The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-17 00:00:00

A NOBLE EXAMPEt TO CONSTITUENCIES.—The
electors of South Shields, indignant at the virulent and
vexatious opposition made to Mr. Wawn, have resolved
to return that gentleman to the House of Commons free
of expense. His election
bills have already been paid
by them, and when he departs for London a first-class
ticket will be presented to him,
and his cab hire to the
House paid, so that he will stand on the floor of that
House an independent Member in the fullest sense of
the term. We understand a
public dinner will shortly
take a place in that town to celebrate the triumph of
Liberal principles.—Newcastle Guardian.
PROHIBITION AGAINST THE IMPORTATION OF
WARLIKE STORES INTO THE REGENCY OF TRIPOLI,
IN BARBARY.—The Government of Malta, under date
July 30, 1847, transmitted to the committees of British
and native merchants
of that island, copy of a dispatch
from G. W. Crowe, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Agent
and Consul-General at Tripoli, dated the 20th ult., noti-
fying that the importation
and sale of all warlike stores,
such as guns, gun-barrels, gunpowder, gun-flints, musket
and pistol balls, had been strictly prohibited by the
Government of Tripoli; and that any such articles being
landed at any of the ports or on the coast of that Re-
gency, will be confiscated as contraband.
STEAM TUGS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN.—It is
suggested that the attention of the Admiralty should
now now be called to the probability of westerly gales
setting in in the Mediterranean, by which vessels from the
Black Sea and the coasts of Italy and Egypt, bound to
this country, are often detained many days, sometimes
weeks, in the Gut of Gibraltar, to the great damage,
and not unfrequently total destruction, of their cargoes.
Many hundred vessels may thus be shortly collected
and stopped there. Two towing steamers, placed in the
gut to render assistance, might be the means of sparing
much loss to merchants and underwriters. The preva-
might send half a dozen for the
e
lence of westerly winds last year at the Gut of Gibraltar
caused the detention of a large fleet of merchantmen for
nearly six weeks. Surely, having so many steam ships
served,ltty that of teaching the com-
manders to
jresppoota:reteo,
of,
assisting
might eA d mra
h wind bound fleet. Another
bi e
of such steamers what it is very desirable they
should learn—namely, the best method of towing ships,
and also the capabilities of their respective vessels for
this sort of work; it being well known that the towing
of heavy ships does not so much depend upon the speed
or horse-power of the steamer employed as upon her
build.
SUPPOSED MURDER.—Great commotion was created
in the Cowgate and neighbourhood yesterday by a report
that the common executioner for the city, John Scott,
had been murdered. From the few contradictory and
inconclusive particulars which we have been enabled to
gather, it appears, however, to be exceedingly doubtful
whether Scott's death has really been occasioned by vio-
lence, or arose from natural causes. As the case is
undergoing gthe investigation by the authorities, we forbear
name of the party accused, or the various
in
criminating statements current against him. There can
be no doubt, however, that Scott was yesterday forenoon
carried into a shop near the foot of the Fishmarket Close
in a state of insensibility, and that he died in a few
minutes after. Some people say he died in consequence
to
of a blow he had just received from another man, while
others allege that it was a sudden visitation. The latter
is, perhaps, the correct version, as Scott was a poor,
emaciated man, and it appears his body bears no external
marks of violence.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
The first exhibition of paintings which ever took
place in Van DieMen'd Land was Opened some months
since, cad among the exhibitors was the Bishop of
Tasmania.
ROCHDALE.—SINGVLAR ELast week a
valuable horse, belonging to Messrs. Tweedales woollen
manufacturers, Broadley Mills, near Rochdale, fell down
a precipice of rock upwards of forty-five feet in height,
without receiving any nijury.—Hulffax Guardian.