The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-12 00:00:00

The Duties on roreign Grain are now suspended.

A private letter, received at Marseilles, from
Algiers, has brought the intelligence that the 19th Beg'
merit has fallen into an ambuscade prepared by the Arab!•
and the entire body made prisoners. Marshal Bugeas°
has not disclosed this event, although it is generally known
at Algiers.
Mr. R. Peel, eldest son of Sir Robert Peel, has re'
turned to Switzerland from a tour in Italy, and has been ar
pointed Chargé d'Affaires at Berne, in the absence of Dir.
fierier, the British Minister resident there.
We are requested to state that the account of the
illness of Sir John Gladstone, inserted in The Sun, is greet/
exaggerated. Sir John has been unwell, but by the last at"
counts had nearly recovered.
FALL OF Two HOUSES IN LONG ACRE _Twee'
day morniog. shortly before twelve o'clock, an ac iden!
wliich, under the circumstances, might have been attended
with fatal consequences, occurred in Long-a,:re. The..
improv, ments 'cinch have lately taken place in Out
district, move particularly in that portion of it in which
a direct communication 'between Holborn and the Strand
is contemplated, have rendered necessary the remelt'
of meny houses contiguous to the new church of $l.
Giles's-iti-the-Fields. At the point where Hanover-street
intersects Loug•acre several houses have been taken down
by consent of their occupants ; still the intended
im-
prey •inents have remained some time in abeyance Is
cantle luence of the opposition of Mr. Hersey, the pro-
prietor of an adja:.elit tavern, who declared that as Tong
as be held a lease from the Mergers' Company 13„.
would rather perish in the fall of his house than surrenue'
without adequate compensation. 1 few evenings bef?ereld
this declaration, Mr. Kensall, the district surveyor, peigLA
out to Mr. Hersey the danger to which his house subjec''''
him, recommending, at the same time that precautions/
measures should be adopted for averting the danger tkat
threatened him. Ad these remonstrances were unavailing:
A few moments before the fall "a crackling" was beard, andL
Mr. Hersey having been forewarned, recommended all a'.
inmates to retire from the premises. Shortly afterwards,
the walls fell in with a fearful crash. Pictures and looking,
glasses are still hanging on the walls, as may be observed
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by nassers-by, but the greatest danger exists
houses may fall, owing to the slightness of the fett!!‘l_,
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on which they are constructed. The second honAlstnyre,
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was that of a Mr. Clark, livery-stable keeper- -ru
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MISSING MAII.S.—The following bags had not sr-
prelses
ebiefaorevatisi:
rive., at the General Post-office, Wednesday morning :—Deal,
Atetegate, Ramsgate, Sandwich, Wingham, Lewes, Battle, M.
Leonard's, Bilston. Bishopscastie, Brackley, Chirk, Beltaat,
Cork, Clonmel, Derry, Drogheda, Galway, Holyhead, Iron-
bridge, Limerick, Newry, Wexford, Newport (Salop),
Newport (Monmouth), Newtown, Oswestry, Presteign, Shif-
nall, Shrewsburv, Wednesburf, Welshpool, Wellington
(Salop), Bridgend, Cardiff, Chepstow, Cowbridge, Llanelly,
Neat h, Swansea, Taibach, Aberystwith, Abergavenny,
Builth, Burford, Brecknock, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Coleford,
Cluckwell, Havant, Haverfordwest, Horridean, Liphooks
Peterstield, Hobspoint, Kingston, Llandillo Llandorrey,
Llangadock, Lampeter, Merthyr Tydvil, Milford, Monmouth,
Narbeath, Pembroke, Northlench, Nuneham,Ross, Pbay_adees
S'. Clears, Tenby, Usk, Waterford, Amersham, High'
Wycombe, Stokenchurch, Tetsworth, Theme, Whately, Hun-
gerford, Arundel, Bognor, Chichester, Emsworth, and Hasle-
mere. In addition, the following have been due since yes:
terdav, viz., Arundel, Cardigan, Emsworth, Lewes, and
Merthyr Tydvil, making a total of ninety-two mails due.
MUISDER.—A dreadful murder was committed on
Sunday evening at Newbrough, in the southern division of
the county of Northumberland, about four miles from Hot-
ham. It appears there had been a christening that den
which in that part of the country is usually a season of fee-
tivity; and after the parties had been at church they re;
paired to an inn in the village of Newbrough to partake s'
some refreshment. While there a man of the name
of Welsh, who is a labourer in a quarry in the neighbeer;
hood, took some improper liberties with the women 0`
the christening party, and Made use of indecent lan-
guage, which called for the interference of the father of
the child, a person of the name of Proud. When Frond
and his party left the house; Welsh followed and went in
the same direction; and some wrangling took place be-
tween the parties on the read. They had not, however,
proceeded far, when Welsh went up to Proud, seized hint by
the head, and pulling it back cut his throat with a knife se
severely, that the unfortunate victim died almost immediately
After committing the horrid deed Welsh ran off, and called
at the same public-house as the party had been at, where be
called for a pot of wl:kky, and having drunk it he stated to
the mistress of the house that it was the last time she would
see him. He then left and hastened to the Fourstones station
on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Ou reaching it, he
seems to have been entirely overcome, partly by the liquor
he had taken, end partly by the exertions he had made to
flee from the locality of his crime. In the meantime intelli-
gence of the murder spread over the village, and the con-
stable was dispatched on horseback in pursuit of the mur-
derer, whom he found in a public-house at the Fourstones
station, and immediately al'prebendcd. An inquest was held
on Tuesday, before Mr. Reed, the coroner for the county, when
the facts above stated were detailed in evidence, and the jury
returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner,
who. was committed on the Coroner's warrant to Morpeth
gaol fur trial at the ensuing assizes.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. V. Standaeld, of the firm
of Newbutild and Co., manufacturers of cutlery, Sheffield,
was at the Duke's Arms, Marlborough, last Thursday, and
up to seven in the evening, in perfect health. He then
walked to the post.ollice, put in his letters, returned to the
hotel, and was a corpse in less than an hour. Disease of the
heart was the immediate cause of death. Deceased was
thirty-five years of age, remarkably sober, and, in everyre-
spect, a quiet, abstemious man. He died in the commercial-
room, in the presence of Mr. Dallimore and two other
tra-
vellers.

SELF-ACCUSATION OF A MURDERER.—On Satur-
tay evening, John Lincoln, of Thorpe, cattle-dealer and
butcher, met Allen, F 4, of the fire-brigade,
and said he
They wanted to get a heavy secret off his mind. went into
the King's Head, in Davey-place, and there Lincoln told the
constable, that his housekeeper had had a child by him, and
that they had murdered it between them, in August last, by
immersing it in a tuts. Allen, in consequence, went to In-
spector Copeman, and gave him information. They after-
wards obtained a warrant, and both the man and woman
were apprehended on Monday, and brought before Mr. S.
Bignold. After an examination they were remanded. On
Thursday they were again brought before Mr. Bignold;
when Lincoln denied his former statement in toto, saying,
when he was drunk he was the biggest liar in England.
There being no corroborative evidence, and no body having
been found, the prisoners were discharged, on payment of
40s. expenses They stated before the magistrate that they
were man and wife, and had been married about 11 years.
Since this inquiry the police, Allen and Charlesworth, have
been over to Blutield, and it appears that the 'body of a child
was found wrapt up in a cloth about ten years back. The
mater remains a mystery at present, but further investiga-
tion,will take place respecting it.—. Norfolk Chronicle.
he officers, non-commissioned officers, &c., of the
53d (Shropshire) Foot, are about to erect a monument in.
Shrewsbury Church, in honour of their brethren who fell in
india.