The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-11 00:00:00

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DUTcn VEGETABLES—We observe, on reference
to the list of arrivals of cattle and provisions from the con
tinent of Europe on Monday last, that a steam-ship from
Harlingen brought 385 bags and baskets of potatoes, being
an unusually large quantity from Holland, and that another
vessel from Rotterdam brought twenty-five packages of
cucumbers.

CAPTURE OF A GHOST.—For some weeks com-
plaints have been made to the police that several persons
had been sadly frightened at the awful appearance of some
supernatural monster in the neighbourhood of Bloxwich,
having a huge pair of horns, and enveloped in white. In
structions were given to the police to use all diligence to
effect his capture, but somehow or other his ghostship
became aware of the attention paid to him by the "men in
blue," and "started like a guilty thing upon a fearful sum-
mons." Nothing more was heard of him until the night of
Monday, the 22d ultimo, when lie was seen traversing, with
"martial stalk," the neighbourhood of Bloxwich-green, ex-
hibiting, as on former occasions, a huge pair of horns. After
frightening one or two persons, who fled at the top of their
speed, he came in contact with g
," field carpenter," a young
man, named Wm. Adams. Adams, it appears, was return-
ing from his work, having his tools on his back, and not
liking the ways of his ghostly acquaintance (who, by the
way, tecame more pressing than pleasant), sought to free '
himself by means of a bradawl which he had in his
hand, and with which he dealt a severe blow at the
left thigh of the ghost, who immediately fell upon his knees,
roaring piteously. Adams then proceeded to dismantle
him of his masquerade dress, when the unfortunate hero of
the night's adventure turned out to be a young man named
John Perry, a stirrup-tiler, of Bloxwich, well known to
Adams. Several persons were promptly on the spot, and
conveyed the ghost to his home, where he was (put to bed,
and a surgeon sent for to dress his wound, which, fortu-
nately for him, though a severe one, was not considered
dangerous, but he has been confined to his bed in conse-
quence nearly ever since. As soon as he was sufficiently re•
covered Perry procured a warrant against Adams fur stabbing
him, and had him apprehended. The accused was brought
before the magistrates at the Guildhall on Wednesday last,
but the
ecomplainant did not appear, and Adams was dis-
charged,—Wolverhampton Chronicle.
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ness towards the spiritual wants of his fellowsinen, of his
own will grants the above site for a place of worship ; a
place is no manner disgraced by the Popish mummeries
that, to the shame of the age, have latterly been creep-
ing in upon the land ; but a church of the true
primitive beauty of the churches of the early
fathers, inasmuch as it has the sky for a roof, the earth
for seats, and all the winds of heaven for visitors.—
Apply to Lord Macdonald, proprietor. In Canobie, Dum-
friesshire, a remarkably fine piece of heath, commodiously
situated on the south side of a hill, capable of containing a
congregation of five hundred persons on their legs and with-
out umbrellas. The proprietor believing in the primitive
meaning of the word " church "—that it signifies net a
building, but a congregation, does, in such sense, graciously
permit the erection (that is, the congregation on their legs
as aforesaid) of any number of churches on his Scotch
estates; testifying thereby his gratitude to Providence that
has endowed him with the same.—Apply to his Grace the
Duke of Buccleuch. N.B. All letters prepaid.—Punch.
FOREIGN PRODUCE.—The following arrivals of
cattle and provisions took place at the port of London, from
the continental states of Europe, on Monday last :—The Har-
lequin steamer, from Boulogne, brought 17 cases of eggs and
several of poultry ; the Rainbow, from Rotterdam, brought
168 packages of butter, 1,700 of cheese, 301 baskets of Least,
366 baskets of fish, 2 baskets of potatoes, several of pickles
and poultry, and 95 packages of garden and other seeds; the
City of London, from Rotterdam, 248 packages of butter,
6,523 of cheese, 11 baskets of poultry, 65 baskets of fish, 25
packages of cucumbers, and 36 oxen and cows; the Attwood,
from Rotterdam, 686 bags of barley, 3 calves, 51 oxen and
cows, and 31 sheep ; the Matilda, from Svendborg, 525
quarters of oats, and 50 quarters of tares ; the Thelma,
from Rotterdam, 308 quarters of oats, and 371 quarters of
beans ; the Margaretta. from Amsterdam, 789 quarters of
barley ; the Columbine, from Havre, 548 packages of clover
and other seeds, 15 cases of eggs, and other articles ; the
Rapid, from Nieu Deipe, 53 cows, 2 horses, 6 calves, 123 sheep,
and 16,575 cheeses ; the Marchiena, from Rotterdam, 480
quarters of oats; the Olive Cecilia, front Assens (Denmark),
950 quarters of barley and 70 quarters of oats ; the Belfast,
from Calais, 24 cases of eggs, and some of poultry ; the
Soho, from Antwerp, 199 packages of seeds, 80 baskets of
smelts, and 19 cases of butter; the Union, from Emden, 62
lasts of oats, 1 of barley, and 5 quarters of beans ; the
Vrunw Aiske, from Harlingen, 125 quarters of oats and 260
quarters of barley ; the Magnet, from Harlingen, 385
baskets and bags of potatoes, 625 of cheese, 7 baskets of
poultry, 1 bull, 17 oxen, 104 cows, 1 calf, 100 sheep, 1,970
casks of butter, 21 lasts of oats, and 212 bags of beans; the
Lord John Russell, from Harlingen, 664 casks of butter, 100
quarters of oats, 240 cheeses, 13 sheep, 94 cows, 2 oxen, 284
bags of peas, 41 bags of beans, and a variety of other pro-
ductions; and the Ondernuming, from the same port, 540
quarters of barley, and 700 quarters of oats. It will be ob-
served, on reference to this list, which comprises Monday's
arrivals, how large a proportion of the supplies were the
produce of Holland.
A CHEAP DINNER FOR THREE BISHOPS...-411 a
book kept by the bailiffs of Oxford, at the time when Cran-
mer, Latimer, and Ridley were in custody there, the follow-
ing entry occurs of the bill of fare and expenses of the dinner
fur the three prisoners on the Ist October, 1554 :—Bread and
ale, 2d.; oysters, Id.; butter, 2d.; eggs, 2d. ; lyng, 83. ; a
piece of fresh salmon, 10d. ; wine, 3d. ; cheese and pears,
23. ; the whole three dinners, 2s. 6d. What would some of
our modern Right Rev. Fathers in God say to such fare as
this ? _

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FATAL ACCIDENT AT AN ENGlNEER'S.—Yesterday
afternoon Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Mason's Arms,
Poplar, on the body of John Smith, a labourer, aged 40 years.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was in the
employ of Messrs. Seward and Co., engineers, Minivan, Pop-
lar. On Tuesday last he was engaged with several other
labourers in raising a brass screw propeller, weighing up-
wards of six tons, from one part of the factory to another.
They had succeeded in raising it four feet from the ground
by means of the crane, when the chain suddenly broke, and
the ponderous mass fell with great violence, striking the de-
ceased on the back. He instantly fell, and when raised, life
was found to be quite extinct. Death must have beeu in
verdict—" Accidental death."