The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

THE LATE DREADNU,I4wFsIR.
INQUEST ON THE 80.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Baker, the tie Prescott-
an inquest at the Royal Standard, Lit
,f Charlotte
street, Goodman's-fields, on the bodies ,
Elizabeth Proudfoot, John ur Proud'
Summers, Artl. .
''Cor-o'ner, held
foot, Ellen, Julia, and Sarah Holland, and another
foot, k
who had perished in the conflagration win .(''''''-'
place that morning.
After the Jury had viewed the bodies, wbi c‘:l pre-
sented a shocking appearance, in many cases t he fee"
tures not being distinguishable, john gollar,,a was
called, and said tha h
t e was employed as the
ter in
the Minories, and had no doubt that one of the bodies
he viewed was that of his mother, Ann Hollant i, the
wife of Michael Holland, a musical instru Vent
maker, who resided at 17, Little Prescott, street.
Roger Shakleton, also residing at 17,
cott-street, identified one of the bodies a 3 6131: °f
Julia Holland. Last time he. saw her alai's
was, he thought, on Saturday last, ar"
the
as she was not so much burnt as.
others, he had little difficulty in knowino: ,_,..,belr'
On the night of the fire witness was going t a ':
Little Vres-
and heard a scuffling noise, which he thought wi ts (ri,"
of the lodgers in the same house beating his "Wl'e'
and immediately afterwards the alarm was gi•'n.
The flames were seen from the street. Wit Ilea'''.
opened his door and saw a man dragging his '06..
down stairs. Observed Mrs. Moss and her daughOF
no, or
coming down stairs. They lodged in the first
back, on a level with the room in which -t h' 0.1:
broke out. They escaped by the front iloor. ~..,r_rt,f
up to Younker's room and saw a great num" ,-,,,
small phials wrapped in straw. The rooLl wee --
fire. The man Younker is a maker of Dutch Ro)s.
They are made of sulphur, oil, spirits of wine,
he le tll rf;
pe ito,ntine, and such combustible ingredients. T.,
flt ivium rising from them was very noxious. %VS
t
in 0, O
Ihrtiodunnkoer
adno(tlibbtis twhiefe fire ofarirnglnly.ateedscad.tht
bd roof a.
think the place was wilfully act on fire.
Wm. Proudfoot, a labourer residing in the sad 'e
owlettnita
tsot night
meet
house, said that he asked permission toffeese the. bost sr:
haierli.ttle:r.
of his child, but was not allowed. Had v childres
and was enabled to save three of them. His wife went.
toy
bring her home, lie placed his fit,,e children in bed, and.
heefonreco
icorner of Mansell-street, his wife said to him that their
_iou.e was on fire, and their children would be burf?;
illiitiel hurried. home and called the policemen to assist
then tneiningand as he intended
in saving his children, but they would not.,_,A
rushed through the flames, and as already starin;
savedb three of them. He tried to get in a second t 1
home, and at the.
but could not, as the heat was so powerful. inquest
1 CORONER expressed his wish that the _..
might be adjourned till to-morrow, that additional elle
dence might b
e produced, and, the Jury
furtherA inquiry will take place this afternoon.
_, cal
At the close of the proceedings a person pvnuuthel
severalth of the bottles alluded to in the evidence ;
con-
tairnfled a congealed mass, and appeared to have
It d. something of a combustible nature.
opinionsa
is proper to observe, that Of, general k
-
the
neighbourhood is, that the police-officers did ex,
render that assistance which might be naturallY
petted from them. 'ding et
agreeing, tu
_ _ Mr. Classen, a highly respectable loan, ret went
30, Great Prescott-street, states, that vvhen 11-tps, he
up stairs to endeavour to save some of the Wile' -theta
saw several officers round the door, and ealled on;
__ci
to assist him ; they, however, declined to do'so
ilea-
he went up alone, and brow ht down one Of roin ~,„
foot's children. Mr. Clas.sgen says that when
U y as
To
reached Younker's room he endeavoured
ttloown on the floor to close the door, but Nvas anal'
do so in consequence of its being entanled it
carpet. He then went to the second floor, aced ,or
in into Proudfoot's room saw a little boy sitting agoied
right in bed, whom he took in his arms an'', ron.
down stairs. He saw no other children in til„B., and
followed
The Hollands were a very industrious famu-"julia
i, the occupation of waistcoat-makers.
_leg.
had only her nightdress on, when she threw Ile`
from the window. u 105 in
You.nker is a man of some property. ---ie
apt„n 11
the neighbourhood during the morning, an bo
o'clock, while looking over the ruins, discovered ai
partly burnt, containing diamonds valued at ,2001.. h.
inbat,l-
- greatest commiseration is felt by the 1,), Ito,
tants of the localit for their afflicted ne4; 1 for
and a subscription will be immediately set on 143°
the survivors.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]--THE "TIMES -1-`'36 lc wd,INO
ACAIN AND THE PATENT SELF-LIGHTIND ' -,031
bWAx.—The Times in its futile, because inecrit;try,
abuse of this now staple manufacture of the ciiiott-
. observes, speaking of the Improved Patent Self-, is Is $
can
lan
wonderful
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eexe r
faeilrmui
ttlilaoggniinlnoAlefr,edans:kt,
aiionml
lndoi
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ii onlyn:
inventionerpielaie rndt machinery
ro tubstbi.taei
;:sa:,::: li p
till r se as
fsuelifi-litglhattinagn raja:veins ig 1 (11, the
An invention assoeals. 1 and .vet '"
simple, " •
makefo an egg stand on its end," should have es 6 .00
mr so long a time the ingenuity of the sealinS not
ielryytotibseefouo,
fianufactureri. The Patentees are patronised b.it.,out..
invention
manufactured--nut It . T-rto'nder-
-1 casual reader, that is influenced by t'lleelvrel,l3:Peacci:
side of things, and is led from truth by a hapP);eise,
of expression designed to mislead, but by men 0.1 , :;flow
men of letters, men of business, and men who k e fa],
how to promote and appreciate the right and Iltsh, re
and distinguish truth from error and falsalood,_,
c_,..
fore the malicious observation in a hastedaily.journalu
si lering the very large circulation that journal
ltil(te°
more effective, without conferring an obligation?
all, if truth had been adhered to, could have voa
said in favour of this popular invention. Be sure In II
obtain the improved. Each stick is mounte .
tod
reeded tube. To be had at nearly all statieesivii•
the Patentees, Davis, Brothers, and Co., N°' 1,
gate, opposite the Pump. g OOP'
111.-
THE ACCIDENT AT THE FOOT Or 9:414'
EDINBURGH, DURING THE QUEEN'S VlSlT,_l9iptiCif)s
BURGH.— P
The Committee for receiving su°sSatardaY
for
_ the sufferers, closed their accounts on
..4 wr
last, when the total number of subscriptioN `Ol
froo her
nounced to be :342/. 14s. 9d., including 1°°1" ecleucil'
Majesty, and 201. each from the Duke of
Bu ~,d the
the Earl of Liverpool, and Sir Robert Peel; two ap.
committee had allocated this sum in relieving.
plieants. __Wei'
ROBBERY OF VALUABLE DIAMOND 13374651 ice Of II"
nesday information was received by the P° of 100/1
robbery of diamond rings, valued at upwardst the pre-
having been committed on Saturday hist °t:jetatirig
jeweller,
of Mr. Benjamin Smith, a Panu Inn' fields.
jeweller, No. 12, Duke-street, Lincoln'' ~,fterlt appears that, about three o'clock on Satilfolfgettle-
noon, two persons having the appearance
expressof a
men called at Mr. Smith's residence, and acrdl'
wish to look at some gold chains, and I;rer,ehere the
ingly conducted to the show-room. While then with'
examined various articles, and departed at ‘,._,„ bad
out making a purchase. Some time after they car•
left, it was discovered that they had stolen and
vied off with them a single stone diamond Ong,„aip,
in g eleven grains), valued at 601.; a ditto .B.
di °cell
valued at 16 guineas ; a diamond ring, wi iionona
stones, valued at 211. 10s., and a half-hoop "Too Are
chie.aigvahtt:graentltleereleakdledirie);
ring, with seven stones, valued at 11/. Th
e. ches il3
described as being—one about five feet six In, a oreY
about five feet nine inches in height; from twe tY and
,sialaldldoanppaeabfra°""cel
to thirty-five years of th r thin in figure,
age, ra e
lird of 20/. has been
wore a brown great-coat. A re"--
offered for tl • their apprehension. :,.; toolcPce
GEDNEy.—A most extravagant exhib.,„on
children,
the
itri.five
the art. 5,04
here on Friday. A widow, having four avid
Thwia
named Farrow, was married to a man nt eu
told if she
Wilkinson ; and the woman,
was married covered by nothing buthaving
a debts actualli
band would not be answerable for her
;1. nothing 03
had the hardihood to go to church w" I
holes in 'the
but a sheet, sewed up like a sack, with
marry
mar
sides for her arms, and in this War
Boston Herald. 'eseere
sheet her bus'

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B I R T H S. Cone
On the 30th nit., at Cadiz, the lady of William
s
Brackenbury, Esq., of a son. h Rev' iiiir'
Ou the 12th inst., at Erwarton, the lady of t'.'n
Berners, of a daughter. a fW' 1..
On the 14th inst., at Turnham-green, the wife °
Leigh, Esq., surgns House,eon, of a son. the hidi
On the 15th it.; at Gordon House, Kentish-town,
of Mr. S. T. Bull, architect, of a son.
MARRIED. Hants, Ph"
On the 10th inst., at St. Paul's, Southsea, 11'0
Miller, Esq. M.D., surgeon of the 66th Regiment' t u.S.,
Mary, only 'daughter of John Williams, Esq., surgeons ."
of Southsea. goo'
On the 13th inst., at Barbican Chapel, Mr. Williainrbarles
of Portsea, to /Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. `-'
Freeman, Drums mills, Seward-street, London. F.dbfard
On the 15th list., at. St. George's, Hanover-square'Herber
Francis Jenner, Esq., fourth son of the Right Honth . Sir
iv
Jenner Fust, to Elizabeth Teresa, only child of e "
Sanders, Esq , of Reigate. the
On the 15th inst., at Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea; the
Hon. Spencer Dudley Montagu, to Anna Louisa, widoW of
late J. Jekyll, Esq., of Wargrave-hill, Berks.
DIED.
On the 13th inst., Mr. Joseph Lee. late of Trinity-terrsce'
Southwark. in the 74th year of his age. fligb
On the Bth inst., Richard Barry Stater, Esq., M.D.,*f
Wycombe, Bucks. York
the 9th inst., at Middleton Tyas, near Richmond,
Cre, Gerge Milnes, th infant son ol G. Healey, Esq. 3
On the 12th ins t., Mr. e B
Robext Harper, of Bell yard, re)
shi
of
street, aged 44.
On the 12th inst., at Edinburgh, Robert Haldane, ESq.,
Auchingray, Lanark.
On the 13th inst., at Leamington, Robert Long, Esq., of the
Manor House, Dawlish, Devon.
On the 15th inst., at Bryanston-street, Miss E.
Hernon•
e'
On the 15th inst., Silvia, the infant daughter of R.
J. Lod
g
Bath-terrace, Peckham-lane,
On the 15th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Emma, the Wife of
Henry Smith, Esq.
On the 15th iLt....1.::-terraceheath, the infant gOO
of T. B. Stow, Esq.
nAmwo•••••••wwww.......m.
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