The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

zette, it is state that the complete execution of the
law of 1837, relative to the press, cannot be de-
layed, as otherwise liberty would degenerate into
license, and the enemies of the popular cause
would be able to dishonour it by clandestine and
libellous publications, which might lead to distrust,
disunion, and anarchy. " This," he says, "is what
the Queen's Government is determined to prevent,
and, in so doing, it counts on the support of all
good patriots." The notification is followed by a
declaration that all the periodical publications
which shall not have made the depot of 40,000
reals at the Bank of San Fernando, and shall not
have a regularly appointed publisher, as required
by the said law of 1837, shall be suppressed. The
declaration adds that the term " periodical pulpli-
cation" shall be applied to all printed papers pub-
lished at dates and within periods determined or
undetermined, with or without title, and which
shall not exceed six printed sheets. The Gazette
contains a royal decree which enacts that, in
provinces in which there are not sufficient
provincial deputies of from 1840 to 1843, the
number shall be completed by others, and
that then the election of alcades of the judi-
cial districts shall be proceeded to. The Duke
de Sotomayor, first majordomo to the Queen, has,
says the Gazette, addressed a letter to the constitu-
tional mayor of Madrid, informing him that " the
Queen having learned that a bull fight is to take
place for the benefit of the wounded in the events
of last month, and of the orphans of those who
were killed iu them, and desiring to contribute to
this charitable and philanthropic enterprise, places
at his disposal, as president of the commission of
the bull fight, 12,000 reals de veillos ill her own
name, in that of the King, and in that of the
Princess of the Asturias." The Gazette fuither
states that the Minister of the Interior has given
strict orders to pp event the mails from being need-
lessly delayed on the roads of Arragon and Anda-
lusia.

Several provincial juntas in Spain, and amongst
them that of Cadiz, have decreed the aboli-
tion of death for political crimes ; and at Madrid a
petition is being signed praying the Government to
extend the measure to all the kingdom.

The indefatigable Lamartine has just sold a history of
Turkey, from his pen, to the proprietors of a Paris daily
newspaper for 4,800/. sterling.
THE AFRICAN MAILS.—PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The
contract steam packet Forerunner, Captain Johnson.
vith mails, a full cargo of British manufactured goods,
and passengers, left yesterday for Sierra Leone and
the West Coast of Africa. She is relieved from the
conveyance of a mail officer, the duties being performed
'sy Captain Johnson, in consequence of the owners
having arranged with the Government that, on the pas-
sage out, she shall expend 48 hours, if necessary, in
seeking t 3 communicate with the Niger expedition. If
unsuccessful going down the coast, she is, on returning,
to make a second effort. The Pleiad steamer, which
is at the heal of the expedition, is supposed to be in
the river Nun, one of the mouths of the Niger. The
Forerunner has, on previous voyages, returned many
lays before her postal time ; on the present occasion it
is very improbable that she will reach England before
th 7th or Bth of November, the date when due. The
Candace, the only mail steamer now out, is due in
September.
THE STRIKE AT DONCASTER.—A few fresh hands from
London were put on the works at the parish church on
Thursday. Three of these were German, only one of
shone could at all understand English. The turnouts
•ent for a Hungarian mechanic from Sheffield, and
through the medium of his interpretation endeavoured
to dissuade the. Germans from commencing work, but
without the desired effect. A few of the society hands
have given in their cards and resumed work, for which
they have been abused by the turn-outs, who assert thst
i)y persevering in the strike they will not only obtain
their present demands, hut ultimately an advance of
wages. Mr. Ireson, the contractor, has offered to give
the men an hour on Saturday afternoons, and also that.
their names shall be called in his time • but this does not
satisfy the turn-outs, who demand also an additional
hour on Monday mornings, and the prohibition of rubble
wailers from setting ashlar and doing masons' work.
The contractor has obtained the promise of a number of
hands from Scotland.
THE DUNMOW FLITCH.—The local committee ap-
pointed to revive the ancient custom of Duntnow have
received a communication from Mr. Harrison Ainsworth
to the effect, that he will gladly present a flitch of bacon
to any one couple who may claim it next summer, and
who can justify their title to the prize. He will also be
happy to contribute five guineas towards the expenses of
~he entertainment on the occasion, which he feels cer-
tain will be well carried out.
REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO ST. THOMAS
—On and from the Ist of September next, the packet
rate' of postage on letters addressed to St. Thomas. or
any other Danish colony in the West Indies, will be re-
luced to :—When not exceeding half an ounce in weight,
6d. ; when exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding
me ounce, ls. ; when-exceeding one ounce and not ex-
ieeding two ounces, 2s. ; and so on. according to the
scale for charging in! Ind letters. The postage of these
letters may be paid in advanee, or they may be for-
warded unpaid at the option of the senders.
THE SUICIDE IN A RAILW Y CARRIAGE.—The Stamford
Mercury says that it has been discovered, since the
;est adjournment of the inquest, that the gentleman
.vho saw the body on Monday came down front
London by the Great Northern train, arriving ii
Lincoln at 11 am. He left Lincoln for London by
the Midland at 5.15 p.m., shortly before the intermeni
took place. He was a tall elderly and gentlemanly maim,
asparently between 60 and 70 years of age, was dressed
black with a white neckcloth, and from the length of
tile coat worn and other circumstances was evidently
c'ergyinan. Upon lo king at the face of the deceased
shrough the glass in the coffin ti l he gazed earnestly•for
about three sec aids, and then being asked if he had ever
net the deceased, he replied "No ;" but though his
.ands were clasped one over the other in strong inenta
offert to prevent the out‘vard display of inward emotion
lie trembled visibly ; and when he turned away ti,
,lescend the stairs the tears trickled down hi-
cheeks, and some time after this he was seen weep-
ing at the hook; stall. Before he saw the bech
lie was particular in his inquiries of several parties
as to where the body was, and whether it
in a stable or not, and after be hail seen the
corpse and the coffin, it is discovered that he got some
.me to point out to him the house where the inquest was
!meld, and the churchyard in which 'he interment was to
take place. Several circumstances point to the conclu-
sion that the deceased was a literary man, and that h,
was from London is beyond all question. The photo-
eraphic likeness is preserved, and though the decease!
vas studiously careful to obliterate from his clothing al
that could aid in tracing his name, matters were over
looked which, used skilfully, will materially aid the dis•
covery which the satisfaction of justice and of the public
mind demand.
FATAL THUNDER-STORM.—On Wednesday a terrific
,hunder storm hurst over the p irish of Yester, in East
Lothian. While it lasted showers of hail, or rather of
ice, fell with considerable force, some of the pieces being
about half au inch in size. We regret to add that as
some women were returning home from working in the
fields, the lightning, attracted by the iron hoes which
they thoughtlessly carried over their shoulders, struck
two of the number dead. Several of the others were a
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little stunned by the shock, one woman, singular to say,
hav'i'ng the iron heel of her shoe knocked off by tilt
electric fluid. One of the women who were killed ha-
left a family of five children.—Edinburgh, Courant.
At the Canterbury election of 1852, when bribery and
corruption were practised by the Tories, the number,
were for the Tory candidates as follow --Butler.Tohnstone.
758 ; H. P: Gtpps, 766. For the Liberal candidates,
who indulged in no illf gal expenditure,—Somerville, 570 :
homily. 533. Now that bribery has been abandoned,
the Tories pull only 671 for the Tory, and 729 for th,
Liberal Conservative, the latter receiving many hal,
votes from moderate reformers. So the Tory interest
+oses 87, and the liberal pins 129 votes. Is not thi,
tolerably shfnificant ?—Kent Herald.
SINGULAR CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—SoMt
days ago. a man of the name of Middleton, employed a:
Logic Works, received a letter from an intunatt.
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acquaintance of the family, conveying the distressinv
intelligence that a son of his, a tradesman it
Glasgow, bad unfortunately been drowned while
bathing in the Clyde. This information, as might
be expected, plunged the family into the deepest
distress ; and the father, accompanied by another son
proceeded to Glasgow, and on their arrival repaired
along with their correspondent, to the receptacle of the re-
maims of their deceased relative. On gazing on the pallid
ceuntenance, they all recognised the well-known
features of him they loved and res:tected. Having made
some arrangements respecting the interment of the bolt
they proceeded to the empty lodgings, as they believed,
the deceased. On knocking at the door, to then
unspeakable surprise, it WAS opened by the son sup-
posed to he dead, who was in his usual good health,
and cheerful aspect. Of course, it is easier to cot,-
ceive than describe the feelings to which this tin
expected interview gave rise. Suffice it to state that
g'a-lness and gratitude took the place of sadness
and sorrow ; and the father and son, who left this
quarter mo!trning, returned rejoicing. The effect on the
young mans mother has had a deeper impression,
we are informed that, from the moment of receiving
the first intelligence of her load, she has not been able
to leave her bed. It is a singular coincidence in this
affair that, besides the striking resemblance between
the real and supposed deceased, they were both of the
name of Middleton,—Montrose Review.
CHOLERA IN BELFAST.- -A meeting of the guardians
of the Belfast Union was held in that town on Wed-
nesday, when the report of cholera cases in the Belfast
District was as follows --Number of new cases for the
week ending the 221 inst., 77 ; remaining from last
week, 13 ; total, 90 ; died, 15 ; cured, 30 ; sent to hospi-
tal, 25 ; remaining under treatment, 20. The total
number since commencement has, therefore, been 435 ;
died, 105 ; cured, 136 ; sent to the hospital, 174; re-
maining, 20. The total admissions into the liespital
have been 243 ; died, 134 ; cured, 101 ; remaining, 8
A report was also read of the cholera cases for the week
in Ballymacarrett, which stated that there were nine
new cases, in addition to one case remaining front the
previous week. Of those, four died, five were cured,
and one in hospital. •
MALT FOR HARVEST LABOURERS.—Most of the
farmers in the extensive corn district of C'tgrove have
supplied their labourers with malt for the harvest, in-
stead of ale and baer, as in times past. Each " harvest
-man" receives two bushels, or "strikes " of_ waits,. which
he brews to his own liking at home. The plat gives the
great,* Istiefaon to the W 340 P410r.44_