The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-20 00:00:00

LEEDS, OCT. 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is no new feature to report
in the share market this morning. The few boruf fide trans-
actions effected on 'Change were at the closing rates of
yesterday, but the feeling on the whole indicated a further
tendency to a decline. The following are amongst the
closing sales :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62 ; Midland
stock, 58i ; York and North Midland, 22i.

BURNING OF A LEITH VESSEL. —The barque Douglas,
Captain Mellon, which sailed from Leith to Quebec,
with goods and passengers, was totally destroyed by fire
on the 11th ult. It seems that on that day the captain
discovered that the coals were on fire. An attempt was
made to extinguish the fire by water, but it was fruit-
less, and in this state the captain rounded the ship for
Newfoundland. About midnight, a few things belong-
ing to the crew and passengers were got on deck ; the
boats were made ready for putting out ; and at six in
the morning of the 12th the land was made. At noon
the boats were got out. The captain hailed a small
schooner under the land, which went into Burgeo, and
sent out a pilot, who ran the ship into harbour. By
ten o'clock the ship, was entirely deserted by the crew
and passengers, who were landed without mishap, and
in half an hour's time she burst into flames. She was
burnt to the water's edge before morning, having been
entirely consumed in 30 hours from the time of the dis-
covery of the fire. It was a very fortunate' circumstance
that the land was made so soon, for there were only two
boats to take to, the skiff being stove while being got
out, owing to a heavy lurch of the ship. The passen-
gers have been forwarded to Quebec in safety.
A MUSICAL SHAVING MACHlNE.—Machinery has ce -
tainly reached an extraordinary degree of perfection
when it can perform the operation of shaving, and at
the same time charm the ear with some soothing musical
airs! The Durham Advertiser says that Mr. Willi m
Johnson, of North Shields, joiner, has invented a
shaving machine. This machine is of singular construc-
tion, and contains every qualification necessary for the
process. In appearance it is not unlike an old-fashioned
arm-chair. But the most unique feature in the whole
affair is the arrangement of the razor blades, which are
fixed longitudinally on cylinders, from three to six
inches in length, four on each cylinder, at an angle of
sixty degrees, with fine camel-hair brushes between ;
for you are lathered and shaved at one and the same
time, the lather being slipped from the interior of the cy-
linders, which are hollow. The machine is put in mo-
tion by the weight of the patient, the seat gradually
giving way beneath, and sinking with him till he reach
the ground, when the operation is completed. The seat,
rising immediately it is released from his weight, is
ready to commence again without preparation. 4 mu-
sical-box, of Mr. Johnson's construction, and capable of
performing a great variety of airs, is appended to the
machine, and can be7attached or detached according to
the pleasure of the individual undergoing the operation,
so that you may be shaved to any tune you please ! Ex-
periments it is said have been tried, and found satisfac-
tory. We shall next expect to hear of an improved
machine for completing the while operation of dressing,
viz., shaving, washing, brushing the hair, and putting
on the clothes.
THE CASE OF MISS CONNINGHAME. —Letters from
Florence of the 15th say that when it was notified to
Miss Cunninghame, at Lucca, on Monday morning last,
that the Grand Duke had given an order for her
release she positively refused to leave the prison on
an act of grace, as she said she had been imprisoned
a month without even being brought to trial, and her
advocate had told her that no verdict could he ob-
tained against her, as she had not transgressed the
law, and therefore she would not go out until she
had seen him. In the evening it was announced to
her very civilly that go she must. She still refused,
and then she was told that if she did not go freely
she would be carried out by force, upon which she
replied, " Give me that in writing, and I will go."
They did so, and accordingly out she went. Report
says the tracts for the distribution of which she was
imprisoned were not of a character to implicate her
in any attempts to proselytize, or even bring the
Roman Catholic religion into contempt ; and, moreover,
that an ecclesiastical council had examined them at Lucca
and could find no evidence in them against her. I hear
also that her advocate told her she could make no resist-
ance to the Royal will, and must accept her release ; but
that he was sorry for it, as he felt that he had a good
case. It is difficult now to arrive at the whole truth,
which will most likely be made public when Parliament
meets.
THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN IRELAND.—DEATH
OF MISS PAM—Miss Pack, one of the sufferers by the
late accident on the Great Southern and Western Rail-
way, died on Tuesday morning at Steevens's Hos-
pital. The reports up to Monday afternoon were
favourable, and strong hopes were entertained of the
poor lady's recovery. Her brother-in-law, the Rev. Mr.
Wood, a Protestant clergyman, and other friends,
visited the hospital on that day, and so far as the
patient's critical condition could justify hopes, they ap-
peared to be entertained of her ultimate recovery. But
on Monday afternoon a series of bad symptoms set in,
and at about 6 o'clock the house surgeon found the patent
labouring under severe difficulty of breathing, with other
dangerous symptoms indicating that the chest was af-
fected. The principal surgeon in attendance was promptly
sent for, and all that skill and experience could suggest
was done to arrest the fatal and rapid progress of this
formidable train of bad symptoms, but unhappily all
proved vain. The coroner (Dr. Kirwan) was duly ap.
prised
of the event by Inspector Ebbet, of the Kilmain-
ham police-station, and an inquest, so far as the identifi-
cation of the body, was to beheldt,
held yesterday at the hospi
tal. The jury which has been empanelled to investig tite
the cause of the death of Joseph Sherwood (Dr. Stoke's
servant) were summoned to attend in this case also, and
the further inquiry relative to both deaths will take place
to-morrow (Friday). The inquiry will be mei ely form al,
and there seems no necessity for re-opening the general
facts in connection with the accident : these were fully
developed at the inquest at Naas. Miss Pack, who was
the daughter of a deceased Protestant clergyman, is the
fifteenth fatal sufferer from the collision.
ILLEGALITY OF OMNIBUS ADVERTISING.—In addition
to the informations that have hitherto been laid against
omnibus proprietors for evading the directions of the
new act of Parliament in regard to lighting a lamp in
the interior of the vehicle at night time, more informa-
tions have yet to be heard by the magistrates on account
of the same parties persisting in exhibiting placards or
advertisements upon the panels of their vehicles, and
also in the interior of the same, such a practice being
prohibited by the new law now in operation.