The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-28 00:00:00

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Sunday morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke out
in the house of Mr. Brain, artist and engraver, in Al-
fred-square, Pentonville, which, besides consuming the
premises, damaged those adjoining.
A proclamation of reward was issued on Saturday
last from the Government authorities, offering the sum
of 1001 for the detection and conviction of the party or
parties who, a few nights since, set fire to the barn and
outbuildings of Mr. Thomas Proud, of Thornville, near
Green Hammerton, in the county of York, on which oc-
casion much valuable property belonging to that gentle-.
man was destroyed.
We regret to state that Mr. Benjamin Wood, M.P.
for Southwark, still lies in a most pi °carious state. The
Hon. Gentleman was attacked some time hack by $
severe stroke of paralysis. from the effects of which,
however, he recovered ; but, unfortunit.-lv. the 'dis-
astrous comp'aint returned, and although Mr Wood's
friends anticipate that he may linger, there are not the
slightest grounds for holding out any hopes of ultimate
and complete recovery.
The new steam schooner Senator, built of iron, and
fitted with the Archimedean screw, which left London
on Saturday, the 18th instant, with a full cargo, arrived
in Dublin on Thursday morning, having performed the
passage in five days, and encountered very severe wea-
ther during Sunday and Monday.
Another result of the operation of the new Tariff has
been seen, the last few days, in the importation of hops
from the United States. The samples have been pro-
nounced, by competent judges, as quite equal in flavour
and quality to any produced in this country.
The Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and
Lord Chief Justice Tindal, sat again on Saturday morn-
ing in the Lord Chancellor's private-room, Westminster-
hall, to hear the further arguments of Counsel respect-
ing the claim of the King of Hanover to a portion of the
Crown jewels. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, who appears on the
same side with Sir Charles Wetherell, in supp wt of th"
claim of his Majesty, addressed the Commissioners at
great length. The proceedings were, however, strictly
private, consequently no report of the Learned Counsel s
argument can be given.
We regret to state that a report prevails of the mur-
rain amongst cattle (which has been productive of such
serious losses on the Continent) having reached this
country. We cannot vouch for the accuracy of this re-
port, and from the inquiry we have made, on the con-
trary, we are inclined to believe that the disease now so
generally prevailing, particularly amongst horses ex-
posed to the recent cold and changeable weather, is a
species of influenza, the symptoms of which are of a more
serious description than ordinary. Many of the hackney
proprietors have, we are informed, nearly one-half of
their horses laid up, and the deaths during the last few
weeks have averaged twenty-five per cent.
On Saturday evening a man, named John Walker,
47 years of age, was at work on some new houses in
Kennington-lane, near the Horns Tavern, when a por-
tion of thescaffolding on which he was standing suddenly
gave way, and he was precipitated to the ground from a
height of nearly forty feet. He was taken up quite in
sensible, and conveyed to Guy's Hospital, when it was
found that he had dislocated the vertebrae of the neck to
such an extent that no assistance could possibly be ren-
dered, and be expired in a few hours after his admission.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning
last, about seven o'clock, as a number of men labouring
in the quarry were warming themselves at the lime-kilns
on Kendal Fell, previous to commencing work, one of
them, John Harrison, inadvertently stepped back, as is
supposed, and fell to the bottom of one of the empty
kilns. The consequences of the accident were dreadful.
The unfortunate man's back was broken, and if he sur-
vive the injury, which is very doubtful, he will be bed-
ridden for the remainder of his life. The unfortunate vic-
tim is the same who about two years and a half ago was
so severely injured while engaged in sinking a well at
Burneside Hall that he was unable to work for six
months afterwards. His companion on that occasion,
who was also injured, but less seriously, Anthony
Chambers was with the poor fellow on Tuesday morning
when the more dreadful accident happened. We regret
to say that Harrison's large family, consisting of a wife
and sit children, are in very destitute circumstances, and
the aggravation of their distress by the late dreadful
occurrence may be imagined.—Lancaster Guardian.
AWFUL VISITATION.—Saturday morning, between
ten and eleven o'clock, a) ouug man, a compositor, in
the employ of Mr. Saville, the printer, of St. Mar-
tin's-lane, named John Woodberry, whilst working at
his case and talking to a brother workman, suddenly
fell down speechless. He was removed with all speed to
Charing-cross Hospital, where he shortly afterwards
expired. The medical men attribute his death to
apoplexy.
We have seen a letter addressed by a colonist in
South Australia to his father, a banker in Oxford, from
which it appears that the cultivation of the vine and the
olive is making considerable progress there, and that the
sub-soil plough has been adopted with great advantag"
in preparing the ground for that purpose. No ploughs
of that description have been introduced as yet, but
the young colonist referred to had sufficient ingenuity
to construct one from a description contained in a work
by a Scotch agriculturist. In breaking up new ground,
especially for gardening purposes, this plough is stated
to possess a very great superiority over the common
plough. From the nature of the climate it is hoped that
the orange and almond tree, as well as the vine and the
olive, may soon be generally introduced into this colony.
—Times.
THE AFFRAY WTTH POACHERS IN PEMBROKE-
SHIRE.-It will be in the recollection of our readers that
we detailed a dreadful affray with poachers on Picton
Castle estate, some time at the end of last month. The
exertions of the police have not yet met with success in
apprehending any of the real parties concerned, and,
from the length of time which has elapsed, it is impro-
bable that they will ever be discovered. The keepers
and assistants, who were so much injured, have almost
entirely recovered.---From Correspondent.