The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUNS LONDON, TITESDAW JANUARY 12, I 83(

Now Year's Day sixty gallons of bread were given away
among the parishioners Of
.WaldershFcj
The defalcations of the likte Ciillititor of the paro-
chial taxes in the parish of St: Paul, Covent-garden, will
amount to little short.of 2,00/0/: ; and in addition to this,
the intended new paving and 'Othoiitripiovements in the
parish are obliged to be postponed, in consequence of the
deficiency in its funds. _ _ _

THE GREAT CONSOLS.—We have just been in-
formed that a very valuable discovery has recently been
made at the bottom of the Great Consols Aline in the
parish of Gwennap. We believe this to be the deepest
point to whicli the globe has been penetrated by any copper
mine ; and the deepest but one in the known world, namely,
Monk Wcarmouth Colliery, in the county of Durham. A
little more than a century since our Cornish mines were but
little worked for copper, tin being the chief commodity, and
the operations were confined to a few fathoms only from the
surface, the drainage being effected by tackles, or whims.—
Cornwall Gazette.

LIVING.—At the foot of the Maritime Alps, three
persons and a servant can live for less than 70/. a-year ;
their fare, including every delicacy of fish, flesh, and fowl,
with a constant supply of the finest fruits and vegetables,
and abundance of good wine.—Mirror.
The Brussels Journals of the 4th inst. announce
that crowds are attracted by placards posted up by a Doctor
of Paris not only promising to cure the inhabitants of all
their incurable complaints, but also offering to pay half the
fare of such persons as wish to come to Paris to place them-
selves in his hands ; so that, according to the present re-
duced rates of the Messageries Royales, they may come
from Brussels to Paris for four francs ten sous.

On Wednesday last, while Lord Braybrook was
sporting over his extensive domain at Odly End, near
Saffron Walden, with a party of gentlemen, he, in getting
through a hedge, passed one of his feet through a snare
which had evidently been set for the purpose of catching
hares, and it held his Lordship so tight that Iv became a
complete fixture, until he was released by the attendant
keepers.

LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION.—The annual
meeting of this Society was held on Friday. From the
Report, it appeared that during the last year 7,868 children,
being an increase of 2,000 upon the number, in the preced-
ing year, had been vaccinated in. the metropolis; and that
from the first establishment of the Institution 126;429 chil-
dren had been vaccinated. It is much to be regretted that
the funds of the charity hare not proved equal to the ex-
penditure.
On Friday information was received at the various
police offices that on the night of Monday the 28th ult.,
the lands of William Westbroke Richardson, Esq., called
" French Land," situated at Weston, in Sussex, were un-
lawfully entered by several persons, armed with guns and
bludgeons, for the purpose of killing game, when they mali-
ciously beat and ill-treated John Houson, the gamekeeper,
and others whom his cries brought to the spot. Mr.
Richardson has offered a reward of 1001. for the appre-
hension and conviction of any one of the offenders.
At a beer-house on the roadside between Cranford
Bridge and Salt-hill. there are two sign boards, on which
are painted the words—" In God is our hope. By Stephen
Keene." "To be drunk on the' premises."
The barbarous custom of plundering the wrecks of
ships is still carried on in Jersey. Since the wreck of the
Margaret, off Jersey, in which 10 lives were sacrificed out
of 15, a regular system of plunder has been carried on by
the fishermen. An offer bad been made to bring the wreck
safe onshore at a certain price, which, being considered ex-
orbitant, was refused. Since then a lawless system has been
pursued of plundering every thing that could be laid hold of.
Sails, spars, masts, rigging—all went'; and, not content
with that, even the poor sailors' clothes have been stolen
out of the forecastle ; nor has a single article found in the
vessel when towed to shore been accounted for. The vessel
not having been insured, the Captain estimates his loss
at 2501.

AWFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LINIERICK.
—The Limerick Times of Friday brings the painful in-
telligence of an awful calamity having taken place in that
city on the preceding night, and that in consequence of it,
Mr. John=Russell, an extensive provision merchant, has
sustained a loss to the amount of 30,000/. His offices and
stores have been burned to the ground by a fire which is
stated to have been entirely accidental. Though every pos-
sible effort was made to rescue from the flames as much of
the property as there was the slightest chance of saving,
still the actual loss is estimated at the above serious amount.
Mr. Russell is an Englishman, who has been long settled
in Limerick, and from the first moment, regarded there as
a public benefactor. The sympathy, therefore, which is
said to be expressed towards him by all classes, and the
deep sorrow felt by the labouring poor, are not more the
natural results of desert than of a fine and feeling apprecia-
tion of it.

On Friday evening a ball and supper were given in
a style of extraordinary splendour by Mr. Herbert Langham,
at Cottesbrook Hall, in Northamptonshire, to all the no-
bility and gentry of that county. This celebrated seat
built by the scientific Sir James Langham, Bart., the father
of the present host, is a chef d'ccurre. A quarter of a
century has elapsed since such doings'have been displayed
here. The entertainment inspired the
.greatest delight.
At the hour of eight the' carriages began to: tirrive. At
nine the dancing commenced With French' and German
quadrilles. At twelve, the banquet was announced, and at
the principal table 100 persons were accomniodated. The
whole concluded at five o'clock on Saturday morning with
Polish figures, a' country dance, and a clejettnc?.
YeSterdaT evening an inquest was held, before Mr.
Baker, Coroner, at the King of Prussia public-house,
Dean-street, Shadwell, on the body of Thomas Mil-
bourne, aged 59 years, who died suddenly, on board the
Integrity, a collier. William Gibbon, the cook of the
ship, stated that the deceased was mate of the vessel,
and on Saturday evening was suddenly attacked with a
violent fit of coughing. He called the Carpenter, but his
voice was very indistinct, and on reaching the companion,
he said he was dying. The deceased managed to go
down in the cabin, and seated himself in a chair, and
vomited a large quantity of blood. 'Witness loosened his
clothes and neckerchief, and directed the carpenter to go
ashore for a doctor, but before his. return the mate had
expired. The doctor, on seeinr, the deceased, said he
had ruptured a blood-vessel, which was the cause of death.
The Jury returned a verdict—" Died by the visitation of
God."—An inquest was afterwards held, before the same
Coroner and Jury, on the body of John Bligh, aged 16
years, who was found
.drowned yesterday morning, in the
London Dock. It appeared in evidence that the deceased
was in the employ of Mr. Ward, the shipowner, and on Sa-
turday morning, at eight o'clock, he was directed to carry
three dozen of iron bolts to the ship Sphynx, in the East
London Dock. He had to go over the " fly-bridge" and
five ships to get to the vessel, but he never returned, and it
is supposed that in passing from one vessel to the other,
with the iron bolts on his shoulder, he fell overboard. Two
of the bolts were found in the channel of a ship alongside
the Sphynx. No one could give any account of the sup-
posed accident, but it. was proved he was on the dock quay.
The Coroner said it was probable the deceased had fallen
overboard between the two vessels, and that the weight of
the iron carried him down immediately. A verdict of—
Found Drowned" was returned.
A DEN OF TII I EVES DISCOVERED AT : HEX-.
lIAM.—We stated last week that two or three robberies
had taken place lately in and near Hexham. Suspicion
fell upon a man named Arch Little, a notorious character,
and on the police searching his house, the principal part of
the articles stolen were discovered, besides a large quantity
of other articles, obtained no doubt, in the same manner ;
the house, indeed, was completely stuffed with goods.. The
police arrested the whole family, consisting of father,
.son,
and three daughters, and lodged them in the House of
Correction. Several articles were found upon. their per-
sons, which had been stolen a few days before. Little's
wife, it appeared, had left Hoxham that morning for New-
castle, by the steam train. An officer was appointed to
'wait her arrival, when she also was apprehended, and in
her possession were found a double-barrelled gun, which had
been stolen from Blaydon, and a large spice loaf, sugar, tea,
&c. She was conveyed to prison. The 'town has since
been in a state of complete bustle, owing to so many per-
sons who have lost .goods hastening to the Police office to
endeavour to find them. Several of the articles have been
identified and sworn to. The prisoners have been since
committed to prison for trial at the Sessions at Newcastle.
Upwards of 2000 persons collected when they were re-
moved from Hexham by the railway. Little is an old man
of 70 years of age, and hobbles upon two sticks, and his
wife is nearly as old ; the whole family taken into custody
amounts to nine in number. An old offender, who is sup-
posed to have been an accomplice of Little's, unfortunately
made his escape when the latter was taken. It is said that
Little belongs to the neighbourhood of Brampton, and that
a brother of his was hung at Carlisle some years ago.—Car-
lisle Journal.

The Echo de la Frontiere of the 7th inst. states,
that a little miracle of musical skill, named Borschard, has
just appeared in Belgium, and executed airs on the piano
at an age when dhildren are scarcely able to speak plain.
This prodigy, a native of Valenciennes, is the granddaugh-
ter of Dr. Jacotot, and though only four.years and a half
old, plays with astonishing skill. She performs accompani-
ments, and executes sonatas and difficult pieces with preci-
sion and time. She has arrived at this astonishing result
by means of the method of universal instruction of M.
Jacotot.
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The Municipal Council of the once famous and
Papal city of Avignon have decreed the establishment
watchmen ..by night ; the guardians of thil classic spot
entered upon their arduous duties on the Ist of January
instant,

SPORTDI G INTELLIGENCE.

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RT;r6l.
3 to 1 on tilt field—offers to, take,,aito 1,
1111 DERBY:

The expectation expressed by vs last I,,ek, as to the Babel cob
was rlalised yestwlu, afternoon,.am offer being ifit4o to baek.hirn
him for 5001. agai2'_ cif ills other three favourite (the
Mummy and Lord Jersey's tujo,f, 48/Ake fh odds to 2001; at 1
13 to 1. The Mummy declined to 15 to 1, ald 1,04 Jersey's two
appear to be quite out of the market, although the reeeht offers
against them jointly have not exceeded 6to 1 ; Taishteer has ad-
vancod two or three points, but the odds against the other favourites
have sustained little or no variation. Closing prices:-
12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Babel colt—take 13 to 1
15 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mummy—offered
17 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Taishteer—take 20 to 1
30 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley
1,000 to 30 agst,Lord Exeter's BrOther to Beirain—taken
3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Brother to Bamfylde—taken
30 ,to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Weighton--
oAba.
10 t) 1 agst Mr Allen's Promise—taken
CHESTER. TRADE CUP, P.P. (4101INTRY PRICES.)
8 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps—taken
10 to 1 agst Red Rover—taken
10 to 1 agst Altamont—taken
12 to 1 agst Jupiter—taken'
15 to 1 agst Barbara:Bell—taken