The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-30 00:00:00

DEATH FROM EXPOSURE AT SEA.

An inquest was held at Southampton on Satur-
day afternoon, on the body of a man, name
unknown. It appears that on Tuesday last
Captain Barnett, of the smack Belvidere, belonging
to that port, when off the Norfolk coast, found the de-
ceased on a raft, made of portions of the wreck of a large
vessel. Captaid Barnett got him on board, with some
difficulty, and found that he was alive, but insensible,
and although restoratives were given him, he died in
about ten minutes after being taken on board. A verdict
of death from exposure was returned. Deceased was a
seaman, and about 35 years of age.

THE CHARGE OF SENDING THREATENING

LETTERS.

The excitement caused by the apprehension and exami-
nation, at Lisnakea, of the man Joseph Swann, charged
with sending a threatening letter to Mr. Murray, agent
to Lord Erne, has in no degree subsided. Mr. Rea, who
is engaged for the defence, was received by a great number
of people at Clones Railway Station on Friday night. He
was enthusiastically cheered, and carried to his hotel on a
chair. This manifestation of sympathy was owing entirely
to the crushing cross-examination of the principal experts
for the prosecution. He characterised one of them as a
S' bauch," both contradicting themselves in the evidence
they gave. The charge was resumed and concluded on
Saturday. Mr. Rea on behalf of the defendant addressed
the court for an hour, and said the evidence adduced by
Brown had failed, and called on the Bench to discharge
his client. The Bench retired for half an hour, and when
they returned into court, Colonel Archdall, one of the
magistrates, said a prima facie case was made out, and
committed the accused for trial to the summer assizes,

ut accepted bail, the accused in £2OO, and two
ureties of £lOO each. Bail was at once forthcoming. An
attempt was at once made by the crowd to chairthe accused,
but the police broke the chair, and took it from them.
The crowd then seized Mr. Rea and carried him to the
hotel, from the door of which he addressed them at great
length, and promised to free Mr. Swann from the charges
brought against him. In consequence of thd excited state
of the people, and the crowds that congregated,. the police
were obliged to patrol the streets and keep the people
moving.

ACCIDENT
_ON THE ICE.-THREE MEN

DROWNED.

Three young men, named respectively James Teercy,
of Market-street, Hexham; William Lowe, Gilligate,
Hexham ; and James Murphy, Victoria-yard, Battle-
hill, Hexham, all between the ages of 18 years and 20
years, were playing a game called clubs (which is similar
to golf) on the ice, on the River Tyne, at Hexham, on
Saturday afternoon. In the excitement of the game they
unthinkingly got on to the south side of the river, where
the ice was unsound, which giving way, precipitated the
whole of them into the water. The river being at that
point very deep, and with a heavy current, all efforts to
save the young men were fruitless. The grappling it on
and ropes belonging to the Hexham Local Board were
procured with all speed, but the bodies were not recovered
until three-quarters of an hour after the immerson took
place, when of course life was extinct. An inquest will be
held on the bodies to-day.

FATAL MINING ACCIDENTS.

Two inquests were held on Saturday last, at St. Just,
Land's End, before Mr. Itoscorla, coroner for Cornwall.
The first was on the body of a man named Samuel Har-
vey, 30 years of age, who was using an iron tamping bar
to settle gunpowder in a hole in the Bosweddan mine for
blasting purposes. The powder suddenly exploded, in-
juring Harvey so severely that he died shortly afterwards.
The use of a wooden tamping stick is recommended, but not
obligatory in this mine. The second inquest was held on the
body of a boy named Thomas James, aged 14 years. The
deceased was engaged with some men lowering laddas in
the guide shaft of the Spearn Consols Mine, the ladders being
suspended over a beam forty feet high, and supported
with ropes by the men and the deceased. A hitch occurred,
and part of the ladders broke loose, taking the weight of
the ladders from the men in the shaft, and throwing all
on the rope passing over the beam. This weight instantly
swinging the boy up to the beam, forced the rope out of
his hands, and he fell down the shaft, a depth of twenty-
five fathoms, and was taken up dead. After the jury had
visited the scene of the latter accident, a verdict of acci-
dental death was returned in each case.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3(,, 1871.

THE FALL OF PARIS.

DEATH OF BOURBAKI.

The special correspondent of the Telegraph sends the
following from Versailles, dated Jan. 29 :—The capitula-
tion of Paris was signed yesterday afternoon, on the terms
given in the telegram which I sent to you yesterday. The
occupaticn of the forts by the German troops began this
morning. Mont Valerien was occupied last night by the
Prussian engineers, in order to draw the mines.
The heavy guns will be immediately moved into
the forts, as the enceinte is strongly armed, and no con-,
fidence is felt by the conquerors in the fickle population
of Paris until a general disarmament has been accom-
plished. A strong force of infantry and artillery has been
moved forward in order to cover the working parties.
The French field artillery outside the enceinte and
between the forts has been taken possession of this
morning. The terms of capitulation include an
armistice to last for three weeks, which will expire at
noon on February 19. The object of this arrangement is
to spare further bloodshed, and to give the French people
an opportunity of bringing together an assembly of their
Representatives, which will meet at Bordeaux, to decide
whether war shall be continued or peace shall be
made. The elections of the Assembly will be

permitted in the Departments occupied by the
Germans, and no obstacle will be opposed to the free cir-
culation of the deputies throughout the country. The
Army of Paris, the soldiers of the Lino, the Marines,
and the Mobiles, are prisoners of war, with
the exception of 12,000 men, who are re-
quired for the maintenance of order in the
city. All the corps of Francs-Tireurs have been
dissolved, and the National Guards remain armed. All
the forts of the outer circle were evacuated by the French
troops at eleven o'clock this forenoon, and occupied by
the Prussians. The French deliver up their arms, their
flags, and their field artillery—all these trophies, within
fourteen days, to be collected at Sevran. The
French troops may retire into Paris unarmed.
The guns in all the forts are to be delivered up to the
Prussians. The guns on the enceinte are to be dismounted,
and the carriages given up to the conquerors, the guns
within being left. A line of demarcation will be drawn
between the enceinte and the forts. The French posi-
tion will extend to the enceinte only. The limits of
the Prussian position will be 500 paces from the enceinte,
with certain necessary topographical modifications. The
Fort of Vincennes remains in the hands of the
French. Paris is still completely invested in the
military sense, but three railway lines will be repaired,
and permitted to convey sufficient supplies for
the daily nourishment of the population. Bourbaki's
army and the fortress of Belfort are not comprehended in
the stipulations of the armistice. The Prussian line of
demarcation outside and to the south of Paris is to be the
line of the Loire. Jules Favre returned yesterday evening to
Paris. General [?] Velden, the chief of General Vinoy's
Staff, and the Staff Captain D'Hdrisson, Aide•de-Camp
to Trochu, along with three directors of the Mediter-
ranean, Orleans, and Western Railway, accompanied him
back to the city. General Bourbaki shot himself yester-
day.