The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-29 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
laces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.

KINGSTOWN (DusLLl)—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—

overcast.
PLYMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PooLE—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PoursmouTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
BRIGHTON.—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
"smiGs—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
SooTßANn•rox—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
FoLHEsTONR—Wirti S.W., strong breeze—overcast,
TUNBRIDGE--Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GRE EN W IC El—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SWINDON—Wind S.W., light airs—partially cloudy.
COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
C,UIBRIDOZ—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
RUGBY.Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
P ETE IIIiOROUGH —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially
cloudy.
TARMOLTH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain.
CEEwE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
CONWAY— Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
HOLYWEAD—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
MANCHESTER—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain.
LEEDS—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Yo&K—Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
LANcasrrE—Wind E., gentle breeze—principally clear.
CARLISLE —Wind S.E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BE.trrocK—Wind gentle breeze partially cloudy.

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The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine
o'clock :
CORK—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—frost.
I,I3tERICK—Wind W. gentle breeze—cloudless.
CaaLoi,v—Wind S.W., hard wind—cloudy.
DUNDALK—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—frost.
Poot.p.—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Po ATBNIOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
I..mioirrox —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PRTER.ROROUDii—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
CREWE—Wink, S,w gentle breeze— partially cloudy.
LIVERPOOL—Wind
calm—cloudless.
LEEDS—Wind S.W. gentle breeze—rain.
YORK —Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
DARLINGTON—Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
WRITEHAVEN— Wind W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy.
ThEmocK—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily
reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on Thursday and
Vriday ; the mean of the week was 23..50 in. The Meal"
wlhoewnest it
Thewa
daily temperature was 45°'3 onTuesday,
hi6'est ; and 31°•7 on Friday, when it was
mean of the week was 40•1, which is 2'l'3 above the average
of the same week in ten years. The daily mean was from
4Q to 8' above the averages of the several days, on Sunday,
Monday, and Tuesday; it then declined till it fell consider-
ably below the averseg- on Friday, when fog prevailed, and
continued below it on Saturda The wind was, for the
most part, in the south-west. .Y.

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THE Flxa AT TRH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—
It is satisfactory, after a minute examination made by the
brigade authorities, for the purpose of learning how the fire
occurred on Monday afternoon, in the clock-tower of the
new Houses of Parliament, to be able to state that the flames
were not wilfully caused by any person, as was at one time
imagined. The ground-floor of the tower, it has been stated,
was used as a general store for carpenters' building mate-
rials. The firemen, however, found that a pipe, formed of
iron, used for carrying off the smoke from the plumbers'
workshops adjoining, ran into the wall of the tower, and
owing to the great heat applied for melting the lead, had
fired the soot in the pipe, which fell amongst the building
materials on the ground floor, and hence the fire. This is
fully confirmed by Wing, one of the firemen, who was on
duty within the buildings at the time of the discovery.
For a long time before he saw the tire he experienced a
strong smell of wood. undergoing the process of combus-
tion. So fully convinced was he that something must be in
an incipient stage of combustion, that he went into the
roofs and carefully examined round the flues, leading from
the various lire-place, ; but without finding anything to
confirm his suspicions. Although a quantity of smoke kept
hovering about, the enact seat of the fire could not be dia.
covered until flames shot forth from the apertures of the
tower on the southern side.
sTlid :_,
The damage
‘_aggeudaontneity of timber
is thutsobffie-r
offi-
cially reported by Mr. Braidioo
on the ground-floor of the clock-tower, andtutined thesca ffuldin
over, burned. The brick and stone-work ro
win-
dows damaged by heat."
Cos COPPER COMPANY. A meeting of the
shareholders of this
~000 l company was held yesterday, when a
dividend of 3/. per share was declared, amounting to 36 ,
from the balance of profits. The quantity of ore raised to
the 30th November last was. 16,266 tons, which, although
less than at the corresponding period of 1849, is fully com-
pensated by the superiority of
its quality. 'She ore sold at
public ticketing has fetched a fair price; and altogether the
affairs of the company are most satisfactory. A vote of
thanks was unanimously passed to the directors and audit-
ors, and the retiring members were re-elected. The divi-
dend will be paid on and aftertla 25th February next.