The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONT)ON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1841.

I who has resided for several years in our city, was killed by a
frightful accident. He was returning from the country seat of
N.-eau, eight kilometres from Tours, where he was having some
building erected, intending to go and reside there for some
time. According to his custom, he was driving himself in his
barouche and four, in which were his wife and several of his
children, one of the wheels struck against a large mere stone
by the road side with such violence that the stone was pulled up
and thrown to a considerable distance. Mr. Villiers was
thrown out of the carriage by the shock; one of the horses
broke the traces and ran away ; the others continued their
course, draeging Mr. Villiers' who had twisted the reigns
round his wrist, a wheel passed over his head, and his body
dragged along a stony road, left everywhere tatters of his
clothes, pieces of flesh, or traces of blood, Two servants,
who were behind the carriage, were thrown off and have only
some slight bruises. In the midst of their terror Mrs. Villiers
and the children thought at least that Mr. Villiers had re-
mained at the place were he had been thrown. What was their
`despair when, the horses stopping at length, they alighted and
saw the body of Mr. Villiers under the carriage in a state which
we have not the courage to describe.
Four years ago Mr. and Mrs. Villiers, on quitting a ball, lost
a young daughter, who was the pride of her parents and the
ornament of our saloons. Eighteen months ago one of their
sons left Tours to enter into the English navy ; five months
afterwards the vessel, on board of which he embarked for India,
was wrecked in sight of Bombay, and the unfortunate young
man met his death just at the end of his voyage.
Possessed of a considerable fortune, Mr. Villiers spent his
income in this country, where one of his daughters has lately
married into an honorable family. All those who knew Mr.
Villiers, did justice to his prohibity and goodness of heart; we
therefore were not surprised to see his funeral attended not only
by his countrymen, but also by a great number of Frenchmer,
many of whom went without being invited.—La Gazette de
France.

The Journal Des Debats announces, af er a Belgian Journal
the Memorial de la Sambre, that during the last visit of King
Leopold to Paris, the Ministry had proposed to him to
conclude a treaty of commerce between France and Bel-
gium, one of the principal conditions of which should be
the transfer of the French line of Custom-houses
to the frontiers of Belgium, towards Holland and Germany.
We can affirm that such a proposal has never been seriously
I entertained by any Ministry : such a Treaty would infallibly
produce a disastrous destitution in the principal countries of
industry in the departments of the North. The woollens, iron,
and the coal of these depaitments could not stand a competi-
tion with those of Belgium. No French Chamber would sane-
tion a Treatry founded on bases so burdensome to our com-
merce with the North.—Le Constitutionnel.
A letter from Valenciennes, of the 20th inst., states that
the Bishop of Cambray, M. Louis Belmas, who is of very ad-
vanced age, finding his strength rapidly leaving him, had de-
sired to receive the last sacrament of the church, and conse-
quently, on the 16th inst., all the clergy of the place proceeded
to the episcopal palace for the purpose. The ceremony was
announced by the tolling of the bells of the cathedral. The
Bishop, notwithstanding his weak state, addressed to the per-
sons present a speech which lasted twenty minutes, and in
which he recommended to the clergy of the chapter to pray for
him, asking pardon for the faults which he might have com-
mitted in the course of so long a life, and expressing his desire
to be interred in the Bishop's vault. He then took an affecting
leave of his clergy after forty years of union and co-operation.
The host was exposed in all the churches of the diocese on Sun-
day last, and at Valenciennes letters were read announcing that
the Bishop had taken the last sacrament, and demanding the
prayers of the inhabitants of the diocese. The Prelate still lies
in the most precarious state.

A remarkable phenomenon was witnessed at Marseilles
on the 14th instant, where, between eleven and one in the day,
a strong tide set in at the mouth of the harbour, and caused the
level of the water to rise a foot and a half, knocking several ves-
sels against each other, and causing some alarm. At this port
no tides are ever felt, and the cause of this sustden rise of the
water is supposed to be connected with a volcanic phenomenon
on the other side of the Mediterranean, accounts of which will
probably be received at a future period.
Some more stone coffins were found, yesterday, in front
of St. Germain I'Auxerrois. They were placed close side by
side, and hermetically covered by one large slab. They have
been carried into the church, and deposited with the other
newly-found relics.
In consequence of the storms last week, the spinning-
mills cf M. Lizet de Tourville, at Pont-Audemer, were in-
undated. A good deal of machinery and the great water-
wheel were carried away by the flood. The loss is estimated
at SO;000fr.

Numerous visitors now go daily to the abattoir of Gre-
nelle, to see the extraordinary effect of the Artesian well. At
the height of fifteen feet above the shed, which is itself forty-
five feet high, the water rises and forms a magnificent foun-
tain sixty feet in elevation, spreading in its fall to a diameter of
thirty feet, exhibiting in the distance a gauze-like veil, and
producing a sound equal to a powerful mill. At the point im-
mediately over the shed is placed a basin of zinc to receive this
mass of water which a pipe conducts down its one side of the
shed, and enables the men employed at the works to move
about them without being inundated. It is decided that the
tube is to be carried down to about 540 yards, at which point
there will be no fear of any further obstructions. M. Mulot,
sen., is gone to Boarges, where he is engaged in boring an Ar-
tesian well, already carried down to the depth of 200 yards.
Messrs. Mulot have at this time in hand fifteen similar under-
takings in different departments.
An officer of the Legion of Honour, living in retirement
as Rheims, put an end to his existence, a few days ago, in the
following singular manner. He went out to take his daily
walk, attended by his dog, which he led by a string. When at
same distance from the town, he took the string from the dog's
collar, and with it suspended himself to a tree. A boy was
witness of this sad scene, and was willing to interfere and pre-
vent the consequences, but was prevented from approaching the
unhappy actor in it by the fierceness of the dog. The boy then
ran to call for assistance, but it arrived too late, for, before the
cord could be cut, life was extinct. The conduct of the de-
ceased had given rise for some time to suspicions that his rea-
son was failing ' • and in one of his pockets was a note, request-
ing that his body might not be carried home, in order that his
widow should be spared the afflicting spectacle.
A young woman, named Emilie Rousseau, and a young
man, against whom eighteen warrants have been out for seve-
ral months, for acts of robbery, were arrested two days ago.
Pretending to be brothers, and the young woman being
dressed in male attire, they used to present themselves at
furnished hotels and hire rooms, always choosing those which
looked into the street. After two or three nights, the young
woman would return alone, telling the porter that her brother
would be absent till next day. During the night, she used to
lower from the window the sheets and other linen and move-
ables to her associate, who carried them off, and next morning
would leave the house before the robbery was discovered. They
have been eommitted for trial.

The Liberal du Nord states that in the night of the 17th
inst. the troops of the garrison of Douai were suddenly roused
by sound of trumpet, and a hundred men of the 2d Artillery
marched off for the suppression of a disturbance in the neigh-
bouring commune of Aoyelles-Godault, in the Pas-tle-Calais.
It appears that, by a recent decision of the Tribunals, some
marsh land, which had been illegally possessed by some
inhabitants of the commune, had been awarded to the
original owner, and the occupiers ordered to remove their
crops and give up possession. The occupiers having resisted
the decree, some gendarmes were called in, but they and the
owner, who accompanied them, were beaten and driven off.
The Procureur du Roi, M. Prevost, arrived with an additional
force, but by this time the occupiers of the land having heen
also greatly reinforced, he was obliged to retreat, and was, it is
said, much ill-treated. In this state of things he sent off to
Douai for troops and 18 brigades of gendarmerie. The pre-
sence of the artillery detachment was, however, sufficient to
enforce the law, and restore tranquillity before the arrival of
the gendarmerie, and without any person having been either
killed or wounded. The Mayor of the commune has given in
his resignation. The Liberal du Nord adds, " The garde-
champetre, following the example of M. Mahul of Toulouse,
fled from the tumult. '

hibiting their arrogance and their folly. Sonic excuse
may be found for ordinary persons, for the misappli-
cation of the two terms, science and ar the general
and heedless manner in which even I led men apply
them ; but when a master of oratory like Lord Stfikley,
though he be a master of nothing,elSe, not even o his
tongue, commits such a mistake, it is a suitable oppk-
tunity, hygibbeting his gabble, to warn and instruct others.
MR. MACAULAY.—We observe that one of our Contem-
poraries condemns Mr. Macaulay as having forgotten the
proprieties of his station, as a Minister of the Crown, in
writing the article which has just appeared in the Edin-
burgh Review on ,the subject of Port Royal. Mr. Ma-
caulay's defence is very simple.' lie certainly did not
write the paper in question. The name of the real
writer is well known to us, and we believe to all who take
any interest in this kind of small literary gossip.—Globe.
—[We are rather sorry to see this contradiction, for we
accounted to ourselves for Mr. Macaulay's inefficient ac-
quaintance with the topics of the day by supposing that
these other studies, for which the world gave him credit,
engrossed his attention. We are now at a loss to con-
jecture where the Right lion. Gentleman has hidden
those talents which we know him to pOssess, that neither
by his tongue nor his pea has he made himself conspi-
cuous in defence either of Ministerial policy or t hose
doctrines of free trade which are the stirring topic of our
day, and the arbiters of the fate of that Administration of
which he is a member.]

MONEY and COIIIMER.CIAL NEWS.
CHC, FRIDAY EVENING.
Affected still by the uncertain state of the weather, as
well as by the frequent recurrence of failures, 021:.! or two
houses in the City having been reported in a doubtful
state, the Funds again exhibited to-day a want of buoy-
ancy. For immediate transfer, Consols realised 89i to
and for the account they remained all day at 89i. Ex-
chequer Bills were offered more freely at 13s. to 16s.
premium, and East India Bonds at 4s. premium. Bank
Stock retrograded from 1711 to 170, but there was only
one bargain at this decline. India Stock was firm at
249 i-. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. rea-
lised 99-1 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 90 to /t.
Foreign Stocks were heavy, and attracted but little
notice. Spanish Active Bonds were at 201 ; Portu-
guese New Five per Cents. for account at 30i to 39+ ;
the Three per Cents. at 18i. Colombian at 19 to 20,
and Brazilian at 68, the latter being a shade better. Da-
nish Bonds were at 784. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. improved to 51i to 51i, and the Five per Cents.
to 1011 to 102, in consequence of the accounts from Hol-
land alluding to reports in circulation, to the effect that
the expose of the Finance Minister, upon the next meet-
ing of the States General, will show no longer a defi-
cient revenue, as compared with the expenditure, such
have been the useful retrenchments of the new King's Go-
vernment.

Shares had a tendency to recede. Great Western
were at 20 to 181, the New at 8 to 91, and th© Fifths at
51 to 5'41 premium. London and Birmingham shares
were 70 to 71, and the Quarter ditto 171 premium.
Brighton were 7/1 to 7, and Blackwall 9 discount. Bristol
and Exeter were 28,21, Birmingham and Derby Thirds 6,
and Croydon a discount. Australasia Bank shares were
17 to 143 premium, and Colonial Bank 71 premium.
The foreign exchanges were all lower this afternoon.
and we may observe that the rate on London comes
over rather lower from Hamburgh this afternoon, viz.
13, 5. Here the mere current quotations at which three
months' paper has been negociated arc these:—Paris,
25 GO to 64; Amsterdam, 12 41; Antwerp, 12 3f;
Hamburgh, 13 81 to i; Frankfort 149+ to and Trieste
9 55 to 57.

(From The Sun of Last Night. )
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 22.—The demand
for Cotton to-day has been to a moderate extent, the sales
ansounting to 2,500 bales, of which exporters have taken 300.
In speculation we have nothing of consequence to report.
Prices are unchanged.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 22.—Very little altera-
tion has taken place in the Share Market since yesterday : the
following are the quotations :—Grand Junction, 102; Great
Western 201.IShares, 93; London and Birmingham 32/. Shares,
53i ; London and South Western, 544 ; North Midland, 68 ;
North Union, 81.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 22.—Our Market
to-day has been decidedly fiat, probably owing to the unsettled
state of the weather. South Eastern and Dover, Man-
chester and Leeds, 50 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 214 22 ;
London and South Western, 53 ; Eastern Counties, 8,

We have received Sydney Papers four days later, to the 23d
March, from which we give the following extract :
" Aucxwm.—The first sale of allotments in the capital of
New Zealand will take place on Monday, April 19, when one
hundred allotments are to be sold, and Lieutenant-Governor
Hobson notifies that, in consequence of the number of persons
who have collected at Auckland, he is apprehensive that the
number of town allotments advertised will not be sufficient to
meet the demand, he has therefore directed that two more sec-
tions should be prepared to meet the contingency.
" NEw ZEALAND BANlC.—Several Glasgow capitalists
having applied to the Directors of the New Zealand Bank for
leave to become shareholders, the Company have alloted 100
shares to each of the seven gentlemen so applying, and have
transmitted 2,300 other shares for sale in Great Britain."
The Dutch Mail has arrived with papers to the 21st inst.,
and brings the Exchange, 12 10 shut same as last post day.
The Funds are higher, leaving off, Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
514 ; Five per Cents. 1004. Spanish also higher, owing to a
favourable account of the Budget for 1842.
HAGUE, JULY 20.—We learn from the Hundelsb!ad that
the Government were occupied for some time past, with the
project of the budget for 1842 and 1843. It is assured that
the propositions are ready to be laid before the Chambers of the
States-General. It is reported that in the project, the balance
of the expenses and the revenue wi►l be brought to a conclu-
sion, without having recourse to a loan or augmentation of
contributions.

BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JULY 20.—The notice given
yesterday that the budget, which will be presented to the
States-General by the Minister of Finance, will be of an equal
description between the receipts and the expenses, without
being obliged to resort to extraordinary measures, has caused
many purchases in the National Funds, and the prices have
improved. Ardoins was much sought after, at an improve-
ment of per cent.
The British Market continues steady, without any business
doing of the least importance to the present time; both the
moneyed interest and speculators are shy of acting at present.
Consols opened this morning at the same quotations they
left off for Money, and 894 4 for the Account, 26th August,
895 90; Three per Cents. Reduced 905, Three-and-a-Half
per Cents Reduced 995 4, New Three-and•a-Half per Cents.
984 5, Exchequer Bills 13 15 prem., Bank Stock 1705 15,
India Stock 2485 95, India Bonds 4 6 prem.
In the Foreign Market prices were nominal. Spanish Ac-
tive Stock 205 4, Deferred n 10, Passive 44- 5, Portuguese
Five per Cents. 3054, Ditto Three per Cents. 184 4, Brazilian
675 68, Colombian 195 20, Mexican 255 6, Dutch Tv+ o-and-
a-Half per Cents. 514 1, Ditto Five per Cents. 1011,4 2.
SHARES.—Great Western 20 21 prem., New 85 95 prem.,
London and Brighton 8 75 dis., Biaekwall 94 84 dis., Birming-
ham 69 71 prem., Southamptoe 545 55 per sha, e.
The only feature to notice in the Stock Exchange this
morning is, that the Government broker has been giving largely
upon the heavy securities, and money is not quite so easy.
The accounts from France, with regard to the crops,
are unfavourable, also those from Scotland ; and
Wheat in bond is Is. per quarter dearer again
to-day, so that a rise in the averages is daily more likely.
In fact, even if the weather changes, the advance in
prices during the last few days must have some ef-
fect on the next official returns regulating the duty, though
probably this latter may not even then be low enough to induce
present importations of magnitude. All depends on the wea-
ther, and even a favourable turn will not prevent some amount
of foreign corn coming in before the harvest at least.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

slink Stock l7O 'lndia Stock ....2491
3 per Cent Red 9Ol Ditto Bonds 4pm
3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ...
3} per Cent Red.. 99* .Ditto New Annuities...
New 31 per Cent 9Bl ,Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2/d 16 pm
New 5 per Cent — i Ditto 500/ l6 pm
Long Annuities to expireL Ditto Small l6 pm
Jan. 1860 .. 13 , Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct. 1859 lndia Stock for 0pg....
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent... ,Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto --,
Brazilian 80nd5.......... 68 Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent :Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, b. per cent...... Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... !Spanish, 5 per cent 2o*
Ditto, 1824. — !Ditto, Deferred ...
Danish, 3 per cent 7Bl .French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent - Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... iFrench, 3 per cent --f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. i Dutch, 2} per cent. ... 511
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 percent 104
SHARES
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd)
Ditto Thirds (15 paid)
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid)
Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... B3
Ditto New Shares (50 paid - 58
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ... 94
London and Brighton (50 paid)... . 43.}
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 16
London and Birmingham Railway (90 130 161
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid)
London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk )..... ,i 3
COURSE OF EXCH -GE—(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 7 Gibraltar , ...
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...... ...2 U l2 8 Genoa
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per oz 1181
Ditto, 3 m0nth5......... 25 80 Lisbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 85 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 38 Buenos Ayres
Berlin... . .. 7 New York, 21 days sight 4b/
Vienna, effec. 11. 3M. 956 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto . 9150 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Madrid
Cadiz ...... 36* Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9
Bilboa • 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0
Barcelona
Seville . ... 36 !Silver in Bars 0 4 Ili

POLITICAL PREDILECTION OF JACK K E TCH.

Tuesday se'imight, the hangman for the five Mid-
land Counties, presented himself at Swadlingcote Polling
Booth, No. 1, to tender his votes, as an elector of Appleby.
This last functionary of the law, on being asked who he
voted for, replied—" for Mundy and Colvile, and if I had
fifty votes they should have them all." Mr. A. Bass,
who represented the Liberal candidates, humorously-
called the attention of Sir George Beaumont to the call-
ing of the elector he was thanking for his votes. Sir
George thought he should not make such remarks upon
electors. .Mr. Bass begged pardon, but said this was
such.an extraordinary ease, that he could not help saying,
he hoped the distinguished elector would never be better
acquainted than he then was with any of the Liberal
party. The hangman went out of the booth grumbling,
as he went—" I have never had a job since these Whigs
came into office !"—Derby Reporter.
MORE TORY DOINGS AT LANGLEY.—On
Friday last a tea drinking was given at the Parsonage,
Langley, to the Sunday School children, who were all
decorated with blue bows upon the occasion. The prin-
cipal part of the amusement appeared to consist in
shouting "down with the yellows." Is this the way in
which the worthy Rector illustrates the passage, " Train
up a child in the way he should go 2"

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Vabitt t,l-Viition.

" Who runs may read."

- ABROAD.— -
- " pontleN-LcototztAm.
The justificatory address of the run-away ex-Pre-
feet of Toulouse, hl. Mahul, is rather roughly handled by
the Paris journals of Wednesday. • The Courrier Fran-
cais and the Constitutionnel are very much displeased
with the light heeled ex-official for denying that he
shrunk at the idea of shedding the blood of the factious,
which he says " was at once his right and his duty.'
M. Mahul knows best the "rights and duties" of Pre-
fects appointed by the Citizen King, nor shall we
cont end that the obligation of shedding the blood of the
disaffected is not included in them. All we care to ob-
serve is, that M. Mahul was less eager to shed the blood
of others than careful to preserve his own. His objec-
tion was not so much to kill as to be killed. He disliked
the popular principle of reciprocity in blood-shedding,
and so he took to •his keels. Mahul is mani-
festly not to' blame. He proclaims that it was his
right and duty asTrefect to shed the blood of the factious,
and that he was quite ready and willing. so to do, but a
rabble of rascals interfered, and not only would not let
him, but actually proposed fto mete to him the punish-
mentwhich he intended for them ! And so M. Mahul;
half dead with terror, fled to Paris to inform the King
of the insult offered to his Throne and dignity in the
person "of his Majesty's dutiful Prefect. After so
heroic an exploit, the King cannot do less
than reward M. . Mahal with a Peerage, with
the style'and title of Baron of Toulouse. Peerages in
France have been the reward of services less dangerous.
For example, his successor in Toulouse, M. Duvalle, was
made a Peer for smoking the Duchess of Berry out of a
chimney, after the fashion with which inhuman sweeps
treat their lazy apprentices.

The French journals were lately very angry be-
cause Lord Palmerston, in a speech at Tiverton, con-
demned the inhumanity with which France was
conducting the war in Africa. Some of them even
dared to deny the fact. We have now before us an
" Order of the Day," addressed to the " Soldiers of the
division of Algiers," by their. Commanding Officer, Ge-
neral Baraguay d'Hilliers, dated " Blidah, July 7,
1841," Which more than bears out every statement made
by the Noble Foreign Secretary. We call the atten-
tion not only of France, but of the civilised world, to
the following extract from it :

" Soldiers of the division of Algiers--I am indebted to your
zeal and courage, to your devotedness of every moment, for the
accomplishment of the mission intrusted to me by the Gover-
nor. You have responded in a becoming manner to the ex-
pectation of France. You have destroyed the military esta-
blishments of the enemy , you have-carried away their women,
children, and cattle; you have committed to the flames their
houses and harvests; you have spread destruction everywhere,
without their ever daring to offer any serious opposition to
your march."

So that " to respond in a becoming manner to the expec-
tations of France," the French soldier .in Africa is ex-
pected to " carry away women, children, and cattle," to
burn houses and destroy harvests, without encountering
the face of an enemy ! This is a war of brigands and
not of soldiers. An army so employed must be in the
most brutal state of demoralization. We wonder not
that the King withdraws his sons from the moral con-
tamination of so debasing an atmosphere.
The Archbishop of Paris has issued an order to his
clergy against marrying theatrical performers. John
Wesley said that he never knew an instance of a Metho-
dist becoming a bookseller who did not desert the band
meetings of the elect in six months. This came of the sin
of reading and reflecting. The good Prelate, no doubt, has
discovered that the actors of profane mummeries do not
thereby increase their respect for their fellow performers
in the spiritual line, and so he dooms them to perpetual
celibacy ! How long will the world endure such eccle-
siastical tyranny ? Was society made for priests, that
the members contributing most to its amusement should
be treated in this way.

A melancholy account of the death of an English
gentleman named Villiers, for some years settled in
France, will be found in another column. While in a
carriage with a part of his family the horses took fright,
he was thrown out, and killed. Mr. Villiers was greatly
respected.

While the Dutch Minister of Finance, M. Rochus-
son, was attending a Cabinet Council on Sunday, his
wife, whom he left at home in good health, dropped into
the arms of a lady who came to congratulate her on her
safe delivery of a child a fortnight before, and instantly
expired.

The Duke of Marlborough, with his family, and
Baron Mackau, Vice-Admiral, arrived at Rotterdam, on
Tuesday, from London.

The Marquis of Blandford arrived at Rotterdam
from Amsterdam. on Tuesday.

The anniversary of the accession of King Leopold to
the throne of Belgium was celebrated in Brussels with
great pomp on Wednesday. At ten o'clock the King set
out by the railway from the Palace at Laeken to the
camp at Beverloo. No Sovereign in Europe has so
pleasant a time of it gadding about as King Leopold.

AT HOME.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The south-east corner of Bond-street and Piccadilly
is daily- obstructed with packages, &c., of large dimen-
sions, which remain unnoticed, while a poor applewoman
is routed as a pest.
The Thames Tunnel progresses fast. The shield
is no longer to be seen, as it is now again at work form-
ing a junction with the shaft, which is nearly sunk to
the required depth on the Wapping side.
Glass church bells are among modern wonders.
One has just been cast in Sweden. Its diameter is six
feet, and its tone is said to be finer than any metal bell.