The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

THE PURSUIT OF MARRIAGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES,

—ln a parish in the suburbs of London a marriage took place
on Thursday last, under circumstances which are, perhaps,
unparalleled. The bridegroom and bride, and the party
who acted as father to the bride, were severally blind, while
the bridesmaid had only one eye!
THE FIRE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—FURTEIER
PAITICULIES.—It appears that the fire broke out in that
portion of the building occupied by the carpenters employed
in the erection of the establishment, and which was also the
receptacle of a great deal of scaffolding. By some unknown
cause, these materials became ignited. The flames speedily
shot upward, and for a short time the greatest apprehensions
were entertained that the entire structure would fall a prey
to the conflagration. Some few fire-engines, however, were
quickly upon the spot, and a good supply of water having
been obtained, no further damage was experienced than the
total destruction of the scaffolding poles and carpenters'
materials, the fabric itself being but little injured. The
whole of the fire was extinguished in less than half an 130‘..0.
THE DAUGHTER OF NIGHT.—This is On of:
most remarkable works of fiction the season has ',cute,
The story is the delineation of a woman's life, erwho, with
man and adverse circumstances to extremity; :sof purpose,
a steadiness, a pride of purity, and a sineniegen
d;,-' rs and misfor-
struggles through the most tremendous Way °, minuteness
tunes. Scenes are delineated with a Po terrible portions
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lowing is an 1°_,...,,,,an, of Roturua, New Zealand, dated
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A• 1 leso, to his brother, DI r. W. C. Chap-
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1 , v„, may remember the acorns von sent me, in
man :---- ''' der.flask, in 18A6 •
Rev. Thornai;
an old pow . 0 , the whitethorn berries and
tue;esrting etracti'i
sweetbrier seeds had rotted, and their moisture had forced
the acorns, their roots being perfectly entwined. Through
all our wanderings and wars I managed to preserve one ;
this is now twenty feet in height, and twenty inches in girth
at the surface of the earth, and from it we this year ga-
thered eight acorns ; the first, perhaps, ever gathered (I
know of no other like tree) in New Zealand. I have sent
to the Governor six of these, suggesting the idea of Lady
Grey's planting them in her Majesty's name."—Aries Bir-
mingham Gazette.

CULTIVATION OF THE LENTIL—We learn that
M. Guillerez, the eminent professor of the French language
in this city, has been successfully devoting his few leisure
hours tothe cultivation of the lentil (a substance which, if
well cultivated, would prove to our poorer classes a great
advantage), and his exertions have been very successful.
The Highland Society has awarded him their gold medal.
M. Guillerez, who is the first successful grower in Scotland,
has forwarded two samples of his growth to the Great Exhi-
WWII.— Scotsman,

I ANOTHER FIRE IN THE CITY.
Yesterday (Monday) morning the city of London
was visited by one of the most devastating conflagra-
tions that has happened since that which laid in ruins
so many thousand pounds' worth of property in Mark-
lane a few months ego. The scene of this terrible
disaster was a large range of miser .belonging to
Messrs. J. R. Bousfiad and Co., wholesale clothiers
and exporters, situated
.1.26 and 127, Hounsditch. The
building in which the fire commenced had been
erected not more than seven or eight years. It was
of the most substantial construction, and nearly 200
feet long, the lower floor being used as the manufac-
tured goods depot, while that immediately above con-
tained the made-up goods, which were ready for the
home trade or exportation. The floor above this was
the depository for the piece goods, and the one over
that was occupied as the cutting-room. Some slight
conception of the extent of each floor may be formed
when it is stated that all the rooms stretched the
whole length of the building, and were only separated
by immense iron doors. Although the latter proved
of some benefit in preventing the progressb houf
11 tines, they were almost as ckstruqtivi y t
out the firemen for some time from the exact seat of
conflagration. shutting
Two persons only were on the premises when the
fire broke out, and they having been aroused managed
to t trect a safe retreat. The brigade engines, from
Jeffrev-square station quickly attended, when the
firemen found the principal portion of the lower floor
in a bli.ze—the strength of the doors preventing them
from reaching the precise spot in which the flames
were raging. Ow OD'ing to this formidable impediment
the fire very speedily rushed through the flooring,
and communicated with the story above, which con-
tained some thousand pieces of goods ready made up
and of great value. To cut off the fire from the next
floor was then attempted, but, unfortunately, with
no success, although a plentiful supply of water was
obtained from the mains of the New River. The
Jews' Infant School and Devonshire-square Sunday-
school, one at the end of the blazing pile and the
other immediately opposite, were in such proximity
that their destruction appeared inevitable. The fire-
men, however, by inundating them with water,
succeeded in preventing these premises from becom-
ing ignited, and by six o'clock in the evening the fire
was nearly extinguished, the principal damage being
confined to Messrs. Bousfield's premises. The large
building behind the front premises, consisting of cut-
ting rooms, piece rooms, made up goods rooms, and
general stock rooms, was, however, nearly burnt out.
In one compartment alone there were several
thousand pieces of cloth worth a large sum, and is
another was a great assortment of articles for the
spring season, the whole of which have either been
destroyed or seriously injured by fire. Fortunately
the front house has escaped ; the total loss will
amount to many thousand pounds. The firm was in-
sured for the building in the Sun Fire-office, and the
stock in trade and fixtures were insured in the Phoanix,
Imperial, and Union Fire-offices. Respecting the
origin of the misfortune nothing that can be depended
upon could be learnt. The premises were closed at
seven o'clock on Saturday night, and until the flames
showed themselves through the windows no one be•
came aware of the disaster. It seems, therefore, quite
clear that the fire must have been smouldering from
the time the warehouses were closed until it broke
out in a flame.
We regret to say that Hoffineyer, one of the Lon-
don brigade, belonging to the Waterloo-road station,
received such serious injuries, while assisting at the
conflagration, as in all probability will cost him his
life. He was standing on the sill of one of the win-
dows, directing the water from the branch of an
engine into the first floor, when the rooms above fell
in, and the timber flooring projecting through the
opening knocked the unfortunate man from his stand-
ing-place, so that he fell in a horizontal position upon
the top of some iron spikes round an area window.
The iron railings were forced into his side, and he
remained impaled until another fireman rushed for-
ward and lifted him off. It was deemed advisable to
remove him without delay to the London Hospital.
Upon his arrival at that establishment it was found
that two of the spikes had perforated the left blade-
bone, one of his ribs was fractured, and it was feared
that the bone had entered his lungs. He remained
last evening in such a condition that no hopes could
be entertained of his recovery.

IRELAND.
LORD CASTLEREAGH'S EXPLANATION.
DU3LIN, MONDAY MORNING.—The contemplated
movement in the county of Down against Papal
aggression has elicited the following explanatory
letter from Viscount Castlereagh, whose connexion
with the "declaration" of certain Irish Members
against the re-enactment of "penal laws" seems to
have given offence to a large body of his Lordship's
constituents. The Noble Lord, it will be seen, refuses
to sign the protest, which is published in the local
paper, and to which are appended the signatures of
Lords l)ownshire, Roden, and Bangor, together with
all the leading gentry of the county of Down.

" Chesham-place, Jan. 20.
" My dear Ker,---I have received your letter, enclosing
a protest, signed by certain proprietors and residents in
the county of Down.

" As a member of the State, I should readily' protest'
against the assumption of any authority, or the usur-
pation of any title in these realms, by any foreign prince
or potentate, in violation of the laws and constitution of
the State.

" As a member of the United Church of England and
Ireland, I should be prepared to go much further, and to
protest directly against the recent act of the Pope,
which advances what I hold to be an unfounded claim to
jurisdiction in this country, and which has been put forth
in a manner disrepectful to our own Church and to the
Sovereign of these realms.
" With the sentiments, therefore, contained in the
first paragraph of your protest I more than concur.
With you, too, I have learned to appreciate,' and
have ever advocated ' the benefits of true civil and
religious liberty,' as established in this country, and
am determined, on my own part, to resist any at-
tempt,' from whatever quarter, ' to infringe upon those
liberties.'

" But I fear that Ido not concur in the meaning
which—though not expressed—will probably be inferred
from the second paragraph—namely, that some penal
measures are necessary in reference to the proceedings
of the Pope. _ _

" The late movement-of the Roman Catholic Church,
objectionable as I hold it to be, can hardly be described
with correctness as an infringement of civil and religious
liberty, nor should I be prepared to resist that move-
ment by subjecting Roman Catholics to any restrictions
to which they are not at present liable. The mischief to
be apprehended to our own Church from legislative in-
terference in matters of religious doctrine and discipline
is, in my mind, so great that I should be a most unwil-
ling party to any similar interference affecting my
fellow-subjects of a different persuasion.
" This is the main ground on which I feel precluded
from signing the protest which you have forwarded to
me. But I must also add, that I should feel an equal
difficulty in adopting the assertion with which that pro-
test concludes, namely, that the Pope
affairs.claims
"
,: an equal
supremacy in secular and ecclesiastical
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the precise
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secular
claimed by the Roman See, but I should certainly hesi-
tate to affirm, respecting the extent of that claim, a
statement which I apprehend that a large portion of
Roman Catholics on behalf of their Church would con-
fidently repudiate.
"I therefore regret that the protest should be so
worded that I am unable to attach my signature to it.
"I remain, very truly yours,
"D. S. Ser, Esq., &c."

" CASTLEREAGIG

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•
TATTERSALL'S—YEaTEBDAT•
BOUTEIADI STEEPIACHAes.
3 to 1 agst Britiih Yeoman—taken
4to 1 agst Veraz r
4 to 1 agat St. Hellcllr.
idam I a a la2koento 1 taken
"7„,, :I:771s:
10 to 1 sgst Mr. Trelle-fs Cossack—taken
KMl;rrld.3lllFe:hilesterfield' L d E 1
rown's Haricot —taken
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Chesterfield's a y ve yn
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2285
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1 eget Mr. Nichol'
twice a
Willooroa:wiliehMontague—taken
0 000 so 30 apt Mr. Carew's Eva—taken
'"Rhisus and Cossack had strong parties, and closed at
improved quotations; the outlay on the Danebury hors*
was considerable; 30 to 1 was taken to nearly 2001. about
Lady Evelyn; and 1,000 to 30, two or three times, about
1 , 0 0:0 tt oo 30
MO:Algae.

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
20 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Sunrise—taken

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 4 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken
DERBY.

25 to 1 agat Mr. Powney's Lamartine—taken
28 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. J Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken
1,000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Confessor—uken
1,000 to 10 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Lady Geraldine colt

Raoind.6oTnitzspitutredna4)lE.
—taken
10,000 to 100 agst Mr. Garner's Serus
625 to 25 was laid agst Lamartine; 1,000 to 35 apt
and 10,00w0a.stoco1voecireedacinh
Constellation; 40 to 1 to at least 8001. agst Marlborough
ttßuckohei
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a,eogOosOft
otGho one
erNseacOciOtaesnirT:niEol bet);
agst Serus and Lady Geraldine colt. We did not hear
any ( f the leading favourites backed, but a bet of 6,000
DEBBY, 1852.
,2,500 to 50 agst Sir B,Pigot's Father Thames—taken
2,500 to 50 apt Lord Palmerston 's Buckthorn—taken
p
Rattrap is scratched for this event.
LIVERPOOL. STEEPLECHASE.
British Yeoman, Bkij,zet, and Agis are scratched.

SUDDEN DEATH ♦T BERKBLEY.--Abollt twelve
o'clock on Friday night Captain Bailey, of Abwell House,
near this place, was found dead by the aide of his bed. The
event will be much regretted by the poor of Ite neighbour.
hood, who found in the deceased officer a kind friend.
Gloucester Chronicle.