The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-02 00:00:00

FIRES.

Considerable sensation prevailed yesterday morning about
half-past nine o'clock, in consequence of the disco-very of a
fire in the back premises belonging to Mr. Partridge,
coffee-roaster, 16, Lower Whitecross-street. Several fire-
men from the engine-station in Whitecross-street, repaired
to Mr. Partridge's house on the alarm being given, and by
their well-directed exertions the fire was extinguished with-
out doing so much damage as was at first anticipated. The
accident originated through the over-heating of the coffee,
an immense stock of which article was on the premises.
Mr. Partridge is insured in the Sun Fire-Office.
On Saturday afternoon an alarming fire broke out in a
room of the house of Mr. Austen, 27, St. Mary-Axe, oc-
casioned by a pan of charcoal having been left for the pur-
pose of drying the room. The inmates of the house, with the
assistance of the firemen from the Jeffries-square station,
after considerable exertions, were enabled to confine the
fire to the upper part of the premises. Mr. Austen is not
insured.

On Saturday night, between seven and eight o'clock, the
neighbourhood of Cock-lane, Shoreditch, was thrown into
the utmost consternation by an explosion of gunpowder in
one of the houses. It appears that some boys had been
improperly allowed to amuse themselves with throwing
lighted squibs and crackers from the premises into the
street, and it is supposed that some sparks must have fallen
among the bed-clothes. By the timely interference of the
neighbours, on the alarm being given, the fire was fortu-
nately impeded in its progress, and confined to the lower
part of the house. Some of the boys were severely burnt
about their faces and hands.

On Friday evening last, the inhabitants of Woolwich
were thrown into the utmost consternation and alarm, in
consequence of a report that the Cadets' Barracks, situate
on Woolwich-common, were on fire, which proved to be
true. It appears, that about half-past 5 o'clock a dense
mass of smoke was seen to issue from the apartments of
Captain Ord by some of the Royal Artillery • immediate
information was forwarded to the barracks, the fire-drum
was ordered to be beat, and in a few minutes upwards of
400 men were in readiness and proceeded to the spot.
The fire raged with great fury for upwards of an hour, but
.the engines being brought into full play, the flames were
completely got under by 7 o'clock ; the whole of Captain
Ord's quarters were entirely destroyed, and the furniture
would have shared the same fate had it not been for the
great exertions of the soldiers, many of whom rushed into
the blazing rooms at a most perilous chance of their lives ;
the exact origin of the fire is not known, but is supposed to
be the overheating of the flues. Too much praise cannot
be given to the soldiers for their persevering and praise-
worthy conduct, and but for whose assistance the whole of
the extensive fabric might have been reduced to a heap of
ruins. Sentinels were placed at the outer gates to prevent
persons from entering. A man named Preston, belonging
to the Horse Artillery, dropped dead from over-exertion.

TITHE CAMPAIGN.—The Rev. Fielding Mor-
risson, of. Newcastle, in this county, has obtained, at Rath-
keale Sessions, over 50 decrees for composition tithes. The.
Rev. Gentleman ha dierved several hundred processes for
the same sessions.—Limerick Star.

HISTORY OF THE LANDED \ GENTRY.—The
11th part of this important work, by Mr. Burke, Author
of the Peerage and Baronetage, is now, we observe in the
hands of the. Public. The desire to know from whom we
are descended, and what figure our ancestors, in their seve-
ral ages, have made in the world, is certainly a most pardon-
able curiosity, and excites.a secret emulation in our breasts
to rival those actions we read of, and whose virtues we ad-
mire.. When a man looks I.;ck upon the fortunes of his
country, and sees what glorious things his ancestors have
done—how far they have ventured and how much they have
suffered in her cause, he must be past all sense of honour,
all impressions of virtue, who is not to be wrought upon
by such motives to do well. Of the many great families
in descent, we had, previously to the appearance of Mr.
Burke's work, no history or record in which the remem-
brance of their achievements, and the good services they
had rendered to the State, was preserved. The eleven
parts of " The History of the Landed Gentry " already
published, have done much to supply the desideratum, and
to exhibit to the admiration of foreign nations that estimable
character in the social system of Great Britain.

This morning the impOrtant cause in which Mr. Cham-
bers, formerly a banker in Bond-street, is concerned, was,
by consent of parties,T9stKmed till the sittings after Term.
The proposition originate with-the. Attorney-General, and.
was acceded to by Mr. Sergeant Wilde, in the hope that'in
the meantime an amicable arrangement might. take place.
The Lord Chief Justice, in discharging the Jury, consi-
dered it.very improbable that
,their services -milli again
'be required. . • . ' _ T
POLICE; ',Nur LIGEN'CE.
.111411 L BORd t 7 G S E • -
• t Mr.- Atkinson. qhe chutcbwarded of st. Ann's,- Soho,
wee yesterday hefore,Mr.Cos.XN:r. -ant My.a..Hikua for
'the purpose of charging Mr. Bryant, the St. James's oVerseer,
-.With hiving; as he conCeived, iniproperly detained some
-Money collected for the use of a sick female p-auper. -
` A-female who occasionally: Workcdas cliatvvoman at.Mr.'
) 4tkinson's,haise having-been 'taken unwell while in St..
ames's workhouse, several of Mr. Atkinson's men made .a
small SubScriptiort amongst themselves, to which Mr. ...Ai-
kinson added a-few Shillings, for the puiPose. of giving-the
money to-the poor woman,-that she might he.enabled to pur-
chase a few of those little coMforts needful for E. sick per-
son. . lie went on Friday,with the money done up in,a par-
eel to S. Janies's work-house, and asked. Mr. Bryant to
let hint see the old woman. Mr. Bryant said no one was
allowed to see paupers unless they were dangerously ill.
The applicant then requested that the 'parcel Might be
given to her. Mr. Bryant told a man wha was -present to
openctlie parcel,- and on seeing its contents (eleven shil-
lings) .:he said that the money could not be given to the
paiiiierHiut it must be retained -and applied- to the parish
purposeS.- Applicant asked for the return of the parcel,
but Dirk Bryant refused to give it back; Applicant re-
marked that he thought the paupers were very hardly dealt
with. Mr. Bryant replied it was not the case -; the, poor
were treated too. well., ,
Mr.CoNANT.—Did Mr. Bryant make use of-the expres-
sion that. he' thought the poor were treated too well.? Wit-
ness—Yes, he did. I then told, lihn the money had not
been collected for the parish; but for the poor woman ; and
if he did not chooSe to give it to her,' at least he ought to
givelt to me back. He said if I wanted any further ex-
planation I must apply to the Board.
Mr. Bryant—This person came to see Mary North, a
pauper now its the infirmary. I told hint he-could not see
her, and he then asked me to lot her hive a parcel which
he bad brought. I said the parcel must first be exxminedi
and if the contents were unobjectionable she should have it.
The parcel was opened, and when I saw the 11s., I took
charge of the money, and no more. I could not permit
her to have the money, because, if she could command Ils.
that sum ought to go towards payment of her support in
thOvorkhouse. I told him, likewise, that if paupers were
unwell, they had good medical advice, and they were sup-
plied with every kind of comfort, and even luxuries, if they
needed them. I was desired to return the money ; but I
said it must be applied to the poor rate fund, and accor-
dingly I entered the sum on the parish books. This morn-
ing Mr. Atkinson himself came, and was so warm in his
language towards me, that I told him if he persisted in thus
insulting me, I must take means to have him ejected.
Mr. Atkinson—l used no insulting language, and am in-
capable of using low language. What raised Mr. Bryant's
anger was my saying that I thought he was assuming the
part of a master rather than that of a servant ; and I added
that it was seldom found that parish officers were inclined
to act with proper humanity!
Mr. HALL—What do you usually do with the money
sent, under any circumstances, to the paupers ? Mr. Bry-
ant—We place it to the credit of the poor rate.

Mr. CONANT—I would rather deal with this case as a
matter of feeling than as a matter of law. I think Mr.
Bryant has acted fairly in the matter, and, as the final
decision appears to rest with the Board, the best way will
be to wait until it meets, and then bring the affair before it.
Mr. Atkinson, on leaving the office, certainly should not
apply to the Board ; he would summon the overseers for
the amount.

Thomas Southwell, a journeyman plasterer, was charged
with having used certain threats towards a person in the
same trade.

The complainant said the defendant belonged to the
" Union," and because he (complainant) had refused to join
it, the defendant threatened to take an opportunity of doing
him some serious mischief. He was at present engaged on
a job at the mansion of the Duke of Sutherland, and the
defendant promised to put his threats in execution soon
after the job was completed.
In defence the defendant admitted that he belonged to
the Union," or rather " Association," but denied that he
had used the threats.

He called a witness, another " associationist," who de-
clared that such expressions as those attributed to the
defendant were commonly used by the unionists to anti-
unionists by way of " chaff."
Mr. CONANT remarked that cases of personal injury
were far from being uncommon ; therefore he should hold
the defendant to bail.