The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-09 00:00:00

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EXETER ELECTION.
STATE OF THE POLL.
NINE O'CLOCK.
.... 271 1 Briggs
TEN O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
TWELVE O's LOCK.
Duckworth ..... 942 I Briggs
ONE O'CLOCK.
Duckworth ...... 6 1 Briggs
TWO O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
EXETER, TUESDAY. 5 ?.M.
FINAL CLOSE or THE POLL. —The High Sheriff has just
declared the state of the poll as follows :
Duckworth
Briggs
Al jot ity
At the election in April last Major-General Briggs polled
529, so that there is, in less than fifteen months, an accession
of 59 voters to the free-trade cause, amongst a constituency
entirely dependent on the agricultural interest. Ihe number
of electors in the city is 2.653, so that a number, namely, 1,395,
exceeding in amount all who recorded their votes in favour of
the successful candidate, remain unpolled. We wish, for the
credit and consistency of Exeter, we could justify as easily as
we can account for this self-disfranchisement of the Exonians.
The truth is, that the old Whigs, the friends of Mr. Divett,
the supporters of Lord John Russell's fixed duty, are fixed in
the determination of neglecting their own duty, and are not
yet prepared to follow their great political chief in his liberal
and enlightened views on trade and commercial policy. The
aristocracy and squirearchy of a wide range of neighbourhood
have resorted, without disguise and without shame, to the usual
" influences" they so well know how to apply ; but, despite all
their terrorism, the Liberals might have won the election had
they been (*sly true to themselves.

Duckworth ....

19,1

FIRE IN BARBICAN.—Last night, between eleven
and twelve, a fire was discovered raging in the basement floor of
the house of Mr. Pim, linendraper, arc., No. 57, Barbican; but it
was ingeniously got under by the firemen, who cut a hole through
the Boor above, and played water upon the flames from the West of
England engine. The damage was considerable.
lI{E AT BLACENVAT L.—EIGHT li OITgrE BURNT.—
Last night a fire broke out in one of the house in Folly.row, near
the Folly- house, Blackwall, and which destroyed eight houses, the
abode of nearly forty persona, who have lost the whole of their
furniture, and in some instances the greater portion of their wear.
ing apparel. The first discovery was made between the hours of
seven and eight, by one of the occupiers named West, a poor water.
man, whose attention, it appears, was directed to the chimney of
his hahitation, by noticing flames issuing out of the same. He
immediately got upon the roof and endeavoured to subdue the fire,
which was then confined to the chimney In that, however, he
was foiled, for the door of the room having been left open, and the
wind blowing strong from the south.weat, the flames and sparks
Were driten Uptiti the roof; Which, being composed of thatch, was
very speedily in a general blaze. As soon as the fire became visi.
ble in the High-street, mounted police were dispatched fur the aid
of the engines. With all possible expedition the parish engines
Were drawn out, but from the peculiar situation of the blazing
premises, they *ere unable to get sufficiently near to render
the least assistance. Meanwhile the fire, unrestrained, con-
tinued to hurts With the greatest intensity, completely light-
ing up the river as far as Greenwich and Woolwich. The
engines of the London establishment from Schoolhouse-lane,
Wellelese and Jeffrey.squares stations, with Crookland, the fore.
man of the district, Were remarkably quick in arriving, but un-
fortunately the distance of the road from the fire prevented them
froth getting to work in anything like time to stop the ravages of
the fire. To get to the spot the engines were obliged to be takers
across the marshes of the Isle of Dogs. When matters were at
length adjusted one engine was effectively worked; but the only
good that could be done was the putting nut the bodies of solid
fire lying scattered along the ground. By nine o'clock the whole
clump of houses, eight in number, were nearly destroyed, very
little more remaining than the bare walla. The whole of the oc-
cupiers, hard-working people, have thereby been bereft of every.
thing they once possessed. The following are the names of the
sufferers :—James West, Joseph West, and Joseph Taylor, water-
men ; Joseph West, a gardener; John Didden, a sawyer; James
Moore, captain of the Emma ; William Leonaru, police inspector;
arid Joseph Lund.
We Barn from unquea'ionable authority that the
Hon. Louis M'Lane, of Baltimore, formerly Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the Court of St. James's, has received from Mi. Presi-
dent Polk the appointment to the same post, and that lie will
shortly succeed his Excellency Ed ward Everett, the present Mi-
nister. Mr. M`Lane was for some time Secretary for the United
States, but resigned his office in consequence of an unwillingness
on his part to assist in carrying out the views of the thee} Presidnit,
General Jackirop,—pot.

FOREIGN LOTTERIES 13IL L;.: „.
A Bid to amend an Act of the Seventh year of MI"
William the Fourth, fir proven ti, g the advertising
of Foreign and other Lotteries. and to Ase.°l/.,
tinue certain actions ciimmenci d under the
of the said Act.
Note.—The words printed in it lies are proposed to be
inserted iu the Committee. tbs
Whereas by an Act passed in the seventh year oft:
reign of hie late Majesty King William the Font"'
tituled, " An Act to prevent the advertising of fortify
and other illegal Lotteries," it is enacted, that „
any person shall print or publish, or cause
bewr
be printed or published, any advertisement or et
if•
notice of or relating to the drawing or intended drs•ne
ing of any fOreigu lottery, or of any lottery or lotterlif
not authorised by some Act or Acts of Parliament, Or a
any person shall print or publish, or cause to be printfebr
or published, any advertisement or other notice of or
provisiee
the sale of any ticket or tickets, chance or ehst_neenne
or of any share or shares of any ticket or tickets, eo,'„,
or chances of or in any such lottery or lotteries as tit°'io
said, or any advertisement or notice concerning.er
or
any matter relating to any such lottery or lotteries,ret;
any ticket, chance, or share, tickets, chances, or Os of
thereof or therein, every person so offending shall, be
every such offence, forfeit the sum of fifty pounds, Muni,
recovered with full costs of suit by action of debt, ".of
plaint, or information in any of his Majesty's Court' e'
Record in Westminster or Dublin respectively, or in tbe
Court of Session in Scotland, one moiety thereof 01 tbe
use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, an
other moiety thereof to the use of the person sdl°
inform or sue for the same. eters
And whereas the printers, publishers, and pror-
of divers newspapers have inadvertently printed l!or
published some advertisements or notices of or relati
to the matters in the said Act mentioned, or sottlese,
them, arid many actions, suits, informations, and Pr° 01
cutions have been brought and commenced against ,ap,
printers. publishers, and proprietors, or some of %ere
by persons who sue, inform, and prosecute, as we' vet
their own behalf as on b half ~f her Majesty, to recnir
various penalties iecurred, or alleged to have beeel-is
rimier
cut red, the provisions of the said Act ; andelnee,
expedient that all further proceedings in such 11°0,
suits, informations, and prosecutions should be prey° .4
and such other provision made in relation thereto sr
otherwise as in hereinafter mentioned ; ller
Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most Wetly(
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent t'bie
Lords spiritual and temporal", and Commons, irl:;.v.of
pre-ent Parliament assembled, and by the author
the same, that immediately from and after the Pti
of,his Act, it shall be lawful for any person or Pe .0P
against whom any original writ, suit, action, bill, Ile
or information shall have been sued out, commeoc,his
prest,cuted on or before the day of the passing ve
Act, fcr the recovery of any pecuniary penalty del,
nalties incurred under the said Act, except in the:jell
hereinafter providt d, to apply to the Court in:roi•
such origin:.l writ, suit, action, bill, plaint, or in& terl•
don, shall have bran sued out, commenced or prosee,s,lo
if such Court shall be sitting, or if such Court thol
be sitting, to any Judge of either of the Superior ufncie
at 'Westminster or Dublin respectively, or to any
of the Court of Session in Scotland (as the case
*Oa
have arisen in England, Ireland, or Se°Wir
respectively), for an order that such ,eOOl-
suit, action, bill, plaint, or information shall be 0"-niet
tinued, upon payment of the costs incurred to ths„o4
of such application being made ; such costs to be taped
of
according to the practice of such Courts respects
and every such Court aforesaid is hereby authorisincieol
required, upon such application, and proof that sow,. to
notice has been given to the plaintiff or plaintiffs,°oll
his or their attorney, of the application, to make rdeP
order as aforesaid ; and upon the making of suchi°,ocl;
and payment or tender of such costs as aforesaif:n Pe,
writ, suit, action, bi I, plaint or information 15e'"
forthwith discontinued. ethyl
Provided always, and be it enacted, that .00
herein contained shall extend or be construed toe;b101/
to any action, suit, bill, plaint, or information to ;be
any judgment or conviction shall have passed on ;Or
fore the day of the passing of this Act, or to nil „bee,s
suit, bill, plaint, or information which shall he,1411,
or shall be commenced, prosecuted, .entered, or "0%411
or in the name of her Majesty's Attorney-Gen '
Solicitor-General in that part of Great Britain cpe
or on g,itraenbiedah,nad(,lc o her
her efre r
Asalindje Majesty. Majesty'st Attorney or Solicitortued,fet
f
yisesAtvd.vocate for e_otisl3l.7lol.
And be it enacted, that from and after the pass- I/1
this Act, all fines, penalties and forfeitures imeoeniii
roercitedA
incurred,ct shall
or g
whicho
and be a
may be incurred
applied to
the
underusteuo"f ,
Majesty, her heirs and successors.
Provided always, and be it enacted, that foc--1
after the passing of this Act, it shall not be 10;001
any person cr persons whatsoever to commence,
cute, enter or file, or cause or procure to be color
prosecuted, entered or filed, any action, bill, ids,.„lolo
information in any of her Majesty's Courts of lle''siortitid
Westminster or Dublin, or in the Court of SeS.,,neen,
Scotland, against any person or persons for the rf.:;a
of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture made or incite
s'sj"A
which may be incurred, by virtue of t"; 0, IP;
recited Act, unless due notice thereof be given
red
"
the same shall be commenced, prosecuted, er'„Te,•
filed in the name and with the consent of her oTh'neet (1'
Attorney-General or Solicitor-General in tbst
Great Britain called England, or her Majesty's a 1r
ney-General or Solicitor-General for Ireland, or
Majesty's Advocate for Scotland (as the case tea/ "00
spec:ively); and if any action, bill, plaint or inforl;b001,
shall be comm need, prosecuted. entered or filed tfet
such notice and consent, or in the name or names if s"
other person or persons than is or are in that behs,hets;
fore-mention,d, the same and every proceediog4 peS
under had are hereby declared and the same shall
and void to all intents and purposes.
nd 4
Ana be it enacted, that this Act may be amen
e 4
by any Act to be passed in this present s''
of Parliament.

THE MORNING MAIL s.—The arrangenle te n"g Sit 4
Jr'
the different railway directors throughout the no 1 ejs,,,
don for the remainder of the present year have been c°ll,,
for the transmission of morning as well as evening Waiters 'A
following is the official list of post towns to which le.ti,,obl;f
newspapers may now be forwarded by the morning th,_2l 0,
was issued on Monday by order of the Right Hon. tue„riort;er,
Lon,dale, the Postmaster-General Abingdon, /'1304
Aluwick, Andover-road, Appleby, Ashford, Banburf; of vois
Bath. Barnsley, Basingstoke, Battle, Beaumai is, Be°l3iiii.r
per, Berwick, Berkhampstead, Bilstone, Birminghani, fold,
Stortford, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford (Yorkshire) rr,, Lil 4
Brentwood, Bridgewater, Bristol, Brighton, Brough: ""c
ham, Burnley, Bury (Suffolk), Cambridge, Canterbori);',ool:4,
lisle, Carnarvon, Chatham, Chepstow, Cheltenham, Chreiref.
Chester, Chester-le-street, Chesterfield, ChippenhaM,',y,f,
ter, Clitheree, Chorley, Coekermouth, Colchester, Cnigi'reetrer,
'entry, Cowes, Cralbrook, Cuckfield, Dartford, milgsot
Derby, Dorking, Dover, Dunmow, Durham, Dursley• ocer
Fareham, Fairford, Faringdon, Felton, Fenny Stratford, Cr,,
sham, Folkestone, Gateshead, Godalming, Glonce,terfillifTy
port, Grantham, Gravesend, Guernsey, Guildford, OiAL
Hartlepool, Hastings, Hemel Hempstead, Hertforteroe;
worih, Hoddesden, Holyhead, Holywell, 111,„(1 ifec
Hythe, Hurst-green, Ipswich, Jersey, Kendal, h'eteilU,
Lancaver, Leeds, Leamington, Leicester, Lechladetopb?
tort liumird, L-wes, Liverpo-'I, Loughborough, 1)131„
M idstone, Manchester, Margate, Maryport, Nielte'oferl,
b'} y, Miletherpe, Aiwa, Monmouth, Morpeal, Nevi°, piece"
Ty ne, New market, Newport ( Isle of Wight ),
Northampton, North Shields, Nottingham, Oxford,
Penrith, Portsmouth, Preston, Preston Brook, Loleues,
Ramsgate, Reading, Reigate, Rickmansworth, it'S°lo,
chester, Rotherham, Rugby, Ryde, Rye, Saffron borelOr
Se venoaka, Sheffield, Shiffnell, Sittingbourne, Lutht°4l'
Shrewsbury. Slough, Sunderland, South Shields, S° s,
ton, Siaplehurst, St. Asaph, St. Alban's, St. LeonSrfotrop
fo d, Stockton, Stockport, Stone, Stroud, Stony Thi°
Stratford-on Avon, Swinten, Taunton. Tetburti; est 0,
Towcester, Tring, Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells,
..,u1„400 41i,
Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wallingford, Walsall, Ware, vv„!'„00040,
Warwick, Watford, Wednesbury, Weedon, West Prtettefer
Wellington (Salop), Wellington ( Somerset )•,_ Wht~nl
Witham, Wigan, Wigton, Winsihester, Windsor ,VI
hampton, Workington, Worthing, Wotton-under-Ect; let( "
y
All Scotland and Ireland. For all the above places ,for
113
boxes at the receiving-houses are open till 7, 5..'1013 in
papers, and 8, cm., for letters; and those at thenoroilto
offices, Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the forletty
for the reception of newspapers, until 7-30, a.m., ant: ail)* et
until 8, a.m. At the General Po,t-office, St. Alt 0,
Grand, and the branch-office in Lombard-street, 130,5'
close for newspapers at 7-45, a m., and for letters at leo
—General Post-office, July, 1845." Oh°
2EttosauTtcs.—On Monday evening Mr.,, Aileo
Green ascended with his handsome balloon, called the home
from the garden of the Royal Standard and Albert 001..,,0
Hoxton. It was his third ascent this season, making` e
whole, no less than these hundred and two times that h- cog
,ati
explored the atmospheric regions. Ott this occasion Of see
companied in his flight by his father, now upwards eaope!,
yea-s of age, and by Mr. Brading, jun., son of the Istt"-ito
o'
of the Albert. The exhibition attracted countless lift'
cf spectators to the fields and highways in the victo'on
the gardens of the tavern were very well filled. The hallo} "At(
inflated, was displayed during the afternoon, besides whie 00
f. It rolt
le champetre had been prepared for the company. ' 0;60
seven o'clock when the travellers took their places in the rein)",
the buoyancy of the machine having been tested, it we', of s,
and rose most majestically into the air, amidst the Ghee sitpd
spectators. The balloon having attained a considerable_o
bore away in a direction for Essex, and the travellers were its 0,
to return at night to the Albert, where the company wer; ,50
meantime entertained by the theatrical company, by Ha° f
a display of fireworks, &c. ~,„fregto:
NVoor.wicti, JULY B.—The Fairy stea";,te/0100
her Majesty's river yacht, proceeded down the river
have her compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson, and milt
thence to Portsmouth, to wait her Majesty's comma' oat• to,y
fittings of this handsome yacht are of the chastest deseliP Ter
universally admired by all who have seen them. 11:rd „rid ,
steam-vessel is in the inner basin of Woolwich DoeitY's-,e'r,,lor.
with her engines and paddle-wheels. This powerful /e
to assume a formidable appearance, owing to the great ''',be ebrf
her timbers and the dimensions of her paddle.boxes'oe pit
have four funnels, two of which are already put up, an ears 1,00
two in progress, and everything connected with her lower. 40'
on a gigantic scale, her engines being of 800-lion been t'ip'
officers and crew of the Swallow Dover packet hfeeeDeich„,,
ferred to the Myrtle steam-vessel, and she lrft on the Do
morning to perform the duties of the Swallow tam" 01'1,
station.vF
GRAND PROCESSION OF THE cIE (
-ane tY
FRIENDB.—The twenty-seventh anniversar °f this f'rcheS4tee
object is the relief of distressed brothers, 4td whose ° jot
was yesterdsY cesS .0
spread over all parts of the kingdom), the pro
.0
with grand processional pomp. The &in body of ed`e, et
rendezvoused in Finsbury. square, CAI lodge fur
• :itij
respective banner and band of mocians, and former„,)
four deep, the lodges (of which tier` are 101 in
position according to seniority.
companied by vast assemblag of people, onward_ erew_.sif
d
Gardens, where an excellent doner was spread for U,vv710,,e7,
The processionot2forv• el
stns Opt:
The procession in its cours, 4",
&fits falling in from the
After doe
augmented by tributary
which they awaited Usti' opportunity of joining. _met
from time to tiroe,oic; ts
the evening
royal property" (Va,stal) is remarkable.
rt EDIT°
MR. C. MATIEWS AND HIS via usop• s
was passeeamid the varied attractions for w
C,ommissioner taw (of the Insolvent Debtors' Court in ixti
the autt.._.,t debts undir the insolvency of Mr. C.
was, 1842. The debt proved amount to about...wad.. ilia;
which a dividend of in the pound has been
debts on the face of see schedule exceed in amount
2 let
Inioivency moo aom the leise'eibip Of Covent.garan .s"