giving perfect satisfaction to all such cus-
tomers. His chief clerk, Mr. Polk, will attend to the matter."
MRS. WALKER FERRAND.—This lady died on Sunday,
at Paris, in which city she has for some time been staying
for surgical aid, having a cancer in her breast. We regret to
state that her last sufferings were very great, the cancer
having extended down her arm. Her remains will be brought
to Bingley for burial on Saturday (this day). She was the
daughter of Mr. Moss, banker, of Liverpool. Her lose will
be greatly felt in Bingley, where, amongstother acts of heae-
volence, she allowed several fields to be set out for spade
hnsbandry.--Leeds Mercury.

611520 COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Amin. 12, 1846.—An accident occurred on this line
between Edmonton and Ponder's End to a special train
that left London for Chesterford this day at 1 30 P.M.
The cause is at present unknown, but an immediate and
full investigation will take place. The speed of the train
was about 43 miles an hour, as the secretary and super-
intendent of the locomotive department were on one of
tile !engines, noting it by their watches at the period of
the accident. The directors announce with much satis-
faction that there has not been loss of life, and that two
persons only are injured—one a guard, who is pro-
nounced by the medical gentleman not to be in any
danger, and a porter, who has suffered a slight contu-
sion. The Deputy Chairman of the Company and a
director, who lives in the vicinity, arrived shortly after
the accident, and the line was cleared and put in working
order within two hours of the arrival of the necessary
apparatus.

DESTRUCTION OF A WARE-
HOUSE BY FIRE.

On Friday morning, about twenty minutes before two
o'clock, the warehouses occupied by Messrs. Peter Jack-
son and Co. furriers, wool merchants, and silk plush
manufacturers, Auburn-street, London-road, was dis-
covered to be on f/re. The discovery was made by the
police, and no time was lost in communicating the intel-
ligence to Mr. Rose, at the police yard. When first
seen, however, the fire had made considerable progress
through the building, and although Mr. Rose and a com-
pany of firemen, with the Thames engine, reached the
place a few minutes before two o'clock, the
blaze was distinctly visible to them as they went
along Portland-street. The building, indeed, was
then on fire from the top almost to the
.bottom,
and the flames were issuing from the windows.
Water was flowing abundantly from one of the
plugs which had been opened, when the engine arrived.
An "upright" was fixed into the plug, and the water
came with such force, that it was easily conveyed by
means of canvass hose, to the top story of the building,
which is five stories high. The Mersey, Niagara, Water
Witch, and Thetis engines were on the spot soon after-
wards, making five engines altogether. 'Three of them
were quickly got into play, the water being directed
upon the building both at the back and front ; but it
was four o'clock before the flames were effectually sub-
dued. The roof fell in soon after the arrival of Mr.
Rose, and the entire building may be said to be gutted,
with the exception of a portion of the ground floor, used
as a counting-house. The outer walls, however, are quite
perfect. One of the gables adjoins the warehouses of Mr.
Frederick Schwann, merchant, and Mr. B. Gibbons,
nail manufacturer; the other gable faces Messrs. Plant and
Son's cotton mill, from which it is separated only by a
narrow street running from Auburn-street to Upton-
street ; and behind the building destroyed is a yard
nearly filled with sheds, which extended to the premises
of Messrs. Cottam and Travis, ironmongers. Notwith-
standing, however, the contiguity of so much valuable
property, Messrs. Jackson and Co.'s warehouse is the
only building which has suffered injury, a fact which
says much for the exertions of the firemen, and thejudi-
cious. conduct of Mr. Rose and Mr. Thomas Rose, in
giving their directions. The police, to whom much
praise is also due, assisted by other persons, succeeded
in getting some goods and an iron safe out of the ware-
house at an early period in the progress of the conflag-
ration. Showers of sparks flew in the direction of the
large warehouse of Messrs. Patchett, M`Kay, and Co.
carriers, but effectual precautions were taken by the fire-
men, police, and persons connected with the warehouse,
to prevent it from being set on fire.
It is supposed that the total damage done to Messrs.
Jackson and Co.'s warehouses aad stock of goods, will
amount to about 5,000/. The stock is insured in the
Sun fire office for 4,000/., and in the Protestant Dis-
senters', for 1,0004 The building, which belongs to a
brother of Mr. Jackson, is, we understand, insured in the
West of England office, for 2,2001. Its dimensions are
16 yards by 9 yards, and it will probably cost from
1,0001. to 1,2001. to restore it. The origin of the fire is
unknown. Mr. Jackson locked up the premises a little
before nine o'clock on Thursday night, and at that time
everything appeared quite safe, and no smell of fire was
perceptible. The fire is supposed to have commenced in
a room where no fire had been used on Thursday, though
Mr. Jackson had been in the room with a light, which,
however, he used with the greatest caution. Every
opinion, therefore, as to the cause of the fire, must be
mere conjucture. Captain Willis was present in the
course of the morning. Owing to the hour at which
the fire broke out, there was a much less crowd assem-
bled than is usual on such oceasions.—Manchester Guar-
dian.

THE WEATHER.—THE FLOODS.
We had an almost continuous fall of rain, night and
day, for five days, up to Wednesday, when there were
indications of better weather. To-day (Thursday) the
sun has come forth in all his glory.—Hull Packet.
RUINOUS EFFECTS OF THE RAINS.—Among several
instances of injury done by the recent rains, we have
heard of none sal disastrous as has proved to be the
case with an industrious individual on the Anlaby road.
The party, with whose name even we are unacquainted,
lately hired a worked-out brick field near St. Stephen's
Church, and on which he had expended the earnings of
his whole life to raise a new soil, and to stock it with
seeds and plants for the supply of the vegetable market,
when the deluge—for it has lit-rally proved one on the
face cf his two or three acres—has completely destroyed
all the prospects which in his honest industry he had
contemplated.—Hull Packet.
FLOODS IN THE EAST RlDlNG.—Hundreds and hun-
dreds of acres on the low lands around Hull are now
under water. Between Hull and Beverley, and Selby
and Brough, numbers of fields present the appearance of
one vast lake, . and in many places the drains and water
courses are undistinguishable from the land on either
aide. On the road from Hatfield to Hull the highway
in one part, is covered with water knee deep. It is said
that the land in the East Riding has not been so gene-
rally and heavily fivodtd for 30 years, and unless we
speedily have dry and windy weather, very injurious
effects are ant'xipated, especially with respect to the
crops of spring corn.—Hull Packet.
FLOODS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The floods now
covering the valley of the Trent are higher than have
been known for many years. The whole of the works
on the line of railway between Nottingham and Newark
are at a stand-still in consequence; and the Midland
Railway, between Nottingham and Red Hill, is covered
in tiao places. The destruction of property in various
directions by this calamity is considerable, and very
many lives are reported to have been lost; but this, we
believe, is without foundation.—Lincoln and _Nottingham
Advertiser.

THE FLOOD AND ITS CASUALTIES.—The almost inces-
ant rain which has fallen since Saturday, has caused
this town and neighbourhood to be visited with a larger
flood than has been seen for many years past ; and
though rumour with her ten thousand tongues has whis-
pered many distressing tales, yet after careful inquiry and
visiting many of the villages on the banks of the Trent,
we, believe that little has occurred beyond what is ordi-
nary in cases of this description. The inundation is cer-
tainly very extensive, the meadows and lands adjoining
the Trent, north and south, fir many miles being an almost
unbroken sheet of water, and several newly built bridges
and portions of works in the course of erection, hay
stacks, hewn timber, cattle, and property of a moveable
character, have bean swept away. At present, how-
ever, notwithstanding the extraordinary reports in cir-
culation during Tuesday and Wednesday last, we have
not been able to discover that a single human life has
been lost. Before noticing particularly the reports in cir-
culation, we may remark that so large a flood has not
taken place during the last twenty years, and so rapid
was the rise on Tuesday night, that a general expectation
prevailed, as a portion of the line of the Midland Rail-
way between Beeston and Keg worth was under water,
that the trains to and from Nottingham would not be
able to proceed on their respective
,journeys. This, how-
ever, has not been the case ; little or no difference has
been made in the railway communication of this town.
The works on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway in
the Meadows and East Croft, adjoining this town, have
been entirely suspended, the water having covered the
whole of the land, with the exception of the Flood-road,
leading to the south from the town, and we believe that
along the whole line the men have ceased working.
At Gonalstone, a bridge built by the railway company,
over the Dover Beck, on the property of John Franckiin,
Esq., gave way on Tuesday morning. and considerable
damage was done by the flood. The entire streets
and approaches to whole villages on the banks
of the Trent are covered with water several
feet deep, and the labouring poor are without
employment. At Stoke, Shelford, Hoveringham
Ilazleford,Bleasby,Fiskerton, &c., the ordinary roads are
quite impassable to foot passengers, and even dangerous
to persons on horseback, in gigs, carts, and other
vehicles. Between Hazleford and Bleasby the water was
so high on the horse-road on Tuesday and Wednesday
as to prevent approach by any means, except by boats,
the hedges in many fields having quite disappeared.
The communication from these villages having become
so difficult, will in some measure account for the extraor-
dinary reports alluded to, though so widely circulated
within the last three days, remaining uncontradicted.
Late on Tuesday evening we heard that an accident
had occurred in the neighbourhood of Fiskerton by the
sudden rise of the waters of the Trent, and that many lives
had been sacrificed. On inquiry as to the nature of the
accident, we were informed that 16 persons, engaged
upon an ozier bed, had been suddenly swept away by
the flood. On Wednesday morning we received a private
letter, stating that on Monday afternoon, a boat laden
with coals and soap, on the river Trent, was upset be-
tween Hoveringham and Hazleford, owing to the over-
flow of water, and that three men and a woman on board -
had perished. This piece of intelligence led us to sup-
pose that probably the report of the accident at Fisker-
ton had taken its rise from this circumstance. Being
unable to obtain any satisfactory intelligence, we deter-
mined on making personal inquiries on the spot. On
arriving at Bulcote, we heard that a foreman of
the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway had positively
stated there that morning, that 18 men had been
drowned near Fiskerton, and the inhabitants were won-
dering how this event had occurred, and who were the
sufferers. At Lowdham and Bleasby no further intelli-
gence could be obtained, and at FOrerton the villagers
were quite astonished to hear That such an event
was stated to have occurred there. They could not say
what had happened elsewhere, as the flood prevented com-
munication.but no person, to their knowledge, had lost his
life at Fiskerton or in its neighbourhood. Hazelford was so
deeply flooded that we could not approach the village, and
after passing along the road above a mile in water, we re-
turned, and took a circuitous route to Hoveringham,where
we found the villagers also quite ignorant of any such
circumstance. One individual had heard of an accident
said to have taken place at Harem, near Newark, where
a bridge is being built over the Trent, but he, like all
others, merely related it as a report. At Bartan we saw
the inan:who was said to have originated the report, and
he bold WI Shit be had jtill Arad ale WII9I. WU a fa.

brication. The public may, therefore, be assured that
the story does not contain any truth whatever. The fine
weather, yesterday, has caused the flood to abate very
fast ; and if the weather keeps fine for two or three
days, the meadows will again resume their , onted ap•
pearance.—Nottingham Journal.