The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-23 00:00:00

Males ••• IN THE WEEK.
Females ... ..
••• ... ... 774

... ... ... 812

Total ...
..„
Typhus e i___._ly Dr, 9 b

tiuIDE TO THE BR/;------„,
book to the great national ' of the wonders of art
and Company—a guide?'
ant ,
I na+ure has recent] been repository
ISR iviusEum.—A pocket guide-
ness. It is divided into
, book surpassing all others in corn-
pactness, and yet equai for
published by Messrs. Cradock
ordinary purposes
complete-
through all the departmentsducting the reader
all* in
sectionsi3ricoinsh
Museum
in suc-
cession, and thereby t
enablie of
him Die first section is purely ductory, historical, and
collection at a siugle Nut• g to texamine the whole
intro-
ference to the reeding
--toone attyached to the library. The
re-
second describes the gall_
similarly recent additions.
galley' of antiquities, together with thed
adjacent chambers, en,„ generall descriptive, including
---prisin the Nimroud marbles, an
collection. The fourth the Etruscan and Egyptian. The
fifth embraces the whole of the marvels in natural history
To the sight-seers of tei,
metropolis the publication will be.
peculiarly acceptable, gThe third depicts the Elgin
THE KINDEST
°l' MEN.—A Sheriff's officer is a
man who never leaves
MELANCHOLY e another in Distress I—Punch.
' -ece:, an accident of a lamentable nature
ACCIDENT. —On Friday evening,
etookho r t Ipyl
aacfet eorns
theix o , c
suited in the de-er
of Air. George Curme, aged 21 years, a
medical student oath len,
's CII geHospital. It appears that
off Hammersmith-bridge, which re-
the deceased was a
the above-named
-.Btitutiono, and on Friday afternoon the
young gentlemen forming the crews arrived at Putney in
their four-oared esraegber ID
f e the aquatic club belonging to
cutters, for the purpose of contesting in la
boat race. Deceased Was not eligible to row on thia occa-
sion, but was allowed a seat in the umpire's cutter. All
being ready a capital start was effected, although the tide
All went
5 and the wind boisterous.
on well until the
was exceedingly rough
umpire's cutter approached Hammersmith-
bridge, when the swell of the water became so great that the
boat suddenly upset, i
-the whole party in the river.
Five of the gentlemen mmersing
were rescued,
ceased disappeared, and was drowned. body was sub-
sequently recovered and taken ashore, where the utmost
anxiety was shown by his companions to restore animation,
but the ,unfortunate de-
but all efforts proved ineffectual.
cast a melancholy The unfortunate accident
several prizes given by the senior physicians and medical
officers of the hospital.-
D —The Paris
DIRECT ROUTE TO SWITZERLAN •
gloom over the match, which was for
and Strasburg Lailroad was travelled throughoutinstant. On
10th length by an experimental train on the its entire
some sections of the line the temporary platesd a few stations have to be
nre-
placed by rails of a permanent character, a
have also to be finished. It is,
Countrymenhowever,
entire line will be open, to traffic in the monthratulate The Swiss, especially hotel keepers, may congratulate
undertaking,
and so may also our
them-
selves on the approachin comletion of
propose a visit to the
expected
of
August.t that th e
who
hween
the Alps, since, instead of having to choose t
and thew
hine, and
circui-
tous and hackneyed routes of Cologne
the torments of the Strasburg
a direct line of
be able to travel from London to Basle by
run of the steamer
railway, interrupted only by two hours'
across the Channel.
_A few days
TAKING A BULL UT THE
HORNS' through the
since as a bull was rushing in a furious manner
to the 4th Carabineers
Caen, a soldier belonging
streets of diligence, they ll shortly
stood courageously in the middle acb be seized
came re
movement
animal. The moment the bull
vigorous
it by the horns, and by aquick and
and held it there until it could
turned it over on the ground,
be properly secured.—[Very doubtful.]mEmo
RATION HAS
THE OXFORD GRAND CO •successful, and
'Jae
of the
withinstreet to stop the
COMMENCED.—The concerts have been 11- The weather
were attended by large numbers of
on Sunday was unfavourable.
THE TEA TRADE 0
, JUNE .41 . --The quantity of tea
delivered last week was 620,0821 b. in London, being about
persons.
O,OOQlb. more than at the date of the Kovious return.