The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-08 00:00:00

APrODITIIIEICTS.

Uaptains—Frederick Bullock, to the Porcupine ; J. C. Car-
penter to be out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital. •
Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals—Edward Hilditch, to Ja-
maica Hospital ; Oliver Evans, M.D., of Jamaica Hospital, to
Bermuda.
Lieutenants—The Hon. P. F. Pellew, additional, to the
Collingwood ; Alfred Fairman (1829), to the Warspite • W.
L. Partridge, and Charles S. Dunbar, additional, to the Agin-
court ; F. E. Johnston, of the Queen, to the Illustrious.
Surgeons—Charles M'Arthur, M.D., of the Victory, to the
William and Mary packet, for special service.
Master—G. L. Hall (acting), to the Geyser.
Second Masters—F. Farrant, to the Sydenham ; T. Pitt
(1841), to the Medusa steam-packet ; W. B. Edwards, to the
Caledonia ; R. T. Saunders, to the Zephyr steam-packet.
Assistant-Surgeons—W. Fosken, M.D. (acting), additional
to the Illustrious ' • W. A. Leslie (acting), additional to Ply-
mouth Hospital ; R. Clark, M.D., and L. Elliott, M.D., addi-
tional, and T. F. Wooldridge (acting), additional of the Cale-
donia, and V. C. Clark, M.D. (acting), additional to the San
Josef, for duty at Plymouth Hospital ; L. C. Urquhart, M.D.,
from the Camperdown, additional to the Ocean, for service at
Sheerness Dockyard ; G. Willes, for service at Ha.slar Hos-
pital; J. Gordon (acting), of the Camperdown, to the Poic-
tiers, for service at Melville Hospital.
Mates—C. 0. H. P. St. John (1840), of the Excellent, to
the St. Vincent ; R. Chambers, to the Firefly ; E. Burnstall,
to the Porcupine ; G. S. Boys, late of the Vernon, to the
Albion.
Naval Instructor—G. S. Bourne, to the Talbot.
Gunner—J. White (acting), to the Apollo.
Clerk—D. Stapleton, to the Porcupine.
Midshipmen—H. Bennington to the Excellent; F. Bul-
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lock, to the Porcupine.
Naval Cadets—F. A. Campbell, to the Camperdown ;
.J. H.
Chads, to the Cambrian.
Colonel Lawrence, C. 8., has retired from the command of
the Chatham division of Royal ➢iarines.

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT STRATFORD.—Yesterday
,Sunday) morning, a few minutes after one o'clock, a de-
structive fire broke out in the High-street, Stratford, near
Bow, by which much property was destroyed of a most va-
luable character. Two houses are gutted, and two others,
with the contents of the whole, very seriously damaged. The
outbreak occurred in the house of Mr. Henry Ballard, watch
and clockmaker, and jeweller, 4, High-street. The building
contained seven rooms, and the fire was discovered at the
back of the premises by one of the K division of police. .The
parish engine and the Jeffery-square and. the Wellclose-
square engines were soon upon the spot, and an abundant
supply of water was furnished. Before the engines from
town had arrived the flames had obtained firm hold, and the
house was on fire from the top to the bottom. The interior
of the building was entirely consumed, as were also the stock
and furniture, not a particle of either of which is saved. The
adjoining house, in the occupation of Mr. Robert Pearson,
grocer and cheesemonger, had also caught fire, and another
on the other side, adjoining, was on fire at the back and roof.
Upwards of fifty of the neighbours being employed at the
engines, the effect became shortly apparent, and in less than
an hour so greatly had the fire been subdued, that the inha-
bitants of No. 2, High-street, were enabled to remove the
chief part of the contents of that building, the destruction of
which at one time appeared inevitable. With incessant la•
bour, up to a quarter past three o'clock, the flames were sub-
dued, and all danger of the extension of the fire was at an
end. How the fire originated is not known.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning an
unfortunate accident occurred to Cockrill, 108 L, one of the
officers at Astley's Theatre, which is likely to be attended
with serious results. It appeared that about three o'clock,
as he was about to go off duty, he went over some new
houses at the rear of the theatre, in Stangate, to ascertain
whether the lead and workmen's tools were all safe, and on
crossing a plank on the first floor his feet slipped, and he fell
through the joists into the cellar, a depth of 20 feet, broke his
right leg, and seriously injured the spine. He lay there
nearly 20minutes, until his groans brought a constable to
his assistance, when he was speedily conveyed to Guy's Hos-
pital, where he now lies in a precarious state. He is well
known to the public as the " Duke," from his striking like-
ness to the Duke of Wellington.
Several of our Contemporaries have taken notice
of the omission of 100,0001. in the statement of the decrease
of the property-tax in the present quarter, the decrease being
stated in the published account to be 9,2241., whereas it
ought to have been stated as 109,224/. This error, however,
makes no difference in the comparison of the total increase
and decrease on the quarter, as we observe some of our con-
temporaries suppose, as there happens to be another omission
of the same amount on the opposite of the account. The
increase under the head of "Repayment of Advances" is
stated to be 36,3501. instead of 136,350/. ; the sum received
under this head in the present quarter being 274,557/.,
and in the corresponding quarter of last year only 138,207/.
The aggregate amount of the decrease under the
several heads of revenue for the quarter is 771,2231., and that
of increase for the same period 594,924/., instead of a decrease
of 671,2231., and an increase of 494,924/., as stated in the ac-
counts published on Saturday. The actual decrease on the
quarter is 176,299/., being precisely the same after this cor-
rection is made, as before. As these quarterly accounts can
never be made tip till late in the evening of the sth Of the
month, it is not surprising that in the hurry of transcribing
the numerous copies of this account for the use of the several
public journals, clerical errors of this sort should occasionally
occur; and when, as in the present case, there happen to be
omissions of equal amount on the two sides of the account the
error is very apt to be overlooked, as it does not affect the
general result.—Herald.
TIIE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—This
important national work is now fairly commenced: A satis-
factory arrangement has been made between the company
and the Earl of Lonsdale, upon the fair principle that a
valuer should be appointed On either side, with power to name
a third party ; and the adjustment of terms will, therefore,
The number of steam-boat-passengers from London be an easy matter. The first general meeting of the coin-
to Hull amounts to about 36,000 per artnin3.—Hull pany was held on Friday last at Kendal. A very efficient
Advertiser. body of Directors has been appointed.