The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-14 00:00:00

THE SIIILLING AND GUINEA-
Soine time ago the Duke of tuceleueh, in one of his
walks, purehased.a cow from a person in the.neighbour-
hood of Dalkeith, and left orders to send it to his palace
the following morning. .According to agreement the
cow was sent, and the Duke, who happened to be -in
deshabille, and walking in th© avenue, espie+ a little
fellow ineffectually attempting to drive the animal to its
destination. The boy, not keeiwing the Duke, bawled
out to him, "Plimun come here "au' gin's a han wi' this
beast." The Duke saw the mistake, and determined on
having a joke with the little- fe.thiev. Pretending, there-
fore, not to understand him; the Duke walked on slowly,
the boy still craving his assistance. At last he cried
in a tone of apparent distress, " Come here, men, an
help us, an' as sure as onything I'll'give you half I get."
This last solicitation had the desired effect. The Duke
went and lent a helping hand. " And now," said the
Duke, as they trudged along, " how much do you think
you'll get for this job?" " Oh, dinna ken," said the toy,
" but I'm sure o' something, for the folk up at the house
are good to a' bodies." As they approached the house
the Duke darted from the boy and entered by a
different way. lie called a servant, and put a sovereign
into his hand, saying " Give that to the boy that has
brought the cow. The Duke returned to the avenue,
and was soon rejoined by the boy. " Well, how
much
did you get?" said thu Duke. " A shilling," said
the boy, " an' there's the half o' it t' ye." " But
you surely got more than a shilling," said the Duke.
" No," said the boy, with the utmost earnestness, " as
sure's death that's a' I got—an' d'ye not tlitirk it's a
plenty!" "I do net," said the Duke; " there must be
some mistake, and, as I am acquainted with the Duke,
if you return I think I'll get you more." The boy con-
sented; back they went. The Duke rang the bell, and
ordered all the servants to be assembled. " Now," said
the Duke to the boy, " point me out the person that
gave you the shilling." "It was that chap there with
the apron,' pointing to the butler. The delinquent con-
fessed, fell on his knees, and attempted an apology; but
the Duke interrupted him, indignantly ordered him to
give the boy.the sovereign, and quit his service instantly.
You hare lost," said the Duke, " your money, ) our
situation, and your character, by your covetousness;
learn, henceforth, that honesty is the best policy." The
in lat./-1,
ewiPtEhn't town
sterling worth nod boxiest,. of tilt. boy, that he ordered
obrojt.hebyDtuhkise,timane:lretthrliZdkehlils-asissssiostriig
hint to be sent to school, kept there, and prut idtzd for at
his own expense.—LivilpooLelibion.

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EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE NEAR THE
BANK or ExoLAND.—Yesterday morning, shortly after ten
o'clock, great excitement prevailed in the vicinity of the
Bank of England, in consequence of a respectably dressed
man (apparently a foreigner) inflicting a frichtful wound
on
the front of his neck with a clasp-knits, under the most ex-
traordinary circumstances. It seems that at the time named
he was walking in company with a male person along the
pavement of Princes-street, by the Bank of England, tvlien
the foot passengers were suddenly alarmed by seeing the man
draw a knife across his throat, and before any one could get
to him the blood gushed from an extensive wound which
separated the windpipe and several of the small blood-vessels.
He fell to the ground insensible, and when raised up the
blood was issuing copiously from the injured part. Several
of the City police arrived, and carried the wounded man to
the nearest surgeon, where the injuries were temporarily
dressed, after which he was placed on a stretcher and removed
with all care to the accident ward of St. Thomas's Hospital,
where he was put under the care of the house-surgeon, but
the wound in the neck is of such a character, that no hopes
are entertained of his recovery. His pockets were searched,
and were found to contain a quantity of foreign silver coin,
but no papers or writing were found. From the nature of
the injury, he of course is unable to 'Peak, and likewise he
remains in a state of stupor. The man who was walking by
his side ran away, and was not seen afterwards. Last evening
he was still alive, but cannot survive many hours.
THE MODERN " ADMIRABLE CRICHTON:'
Amongst those of the Army and Navy Club designs to which
names are not attached, is said to be one by Count D'Orsav,
hitherto, not known as an architect, though in so many other
walks of art.—The Builder.
A SERIES OF MISFORTUNES.-011 Thursday morn-
ing, between three and four o'clock, as a man named
Frederick Pragg, aged forty, living in Torrington-mews, was
proceeding along Tottenham-court-road, just past Goodge-
, street, he slipped off the kerb stone anti broke his right leg
r and fractured one of his arms. In a few hours afterwards a
, lad named William Chill, about ten years old, was exercisingihonc
rider
several yards over its head, by which he -street.
whenho's ethic" aWn°°dimaslt°scutimenewlPtoVrVilecyfnrliogiflifthd
thigh, a dislocation of the collar bone, 5:08111:1 Other fright-
ful
stiteiset.srkrualsi.waSll3iirnagil
Burrell, aged forty,
Great Portland-street, when, she being blind in one
down
injuries, besides
'Teti:ghat
11;0
.o fracturedxford
eye and partially so in the other, she came in fearful colli-
sion with the pump, and fell back on to her head, thus in-
flicting an injury to the brain. All the unfortunate parties
were taken to the Middlesex Hospital, and_placcd under the
charge of Mr. Dixon, the resident house-surgeon. They all
remain in a very precarious condition, and, indeed, the youth
is not expected to recover.
DEATH OP A VETERAN.—We regret to announce -
the death of Admiral John Fordyce Maples, R.N., C.B. This gallant officer expired on the 12th instant, at his
residence at Kilburn-priory, in the 79th year of his age. He
was in the battle of Trafalgar and other actions with Lord
Noleon, and had been in more than 100 engagements, ob-
taining his promotion to the rank of Captain and honours in
1813 for his gallant capture of the American ship-of-war
Argus, when in command of the Pelican, which was one of •
those brilliant actions that took place at the breaking
the American war. This brave and truly good
liam IV.
d
!Several gentlemen who
man was an especial favourite of his late Majesty King 11
Tss Otors.—lnwagro.--
intelligence that, in their expe-
rience, •
eater breadth of and occupied by
they never saw a greater
tl-- flourishing crops than everywhere on the
mere apparently
f Within the last few days, however,
have travelled in the last week from Limerick to Cork, have
conveyed to us the plea trig
line presented itsel
been suspended, owing to the continued wet-
ness of the weather ; but on return of sunshine and genial
d. t lv now to be looked for, there can be no
doubt that the aspect of affairs will warrant a certainty of a
moat plenteous and abundant harvest.—Cork Examiner.
DFANCY SALES AT THE ORPHAN WORKING
teag exhibition.requ es ted t o
ScOOL, iIAVER.STOCK-HILL.-- This being the last day on
iw)fiwaheariltradimcluatthlhba:reuhj e
bazaarmra ttee has
nae
t iown to call
il-lremthaiiall open,ha interesting
re
house and grounds, which are beautifully situated, will well
dreuir'ainyg athevidsaitys oljnpwwhaircdsh fhalsoo, o:en poepr es none els h say,:
nattended
have been the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the
Earl and Countess of Sheffield, the Countess of Hardwicke,
Lord and Lady Feversham, Lady Culling Smith, Lady.
Howard, &c., &e. Great success has attended the under-
taking, and a large sum has been realised to the charity by
the sale.

NORTIIUMBERLA.ND.—The committee of Sir George
Grey's friends have issued a handbill, dated Alnwielc,
May Bth, announcing that "an active canvas will be
instantly commenced on behalf of Sir George Grey, and
that the electors will be personally waited upon by the
relatives and friends of the Right on. Baronet." Still
nothing is said with respect to Sir George's acceptance
of the invitation which has been forwarded to him, and
a belief prevails that he will not come forward; though
it is said that he will be nominated even in his absence,
with the view of affording the independent portion of
the electors as opportunity of expressing their opinion
of the coalition which has been formed, apparently under
ducal patronage, and the tendency of which is to de-
prive the electors of the freedom for which they have
s' often and so manfully struggled. Newcastle
Advertiser.

WEST NORFOLK.—The Norfolk Chronicle states, " on
authority," that Mr. Bagge and smother gentleman of
large landed property in tt.e county, will certainly allow
themselves to be put in nomination for the representation
of West Norfolk, on true Conservative principles. A
rcluisition to Mr. Baggo agq 11. L. S. Le Strange; Esq.,
is m course of signature.

MONUMENT TO CAXTON.
t "Letter addressed to the Eight Hon. Viscount Morpeth,
Ifirst Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods
Lind
Forests, concerning a Public Monument to COM.
mernorate the Introduction of Printing
( into England.
" Cloisters, IVestminster Abbey, April 26, 1847.
some
" My dear
.1...0rd Morpeth,—A notion has been for
time brooding in my mind, which has at length
tl5.
Pawed form and consistence.
"In the history of our country, with one exception--
the preachinc, of Christianity—no event surpasses in im-
portance the' oduction of printing. Of our, reat
public benefactors, few have a stronger claim on cur re-
spect and gratitude than William Caxton.
"The house in the Almonry, which tradition oite
out as the residence of Caxton, and the scene of this labours (in apprehension, I presume, of its hppro:zeiling
fate from the Westminster Improvement Commis-
sioners), has fallen down of its own accord. The tra-
dition is of somewhat doubtful authority ; it is ecit,sin,
however, that the printing press in England tomtit ne: d
its
boperations within the precincts or Sanctuary of the
A.

"I venture to suggest the propriety of raising a public
monument in commemoration of th•it great event, and in
honour of Caxton. For such a 'monument the open peace
at the end of the new Victoria-street, in front of the
Abbey, would be admirably suited.
" The character of the monument might be this:--A
fountain (of living water) by day, out of which should
arise a tall pillar, obelisk, or cluster of Gothic pinnacles
for light by night; the diffusion of light being the fit and
intelligible symbol for the invention of printing.
"If the propriety of this suggestion be admitted, the
details would of course depend on the space at our A:uni-
t/land, and the amount of subscription.
"I propose, therefore, that a subscription be com-
menced among those who ar'e-connecull with literature
in its most extensive signification, but w hicii shall
include all classes of the community. I cannot but
think that, in the present temper of the public mind
as regards letters, the arts, and the ornament of the
metropolis, a considerable sum might be raised without
difficulty, to preserve in its appropriate locality
the memory of this event--an event of such inapprecia-
ble importance, alike in a religious, a civil, a social, a
scientific point of view; to which we owe, in so great a
degree, the divinity, the poetry, the philosophy, perhaps
the constitution and liberties of the land.
"It is fortunate for such a scheme that the high office,
which your Lordship holds, on whose decision the erec,
publio-mentinsenta:etril, to a great extent, de-
pend, is filled by one who baa ever shown so strong an
interest in, and has himself contributed to, the literature
of England. Under such auspices, I cannot but feel ea)n-
fident that such a monument might be raised, honourable
at once to the, country—which ought to comtnetaorate
with equal munificence its triumphs in the arts of peace,
as in those of war—and ornamental to the 'metropolis,
especially that part of the metropolis which, so closely
bordering on the Abbey and the Houses of rarliament,
will become more and more the centre of public resort.
" I have the honour to be,
" With sincere respect and esteem,
" Your Lordship's faithful servant,
" 11. 11. MILMAN."
Yisecuut liforpeth has expressed his cordial approba-
tion of the proposed scheme, which has likewise the
sanction of the Dean of Westminster.