The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-10 00:00:00

VIE LATE ATTACK-ON SWEABOR(3.

: The Emperor of Rassia has addressed to General
Bei,- the following letter,:—
"Your distinguished and assiduous services for the
throne has shown itself by new exemplary activity since
the time when the chief government of Finland was en-
trusted to you through our confidence. By the quick
and efficacious measures which you have taken fur the
security of this our dear and faithful principality, you
htsve shown'your circumspection, your untiring assiduity,
and military experience. The unsuccessful attack of the
powerful Anglo-French fleet against Sweaborg has now
served as a brilliant example of your judicious measures,
as well as of the capabilities of the brave defenders of
the fortress. As a proof of our monarchical favour for
your services, I nominate you Knight of the Order of
the Saint Apostle Andreas with swords, and send you
herewith the insignias, and remain with our Imperial
greeting always well inclined,
" ALEXANDER."

THE HARVEST' AND THE LABOUR
MARK-En

Dut.LIN, Saturday Morning.—Nothing can be more
Satisfactory than the tone of all the agricultural reports
received this morning from the provinces. In the ex-
tensive county of Cork the reaping of the harvest has
been. nearly completed, and upon the whole, it is said,
there is no reason to be dissatisfied eit!Tr with the yield
or quality, especially c msidering the unpropitious wea-
ther with which the harvest season opened. The potato
crop, too, in the sane district, though not e
Injured by disease, is yet far more abundant and healthy
than could have been expected. From the midland
counties the accounts are no less chetrii,g, but in a,tl
quarters complaints continue of the scarcir,y of hands,
and of the enormous wages which the farmers are com-
pelkd to pay for manual labour. Half-a•crown n.day,
with hoard, seems to be therainitnum standard, and but
few are fortunate to secure at this rate a supply sufficient
fir the demand ; in many instances employers are but
too happy to raise the premium to a much higher figure.
In Kildare and the Queen's County the scythe is being
.generally substituted for the sickle, and the experiment
is said to have been eminently successful, even when the
work is executed by raw practitioners. A practical
agriculturist, Mr. James Clapperton, is of opinion that
ere long the reaping hook must be superseded to a large
extent in Ireland by the scythe and reaping machines.
Ile writes

" We are getting oats cut by the scythe just now for
74. 6d. per Irish acre, for mowing, binding, stooking,
and raking, while it is costi:T us 245. per acre by the
hook, with the same crop and in the same field."
The weather up to this forenoon is still favourable,
and the mercury is steady in the barometer at " set fair."

ARRIVAL OF THE EAGLE FROM AUSTRALIA.—LIVER-
POOL, Sunday.—This day the clipper ship Eagle (Capt.
MurphO, beionOng to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Ce.,
arrived in the M,:rsey from Melbourne. She Failed from
that port May 31, and has brought 44,000 oz. of gold
on freight. On July 21 spoke the Boemerdane, in lat.
24 S., and long. 27 W., and remained in company three
days.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Saturday Mr.
Carter held an inquest on the body of Mr. John Day,
aged 27, son of Mr. John D.sy, of Grove-park, Camber-
well. On the Ist instant the deceased was one of a boat-
ing party, whose wherry was unfortunately upset about
a ?mile below Putney-bridge. The rest of the party
managed to escape, but the deceased was not seen again
until his body was discovered upon the piles of West-
minster-bridge. Verdict, " Accidental death."
DEATH OF ALDERMAN KELLY.—lnformation reached
town on Saturday evening that Mr. Alderman Kelly
had died somewhat suddenly on the previous afternoon,
at Margate, whither he bad gone for a few days, Mr.
Alderman Kelly was in his 84th year, and has repre-
sented the ward of Farringdon Within as alderman for
25 years.

MARSHAL RADETZKI lAA week feted his fiftieth ann;=
versary of his promotion to the grade of general. He
is 89 years of age, and has served 71 years. In reply t;.)
an autcgraph letter- from the Emperor Francis Joseph,
congratulating hitn on the restoration Of his health,_ the
old general has requested to be allowed to retire.

ACQUITTAL OF THE LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY DIRECTORS.
....BRUSSELS, Friday.—rhe Tribunal Correctionnel has
acquitted the directors of the Luxembourg Railway cf
the charge of embezzlement. John Ash well, as being
already proscribed ; William Magnay and John Ma,ter-
man, because offence not sufficiently proven by evidence.
The last advices from Adelaide, South Australia, give
some particulars of the progress of the efforts to develope
the navigation of the River Murray. The waters had
risen sufficiently for practical purposes, and the Murray
River Navigation Company were about to raise sub.
scriptions for a general extension of operatione. At
present their fleet consisted of. 13 vessels, comprising
four steamers of between 40 and 50 horse power, eight
barns of from 120 to 150 tons burden, and a schooner
of 100 tons. A railway was also contemplated to con-
nect the Murray with the city and port of Adelaide,
about 40 miles in length, two-thirds of which will be
upon a dead level.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. B.—The United States' mail steamer
Baltic, Comstock commander. sailed hence this morning
with a full cargo, the usual mails, and 190 passengers,
among whom was his Excellency Alfonso Eecalenta,
Ambassador Extraordinary from Madrid to the Court
at Washington. The steam-ship Lebanon,- Capt. Cork,
arrived to-day with advices from New York to
-the 'ame
dates as those brought by the Union to Southampton
this morning.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT UXBRIDGE-HOUSE.--On Saturday
Mr. Langhana held an inquest at St. George's Hospital,
on the body of a carpenter, named Samuel Jones, aged
49, recently employed tinder Mr. W. Cubitt, in repairing
Uxbridge house, Burlington-street. He was standing at
•his.work at two o'clock on Thursday last, ma a plank
which crossed the back area. Another man, named
Pace, stepped on to it, when it gave way by breaking,
and both fell into the area, a distance of 11 feet 6 inches.
Deceased never spoke or rallied after the fall, and died
shortly after his admission to the hospital, of fractures
of the skull and cervical vertebrae, and injury to the
brain, Mr. Cubitt'a foreman said that on the day in
question he saw the original and proper scaffold planks
crossing the area. There were 130 men at work on the
premises, ands new scaffolding was in-process of eree.
tion. The plank that broke was an old defective one,
found mettle premises, and did not belong to Mr. Cubitt,
who'al *aye' allowed sufficient Materials for the erection
of scaffoldings, Verdict ,f‘ Accidental death."