The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-15 00:00:00

THE GIRAFFE.

Many skilful persons have been engaged for some
time past in stuffing the skin of the giraffe which
expired at Sandpit-gate, near Windsor. The stuffer
to the Zoological Society, Mr. Gould, has had the
performing of this duty, and the Articulator to
Guy's Hospital has nearly completed the skeleton
of the animal, the bones of which have been po-
lished, and set together with the greatest precision.
His Majesty has given full and complete instructions
as to the mode in which he wished the work to be
performed. It is intended to place the stuffed animal,
as well as the skeleton, in the galleries at Windsor
Castle. Soon after the giraffe expired, De Ville,
the modellist, was ordered down to Windsor, by
his Majesty, and took a cast of the animal. Fro:n
this cast a wooden form was manufactured, on which
the skin of the animal is now placed, and which
preserves its beauty in an extraordinary degree.
The preparation has a very fine appearance, and
stands upwards of eleven feet high, from the top of
the head to the bottom of the hoof. The stuffed
skin, as well as the skeleton, will be conveyed, it is
expected, to Windsor, in about a fortnight
or three weeks, and his Majesty is anxious that
every care should be taken of the preparations. The
immediate cause of the death,of the giraffe appear-
ed on dissection to have been occasioned by a dif-
ferent cause than imagined. •It was found that the
ligament of the right shoulder-joint was so much ex-
tended that the ball projected beyond the socket,
which from friction as the animal moved its leg was
ground nearly away. The pain the giraffe must have
experienced on moving his leg must have been ex-
tremely great, and accounts for the gradual wasting
away of the animal. Sir E. Home had the stomach
of the giraffe to inspect, which was found pretty
perfect. The two Arabs in whose charge the giraffe
was placed by the Pacha of Egypt, whose present
the animal was to the King, have returned to their
native country. His Majesty, previously to their
departure, handed over to them presents for the
Pacha, as well as making them presents. The two
cows which came over with the giraffe, to afford
milk to the animal, still remain at Windsor. The
giraffe presented by the Paella of Egypt to the King
of France, is still alive and well. Lots were drawn
for the choice, and George IV., unfortunately, had
the weakest animal allotted to him.

STATE OF TRADE.—It affords us great sa-
tisfaction in being able to announce a further advance in
the price of labour in this town and neighbourhood.—
Last week wages were raised threepence per piece in this
town on several descriptions of cloth, and it is calculated
that the recent advances will throw into circulation among
the weavers in Blackburn alone from 5001. to 6001. per
week. Some pieces have been advanced since Christmas,
from Is. 9d. to 2s. ; others 10i- l. to Is. 3d., &c. &c.,
being an advance of 121 to 35 per cent., averaging on
all descriptions 25 per cent. In Burnley and Colne an
improvement has also taken place : at Burnley, we un-
derstand, one particular sort bas been advanced 50 per
cent., viz., from Is. to Is. 6d. ; and in both those places
other descriptions have been raised from Md. to Is., and
from 101 d. to ls. 3d. This has raised the spirits of the
poor, which have been long depressed, and must do con-
siderable good to the shopkeepers and the public gene-
rally. We are also glad to learn that the markets are
very firm ; and that the manufacturers are endeavouring
to obtain better prices. We hope they will succeed.—
Blackburn Gazette.

Another meeting of the Society of the Friends
of Ireland was held on Saturday, at the Parliamentary In-
telligence-office, Dublin, JAMES CASSERLY, Est., in the
chair. Messrs. CARTON, ANTESELL, and CLONEY, were
proposed as members of the society and admitted, several
members having previously eulogized their conduct. Mr.
O'ComsEt.r. then rose, and said, that as the first object of
the society was to conciliate all sects and parties in Ireland,
he should, if possible, on the next day of meeting, pro-
pose an address, calling upon the people, in the name of
Christianity, to abandon their feuds and put an end to
their animosities. Mr. O'Consrem, proceeded to enu-
merat,.! various grievances with which he said Ireland was
oppressed, and insisted, at some length, upon the neces-
sity of a repeal of the Union. The lion. Gentleman then
proposed a petition to Parliament against the intended assi
milation of taxes in Ireland to those of Great Britain.
The petition having been coLok Mr. O'CONNELL made
some statements respecting the distress which existed in
Ireland, and said, that as the people were starving, it was
matter of astonishment to him that they did not die by
thousands. Mr. O'Cortstria., in the course of his address,
said he would state a fact which had not yet appeared in
the papers, but which showed the excited state of the
people; and then mentioned that the canal-boats bringing
provisions to Dublin were obliged to be guarded by the
military. Several other gentlemen having addressed the
society, Mr. LAWLESS made some observations with re.
spect to the conduct of the people, and in allusion to what
had taken place in Tipperary, said he thought they were
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society. The petition was then ordered to be referred toa
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