The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-26 00:00:00

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

THE CORN CROPS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUlV:th
the
SIR,--We have of late been favoured w.l,
_,_,.
reports of a certain Commissioner on the. social 6.i4",.."'
ofaff orldreedla,nydo,uaonrdsolmethoinfky,ouSrir,c.onthtearnt
Commissioner
b. e doing good service in sending a u
both as to
population in this portion of the kingdom,
pole
oiamtrimecsouwlaouloud
into Wales. The abject state of the agricultural
vtpseoaedr
smeuptsc:us a:
wantstenfiehednanrslfeua
hlris
idf t pi
negr s
bony a
some
0 me comforts,skilfa
skilful
s hand. pitiable;
.T h
eand
nitdc
ness and bad qualities of the crops will, it is expec,_..W,
gleyarraoi on
n thatthf
oer
ipopulation
rnbt ewefooonrseoufnulntpOhttilebopAr?l.l::
countios some of the farmers are already begiPW
that they also express theirconviction that the 511,."—de"
scale. should b 9. abolished. The Welsh landloru.":,
continually inflicting scourges on the country in s'e-b;
closing and frittering away the common lands, in."..
face o.f the fact, that the land already under cult'''.
tion. is not, nor can be, half cultivated by the occu.
piers; and, besides, the continual enclosure of coal
smallmon s elnagndenodwenresrsbaadndfeocliontgt:geirso
;thethremi;
fraught with mischief, and should by no mean,: .
encouraged by the legislature. When the high
system
fraught the
payments
eonftsthien
tWheeslshhapetenoafnrtatfeasr,mers, and their. 11(351
looked. at, it is no wonder that thtealmes;
tural improvement is so slow in the principaliti"
I reman, Sir, &c., ~rO.
Gwen+, Dec. 24, 1845. VElll'
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NARROW ESCAPES FROM DROWNING,' ouag
afternoon, between one and two o'clock, as tnienitete
men were rowing in a boat nearly opposite tile "•,1 eir
tiary prison, one of them lot loose his scull, an".nd biS
deavouring to regain it he overbalanced himself who
companion into the river. The accident was °who par
by two lightermen, named Shard and Jessup, otbS
off from shore in a skiff, and reached the o°l
just time enough to save them from being drowilend
bi
THE WEATHER AT BOULONGE._The Wto boar
been so high since Saturday, that for three days Poruing
could enter the harbour. Early on Sunday, r° teas
the Queen of the Belgians arrived, after a
passage of above three hours, conveying the oar_ that
nary courier of the Times, with the third edition °c lock
paper, of Saturday, published at half•past three °,d is
in the afternoon, and with great difficulty succeeah'
reaching the harbour. The Queen of the French ier,
rive d later in the day, and having :truck against the,pead,
breaking her bowsprit and knocking off her figure'_ur,
made two more ineffectual attempts to enter the harlythe
most oeissordi_
but finding it irnpossil le to do so without sacrificing rd
vessel, and in all probability the rear
tacked about and returned to Folkestone, to the g
dissatisfaction of the crew. A scene of the greatest
..est
courie•n,
citament prevailed on the arrival of the Times
Boulogne with a copy of the Queen of sPaSay,
speech, which appeared in the Times of 3"11„sicl
The directors of the steam-boat company from
every endeavour to prevent the captain vier
counly
leaving • but his reply was, "Is the Times'
Passengers on bea
disposed' to go ? if so, 'push her oft."' Coesettuefirit dff
she started, and after having had everything we.s",f-ad
her deck, reached Folkestone in safety. The win" rs
somewhat abated about half-past three, and the court('
arriving with the overland mail dispatches, the Oadivo
left, and 20 minutes after the Queen of the s.
We regret to announce that the Ondine suffered
vei
much from the journey, and was obliged to go to bat
to be repaired. The opinion entertained here is, rm.",
the Ondine is by no means a fit boat for a rough le
and I believe she does not intend to start again unless
the weather is propitious. The Prince Ernest arrived
from Dover on Wednesday night, and announced her
intention of returning on Thursday morning, at,
o'clock, at which hour 75 passengers embarked, and the
74
vessel left. She made two ineffectual attempts tom
out of the harbour, and after starting the third ton:
suddenly stopped, her engines having broken. The s.,ir
was very high at the time, and had she been half a inus
further out the vessel and passengers must have been
all sacrificed. The Queen of the Belgians arrived from
Folkestone about this time, landed all on board with
every possible speed, and relieved the Prince Ernest °
her passengers, conveying them to Folkestone.
much cannot be said in praise of the intrepid conduct v
Captain Jenkins, Captain Monier, and Captain Ni'
and the Steam Packet Company are most fortunate A"
having such able men to conduct their vessels.—Times•
LORD LYTTLETON AND HIS TENANTS.—BIRMING;
HAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—We have been informed
upon good authority, that Lord Lyttleton, whose estates
are in this district, has sent circulars to his tenants, call 7

tioning them against disposing of their corn at injurious
prices, and offering such accommodation as may be
necessary to enalde them to hold their stocks. The
Noble Lord says that the present reduced price of wheat
is the result of the recent political changes, but thas
prices are certain to go up ngain ; and if his tenant*
cannot pay their rents now due, th)ey have only to apply
to his agent, and time will be afforded to enable them to
retain their corn until the markets resume their former
stability. From the course thus pursued by his Lord-
ship, it would appear that he does not anticipate any
material alteration in the corn-laws. On the contrary,
his circular would seem to indicate directly the reverse.
Yesterday morning the Duke and Duchess of St.
Albans, according to usual custom at this season of the
year, caused to be distributed amongst the poor inha-
bitants residing at Highgate 1 cwt. of coals, 1 cwt, of
potat. es, and 161b1. of bread to each family, also a new
pair of blankets and new flannel petticoats to the
wives and children of all the labourers employed on their
estate.

On Wednesday morning the large number of
married and single men, amounting to nearly 200, em-
ployed in the firm of Messrs. Coombe and Delafield, the
porter brewers in Castle-street, Long-acre, received
tickets to procure for the married men, their wives, and
children each 5 lbs. of beef, 1 lb. of bread. and a pint of
porter, and to all the single men 2s. 6d. in money. The
gift is from Mr. Delafield, it having been the practice of
his late uncle.

Lord Metcalfe, has left town fur his seat, Fern Hill,
near Windsor,

(PROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 25.—The district of Toxteth-141:k
in this town has just been the scene of a dreadful 11.°'"
dent. Liverpool has for some time past been badly stir
plied with water, and large tanks were erected in Orin
ous places, with a view to improving the supply „ pon'-
of these, situate in Water-street, Toxteth-park, "ipet
saining 1,600 tuns of water, elevated some wive
above the level of the street, burst this day at
o'clock, spreading destruction on every side, attend!,
with serious injury to many individuals. One T.
woman, named Kitty —, was dragged out of the
cellar of a public-house at great risk to those who ye;
Lured to her assistance, but their aid came too late"--so
was dead. Eight houses in Rock-street, which runs
the back of the water-works' premises, are partly den;
lishet', and their ruins are momentarily exPected t° be
i
and it is feared that there are several persons n
cellars of these houses, to whom no help whatever et
be rendered, the influx of water to these aparttne_
rendering it impossible for them to escape with life. "
house at the corner of Water-street and Rock-street 2"
in a most dangerous state, has already swayed Incoi;
inches from the perpendicular, and must sc°,rineohed,
down. It is in too dangerous a state to be aPP•h-eep of
and with it a smaller house attached will be s'fifry-five
ruins—making ten houses, occupied by sonic indastri•
individuals, all of them in a low class of life'
ous, hard-working persons. oost-
on
send this hurried account to save
tu t'e Ine papers'
exec
s how'
o bey;
will have fuller details in the Liverpool n° men, two
Since writing the foregoing, I find that, two „round-
women, and one child have been dug from ela to the
story of the ruined- houses. I saw them con"Y to two St
southern hospital, and understand the injuries
there are
least are likely to prove fatal. It is sup pt.
yet several more in the ruins, and every x
ing made to rescue them. To render assistaneesithr. has
ever a work of considerable danger. Ihe w houses
forced its way from the front to the back of the
• .• together
in Rock-street, leaving the upper pat ts wo-
like an ill-cemented arch, and liable to
meat. There are on four houses in L's sans J•
of per
(double ones) occupied by the tuber
nu
have stated. k which
It seems this day was the first time this tan k+
W
has been productive of so terrible an accidents0 the
fi led. surely some notice to the inhabitants 1
neighbourhood should have been given. fall
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