The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-26 00:00:00

HALF A VILLAGE DESTROYED.

On Saturday evening last a fire broke out at a
village called Reach, in Cambridgeshire, and so
rapidly did the flames extend, that in a very short
space of time ten cottages and several large barns
and outbuildings were totally destroyed. Upwards
of 50 labouring people have, in consequence of the
conflagration, been rendered houseless. The fire,
it is supposed, was occasioned by the throwing of a
quantity of hot turf embers into a farmyard. The
property burnt was insured in the Imperial and
other London offices. Reach is a small hamlet,
partly in the parish of Swapham, in Cambridge-
shire, and partly in Burwell parish. A large fair
for horses, &c., is held there on Rogation Monday,
the tolls of which belong to the corporation of
Cambridge.

The ex-Queen Marie Amelie, and their Royal
Highnesses the Duke de Nemours and the Duchess Auguste
of Saxe-Coburg, left Grillon's Clarendon Hotel yesterday
for Claremont.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian arrived
on Saturday at Claridge's Hotel, and '.eft yesterday for
their seat in Norfolk.

Lord and Lady Lilford and the Hon. Miss Powys
ha,-e left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for Lilford Hall,
Biggleswade.

Sir George and Lady Brooke have arrived at
Claridge's Hotel. Sir Goorge has returned to England
from Malta.

Mr. Secretary Estcourt left London yesterday for
St. Leonards-on-Sea.

REPRESENTATION OF RIPON.—Mr. Alfred B.
Richards has received a requisition to allow himself to be
put in nomination for the representation of Ripon. He has
acquiesced in the wishes of the requisitionists, and issued
his address. The political principles of Mr. Richards are,
in the main, the same as our own—a fact which must be
known to most of our readers, as he has been for many
years a contributor, under his proper signature, to the
columns of the Morning Advertiser. Mr. Richards is a
man of thorough independence, and great ability. His
father for many years represented Knaresborough. Our
apprehension is,' that Mr. Richards has been too late in
entering the field.--Morning Advertiser.
THE LATE MR. C. BARRY BALDWIN, M.P.—
Mr. Charles Barry Baldwin, whose death is just announced
as having happened at Paris, in the 70th year of his age,
was a gentleman of considerable Parliamentary celebrity,
having been for many years member for Totnes in the
Conservative interest, and the constant opponent of the in-
fluence of the ducal house of Somerset in that borough.
He was the eldest son of the late Colonel Baldwin, and was
born in 1789. He was called to the bar in early life, but we
believe he never practised. He was a director of the Aus-
tralian Bank, of the Investment Society, of the Eagle
Assurance Company, and of several foreign and English
railways, and acted as secretary to the French Claim Com-
missioners. He was elected M.P. for Totness in two Par-
liaments previous to the passing of the Reform Bill, and
was rechosen in 1839 by a double return, with Mr. Wm.
Blount, the son-in-law of the late Duke of Somerset, but
was unseated on petition. He was rechosen in 1841, and
again in 1847 ; but failed to secure his seat at the general
election of 1859 when he was at the bottom of the poll.
Mr. Barry Baldwin was married to a daughter of the late
Mr. W. Boyd, many years M.P. for Lymington, Hants, by
whoa he has left a family.