The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

Lord LINCOLN—It is a purely verbal alteration.
Mr. TUFNELL thought the alteration most sus
picious ; the original words were "au architect or sur-
veyor ;" the words now were " of the profession of an
architect or surveyor." That looked as if a job were
preparation for some person now in the office, who bat
perhaps studied architecture for a short time many
years age. He believed that, under this Bill, a person
could not alter even a window or a door without sending
for the Government surveyor. Considering all things,
he thought it better that the present Bid should be with'
drawn, in order that a perfect Building Bill, in accord•
ante with a good Sewerage Bill, might be introduced at
an early period of the next session.

The Earl of LINCOLN briefly explained.
The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the
umbers were—

For going into Committee 39
Against it - 5
Majority
The House then went into Committee upon the Bib'
and the preamble was postponed.
Clauses 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, were
agreed to, with a few verbal amendments.
On clause 14 being put,
Mr. HAWES moved an amendment, that the district
surveyor should be subject to costs as well as the builder.
The Earl of LINCOLN made a few observations that
were inaudible in the gallery.
Mr. HAWES withdrew his amendment, and the clause
was agreed to. _

On clause 15 being proposed,
Mr. HAWES objected to the amount of the penalty
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5001. a-day was monstrous, and he hoped.the Noble Lord
would reconsider it.

The Earl of LINCOLN would consider the subject.
lie was afraid, however, that it would be necessary t°
maintain the high penalty. He would, however, deter'
mine the matter upon the report.
On the question that the clause stand part of the BuiP,,
Mr. HAWES objected to the clause extending to alt
species of building.
The Earl of LINCOLN suggested that the objection
would come better at another part of the Bill.
The clause was then agreed to.
Clauses 16 and 17 were agreed to without discussion.
[LEFT SITTING.'

NEW EXETER CHANGE.—The little arcade betwee°
Wellington-street North, and Catherine-street, Strand, belt
by the Marquis of Exeter, and now nearly completed, wilibe
thrown open to the public in the course of a few weeks, and
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will, doubtless, be regarded as one of the most acceptable L"
the recent metropolitan improvements. It contains tell
neatly arranged shops, with dwellings, arc., and their eve
struction appears as convenient as could be expected. lu
architect, we believe, is Mr. Sydney Smirke. The arabesque
decorations are extremely light, pretty, and tasteful; they
were designed and executed by Mr. L. W. Collmann, °
Mount-street.

THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPVIIS
ASSOCIATION.—Last night the 15th half-yearly meeting
the members of the above Association was held at Anders
ton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to receive the report for the past
half-year, and to elect officers for the year ensuing. At eigu
o'clock Mr. Hare, the President, was called to the chair. Th. :
report was read by Mr. Abbot, the secretary, from which
appeared that the members of the Association had inererai
during the past year, and that the profits of the steam-0,8
excursion, the entertainment at the Eagle Tavern, and ty
ball at Willis's Rooms, had yielded a profit of nearly I,°°l.
whilst the handsome subscriptions at the dinner by the Of;
quis of Westminster (the patron), the chairman (field
Warburton, Esq., M.P.), and other gentlemen, demanur
their thanks. The report was adopted, and gave great salts-
faction Mr. Kirton (the late Vice-President) was elected
President; Mr. Binmore, ,Vice-President ; Mr. Humphrie:
Treasurer; and the Committee and other officers having bqi
elected, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and t
meeting separated.
A CRUEL CASE.—At the Worcestershire quartet
sessions, held last week, an old man named George Lail;
apparently worn out with age, and totally unable to suPP° d
himself, was lifted into the dock,' and an indictment re 3
charging him with "wilfully and maliciously" damaging four
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hop-bines, the property of Mr. Samuel Roe, of GreatMalvel
on the 13th ult. On being called on for his plea, the P°43
old man hfted up his head, and looking round the eou
rty
muttered to himself—" Yes, this is the church—but it is%
the right one." An endeavour was then made -to exPlai
the nature of the charge to him, but the old man had tra"
veiled far on the "last stage of all ;" everything passingo
around him was veiled in dark oblivion, and all attempts a
make him understand where he was, or what he was charge„
with, were utterly in vain. Mr. Huddleston then subm"tt.;
to the court, on behalf of the prisoner, that he appeared •
such a state of mental imbecility as to warrant the assume,
tion that he was not cognisant of his own acts, and COst.e
quently not responsible, and called his son, who informed the
court that his father was ninety-six years of age, and on th
day in question he had escaped from the custody of a per:a
who had been appointed to watch him, and had wander
into the hop yard by the help of his stick
,s where he had
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dealt blows on both sides upon the bines. With these 13„';
before them, one would naturally have expected an itnin-;
diate acquittal at the hands of the jury, seeing that the
charge was for "wilful and malicious damage;" but
court ordered otherwise, and the case was directed to proceel
Mr. Huddleston entering a plea of "not guilty" on behalf The
evidence client, owing to his inability to plead for himself ! I'4
evidence had, however, been scarcely entered into when „
jury were so convinced of the prisoner's state of mind as
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require no further information, and a verdict of "not Pot)
was returned.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SLOUGII.—WIRDOC4
MONDAY EVENING.—This afternoon,shortly after two o'cloCUl
a very destructive fire broke out in the recently-erected 011
sion at Upton Park, near Slough, the property of 31r.. J.
Ay
Bedborough, the extensive builder, of New Windsor.
soon as the intelligence of the fire reached Windsor two con:,
panies of the Scots Fusilier Guards, under the command e,
Colonel Drummond, left Windsor, with the barrack eng___!"et-j
for the scene of conflagration, followed by the two aught
from the castle, the Windsor and Eton College engines, ‘—cin .
several others from the vicinity ; but such was the asech-st
ancy which the flames had obtained before their arrival, t',.)
all attempts (though there was a plentiful supply of will%
to preserve the property were totally ineffectual, and ther
houses were completely gutted, forming the west-end of Vibe
toria-terrace. 'We understand the property is insured tot
amount of 3,0001. (about one-half of its value) in the Loud°
Union Fire Office.

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FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CROYDON RAILWA''
On Sunday afternoon, about three o'clock, an accident oce;
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curred on the above line near the Brighton junction,
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terminated fatally to a passenger in a third-class carr'3s-s
It appeared that the deceased, a country-looking man, took
third-class ticket at Croydon about half-past two. ire.vi,
to the train leaving he had a pint of ale at the Rail'
Tavern, part of which he gave to another passenger. Shor',;f
after the train had started he lifted himself over the side
the carriage, which is about breast high, and endeavoured;
sit on the corner. Just as he had placed himself there
dad
overbalanced, and fell backwards under the train, which 0:
going at a rapid rate ; the two carriages which were bell%
passed over his body and mangled him dreadfully. The tra4,
was immediately stopped, and a parcel-box detached frolli.
into which deceased was placed and brought to the term" op
at London-bridge by an engine detached from a Bright
train. On his arrival at the terminus he was instantly tsk p
to Guy's Hospital, where he immediately expired. The t°o
of his head was smashed in, and his left leg.broken ; his nap
coos
is unknown ; but he was dressed in a beaverteen coat, coos
trowsers, and blucher boots full of nails, On his person
an old silver watch and 14d. An inquest will be held ort
body this day.
UR ICICET.—S ttSSEX v. KENT.—The Sun of Satt
day contained an account of this match up to five o'clock "1.,-t
Friday evening, when the game stood thus :—Kent 08011
innings), 147 runs; Sussex (first innings), 215 runs.
commenced their second innings with W. Wynn, Esq., itiorc
A. Bennett, Esq., who scored upwards of thirty runs boo,
they were parted. Adams also ran up the score by his bp
play, and Mr. A. Wynn was also very successful, but at t,4
juncture G. Picknell commenced bowling, and a finer display
we we never saw. Pilch and Adams were put hors de coro,b,
and completely driven over their wickets, and at lengLd
after playing in the most .scientific manner at sego;
" overs," Pilch tipped the ball into his wicket. Kent, h°,4l
ever, made a very fine innings, which did not terminate
Saturday, between one and two o'clock, and put their OPP:a
nents in upon 108 runs. But before Sussex went in a o°4l
time, there was a considerable fall cf rain. They commander
their second innings about half-past four o'clock, "ay,
considerable disadvantage, the ground being very eIiPY tbe
and by seven o'clock the same evening the whole el 04
eleven were put out for 99 runs, Kent winning this great to
interesting match by 9 runs, so that this year these tw
counties may cry " quits" with each other.
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ALTONA, JULY 16. We have received fr
bt Busum the following notice respecting the bodies breu
ashore there from the Manchester steamer :—There ere'tja-0
all, six ; those of Captain Dudley. (which was interred on
3d instant, in the churchyard of Wesselbusen), Mrs. $13'1,10-
Mr. George Smith, two sailors, and of an unknown gem
man, on which there was found a sum of 3,900 marks. ire
CUXHAVEN, JULY 11.—Yesterday and to-day „gl
bodies of Miss rmily Smith and Mr. P. Rotbury, were r°—
near Busum, and brou to this place. tes
A Ditor TOO MUCH.
—A New York paper Stil A
that a man named Neville is in custody for takiego•o
Drop too much—namely, for marrying Miss Aloe
Drop, whilst he had another wife living.

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