The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-05 00:00:00

BELFAST.

The Committee, after being occupied the whole day in hearing evi-
dence as to the qualification of Mr. Emerson Tennant, ordered the room
to be cleared. On our re-admission, a few minutes before four o'clo ck,
the Chairman said the Committee had come to the following resolution :

—" That it appears to this Committee that Mr. Emerson Tennant is
duly qualified."

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The decision was received with loud cheers by the friends of Mr.
Tennant.
The Committee then adjourned, arranging to proceed with the qualifi.
cation of Mr. Dunbar on Monday morning.

Independently of the other causes of interruption
incident to the weather, the London mails on the 134.-ningham
line have been exposed to additional delay by the dangerous
state of Chalkhill. It is a curious fact that this morning the
Holyhead and the Carlisle Birmingham coaches arrived toge-
ther at the point near the foot of the hill, where the narrow
road round branches off—the Carlisle mail pursuing the
road over the hill, and the Holyhead coach taking the cir-
cuitous route; the result was that the Carlisle coach was with
great difficulty, and with the aid of the passengers, dragged
through the road at much risk and exertion, having stuck fast
three times ; whilst the Holyhead coach travelling at a slow
pace, reached the main road near Hockliffe by the circuitous
route, considerably before the Carlisle mail.
THE SPRING TIDES.—In consequence of the gale
which continued to blow from the S. and S. E. during the
latter part of last week, the spring tide, on Saturday morning
last, was unusually high at Truro, the water entering most of
the houses in the lower part of the town. On Sunday, the
water was still higher, owing to the wind continuing to blow
right into Falmouth harbour, and the water rose about five
feet higher than it usually rises, even in spring tides. The
consequence was, that the warehouses and private residences
on the quay, were completely inundated, and much property
was injured.—Cornwall Advertiser.
HIGH TIDE.—On Monday we experienced one of
the highest tides remembered at this port for many years.
High-street and the adjacent lanes were inundated. There
were 29 feet of water in the Humber Dock lock-pit, being
three feet more than the highest of the last spring tides. A
similar tide occurred about seven years ago, but a greater tide
has not occurred since January 6, 1807, when there were
30 feet 1 inch of water at the Humber Dock gates.—Hull
Advertiser.
Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, a
man, whose tattered garments bespoke extreme poverty, was
discovered by the police lying on the step of a door in Glass-
house-street, Regent-street, in a state of insensibility, and
drenched to the skin with the rain. He was removed to St.
James's station-house, where, after a short time, he was re-
stored to consciousness ; he was then locked up in one of the
cells, and an hour afterwards he was discovered to be a corpse.
From the appearance of the body, it is evident the unfortunate
ma* perished from starvation and exposure to the inclemency
of the weather ; he seems to have been about forty-four years
of age. Nothing was found on his person tending to discover
who he was.

No man owes more to the Tories than Mr. O'Con-
nell. He had become a quiet Member of the House ;he had
excited a strong party against him in Dublin by his conduct
towards the Trades' Unions. Little had been said for some
time about the "rent," and when agitation had ceased and ex-
citement in his favour had nearly died away, the English and
Scotch gentry who deny justice to Ireland, take the only
means left for making him again the idol of his countrymen.
Bets are laid that next year the " rent" will be increased
by 5,0001.
The officers of the Animals' Friend Society, last
week, caused Henry Soloway, and William Brown, to be fined
ss. and costs, by Mr. Traill, for having very cruelly treated
their horses ; and William Sibley, and George Meredith, in
costs, for a similar offence. We regret that some of the Ma-
gistrates continue to fine so low. Another man was, how-
ever, fined the sum of 21. by Mr. Jeremy, on a charge pre-
ferred by the Honorary Secretary, of cruelty to a horse, and
an attempt wilfully to drive over him for interfering. A
higher fine would have been imposed, if the prosecutor had
wished it.

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The Crown of Saxony has been in possession ever
since 1621 of a pearl fishery in the river Elster and several
contributary streams, which, from 1719 to 1836, has produced
11,393 pearls, valued at 18,043 rix dollars. The fishery is di.
vided into ten districts or beds, only one of which is explored
in a year, as it requires ten years for the pearls to come to
maturity.
FRosT.—The Dumfries Courier, as well as all
Scotch and Irish papers, notice the continued severity of the
weather, and the attendant difficulties of travelling. In the
former paper we find the following paragraph, penned on
Tuesday night last :—Our anticipations have not been realized.
The barometer, which fell rapidly, has again risen ; the frost
too, returned last night, and is at this moment exceedingly
keen. Along the English road it snowed yesterday up to the
time the mail reached Dodbeck. The Nith, although pretty
full yesterday, was by no means flooded, a strong proof that
but little impression has been made on the snow along its
course wherever the land is at all elevated. The Edinburgh
mail, due at half-past six yesterday morning, arrived shortly
before midnight.—lt appears that over the whole South of
Scotland the frost continued unbroken up to the morning of
the 24th, and that on the 26th it returned.

Four more specimens of rare wild fowl have been
shot at Sonning by W. Bromley, jun., this week—viz., a pair
of the " whistling duck," and a pair of the " oyster catcher ;"
this latter bird is not provided with powers fitted for an ex-
pert swimmer, yet it does not show any aversion to taking the
water, upon which it may be said to float rather than swim.
When wounded and pursued, it can dire with great quick-
ness, and remain a considerable time under water. These
birds are the constant inhabitants of the sea-shores, and are
seldom found inland. The bill is bright scarlet, about three
inches long, wide at the nostrils, and grooved beyond them
nearly half its length ; with this instrument it easily disen-
gages the limpets from the rock, and is said to pluck out the
oysters from their half-opened shells. They are now in the
possession of Mr. T. Harbour, 115, London-street.—Read-
jug Mercury.