The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-27 00:00:00

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i MERCH
ANTSEAMEN'S
ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The
anniversary dinner of the patrons and supporters of this very
p aiseworthy Institution, its chief object being the education
at d training of the orphans of reamen of the merchant ser-
vi e, took place yesterday at the London Tavern, the Hon.
li
S ney Herbert occupying the chair. Among the com-
p ny present. were Rear-Admiral Dundas, Captain Nelson,
I, eutenant Waghorn, Captain R. Felly, R.N., and the Revs.
Messrs. Fraser and Jackson. After the usual loyal and corn-
Orlientary-toasts were given and responded to with the
millet goodwill and feeling, very eloquent appeals were made
by the Chairman, Admiral Dundas, and the Rev. Messrs.
Faser and Jackson, to the company respecting the claims of
the Society, which ended in a liberal subscription on behalf
otithe funds of the Institution. Among the chief donors
wre Mr. Sidney Herbert, the East India Company, the Mas-
ters of the Trinity House, Mr. J. Soames, and many of the
leading firms connected with the merchant service of the
entry. After the dinner, which was served up in Messrs.
Bathe and Breach's best style, the children Of the Institution
wore conducted round the room, and their healthy condition
arld appearance elicited much applause from the subscribers
and their friends. Mr. Toole as usual filled the office of toast-
master with great eclat; and Messrs. Jones, King, Pyne, and'
Ford contributed much, ood singing for the amusement of
the company.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night, about
h If-past twelve o'clock, as Mr. Inspector Attwood and
I' C. Axford,
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fire. They immediately procured bucketaof water, bythrow-
ing which on the flames inside,:and judiciously keeping the
door shut during the time the Water was being fetched, they
succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they had spread
beyond the room in which they originated. As soon as the
till ing stuoke bad subsided they entered the room, and dis-
covered that the gentleman who had been sleeping there had,
in his fright, jumped right through the closed window, and
had fallen to the ground outside, a distance of forty feet.
His fall had been broken by a lamp, otherwise it is prt bable
lie would have been killed on the spot; as it is, we regret to
say that his thigh-bone was broken, a compound fracture of
the knee, and dislocation of the foot, on the right side ; on.
I},o left side, the foot most extensively burnt, and the knee
dreadfully lacerated; his arms cut by the glass, and his head
and face much cut and burnt. The gentleman is Mr. Heath-
cote, of the firm of Heathcote and Holman, solicitors, Cole-
man-street, London, who was here on professional business in
the Bankruptcy Court. He was immediately conveyed to
the Infirmary, where he remains in a very dangerous state,
under the skilful care of Mr. N. Smith and Mr. Greig, From
a fragment of. the Times newspaper, partly burnt, being
near the bedside, it is imagined the accident arose from Mr.
Heathcote's reading in bed. The most remarkable circum-
stance is, that only one pane of glass, and that not a very
large one, was broken by Mr. Heathcote jumping 'through
the window:--4herborne Journal. •
FAVERSHAM, MARCH 24.—About seven o'clock on
Monday evening an express arrived at Faversham with
the alarming intelligence that the corn stacks -at
Queen Court, Ospringe, were on fire. The market
bell was immediately rung to give the alarm, and the
Kent and Norwich engineg proceeded with all possible
dispatch, and afterwards one from Mr. Hall's powder-
works, to the scene of the conflagration. The Ospringe
stream running close past the farm, there was a plen-
tiful supply of water. The rich and the poor united
in their efforts to save the property. The damage was
happily confined to the destruction of one wheat
stack and a hay-stack. There were several other stacks,
with the barns, stables, &c., adjoining; and had there
ben a breeze at the time, the whole of the stacks and
premises must have fallen a sacrifice. The Kent engine,
after working a short time, sustained some damage, and
took considerable time to repair. The engines continued
working nearly the whole night, before the fire was
sufficiently extinguished. A boy named Brenchley has
been apprehended, and will be examined this day, on
suspicion of having wilfully set the stack on fire—Kentish
Observer.
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