The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-02 00:00:00

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The Simoom iron steam troop-ship is being pro.
'ed for commis'ion, it is sail, by Captain King-
ithe who is superintending her fittini.,-F.
The royal yacht Victoria and Aorrt, Captain Lord
Adolphus Filz.alarence, G.C.H., will be docked on
Tueiday to have her annual overhaul, &c.
The following young gentlemen, having pass d the
required examination for Royal Marine Cadets at the
Naval College, have joined the Excellent :—Messrs.
C. B. H. Mitchell, J. W. H. C. Morris, J. P. Mur-
ray, J. F. Sanders, W. L. Tinmoutb, G. W. T. Hem-
mans, C. H. Clende, L. S. Williams, F. Creighton,
and C. J. D. Napier.
The: Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave,
will embark Major-General Cathcart and staff at this
port on the 7th, for conveyance to the Cape, en which
station the Hydra will remain.
The Victory, 104, Captain G. 8., Martin, C. 8.,
will be paid six months' money on Monday.
The Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, flag of
Rear-Admiral Dundas, and the Hydra steam-sloop,
will be paid advance at this port on Thursday next.
PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY.—It is reported that the
Britannia will be here on Thursday next, from Ports-
mouth, for the Mediterranean.
Orders were received yesterday for the riggers
employed on the steam block-ship Sanspariel to pro-
ceed with all dispatch.
On Monday evening last a waterman coming
down Hamoaze was driven by stress of weather into
-the basin of the Keyhaire.- Works, when, not being
able to hear the challenge, or being incapable of
making himself heard in the storm, he was fired on
by the sentinel on duty, and received a ball in the
lappel of his coat. Except the fright, the poor fellow
escaped uninjured.
DEVONPORT, FRIDAY.—On Thursday evening last
a seaman named Lucan, of the St. George, in charge of
of the Sparrow, schooner, lately paid off, and now
alongside the Dockyard, was detected by Police
-sergeant Cox in attempting to embezzle a deep-
sea lead, some metal cordage &c. He was brought
before Commodore Seymour, Mr. Eastlake, and
some of the officers of the yard this afternoon, and
the charge being folly proved he was fined 101., or
three months' imprisonment.

1. UNROLLING OF THE MUMMY FOUND
- IN STEPHEN'S CRYPT,
On Saturday, at noon, a deputation of members of
the Antiquarian Society met at the New Palace of
Westminster, for the purpose of examining the
mummy, or preserved body, found a few days since
in the east wall of St. Stephen's Crypt. Mr. Barry,
the architect, was in attendance to receive the party,
among whom we noticed Dr. Lyon Playfair,
Hawkins, and Mr. Franks, of the antiquarian depart-
ment of the British Museum, Mr. Prior, Mr. Bruce,
and Mr. Akerman, secretary to the Antiquarian So-
ciety. Mr, Pettigrew, accompanied by his son, Dr.
W. Pettigrew, was also present, these gentlemen
having kindly undertaken the responsible duty of
unrolling the body.
Until Saturday the mummy had remained half
imbedded in the stone wall where it was discovered,
nothing being visible beyond the crozier and the
upper part of the cere-clothes in which the remains
were folded. The examination having been de-
termined on, the body was removed from its narrow
cell at an early hour on Saturday morning, and
placed upon a bench within an inclosed hoarding,
where the gentlemen appointed to examine it assem-
bled as above stated The removal was effected
without injury, beyond the fracture of the right
fore-arm, which had been injured by the pickaxe
of the workman who first broke in upon the venerable
remains. The preparations having been completed,
Dr. Pettigrew commenced his operations by making
an incision down the centre of the abdomen, and in a
lateral direction round the skull. After some little
difficulty a layer of five thick canvas cloths was re-
moved from off the face. A second series, bound
round by string, then presented themselves. In due
course these were lcosened, and to the great satisfac-
tion of all present, on being raised the face was dis-
clowd in a most remarkable state of preservation.
The cartilage of the nose was net at ail decayed, and
with the lips and other portions of the face remained
perfectly flexible to the touch. Even the expression
of the countenance was in a degree retained, and it
was remarked that identity of the individual would
not have been impossible had any compeer of his ve-
nerable age been present. The abdomen was found
to be folded in ten layers of canvass cloth, eaeh of
which appeared to have been soaked in wax and
nitre, or salts of some such description.
On the. wrappers being removed the stomach
was found to have retreated from the cloth and to
have become a mass of adipose matter, in which state
the legs and arms were also found. No writing of
any description was discovered in the folds, nor was
any mark leading to an identity of the individual
found. The body measured 5 feet 11 inches in length ;
and, judging from the front teeth remaining, three or
four of which in the lower jaw were much worn, must
have been that of a very aged man. The mouth was
filled with tow, which had evidently been steeped in
wax, and a small quantity of hair remained on the
chin and upper lip. The body was enclosed in ten
layers of very thick canvas, and bound round by
string, the latter being in a very remarkable state of
preservation. The crazier was entirely of oak, with
an elaborately carved crook—the whole measuring six
feet two inches in length. Although there remains
an absence of any positive proof as to the identity of
the body, it may be stated that the gentlemen present
unanimously agreed that the presumption of its being
Lydwolfe, Bishop of St. David's, who died about the
middle of the fifteenth century,:was almost indisputable.
The examination having been completed, the remains
were placed in a strong elm coffin, and screwed down.
For the present they remain in a place of security, but
it is understood the body will hereafter be replaced as
nearly as possible in the spot where it was discovered.

EXTRAORDINARY lASTANCS OF PRE.
SERVATION OF LIFE,
On Saturday week Mr. Wakely, M.P., held an
inquest at the Pier Tavern, Strand-on-the-Greer,
Kew-bridge, on the body, of Robert Chambers Rich,
aged 13 years, the son of the proprietor of the above
dlae deceasedappearedevidencethataboutafternoonofthe,
pierwas , sittinga n and
calling
lolni n
g
top
across the river, to come ashore. The wind was par-
ticularlyhlewt b high at the time, and a violent gust had we
suddenly
e
gate stairs against the back
of the decease ad,t theanci toP of the
foroedh
used down stairs into
im the
the water.- Every effort was ,
sa to save his life, but
unfortunately without success.
The jury returned a verdict of Acoidental Death.
isccuriilodus and interesting fact that
the death of the
The following
a poor
h
t
was the cause of the pre-
servation of the life of
his mother. The ir quest was
appointed for twelve
o'clock, and Mr. Wakley's car-
riage !arrived at
h
before that hour. a e door exactly twelve minutes
einngte,raehdathed At that instant man rushed out
of the Tavern, exclaiming " She's dead !" and ran off
as fast as he could towards Breutford. When the coroner
young woman and children were all scream-
ing,
apparently
nstalpypaorctoerdps
corpse
the
ecilikaiinr
behind the bear
landlady
counter,
of her
face
and lips were entirely bloodless. The
coroner inquired what was the matter, but could ob-
t iin no infortoution till one of the daughters ex
claimed, " Burst a blood-vessel—burst u blood-
vessel !" Toe coroner instantly rushed round the
counter, where be saw an immense pool of blood on
1 the floor, and found that the landlady's left leg was
wrapped up in vn immense number of towels and
clothes, all saturated with blood, and a large stream
still flowing from the clothes weir the foot. The
coroner instantly laid her bead back over a chair
lower than her body, and held up her legs higher than
her body, and then lodged them on a pillow on the
top of the back of a chair. At ibis time the unfortu-
nate lady had apparently ceased to breathe; there
was no pulse, and not a single sign of life. The
clothes having been removed from the leg, the coroner
placed his thumb on the small opening from whence
the blood had been flowing and not another drop was
lost. After she had remained in that situation for about
two minutes she gasped and breathed. The coroner
administered to her, in a few drops at a time, about
a table-spoonful of brandy-and-water. She gradually
recovered; and when Mr. Cooper, the surgeon, of
13rentford, arrived, she was removed to a sola in the
parlour, where, from her completely exhausted state,
she was obliged to remain until Thursday. Had not
tbo coroner arrived before the time appointed for the
inquest, the death of the unfortunate woman would
have been inevitable. At the inquest the coroner
stated that he had held five or six inquests at least on
the bodies of women who had died through the rup-
ture of varicose veins in the legs. In all thoze fatal
instances the deaths had resulted in consequence of
the bystanders not having sent for a medical practi-
tioner with sufficient promptness; and also because
they had not known that the bleeding might have
been instantly stopped, by placing the thumb with
some degree of force on the opening
whence the
blood flowed, and from their not having, when the
fainted, immediately
persons bad placed their head
lower than their body, and their legs higher than
their body. As an enormous number of females who
have borne children are efllicted with varicose veins
of the legs and feet, the system of treatment necessary
for their safety could not (the coroner observed) be
too generally known.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CLERKEMVELL.—SbortIy
after nine o'clock last night a fire of a very destructive cha-
racter broke out at the Sun coffee-house, No. 2, Little
Warner-street, Clerkenwell. The flames commenced from
a spark flying out of the grate upon a bed, and in an instant
afterwards the room was in a general blaze. They were un-
able to get the fire extinguished until the whole of tt e top
rooms of the buildiug,:and all they contained were destroyed,
and the premises damaged. Mrs. Legg was fortunately m-
ound in the Norwich Union