The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-07 00:00:00

the Government to consider whether the use of
lotteries, either by -companies or individuals,
should be tolerated in fathre. As far as he could
promise it, the Members of the Government in the other
House would support the suggestions of the Hon. Mem-
ber for Waterford.
The amendments were then ordered to be sent back
to the Lords for consideration.

A mess&ge from the-Lords brought up several Bills.
On the motion of Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, the follow-
ing return was ordered, namely, A raurn of the name of
every person employed in the General Post-office, vv ith
the date of each appointment, the nature of the duties
performed by each individual, the amount of salary at-
tached to such duties, the fund from which such salary
is paid, distinguishing what portion, if any, is derived
from fees. Also, a similar return from the General
Post-office, Dublin.
SAVINGS' BANKS.

The Lords amendments to the Savings' Banks Bill
was agreed to, after a few observations from Mr. llumE
and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER.

MEDICAL PRACTICE.

Sir J. GRAHAM moved f►r leave to bring in a Bill
for the better re:;ulation of Medical Practice throughout
the United Kingdom. The Right Hon. Baronet warmly
complimented the medical profession in this country for
the high professional position they held in science, and
then stated the various legal operations under which the
duties of the 'profession were now carried on. The
object of the present Bill, however, was to amend
many of the provisions of the present imperfect law.
To put down quackery was hopeless,:but. he thought en-
couragement ought to be given to the clever man. He
proposed no restriction to private practice.—(Hear.)
His principle was this, that none should be
eligible to fill medical or surgical offices except
those who were declared to be so
.by compe-
tent authority. He proposed by this Bill to repeal
all acts and charters which imposed restrictions on the
medical profession. The most important feature
of the Bill was the establishment of a Council
of health in the metropolis indirect connection with the
executive Government. The composition of the Council
of Healh he proposed to be this:—The Regius Professor
of Medicine in Oxford, the Regius Professors of Physic in
Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin;" one.phy-
sician and surgeon, chosen by the College of Physicians
in England, and one physicinn in Scotland and Ire-
land. Then, in addition to this, six persons were to be
appointed by her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy
Council, and of those six one was to be a physi-
cian of the English rural districts, and one a
surgeon. One physician and one surgeon were to retire
annually, but he proposed that they should be eligible
for re-election, with the consent of the Crown. He

then proposed that the Council should have a Society in
London, and also in Scotland and Ireland. lie then
proposed to have a register kept of all the phy
swims and surgeons ; that the present bodies should
have power of granting licenses, but it should be at the
option of the Council of Health whether they would
register them or not, and every person that was not re-
gistered could not hold any public situation.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

EXTENSIVE FIRE and LOSS of LIFE

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—A serious calamity by fire
occurred here late last night, by which a largo new pile
of warehouses, and their valuable contents have been
entirely destroyed. The property in question, known
as the Irwell-buildings, is, or lather was, situate
at the corner of Blackfriars-street and Parsonage, and
comprised the warehouses of Messrs. Robert Charlton
and Sons, calenderers and packers, and Mr. Richard
Rostron, merchants; also those of Mr. Garser, M. Henri
Jacquet, Mr. M. Ralli, Mr. H. Fiescher, Mr. J. Heisted,
and Mr. Mendel, all foreign merchants. The warehouses
were six stories in height, had been but recently built,
and, like all those of modern construction in this town,
contained a great quantity of wood.
The fire was first discovered about 20 minutes after 10
last night, by the policeman on duty, and also by a man
named Wm. Choriton, of Salford, a tripe-dresser, who was
passing at the time. It was then confined apparently to
one window in the third story of Messrs. Charlton's
warehouse, in some parts of which the hands were at
work at the time. It is remarkable that about ter
minutes before the attention of the police had been drawn
to the premises, and all then appeared perfectly safe.
A little after six this morning a circumstance occurred
which proved fatal to one of the men in the employ of
Messrs. Charlton. In the rear of that part of the premises
occupied by Messrs. Jacquet and Fiescher was what is
called a cat-head, an instrument used for hoisting goods
from carts into the third and fourth story. The woodwork
being burnt away from it, it was expected to fall, and the
men were cautioned to keep away from tne spot. John
Irving, a joiner in the employ of Messrs. Charlton, and
Thomas Jackson, a packer, were, however, on the spot
when the " cat-head " fell. Jackson was severely
wounded in several parts of the head and body, and
Irving was killed on the spot.
Up to this hour (11 A.m.) the engines continue play-
ing on the smouldering embers. The wall next Black-
friars-street is still standing, as are portions of each of
the other walls, and also a very tall chimney at the
south-west corner of the building, which is almost en-
tirely unsupported, and which has a very threatening
appearance. At present all the thoroughfares round the
place are stopped.

The aggregate loss will probably not be less than
20,0001. The building had only been erected two or
three years, and most of the warehouses were well stored
with goods.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOR-
CESTER.

The following are additi—onal particulars of the sad
occurrence, announced in The Sun yesterday.—
It appears that shortly after six o'clock (the hour at
which the men usually quitted their work), 15 of them,
who were working on the side of the river opposite to
the city, entered a small boat, for the purpose of rowing
to the contrary side, and near to which a great portion
of the works are going on; no sooner had the unfortu-
nate men entered the boat than (as -was seen by some
persons from a distance) it was apparent it was too
heavily laden, and, as if by some fatality, or from an al-
most complete disregard of life which men in this walk
of life generally exhibit, no sooner had they quitted
the bank of the river, than, either not being aware, or
altogether regardless, of the danger to which they had
subjected themselves in having so much overladen the
boat, they gave, way to their usual mirth and frolic, and
in an instant, and before they had reached the middle of
the river, which is scarcely at this spot more than 15
yards wide, the boat capsized, and every man was, of
course, precipitated into the water. The occurrence
was seen' by some of the labourers at the works, and
assistance procured as speedily as possible. Meantime
the poor fellows (only three or four of whom were
swimmers) struggled in the water, and strove in vain to
bear up against the rapidity of the current. The spec-
tacle of human beings struggling in the, water is de-
scribed by an eye-witness as one of the most heart-
rending description. By the time the boats had reached
the spot three-fourths of them had sunk to rise no more.
Three only of the party were saved, and these, when
taken from the water, were in the most exhausted state;
but, the propor means having been taken, they were,
after a time, restored. A few minutes after this another
-,of these ill-fated men was taken from the water ; he was
conveyed to a public-house a short distance from the
spot, and, although every possible means were resorted
to, he died a short time afterwards.
By this time hundreds of the inhabitants had congre-
gated near the spot, numerous boats were launched, and
the river dragged, in-Order to recover the bodies of those
who had disappeared ; but the rain was falling rapidly,
the wind blowing strongly, and for upwards of an hour
their search was not attended, with success. About nine
o'clock, however, four more of the bodies were disco-
vered, and shortly afterwards a fifth, but life was, of
course, extinct. The search was continued until long
after dark; but at the time our correspondent writes
(midnight) no more of the bodies had been discovered.
Durino, the time the search was going on the scene on
the banks' of the river baffles description—a father was
raving almost frantically after his son, who bad thus been
suddenly snatcliked from him ; and as there was consi-
derable uncertainty as to the names of the men who
were in the boat, wives and even children were threading
the assembled crowd in die most painful excitement- in
search of husbands and of tethers.

DEPARTURE OF TEE KING OF
SAXONY.

(From the Edinburgh Courant of Monday.)
now taken his
depllairstursrfeajfersotmy ithheelßCirnitgisolif dSoamxionLynits.as After a stay un-
exampled in the modern movements of Monarchs, and
which, we trust, indicates the gratification he has de-
rived from his sojourn, he closed his tour of the island
yesterday (Sunday) with the Scottish metrorolis.
On 'Saturday he embarked, about eleven o'clock, in
Lord Wilfon's schooner yacht, for Aberdour, and for a
cruise in the Frith. Lord John Scott, in his yacht, the
Lufra, accompanied his Majesty, in his progress. The
royal party returned about half-past three, and ,his Ma-
y drove up(Edinburgh), and in the most
unostentatiouse ter
o lunch.
t ot o town
mannerproceeded
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to the Royal Hotel,
where
e he asdone with so little
parade, that it was almost by accident the inmates re-
cognised him.
His Majesty then drove out to Roslin, and on alight-
ing at the inn an interesting scene took place. Several
parties of ladies and gentlemen from Edinburgh and the
neighbourhood were at Roslin, enjoying the beauty of
the country ; and when the Royal carriages arrived the
whole turned out, formed a circle round his Majesty,
and greeted him with hearty acclamations, which the
King emirteously returned. His Majesty then pro-
, and from the
chapelceeded tthoeyvie:v.alktehde
techagpealwtainlcdrcacaesctle
mi-
nutely inspected. Returning to which they
Roslin, they entered
Majesty at dinner.
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Yesterday (Sunday), at eleven o'clock, his Majesty
and suite attended the Catholic chapel in Broughton-
street, and, after the sevices, entered a carriage and four,
and drove down to Granton-pier, where his Majesty was
received by Sir William Bain. The Lightning steamer,
sent down by Government for his Majesty's use, was
brought to, and the steps leading from the pier to the
vessel were covered with crimson cloth.
Mr. List, and a party of the county police, kept the
pier, and lined the passage to the steamer. His Majesty
was accompanied by his noble host, the Earl of Morton,
and by the members of his suite. Soon after his Ma-
jesty went on board the Lightning got under weigh, and
proceeded for Hamburgh, where the King will disem-
bark en route for his dominions.
The steamer is under the command of Commander
Roberts and Lieutenant Southey, brother to the late
pout laureate.