The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-24 00:00:00

WINDSOR, MAY 23.

The King and Queen took their usual drives yesterday.
This (lay his Majesty went to Kew. The Queen rides out
on horseback, with her usual attendants, at half-past
three o'clock. The Earl and Countess Howe, Lord and
Lady Frederick Fitzclarence, have been the only visiters
at the Castle during the week. To-morrow the fete takes
place at Virginia Water, although it is understood that the
Princess and her mother do not attend. The Foot Guards
fire a feu-de-joie at one o'clock, on the East Terrace, in
honour of the birthday. The party of Artillery have been
staying here since the launch, to fire salutes at the Belve-
dere fort and on board the Adelaide—they return to their
respective corps on Monday. His Majesty's birthday is
intended to be kept on Saturday week, in the same manner
it was last year ; the tents are getting ready for placing, as
before, at the Cottage in the Park.
On Monday next the Court will leave Windsor for St.
James's Palace. In the evening the King will entertain
the members of the Jockey Club with a grand dinner. On
Tuesday there will be a Levee, and it is expected their
Majesties will, that evening, honour the performance at
the Italiae Opera House with their presence. The Queen
will hold a Drawing-room on Wednesciay, to celebrate the
King's Birth-day. On Thursday their Majesties will dine
with the Earl and Countess of Lichfield in St. James's-
square. Friday there will be a juvenile ball at St.
James's ; and on Saturday the Queen will return to
Windsor ; but it is probable the King will remain in town
till the following day, as his Majesty purposes attending
Divine Service at Greenwich on the Sunday.

Yesterday a deputation of the committee of
management of the London Reform Almshouses,
headed by Mr. Grote, had an interview with Lord
John Russell, *for the purpose of inviting his Lordship
to lay the first stone of the proposed building, on the
ground purchased by the committee at Park-hill, in
the neighbourhood of Brixton. His Lordship, in the
most courteous manner, accepted the invitation, and it
is arranged that the ceremony take place on Satur-
day, the 7th of June, the anniversary of the day on
which the bill to amend the representation of the
people in England and Wales received the Royal
assent.

There is a party in the city still very earnest
in prognosticating difficulties to the government in the
reduction of the 4 per Cents., but on grounds, as we
suspect, by no means tenable. It appears certain that
banking operations to a considerable extent have been
carried on in the 4 per Cents., which can have no
other intelligible object than an intention on the part
of those who enter on them to dissent to the reduction.
There has also been much interchange of stock, by
trustees, from the 4 into the 3} per Cents., by which
some advantage has been gained, varying from :4 to
1 per Cent., over the acceptance of the 3} per Cents.
on the terms proposed by the government ; but ad-
mitting this to go on to the extent of 2,000,000/. or
3,000,000/., which is a large proportion in a stock not
amounting to 11,000,000/. altogether, what embarrass-
ment could this create when the Bank is actually bor-
rowing of the East India Company, at the rate of 2 per
Cent., a sum more than sufficient to take the whole
of it? At present there is every reason to believe
that the amount of dissent declared is under a quarter
of a million. The total amount will of course be
publicly declared on the 28th inst., which will set this
matter at rest.— Times.

MELANCHOLY FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
—On
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dwelling-house,
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nege_nh elevenouse ,
and crop of corn in the stack yard and in the barn of
Mr. Helsden Larner, at North Walsham, were all
outbuildings,
tw e le
twelve
o'clock
destroyed by fire. Mr. Lamer had been out on the
Friday, and did not return till between ten and eleven
o'clock that evening ; the premises were at that time
safe ; his aged father and mother, who lived with him,
went to bed at their usual hour. A short time after
Mr. Larner had been home, the servant, going up
stairs, saw at a chamber window the reflection of fire ;
she instantly alarmed her master, who was below
stairs ; he immediately went out and discovered the
straw at the South end of the barn was on fire ; the
wheat-stack, nearly adjoining, at that time appeared
to be safe, but almost instantly the opposite side to
the straw burst out in a blaze, and the fire increased so
rapidly, that in a short time the dwelling-house, out-
buildings, and corn, were all in flames ; and, notwith-
standing the exertion of the neighbours and friends,
the whole property was soon entirely consumed. A
poor labouring man, whose name was Jeremiah
Cutting, and lived very near, so soon as the alarm
of fire was given, went to the spot, and rendered
all the assistance he could to protect the pro-
perty ; and when in the act of going into the
stable, which was then on fire, part of the thatched
roof fell upon him, and he was for a short time buried
in the thatch, which was one complete mass of fire,
and when he crept out he was so dreadfully burnt, in-
deed it may be said roasted, that it is impossible
.to
describe the miserable object he exhibited. He was in-
stantly removed to his cottage in the parish of VC ors-
tead, and but a short distance from the spot. A me-
dical gentleman was sent for, and in this dreadful
state the poor man lingered till the following morning,
when he expired. He has left a wife and eight chil-
dren to lament his loss. The following day Mr. Pil-
grim, one of the county coroners, attended and held an
inquest before a respectable jury, who, after hearing
all the evidence, and properly investigating the me-
lancholy affair, and it being clearly proved that the fire
was the act of some incendiary, returned a verdict
" That the deceased was accidentally burnt to death
when rendering assistance at Mr. Larner's fire." Mr.e
Lamer is a very respectable man, and much esteemed
by his neighbours and friends. We under _a_
E quitable-office. Warwick Mercury
of the property is insured in the OldstNnoirirwieh

COURT OF KING'S BENCH--(THISDAY•)

CHE KING V. THE LORD MAYOR ANDJUSTICES OF yoa•
Mr. CRESSWELL moved for a mandamus on the part of
a Mr. Gawthcrp, commanding the lord mayor and jus-
tices of the city of York, to inquire into, tax, and allow
certain costs, under the act of Parliattent which wit.
passed last year, impowering certain trustees to effect
certain improvements in the city of York, particillarlY,
the building a new market. The act provided that to carry
those objects into effect the trustees might take certain
premises, and, as was usual, if the owners of those premises
were dissatisfied with the amount of compensation tendered
they were to go before a Sheriff's Jury, and that if
the jury gave a larger sum than was tendered,
the claimants were then to apply to the Justices,
(not being trustees), who were compelled to tax and allow
all the costs attending the writ of inquiry. Mr. Gavaborg
had had a larger sum awarded to him than the trustees ho,
tendered; and he then applied to the Lord Mayor 0,
York, who conceived that he could only allow
costs of the Under-Sheriff, the precept, the ingti
sition, and the jury, and therefore he disallowed ti
other costs, such as for witnesses, counsel, &c•• Tb
le
.
learned counsel having read the clause of the act, s„.„-
be
mitted that the costs should be allowed in the same In"*"..
ner as in any cause in this court.
The court granted a rule to show cause.