The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

Police-constable 388 N stated, that it formed part of
his duty to examine periodically during the night the
prosecutor's premises, which covered a large extent of
ground, and were surrounded with a brick wall, enclos-
ing, besides the brewery, cooperage, and out-offices, a
furnished dwelling-house in which the family resided,
and large shrubbery. For this purpose he was intrusted
with a duplicate key to admit himself at a side entrance,
and on opening this door at one o'clock that morning.,
hearing the sound of footsteps in the court-yard inside,
he proceeded to the spot, and detected the prisoner
secreted between the wall and a large tree, from which
he dragged. and searched him, and found in his pockets
an iron chisel and bradawl, and a quantity of lucifer
matches. On taking him up to the dwelling-house, at
the rear of the premises, he also discovered a large
flanging-iron, or cramp ended chisel, used by coopers in
staving butts, and which he bad since ascertained bad
been left by one of the workmen in the cooperage the
night before, lying between the prosecutors' hall-door
and parlour window, beneath which, in the garden-
mould, were distinct foot-prints recently made. On
questioning the prisoner what business he had there,
he told him that he had entered the premises for an
exigent purpose, and acknowledged he had got there by
scaling a pair of iron gates full eight feet high, which he
must have had the greatest difficulty in accomplishing, as
there was scarcely room to admit a person's body between
them and the brick arch, and they were mounted with
spik2.B ; but witness was satisfied he must have done so,
as both entrances were securely locked when he had be-
fore left them, and he again found them so on detecting
the prisoner inside.
William Hockley, one of the prosecuteirs workmen,
deposed to leaving the flanging-iron on the top of a butt
in the cooperage at six o'clock on the preceding night,
and that the spot where it was found by the police was
full 30 yards from where he had left it.
Mr. Heritage, who appeared for the defence, addressed
the Magistrate on behalf of his client, and pointed out
the utter improbability of the son of a respectable
tradesman, of hitherto unimpeachable character, being
actuated by the felonious intention imputed to him in
this charge, which he was instructed to deny in the most
positive terms, and to declare that the prisoner had been
sent out on an errand by his mother at the time in ques-
tion, and finding one of the prosecutors' gates acciden-
tally left open by the constable, had entered the pre-
mises for the purpose he had stated to the officer, and
been taken by the police as soon as he had got in. He
should prove that the implements found upon the pri-
soner were the ordinary tools employed in his business,
and he had several witnesses in attendance who would
give him the highest character for steadiness and ho-
nesty.
The Learned Gentleman then called the prisoner's fa-
ther, and two t-adesmen named Simonds and Harwood,

the former of whom stated that his son was at work in
the workshop when he left him on the preceding morn-
ing with similar tools to those produced, the two latter
deposed that his character for probity and good conduct
had been unimpeachable all the time they had known
him.

The constable, however, swore that the prisoner could
not hare obtained entrance to the premises in the acci-
dental manner his solicitor had stated, and that the ac-
cused had three t; roes confessed to him that he bad scaled
the gates ha the way he had described; and
Mr. ARNOLD, under these circumstances, considered
that the time and manner in which the prisoner had been
detected were so replete with suspicion, that it was his
duty to afford time for further inquiry, and, therefore,
ordered the accused to be brought up again next week
for that purpose; but expressed his willingness to accept
substantial bail for his future appearance, if it could be
procured.
The bail was shortly afterwards put in, and the pri-
soner thereupon liberated.

MUSICAL LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. AMAGER.
—The Earl of Falmouth has recently purchased the
extensive and valuable library of this deceased amateur.
The pianolbrre compositions consist entirely of works
of the classical masters ; the sonatas, duets, trios, quar-
tets, quintets, sestets, and concertos in one division
alone, making upwards of 164 volumes. Of quartets
for stringed instruments there are 107 volumes. The
quintets occupy 68 volumes ! The sestets, septets, and
ultra, for both stringed and wind instruments, are con-
tained in 41 volumes. There are 9 volumes of trios ;
7 volumes of violin and violoncello duets ; 8 volumes
of Handel's Overtures ; 13 volumes of studios, solos,
and mEhodes for various instruments ; and 23 folios
of modern unbound concerted music. The collection of
sacred vocal music is extremely limited, consisting only of
67 volumes ; these, however, irclude Handel's Oratorios,
Mozart's Masses, Spohr's, Haydn's, and Beethoven's
Oratorios and Masses. The lyrical works for voice and
piano, including the best of Rossini's Operas, Weber,
Spohr, Cherubini, Gluck, Beethoven, and Mozart, oc-
cupy 50 volumes. There are also 22 volumes of old
English operas, and some miscellaneous pieces by English
composers. The scores are few; these being chiefly of
quartets and symphonies, in all 50 volumes. The literary
and theoretical works are still fewer, consisting only of
ei_tht volum.-s ! The portraits of distinguished musicians
and ar,i,ts du theatre that were hung on the walls of the
music room amount to 180, in frames. The noble earl
who is now in possession of this collection of music and
musical portraits is well known as a practical amateur on
the violin.—Recozd of Musical Union.
It will be recollected that on the evening of the

II th January the inhabitants of the Faubotni Mont-
martre were alarmed by cries of "Help ! Murder !"
and that on some persons proceeding to a room in the
house No. 4, a young woman v+ as found lying on the
floor, covered with blood, with several wounds on diffe-
rent parts of her body, whilst in the next room was a
young man, who exclaimed, " Don't hurt me, I sur-
render—it is I who have killed the woman ! " At the
sitting of the Court of Assizes of the Seine, on Saturday,
this man was brought to trial for an attempt at assassina-
ticn in order to commit a robbery. His name is Mar-
quis, his age 22, his trade that of a cabinet maker, and
his appearance particularly juvenile. On the day pre-
ceding that on which the crime was committed, he took
a sum of 125 f. from the person by whom he was em-
ployed, and went for a walk. He fell in with a young
woman named Senet, and persuaded her to dine with
him. They then went to the theatre, and after
supper went to the woman's lodgings, where they passed
the night. Marquis thus got rid of his money. The
next morning the woman showed him her little treasure,
consisting of several pieces of gold, a gold watch, and
some silver. According to his own confession, Mar-
quis determined to obtain possession of the money and
the watch, even if he should be obliged to murder the
woman. The woman went out, and during her absence
he took the things. On her return she missed them,
and insisted on having them returned. The prisoner at
first refused, and a struggle took place. At last he
gave up the money, and said that he hail only taken it
by way of joke, and that he was very rich. Some time
after the woman began to dress, and whilst so em-
ployed, the prisoner rushed upon her, and stabbed her
repeatedly with a knife. She received fifteen wounds
altogether, two of which were very serious. For two
months her life was in danger, an f she has not yet en-
tirely recovered. The jury declared the prisoner guilty
without extenuating circumstances, and the Court con-
demned him to death. He heart his sentence without
the slightest emotion, and gazed unconcernedly around
the Court as if looking for some one.—Galignani.
FIG TREE OF SCRIPTURE.—The fig tree is fre-
quently mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, and is com-
mon throughout Palestine and the East generally.
Amongst the ancient Hebrews it was known as Thaeea,
signifying the tree of grief, probably from the leaf
causing inflammation when applied to the body. It was
from this tree that our first parents, after the fall,
twisted for themselves girdles or aprons. Throughout
the Holy Land the failure or destruction of the fig tree
was accounted one of the greatest public or private cala-
mities. Hence it is said, " Although the fig tree shall
not blossom, &c., yet will I rejoice in the Lord." In
ancient Greece this fruit tree was well known, and exten-
sively cultivated. It was the pride of Attica. According
to the traditions of the Athenians, figs first grew on a spot
not far distant from the city, on the road to Eleusis, thence
called Hiera Suke, " the sacred fig tree." So much
prized was the fruits here produced, that the inhabitants
were forbidden to export them. This law, however,
was often contravened, and the informers against the
delinquents were called sycophants, or " revealers of
figs;" a word which has since been in use to characterise
meaned-souled, dastardly persons, such as informers
generally are. Naxos, a celebrated country in the
Agean sea, was celebrated for its fig trees, which were
especially cherished by Bacchus, who was the chief god
of the island. Here this divinity obtained the title of
"the gracious," because he taught them the
use of this fruit. In the procession of this god the fig
was carried next to the vine. Throughout Sussex the
fig is planted as a standard teee.—Horticultural Ma-
gazine. _

THE RESOURCES or ENGLAND.—What is now
passing in England proves that there are no eventuali-
ties which can peril the repose of a nation when that
nation obeys a wise
and vigorous Government. The
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British nation is smitten by one of those calamities of
which there have been no examples since the fatnines.of
the middle ages. England has the whole of Ireland
upon her shoulders—
-000 000 or 6,000,000 persons to
feed. Work must be found, , 600,000 labourers employed
at once, provisions procured, bread and money distri-
buted, and present necessities provided for without
,
neglecting the care of the future. The most moderate
calculations estimate the sacrifices of the treasury at
250,000,000 francs until the next harvest. Suppose that
France, which a
I.Pears to have been comparatively
spared, should find herself at this moment in a similar
situation, how would our finances resist the pressure of
the various charges, which already exceed the revenue?
We bleed ourselves at every vein to distribute a few
millions by way of indemnity to the inundated victims
of the Loire, and to pay the labour of the needy part of
the population. What would it be, then, if individual
misfortunes, instead of being counted by thousands, ac-
cumulated by millions? What enables England to meet
unforeseen necessities is the provident economy which
she has introduced for some years into the management
of her finances.—Siecie.
SUPPLY OF ',SWAN MEAL FOR IRFLAND FROM
MALTA.—It gives us real pleasure to announce that
since the steam enfrine has been at work at the new
bakery in the Doceyark Creek, that the Government has
in a most praiseworthyroviding for the wants of the fa-
manner lost no time in availing
of this undertaking in
wishing Irish. The surprising quantity of 30 or 40
tons of meal have fLequetitly been :nantiftsctured in one
,
day. Several hundred tuns have already left Malta for
Cork, in a merchant vessel, called the Sir Robert Peel ;
another is now loaled the Altona, and her Majesty's
p
ship Athol will sail shortly for the same port, with a
large supply.—Malta Mail.
The Prince Royal of Bavaria, who is at present in
Naples, is causing a nr,rtaa monument, with a suitah!e
1
in:;cription, to be erected in honour of the Emperor
Conradin, of Suabia, one of his ancestors, who 'Nal de-
capitated in that city in 1268.

FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
SITTING MARCH 29.
M. Bossingault read the report of a committee on a
paper by M. Vincent, Pharmacien en Chef of the Navy,
relative to the means employed in detecting by a chemical
test the admixture of phormium tenax, or New Zealand
flax, with the hemp and flax of European growth and
preparation. It appears that the phormium tenax,
although its qualities have been highly commended by
some chemists, does not possess certain qualities essen-
tial for naval cordage, and it was considered important
to discover the means of detecting the presence of this
article. M. Vincent has found that if the phormium
tenax be immersed in pure nitric acid, its fibres, owing to
the presence of some azotic substance, take a blood-red
tint, which is not the case with the hemp and flax ad-
mitted for use in the navy. Thus it is very easy, by
subjecting a rope to the action of nitric acid, to discover
whether there has been any admixture of phormium tenax
The report of the committee confirms the statement of
M. Vincent.
A note was received from M. Peligot on the means of
ascertaining in a rapid mannner the quantity of azote
contained in organic substances. The combustion of the
azotted matter is effected by a mixture of lime and soda.
The ammoniac which results from this decomposition is
condensed in the tube employed, but this tube,instead
containing chlorhydric acid, contains a determined
weight of pure sulphuric acid. Now as the ammoniac
which combines with this acid reduces its: standard, it is
easy after the combustion to determine the composition
of the liquid, and on comparing At with what it was
before to know the quantity of azote supplied by the
substance subjected to analysis.
A paper was received from M. J. Persoz, relative to
the influence of certain manures on vegetation. Ile
states that a mixture, composed of potass, dried blood,
and goose dung, was found to have great effect upon
vines. lle also mentioned a manure for hortensias, com-
posed of potass and burnt bones, treated with nitric acid.
We do not go into the details of the paper of M. Persoz,
for it does not appear to us to contain anything of im-
portance for persons who have taken the pains to real
what has been written by M. Liehig on artificial manures,
and to those who have not read the works of that gentle-
man, and who cultivate either for amusement or profit,
we recommend the perusal.
A curious communication was received from M. Daus
bree, containing a calculation of the quantity of heat
annually applied to the evaporation of the water on the
surface of the globe, and of the dynamic force of the
streams of continents. lle finds that the evaporation
employs a quantity of heat about equal to one-third of
what is received from the sun, or in other words equal
to the melting of a bed of ice nearly 35 feet in thickness,
if spread over the globe. The motive force of the
streams in Europe is, according to M. Daub: ee equal to
between 273,508,974 and 364.678,720 horses working
incessantly- during the whole period of the year.
M. Alexandre Brongniart informed the academy that
M. Renard of St. Cloud, near Etoges (Marne), is now
making with success experiments in the baking of hard
porcelain with the flame of coal gas, instead of wood.
A letter was received from De. Jackson, of the United
States, who claims the priority of the discovery of ethe-
risation, complaining of the statement made by Dr.
Wells on this subject. Our readers will remember that
1)r. Wells declares that he was the first person who
made the discovery of etherisation, as a means of render-
ing patients insensible to pain in surgical operations,
and that it was communicated by him to Dr. Jackson.
This the latter indignantly denies, and he defies Dr.
Wells to bring forward any proof of his having made
such communication. As we have no means of testing
the veracity of either of these gentlemen, and are desirous
of not giving offence to either, we offer no opinion upon
the merits of the dispute, but we woeld take the liberty
of observing that both must by this time be aware, from
the publication of a report of a sitting of the Academy
of Medicine of Paris, that more than twenty years ago a
proposition for the administration of vapour as a means
of rendering patients insensible to pain, was submitted
to that body by an Englishman.
A letter Was received from Lieutenant Leps, com-
mander of the Vautour steamer, giving an account of
what he calls a shower of ashes at sea. He states that
on May 15 last, when the Vautour was off Cape Bungee
roni, on her way from Bona to Algiers, the sky became
suddenly overcast, at about nine o'clock at night, and
the crew experienced a difficulty of breathing. There
was then a fall of large drops of rain at intervals, and
afterwards the clouds dispersed. On the following morn-
ing, however, the deck and rigging of the vessel was
covered with a dust of a yellowish colour. M. Leps
wishes to know to what cause he is to attribute the cir-
cumstance. The phenomenon, however, is not so rare
as M. Leps seems to imagine. Several navigators on
the same latitude have witnessed it, and attribute it to
certain winds which drive the sands of the deserts to-
wards the sea. It is a well-known fact, that in the deserts
of Africa the sand is, by the action of the wind, gathered
into pyramidal columns, which travel at an enormous
• rate, and frequently overwhelm caravans. If these
. pillars of sand be raised under peculiar circumstances to
an unusual height, it is easy to conceive that they may
be distributed and carried by the wind to an enormous
distance. But the greatest proof that can be offered of
the origin of these showers at sea, is the fact ascertained
by M. Ehrenberg, that in one of them were found fifty-
one species of animalcula peculiar to the sands of the
deserts of Africa.

DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—The Garden-stairs, Green-
wich Waterman's Floating Pier Society transmitted,
through the hands of Messrs. John Graves and William
Gillett, the sum of 5/. 7s. 6d. to the Lord Mayor, as
conservator of the river Thames, for the benefit of the
distressed people of Ireland. The deputation stated that
the sum was unanimously agreed to be given to the
charity through the chief magistrate, whose vigorous
exertions had contributed greatly to increase the funds
raised to check the ravages of famine and disease
amongst our fellow subjects. The Lord Mayor assured
the deputation that he should feel much gratification in
paying in the amount to the fund.
. AN AMERICAN TAILOR'S REVENGE.—The Revue
Canadienne states that a tailor having in vain tried to
obtain payment for a suit of clothes, learned that the
unlucky debtor was going to a stylish party on a certain
night, when he and some of his friends lay in wait, and
drawing their victim into a gateway, stripped him to his
shirt, and then calling a cab, put him into it, desiring
the driver to take him to his destination.
" WHAT PLAGUES THESE CHILDREN ARE !"—At
an examination of the scholars connected with a metho-
dist Sunday-school in the neighbourhood of Appleby, a
knowing youth, who was being examined on that part of
scripture where it is related that Jesus cast seven devils,
out of Mary Magdalene, thus in his turn interrogated
the master :—" Ilow many devils are now supposed to
exist, sir ?" " One," was the ready reply. " Then,
pray, sir," again asked the boy, " what has become of
the other six ?" No answer.

SOVERFORD KEYNES—PUSEYISM.—The clergyman
of this parish, possibly being desirous of emulating the
vicar of Warminister in foolish and offensive intolerance,
absolutely refused the other day to baptise a child be-
cause the person who proposed to become godfather had
not been confirmed! The child had been brought six
miles to receive the holy rite, and the parties not beirg
willing to make the journey for nothing were obliged to
procure a substitute for the rejected sponsor, one ap-
proved of. by the clergyman, and the ceremony was al-
lowed to proceed. And in this case what more than a
mere form and ceremony could it be? For, is it to be
suppose' that any person thus casually picked up, possi-
bly a stranger to the parties, or at any rate caring little
or nothing about them, would be so likely faithfully to
perform the duties of a godfather as one selected by
themselves, and doubtless feeling an interest in the
child's welfare?— Wiltshire Independent.
The Boston Liberator mentions that among the de-
serters from the American army is the Reverend
W. H. Barnes. The reverend gentleman having secured
three months' salary in advance, shrank from the sight of
grim visaged war.
MURDER AUTHORISED !—Richard, a slave of Ro-
bert Rowan, who whipped another slave, Maria, to death,
in Charleston, U. S., has been tried and acquitted be-
cause he did it by the direction of his mistress.—Boston
Liberator.

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.—The workmen em-
ployed by the Hon. Mr. Neville have lately been engaged
in excavating a large British Barrow, near Royston.
Three sepulchral vases, with a small vessel resembling
a lamp, all of unbaked clay, have been brought to light .
these, with two human skeletons, and portions of two
animals, one a deer, the other, as yet undetermined,
have been scientifically examined, and through the kind-
ness of Mr. Neville we are enabled to give the following
report. No. lis a perfect skeleton of a male adult 50 or
60 years of age, the bones in extremely good preserva-
tion, and of very great antiquity, probably more than a
thousand years old. No. 2, skeleton of a lad from 12 to
16 years of age, nearly perfect at first, but great part of
it was carried off, previous to examination, by theinha-
bitants, owing to a popular tradition that a youth had
been murdered at no remote period in the barrow, in
refutation of which may be stated the opinion of the gen-
tleman who kindly examined them, that they are the
oldest bones in the barr6w. The skull of the smaller
animal has been sent to Professor Owen to be resolved
on. Mr. Neville observes with regard to the vessels,
that they are of unbaked clay, moulded by the hand, and
that a vase, disinterred by professor Henslow from a
smaller barrow at Bottisham, and figured in the last
number of the Archteological Journal, is a fac simile of
two out of the three vessels he has discovered ; he also
remarks that the bones exhibit no trace of cremation,
though patches of charcoal were found in several places.
The barrow is the largest of a group of five, situated on
an eminence, called from them "Five Hill Field."—
Cambridge Advertiser.
THE LATE OCCURRENCE AT COCKBURNSPATH.—

The Irish family concerned in the case of the boy found
in the drain, have been examined by the sheriff-substi-
tute at Dunse, and remanded for further examination.
A post mortem examination of the body was held on
Monday, but the opinion of the medical gentlemen is
to the cause of death is not yet publicly known. The
woman states that they were all from Roscommon in
Ireland—that they arrived in Glasgow from Belfast on
Saturday fortnight by one of the steam-ships, and had
been begging along the road since they had arrived in
Scotland, but that they were in a very distressed state,
and weak for want of food. On searching her after the
first examination, above 51. in silver money was found
concealed about her person. On Tuesday, the 30th,
they were brought up for re examination, when the
whole party, with the exception of the child five years
of age, was committed to the county prison at Grcenlaw
for trial for murder, and the case remitted to the Lord
Advocate. It would appear that the deceased child was
purposely kept from food so as to render his appearance
more emaciated and distressing, and thus excite the
commiseration and charity of the humane. Doubts
having arisen whether the deceased could have in reality
been the chill of the woman calling herself its mother,
inquiries will probably be made in reference thereto
which renders it necessary for a time that the names of
the parties be withheld.—Scotsman.

GREAT REVQLUTION IN STEAM

PROPULSION.

This heading will startle many of our readers. In-
genuity has been expended in devising an improvement
on the present mode of propelling ships by steam.
Against the old paddle-wheels strong objections as to
the loss of power, and other drawbacks upon a steamer's
progress, have been urged, which it would he useless to
repeat here, for they are well known to practical en-
gineers and seamen ; and a remedy was sought for in
the screw. The serew has been only partially success-
ful, as its limited adaptation proves. The only- vessel of
note to which it has been applied is the Great Britain,
and the unfortunate termination of her career hardly
gave that invention a fair trial on a large scale. But a
discovery has now been perfected by Mr. S. R. Park-
hurst, a gentleman of great mechanical ingenuity, which
must supersede the existing modes of steam propulsion,
and revolutionise the traffic by sea. This invention is
secured by patent in Great Britain and all her colonies,
the United States, France, and all other parts of the
world.

It is not merely original, but like most useful inven-
tions, remarkably, nay, beautifully simple. The advan-
tages are threefold—a greatly increased rate of speed, a
vastly increased power of stowage, by the reduction of
the present cumbrous machinery in the holds of steamers,
and reduced expenditure in the cost of the engine power.
It is difficult to make ourselves clear on these points
without the aid of a diagram. But we may state, briefly,
that a number of submerged vertical propellers are to be
fixed on each side of the vessel; these revolve in unison,
and by the force with which they take hold of the water,
and the power which this combined' action gives them,
must send forward the ship at a speed altogether unat-
tainable by the present or any known system. It is
asserted, by practical men, that a vessel so propelled
would cross the Atlantic in nearly half the time of the
best steamers now employed in ocean navigation.
This invention has undergone the scrutiny of eminent
and practical men in England, by whom the most favour-
able opinions have been expressed of its practical cha-
racter. During the past week experiments have been
tried by the application of steam power to those pro-
pellers, one of which, six feet high, thirty inches dia-
meter, was driven by a six-horse power engine 294 revo-
lutions per minute, which a practical gentleman pre& nt
stated would drive a vessel twenty-five miles per hour.
This test has removed all doubts on the minds of those
who were previously the most sceptical. We cannot
dilate on the importance of this greatest of modern in-
ventions with regard to steam navigation ; but this we
may say, that since the days of Arkwright nothing equa
in importance to it has appeared, and we expect it will
remain a brilliant proof of the genius and the judgment
of the inventor.

We understand that Mr. Parkhurst leaves by the
Sarah Sands, on a temporary visit to America; the ob-
ject, we believe, is to lay his important invention before
the Government of the United States, whose navy and
commerce, we fill confident, will be greatly enhanced
by the application of an invention which promises to
revolutionise the whole system of navigation.— Willmer
and Smith's European Times.

ANECDOTE OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A MISER

—One of those extraordinary personages, whose parsi-
monious habits and amor nu:nmi, producing eccentrici-
ties, such as makes the merry to laugh and even the
grave to smile, departed this life at Caledon, on Thurs-
day, the 18th inst. The following are a few of the mis-
haps and traits in the story of this notorious miser, who
was called Michael Bragan, alias M'Kenna. The first
misfortune that befel him after his coming to this neigh-
bourhood a good many years ago, was, he had scraped
together five pounds in bank notes, these he stealthily
stuffed into the thatch at the eve of his master's house,
but, the night he did so being dark, he could not after-
wards find the spot, nor was it discovered until the
house next underwent thatching, when they
were got all melted into pulp. He would not
after allow the god of his idolatry , to assume
such a fragile shape as paper, so his next savings were
made in that more substantial metal called silver. His
next hoarding was hid in the ditch of a field, and his fre-
quent visits to the spot attracted the notice of a servant
girl of the place where he then lived, who discovered the
hidden treasure to the amount of 25/,, all in half-crowns,
except one sovereign ; the girl decamped with the booty,
which, when lost to the worshipper, produced from him
wailing and lamentation the most piteous. These savings
were made, it may be easily conjectured, by privations
and self-denial the most rigid. las food for many years
did not amount to more than lid. per day, although he
enjoyed good health, and was constantly employed. He
at one time bought a pair of shoes, and to make them
last long he put them by, and went barefoot until they
moulded and were good for nothing. A few hours be-
fore his death he requested to be brought to a neigh-
bouring grove to get his money ; a donkey and cart was
accordingly procured, when nearing the place, unable to
open his eyes, ho asked his brother to lift his eyelid, that
he might point out the spot. The money being secured
he seemed a little at ease as he was drawn home, his
guides most inhumanely allowing his head to bump
about the cart like a dead carrion. Half an hour before
dying, he ordered bread and tea to be got, of which he
took a heavy meal, saying the while that had he done so
before he would not have been so sick. His relations
teasing him about the disposal of his last savings,
amounting to 10/. I Is., he swore d—n him, if they vexed
him more, that he would not leave one of them a far-

thing.—Ulster Gazette.
GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE.—Transactions this
week have been very similar as to prices with those of
last week. For some time past the principal founderies
of Scotland have been at a stand from strikes among the
workmen, but this decrease of consumption has been
made up by shipments to the United States, which have
of late been considerable. The numerous vessels arriv-
ing in the Clyde from that quarter with grain and
cotton fill up with pig iron, at the•rate, in many instances,
of 18s. per ton; and altogether the prospects of trade
with America are very cheering. We quote the price
at 71s. 6d. per ton, and with little offering at that rate.
—National Advertiser.

TIIE LATE MURDERS IN KILKENNY.—Thomas Roe,
the man who was found wounded, and was carried to the
Kells Police-station, on the day Mr. Prim, the pay -
cletk, and the police-constable were murdered, died on
Wednesday morning. The same day an inquest was
held on his body. One of the Kells police deposed to
deceased having confessed to him, shortly before his
death on the previous night, that he (deceased) was one
of the murderers, and that he received his wound from a
pistol fired by Mr. Prim. On this evidence *the jury
found a verdict of " Justifiable homicide."—Kiilienny
Journal.
DEEP SEA FISHERIES.—The fishing trade has been
at times of more advantage to the Dutch than their
trade with the East Indies, or that of the Spaniards
with the West Indies. The Dutch used to call their
herring trade their gold mine, and remember it in their
prayers. Philip 11. of Spain agreed to pay 1,0001. to
the Irish Treasury for leave to fish on the Irish coasts.
The Dutch, in the time of Charles 1., paid 30,0001.
sterling for a similar licence as to the British coasts ;
and, in 1650, as a great indulgence, Sweden was suffered
to employ only 1,000 vessels in the fishery on these
coasts. In the reign of James I. it appeared that the
Dutch fished in the English seas with 3,000 vessels and
50,000 men ; while 9,000 other vessels were employed
conveying provisions, salt, ca-ks, t,-) the fishermen,
and taking the fish to market. Upon the whole, it was
computed that the number of ships and other vessels
employed by the Dutch in these fisheries in the British
seas were about 12,000, and nearly 200,000 men—u
number almost passing belief. Why is not this energy
displayed by us at the present day ?—lnverness Courier.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A few days ago, a hen
belonging to Mr. Richards, of the gas works, in this city,
and which he had lost for exactly three weeks, was found
in a deep inclosed space behind a large tank at the works.
It had probably descended there through a small orifice,
which was the only entrance to it, for the purpose of
laying, but found it impossible to return on account of
its wings being clipped, and the entrance being so high
up from the ground. The poor fowl had laid one egg,
the shell and the white of which she had demolished, but
although tempted by a hunger of three weeks duration,
she had refused to touch the yolk. There was no other
kind of food or water in the cell. When taken out, its
comb was blue, and it presented other symptoms of
emaciation, but is now last recovering.— Worcestershire
Chronicle.

We have to record the demise of his Excellency
Franceso Carboni, the Senior Diplomatist at the Court
of Sweden, who died at Stockholm at the close of last
month, in his 87th year. The deceased was Charge
d'Affaires of the Duke of Lucca, and fulfilled that office
thirty years at Stockholm. He was also Consul-General
for Naples, Sicily, Rome, and Sardinia. His Excellency
the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Baron Von
Ihre, and the entire corps diplomatiquc, attended the
funeral of the deceased.
SURPLUS Garais.—We are glad to be informed that
his Grace the Duke of Devonshire has ordered the sur-
plus game atChatsworth and neighbourhood to be killed,
and that that is now being done. Mr. Arkwright is
taking the same laudable course upon his Derbyshire
estates. Let others who possess excess of game pursue
the same judicious and desirable plan. Excessive game.
preserving has been the very nursery for poaching, or,
in other words, a premium for poaching.
NARROW SCAPE FROM SUFFOCATION IN A
Cutracm—On Sunday last, during the morning ser-
vice at Powick Church, a young lady was observed to
be in a fainting condition, and the same symptoms almost
immediately afterwards affected others of the congrega-
tion, to the number of about twenty. They were con-
veyed into the open air and to the adjoining houses, and
after some time and trouble they all recovered, having
apparently suffered severely from incipient suffocation.
It was found on investigation, that the alarming occur-
rence was caused by the sulphureous vapour evolved in
the process of combustion, from the coke used for the
purpose of warming the church.— Worcester Herald.
Cerreunnuy.—Some surprise has been manifested
that the Judge of the Small Debts' Court for this dis-
trict has not appointed his circuit. But we hear that
Mr. Chilton has declined to accept the office, which has
occasioned the delay, and that Mr. C. Harwood has
been appointed in his stead. Mr. G. Furley, solicitor,
of this city, has been appointed clerk. We have also
heard parties named as bailiff and treasurer, though we
cannot mention them with certainty.— Dover Chronicle.
The Journal de Fecamp states that an immense
bank of oysters has been recently discovered between
the point of Barfbur and Cape do la Heve, being nine
leagues in length, two in width, and from GO to 90 centi-
metres in thickness. This bank is three leagues distant
from Batfleur' and eight from Havre. It is, however,
in part beyond the limits assigned for oyster dredging;
havedgint,:
for French vessels exclusively. Large quantities
already been taken up.
A SITE AT LAST.—At length tile Wtlling!on Sta-
tue will be placed on a site that must satisfy the grum-
blers. In the very handsomest manner apiece of ground
has been allotted to it in their own property by the pro-
prietors of the Thames Tunnel,—Punch.