The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-02 00:00:00

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Match.—The Lioness beat the Roman.
The Second Triennial Stakes, for 3 yrs old.

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FIRE AT NEWlNGTON.—Yesterday afternoon a fit/.4
broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Pinnegar, el,
colour, and Italian warehouse keeper, No. 1, Cross-stree'S
Newington-causeway. The flames commenced in the baer,
ment warehouse, owing to Mr. Pinnegar's nephew taking :
light to look after some goods in that part of the buildiegs
In the course of a few minutes after he had left den!.
volumes of smoke and a large quantity of flame were sefi
issuing towards the shop, and forthwith messengers wen
dispatched in every direction for the aid of the engines. 'lf,
firemen were enabled to subdue the flames, but not until cos'
siderable damage was done to the premises and stock
trade. Whilst the West of England engine was proceedill
along London-road to the fire, a girl, apparently about twe
years of age, made an attempt to cross from one side to t!'
other. Ward, the driver, on seeing the danger she was s
endeavoured to stop the speed of the horses • but before Pi
could do so she was thrown down between the animals, anii,
every one who witnessed the occurrence expected to find,,s
poor creature crushed to death. The driver, fortunately DI;
the presence of mind to pull the horses in a zigzag manes.;
and although the shoes of the girl were trampled by t'
horses off her feet, she escaped comparatively uninjured.
FIVE MEN DROWNED.—About five weeks sio;
the end of the very long wooden bridge crossing the rii:d
Wye, opposite the village of Glasbury, in Radnorshire,
down, having been left without repairs for two or tIST,
years, while the counties of Radnor and Brecon were i!l'of
gating the question of liability to its repair in the Cous'se,
Queen's Bench, and the question had only just been u,
tided against Breconshire when the bridge fell. As a te'
porary means of crossing, some of the neighbouring mall
trates made arrangements for ferrying passengers over I's!,
large boat, which was worked by means of a rope and
lies, and it answered the purpose very well until Satuse
morning last, when, at the second trip, the rope broke, as3oj
one end being still fast, it drew the boat under water,
As
seven men who were in it were left to the mercy of lsr,
flood, which was much swollen by high rains in the P,
vious night. Out of the seven two only (including the fed
ryman) were rescued. Two of those who perished were fa,
and son, and the other three have left large families. 'lli
bodies only were found
_up to Monday. There is 1012
reason to fear that the rope had been partially cut by seo
1
.se
evil-disposed miscreant ; but it is very singular that fourtP-
persons had just made a safe trip before the accident.
CITY SEWERS.—At the meeting yesterday of Os
Commissioners, Deputy Peacock in the chair, Deputy
complained of the disturbed state of the street and the dies
sive smell of gas. Deputy Harrison defended the Centre;
Gas Campany. Alderman Sidney said that in many Pissee
the pavement had been replaced in a very defective maned
Deputy Holt said that all complaints would be hushed W.
they saw the brilliant mariner in which the City woules bsi
lighted up presently. This assurance appeared to console
Commissioners, who proceeded to fine tiore, the dust cw
tractor, twenty shillings, for the ill manner in which his s'lo
vangers had performed their work in certain streets.
Tr
reply to Alderman Sidney, Mr. Simon said his annuals
port on the sanitary state of the City wouid be publisbeu
November, but that he should require the expendituseos
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about 301. for a chemical analysis of the Bagshot Heath 4
other water. Every competing water company had its nig
s
chemist, and lie wished for an unbiassed analysis. li,b6
some conversation it was agreed to pay the money, and
Court adjourned.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.—Yesterday a VII
terly general meeting of the governors of the corporation
els
the relief of seamen, &c., in the merchant service, was Ls
at the offices in Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Mr. George Linu'a
in the chair. The minutes of the last court were read eSSI.
confirmed, and receivers of dues were appointed for thee" el ports of Dundalk and Bridport. The meeting then resoll
itself into a committee, and proceeded to consider the nallisier,
ous applications for relief from sick and disabled sestets
and widows. Pensions and temporary relief were ordered
the applicants, and the court adjourned.
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EXPIRING LAWS.—Yesterday being the 14_,0
October, several Acts of Parliament expiring were fun:o
continued for another year and to the end of the then
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session. dinong the number was the Loan Societies Act'
BRISTOL.—This city was yesterday visited blot
storm of unusual violence. The lightning, for the space a,
an hour, more resembled that of the tropics for intensitytbs
vividness than what is u,ual in our temperate climate. 0.
hailstones were of large size, and the thunder like one eeso tinned roar of artillery. It was with great difficulty
men could keep their footing against the pelting of the Plio
less blast. We much fear we shall hear of great damage
the surrounding district.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT NINE ELMS.—Yestells
evening Mr. Payne, jun., held an inquest at St. Thorn $
Hospital on the body of Thomas Pennythorne. aged 3:+ ,r
railway labourer, who lost his life under the following
tressing circumstances. It appeared from the evidence 11,
Thomas Sherlock, a porter in the employ of the Selissi
Western Railway Company, that on the 4th ult. witness:s.
others were employed at the goods yard, at the Nine Eirsto
station, in fixing a new crane for raising heavy goods wre.
the trucks. A hole, twelve feet deep, had been dug tsese
ceive the bottom part of the crane, and over the hole a gni
legs was fixed, with greys attached, for the purpeee 0
lowering the crane, which was in parts, when in lowerine,S
portion weighing about 500 cwt., by means of a block
it
fall from the sheer-legs, a swing was given it to cause l'er go into the position it was required, which caused the sll!sa
legs to cant over, and in falling they struck the deeeerss
a perfect stranger, but who had
(who was
yard to seek for work) on his breast, knocked him down, the
just come into ua
the legs fell on the top of bins. He was raised from the
ground in a senseless state, with an extensive wound on 6
top of his head, the skull broken, and the brain protrudie; tie was placed in a cab, and conveed to the above insti.tcfr,
tion. Mr. Vane, the house-surgeon, said deceased W55,.,j3t1
witted with an extensive fracture of the skull, with the P7l
driven into the brain. Everything that it was possible to
done for him, but he gradually sunk, and died on Mom:,
morning last from the effect of the injury. Verdict, ``
cidental death."
ReFostass IN CHANCERY.—Three Acts were P 895611
in the late session to effect some reforms in the Coll'4l.
Chancery, and may be regarded as the precursors of esilsol sive alterations. It is probable that the Masters' offices via,
be thrown open to the public. Two of the Acts will give eta
ditional duties to the Masters, and it will be necesiss
throw open their offices for the protection of the public. ,The
Acts will come into force on the Ist of next month. Sd,
first Act was passed on the 15th of July; it is intitiu 0,5
" An Act to Diminish the Delay and Expense of Proceeelirlble
in the High Court of Chancery in England." Under 100 Act parties may " concur" in stating cases for the oPl°ol
of the Court, without going through the expense and de
of of a suit ; and further, by an order, on the applications,
executors or administrators, one of the Masters may °of.
tain the debts and liabilities
of deceased persons. These
Act relates to the practice and proceedings of the Cellso" se
Palatine of Lancaster, by virtue of which some improve° ti
will be made in its court. The third Act was passed on .0%
sth of August, " to consolidate and amend the laws relalley
to the conveyance and transfer of real and personal proPe
vested in mortgagees and trustees." This Act confers ad $
tional powers on the court over mortgagees and trustees I'o
summary manner by making orders. The Masters of bet?)
Court will be called upon to assist, and therefore it has be
come an important question whether their offices should
thrown open to the public.
CASTING OF A COLOSSAL STATUE AT HALIFA...' $
Our readers may recollect of a proposal to have a bronze tae of a colossal statue by Leyland, at Halifax, made and erected
at the entrance to a railway tunnel in than, vicinity. The
suggestion, we perceive, has been so far acted on that a brag,
cast is being made; the first portion of it, one of the leg.a
weighing eight hundred weight, having been already cast,*
the statue named " The Anglo-Saxon Chief;" but whetilo
its destination be that suggested, we cannot say. The 14%0
is in a bent and intensely listening attitude, conceived to be
poetically appropriate to such a position ; and it doubtless"(
would be so, even though the ancient Anglo-Saxon's ideas(
the iron horse and his train were no more refined than that 0f
one of his own posterity the other day, who, on
first opeaLs
his eyes on the monster, described him as "a muekle snort;
beast that gave a great screech when it saw him, and into a hole." We scareely believe, however, that the modern
" Anglo- • axon" would have dared to listen at the hole
his ancestor of bronze.—Builder.
POWER OF ELECTION BY AN APPRENTICE WHETII/1:
OR NOT HIEWILL SERVE BEYOND THE TIME OF ATTAIN is
nig MAJORITT.—MANCHESTER POLICE COURT.--
In
th
case J. Davis had been bound to Mr. Younghusband,
.011ibe
for a term which would expire when the apprentice would
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abou 23 years of age. The boy did not intend to se'L,
longer than when he attained his majority; he had, holdever, gone on working for five months after he was 21, ,'d
then he suddenly ceased work, and refused to fulfil the Sem
mainder of the contract. It was argued that his working
after he was 21 constituted an affirmance of the contract'
and that be had thereby rendered himself liable to serve
remaining portion of his apprenticeship. It was proved,
hia
however, that the boy had been deceived by his father ihrs
age, and he did not make the discovery that he had attained
his majority until about five months after be was 21. gr..
Maude, who took time to consider whether, „
under the .4
cumstances, the apprentice had not, as required by the Ac
made his election in a " reasonable time," on Tuesday 01
decided that the apprentice could not be compelled to co__,
plete the contract, on the ground that his intention to 2,d
affirm at bad been frustrated by the deception which 'is
been practised upon him by his father.—Manchester PaPer.

A NOVEL MODE OF STEALING TURNIPS.--o 1
Sunday afternoon last as Mr. George Cole, switchman on the
Eastern Union line, who is stationed at the north end of th,
tunnel, was looking along the line of railway in the direction
of Handford Hall, his attention was arrested by the sea°
of ,a dog in a turnip-field belonging to the railway conWel;
Seeing the dog hunting about the field in a rather peculiar
way, Mr. Cole walked some little way down the line to en•
able him the more closely to watch the dog's movements.
Having walked to within 160 yards of where the dog so*;
Mr. Cole distinctly sirw him put his head down and draw .
turnip from the field and carry it immediately into the lane
adjoining, where he saw three persons standing. The de
having left the turnip with these men, he was again sent over
into the field, and drew another turnip, which he conve;
to the men stationed in the lane in the same way as be "1
the former one; the dog having repeated the same act three
or four times successively, each time conveying a turniP,4
his supposed master and companions, and suspecting that
Cole was making his way to the place where they were 10''
cated, with an intention to take them into custody,thea/
ran away as fast as they could, followed by the_ piptvo.--
animal.—lpswich .Express.

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THE MAGAZINES.
BLACK WOOD.
Am mg the many subj,c;-s ;-'or
sessed by the readers of Blackzvood none hay
f•X

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an I. ;,eing its c c:,l
tributors. In tne ritltnbee just liuolishe,a for o:Aon,e,
we have from these two distinguished and Masai ;us
men of letters an additional lusts:inept of those splen-
did serials with which they are aloroing the pages of
the prince of all the magazines. Eich of these pro-
ductions is characterised by the genius of the resp,c-
tire writers—their genius in both instances having
attained its ripest and sunniest maturity. As the
eighth portion of the Dies Boreales—that worthy
sequel of the immortal Noctes Ambrosiane—
" Christopher North under Canvass" discours,,3
with his friends, Buller, Seward, and Talbot's,
upon the effusions of Dugald Stewart, upon
the peculiarities of the poetic nature, and upon some
of the noblest and loftiest principles of w,trietic cri-
ticism. Always throughout these charming dialogues,
moreover, is the indyndualicy of each speaker pre-
served with an inimitable exactitude. Sir Bulwer
Lytton appears, from the second part of " lily Novel ;
or Varieties of English Life," resolved, if possib!e, to
surpass that most bautiful of ail his home-fictions,
the "Caxtons." Ilazeldean, represented by his pen-
cil of genius, fl e,hws upon our recognition as the
very vraisrmblance of an English village under the
regime of a regular English cp r t.l arehy. As a con-
tinuation of a work commenced in a manner the
most masterly, this instalment of the latest emana-
tion of Bulwer's inexhaustible fancy is especially
valuable, and in a peculiar degree entitled
to eulogium. A saeacious and intelligent paper
on " Modern State Trials" promises well for its
completion, and, best of all, in the present chapter
of the contribution are the opening passages, in which
the reviewer takes occasion to offer his tribute of
regret and admiration to the memory of the late
lamented Mr. Townsend. Another reason, not yet
particularised, for the satisfaction of the readers of
Msga, in reference to this its October number, is the
circumstance that in it is observable the " wind up"
of that lengthened—not sweetness but sourness—
long drawn out, " The Green Hand." By a not in-
appropriate coincidence, the narrative closes with the
sentence—" the story is already all but forgotten."
The fict, it is true, of its appearance in Blackwood
will tend to embalm' it after the fashion of a
literary mummy—otherwise its existence could not
fail to be most evanescent. Again we congratulate
ourselves upon its termination. Delta wreaths for us
a most delicious " Wild-flower Garland" with the
daisy, the white rose, the sweet briar, and the wall
flower. After the imperishable stanzas of Burns on
the margarite, it was somewhat daring to attempt
once more its celebration. In this endeavour Delta
has proved, nevertheless, not wholly unsuccessful. It
is with a beautiful sense of the truly and gracefully
metaphoric that he calls the daisy the " Samaratin of
flowers ;" The closing lines—
" And when his yearning, homesick heart
Would bow to its despair,
It reads his aye a lesson sage—
That God is everywhere,"
reminds us rather too distinctly of those exquisite
verses of poor Robert Nicoll, beginning—
"A trodden daisy from the sward,
With tearful eye I took ;
And gazing on its beauties, I
With moving heart did look.
For crushed and broken though it was,
That little flower was fair;
And 0, I loved the drooping but
For God was there!"
Scarcely less bold is the attempt of Delta to glorify
the rose after the stanzas of Cowper ; yet in this too
he has been to the full :successful. In his verses on
" The Sweet Briar," he has employed with admirable
skill that most charming metre in which Maginn
gang the sorrows inspired by the "sweet bells of
Yarrow." Perhaps, however, of the four portions of
the " Wild-flower Garland," the most excellent is the
last, commemorative of the " wall-flower." Beautiful
beyond measure are those eight opening lines—
" The wall-flower—the wall-flower,
How heautiful it blooms!
It gleams above the ruined tower
Like sunlight over tombs;
It sheds a halo of repose
Around the wrecks of time.
To beauty give the flaunting rose,
The wall:flower is sublime l"
Less to our taste is the grotesque jeu-d esprit intended
to be humorous—" The Masquerade of Freedom,"
in which the Spirit of Freedom is depicted as " sneez •
ing" on the brink of one of the beer-vats at Messrs.
Barclay and Perkins'. Two other contributions, one
oa " Military Life in North Africa," and the other
on "The French Wars of Religion," complete most
admirably this very brilliant number of Blackwood for
October.

BENTLEY:
" The Ladder of Gold" is continued in the present
number, and does not diminish one jot or one tittle in
interest. Poor Margaret, after her interview with
Henry Winston, sends for Clara, from whom she elicits
an account of the manner in which Winston's letters
were interrupted, and Margaret learns the heartless
manner in which her affections have been sacrificed
to her father's ambition. After the gross
insult publicly put upon Lord Charles Eton
by Henry Winston, a duel is a matter of
course. Costigan is "the friend" of Henry Winston,
to whom he imparts a knowledge of the secrets of
the art and mystery of duelling after the following
amusing fashion :

" ' NOw,' said Costigan, when Winston's toilet was
finished, ' let me look at you. What's this?'
" ' Eh?' returned the other, not exactly comprehend-
ing him.

Of course, I know it's a waistcoat. But did you
ever see a man fight a duel in a white waistcoat?
Haven't you got such a thing as a black one?'
" To be sure.'
"'Then put it on. Do as I tell you now, and don't
talk, There, that's better. Now, just take off that tie,
and get a long black handkerchief, and pin it down over
your shirt.'
" Henry Winston was under orders, and
.implicitly
obeyed them.
" Och I I've my own trouble with you. Take out
that diamond pin—Hush! no noise—' he continued in a
guarded under-tone, 'don't you see it'd catch the light,
man alive! That's right. Stop now, just turn in your
Collar. There mustn t be a speck of white about you.
Hould here a minute—open your coat, and let me put
this belt round you;' and he proceeded to buckle a hunt-
ing belt round Winston's waist, fastening it so tight
that Winston winced under the operation. ' Is that too
tight for you?—try if you can breathe.' It was as much
as he could do.
"Costigan now turned him round, and surveyed him
carefully from head to foot. His eye fell upon Win-
ston's boots.
" French polish!' he exclaimed in a low growl; have
you taken leave of your senses, that you must
stick your feet into a pair of looking-glasses? Do you
wish to be hit? for, if you want to attract a bullet, you
couldn't do it more complete. If you 've got a pair of
cloth boots in the world, put theca on; or any wild
pair that's dim and dirty, without a glimmer of polish
on them, mind!'
" These scientific instructions being strictly complied
with, nothing more remained to be done, but to give
Henry Winston a few hints as to how he was to manage
himself on the ground.
" Put your watch in your right hand pocket. Now,
don't contradict me—it's all fair. A man has a right to
wear his watch, I suppose, in any pocket he chooses, and
I've known a watch before now turn off a bullet—a
button or anything will do it. Observe what I'm telling
you. Before I place you on the ground turn up the
collar of your coat this way, and button it all around—
slouch your hat so as to cover your ears—draw in y our
breath before you discharge your pistol, and make your-
self as thin as you can. By this means you'll be dark
and slim from head to foot, and not a speck on you to
catch his eye. That's a grand secret, my boy ! Are
You used to pistols?'
" Not much.'
"' Then all you've got to do is just to draw a line with
your eye straight from your foot to his—and if you set,
any object on the ground—such as a tuft of grass or a
dark spot—let that be a mark to guide you—or a tree,
or a chimney, or anything at his back. Fire low—
keep your elbow close to your side, and don't raise your
hand higher than that.'
As Costigan afterwards explained to Henry Win-
ston, the object to be kept in view, when men, as in this
case, really intended to fire at each other, was to hit
the legs. If the shot took a higher range it was dan-
gerous; and the inclination of the twentieth part of au inch
would make all the difference between a scar for life
and a death-wound. Henry Winston was perfectly cool
and collected. He had dismissed from his mind all
thoughts that were likely to interfere with the business
on which he was engaged, and was more calm that
morning than be had been at any time since the miser-
able day when he had last left London."
The duel takes place at Chalk-farm, and Lord Charles
Eton is badly wounded. " Emma, the Sailor Girl" is
a most interesting story from the pen of Mrs. Ward,
who tells us it is not merely " founded" on fact—tht-
chief incidents are literally true, and the scene i-
from nature. By far the most interesting magazine
article for the month is to be found in Bentley ; it is
entitled "Louis Kossuth and his Family." It is from
the pen of a Hungarian lady, named Caroline Marton,
Nvho,'as Madame Pulsky informs us in a short intro-
ductory note, " lived in terms of friendly intercourse
With the family of Kossuth." We have long admired
theglorious career of Kossuth the patriot, the 'Wash-
ington of Hungary.; and we find from these pages
that Kossuth, the man, is equally deserving of ad
rniration—a dutiful son, a kind brother, a devoted
husband, an affectionate and fond father, a most kind
roaster, devoted to making all who entered his domes-
tic circle happy—a man of pure and simple tastes,
and fund of home, and all that makes home delight-
ful, it is impossible not to love Kossuth the man, as
warmly as we admire Kossuth the liberator. May
he soon be restored to that family which he loves so
fondly, and may he yet be enabled to free that noble
Country for which he has sacrificed so much. This ar-
ticle is illustrated with a portrait of Kossuth, engraved
from 8 small miniature; it is one of those portraits

, that " loolts" likenc.ss. . Crowquill, in his
" meats of the Penle," gives us some pi,ta,flrit
antiquarlan gos,ip anent ; and Mrs. n,
k,tters nee eontitiued. " A Run on the Est. ,-t.
NNith the Scret History of tiv:i
late is an ably wr ten
tiic conduct th:i directors during the
recent unfortunate differences; the writer lays bare
the whole machinery by which strikes are brought
about, and explains the manner in which what may
be called the union of engine-drivers and firemen all
over the kingdom is organized, and the system of
terror by which men are forced to join in a strike
whenever it pleases the leaders of this combination to
order one. NV e nave an amusing sketch of " Spanish Life
in 1850," by Mr. Drummond Worn', besides several
other papers of interest in the Bentley for October.