The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY RE VIE W.

This is the first number of a new monthly periodical
devoted to the subject of railways. It reached us at so
late a period that we have only had time to glance at its
contents.
It seems to present an accurate condensed
account of the railway proceedings of the past month.

THE ART-UNION.
It was with a melancholy feeling that we read in the
present number of the Aq-Union the biographical
sketch of W. Muller. Poor Miller was the kindest and
bestbeings—a man whose whole soul
w
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felt and appreciated that it excitvd the envy of older
artists. He sent six pictures to the Royal Academy this
year ; gems of art they were, but, alas ! those in power
dreaded the competition of Muller, and his six pictures
were hung either close to the ceiling or on the floor. On
this subject the Art-Union says—
of one, or even two, but when they
4, indignation is a weak word to express the feeling of
MUller's friends, when they saw that the whole of his noble
contributions were placed so as to induce a belief that then
of hung either close to the ceiling or
st aort existedhse
xi aj
rconspiracyss ruin him. Accident might have led
pictureshanging to
along the floor, it was difficult to arrive at any other con-
elwion than that there was a deliberate design to crush and
destroy a man of genius. Deliberate or not, this terrible evil
resulted: we cannot hesitate. to say that the Royal Academy
as certainly killed Willtam Muller as if they had stabbed hiS
heart with a steel weapon."
Now, as the Royal Academy claims to be a national
institution, and has rooms for its exhibitions, &c., at the
expense of the nation, we trust that Parliament will
institute a searchinginquiry into the manner in which
i
they exercise their functions, and take such measures as
shall effectually prevent fur the future the R,,yal Aca.
demicians from giving vent to their mean and petty
jealousies at the expense of better men than themselves.
We envy not the "hanging committee" of the Academy
their feelings.

FIRE AT HOLLOWAT.—Monday afternoon, shortly
before two o'clock, a fire of a very destructive character, and
which for some time caused considerable alarm in the neigh-
bourhood, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. George
Flowers, a builder, &c., Queen's-road, Lower Holloway.
When first discovered the flames were raging furiously in
the workshop, a brick and timber building, about 50 or 60
feet long by 15 or 20 feet wide. This compartment contained
a large quantity of building materials, but owing to the ra •
pidity of the fire, none of them could be saved. The parish
engines were quick in arriving, and no time was lost in set-
ting them to work. Meanwhile a messenger was sent to
London with intelligence of the outbreak to the brigade and
West of England stations. Owing to the inflammable nature
of the stock upon the premises, the fire speedily extended to
the saw-pits, and from thence to the stable and a store-house
adjoining; it then communicated to the roof of a two-story
cottage, which it set in a blaze. The Farringdon and Wat-
ling-streets brigade engines, with the West of England one
arrived at the scene in rapid succession, and by the exertions
of all parties, the fire was at length subdued, but not before
property to the value of several hundred pounds was de-
stroyed, and unfortunately Mr. Flowers was not insured.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—A letter, dated Ath-
lone, Oct.l, narrates the following melancholy accident :
" I regret much to inform you that on Monday morning
last, at the hour of ten o'clock, Mr. William Gregory, son
of the Rev. Mr. Gregory, and grandson to the late Right
Hon. William Gregory, of Dublin Castle, who was in the
revenue police stationed in this town, went in a boat
belonging to Mr. Levinge from Temple Island, taking
with him two of the revenue police under his command,
since which no account has been heard of them. There is
now no doubt but all are lost. Every boat has been sent
out, together with persons in different directions along the
lanes adjoining the lakes from this to Lanesborough. The
rmeevne,nuweithboa3ti:haGsrejgnorn just returned
fine young fellows; in fact,ed :no account. The two
nothing now can equal the anxiety that is felt for their fate.
The officers came here only yesterday to inspect, and If Mr.
Gregory existed, it is presumed nothing would have prevented
his being present. I have only time to say that there is
no doubt but that Mr. Gregory and his two companions have
beer, drowned."
The late Colonel John Shelton, when at Calcutta,
Isetaeavminegr,li,onoothte ytoearll in which, after
and on the eve of embarking for Europe in the Hindustan
other testamentary
F. F. Watson and E. S. Codd, Esgra, to purchase a landed
his
dispositions,ex goddaughter,eetitd leh Miss sei
directs
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executors,d
estate to the full amount of his property, fur his nephew,
Lieutenant W: Shelton ; the estate always to remain in the
family, and the possessor to take the name of Shelton, Be-
sides his property in Ireland, and 110,000 rupees, his per-
sonal estate and funded property in England amounted to
25,0001. The deceased was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding
her Majesty's 44th Foot, and a Major-General in the East
Indies.
THE VANGUARD STEAMER.--On her way from
Glasgow to Dublin this steamer went ashore in a fog near
Belfast Lough. After retnaining aground for about three j
hours, she floated oil', without, we arc happy to say, any
accident. She left Dublin for Cork at nine o'clock last
evening, and arrived at Passage to-day, after a splendid run
of fifteen hours from Dublin,,aga4st a strong head wind.—
(A,rk Southern Repetter;