The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-26 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

THE MUTES' RETURN FROM A FUNERAL 1"..
FORMANCE.—On Monday, amongst the prisoner'
brought before Mr. Elliott, were two men in the
em-
ployment of Mr. Turner, furnishing undertaker, 0'
No. 1, Farringdon-street, and 22, Carey. street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, who were charged with beil
drunk, and committing various acts of violence so
misconduct.

From the evidence of two persons, one of them tin
undertaker, it appeared that while proceeding along
the Kent- road on the preceding afternoon, they 01°.
served a mourning coach standing in front of a public'
house, and, supposing they could get something. to
drink there, they approached the door. On reaching
it, it was opsned, and both the prisoners made their
appearance, having been, as it appeared to them,'
ejected from the inside. On reaching them (witnesses)
the prisoners, without the slightest provocation, mode
a desperate attack upon them, and struck them
several times. At length a policeman made his aP'
pearance, and after much difficulty both prisoners
were taken to the station house. When the evidence
against the prisoners was gone through, Mr'
Turner got into the witness-box, and, upon being
sworn stated that both the prisoners had been in ILie
employment for same years, and the present was
he
only offence, to his knowledge, of which they b° ,
been guilty The fact, he said was, they had a burls'
on the day before, at Bermond,py church, and having
had to wait a whole hour for tha clergyman, and the
day being extremely cold, the prisoners, who were
two of his men, went to a public-house, and had,
unfortunately, taken rather too much to drink.

Mr. ELLIOTT —ls it your custom to let your men
go to a public-howe and get drunk while a body i 5
in the church or in the churchyard waiting the attend.
ance of a clergyman ?
Mr. Turner--Certainly not, Sir; but the day, as
told your Worship, was very cold, and having to woit
so long for the clergyman, these men went to
public house. They returned, however, and Wee
t
" performed " the funeral very comfortably, and ee
all right. These young men being rather the worst
for liquor, were very much annoyed by a parcel 0_
people calling them " Death hunters," and othl
offensive namt,s ; and, under this excitement, An _
probably getting more drunk, they had forgotten
themselves.
Mr. ELLIOTT, after remarking on the extreme
impropriety and violence of the prisoners' condo',
convic'ed them in penalties amounting, one to 3e
an I the other to 21. 10s., or in default of payment/ 50
days' imprisonment.

How TO KEEP SOLES ALIVE ON BOARD OF DI":
BOTTOMED VESSELS —Fishermen, in all countries whe'.
soles are, have tried many plans to keep them alive fr°,7
the fishing-ground to market, buy as yet unsucoessfullr
From the habits of soles locating in- soft, muddy bed:i
which they s..ldom quit, they aro naturally the 03%
tender specirs of ground fi.h caught. The fisherwe d
have succeeded in bringing turbot, halibut, plaice, 9,°„t
other description of flounders to the shore living, LT
~
seldom soles. An idea that has occurred to me latter'
how they may be brought living to market in dry
bottomed-vessels is as follows:—Let there be a tank cf,
c-
board of say twenty fek in length, four feet in bee;
and six feet broad, divided into say four compartmen%
Let one foot of mud be placed in the bottom of tank, st.v4
ab Are the mud let the compartments be perforated ot!11
a number of holes. As there are no salt water fish Wtio
live any length of time in water that is entirely still, h.°
keep the wat-r constantly circulating in the tank let t"
water be pumped from the campartment at one end .0
the compartment at the other. Considering the delierolio
quality of sole fish when entirely fresh, if it be espablehat
carry thus idea into practical operation, soles might "-
brought alongside of Billingsgate-market in sea water."
H. DEMPSTER.

OFFICIAL .APPRECIATION OF GOOD SEENtolv:‘,
We have much gratification in announcing that 1';
Lords of the Admiralty, appreciating the initnen-d
labours of Mr. William O'Byrne,in h's nl°„"-j
efficient compilation of his Naval Biographic;
Dictionary, comprising the life and services i f
livin fficer in her Majesty's navy, from the rone,
of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant inolasi
have, in the most handsome mariner, presented him 0
with an acknowledgment of 100/. To a gantleo33,
like Mr. O'Byrne, who has devoted six years to £lll
compilation of this most vttluable work of professioo,
and family reference, a distinguishmed mark of sPPr
bation trom such high authority must be moat peculiark
gratif ing; and it is no less honourable to their
ships that they have thus estimated the good a wines
one whose att-eessful aim was to bring before the count"'
the distinguished services of its most devoted publio per.
vents.— United Service Gazette.

131R7713
On the 21st inst., at Guildford, the lady of the Rev 61;
Belin, head master of the Royal Grammar School, °`
daughter. of
On the `22d inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Frederick Foster/
twin daughters.
On the 22d inst., the wife of George Hilaro Barlow*, 3111'
of a daughter.
On the 231 inst., at Mansfield Woodhouse, the wife of S.
Gill, Esq., of a daughter. rt•
On the 23d inst., at Sydenham, Kent, the wife of
Gilbert, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 23d inst., the wife of Mr. Henry R. Forster, of
daughter.
On the 24th inst., at Barnsbury-park, Mrs. C. Sawbritir
of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., at Lordship-lane, Dulwich, Mrs. frr
derick Eva*, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 22d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, .105-„'i,
Forster, Esq.. of Cavendish-road, St. John's-wood, to Fanweit'
youngest daughter of George Taylor, Esq., of Georgo-stre-
Yo:tin tAfl-square.

DIED.
On the 2nth inst., at Bath-square, Peckham, Mr. raertir

Scott, late of Lambeth, in his 53d year: an affectionate
band and beloved parent. His end was peace.
On the 13th inst., at Naples, Sir Thomas Gibson Cslr
miOna chel, Bart.,aged 75. b rt
the 16th ag
at Leighton• hall, Lancashire, 1"„,-0
Gillow, Esq , aged 77. ro.
(), the f 6th inAt., at Tollerton, Northaniptonsh"ra, Do
Urea, the wife f . Farnall. Es.
On the 17th iHnst., aB t Brixton, Henry Walter Wilson, 0-f
ilia
Inner Temple, aged 33.
'n the 18th inst., at A-la-Roude, near Exmouth, -
Parrninter, aged 82. „aid
•On the 22d inst. at Heckmondwike, near Lee's,
Cater I'eo., aged ti 2.
Or- he 23 1 t. lith. aged

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.41 in at Montague-.
32, the a ifr, of T. Griffith, Esq.
On the 23d inst., in Guildford-street, Russell-square'
atveieff, Esq., aged 50.

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Wodneiday, December 26, 1849.