The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

We extract from the Swan River News the folk)* ing
notice of the coal samples sent home from this colony:
—We are this month prepared to lay before our rear lers
the result of the examination we promised to h ave
made, of the samples of quasi coal found in the Mur ray
district, Western Australia, as reported in the " 3 up.
plement Extraordinary" to our journal of Novemi ber
last. We had originally placed the investigation in the
hands of Dr. Scoffers, but in consequence of the, .ill-
ness of that gentleman, it was transferred to Mr. Waa.
Stott, one of the most experienced practical coal woi kers
in the country, who is constantly engaged in male ing
researches among the coal-fields, and tests of their
produce. The following is the report sent into us by
this gentleman :—" I have tried part of the specivaen
you sent me from Western Australia, And find parti. to
be a kind of shale, and the rest partaking. 0.,e the quali ties
of coal. I have also submitted it to sever practi ice'
and exp,Tienced vvoikers of mines, amongst wh.eqn tb .ere
is a difference of opinion respecting it. That the sP
men is such as we frequently meet with in the ht fly
parts of this country where coal is found, is admitted by
some of them as well as by myself ; but before I
could venture to give an opinion in favour of borin't
I would suggest that the brooks be sought through'.
and that the sides of them, where rocks anti
shaley metals are bare, be examined ; and it; on_
such examination, no small particles of coal or slack be
met with, there appears little chance of coal being found.
It would also be advisable to look the brooks carefully
through after high floods have taken place, as they
oftentimes bring coal to light, or something from which
it is not difficult to ascertain that coal is very probaOly
lying there. Should anything of this kind be observeti,
them, by digging several holes a short depth, proof?
might be had whether they really existed or not. With-.
out these guides, in an unproved country, it would not, I
think, be good policy to go to the expense of boring.
" WILLIAM STOTT,
" Kearsley, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire."

PRINTERS PENSION SOCIETY.—The annual general
meeting and twenty-fifth election of this society, for the re-
lief of aged and infirm printers and their widows, was held
yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ;
Richard Taylor, Esq., F.R.S., treasurer, in the chair. Mr.
J. S. Hodson, the secretary, read the report, which con
gratulated the subscribers on the satisfactory state of the
society, although at the present time fifty persons were re-
ceiving the benefits of their bounty. One great source of
annual benefit to their funds—the anniversary meeting,
which was presided over by Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, had
been very productive, the sum of 2801. having been received
on that occasion. Other auxiliary aids in the course of the
year were alluded to, viz., the day fete at Vauxhall-gardens,
and an entertainment at Bromley, in Kent, the former
vielding a profit of 13/., and the latter of upwards of 501.
The committee further reported that a legacy of 100/. had
been bequeathed by the late J. Harris, Esq., bookseller, of
St. Paul's Church-yard. The balance-sheet set forth the
annual and life subscriptions at 590/. 18s. 10d.; interest on
stock, 162/. 18s. Bd. ; with the other sources of revenue,
yielding together a total of 1,3961. 14s. 4d. The expendi-
ture amounted to 1,2281. 17s. 3d., leaving a balance in
favour of the society of 167/. 7s. 7d. The report was unani-
mously received and. ordered to be printed. It was an-
nounced that another theatrical amateur performance would
shortly take place. The result of the poll was then de-
dared, and the successful candidates were—Richard T.
Childs, 3,894; Francis Wageman, 2,905; Catherine Newman,
2,588 ; Edward Turner, 2,375 ; and Thomas S. Bambury,
2,340 (Whittingham pension). After the usual routine
business, the meeting was dissolved.
WATER CRESSES.—On Sunday morning, six large
bags, similar to what hops are put in, were filled with this
wholesome plant, and were lying at Winchester station
ready to be sent to London, the weight of each about 1121b5.,
or 1 cwt. They had been gathered in the neighbourhood of
Alresford, seven miles from Winchester, by the poor, for a
greengrocer living at that place, who has engaged to send all
be can procure to London two or three times each week, or
oftener if he can get them. It is stated they are extensively
used, and boiled as ,pinech.
ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—
The engine of the p ods train, which leaves London at nine
o'clock, was on Saturday night thrown off the rails in the
Finchley cutting, between the Woking and Farnborough
station, in consequence of the coupling chain having broken.
Fortunately the speed was slow at the time, and no personal
injury was sustained by the engineer or stoker, but the en-
gine and tender were thrown acre,* the rails and the traffic
on the line was delayed, as the passengers and luggage had
to be removed from one train to another until the rails were
cleared, which was effected by eleven o'clock on Sunday
morning.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—An accident of a serious and
alarming character occurred in Newcastle on Saturday last,
which bad nearly proved fatal to two young ladies, one of
them a daughter of Mr. George Bulman, and the other a
daughter of Mrs. Arundale, both of Leazes-terrace. In the
middle of the day, as a cask of black lead was in process of
being lowered by a crane from the second door of the ware-
house of Mr. Spencer, chemist, Low Friar-street, it by some
mans :lipped from the slings, and fell to the ground just
as the young ladies were passing. They were both knocked
down by the cask, and seriously hurt, particularly Miss Bal-
man, who had a leg broken, a compound fracture, besides re-
ceiving a severe blow on the head. They are both, however,
in a fair way of recovery. —Newcastle Journal.
CAPTURE OF A ROBBER.—At Dover, on Sunday
morning, at about five o'clock, a special train arrived at
Dover with a gentleman and one of the City police, in search
of a man, who, it was stated, had robbed a merchant at Ham-
burgh of more than 4,0001. After ineffectually searclaiqg on
board the packets, then about to start for the Colttent,
they proceeded to Hollyer's London Hotel, where they die-
.covered the fugitive quietly enjoying his breakfast. He
arrived at the London Hotel the mail train, inte gligh to
embark for the Continent,kff was compelled to ret ia
steps with his captors.-- r Telegraph.
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY TERMINI. Yesterday
the materials of upwards of twenty houses, on the west side
of Westminster-bridge-road, near the old Marsh-gate, were
sold by Mr. Chadwick, of St. Martin's-lane, for the extension
of the South-Western Railway to the proposed new terminus
in the York-road, Lambeth, midway between Hungerford
and Waterloo-bridges. The terminus of the South-Eastem
and Brighton Coast Railway, at London. bridge, is under-
going extensive enlargements; the ground on the north side,
extending from Dean-street to Bermondsey-street, a distance
of four hundred yards, is already cleared, and the erections
commenced that, when complete, will cover half a mile in
length. The extension of the Eastern Counties to their pro..
posed central terminus at Guildford-street, Brunswick-square,
including the Middlesex House of Correction, is rapidly pro-
gressing, and has already reached Islington.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Last night Mr. W. Payne,
City Coroner, held an inquest at the Old Swan Tavern,
London-bridge, on view of the body of Andrew Reckhouse,
aged forty-seven, the confidential clerk of Messrs Nicholls
and Bennett, the proprietors of the Old Shades, who de-
stroyed himself under the following circumstances :—Mr.
Thomas Nicholls, of the firm of Nicholls and Bennett, and
other witnesses, stated that the deceased had been for many
years confidential clerk in the above establishment. He had
attended to business during Saturday, but complained of
being unwell, Mr. Croft, surgeon, of Lawrence Pountney-lane,
saw him about nine o'clock in the evening, and sent him some
medicine. Calling about twelve o'clock on Sunday to pay
him another visit, his bed-room door was found locked in

the inside, and which it was necessary to have forced, when
he was discovered partly dressed, lying on his face with his
right arm under his chest. On being turned round, a large
deep wound was observed in his throat, which extended from
ear to ear, having divided all the muscles, &c., between the
larynx and the tongue. The bed was saturated with blood,
a large quantity having flowed on to the floor. By his side,
near his right hand, lay the razor with which the wound
had been inflicted. He had for some years been subject to
occasional fits of despondency, complaining of severe pains
in his head, and he also suffered from indigestion. Thin
state of things had been partly produced by grief for the lose
of his brother, who died suddenly about five years since, and
also from the loss of several hundreds of pounds, which he
had benevolently lent to several friends. After a long in-
quiry the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity."
FIRE IN ST. KATHEIZINE'S DOCK.—Yesterday
afternoon, between one and two o'clock, the ship China, Cap-
tain 1). Ferguson, lying in St. Katherine's Dock, was disco-
vered to be on fire. The vessel, which NV;.'S a Madras trader,
was lying alongside of the C warehouse.i, and for some time
con-iderable alarm prevailed lest the flames should extend
to the surrounding property. The alarm having been given,
in the space of a few minutes a number of the dock com-
pany's servants boarded the vessel, when they found the
cook-house in flames, and part of the deck burning furiously.
A general turn out of the London Brigade engines took place,
but by the time they reached the scene the dock company's
men had succeeded in getting the fire extinguished. The
vessel was insured. It appears that the outbreak was occa-
sioned by some plumbers having left their fire unprotected
whilst they went to dinner.
THE WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS.—ID respect to
Eton, I would mention that the college is provided with
sewers, constructed at the time of the foundations being
formed; and the person who laid them out, 400 years ago,
provided reservoirs and sluices for the purposes of flushing
them with water; and those sewers have been kept free from
deposit by periodical flushing ever since.—Mr. Roe's Evidence
before the Health of Towns Commission.
THE CUCKOO.—On Monday morning the yoke of
the cuckoo was repeatedly beard in the plantation at Mark-
eaton, near Derby.—Derby Reporter.
GREAT MATCH AT DEAUGHTS,--.The long-talked
of match at draughts between Mr. Anderson, of Car uke, and
Mr. Wylie (known as " the herd laddie"), began on Monday
week in Mr. Greenlaw's Tavern, Register-street. The stakes,
we believe, are 1001. a side ; the match being decided by the
first won nine games. After eight days' play the result
stands thus :—Anderson, 7 games; Wylie, 3; drawn, 10.
Great interest is excited in the issue, from the circumstances
of the players being considered the most eminent in the king-
dom. At the end of last (Friday) night's play, thif
games
stood Twenty-
eight
gamesthus : —A
haven d e
thusr s :—Anderson, n
be
,
B;en Wylie, 4; drawn, 16. _•played, occupying 13 days.--
Edinburgh Paper of Saturday.
ANO'TIIER CLAIMANT FOR THE OVERLAND MAIL.+
A report is now current on the Continent that it is the in-
tention of the King of Sardinia to construct a railroad from
Genoa to Chambery, with a tunnel under Mount Cenis, eight
miles long. Should this railroad be constructed, Genoa will
become a formidable rival to Marseilles, and the route by
Genoa will, in that case, probably be found preferable either
to that by Marseilles or by Trieste for the conveyance of the
overland mail.—Lirerpool Albion.
LEICESTER TRADE.—WooIs are firm at former
prices, but yarns are dull of sale. Worsted goods are fiat.
In cotton goods a moderate business was doing, but not a
brisk one. This has been a dull week in the warehouses, and,
on the whole, there is but little improvement in the demand
from last week, save in receipt of a few American orders for
theue ,v, f. alil:
Hugh fall.--Leicester t
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reportedC that the
esti-
mable and respectable priest, had been.
addressingava n,a mhiossctengve-
nation on the present dreadful visitation, and used some
tropes and figures about the " people slaying and eating all
before them. Be that as it may; or whether Dolan and his
son understood him literally, on Wednesday week they brcke
into their priest's cowbouse, out of which they took a fine
springer, to calve sth April, worth 101., and killed in his own
field, leaving the calf, entrails, and hide, and taking the flesh.
The Dolans were committed to Cavan gaol, by the Earl of
Enniskillen, whom it was difficult to persuade that they had
so outraged the priest's premises and property.—Fermanagh
Reporter.
LEICESTER TRADE.—WooIs are firm at former
prices, but yarns are dull of sale. Worsted goods are flat.
In cotton goods a moderate business was doing, but not a
brisk one. This ha.:, been a dull week in the wuthhot,
and on the whole, there is but little improvPmc,nt in the de-
iur.nd front last tree'.. ave ia receipt of :Lk... ..: ,:,:.,:,.u, 01,u.;
for the tall,—Leicester Mercury.
Viscount Palmerston received a large circle of his
Parliamentary friends at dinner on Sunday evening.