The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MAY 15.—We regret to state that the Lord-
Lieutenant has been rapidly sinking since yesterday.
This morning the following bulletins were issued
" The Lord. Lieutenant's strength is much reduced since
yesterday." " Two o'clock.
" The illustrious patient does not feel restored from the
prostration of strength under which he suffered during the
night." " Four o'clock.
" His Excellency is not worse than he was this morning."

REPRESENTATION OF MARY-
LE BONE.
- The following letter addressed by Admiral Sir Charles
r to C. Mood, Xsq.; the vestry clerk of Mary-
lebone„ was read .the meeting of the Marylebone
vestry. ou Saturday :

" May 15, 1847.
__" My dear Sir—Will you be so good as to present my
compliments to the vestry, and say that it was my de-
termination to have attended to-day, and thank them
for their kindness since I have been the representative
of the borough of Marylebone, and to solicit their sup-
port at the next election—(Laughter)—but I am obliged
to go to Portsmouth and hoist my flag.
" C. Flood, Esq. " CHARLS NAPIER."

BOSJESMAN'S, OR BUSH PEOPLE, FROM SOUTHERN
ATRlCA.—lnteresting specimens of a most extraordinary
race of human beings have been landed in our port, they are
the Bojesmans, or Bush People, from the interior of South
Africa, of which so much has been written by the Mission-
aries, and the few who have travelled to that far distant
region. They are natives of the country bordering the Great
Orange River, 1,200 or 1,400 miles from Cape Town. They
exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellectual or
higher faculties as is observable in the scull of that mockery
of humanity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the
animal is almost equally as great. In every respect they are
calculated to excite the greatest astonishment, and to con-
firm with the full those " Tales of Travellers" which we have
certainly been inclined to look upon with suspicion. We
could scarcely hare credited that such a race could be in ex-
istence on the earth. That they are genuine no one can
doubt, in proof of which we give the following extract from
a Cape Town Paper of the 24th of December, which we have
lust received :—" We understand the brig
, `Fanny,' Captain
fay
Wheeler, which recently left Table a) for Liverpool, had on
board an
of kind of exportation, viz., two males and
two females of the genuine Bushman species, they are in
charge of a Mr. J. G. R. Bishop, who has been at consider-
able trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior. I
They are authentic specimens of this diminutive and rapidly
decreasing tribe of aborigines, found only in Southern Africa."
—Liverpool Standard.
,AND THE. CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS
A Sin? Su csw._Letters were on Saturday re-
MURDERED ET THE R
re-
communicating the particulars of
•---d from Launceston,
cei•. •-c the .4.113ip Prima Donna, and trhs,e murder of the
b • the crew.
Alp sinking .. Tones, and his e
Commander, Captain at Lowbock for water and
The vessel, it appears, has.,.. '-bart Town and England.
rice, being bound from China to ”rima Donna's long
In the latter part of December last the _ "le men) ar-
boat, containing fourteen Of the crew (All Math._ ac-
rived at the port of Ball, in the Java seas—the stilt,
cording to their statement, having foundered south of Java,
and the captain and his officers had perished. Subsequently,
when questioned more fully as to their fate, their statements
differed so widely that no reasonable doubt could be enter-
tained but that they were Cruelly murdered and the ship
plundered and sunk. The whole of the crew have been
placed under Arrest, and search is being made in the locality
f
where the ship is said to have been scuttled remains
of the captain and officers. it WAS expected several w°llll
divulge the circumptpcos. TllO ;hip and cgr go
at 8,0004 " Were Valpol

NEW ZEALAND.

The following is an extract from the letter of an
officer who has come home in her Majesty's steam-
vessel Driver:—

" Portsmouth, May 14.
" We left New Zealand on the 28th of January, and
have had a good passage of 107 days, considering the
great distance and various climates to be passed through.
We came by Cape Horn, and have the honour, I be-
lieve, of being the first steam-vessel which has circum-
navigated the globe. We stopped six days at Rio de
Janeiro, and have a mail from Rio de la Plate; I do not
know the particulars.
" I arrive in better health than I had any reason
ever to expect. The climate 'of New Zealand has been
of essential service, not only to me, but to all our officers
and crew.

" The colony was gradually progressing towards im-
provement under the able and judicious management of
Governor Grey. The natives were peaceably inclined.
Heki and about 200 of his followers went to the Bay of
Islands to remove the bones of their forefathers, or those
of some old heathen chief; but the Governor had his
eye on him, and to Heki's astonishment he found her
Majestys steam- vessel Driver, with the Governor and
200 men, waiting for him. As Governor Grey most pro-
perly did not visit Heki he went away with his fol-
lowers quite chopfallen. Rangahiti in the south was in
the hills.

" The natives in the neighbourhood of Auckland and
Wellington were actively employed on the roads, and
squaring stones for buildings, bridges, &c. A native
police has been established, and is a most effective force;
savings banks have been established, and the deposits,
European and native, were considerable. The revenue
had likewise been on the increase; in fact, the character
of the natives in a few years will be quite changed. They
supply both Auckland and Wellington with potatoes,
onions, Indian corn fish, and poultry; also, firewood.
The natives are asking for resident magistrates to live
amongst them; they cheerfully submit to English laws
in preference to their own. Several cases were lately
tried at Auckland, and decided in their favour; this has
given them the greatest confidence in the Governor. In
another case, a native was fined twenty-five sovereigns
for property removed from a coasting vessel. I have
seen him pay down the cash. He was himself the owner
of a small vessel.

" In the district of Wakani, in Cook's Straits, the na-
tives have now large fields of wheat, Indian corn, pota-
toes, onions, and other vegetables, and pigs, which have
been valued at 4,0001. Sheep farming was on the in-
crease about the Straits and Middle Island. Most ex-
cellent beef and mutton was to be purchased at Welling-
ton at 6d. per lb. _ _

" I regret to say that Governor Grey had been un-
well, be was suffering from something like ague or the
hay fever; and the spear wound in his thigh was occa-
sionally painful. He was, however, able (with his lady)
to go on board her Majesty's' ship Driver, and pay her
captain and officers a farewell visit, previous to their de-
parture for England.
" The Inflexible steamer arrived at Auckland on the
25th of January, she had touched the ground in Sydney
harbour, and damaged her forefoot. The Castor frigate
was at Auckland; the Calliope and Racehorse at Wel-
lington and Cook's Straits. Rauparaha, the celebrated
chief of Porirua, was still a prisoner on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Calliope. It was rumoured that he would
be liberated, as no direct charge could be brought
against him; should he be liberated, it will be on con-
dition that he,gives up all claim to Middle Island, and
that some of the neighbouring chiefs will be responsible
for his future conduct."

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10
SITTINGS OF MAY 5 'P.. ,"- 1:1'. '
The Academy did not meet for b .
pskAta
on the 3d, in consequence of the ann -
h.,r the
united academies having been fixed t de'. The
sitting was therefore postponed to the sth. On the 10th,
the academy met in the usual way. We subjoin a re•
port of the most interesting proceedings of the two sit-
tings :___

A report was made by M. Poncelet on a paper by M.
de la Gournerie, an engineer, respecting a sub-marine
boat employed last year in the harbour of Croisic, for the
removal of some rocks which obstructed the entrance.
We do not, however, find in the account anything new,
except as to the modifications rendered necessary for
the peculiar perpose to which the boat was to be applied.
The means of remaining under water in a boat supplied
by air from above, were known nearly half a century
ago, and many of our readers may remember the
account given
by the notorious Johnstone, the smuggler,
of the submarine boat in which he proposed to remove
the Emperor Napoleon from his captivity at St. Helena.
been much improvement upon
ration, and the submarine ap
aers to have been on a nearly
s
imilar plan. The real
pjaorhant Theresut
soh
nao has
ef
sn
cos
oswitseeimc believe,
oafp poep
improvement in submarine navi-
gation is the discovery announced about two years ago,
by which persons may, by means of a chemical process,
which restores to vitiated air its vital properties, remain
under water several hours without receiving a fresh sup-
ply of atmospheric air.
M. Arago gave an account of some improvements

made by M. belvigne on the apparatus employed by
Captain Manby for saving shipwrecked persons, by
conveying to them a cable tired from a gun or mortar.
The improvement consists in a greater degree of cer-
tainty as to the arrival of the cable, and the impossibi-
lity of inflicting any injury on the persons for whose re-
lief it is meant. M. Delvigne in his experiments has
been able to cover a range of 385 metres, but he hopes
with a Paixhans gun to obtain a range of at least 100
metres more.
A report was made of a break ;for railway carriages,
invented by M. Laignel, and almost generally adopted
in Belgium, where it is said to have rendered im-
portant service, but which, in spite of all exertions
of the inventor, has been tried by only one rail-
road company in France. The committee of the
academy charged to examine the system, and report
upon it express great approbation, and as a proof
unanimously recommend that, a prize of 2,500 f. shall
be awarded to M. Laignel. We hope this report
will have the effect of inducing some of our railroad
companies to make a fair trial of the break; but we are
still of opinion, until a permanent commission shall be
established, with funds to pay for experiments, and
power to compel the use of improvements when their
utility shall have been proved, nothing, in the interest
of the public will be done. The immense number of vain
things submitted to the companies is made an excuse for
confounding good with bad, and the frequent sacrifice of
human life seems to have little effect towards the &clop•
tion of plans which, in the opinion of practical men,
would diminish the danger that attends the existing
modes.

A paper was received by M. Dolfus, on the injurious
effect upon health from the stagnant water in the pools,
occasioned by the excavations along the lines of railroad,
for the purpose of using the removed earth for embank-
ments. Some of the facts stated in this paper are pain-
fully interesting. In the commune of Bollivelu, on the
Strasburgh and Bale Railroad, where there are several
of these pools, the number of cases of malaria has in.
creased to a frightful extent. Ia 1842, before these
pools were made, the number of cases of marsh fever was
only 36. In 1844 it was 160. In 1845 the plants charac-
teristic of stagnant water havingincreased the number was
743, and in 1846 it was 1166, and this, too, in a popula-
tion of only 1446 inhabitants. The mortality also has
been greatly augmented. The average number of deaths
per year, from 1836 to 1845, was only 36, although afterlB44 the evil had already begun to pronounce itself in a
striking way, but in 1846 the number of deaths was 54.
In the small commune of Feldkirch the number of cases
of fever in 1843 was 2 ; in 1344, 20 ; in 1845, 135 ; and
in 1846, 376. It is astonishing that in a country where
science has made such strides, the natural result of these
excavations was not foreseen.
M. Lallemande made a favourable report on a paper
by M. Pujeade, recommending the use of medicinal
springs during the whole of the year, instead of con,-
fining it to seasons, as is now done. M. Barrol sent in
a paper showing the comparative advantages and disad-
vantages of the two modes of gilding—viz., the old
process by mercury, and the electrochemical. For
solidity be gives the preference to the former, but for
safety, where the article gilded is one for domestic use,
and comes into contact with acid, he prefers the latter.

ANECDOTES OF SIR W. SCOTT.
(From Hogg's Weekly Instructor.)
He used to relish Creech's stories prodigiously.
have seen him in convulsions of laughter at a ludicrous
anecdote told by the bookseller of a country woman,
who, one market day, came into his shop (then in
the Luckenbooths) with a basket of butter on her
arm, which having deposited on the counter, to the
imminent peril of some of his most splendid " wire-Wove,
hotpressed " volumes, she asked him for " tippence worth
o' creash." Utterly at a loss for the woman's mean-
ing, he replied that he sold nothing but books and
stationary—articles totally out of her way ; and
very naturally concluded that she was wrong in the
upper storey, civilly requested her to quit the shop,
which was much more easy in theory than practice ; for
she insisted on being served, while he insisted that he
sold no such article. " What for div ye tell lees then?"
demanded she, stretching her neck out at the shop-
door, and pointing with one finger to the large golden
letters on the sign-board—" What for div ye pit double
'oo creash over your door to cheat folk then?" It is
scarcely necessary to add, that the honest woman, whose
education had unquestionably not been first-rate, had
mistaken the name on the signboard—" W. Creech"—
for the article she demanded, which was wool grease for
the purpose of spinning.
When the mirth and laughter at this drollery had
somewhat subdued, the conversation for a few minutes
turned on the impositions of horse-dealers, Scott (who
had a ready rebound for every story) said—" Well, that
reminds me of an anecdote quite characteristic of the
fraternity, I once heard from a friend, who happened to
meet with two horse-coupers at a public-house. My
friend loved everything which marked a character
strongly, and had purposely placed himself where he
could hear without being seen, and listen to a bargain
about a mare which one of these worthies wanted to sell
to his companion, whom he filled mortal fou, while he
contrived to keep himself comparatively sober. At last,
after sitting tilt a late hour, the bargain was concluded,
the money paid, and bill and their horses called for, each
having to ride in a different direction to their respective
places of abode ; but before mounting, the one who had
sold the " meare" turned round suddenly, and told his
companion that, though she was a guid beast, she had
twa faults—" In the first place, man," said he, " she's
unco ill to catch," " Ou, man, that's naething to speak
o', " stammered his friend ; " but what's the tither
faut?" " Wait a wee," was the reply, " till I ha'e my
fit in the stirrup (making sundry hopeless efforts to seat
himself in the saddle). Whist, 1400, dinna hurry me—
hurry nae man's cattle," clapping his hand on the pocket
of his " smalls," to make sure that the Biller was safe.
" Toot, toot, man," impatiently exclaimed he who had
bought the beast, " yer unco lang coming out wi' the
tither faut—oot wi' it ; ye telt me she was ill to catch."
" I did so," was the reply, " and noo I tell ye she's no
worth a single boddle when ye've gotten her!" Clap-
ping spurs to his steed, he was off like a shot.

2:

WM- COBDEN, M.P., at FLORENCE. --
.F.ree-trade principles are gradually gaining ground in
every part of Europe. The particulars of Mr. Cobden's
triumphant march through France and Spain have
already been amply recorded in the pages of this
journal. From Spain the Hon. Member for Stockport
proceeded to the other great peninsula of the south of
Europe, where he has won the same golden opinions and
been honoured with the same grand receptions. He has
shaken hands with the Pope, and held familiar conver-
sations on his favourite topic with many of the savans
!literati of Italy. Florence, the seat of the fine arts
from time immemorial, and of free-trade for the last
century, has not been backward in rendering homage to
the representative of the enlightened principles of com-
mercial intercourse which bid fair soon to become the
basis of all the fiscal codes of the continent. We have
received from the Tuscan capital the particulars of a
grand banquet in honour of the English free-trader,
which took place there on the 29th ult. As many as 110
persons assembled in the magnificent gallery of the
Borghese Palace, where the feast was prepared.
The presidential chair was occupied by the Chevalier
Vincenzo Peruzzi Gonfaloniere, of the city of Florence,
and the select circle around him included many persons
Ilistingiushed by name, by talents, and by fortune.
The: guests having done justice to the delicious viands ,
end 'exquisite wines which overspread the table, the re-
sident rose and proposed the health of " the Grand
Duke Leopold of Tuscany, the Sovereign of the State."
The Vice-President, Signor Emanuelle Fenzi, then ad-
dressed Mr. Cobden in Italian, as follows:
" To the fervid and sincere prayers for a long and
prosperous life, to the applause which you have received
in other parts of Italy, and especially in the Eternal
City, we are rejoiced to-day to be able to add those of
our own Florence—Florence, in which letters, together
with the arts and sciences, first revived after the dark-
ness of the middle ages, and which heard freedom of
trade proclaimed in its bosom sixty-six years ago, thus
giving a great example, by which, when it is developed
and adopted by all nations, the misery of many millions
of men will be relieved, and the most powerful obstacle

that is opposed to the fraternity of nations—diversity o
interests—removed.' Florence honours and admires in
you, Sir, the head of that League' which, with imper-
turbable constancy, with immense sacrifices, and van-
quishing obstacles which appeared insuperable, effected
in your country one of the greatest, and at the same time
the most peaceful of revolutions, thus affording to the
whole world the spectacle of the irresistible force with
which an idea is developed when armed by science and
the force of persuasion alone, and when with inde-
fatigable activity it is peacefully and legally sustained by
worthy men. Continue your labours, 0 Richard! gather
other laurels so much the more to be desired, because
they are not stained with blood, but are covered with
the benedictions of the human race. We shall continue
to admire and to applaud you—we who--thanks to an
enlightened prince, courageous in his endeavours to
vanquish the prejudices of his age, and to put in practice
t
the liberal doctrines with which he was imbued—have
experienced for three generations the efficacy of free
trade in alimentary substances, which has averted from
our country the scourge of famine; as the same freedom
in trade, not excluding that of instruction, and the free
interchange of immovable property produced by the
abolition of fiefs, has banished distress from our land,
or restricted it to its least painful limits, if the generous
idea of the free interchange of produce and articles of
commerce generally has become law in the great country
to which you belong, the great example must be fol-
lowed by other nations. We offer, in the mean time,
fervent prayers for your felicity and your glory, which
is our own, and we cry with on© voice—Long live
Richard Cobden !' "
After the toast had been duly drunk, and the applause
in a degree subsided,
Mr. COBDEN rose and spoke as follows:—" Gentle-
men, I should feel much embarrassed if I believed that
this splendid demonstration was intended as a personal
compliment to myself; for, whatever may be thought of
my merits in other countries, I can have no title to pre-
eminence as a free trader in an assembly of Tuscans.
But, no; we meet here as brethren in a common faith,
myself a younger brother, to unite our vows in favour
of that commercial liberty which Tuscany, of all the
nations of the earth, was the first to put in practice upon
sound politico-economical principles. Other people, as
for instance the Dutch and the Swiss, owing to the acci-
dentals of their geographical position, may have always
enjoyed peculiar exemptions from commercial restric-
tions, but to Tuscany is undoubtedly due the glory of
having preceded by half a century the rest of the world
n the application of the theories of economical science
to its legislation. Here political economy was first
erected into a commercial code. Let us render a solemn
homage to the memories of those men who gave to the
world so great a lesson in statesmanship. Honour to
Bandini, who a century ago discovered the truth —of
which more than half the civilised world is still igno-
rant—that liberty of commerce is the only safeguard of
nations; against the evils of scarcity, and their surest
guide to agricultural and commercial prosperity !
Honour, immortal honour, to Leopold, who taking the
torch of science from the hand of Bandini, entered upon
the then dark and untrodden path of free trade, and
guided only by its pure light, proceeded onwards with
an unfaltering step, undeterred by the obstacles which
ignorance, prejudice, and self-interest threw in his way!
Honour to Neri, John Fabbroni, Fossombroni, and the
rest who have preserved his great work from the attacks
of sophistry in our day! These are the real benefactors
of mankind, to whom we ought to decree honours and
monuments, whose peaceful triumphs will shed blessings
upon myriads yet unborn, long after the causes and con-
sequences of blood-stained victories are lost in oblivion
and nothingness. Gentlemen, I am not in the habit of
addressing my hearers in terms of flattery, and I should
like it to be understood that the few words I have to
acid are intended for those who may chance to read my
remarks in other countries rather than as complimentary
phrases offered to a Tuscan audience. Upon this my
first visit to Italy, I have felt naturally curious to wit
ness the effects of free trade, particularly in corn,
upon the moral condition of a people. I must
confess that I entered Tuscany with feelings of en-
thusiasm, such as a devotee experiences in visiting
the shrine of his faith. But I have endeavoured to cast
an impartial eye upon all that I have seen, and if what
I state as the result of my observation be erroneous, it
will be open to correction by others. During the last
eight months I have been travelling in nearly all the
countries of southern Europe, and I am bound to state,
without wishing to disparage other nations, that I find
the condition of the population of Tuscany superior to
that of any other people I have visited. The surface of
the country resembles that of a well-cultivated garden;
the people are everywhere well-dressed; I have seen no
beggars excepting a few lame or blind; and in this
season of the general scarcity there is less of suffering
from want of food here, with a perfect freedom of ex-
port and import of corn, than in probably any other
country in Europe. I find such industries as are natural
to Tuscany carried on with success, and that, in par-
ticular, of its indigenous straw manufacture has attained
a development which has surprised me. But Ido not
confine my observations to the material condition of the
people. Where a country had enjoyed for fifty years
the advantages of commercial liberty, I expected to find
the spirit of free trade entering into the character of its
people, abating their national prejudices, destroying the
spirit of egotism, and imparting to them a sentiment of
brotherhood towards other nations. And in this respect
I have not been disappointed in the inhabitants of
Tuscany. I am only repeating the opinion of every
traveller when I say that they are eminently courteous
and mild towards strangers. Foreigners make this
country their favourite abode, not merely because here
there is no impediment to a cheap and abundant supply
of luxuries and comforts from every part of the globe,
but because they find a charm in the amiable cordiality
of the Tuscan people. Such is the description of the
only country in southern Europe which enjoys the ad-
vantages of free trade, and I will not add a word of
comment, but leave the facts I have stated for the in-
struction of other nations. Gentlemen, I thank you
heartily for this cordial reception of a fellow-labourer
in our good cause. The remembrance of this happy
evening will always be a source of the highest gratifica-
tion to me. I conclude by drinking to the rapid exten-
sion of free-trade principles all over the world."
A number of speeches in Italian were afterwards de-
livered, for which we cannot find room. The whole
affair passed oaf most satisfactorily, and the gallant
Italians vied with each other in paying every attention
to the fair lady of the illustrious free trader, who accom-
panied her husband to the banquet by special invitation.

POISONING OF A FAMILY AT

BURY.

On Saturday afternoon last the inhabitants of East-
gate-street and the neighbourhood were thrown into a
state of grext consternation, by a report being circulated
that a whole family had been poisoned. Inquiry was
instantly set on foot to ascertain the truth of the
rumour, and it was soon discovered to be too true. The
family of Mr. William house, agricultural implement
maker, of 56, Eastgate-street, consisting of the wife and
four_ children, sat down to dinner about one o'clock on
bisturday afternoon, some dumplings, prepared from
in the dough
which had been left after making the bread
ten irne'rni" forming part of the meal. About
minutes after dinner, all who had partaken
of the
and violent vomiting, .were seized with severe pains
fact of their °T.ll,ting, and, of course, from the
manner, suspicion being attacked in the same
aroused. Mr. Image was im-
mediately sent for, and arriving with the utmost expe-
dition, soon ascertained
resorted
poison had been adminis-
tered, and immediately
.to those remedies usual
on such occasions. By thertestil.ful treatment adopted
ar, far as to be be-
the sufferers were soon recovered,
yond the reach of immediate
Mdurr.inngouthse
himself, having been engagedofMabnulairn.aelsts
dinner time, only partook
dumpling afterwards, but was, nevertheless, part
terioofuslya
affected. We have already that . stated the
dumplings were made of a piece of dough left
from the bread ; and there was some flour not
used. Both bread and dumplings serer e
i poisoned
but the flour remained pure. Furthnquiries
beim made, suspicion fell upon Hannah Rouse, the
..
dap ;titer, aged about 21, and from what transpired, it
was considered proper to take her into custody. She
was brought up at Mr. Wing's office this (Tuesday)
morning, and a prolonged private investigation took
place, the magistrates considering it injudicious to make
known the evidence taken at a preliminary inquiry.
Mr. Image and several other witnesses were examined,
and two letters wore produced, addressed to a young
woman named Sergeant, living servant, we understand,
at Mr. Quant's, in Abbeygate-street, wherein she ex-
presses her regret at something she has done, and ob-
scurely glances at self-destruction. It is believed that
she has been led into the commission of some petty
filching, and feels conscince-stricken at her guilt. The
inquiry before the magistrates resulted in the prisoner
being remanded till Monday next, when she will under-
go another oxamination.—Bury Herald.