The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

TILE HAGUE JULY 31.—his Majesty King 'Wil-
liam Frederick left the Loo on the 27th, to go to
Silesia. On the 27th the town of Leenwarden was
exposed to a catastrophe similar to that of Hamburgh.
The preceding day was the last of tho annual fair,
and on the 27th, at four in the morning, a fire broke
out in one of the` handsomest booths in the market-
place. The flames spread with such rapidity that in
half-an-hour the market place was like a sea of fire,
and thirty-four of the booths were consumed ; others
were pulled down to prevent the further progress of the
flames. All this happened in the short time that passed
before the fire engines could be brought up ; but in-
deed if they had arrived sooner they would not have
checked the devouring flames. They however arrived
just as the flames threatened the adjoining houses of
the finest part of the town. Though five or six houses
were considerably damaged, the progress of the con-
flagration was stopped, and the town itself saved. The
grateful feeling of the inhabitants for their providential
deliverance has tended to increase their pity for the
unfortunate owners of the booths, who were unable to
save any of their property, for whom a subscription was
immediately commenced, which in a couple of hours
produced 4,500 florins, but the total loss was
estimated at 100,000 florins, and the local authorities
have therefore appealed to the public beneficence.
The King of the French has written to the King of
the Netherlands an autograph letter, which was re-
ceived yesterday, and which expresses the feeling of
that afflicted prince on the friendly participation in
his grievous loss.
BATAVIA, MARC n 16,--Rta-Admiral Machielsen,
who has been appointed by his Majesty, Commander-
in. Chief of the naval forces in India, arrived here
some days ago. Rear-Admiral Lucas has given up
the command to him. The Government has testified
Ito Admiral Lucas its entire satisfaction with the
manner in which he has conducted the affairs of the
naval department in India.—Dutch Papers, Aug. 1.

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ACCIDENT AT THE CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY.—VII
Saturday last a rather serious accident happened to a
woman, named Colley, who had ventured to have a ride
on the Centrifugal Railway now exhibiting in Boar-lane.
The carriage on this railway, as we stated last week, is
carried at the rate of 120 miles an hour round a circular
railway placed vertically, so that when the carriage is at
the tipper part of the circle, the persons within it, who
are not fastened in any way, have their heads down-
wards, and are kept in by the principle of centrifugal
force, in the same way as water is kept in a bucket
whirled rapidly round in a vertical direction. On
Saturday, the woman, in company with a man, placed
herself in the carriage, which being set at liberty, sped
its way down the first inclined plane, from which it re-
ceives its great velocity, round the circular part of the
railway, and up the second inclined plane, at the top of
which a man is placed, whose duty it is to seize the car-
riage, in order to prevent it from running back again.
On this occasion, however, the carriage, owing to its
being loaded with the unusual weight of two persons, did
not reach the ordinary height up the second inclined
plane, and the man at the top being unable to seize it, it
ran down again, and up the vertical circle, and threw the
man and woman out with considerable violence. The
woman had her forehead, nose, and other parts of her
face dreadfully cut, and was conveyed to the infirmary.
Her wounds, though not, we believe, dangerous, were of
a serious character, and their effects will, most probably.
disfigure her during her life. The man who was her
companion in the carriage, fell upon her, and escaped
uninjured. It is to be hoped that this accident will
induce the conductors of the exhibition to use greater
caution in future.—L(eds Times. _

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THE WILD MAN OF KNARESDOROUGH.— The wild
man has returned to his woods. After startling Parlia-
ment from its propriety by his fantastic vagaries, and
obtaining for himself a reputation for unequalled folly,
Busfeild Ferrand, Member of Parliament for Knares-
borough, has sought repose for his wearied lungs and
exhausted frame in the shades of Harden Grange.
Peace be with him. Let him in his solitude reflect on
the significant sign of the success of his Parliamentary
campaign, that, in the House of Commons, his antago-
nists wished him to speak, while his friends wished him
to be silent. It is said, however, that the Knaresborough
Tories are about to give the wild animal a feed. " May
we be there to see." We could not wish for better fun
—Leeds Times.