The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOW DON, MON`DATt" EVVNI:IIO,,,AritIL
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fecting it safely, he ran for another pail of
water, when on his return he di,coverd the count-
ing-house in one miss of flimes. Witness further
added that ali human efforts were made to save Mrs.
Wilhams and her fimily, but the flames were so
frightiudy rapid in their progress, that it wai utterly
impracticable. Ile attempted to rush up the st-iirs to
their help,.ns did many other p,rsons, but could not
ascend, the fire meeting them and driving them back
into the street.
The CORONER then briefly addressed the jury, and
they, after a few minutes deliberation, returned a
verdict of " Accidental death."

EASTER SUNDAY.

TUIE STEAMERS ANI) THE RAILWAYS.

The weather yesterday was most auspicious. The
holiday folks were early stirring, and from sunrise till
sunset the pent-up artizans, th,ir wises, and families,
were ha,tening down to Greenwich, Woolwich, Graves-
end, and other awes, to th 9 steam boats, or seeking a
cheap plca:;nre-trip by the numerous railways.
Greenwich was, as usual, chiet: pla.c. of resort for

the Londoners. There was of course no business done
in the fair, the amusements of which commence this-
day, but it was filled with people continually passing
between the lines of booths and shows.. The park eves
also crowded, and this beautiful place was never seen to
greater advantar. Numerous groups were continually
running up and down Holiday-hill, promenading the
green sward, or taking a view of the great metropolis
from the terrace in front of the Observatory, where the
old pensioners realised a good deal of money, by allow-
ing the visitors to peep through their telescopes.
Greenwich fair presents the usual appearance.
Richardson's travelling theatre, in which a tragedy
is to be performed in twenty minutes, and a panto-
mine in half that time, during the next three days;
and the great Crown and Anchor booth, being the
principal objects of attraction. The tea rooms, pub-
lic houses, and other places of entertainment, have
laid in great stores of provisions for the consump-
tion of the visitors. The trains on the Greenwich rail-
way were running from London to that town, and vice
versa, every quarter of an hour during the day, and we
believe the numbers conveyed each way did not amount
to less than 15,000; but the numbers who chose that
expeditious mode of - conveyance were trifling as com-
pared with the thousands brought down by the steamers
of the Watermen's Company and those of the Woolwich
and Greenwich Companies. Some thousands proceeded
to Woolwich and Greenwich via the Blackwell Railway;
and the Brunswick wharf, at the terminus, was crowded
during the day, and a band of music, the expense of
which was defrayed by the directors, was in attendance.
There is an extensive prospect of the river and the op-
posite shore of Kent to be obtained from this wharf, and
it promises to be a favourite place of resort on fine
Sundays. The warren at Woolwich, where the bands
of the Royal Artillery and another regiment, were play-
ing favourite airs during the afternoon, was covered
with well-dressed people. The Gravesend steamers also
conveyed good freights of passengers, and there were
twenty vessels employed in the traffic, who landed 10,000
persons, during the morning, at the Rosherville, Terrace,
and Town-piers, and brought them back in the evening,
after they had ranged the fields in the vicinity of the
town, or dined at the various ordinaries.
The Brighton, Dover, and Southampton Railways
only charged half fares between these places and Lon-
don; and also to 'Tunbridge and other towns one the
lines, and hundreds who had never seen those places be-
fore, took advantage of the cheap rate of travelling to
visit them. The experiment is to be continued during
the Easter holidays, and is likely to answer well, and
thousands will be enabled to visit the beautiful scenery of
the home counties at a small expense, and in a reasonable
space of time.
The number of passengers who filled the above bridge
steamers yesterday would almost defy calculation.
There were not fewer than thirty iron and wooden
steamers continually calling at the various piers, ern-
barking and landing passengers. Some of those boats
proceeded only as far as the Red House, others to Chel-
sea, a few to Putney, and five were solely engaged in the
Richmond trade. A new steamer, called the Echo,
which left the Adelphi-pier for Richmond, steamed along
in tine style, and attracted a good deal of notice.
The extraordinary number of 105 steamers were em-
ployed yesterday on the Thames in the conveyance, viz.,
20 fur Gravesend, 30 abOve-bridge, 11 watermen's
steamers, 12 of the old Woolwich and Greenwich Com-
pany, 3 of the Herne Bay Company, 2 (the Flirt and
Coquette), between Blackwall and Greenwich, 2 for
Southend and Sheerness, 1 for Ramsgate (the Queen
Victoria), the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal
(the vessels of the Margate and General Steam Naviga-
tion Company), and half-a-dozen steam-tugs. This is an
amount of steam power not surpassed on any other river
in the world.

INFORMATION FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.
The following places are open to the admission of the
public, and may not, be uninteresting to our readers during
the present holidays .
St. Paul's Cathedral, open daily; charge to see all,
4s. 4d.
Tower of London, open daily; charge to see all, ls.
Westminster Abbey, open daily; charge to see all, 6d.
The Monument, open daily; charge to see all, 6d.
Greenwich Hospital, open daily; charge to see all, 3d.
Custom House, open daily; free.
Mansion house, open daily ; free.
Guildhall, open daily ; free.
Duke of York's Column, open daily ; charge of Gd.
Adelaide Gallery, Strand, open daily ; charge of Is.
Polytechnic, Regent-street, open daily ; charge of Is.
Society of Arts, Adelphi, open daily, except Wednes-
day ; admission by order.
British Museum, Monday and Wednesday ; gratis.
Chinese Museum, Hyde Park, daily ; charge of Is.
Napoleon Museum, Piccadilly, daily ; charge of Is.
Geological Museum, Craig's-court,-daily ; gratis.
United Service Museum, Scotland-yard, daily ; by
order only.
Royal Military Repository, Woolwich, daily; gratis.
Cosmorama, Regent-street, daily ; charge of Is.
Burford's Panorama, Leicester-square, daily ; charge
of Is.

Diorama, Regent's Park, daily ; charge of Is.
National Gallery, Charing-cross, daily ; gratis.
Royal Academy, Charing-cross, daily ; charge of Is.
British Institution, Pall-mall, daily : charge of Is.
Dulwich Gallery (except Friday), daily ; gratis.
Society of Painters, Pall-mall, daily ; charge of Is.
Prize Cartoons, Suffolk-street, daily ; charge of Is.
St. James's Gallery and Ancient Masters, daily
charge each of Is.