The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-08 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 8, 1847.
No. 17,15 is] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
25, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
Thts Institution embraces Important and substantial advantages
with respect to life assurances and deterred annuities. The assured
es, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
ititure of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
ilso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his hi-
t rests to meet other convenioncies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying irons 35 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

.;"4' ,c; Annual
\ ge. a g
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s.
d.
60 lON 74 3 4

Bonus
addition
Assared.

Polley
taken
lout 112
A 6. Q.
1837 243 9 3
1838 218 4 8
1839 192 1 10
1841 143 5 10
1841 138 14 2
1842 111 6 8

Bonus in
Cash.

X s d.
112 8 5
99 8 10
86 9 8
66 8 4
61 17 61
49 10 01

Perma-
nent Re-
duetion •f',
Annual
Premiums.

X s. d.
IS 4 6
15 13 8
13 4 9
9 19 1
9 9 2
7 19 4

Sum the
Assured
may bor-
row •n
Policy.

s. d.
494 6 10
445 0 0
395 11 1
346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4 5

ART-UNION OF LONDON.
FREE EXHIBITION.
The Works of Art selected by the Prizeholders of the year 1847,
exhibiting at the Gallery of the Society of British Artists, Suffolk-
street, Pall-mall East, will be open to the Public without Tickets,
Free, from the Gth to the 11th September inclusive, front Ten till Six
o'clock; and by Tickets from Seven till Ten o'clock, on the EYellingS
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LEWIS POCOCK, j Secretaries.
2d September, 1847

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street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. litarelay
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and generally by all dealers in sauces.
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IRELAND.
DEATH OF EX-CHIEF JUSTICE PENNE-

PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION
(Provisionally Registered.)
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.
Capital, 20,0001. in 10,000 Shares of IL each. Deposit, 1/. per Share
on complete registration.
No further call will be made without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.
The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
proved by
The Moat Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the
Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In-
stitute of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Itteocia-
tion for the Advancement of Science.
Tlie Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich I of Lichfield
The Right Ron. the Earl of Lei-,The Meet Noble the Marquis of
cester Bristol
The Lord Rendleehant, M.P. The Hen. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop! Keppel
of Gloucester and Bristol The lion. Fred. Byng
The Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel lum, Bart.
The Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Batt
'Muster, Dr. Btu-Aland Sir Robert Ilarland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir- Sir Francis Darwin
ley The Norwich Union Fire Office
Sir Jelin P. Boileau, Bart. The Suffolk Fire Office
Sir Richard Paul Jocklrell, Bart. !The District Fire Office of Bir-
Dr. Outrant, F.H.B. F.G.S., In- mingham
Spector of Naval kospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right Hen. Earl Fitzhardinge i Office
His Grace the Duko of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., NJ% shire Fire Offiee
Right Hon. F. 11. F. Berkeley, Tke West of England Firs Office,
M.P. &e.
W. Miles, Msg., M.P.
The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This bread' of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter ins-
, possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
nious and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This
invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with,
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry iu continuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, St.
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, ilirchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

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The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve
years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIBBON and BURTON'S)
chemically purified material has been before it (made into every
useful and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as
it does, the characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called
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Fiddle Threaded Kings
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern,

FATIIE R.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 6.—The Right Hon. Edward Penne-
father, late Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, which
office he held during the memorable State trials, ex-
pired after a long illness this day at his residence in
Fitz william-square. By his death, a pension (we
believe) of 3,0001. per annum reverts to the Crown.
Mr. Pennefather was called to the bar in Easter
Term 1796, and was, beyond all question, the ablest
equity lawyer of his day, his practice being nearly
wholly confined to that branch of the profession.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The usual weekly meeting of this body was held
this day, and was more than usually well attended.
Mr. J. Reynolds, M.P. for the city of Dublin, in the
chair.

Mr. J. O'CONNELL read a letter from the Right
Rev. Dr. Keating, Bishop of Ferns, enclosing 281.,
the subscription of twenty-eight Roman Catholic
clergymen of that diocese.
Mr. O'CONNELL then proceeded to observe, that
there was one subject upon which he thought no time
should be lost in pronouncing the opinion of the Asso-
ciation. He alluded to the cases the details of which
had met the eye of every one present in the public
prints—details which had horrified every one who
heard of them—of the miserable sufferings of the Irish
paupers in their deportation to this country from
England. Nothing more horrible than these de-
tails had he ever encountered. The management
of, and interference;with, their affairs by Eng-
land presented an uninterrupted series of events of a
sad and afflictive nature connected with this unfortu-
nate country.—(Hear' hear.) It would seem as if
England, being fearful they should become oblivious
of her cruelties, was determined to prevent them be-
coming so, by a constant repetition of her cruelty and
oppression. They seized on-the Irish helpless pauper,
who had spent the best of his days and strength to
increase the wealth of England—they seized him
after having got the value of the labour of his youth
and manhood, and dragged him and his wretched
family from the cabin in which they lived, at the
dead of night, and placed them on board of a ship in
the midst of the severest weather, in a state of de-
bility from disease, at the imminent risk of their lives.
It was well that these scenes should be placed on their
records, for they were part of the long, black, and
heavy indictment which they had to bring against
England for her long-continued oppressive and tyran-
nical treatment of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The
learned speaker then read to the] association, the
details of the sufferings of the Irish paupers trans-
mitted by the Duchess of Kent steamer to this country
during the last week, and then proceeded :—These
murders—for murders they were—by the parish
authorities of England, sanctioned by the statesmen
in the English Parliament, and by the writers of the
English press—(Hear, hear)—these murders would
go on unless the people'of Ireland aroused themselves
and proclaimed their determination not to receive
their paupers from England, unless their absentee
landlords were transmitted to this country along with
them. Mr. O'Connell concluded by moving the in-
sertion of the newspaper paragraph from which he
had read on the minutes of the association.
Mr. O'HEA addressed the association on the same
subject. He altogether disapproved of the verdict of
the jury which sat on the bodies of the two persons
who died on board the steam-packet on the occasion

in question. Such an act of unparalleled atrocity
never presented itself even amongst savages; and, in
his opinion, any conscientious jury would find the
persons who had sent these unfortunate paupers
on board ship under such circumstances guilty of
murder.—(Hear, and cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in putting the motion, also ex-
pressed his opinion that the act of the English parish
authorities made them guilty of cool and deliberate
murder. A red Indian in America would not treat
a brother as those Rochdale butchers had treated the
unfortunate boy Duignan, and with the blessing of
God, he would ring the changes on this subject in a
short time hence in another House, which should be
nameless.—(Cheers.)
The motion then passed unanimously.
Mr. O'CoNNELL again addressed the Association,
condemning the acts of the Government in stopping
the public works in Ireland, and stated, on the au-
thority of the Rev. Mr. Cochlan, of Kilmory, county.
of Mayo, that no less than one thousand six hun-
dred persons, who had been thrown out of
employment by the cessation of those works, were
at that time in a state of utter starvation, and
without the slightest means of relieving themselves.—
' (Hear, hear.) He warned the English Government
to provide some means of employment for the people
during the ensuing winter, when the greatest destitu-
tion would inevitably prevail, from a want of money
to purchase food. They had a glorious harvest, but
the greatest part of it would go to England to pay
the rents of their absentee landlords ; while the poor
small farmers were mulcted with an enormous
poor-rate which it was impossible for them to pay.
He shuddered to contemplate the torrents of blood
which would be shed when these oppressive rates
came to be collected. He would go so far as to dread
that all the horrors of insurrection would occur when
the collection of these rates was sought to be enforced
by the military power of England.—(Hear, hear.)
The learned gentleman concluded by advising that a
meeting should be held prior to the meeting of Par-
liament of all the Irish Members, Repealers and non-
Repealers, for the purpose of striking out a course of
policy to be worked out by them in unison together
tor the amelioration of the condition of the country.
The rent for the week having been announced as
891., the association adjourned.
WHOLESALE EVICTION OF TENANTRY.
Last week a great number of poor occupiers—
between 500 and 600
persons altogether—were
evicted from a property under the Court of Chancery,
in the county of Cavan, bordering on Meath. The
receiver under: the court, who is a Member of the
House of Commons, acted on the occasion with
humanity and forbearance ; but, under the circum-
stances, he had no alternative but the performance of
a most painful duty. The multitude of wretched
outcasts, consisting of about 160 families, are now
seeking shelter in temporary huts erected in the
hedges about the neighbourhood. An application is
to be made to the Lord Chancellor for a grant out of
emigrate to America, and there can be no doubt that
thehs Lordship
funds
hi
inp twh l
lc aruesaed,
ltyo enable the poor people to
adopt that humane course,
L if at all consistent with his duty.

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Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. Gd. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
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with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
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Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
Patty 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
Paul' 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse
of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of
which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the
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PART V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
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ON THE SECRET IN
UFIRMITIERITY S OF YOUTH AND
MA.T.
WITH TWENTY-FITE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
This day is published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope,
pro 2s. 6,1., or forwarded, post paid, to any address, secure front
observation, for 3s. 6d. in Posfs.se Stamps
SELF-PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise
on Marriage, and on these Secret Infirmities and Disorders of
Youth and Maturily, that are amtdly acquired at an early period of
life, which tend to destroy phys'cal and mental energy, ardour, pas-
sion, and all the attributes o: Manhood. Illustrated with Twenty-
five Coloured Engravings on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Dis-
eases of the Urinary and Repredoctive Organs, explaining their
various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that
are produced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infection.
With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervos Debility,
Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, u
and other
diseases.
By SAMUEL LAWERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Ilonorari
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.

CLIAPTIR I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance,
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
Cnarrisa 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative
Ostructures, anti secretions, proving that great
PhysicalMnenis:ower are dependaut upon their healthy action.
Enhadeir fl'ti3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the
cegialatalslp,
Tat
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the
Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CIIAPTULS 5 and 6. On
the Disorder- arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and
other Diseases.

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with the mother of the child, and I don't know who
was at the spot first. My only reason for thinking
the child was born alive is that its mouth was warm.
Mr. John Morley, of Barton-upon-Humber, in the
county of Lincoln, surgeon—l have had a post mortem
examination of a newly-born infant now lying dead
in the parish church of Ferriby. I saw the same
child last Saturday afternoon. The umbilical cord
was cut and untied. The body was rigid. From
internal and external appearances I believe the child
to have been between eight and nine months old. I
believe the child has never breathed. Having under-
stood from the mother that she was attacked with
fever on Monday, the 23d ult., I am of opinion that
the attack of fever may have caused premature labour.
The Ns alk from Horkstow to Ferriby may have has-
tened her labour. The brain, the state of the bowels,
and the skull, all lead me to believe the child had not
arrived at its maturity.
Ann Hewson, the wife of John liewson, of Ferriby
aforesaid, labourer—About five o'clock last Friday
afternoon I understood a woman was ill in the town
street. I and others went to the woman, but we all
left her for assistance, and in about ten minutes I re-
turned to her. In the meantime the woman had been
delivered of a child. No one was [with the woman
when she was delivered. I came with the mother to
the Nelthorpe Arms, where she is now lying. On our
way there she told me the child was still-born.
Francis Spencer, of Horkstow, in the county of
Lincoln, upon his oath, saith—l never knew that the
mother of the infant had been attacked with fever.
I never knew that she was unwell, until a short time
before she left Airs. Tufnell's premises on Friday.
On passing the stable-door I said—" What are you
doing here ?" I did not know but that she was at
work. She replied that she was very poorly. I had
no reason to believe that she was attacked with pains
of labour. Shortly before the family left the pre-
mises I asked the husband whether his wife was near
her confinement ? The husband said " No," in an
angry tone ; " nothing of the sort ; it would be
Christmas before she would be confined." The hus-
band wanted to leave his wife and children while he
found further work, but I refused.
George Twidall, of Horkstow, aforesaid, labourer
—I am a servant under Francis Spencer. I saw the
Irishman and his family leave Spencer's premises.
They parted good friends. The Irishman offered to
give Spencer a quart of ale if he would go to Ferriby.
(Kane denies this.) Spencer declined. I never knew
that the Irishman's wife was ill. She lodged in a
stable seven or eight yards from Spencer's house.
Verdict of the jury—" That the child was not
born alive."

TWO GENTLEMEN FRO ZEN TO
DEATH IN INVERNESS-SHIRE.
The Lord Mayor has received the following com-
munication from the Sheriff-substitute of Inverness-
shire :

"Fortwilliam, Inverness-shire, Sept. 3.

" My Lord,—The melancholy duty devolves on
me to announce the deaths yesterday morning of two
English gentlemen under very painful circumstances.
" I take the liberty of addressing you, instead of
writing to the addresses of the gentlemen themselves,
in order that the mournful intelligence may be com-
municated in as delicate a manner as the case will
admit of, and to prevent any sudden shock being
given to the relatives.
" The names of the deceased gentlemen are Wil-
liam Stericker, of 49, Fenchurch-street, and William
Henry Whitburn, brewer, of Esher, Surrey.
"I refer to the enclosed paper, containing the evi-
dence of one of the first persons who found the bodies
and which contains all the information I have as yet
collected. The report of the medical men is also en-
closed, agreeing that death occurred from natural
causes. I have not as yet ordered a dissection, and
will abstain from doing so unless circumstances of a
suspicious nature may emerge, but which Ido not
expect. The necessary attention to the bodies will
be bestowed, and I shall suspend all directions as to
interment until the pleasure of the relatives becomes
known.
" I proceed this evening with the procurator-fiscal
to the spot where the bodies were found, to prosecute
further inquiries.
" I have the honour to remain, &c.,
" ANDREW FRAZER, Sheriff-
substitute."

The evidence alluded to is that of W. S. Milner,
ensign in the 69th Regiment of Foot, who had been
residing with his brother at Kinlochbeg, 15 miles from
Fortwilliam, and it gives the following account :
" About eight o'clock this morning (the 2d of
September) one of the servants told me that a drover
said he had seen a dead man by the roadside about
two miles from Kinlochbeg. I immediately walked
to the spot, and found two men lying close to one
another about three yards from the roads on the low
side, quite dead. There was not the slightest sign of
struggling or of violence, and their appearance gave
me the impression that, having sat down to rest, they
became benumbed with the cold, and expired. Both
were dressed as if travellers, each with a small knap-
sack on his back. There was a small whisky pocket
flask, quite empty, lying near them. A waterproof
cape was lying about 400 yards from them, as if the
wind had blown it from them. Last night was very
stormy, very much so—wind and rain in great abund-
ance, probably the most stormy night we have had
this year."
The statement then gives a particular account of
the property found upon the two deceased persons.
The medical certificate expressed the opinion that
death was caused by exhaustion and cold, from the
deceased having fallen asleep on the mountain on that
boisterous night.
The Lord Mayor, upon receipt of the communica-
tion on Monday, sent his chaplain to the friends of
Mr. Stericker, and one of the marshals to Esher, to
disclose the intelligence.
It appears that the two gentlemen were strangers
to each other, and had journeyed together acciden-
tally. Each had left his home for the purpose of en-
joying a pleasure excursion through the romantic
scenery of Scotland, and they had been seen on the
preceding night laughing with a milk girl, at no great
distance from the spot at which their corpses were
found. Mr. Stericker had written home on the 31st
of August, to inform his friends that he felt perfect
happiness in the enjoyment of the most romantic
country in the world.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday Mr. Baker he
an inquest at the Blacksmiths' Arms, Backhouse-lane,
St. George-in-the-East, on view of the body of Eliza-
beth Abbey, aged seven months. The mother. of thee
deceased was compelled to go into service, when
she
put her child out to nurse, it being onlydfolr monthshealth,
old ; from that time it gradually decline
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aromatic medicine, but that had no effect, and it died
in a few hours, being reduced almost to a skeleton.
Mr. Garrett said that death was caused from the want
of its natural diet. The Coroner observed that it was
stated by Dr. Buchanan that out of 100 infants put out
to dry nurse about 99 died. Verdict—" Death by
atrophy, from the want of its mother's milk."
APPLICATION OF ETHER TO BEES.--Some very
curious experiments were performed yesterday morning
in the gardens of a gentleman residing in the road to the
north of the Regent's-park, by Mr. Milton, of Great
Marylebone-street, who is well known as the author of
" The Practical Bee Keeper," bythe application of ether
to bee-hives, in order to reduce the bees to a state
eof
stupefaction whilst the comb and honey
Twheereertehmer wasd.
The apparatus used was very
laced in a glass vessel, to whichaimp
ahflethie hive (a glass
af-
fixed, which was introduced be
neat on which the
one) through a small hole in t lex. 'We tube was
hive was placed. The
larger vessel of warm water,
utes the vapour completely stu-
pifiedglass v
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ys es
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whichas thenthe vapour placed i
wasn s
subtilized. In seven min
then removed. The atmospheric
hwoesfell inanimate to the bottom of the
the bees,
.
sir revived the bees in about ten minutes, and in a
hive. The
short time afhtelvrwethey were fully recovered. The same
effects were then produced by the fumes of burnt nitre
in another glass hive. The stupefaction of the bees was
more immediate, but their recovery on exposure to the
atmospheric air was obtained. Another experiment was
tried on a third hive, by igniting the species of dried
fungus called a " powder-puff," and the result was si-
milar. The use of ether, however, appeared more tract-
able, the strength being more capable of regulation than
that of either the nitre or the " powder puff." It was,
moreover, more cleanly, and less likely to occasion acci-
dents. The honey is not likely to be affected by the
vapour of ether. It is so extremely volatile that its
powers are dispersed by the atmospheric air almost im-
mediately. The great advantage is the simplicity as
well as the efficacy of the application, and all apiarians
will acknowledge themselves indebted to Mr. Milton for
his introduction of a mode of obtaining honey, and at
the same time preserving the bees, superior to any yet
made use of.

COAL-PIT EXPLOSION.--An inquest was held on
Tuesday, before T. Badger, Esq., at the Masons' Arms,
Worsbro'. Dale, on the bodies of John Cawthorne and
Daniel Beeves, miners, who died in consequence of an
explosion of fire damp at the Darley Maine Pits on
Friday morning week. The two unfortunate men, in
company with another, had descended on the morning
in question, and when at the bottom
their safety
lamps indicated the presence of foul air in the pit.
Cawthorne endeavoured to extinguish his lamp. The
current of air thus propelled drove the flame outside
the gauze frame, and an explosion was the conse-
quence. The deceased were both severely burnt, the
others escaping comparatively scathless. Cawthorne
died on Sunday, and Beeves on Monday. Verdict,
"Accidental death."—Sheffield Times,