The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

INCENDIARISIVI IN SUSSEX.

BRIGHTON, SUNDA T.—Between ten and eleven o'clock
last night a light was observed in the north, which was
evidently the reflection from a large fire in the neigh-
bourhood, and half an hour afterwards news arrived that
a barn on Mr. Gorringe's farm at Withdean, two miles
and a half from Brighton, was on fire.
On inquiry at the farm, this afternoon, we learn that
the fire was seen by several persons about the same time,
when intelligence was immediately conveyed to Mr.
Gorringe. The villagers turned out, and every man
seemed to exert himself to the utmost to quell the flames,
which in a few minutes had completely enveloped the
barn, the roof of which immediately fell in with a crash
Owing to the extreme drought of the summer, littlt
water could be obtained, and the only thing to be done
was to endeavour to save the corn in the barn, and is
prevent the extension of the fire to the adjoining farra
buildings. The latter object was accomplished, but the
former almost entirely failed, not more than about a
waggon load of wheat-sheaves being saved, and these
are so much scorched as to be nearly worthless. The
fire made rapid progress, and nothing is now left of the
barn but the stone walls. The whole of the contents of
the barn are now (six o'clock p.m.) a mass of smoulder-
int fire. The farm belongs to the wife of Captain Ogle,
son of Sir Charles Ogle, who had insured the premises
in the Phcenix ; the farming stock of the tenant was also
insured in the County Fire-office. The damage is esti-
mated at 5004

We regret to add that no doubt exists that the fire
was the work of an incendiary. Mr. Gorringe's men, on
reaching the barn, discovered the flames through
a gap in the door, where one of the planks of which
it was composed had been. wrenched off. A young
man, named Lidbetter, a wheelwright in the village, and
son of the bailiff of Mr. W. Stanford, in the adjoining
village of Preston, was one of the first to carry the intel-
ligence to Mr. Gorringe ; and he stated, that having
gone out of the road to get under some trees for shelter
from a storm, two men passed him in a direction from
the barn to the high road at the moment he discovered
the fire ; and that on seeing him they threatened him
with pistols, if he dared to follow them. It appears,
however, that there are no trees capable of affording
shelter at the spot in question ; and the strangeness of
his story, the improbability of two men who had fired A
building going from it towards a frequented road, when
the downs in the opposite direction afforded an almost
certain means of escaping detection, together with the
circumstance of his passing several cottages which stand
next the fire, to give the alarm at those more diitant,
combined to raise a suspicion to his disadvantage. Two
of the East Sussex constabulary arriving during the
progress of the fire, Mr. Gorringe desired Lidbetter to
repeat his statement to them ; and on his doing so, they
took him into custody, and conveyed him to Brighton,
where he is now locked up, awaiting an examination be-
fore the magistrates.

Mr. Gorringe invited all the man who had rendered
assistance at the fire to dine at his house to-day ; and
after dinner explained to them, that if any one had fired
the barn out of malice towards him or the owner, he had
entirely failed in his object, inasmuch as the whole of
the property was insured.

A BATTLE WITH RATTLESNAKES.—RattIesnakf9
are proverbially abundant upon all these prairies; and,
as there is seldom to be found either stick or stone with
which to kill them, one hears almost a constant popping
of rifles or pistols, among the vanguard, to clear the
route of these disagreeable occupants, lest they should
bite our animals. As we were toiling up through the
sandy hillocks which border the southern banks of
the Arkansas, the day being excessively warm, we
came upon a perfect den of these reptiles. I will
not say thou Sands—though this, perhaps, was nearer
the truth—but hundreds, at least, where coiled or crawl-
ing in every direction. They were no sooner dis-
covered than we were upon them with guns and pis-
tols, determined to let none of them escape. In the
midst of this amusing scramble among the snakes, a wild
mustang colt, which had, somehow or other become se-
parated from its dam, came bolting among our relay of
loose stock, to add to the confusion. One of our mules
evidently impressed with the impertinence of the in-
truder, sprang forward and attacked it, with the appa-
rent intention of executing summary chastisement ; while
another mule, with more benignity of temper than As,
irascible compeer, engaged most lustily in defence or
the unfortunate little mustang. As the contest was
carried on among the waggons, the teamsters soon
became very uproarious, so that the whole, with
the snake fracas, made up a capital scene of con:
fusion. When the mule skirmish would have ended, if
no one had interfered, is a question which remained un-
determined ; for some of our company, in view of the
consequences that might result from the contest, rather
inhumanly took sides with the assailing mule ; and soon
after they entered the lists, a rifle ball relieved the poor
colt from its earthly embarrassments and the company
from further domestic disturbance. Peace once more re-
stored, we soon got under weigh, and that evening pitched
our camp opposite the celebrated " Caches"—a place
where some of the earliest adventurers had been com-
pelled to conceal their merchandise.—Journal of a Santa
Fe Trader.

THE CHILDREN OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY,—It
will be seen from what I have said that nothing could
be more extreme than the poverty of the Irish peasantry.
And yet, notwithstanding all the hardships through
which they have to pass on their journey through life,
I never saw a set of finer-looking children than those
you meet with in the poorer districts of the country.
They far surpass, in the comeliness of their little coun-
tenances, the children of this country. I saw hundreds
of them whom, from the regularity of their features and
the symmetry of their forms, I thought perfect pictures.
It is true, that as they advance in years, they lose the
singular beauty which characterises them in early life ;
but this is solely to be ascribed to their hard destiny,
which compels them to be constantly employed in the
hardest outdoor l&bour without half the requisite amount
of food. It is only surprising that the Irish peasantry
can exist at all on their limited supplies of food, consider-
ing the great amount of labour they have to go through.
Englishmen would perish in masses were they compelled
to perform, for ono short month, the same amount of hard
work, without more than one or two scanty meals a day,
and those meals consisting solely of potatoes.—lmpres-
sions of Ireland and the Irish, by the Author of " Random
Recollections."

REMOVAL OF BODIES IN THE TOWEL—During the
last few days, much interest has been manifested in the
Tower, in consequence of the exhumation of the bodies
interred in the burial-ground attached to the church of
St. Peter in Vincula, opposite the White Tower, in that
fortress, the ground being required for the capacious new
barracks, which are to be erected on its site, and that of
the grand storehouse. A few days since the Bishop of
London attended and consecrated a large vault to the
westward of the church, which has been made for the
purpose of receiving the dead removed from the
yard. Most of the bodies have, however, bee?
taken away by the relatives, and re-interred in
different parts Of the country, in their several family
vaults. The Board of Ordnance has directed the
ground to be completely cleared by the 14th instant,
and those remains which have not been removed by the
relatives up to that day will be disinterred and placed in
the vault. Those who were laid in the ground were
principally persons who had held civil situations in the
fortress. The barracks are to be built somewhat after
the style of the Wellington Barracks, in St. James's
Park, and when completed the garrison will afford ample
accommodation for a whole regiment.
THE BIRMINGHAM TRADE.—We are much pleased
to state that our manufacturers generally are fully em-
ployed—several of them, to our knowledge, have three
months' orders in hand. We are also gratified to add,
that two eminent firms have, within the last fortnight,
voluntarily advanced the wages of their workpeople"
one employing upwards of one hundred pair of bands'
—Birmingham Advertiser.
PEMBROKE DOCK.--Mr. Brunel has visited Hobb'e
Point, on the subject of the Milford branch of the Sot?
Wales Railway. The share-list in Pembrokeshire le
steadily progressing. The result of the deliberations o',
the Committee on fortifying the Naval Arsenal at Pem-
broke has not been made public. It is rumoured, hog"
ever, that an additional battery is to be constructed on.
some of the adjacent heights.—Carnarvon Herald.
PRODIGIOUS POTATOES.—Mr. Worthington, farmer,
Hiskin, has dug up several remarkably large potatoes,
varying in weight from 4ilbs. to 51bs. each.—Prestos
Guardian.

BIRTHS.
On the 4th inst., at Roehampton, the lady of D. B. Char
man, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Waltham-cross, Hertz, the lady of .1%.
Jearrad, Esq., of a son.
On the 7th inst., at Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane, Mrs'
Edward Thompson, of a daughter.
On the 7th halt., at Hanover-terrace, Peckham, the lady
of A. Johnson, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Thornton Watlass, the wife of the Be'
Reginald Courtenay, of a son.
On the Bth inst., in Dorset-place, Dorset-square, the lady
of J. T. Blunt, Esq., of a son, still-born.

TARRIED. • d
On the 30th ult., William Daniell, Esq., surgeon, Nay/srl
to Emma, youngest daughter of T. L. Tiffen, Esq., of Elm",
cottage, Great Cornard, Suffolk.
On the 7th inst., at Bow Church, Henry Walker, Es(1„-..' t°
Harriet Susan, only daughter of John Burnet, Esq., of Eg-
mont House, Kensington,
On the 7th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Mr• J.
Jenner, of Reading, to Elizabeth Lewis, the youngest daugh-
ter of the late William Fynmore, of Craven-street, Strand.
On the 7th inst., at Cheveley, Ji,hn Fairlie, Esq., of Oleo'
ley-Park, to Mary, eldest daughter of William Parr haaCSOn
Esq., of Newmarket.
On the 7th inst., at the Independent Meeting-house, Great
Yarmouth, the Rev. George Moir, Minister of the Free Church
at New Maehar, to Ellen, daughter of the late John Shelley,
Esq., of Great Yarmouth.
On the 7th inst., at St. Peter's, Dublin, Jolliffe Tuffnell,
Esq., 3d Dragoon Guards, to Henrietta, relict of the late
Fannin, Esq., of Dublin.
On the 7th inst., at Highworth, Wilts, George Frederick
Crowdy, Esq., of Faringdon, Berks, to Maria Kate, youngest
daughter of James Crowdy, Esq., of the former place.

DIED. es
On the 31st ult., in Brunswick-square, Brighton, James
Blackledge Brackenbury, Esq., of Manchester.
On the 3d inst., at Hackney, Mr. H. Parry, aged 64.
On the sth inst., Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev'
J. Greenwood, D.D., Rector of Colne Engaine, Essex.
On the 7th inst., at Stroud-green, Hornsey, Middlesex, yr
*Pattinson, Esq.
street,
On the 7th inst., John Clarke,Esq., surgeon, of Dean-
Southwark, aged 43.
On the 7th inst., Anne, the wife of John Ilderton Bow*
Esq , aged 70.
On the 7th inst., at Bedford, John H. Gow, Esq. .
In York street, Portman- square, James, the son of Mr. w
Banks, aged 33.

;aeon: Printed and Published by 31 URDO YOUNG, „
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11"
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in thi Counti 0

EX.
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learn that
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mtents of
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through
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adjoining
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day ; and
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and soon
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company
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country.
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