The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

... 720
... 638

Total ... 1,358
*ln this number are included 19 by Scarlatina, 39
by Typhus Fever, 19 by Diarrhoea, and 2 by Cholera.

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT LEAMINGTON. —We
regret to announce that a fire of very considerable magni-
tude broke out yesterday, at half-past one A.m., at the above.
mentioned place. The premises, which were occupied by
and the property of Mr. Dewier, upholsterer and cabinet-
maker, were completely burnt to the ground. Up to eleven
o'clock yesterday morning, at which time our correspondent
left Leamington, the engine continued to play on the smoking
ruins. It is generally believed that damiage is done to the
extent of 30,000/., whilst insurance is effected to the amount
only of 5,0001. A poor fellow, a stranger to the town, whilst
occupied in directing the hose of one of the engines, was
struck down by an iron pillar, which fell on his head with
tremendous force; he was immediately carried away, and
andvednidtrygooend. .
we regret to say is since dead. The ;fire might have been
checked earlier, but for the inefficient state of the Leaming-
ton fire-engine, which was utterly out of working condition,
e Warwick
spot,and Co
and when brought to the cortlagration was found to be of
gniontetsh,6e,esrlieg;hhteosiit.euyteirli::...
promptlyl'h on the
service.

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n Broad-
street-buildings,
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street-buildings, yesterday, Mr. Martin in the chair, when a
exhibited
report wastlee
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its state was now that of extreme o c mine
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otherin i ne, thoughthaeeposipt er
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which could not be determined withosetortheuprocsecution of
further works. The report also stated that Captain Ruh'
would leave Cadiz on the eth or sth of June, and that on his
return to England he would give a more detailed report on
the subject. After some discussion, in which the director's
urged the at once declaring the neces.ity of putting the coin-
pans'
in liquidation, with a view to dissolution, and the for-
mation of a new company if it should be deemed desirable, it
was resolved to adjourn the meeting for a week, to await the
trheteurrrnepoofretarepitaatiinveittuolet,hwe
wheinne.
be is expected to give a fur-
Corawe su's INQUEST. —On Monday evening an in-
questpublic-housef,,,oirVandswortoh
beft,rewaAsirh.ell‘q.
Kemp, aged 32, a clerk
half
-ovrfa);he coroners . Sarre}', n
view of the remains of Mr. Hobert
coal-merc
s at Paddington, who
to Messrs. Stephens,
deliberate and frightful act of self-destruc-
tion a most
actarttleier,
ap-
peareddteceaFsreodmhatahefre.ovaaidesouncieeithis accounts absconded from his situation about a
defal-
cations in
' lock on the approach of the two o'clock up South-
week before, and on Saturday evening, at about a quarter to
ay
five o c
tl°n °n
thatSatu tuff) I IT; evening
a t el a s
ampton train, he rusted across the down line and flung him-
self on the up rails. The engine- driver saw the unfortunate
man's deliberate act, and used every possible exertion to sto
the engine, but this was quite impossible before at least half
the train had passed over the poor man, and reversing the
engine, therefore, would only have made matters worse. Mr.
Young, one of the principal officers of the company, was in
the 'rain at the time, and the itistarit the train stopped het
jumped out for the purpose of rendering all the assistance,
in Ins power; but before reaching the body, Morris, a porter
on the line, and who was in one of the back truckle got up
to it. The shocking spectacle which it presented it would
be impossible to describe. Suffice it to say, that it was torn
to pieces, the brains scattered about in all directions, and
one of the legs, with the boot and part of the stocking on,
was found at least twenty yards from where the shattered
remains of the body lay, The
having beard evidence
to the above effect, returned aj•si'leryrjict of " Temporary de-
rangement." The deceased has lett a wife and two childrigt
to deplore his untimely end.
COMMISSION OF LUNACT.-011 Monday, a commis
sites under a writ de lunatico inquirendo seas executed at
Moorcroft House, Hillingdon. Middlesex, an asylum for
lunatics kept by Dr. Stillwa, before Mr. Commissioner
'Winslow and a special jury, to inquire into the state of mind
of the Rev. Herbert Charles March, rector of Barnack, near,
Stamford, and prebendary of the cathedral church of Peter.,
borough. The rev. gentleman was son of the late Bishop of
Peterborough. The jury returned a unanimous verdict to
the effect " that llerbert Charles March, clerk, is now of
„neotyndmind, incapable of managing himkelf aad Jab affairs,
and hag been Se since February, MP."