The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE TIRE.

One of the most alarming and destructive fires that
have occurred in this town for many years broke 006,
yesterday morning in a store situated at the corner 01
Lombard-street, Occupied by Mr. Reed, and filled with
all kinds of marine stores—tar, hemp, oakum, rope, *:'
The flames were seen first to burst firth from the
about a quarter before two o'clock, and soon after spread
with such irresistible fury as speedily to communicate
the adjoining houses, one of which, the Shipwrights
Arms public-house, is entirely destroyed, the Custom.
house Tavern public-house nearly so, and a stable in
Oyster-street completely gutted. The escape of Mr'
Bachelor's house, in Lombard-street, which adjoined th 3
store on the other side, from total destruction, is almost
miraculous; the fire had communicated to it, but through
the greatest exertions was got under ; it has sustain?"
considerable damage, and is partly unroofed. From the
first appearance of the flames great consternation anion
the inhabitants prevailed, fur had there been much win
at the time of this calamity, the whole of Lombard-street
would have been in jeopardy. So rapidly, after the fire
was discovered, did it extend to the Ship„ rights' Arir'
that in ten minutes the roof of that house fell 'l4
and if the policeman, B. Homer, had not alarmed the
imates the moment he saw the flames issuing from Lb.
store, and exerted himself praiseworthily in assisting in
their removal, in all probability Mrs. Lovatt, the land:
lady, and her daughter and servant, would have perishen•
As soon as possible after the alarm was given, the police
with the town 'engines, and the engines of the Royal Al-
tillery and Royal Marines, were on the spot ; and these
were quickly followed by the Lieutenant- Governor, Sir
Pakenham,H. and the 32d and 34th regiments, and
Lieutenant Cheere, and the seamen of the St. Vincent'
and the officers and seamen of the other ships of wnr
who landed with buckets and tackle, and all exerted
themselves to the utmost to subdue the flames, wbt
were not, however, entirely got under until nine o'clock,
owing to the scarcity of water, the only supply to be had
being from two or three pumps of the adjoining streets'
handed by buckets from street to street by the soldiers
The extent of damage is as follows : —The whole of Air'
Reed's store and stock is 'entirely consumed, he being
only partially insured. The whole of the premises oer
pied by Mrs. Lovatt, as also her stock, are entirely"e‘
stroyed, and Mrs. Lovatt and her daughter had only
time to escape in their night clothes. She is insured only
for half the, value of her property; and the next houses
the Custom-house Tavern, kept by Mrs. Beale, is mach
damaged, and the furniture and stock destroyed. SOlll..
stables also in the occupation of Mr. Payne are
pulled down, and a house occupied by Mr. Pushmaihti
also the back of the Globe Inn, both caught fire, but vt" Jr'
fortunately extinguished before much damage was effected'
—Hampshire Telegraph. partly

THE BIRKBECK TESTIMONIAL'

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
8114.,-I beg you will allow ma to state, that at the Wept
held this day, -Mr. Coates put a paper into my hand, after
had spoken, informing me that Dr. Birkbeck attended
Council of the University College in 1841, and had sent a ""
thither for instruction.
Having thus sent his contradiction of my statement fc‘
publication, I can only repeat, as I stated at the meeting
that somewhere about 1830, Dr. Birkbeek was complete!y t
satisfied with the management of the College; that he Wee 3r
the Council some years afterwards is now certified by ;
Coates. Admitting the fact, it supplies no reason
,w 7,
the public should promote the interest of that College'
under the pretence of doing honour to Dr. Birkbec:A
•
The recommendation of the Committee would have 1)1
more effect had it not been signed by the Secretary of the
lege, and the meeting would have had more claims to pour.,
favour had it not been presided over by one of the heads 011
College to be benefited, and had none of the resolutions
either moved or seconded by persons having an interest in 1;0
Institution. My ineffectual opposition to the whole fa,
was based, I avow, on the opir.ion that it is much better nse-
lated to serve the University College than to commemorate v''
Birkbeck's worth, or promote the instruction of the working'
classes.—l am your obedient servant,
April 25. THOMAS HODGSKII4'

SALE AT STRAWBERRY
This long announced sale commenced yesterday. A I,s"
wooden erection has been raised upon the lawn for the purer,
of the sale, there not being a single apartment in the &veil
house of sufficiently ample dimensions. The sale opened
the library of books, to which six entire days will be dens
This is not the most attractive portion of the effects, but
interest will increase when the different articles of virte,he
paintings, the rare, and beautiful miniatures, the china,
manuscripts and prints, are put up to competition. By at
way, in spite of the positive announcement ismhe catalogue tel.
it would be sacrilege to break up and sell in detail this fine 4,4
lection of prints, this practice is at last to be resorted to,"tbs.
the prints are to be sold in London as soon as the rest Of 00.0
property is disposal of at Strawberry-hill. From an early 1,40
a great concourse of company thronged the rooms, among 07r,
were many members of the nobility. At one e'clock.
Robins commenced the sale, after a brief 'introd
which he said, with regard to the arrangement of the book
catalogue, it had been objected that it was incongruous
not very classical. His excuse was, that had catalog
isi
them exactly in the order in which Horace Walpole 11104 s
them on his shelves, and that arrangement he had thougt4
best not to disturb. This lots were then put up, and thf3.,,,
there was no work of any great importance exhibited. the
petition was very eager. The proceeds of the day's sale '•
nearly 4001. uctioth

THE STORM OT SUNDAY.
During the raging of the storm on Sunday, a Yorks
vessel called the loyal Albert, lying off Bow-creek, was st •
by the electric fluid, which first took hold of the tope'
shivering it to atoms, and severing the chain running riggitg
it then passed down the mainmast, splitting it in two, re
scattering the mast hoops in all directions, and tor"
wrenching the iron bands from the mast box wlll
were twisted and broken so as to be rendered.
less, it descended to the hold, where it tore swat' `-
lining boards, and destroyed or damaged almost everything ,0
t:o
the cabin, ultimately passing out at the window. There li
five persons on board, the Captain ( William Noble) and td,
a,
mate being in the cabin through which the lightning Plio
but without doing either of them the slightest injury•
other three were on deck, one of whom was knocked (I°_:ii
but was not hurt. A great quantity of smoke inunediam
afterwards was seen issuing from the vessel, and it was ate
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thought that she was on fire, but on the smoke blowing awb;,k
and an examination being made, it was found that no part
ad:
ignited. The damage done is estimated at between 60! o,
.
701. A great many houses in the eastern part of the meth'
polis have been more or less damaged. The Coach
Horses, kepti by Mr. Smith, in Ratcliffe-highway, "940
tially unroofed. Several stacks of chimneys, at Litne"o,o.
and Poplar, were struck by the lightning and thrown ° .01
and in one instance a woman was severely scorched, but
dangerously.

110e,'
SUPPOSED MURDER OF TWO INFANT CHILD 100
AT WOLSTA N TON, STA I, FOR DSHIRY.—SOIIIO eXCiterlaellt_ air
been caused in Wolstardon and the neighbourhood by thole,
covery of the remains of two infant children in a pit of no.
iri a field at the Bratlwell Farm, in the parish of Wolstan thy
It seems that on Tuesday morning several men went t°;
pit, a short distance from the turnpike-road, with a view Ld fot,
getting water-tresses, when their attention was diree'-euir ..
an unusual substance floating on the top of the waterio tbe).
the side of the pit, which, on being got out, provdd to dr'
leg and thigh of a child. The pit was afterwards ejledir
and other human remains found, some of them lebevb,. ti'
the mud. The remains were subsequently examine" 'tr.
medical gentlemen, and proved to be those of tw-oP"
dren. One of them, a child from eighteen months
years old ; the other quite art in'ant. From the very j
ie bel
posed state of the bodies,it is not unlikely that they 10, 0
immersed in the water from twelve to eighteen trontbilel V;
probably longer. On the remains of the eldest r oe
or° • o•
stains of blood were found, and from the general aPPeveo law
what remained of the body it is believed to hsve, de den:e,
healthy state up to the time of its death. There is Itt* but '.
but there has been some foul play in this transactiebn:, restg
whom guilt attaches remains at present shrouded in t tbeitka
est mystery. At the Coroner's inquest which was held eelightri
following nothing was adduced tendin to throw anio bodi,e
the occurrence. The jury returned a verdict—" Thatil t. ow"
were found submersed in the pit, but how, or by.,"111
they came there no evidence appeared to the jury. te tiO
THE NEW NOVEL.—We are requested to stt ilsrd'
the new novel entitled " Softness," by the author of
be pub;
ress, or the Uncle," is now ready, and may be bad of t IEII
lithers, Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-str_wt; woos',
have also just published, Sir E. Lytton Bulwer's c or, di (
" Zanoni." Major Michel's " Trevor Hastinges; jotbor es
Field of Tewkesbury." " The Herbert's," by the oik ?lit
"Elphinstone." The " Hand-Book of Turning. ,_ trio
.„.,07,,
to Waterloo, in company with Sir Walter Scott," Or od Pt- ..
John Scott, E.q. of Gala ; and Mr. Lodge's peerage°, ?Ole. Z
tonetage for 1b42, corrected throughout to the date Nobilitf:
cation, from the personal communications of the,dy, a rev) ..
Messrs. Saunders and Otley have also, nearly ready Will
Novel frost the pen of G. P. R. James, Esq., w" ft
published early in May. A. conee...,;
MR. CHARLES AIANGOLD'S CONCERT. '0,70..5q,..-3, '
excellent of its kind, was last night given in the /17 the Pia° fi..
Rooms, by Mr. Charles Mangold, a performer ;
st toe.
sitio ,
forte, %%hose playing we then heard for tcoleded °now.
numerous and rather superior. audience was for the. i' tis•
oeeaSion. The pieces selected by Mr. Mangold_eeiy te!
,int
tration of his musical ability were of a kind to aev r eow,T„l7,
skid and power of any pianoforte player whate.viee'pes'irche
of Thalberg's fantasia on the serenade and isiottee%fl.aetl Iver do.
Beethoven's grand concerto in E flat, op. 73,1egrated sesit.e.,,,,
triumphale of his own composition, and the eettiagrove, Case,.
by Ries, which latter he played with Messrs. 'chord of °unlit
Maciejowski, Hausmann, and Casolani. Ihe „refessort 1;9..
to which this gentleman belongs is that whte!', a Hummel (
classical. Mr. Mangold was a favourite Pull" riing sehe°,4o°e.
He is a very great acquisition to the Engit'h e,toewhich we -Or music and musicians. The sestetto by Itie9,; `its perfornient:o;,
alluded, is a delightful composition, and ,t- it. Tha for
realised every expectation we had forme , „s), were
__rio
strumental solos (besides those of M. Man 1"
a
tam on the flute by Mr. Clintou• M. tt rightsthe
by Mr. Hausmann ; a third, on the harp, Li a fifth, oa _.,e
fourth, on the violin, by Mr. Blagrove ;a 5 _-,....3lUdaaTei
concertina, by Mr. G. Case. The seigEreeiewre,r
Mr. 11 11:;1„
Caradori Allan, Miss Bassano, the Miss kg
Mr. John Parry,
Gear, Mr. Otto Feder, Herr Kroft*, and
another or. the vi°l°a
• WO'
last of whom was, of course, encored.
FRENCH PLATS.--Aloliere's
another verY crovrded
fheoatuusree,
played again last night, and drew
on3unced the bet
mari,
M. Cartigny's Saganarelle may
b°pronounced
a spi, ,
ino
in it. Mademoirelle Plessy's personation
onelnded the even
.ti
vaux's Jeu de l' Amour et du Hazard, c „Iced the sou t
vaudeville comm ,
E jance, r.o
entertainments. A one-act
S uvenirs d a
ni ere
M. Scribe's Premieres Amours, or 0
The Jeu„e Pre i
._,
produced before at this attractive theatre.
house hersttend'el ol
was the agreeable Mlle. Forgeot. The
Ecole des
owe f AA O.
a crowded and fashionable audience. A'mckclhe Earl arid Co tir'_
Marls
..
his Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswi
I:rend' Ar ibassader
Count Zichy, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the.
of Clanrkarde, L.l
the Count Kielmansegge, the MarquLiserd
Temp!, ,towu, J-ilrs,
toss Grosvenor, the Earl and Countess of
Johnstone and party, Lord Bruce,
.„
le% at, id partY' I
hell Sir W Massey btan
.. . r ,
.., 4,
Quentin, Lady Pec , •
'I urkish Atr,bassado • J" i
count and Viscountess Canning, the Malmes? ,ury, tit°
Louisa D'Orsay, &c.
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BIRTHS
On the 24th inst., in Brook-street, the lady of Sir George
Baker, Bart., of a daughter.
On the 21st inst., at Willow-walk, Kentish-town, the ladi
of Henry Rawlins, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 22d inst., at Camden-road-villas, the lady of Thorp
s°
Willis Stone, Esq., of a son.
On the 22d inst., at Victoria-row, Lyndhurst-road, Peck'
ham, Mrs. Henry Hooper, of twins.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG off
No. 112, Strand, at The Sux Office, No. 112. Strand,
the County of Middlesex, Tuesday, April 26, 1142.