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 NEwlNGTox.—Yesterday afternoon a fire
broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Pinnegar, oil,
colour, and Italian warehouse keeper, No. 1, Cross-street,
Newington-causeway. The flames commenced in the base-
ment warehouse, owing to Mr. Pinnegar's nephew taking a
light to look after some goods in that part of the building.
In the course of a few minutes after he had left dense
volumes of smoke and a large quantity of flame were seen
issuing towards the shop, and forthwith messengers were
dispatched in every direction for the aid of the engines. The
firemen were enabled to subdue the flames, but not until con-
siderable damage was done to the premises and stock in
trade. Whilst the Nest of England engine was proceeding
along London-road to the fire, a girl, apparently about twelve
years of age, made an attempt to cross from one side to the
other. Ward, the driver, on seeing the danger she was in,
endeavoured to stop the speed of the horses • but before he
could do so she was thrown down between the' animals, and
every one who witnessed the occurrence expected to find the
poor creature crushed to death. The driver, fortunately had
the presence of mind to pull the horses in a zigzag manner,
and although the shoes of the girl were trampled by the
horses off her feet, she escaped comparatively uninjured.
FIVE MEN DROWNED.—About five weeks since
the end of the very long wooden bridge crossing the river
Wye, opposite the village of Glasbury, in Radnorshire, fell
down, having been left without repairs for two or three
years, while the counties of Radnor and Brecon were liti-
gating the question of liability to its repair in the Court of
Queen's Bench, and the question had only just been de-
cided against Breconshire when the bridge fell. As a tem-
porary means of crossing, some of the neighbouring magis-
trates made arrangements for ferrying passengers over in a
large boat, which was worked by means of a rope and pul-
lies, and it answered the purpose very well until Saturday
morning last, when, at the second trip, the rope broke, and,
one end being still fast, it drew the boat under water, and
seven men who were in it were left to the mercy of the
flood, which was much swollen by high rains in the pre-
vious night. Out of the seven two only (including the fer-
ryman) were rescued. Two of those who perished were father
and son, and the other three have lett large families. Two
bodies only were found up to Monday. There is much
reason to fear that the rope had been partially cut by some
evil-disposed miscreant; but it is very singular that fourteen
persons had just made a safe trip before the accident.
CITY SEWERS.—At the meeting yesterday of the
Commissioners, Deputy Peacock in the chair, Deputy Lake
complained of the disturbed state of the street and the offen-
sive smell of gas. Deputy Harrison defended the Central
Gas Campany. Alderman Sidney said that in many places
the pavement had been replaced in a very defective manner.
Deputy Holt said that all complaints would be bushed when
they saw the brilliant manner in which the City would be
lighted up presently. This assurance appeared to console the
Commissioners, who proceeded to fine 1 ore, the dust con-
tractor, twenty shillings, for the ill manner in which his sca-
vengers had performed their work in certain streets. .In reply to Alderman Sidney, Mr. Simon said his annual re-
port on the sanitary state of the City wouid be published in
November, but that he should require the expenditure of
about 301. for a chemical analysis of the Bagshot Heath and
other water. Every competing water company had its own
chemist, and he wished for an unbiassed analysis. After
some conversation it was agreed to pay the money, and the
Court adjourned.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.—Yesterday a quar-
terly general meeting of the governors of the corporation for
the relief of seamen, &c., in the merchant service, was held
at the offices in Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Mr. George Lindsay
in the chair. The minutes of the last court were read and
confirmed, and receivers of dues were appointed for the out-
ports of Dundalk and Bridport. The meeting then resolved
itself into a committee, and proceeded to consider the numer-
ous applications for relief from sick and disabled seamen
and widows. Pensions and temporary relief were ordered to
the applicants, and the court adjourned.
EXPIRING Laws.—Yesterday being the Ist of
October, several Acts of Parliament expiring were further
continued for another year and to the end of the then next
session. Among the number was the Loan Societies Act.
BRISTOL.—This city was yesterday visited by $
storm of unusual violence. The lightning, for the apace of
an hour, more resembled that of the tropics for intensity and
vividness than what is usual in our temperate climate. The
hailstones were of large size, and the thunder like one con-
tinued roar of artillery. It was with great difficulty that
men could keep their footing against the pelting of the piti-
less blast. W e much fear we shall hear of great damage in
the surrounding district.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT NINE ELMS.—Yesterday
evening Mr. Payne, jun. held an inquest at St. Thomas
Hospital on the body of 'Thomas Pennythorne. aged 33, a
railway labourer, who lost his life under the following dis-
tressing circumstances. It appeared from the evidence of
Thomas Sherlock, a porter in the employ of the South-
Western Railway Company, that on the 4th ult. witness and
others were employed at the goods yard, at the Nine Elms-
station, in fixing a new crane for raising heavy goods into
the trucks. A hole, twelve feet deep, had been dug to re-
ceive the bottom part of the crane, and over the hole a sheer-
legs was fixed, with greys attached, for the purpose of
lowering the crane, which was in parts, when in lowering a
portion weighing about 500 cwt., by means of a block and
fall from the sheer-legs, a swing was given it to cause it to
go into the position it was required, which caused the sheer-
legs to cant over, and in falling they struck the deceased
( who was a perfect stranger, but who had just come into the
yard to seek for work) on his breast, knocked him down, and
the legs fell on the top of him. He was raised from the
ground in a senseless state, with an extensive wound on the
top of his head, the skull broken, and the brain protruding.
e was placed iu a cab, and conveyed to the above institu-
tion. Mr. Vane, the house-surgeon, said deceased was ad-
mitted with an extensive fracture of the skull, with the bone
driven into the brain. Everything that it was possible was
done for him, but he gradually sunk, and died on Monday
morning last from the eflect of the injury. Verdict, " Ac•
cidental death."
REFORMS IN CHANCERY.—Three Acts were passed
in the late session to effect some reforms in the Court of
Chancery, and may be regarded as the precursors of exten-
sive alterations. It is probable that the Masters' offices will
be thrown open to the public. Two of the Acts will give ad-
ditional duties to the Masters, and it will be necessary to
throw open their offices for the protection of the public. The
Acts will come into force on the Ist of next month. The
first Act was passed on the 15th of July; it is intituled,
" An Act to Diminish the Delay and Expense of Proceedings
in the High Court of Chancery in Englan." Under this
Act parties may " concur" in
stating casesd for the opinion
of the Court, without throughb oing
of a suit ; and further, the expense and delay
y an , on the appli of
executors or administrators, one oforder the Masters maycation ascer-
tain the debts and liabilities of deceased persons. Thesecond
Act relates to the practice and proceedings of the County
Palatine of Lancaster, by virtue of which some improvements
will be made in its court. The third Act was passed on the
sth of August, " to consolidate and amend the laws relating
to the conveyance and transfer of real and personal property
vested in mortgagees and trustees." This Act confers addi-
tional powers on the court over mortgagees and trustees in a
summary manner by making orders. The Masters of the
Court will be called upon to assist, and therefore it has be-
come an impertant question whether their offices should be
thrown open to the public.
CASTING OF A COLOSSAL STATUE AT HALIFAX.—•
Our readers may recollect of a proposal to have a bronze cast
of a colossal statue by Leyland, at Halifax, made and erected
at the entrance to a railway tunnel in that vicinity. The
suggestion, we perceive, has been so far acted on that a bronze
cast is being made; the first portion of it, one of the legs,
weighing eight hundred weight, having been already cast, and
the statue named "The Anglo-Saxon Chief;" but whether
its destination be that suggested, we cannot say. The figure
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 idea of
the iron horse and his train were no more refined than that of
one of his own posterity the other day, who, on first opening
his eyes on the monster, described him as "a muekle snorting
beast that gave a great screech when it saw him, and ran
into a hole." We namely believe, however, that the modern
Angio-tsaxon" would have dared to listen at the hole like
his ancestor of bronze.—Buileter.
POWER OF ELECTION BY AN APPRENTICE WHETHER
OR NOT HE WILL SERVE BEYOND THE TIME OF ATTAINING
sus MAJoRITy.—MANcHEsTrn POLICE COVET.—In this
case J. Davis had been bound to Mr. Younghusband, joiner,
for a term which would expire when the apprentice would be
abou-. 23 years of age. The boy did not intend to serve
longer than when he attained his majority; he had, how-
ever, gone on working for five months after he was 21, and
then be suddenly ceased work, and refused to fulfil the re-
mainder of the contract. It was argued that his working
after he was 21 constituted an affirmance of the contract,
and that he had thereby rendered himself liable to serve the
remaining portion of his apprenticeship. It was proved,
however, that the boy had been deceived by his father in his
age, and he did not make the discovery that he had attained
his majority until about five months after he was 21. Mr.
Maude, who took time to consider whether, under the cir-
cumstances, the apprentice had not, as required by the Act,
made his election in a " reasonable time," on Tuesday last
decided that the apprentice could not be compelled to com-
plete the contract, on the ground that his intention to dis-
affirm at 11 had been frustrated by the deception which had
been practised upon him by his father.—Manchester Paper.
A NOVEL MODE OF STEALING TURNIPS.—OH
Sunday afternoon last as Mr. George Cole, switchman on the
Eastern Union line, who is stationed at the north end of the
tunnel, was looking along the line of railway in the direction
of Handford Hall, his attention was arrested by the actions
of a dog in a turnip-field belonging to the railway compan
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turnip from the field and carry it immediately into the lane
adjoining, where he saw three persons standing. The dog
having left the turnip with these men, he was again sent over
into the field, and drew another turnip, which he conveyed
to the men stationed in the lane in the same way as he did
the former one ; the dog having repeated the same act threeor four times successively, each time conveying a turnip to
his supposed master and companions, and suspecting that
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THE MAGAZINE S.
BLACKWOOD.
Am mg the many subjects for self-gratulation pos-
sessed by the readers of Blackwood, none have ever
exceeded in importance the tact of Christopher North
an _1 Sir Bulwer Lytton being its contetnporary con-
tr;butors. In the number just published for October,
we have from these two distinguished and illustri)us
men of letters an additional instalment of those splen-
did serials- with which they are adorning the pages of
the prince of all the magazines. Each of these pro-
ductions is characterised by the genius of the respec-
tive 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 Ambrosianw—
" Christopher North under Canvass" discourses
with his friends, Buller, Seward, and Talloo) s,
upon the effusions of Dugald Stewart, upon
the peculiarities of the poetic nature, and upon some
of the noblest and loftiest principles of sesthetic cri-
ticism. Always throughout these charming dialogues,
moreover, is the individuality of each speaker pre-
served with an inimitable exactitude. Sir Bulwer
Lytton appears, from the second part of " Aly Novel ;
or Varieties of English Life," resolved, if possible, to
surpasi that most beautiful of all his home-fictions,
the " Cextons." H.zeldean, represented by his pen-
cil of genius, fl hes upon our recognition as the
very vraisemblance of an English village under the
regime of a regular English squirearchy. 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 sagacious 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
Maga, 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 fact, 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 )earning, homesick heart
Would bow to its despair,
It reads his eye 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 award,
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 bud,
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
Th e Sweet Briar," he has employed with admirable
skill that most charming metre in which Maginn
aang 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 tlie flaunting rose,
The wall-flower is sublime !"
iLess to our taste is the grotesque jeu-cresprit intended
nbe humorous—" The Masquerade of Freedom,"
. which the Spirit of Freedom is depicted as " sneez •
1,1',14" on the brink of one of the beer-vats at Messrs.
Barclay and Perkins'. Two other contributions, one
°a " Military Life in North Africa," and the other
°a "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 p
off ut it on. Do as I tell you now, and don't
talk. There, that's better. Now, just take o that tie,
and get a long black handkerchief, and pin it down over
lour shirt.'
" Henry Winston was under orders, and implicitly
obeyed them.
" Och! 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,
reaa 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, fattening 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-
stou'e 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? Da you
Wish to be hit? for, if you want to attract a bullet, you
c)tilda't do it more complete. If you ',/u got a pair of
010th boots in the world, put them on; or any ould
Pair that's dim and dirty, without a glimmer of plish
en them, mind!'
" These scientific instructions being strictly complied
With, nothing more remained to be dune, but to give
Henry Winston a few hints as to how he was to manage
himself on .
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
rye known a watch before now turn off a bullet—a
butt or anything will do IL 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—
Couch your hat so as to Cover your ears—draw in your
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 bay ! 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 see
any object on the ground—such as a tuft of grass or a
°r rk spot—let that be a mark to guide you—or a tree,
a chimney, or anything at his back. Fire low-
4eeP your elbow close to your side, and don't raise your
hand higher than that.'
st" As Costigan afterwards explained to Henry Win-
on, the object to be kept in view, when men, as in this
thee,th really intended to tire at each other, was to bit
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 he 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—the
chief incidents are literally true, and the scene
i.
frons 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,
due' as Madame Pulsky informs us in a short intro-
tory note, " lived in terms of friendly intercourse
With the family of Kossuth." We have long admired
theglorious career of Kossuth the patriot, the Wash-
ingtn of Hungary ; and we find from these pages
that Kossuth, the man, is equally deserving of ad
!niretion—a dutiful son, a kind brother, a devoted
husband an affectionate and fond father, a most kind
piaster, devoted to making all
who entered his domes-
tic circle ha ppy—a man of pure and sime tastes,
and find of home, and all that makes homepl delight-
oh) it is impossible not to love Kossuth the man, as
he warmly as we admire Kossuth the liberator.
ey
fsoon be restored to that family which he loves so
:44191 and may he yet be enabled to free that noble
~tintry fur which he has sacrificed so much. This ar-
tf!cle is illustrated with a portrait of Kossuth, engraved
rptEk a small miniature ; it is one of those portraits

that " looks" a likeness. Alfred' Crowquill, in his
" Amusements of the People," gives us seine pleasant
antiquarian gossip ane:it Vauxhall ; and Mrs. Pi( zzi's
letters are continued. " A Run on the Eistern
Counties Railway, w:th the Secret History of the
late Strike," in an ably written vindication
of the conduct of the directors during the
recent unfortunate differencs ; 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. W e have an amusing sketch of " Spanish Life
in 1850," by Mr. Drummond Wolff, besides several
other papers of interest in the Bentley for October.

THE SUN,