The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-01 00:00:00

THE ARCHIMEDES.

A NEW STAVE TO AN OLD TUNE-" THE ARETHUSA."
By our P. D.—( Glasgow Courier.)
Corr e all ye lovers of science true,
I'll tip you a stave 'bout something new,
The propelling of Steamers by means of " THE SCREW,"
Invented by OLD ARCHIMEDES.
We're new got a Ship, though strange it may seem,
Without raddle.wheck—yet worked by stcam—
Which Es through the water—though one cannot dream
What it is drives this Archimedes.

It was in June—on the sxteenth day--
A rakish craft in the Clyde there lay,
Getting :team up to get under weigh ;
'Twas the ship called the Archimedes.
At twelve, by the c'och, or thereabout,
We fired 'ur guns, and the crowds gave a shout,
And wished us good sdeed—so we turned screto about,
And away sped the Archimedes.
-Away she started in tirst-rate style,
Taking very few minutes to screw each mile,
While the people on hoard wondered all the while,
What it was drove the Archimedes.

For she screwed through the water slick as an eel,
And anmsered, like magic, the man at the wheel;
'►.pile all goes so sm)oth, quite at home you may feel
In a ship like the Archimedes,
The lockers with all sorts of good things were stored
For the comfort of those who had come on board,
And admired so this plan by which they were bored
Through the water in the Archimedes.
There was MR. SstrrH, who invented the plan,
(Universally allowed a most glorious one),
A kind, and obliging, and clever young man—
So success to his Archimedes I
And CAPTAIN CHAPPELL, too, of " Our Old Wooden
Walls,"
An out-and-out sailor, who has seen many squalls,
And Iroposes, in future, to quell all sea brawls
By sbipa like the Archimedes.

To the craft then a bumper !—though in all points of view
She's a rakish looking jade—and here's to the crew ;
And WO hope soon to see all our Steamers with a Screw—
Like the one in the Archimedes.

DEATHS IN PRISON, AND CHARGE OF IN-
HUMANITY AGAINST A POLICEMAN.—Tuesday afternoon an
inquest was held in the Westminster Ilridewell, on the body of
Francis Cherry, aged 35, a remanded prisoner. Deceased was
received into prison on the 19th June, remanded to the 22d, on
a charge of having embezzled 71. From the time of his admis-
-8;on he was very ill and weak, and was placed in the prison in-
firmary, and was able to appear before the Magistrates on the
22(1, who remanded him again until the 26th. On that day he
was not able to appear, and died of disease of the heart on Mon-
day morning. The Jury were about to return their verdict,
when deceased's brother-in-law, Mr. Sexton, a licensed vic-
tmller of Stanmore, entered the room, and being sworn, said
that deceased came to his house very ill and debilitated on the
12th June, in which state he continued until the evening of
the L3!h, when a London policeman eame and apprehended him
in bed, and though his state of health was pointed out to the
c,,tistable, the latter handcuffed him, and conveyed him in an
Open cart. Verdict—" Natural death, accelerated by the mis-
conduct of the policeman in removing deceased whilst in a
dangerous state of health." A second toques: was held in the
same prison on a women, named Coleman, sentenced to tsso
months' imprisonment for vagrancy, but it being proved that
she died of disease, and had received proper medical and other
treatment whilst in prison, the verdict was " Natural death."
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—On the forenoon
of Friday last, the Uith instant, as Master George Tirarnam,
son of Mr. Thurnam, of Carlisle, was passing with a friend
through the village of Springfield,near G. etna Green, a swarm
of bees alighte: on his head, and remained there for more than
half an hour. As may naturally be supposed the youth was
greatly alarmed, and, but for the timely exertions of the vil-
lagers, who told him to remain stationary and quiet, the event
m 1 ht have proved fatal. After considerable suspense—mean-
while crawling over his face and neck—the hive was safely dis-
lodged by certain charms used on such occasions. Master T.
was severely stung under the left eye, but we ale happy to state
received no further injury. It will be recollected that some
years ego a similar occurrence happened to the late Mr. Atkin-
,on, of Kendal, but he, unfortunately, indurcd so much f,om
the. sting of the insects, that he died in a few dais thereafter.
ftCarliale Patriot. "