The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-27 00:00:00

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VENICE.

A letter from Venice says, that a few days ago a
poor old fruit woman, near the Rialto, enraged at a
Croat who took her fruit without payment, loudly
cursed the Austrians. She was immediately publicly
flogged in the Piazza St. Marco. She was covered
with blood when the execution was over, and cursed
the Austrians again. The punishment was repeated,
but this time sh• cursed not, for she was dead.

IRELAND.
(FROM OUR COURESPONDIINT.)
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY' EVENING.—This is gene-
rally made a haliday also, and all kinds of sports
have taken place in the suburban districts. On the
North Bull there have been donkey races, &c., under
the auspices of an enterprising omnibus proprietor,
named Wilson, who, having introduced the London
omnibus here, is now at least driving a thriving
business. The day has been fine, but cold, and the
crowds of holiday folk in the streets more than
usually large.
The late civic riot is still the topic of much con-
versation. Never was there a discomfiture so signal
as that of Mr. Reynolds, in his motion concerning
the town clerk, and he cannot be an object of sym-
pathy, seeing that he abandoned the portion of his
motion referring to the reduction, whilst be persisted
in that which involved the town clerk's "attend-
ance at his desk from ten till five o'clock,"
thus giving room to the imputation that
he was influenced by personal spite, and not
by public principle. The worst feeling exists
bltween the Lord Mayor elect and the rest of
the Corporation. The Town Council have intimated
that they will take no part in the "Lord Mayor's
show" on New Year's Day; and, in return, his
Lordship, it is fully expected, will not give the usual
dinner, for which no invitations have as yet been
issued.

The disposal of the great government contract for
printing, which had been watched with so much in-
terest, has at length been decided. It has
been taken from Mr. Alexander Thom, and
given to Messrs. Grierson, "her Majesty's printers"
for Ireland, who enter on the contract for
five years in March next. Doubtless the work will
now be divided amongst the chief Dublin houses. But
what gives to this matter a more general interest is
the fact that Mr. Thom has been for years in open
warfare with the body of journeymen printers in this
sity, who are also, I understand, leagued in union
with the compositors of England and Scotland. Mr.
Thom was accustomed to prefer any printer to an
Irish one, but would give nu employment to any one
connected with what is called the " regular body,"
whose rules he had infringed to the extent of having
upwards of eighty apprentices.
In the reports of the Irish Academy, just issued,
there are mentioned two most interesting discoveries
—the first, a curious manuscript, called the " Dinn-
seanchus," an authentic narrative of the wars of the
Danes in Ireland ; the second, " Cormac's Glossary,"
written nearly a thousand years ago by Cormac
M'Cuillenan, King of Munster, and Archbishop of
Cashel, a man distinguished as the most learned
scholar of his time, and there is reason to believe it
was intended by him to be a glossary to the im-
portant historical collections called "The Psalter of
Cashel," compiled by his orders. Throughout
the work are scattered words in the Hebrew,
Latin, Greek, Anglo-Saxon, Welsh, Pictish,
and Icelandic languages. It is in process
of translation by Drs. Graves and Todd,
aided by Messrs. O'Donovan and Curry—the four
best Celtic scholars living. The other work it is
also intended to translate and print as soon as the
funds of the academy will permit. It is looked upon
as one of the most important original authorities on
Irish history that has recently been rescued from
oblivion. lts publication would be a boon to the
literature of Europe ; for great obscurity still hangs
over the history of the maritime expeditions of the
ancient Norsemen ; and a local narrative of undoubted
antiquity, such as this curious work most certainly is,
would be hailed with interest by all nations interested
in the history of that extraordinary people.
The courts being all closed, and little or no public
business transacted, there is not a particle of local

news.
The Incumbered Estates Commission will not sit
again till the Bth of January, on which day they will
sit in Chamber, and on the following day in full
Court. In future they will sit in Chamber every
Tuesday and Friday.
RE-Drams OF THE MUNICIPAL WARDS.—The
proclamation confirming the re-division of the wards
by the commissioners appointed under the 12th and
13th Victoria, appeared in the Dublin Gazette of last
night. The altered names of the wards are—
No. 1. South Dock Ward-2. Trinity Ward-
-3 South City Ward-4. Royal Exchange Ward-5.
Mansion-house Ward-6. Fitzwilliam Ward-7.
Wood•quay Ward-8. Merchants'. quay Ward-9.
Usher's-quay Ward-10. Arran-quay Ward-11.
lams-quay Ward-12. North City Ward-13. Ro-
tundo Ward-14. Mountjoy Ward-15. North Dock
Ward.
THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 96k; ditto
for opening, 961; Three-and-a Quarter per Cent.
Stock, 96f 11-; Bank Stock, opening, 199 • Great
Southern and Western Railway, 30; Wicklow
Copper Mine, 91; Midland Great Western, 231.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 1549.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseasos ... *197
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ~. 36
Tubercular Diseases ... ••• 156
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 131
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 39
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ..• ••• ••• ••• ... 227
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .•
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations...
Premature Birth ••• •••
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ...

... 50

... 10
... 4

... 25
... 33
... 45