The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-01 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE FIR i"=.• :„ht WI
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—About halt-13° °bill the
evening, another most alarming I; re broke '3'lll4'ooe;
engine-room of the saw-mills bel a7'ng t M,e,shsr.4l. bijs..-.
, ne the ... °'etiga.-
and Beal, Coxside, and in a short
ings, about 130 feet in length, were it 1P
nveloPt'd ingtiLne °I,
Immediately after the alarm a n ; 'en, th;ehe—• 3v1,1‘;
the West of England AssurancewCs N IttnYt %.„llic%ti ''s
dexterity, was on the spot, which °wm- 600 n 1-°lllo6°-
the engines of the 14th and 15 h a:i '4-17°r:s' tbe°
-.
engine, and one from the Dockyard,trwl 'lic-;13i1155 11„5
fire under control. Unfortunately
iv
ill::‘,-„ie4 asujolif
going on in the water works, de y s43'
supplied the tanks had been severed. .r.
It beialitfottilise:f°
water at the time greatly retarded the' oper--
engines. activeet
Among the officers present who took .en r r..- 11).
directing the proceedings, we noticed B to P-.l.6oel3Westerli
Hon. H. Murray, Commander• in-Chief of_ht"aa- and %guy°
District ; Col. Oldfield, R.A. Majors 110 'au".,,,-131069ergd;
of the 16th Regiment, and ajor Giles l itV .don, a '
P.
.E.L yne, Esq., Major N. Lockyer, 'G. CI%)
Prance,. Esqrs., magistrates. r the less at
Itiimpossible to give an exact estim: 03 °' - bUildl4
present, but it is very great, from the fact: of the,roperl
being well stored with valuable timber. l'he 'COI/11t1
was insured in the West of England ;11. 'd the
Offices, in about 2,0001. ;, nelle"
The origin of the fire is still a mystery, ibildt•iittr)%r`Jtjhee'n
rally conjectured to be the work of an in cz 1,11 g Wt)
two fires have taken place in these very fOtO'' I—I).
the last twelve months.

ST. PETERSBURG.It'aiI the de"
SEPT. 11.—" The, system of Russianish ra no 6re,
pendent provinees of the empire, has recei veil; beit "h°'o
phcation. I am assured that the Ern Pelcl/4' for
quitting St. Petersburgb, signed a new coLse. be
German provinces, based upon the laws of Pw-ro
the conquest of them provinces, which w ere A Lt"-th
dependent on Poland. Those of Courland 013 ge
enjoyed a franchise and local institutions f nitwaiesei
German fr,
system, and particularly on that of the .`"--.10/4
towns. Peter the Great and his suceosacortsteal
accorded them a separate and exceptional %g, tr°,;?
legislation and public institutions. 1i.n0...,//"sel*-;
as they did, the corruption of a flu 04'141 t°(l
hthese provinces were careful never to gritiveZir
ody so characterised, but on the cont of tb
their own magistrates with the entire COla;nioisg,,,,'
own affairs. The step of the Emperor in- urep-rSUgs
put them upon the same footing with the et of
provinces, has, therefore caused the greatesit "*"..ts'e,ej
The nobility Courland and Livonia are bi r,-;ribll`
high discontent, and the more as they have, .c°,o" sse;
to raise that empire to the power which it no'l9 ,r bel,se
Jacken, Witgenstein, Pahlen, Witzingerode, olexec
to those provinces, and moreover are men v,'":e
a high influence over the destinies of the en3P' 1' °-;re c
`•The tidings of the disaster in Circassi sti.olers
pletely confirmed. Public opinion holds th ea ocoe
particularly to blame for their occurrence, e ~pc°l3,:
m of having sacrificed an army and giv'
,•13ottl°°,:st
siderable resources, in his obstinate deterw, 11'
follow a plan of campaign disapproved of 07
0'
generals.
loran tbs!

" The Emperor at first wished to name Gel fjoo
ronzoff Prince de Dargo, but on the represenit2;oobei,r,
such a step would be felt as an insult by Wr6;cillnit
s,lf, he received simply the title of 'Prince. feel' se
ing, however, that the General might possibl)
at receiving a title generally bestowed as a re"iani4:l/
for signal victories, the Emperor himself couir3 ,
the matter to him in a personal interview. ct;‘ / • tt"
elf
"All the Imperial family are absent fromijiclola
burgh, with the exception of the Grand Dakelvtf
who alone remains to watch over the tranclal
security of the empire."—Chronicle.

gdociST'oo.
CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION. -,etf
Monday the general annual meeting of this s°-;01,' re-
place at the office, 36, Coleman-street. J. P. liaY:tl
presided. Mr. H. F. Richardson, the secretarp ;00 -iolls,
port, from which it appeared that the society 5 the ly
a highly prosperous state; that after defraying .he ban dji-
items of expenditure, and leaving a balance in a, ea'
their banker, they would be enabled to invest by
sir
.10P,tio
lion to 6,1041. already placed in the funds. At tm,;er
nual festival in June, at which Sir Edward ntlit'ij to leti
presided, the subscriptions and donations arnonactrie Octeo3
I Os. The number of recipients of the benefits 41%,;.ged, 541 t:
was sixty, each male member of whom had. 1.116 e..,
January last, 1/. 4s. monthly, and each fetn'-dectewito
repnrt was received, the different officers were .dent
thanks were voted to the Marquis of Bristol, Fre,
Society. It was also announced that the Matelot, °doer. to
albane would take the chair at the next annual The )10$
THE LATE EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICH.' picot ch.
fatal explosion in the Royal Laboratory dePari IC°
caused a most stringent order to be issued by
burn, C.B.—that the insees ordered to be broken IT it 15fv
" boiled," and not split up for the future, by ; it
possible an accident can occur. As a further prece. keeirt
floor is constantly saturated with buckets of
damp. It was intimated at the Arsenal, on S!!tnao/ pa ,ter,
the Board of Ordnance had granted a pension of et-ea(''
to the daughter of Mr. John Crake, the late rockt., del to
who lost his life by the explosion in the Laborato Jritute.ot
ment. A pension of 12s. per week has also been 010
each ofi the widows and orphans of the other Incji!aiol,
their lives. This, with the subscription being jet-iced; c,
place the unfortunate families iu comparative inurollA
EAT resent SHOAL OF WHALES AT STRODINESS. resell ,jog
CIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon our harbour Pi Woe,
ha e
lively and exciting scene, a shoal of small w ealf/e Jeet
entered it, and gambolled about for a consid::, croc, „Jo%
keenly pursued by a number of boats. There w.f., town,,iite•
spectators on the quays, almost all the housest"ager ';:e its
emptied of their inhabitants, to witness the beeper
for
The efforts made by the finny tribe to preserve
iotteisti to
water t,t;
strenuous as were the attempts made by their Pairecti,°l 0
their destruction. Often did they fly from one
to de'
another, seeking to escape, causing the hoatseatehiag the
and fro, and stagger like a drunken man," thrfeer3 intgua
struction to all around them, and awakening•h, the "ot'
minds of many who were anxiously contemPrtle intltch i 0
of the tight. The darkness of night closed d the
hig and deeply moving spectacle, and awl, one ot, 0
gaming their freedom. There was only a inna' f regt, ed the
measuring about seven feet. This is a matter °Enheale,reat
the shoal was considerable, and had success ficc°4ls 41f
means used to secure them, it would have From
blessing to the place. But what is still to lief°. al
regretted, a young man, a ship carpenter, helonigiat
other
town, got his leg entangled in a coil of rope t° d sole °ill;
poon was fixed, and the boat in which he all, whichort
men were was suddenly overturned by a as'ecerl,eoc•
struck, and he must have been dragged to sea, ea.itifou' has
has been made to get his body in the harbour "foil'. feA
cess. By this very melancholy dispensation only so rye
been unexpectedly deprived of a son, yaw' more torgA
minutes before, left them vigorous in health, no b'dio
each other till the judgment of the great day.-- fig
Witness. Ftvwf tae
THE DUKE DE MONTPENSIER.--T'earrivtil 1000
P Orient of Smyrna gives a long account of the cerf
Duke de rdontpensier in that city on the 2d nisi,' with ealio
from it that his Royal Highness was receiVe I,e forray
mark of respect due to his dignity, and that ',y the Toe
frigate Inconstant fired a royal salute of 21 guPrte ,:ala,ediak
sion, the seamen who manned the shrouds at after ht're tie
giving three hurrahs in honour of his arrival. whe.raa
the Prince went to the house of the French Cen'l of 601,:jefit
received the Catholic clergy, with the Arehhisllc' t,
at their head, and subsequently the French wanaeiere
at Smyrna. Congratulatory speeches, contain' tiencrh'Cca.,ll-
- of attachment to the King of the
~es o diet,
made by the Archbishop and one of the Deputies coot his
merce of the French subjects, and short but :s.presse
replies were made by his Royal Highness, lvlitrieliced• Aga
grateful sense of th ..kiud thenrecetio that he exd.),.'shiaentders,
Prince then visited several of public estah?,.orthe,- „jt'
laid the first stone of the intended new buildinba cateeti: tbe
of Charity. In the evenhig his Royal Highoul consuorsl
at dinner the Archbishop ';"if the,l4A.ralls se
tile
Commanders of the Cerf,lncontant and --trite,-
of tne French residents, and afterwards era-
Goiner, on hie way to Athens.

ri.lissees,,e3d4 ir„:ts,
THE GANIE LA \ I:„S,'
(From the Carnarcon lien
- A meeting of the Commissioners of
was held at the.Tewn Hell, Dalgelley, (
toi hear appeals. The Commissirmers
Doctors` Evans and William., and Ws: re. Ellis'
-seal,
as also pl.
and Evans ; the Rev. George Phillips v
but did not appear to take ary part in th e bustniribeherist
D oseph Roberts, ag.---d 11 years, )f gr. ,ove
oluwchryd Mine Agent, was surchai ged ter %%fa
certificate he had been convicted by the teagi6ll4
trespass in search of game. 1 on his
Edward .Tones, a groom to Sir R. W. V iluVan'llot in
oathd said, that on the Ist of June last, lit. law 90'6 to 11
):13 pirhese2ni
ilweeer:,
ii field near the turnpike road'.-at about to nitminut'esas-not
i the morning (the witness here said, 1 .h i'e,"' tbo
certain of the day withoutilec kin ,ata in efflor2naura' -'4-
lierTer had, and on doing i r.,-;ictli said be bv,aist etv)ili::e93
(I)ll,st(t..C, •.:rnmis..ioners wanted to. see the pry i'er' near t°
',dimly refused). We ,a. the appc Dant g° out.
the hedge ,aed break a snabre, saw
and take. t
Witnes -
s then showed if lf, d tit e. appella. bed
imst an 1, - .be
,ray. Witness followed an, I Overtook 'hill), bu" night
+lie n•r•
thrown) the hare:. away. Had seertthe mares . „ced
glad Dot °`) ,wl. it
I re, and had determined t ) watch.
whuther the hare had been b ' l
be ong, por idol I
was very garnei.s.h.d two 6
The appellant in his ;a bare titer° fin
defence. said, that be l's , ed. nd
lambs at the time, and that once . of theta had strs).. the
sitinwertairylealbalengeioalutlesoeockihuetiit:a.ansse,aa3r,.ch of it and saw tha„l,llBTei;e, ~,,r'il
afraid the tS4hl
Never
had set a snare • • • d a thong—
an'drhreeliCe in his Me. and had n
seeing
the hare when he went tc . the field. obibler
charge.. ,emltev:rw7):010201171;roor„t
of
thought . his story ferY P
Ohays
The Cr '
own Surveyor asked f frra case in order . •rs
c•• mssion'
the opinionof
the judges there( to , but the eioav-
-.
declined doing •
so. 4 in
Ellis Jones, ithorg
es, a respectable fa: Ea ner, vras su d 01
the same
. manner, having been - previously fine-„,,l„qbaer
Richard Lloyd,gamekeeper ''. • hereW. v a'" .
to Sir
were
gam
said, he had
. watched a cover twhere vi' in it
d in th •
lie
e morning saw a trap . with a live harp e sod
_tti___ecercealed himself; and pre: ently appellant est° so.
killed the hare, and took it w tri the trap
11 do the
then showed himself when Appellant /at° "- i.
hare. . OP
The
appellant said that he b std set the 04 'l`l3e hare
vermint_ie, and on coming in the vorning fourd tof 10
l re. He killed it at once, in o rtier to put it out 9 into
miseries, and then threw it as ray to rtVOid gettia,, ,0
lie beg9e° •
trouble •. he had ver then. Theybb ha
„ ,r_ I •1
tell them that so nu; were th e..har es (ma !' did
farm, that it was a neroug
wonder
he coat 'd pay his rent.
much damage.
The Commissioner d acted cell,
. thunght be ha _to,'
humanely, and in accordan, ee wit h their oath to 0 re.
scientiously, relieved him of• tind 1115
t la•e charge ,
fused a case. it is iMP°5'
What the surveyor will a.ttalnal 4to do now, h both
Bible t
decisions..
The keepers looked' " unutterable dill in.
their "informing"
b a re"
dependent gentlemen, career bein g *nitrated yeconatq
gentlemen, to whom ato thanks of th Aty 01
am due for standing out boldly - against • the °ye'
the abominable
laws relative to g a me.
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