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

ROME.

BIRIII.—On the 6th instant, at Leasam-house, the
wife of E. B. Curteis, Esq., of a daughter.--- [The death
of Mrs. Curteis was inserted in the obituary of the
Times of the 11th inst, in error on the part of the person
who left the above advertisement at the Tunes office for
insertion].
West,. a few doors from her.
MANSLAUGHTER.—On Saturday an inquest was
held by Mr. W. Carter, at the Carterbury Ari.ns, Upper
Marsh, Lambeth, on the body, of Elizabeth Shields, aged
60. The deceased lived at INo. 11,. Upper Marsh, and
her daughter. Mary Ann
SATURDAYoh eqooon
On the 30th Ult. they were fighting together in the pas-
s-age of the house. when the
.deceased fell, striking her
head with great violence against the step of the door.
On the same afternoon, a brick was also thrown by the
daughter, which hit deceased on the back of her head
and the effect of the injuries caused her death on Thurs.:
theN Bank of
of
Thurs-
day. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter"
against Mary Ann West, and the coroner made out his
warrant for her committal.
F. lA'ovaNGanurtgYh.t—on2d,
I,,ArhDioC
forgedilE S T E R!,h e
England, purporting to be signed by A. and S. Henry
and Co., for 3,5001., and who escaped to Newfoundland,
was brought up at the Borough Court this morning. A
gentleman named Newman, from the office of Mr. Fresh-
field, solicitor to the Bank of England, attended to pro-
secute, and, at his request, the prisoner was remanded
until Wednesday next, when such evidence will be pro-
duced as will warrant a committal of the prisoner.
B
FATAL ACCIDENT AT RIDGIEWATER HOUSE.—
On Saturday, an inquest was held before Mr. Bedford,
at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Keane,
aged 43, a stone-inason, who died from injuries received
at Bridgewater 'louse, in the Green Park, the new
edifice erecting for the young Earl of Durham . Wil-
liam Box, a mason, said that on Wednesday last he was
with the deceased, assisting the stone sawyers. A large
block of stone, weighing 25 cwt., had been cut in half,
and they were slinging it by a chain to attach it to the
traveller, when it overbalanced and full towards the
deceased, jamming him against another stone. His legs
were frightfully crushed, and he was placed on a shutter
and carried to the hospital 11.
e died the next day.
Verdict, "Accidental death. This is the third fatal ac-
cident that has occurred during the erection of Bridge-
water House.
Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete, and
Colonel Somerset,
Lieutenant-Colonel Mackinnen, . are. appointed Com-
panions of the Bath for their services in the Kafir war.—
Gbserver.
DUNBAR HERRING FISHING, SEPT. 6.—This fish-
ing is now drawing to a close. For the last three days
it has been partial and light, and a good many y of the
stranger boats have left. The take during the season
has been regular and good, and remunerative to most of
the crews. It is gratifying to !idd, that there has been
no accident to property, excepting theusual loss and tear
of nets, and of this there has been less than in most sea-
sons. To-day's take has been wholly sold to the cadgers.
—Caledonian Mercury.

The Roman papers of the 31st of August announce
as a positive fact the entire evacuation of Bendeno by
the Austrian troops. On the 30th the deputy, Dr.
FARINI, and an employe of the Secretary of State,
Signor ZAMPIERI, hastily left Rome for Bologna on
a secret and special mission from the Government.
The latter city is described by a local correspondent
of the Constituzionale Romano as reduced to a state of
complete anarchy, and every one commanding, and no
one willing to obey. The majority of the inhabitants
appear adverse to this state of things, which is to be
exclusively ascribed to the factious agitation of a small
band of Republicans.
The Gazetta di BMW, :in its official part, repeats

its formal contradiction of the "malignant rumours"
(as it terms them) which are in circulation relative
to the supposed conclusion of secret conventions with
Marshal WELDEN. " The Government," concludes
the organ of the Pontifical Government, "is re-
sponsible for its actions to the deliberative councils,
and confidently accepts not only this responsibility,
but also the moral responsibility due to the sound
and genuine public opinion of Italy, because it never
has, and never will, stoop to the commission of acts
injurious to our independence or dignity, and the
honour of the Italian name."

ROMANCE OF LIFE.
A. lady of Stockport died a few months ago, leaving
a great number of legacies to relatives and friends,
and amongst them was one to a female named Smith,
a daughter of a person of that name who was, eighteen
or twenty years ago, a sergeant in the 33d Regiment.
The executors had punctually discharged all the duties
imposed upon them by the will of the deceased, ex-
cept that of paying this legacy, and they gave up that
as a matter almost too wild and impracticable to be
thought of, insomuch as it seemed so little likely they
could ever properly trace out the legatee ; for the lady
who had left the legacy had left no address of the
party, had herself never seen her, and when she did
hear of her it was eighteen years and a half ago, and
only eighteen months after the child's birth ! There
seemed to be little hope of success by applying to the
regiment, for Sergeant Smith was dead—died in the
regiment, eighteen years ago ; and it might be more
than possible that even his name might be buried in
the memories of his companions in arms, if not in
their coffins; for they had seen foreign service, and '
part of the regiment had but lately come from
Canada. The 33d Regiment of 1848, might be an-
other generation of men to that serving in 1828,
after hard foreign service in the affairs of Caubul, or
amongst the agues and fevers of Canada. But even
if remembered, what of his widow and child. Would
they have continued followers of the " tented field ?"
Nothing was more unlikely; especially when it was
recollected that Smith was degraded from his rank of
sergeant for some breach of discipline a short time
before his death, and his widow might be supposed
to have lost even sympathy with those who had
treated him, to her mind perhaps, harshly, and have
been too glad to quit and forget them. Besides,
Smith was a common name. How many James
Smiths, and even Sergeant James Smiths, might
there not have been in the service ? What more
likely than that the mother, too, should now be dead?
It seemed almost chimerical to pursue such an inves-
tigation, and so thought the executors. One of these
gentlemen, Mr. B. Wheeler, of this city, the news-
agent, a few weeks ago was with a party at Southport,
when taking up a Manchester paper, he read ofthe move-
ment of troops in various directions about the country,
in consequence of the apprehended disturbances, and
amongst other things perceived that a few companies
of the 33d Regiment had come to Manchester, and
were going to encamp on Kersall Moor. " Now or
never," thought he; there is but little probability of
success, but we ought not to lose such an opportu-
nity, at all events. So taking " the rail," he came
to Manchester, and took an early opportunity to
visit the Moor. He advanced towards the camp, but
was held at bay by the sentinel. The sentinel, he
perceived, was of the 33d, but was a young man,
however; so he inquired from him if there was an
officer with these companies who had been in the
regiment twenty years ? " Yes," said the sentinel
promptly, " that gentleman you see coming this way,
the Captain (Captain Gough) has been in the regi-
ment more than twenty years." Mr. Wheeler ad-
vanced to meet the captain, and communicated, as
briefly as possible, the object of his visit, exhibiting
at the same time two letters, the last Sergeant Smith
had written to the testatrix. " Sergeant Smith 2" re-
peated the captain, musing, " Sergeant Smith ?
Yes, I recollect him very well, and his widow is
in the regiment yet." Here was encouragement
thought Mr. Wheeler ! " But," continued the
captain, " she married again." " And could
you give me the name of her present hus-
band N. as the next inquiry. " Why," rejoined
the captain, smiling, " he's Sergeant Smith too ! But
they are not here—they are in Canada." " Well,"
said Mr. Wheeler, it is not the mother I want, but
the child—the daughter." " Oh, the daughter—well,
we have the daughter too—she's on the Moor, but
she'smarried." " And married also into the regiment,"
inquired Mr. Wheeler, "as well as the mother !"
" Married into the regiment also," rejoined the cap-
tain, lauvhing—" and she, also is married to a ser •
geant !" J The facts seemed so striking and the
coincidences so unlikely, that the inquirer might
have been excused a little incredulity had he not been
talking to one not likely to romance, and on a less
serious subject ; but so true were they, that in a
quarter of an hour from his arrival on the Moor, Mr.
Wheeler was in the presence of the legatee herself—
was next day in possession of documents from the
register of the regiment, by the courtesy of Captain
Gough, showing when Sergeant Smith enlisted, when
his daughter was born, her name, when the sergeant
died, when the widow was re-married, and regis-
trating also the marriage of the daughter, with every
other particular important to give the child a legal
title to a legacy left her by a person she could never
have known, had never heard of, and, more singular
still, whose name she had never so much as heard
mentioned, even by her mother. We have only to
add, that the executors, rejoiced at being so unex-
pectedly enabled to complete the task imposed upon
them, lost no time in fulfilling the requirements of the
law, and something more than a week ago paid over
the legacy.

AN AMERICAN EXECUTION. I
The Newhaven Herald gives an account of the
execution, in the past year, of Lucien Hall, at Mid-
dleton, Connecticut. Some of the details sound
strangely to an English ear. The number of persons
admitted within the gaol, and indulged with a view of
the hanging, did not exceed 25. Of these about a
third part consisted of the relations of Mrs. La-
vinia Bacon, whom the convict had murdered.
Her husband, her brother-in-law, her two sons,
and her four brothers were of the number. The mur-
derer was dressed in a long white robe and a white
cap. When the sheriff asked him if he had anything
to say, he replied, " I have a good deal to say, but do
not feel as if I could say it." Seating himself as he
spoke, he groaned aloud, but shed no tears. He then
:ailed for some water with camphor in it, which was
orought him. He looked round him rather sulkily,
and said, " I think it strange that any one should
want to see a man in this situation." After a short
pause he continued, " I don't feel as if I could
die, after all." Here he raised the knot of the
rope, and laid it against his left ear. He then
said, " I suppose there is no getting away
from this at any rate ;" and he looked
over to the front to see how far it was to the
ground. It was now about ten minutes before two.
The sheriff told him he would give him whatever time
he wanted before the rope was cut. He replied that
he would like to have 15 minutes, and requested that
he might be to five minutes before the time expired.