The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-26 00:00:00

SUPERSTITION IN FRANCE.

M. Alcan and M. Rene were indicted before the
tribunal at Paris for having, without having been duly
authorised to do so, printed and published an engraving,
accompanied by letter-press text, giving an account of
The apparition of the Holy Virgin to two Children on a
Mountain of Salette, on Saturday, September 19. 1846 "
The account sets forth how two children, employed in
watching cows in the mountains, beheld a vision of
the Holy Virgin, who sat weeping on a rock. She
called and spoke to them, making sundry complaints
of the irregular manner in which masses had been
said to her. and if matters were not mended,
threatened a continuance, with increased severity,
of the potato' disease, which she said was owing
to the carelessness and inattentio❑ shown to
the rites of religion, which were left to the care of old
men, while the young ones amused thetnselvts and
scoffed at its mysteries. It the potato disease did not
suffice to turn them from the error of their ways, she
threatened the world with an utter failure of the corn
crops the following year ; if that did not do, with a
complete famine the next year ; and if these mwan•
d d not do, she would kill all children under ten

years of age the following one. But if men turned
to her with true repentance, corn and potatoex should
flourish as they had never done before, and the world
would prosper. She commanded the two children to
relate to every one what had occurred. She walk.-d
talking with them for about half an hour, and the ob-
served that the grass did not bend beneath her feet;
she then gradually faded away in mist till she was gone.
They gave a very accurate account of her dress and ap
pearauce. Since then, a confirmatory account of the
first statement had appeared, which further declared
that a spring of water had sprung up where she sat,
and that the rock had been endowed with certain mira-
culous properties. Some officers of the neighbouring
garrison had experimented upon a piece of it at their
quarters. On striking it with a knife, it burst open
with a loud noise, displaying a head of Christ with a
crown of thorns. The deposition of the two children
-was taken down in the presence of five ecclesiastics, and
a number of laymen, and had made a great impression in
the neighbourhood where the vision occurred. Judg-
ment on the printer and publisher has been postponed.
—Gazette des 7'ribunaux.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS.—We
learn that Mr. Mackenzie,, innkeeper at Aviemoor, has
received an order for twehty-six pair of horses, for the
purpose of conveying her Majesty and suite from Fort
William to Ardverikie, the Marquis of Abercorn's Lodge
at Loch Laggan, about the 14th of August next. This
order was received for.-Mr. Mackenzie by the Marquis of
Abercorn. We understand, also, that theEedinbutrhgaht
Castle steamer is to be more or less employed on
Burns of Glasgow, have this weekhfiai
occasion, in prospect of which the orwnertdthaebokixecs:ir:
an occasion, for the
twining new clothing befitting
The
crew of that steamer.
cloth frocks, white trousers and old lace bands on each.
the steamer in gilt letters, an g
—Rosshire Advertiser.
L AT CLONMEL.—We have
dresssduc consists, of
efinnaembel blue
THE ENDOWED SCE
sTchhoomo MI, c ioitnetptllaeiwneinllg,
ter of the ClonmeEndow in the House of Lords
the roaster
the Proceeaiof a misreport of
received a long letter fromc;
1 t. The report was as follows :
goantc °tßev.
ashel presented a petition from the
6. The Earl of the Endowed Kettlewell. master of School at
jmuonveed afsor some returns with respect to
onu v
.t hme4r:2a4nt hti
certain property in connexion therewith. The petitioner,
" we understood, complained of he conduct of the soli-
citor to the Commissioner of Schools, in dismissing him
from his situation.
The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen and suite
embarked at Blackwell, on Saturday morning, by the
General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship
DT Switzerland.
AND
Gi
yraffo,ll-,xfoArilltorNterEtaincA,SeTnLruo uteANC
BERWICK RAILWAYS.— At the approaching half-yearly
mee,iugs of the e,mpanies it is intended to bring for-
ward a proposition for amalgamation, the original shares
of the Ner.eastle and Berwick Company becoming. when
fully paid ute, the same as York aid Newcastle, and re
oeiving equal dividends on 151. per share from the l,t
instant, en,l on the remaining 101. per share when the
bridges cross the Tyne and Tweed, and 5 per cent. be-
ingb allowed on the 10/, or such portions as may
etot
e
called up from,the tipeof payment until the co Lid
el= the briTiges. The new shares of the Newcastle_
51 already
Berwick are to be called in for registratio4,3heandanother
call of si per share made upon thepa.
paid are to receive dividends equally
Newcastle stock from the Ist instant, and the new shares
put upon an equal footing, in all
oJanuary next. The
respects, with York an.'.Newcastle stock from the Ist
meetings are expected to take piece
moutlies.RnilliX4/ Bawd' -with the York and
f
on the 9th of tut

AWFUL OCCURRENCE IN A.
. COTTON FACTORY.
I Very great excitement has been creed kel in the neigh-
bourhood of Hyde,-in cuns,quenee ot the death of a girl
named Mary Ellor, at the Kingston Mill,
belonging to
J. Sidebuthatn, Esg. The facts of the case will be best
understood from the evidence as given at the inquest on
Monday.
J. Bardsley said—l am an overlooker in the card-
room, at, Kingston iilill, Hyde, in the employ of Mr. J.
Sidebotham. The deceased Mary. Ellor, was a "breaker
off" of the engine cans in the card-room. She was is
years of age. I was not present at •the time she was
killed, but I helped to take her down 'from the shaft.
She was then quite dead. It was about seven o'clock on
Friday morning last. The (larding engine is turned by
means of a strap. passing over the pulleys fixed to an
horizontal shaft at the top of the room. There is a
loose pulley fixed to the _ carding engine ; and
when the carder or stripper wants to put the
engine out of gear, the strap is put round the loose
pulley. When the carder is grinding the engine is
turned the other way, and the strap has to be taken off
the engine entirely. When 1 first saw the deceased, she
was hanging down from the shaft, the strap being
un,ler her chin. The other part of the strap was wrapped
close round the shaft and the drum or pulley. The
strap was drawn quite tight under her chin. 1 got her
duwii by cutting the strap. The deceased had only
worked about five weeks.
L'll'lti.its
hfoere was forenoon stripper to that engine. It was his
Bottomley was the
as his duty to manage the
s.,rap. Ile was there when deceased was taken down.
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whenhap happened. ni
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caught.. He said
her
under the chin, and
Pulled her
tuop.plaTy
told me. IL was very d
the strap while the abaft was revolving.hainsywtraisckallwihthe
William Turner—I am in
inY sev
enteenth year. lam
a stripper at Mr. Sidebottiam'smill. I work at the.same
engine as William Buttomley. About seven o'clock on
Friday morning I was engaged stripping out ; that is, -
taking the cotton off the cards. Bottomley and learned
the machine that we strip with from one engine to the
other. I was setting that engine on that we had left,
and he went to stop the other. I saw him pull the strap
off the loose pulley on the carding engine, and the strap
then hung down from the shaft. Buttonaley laid hold of
the strap as it hung down with both hands, and pitched
it over the neck of the deceased. The deceased stood
between the engines, and übout, a yard from where
the strap hung down. -BottOmley said something
to her at the time he threw the strap round her
neck, and she said something in reply, but I could
near what it was. I turned round and saw them
laughing. I then turned to mind my' work. In half a
minute, or less, I looked round again, • and saw the
decele•ed going up towards the shaft with the strap fast
round her neck. Bottomley was endeavouring Wl:mil
her down. I ran towards him to help, but the shaft took
her round before I got there. He tried all he could to
get her down; he stood upon the engine, and I called to
him to get down, or he would be taken round himself.
He then let her go, and the shaft took her round until it
was out of gear. The deceased had been taken round
about five times. I stood there till she was cut down,
which was immediately afterwards. The whole only
occupied a few minutes.
The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against
William Bottomley, and he was committed for trial.—
Leeds Mercury