The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00

one of the most valuable estates on its brinks.

HORRIBLE DEATH OF A BLIND JEWESS DT FIRE.
—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hos-
pital on the body of Catherine Levy, a Jewess, aged 54 years.
It appeared by the evidence that the deceased resided with her
brother in a room, at No. JO, Fireball-court, Houndsditeh.
She was totally blind, and such was their extreme destitution
that she was unable to pay any person to attend upon her,
and her brother was compelled to leave her at home by
herself whilst he sold a few articles in the streets to support
them. On Monday morning last he left her, as wand, about
ten o'clock. At one the landlord of the house, Mr. Netts,
heard a scream of " Oh, I am on fire," proceeding from de-

ceased's room, and upon going up stairs to aseertaia the came
he found her lying on the floor enveloped in flames. By great
exertions ho extinguished the fire, and the engines having
arrived one of the firemen got deceased out of the room, and
having placed her in a cab took her to the above hospital,
were she died on the following mnrning, the louse surgeon
said from the effects of the severe burns she received. Verdict
—" Accidental death."

AN HONOURABLE REWARD.—In a late number of
our journal we recorded the brave act of our respected towns-
man, Sir W alter Buchannan Riddell, Bart., in plunging into
the mill-head of Messrs. Mercer and Parton's mill, on the night
of the 26th of December last, and rescuing a woman who had
either fallen or had been thrown into the water, at that deep
and dangerous spot. The paragraph being quoted in the London
papers, attracted the attention' of the Secretary of the Royal
Humane Society, who wrote to us for the confirmation of
the statement, and any further particulars we might be
able to afford. We immediately complied with so agreeable
a requisition, and we have since received from the secretary
of the noble institution in question the following communi-
cation, which we have sincere gratification in laying before
our readers :—" Trafalgar-square, January 10.—Sir, I have
much pleasure in informing you that the Royal Humane
Society has awarded its honorary silver medallion to Sir W.
Riddell, Bart., for his courage and humanity in saving the
woman's life on the 26th ult.—l remain. Sir, your obedient
servant, B. WEsznorr. Mr. Edward Pickard Hall, Maid-
stone." We may add, what we were not previously aware
of, that when Sir Walter so chivalrously plunged into the
water, which was at that spot seven feet and a half deep,
and running with a strong current through a low arch-
way under the mill, the Hon. Baronet was encumbered with
his great-coat, which he did not wait to divest himself of, and
also that after getting the woman out of the water, he carried
her to her lodgings, sent for a surgeon, and remained in his
wet clothes for upwards of an hour, in fact, till ho had assured
himself that every possible care was being taken of the poor
creature. It is almost miraculous that Sir Walter should have
escaped the usual consequences of such exposure to wet and
cold, but we rejoice to learn that he has not suffered in the
slightest degree, and we trust he will enjoy many years of
health and happiness, experiencing the serenity of mind
which virtue and benevolence produce, and receiving the
esteem and respect of all who know his worth.—Maidstone
Journal.

SINGULAR COMBINATION OF " PROFESSIONS."—We
understand that there is, at present, a " professor" of many
professions, residing at Skelton, near this city, who has the
honour to ho'd the following appointments, viz. :—school-
master, parish clerk, sexton, organist, churchwarden, juryman,
afferior or referee, bye-lawman, land-surveyor, special con-
stable, town's clerk or book-keeper, assessor of assessed taxes,
collector of ditto, registrar of births and deaths, assessor of pro-
perty tax, collector of ditto, agent to the Royal Naval, Military,
East India Company, and General Life Assurance Society, also
postmaster.