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

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ARRIVAL OF THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING
AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.—phis morning, a little
after ten o'clock, the King and Queen arrived at the Royal
Dock-yard, Woolwich, in her Majesty's steam packet
Widgeon, commanded by Captain Hamilton. The Royal
party and suite embarked at Ostend at 10 o'clock on Friday
night, aad were received, on their arrival at Woolwich, by
Lords Lilford and Lennox. Their Majesties, escorted by a
party of the Royal Horse Artillery, commanded by Lieutenant
Gilbert, proceeded to the Green Man Hotel, Blackheath, where
they took refreshment, and thence continued their route to
Buckingham Palace.

DIEPPE, AUG. 5.--Their Royal Mal-messes
the Duke and Duchess of Nemours arrived at Eu°yesterday
evening. His Majesty and the Queen of the French are ex-
pected there to-morrow. It is said that during the sojourn of
his Majesty at his marine chateau, he will be visited by.M.
Cluizot, the French Ambassador in England. Two Govern..
ment steam-vessels are stationed at Trepot. The London
and Dieppe s.eam•packet arrived yesterday morning, but
brought very few passengers.

FATAL OCCURRENCE.—A dreadful occurrence,
involving the loss of two lives, took place at an early hour yes-
terday morning in this town. Richard Marchant, a fisherman,
proceeded with two young men named James and Thomas
Wheeler, ore of whom was his son-in-law, and another
'Lan, to remove the soil from a house situated in Bunker's
Hill, a pa,sage running out of West-street. In perform-
ino• their work, one of the Whee.ers descended the place
to° take out the soil, which he then handed up to his com-
panions. The night was intensely hot, and the effluvia of the
place so great, that the young man found himself over-
powered. He called to his brother above to help him out,
that he might get some fresh air. His brother instantly
descended for that. purpose ; but it is supposed that the
noi.ome vapours from the soil were also too much for
him, and falling against his brother, both of them lost
their hold of the ladder on which they were standing, and fell
into the soil, which was ten feet deep. Marchant beheld the
accident, but he was so overpowered by the dreadful sight that
he stood motionless and speechless. The other man, who
remained outside with the carts, finding that the soil was no
longer brought out, entered the place and aroused Marchant fs om
his stupor. The unfortunate old man then hastened to descend
to the rescue of his relations, but he was unable to lift either of
the bodies up, and had he not been quickly drawn up would
have perished himself. A policeman who had been called in
then descended and drew forth one of the bodies. In his se-
cond attempt he failed, from the dreadful stench, but descended
a third time and succeeded. Both the young men, however,
were quite dead, and were conveyed to the Town Hall, where
they await a Coroner's inquest. They ate both, we are sorry
to and, married men, with large families. Marehant was so
affected, and suffered so much from the bad air, that he is dan-
gerously ill.— Brighton Herald.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held
vestertlay before Mr. W. Carter, at the Battersea Union Work-
house, Wandsworth, on the body of William Cripps, who incau-
tiously got on the line of the Southampton Railway, as the four
o'clock train was coming, his foot caught one of the plates, and
he was thrown down. It was impossible to release him or stop
the engine in time. When the train had passed, he was raised
up, and life was not quite extinct, but he died almost imme-
diately, the hands and legs of the unfortunate man were nearly
severed from his body, and he had also received dreadful in-
juries in the stomach and other parts—Verdict, " Accidental
death."

THE MOORS.-Some of' the most experienced
gamekeepers in Galloway have given it as their opinion that
grouse or greyfowl, although remarkably strong in the wing,
are much weaker numerically than in the olden time ; not,
however, from any disaster attached to the hatching of the pre-
sent season, but from causes that have been in operation for a
'number of years. Muirburn used to be alleged as the leading
cause of decay, even where the rotation was pretty regular ;
but fresh obstacles to the extension of the feathered population
have sprung. up and are gradually extending their range, in
the shape of tile-draining, subsoil-ploughing, and bone manure,
applied to heights previously consigned t" cattle and sheep—im
provements which are changing more and more the general
aspect of the country, and confer' trig marked agricultural dis-
tinction on the nineteenth century. But. a large remnant of
greyfowl remains ; moor partridges and hares still abound in
the south of Scotland, and better than al!, blackeocks have in-
creased to such a pitch, in the parish of Minnigaff and other
wilds, that no fowler delt in his art, t eed despair of very splen-
did spirt, season 1840.—Dumfries Courier.

DESTRUCTION AT MACHINERY —On Fri-
day morning a steam engine of great power, at Mr. Hall's silk
factory at Coggleshall. was from some cause at present unex-
plained, deranged in its move.nents, when the beam crank and
several of the pumps were broken and damage was sustained,
we are informed, to the amount of 'spwards of I,oool.—Chelms-
ford Chronicle.

ChIN ESE NARCOTIC.—The above (huff, al-
though grown to a great extent in India, yet is not productive
of so much injury to the heaith and morals of the peop!e, as
has been so clamorously misropreser.ted. Neither is the con-
sumption of opium throughout India anything like what it has
been made out to be. There is a powerful narcotic pant,
known under the name of &tang, which the natives pre-
fer to the former drug, and which they indulge in largely.
A long habit of using this herb eventually produces in-
sanity, and, ultimately, death. The Chinese immi-
grants, colonising in Calcutta, are great consumers of
baang, and it has the effect of eNciting them to pug.
nacious moods, by bringing into operation their very worst
passions. Whenever a fierce affray take* place between the
two Colonies of Calcutta and Coringha, it has been invariably
observed that the malcontct.ts have been labourng under the
pernicious influence of this narcotic weed, a vast quantity of
which is smuggled into Chiita by native " sur darogahs."
This drug and the use of " subjee," an intoxicating drink.
concocted by the natives from vatious aromatic herbs. has
hqen_ known to be. productive of more mischievous and destrue-
tive effects among the people in six days, than has the use of
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