The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

birV Ebitton

NEWMARKET RACE
(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)

The Newmarket Stakes, a subscription of
Sibs ;30:01/4
each, h ft, for three years old ; colts, Bst
fillies, Bst 21b. D.M.
1
Duke of Portland's c by Beiram, out ofTragedY
Lord Exeter's c Crosby, by Liverpool s ''''3
Lord Albemarle's Candidate,.
Won by two lengths. - t
MATCII.--Duke of Bedford's Oakley, be°
Lord Exeter's Celia, Bst 11b. T.Y.C., 200'h
ft.
This concludes the whole of the races.

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday gi;
one o'clock nine houses situated in Belton-street and Or° be
low-street, Long-acre, were disposed of by auction, t° to
taken down for the new street from Waterloo-blidl;:en.
Bloomsbury. Nearly the whole of the houses iM.l3C"ed,
street, on the east side, will now in a few days be rerrl°o.
and there are only a few in Hanover-street to be taken douwo
The Mercers' Company have had a large area of grenoer
vacant in Hanover-street for several months. At thc.ihdliii
part of Belton-street the workmen have been emplaYelds-
putting down the concrete, preparatory to laying thelbul re.
Lion-stone for the new church of Christ Church, whict of
mony is expected shortly to take place. This is the 27th no
houses for the various new lines of streets in this part ot_ll
metropolis by order of the Commissioimers of -Woods?
Forests, which will make above 200 houses that haVe Oect,
cleared away. Last week some houses in Charlotte-st Nye
illaoinsbury, facing Charlotte-street Chapel, which will he,,
to be cleared away, were sold by order of the CommissioneScriti
THE "FREE" CHURCH IN DUNDEE.—On
Dionevening a numerous meeting of the Rev. Mr. Law's cone,
gation was held in their chapel, Reform-street,
Captain John Smith in the chair. After prayer by Mr:‘, •to
he shortly gave his reasons for resigning connexion ',vat his
"Free" Church, and returning into the Establishment. i".n
explanation he stated, that he considered the non
rrmciple secured by Lord Aberdeen's Bill; and that that lyst
son for separating was now removed. He then retired, tLy
the congregation might decide for themselves as to hew ti
of
were to act in the circumstances. Mr. Ivory Kidd, oueb;l
the elders, after stating _that all the elders and deacoo heir
agreed to join
.the Established Church along with t"
pastor, moved a petition to the presbytery,
congregatim might be admitted int) communion with th 'n'ng
which, being seconded by the clerk tot Mr. Law's session, "as
unanimously adopted. A few of the " Free " Church party
were in attendance, and one elder made himself rather col_Ji
spicuous in attempting dissension, which was speedily Fr:,
down. Mr. Law returned, after the petition had been .r,g
;solved on,
_ and concluded with prayer. As we were 1001
the members were pressing forward to sign the petition ; 7,70
see understand, that in the space of half an hour nearly -‘•'""
names were adhibited.—Dundee Paper of Tuesday. est
AlimistscuoLv SUICIDE.— Yesterday an inqutbe
was held before Mr. Carter, the Coioner for Surrey, at
Queen, Peddbam-fields, as to the death of Mr. Joseph '.-7`(l.
praying that
cr,
kins Goolredge, aged thirty. It appeared That the dace'
had been in the employment of a large linen-drapery
v'e t
the City. During last year he was attacked with a it
fit of paralysis, and he was fearful that a repetition ° „e
would cause his death. On Monday, between twelve and
„°a...
o'clock, he was missed at his residence, No. 4, Richinid
terrace, Peckhin, where lie was seen in the parlour by toe
sister a short time before, and he then said he had lost thebst
of his left leg, which dragged after him. Soon after In De
was discovered in one of the rooms, and it was suPPel
was in the garden. Upon his sister going there he cool
ota.
where be seen, but at last she opened the door of the 500
cellar, and there saw him suspended by a silk handkerel., ,p.
a rafter in the wall. He was instantly cut down, but I"'icig
peared quite extinct. It seems that his illness had very ir
preyed on his mind, and he had been in a very
.low
sponding state, even forgetting the names of his not
mate friends.—Verdict, "Temporary insanity."
ALARMING FIRES LAST NIGHT.—TWO
eurred last night. The first, in the early part of the 0" yes
broke out upon the premises in the occupation of grti.rosd•
grave, 1, St. Ann's-place, St. George's-road, New Nen ,oft at
Flames were discovered issuing from the floor of
some distance from the dwelling-house. An alarm 1",:i the
mediately raised, and the engines sent for.
brigade and the West of England engines speedily fire was
and plenty of water being at hand,l tic fury of tl,l°,orth et;
checked before it hal consumed more than 20°"-shop e'
property. Shortly afterwards a fire occurred in the anpears
Mr. Bennett, hpsier, &c., 135, Lambeth-walk. It the
that from some unexplained cause, the flames tai' ~hied,
light articles in the show window, which instantlY,4s. &c.
and burnt out the window, destroying the frame,,ro,ines
The fire was extinguished by the inmates ; but tl 7heir
from the several stations the vicinity were prompt ""
Threefir'ri,.ea,
attendance and vigorous in their efforts. last THE ILLUMINATIONS.—The illuminations ism,
in celebration of her Majesty's birthday were more
than on the previous anniversary, although still Chiefly er,t,
fined to the various club-houses and places of_,T.';xtreine
em
and the residences of the Royal tradespeople. .-I,n_e evening,
fineness of the weather, and the brilliancy of the n pril,
which more resembled an evening in June thai
of allagea
drew out an almost countless mqltitude of peo.rsotm.ise liturtioa-
and grades, who, for time purpose of viewi6n,
f the nietrarli9
dons paraded the principal thoroughfares
ble carriage''
from dusk until long after midnight. Innumeran.buses fo n?
carts, and vehicles of all descrlptions, with ore:l,, crowded
places round the metropolis, filled inside and cut,
every
So admirable were the arrangements thato
the streets. Several hundred policemen, drafled from
an
confusion W..
n
divi,•ion, were on duty in the streets during the evening'
plate, tiof have we beand of azt7 serious accident,