The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

as to the effects of digitaline.

A number of witnesses were then examined whose
evidence chiefly bore on the habits of the prisoner
and his intimate relations with Mme. Pauw, to whom
some of them represented him to have been very
generous. The porters of the different houses where

he hud lived stated that, previously to his marriage,
Mme. Pauw visited him every day.

Several domestics who had bon in the prisoner's
service deposed that ho was a good master, and a
number of his patients spoke highly of his skill as
a physici,n and of his liberality in supplying them
with medicine gratis.

The list of witnesses being exhausted, the Pres;
dent adjourned the pleadings to Monday.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, May 16—Furet and Napoleon, from Gravelines.
Arrived, May 17—Conrad, from Colombo—Esstuco, from
Ilelsingborg.
Sailed, May 17—Danio, for Adelaide.
EAL, Tuesday orning.
Passed, May 16—AEorian, from London, forM Canaries
Alfred the Great, from London, for Madras
Passed, May 17—Wilton, from London, for Jamaica—
Legal, of Bilboa, from Havannah, for London—Thomas
Dryden, from Shanghae, fur London.
Passed in Tow—Sylpl-, from Barbadoes, for London—
Majestic, from Jamaica, fur London—Carlo, from Trieste,
for London—Frank W., from Marseilles, for Lynn.
....,poko by the French bark Greenvilles, Capt. Lefette,
from Callao for Dunkirk, April 2d, the bark Wensleydale,
from Llanelly for Bombay, 46 days out, let. 4.5, long. 38—
the same day, Yarratilda. Capt. Conway, for Panama, 39
days out, lat. 6'25, long. 38,

WHAT A CAPITAL IDEA I.—Daring a residence at
Nice, for the amendment of his health, the Rev. Wil-
liam Blood [horrible name] was shocked by the idolatries of
the Romanists into a conscientious desire (says a writer
in last Saturday's Athenceusn) to convert them to a purer
faith. Not "having the Gospel to give them, the ques-
tion," says Mr. Bleed, " arose in my mind, ' What can I
best do ?' " "The response immediately came, `Get' The
Amazon' translated : it contains the Gospel ; its title will
excite their curiosity [and no wonder] and get for it a read-
ing [otherwise unprocurable] ; the narrative will interest
them, and gain their attention, solemnise their minds, and
prepare them for the reception of the glad tidings of redeem-
ing love which it makes known.' " The Amazon' is a
tract by Mr. Blood (the writer in the Athenceung goes on to
inform us), and the fact makes his cool commendation of
its interest and efficacy, as preferable to that of any other
work which could have been selected siemfficant, to
say the least of it. " Prenez anon ours!" is'not'a phrase of
which we ought to be reminded when topics so grave as
those of this volume are in hand. It was by aid of The
Amazon' (a tale of the well-known sea disaster) that the
great oppression of Italy was to be made to melt away, The
reverend author goon wrought himself to
the point of con-
sidering all friends who were less sanguine than himself as
little better than traitors and recreants. Not being
ti very well able t.o afford', the expense of print-
ing that translation when it was executed, he
applied for pecuniary
to "an intimate friend,
a very rich Christian," and
on the latter de-
clining to entertain the application, Mr Blood has placarded
his refusal as " a specimen of self-deception Two other
" who refused in a similar
fashion "to stand and deliver,
"rich and great Protestants,,,
are also introduced with
notes of displeasure. There is something too much of this
confident
no
clergy of a Church who
are
the
tthan on the mischief done
bythe
Romanist friar. Which of us does not know
by heart the slit card gaping for a guinea, with the envelope
o begging mendicancy
abuse
more amongogtie
eloquent
ready directed. and the fluent appeal far alms for some local
clerical object which comes up to town from total strangers
and did mueddehreds
in places as far distant as Merionethshire or Wensleydale
or the Fens?
THE LATE FIRE. IN RAYTI.--We have already
Which broke oat at
rarteiblelett.erfi.,:.
asemaagtoe.a Tgehnetlfeomlloawnining
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aetraniksleinoa
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April 22:—." A dreadful
conflagration has taken place, and more than halt the town
has been burnt down.
Gonaives, in Hayti,
The
.fire began thus :—A man who
aaed from Gonaives,
had a cotton store was smoking, When
by some accident the
cotton caught fire,instead of crying
and,out for help to dto
ex-
tinguish the flames, he Put them out himself.
trie
The consequence was that they communicated to an
apothecary's shop, and, as there was a very strong wind,
several houses, which were all made of wood, were soon
reduced to ashes. Not one house is left near tho market d
place, where all the business is one--so you can fancy the
immense; loss that everbody has undergone. The houses
destroyed have not yet been counted, but I think they must
be something like 200, which for a small town like
Gonaives is immense. There was not a single Pump ready.
nor did anybody make an effort to put out the fire. The
prison was burnt down, but all the prisoners first got
out, and I need not tell you to what amount they pillaged,
To people who are such thieves, the opportunity was too
good to be lost. They all of them had got arms by seine
means, and were ready to assassinate any who attempted to
told that the President
are
prevent them from stealing.
has sent 100,000 gourds (about 4d. each) for the distressed
inhabitants, and a subscription is being raised at Port-au.
Prince in their behalf. At the theatre of Port-au-Prince
a benefit is to be given for the sufferers. The loss is sup-
posed to be about 30,000,000 gourde, or £eoo,ooo.
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE HALFPENNY JOURNAL,
—An endeavour hqs been made to induce the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer to becomo one of the staff of a daily
journal—to ascend to the tempting and elevated position of
leader- writer for a halfpenny paper The proprietor of a
little fly-sheet, called a newspaper, published some here in
London, had the cool effrontery to enclose the light hon.
gentleman a cheque for a hundred guineas, with a letter,
stating that the service required for it was the production
of a leading article for the columns of the little rag and
with a liberality which cannot be too highly commended,
he infornitd the Chancellor that in accordance with the
custom prevailing in his editorial department, Mr. Glad-
stone, like the other contributors, should be allowed consi-
derable scope in the statement of his opinions. The Chan-
cellor was to be at liberty, also, to devote the cheque to
charity, should he so think fit. Mr. Celadstone's secretary
returned the money in a note, stating that while the right
hon. gentleman appreciated the object of the proprietor, his
public duties would not permit of his accepting the engage-
ment. Next day monster capitals in the halfpenny sheet
announced an " impel tent special correspondence between
the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and this
journal." This was what the individual wanted. It was
the trick of a small Barnum.—London Correspondent of the
Licerpool