The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-23 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S.

Having concluded a very successful engagement at the
Marylebone Theatre, Mr. J. Townsend, the M.P., for
Greenwich, made his appearance at tne Royal Amphi-
theatre, in the character of Richard 111. On his entree
Mr. Townsend was received with great applause, which
was repeated very frequentiy during the representation of
the tragedy. We have before given our opinion of the
dramatic talent of Mr. Townsend, so on the present occa-
sion we need only say that he exhibited all its powers as an
actor to the greatest advantage. In many parts of the
play his acting was of the highest order, and at the
fall of the curtain he received quite an ova-
tion. The other characters in the piece were very
well sustained by Mr. Holloway, Mr. Herbert, and
Mr. Anson. The scenes in the circle then followed, and
Mr. Cooke availed himself of the opportunity of introducing'
several new acts of horsemanship which quite delighted the
audience, and showed to what perfection the art of horse-
training had been brought by the talented lessee of the
establishment. The house was crowded in every part long
before the rising of the curtain.

DESTRUCTION OF CONWAY RAILWAY STATION BY
FIE.—On Saturday morning, the station at Conway, on
the Chester and Holyhead Railway, was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire. Mr. Hughes, the station master, was
aroused about 2 o'clock in the morning, being nearly suffo-
cated by smoke. He found' that the station was on fire,
and he immediateey removed his family, who had a narrow
escape, being obliged to leave the burning premises in their
night dresses, and seek shelter at the Erskine Arms Hotel.
An alarm was promptly given through the town, and in a
few minutes a great number of people were on the spot. Un-
fortunately no fire-engine could be procured; indeed, we
are informed that the town does not possess one. Water
was carried from a distant engine-tank; and through the
praiseworthy activity of the men the fire was mastered by.
about half-past 4 o'clock. The offices on the ground-floor
were partially saved, but the upper rooms, with nearly all
the furniture, were destroyed. It is inferred from this that
the fire originated in the upper part of the station.—Man-
chester Guardian.

FRIGHTFUL MACHINERY ACCIDENT.—On Thurs-
day an inquest was held at Bristol on the body of William
Brookman, a general dealer, who met with his death in a
most frightful manner at Mr. Fears's saw-mill. Itappeared
that about 9 o'clock the only persons in the mill were two
of the workmen, and the driving of the mill had begun. It
was a steam saw mill, of groat power, working with great
rapidity. While the men were employed a man entered the
warehouse. He appeared to be a stranger, walked along by
the side of the wall for some distance, and then ventured
very near the saw, in front of the engine—where he had no
business. His foot slipped, and he fell forward ;as he fell
the saw entered his head, and beforeit could be stopped, or
assistance given, the poor man was dead. One part of the
skull and head was completely severed from the rest of the
remains by a transverse cut extending from the left side o f
the top of the head, through the bridge of the nose, to the
right of the /lea and shoulder. _