The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-21 00:00:00

In 1 vol. Bvo., with Maps by John Arrovvsmith,
VOYAGES of the DUTCH BRIG of
WAR DOURGA, through the Southern and little
known Parts of, the MOLUCCAN ARCHIPELAGO, and
along the previously unknown Southern Coast of New Guinea,
performed during the Years 1825 and 1826, by D. H. KOLFF.
Translated from the Dutch by GEORGE WINDSOR EARL,
Author of " The Eastern Seas."

London : J. Madden and Co., 8, Leadenhall-street.

Lord Crewe left Mivart's Hotel on Monday, for
Italy, where his Lordship will remain until early next
spring.

THE SALFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION
EXHIBITION. The Exhibition opened on Wednesday
last, and up to Friday night the number of visitors, as
accurately taken by Mr. Edmundson's system of checks,
was 1,571. The number of visitors on Saturday was
850, on Monday about 1,200, and yesterday at least
1,150, giving a total in the six days of 4,771, of whom
3,200 visited the rooms during the last three days.
At night, too, there are exhibitions by illumination, the
different coloured signals for use by night on railways,
which attract considerable notice. In the vestibule we
notice some very fine busts, of which our townsman,
Mr. Cardwell.:has contributed five, the production of his
own chisel. In the cabinet, at the entrance to the large
lower room, is an ingenious papier-mache imitation of
a suit of ancient armour ; five pieces of mounted ord.
nance ; two pieces of rich Chinese embroidery, and a
specimen of Russian velvet, sent by Mark Philips, Esq.,
M. P. ; two specimens of the silk manufactures of the
47th century ; a skin rug ; some papier-mache figures,
representing Joan of Arc, the Virgin, the Sire de
Courcy, and Sancho Panza ; several very beautiful
papier-mache tables, with rich Japan work, one inlaid
with mother-o'-pearl ; papier-mache cabinet of shells,
&c. This little cabinet of curiosities, when brilliantly
lighted, has a very striking effect. To the young in-
quiring mind, much will be found that is novel, inter-
esting, and instructive, in the different processes and
manufactures carried on in the exhibition.—Manchester
Guardian. [We quote this as an example of numer-
ous exhibitions of the kind, which are taking place
throughout the manufacturing districts, and which to
hear of affords us great pleasure. They much tend
to improve the taste and manners, and extend the
knowledge of the labouring classes. We cordially wish
them success.]

On Tuesday an inquest, which occupied several
hours, was held at the Falcon public-house, Fetter-lane,
Fleet-street, before Mr. Payne, on the body of Thomas
Jenkins, a boy fourteen years of age, who lost hia life
by the falling of the two houses in Fetter-lane on Mon-
day afternoon. It further appeared that the premises
have been allowed (notwithstanding no fewer than four
presentations have been made to the Court of Alder-
men within the last two years by the inhabitants of the
parish of St. Dunstan) to remain in a most delapidated
and dangerous condition. The present unfortunate ca-
lamity arose through Jenkins knocking away the brick-
work which supported the upper floor and the immense
quantity of rubbish which lay on it. The Jury returned
a verdict of " Accidental death," accompanied by a
recommendation to the City authorities to remove the
nuisance, and also to examine into the condition of seve-
ral other buildings situated in the immediate neighbour.
hood, alleged to be in a very precarious state.
AN HONEST TIIIEF.-The following extraor-
dinary occurrence took place in Bradford on Saturday
night :—As Thomas Holdsworth, of Bunker's Hill, in
that town, milk-seller, was making his way through
the Green Market, which at the time was much crowded,
and having a market basket on his arm, he was a good
deal jostled in the crowd. On reaching the bottom of
the steps, and passing by the stall of Mr. Thomas
Pearson, butcher, the unusual appendage of a gold
watch was noticed dangling at the end of the basket.
The singularity of the circumstance induced Mr. Pear-
son to send his assistant after Holdsworth to inquire into
the cause, who, not returning so soon as he thought rea-
sonable, Mr. Pearson sent Mr. John Walmsley, who
happened to be at his stall at the time, to inquire into the
affair. He found Holdsworth almost in a state of stupe-
faction, and totally unable to account for the suspension
of a gold watch to his basket. He returned with them to
Mr. Pearson's stall, and it was found that the watch
was securely fixed by the ribbon having passed be-
tween the willows of the basket, and the key, acting
as a bar, -kept it suspended. How it came there could
only be surmised ; but the inquiry arose, What's to be
done ?' This was soon determined, and Mr. Holds-
worth, in company with Mr. Walmsley (who is in the
employ of Messrs. Wood and Walker) as a witness, set
off to the bellman toh'ai,eto takethe
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Mr. Allott ascertained the watch had been sold. This
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was done, and the watch was found to be the property
of Mr. Wright, of Spring Gardens, Manningharn-lane,
who, previously to their arrival at his house, had dis-
covered his loss. Mr. Wright rewarded the restorers
of his property with 10s., and a prosecution was forborne
—the thief being inanimate, and the theft unpremedi-
tated. In pressing through the crowd, the point of a
willow projecting from the basket, had caught the
watch ribbon, and dragged it from the pocket.—Hal fa
Express.

ERRATUM IN THE MORNING POST.—In the
following sentence, " We think the penny plan nonsen-
sical, and the arithmetic of its projector far fro:n equal
to that of the renowned Cocker,''--for Cocker read
Croker.

A report gained currency in Bradford on Sun-
day, that the Chartists of Horton, Clayton Heights,
and Lidgett Green, meditated a descent on the town
and a great deal of alarm was manifested. As it is be-
lieved that mischief is intended by them, the soldiers
hare been kept in the town, although the barracks are
ready for them. Secret meetings and bullet moulding
arc going on to a great extent ; but it is to be hoped
that these infatuated beings will profit by the example
of Newport, and preserve their lives.—llalifa Express.
t, FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE RIVER.-On
Monday afternoon the cook of the Isabella Sarah, of
Newcastle, lying off the Tower, went ashore in the
ship's boat without leave of the master, Captain Poison,
accompanied by two boys, one of whom, a passenger,
named Edward Dutton, was returning to the ship with
his companion, and was standing on the thwart of the
boat " sculling" it, when the oar slipped out of the notch
and Dutton was percipitated into the river. The other
lad ran forward to save him, but could not reach him.
The tide soon carried him under the vessels in the tier
and he was drowned. A similar accident occurred to a
sailor boy off Deptford on Monday evening, while he
was sculling a boat, and the lad was drowned. This
dangerous practice of standing on boats' thwarts and
sculling them by means of one oar is frequently attended
with fatal results.