The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-11 00:00:00

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1.1.41:3 I. c ; !,retit• •••• i..,c11 ''11" pi
nuq,ber of serin,o, 4.e :dy ov it,nerans
snp,•ronnier.,r) prcneb,-rs i, 3.951, or 205.452 in the 1.
l.
'fhp nunsher ~f lyeal prew.chers
11.6-11, or 605,332 in the y..ar The number of
arru,Or rr,ck d prouetiers (Pxchlvrr,
conference). 319..692 ; 111-°,4'4i
an!. porinady jr.by local TH%qxh'rs, 2'94' .tiivr.
wilds, or r 1 (iistanee equal to 130 •
thi- ei:.etunferenee of the globe. •

4
TERTUFIC FIRE. IN THE STRro
Last evening, sh(,rtiv after 10 o'clock, a territic
suddenly hut st fi.rth ,11 the premises of Mr.'"
Fr-ncb bootmaker, 126. '4tra:4l Five
bet.,re the tire broke out everything appeared
then there was perceived a slight light in
,or
window of the shop, and immediately the flantes.
north with terrific fury from the shop windov;', 6tl '
o
ing quite across the pavement. The shop had tl'Pfe,
pearance of an immense oven vomiting her
flame. Mr. Seyer and his family were from .
when the fire broke out, and the only persons 111 t,
house were the servant, her mother, and. sn°,,,
p'rson, who all fortunately effected their esc:;t
Some time elapsed before the arrival of the engl,o
and when they did arrive the supply of water,;
deficient. The engines commenced playing bdo.
flames from the Strand front, and speedily
them in that direction. The fire, meanwhi'e'4,
extending towards the back of the Prell2'o
Considerable delay occurred in bringing ,h s
engines to bear in that direction. At leng_„' d
engine was wheeled down Savoy-street, "li'cov
plug opened, when a plentiful supply of
was obtained. Then there appeared to be
difficulty in screwing on the hose. After.° i 6
delay, however, all things were prepared, the eli`ivt'
commenced playing, and the fire was speeclilloi'6
dued, but not until the premises of Mr. SeYerde
completely destroyed. The office of the G/obeV
paper, which is next door to Mr. Seyees, was It
time in very great danger. We are, bowe,v—s,
joiced to state that it escaped without any setl°ll
mage. The shop of Mr. Reynolds, hatter, Was 91;
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considerable danger, and he commenced retlo7,"oP
stock. Some of those miscreants who alws,,,,P
advantage of calamities of this sort for the Pr,
.t
of plunder, committed many depredations l/tibe,
Reynolds's stock. Inspect n- Pearce of the de'
force, accompanied by a numerous body' of the P°o
was, however, early on the ground, and prevelltet)
plunder from being carried on to any great extie?
is impossible, at present, accurately to ssceri:'
either the actual extent of the damage or the
of the fire. The servant of Mr. Sever attributeser
an explosion of gas in the shop ; and a report, 04;
would be produced by an explosion of gas, was
we understand, a few seconds before the breaks`'
of the fire.

STEAM
THE GREAT BRITAIN ST-
-3
SHIP.
On Wednesday the Great Britain made a tr
(I,,wri int,. Channel, having about 140 visitors op
It v, intended that she sh,uld have started fr4tele
road as early as eight o'clock, but owing ta,,
in the Channel, the pilot did not deem it prudenitt'd
her until the fig dispersed, which was not unti'
five minntes after twelve o'clock. The consequlldit
that the trial trip was necessarily much shorten of
distance. .No ladies were on board, but amo'g shorter'.
tlemen were—Mr.
,George Rennie, Mr. I. N. "'I
Mr. Samuda, patentee of the atmospheric railracef,
T. B. t.,inith, ~atentee of the Archimetlean serfff,
peller ; Mr. B. W,,,odcruft, patentee of a spier;,,°
peiler ; Captain Ilosken, R.N. ; Captain
R.N. ; Captain %Yard, R.N. ; Captain WallcocSi
Mr. Pattison, naval architect. ; Mr. R. Bruce, &e."
Great Britain now presents a very different APPehit:
to that which she did when she left the docla,
masts, which are called the foremast, mainmast. sioPt4
4th, sth, and 6tb masts, having be, r stepped, 11.111011,
porary shrouds attached ; the yards of the mature,
also across. The vast size of the ship will peti
ri,o/,
better exemplified to the nautical reader by sift4.,',
were she rigged with three masts, her foremast
upwards of 60 feet from her bows, and her taitol',
wards of 100 feet from her taffrail, while each. 17,4
masts would still be as far asunder as they are °lrjcit
of an 80-gun ship. At 25 minutes past twelve P io' ,
she started, and came round from her mooringtep
Kingroad in beautiful style. The engines were t
pd
in motion at ten revolutions a minute, when Oeo!
61- knots. During the voyage to the Holms and 9t
return the log was frequently thrown, and lie'
taken, which was as follows :

10 revolutionsz----61 knots. 451
Rate of the screw
9.027
Apparent rate of ship
Slip
At 19 minutes past one o'clock the log was egg"- otf,
13 and nearly 14 revolutions, 9 knots. When, ti
Halms 14 revolutions produced 91 knots ; 15 re"o,
full gave 9i knots ; 15,1 revolutions 9- knots. o
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the ship was below the olms she was brought
twice, and came round the 32 points in a little Jejoiolf
7 minutes ; and half round, or 16 points, 3 13e$
55 seconds. On her return up channel, with herod.
the wind, the speed of the engine was incred
16 2.3 d revolutions, which gave 104- knots ; en
sequently to 18 revolutions, which gave lit knotus'e,
engines worked beautifully, none of the bearingS,',' ,6
but, of course, they were at no time put to fu"
and the Great Britain made the pasage from the ipi'
Kingroad (19 miles) in exactly 1 hour and 9 fn"
being head to IA incl.

TIE. CLIFF AT BLACK Roca, 13RiGHT051';',
ing the last three or four winters the rapid fall'lV,
of the cliff at the eastern extremity of Bright° 041;
has excited considerable anxiety. The narrow 513301!t
tween the sea and the south side of the road lel:4,oir.
R s
ottingdean is constantly diminishing. This is 1,1
the case immediately opposite the Black flocs° i
works, where, last winter, the road had becotoefital,
safe that if prompt measures had not been sd°,rbsll/
must have been closed against the public. 09," c`
casion a piece of land was obtained trout the Ploi;
pang, and a new road was constructed. A y'eltr,,,,tlll
passed since that work was completed; the sea, u 01,1
continues to advance; and if the work of destrucbe It;
permitted to go on at the same rate as during II; 11/;141
few week.., the operations of last winter 0.1,,' li
soon to be repeated. We forewarn th°„tlf toi
have prot- erty invested in tit:. Rottingdenn-r°io,
if some effort be not speedily put forth to °,, 'lal,ii,
further progress of the sea, the safety of th"of y
will require that the road be again sat back,' fetlii
it be stopped up altogether. On the 12th of .1-`" filiis
last there was an extensive slip along the Whole 01
the cliff, commencing at the western boundattitioci
tingdean parish, and reaching to within a few ysp °tot,
Black Rock Coast-guard Station. Since then sae 10)
slips have occurred on the same site ; and lino V
base of the cliff be protected by groynes or ile,)
wall, they will become still more frequent.
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inroads of the sea at this particular spot are v'-'O3 #1
ri
partly by the materials of which the cliff is CO,tt (0
but chiefly by the sea having embayed itself. he ciii
part the distance from the road to the edge oft 01
only about twelve feet. A series of groynes, ilijo,o'
tion of those erected some years ago by the (0un.0.1/00 '
of Brighton, would form a certain and corarLsbcool,
expensive defence. The inhabitants of lsrib heir y
interested in preserving a road, without which tf3s ot
Marine parade would lose many of its attraeli°o (le #
us hope that something may be done, and vrithcoole,
to keep this line of road unbroken and to rie ofv'
c
cause of apprehension of danger fro the mill° . $1
who travel on it.—Brighton Gazette.
c, a gio°
SUICIDE AT THE RESIDENCE OF al- ativt:
POTTINGER.—Thursday night, at eight, an ii;oi V
was taken before Mr. Higgs, deputy corona'. ilbelPie
minster, and a jury, at toe Lowndes Armsy'.o rA'od
place, Pimlico, on view of the body of Benjl33eir PeraC
aged 40. butler, in the service of General '-',l;s Of,
Pottinger, who committed suicide by cutting I",ceu 11;
at the residence of his master, No. 80, Eaton 'Pee- torepe
ton-square. To elucidate the mystery thidsajoill
hang over the fate of deceased, the inquiry tvosalto fl g
for the attendance of Sir Henry Pottinger, ¢° ittir'P
tain as far as practicable the cause of his Cow° 1
suicidal act. rill ' rill coo'

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Portions of the works on the branch line t)(1, iO-,
from Canterbury to Ashford have been got (leer
sequence of the opposition of some of the 'La. )1/
praetors, who have net yet received compeesil"-/-0;"
ENLISTMENT OF A GIANT AS A 5E:',149.,
Wednesday, the Bth instant, while the Pera'te:',
Davies and Mr. James Smith, county magis,,„--00,1
engaged at the police-office investigating en
the business of the court was suddenly ietel
the entrance of a giant, followed by seye"ia otsugolii
The whole Court was thrown into considertsb'soecti
at the appearance of this great man, who reit' fore
bowed to the bench, and stated that he appear
ot be op
purpose of getting discharged from an enlistre749oo;flo
improvidently made with a sergeant in the 31st od
The magistrates asked the applicant his neell'his
knew who had enlisted him. The giant said etg,„itift
was Robert Hales, and that he was enlisted is
Reed, of the 31st Regiment, the depot of wh!eg 01
at Chatham-barracks ; that on Sunday evenlveceteP
was at at the Dover Castle, and among the 3 4'l 01
were three sergeants. The whole of the coint 0
onv,oi
with him, he accepted a shilling from tea; be
prs;
named, as able and willing to serve the Quefi
now anxious to get off the engaaement, acid heshie`
pared to pay the smart money. He said 11),..birty:
seven feet six inches in height, and weighed alfoes'
stone ; that he was twenty-five years of eget and ,et;
born at Yarmouth. His father was a farmer,
si% irlot
surd six feet three inches ; and his motile.% Oc' do'
his brothers and si-ters were all yen tall•
sister wu, upwards of six feet in height attenci ger'
!rates, ending that the sergeant was not I°oo theaotti
sent a person to the barracks for him- € ale tbe
geant's arrival, he stood by the side nt'hat dr
reavhing his elbow. It stppoar'.l
.41)3).Pi.10
Mutiny Act the attplicaut couH be ilichisr!fis. 9e
the so. art wortey, amounting to on,' Vilv_otiug fr,,ci
giant cheerfully did, with the cotsts, amok+ (1
lie thenverypboy thelitely bpoewopedle. to the bencht
ourt, followed