The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-28 00:00:00

Owners.
Right Hon. Lord A. Paget.

Ino ........ .... 25 li. Gibson, Esq.
Prima Donna ...• 25 Captain J. L. Ives.
Secret
Fawn 25 J. F. Selby, Esq.
SECOND CLASS.

Ranger
Whisper
The contest will be for three very handsome pieces o
plate, two being for the first and second boats, and the re-
maining one for the winner of the second class. The course
selected for the contest is from Erith down to the Chapraan-
head and back to Greenwich ; but it will be borne in mind,
that should there not be sufficient wind to enable the y..chts
to get down to Chapman-head, the Commodore may in his
discretion shorten the distance. The Meteor has been en-
gaged, and will convey the members of the club and friends
to witness the match.

RACES TO COME.

The following is the list
she season of 1847 :

X fixtures already made for

Newmarket, S. S.
Plymouth and Devon-
port S.
Shrewsbury
Ediaburgh

Epsom
Manchester
Newton 26
llungerford 27

Ascot Heath
Hampton
Tenbury
Sutton Park

Bibury Club l6
Stockbridge
Newcastle
Carlisle

Writtle ....—...
Newmarket
Lancaster
Mansfield

Liverpool . 14
Nottingham
Goodwood 27
Leominster
UST.
2 I York

Ripon
Brighton
Horwich
Wolverhampton
Chelmsford
Reading... '
Lewes
Yarmouth

AUG

Warwick
linutsford
Aberdeen .
Doncaster
Leicester
Lichfield

SEPTE:

*Egham
Derby 24
*Hereford . .
*Huntingdon 26
*Canterbury
Stourbridge

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22

:MB ER.

Stafford 5
Newmarket, S. 0 I 1

NOVE
Worcester not fixed

Bedford ..

[The meetings against
terisk have not been officiar
bability will take place at tl

IRISH RAi}
Curragh April 20
TuHow May 4
Bellewstown June 1
Wicklow 8
Curragh

arney 3O
The Heath July 5
Mallow
Down Royal Corp Or-
a..

Walsall ....
Richmond .

*Lincoln
Newmarket, F. O.
I Sandbach
BER.
Newmarket, II 25

:MBER.
I Tarporley
which we have placed an Ita-
ly announced, but in all pro-
le time mentioned.]
S TO COME.
Kilcock Aug• 16
Cork Garrison
Curragh Sept. 7
Lusk
Limerick
Fermoy
Tuam
Cork Oct. 5
Curragh
Down Royal Corpora-
tion
Kilenny

ti 311 - 20
Carlow 2O
Ballyeigh 29
Phceaix Purk Aug. 10

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THE LATE REV. JOSIAS WILSON.
The Scctch church at River-terrace, Islington, was on
Sunday morning a scene of considerable excitement, in
oonsegtience cf its b-•ing expected that the Rev. James
Hamilton, of Regent-squai e, WOI:Id preach a funeral ser-
man fur the late minister of the church, the Rev. Jor,ias
Wi:son, whose lamented decease seems to have been felt
as a public calamity in the rn•ighbonrhoocl.
At an early hour the church doors were thronged
with well-dressed persons of both sexes, for the most
put attired in mourning. The service did not commence
until the usual hour, eleven o'clock, but loon bef.ire that
' period the seats vt ere filled with parties admitted by
tickets through the side door. The Rev. Mr. Shepherd,
of Kingussie, Inverness-shire, commenced the service by
reanin4 the forty-second Psalm, part of which was sung
with great power and feeling by the assembled congre-
gation. It has rarely been our lot to witness a scene of
more impressive solemnity than that which presented
itself, while the simple but sublime strains of the
Psalmist were being sung by the whole body of the
people ; their rude melody was admirably adapted to
portray emotions
‘) of sorrow and distr. ss, and struck us
as most atfectlng. The lesson was the .)d of Acts,
and while it was being read the audience evidently felt
its appositeness—one part especially seemed to cull forth
great emotion, " And they all fell upon Paul's neck, and
kissed him, sorrowing most of all, that they should see
his face no more."
Mr. Hamilton's text was from Romans viii., verse 10.
The theme was admirably chosen, inasmuch as it showed
forth the glory of Christianity, as presenting the only
real antidote to the ills of life, as well as the eventual
triumph that shall result to those who sincerely embrace
and practice its principles even over death and the grave.
The audience listened throughout to the reverend
orator with the deepest attention. It was a discourse
marked by sound theology and great talk nt ; when he
spoke of the p rsi nal c:.araitter oF deceased it was
evident that he had I. ready endear. d himself to his
flock, for we ll(4.iecd many a falling tear ;

" E'en manly eyes did not disdain to weep."
We have go ie out of our usual course in noticing this
event, and we have done it mainly to show how ready
the people are to appreciate true worth, and what
homage even the most careless and indifferent as it were
involuntarily pay to an embodiment of genuine
Christianity, such as Mr. Wilson's undoubtedly was.
His mortal remains rest in Hir,hg ite Cemetry ; they
were followed to the grave, a e understand, by thousands,
the great majority of whom were not of his own congre-
gation. Ilts monument, the reverend gentlemen in-
formed his hearers, in a strain of co common eloquence,
should be such as no marble can emblazon—even the
Christian virtues and excellencies of the people, whom
he loved so well. The evening servie,, was preached by
the Rev. P Morgan, of Belfast, a personal and inti-
mate fri.nd of the late pastor, and a ho, strange to say,
was invited hero by Mr. Wilson, to assist him in dis-
pensing the Sacrament, which takes place next Sunday ;
but, alas, he bad a more sorrowful task to perform. The
church, as in the morning, was crowded to excess, and
nothing could exceed the intense feeling which cha-
racterised this eminent divine's discourse, and the grief
with which the hearers listened to the allusion made to
their lamented friend.

MANSLAUGHTER AT BRISTOL.—BRISTOL, MONDAY
AFTEmicKis.—A good deal of excitement has prevailed in
the neighbourhood of Clifton, near this city, in consequence
of the death of a girl named Mary Casey, under circum-
stances which have led to the committal by the magistrates
of a man named John Millard to take his trial for man-
slaughter. The investigation by the magistrates was com-
menced at the Council-house on Saturday, and was concluded
this day, and from the evidence adduced it would appear that
the deceased was the daughter of a poor widow named
Bridget Casey, who lived in Berkeley-court, and earned her
livelihood by going out to work as a charwoman.. At the
aback e
rocky
pßerkeley-place,ieceotground, andupo upon
the extending
upper toa
trbt.toefr Meridian-place,
whichi an
ipllce,
.iMessrs.a
aJeohengalrlarld,
Bevanerecting ansdo
me hCompton,houses,
and builders,the orfacßceuds
emdms eman,r,
has been employed by them to blast some of the stone for the
purpose of constructing the necessary drains. The site of
the buildings being about thirty yards from the foot and
carriage-way of Meridian-place, and much nearer to the gar-
dens of other buildings, considerable alarm has been felt by
the inhabitants in consequence of the danger to which they
considered themselves exposed. On Tuesday a gentleman
named Tripp, an architect, residing in Meridian-place, made
an effort to prevent further blasting, for which purpose he
saw Millard and another workman personally, represented
to them the unlawful nature of their proceedings, and the
danger to which they were exposing the public, and obtained
from them a promise that the work should be differently
conducted, and that i more gunpowderh should be used
there,
e Wednesdayrock,
,putmorning,s om e
hol e n
pOanrt ofthta,rdanbdorefireda
it. lt was stated by a witness nalFleeßrreindiltholeialild, who had
had considerable experience in quarrying, that he did not
adopt the proper precautions against accident, by putting
planks or faggots over the hole, so as to prevent the stone
from flying about ; and the consequence was that the broken
fragments of rock were thrown by the force of the explosion
to a considerable distance. Many large pieces were hurled
to a considerable height in the hir, and then descended upon
the tops of the houses, dashing the tiles in pieces, and other-
wise damaging the roofs ; other pieces fell into an adjacent
court, in which die deceased Mary Casey and some other
children were. A fragment of broken tile struck a girl
named Wall, on her head, and injured her very severely, and
the deceased was struck by a heavy stone, which caused a
fracture of the skull, from which death ensued. The prisoner
in his defence, said he had been used to quarrying all his
i life, and never had had any accident before. He told Mr.
1
Bevan, his master, all that Mr. Tripp had told him, and that
he had promised not to fire more powder; but the next morn-
ing his master told him to bore a hole in the stone and put in
powder and blow it off. It was by his master's orders Oat
he did it. The magistrates committed him to take his trial
P; WaUgaugllter.