The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY.)

At twelve o'clock today, although the flamea had
bee:i long completely got under, there still existed in all
the three warehouses an immense body cf smothered
embers, which sent up dense volumes of smoke, and
rendered necessary the continual working cf several en-
gines, placed in Montague-close and St. Saviour's-
passage, to restrain it from bursting out into flames.
The floating engines, also, manned by 200 men, were
still at work, throwing torrents of water on the ruins.

All the three warehouses are completely demolished,
and of the warehouse in the occupation of the liessrs.
Wigan and Co., which caught fire last, nothing remains
but the four bare walls. The corner nearest to the mar-
ket presents a very dangerous appearance; large gaps in
the walls on both sides are widening every hour, and
great fears are entertained that before long that corner,
at least, will fell in. Montagtn-elmo in some places is
covered uncle deep with hops, smoking with smothered
embers, and in others is flooded with the streams of
water which have been poured en the buildings.
.Next to the extraordinary circumstance of the fire
taking a sudden leap from the second to the fourth of
the pile, passing over entirely Messrs. Alien and iku-
derson's premises, the greatest wonder is how St.
Saviour's Church escaped. 13:70nd having all its win-
dows cracked, and the walla blackened, this ancient pile
has sustained little or no injury.
The unfortunate fireman who was ea terribly scorched
at the time when the flames were first discovered
in
Messrs. Wigan's warehouse lies in a very paecarious state.
It is feared that his sight is entirely destroyed, and it
is
miraculous how, not only ho but the body of firemen
with him at the time, escaped with their lives, so sud-
denly and powerfully did the flames burst forth.

ENTERTAINMENT TO HER MAJESTY'S

JUDGES.

Yesterday the Sheriffs for the City (Carden and
Hodgkinson) entertained her Majesty's Judges, at the
Skinners' Company's Hall, previous to the election of
Sheriffs for the ensuing year, which takes place this day.
Amongst the guests were Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Jus-
tice Patteaon,Mr. Baron Platt, and Mr. Justice Wil-
liams. There were also present Mr. Alderman Thomp-
son, M.P.; Aldermen Hooper, Farncombe, Lawrence,
Salmons, Cubitt, Hunter, Moon, Finnis, Carter, and
Sidney, M.P.; Mr. Masterman, the Recorder, the Town
Clerk, the Common Sergeant, Mr. Commissioner Gur-
ney ; Sergeants Manning, Goulburn, Murphy, M.P.;
Thompson, Jones, Bellasis, and Wallinger ; Messrs.
Clarkson, Ballantine, and Huddlestone; the Under-
Sheriffs Law and Ellis, Dr. Vivian; the Revs. Mr. Eng-
lish, Mt. Wrench, and the ordinary of Newgate (Mr.
Davies); Mr. Catty, Mr. Dakin, Sce.
After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk and re-
sponded to, Mr. Sheriff CARDEN proposed " The health
of her Majesty's Judges," thanks being returned by
Mr. Baron PARKE, who said that he deeply regretted
that the task had not fallen into abler hands, as until
this very afternoon the Lord Chief Baron bad intended
to be present, and to avail himself of the civic hospi-
tality, and had only been prevented, he understood, by
either just having had, or being about to have, an addi-
tion to his family.

This observation created a good deal of merriment
and laughter from all parts of the spacious hail.
The toasts —" The Army and Navy," " The Sheriffs
for the City," " The Recorder, Common-Sergeant, and
Mr. Commissioner Gurney;" " The Bar," " The Enter-
tainment Committee at Guildhall," " The Skinners'
Company far the use of the Hall," were given and re-
spr.ndedto most cordially.

The dinner, which Ras of the choicest description,
was provided by Messrs. Staples, and Mr. Harker offi-
ciated as toastmaster.

REPRESENTATION OF BATH.

BATH, JUNE 23.—The nomination of a Member to
serve in Parliament for the city of Bath took place this
day. The hustings were erected in the Orange-grove,
immediately adjacent to Bah Abbey. There was a com-
plete absence of that excitement which we have witnessed
at former elections. No bands of music or show of ban-
ners paraded the street on either side, nor was the
gathering outside the hustings by any means as tumul-
tuous as on prior occasions. The candidates arrived on
the hustings a little before eleven o'clock.

Mr. W.ilusT came forward for the purpose of pro-
posing Captain Scobell (tho Liberal candidate). He said
that that gentleman Lad always shown himself to be a
consistent Reformer, and had invariably advocated the
great priaciples of freedom. They wanted a person who
had faith in great principles, and who would apply those
principles to all their political institutions.
Mr. NORMAN briefly seconded the nomination.
Mr. BAILEY had much pleasure in proposing Mr. W.
Sutcliffe to represent them in the Commons' House of
Parliament.—(Cheers and hisses.)
Mr. R. T. GORE seconded the nomination.

Captain SCOBELL en rising was greeted with loud
cheers. He advocated reform in the administration of
our army and navy, passing strictures upon the manage-
ment of the public dockyards, and concluded a long
address to the constituency by urging union among the
different ranks of Reformers, observing that, if they
were all true, he should be the Member tor Bath the day
after to-morrow. He was not the tool of any body of
electors or any body of politicians—ho was not in the
hands of the Whigs or the Radicals, but he was an
upright and liberal Reformer ; and as long as God
gave him health, strength, and life he should continue
so.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. W. SUTCLIFFE, the other candidate, who was
very indistinctly heard, possessing a very weak voice,
said he came forward as the candidate of the great Con-
servative party at Bath. If they were willing to accept
as their representative a fellow-citizen of their own,
brought forward by the Conservative gentry, he believed
it would do great good towards uniting different classes
in the city. Therefore it was not merely because ho
had lived 50 years among them that he came forward.
He would now proceed to touch on one or two topics.
There was ono subject, and that a very important ono,
on which ho felt there was no difference between himself
and his gallant opponent. He alluded to a judiciou!,
searching, but careful inquiry into the public expendi-
ture. The only way to preserve in its integrity every
large and public establishment was by a periodical and
searching inquiry into its mangement, and if there were
anything upon which ho would pledge himself, it would
be never to ♦ote against any motion brought forward
honestly. Ho appealed to his conduct for many years
in the corporation in proof of the sincerity of his
opinions. On the subject of Papal aggression, he had
taken an active part against it during the list few
months. Mr. Sutcliffe concluded by observing that, if
elected, ho should go to the House of Commons as free
as any man, to take that part on great questions
which to the best of his judgment should appear to be
right.
The show of hands was then taken, and declared by
the Mayor to he in favour of Captain Scobell. A poll
was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Sutcliffe, which will
take place to-morrow. The contest will probably be a
close one.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, Jurtz 23.
A NARROW ESCAPE.—The. Russian barque .2Egir,
Davids master, from Havannak to Cowes, for orders,
and the T. and I'. Woodward, Woodward master,
from ditto, having received their orders for Bristol, on the
18th proceeded for that port, but on the 19th, when off
St. Catherine's, the American ran foul of the Russian,
carrying away her larboard bulwarks, stanchions, &e.,
and her own bowsprit, leaving part of her figure heed
en board the .7Ezir; she then proceeded to the westward.
The JEgir ran for Cowes, and she now lies alongside the
Medina commercial-wharf. When ran into she was
on the starboard tack and had a light up. The T. and
P. Woodward took her just abaft the mainmast, and had
she not been a very- powerful vessel she must have
been completely cot down.
Wind N., and very tine. Bar. 30.00.

MR. BRINLET RICHARDS' MATINEES.—Mr. Brin-
ley Richards, one of our most able pianists and musicians,
summoned his friends yesterday to the first of two perform-
ances of classical music for the pianoforte, in the New Beetho-
ven Rooms, which were completely filled by an aristocratic
and fashionable audience. We have rarely remarked a more I
strict and undeviating attention paid to a selection exclu-
sively of serious music. Mr. Richards was assisted by Ilerr
Ernst '(violin) and Signor Piatti (violoncello), viol
whom he played Beethoven's first trio in C minor, and i
with Herr Ernst Mozart's fine and elaborate sonata I
in A, fur piano and violin. Both were admirably
per-
formed ; the latter especially, one of the most diffi-
cult and trying of Mozart's chamber pieces. Mr.
Richards also played solos, selections from Mendelsohn and
Sterndale Bennett, besides some elegant pieces of his own
composition, among which " The Vision," a romance, and
a scherzo, called the "The Rivulet and the Birds," at'
tracted particular attention, and were loudly APplaulAt"
Not the least interesting of the performances was the
Andante con Variazioni of Mendelssohn (0 ). 8 —r 3f.
tliur-
, thous),l
ous), for two performers on the
pianoforte,) inwhich
-.,i I...charda was assisted by Mr. Cipriani Potter.
Hen ‘• yaria-
tions" were like tbese,there would be no defence for the
opponents of this particular form of fantasia. One of Signor
Botteini's wonderful exhibitions on the contrabass°, an d a
Mr. Cipriani
couple of airs by that popular favourite, Miss Catherine
Hayes, agreeably varied the programme. ni
Potter presided as accompanist at the pianoforte.
AT SEA.—On
Two MEN DROWNED IN
Saturday morning a fatal atfraY as she was
toAok}:pllaallTon board a steam-
tug, the Queen, belonging to North Shields,The vessel left the Tyne I
run-
ping along the Durham
coacsrt;iv of three hands on board,
early in the morning.port,to ek
fur the purpoie of lookiwngithouathefourres,hipwshetno
a id.eittltre intonce
and had been to Pea some
place between the en; , lnerron and the fireman regarding the
the
stoking of vessel. They quarrelled first with their
took to blows. They first commenced to
fight forward in the
vessel,
and were with some difficulty
separated by the steersman • he had scarcely got back to his
, helm
when they again commenced to fight, and
before' however,
he could interpose a second time they got abaft the
funnel, and having grappled each other closely, fought to the
larboard side of the boat, and in a moment, having tripped
themselves over the rails, fell headformost into the sea. The
steersman immediately rau forward and stopped the boat,
but beforehe could do so they had disappeared, and were never
more seen. It vas half an hour before the steersman could
procure assistance, so as to be able to navigate the vessel
back to the Tyne The names of the parties drowned are
Luke Blyth, engineman, and Stanley Dennis, fireman. They
belonged to North shields, and were married. They were
both sober.

SUMMER ASSIZES.
Convict° and authentic List of tho Summer Cireuiti
for 1851.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.

Before Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice Coleridge.
List day f.r full Cr.C121i5.31012
Assim, Town. notice of trial. days. -
I)t,viss ,g. July 4
Winchester
Dorchester
Exeter
llodmin... July 23
Bridgewerer July "S
Bristol .................. August 2
.11011 E CIRCUIT.
Before Lord Chief Justice Jervis and Mr. Baron Alderson.
Hertford ............ July 5
Che1m5f0rd............ July 11
Maidstor:e ............. July 18
Lewes
Croydon
NORFOLK CIRCUIT'.
Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Cress-

well.
Aylesbury
Bedford
Huntingdon July 7
Cambridgo
Norwich

p.9wich July 19
MIDLAND

July 12
July 15
July 17
........
........ July 24

juiy
'''' •• July 30

CIRCUIT.
Before Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Mauls.
Oartham .. July 5
Northampton
Lincoln July 9
2319
Nottingham July I',
Derby
Leicester
_ _

Caventry
Warwick July 23
NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.
Before Mr. Justice Wightman.
Newtown
y
Carnarvon
Beaumaris
Ruthin
Mold July 26
Chester July 30
SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.
Cardiff'July 12
Haverfordwiest... :Before'' ........Mr.
JulyjJuulystoi: Talfourd.
July 25
C • ardigau ............. .. July 19
Brecon .................. July 23
Presteign ............... July" 28 ...
Chester. July 30
OXFORD CIRCUIT.
Before Mr. Justice Erle and Mr. Baron Martin.
Abicgdon...
Oxford July .5
Worcester
Stafford
......... July 24
Shrewsbury July 21 ......... July 31
Hereford
Monmouth
Gloucester
_July 30
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August 9
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