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

Police-constable 588 N stated, that it formed part of t GREAT REVOLUTION IN STEAM SEAHAM HARBOUR.
his duty to examine periodically during the night the i PIeOPULSION. The following is a copy of a letter addressed to the
prosecutor's premises, which covered a large extent of This heading will startle many of our readers. In- Marquis of Londonderry, by the Chief Commissioner of
ground, and were surrounded with a brick wall, enclos- genuity has been expended in devising an improvement Customs:—
ing, besides the brewery, cooperage, and out offices, aon the present mode of propelling ships .by steam. "My dear Lord Londonderry,—lt has fallen to my
furnished dwelling-house in which the family resided, Against the old paddle-wheels strong objections as to lot, in my official duties, to visit the ports on the eastern
and large shrubbery. For this purpose he was intrusted the loss of power, and other drawbacks upon a steamer's coast of England. I have now seen Bridlington,
with a duplicate key to admit himself at a side entrance, progress, have been urged, which it would he useless to Whitby, Scarborough, Stockton, 'Middlesborough, liar-
and on opening this door at one o'clock that morning, rei eat here, for they are well known to practical en- tlepool, Su iderland, Seaham, Newcastle, and the two
hearing the sound of footsteps in the court-yard inside, gincers and seamen ; and a remedy was sought for in Shields. Of all the places which I have seen, Seahata
he proceeded to the spot, and detected the prisoner the screw. The screw has been only partially success- I strikes me with the greatest awe and amazement ; and
secreted between the wall and a large tree, from welch ful, as its limited adaptation proves. The only vessel of I cannot help writing a few lines to yeti, its author and
he dragged and searched him, and found in his pockets note to which it has been applied is the Great Britain, proprietor, to express the great delight which I expe-
an iron chisel and bradawl, and a quantity of lucifer and the unfortunate termination of her career hardly rieeced in seeing the extraordinary work at that
matches. On taking him up to the dwelling-house, at gave that invention a fair trial on a large scale. But a place. If you were the person to conceive, as it
the rear of the premises, he also discovered a large discovery has now been perfected by Mr. S. IL Park- is well known that you were tf e liberal patron
flanging-iron, or cramp ended chisel, used by coopers in hurst, a gentleman of great mechanical ingenuity, which to execute, the noble works of that harbour, you
staving butte and which he had since ascertained had must supersede the existing modes of steam propulsion, deserve praise for being the boldest engineer that ever
been left by one of the workmen in the cooperage the and revolutionise the traffic by sea. This invention is undertook to overcome the almost insurmountable ob-
night before, lying between the prosecutors' hall-door secured by patent in Great Britain and all her colonies, stacles of nature. I gazed with admiration and surprise
and parlour window, beneath which, in the garden- the United States, France, and all other parts of the at the persevering energy which could create a sate and
mould, were distinct foot-prints recently made. On world, magnificent harbour out of such a place ; and I cannot
questioning the prisoner what business he had there, It is not merely original, but like most useful inven- bnt wish you success and reward for your patriotic ex
he told bins that he had entered the premises for an dons, remarkably, nay, beautifully simple. The advan- ertions. The works at Sunderland, both completed and
exigent purpose, and acknowledged he had got there by taxes are threefold—a greatly increased rate of speed, a now in progress, gave me the greatest pleasure, after
scaling a pair of iron gates full eight feet high, which he vastly increased power of stowage, by the reduction of your works at Seaham ; and from all that I have wit-
must have had the greatest difficulty in accomplishing, as the present cumbrous machinery in the holdsof steamers, nessed at the places mentioned, I cannot but express the
,there was scarcely room to admit a person's body between and reduced expenditure in the cost of the engine power. great astonishment which I experienced at seeing the
them and the brick arch, and they were mounted with It is difficult to make ourselves clear on these points untiring and unlimited exertions of man in this part of
spikss ; but e itness was satisfied he must have done so, without the aid of a diagram. But we may state, briefly, the empire to increase the national wealth.
as both entrances were securely locked when he had be- that a number of submerged vertical propellers are to be " Believe me, dear Lord Londonderry, yours most
fore left them, and he again found them so on detecting " G. E. M. I)AWSON.
fixed on each side of the vessel; these revolve in unison, truly.
the prisoner inside. and by the force with which they take hold of the water, " Newcastle, March 24th, 1847."
William Hock ley, one of the prosecutors' workmen, and the power which this combined action gives them,
deposed to leaving the flanging-iron on the top of a butt must send forward the ship at a speed altogether unat-
in the cooperage at six o'clock on the preceding night, tainable by the present or any known system. It is
and that the spot where it was found by the police was asserted, by practical men, that a vessel so propelled
full 30 yards from where he had lett it. would cross the Atlantic in nearly halt' the time of the
Mr. Heritage, who appeared for the defence, addressed best steamers now employed in ocean navigation.
the Magistrate on behalf of his client, and pointed out This invention has undergone the scrutiny of eminent
the utter improbability of the son of a respectable and practical men in England, by whom the most favour-
tradesman, of hitherto unimpeachable character, being able opinions have been expressed of its practical cha-
actuated by the felonious intention imputed to him in meter. During the past week experiments have been
this charge, which he was instructed to deny in the most tried by the application of steam power to those pro-
positive terms, and to declare that the prisoner had been pellers, one of which, six feet high, thirty inches dia-
sent out on an errand by his mother at the time in ques- meter, was driven by a six-horse power engine 294 revo-
tion, and finding one of the prosecutors' gates acciden- lutions per minute, which a practical gentleman prest at
tally left open by the constable, had entered the pre- stated would drive a vessel twenty-five miles per hour.
misee for the purpose he had stated to the officer, and This test has removed all doubts on the minds of those
been taken by the police as soon as he had got in. He who were previously the most sceptical. We cannot
should prove that the implements found upon the pri- dilate on the importance of this greatest of modern in-
soner were the ordinary tools employed in his business, ventions with regard to steam navigation ; but this we
and he had several witnesses in attendance who would may say, that since the days of Arkwright nothing equal
give him the highest character for steadiness and ho- in importance to it has appeared, and we expect it will
nesty. remain a brilliant proof of the genius and the judgment
The Learned Gentleman then called the prisoner's fa- of the inventor.
ther, and two tradesmen named Simonds and Harwood, We understand that Mr. Parkhurst leaves by the
the former of whom stated that his son was at work in Sarah Sands, on a temporary visit to America; the ob-
the workshop when he left him on the preceding morn- ject, we believe, is to lay his important invention before
ing with similar tools to those produced, the two latter the Government of the United States, whose navy and
depose-1 that his character for probity and good conduct commerce, we feel confident, will be greatly enhanced
had been unimpeachable all the time they had known
him. by the application of an invention which promises to
revolutionise the whole system of navigation.—Willmer
and Smith's European Times.

BRETT'S ELECTRIC PRINTING
TELEGRAPH.
An opportunity was afforded us on Saturday of wit-
nessing the practical application of Mr. Brett's electric
printing telegraph, at the office of the company, in Par-
liament-street This telegraph has for some time past
been successfully worked in America, and reports have
reached this cluntry of communications having been
rogularly made by it between Philadelphia and Pitts-
burg, a distance of 300 miles, with the most extraordi-
nary accuracy and celerity. It is also stated that the
message of the governor to the Legislature of New
York, delivered in Albany on the 7th of January, cow
sisting of two columns and a half of solid nonpareil
type, was published in the city of New York two hours
after its delivery, having been transmitted sentence by
sentence by the telegraph in question; and that measures
are in the course of progress for the extension of this
wonderful invention throughout the whole of Lower
and Upper Canada, embracing at the same time Wash.
ington and. New Orleans. The apparatus is thus de-
scribed in the prospectus of the company :—" At one
extremity of the line is fixed a small box containing 1!
row of keys (similar to those of a pianoforte), and marked
with the letters of the alphabet, which is connected by a
single wire to a printing machine at the other extre
mity, containing a wheel, having on its circumference
corresponding letters. A sligkt electric .power is suffl-
cient to regulate the motion of the whole, and the
in-
stant that a key representing any particular letter is
touched at one end of the line, the corresponding letter
of the type wheel prints, and the alarm-bell rings, at the.
other. The communications are printed on a scroll of
paper of unlimited length, from which any portion of the
correspondence may be cut off at pleasure." The exile'
riments at which we were present on Saturday Were,
satisfactory in the extreme ; and proof was given thts.
between 80 and 90 letters could be impressed with ease •
in a single minute upon the recipient paper, while the
consecutive letters of the alphabet wereeven taken doWe
in so short a time as eleven seconds 1 The appearance
of the typography is clean, but the lines are slightly'
irregular. It is, however, beautifully clear and legible'
and whatever defects there may be on the score of syfe
metry may, no doubt, be easily removed by a little
mechanical consideration. The advantages which tbie,
telegraph enjoys over all others are too obvious to nee
mentioning. Correspondence can be transmitted frolni
place to place, no matter the extent of distance, copies °
which may be simultaneously secured at all the Intel; ;
mediate stations, and printed news thus fly over Of
surface of the land with the incomprehensible velocitYeb
lightning. .
In a letter addressed to Sir Robert Peel, in July, 1845'.
by Mr. Brett, the attention of the Government watilro ,
vited to the following proposals:-Ist. The itunseatf
communication of orders and dispatches to all parts 4
the empire, and the instant return of answers to tli
same from the seats of local government, -Sac., all derol
vered in an untrring and printed form. 2d. A genewl
telegraphic post-office system, uniting the chief
branch offices in London in connexion with all the of of
throughout the kingdom, for transmitting messages
od
business, &c., from merchants, brokers, tradesmen' ato
private persons. 3d. The application of the apparatuL
police, military, and naval arrangements. That the 1%,
vention contains within itself these and other advents?,
cannot for a moment be questioned; and it can hall;
be doubted that, before long, the British public will roe. e
or less be in possession of them. Mr. Brett is likeWl!!
Ihe originator and patentee of an oceanic line upon PI
same principle, which he affirms to be equally simple 91"
practicable.—Morning Paper.

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 times confessed to him that he had scaled
the gates is tle way he had described; and
Mr. ARNOLD, under these circumstances, considered
that the time and manner in which the prisoner had bees
detected were so replete with suspicion, that it was his
duty to afford time for further inquiry, and, therefore,
ordered the accused to b 3 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.

ANECDOTE OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A MISER
•One of those extraordinary personages, whose parsi-

monious habits and amor nual- i, producing eccethrici•

ties, such as makes the merry to laugh and even the
grave t,) 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 251., 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. tilts 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 ho requested to be brougbt 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, he 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 bead 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 101. lla., he swore d—n him, if they vexed
him more, that he, would not leave one of theca a far-

MUSICAL LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. ALSAGEB
—The Earl of Falmouth has recently pnrcbaoed the
extensive and valtuble library of this deceased amateur.
The pianoforte 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 1 The sestets, septets, and
ultra, for both stringed and wind instruments, are cot,
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 IT e :nodes 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, include Handers 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 Hossini'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, lit volumes The portraits of distinguished musicians
and arti. 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.—Record of Musical Union.
It will be recollected that on the evening of the
filth January the inhabitants of the Faubourg Mont-
martre were alarmed by cries of •• Help ! Murder 1"
and that on some persons proceeding to a room in the
house No. 4, a young woman was 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 1 " At the
sitting of the Court of Assizes of the Seine, on Saturday,
this man was brought to trios 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 apfearance particularly juvenile. On the day pre
ceding that on which the crime was committed, he to tk
a sum of 1251. from the person by whom he was cm
ployed, and went fur 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 had only taken it
by way of juke, 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, and she has not yet en-
tirely recovered. The jury declared the prisoner guilty
without extenuating.circumstances, and the Court con-
demned him to death. lie heard his sentence without
the slightest emotion, and gazed unconcernedly around
the Court as if looking for some one.—Galignarii.
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 Thecae,
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 fer 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
Meilichios, " 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 tree.—Horticultural Ma-
gazine.
THE RESOURCES OF 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
British nation is smitten by one of those calamities of
which there have been no examples since the famines of
the middle ages. England has the whole of Ireland
upon her shoulders-5,000,000 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 appears 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
misrortunes, 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.—Siecle.
SUPPLY OF INDIAN MEAL FOR IRELAND PROM
MALTA.—It gives us real pleasure to announce that
since the steam engine has been at work at the new
bakery in the Dockyark Creek, that the Government has
in a most praiseworthy manner lost no time in availing
s
of this undertaking in providing for the wants of the fa-
mishing Irish. The surprising quantity of 30 or 40
tons of meal have frequently been manufactured in one
day. Several hundred tons have already left Malta for
Ccrk, in a merchant vessel, called the Sir Robert Peel ;
another is now loaded, the Altona, and her Majesty's
ship Athol will sail shortly for the same port, with a
large supply.—Malta
The Prince Royal of Bavaria, who is at present'in
Naples, is causing a marble monument, with a suitable
inscription, to be dected in honour of the Emperor
Conradin, of Suable, one of his ancestors, who was de-
capLated in that city in 1268.

To THE LADIES.—The high and universal eel;
brity which Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintaio,oftbs
aaive yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities.oced.
skin, is, during the period of spring, most pleasingly
This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, andag for
gorating. is equally celebrated for safety in appliCation.
unfailing efficacy in removing all impurities and disco) 0(
tions; and imparting a healthy fr.ziliness and transparcnci,,,,,
the skin and complexion. Its universally great demand eco
cites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, wko gif°
title of " Kalydor" to compounds of their own manufsetT,i2
of the most deleterious character, containing mineral on.,
gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and, by theirs` .reP:,O
lent action, endanger health. It is therefore imPerairion,
purchasers to see that the words " Rowland
the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits.
ht. Oleg
HULL STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL
this day were—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 4 u,'lj'es,
Malton and Driffield Junction. •N p.—North British, 1-110%),
1574—Ditto Quarters, 775. 6d.—Ditto, Extension (5ri,110
13s. 3d. p.—Northern: Counties Union, 10s. 6d.—Sbrops'
Union, 1 dis. leg
GLASGOW STOCK EXCHANGE, APRTL
this day were—Airdrie and Bathgate, 788.—.1yr and G$
way, 41s.—Ballochney, 461h—Caledonian and Dunibarvin,
Kalydor' A
shire, 42s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d.—E3,Bt
diar, 7s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.). 1,
Ditto, Halves, 218. 6d —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and AP', "id
—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 7.4—Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
tI7;0,
Ardrossan, Airdrie, and ?Monkland Junc it'sti,
si/2—Manchester and Southampton, 283.—North B r
1)1iv,
334—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 27s.—Stirling and
fermline, 80s. 6d.
jr.

thing.—Ulster Gaiette.
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 ha; 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.
THE LATE MURDERS IN KILKENNY.—Thomas Roe,
the man who was found wounded, and was carried to the
'cells Police-station, on the dsy Mr. Prim, the pay-
clerk, and the police-constable were murdered, died on
Wednesday morning. The same clay 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. Oct this evidence the jury
found a verdict of " Justifiable homicide."--Kilkenny
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 fur 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, casks, &c., to the fishermen,
and taking the fish to market. Upon tha 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—a
number almost passing belief. Why is not this energy
displayed by us at the present day 7—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 demclished, 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 fast 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 Chargé
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 diplomatique, attended the
funeral of the deceased.
SURPLUS GAME.—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 new 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 ESCAPE FROM SUFFOCATION IN A
CHURCH.—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.
CANTERBURY.—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. Farley, 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 Barfleur and Cape de la neve, being nine
leagues in length, two in width, and from 60 to 90 centi-
metres in thickness. This bank is three leagues distant
from Barflenr, and eight from Havre. It is, however,
in part beyond the limits assigned for oyster dredging
for French vessels exclusively. Large quantities have
already been taken up.
A SITE AT LAST.—At length the Wellington 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.

•
CANINE ATTACUMENT.—A- short time ago - e •
Bell, of Beathwaite-green, sent his man to bring horn of
pony which he h ..(1 purchased of Mr. James 110103sion
the Strickland Arms, Sizergh Fellside. When the Isbe
was bringing the animal away from his former oviooo.
found that a large dug of the bloodhound breed hs‘',ed
companied him from the Sizergh Arms. The man etOblir
on the way for a short time at the Duke of York Pti tbe
house, but upon his attempting to resume his jourtielicht
dog entered a very significant growling protest, vl;P,„to
upon the man's persisting in the attempt, deepeneu into
rather alarming demonstrations of hostility. ApPa're„iise
the animal, though he had no objection to his ecl-rj,
companion taking a short journey under his safegetds
had conceived in his doggish miaid a suspicion that th 17.0
were now going too far, and that he was really abotibia#
lose him. He became at last so furious that net to
would pacify him, until the man was compelled to tfor
the pony's head the other way, and take him to his
tiler owner.— Westmoreland Gazette.
The following guns have been mounted at Ti
Fort : —East Gunline, fifteen 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt.
East Covertway, twelve 32-pounder guns of 56
West Gunline, thirteen 32-pounder guns of 56 "„tb,
North-East Bastion, six 32-pounders of 56 cwt. 6„,°"tish
West Bastion, three 32-pountters of 56 cwt. bore
Bastion, one 32-pounder of 56 cwt. All the aboveo%
mounted on dwarf traversing platforms. newsiii,loll
ln
flanks, nineteen 32-pounder gnus of 33 cwt. on CO—anci
carriages. Total for Tilbury Fort, 69 guns. Gr'',4o
total for the defences of the Thames and Medway' Ire
guns. In addition to this large armament, batteriesrof
to be erected at Coal-house Point, a few miles beigs
Gravesend, at the entrance to sea reach, and on tll
of Grain, opposite Sheerness.—Chelmsford Chros";7jo.
ADVERTISEMENT.]--A CERTAIN CURE OF Sen°,..4-
OR KING'S EVIL. BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND ri-- A.icet;
FRIGHTFUL CASE.—A young man named Bowmen, a shoolwe
living is James-street, Manchester. had been afflicted from chii 1000,
with the most malignant kind of scrofulous ulcers, covering 10,rni Of
parts of his body ; besides other sufferings, they had deprived 13'1101
the use of his left leg ; yet, extraordinary to relate, this poor f; re.
has not only had all the ulcers soundly healed, but has likevriL`i.4o
gained the complete use of his limb by means of these two w0..n0
medicines.—Sold by every medicine vendor, and at the Estab
ment of Professor Holloway, 244, Strand.

BIRTS.
On the sth inst., in Gloucester -place, Lady Colthurst, 4:116
son On
still-born. ter.
the 30th ult., Mrs. Michael Tunnacliff, of a daticio,
On the Ist inst., Aim R. M. Smyth, Green's-row, ‘dP'-
of a son. _inr
On the 3d inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr. Gthle, of I"-
wick-square, of a daughter.
nOilleg
On the 3d inst., Mrs. Henry W. J. Windsor, Green-'
Tottenham, of a son. Ol
On the 3d inst., at Spondon Hall, Derbyshire, the ISdl•
Frederic Arkwright, Esq., of a daughter. enatr
On the 4th inst., at St. Saviour's Grammar School, P-
wark, the wife of the Rev. J. J. Ramsay, of a son. voscl•
On the 4th inst., at Tottenham, the lady of John v
nell, jun., Esq., of a daughter. 013
On the 4th inst., at Gayton Hall, Ross, Herefordshire,
wife of Richard Potter, Esq., of a daughter. $4ll.
On the sth inst., at Writtle, Essex, the lady of the
Alexander _Fletcher, D.D., of a daughter.
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MARRIRD.
On the 27th ult., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, - biro,
eldest eon of Ancurns Owen, Esq., of Egryn, Denbignor
to Anna, third daughter of William Edwardes, Esq.,
ham, Pembrokeshire.

DIED. late
On the 28th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Pepper, relict of the
Francis Pepper, Esq., of Great Marlow, Bucks. rie
On the 30th ult., in Albion-street, the Count Fre-e
Brancaloni, aged 14. dCr
On the 31st ult., Miss Prise.% Needhar, of Casa"il
Nottingham. „ch&t•
On the Ist inst., James Tindal, eldest son of Jones -
man Bosanquet, Esq., of Hyde-park-square, aged 6. civil:4
On the Ist inst., William, eldest son of Thomas ,
Esq., of Hackney, aged 40. di
On the Ist inst., at Weymouth, Frederick George,
child of the Rev. William Buller.
On the 2d inst., at Pall-mall East, Mrs. Edward ge_artla
On the 2d inst., at Eliot-vale, Blackheath, John 135'
Esq., aged 70. V'Alialn
On the 3d inst., in Blomfleld-street, Finsbury MO. -
Pledger, aged 64. ' tte
On the 3d inst., in Westbenrne-terrace, Lutist Anne,
wife of Major-General Brotherton. wife of
IC'
On the 3d inst., at Brunswick-square, Matilda, wife-f
Hickson, aged 64.

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