The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.

HARVEST PROSPECTS.—We are still blessed wit
the finest weather, and there is every appearance of its
continuance. It is quite delightful to read the accounts
from the country—all giving the most cheering accounts
of the prospects of the Harvest.
CAVAN ELECTION.—To permit Colonel Clements to
come in for Cavan is censurable. It is really discredit•
able to the Liberals that some effective effort has not
been made to rescue Cavan from the Tories. All that
is required to beat them from the field is timely exer-
tion, and cordial co-operation on the part of the great
Liberal proprietors and the people.—Dublin Evening
Post.

AN INJURED MAN.—The following "affair of ho-
nour" occurred .on Saturday at Henry-street Office,
when Mr. F. W. Beaumont was brought before Mr.
Duffy, of the " C division," charged with having writ-
ten a hostile letter to Captain Ellisson, of the SSth
Regiment, now stationed in Richmond Barracks. Mr.
Beaumont being under the impression that Captain
Ellisson had taken some liberties with his lady, sent him
a challenge to meet him at half-past three o'clock
on Saturday morn;ng in the Fifteen Acres. Mr. B.
was in the park at the appointed hour, but Captain
E. did not make his appearance at all upon " the
daisy." A figure was seen by Mr. B. approaching
throughength a the trees
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sented himself to view. " I presume," said Mr. 8., ad-
dressing the stranger, "you arc second to Capt. Ellis-
son. It is very unfortunate that I cannot procure a
man ere
second. One gentleman was sick, and another was out
of town. Neither have I any pistols; but," added he,
with the sang froid of a Sir Lucius O'Trigger, "I
came here for fighting, and fight I will. You, of course,
have brought pistols, and as for a second, why you can
officiate for both plincipalv." " I am not a second,"
said the person addressed, "but Police-Sergeant Clarke,
of the C division, and I have a warrant in my pocket to
arrest you." " Oh," exclaimed the amazed Mr. 8.,
" is it possible that the fellow has given information
himself." Sergeant Clarke waited with Mr. B. in the
park' for some time expecting that either Cap-
tain Eilisson or his second would arrive ; and
finding. that neither came, he called a car and
brought Mr. B. to Dublin. Mr. B. told the officer
that he had been married to his wife in the Straw-
market, but that if he had married her according to
the ceremony of the established religion, he would
bring an action for " crim. con." against the Gallant
Captain.

Dlr. Beaumont was directed by Mr. Duffy to find
bail to keep the peace, himself in 1001., and two sure-
ties of 501. each. At twelve o'clock, he was brought
into the board-room again, by order of Mr. Duffy, who
asked him if he bad found his bail. He replied that
he bad written for gentlemen, but he feared they could
not come to him till it was late in the day.

THE WEATHER IN IRELAND.—Nothing can
be more propitious than the weather. Heat, sun, wind—every-
thing that the heart of man could desire for bringing to perfec-
tion the prospects of harvest held alit by a bounteous Provi-
dence.—Mail.

AFFECTING STORY.—A recent letter from
Omek, in Siberia, relates the followinr, affecting tale :—" A
young woman, only twenty, of striking beauty, and one of the
most distinguished families in St. Petersburgh, was condemned
three years ago to labour hi the mines for the rest of her life,
for having, in a paroxysm of jealousy, killed her husband.
Her youth and mildness of character induced the Governor, in-
stead of sending her down into the mines, to appoint her one of
the superintendents of the hospital at Omek. Induced by the
great propriety of her conduct, the governor petitioned, some
time ago, for and obtained her pardon. On this being com-
municated to her she was overcome with gloom, and a few days
afterwards was discotfetedlii-Pr room lifeless, having opened
her veins by 'means of a large nail. She left the following
written on a card :-" Death for death! Human justice par-
dons rae, but divine justice never can. God calls me to him
—whom I loved, whom I murdered, but whom I still love.
Adieu! Pardon me ! Pray for me ! Pr 4 for me !"—French
Paper.

THE OPERA.—Her Majesty's Theatre will
close for the season'on Saturday se'nnight, when the manage-
ment will have given the usual number of subscription nights,
viz., fifty. The season has been unusually brilliant, and has
afforded a handsome profit to the moneyed speculators who
lease the establishment, after deducting the salary to the
director (M. Laporte). The prima donna Giu: ietta Grisi,
accompanied by Ernesta Grisi and M. Benedict, depart on a
provincial tour on the 16th and 17th. They give concerts at
Leamington Spa. Cerito will leave for Stuttgardt, where the
manager of the Royal Theatre in that capital has engaged her,
by direction of his Majesty the King of Wirtemberg. Madame
Persiani goes to Paris, where, we are sorry to state, her
only son is in very ill health. The last rehearsal of the new
ballet, Le Toreador, last evening, went off extremely well.
SUNDERLAND, AUG. 3.—The remains of the
Earl of Durham arrived here in his yacht between seven and
eight o'clock this morning. The shops have been all half
closed during the day, and the ships in the river have bad their
colours flying half-mast high. The remains were removed
from the yacht at five o'clook this afternoon, and placed in a
steam vessel to be conveyed up the river to South Biddick,
where a hearse and coaches will be waiting to carry them to
Lambton Castle. It is understood his Lordship will be buried
at Chester-le-street, on Monday, the 10th, or Tuesday, the
11th instant.

Viee.Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., has been
placed in mourning by the demise of his daughter, the Countess
Charlotte 13riedenback, at Darmstadt, on the 18th ult. She
was in the prime of life, and had been married about three year
Mr. Foitescue, of Ravensdale, the new M.P. for
Louth, on the occasion of his return to Parliament for that
county, liberally paid the debts of the twelve indigent debtors
in the county gaol.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.Yee-
terday morning, between six and seven, a fatal accident oc-
curred off Southwark-bridge to James Hatfield, a youth twelve
years of age, residing in Castle-street, Southwark. He was
riding on a plank in the river with other lads, when he slipped
off, and was drowned. The rest were saved by swimming.
Three thousand six hundred and forty-one pas-
sengers landed at the Swan Pier on Sunday last from the
Chelsea Iron steamers, independent of those that arrived at the
Cadogan pier by other steamers.
CAVAN.—Colonel Clements, a Conservative,
has addressed the constituency of Cavan, offering himself as a
candidate for the seat in its representation, vacant by the re-
tirement of the Hon. S. 11. Maxwell. Wednesday the 12th of
August is the day fixed by the Sheriff for the election.
Louis Philippe is to leave Paris for the Chateau
D'Eu on the sth. 111. Thiers is to follow on the 7th, there to
find M. Guizot, who comes from London to meet the King
and the Prime Minister. M. Bourqueney, First Secretary of
Embassy, returns to London, to attend to business during the
absence of M. Guizot. The Resse says, that all Russian
officers now at Paris have received orders to join their respective
head-quarters; and that the French Chambers are to be called
ogether for the 25th of September.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE REGENT S
Panic.—Between four and five yesterday morning
as William
Holsden, police constable, No. 82 of the S division,wosspiev.
-
ceeding on duty in the Regent's Park, near to the Zoo
e 1
Gardens, he discovered a man, very respectably dress d lyin ag
beside the fence, with a cut on the left side of the throat, of be-
tween three and four inches in length an,l two inches in depth.
depth.
A razor covered with blood was lying beside. him.__. Hee
livas
quite insensible, and was removed toUniveTty
vital.. He is not expected to survive. Nothing was foundg °osn-
his person tending to discover who he was. Only a few i
alf-
once were found in one of his pockets. He appears to be
about forty years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches high, and darkish
hair. He was dressed ins black frock coat and waistcoat, dark
trousers, Blucher boots, a check shirt (unwashed), and over it
a cambric front.