The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

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Match—llesperus beat Lapidist,
The Two Yrs old Triennial Stakes•
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FRIGHTFUL DEATH.—NOTTINGIIAM, to
A shocking accident occurred in this town a few days ago. e
a young girl named Ann Hoe, of Barton, Nottinghamsnir
It of Mr. Jones,
appears that the deceased kept the house •
silversmith,
Bottle-lane, Nottingham. On Thursday night,
MoNDAT :-
about 11 o'clock, while her master Was from home, she un-
fortunately set fire to her clothes. There being no other
for assistance completely enveloped ill
person in the house, the poor creature ..ashed into the street
considerably above her head. The shrieks of the unfortu-
flames, which rose
nate girl, together with the darkness of the night and the
lateness of the hour, alarmed the neighbourhood, but it wee
not until she went into an adjoining street covered with
flames that eny rssistrnce could be rendered her. She was
as speedily ms possible taken to the General Hospital, where
she lingered until Friday night, when death put an end to
her sufferings.
oR A FIT OF PASSION.--Walk out in the open
air.F You may speak your mind to the wind, without hurt-
ing any one, or proclaiming yourself to be a simpleton.
The last files of the Sydney Morning "Jerald Con-
tain accounts of a new propeller invented by Sir Thoprlaaal
Mitchell, the Surveyor-General of New South Welestexa L
citedi
and
used
of which in a small steamer at that port had it',st_ ..ni
great interest. It is called the Bomerang proof 'ilea'
of 12 knots an
eofd°tbxheaeenr i mo
eb
nt
obtained.
ned .
constructed on the principle of the weapon
by the natives to kill game. Although th
only on a small and imperfect scale, a sPee
hour against a head-wind is stated to have
at
The instrument is described to corabine gre strength and
simplicity, while it has also the advantage that its motion
ion. sO
canal bo
in the water causes but a comparatively slight agitat'
that it is capable of being adapted to . . . boats as well as
laend
be
e)
e theb t
obtained."
ne
et edr M. 0 i -
to other vee9els. At convictionhconclusion, of the trial Sir Thomas
Mitchell expressed his ' t the weapon of the
earliest inhabitants of
nation mathematically of the true form by which alone, on
Ahuss
ptreaeldiaohnaws
water
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the screw principle, hig _
" Wily Do king.OU brEAK OUT!"—From the ini-
possibility of m, our present Alinisters say what they
mean—or even, wnaL
by T they
do
not mean—the observation
that was once made a eyrand of a celebrated nobody,
equal point be turned
may with . round upon them—" CO
Messieurs out un grand talent pour le silence."—Punch.
Sin FITZRor KELLY AND
EXCLUSIVE DEALING.
—There i 9 a tale current in the town true, does
not reflect much credit on the Solic'
or which, if _ ,
remembered that some time since itthe-Gle,onerael.d
,etnntreYraaamu
purchaEed the Cbaunt near i • inarn li
might have" a stake in that he
, swish, order . ,
some repairs, which the county." The mansion required
rather they were
various tradesmen are now doing--or
relied so violent! doing, for we hear that they have quar-
withd , • Y among themselves that the bricklayer has
withdrawn his
time • ls men. B
since a c But we were about to say that some
time a first- ompetent plasterer was required, and after a
cellent t rate hand went to the mansion armed with ex"
testimonials. He was found to be the very man they
wanted •
, but, just as the bargain was being clinched, the
agent of Sir Fitzroy is reported to have said, "You must first
tell me what is your colour—are you Whig or Tory ?" The
honest fellow immediateiy said, " Whig." Whereupon the
agent is stated to have replied, " I am compelled to decline
your services; for we have strict orders to employ lasterer no one who
does not belong to the Tory party." The p toois
straigbtsvay bowed from the mansion, end we trust ere
s.--
th
is plying his craft; profitably upon non-political wall
insivi.-Js Express.
DEPARTURE OF GOTTENMENT EMICI.---Yeg°
RANTS
terday morning the Six Sisters, a Dutch vessel,
chartered
by the Government, was towed down the river from Dept,:
ford to Gravesend, ulience it sailed with upwards of 30ti
emigrants for Geelong, Port Philip. The vessel was accons.
ld. by
each aplain (the Rev. Thomas Pownall Boultbee,
M.A., Fllow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and late
cur.ite of Cheltenham), a surgeon superintendent (Jatne
Hannan, Esq.), a schoolmaster, matron, On the previ-
ous Sunday eve the emigrants took leave of their frier:l.i%
and divine service was performed on deck. The WOO,
mate, and crew of the Six Sisters are all Dutchmen.

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