The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-31 00:00:00

THE STATE OF ROUMANIA.

The Post publishes a remarkable letter which it says
has been addressed by Prince Charles of Roumania to a
friend in Germany. The Prince deplores the fact that
he has been of little use to the country over which he has
been- called to rule, and he has asked himself often
whether the fault is his or that of his subjects. He
comes to the conclusion that neither party is to
blame, and that the failure he has to lament
must be attributed to the mistakes of the Roumanian
political leaders. These men, educated abroad, and im-
bued with foreign notions, have contrived to set up
Liberal institutions for which the population are not pre-
pared, and to this fact the Prince ascribes the non-
success of his efforts. He is determined, however, to
make a last attempt, which will probably lose him all his
popularity. " Whoever has the courage in certain
situations to proclaim the truth, and to call things
by their right names, very frequently gets the worst in
this world, and so it will probably also happen with
me, only with this difference gratefully acknowledged by
me, that I am free to return to an independent life, free
from cares, and blessed with domestic happiness in my
beloved native country, whose strong magnet never ceased
to reattract me during the sorrowful hours which I had to
pass through. I deplore only with all my heart that my
good intentions have been so misconceived and rewarded
with ingratitude. Since, however, this is the fate I have
in common with most mortals, I shall know how to console
myself."

TRAPEZE ACCIDENT AT OLDHAM.-011 Friday
evening, at the Adelphi Music Hall, Oldham, one of the
Brothers Bauvard, gymnasts, fell from the trapeze into
the orchestra. One of his arms was broken, three of the
fingers on his left hand were smashed, and one of his ankles
was badly sprained.

SERIOUS FlitE IN BELFAST.—The flour mills of
Messrs. John Ross and Co., of Lame, near Belfast, were
discovered to be on fire on Sunday morning. Six hours
elapsed before the firemen were ab►e to extinguish the
flames. The roof fell in, and the whole of the machinery
and stock were destroyed. A new fire-proof wing was
saved, but the value of the grain, &c., destroyed with the
building, is estimated at over £20,000.

A VERITABLE CENTENARIAN.—An old lady has
passed away who had more than completed her 100 years
----Mrs. Shirley Morse Codd. She was born on the 11th
of April, 1770, in Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, and
baptized before the end of the same month at the parish
church of St. Marylebone. Her maiden name was Robin-
son, and she was married at least 83 years ago, as is proved
by the fact that last year she lost a daughter who was in
her 82nd year. With the exception of her sight, she pre-
served her faculties to the end. Last year she fell and broke
a wristbone, which was set and healed. Mrs. Codd was the
mother of no less than 16 children, of whom 14 grew up to
man's and woman's estate, though only two of them now
survive. She had outlived her husband 40 years, and
was buried a few days since at Stockbury Church, near
Sittingbourne, Kent. The dates of her birth and death
are engraved on her coffin-lid. Had she been spared for
another three months she would have completed the 101st
year of her age. When upwards of 100 she was in the
habit of walking in her garden at Kingston-on-Thames
without the help of a stick or an arm. This case of cen-
tenarianism is the less open to doubt as the lady was in ei
sphere of life in which the registers are carefully kept,
her husband being well known to more than one of the
Royal Dukes of 50 years since.
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BIRTHS.
On the 28th inst., the wife of Dr. Spinks, Q.C., 9'
daughter.
On the 27th inst., at 4, Cromwell-gardens, the wife of 000
Hammersley, Esq., of a son.
MARRIAGES.
On the 27th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Gei°"
Edward Leggett, Major 77th Regt., to Mary Ann' t
second surviving daughter of Henry Manisty,
Q.C., of Bryanston-square, and Oswaldkirk, York.
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On the 26th inst., at Christ Church, Paddington, Cap
Henry Murray, Royal Artillery, to Margaret Navel!'
widow of the late Henry Nelson, Esq., 11, Lancaster,
gate, Hyde-park.

DE A.THS.
On the 27th inst., at Shepherd's-bush, Samuel 1-licis°ll'
late of 72, Welbeck-street, aged 87.
On the 27th inst., Charles Worsley, of Franklin 1100'
South Norwood-hill, Surrey, aged 78.

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London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYC?
No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by hl tbe
THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Tuesday, January3l, 1871.