The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

ALARMING FIRES.

This morning, shortly after one o'clock, an alarming and
destructive fire broke out in the extensive saw mills belong-
ing to Mr. William Little, situate in Norway-place, Hackney-
road. The first discovery was made by police-constable
H 52. Smoke and sparks mounting over the roofs of the
front dwellings made him aware of the alarming fact.
Without a moment's loss of time the officer raised an slam,
and having procured additional assistance he dispatched a
messenger for the engines. Owing, however, to the large
quantity of timber and other equally inflammable articles
upon the premises, the fire spread with sqch amazing ra.
pidity, that it broke through the roof of the building. The
engines of the brigade from Whitecross-street, Jeffrey and
Wellchlse-.:squar.es, Watling-street, and Southwark• bridge-
reit), with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent. ar-
rived ; these were followed by others from Farringdon-
street, and the West of England and the County Fire-
offices • with Messrs. Connorton mid Garwood. As
quickly as possibly the c.ni.;ines were got to work, from
the most cuonan'ding positions, but by the time the
first one could be called into action, the flames had obtained
possession of the greater portion of the spacious mills. These
contained, beside an immense quantity of wood, a valuable
as=ortnieut of machinery. The exertions of the firemen
were, therefore, directed to save, if possible, the contents of
the building; in that, however, they were unsuccessful, and
in less than half an hour after the first outbreak the de,
structive element had extended from end to end of the mills,
and had communicated to the front preucoes of Mr. Clerk,
tobacconist, and at the b,aelp c,fieveral other houses. Seeing,
Ylle qrgl4 Afigor to which the adjoining property was ex -
poem, the firemen speedily shifted their quarters, and brought
the branches of their engines to bear upon the houses in the
main road. This happily was crowned with success, and by
,strenuous exertions the firemen succeeded by three o'clock
in arresting the further progress of the flames. The damage
done, it is needless to state, is very considerable. At one
period it was truly distressing to see the inhabitants of the
contiguous dwellings rushing forth into the street alms e 4 in
a state of nudity, carrying with them what
they could lay hold of, which they deniLsttetl, for property
protection
from the flames in the open streAf - As to 'the Origin of the
fire; or. wh9ther. 4.4 ilia Mites are insured, we were unable
to 1 ttrn dyirtd the eXcitement .which prevailed.
lie premises of Messrs. Cuthberts and Archers, the ex-
tensive tallow melters, situate in• Paternoster-row, just 'oppo-.
'site to the passage leading to Newgate-market, had a narrow
escape from being clestroysd by foe 9n Monday morning. It

appears that one of the men (an old servant), proceede„„
tween seven and eight o'clock, as usual, to light the
w9se,
one of the coppers. He forgot to put in any "
quently in a short time the pans became red hot, in 'to
state, unperceived by those who had to let down the tallow
from the upper room, they let it drop into the burning s.
nace. The consequence, of course, was that it in of
ignited, and sent forth a terrific blaze, and had it not fonn:t
nately been the ease,that some workmen were near th.....8r.2
at the time, the whole of the extensive stock and Prewefe•
a-
short period must have fallen a prey to the devouring
inent. As it happened, however, the tire was speedtilY:o,
tinguished, and no further damage occurred. From e of
bustible nature of Messrs. Cuthberts' stock, consist:o,si,
tallow, filling large warehouses, if the fire had not haPP,I?„
so soon been extinguished, the most frightful consequencer;
the neighbourhood of Patern aster-row and St. rain's
-eht:•,dsr
yard must have ensued. As it is, the loss is very 1-1„`" the
able, and no stop whatever has been put to carrying on
business in the sual manner.
WcHEsTru,u Nov. 15.—This morning, about two o
as Mr. Shepherd, the superintendent of police, wisthe
his round, he smelt a peculiar effluvium to arise from 00
house occupied by a Mr. G. Gale, a currier of this eitY".,„ite
arousing the inmates it was found a fearful fire was
within, and bad got so much hold that it was with fi tio
difficulty Mr. Gale and his fmily were s2ved. 1-7 P for.
doors being opened and the air let in the bedding wild tot
niture were instantly in flames. So rapid was the fire in
Sir. Gale lost nearly the whole of his furniture, stlo'sis
trade, money, and other valuables, together with th,l3, is'
(his own property), to the propertyval y 2,000 L The
sarance on the whole of his pp was only 400/.. d
flames quickly extended to the adjoining house, occull the
M a r. Robinson, furniture broker, which, together Wit Ned
greater part of his stock in trade' and other propertifora
quickly reduced to a heap of ruins. The enghiesboUf
soon on the spot, but it was nearly half au erX
.before water sufficient could be obtained to lop
the devouring element. Mr. Budd's house, a ic•illift
sion merchant and grocer, and that of Mr. de ir
corn- dealer, were much damaged, and their stock in trautio
jured to a great extent by its hasty removal. The ;eatberi
new church of St. Maurice was with difficulty saved,—
several times in flames, and the southern entrance Oros
much dathage, the devouring element blazing througt`hoe
apertures, and threatening every moment to set the 7";
edifice in a flame; but the engines by this time "villtbe
plentiful supply of water, and being well worked h.:,7011
brigade, inhabitants, a body of the Fusilier Guards sail
Buffs, under the command of Colonel Sir James Dens 0
ocher officers, the fire by five o'clock was got under, 00,..ded
remove any further apprehension for the safety of th; on
edifice or the surrounding houses. Several of ,In)90041.
the opposite side of Iligh-street were with diffieng„,ol4
The damage is estimated at 5,000/. Mr. Gale only is insured'
It is not known how the fire originated, but it i3,B3tribiet
Mr. Gale went to. see all was safe in his shop the for
before going. to bed, and dropped a spark on sone ""
able materials used in his trade.

MEDICAL. MISSIONS.—If the mission
so numerous in India, bad each a medical rid s° ividice
tached, with the means of dispensing extensiveliy
be doe
and surgical aid to the natives around, more mig.,110,401
by this instrumentality to break through their 11.0, 0111
station:ol4
and introduce right views as to the bodily constitnan'y
cliaracter, and social poeittion of women, than.'bY,„. fest'`,o
rae other :means that mild be named. Within tneicos
veare Medical missions have been tried by they;llle,:es
thina, and with a success (so far, at least, as P;epicjii
tention, COntidenee, and gratitude of that en. ;no
people) which has., never been equalled. fit, Tit
the experiment has not, to any e Merit,that
p,
tried ; but there, can hardly be , a doubt, oce ship
would equally succeed,- the prevalence there °cola bw
and other kind of surgical, ailmetits, as well as of (°..eililc.„
evetio'ila tr.
geoeral, affords a field for medical missionary
it is to be hqped„ will, not be overlooked by o°' wrree°,.l;
this' direcfion, of missions. The .scheme haothis' gre3a
inendation, that while wpuld propitiate' the fay...,.e°' ies 'of
deeply-prejudiced .1-firelu, and open his heart to 'lee ve.,s.,
missionary's religious instructions, it would, frl.,,e 01'0
outset, confer those valuable temporal benefits' ,';doece',o
tiaa benevolence, armed with European medical the
so well able to dispense ; and which, inoreo,er' oet rfe,
example of Him who went about doing good," of ,mph
to be held second only in importance to the office °
;
ing the truths of our holy faith.—Medical Gazette. t bffi
JOINT-STOCK FACTORIES —On this sublet
yep
W. Howitt, the celebrated author, writes to AWL
Times :—" What reason is there, that railways, n°,11j15,,,;
packets, and gas-works, and joint-stock banks, an'solf,,,t'e
of trade and money incorporations should thrir,,,eLe
joint-stock factories should not ? There is none. ;TOO 0
may have their shares in such companies, whic-estallt?
regularly managed by paid agents as these other layover !e
are, and thus receive their fair share of profit' le c°6'
above the mere price of their labour. If this prina cole
be brought to bear, and worked into practice, it vt`tosilb
fer on this country, and on the world, the greatest r
$
blessing."
, breig
SLAUGHTER-HousEs.---A case was 1£14,...7
before the Metropolitan Buildings Act Commissi°,f $OO
whether a small slaughter-house, at Crouch- eurias' ceefed•
was a build w ing of such a nature as that, is as ty
the 55th section of the Act, no structure could,,bht "f$
nearer to it than fifty feet, the referees decided, nois to
slaughter-house be used for the slaughtering of dories °f'
human food only, and be not used for the bilr„f
general slaughterer, but in connexion with the trattcl,e'e;
tail butcher, and particularly with the trade of $ ",, i$
shop thereto adjoining, then the said slaughter-lotess '
to be deemed to be a building used for the busilteill
slaughterer, or for a business noxious or offensive lc" fi
meaning of the said Act."—The Builder. he fell'
GENERAL CONSUMPTION OF SuGane---;7,„,rriete
ing statistics relative to sugar appear in the '1"
Nantes, compiled from an elaborate table which is.telnne
patient and indefatigable researches of Mr. Frederi, inget>
a gentleman whose connexion with the sugar-prod tie de
00,
nies has enabled him to procure the most autbent„loli,,,e;
The Zollverein, with a population of 29,066,000 s° bee
sumes annually 70,000 tons of cane, and 10,0,,° 13refieltil,
sugar. Belgium, Holland, Oldenburgh, Harnburg"',o t;
Lubeck, Hanover, and Mecklenburgh, with a, ~„og' to!
population of 10,349,000, consume altogether 51'`'; pkg
cane, and 5,000 of beetroot sugar. Russia, with and b'
et
tion of 56,778,000, consumes 62,400 tons of cane',,-eitil,
tons of beetroot sugar. France, with a Pe,P-eel "„e-
-35,400,000, consumes 89,000 tons of French col°',',4ol "
11,000 tons of foreign colonial sugar, and 28,000 On'o
root sugar. Portugal, with a population of 3,4le'litaioi
sumes 10,000 tons of sugar. Spain with aP. °tip f`Lor
13,786,000, consumes 36,000 tone (36,1'00 tons 01 „"tal rjp
in 1844). Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, with a 'f Op
lotion of 6,509,000, consume altogether 12,000 ton4o,
Great Britain and Ireland, with a population of
consume 240,000 tons of sugar per year; the 1011'3,bery
Gibraltar, Cracow, and Switzerland, consume altoge"„iAti",o
46,000 tons of sugar; Turkey and Greece, with a Prea,lP it
10,700,000, consume only 4,000 tons of sugar; '„„fi Olt"
other colonies, with a population of 4,544,00°'
is estimated, about 15,000 tons; and the United
a population of 18,700,000, consume 150,000 tons c-011';
The gross total population of the above sugar,collo,/,
countries amounts to 278,033,000 souls, and the weollv,'
consumption of sugar to 845,900 tons. In the, `l,eo`
the proportion of sugar consumed by each ind'4,3011,',1
annum amounts to 6 1-Bth lb.; in the German -.1,10"11),
therein included, to 12 1-16th lb ; in Russia, to 'all's'
in France, to 8 2-10ths lb. ; in. Portugal, to 6,u.,,teca
in Spain, to 5 8-10ths lb.; in Scandinavia, to ,
in Great Britain, to 191 b.; and, in the thlit''" fe"
America, to 181 b.
THE KING AND THE BIRD..CATCOH". fr°'
years before his death, a dealer in singing-birdt erli'teer,
Prussian part of the Hartz mountains came to .r.t tb
called at the palace to express, in what he thoilgP,bowc;iel
way, his thanks for the kindness whit% had beerj,tlo; oct
sons, who were soldiers, namely, by presenting
a so-called piping bullfinch, which, with endarinrfreueill
he had taught to pipe the national air of "I,l,n,l'eeii,4 siot`'
William," &c., throughout, and correctly—tn't.oile"vivg „V,'",
only instance of perfect success. The King,.
ordered the bird, fancier to be shown up, who,
a tSbl6e
the cage containing the interesting songster on toe ter' er
bird, after some kindly words from its music-ngtcatD(ll'l
through the practised air with all the solemnity 0e..-1.0 i
priest, to the enrprise and amusement of the ," tli„teyel
delight ine cased when, on his saying "De CAP'he
Piped Ow air again. To the question " What'„,setir tt'e
the pleased Papageno replied, " I won't takaenetuTo-s.iiiiiiiele:
but if my dear King will accept the bird,
bare thought of his piping in the King's chamber...A.ol
me the happiest man of our Hartz, and the first I>it'io Vo;
in the warld," The King felt good-will towards. e?egif:
fellow, who stood before him unabashed in 1Te..4%-er;,‘"
and Timm who had been summoned, received Ileoe'or
commands to have a room prepared for. the bir,,
the adjoining wing of the palace, and was rner,-a
summoned into the King's presence, who ingiutiloltrttlea:l:l:l#o"ifr.,
as to the localities of his part of the'Hartz,'an :ell";
at his sensible and frank replies. During this "t• e''
adroitly obtained such knowledge of his P,Veic
stances and views as contented the King.
for the man's departure came, Timm franked
diligenm Arrived at home he found, to
11311:
met-it, that the mortgage of 500 dollars on
paid off by command of his Majesty. Thus Wa3
for but highest earthly desire accomplished, 'kw lo
enjoying the sights in Berlin.—Li, aof the
Prussia. 00 00°0°
BARBAROUS AND BRUTAL MIJIIDER."% iie op -0
evening, the evening of the Belfast fair day', t0ke61,05
of farmers were returning home, they were '
Newtownbreda-road; one of their party, n,,3,:alier,„,iceso
Crawford, was brutally. murdered, and his erc
Crawford, so seriously injured, that the doctor still
.01
him to be in a very precarious state. Ineinedi,,i'pa thetiole.,r
perpetration of the murder, informatien rea,"i 110,a0:of
townbreda constabulary station. The police fes.e
arriving at the spot, and, having seen the bc'tlo°oo,,,,
fortunate sufferers properly disposed of, set out iefo!'pol'ee
the parties implicated in the transaction. Fre°,evetcorll
they arrested the following persons ;—James .„4
Spence, John Corry, William Clarke, and Gent° 10"
'i.eao.,ol
—Northern Whig. hido.
A HINT FOR DR. PUSEY.—The Tauci;ig letterw...4
of Mr. Oakeley's conversion, praises him for 11%9. 'fe )od
step at so much cost to himself. It also Vile' iv 1'14,0, tp
" Cornubrensis," asserting that eleven of one finna' 01/40
left the Anglican communion. And tutors, .01170 re"'
professors—the authors of all this mischief"'

office at Oxford and Cambridge g
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BIRTHS. , the 1 '
On the 14th-inst., at Summer-hill, Kidderminster pl.
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Claughton, of a sou, siori• IJv
the ..- f,
On the I.sth ilast., at Ayonhurst, Warwick, ol' , •P'
Mess, of a aon.
the 15d1 c.lcl)`'
On the 14th lust., at the Oaks, near Epsom, , 01- A,
Esq., of a son. i .nclo,-, 0
On the 15th inst., the lady of the ReT. W. il• •"*-- if* ,I
Pembrokeshire', ox a sea. ~f J. o
lad/ - sett, On the 15th Inst., at Stratford, Essex, 01* ,aie /
Esq„ of a daughter. Jew" .-
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.../ I
On ter 16th inst., at Kingston-upon-Thames,
gl44daught. , 4
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ifill 'WED
" Rev 5' Or' ..,7*
On the 17th inst., at Lee Church, by the ....the, „et.
Cheesman, Esq., of Luddesdown Court, Kekt, to Es ID'
ter
On tho 17y
o i
f 1), Ere Esq. gat, Lee. •C. ten
'1 117th inst St. Pancras Church, CaPtai 1,11 iir
Jo 1 .
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11th Hussars, to the Lady Adela Villiers. 110' ro'
the - Pi 0
On the 13th irtM., at Market Harhorough, A flue Iv Jiel,
Holdich, Rector of Shankton, Leicestershire, to 4'borOOS",. P 94
daughter of George Wartuaby, Esq., of 3farket ll,3Lcself --'".re,
On the 17th Inst., at Lee Church, Richard LA: - it S,
Luddesdowu Court, Kent, to Esther, third daughter .4 '
sergeon, &c. • AI"
(.- o
, fi;fet "10
On the 11th inst., at "P- ,-'‘.6D• jorriol, (to
Mr. Richard Rip,—. —.atm:mew-close, ili4 0 se
On the i ^ _.-•el.
A.. • ...tin inst., in Dorrington-square, Jes'4°' reP-
gig V.
_.....,ew Israel, Esq. d Job° 2,fa '
On the 13th inst., at High Elms, near Watfor ..: isseS, di'
On the 14th inst., at Brcaiwater Lodge, '-''' et, of
Katherine Bedwell, the wife of J. L. Stringer. 000,°hter
—haat do,
on the 15th inst., at
streetl Ab,---..„..e5t iii
On the 16th inst., in Baker Lucy. You"" I 4
o',o`,
late Sir Charles' Wilkins.
sa, of 'l,
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