The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

DXYKRUPTS.

James Pn7h, tailor, Lyndhurst-square, Peckham, to
-surrender, Jan. 7, at one, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the
Court of EAnk-ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbu7 ; G. M. Wetherfield, Basinghall-street.
John Ellis, cotton dealer, Manchester, Jan. 17, and Feb.
7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official assignee, Charlotte-street, Manchester ; Turner and
Son, Eox-street, Preston, or to Cooper and Son, Pall Mall,
Manchester.
Oliver Veale, farmer, Ashwater, Devon, Jan. 12 and Feb.
15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Exeter ; Kingdon and Stogdon, Exeter.

THE DEATH OF GREAT MEN.—A superstition pre-
vails among the lower classes of many parts of Worces-
tershire that, when storms, heavy rains, or other
elementary strifes take place at the death of a great
man, the spirit of the storm will not be appeased till the
moment of burial. The superstition gained much
strength on the occasion of the Duke of Wellington's
funeral, when, after some weeks of heavy rain, and one
of the highest floods ever known in this country, the
skies began to clear, and both rains and floods abated.

'he storms which have been noticed to take place at
le time of the death of many great men known to our

istory may have had something to do with the forma,-

ton of this curious notion in the minds of the vulgar.
IL was a common observation hereabout, in the week
before the interment of his grace, " Oh, the rain won't
give over till the Duke is buried."—Notes and Queries.
THE NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—The Lockport
(United States) Journal says, that labourers are busily
employed in pushing the Niagara Suspension Bridge to
completion. In remarking on the structure that paper
says : " Imagine a span 800 feet in length, forming a
straight hollow beam 20 feet wide, and about 18 feet
deep, with top, bottom, and sides. There will be an
upper floor to support the railroad and cars, 20 feet
wide between the railings, and suspended by two wire
cables, assisted by stays. The lower floor, 19 feet wide,
and 15 feet high in the clear, is connected to the upper
floor by vertical tresses. The cohesion of good iron
wire, when properly united into cables or ropes, is found
to be from 90,000 lb. to 130,000 lb. per square inch, ac-
cording to quality. The limestone used in constructing
the towers will bear a pressure of 500 tons upon every
square foot. The towers are 60 feet high, 15 feet square
at the base, and eight feet at the top. When this bridge
is covered with a train of cars the whole length, it will
sustain a pressure of not less than 405 tons. The speed
is supposed to add 15 per cent. to the pressure- - equal to
61 tons. The weight of superstructure added—esti-
mated at 782 tons—makes the total aggregate weight
sustained 1,273 tons. Assuming 2,000 tons as the great-
est tension to which the cables can be subjected, it is
considered safe to allow five times the regular strength,
and providing for a weight of 10,000 tons. For this
15,000 miles of wire are required. The number of wires
in one cable is 3,000 ; the diameter of th• cable about
91 inches. The bridge, we believe, is the longest be-
tween the points of support of any in the world."

SWITZERLAND. —On- the 6th of March next it will be
500 years since the Canton of Berne entered the Swiss
Confederation. It is the intention of the people to cele-
brate the event in a worthy manner, but in the summer
season, partly on account of the weather, and also be-
cause the sth of March, the anniversary of the sangui-
nary contest with the French in 1798, which was fol-
lowed by the loss of the town, would throw a shadow
on the festival, if observed with historical strictness.
The 21st and 22d of June, the anniversary of the bat-
tles of Laussen and Morat, have been chosen, and on
those days, the numerous English travellers, who will
not fail to have presented themselves at the Swiss
capital, may see the various representatives of Switzer-
land march in procession, dressed in the ancient rich
costume, and headed by Rudolph of Erlach, and Hans
Waldmann.

MURDER AT CARDIFF.—A shocking murder has been
committed at this port. As a policeman was going his
rounds, he heard a cry of " Murder, ' and discovered
a man named Harrington weltering in his blood near
;,he dock. He had him conveyed to the infirmary, when
it was found he had been stabbed in the abdomen and

adjacent parts, the bowels having been penetrated. The
man died next morning, and made a dying statement to
the effect that the stabs had been inflicted by two Greek

sailors. About the time that the man was picked up
two sailors, a Swede and an Irishman, named Gabriel
Gibson and Richard Keenan, went on board their vet-
-3el, the Madomac, of Boston, and must have passed the
spot when the deceased was attacked. These men have
been apprehended, and have undergone an examination

before the magistrates, who have remanded them for the
present. The coroner's inquest has also been opened,
and stands adjourned for a week.
CHEAP VERSUS DEAR FARES.—There are some railway
proprietors who seem to think that the travelling public
of this country are to the shareholders in railways what
the slaves in America are to their owners. This was a very
prevalent feeling amongst the railway shareholders ten
years ago, but it has happily given place to a better and
a more enlightened one. We recollect, ten years ago, at
one of the meetings of the Brighton Company, that a
shareholder suggested that a certain number of chimney-
sweeps should be engaged, in their professional attire,
to
travel in the third-class carriages, in order to drive
those
was vi h oa
twaerteimwe ewlliaderne s stehde
tinhtito.d
-tchlaessfirwstas-cl ansesa;rlyanads
that
much as the first is now. The proposition was loudly
applauded by those who think
as Mr. Parsons does ;
out it was not carried—the fares were arranged to suit
the convenience of the public, and—the Brighton Com-
pany has flourished ever since.—Railivay News.
OVERDONE EMIGRATION.--There is one class of emi-
;rants, whom the local journals specially caution against
lti situations in England for Australia. It
islatslielY' leveryavling
large class of clerks and s hopmen, &c. With
this description of labour. it is remarked, "the market
is constantly overstocked, and eager as is the demand
for most kinds of labour, it is quite distressing to notice
the number of worthy young men, incapable of severe
still more delicate purses, swarm our towns in search
manual labour, who, with delicate health, and probably
of employment, exposed to very heavy expenses,sink
which
into
they can earn nothing to meet, and gradually
poverty,
and too often into dissipated habits, till
they vanish somewhere, and make way for the con-
;tautly recurring supply. Such men have rarely_
been successful at the diggings ; the demand for their
labour in their accustomed pursuits is very limited in
Proportion to their numbers ; and we distinctly warn
them that in rashly throwing up good situations at home,
and trying their luck here, they are guilty of an act of
sheer in • ~
sanity.
DFATH FROM RUNNING A RACE--Geo. Memmott, a
Sunday c.fteaY'
stove-grate fitter,aged
two men naillinZin
clirsd a few 46, living in High-street, Park,
took a walk ago, under singular circumstances. On
, he and his little boy, accompanied by
Norfolk Arms
)aniel Doe and Matthias Thompson,
them. Theyfaraita as the Manor. They called at the
home. It was faitmoonse
,anda:sha:ttthree quarts of ale amongst
pedestrianism
iirsirrir had
clock in the evening to return
proposed to try his fleetness night. They conversed about
they were crossing a field, Memmott
m: against Doe. They bounded
Ai' together, and when
dozen yards he fell upon h
tened to him, and inquired if face,
advanced about a
was hurt ; he replied
His companions has-
ried home in a helpless state andhathe.bellneefitwoats car
continued
itztoxication
that he was. He never spoke afterwards
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to
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that
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usually brought on fits, and thatr lie had
on Christmas-day as well as on the Sunda chinking
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THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S OPINION OF
OLEO
I-Ifs opinion of Napoleon's capacity for making
large means in war was as high as Napoleons warmest
nl°B' st
admirers could have desired. I have frequently hearde
him say, that it was more dangerous to make a mistake
in front of Napoleon than in the face of any other man ;
and I think he quite acquiesced in the dictum, popular
wth the French army, which estimated the presence of
Napoleon in the field at the value of 40,000 men. One
of the Duke's tenets was that after a certain age, which,
I think, he roughly stated at 45 or 50, commanders in
general would do well to give place to younger men.—
Lord Etienne"'