The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-25 00:00:00

SAMBRE AND MEUSE,

The traffic receipts on this line for the month of February
amounted to £5,310, and the expenditure to £1,797, leaving
a balance of £2,613. The receipts for the corresponding
month of 1863 amounted to £5,768 and the expenditure to
£3,273, leaving a balance of £2,495.

NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR LOCHEE.—Some
months ago the Rev. Mr. Davidson, of St. Clement's
Catholic Church, Lochee, purchased the present Parochial
Lodging-house, with its plot of ground, as a site for a new
Catholic church and presbytery. Since that time plans
have been prepared, and other arrangements for the new
building, with the result that operations will be commenced
for its erection in a very few weeks. The plans have been
designed by Mr. J. A. Hansom, of London, and are of a
mixed Gothic style. The church is designed to contain
1,000 persons comfortably seated ; and as it will have a
nave and aisles divided by rows of pillars, it will have
more the appearance of a cathedral in miniature than
of an ordinary " chapel," Tho altar will be one of
the most splendid in Scotland ; and, whether the
richest or not, it will at all events be one of the
most architecturally beautiful. Above the sacred table
there v% ill rise a tapering tower on Gothic arches, elabo-
rately adorned with shafts and pinnacles, niches, ice. This
tower will have very much the appearance of Sir Walter
Scott's Monument in miniature, and will form a most im-
posing termination to the pillared vista from the entrance
of the church. It will cost several hundreds of pounds.
The northern end of the church will be terminated by a
ccuple of towers in a style corresponding with that of the
building. To the south-east of the church will be the
Presbytery. or clergyman's house. It will be a large two
etorey building, of modified Gothic, and will be very conve-
nient both in situation and arrangements. It will front
the High-street, and be an ornament to it, The cost of it
and the church, when both are completed, will very likely
not be much less than £6,ooo.—Dundee Advertiser.

ANOTHER FIRE AT THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE,
CORK.—On Wednesday night a Ere broke out in the
western wing of the Queen's College, the same that was
previously burnt. It is stated the fire originated from some
embers left by the workmen, but great excitement and
doubt exist as to the cause. At 12 o'clock the fire was got
under before any great amount of damage was done,—
Cork. Daily Herald.
THE MURDER AT HARTLEPOOL.—Another man
has been apprehended in Hartlepool on suspicion of being
implicated in the murder of the old man, Harrison, near
that town, The inquest was opened on 'Wednesday, and
several witnesses were examined, but the evidence, so far
as it has proceeded, does not seem to have any decided
bearing on any of the three men in custody. No verdict,
however, has yet been returned by the jury.—Newcastle
Chronicle.

MELANCHOLY DEATH FROM BURNING.—On
Tuesday evening last a shocking death from burn-
ing occurred at Bulwell, Notts. It appears that a few
evenings previous a man named Thomas Bradbury, who
was subject to fits, and lived alone, while in a fit fell into
the fire. He managed to get into bed, and the next morn-
ing the neighbours were alarmed by hearing groans proceed
from his house, They burst open the door and found him
dreadfully burnt about the head. Medical assistance was
procured, but he died on Tuesday night, Deceased was
about 29 years of age.
THE MYSTERY ABOUT VOLTAIRE'S BONES EX. -
PLAINED.—T b ere was an idea, started a short tune
since, of transferring his heart from its present place to his
coffin, The Archbishop of saris raised some difficulties
when appealed to, and finally declared that there had always
been a tradition afloat among the clergy that neither Vol-
taire's nor Rousseau's body was in the Pantheon any
longer; and this tradition has been found fully confirmed on
the opening of the c,,flias, which took place the other day.
It is not unlikely that (and so the story goes), when, in
1814, the Royalists came into power again under Louis, the
graves were opened clandestinely and the remains of the
two hated philosophers, who were considered the originators
of the French Revolution, were ejected therefrom and
thrown into a ditch near Bercy. The precise locality, how-
ever, where the two arch- toes now peacefully rest together
is unknown. How many of our readers have paid the
beadle of St. Genevieve his fee fur his showing them the
two empty graves ?—Thet Reader.

THE INTRODUCTION OF MAHOGANY INTO ENG-
LAND is somewhat curious. It is said that about a
hundred years ago:the brother of an eminent physician, who
was a West Indian captain, brought over as ballast some
planks of mahogany. The physician, Dr. Gibbons, being
at that time in process of building himself a house in King-
street, Covent Garden, his brother presented them to Irm ;
but the workmen finding the wood very hard, laid it aside
as useless. After a time, his wife requiring a candle-box,
the doctor desired a carpenter in Long-acre to make one of
the wood lying by. He also complained of its being too
hard to work, but the doctor insisted upon his getting
stronger tools, and the candle-box was made. It was highly
approved of, and a bureau was next made of the same wood,
the colour and polish of wh:ch were so fine that the doctor
invited his friends to inspect it. Amongst these was the
Duchess of Buckingham, who begged for some of the wood,
And employed the same cabinetmaker to manufacture a
bureau for her. From this the reputation of both the
workman and the wood were much raised, and by degrees
mahogany came into general use. The wood previously
employed was principally oak. Holinshead tells us that in
Queen Elizabeth's time "the people slept on straw pallets
with a log of wood for a pillow."
DESCRIPTION OF THE SHANSPERE TERCENTE-
NARY RIBBON BADGE (manufactured by Messrs.
Niulloney and Johnson, of Coventry).—lt is of the best silk
ribbon, woven in the Jacquard loom. The badge is com-
posed of three lozenges, held together by a pretty button,
bearing the coat of arms and crest of the Shakspere family,
The lozenges have each a scalloped border, and each bears
a separate device. The centre one bears the head of the
poet (copied, we should say, from the Droeshout portrait),
with the inscription, "Tercentenary, commemorated April
23, 186 t." The lozenge to the left has a representation of
the house in which Shakspere was born, with the inscrip-
tion :—" Birthplace—Born, April 23-1564." The right
hand compartment gives the church at Stratford, with the
inscription, " Died—April 23 —Stratford-on-Avon, 1616."
the elaborateness of the design may be imagined when we
state that it requires not less than 14,000 cards to make up
the Jacquard pattern. It is worked in blue, maroon, and
other colours, so as to suit every taste, and it is to be hoped
that it will meet with a ready sale, inasmuch as the profits
accruing are to be applied for the benefit of the distressed
Coventry weavers. The badge is announced as manufac-
tured under the patronage and by the express sanction of
the Stratford-upon-Avon and London Celebration Com-
mittees.—The Court Chronicle.
THE CENT GARDES IRISH VOLUNTEERS FOR THE
KING OF DENMARS.—The King of Denmark, says
the Cork Examiner, has been compelled to decline the prof-
fered services of the chivalrous Cent Gardes, who were
ready to prove their valour in the cause of right against
might. The letter was enclosed to the gallant and learned
author of the intended enterprise—or chief of the Cent
Garde,s—in an envelope bearing the name of Gen. Knollys.
It is as follows :—" Castle of Christiansberg, Copenhagen,
Feb, 16, 1864:—The undersigned Grand Marshal of the
Royal Courts deputed by the King, his master, to thank
Mr. O'Leary and his noble companions for their chivalrous
offer. In the present situation of affairs the bravery of the
Royal army will compensate for want of numbers. Never-
theless, his Majesty knows how to appreciate the noble idea
of the brave Irish, both as King and as father of the dear
Princess who has just given an heir to the throne of Eng-
land. May God watch over the destiny of your noble
country, as over that of Denmark.—W. OXILOI2II.—M.
O'Leary."
SPINNING WITHOUT Tow.—At a communion in
the west of Scotland, as a verbose preacher was addressing
the congregation, one by one of his ministerial brethren
dropped out of the chapel into the vestry. As the last one
who left put his head into the vestry, those who preceded
him inquired if the prolix speaker had not yet done with his
address. 6. Wed," said he, " his tow's dune lang syne, but
he's spinnin awa' yot."—Glasgow Gazette.
The Echo de la Marne states that an accident
occurred three evenings since near the station of
Chelles, on the F. trasburg railway, which might have been
attended with very serious consequences. As a farmer
named Proult, residing at Chalks, was returning home
about eight o'clock in his tilbury, he stopped at a cafe near
the station to light his lamps. During a momentary
absence the horse started off, and got on the railway just as
the mail train came up. The horse was killed and the
carriage smashed, but no injury was done to the train,