The Sun. — 1837-11-07 (London, England)

THE EARL OF DURHAM.—TIie newspapers of " the two extremes," natinue to attack the Earl of Durham's speech—the Tories with the. rabid ‘iolence of blind and' undiscriminating hostility—the Ultraißadicals, for the greater part, with somewhat more moderation, but in the querulous tone of men who, without having a tangible ground for quarrelling with the Noble Earl, yet venture .4 to hint. a fault and hes:tate dislike"—while others of them broadly denounce his Lordship as one in whom confidence ought no longer to be reposed. Temperate and reflecting observers—steady, practical, honest, and ingenuous Reformers—will know how to estimate these ebullitions of corrupt and factious hatred on the part of the Tories, and the no less unmerited and unjustifiable inuendocs and as)ersions breathed against the character of the Noble Earl by the opposite party ; who, professing to agree with the enemies of all Reform in no one article of political faith, yet rush into an ungrateful and unprincipled alliance with them, to decry every man who does not reach the standard they have established as the test of wisdom and virtue—though his whole life may have been employed in extending and consolidating the liberties of the people. It is worthy of remark that the miters of " the two extremes" concur in another respect in this crusade. In all the attacks upon Lord Durham that have fallen under our notice, with regard either to local or national politics, we have not seen one in which the passages of his speech selected for criticism have not been distorted to suit the purposes of tho commentator. It is a hie' compliment to the Noble Earl that his detractors, finding nathing in his conduct or language t hat, by an honest iepresentation of the one, or a candid interpretation of t le other, would render him amenable to the judgment they have evinced such eager haste to pronounce against him, arc compelled to have recourse to practices utterly oppos:•(1 both to honesty and candour. It is gratifying to koow, however, that far the greater numtor of the public journals supporting the cause of Reform have united to do justice to Lord Durham's integrity and the statesmanlike ability and foresight which have marked his whole political career.—Durham Chronicle.  EIRE AT Bow.—On Friday night, about halfpast ten o'clock, a communication was received at the Eastern Engine-station of the Fire-Establishment that a most destructive fire was raging in the village of Bow. The engines immediately started to the spot. On tlTir arrival the fire was discovered to be at the oil and varnish works belonging to Mr. Poulson, Bromley New Town, Bow-common. It appeared that the. fire commenced in the manufacturing-room, and, by the negligence of the workmen n, who hatj caused the bailers to be over-heated, by which the combustible liquid they .contained became ignited, and in a very short time the boiling-house was enveloped in flames. 011 the arrival of the Wellclose-square engine, which .was on the spot within twenty minutes after the alart*had been given, the flames had extended to the warehouses and storehouses at the eastern part of the factory. The engines worked from the canal ; and although every exertion was used to stop the fire, by eleven o'clock the entire_range of buildings were in ruins, and the whole of the contents consumed. We understand that this is the third time This year that the premises it question have been destroyed by fire, and on each *ccasion has been attributed to the carelessness of the persons employed therein..  A horrid case of murder has occupied one of the Provisional Tribunals in France. A mad of the name of Maze, a farm servant, had married a widow, who possessed some little property, but who was also possessed of what was less welcome to the fellow—five young children. He appears to have made several attempts to murder these children, and one of them is supposed to be in a decline in consequence of his ili-treatment. One of his attempts p7oved completely sueces,ful. He had ascertained, on one occasion, that a violent kick which he had given one of the childr-ort io the belly had left no mark behind, and, speculating on this observation, he actually kicked the poor child to death. His only object appears to have been to relieve' himself of the expense of maintaining the children. Tee French papers mention the remarkable character of mild112SS wbieh distinguishes his features. He has bceag condemned to death,