The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-06 00:00:00

A short time ago the Duke of Argyle resolved to
feu off the sea-side portion of the Roseneath grounds,
westward from Kilcreggan Ferry, and up Lochlong,
for several miles. Though the first of these feus were
only staked off in the end of April last, we under-
stand that the demand for ground upon this favourite
spot has been such, that upwards of two miles has
already been disposed of. We know of no instance
in this part of the country where ground at the coast
has been taken up in such an unprecedentedly rapid
manner. The situation has long been admired by the
Glasgow and other visitors to the coast, but it is only
recently that the ground was offered to the public,
and we have shown above with what avidity a
large portion of it has been secured for build-
ing. One great fault with many of our
watering-places is the over-crowding of houses,
which gave some of them too much of a
town look, besides other inconveniences. Tbis is
to be avoided in this case. The feus having very
properly been so respected that every villa or cottage
must have at least half an acre of ground attached—
as much more as parties may have a fancy, but
nothing less. This will not only add greatly to the
beauty of the place, but much to the comfor
of the residents. In a short time a new quay is to be
erected for steamers, and the road all along the coast
is to be widened and improved ; and, as the whole is
under the direction of Mr. Lorn Campbell and Mr.
Andrew M'Farlane, of Glasgow, land surveyor, who
laid off ,the grounds, we have no doubt that these
gentlemen will see these improvements early com-
pleted next session, when another and one of the
prettiest of the watering-places which the inhabitants
of Glasgow at present enjoy, will be added to the
number. Already about a dozen villas and cottages
are in course of erection, and the probability is that,
after all the waterside ground is feued, the high
ground above will be offered to the public. The view
from this portion of the grounds, a little to the west
of the ferry-house, is acknowledged to be one of the
finest in the Frith of Clyde. On the east is the en-
trance of the Gareloch, and the highly-cultivated
grounds of Mr. Lorn Campbell, at Roseneath Point,
with a direct view up Clyde beyond Dumbarton
Castle, including Greenock, Port Glasgow, and the
shipping opposite these ports. Opposite is Gourock,
to the Cloch. To the west is Loch Long, up
which the ground to be fued extends to opposite
the entrance of Lcchgoil. Besides Strone Point and
the Holy Loch, the view takes in the range of
Dunoon, down the Frith of Clyde to the Bute and
Arran hills. We may add that when the quay is
erected, the time required to reach this new watering-
place from Glasgow by railway and steamer, will be
within one hour and a half.—Glasgow Paper.

THE YELLOW CREEK TRAGEDY.—".A. MOTHER
DROWNING HERSELF ARD THREE CHILDREN.—A
correspoudent has furnished us with the particulars of
the above melancholy tragedy, which occurred in Ross
township, in this county, on the 13th of June. The af-
fair was adverted to in the News, and talked of in pri-
vate circles, but for the want of more authentic informa-
tion, and for fear of doing injustice to some one, we have
forborne a public exposé of the strange and unnatural
fact until the present. The name of the lady is Mrs.
Rebecca Mitcham, wife of one Harrison Mitcham. She
left home on the sth of June, and after loitering about
the neighbourhood for a few days, took her children, the
eldest about six, the second four, and the third one year
old, to the banks of Big Yellow Creek, and in the deep-
est place in the stream consigned herself and the three
children to a watery grave. When the bodies were
discovered the youngest child was tied fast to its mother,
with an apron and pocket handkerchief. The second
was tied above the knees to prevent his rescuing himself
by any chance struggle. The head of the eldest showed
some signs of violence, whether done in being thrown
into the stream or previously is not known. The causes
which led this woman to the commission of so horrible
an act are said to be inattention, abuse, cruelty, and
jealousy on the part of the husband. The provocation
must have been great, the anguish intolerable, to have
prompted a mother, with a babe in her arms, followed by
two interesting children, to search for herself and them
a premature death and an early eternity.—Steubenville
(Ohio) Herald.
The following letter was recently received in
answer to an advertisement for a schoolmistress to the
union-house of one of the most populous parts of Essex.
The application, of course, was unsuccessful:—" Sir, as
having seen The Paper I'm wishing to Engage mySelf
as Schoolmistress in Union School as haveing been out
of Sittuation Twelve months last may as haveing Been
housekeeper to verry infirm gentleman 16 years I was
allowed to keep free school for the Rev. John --, for
my own pocket as not haveing great wages I also kept
day school Before that for Children from 10 to 12 years
of age my Father and Mother have been deod Twenty
years I have been liveing with my Friends and Takeing
in sowing and other needle work not intending to go
out again However I'm now About to take the first Sit
tuation I can as bracing no choice as where I Engage
my Self I have often wished to go to or near london I
shall feel much obliged to you to handswer my note if
not engaged in a few days as I may not stop here more
then week at most I should like to try thy place for
three months you may depend upon my being quite
Abl to fill that place in hall its Branches I must con-
clude myself your Obd, Servant Nirs. Fanny
My age is more than thirty lively in Temper and
Active."—Esser Herald.
THE RELIEVING OITICER OF THE WEST LONDON
UNIoN.—Mr. Miller, the relieving officer of the West
London union, appeared before Mr. Alderman Moon, at
the Guildhall Police Court, on the 9th ult., to answer
the complaint of a young woman, named Ellen Potts,
whom, in his official capacity, he had refused to admit
into the workhouse, the poor creature having at the time
no other place of refuge.. The Alderman made some
strong remarks upon the inhumanity of having refused
the applicant admission to the house. On Monday the
board of guardians met at the union house, to consider
the propriety of dismissing Mr. Miller from office. A
motion to that effect having been moved by Mr. Thomas
Phipps Austin, of Peel's
. Coffeehouse, Mr. Cabel, the
coal merchant, of Bridewell Precinct, proposed an
amendment recommending his continuance in office.
After a smart debate, Mr. Austin's motion was carried
by a majority of two, in a board of sixteen members.
DISCOVERY OF COAL IN EGYPT.—The Journal des
Debuts publishes .a letter from Grand Cairo, of the date
of the Ist of August, which. announces the discovery, by
a French civil engineer, of a stratum of coal in the vici-
nity of the Nile, towards Upper Egypt. This is a most
valuable discovery, inasmuch as it will relieve the Go-
vernment from the oneroustribute paid to England for
the purchase of this indispensable article. Two engi-
neers, an Englishman and a Frenchman, wore employed
to investigate the lands in the vicinity of the Nile, for the
discovery of coal abcut three years ago; but these super •
ficial inquirers reported that therer was none, and that,
moreover, Ilona would be found. The French engineer
first mentioned, more diligent and more skilful than his
predecessors, has completely overthrown this bold asser-
tion. Tho samples have b. en referred to a commission,
and the excavations will be continued on a large wale.