The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

.MORNING SUN

the owner shall a handsomely rewarded. God save the
King and the Lord of the Manor. 'They are both black
ones, with long ears,"—Liverpocl Mercury.
MURDER OF THE BOY THOMAS -MAGUIRE.
—Additional depositions have been taken by the county
Coroner, but no fact of importance inculpating any one
has been disclosed, though several witnesses swear to the
fact of having seen the boy along with Delahunt on the
evening in question. On Christmas morning the body of
the murdered boy, which had lain at the Irishtown Sta-
tion-house since the view of it by the Jury en Tuesday,
was consigned to the grave in Kevin's churchyard. On
Tuesday morning Mrs. Delahunt, the mother of the pri-
soner, was delivered of a son in the Coombe Lying-in
Hospital.—Dublin Paper.
SUlClDE.—Wednesday night, between five and
six o'clock, the following suicide was committed by a
respectably-attired young lady, apparently between 24
and 25 years of age, at present unknown. It appears
that a man was crossing the Albion-bridge of the Re-
gent's canal in Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge, St. Pancras,
when he observed a bonnet and shawl on the ground.
On looking into the canal he observed a person strug-
gling in the water. Being unable to swim, he imme-
diately ran to the Albion Tavern in Maiden-lane, where
the drags are kept, I,khich being procured, after a short
time the body of the unfortunate young lady was found
and immediately conveyed to the Albion Tavern, and
surgical assistance being procured with as much speed as
possible, every exertion was used to restore animation,
but without effect.

The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland had
lived separate for a great many years ; and it is an
amiable trait of his Lordship that he took every means
he could for a reconciliation, which was accomplished
about five years ago ; and her Ladyship was at Brighton
when his death took place, up till which time she re-
sided a great deal abroad.
The Bramham hounds have long been kept by
the Fox family : at the edge of Bramham deer-park
very fine kennels exist, built by George Fox Lord
Bingley, uncle to the late Mr. Fox Lane : they had
been transferred for the last few years to the late Lord
llarewood, in consequence of the present Mr. Fox pre-
ferring to hunt with the Leicestershire pack.—Leeds
Mercury.

This day is the anniversary of the meeting o
the Protestant Princes and the Deputies of the Lutheran
cities in Smalcade (principality of Hesse), to unite in a
common league of defence against the Emperor Charles
the Fifth, who was desirous of destroying the elective
rights, and of establishing one hereditary monarchy.
The meeting was on the 31st of December, 1530. The
Emperor, who was then at war with the Turks, was
compelled, in the Diet at Nuremberg, to accede to the
demands of the Protestants, namely, the abolition of all
legal proceedings against them and entire liberty of con-
science, also the holding of councils.
THE PRESENT DISTRESS.---We hear that
several individuals have undertaken to obtain informa-
tion of an authentic character relative to the state of
trade in Halifax, and the amount of unemployed persons
resident in the neighbourhood. Their Report will bo
made in a few days.— York Courant.

Sir Thomas Wilde, M.P., has subscribed to the
following benevolent institutions of Worcester, as under
—lnfirmary, 51. 55.; Dispensary, 5/.:55.; Female Asylum,
51. ; Lying-in-Charity, 51. ; District Visiting Society,
21. 25.; Dorcas Society, 21.25.

STANTON WOODHOUSE.--IliS Grace the
Duke of Rutland left his shooting box here on Thursday
last for Belvoir Castle, where he entertains a select party
during the Christmas holydays. During his ten days'
residence here, he and his friends, Lords Southampton
and Forrester, have had pretty good sport, as will be
seen by the following return of the killed :—Hares,
1,255 ; rabbits, 364 ; pheasants, 289 ; partridges, 12 ;
and woodcocks, 8, making a total of 1,928 head of game.
—Sheffield Iris.

DiSTITUTIoN.--On Wednesdaynight, at eight,
an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the Old
George Tavern, Snowhill, on view of the body of Ro-
bert Jenkins, aged GO. Dr. Lynch, of Snowhill, deposed
that he was called in to see the deceased, whom he found
lying on the floor, with a very little covering over him,
in a wretched hovel over the Fleet ditch. The body
was very much emaciated, and the lower extremities had
the appearance of j,:undice. He inquired of the landlady
whether he (deceased) had had proper food, and she said
he had not ; he had two turnips warmed for dinner on
Christmas-day, and that he drank the water with salt in
it after she cooked a few potatoes. He said it was shock-
ing to see a fellow creature die of starvation, and not to
assist him, when she replied that they were nearly in the
same state themselves, having had very little to eat for
the previous three days. By the Coroner—He died, in
all probability, from disease of the heart ; but, without
doubt, his death was hastened from the want of proper
nourishment. Verdict—" Natural death." It is but
justice to Dr. Lynch to state that he relieved the land-
lord and his wile from his own purse.
The Queen has sent 5/. to the parents of h little
child who fell over the cliff at Chudleigh, while dancing
round a bonfire which was lighted by quarrymen on
hearing of the Prince of Wales's birth.—Brighton Gazette.
THE DISTRESSED PRINTERS.--It affords us
great pleasure to state, that our two city Members
(Joseph Bailey, Esq., and Sir Thomas Wilde) have each
contributed liberally to the fund now raising in this city
for the relief of the distressed printers of the Metropolis.
We beg to remind our readers that we still continue to
receive subscriptions.— Worcester Paper.
Lady Durham's remains are not expected to
reach the north for some days. Their arrival has been
looked for during the week ; but we understand there
has been some detention on the Continent, through the
breaking down of a bridge near Nice, occasioned by a.
flood.— Tyhe Mercury.

The Dowager Lady Holland has removed 'from
Holland House, Kensington, to her mansion in. South-
street, adjoining Viscount Melbourne's. Her Ladyship
gives her select dinner parties.

The equestrian statue of the late King George
the Fourth, in bronze, by Chantrey, nine feet high, is
likely to be placed in the long walk, at Windsor.
The ranger's lodge in the Green Park has been
given up to the Woods and Forests, but its demolition
has been delayed until early in the Spring.
On Monday evening an alarm of fire was given
in Motley-street, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, caused by a
woman, named Emma Wilson, resident at No. 20, having
set her clothes on fire while reaching something from
the mantel-piece. She was found enveloped in the
flames, which consumed her dress and burnt her most
dreadfully, and she was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, where she died the following day.
Persons in the middle and upper ranks of life
would do well to look over their wardrobes at the present
inclement season, and see if anything can be found which
might be spared for the use of the poor.—Cambridge
Advertiser.

ANCIENT EGYPT.--Egypt comprehended an-
ciently, within limits of no very great extent, no
fewer than twenty thousand inhabited cities! This is
stated to have been the case under Amasis, when the
number of inhabitants in them, according to the same
account, was almost incredible. Its ancient kings are
said to have kept armies of 300,000 men in their service
A RE-ACTION.—The election of a minister
took place at Old Monkland church, on Thursday, the
23d instant, and the right of patronage being vested in
the Heritors and Kirk-Session, the election might be
considered a popular one. About 150 voters attended
the meeting, and a decided wish having been expressed
by, it is understood, the whole of the heritors, that no
candidate known to be connected with the Non-Intrusion
party in the Church should be chosen, the meeting, act-
ing upon this principle, unanimously agreed to elect the
Rev. Mr. Johnston, Greenock, as minister of the parish.
Considering the number of voters, the unanimity that
prevailed among the electors, it is believed, is without
precedent, and strongly marks the sentiments and feel-
ings of a large and very Populous parish on the present
proceedings of the dominant party in the Church. Mr.
Johnston was proposed by General Pye Douglass, of
Rosehall, seconded by Mr. M'Caul, of Daldowdie, and
unanimously elected.—Reformen, Gazette.
ANECDOTE OF ADMIRAL HOPSON.—In the
first action in which Admiral n°rn
(then a boy) was
engaged, after fighting cheerfully or two hours, he in-
quired of the- sailors for what they were contending ; and
on being told that the action must last till the white
rag at the enemy's mast head was struck, he ex-
claimed, " Oh, if that's all, rII see what I can do !"
At this moment the ships were engaged yard-arm and
yard-arm, and obscured in smoke ; and our young hero,
noticing the circumstance, determined to haul
flag or die in the attempt. Ac-
down the enemy's
mounted the shrouds, walked across the
cordingly, be
mainyard, and, unperceived, gained that of the French
when, ascending with agility to the main-
t-head, he struck the flag, and by the same
d with it The enemy's flag having dis-
te returne •
route
appeared, the British Tars shouted victory, by which the
French ship were thrown into confusion, and
crew of the
fled from their guns ; the officers, surprised at the event,
endeavoured to rally them, but the English sailors seized
Admiral's
stshmt
the opportunity for boarding the vessel, and took her. At
this juncture young Ilopson descended from the shrouds
with the French flag, which he displayed in triumph.
He was immediately promoted to the quarter-deck, went
rapidly through the several ranks of the service, and
proved one of its most distinguished omameats.— York
Courant.

A note in the Debats, from M. Dumeril, of the
Museum of Natural History, Jardin des Plantes, states
that the presents of lions and an ostrich from the Bey of
Tunis have proved desirable additions to the menagerie,
the losses of animals by death having been rather great
within the last few months. Thus two lionesses, a lion,
and two jaguars died recently within a few days of each
other ; and last winter the only royal tiger which was in
the collection died, and has not yet been replaced. Out
of the thirteen liens and lionesses brought to the mena-
gerie after the capture of Algiers, only two lionesses sur-
vive. Great store is placed on the ostrich, which is a
female ; but as the menagerie unfortunately does not
possess a male bird of this species, there is no chance of
reproduction. At the present moment there are some
curious instances in the collection of animals and birds
that have changed their original colours for pure white.
The Journal de Rouen gives the following new
instance of the undue precipitation with which interments
are liable to be made :—" A few days ago a woman was
delivered of twins, but the infants were both so debili-
tated that, after lingering for a day in an apparently
dying state, they were believed to have expired. The
family applied for the usual authority to bury them, but
the Commissary required the certificate of a physician,
and one was accordingly called in. To be certain that
life was extinct he applied galvanism to the children, and
one of them was so far revived that it lived ten hours
more, though at the end of that time it ceased to breathe."
The village of Jumelles (in the Eure) has been
alarmed by the appearance within it of a bear. It is be-
lieved to be an animal escaped from a menagerie recently
exhibited at Vernon.