The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRI:NdE OF WALES...."
The Degblaclet of Copenhagen confirms the news of an ap-
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proaching alliance between the Prince of Wales and the

Princess Alexandra, daughter of Prince Christian, heir
presumptive to the Crown of Denmark. Prince Christian
left Copenhagen some days since with the princess, his wife,

and two of his daughters. After visiting his elder brother
at Louisenlund, in Schleswig, he intends to go to Ostend.
It is generally supposed that his Royal Highness will after-
wards proceed to Reinhardabrunn, in Coburg. Gotha, where
Queen Victoria is to stay some (weeks. Prince Christian
was born in 1818, and married in 1812 the Princess Louisa,

daughter of the Landgrave William of Hesse, by whom

he has a family of six children, three of them sons. The
Princess Alexandra was born on the. Ist December, 1844,

and is consequently not quite 18 years of age. She is tall
and well-looking, and has received a most careful educa-
tion in her own family, which is generally esteemed as a
-model of all the domestic virtues.

The directors of the Eastern Union Railway
Company, in their report to be submitted to the meeting on
Friday next, recommend a dividend of £2lox. per cent, per
annum on the A Stoek, and £1 10s. on the B Stock, leaving
a balance of about £1,900.

The directors of the Dist Coast Railway Coon-
pany, in their report to be submitted to the meeting to-
morrow, state that they have made an arrangement for the
completion of a double line between Faversham and Herne
Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, by the Ist of Sept., 1863 ;
that the bill for raising the capital for these object and
also for power to construct tramways in Ramsgate harbour,
has received the Royal assent ; and that the works through-
out the line are proceeding satisfactorily,
ORTHOGRAPIIY.—Mr. Middleton, in the course
of a lecture at Edinburgh, gave some e7amples of spelling
in the highest class of some schools in which he tested it,
which would be very amusing were it not for the sacred-
ness of the subject-matter so strangely mutilated:—" Thy
will be done on earth as teas in heaven,' = it is ; ' in tutim

tation,' into temptation; andpast your gun,' =in pas-
tures green; 'nor sitteth in his corner chair,' = the scsr-
ner's chair ; 'but placeth his daylight,' = delight ; nor
let my hoop be lost,' = hope ; ' for though art with me on
the road, and staf thy confert = thou, and, thy, roil,
staff, me, still ; God is a spirit finit, internal, changabl,'
&c., = infinite, eternal, unchangeable," &c.
THE BITE OF A RATTLE-SNAKE.—Mr. Geo. W.
Kendall writes the following from Texas to a newspapor in

New Orleans :—" Beforo I forget, I must tell you that the
medicine chest has just arrived, and the very moment I

opened it I found a pressing ase for one of the articles it
contained. I was counting over the flasks, when one of my
men came running in, and exll imed that he had just been,
bitten by a rattle-snake. He held his left wrist, while two
streams of blood flowed from one of his fingers, where the
fangs of the serpent had pierced him. As the man had no
tobacco, I told him to fill his mouth with salt, and with all
his might suck the wound. I then held a cloth steeped'in
hartshorn on the wound to counteract the working of the
poison. I next put 30 drops of hartshorn into a glassful of
whisky, and poured the whole contents down his throat
Five minutes afterwards I repeated the close, and again in
other five minutes. I had now administered a whole quart(?)
of whisky, with 90 drops of hartshorn, and held it sufficient.
The man was an Irishman, an old soldier, and took the
thing very coolly. It was a great satisfaction to him when
he heard that another man had killed the serpent. For

three-quarters of an hour he sat quiet, and spoke about the
bite with cold-blooded indifference, while I continued to re-
new the application of hartshorn to the wound in the finger.
He said it was too bad that he should die of the bite of a
poisonous snake, while I was astonished he could remain
unaffected after such a dose of whisky. After about an hour
he began to laugh, then to whistle, then to sing, and finally
attempted to dance. It was now all right. I knew that
the whisky had gained the upper hand of the poison, and
for the first time intoxicated him. Five minutes after he
was as drunk as Bacchus, beat on the ground with his feet,
slept for half a day, and in the morning was well and at his
work. So much for the first case which I have cured with
the contents of the medicine chest I The hartshorn, with
the whisky, completed the cure."
THE REV. J. LIVESEY.—The more the case of
the Rev. J. Livesey, incumbent of St. Philip's, Sheffield, is
understood, does it appear to be in his favour. From the
commencement of the-attack up ln him, when these unwar-
rantable charges were brought against him, it could scarcely
be believed that they would be sustained after due inquiry.
A letter has been received from the Archbishop of York, in
reply to the resolutions passed at the meeting of seatholders
of St. Philip's. His grace speaks very favourably of the
conduct of Mr. Livesey, expressing an opinion that hi has
committed an error of judgment only, and not acted from
any improper motive.—Yokshire Gazette.
THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN CUPOLA SHIP.— The
Hampshire 7elepaph of yesterday says :—" We under-
stand that the Lords of the Admiralty have at last virtually
acknowledged their want of judgment in cutting down this
ship to her orlop deck. By everybody, with the exception
of their lordships, it was considered that the construction
of the cupolas was inseparably connected with the construc-
tion of the ship itself, and that if there were any divided
responsibility, and the two parts were built under separate
supervision, the ship would inevitably be a failure. There
seems to be no doubt of the fact, and an order has been
issued to replace the timbers of the lower deck, and so to do
that in undoing which so much time and labour were spent.
We understand that the work will be cart ied out under the
personal sup.iiteud.nce of Cavtain Cowper Coles."
DESTRUCTIVE FlRES.—Yesterday morning a fire
broke out in the long range of premises occupied conjointly
by Mr. Pocwra, contractor, and Mr. Charles Tulley, cabi-
net maker, in King Henry-walk, Ball's-pond, Islington.
One portion of the building was upwards of 100 ft. long and
between 30ft. and 40ft. wide. There is little doubt that
the fire commenced in the workshops, and extended to the
contractor's stores and offices with such fury as to sur-
round the whole structure before there was time for an
engine to arrive, or even information of the outbreak to
reach the stations. Four or five parish engines were soon
in attendance from Islington and other districts, as well as
Captain Shaw, the superintendent, with several of the
London Brigade engines, and a strong force of firemen
under Mr. Bridges, the foreman of the A division of the
London establishment. Fortunately, a good supply of
water was obtained from the mains running through the
district, and no time was lost insetting the engines to work.
The firemen were, after some hours' hard labour, enabled
to confine the flames to the block of buildings in which they
originated; but they were not entirely extinguished until
late in the afternoon. Mr. Tulley was not insured, and it
is unknown whether the other sufferer was insured or not.
When the premises were closed the night before, every fire
was extinguished, and there was not the least smell of any
smouldering of fire. In our last week's impression we gave
a report of an interesting marriage at Brighton parish
church of Miss Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the daughter of an
African Chief, with a rich merchant, named James Davis.
After spending a short time at Brighton the bride and
bridegroom came to London and took up their quarters for
six weeks at the house occupied by Mr. Moses, No. 60,
Bruton-crescent. While the inmates were at home, about
half-past 12 at noon, one fire occurred, and in the evening
another. Owing to the timely arrival of the engines, and
the prompt assistance afforded, the first fire was confined to
one room, but the second one had obtained too firm a hold
when discovered to be extinguished so coon. The firemen
were unable to get the flames extinguished until the greater
portion of the roof was burnt off, several of the upper rooms
destroyed, and the lower ones severely damaged by water.
It is feared splendid wedding presents of her Majesty are
also greatly damaged by water, but, fortunately, the fire-
men succeeded in saving the lower floors, and also the ad-
joining houses from destruction. Mr. Moses, the owner of
the house, was insured in the Sun Fire-office, but Mr.
Davis, whose residence was only to be temporary, was un-
insured. The origin of the fire is unknown,
MURDER IN LIMERICK.--A telt gram from Clon-
mel, August 23, in Saunders News' Letter, says :—" A
gentleman from Tipperary has just brought the intelli-
gence that a butcher, residing at Hospital, county Lime-
rick, was murdered to-day by a man filling a respectable
position in the same town,and whose daughter the aeceased
had attempted to kiss. The skull of the unfortunate but-
cher was, it would tip' ear, opened with a hatchet. Inte.li-
geuce as yet but very meagre." A private telegram troth
Tipperary, distant about eight miles from the hospital, con-
firms the above.
THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.—A county meet .
ing, to take into consideration the best means of raising a
sum of money for the relief of the operatives in Lancashire,
was held in the Shire-hall, at Warwick on Saturday, the
High Sheriff, the Hon. C. L. Butler, presided; and
amongst the speakers were Lord Leigh, the Lord Lieu-
tenant of the county, Sir R. C. N. Hamilton, Sec. The
amount subscribed was £7bo.
A letter from Darmstadt, dated Aug. 17, says :
—The Prince and Princess Louis have been to Giessen, to
be present at the Mid-Rhine Musical Festival, but returned
to Darmstadt to day, and have since proceeded to the rural
retreat at Bergstrasse. At Giessen Princes Louis and
Alexander, with their consorts, were present at the concert,
and afterwards witnessed the procession of the societies
taking part in the festival."
The first important German work on natural his-
tory, called the " Book of Nature," by Konrad von Megen-
berg, which was reprinted no less than seven times in the
course of the 15th century, has been newly edited by Franz
Pfeiffer, in Vienna, in the original Bavarian idiom of the
author.

The well-known editor of the Gazetta di Verona
Perego, has been arrested, on the charge of having com-
mitted the murder of Signora Spelladio di Colloredo,
whose mill he is designated as sole heir. The poor lady
was found burned in her bed. The public voice loudly
accused Perego, and the authorities were obliged to take
charge of him.
PENNY TAXATION.—In 1852 receipt stamps, at
various rates produced £194,089. In 1853 the duty was
reduced to ld., and this penny duty was also imposed on
draughts or orders payable on demand, and in the financial
year 1854 55 receipts and draught stamps produced
£245,363. In the year 1857-68 the sum had risen to
£302,624. The penny duty was then extended to cheques
on bankers, and the produce of the whole for the year
ending last March was 139,445.