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

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

M ___
Tales ••• •••
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 damage is done to the
extent of 30,000/, whilst insurance is effected to the amouat
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
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,
and when brought to the conflagration was found to be of
not the slightest utility. The Warwick and Coventry en.
gines were, however, promptly on the spot, and did good
service.

GZTADALCANAL MINING COMPANY.—.401 adjourned
meeting of this company was held at the offices, Broad-
sot
of
fhaf
atttihnego
mft
undoubtedhi
ena
extreme
t rahel
empt although usoppgueohgrvhi ttettyr eti
poverty.
Pn o
former
nR
ei Rico o
times, mine
Broad-
street-buildings, yesterday, Mr. Martin in the chair, when a
report was read from Captain Rule, who was sent out to
itsexhibitedamistaten e examinetthwheeaevawi mine,
dnheoon,
lvce e
of its containing other deposits or .
which could net be determined withoat the prosecution of
presented
bunches Havingof indi-
cations
orxe,
further works. The report also stated that Captain Rule
would leave Cadiz on the 4th 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 directors
urged the at once declaring the necessity of puttingd titi;:eCom-pany in liquidation, with a view to dissolution, and
for-
mation of a new company if it should be deemed desirable,
rwaset
u rn resolvedof uaCaptain
adjournin
Rule, the
when
h meetinge
is fora
expectedw ee k
toy to
giveawait
a be
fur-
ther report relative to the mines.
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CORONER'S INQUEST.--D Monday evening an in-
quest for ,
of the coroners on
Robert Kemp, aged 32, a clerk
before Mr. W. Carter, one
was held at the Half-
view of the remains of Mr. way public-house, Wandsworth,
and frightful act of self-destruc-
tion a most deliberatelast.
From the evidence it ap.
tion on Saturday evening
to Messrs. Stephens, coal-merchants, at Paddington, who
absconded from his situation about a
down
no
lion'eclaonckd nennSgohuitmh:
his accounts .
cations in
and on Saturday evening, at about a quarter to
week before,
peered that the unfortnnate deceased had from. some defal-
cations
train,
The engine-driver saw the unfortunate
welt on the up rails. rho sso f
thethde
mace's deliberate act, and used every possible exertion to stop
iliegine, bat this was quite impossible before at least half
five o'clock, onhtehmenagepdroaaec
the train had passed over the poor man, and reversing the
engine, therefore, would only have made matters worse. Mr.
youcg, one of the principal officers of the company, was in
the train at the time, and the instant the train stopped he
jumped out for the purpose of rendering all the assistance
in his power; but before reaching the body, Morris' a porter
on the line, and who was in one of the back trucks, got up
to it. The shocking spectacle which it presented it would
Ibe 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 boat and part of the stocking on,
was found at least twenty yards from where the shattered
remains of the body lay. The jury, having heard evidence
to the above effect, returned a verdict of " Temporary de-
rangement." The deceased has left a wife and two children
to deplore his untimely end.
COMMISSION or LuNs.cr.—On Monday, a commis-
sion under a writ de lunatico inquilozci° was executed at
MoDrcroft, House,
Hillingdon. Middlesex, an asylum for
lunatics kept by Dr. Stillwell, before Mr. Commissioner
to inquire into the state of mind
March, rector of Barnack, near,
01' itnhsel oßwo
van.
idiae
rsbpeetcti special
Charles
aarrlye
a,
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 Herbert Charles March, clerk, is now of
unsound mind, incapable of managing himself and his affairs,
and ba4 been op fiillCO gebrilltrn 1550.".....",„0,