The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-28 00:00:00

MR. C. P. RONEY.

Mr. Roney, to whose herculean exertions the success
of the Dublin Exhibition must unquestionably be attri-
buted, will receive from the Government, early in
autumn, a well-merited recognition of the services which
he has rendered to Ireland, and the cause of indus-
trial progress throughout Great Britain and our colonies.
It has been officially communicated to Mr. Roney, that
on the occasion of formally closing the Dublin Industrial
Temple, either in October or November, the Lord-Lieu-
tenant will confer upon him the honour of knighthood,
as an evidence of the high estimation in which his ener-
getic labours for the benefit of Ireland and the intel-
lectual advancement of the Irish people are held by the
Government. We believe this well-merited and grace-
ful compliment would have been conferred by the Queen
when she visits Ireland in August, but that Mr. Roney's
engagements in Canada render his return to the Irish
metropolis utterly impossible before the period fixed for
the State closing of the Exhibition by her Majesty's re-
presentative.

THE BRADFORD PEEL MONUMENT.— The committee of
the subscribers to this monument met on Wednesday
last, and decided that the monument shall consist of a
bronze statue of the deceased statesman by Mr. Behnes.
A great number of other sculptors had sent in models,
but that by Mr. Behnes was almost unanimously pre-
ferred by the committee. The cost is to be a thousand
guineas. Mr. Behnes was the successful competitor for
the Leeds Peel statue. The one for Bradford will not
be a copy of that erected at Leeds.
THE RING.—A fresh match was made between Harry
Broome and the Tipton Slasher, at Jem Burn's, Rising
Sun, Air-street, on Friday night, to fight for 3001. aside
and the championship in four months. 101. a side were
staked, and they meet to-morrow night, at Jem Burn's,
to increase the stakes to 1001. a side, and draw articles.
CLITHEROE ELECTION.—The nomination took place
on Thursday, in the Market-place, Clitheroe. The can-
didates to be returned to the House of Commons are
Mr. J. Thomas Walshman Aspinall and Mr. Richard
Fort. A close contest is expected. Rumours of more
bribery are spread about, and complaints of " bottling "
electors are audible already. The mayor having
opened the proceedings, a notice of disqualification
was served on Mr. Aspinall. Mr. John Taylor,
of Morton, nominated that gentleman. The nomi-
nation was seconded by Mr. R. Dewhurst. Mr. Fort
was nominated by Mr. G. Foster, of Tabden ; and the
nomination seconded by Mr. Hervey Thomson, of
Primrose. Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Fort then respec-
tively addressed the electors—the latter gentleman at
considerable length—and answered questions put to
them by the constituents. On a show of hands, the
numbers were in favour of Mr. Fort by a very large
majority. A poll was then demanded for the other
candidate, and was fixed for yesterday (Friday.)
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The usual general quar-
terly court of the governors and subscribers to this
charitable institution was held yesterday afternoon in
the board room of the institution, Carey-street, Lincoln's-
inn-fields, for the purpose of transacting the ordinary
business of the institution. From the report it appeared
that the total number of patients in the house, on the i
let of January last, was 110 ; admitted during the
quarter ending Lady-day, 28G—total 390. Received by
letters of recommendation, 77 ; urgent cases without
letters, 180 ; accidents, 23—total 280. Of this num-
ber 159 were males, and 121 females. During the same
period there had been discharged, cured or relieved, 247 ;
unrelieved, 10 ; incurable, 1 ; disorderly, 1; died, 16 ;
and there were remaining in the house on the 25th of
March, 115. The number of out-patients attended to
during the quarter was 4,326, and 164 poor married
women were attended to during their confinement. The
total number of in-patients admitted since the opening
of the institution was 15,691, and of out-patients, in-
cluding midwifery cases, 215,559—giving a total of
231,250. The report concluded by calling upon the
public for increased support. The report was received,
and the meeting adjourned.
CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AND COMMITTAL OF A
GENTLEMAN.—Mr, John Francis Huddlestone, a gentle-
man, understood to be of large property, was on Thursday
fined 51. by the Liverpool magistrates for stealing two
newspapers from the Exchange Ites,ding Rooms on the
previous day. Mr. Huddlestone was observed to enter
the room, wrap up the two papers—the Liverpool
Times and Gore's Advertiser—and then to walk over to
Crooked Billet Inn, where he ordered dinner. During
his meal he read the papers in question, and afterwards,
the officials having watched him, he was apprehended by
a police-officer and locked up. His defence was, that
he intended to return the papers, and that he had fre-
quently borrowed them in a similar way before. He was
formerly a subscriber to the rooms. The incident has
created a good deal of sensation amongst the habituis of
the Liverpool Exchange "flags."
THE WHALERS.—UNENVIABLE FlX.—The Intrepid,
Greenland ship, landed the Shetland part of her crew at
Lerwick on the 9th inst, She brings home with her a
first-rate 040 of soli. net report of the state of
the fishings is similar to that in our last. The
seamen give an account of an encounter of the mate
with a number of bears, and his hair-breadth escape.
It appears that the mate, when forming one of the ships'
companies, which had travelled some distance from the
ship in search of seals, took it into his head to start on
a solitary voyage of discovery. The step was resolutely
opposed by his shipmates, but to no purpose. Away he
would and did go, nor did he become fully aware of the
danger of his situation until he discovered himself in the
centre of a circle whose radii were Polar bears. These,
however, he succeeded in keeping at bay by a liberal
supply of "silkier," till they were filled to satisfaction,
when they left our friend in his glory. Now at liberty,
he returned to his floating home, which, after perform-
ing most remarkable feats in transporting himself from
one iceberg to another, on a detached portion of the
same material, he reached in safety, hno small joy
of his companions.—John O'Groat Journal.
SOMETHING VERY LIKE A MIRACLE.—The North
British Daily Mail has the following under the title of
" Remarkable Occurrence."—A little girl had her left
eye so completely covered with a white speck that it was
rendered sightless. A few days since, while amusing
herself about doors, a dove descended from a neighbour-
ing dwelling-house, and, as if in search of food, removed
the speck with ite bill, without causing the slightest in-
jury, so that ever Pi4ce the vision of the girl has been
perfect,