The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

reitera'ed cheers. The healths of Mr. T. Gisborne, of
the Hon. Mr. L, Gower; of Mr. Moffatt, the Members
for the borough, and of several other gentlemen present,
were then drunk, and responded to in an appropriate
manner; after which Mr. Struts proposed the health of
the Mayor, which was drunk with all due honour, and
for which that gentleman returned thanks, and the com-
pany separated shortly afterwards.
From the Equador we learn that some partisans
of General Flores had attempted an invasion from New
Granada, but had been entirely dispersed. It was be•
lieved that this would prove a last effort in favour of
Flores, and that the actual Government may be consi-
dered free from all further danger.
The advices from the West Indies generally state
that the weather was favourable for the progress of the
crops, which in most of the islands promised abundance.
The Jamaica papers allude to rains having fallen in
Kingston, Montego Bay, and Falmouth. In the latter
district malaria was prevalent, and had occasioned much
sickness. From Barbadoes and Trinidad there is little
news of interest.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.—According to the notifi-
cation published on the date of the 24th of October,
1848, the Minister of Foreign Affairs informs shippers
and traders that a floating light on the Passe des Wie-
lingen, near the Paarde-Markt, will be lighted every
night from sunset to daybreak, dating from the sth of
Nov.---( Signed) C. D'HOFFSCHMIDT.—BrusseIs, Oct.
30, 1848.
CAUTION TO NAPHTHA BURNERS. Yesterday
evening a very dangerous accident occurred to Mrs.
Price, No. 19, Lisson• street, Paddington. Mrs. Price,
who was filling a lamp with naphtha with one hand,
and holding a candle in the other, poured the naptha in
till it overflowed, and ran on to her dress, when the
candle coming in contact with it, she was suddenly en-
veloped in flames, and flew into the street, still holding
the lamp. A boy, who was passing, ran against her,
and upsetting the lamp the violence of the flame was
increased ; and but for the timely assistance of Mr.
Hodges and another man, who rolled her over upon
the pavement, and used the promptest efforts to extin•
guish the flames, she must inevitably have been burnt
to death.
GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—A meeting of the
members of this association was held yesterday, at the
Lyceum. Mr. Worrell in the chair. From the last
annual report it appeared that the funded capital of the
institution exceeded 4,000 L, and that the members had
been enabled to make an addition of 51. per annum to
each of the annuitants of 251., elected in 1846. Her
Majesty had become an annual subscriber of 100 guineas.
Among other patrons of the drama, who are warm sup-
porters of the fund (which admits members of the pro-
fession not eligible for the funds of Covent• garden or
Drury-lane Theatres), may be mentioned the Duke of
Devonshire, the Earls Fitzhardinge and Ellesmere, Sir
Bellingham Graham, Ban., Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton,
Bart., Hon. T. Hope, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Benjamin
Bond Cabbell, Charles Dickens, Douglas Jerrold, and
John Foster, Esqrs.; while amongst its most zealous
advocates in the profession, and who are also large con-
tributors, are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, Mr. Macready,
Mr. B. Webster, Mr. W. Farren, Miss Helen Faucit,
Mr. W. 11. W. Betty, Mr. T. P. Cooke, and Mr. Buck-
stone, the honorary treasurer of the fund. The cus-
tomary routine of business having been transacted,
thanks were voted to the secretary.
CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS.—A meeting of the
British Anti-State-Church Association was held last
evening, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington; Mr. Pear-
son, M.P., in the chair. The Rev. Mr. Townsend moved
the first resolution, declaring that the existence of a
State Church is injurious to the best interests of Chris-
tianity, and incompatible with the full enjoyment of re-
ligious liberty. This was agreed to by the meeting,
though not with that " unanimity" of which some of the
speakers boasted, for it is due to truth to say that more
than half the persons present did not vote at all. The
second resolution, moved by the Rev. Mr. Green, pledged
the meeting to offer their most determined opposition to
the scheme for the endowment of the Roman Catholic
clergy of Ireland, which, it is supposed, will be brought
forward in the next session of Parliament. A Mr. Jones
explained the plan of agitation against the Established
Church which the association has determined upon, by,
sending a corps of lecturers to various quarters to in-
stitute a provincial agitation during the ensuing winter.
Messrs. Scoble, Miall, and other supporters of the dis-
senting interest, were present. The staple of the speeches
consisted of unmeasured denunciation of all Established
Churches; and it was broadly hinted, that though the
fate of the Church Establishment might drag down with
it " other institutions" into a common ruin, this would be
anything but a regretable consequence.
THE BLIND RECEIVING SIGHT.—A man whom a
surgeon has cured of cataract returned public thanks to
God on Sunday week, in St. Peter's Church, Preston,
for the restore Lion of his eyesight, after he had been
blind during thirteen years!—Manchester Courier.
ANOTHER MONSTER OF THE DEEP I—The brig
Deux Adrien, commanded by Captain Bara, has just
arrived at Havre •, the captain says that on the 27th
ult., being in 47 deg. 45 min. west longitude, he saw
something on his larboard bow very like a whale. He
bore up for it, and on approaching it thought that it
was a large ship, bottom upwards ; but on coming
alongside he discovered it to be a gigantic turtle or
tortoise, armed with enormous sharp blades, which
glittered in the air, and served for the defence of the
creature, like the quills upon the fretful porcupine.; The
shell was black, and from out thereof the unruly reptile
poked his enormous head, which Captain Barn describes
as being the most terrific sight that he ever beheld.
THE PENINSULAR MEDALS.—It is now distinctly
understood that the authorities at the Mint will,
after the great delay which has taken place, issue, in
the course of next month, the medals for distribution
to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates,
engaged in the actions in the Peninsula during the period
from 1806 to 1814.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SHEERNESS.—On Monday
night, about seven o'clock, as a warrant officer belonging
to the Conquestador, 50-gun frigate in ordinary, named
Nicholls, was going off from the pier in his boat, she
ran aground, when he got out to shove her off, and by
some means not accounted for lost his hold and his foot-
ing, and was drowned. Drags were used, and every
means resorted to to recover the body,,but without
effect. The unfortunate officer had a boy with him in
the boat at the time, but as the latter was carried away
in it by the tide, he could neither render assistance to,
nor explain how his superior was drowned. The de-
ceased has left a wife and five children.
For the first time for nearly a fortnight private
mercantile advices have been received from Vienna.
They reach to the 2d instant, and give some details of
the events immediately connected with the surrender of
the city. It appears that on the 30th of October the most
violent disunion manifested itself between the citizens
and the students and workmen, which ended in a deter-
mination on the part of the citizens to submit, but this
was stopped by news of the approach of 18,000 Hunga-
rians. Of that number, however, only 900 were regular
troops, and these having at once deserted to the Imperial
Generals, the rout of the remainder became complete,
and vast numbers were driven into the Danube. All
further contest against the wishes of the moderate party
in Vienna then ceased, and arms were instantly given up
in every quarter. Taking all things into consideration,
it is said the sacrifice of life and property has been very
slight. Large bodies of troops are now preparing to
move towards Hungary, the understanding being that
that country is to be treated as a conquered province,
and unconditionally incorporated with the hereditary
Duchy or Austria Proper—a step which would modify
in a considerable degree the relations of Austria with the
Central Government at Frankfort. Of course in these
letters nothing is yet said about business, but its speedy
and safe resumption seems confidently to be anticipated.
—Times.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Woorwicn, Nov.
thin Lowe's company, 7th battalion, were medically in-
spected at nine o'clock this morning at the Ordnance
Hospital previous to their embarkation on Monday o r
Tuesday next for a passage to the Mauritius. Captain
Low's company is not to relieve a company at that
foreign station, but to augment the strength of the
Royal Artillery there to the extent of one additional
company. Captain Poole's company, 2d battalion, which
recently joined head-quarters here from Canada, has been
placed under orders to proceed to Hull, and will leave
Woolwich for their destination on Friday next. There
are only two non-commissioned officers and 29 gunners
at present at Hull, principally old soldiers, but it is in-
tended to have a company stationed at that place in
future. Three of the newly formed companies are to
proceed in a few days to Chatham to relieve the three
companies at Chatham, who were principally recruits
when sent there, but have now completed their marching
carbine and gun drill, and return to Woolwich to go
through a course of repository exercises. One non-
commissioned officer and eight gunners left Woolwich on
Monday for Dover to fill up the companies at that sta-
tion. oyal Sappers and Miners.—Four non-commis-
sioned officers and 70 privates (recruits) left Woolwich
this morning for Chatham, to be instructed in raising
field works, constructing fortifications, and mining ope-
rations.

DEATH OF A VETERAN OFFICBR.—Major E. Mac-
ready, an old Waterloo officer, died very suddenly at his
residence, near Bristol, on Saturday last. He had been
connected with the army for upwards of thirty-five
years. He served in the campaign of 1814 in Holland
with the 30th, and was engaged at Fort Frederic Hen-
drick, on the 21st of March. His next services were in
the campaign of 1815, throughout the whole of which
he was engaged, sharing in the dangers of Quatre Bras,
Ligny, and Waterloo. The deceased officer, at the con-
clusion of the Continental campaign, proceeded to the
East Indies, and there saw some rough service. He took
part in the siege of Asserghur, in March and April,
1819, and was shortly afterwards placed on the half-pay
list, with the rank of Major.
ALDERMAN :OF DOWGATE WARD.—We are sorry
to learn that J. Johnson, Esq., the alderman of this
ward, is so seriously indisposed that his friends no not
anticipate his recovery.
BATTv's Cincus.—That the performances of Mr.
Batty's equestrian corps continue to gain on the public
is exemplified by the increasingly numerous audiences
that nightly assemble within the Panorama on the Mound.
This is not at all surprising, when we consider that the
company is numerous, talented, and well disciplined; the
horses highly-trained and beautiful; and the scenes of
the circle so judiciously diversified as to impart an air of
novelty to each succeeding evening's entertainment.
Encouraged by the applause which has been so lavishly
bestowed on the daring yet graceful achievements of
the female equestrians of the company, Mr. Batty has
announced a fete which is to be conducted entirely by
female artistes.—Scotsman.

CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT TO THE GREAT BRITAIN
STEAM Smr.—Captain Hosken endured all the disas-
trous consequences of the imputed culpable navigation
of the Great Britain rather than injure the property of
his employers by disclosing the true cause of the catas-
trophe—the derangement of the compasses through the
material of the vessel—a cause said to be fully recognised
by certain authorities.—Liverpool Albion.