The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-22 00:00:00

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.

It has been some time doubted whether Mr. Willis
Fleming was really serious in putting up for the Isle of
Wight. It was thought he would merely sound the elee •
tors, and then withdraw, but all doubt is now removed.
He has stated his determination to go to the poll as the
" No Popery" candidate.

Mr. Simeon considers himself safe to win. Some call
him a liberal Conservative, others a moderate Whig.
He has the landed interest with him, and some of the
Liberals; Mr. Fleming the clergy and the Wesleyans,
the Liberals generally standing aloof.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday afternoon
one of Combe and Delafield's horses, engaged in draw-
ing empty barrels from Mr. Collier's, the Three Com-
passes, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, fell down the
collar keep; the man below narrowly escaped being
crushed to death. After several ineffectual attempts to
drag the horse out by ropes, the footpath and roadway
was raised, and an inclined plane formed by excavating
the earth to some depth, thus enabling the animal to
walk out.

DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon a
determined suicide was committed by a Mr. Jenkins, a
surgical instrument maker, about thirty years of age,
residing at No. 4, St. Margaret's-terrace, near Rochester-
row, Westminster. It appears that he had been con-
fined to bed by illness; his wife had gone to fetch the
doetcr,leaaring him with a female attendant, whom he re-
quested to leave the room whilst he got out of bed. Some
time elapsing, she entered the room, when he was dis-
covered lying on the floor, having cut his throat with a
razor. A surgeon was sent for, but life was extinct
before his arrival. It appeared that he had, beforo
using the razor, stabbed himself in the left side with a
pair of scissors.
A BENEVOLENT LANDLORD.--LOrd
in addition to his immense outlay on labour, amounting
to several (more than five) hundred pounds a month,
for a considerable time past, on his Irish estate at
Colattin Park, in the county of Wicklow, has purchased
and given to every tenant seeds of all descriptions re-
quired, including oats, barley, turnips, carrots, &c. His
Lordship has also supplied the poor with soup of the
best description, sending it to all the towns adjacent for
distribution every week.
SUICIDE FROM DRUNKENNESS.—Mr. Bedford held
an inquest yesterday, at St. George's Hospital, on the
body of Henry Young, aged 50, a gardener, of No. 7,
Cumberland-street, Chelsea.. It appeared in evidence
that the deceased had been for some time past much ad-
dicted to drinking, and was frequently intoxicated for
three or four days together. He got up at five o'clock
on Wednesday morning last, and returned in the even-
ing with a bottle of laudanum in his pocket. He then
poured the poison into a cup and drank it. His wife
and daughter, who were in the room, rendered imme-
diate assistance, but the deceased continued in an insen-
sible state, and died in the hospital the next day. It
was stated by the witnesses that he had made two pre-
vious attempts on his life. The inquest was adjourned
for the evidence of the chemist of whom the deceased
purchased the poison.
DEPRESSION or TRADE.—Considering the fewness
of manufacturing establishments in this county, it is with
deep regret we learn that the Sanquhar Carpet Com-
panytime have felt constrained to resort to the short
in common with
system—that is, limiting the hours of labour daily and
of
weekly, owing to the dull state this,
other branches of trade, at home and abroad. In ordi-
nary times, restriction of industry would have fallen
comparatively light on the long-thriving community at
Crawick Mill ; but this, as may be naturally supposed,
is much aggravated by the continued dearness of all sorts
of provisions.—Dumfries Herald.
NEW POTATOES.—A fine sample of early potatoes
was shown last week at Darlington market, and sold at
three shillings per quart, with a lively demand for more,
even at this price. The producer was Mr. Thomas
Stabler, market gardener, of Haughton-le-Skerne, near
Darlington, a place remarkable for its early productive-
ness, for the salubrity and pleasantness of its climate,
and its dry and sheltered situation.—Durham Advertiser.
Sir Charles Napier hoisted his flag at Portsmouth,
on Thursday, on board the St. Vincent ; he expects to
go to sea on Sunday.
PORT WINE.—We are informed that the Junta of
Oporto have resolved that wines of the Upper Douro of
the vintage of 1846 may be brought into Oporto until
the 20th of June next. Upon wine of the first quality a
duty of 7,200 reis (about 11. 14s. 2d.) a pipe is to be paid,
and the owner of the wine is to bind himself to export
the same to ports in Europe. Upon wine of the second
quality the duty is to be 600 reis (about 2s. 10d.), and
on wine for home consumption 6,800 reis (about 11. 12s.
101.) a pipe. The entrance duty paid on wine of the
lit quality is to be deducted from the export duty.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND.—
Yesterday the sixth annual general meeting of members
of this charity was held at the Freemasons' Hall, for
general business, and the election by ballot of twelve
annuitants, from a list of 51 candidates. W. John
44s reducedatto
od
2which,charge. rie
after o
receiptsf i2O /.
fromwhich alle
Savage, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that last
year there weresources
wh3se9rehal
annuitants,
ven d eat
, left a balance of 9291. Is. 2d., of which
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balance the committee bad ordered to he invested 5001.,
in addition to a funded capital of 5,000/.
In future the fumigation of letters received from
On board ships arriving in the United Kingdom with
clean bills of is to b® discontinued.