The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

THE LATE DR. CHALMERS.—It will, we are sure,
afford pleasure to all our readers to learn that the Queen,
on the advice of Lord John Russell, has settled on Mrs.
Dr. Chalmers and her family a pension on the civil list
of 2001. a-year. It is highly creditable both to the
monarch and her adviser, that the act, alike unsolicited
and unexpected on the part of Mrs. Chalmers and her
friends, takes the form of a spontaneous expression of
sympathy with the bereaved widow, and of respect for
the illustrious dead. The official letter of intimation to
Mrs. Chalmers, written by Lord John's own hand, is as
follows:—" Chesham-place, June 22, 1847. Madam-1
have the satisfaction of informing you, that the Queen,
taking into her consideration the piety, eloquence, and
learning of the late Dr. Chalmers, has been pleased to
command that a pension of two hundred pounds a year
should be settled upon you and your daughters, out of
her Majesty's civil list. Allow me to add, that I trust
that this act of the Queen may render the remainder of
your life as tolerable as the loss of so eminent and excel-
lent a partner will permit. I have the honour to be,
Madam, your obedient faithful servant, J. RussErz.”---
Ed.:nburgh Witness.
LIBERALITY OF THE PRESENT POPIde-,WE read in

the Mondo Illustrato of Rome:—" A wealthy nobleman
desired to constitute one of his two sons his universal

legatee, on condition that he would make a sacrifice of
' part of his property to the church. The two sons,
knowing that their father was very eccentric, deter-
mined, whatever will he might make, to divide his
fortune between them. Irritated at this, the father
made a secret will, by which ho left a very small sum
indeed to his two sons, and the bulk of his property to
the priest who should happen to say the first mass in
, the church in which his funeral ceremony was to take
place. This will he deposited with a notary. On his
death, which took place shortly after, the notary opened
the will, and struck by its singularity, took it to the
Pope. It was late at night that his Holiness became
acquainted wi'h it, but before daylight next morning he
hastened to the church at which the funeral ceremony
was to take place, caused the doors to be opened by
stating who he was, and celebrated the sacrifice of the
mass before any priest had arrived. He thus bedtime
legally entitled to the property of the deceased, and
immediately made it all over to the two sons." '
At Derrynane House chapel mass is celebrated
every morning by the Rev. J. O'Sullivan, who resides .
the Abbey. On the right of the altar is a large chair or
pew, where Mr. O'Connell used to sit. It has a back seven
feet high, and this pew is now covered with black cloth,
the door fastened, and no one is to enter it again.
TUE IRISH CHIEF SECRETARYSHIP.—The Dublin
Freeman's Journal of Thursday states, it has been settled
that Sir William Somerville will succeed to the Irish
Secretaryship, which Mr. Labouchere vacates for the
Board of Control, immediately after the dissolution of
Parliament.

BIRTB.
On the 25th inst., in Lowndes.etreet, the lady of Edward
F. Jenner, Esq., of a son.
On the 25th inst., at Calbourne Rectory, Isle of Wight, the
wife of the Rev. Robert Sumner, of a daughter.
On the 25th inst.' at Marlborough-road, Dalston, the wife
of Charles Newton, Esq., of a son and hair.
On the 26th inst., at the Vicarage, Old Windsor, the lad,
of the Rev. E. H. Hopper of a daughter.
On the 26th inst., in Piccadilly, the wife of Mr. Masson.
of a daughter.
On the 26th inst., in Sussex-square, the wife of J. G. Turn-
bull, Esq., of a son.

MARR.
On the 21st inst., at NitoulE,
IDsle of Wight, William s:
/Volley, Esq., to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Henri
Coape, Esq.
On the 23d inst., at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, Joseph
Deane, late Captain Carabineera, to Georgians Charlotte,
only child of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Thursby, of the
53d Regiment.
On the 24th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-
square, Jolla
Walker Maxwell Lyte, of Berry Head, Devon, to Emily Jeannette, eldest daughter of the late Colonel Craigie, Bong"
Army.

On the 16th inst., at Whitby, Thomas Yeoman, DWI"
On the 22d inst., at Quatre Bras, near Dorchester, Captain
James Murray, aged 67.
On the 23d inst., at Eltham-place, Lee-green, Kent, B-
Iligbarn, Esq., aged 67.
On the 23d inst., at Compton, Surrey, Harriet, wife of E.
Evitt, Esq., aged 73.
On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Martin Prior, Esq,-
On the 24th inst., Anna Hester, second daughter of the
Rev. John Smith, Vicar of Ealing, Middlesex.
On the 24th inst., at Alveston, Warwickshire, Edward
ilolbech, Esq., late of the Inniskilling Dragoons, aged 62.
On the 25th inst., John Rawlinson, Esq., of Wimpole-
street.

On the 25th inst., William John Gunner, second son of R.
W. Gunner, Esq., of Enfield Lock.
On the 25th inst., at Crow-bill, Mansfield, Eleanor, the
third daughter of John Edward Brodhurst, Esq., aged 18.
On the 25th inst., Mr. W. T. East, of Providence-Mr,
Finsbury-square, aged 46.
On the 25th inst., at Cirencester, Harriet Maria, the infant
daughter of Joseph Sewell, Esq.
On the 25th inst., at Victoria-road, Pimlico, Major John
Gaff, late of the 76th Regiment, aged 70.

London : Printed and Published by MUKDO YOUNG, at No. 112
Stl and, Printer, at The Bun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Prociao4
Of the eaToy, iII the county Of Middle u, Tuoiday, JAN 2
1447.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN

BERMONDSEY.
Yesterday morning the inquiry into the cause of the
accident arising from the fall of the railway arch, in
Great Russ A-street, 1.1,--rmondsey, was resumed in the
Board-room of the Union workhouse, before Mr. Carter,
the Coroner, and the jury empannelled upon the former
occasion.

Upon the inquiry of one of the jurors, Mr. Corner,
solicitor for Mr. Little, the contractor, said that applieL"
tion had been made to General Pasley, for the purpose
of his being present at the inquiry to give evidence. The
General had replied that he should have been most happy
to have been present, but that he was compelled to be in
Oxford at the time, to attend the British A 390686013.
The contractors, however, with the view of fully inves-
tigating the matter, had consulted several eminent engi-
neers, who were prepared to give evidence that day.
A beautifully-constructed wooden model of the arch
was then brought into the room, and imitation centres
fitted to show the effect which might be produced to the
corner of the arch in the removal of part of the fittings
by a passing vehicle, as was stated to have been the case
by one of the witnesses upon the last occasion.
Mr. Thomas Grimll (of the firm of Grissells and Peto,
the eminent builders) deposed that he had been called
upon to examine the materials of which the fallen bridge
had been composed—the bricks, mortar, and concrete.
He had been called upon by the engingit; of the railway
to give his opinion of their quality. He considered the
whole of the materials to be of the best description, and
he did not see anything in the nature of them to account
for the accident. The same material was fit and proper
to be used in an arch of such a span, and they were the
same throughout the line. To that part which remained
his attention had been called. The arch was called a
skew arch, and the bricks had been placed in strict con-
formity with the usual custom. The abutments are net
more moved than they would be by the fall of the mate'
rials. He was satisfied the arch did not fall through the
instability of the abutments. Having been much en-
gaged in this kind of work he was of opinion that the
work was properly and faithfully performed. But little
of the concrete appears to have fallen with the arch. The
concrete, as far as he could say, had been filled in to e
level on each side. The object of easing the arch is to allow
it to take its own bearing to test the solidity of the arch.
The mortar being green there is considerable pressure,
and if the mortar had been bad the arch would have
come down. If the arch did not follow the centre the
arch was a sound arch, and the builder was justified, in
the course of five days (as he had been informed wag
the case) in removing the ribs altogether. The centr•
is merely left for a few days, as a matter of precaution.
Looking at the form of the arch it would almost sten"
without mortar at all. It was not customary to use
cement, except in the winter. The circumstance of the
mortar becoming hard or dry was not an actual neces-
sity. The arch was turned under very unfavourable
circumstances as to the weather. He was fully of opinion
that the manner in which the centre was removed was the
cause of the accident.

Several other scie;tifle gentlemen gave similar evidence.
This being the whole of the testimony, the Coroner
briefly recapitulated the evidence, and after about IT
hour's deliberation the following verdict was ucsnv
mously returned :—" That the deceased parties wed
accidentally killed, but, at the same time, they (the iary)
desire to say that they cannot but express their opini
as to the incautious manner in which the boy has acted,
and that they are desirous of recommending to the con-
tractors of such works to apply to the proper authori-
ties for leave to stop up any public way over which an.
arch may be turned, more particularly in the striking 01
the centres, so as to prevent any such accidents as that
in future."

The inquiry was then concluded, the jury having aat
upwards of six hours.

We have great pleasure in announcing the speed
arrival in England of his Royal Highness Prince W
demar of Prussia. It will be remembered by all iv"
are familiar with the particulars of the actions on the
Sutlej, that this illustrious Prince, accompanied by II
suite, shared the dangers and privations of the British
army of the fields of Moodkee and Ferozeshah, on which
si
latter occasion Dr. Hoffman, the physician of his ROY
Highness, fell mortally wounded. His Royal Highness
was also present at the battle of Sobraon, and thus Wit-
nessed the total overthrow of the turbulent invaders'
We believe that the occasion of the visit of the Prince
is to receive at the hands of her Majesty the Grand
Cross of the Bath, in commemoration of the share
which he had in the glorious victories in question, mile
we feel sure that he will be met by the British pub"
with every expression of respect.
ACCIDENT TO ONE OF TFIE BOSZESMAN AT fall
EGYPTIAN HALL.—On Friday during the perforrosoc"
and whilst the young African was showing to the ands'
once the way in which his countrymen extract the
venom from the snake, he incautiously placed the.
poisoned arrow long ways in his mouth, at the moment
he did not feel any effects, but towards the eveninee
evinced considerable uneasiness with a slight sensation
of shuddering. Mr. Tyler fearing that by some accident
he had poisoned himself immediately conveyed him to
their lodgings at Peckham. The poor Bushman's face
began to swell, and his throat also d,splayed a similar
tendency. A medical man was instantly called in who
pronounced the Bosjesman to be labouring under the
effects of poison; the usual remedies were applied, viz..
an emetic, and mustard poultice to the throat. On
Saturday, however, he was too unwell to be removed,
but on Monday morning again appeared at the Egyp-
tian Hall, having somewhat recovered. The occurrence
occasioned considerable regret amongst those connected
with the exhibition. 'We need not suggest to the pro-
prietors, and to Mr. Tyler, the importance of withhold-
ing " sweatmeats " from these aborigines, seeing many
are now composed of prussic acid and other injurious
matter.