The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

TRE_LORDS OP THE ADMIRALTY AT PORTS-
- - MOUTH':

The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, Admiral
Sir George Cockburn, the Secretary of the Admiralty,
attended by Mr. Woolley, of the private office of the
Admiralty, arrived at the Port Admiral's house in the
dockyard on Tuesday evening. The Right Hon. H.
T. L. Corry joined them early on Wednesday morning,
arriving in the Rocket steamer from Cowes. The Board
of Admiralty proceeded on Wednesday morning to make
their annual inspection of the dockyard, attended by
Captain Brandreth, Director General of Works, Sir W.
Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Beatson, R.E.,
Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, &c. They proceeded to
inspect the Prince Regent, raseeing, the new brigs in
the basin, the Scourge, building ; and they occupied
considerable time in viewing the Royal Frederic, 110,
and Princess Royal, 90, building, on which vessels
the rn shipwrights are now at work ; they then pro-
ceeded to view the new ships, and the excavations
for the steam basin. After inspecting the other depart-
ments of the yard, the Board, about noon, repaired to
the Admiral's house for refreshment, and at half-
past one embarked in the Admiral's barge with Rear-
Admiral Superintendent Hyde Parker, C. 8., the Admi-
ralty flag flying in the boat, and proceeded up the har-
bour to the Victoria and Albert, the Queen's Royal
yacht, which vessel was minutely inspected, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence receiving their Lordships, and
hoisting the Admiralty flag. The Board then repaired
to the Neptune, 120, advanced ship, to inspect her ma-
gazine and other fittings. The barge then returned to
the Admiral's stairs, and landed some of the party, Lord
Haddington and the Hon. S. Herbert proceeding in
the barge to Spithead, to visit the Collingwood, 80, on
board which ship Rear-Admiral Sir G. Seymour re-
ceived his visitors, with manned yards, and a salute of 13
guns ; not visiting her officially as a Board of Admiralty,
no Admiralty flag was hoisted. The party, after remainine;
on board a considerable time, returned on shore. Lord
Haddington, we are sorry to say, is slightly indisposed,
which prevented his Lordship dining with the Admiral
Superintendent on Wednesday evening. The other
members of the Board, with the heads of the depart-
ment, availed themselves of the hospitality of the gal-
lant Admiral.

Yesterday morning the Board of Admiralty resumed
their work of inspection, but the Earl of Haddington's
indsiposition prevented his accompanying them in their
tour. They went over the Royal Clarence Victualling-
yard, and the Royal Hospital at Haslar, and in the
afternoon went off for the Excellent.

The firing of the shells from this ship at the Swiftsure
to try their vffect, will not take place for a week or ten
days, in consequence of some bulk-heads and some arti-
cles which are ordered to be cleared out of her.

To-day the Earl of lladdington will hold a levee at
the Royal Naval College, when his Lordship will see
officers who have not attended any levee since August
last. In the evening it it expected the Board will return
to London by railway.
We are sorry to hear that our gallant and worthy
Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Rowley, has been
prevented from attending at his post at the visit of the
Board of Admiralty, by reason of another and very se-
vere attack of his old complaint.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
Aug. 24.—Ariadne cutter, M. J. Higgins, Esq., from
Weymouth.
26.—Reindeer cutter, John Moone, Esq., Torquay ;
Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, Eastward.
27.—Charm cutter, Sir Wm. Galway, Bart., Boulogne.
28.—Flirt schooner, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart., Ply-
mouth ; Zephyretta schooner, Henry Hope, Esq., Ply-
mouth ; Spider cutter, John E. Lacon, Esq., Plymouth ;
Corsair cutter, John Congreve, Esq., Plymouth.
SAILINGS.
Aug. 26.—Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq., for Ports-
mouth (to lay up) ; Xarifa ,schooner, Earl of Wilton,
Plymouth.
28.—Hebe cutter, A. W. Corbett, Esq., Southampton
(left for the season).
29.—Camilla schooner, Thomas Hallifax, jun., Eiq.,
Westward, on a cruise ; Charm cutter, Sir Wm. Gall-
way, Bart., Plymouth.
AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Cutters—Pearl, Phantom, Sparrowhawk, Alarm, Pe-
trel, Reindeer, Sea-flower, Aurora, Romulus, Corsair,
Spider.
Schooners—Ariel, Flirt, Zephyretta.
Yawl—Breeze.

IN HARBOUR.
Ariadne, Therese.
ROYAL VISIT TO COWES, Ana. 29.

The Royal yacht steamed down from Portsmouth this
morning, and landed Prince Albert and his suite at Os-
borne Howe. After viewing the house and grounds his
Royal Highness re• embarked in the Victoria and Albert.
Her Majesty is expected on Thursday next. Lord,
Adolphus Fitzclarence has taken apartments on the Ma-
rine-parade. Lord Ernest Bruce has a house on Castle-
terrace. The Duke of Montrose arrived from Scotland
on Tuesday. Many of our fashionables have left in pur-
suit of the partridges, but the town is fast filling again.
Lord Fitzhardinge gave a silver cup, value 501., to be
sailed for by seven yachts yesterday, but there was too
little wind to expect much sport. The winning yacht
did not get in till nine A,m. this day.

The Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke, brother to
the Earl of Hardvvicke, has been instituted by the Bishop
of Worcester to the rectory of St. Philip's, in this town.
The Hon. and Rev. Gentleman has arriyed in Bir-
mingham.—. Birmingham Advertiser.

Tho Learned Counsel stated, that the subject on which
he
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it was
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a fair which had existed 700 years, and which involved
the interests of a great number of the citizens of London.
The petitions were signed by 250 inhabitants, sixty-one
licensed victuallers, and a number of cattle and sheep
salesmen. They represented that the suppression of the
fair (for it was at present merely a nominal fair) had in-
flicted a great injury upon the neighbourhood, many per-
ties having given large sums of money for the interest
and advantages attendant upon the holding of such an-
cient customs ; that, as the fair was established upon
charter to the City, carrying with it most important pri-
vileges and revenues, its abolition could not be contein
plated without alarm by the inhabitants having an in-
terest in it ; that if the Lord Mayor, as head of the
Corporation, would allow the fair to be holden as. in the
year 1839, and so conducted, the peace of the neighbour-
hood would not be disturbed, the Inconveniences to trad-
would be of no moment, the interests of those having
a legitimate claim, purchased at great cost, would be at
tended to, and also the charters appreciated by those
whose duty it was to see that not one of these valuable
gratiti shouldTe 'allowed to renfailCdortfilint or inactive,
but all carried out under such improvements, arrange
mente, and superintendence as the times demanded.
The Learned Counsel especially called his Lordship's at-
tention to the petition of the licensed victuallers, show-
ing the consequences of the alteration to them. Their
leases cost them upwards of 30,5401 ; their rents, inde-
pendent of taxes, amounted to upwards of 4,880[ ; their
licenses annually cost them upwards of 1,0671. 10;. ;
their families consisted, of 601 persons, and their losses
would, if the recommendation in the City. Solicitor's
report was continued to be carried out, amount to up-
wards of 80,5201. That report, at the same timid that it
showed that the very able person who drew it up ques-
tioned the discretion of interfering so strongly witnthe
charter as to suppress the fair altogether, advised its
gradual abolition by raising the price of the ground for
the shows, so That the advance, if his Lordship did not at
once interpose the authority of his recommendation, would
upon the ensuing occasion be- ad great
.as to prevent the
possibility of exhibiting those entertainments which were
the great means of assembling the crowds of the middle and
lower ranks, by which the neighbourhood was benefited,
and by which at a very cheap rate the visitors were harm-
lessly amused. Haring with much ingenuity combatted
the strong arguments in the celebrated report alluded to,
the Learned Counsel referred to the determined, opposi-
tion given by the City of London to the Parliamentary
attempt to establish a market to the prejudice of Smith-
field market, in which the charter was put forward as a
convincing argument against the innovation, aid said,
that the Corporation ought to exercise great caution in
doing any act by which they might themselves invalidate
an authority upon which they` had successfully con-
tended against the attempts of others. The tiument
that the fair was a public nuisance contained nothing in
it. It might be said, and had been said, that' public-
houses, that gin-shops, that theatres; were public nui-
sances. They all had certain disadvantages attached to
them, but were not those disadvantages immensely and
beyond all proportion counterbalanced ? It was not
long since a well-intentioned individual endeavoured to
put a stop to railroad travelling on the Sabbath, and, by
way of amends, to oblige poor people to go to ;church
three or four times on that day; but the good sOnse of
Parliament decided that it was better for the interests of
society, and of religion too, that such an attempt to put
down the nuisance of steam should be crushed; and ac•
cordingly that formidable inroad upon the recreations of
the public was most powerfully and successfully resists d:-
In-foci,' the time had gone by for abridging the amuse-
ments of the people. - All over the town the shotls were
seen to close, some at eight an 4 some at seven o'clock,
for" the ptirpose of enabling hose who - labouted in
the day to enjoy recreation at a reasonable period of
,the night. Why the restriction which was rejected so
generally should be adhered to in the case of Bartho
lomew fair be could not at all conceive. He could not
see why the poor should be prevented from witnessing
for a penny or twopence apiece in Bartholomew fair
feats of jugglery as well performed as they were in_iKing-
street at the rate of half-a-crown a-bead.-4A, liittet)-
He could not see why the titled ilia The wealthy should
pay 20 guineas for a box to. witness the frivol it's
manoeuvres of a dancer who could perhaps go round two 1
or three times oftener than her sister performer lon the
temporary boards of Smithfield.----(Laughter.) What a
pity it was that those who enjoyed that sort of frivolity
should deny the more humble requirements If the
artisan, whose days were spent in toil, and who ooked
once a year for the innocent pa,time which Barth() ()mew
fair, with all its gay and lively wonders, afforded. ;If the
temptations were alluded to as an argument, it wold be
found in all conditions and scenes of life that dan emus
spirit presented itself, and that all that philos phrrs
i
could say of it was, that the weakness of human iature
was manifested under all circumstances, and th t the
power of resistance to the passions which constantly
solicited us was not more strongly exemplified at the
Opera than at those places of social mirth and hirality to
which the lower orders of society gained admission: The
Learned Counsel concluded a very impressive speOch, of
which the foregoing is but a slight sketch, by urge g the
magnitude of the interests involved, and appealing o the
justice and liberal feelings of the chief magistrate
in de-
ciding
1
upon the claims of the petitioners.
~
The LORD MAYOR said it was a pity thai., Chet
peti-
tioners had not applied to the Court of Common COuncil
before the eleventh hour, if they expected that their ap-
peal would have produced any alteration in the enti-
ments of that body. The Markets Committee had, after
a great deal of deliberation, determined to adopt the
plan recommended in the report of the City Solicitor, as
the best qualified to abate a nuisance of which the citi-
zens of London generally had long and loudly com-
plained, and their recommendation had met with the
approbation of the representatives in the corporation.
He was aware, that in carrying into effect the plan some
injury would be inflicted, but he believed that the injury
in the case of Bartholomew fair had been conside' ably
overstated. He was not one of those who were de irons
of abridging the recreations of the people, and it ight
be advisable to consider whether some modifications
might not be adopted consistently with the views of those
who recommended the gradual abolition of the festival.
It was quite impossible, however, that anything Could
be done in the present year. 'At the proper time'next
year the subject might be taken up and represented to
the Markets Committee, for whose experience and judg
ment the Corporation had a high respect; and he sbould
take occasion to mention the nature of the claims of the
petitioners and the arguments of their Learned Counsel.
Mr. SWAN, the solicitor to the petitioners, thanked his
Lordship upon the part of his clients, and said that they
would be perfectly satisfied if the regulations of 1839
were acted upon, under the direction of the Lord Mvor;
but the course pursued to destroy the^ fair was excessively
rapid and ruinous. For a piece of ground for a show
for which 25L was charged three years ago, the sum Of
50/. was charged the year immediately following,' and
the enormous price of 751. was charged the year After
that. Probably 90/. or 100/. would be the present de
mand. Now the same ground, if purchased for stalls
for gingerbread or toys, would cost about 151. So that
it was plain the object was to remove all the elertients. of
amusement.

The LORD MAYOR—There is no doubt that the sup-
pression of the fair altogether would be most gratifying
to the great mass of the citizens of London. Never •
theless, I shall consider it to be my duty to represent
what you have stated, and what has been so ably ar-
gued by Mr. Chambers, to the Markets Committee.

BRITISH ARCHXOLOGICAL AllSOClATlON.—Thurs-
day the council announced the arrangements for their
first annual meeting at Canterbury. The programme
holds out some objects of high interest to the antiqua-
rian, and Monday, Sept. 9, the first general meeting will
be held, when Lord Albert Conyngham, the president,
will deliver an address, whilst there will be an evening
eonversazione. in which a paper will be read on the
Saxon barrows. Tuesday morning will be devoted to
the opening of Saxon barrows in the park of Lord
Albert Conyngham, at Bourne, and Thursday to excur-
sions to Richborough and Barfreston Church, to inspect
the antiquities. The sections will be held on the inter-
mediate days, and on Friday evening
an Egyptian
mummy will be unrolled. Amongst other officers and
members of the committee whose attendance has been
promised are—Lord Albert Conyngham, p
the Dean riesidSir
R. Hamilton, Esq., F.R.S. •o
Bethf
Hereford,Ft S
James Annesley, F.R.S.. William"A"
;
Professor Buckland, W. Jerdan, Esq., Rev. Dr. Spry, J.
R. Manche, o
anche, Esq., Professor Willis, of C. mbrige, Charles
Barry, Esq., Edward Blore, Esq., Decitnus
BUrton, Esq., Messrs. John Britton, W. H. Ainsworth,
T.
Barrow;
wC, F.S.A.,ro, liwellt J. Gough Nicholls, J.
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THE CREW Or THE BRIG HANNAH, OF DUNDEE.
—lnstructions have been received by the authorities at
Quebec to liberate the crew of the brig Hannah, Capt •am
Soutar (not Lowther, as formerly reported), of Dundee,
who are imprisoned at Quebec on suspicion of having
been guilty of piracy, and the murder of the commander,
in the river St. Laurence, early in July last. Capt. Soutar is
alive and well. It will be remembered that the crew urged
him to take to the boats, there being nine feet of water in the
hold at the time, and thathe havingperemptorily refused to
leave the Hannah, they launched the two boats, which
were all the ships possessed, and left the vessel, the cap-
tain being also left without any possible means of escape.
Captain Soutar was subsequently, however, taken off his
water-logged vessel, by the brig Catherine, of Belfast,
. and safely landed at that port, whence he immediately
proceeded to Dundee. The Hannah, although aban-
doned, did not become a wreck. She was fallen in with
by another vessel, and towed up to Quebec, where she
arrived on the 28th of July, very little injured.

MARSHAL BUGEAUD'S DIS-
PATCHES.
The Messager of Tuesday night announces that th•
French Government has received dispatches from Mar-
shal Bugeaud, dated the 11th and 13th inst., viz., three
days before and the evening preceding the battle of 'sly.
On the 11th the Marshal writes :
"I received this morning, at half-past six, by Djemma.
Ghazaouat, a dispatch from his Royal Highness the
Prince de Joinville, dated the 6th. It informs me that
in the morning of that day his Royal Highness, after
having become acquainted with the result of the mission
of Mr. Hay, attacked Tangiers ; that his fire was an-
swered by eighty-four pieces of cannon, and that in ant
hour the fire of the enemy was silenced, the batteries'
dismantled, and the guns dismounted ; and that we had
a dozen men killed or wounded. His Royal Highness
was preparing to go and attack Mogadore. This deter-
mination of his Royal Highness does him much honour..
All Europe will recognise our right to punish the Moors
for their perfidious conduct, and their attacks and re-
peated outrages. From a signal-station vvhick I have
established on an elevated spot at the west of Lalla Ma-
grania, we perceive the Morocco camp, which appears to
be on the hills of the right bank of the Isly, two leagues
from Ouchda. It indicates a considerable numerical force..
Yesterday a thousand of their cavalry came towards us
to reconnoitre ; they presumed, perhaps, that we had
quitted the environs of Lalla Magrania, because four
days before I had removed my camp to the junction of
the Ouedel-Abbess and the Ouardefoa, in a wood, where
my troops were sheltered from the'great heat of the sun.
The enemy's horse crossed the encampment which I had
quitted, and exchanged shots for half an hour with fifty
chasseurs who observed them. It was they who com-
menced the fire, and their first shot wounded a trumpeter.
I thought they. had a design on the convoy which was
coming from Nedroina, and, to pi-civet it, caused three
battalions to advance on the, hills on my right. The
convoy arrived in the evening-without having been at-
tacked. On their return the enemy set fire to our houses
tween Ouchda and Lalla-Magrania. There can be no
doubt, therefore, that the Moors seriously intend war ;
they have ass mbled numerous troops near Oucl:da, and
are expecting others. Under thew circumstances, and
in the expectation of a great affair, I h.tse thought it
right to send for General Bedeau, and .L expect that he
will he here the day after to Dims, on thi- evening of
which day I shall move fire aid. I have o,e honour to
addr: ss to you a sketch rep. esi nting ;h.. older of march
and battle a 'licit I have res.lved to ad p. sgainst the
_Morocco troop:, whose great streegth is in cavalry It
• •
was in this way thatsl fuusht on the 3,1,et.Ju1y.”
On the 13th, the Marshal writes :
" For several days past I had been inforined by the
subjected Arabs of the Sahel of Nedroma and the Upper
Tafna, that the camp of the Emperor's son was being daily
reinforced. The absence of all communication with our
friends of Ouchda, the salvos of artillery and musketry
which we hear night and morning in the enemy's camp,
and the spirit of bravado and presumption which we
know reigns in that camp, announce to its hostile projects
on a large scale. It is not, as you may suppose, to
make us evacuate our post of Lalla Magrania, that all
the preparations are making ; nothing less is proposed,
according to what is said in the camp, than to take front
us the greater part of Algeria ; it is not even supposed
that we could resist for a single instant. This morning
a spahi has arrived, who has gone through all the,
camps. They are, according to him, nine in number, and
extended on the Isly from Djerf-el-Akhdar to Condiat-
sidieAbderrahman, a space of two leagues. Fciur of these
camps are said to be composed of troops of Morocco or
Makhezen ; a fifth contains the household of the son of
the Emperor, his concubines, baggage, horses, &c. &c.
This camp is said to be nearly as large as ours ; the
four other camps are composed of the contingents of
tribes. Other Arabs, who have seen the camps on the
hills, say that there are only five, but that others are
daily arriving. The number of men is estimated at 40,000
The Spahis say that they have nine pieces of.cannon,
six of which are mountain guns, and there are also two
mortars. Another camp is expected, commanded b:, the
Emperor's second son. I have judged that we cannot
remain much longer on the defensive without incurring
great danger, the least of which is the enemy being cow-
' stantly reinforced, but the most to fear is that he may • .1
send detachments by my flanks, and raise the country
in my rear. It is also to be apprehended that a longer
suspense may wear out the good-will of the tribes who
form my convoys from Tlemcen and Djemma Ghazaouat.
Having yesterday been joined by General Bedeau, I de- •
termined upon moving forward this evening. I
shall march three leagues on the plain, thus
passing the time till the night, as if I was only
foraging. I shall there halt in marching order, give
my columns time to sleep for several hours, and to-more
row, at the first break of day, I shall arrive at the Isly,
two leagues from the head of the enemy's camps. I
shall make a halt there for an hour, if we do not meet
with an enemy, in order to allow our men and cattle to .
drink. I shall then move on and make my attack, if the •
enemy is still in the same place. If he has fallen back,,
it is probable I may stop at Djerf-el-Akhdar till the heat
of the day is passed, and attack in the evening, or at
latest the next day. I have about 8,500 infantry, 1,400
regular cavalry, 400 irregular horse, and sixteen pieces
of artillery, four of which are field guns. It is with this
small numerical force we are about to attack this multi-
tude, which, according to every account, reckons 30,000
horse, 10,C00 foot, and eleven guns. But my army is
full of confidence and ardour, and relies, as well as its
General upon gaining the victory. If we obtain it. it
will be a new example that success d, es not always
belong to the greater hatedions, 11.0 it • -
-allowable 10 say teat war is notng but a guirie
chance. I shall have the honour of writing again as
soon as the battle is over, relating precisely the result,
whatever it may be."

THE SULTAN ABDUL MEDSCHID'S WATCH
Messrs. Hart and Son of Cornhill have inct eo-nplet4Kl
for the Sultan Abdul Medschid, a mutt sp. lendid watch,
one of two watches for which an order was given toe
them through the Turkish Embassy, about sixteen
months ago. The other watch is nearly completed, but
not yet in a state sufficiently perfett to be sent with the
one first mentioned to Constantinople immediately..
This watch is of the diameter of five inches, according.
to the order transmitted to the makers. It is in a doable
gold case, the gold being of the standard of twenty-two
carats ; the back external case is beautifully enamelled
with flowers, with a border of arabesque scrolling. This
part of the workmanship is very exquisite; the bril-
liancy of the colours and the delicacy of the pencilling
being superior to anything of the sort ever produced *
this country, and surpassing anything we have seen of
the kind in foreign manufacture. The dial is white
opaque enamelled on copper, similar to English watches
in general, but the figures are Turkish characters. The
hands are of blue steel set with diamonds. The one
hand represents a dart, the other a shorter dart or arrow
with the crescent at one end. The movement is duplex,
with a chronometer balance, and jewelled in ten ruby
holes. The watch strikes the hours and quarters by
itself, as the time represents, which striking is repeated,
together with the minutes, by pushing upwards a small
gold slide. The inner bottom is of crystal, in order to
show the repeating mechanism ; through the crystal are
two holes to wind up the striking part and the move-
ment. Wires, instead of the old method by a bell, are
used, and the sound is most harmonious and powerful,
and as near the tone of a collegiate or cathedral clock as
can be imagined. The pendant, or handle, is formed by
five scrolls, beautifully engraved, and shaped pyramidi-
cally. The watch, as a whole, is perhaps the most costly
and elaborate piece of mechanism to measure time yet
produced by English workmen, and does great credit to
the makers. It was shown on Wednesday morning last
to her Majesty the Queen and to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, both of whom expressed their high ad-
miration at its elegance and the good taste which was dis-
played in the enamelling, &c. The price of the pair is
1,200 guineas. It will leave this country in a few days
for Constantinople, where it will, no doubt, form an ob-
ject of surprise and astonishment to the inmates of the
Palace of the Sultan.

PURCELL COMMEMORATION.—The annual comme-
moration of Henry Purcell took place on Thursday in
Westminster Abbey. These celebrations afford the oppor-
tunity of hearing, at least once a year, church music sung
as it ought to be ; for the members of the Purcell Club
volunteer to give effect to the works of the eminent com-
poser. The performance of Purcell's fine compositions
within the edifice where they first became appreciated
also serves to give additional effect to the commemora-
tions. The usual vocal strength of the Abbey choristers
etas yesterday increased nearly twofold, and the cathe-
dral service was performed by them in a manner that
showed they fully comprehended the compositions of
seatsift the
their master. The effect was more impressive than those
who hear the service as ordinarily, chanted can conceive.
The anthem was sung with much feeling, and with it
concluded the conimemanodrattlhoena.islAesllwethree
crowded.
Abbey were occup
EXTENSIVE FIRE ON THE DOVER AND CROIDORTied,
RAILWAY.—Yesterday morning, a few minutes before one
, Croydon, Dover,
London,
the terminus at
o'clock, a very rapid and destructive fire broke out upon
about 200 feet long,
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carriage-sheds.
At the time of the outbreak there were several earrg
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in the building. Owing to the rapidity with which the
fire spread there was not sufficient time to rescue much
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of Mr. Braidwood, with the West of England and
County-office engines, with Messrs. Conuerton and
Garwood, were with all speed at the scene, but by the
time they arrived the entire range of premise; presented)
one immense sheet of flame. None of the engines could
be got to work in consequence of a scarcity of water.
One machine belonging to the Railway Company was
supplied by means of buckets of water from a distant
tP h frr
pond, but the flames were too strong to be compered by
so small a quantity of water. Towards two o clock -the
fire was nearly out. The wrecks of the several carriages
could be seen amidst the ruins ; the number, however,
destroyed, could not be exactly ascertained. The whole
of the men's working-tools appears to have been cbn-
sumed, as as well as nearly every article in the place be-
longing to the Company. The superintendent of the
line was sent for, but owing to the lateness of the hour
he was not able to institute an inquiry into the cause ;
neither could he tell with certa'nty whether or not the
premises were insured. His opinion was that no one was
in the sheds when the fire broke out.

DEATH OF LADY ANNADELLA 111AcLEop.—We re-
gret to announce the death of Lady Annabella Macleod,
which took place at the baths of Lucca, on the 14th
instant. Her Ladyship was daughter of Arthur first
Earl of Mountnorris and eight Viscount Valentin,. and
Lucy, daughter of the celebrated George Lord Lyttle-
ton. Her Ladyship married in 1802 General Norman
Macleod, C. 13., by whom (who died in 1831) she, has left
a numerous family.