The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

re 9 SEPTEMBER 18;:1848.

cut off. Wbilst the firemen were busily engaged, the
whole of Mr. Watitibson's premises not consumed by fire
fell with a tremendous crash, blocking up the foot pave-
ment, and nearly burying several of the firemen.
After two hours' hard working the firemen succeeded
in getting the fire entirely extinguished, and, as soon as
the" ruins were • cool enough, they commenced thek
search fur the 11t1 who was
.ktiown to hale perished:
After some time his body was found on the ground floor.
standing in almost a perpendicular position on its head,
clearly showing that he must have been in one of Lln
upper.rooms, and when the flJorkg gave way had faller,
head foremost into the place where he was found. from
thelact of a handkerchief being round bis neck, end his
stockings being on his feet, it is supposed that he stop
ped after being alarmed to- dress himself, instead of
making his escape. The body was literally burnt to t:
cinder, and has been removed to Whitechapel workhouse,
where it will retain until the coroner's inquest.
Respecting the origin of the outbreak nothing that can
be depended upon c. uld be learned. Mr. Hedger, the
assessor of losses to Messrs. Tuplis and Sun, surveyor:.
to the principal fire-offices, inspected tho ruins during,
the day with a view of learning how the calamity oc-
curred.

From the statement made by Mr. Watkinson if
appeared that he closed the shop on Friday night at
ten o'clock,.. and at half-past eleven he turned off the
gas, and retired to rest. At that time there was not the
least smell of anything burning. lie went to bed al-mg
with the unfortunate deceased, and was awoke between
two.and three' o'clock on. Saturday morning:by a strar,ge
noise, and the moment he got up he found the :room full
of smoke. Thefirst -thing he, did was to arouse the
•youth, who was sleeping in his bed, whom he told to
•escape without a mioute'sloseszif time. The next thing
he did waste go upstairs -andalarm Mr. Pitt and, his
wife and fatally. Thelad, be considered had not dont.
What he told him, if he had he might have escaped.
Ile could not form the least idea how this. lire originated.
It is but right to say that when the distance of the
fire-escape. station from. the scene of contlagratiou
taken into consideration, the machine arrived as early
as possible; .
. Subjoined is the official report of the damage done :
" No. 45, Whitechapel-road—Mr. A. F. Watkinson.
tay maker, Ste. Building • burnt down, and contents
aonstimed... Insured in the Legal and Commercial Fire-
offieefor stock in trade.. A-lad named S. T. Pitt burnt
'to death, and Mrs. Pitt with her daughter, a girl ilini
years of.,age, seriously burnt and.taken- to the hospital.
" No. 44, Whitechapd road-Mr. H. Coeltinan, oil
and colourman. Building severely damaged by fire and
water....lnsured in the San Eire-office.

" IYo. 46, Whitechapel-road—Mr. Thomas Hartley.
cap-malter and hatter,. Building similarly dAmaged.
Insurpd: in the Plimaix Fire-offico. • • .
:•The cause of fire.unknown." ,
'-DEATH OF ANOTHER SUFFERER.

SUNDAY EVENING.--1 he unfortunate child, Priscilla
Pitt, who, along, with her mother, was so severely burnt at
the above fire, expired in the Landon Hospital yes ter
day.forenoon at I I o'clock. From the time the child
Was admitted very little hopes were entertained by tin
surgeons, of that institution that she could recover. Mrs.
Pitt, the mother, who is far advanced in pregnancy, is aiS.
most fearfully burnt about her legs and thighs, and it h
elttremely doubtful whether sha will survive. ...Every
thing is being done for her by the medical staff of thi-
hospital that. humanity or surgical skill can suggest ;
&tit it is feared that all will prove unavailing. The father
thotwo children is in a state of dreadful -mental an-
guish. Mr. Watltinsen, the proprietor of the premises
who was severely burnt in endeavouring to save the live:,
of Mrs. Pitt's family, is considerably better, and nothing
fatal need be apprehendtd, in his case.

FATAL ACCIDENT'onthe'GREAT WESTERA
RAILWAY.—THREE, LIVES LOST. -:

GLOUCESTER, SATURDIY AFTERNOON.-A'. most
melancholy catastrophe happened yesterday afternoon
on the Great Western Railway, near the Hatherley
Bridge, between this city and Cheltenham. This
portion of the line is used in common by the Great
Western broad guage and the Midland narrow gauge
companies; a line of four feet nine-inch rails being
laid within the broader-ones: In the course 'of the
afternoon, a number of men in the employ of Mr.
Blinkhorn, contractor, were engaged in removing old
and laying down new ballast; . and in consequence of
the almost constant traffic of the ;two companies pass-
ing over:this particular part.of the line, the work b
liable to frequerit interruption, and a vigilant look-
out is necessary for the -safety of thoie engaged in
ballasting. Accordingly, the, contractor has em-
ployed a lad to attend to this' important duty, and tc
ring a loud-sounding bell on the approach of is train.
About four o'clock a train. of about slaty -luggage-
trucks on the narrow guageline passeoup astic.
was, sounded as usual, and five of the men thought- ,
lessly stood .upon the down-line, counting the tracks a:
they passed.: Whilst they were so engaged, the Great ~
Western train' which left Paddington at twelve o'clock,
,appearedinsight. The boy rang the bell ; and the drivel
of the engine, Firefly, sounded the steam whistle ; but:
the poor fellows seemed not to hear it, for they made not
theleast attempt to move off the line. The driver pi
the engine, perceiving the terrible fate that awaited
them, 'endeavoured to shut off the steam and reverse-:
the action of the engine. All, however, had but little
effect in thwarting the shockingaccidentlhat ensued.
The Firefly reached,the five unfortunate men, and in.
an instant they were struck to the ground.- On the
passlog of the; train a melancholy catastrophe pre-
eented itself. The remains of three of the poor, fel-
lows were Stretched 'on the permanent way sbeckingly
mutilated. Their names were Joel Witt, John
Newman, and Henry Paul, whose deaths were install.;
taneous. The other two men, James Wilkes-and
Joseph Ford, were discovered to be alive. Mr. Aihbee,
the superintendent of the Cheltenham station, and Dr.
Brooks, of.the same town, were quickly dispatched
by a pilot-engine to the scene, and the Survivors with
every care were, conveyed to Cheltenham llospital.
There it was ascertained that Wilkes has sustained r
compound fracture of the arm and leg; Ford, a frac-
ture of the thigh and arm. Eventually, however,
Ford's thigh was amputated, so severely was it ghat-
tered. The remains of those who were killed were
removed to Cheltenham.— The five poor fellows:Were
married. Witts and Newman have left as many .as
eight children each. The survivors remain in .a bad
way. Wilkes says that they were so engaged :in no-
ticing the luggage trucks that they altogether forgot
the approach of the Great Western train.

EXECUTION AT LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDA.Y.—NearIy four years have
elapsed since the last infliction of capital punishmens
occurred at Kirkdale ; and the wretched individual
who underwent the extreme penalty of the law in tb,
present instance was the man Adams, in expiation o' '
the murder of a woman with whom he had cohabited
The execution took place at the north-west angle oi
Kirkdale prison this day ; and the crowd which col-
lected to witness the solemn spectacle was much less
than we have seen on occasions of a similar nature,
and the conduc't of the multitude more decorous.
The number present amounted to about 4,000 persons.
A. strong body of police was stationed under the
gallows, to preserve order. A few minutes befort
twelve the door leading to the scaffold was opened,
and immediately after Calcraft, the Old Bailey exe-
cutioner, came forward to adjust the rope. The
prisoner soon appeared, and cast an anxious glance at
the multitude. his countenance was care-worn and
disturbed. In his hands he bore a crucifix, and the
two Catholic clergymen followed him, reading the
litany for the dead. During the final preparations
the dying man looked wistfully on the scene about to
close on him for ever. The bolt was drawn, amidst
exclamations of sympathy and horror from a number
of persons, and he fell. For a. moment there was
scarcely a struggle perceptible ; a few seconds and he
struggled intensely, amidst the shrieksotefmtphteedbyto-
standers. At length, in his agony, he at
raise his bands convulsively totberopebyelapwhsiecdh
he
was suspended, and at least five minutes
be-
fore life was extinct.

DREADFUL DEATH OF AN OLD WATERLOO SOL-
DIER.—On Saturday a poor fellow of the name of Roll-
ston, an old pensioner, and ono of those who served at
Waterloo; expired in the Westminster Hospital under
very melancholy circumstances. It appears that en
Thursday last he was engaged in cleaning the windows
at the house of Mr. Wade, a baker, in Strutton-ground,
Westminster, and while he was observing the men deli-
vering some flour in the shop, his foot slipped from the
second-floor window, and he fell with great violence on
his head on the pavement. beneath. He was imme-
diately taken to the Westminster Hospital, and attended
by Mr. Wildbore, one 'of the house surgeons, but it
was evident he was suffering severely from injuries
inflicted on the head dnd body, and also fracture of the
skull, and no hopes could be entertained of, his .reco-
very, and he expired as above stated, early on Saturday
morning. The deceased was stated to be a civil, hard-
working man. .
A NOBLE SPECIMEN OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.
—The Adept, Captain John Burns, arrived at this port
from Bathurst, New Brunswick, on the Ist inst., bring-
ing the largest cargo of deals, &c., ever imported into
this place in one ship—carrying about forty hands—con-
signed to Thomas llolderness, Esq. This majestic ship
reflects great credit on the builders and owners, Messrs.
Pollock, Gilmour, and Co., Glasgow. Sho was built in
Quebec, and is a full-rigged ship, coppered and copper
fastened; launched in August, 1847. Length over all, 175
feet; breadth of, beam, 37 feet; depth of hold, 243 feet;
comprising poop' and topgallant forecastle, with spacious
sleeping accommodation, and measures, per register,
1,199 9-100 tons. She is the largest ship ever admitted
within the walls of the Ilull Docks. This vessel has
been visited by hundreds of strangers from the west of
Yorkshire, both male and female. who expressed their
surprise at such a " mouster."—llull Packet.

[PRICE 5D,„

HER MAJESTY'S.. YISIT. TO
SCOTLAND: •
• - (From the Court CircUlar.) •
_ .

BAILMORAL, Majesty .and the
'Prince, accompanied.' by her Royal highness the
Princess Royal, the Prince of and Prince
to the great Highland gathering at
InVrcauld. •

,110310jesty viewed the Highland games, inclnd-
4.nk running, dancing, throwing the hammer, &c., and
afterwards. partook or- luncheon with Mr. Farquhar-
Ofi, of Invercauld.
• Her.. Majesty was attended by the countess of
Gainsborefigh; Viscountess Canning,- the Right Hon.
Sir George Grey, and the rest of the Royal suite.
Pr. Robertson will have the honour of joining the
Royal party at dinner this'evening.
'Fainar.---7Her Majesty and the Prince walked out
this morning to the Forest.
The Royal dinner party this evening will include
Sir Benjamin Hill, Bart., and Colonel .Challoner:
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey took his depart
hire this morning from Balmoral, and Lord John
Rfissell is.expected to arrive this evening.

THE BRAEMAR GATHERING.
CASTLEYOWN BRAEMAR, FRIDAY MORNING:—
Yesterday was a glorious one in the future annals of
the north of, Scotland, from the auspicious. presence

of the benevolent Queen and the illustrious Qriuce, her

consort, and , the :members of their youthful family,
at the animal reunion of the Society ,of the. Braeinar

Highlanders, who hold their yearly " p.thering" iu
the ancestral domain's of la: Faninliarseit lief-Inver-

cauld. The Society, which has for.: its object the'
preservation of the ancient national games, has existed
for a long 'series Of years, the 'chief inp—porters and
promoters of these meetinga being the Earl of Fife,
the Duke o£ Leeds, Sir. Alexander Duff, and the
Invercauld. It is almOst needless to observe that on

no previous occasion have these gatherings been so

brilliantly attended as in the present instance, for it
was universally imagined that her Majesty and Prince
Albert, availing themselves of the close proximity of
Balmoral Castle to the scene of that national display,

would embrace the opportunity to be present at the
exhibition. The' preparations were this year on a
far more extended scale than hitherto noticed—there

was much additional- eclat imparted to the scene by
the - attendance of several ..distinguished Scottish

Noblerneu, accompanied by their clausnaen and re
tainers in full Highland array, and, indccd, no such.
aiseihblage as that of yesterday was ever witnessed

, .
hi these parts.
The gathering was a scene of the most pleasing
description: At an early hour in the morning the
inhabitants of the adjacent districts, of all ranks, and

owning
,every deacription of conveyance, began 'to

congregate.
About noon the pibroch of the different clans were
heard in the distance. Lord Ogilvie, and the family
of the Earl -of Airlie, were first to arrive at the ren-
dezvoUs, followed, by above thirty of their clan. In
a< short time was heard the bagpipes' in the direction
of Braemar Castle, of the men of Mar.. The. Fife

tenantry then made their appearance, accompanied
by General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, Mr. George
S. Duff, M.P., and Mr. Ricardo, M.-P., and formed
in line in front of the house. _The Athol men, num-
.

bering,l3o, with the Duke of Athol and the lion.
Captain !Jams Murray at their head, were next to
arrive. The band was admirably equipped in full
Highland costume ; one party were armed with
leds.rt" axes, another with true Highland armour,
of broad sword and target ; and the third with those
formidable weapons of war the Lochabar axe. This
corps had a fine martial bearing, and excited general
admiration. The Duke of Leeds with about one

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hundred retainers, all appropriately equipped, came on
the ground soon afterwards, front Wear Forest, and
with the Athol men formed round the inclosed arena,
in which the games were to take place. The re-
ainers of Invercauld and those of Braemar were

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united to serve as a body guard to her Mij esty, and

Royal Family.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, accompanied by the • Prince 'of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and -Prince Alfred, arrived in an
open carriage (the weather .being remarkably fine),
at half-past two o'clock, atteoed, by theXight Hon.
sir George , Grob—the C.mntess of Gainsborough,
Viscountess Canning, sir amen Clark, Lord Alfred
Tat.Ttlat-Inn Cetntlii.n tkle=ider
nson, the Earl of AbenWen,

Fitzclarencei In the royal suite.
The presence of the Queeu'and ;the Prince .Con-
sOrti with the young Princes and Princess, was
hailed :by the enthusiastic cheering' of the host as-
sembled to eejoy the fesaiVities. It was a truly
Highland demonstraticki•of devoted loyalty, and the
excitement was prolangectsomevvhat be.yond•the cus-
tomarkbeutids.by the inknse pleasure of those rough
hut..warm-hearted subjects of, the. Sovereign.:
General the .Hon. Sir Alexander Duff and Mr.
Farquharson, of Invercauld, received her Majesty
lad the Royal Fanaily,-the armed Highlanders at
the nate• tittle saluting the Queen with-all the honours
clue to her.exatted station.
As the ,Queen and. royal party were being cen-•
ducted.to the seats apecially prepared for them, from
which, they were to visit the games, four handsome
youths, sons of Mr. Farquharson advanced, and kneel-
ing, presented her Majesty, the Princess Royal, and
the Ladies in waiting, the Countess of Gainsborough
and Viscountess Canning, . each with -a bouquet of
-flowers. The Queen evidently participated in the
feelings of her Ladies in waiting at that delightful
mark of consideration, and bestowed on the young
gentleinen her most gracious thanks.
Her Majesty and the party comprising the royal
eirele having taken their seats, the-games were imme-
diately commenced by a foot race for a mile. Another
race (a regular steeple chase), up Craig Chlunie, on
the opposite side of the water, was stoutly contested,
the distance 136ing 100 yards, up a steep wooded hill.
Tossing the e ober, throwing the putting-stone, and such
trials of strength, dexterous training and agility suc-
ceeded, and afforded much pleasure and amusement
to the royal and ennobled spectators. That portion of
the sports havipg,concluded, the Queen and Royal
Family, accompanied by a numerous body of the
noblemen and gentlemen present, proceeded to the
paciotis marquee erected on the lawn, in which
:he dincors were to exhibit their proficiency in the
more graceful arts 'of the -national recreations. Se-
veral dances were performed in the Royal presence,
Among others the favourite sword-dance peculiar to
Scotland. At the termination of the dancing his
Royal Highness Peince Albert called over the names
of the successful couipetitors.to whom the prizes were
tdju3ged, and as they respectively- stepped forward,
her Majesty, with a charming affability, conferred
the several prizes on the victorious candidates. Some
of .the feats were very remarkable, and merited the
applause awarded; but we have not space to give all
the nacres of those who gained prizes, and to particu-
larise one or two individuals would be considered
invidious, - ss all contributed to render the sports as
interesting as possible. . .
In addition to the Queen and the Prince Consort,
and the Royal Family and personages in the royal
retinue we observed among. the. elite of the com-
pany,. the Duke and Duchess of heeds and Miss
Lane Fox,, the Duke .and Duchess of Athol, the
Nfarquia... of Huntley, the Earl and Countess • of
A.bbync, Lord Adolphus -,Fitzclarence, the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Hon. Francis Charteris, M.P., and
Lady, Anne Charteris, Hon. General Sir Alexander
and Lady Duff and Miss, Daft Sir Benjamin Hall
Bart., M.P., Sir John Guest, Bart., M.P., and Lad;
Charlotte Guest, Sir Maxwell and Lady Wallace,
Mr. Duff, M.P., Mr. Ricardo, :M.P., and Miss Ri-
cardo, Lord and Lady James Hay, Lord Henry
Bentinck, Lord Eccles, Lord Brooke, Mr. R. H.
Clive, Mr.
.and Airs. Farquharson, Captain Hay,
Captain and lira. H; Ross 'Sec. &c.
Her Majesty and his Royal 'Highness Prince Al-
bert, after thanking Mr. Farquharson for his polite-
ness and hospitality, retired shortly after four o'clock,
with the Royal party, for Balmoral Castle, the air
ringing again with the cheers of the assembled com-
pany, as the Queen took her departure.
A grand 'banquet was given an the evening,
in the marquee before alluded to, which was beauti-
fully decorated by evergreens and wreaths of foliage,
and round the room were festoons of small lamps,,in-
lermingled with green leaves. One half of the mar-
quee was appropriated for the banquet—a sumptuous
repast—t
and the Other was, at a later period of the
evening, devoted to the dance.
BALMORAL, FRIDAY.
`His Royal Highness Prince ,Albert had excellent
sport on Wednesday morning while out deerstalking,
and succeeded in killing several head.
Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince took
their accustomed early promenade in the private
grounds of the castle, 'and as you will be informed in
the afternoon, after. luncheon, went to Invercauld
House to witness the Braemar gathering, with the
vvhole of the members of the Court staying here.
In the evening the Itight. Hon. Sir George Grey
left for Perth to meet the
.mail train, en route to his
sert in Northumberland.
Lord and Lady John Russell arrived •in time to
join the royal dinner table, last evening, from Dublin,
after making brief sojourns at Glasgow and Perth on
the way. The Noble Lord has arrived to succeed Sir
George Grey, and it is expected will remain with her
Majesty up to the time of her departure, when the
Noble Lord will accompany her Majesty to Mute

,oxhurghdiire, on a ritit to the Earl and
'ess of Minto.
is her Majesty's intention to honour the Earl et
Aberdeen by a visit to Haddo House, near -01e);'
Melarutn, before she returns to Aberdeen to Embark.
(ritnard the royal yacht, and it is said wilrsleep
there two nights.
The Marquis and-Marchioness of Abercorn and a
select' party, are to have the -honour, to meet her
Majesty and the Prince Consort whilst at !held°.
Lord Adolphns Fitzclarence is making a round of
vi3its to his friends residing along Decside.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, FRIDAY.

The Princess Alice and the other branches of the
Royal Family take their usual exercise in the grounds
ttlut. Osborne. - . .

_... ~—...,. . . .
Her_ Serene. 'llighne:,s the Princess of Lichenlobe
rAingenburg. And the Princess Dizi accompanied her
loyal Ilighnes the Duchess of Kent yesterday &la-
wful in her .I‘l,j.sty's yv.cht. the Fairy.

The End and. Countess Grey left town on Saturby
morning for ilotrich Hall, Northumberland.
Sir George Grey has. arrived. at his residence, Fal-
h_don, Alnwiek, fiorn Balmoral.
Dispatches Were sent off from the Culonial7office
on Saturday evening for the Governors orthe•West
India Colonies.

)ispatches were received on Satureay, ut the Colo•
niii-oflice, from the Governor of Car da " and . also
from' the Governors of the other North American
ColOniep.