The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-02 00:00:00

LONGEVITY OF THE DONKEY.—A donkey belonging
`0 Mr. Gandey, 68, Upper Bedford- street, Brighton, died on

Monday last, at the idVanced age of a hundred years!

was a great favourite with its master, and was well provided
for up to the time of death.
PRESENT FROM THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO
HIS
ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.—We stated
some time since that the King of Prussia had ordered a
shield to be manufactured, as a present to his godson, his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. We learn from Berlin
that this superb cadcau is now finished and exhibited to the
public in one of the royal museums at Berlin, previous to its
being forwarded to England. The shield is of silver, and
covered with bas reliefs, from models by the renowned
Fischer. In the centre is the Saviour's head in gold, resting
on a cross, around which are four small figures representing
Faith, Charity, Hope, and Justice. The other part is
divided in compartments inlaid with precious stones, each
containing subjects from the Old and New Testament. This
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Eduardo Priucipi Wallin; in Memoriam Diei Capt. XXV.,
M. Jan. A. MDCCCXLII."
ORANGE MANUFACTORIES.--At an inquest held on
Saturday in St. Giles's, Mr. Wakley told the jury that he
had discovered a manufactory of oranges, at which bad
oranges could be made into apparently good ones. The
process pursued was the submitting of unripe and inferior
oranges to the action of steam, or par-boiling them. This
made them swell, filled out their rinds, and made them thin,
the usual external sign that the fruit was good. To give them
the last polish, and heighten their outward attraction, they
were rubbed with a greasy piece of flannel, or with something
more objectionable.
Pooa MAN'S GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—In conse-
quence of the alarming amount of suffering created among
the labouring classes from the present high prices of provi-
sion, and the fact of many thousands being thrown out of
employment in the metropolis, the committee
more
l • e t
suppliedu
two
bread and soup to the poor, daily, to
pliuubniler.ed persons. They need the benevolent aid of the

EXTENSION OF THE SEWERAGE OF THE METRO-
POl-13.—Friday afternoon a Court of Sewers for the limits of
the Holborn and Finsbury division was held at the (tics
of the commissioners, at which it was resolved to construct
the following new sewers :—ln John-street and Rodney-
street, Pentonville, 980 feet long ; in Penton-street, &c.,
1,020 feet long; in Castle-street, Finsbury, 230 feet long;
in Compton-Street, Clerkenwell, 790 feet long ; in Turn-
mill-street, Clerkenwell, 230 feet long ; and an outlet
sower at the north end the Liverpool-road, and in Henry-
street, Hampstead-road, a length of 1,400 feet. The Court
then took into consideration, and agreed to the propriety
of a further extension of the sewer towards Holloway,
commenced at the termination of the City sewer in 1839,
and which had been carried beyond Ball's pond. It was
now prvosed to form a tunnel sewer to Holloway, 6,100
feet long, which would cost 7;930/.; and a branch one from
it 2,500 feet in length, at a cost of 3,000/.
Mr,
from R °we':
m (the surveyor) annual report was read,subsequtly
which it appeared that 35,038 feet of sewers had been formed
last year ; and that above 100 miles had been practically
flushed.