The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-20 00:00:00

Won easy. 15 ran.

DESTRUCTIVE FUR IN SPITALFIELDS.—Yesterday
morning, at a few minutes before four o'clock, the neigh-
bourhood of Fashion•street, Spitalfields, was alarmed by the
sudden outbreak of a firs. A police-constable of the II divi-
sion, while patrolling his beat, found that the basement floor
of the premises belonging to Mr. Charles Lauer, a ekindresser,
No. 41, was on fire. A young man named Castledine, who
slept in the firs floor, having snatched his child up, suc-
ceeded, with his wife, in reaching the street, but they had
barely left the building when the
passage gave way, and the
flames then mounted so high at to cut off all means of escape
for the other inmates in that direction. Mr. Latter, jumped
out of a window in•o the back yard, but he was so much in-
jured by the action of the lire that he was obliged to be re-
moved to the Lon ion Hospital. The Royal Society's fire-es-
capes, with several engines of the parish, London Brigsde, and
West of England Company quickly attended. The conductor
of the escape, having raised the machine in front of the
burning premises, got into one of the upper rooms, where ho
found Mr. Lauer lying on the floor in an insensible state,
nearly suffocated with smoke, and passed him in safety clown
the escape, where they inquired of him as to what part of
the house his wife was in, He replied that she was in the
loft, but the only chance that remained to rescue her was to
mount the top of the building and cut away the roof. The
conductor, with the aid of the police, having reached the top
of the house, they forthwith commenced cutting away the
roof. Having made a hole sufficiently large they dragged
her upon the roof, and conveyed her in safety down the
escape. Fortunately, a plentiful supply of water was pro-
cured, and the firemen were enabled to get the flames ex-
tinguished in about an hour, but rot before the lower por-
tions of the building, with its contents, were destroyed, and
the upper part extensively damaged by fire.

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A Brentwood correspondent writes that Drory
bad promised the unfortunate Jael Deney 10'. for declaring
that he was not the cause of her " trouble;" but that he
never paid her the money, The trial of the murderer has
renewed the interest manifested at the time in viewing the
scene of the dreadful catastrophe; and a tree growing near
the spot has been stripped of its bark by curiosity hunters
in the " horrible" line. It is stated that an application
has been made to the high-sheriff by Mr. Donovan, the
phrenologist, for permission to take casts of the heads of
Drury and Mre. Chesham after their execution.—Essex
Standard. _ _

WHAr THE LEGISLATURE IS COMING TO.—lf
much more of the time cf the nation is wasted, the session
of Parliament will dwindle down to a Quarter Session.—
Punch.

FATAL CoALPIT Exr.r.ostors.—On Monday morn-
ing last another explosion of fire-damp took place at Hey's
colliery, Ashton. It appears from inquiries made on the
spot that at about eight o'clock on Monday morning, the
men being nearly all at work, a young
man named William
Joule, a miner, took the top off his lamp and went among
some other men. An explosion ensued ; and the conse-
quence was that Joule and several others were severely
injured; one man, named John Ogden, was killed; and
another, James Andrew, has since died from his injuries.
We are also informed that two others are in a very danger-
ous state, their recovery being doubtful. It appears that
when Joule was found he said he could not blame any one,
as he had caused the explosion himself, by taking his lamp
top off. We are informed that, in addition to the caution
given by the manager of the works, the men have for some
time past made a rule among themselves, that any man
known to take his lamp top off should forfeit .ss. A few
weeks since one of the men was caught with his lamp top
off, and he was compelled to pay the above fine, or leave the
works, as, if the fact had been laid before the underlooker, he
would have been immediately discharged. A communica-
tion of the facts has been forwarded to Sir George Grey.—
Manchester Guardian.
DUNGARVON ELECTION.—Mr. Ponsonby and Mr.
Maguire are actively prosecuting their canvass. The nomi-
nation took place yesterday, and the polling to-morrow. Mr.
Ponsonby's success is considered almost certain
THE MARINE SOCIETY.—The anniversary of this
society was celebrated last evening at the London Tavern,
where a dinner was served in the best style of the establish-
ment. Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., the Governor of
Greenwich Hos_pital, occupied the chair, and was supported
by Sir J. L. Lushington, Admiral Sir C. Malcolm, and a
distinguished company, It appeared from the report that
the society was established so long ago as 1756. since which
period 88,379 boys had partaken of the benefits which the
institution affords. Of this number about t 0,000 lads had
been sent into the royal navy, the Indian navy, and the
merchant service, and the others had been fitted out and
provided for in other ways. The society annually received
about 412 boys, and the number on board the ship off Charl-
ton averaged 110. The ordinary annual expenditure
amounted to about 2,300/ and since the foundation of the
institution it had laid out' on the ships' account as much as
115,4661. Previous to the toast of the evening being
given the boys entered and paraded the room, headed by
their boatswains. The Gallant Chairman addressed a few
most appropriate observations to theta, and stated that their
energies ought to be stimulated by the circumstance that
there was at that moment in the room a gentleman, now
highly respected in the city of London. who, forty years ago,
had been a member of their school and who first went to sea
under himself on board the Invincible, 74. He trusted that
they would follow that gentleman's example, and he hoped
if they did their duty honestly and uprightly that they might
meet with the Success which had marked his career. The
gentleman alluded to also addressed the boys, who listened
with extreme attention, and gave a hearty cheer at the con-
clusion. The Chairman then gave the toast of " the Marine
Society;" Sir J. L. Lushington gave'` the Chairman." The
toasts of " the Admiralty," the East India house," " the
Trinity House," and others followed, which protracted the
proceedings until a late hour. The subscriptions of the
evening amounted to about 5001.

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THE LADIES OF v NEW lONK.—Major Noah's
Sunday Times says that the ladies of New York have been
slipping and tumb'ing about sadly during the late frosts.
The mast unpleasant part of the tumble is the aid tendered
on such occasions by the gentlemen, and their smirking air
of condolence. ” Now the ladies cannot bear to hare an
ankle exposed, or their integuments ruffled. A lady in
Boston having met with a real' free-soil fall, a dandy of the
first water ran to her aid, and benignly said, Al'ow me to
raise you madam !' She turned round suddenly, and pertly
replied, No,- Sir!! I was raised in New Hampshire, and now
I can Nilo raTselfr