The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-26 00:00:00

DOINGS IN BRISTOL.

In order to advance the restoration of the beautiful
church of St. Mary Redeliffe, Bristol, some of the
snore earnest minds in that city have associated them-
selves under the title of the "Canynge Society," and
held their first meeting on the 3d instant. An annual
dinner, whereat the amount subscribed during the
year is to be declared, and a portion of the building
selected for restoration, forms part of the plan. A
subscription of not less than 21s. annually constitutes
a member. Mr. J. K. Haberfield, whose name has
been long associated with good works in Bristol, is
th..first president ; and the mayor, the vicar of the
parish, the chamberlain, and various members of the
corporation are on the committee. The idea is due
to Mr. Thomas Proctor, who has devoted himself for
some years past to obtain the restoration of the church
in question, which, as the address of the Canynge
Society truly sets forth, " is one of the most beautiful
examples remaining of mediaeval art, and a store house
of associations, both literary and historical." The
new society can scarcely fail to advance this object
materially, but it seems to us quite extraordinary
that such a step should be necessary in a city like
Bristol, full of wealthy men. The Exchange, one of
the best works. of John Wood, of Bath is to be re-
stored. We mentioned some time ago, that parties
contemplated a renewal of the paint with which the
stone walls of the quadrangle are covered. Some
members of the town council, opposed to such a
proceeding, called in Mr. Godwin, the architect, for an
opinion, who advised that the walls should be fresh
faced with the tool, and in making his report, alluded
to the beauty of the building, and its miserable state
of decay. This :appears to have had some effect, for
tenders have just now been sent in for restoring,
stone by stone, a considerable portion of the building,
under the town surveyor. The Exchange affords a
sad instance of the insubstantial nature of Bath stone.
Although but one hundred years old: (it was com-
menced in 1740, and opened September 21st, 1743),
it is going literary all to pieces. It is to be hoped
that some other stone will be used in the restoration.

MELANcnour ACCIDENT.—On Saturday evening
last, the 15th instant, an inquest was held at the Foun-
tain Inn, Falmouth, kept by Mrs. Beals, before William
Geun, Esq., coroner for the borough, on the body of a
poor woman by the name of Treleaven, a fruit seller, a
native of Penryn. It appears Treleaven and two other
women were sitting in the streets, nearly opposite the
above inn, with their baskets of apples, when a strange
man, apparently a sailor, who was paEsing, was accosted
by Treleaven, and a,ked if he wanted apples. A bar-
gain was struck for what she had in her ~basket—she
was desired to follow him into the inn, which she did,
and was followed by her two female companions. Soon
after entering the room a half pint of shrub was ordered,
which was followed by a second half-pint. The man, in
searching his pockets for money to pay for what had
been furnished, took out a brace of loaded pocket-pistols,
which he placed on the table without saying they were
charged. The wt n3an Treleaven took up one of them in
her hand, observing to the man and to her female com-
panions, that it was a pretty plaything for her children,
and she should like it. The man observed that he could
not part with them, he had bought them for his own
children. At this moment the pistol held in Treleaven
hand exploded. The ball it contained passed through
'her cheek, taking a direction through the roof of the
mouth, and lodged in the skull. She at once fell a
lifeless corpse without a struo•glo. The poor woman
has left a husband and four small children to lament
their leea.

IRELAND.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

DUBLIN, JAN. 24.—Two farmers, named John
Sullivan and Michael Connors, were stopped last week
by three men armed with guns and pistols, in the
barony of Cothmore, in the county of Waterford, and
who demanded money. On being refused, one of
the party fired at and slightly wounded Sullivan. A
reward of 601. has been offered for the arrest of the
villains.