The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.)

James Levy, a Jew, was charged with illegally mitain-
ing possession of a watch the property of a Mrs. Chapman.
It appeared that the complainant being in want of a
key for her watch, applied to the prisoner, who was a
jeweller, for one. He said he could not get one to fit
the watch unless she left it with him for the purpose.
She accordingly handed over the watch to make the key
from, and it was to be returned at a specified time. The
prisoner, however, never returned the watch.
In defence the prisoner admitted he had pledged the
watch and sold the ticket. He was therefore adjudged
to pay 51. ss. the value of the watch, besides a fine of
21., and in default of payment he was committed to the
House of Correction for three months.

PREVENTION OF MARKS FROM SMALL POK.—It
appears that the most effectual means is the exclusion of
light. Experiments made at New Orleans seem to afford
very satisfactory evidence on this point. During the
eruptive and ripening stages of the disease, a certain
number of patients were confined in a dark ward of the
hospital, and not a pit or sear, or other deformity of the
skin was left, though some of them had the disease most
violently in its worst or confluent form. These experi-
ments were first performed by Dr. Picton (a relative of
Sir T. Picton, of Waterloo celebrity), a graduate of the
University -of Pennsylvania. Notices of their confirma-
tion have lately appeared in several of the European
medical journals.
THE LATE INUNDATION IN FRANCE..—NO fewer
than 1,500 casks of wine have been picked up along the
banks of the Saone, and which were carried away by
the late inundation.

A WAGGON OVERTURNED.—Yesterday afternoon,
shortly before four o'clock, whilst a large waggon, be-
longing to Measrs. Gilbert, Plater, and Co., carriers,
heavily laden with merchandise of various descriptions,
was passing along Newgate-street, it was suddenly
upset ; and in its fall, right across the foot pavement,
dashed a portion of the goods against the house No. 3S,
which is at present unoccupied. It is a fortunate cir-
cumstance that no injury occurred to any of the passers-
by. The accident was caused by one of the wheels of
he waggon coming cff.

CIIIitGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A RESPECTABLE
FEMALE.—On Friday a very respectably-dressed female,
named Lydia Tyson, the wife of Mr. John Tyson, the
proprietor of an extensive shoe shop in Tithebarre street,
Liverpool, was brought before Ur. Rushton- on a charge
of bigamy. The prisoner wore her black veil so much
over her face, that it was with difficulty a glimpse of her
features could be gained. She seemed to be about 40
years of age, and remarkably well-looking. Mr. James
Tyson deposed that he was a bookbinder, and that the
prisoner was his sister-in-law. He was present when
she was married to his brother, John, on the 30th of
October, 1827, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, by the
Rev. Mr. Swainson. Witness signed the register of the
marriage, so also did his sister, Mary, who was present
at the ceremony. The prisoner continued to live with
his brother until within the last four or five years, when
they separated. His brother had a house in Bootle, and
he still had a shop in Liverpool. In cross-examination,
the witness stated that the prisoner had not had a family
to keep. J. Simpson, clerk at St. Martin's Church,
stated that he had not known the prisoner prior to the
morning of the 10th instant, when she called at the
church and was married to a person of the name of
Thomas Holmes, by the Rev. Mr. Harper, the curate.
She stated herself to be a widow, and gave her maiden
name, Lydia Martin. Witness produced a copy of the
second marriage certificate.—Constable Lloyd proved the
apprehension of the prisoner,- at her residence, in Rich-
mond-row. Holmes, the second husband, took to his
heels, when the officer entered. The prisoner, who de:
dined to say a word in her defence, was committed for
trial.—Liverpool Chronicle. •
FIRE IN HIGH-STREET, BOROUGH.—The premises
of Messrs. Harrington and Lucas, tea dealers, No. 113,
High-street, Borough, had a narrow escape of being,
yesterday morning, destroyed by fire. It appears that
owing to a defect in the kitchen flue, one or two of the
heavy girders and the flooring at the back part"of the
ceiling of the shop became fired, and the flames were
rapidly extending themselves when the discovery was
made. The engines quickly attended, and the firemen,
with the aid of buckets of water, and by cutting away the
woodwork, succeeded in extinguishing the flames.
SUDDEN DEATH DURING A HEARTY LAUGH.—
Yesterday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the
Bricklayers Arms, Gloucester-street, Mile-end New
Town, oa the body of Elizabeth Walker, aged 40, a
married woman, who resided in Nottingham-place. The
deceased, on Saturday afternoon, was in the company of
a few friends, when she gave way to a hearty laugh. In
a minute after a quantity of blood gushed from her
mouth. Mr. Lane, a surgeon of the neighbourhood was
s,,eputiefdorb,ybtubteovnishitiastiaornriovfalGliofde!
Tas extinct. Verdict--
FOREIGN CATTLE.—.....he'steam-ship Sirius, which
Dutch port, Nieu Diepe,
from the same place,
a cargo of cattle, has made a secondl
was mentioned as having mtcatdieicaufriirtsisthvoinyeatgraepcfrlioam,
with
complement of horned
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this country. This -ac
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remark.
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has been plc ofaced
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on the Hamburgh station, has brought, in addition to
general cargo of butter, vegetables, grain, seed, horse-
radish, pork, &c., the largest quantity of live cattle, and
also of fresh meat, which has been brought by the steam-
ships to the port. of London from the Hanseatic port
mentioned, having 30 baskets and one barrel of fresh
beef, and 12 baskets of other descriptions of meat, in a
fresh state, and 84 oxen. The importation of oxen from
Hamburgh has generally comprised from 25 to 50 bead
of cattle at the most; the present is, therefore, a large
proportionate increase upon the average number: sup-
plied, the mention of which, in an especial manner, can-
not fail to be of interest, as it is undoubtedly of im-
portance to the general public, as well as to those more
immediately concerned in such matters.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—OH Thursday, the sth
instant, as Mr. George Thompson, of Barton-le-street,
near New Melton, farmer, was ploughing in Barton Open
Field, one of the horses suddenly slipped with its hind
legs into:a chasm, made by the earth suddenly giving way.
Thompson, on seeing his horse in such a situation, was
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where the opening was made, and that he had gone
sveral yards one way, until he came to a turn, but that
the other way was made up at some short distance froni
the entrance. This passage is stated to be upwards of
four feet in diameter. It appears that the same spot had
been gone over by the plough for a great number of years
without the earth giving way.—Yorkshire Gazette.
His Excellency Chevalier Bunsen left the Prussian
Legation yesterday for Trentham Park, to visit the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland, who are surrounded- by -a
small circle of visitors.