The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

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Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, who completed her 60th year.
DEATH OF LORD BLOOMFIELD, G.C.8.,
regret to announce the decease of the above Noble and Gal-
lant Officer. His Lordship expired on Saturday last at his
residence in Portman-square. The deceased Benjamin
Bloomfield, Baron Bloomfield, of Oakhampton and Redwood,
in the county of Tipperary, in the peerage of Ireland, G.C.B.
and G.C.H., a Lieutenant-General in the army, Colonel Com-
mandant of the Royal Horse Artillery, Governor of Fort
Charles, Jamaica, and P.C.. was born on the 13th of April,
1768, and married on the 7th of September, 1797, Harriet,
eldest daughter of the late John Douglas, Esq., by whom he
leaves issue one son and two daughters. His Lordship com-
manded the Royal Horse Artillery at Ross and Vinegar Hill
during the Irish rebellion of 1795, and received the thanks of
Lord Cornwallis, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and of
General Lord Lake, to whose staff he was appointed on the
dispersion of the rebel force in that year. The Noble Lord
sat in three Parliaments for the borough of Plymouth, until
his appointment as Privy Purse to the Prince Regent in 1817,
and afterwards for several years filled the offices of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Sweden. His Lordship is succeeded in the family honours
by his son, the Honourable John Arthur Douglas, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Peters-
burgh, who was born in November, 1802, and married, in
September, 1845, the Hon. Georgiazta Liddell, youngest
daughter f Lordßavenswortb.
ALARMING FIRE IN PERCIVAL-STREET, CLERKEN-
WELL.—On Sunday evening, between seven and
__ eight o'clock,
a Ire broke out on the premises belonging. to Mr. B. Whyte,
a jeweller and silversmith, carrying on business at 15, Perci-
val-street, Clerkenwell. It originated in the basement floor,
and was discovered by some neighbours seeing flames issuing
through the area grating. An instant alarm was spread, but
the inmates being all out at the time, it was at first feared
some one had perished. Such, we are happy to say, was not
the case. The parish engine was quickly on the spot, closely
followed by the brigade engines from Farringdon-street and
Whitecross-street stations, the West of England one from
the Waterloo-road arrived shortly after, and also the Hol-
born engine. Plenty of water being at hand two engines
were called into requisition, and by dint of great perseverance
the firemen at length got the fire subdued, but not before
everything in that part of the building where it coin
menced was completely consumed. Fortunately, the other
portions of the premises escaped destruction. Mr. Whyte
was insured in the Phcenix Fire-office. It could not be as-
certained how the fire commenced.
ALLEGED DEATH OF A WOMAN FROM THE VIO-
LENCE OF HER HUSBAND.—On Saturday information was
received by the police that a woman, named Williams, was
lying dead at No. 8, Queen-street, Seven Dials, having been
killed through the violence of her husband, a labourer in the
employ of Messrs. Combo and Delafield, the brewers, of
Castle-street, Long-acre. From the inquiries instituted by
the police it appears that the deceased, who was a woman of
drunken habits, and her husband had frequent quarrels, and.
after one of a more than an ordinary character, the woman
died late on Friday night or Saturday morning. The body
presenting m arks of extreme violence, the face and head
being veiny much bruised, both eyes being blackened, &c.,
information was instantly forwarded to the Coroner, who
issued his warrant for an ireateAt this day, the body in the
mean time to undergo a post mortem examination. Williams
is under the surveillance of the police.
CAMBERWELL FAlR.—This annual pleasure fair will
commence to-day, on the Green, notwithstanding great ex-
ertions made by the inhabitants for its suppression.