The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-05 00:00:00

STRAWBERRY HILL.

This sale will now begin to assume unusual interest, every
succeeding day puts forth additional claims. The great guns
will fire a royal salute to-morrow, and the scene of excitement
and animation may be expected to progress interruptedly during
the next sixteen slays. To-morrow s sale will include the service
of gold and silver plate of elaborate workmanship, the celebrated
collection entitled the " Digby Miniatures." Some of
the fine pictures, and the Royal Sevres Porcelaine.
Friday is devoted to the matchless collection of rare and
curious china, of almost every age and country, and the ancient
Venetian glass; with some interesting specimens of Farenza
or Raphaelt Ware. . . _

ARM(lay is devoted to the original collection of cabinet pic-
tures It includes the works of some of the best of the ancient
school—all undoubted; especially the Sir Joshua Reynolds',
both of which are matchless, with the splendid exhibition of
bronzes and other inimitable works of art.

Tuesday and Wednesday will bring to light a portion of the
incomparable contents of the Tribune, including the precious
enamels and minatures, by Pettitot, Zincke, Bott, &c. There
is no collection in England at all comparable with this ; also
antique rings, cameos, and intaglios, with a variety of relicts
of singular interest.
On the latter day a magnificent treat is in store for those who
know how to appreciate the finest works of art in the creation.
We have not space to particularise except very slightly—all
are absolutely matchless—but we dare not overlook the magni-
ficent missal by Raffaelle, superbly enriched by stones of im-
mense value—executed for Claude, Queen of France. Oh,
what a prize this will be ! Then the celebrated silver bell re-
nowned throughout the globe as the finest effort of that nnri-
valled artist Benevenuti Cellini—it is said that at least
four of the great Potentates in Europe will be com-
petitors by deputy. Then the matchless volume—the
incomparable missal, by Don ?olio Clovio, pupil of Giulio
Romana, with the Psalms of David, written with a pen on fine
vellum. This magnificent gem, is considered the most perfect
of any of the works of the unrivalled Master. There are
twenty-one inimitable Illuminations, all most vivid in colours
and afect. This is, indeed, a treasure; and it will approach
sacrilege, if it be allowed to adorn any other Court or coun-
try than Great Britain.

We will not exhaust 'our readers to-day by alluding to more
of the preen,us contents that have been cursorily and hastily
remarked upon, only observing that throughout the succeed-
ing nine da)s there is a never-ceasing combination of all that is
classical and rare ; the ensemble presenting a proud record
of the imperishable fame of Horace Walpole.
The public view, it has been wisely arranged, is to continue
uninterruptedly during the entire progress of the auction.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A middle-aged respectable female whose name, from obvious
reasons, was not allowed to transpire, was placed at the bar on
the following charge :=
Police-constable, No. SO of the C division, stated, that about
half past eight ris Tuesday evening, as he was on duty in Ox-
ford-street, he saw the defendant, who had a box with her,
leaning against some railings, and a crowd of persons around
her. She was in such a state of extreme intoxication that she
w,,s perfectly unconscious of what she was doing. He there-
fore took her into custody, with a view of protecting her from
injury, and also for the security of the box and its contents.
he box was afterwards found to contain upwards of 2001. in
I3ank of England notes and gold, and other property of consi-
derable value.

The defendant said she was extremely sorry for the indiscre-
tion, and was discharged, having satisfactorily accounted for the
pussession of property to such an amount, and which, it appears,
is the produce of her industry and savings during nearly the
whole of her lifetime: On Tuesday evening, having arrived by an
omnibus at the Regent-circus, she hired two boys to carry her
box, givins, them het direction, and telling them to wait for her
if they got home first. They however, it seems, took the box
to a street of the same name, but about two miles off from the
right place, and of course were unable to find out the party
they wanted. They sat down on the box in the street, and
aited for upwards of two hours, expecting their employer
would come to them. After this they were returning towards
Regent-circus to make inquiries there, when they accidentally
met with the defendant in Oxford-street, just previously to the
police taking her into custody. The boys and the police con-
stable were liberally rewarded by the defendant.
Thomas Fitzgerald, aged 18, John Connor, aged 18, Philip
Carey, aged 19, 'and John Murphy, aged 18, were charged
with attempting to pick pockets.
Police-serjeant No. 113 of the C division, stated that between
five and six o'clock on Tuesday evening he saw the prisoners
walking two by two, but evidently acting in concert together,
in St. 111artin's-conrt ; presently he saw Fitzgerald follow
closely up behind a gentleman (his companions keeping close
to him to screen him from observation), and endeavoured to
pick his pocket, but not succeeding, they passed on into New-
street, Covent-garden, where Connor put his hand into a gen-
tleman's pocket, but did not get anything, after which they
turned up James-street, Long-acre, where witness met with
another police constable, and then secured them.
Mr. MALTBY asked if they were known to be bad characters.

Police Sergeant, No. 113, said they,were, and with the excep-
tion of Carey, had several times been summarily convicted for
attempting to commit felony. —1 hey were sentenced to three
months' imprisonment and to hard labour.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—THE LATE FIRE IN LODER'S.•
PLACE, WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was
held at the sign of the Red Lion public-house, Prince's- treet,
Westminster, before Mr.' Higgs, the Coroner, or, the body of
George Hopkins, aged three years. Airs. Jane Hopkins, the
wife of George Hopkins, of No. 6, Loder's-place, Brewer's-
green, Westminster, artificial flower maker, stated that she was
the mother of the deceased. About half-past ten o'clock on
the morning of Wednesday week, the deceased and his eldest
sister were left in the care of a young female who lived next
door, while witness went out.to work. On witness's return home
she found that the deceased had been taken to the hospital, se-
verely burned, and that the upper partof the house had been on
fire ; the deceased died on the' d instant from the injuries he
sustained, From other evidence it appeared that while the last
witness was from home the deceased and his sister were sent
by a female lodger, at No. 6, Loder's-place, up into her room
to mind it, while she went on an errand. A fire was in the
room, and the two children got playing with it., and the clothes
of the deceased caught in a blaze, and communicating to a
straw bed set tire to the wood work of the room, and but for
prompt assistance, the whole of the house would have been in
flames. Verdict, "Accidentally burnt to Death."

LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF
THE FRIENDS OF POLAND.
Yesterday being the anniversary of the Polish Revolution
of 1791, the members of the London Literary Associa-
tion of the Friends of Poland, held their annual meeting
at the Sussex Chambers. Duke-street, St. James's. The
chair was taken by Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, at three
o'clock, when there was a very numerous attendance of
members.

The NOBLE CHAIRMAN read the Report of the Coun-
cil, which stated that the present was the tenth annual
meeting of the Association, which was still assiduously
engaged in the objects which had called it into existence
—it was to promote the welfare of the refugees, and to
alleviate the sufferings of their exile. As the Govern-
! ment still persisted in enforcing the rule which excludes
all those who have come here since 1838 from participa-
tion in the Parliamentary grant, there were now 38
Poles dependent upon the Association for support,
which was two more than they had last year.
In June last the coffers of the Association were replen-
ished in the most gratifying manner, through the kind-
ness of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The cir-
cumstances were these: Mademoiselle Rachel was re •
quested to assist the Poles by a performance for their
benefit, and she readily and gracefully acquiesced.—
(Applause.) But a difficulty arose because the place
selected was within the precincts of the Opera House,
which was quickly removed by the munificence of the
Duchess of Sutherland, and Stafford House was thrown
open with a magnificence worthy of its Noble
owners and of the noble cause. The Report proceeded
to eulogise in the warmest terms, the liberality
of Mademoiselle Rachel and Adelaide Kemble-;
several other artistes, (whose names the reporter did not
catch) all cheerfully volunteered their services, and ex-
erted their utmost talents to grace the entertainment. It,
should not be omitted that the celebrated pianist, Al.
Liszt, who had received a serious injury in his wrist,
which obliged him to carry his arm in a sling, attended
at the fete notwithstanding, and delighted the company
with his exquisite performance, although he could employ
hut one hand. The admission was, originally, limited to
400, but the Duchess of Sutherland graciously allowed
the room to be enlarged, in consequence of applica-
tions by some of the most distinguished of the nobility at
, the last hour. The assemblage on . the occasion
affbrded a practical refutation of the assertion, that it was
only by the class which some were pleased to call low
Radicals the cause of the Poles was supported in this
country. That statement was as untrue as the opposite
assertion that the working classes of England felt no
interest in the cause—an assertion which also was dis-
proved by the fact that the late Mr. Cutler Ferguson
presented a petition to the House of Commons in favour
of the Poles, which was signed by 20,000 persons, chiefly
of the middle and working classes. There was another
gratifying feature in the entertainment at Stafford-house.
It was attended by the most distinguished Members of
the Conservative party, as well as of the Liberal, in the
House of Commons. Lord Melbourne, Lord Morpeth,
and Mr. LaboucherieWere seen in the same group with
the Earls of Harrowby and Winchilsea, and other No-
blemen, who were then in the opposition. It was
also honoured by the presence of the uncle of the Queen
--a Prince whose patronage and active support was
never wanting, where the interests of humanity and
charity were concerned.—(Applause.) The Report
eulogized in flowing language, the graceful condecension
--the attentive hospitality—and the charming demean-
our of the Duchess of Sutherland throughout the even-
ing. The clear proceeds of the fete were 8761., as the
Council were not allowed, by the Duke and Duchess,
to incur any expense, except that of printing the pro-
gramme and cards.—(Applause.) This accession to
the funds enabled the City Association to
render assistance to many of those depending on them ;
but in the course of the autumn it was found that
another effort was necessary to enable them to get
through the winter. An application was made to that
body, which never was applied to in vain—the Corpora-
tion of London, who gave up the Guildhall for an enter-
tainment, and the Council received the cheerful and
generous assistance of the mos; eminent singers, among
whom were Miss Adelaide Kemble and Miss Rain-
forth. To these and other performers who volun-
teered their services on the occasion, the Report
expressed the deepest obligation. This entertainment
realised 736/. The next part of the Report related to
a memorial, presented by the Duke of Sussex, in the
name of the Association, to the King of Prussia, on
behalf of those members of the Polish Emigration, who
were desirous of going to those parts of their native
country which are included in his dominions. The
answer of his Majesty was, that such as were natives of
the Grand Duchy of Posen had his permission to return
there; but he was prevented, by a treaty with the Emperor
of Russia, from extending the permission to such Poles
as were natives of the Russian dominions. Her Ma-
jesty returned the answer to the Duke of Sussex, and
caused a similar one to be forwarded to the Council of
the -Association. The Report dwelt with great satis-
faction upon the industry, the patience, talent, and good
conduct of the great body of the refugees in this country.
Although there was 500 of them, nearly half being of the
rank of private soldiers, during the whole of the last
year there were but four instances of these refugees being
taken before a Magistrate, and the most henious
offence with which these four were charged, was,
disorderly conduct, while in a state of intoxication.—
(Hear, hear.) Since the last annual meeting the hand
of death had taken from the Association six valuable
and honoured members—the lamented Dr. Birkbeek—
Mr. George Bell, the enterprising owner of the Vixen—
Mr. G. I'onsonby—Mr. Finlay—and the illustrious poet,
Niemciewitzc, the friend and companion of Kosciusko,
who died recently at Paris, in the eighty-fourth year
of his age. A subscription for a monument, to be
erected in this country to the memory of the revered
poet, had been entered into, and the list bore already
fifty-three names of distinction. The Council expect
that the cause would be much benefited by the motion
of which Mr. Gaily Knight had given notice in the
House of Commons, relating to recent acts of atrocious
cruelty perpetrated by the Emperor of Russia upon the
Poles. Nineteen new members had been elected into
the Association within the course of the last year.
Amongst them were the Duke of Sutherland, Mr.
Sheridan Knowles, Lord Foley, and Lord Blaney. The
Association continued to provide for the educa-
tion of the children of the Refugees—(Applause)—and
in addition to the snbscription of 660/. for members, the
Council had received from the munificent Pre-
sident Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, the sum of 1501. to be
applied to education.
The meeting was then addressed, in eloquent and
energetic speeches, by Mr. Thomas Campbell, Colonel
Leicester Stanhope, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Mr. Abel
Smith, Lord Dudley Stuart, Col. Lach Szyrma, and
several other gentlemen.
Thanks were voted with muoh enthusiasm to the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland, to the Common Council of
the City of London (amongst whom, Mr. Deputy Pea-
cock was named with particular honour) to the President,
Mr. Beaumont, and to Lord Dudley Stuart, and the
other Vice-Presidents.

The officers for the ensuing year were then re-elected,
and the meeting separated.

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.—The Queen held a Levee
at St. James's Palace this afternoon, which was numerously at-
tended. Shortly after two o'clock, her Majesty and Prince
Albert left Buckingham I-Inuse for the Palace, with their at-
tendants, in four of the royal carriages, escorted by a troop of
the Life Guards. The royal suite was much cheered, as they
passed through the Park, by the people who had assembled on
the occasion.

CONSEQUENCES OF AN ELOPEMENT.--About three
weeks since the wife of Mr. Smith, of Pembroke-street, retail
brewer, ran off with a man named Mancock, a forage dealer,
also a married man, both leaving large families. The woman
11 was upwards of 50 years of age, and her inainorato, also past the
meridian, was not possessed of any great personal attract ions; but
to add to Mr. Smith's troubles, his wife, who had at all times
his unbounded confidence, carried off 2001. in money, and the
little articles of plate which the family possessed, as well as
every other article of value in the house. One of the children,
between three and four }roars of age, who bad been in ill-
health, literally cried itself to death at the loss of its mother,
and the poor father, deprived of the means of meeting his pecu-
niary engagements, added to the distresses of his family, be-
came bereft of his senses, and this morning (Friday) died raving
mad.—Devonport Telegraph.
The Minister of the Interior has transmitted a sum
of 20,000 f. to the Mayor of Conches (Normandy) for the re-
building of the spire of the church, which was blown down by a
storm some time ago.
A JUMP FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.—While a train
on the Glasgow and Ayr Railway was coming towards the latter
place one day last week, and when on the highest part of the
embankment between Kilw inning and Irvine, a man, who was
a passenger in one of the third-class carriages, asked a fellow
traveller when it was likely the train would arrive at Kilwin-
ning. He was told he had just passed it. " What! past Kil-
winning am 1! Gude faith, if that be the case, I'm lang
enough here." So saying, he fastened his skull-cap firm on
his cranium, buttoned his coat, and, in spite of every remon-
strance, leaped over the side of the carriage, at the steepest
part of the embankment, nearly forty feet, down which he
rolled like a ball, casting a series of not the most graceful sum-
mersete, while the passengers in the train were in great terror
lest he had killed himself by his rashness. He, however,
found his level, where he was accosted by a labourer in the
adjoining field, who inquired if he was hurt. " Hurt ! no an
inch o' me atvreel," and giving his jacket a shake or two to de-
prive it of the dust which it had collected during his decent,
he stepped off across the field, exclaiming as he went—alluding
to the train now in the distance, " That wad be ago indeed !
You haulin' me on to Irvine, and me dressed and a' for our
Mali's weddin' at Kilvvinnin."—AyrAdvertiser.

TIIE FRENCH EMBASSY.—His Excellency Count
St. Aulaire gave a grand banquet on Monday night at Manchester
House, in celebration of the fete day of his Sovereign, Louis
Philippe. The entertainment was on a scale of princely splen-
dour ; in fact, in every respect becoming the representative of
so influential a nation as France. Covers were laid for up-
wards of forty guests. The subjoined is a correct list of the
noble and distinguished personages who honoured the festive
board of his Excellency by their 'presence :—His Excellency
Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister ; his Excellency Baron
Neumann, Austrian Minister; his Excellency Baron de Cetto,
Bavarian Minister ; his Excellency Count Kielmansegge,
Hanoverian Minister; his Excellency Count Pollon, Sardinian
Minister; his' Excellency Baron Gersdorff, Saxon Minister;
his Excellency Baron Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister ; his
Excellency M. Sancho, Spanish Minister; his Excellency Che-
valier Bunsen, Prussian Minister; his Excellency Count Re-
ventlow, Danish Minister ; his Excellency Prince Castelcicala,
Neapolitan Minister ; his Excellency the Marquis de Lisboa,
Brazilian Minister; his Excellency Mr. Everett, American
Minister; his Excellency M. Van Der We)er, Belgian Mi-
nister ; his Excellency NI Tricoupi, Greek Minister ; his
Excellency Baron Hugel, Wurtemberg Minister; Fuad Ef-
fendi, Turkish Charge d'Affaires ; Baron Bentinck, Dutch
Charge d'Affaires; Baron Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Af-
faires; and M. Murphy, Mexican Charge d'Affaires; the
Duke of Wellington, Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Earl of
Aberdeen, Earl of Jersey, Duke of Beaufort, Lord Fitzgerald,
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Lyndhurst, Earl of Westmoreland,
Earl of Haddington, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Brougham,
and Mr. S. Standish, M. Rabaudy, Count Louis de Noailles,
Count de Vaudeuil, the French Consul-General; N. D. St.
Andre, Vice-Consul ; M. Gautier, AL Beleyne, M. Hen-
nessey, and M. Lange. Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham,
and the Earl of Delawarr were invited, but their respective
engagements precluded their attendance. The guests began
to arrive shortly after seven o'clock, and the party broke up at
a quarter to eleven.

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THE ARMY IN IRELAND.
Her Majesty having been pleased to approve of the 2d Batta-
lion of the 20th Foot, now at Cork, proceeding to Bermuda,
and of the 2d Battalion of the 91st Regiment, now at Naas,
proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, these battalions ( which
have only just been formed) are ordered to be in readiness to
embark at Cork on board such tonnage as may be provided for
their conveyance to their respective destinations.
The Lieutenant-General Commanding will make his half-
yearly inspection of the 12th Royal Lancers, in review order,
at the Phoenix Park, on Wednesday morning.
Captain Blacklin has arrived in 'Wexford to take commanci,
of the detachment of the Ist Royals, stationed there, in place
of Captain W. M'Pherson, who retires on half-pay. The re-
tirement of Capt. M'Pherson is much regretted by Lis company.
A second draft from the 27th deppt, consisting of thirty-
five young fellows., marched from Galway on Wednesday, as
volunteers to the 45th Regiment, under the command of Capt.
Vereker.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 3.—The Wasp, 16, Commander the
Hon. H. A. Murray, which arrived from the Mediterranean
on Sunday, proceeded the same evening from Spithead to the
Eastward, where she will be paid off, and will be shortly re-
commissioned.
The Resistence t►oop-ship, Commander G. F. Patey, got
under weigh at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, and made sail
down the Channel for the purpose of rendering assistance to all
such homeward-bound merchant vessels as may run short of
provisions from being so long detained in the chops of the
Channel by the easterly wind, which has been prevailing for
these last five weeks. A vessel better adapted for this parti-
cular service could not have been selected, as she has provisions
on board for 800 men for a voyage to the Fast Indies. It is re-
ported that there are between 200 and 300 vessels wind•boun
in the Channel.

The Volcano steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander C. J.
Featherstone, got under weigh from the harbour at the same
time as the Resistance, and it is stated that she is to accom-
pany that vessel on her mission of succour.
The Premier transport arrived yesterday morning from the
Mediterranean, and has brought home a number of invalids
from the various regiments stationed there.
The I3enbow, 72, and Daphne, 26, were at Gibraltar when
the Premier left, on the 12th ult.
The Winchester, 50, Captain Charles Eden, which is fitting
out for the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, who
is about to assume the command at the Cape of Good Hope, is
being rigged with a rapidity that reflects the highest credit on
her officers and men. Although it is scarcely a week since she
has been unlocked, she has got all her masts, itlimast, and top-
gallant masts up, and her yards across, and will be quite ready
to leave the basin in a few days.
Yesterday the Echo steam• tug towed out the Success hulk,
and three lumps to their mooring at Spithead, preparatory to
the iesumption of the operations against the wreck of the Royal
George, which it is fully expected will be completely removed
during the forthcoming summer.
At Spithead. —The Premier (transport).
In Harbour.—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George yacht, Winchester, Sylvia cutter, and the Eat()
steam tug.

MERCHANTMEN AND MEN OF
WAR.

The following are extracts from a letter addressed to a friend
by Captain 13rownless, commander of the George the Fourth
schooner, complaining of the conduct of an officer in the British
navy towards him in the Chinese Seas :
" Nov. 18.—Thank God I am spared to address you once
more, for two nights ago 1 had but little hopes for myself, all
hands, arid ship. But I must give you a sketch of what happened
previous to my departure from Macao. On the Sunday week
preceding my departure from there, one of my seamen asked
me for leave of absence, which I refused, on account of his
previous bad conduct ; he however left the ship while 1 and
my first mate were below. During his stay on shore he
got into a row, and was put into gaol. The weather proving
boisterous the three following days, I did not go on shore, con-
sequently the man was kept in confinement until the Thursday,
on which day I got him released; but he refused to come on
board. I left him on shore, and considered him a deserter, as
my articles particularly state, that in case of any man being
absent 24 hours without leave, it is considered desertion, for
which he forfeits all his pay and clothes. On the Saturday
this man entered on board H.M. ship Sulphur, Capt. Belcher,
On the Sunday, a lieutenant was sent on board of us for his
cloths and pay; the latter I peremptorily refused to give, as
' the man had deserted from me. On the Monday, the same
officer (this officer I was intimately acquainted with when last
I was in China—he was then a midshipman in the Caliope,
28), came in full uniform, with a cutter's crew, armed, to stop
further work until I paid the man his wages. I still refused
his pay, but gave up charge of the ship. went on shore and con-
sulted Air. Burn (my consignee's) advice upon the matter,
upon which lie took the affair into his own hands, but Captain
Belcher said that he had nothin,, to say to him, as I was the corn-
mantles of the vessel, and that if I dared to get under-
weigh without his permission, he would fire a broadside
into me, and he actually warped his ship abeam of us for
that purpose, and for the three succeeding dais one of his
officers came constantly on board to induce my men to
leave my ship and enter their service, which caused my men
to become so mutinous that, upon my refusing to give them an
advance of 2/. 10s., they swore they would enter her Majesty's
service, which three of them soon afterwards did. The loss of
these men so completely crippled my ship that, for fear of losing
store and detaining my ship, I was induced to comply with
their request; but from that day till the day of my sailing,
there was never a man forward sober ! I went on board the
Sulphur, and paid the man. When first I called upon Captain
Belcher I stated the whole case to him, upon which he behaved
not in the most civil manner possible, and wanted to know if I
was aware that he was there for the purpose of protecting
British seamen. I asked him, was he not there for the pur-
pose also of protecting masters of British merchantmen and
their ships, to which he would not deign to answer.
." 23d November.—We are now in latitude 10 N., and two-
thirds down the China sea, sadly crippled fur want of canvass.
I sailed from Macao Roads on Friday, the 12th instant; the
whole of the day had been dark end gloomy, with hard gusts of
wind; and had it not been with a view to avoid all further
trouble with my men 1 most certainly would not have gone to
se.tthat night.

The letter goes on to enumerate the difficulties Captain
13rowiiless encountered through want of men, until ho reached
the straits of Arijcrs.

ALARMING FIRE AT THE PENI-
TENTIARY, MiLLBANK,

Monday evening, shortly before twelve o'clock, a destruc-
tive fire broke out within the ,calls of the Millbank Peniten-
tiary. The first alarm appears to have been given by a Ser-
geant of police, whn while proceeding on his beat obsei Yed
a strong glare of light arising from the inner portion of the
prison on the southern side, near the entrance lodge. He im •
mediately gave the alarm by knocking loudly at the outer gate,
and in a very few minutes the inmates were aroused to a sense
of their danger. The fire being discovered to be burning
furiously in a range of workshops, erected on the south side of
the prison, immediately on the rear of the lodge, messengers
were instantly dispatched to the various fire-engine stations.
and the Rev. Mr. Nihill, chaplain and governor of the prison,
who had retired to rest, was aroused. A small engine, kept
within the prison, had been brought out by some of the officers.
The flames had at this time a most awful appearance, and
appear-ea to threaten destruction to the whole building, and
the greatest fears were entertained for its safety. Up to this
moment (twenty minutes past twelve) no water had been
thrown on the flames, some difficulty having arisen in getting
the prison engine to work. The engine from Waterloo-road
was the first at the spot, with the veteran Connor-
ton, and a band of firemen, and this was quickly fol.
lowed by one of the brigade and the County engines, from Re-
gent-street. Very few moments were now lost, and a large
tank which is always kept full of water, affording an excellent
supply, five engines threw an immense volume of water on the
flames, and before one o'clock all danger of the fire extending
was at an end, the destruction being confined to the range of
carpenters' and smiths' shops before alluded to.
About a quarter before one o'clock Sir R. Peel and Sir J.
Graham came down from the House of Commons, and were
conducted into the building by the Governor. Prince George
of Cambridge, Earl Fortescue, Mr. Gladstone, M.P., and
many others, also visited the scene.
Our acknowledgments are due to the Rev. Dr. NMI for the
obliging information afforded relative to the fire. It is the
Opinion of that gentleman that the outbreak must hay. origi-
nated from some unslaked lime within the outer sheds on which
the rain of last evening may have fallen ; a conclusion which
Mr. Braidwood and other experienced firemen pronounced to
be very reasonable.
The avenues of the prison on the southern side, through
whirls the reporter was conducted by the Governor, were op-
pressively hot, and the window-frames were slightly scorched,
evidencing the narrow escape which the main building has un-
dergone.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Between nine and ten o'clock
yesterday morning, as a young man named Herbert, between
14 and 15 years of age, was proceeding along the New-road.
opposite St. Pancras Church, a dog ran between his legs and
threw him down, and, in falling, his right leg was bent under
him, and broke the larger bone just below the knee joint, one
of the ends of the fracture all but protruding through the flesh
and skin. He was directly removed, in a cab, to University
College Hospital.
CORONER'S INQUEST. - Yesterday afternoon an
inquest was held at the sign of the Green Man public-house in
Bedford-street, Covent-garden, before Mr. Higgs, the Coro-
ner for Westminster, on view of the body of Charles Pearce,
aged 68 years. The deceased was a painter in the employ of
Mr. Henry Weaver, of Knightsbridge, builder, and on the
morning of Monday week was at work at the house of Mr.
M Connell, of flew-street, Covent-garden, bookseller, arid while
standing on a pair of steps at the height of about six feet from the
ground, he, by some means or other, fell off, and struck his
forehead with fearful violence against the curb-stone. He was
removed to the above hospital, where he linge:ed until Satur-
day evening last, when he expired. On a post-mortem
examination, his death was found to have resulted from a frac-
ture completely across the base of the brain, and there was also
an extensive laceration of the front part of the brain. 7r he
deceased was a steady, well-conducted man, and his widow,
who was present at the inquiry, states that, during the 40 rears
she had been married to him, she had never seen him in toxi•
cated. Verdict," Accidental death."
FATAL. ACCIDENT.—OD Tuesday afternoon, about
five o'clock, William Steadman, a man in the employ of Messrs.
Cox, brewers, near the Greenwich Railway, Parish .street,
Horsleydown, was set by his employers to mind the gig of a
customer. The horse, a very spirited animal, remained quiet
till the train crossed the arch over his head; he then reared
and became unmanageable ; at this moment the horses of a
waggon belonging to Messrs. Bell, of Covent-garden, laden
with potatoes, took fright at the noise, and the gig coming in
contact with them, the deceased was thrown under the waggon
and the wheels passed over his body. He was removed to the
workhouse of St. John's, llorsleydown, where he expired irn
mediately.
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in the throat, causing instantaneous death. The deceased was
a woman of a hasty temper, and the quarrel arose in conse-
quence of Cnnolly having spent ninepenee. He was imme-
diately arrested.
111.ARRIED.—On the (rtli of March last, by spe&td
license, at the Hope, in the parish of Manchester, in Jamaica,
Frederick Peart, Esq., of Newark, in the same parish, to Ana
Margaret Eleanor Swaby, of Eaton-square, London, eldest
daughtm• of Joseph James Swaby, Esq., late of Chavel House,
in Kilesey, in the county of York, and granddaughter and co-
heiress of tile Hun. Joseph James Swaby, late of the Hope and
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CARDIGAN .—The illument the ocv,'s reached Car-
digan, that the Committee of the House of Commons had de-
clared Air. I.r)se Pryse to have been duly e!ected, the bells
sent forth their merriest music. and an immense boalire was
lighted on Netpool Bank. Similar rejoicings took place at
A her vstw i tb. Carnarvou Herald.
'File most active preparations are mal:ing on board
the British Queen for her voyage. She has taken in nearly
1,900 tons of coal. Forty passengers are already booked, and
about thirty more are expected at Southampton. The Captain
reckons, should no accident occur from bad weather or other
causes, upon making the voyage in 17 or 18 days. The crew
consis's of 100 hands.—Brussels Paper.