The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

DEATH OF A POOR POET.
(From the Leinster Express.)
On last Sunday a dead body was found on the road
side at the Sluggies, between Marlborough and the
Great Heath. It bore no marks of violence, and it is
'evident death was not the result of hunger, for 7s. in
silver sires' found ,in . the pocket of deceased : some
bread was also found on his—person, with a small
diary containing scraps of poetry and 'prose, ion a
variety of subjects, written with a pencil, and bearing-
recent dates. But no clue tending to elucidate the
name of the deceased was found amongst his papers.
On Monday an inquest was held before John Hely
Owen, Esq.
The first witness examined was Mary Doran, of
kilminchy. The deceased called at her house on
Saturday evening, and asked for a night's lodging.
Told him he could not get it, as there was no opie in
the house but three lone women. " I'm a woe-worn
old man," said he, ," and what have lone women to
fear from me.?" He also said tobacco and beans
(query Bacchus and Venus) had lost all influence over
him, that ,the seven sleepers put together were not
half as torpid as he was. Seeing he had no chance,
he asked them the way to Clonaslee ; they showed
hiin the Mountmelick road, but on leaving he said he
would go by Maryborough., The manappeared to be
going very slow,.he had a stick in his.hand.
After some deliberation the jury found a verdict
that " Deceased died by the visitation of God."

TIIE GREAT MATCH FOR' THE CRAMPIONSUIP Or
THE THAMES, BETWEEN ROBERT COOMBES AND
NEWELL.—The preliminaries of this match are slowly
progressing, but still little or nothing is being done in
the way of betting, notwithstanding the confidence of
success expressed by the friends of either party. The
further sum of 151. aside was deposited on Monday, at
the Star and Garter, Putney, making 60/, astspaimdkoleneTistmoaonnudst
the final and great deposit of 401. more each, to com-
plete the 2001., is appointed for Monday, the 27th.
Newell launched on Tuesday a boat of very unique
and peculiar build, being constructed without any sax
boards outside. She appeared very pretty on th 3
dw,a.wter, and was much approved of. Cownden is laying
RiednLi! boat for Coombe; who trains at Adams's, the
olopn,bil.siagnauumreterrssulaitthL- bridge, and Newell has already
taken up
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are portable, each of then forms
American ; they
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theve canoes, 18 feet
being required for use they are filled with •
air. The
at each cad of the canoes,
process of inflation is by three bell
minutes to fill it with wind, and whenttal
with rafters form a very buoyant bridge.leyTilierse fitted
'town/ were exhibited to General Sir Harry Smithe Pen-
when
he was at Chatham, and witnessed the latey siege
opera-
lions. On that occasion a 6-pounder field- p iec e
withso men, were carried about the river for some time on
these pontoons, and General Sir Harry Smith was so
delighted with them, that on his return to London he
made special application for thorn at the Board of Ord-
nance. It is the intention of General Sir Harry Smith
to llsio these pontoons in the Great Fish-river, for the
conveyance of guns and troops across. Captain Richard
Howarth, of the Royal Engineers, goes out in charge of
the pontoons, and six other engineer officers embark
with the new Governor for the Cape. Other pontoons,
similar td those given to the Governor-General Sir
Harry ,rriitil, are to be immediatelyy-put in their places.
the pontoons yin question were sent to Colencl Sr
Frederick Smith forins opinion as to their efficivricy for
make a report to the Board of
general service, who is to
Ordnance regarding them.