The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-03 00:00:00

EVEN I NAT ED [TEN

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-

STREET.

NOON FEB.
Blrometer BO 07 N.
Thermometer
Highest 27
Lowest
W:nd N. E by E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg,
Much snow has fallen again during the night, "3
.hough the mercury has been on' y twelve degrees be!°v°
the fret zing point, while during the late severe fruit It
was
From 16 to 18 degrees lower, the cold is fully more. Elt,"Ec
owing to the keen north cast wind.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.M"
Sa'urday night, at a late hour, a fireman named Macnei
belonging to the Duke of Wellington steamship, lYi'ga a
Irongate-stairs, Tower, went down to that place and La'.`
a waterman to row him off to the ship ; but as he wai
toxicated, and had no money to pay the tare, the only "'a.
termite at the plying piece refused to convey bins to the
vessel, nu which he exclaimed, " Then, you, I'd
swim off," and plunged into the river. He was a g°'
swimmer, and flaated on his back some distance towrd;
the inside steamer of the ,ier, when, mistaking the set`
the tide, he watt craven towsrde the stern of a steamer. and
discovered his mistake, but teo late to save himself, an
dr
saen
while he was shouting,'' 1-luzza, le r goes," h was
under the tier and disappeared. The crew of a Thansfe
police galley were immediately called to and threw out the
drags ; but after remaining about the spot fir three how:
they desisted from searching further, and the body has sh%
e e
yet been found. The deceased had often swam ofr to '
vessel, and was a very daring felow.
SCARCITY OF COMMON SENSE.--At a meet-
ing at M inchester lately, Mr. J R Richardson relate?
the following anecdote of the Castlereagh and Sid:flout',
times order estate do,vn to Bolton to the high ee.'
stable there to search all the houses in Great and leitt:n
Bolton, in order to see whether there were any of PAW°
e.
works secreted in any of the drawers, chimney liole6 be
neath the 11 :ors, or anywhere else, and to bring '
coa
owners of them before Mr. Dogberrv. The high i
stable called the deputy constable, who commonly
by the name of Jem. "Jena," said the high censt'eo
" thou man go round the town and see whether thee est
foind ony o' Paine's Age o' Reason, Rests o' 31°°,',,°11
Common Sense." brie set out and rteareheuif-
t()
through Great and Little Bolton. He then ceme hic'eo
the high constable, who said, " Well, Jem, what success; e
.4 Why," said he, " we've done as you ordered, and we
not been able to foind eny eareesas sense or teases o'
onywhere."—Leeds Times.
A 5,e ri-
CURIOUS STORY.—The Lord Byron, --- , ,
can trading vessel, from New °clean., laden with cell
reached this port on Thursday last, fifty four days n'ltilsa
this was thirteen days later than other vessels which sa*nea
at the same time, some anxiety was expressed to a
the cause, when the following singular particulars tTio
spired ;—lt appears that the Byron lsft New Orleans
a fair wind, and studding sails set, and Lad been etii,s
sea two days, when it was discovt red taut the stcws'bero
man of colour, had stowed away in a berth below, 'coo
cotton had been deposited, an angelic-looking rntle, his
girl about eighteen years of age, thieking to make her his
own in good earnest when she reached the land of I'b the
Tire captain, thus awkwardly situated, and knowing tad
penalty fir thus bringing away a slave, had no alloso9;01
but to put " ship about ;" and he accordingly did 9°' for
caused the love-stricken maid, is ith tears in her 0. two
Sambo, to be re landed by a brig at the expense °' sod
sovereigns; and thus had love's fetters been broken', to
the voyage prolonged. What reparation Ssinh°
make we have not heard.—Liverpool Journal.
(,0 Jet
AN INCIDENT FOR A FARCE.—The
de T— went on Tuesday morning
to his hae"e,r,
receive a sum of 10,000'., which he mentioned it'l sibs
1; tso
presence of several other persons in the room w
Opel
banker, who replied that he had already sent the!„taer
to the Count's hotel. M de T—, however, had ;of
business to transact at his banker's, and went into s'eotir'
room, where he said aloud he should be detained an a for
On his return home M. de T— asked the Countelto
the rouleau of bank-notes. She informed him ttateoras
had been sent back to the banker's by a person type .„
in the Count's name for them, and was brought 'tied;
own carriage. For a moment the Count was lISOUn toot
but perceiving a packet on the chimney-Pieee'arali'
it up, opened it, and found all his moneY, the
minished by even a single note. It was `aril! 171'
turn of the Countess to be mystified, for she ode
lieved that the had given all to the stranger. Thelnt e
however, was soon discovered. She had at the ti 0(
the demand another packet. containing a Nulegau,
tickets for the Civil List Ball in the evening; 9,11'e ha
o
these were now missing, she was convinced that 6' ell
given that instead of the berik-notes. The coachlll9 'bac(
being questioned, stated that the person whorn be 'o
to
brought to the hotel came out of the banking-he evil'
which he desired the carriage might immediately r bee%
It was evident, therefore, that the thief must hafebs4'
some one who had heard all that had passed in the.terllll
cr's room. It was ascertained afterwards, as ma) %, pre,:
be anticipated, that not one of the ball-tickets w saa',
sented at the Salle Favart in the evening.Glig
Mes anger. ti en'
A MASONIC EMBLEM.—A masonic -
has been foiled in a stone wall at Ghuznee. It 19rPfi it'
the five points, with an inscription in Persian reran'
the translation of which inscription is " God gr:hod'
what I want." During our campaign through Al ors,tra
tan, a strong resemblance to the customs, dress, 3' g te;
ners of the ancient Jews, was very prevalent anletlci the(
Affvhans. Indeed, at Candahar, they acknowledgejo 0
dircct descent, and called themselves " The chil iglii
0 IS
the Jews." No doubt, many more masonic embleo ,hoo,o
be traced, and if due examination were made, welt 00v r
probably elicit those scintillations, embers of the cooe
light itself, which might be enkindled lane pristine
and beauty.—Freemasons' Quarterly.
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EXTENSIVE ROBB ERY.--TtICSdaY •"-Probbl
was received by the police of the commission 0' 00a 90
of notes and securities to the value of between I,"d
1,6001. It occurred on the evening of Setu,,,riradt'ibo
when, as a gentleman, whose name has not trample
rpoot •
proceeding along Gill-street, in the town of lei,veto giretta
was nccosted by two Men, of whom he is unahthel, on
description, who knocked him down, and 'l"' ntgi°
eround robbed him of an old red pocket-b' °k c°•tb sect'
Bank of England notes of the value of 7501, 'bro
rities to the value of about 8001. more, with w lepr:cu
got clear off before he could raise an outcry et.
assistance. 011`
APPOINTMENT OF A MILITAILx eioasece
OF WINDSOR.—WINDSOR, FEB. 1.---The ePriaollTee
lately rendered vacant by the decease of CaPt'aci 0,50
late of the 13th Dragoons, has just been confetar'the eat
Majesty upon Quarter-Master Johnson, late 0'
ceglei
Foot, and formerly in the 57th, in which latter
,0)1
he had served upwards of 30 years.
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FOSSIL INFUSORIA IN THE FLINT
LEWES AND BRIGHTON.—It is now some yea the o'4oo
were first made acquainted with the remains 01 101'001
i)
reptiles which abound in our sandstone snu„, s I°A bl
reeks in the weals' and the startling and mousse esibe,':
of the originals, depicted by the pencil and
the pen of our townsman D:. Mantel!. These been ote
an ancient world, many of which must love f o°ol4
feet long, exceeded by air all living creatures eO,ll ccl
family, and their petrified bones might ran 09 al
given rise to the tradition of there having the fel
mighty race of giants who were the lords gorc cliff(
in ages long past. But these facts arc nft,l,e fisi°
known that they pass as matters of indisPut,heroocts'
and we are now called upon to receive an°inot`so
phenomena, as overpowering from their iofinite b'" to
and the inexhaustible field of inquiry to tch,icasstead°
they conduct us. A few years ago, a eel
ins of ;001°
man naturalist discovered that whole moulitsl"o, iD
were composed of the skeletons of beings bleb 0'
as to be invisible to the naked eye, but ,e Sdoott ,°o4
microscope revealed to us as of form as e,li geot
robco
of organization as wonderful, as even the '3l.doesooi
most beautiful of existing beings. These ono od's
have becn followed up by naturalists in curb,i(
try, and among other wonderful results coded:
ing fact, that our chalk flints are almost who'll or iSs'
of the shells, or more properly shields or cas°l;
tures which must have lived in the sea in whicfoott
was deposited. These beings are of variougate 1:001,
referable to several getters, and all are so ivied it to olio/
individual cannot be seen by the naked eye, 3001 000
require many millions to form a mass of flint eaog OP,
cubic inch! Master Reginald Mantel!, 0)0 Taloros',soP,
the author of " The Foisils of the South voier° hi'
has been assiduously exploring with bil%,
flints obtained from the chalk pits °` 0/'oooi
native place, has discovered that theann
(a fossil animal of a globular farm,
rous tentacule or arms,) abound in 9tisal ,rtirri;
atom of flint, and that they are in as hettusee
of perfection as the fossil fishes from the sa'aere,a‘',
Several of the species found by this youvgi; f't)s to let
entirely new, that is, have not been previous icchesbesalc,
a proof how highly interesting inexperiencedhese reniaai ro
yotathful mind, since the most p, opello ono
a discoverer in this new pith of inquiry. ;thee 9.00 tbo
that the fossil teeth of the shark and other "9, pre'e; to
dint in our chalk, when cut into thin secti°.°-' occt itP"v
most extraordinary structure under the nlic,:°iO3 iO
distribution and interlacing of the vessel9diffell9°
of bone and ivory that compose the tooth 0
different genera.—Sussex Advertiser.
14° t°g°°e,f:
STATE OF PARTIES IN oitty
COMMONS,—After the last general election t• 1,, !op
tabular statement, calculating the mejoriti of
at tvrents-two, the test being, where ScilrCOrfecli.r;
votes of members on the Irish Church have fony
questions. We find that since then there •,g "10
cAloo'l•yi pa,
vacancies or changes occasioned in tee •- ; eetaa'ac-
-19 by the death of members, 25 by 1'94 eta t/Ycsa
the accessions to the peerage and creatintro'rpraitreco.v
since of office, and 13 by the decisions of hoe bferi`al
find, moreover, that in ten instances Tories by
10,,t,0,
cecded by Rsforrerre—in fifteen, Reforni' e hc I
thus reducing the ministerial msjority
rney be effected by the coming e'ectioes
u"rv.
at present to specul:te.—Livrpool Oferc took ?,ritPlah
Ott Wednesday a most aeftil eYel"c„,,e, yettotta
Daveholcs, about midwey bet;seen C!;sri-n-st tflafsrod
Buxt The day was extremely cold' sson ° 14. rr
old, Alla acrid
one named Yates, about thirteen years
a the " ea'
in the parish of Chapel-en.le-Frith, en niaa aslll,4ol'
Holly, about seven years of age, and son ,so, ,re s,
and farmer at Dueeholes, together with n ::"asretebrieh 0,1!
to the top of a limekiln for the purpose
they Hine' 'ltu43for
selves, when the stone up n which tee)* S._ of
piled up and in the act of being burned in",,,i,ed tie tai,„s,
sunk, and the two boys were instently beee3P,cs.
fiery vortex far beyond the possibilityFR
try
aseistaeee. Tho man with great stitlicnit.,
-,.• %., •; . ,e- - tar
o it Jess ; e. et ',ill ""' /if°
ceneuutati i.O aaitee bs tests soy poratas -
be recovered..--Derbyshire Chronicle.