The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-08 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

RESISTANCE OF RATE-PAYERS.-FOr some time
past the greatest discontent has existed in the parish
of St. Andrew, Holborn, in consequence of the
rate-payers conceiving that they had been unjustly
dealt by and overcharged. In many instances the
collectors, it is said, have charged for warrants or
summonses when they were not entitled to do so,
and after having charged for several quarters'
rates they have consented to receive a reduced
sum, which excited some suspicion; and this,
coupled with the refusal to allow a free in-
spection of the parish accounts, has caused
the rate-payers to resist, in a determined man-
ner, demands made upon them which they
conceived to be unjust. The consequence was, that
a great number of the inhabitants refused to pay
the paving, church, and poors' rates; and applica-
tion having been made by the collectors for distress
warrants they were immediately granted, and in
several instances, when they had been executed,
rows, assaults and batteries, insults, and violent
language have been indulged on both sides, until
yesterday, when Mr. Edward Jones, confectioner,
of Theobald's•row, Red Lion-square, was brought
up on a warrant, charged by Mathias Weldhon, in-
spector of pavements to the parish of St. Andrew,
Holborn, with having committed a violent assault
upon him.

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Weldhon on Saturday last, about three o'clock
in the afternoon, met Mr. Hazlehurst, a collector
of taxes, who requested him to accompany him to
the house of the defendant, where he was going to
levy a distress warrant for the poor and paving rate.
Witness consented, and on entering the place, the
defendant exclaimed, " Pray, who are you ? What
business have you here ?" On which he swore that
he would break every bone in his skin, and with
great violence forced him (Weldhon) out of the
house.
The defendant was ordered to find bail.

THE MOORS.—The departures for the moors
during the last few days for the north have been very
numerous. Count MaTuszEwtc, and other distinguished
Russians, are expected to arrive on Saturday or Sunday
from the Continent to join in the sports of the field, which
will commence with grouse shooting on Monday next.
The Earls of DARLINGTON and EGLINTOWN, Lords
CASTLEREAGH, KINNAIRD, GARDNER, Hon. SYDNEY
HERBERT, Sir ROBERT GORDON, &C., are among the
sportsmen who are gone to the Highlands. The Duke of
GORDON has invited a !age party of Noblemen and gen-
tlemen at his residence in Scotland, where the game is
most abundant.

SINGULAR GOOD FORTUNE.-WILLIAM
HEPPLEWHITE, an apprentice on board the Indian, be•
longing to Shields, last year purchased an old clothes chest
for three shillings, which, on being examined by the
Custom-house officers in Cork, where the vessel is now
delivering cargo, was discovered to have a false bottom,
under which were found upwards of 2,oool.—Durham
Chronicle.

DREADFUL FIRE, AND PROVIDENTIAL
ESCAPE OF TWO PERSONS FROM BEING BURNT TO
DEATH.—On Tuesday morning, about a quarter past one,
a policeman named EDWARD LAMBERT, No. 4 of the
S division, was going his rounds, when be discovered
smoke issuing from the lower part of the house of Mr.
BROWN, cheesemonger, No. 59, Brill-row, Somers-
town. About this time a Mrs. Eviais, a lady who lodged
in the house, made her appearance at the second floor
window in her night-clothes screaming "Fire !" and was
so alarmed that she was about jumping out into the
street, when some of the neighbours prevailed of her to
desist, by assuring her she would be rescued by other
means. Inspector EvAws, of the S division, who had
just arrived with the men on reserve at the station-house
in Phanix-street, close by, collected several of the
strongest of them together, and made a forcible rush at
the shop-door, which they succeeded in breaking in, and
on ROBERT IsaacsoN, 36 of the E division, entering the
passage, be discovered Mr. Bitowst, with his little boy in
his arms, who is between eight and nine years of age,
endeavouring to descend the staircase, which was then in
flames, but the smoke and heat was so excessive, that
Mr. BROWN fell forwards in a state of insensibility, with
the child, into the blazing fire. ISAACSON most fortu-
nately caught hold of him by one of his arms, and drew
him out ; he still firmly grasped his child, who was ap-
parently lifeless ; they, however, were eventually recovered.
The situation of the rest of the family and lodgers was
at this time truly dreadful; but we are happy to state,
that by the help of ladders, and the judicious and prompt
arrangement made by the men employed by the London
Fire Company, they were all, seventeen in number, extri.
cated without sustaining any injury. The house then
burnt very fiercely until it was completely gutted.
DREADFUL FIRE.—SIX LIVES LOST.—
On Saturday night last, a little before 12 o'clock, one of
the watchmen on duty in Scotland-road observed an ap-
pearance of fire in the third floor of a flour-warehouse,
belonging to Mr. Jonw FAIRHURST, who carries on the
business of a baker in the lower part of the building, the
shop having been open a few rainutes before. The alarm
was instantly given ; but, before any thing in the way of
prevention could be done, the flames buret out through
the windows with fury. By 12 o'clock the entire roof of
the warehouse was on fire, and at half-past 12 it fell in
sending up in its fall a terrific and sudden body of flame.
About 20 minutes after 1 o'clock the interior of the ware-
house had nearly burnt out, and, as the end to Meadows-
street was very narrow, and the walls very high, the aspect
it presented was very threatening. At 25 minutes after
1 o'clock the tall side-wall was perceived to give way;
the cry of "'Tie coming !" was given, and all fled with
the exception of some men who were in or on the sawpit,
and one man on the roof of it, who had not time to
escape before the wall fell forward with a most tremendous
crash, extending across the yard and carrying with it the
join.r's shop, the roof of the sawpit, and the side-wall of
the adjoining dwelling-house. The crash was so heavy,
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and soon after a dead body was visible. They now re-
doubled their efforts, and a man's head was soon released
from the rubbish. To the delight of all present, he breathed
and spoke. Water was procured, and he looked wildly
around him ; still his whole person was buried in the
ruins, and when, with great difficulty, a portion of the
bricks and dust were removed from his chest, it was dis-
covered that a large heavy piece of timber lay right across
his thighs. A door having been procured, he was care-
fully conveyed to the infirmary, where, we are glad to
hear, be is doing well. His name is WILLIAM HETES.
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south of the yard, and almost six feet below it another body
was found within a few inches of the surface. It was
dreadfully bruised, and was, no doubt, the person who sat
on the roof. The features of the others were frightfully
disfigured, black and swollen.—Since writing the above,
we have been told that another body was found yesterday
evening, making six in all, in addition to the man sent to
ihe infirmary.—.. Liverpool Albion.