The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-24 00:00:00

Mr. Commissioner Evans is likely to be appointed Chief Commissioner under the .New Bankrupt Ac;
which comes iwo.operation the secondweck of nex"
month.— WAly Chronici.
A youngec
woman frome
the neighbourhood of 1171.1ci
of
s6,wwuiNuepertp,e:o:
d inquiredsi
"said:
ford called at a grocer's in this town a few days agog I';4
iflNt. thehl' eer cgs:ha:ad') shopkeeper
maneegpeet
,ri
t,
;s
"I do
,lddwo
a"snt
the
ems
eanlrlel
xiantneyq
twls
eol,rni.l
Supposing tsh wasou l intended teri d
thinked fabtr maneydicainfe,thtehedgrratlgesetrerir;;,;
dragsters sold it." This induced the shopkeeper " What 1" s'id the it, wirer looking a little sal' ,5,,,
" does the drugsters sell it? I did not know that 1:;,_
to ft:ii
for shat purpose it was intended? " Oh," said Oribey
is our chaps as wants it; they are thacking, an" os
want it to do sunamat at the stack!" " why,
you w bat
tarpaulin twine." " 0 dear, yes; Ido really belie!,
igtet.
is it." And this being actually the case, her want
immediately supplied.—Nuta Guardian. of the
LARGE HAILSTONE.-011 the high ground
enzie,
farm of Mr. Moffat, on the estate of Mr. Mahe 30th
Ord, during the thunderstorm on the night of
~ta_
ova
ult., there fell a huge block of ice or hailstone o..fe.n,
so
shape, measuring in diameter about seven t.e ',two
weighing somewhere about twelve or fifteen cw„tiih-Ltat,te.
composed of small hailstones, and had Tsu,_s.dfeeYr
It melted almost entirely away in the courasesaof
and Wednesday. This our informant staitesele nj,hich
the largest hailstone ever heard of, the on.
raider-storm in
of France, which fell during a terrific thuibe._
Inverness
the year 1510, and weighed about 100
approached it in size being one mentioned nY tOhe history
Advertiser. —Yesterday
~ A n IST.
FUNERAL OF SHARPE, THE Cm''''''T
the Chartist
he locale of
toria Cemetery, Bonuer's•fields, t
body
was conveyed on
disturbances of last year.
TheColfin being covered
the funeral of Alexander Sharpe took plsce at the Vic'a
bier, drawn by a single bore, theln a coach were the
with a tri-coloured velvet pall.
several cabs the chief
relatives of the deceased, and in
tended the funeral care'
members of the Chartist body
who followed the
place by several hundreds of persons,
be whole of
Throughout t
cortege in silent procession. Before the
order prevailed.
the proceedings the utmost after
mony, the remains being condu:ttetti to their final resting..
which the parties retired to their several D Da
Fact that
coffin was lowered, an address was
.de.loiveerse.d,
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Thomas, housekeeper to a nobleman, residing
the most skilful
though she had received the best advice from
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h appears
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BIRTHS.
On the 20th inst., at Stratford-house, Essex, the wife of
J. T. Valiance, Esq., of a son.
On the 20th inst., at Halkin-street West, Belgrave-square,
the lady of T. C. Smith, Esq., of a son.
At Wellington, Somerset, on the 20th inst., the wife of B.
Trencher, Esq., of a son.
On the .oth inst., at Bisbopsteignton, Devon, the wife of
John Sadler, Esq., tf a daughter.
On the 21th inst., at Salwood-lodge, Tube-hill, the wife
of T. .I,4,ughborough, Esq., of a sonalthamstow, Essex, the
.
On the ?.Ist inst., at the Elms, W
wife of NV. Kirkmann, Esq., of a son.

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MARB •
Herne, e est daughter of
of CliEon, to Jane y
iinst., at thseeAbmboeuyr, Bath,JohnOnthelsth Stanton, Esq.,
•
D
inst., Alexander
Maxwell,
Esq.
Bethune,E sq
On t°
Dundee,
, o f
B 1
18th
dLiverpool, Thomas Stamford Raffles,
of llacklestone.
Bruges,
Esq., of the Inner Temple, to Maria, the elder surviving
(laughter of the late Edward Cearns, jun., Esq., of Rodney-
street, Liverpool.
O.: the 20th inst., at Stockton, Worcestershire. Major 11.
eAb
htA:leaetrh,go°a n
inst.,re t t
e fourth
a t
P. Raymond, of the Royals, to Julia, second daughter of
the late Lieutenant-General Sir David Ximeues, of
Bearash, Berkshire.

PrOebnentladea: M.A.,
inst., in Chaprielsp-s.treet, Berkeley-square, the
Rev. George J. Cornish, .A., vicar of Kenwyn, Cornwall,
of Exeter, and chaplain to the Lord Bishop of
Exeter.
On the 17th inst., at Surbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames,
G. S. Esq , late of Portsea, aged 36.
Oa the 19th inst., at Dover, Ann, relict of the late Rev.
W. Parker, rector of St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate Within.
On the ;9th inst., aged 34, Mr. William Geary, of New
Breutford.
On the 20th inst, at Walsall, Staffordshire, Alice, wife of
General Graven, aged 72.
On the 10th inst., at Rochester, William Payne, Esq.
On the 20th inst., at Regent-villas, Avenue-road, William
Newton, Esq., aged 42.
On the .40,11 in 4 , at Shankiln, Isle of Wight, William
Good, Esq., aged 70.
On the 214 inst., at Ravenscourt-terrace, Hammersmith,
aged 86, M.s. Mary Stable, relict of John Stable, Esq., late
of Chase-side, Enfield.
On the 20th inst., aged 63, Lawrence, eldest son of the late
Cornet us 11. Kortright, Esq., of Hylands,
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