The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

" From Amoy and Fuhchau there is no news.
" From Swatow we learn that various endeavours
to buy land on the new Keaout site, which is leased
in perpetuity to the British Crown, have filled. It
is to some extent disgraceful that our privileges in
China should be waived whenever their enforcement
is likely to excite opposition, but the disgrace is
probably better than the trouble and ill-feeling that
would arise from the use of coercive measures.
Sir F. Bruce, at all events, takes this view, and
is no longer in favour of settlements, preferring
to allow merchants to build at the ports wherever
they can get land. Serious consequences may yet
arise from such a view of the case. We may draw
attention to a letter from Swatow, defending her
Majesty's consul from the imputation of having
acted weakly in the matter of selecting, upon the
south side of the river, a site for the consulate, after
having been insulted by a mandarin from Canton,
who was deputed to arrange for giving him pos-
session of the north or Kealut site.

"We 19arn from Manilla that the loss of pro-
perty by .the fearful earthquake is greatly over
what was estimated. That of the Government

alone is put down at thirteen millions of dollars,
and the losses of private individuals will amount in
the aggregate, to about twenty-six millions, mak•

Jig nearly forty miilions in all. It is almost in

credible that so large a destruction of property
should be attended with so comparatively small a
loss of life. Hundreds of Chinamen are seeking
passports to return to their own country, having
become seriously alarmed by the disaster.
"Arrangements have been made for rebuilding
the Church tower at Canton, which fell down some
time ago."

Painful Case of Suicide in the Regent's
Canal,

Lost night an inquiry was held at the Mile-end
workhouse, Bancrolt-road, by Mr. John Humphreys,
coroner, respecting the death of Win. Pullen, aged
70 years, who committed suicide under very dis!ress -
lug circumstances.
George Oborn, 11, Road-street, Mi!e-end, said
that deceased was his grandfather, and had, witness
was sorry to say, robbed his (deceased's) son some
time since, and there had been great in con- sequence. Deceased, on account of the shame, at-
tempted to cut his throat, but was prevented. A few days since deceased's son, finding himself dying
from disease, sent for his father, and said "I forgive
son
you." They were both greatly affected, and the
died. Deceased seemed to be out of his mind.
Joseph Clarke, bargeman, said, that on Monday
week he saw the deceased get on the parapet of the
Globe Bridge, over the Regent's Canal, and in a very
wild manner leap off into the water. The uncon-
cealed way in which the act was done caused 200
or 300 persons to gather immediately, and with
much difficulty he was got out of the water alive.
He was quite excited, and said, " Why are all these
people here ? Ido not know why I did it." He
was taken by the police to the infirmary.
Dr. Forster said deceased died from fever result-
ing from the immersion.
The jury returned a verdict, that deceased died
from the effects of immersing himself in the Re-
gent's Canal while of unsound mind.

The Fatal Stabbing Case in Leeds.

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On Wednesday Mr. Blackburn, the Leeds borough
coroner, resumed, at the Town Hall, the inquest on
the body of Anthony Golding, aged 26, which had
been adjourned from Monday. It will be re-
membered that soon after midnight on Sun-
day an Irish row took place in Brick-street,
York-street, and the deceased was stabbed by a man
said to be Patrick Hirlcy, or Patch.

Patrick Hirley, the person accused of causing the
death of the deceased, who had been apprehended
at Otley, was brought np, in custody, before the
coroner and jury. Mr. Granger, solicitor, appeared
for him.

The Coroner, in justice to the prisoner, rend over
the evidence taken in his absence on Monday, ex-
cepting that of John Macdonmd and his wife, which
he said he had struck out.

After hearing further evidence,
The Coroner, in the course of his summing up,
said—ln this case the prisoner, it was said, was
going about the street using threatening language,
with an open knife in his hand. The ducetteed took
ano part in the affray. He offered no provocation
d was wholly and entirely an unoffending party.
Unfortunately'
n
for him he was looking on, and when
the prisoner came by he offered words of peace to
him, upon which the prisoner struck him with a
knife, and caused his death. Assuming that the
party had been en iged in a fray with the deceased,
But, considering
shouldman
and a knife
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as
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deceaseds withon
tooke fatal
of antoa lr manslaughteraerf freient, t
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affray, and that the prisoner, if he was the man who
inflicted the injury Lmust have known he was not in
party, thewnunderosttanding far off, and he
heard him offering
peace as being an un-
offendingstabbing was clearly and such circumstances, the
question was, whether the
. beyond
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in fl doubtiet
ed
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murder. The only other
O f wilfulm Ei, murder.
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prisoner at the bar was partyth(leu
injury; and if the jury thought he was, then they
h'e y had
did not think ho was the
would say he was guilty
If they
doubt about it, then they must • - -
giNe him the belie-
lit of it.
The Jury retired to consider their verdict, and in
half an hour found ono of " Wilful murder againsnt
Patrick flirley."
The prisoner (who eppeared staggered by the
deeision)—But I'm not guilty of that crimp,
The Coroner then made out his warrant for the
prisoner's committal to take his trial at the York
winter gaol delivery.

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The " Antiquary " would have stoutly maintained the im-
possibility of a message being received in London within a
few minutes of its being written in Edinboro'. But it is un-
deniable. Equally so is the fact of grey hair being restored
to its natural colour, and neuralgia and nervous headache
cured by Herring's magnetic brushes and combs. Recent
improvements have made them almost infallible. N. Lt.—
Counterfeits.—
Counterfeits are being made, (Aces, 52, Basinghall-street,
L4D4194.

Ira)" ierialist force, and some important outworks
tal,
-en. A few Englishmen who were trafficing in
tb e creeks in lorchas, illegally of course, were killed
0. e wounded by the Imperial troops. Some of them
f ound refuge in Chinkiang, a place 50 miles east-
ward of the Taeping capital. An English vessel
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was fired on from Nanking, and the gunboat Hardy
has gone to see into the matter.
" From Shanghae we hear of another case of
rowdyism, which has resulted in the death of two
men who were stabbed with knives. The acts of
ruffianism were perpetrated at night in the bazaar,
and there will be some difficulty in discovering who
were the guilty parties.
" Major Gordon has made no great movement
since we wrote last ; be is reported to be busy in
making his observations, and there is no desire for
his proceeding to operations an hour sooner than he
thinks fit. We should say that with Gordon near
Soochow, the Imperialists in the outworks at Nan-
king, and a splendid Imperial fleet on its way out
to the Yang-tsze, the rebel cause is on the wane.
Ono of the most cheering signs of the times is the
comparatively small amount of bloodshed with which
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the return to Imperialism promises to be effected.
Major Gordon's last operation was not so sangui-
nary as that previous to it, and it is likely his next
will be less so; while the wholesale desertions from
easyaeuryebdeilssairpmatyinsgeetmheteonotiffreerbaondy.
D e 8 modee r
ti
oonf
se
tvoeonk-
tuth
place at Nanking, and Gordon
states that both he
and the Tartar general are accustomed to recruit
from the ranks of the enemy. The
headquarters
of the Anglo• Chinese force has been removed from
Sunkiang to Quinsan, and Captain Stack retains
the post of commandant.
"From Ningpo, poor accounts reach us as to the
condition of affairs there generally. Much dissatis-
faction has been caused by an Englishman having
been shot by the French authorities. He was charged
with selling firearms to the rebels, and tried by a
court martial, consisting of four English officers
and a French colonel. The story goes that the
four English officers pronounced in favour of
acquitting the man, and sending him from Saotsan,
where he was tried, to her Majesty's consul at
Ningpo, The French colonel wished his to be shot.
Smith (as the man was named) was forwarded to
Shaoshing, which is held by the Franco-Chinese
Contingent, if we mistake not, and there ho was
taken out at night and shot. We ought to be
jealous of our authority in matters of this kind ; and
if the facts are as stated the case will be one for
inquiry.