The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-10 00:00:00

FOG IN THE HUMBER.

The foggy weather of Tuesday, says a despatch from
Hull, led to several disasters on the Humber. The Nor-
wegian barque Ulsted, which left the Albert Dock in the
morning, returned in the evening, having been run into
off Grimsby. It appears she had anchored in the Grimsby
Roads, and whilst there a steamer ran into her amid-lips
on the starboard side. She was considerably shattered.
and the force of the collision broke her from her moorings.
Before she could be brought up she drifted foul of the
smacks Ellen and Ann and Precursor, of Hull, causing
one to lose her bowsprit, and smashing the quarter of the
other. The Emily s.s., from London for Goole, during
the forenoon ran into a light keel in the Hull Roads. The
keel had to run into the harbour to prevent her sinking.
The Deva, steamer, of Goole, is reported by the master of
a tug to be ashore between that place and Hull. A brig,
supposed to be in ballast and outward bound, was also
noticed hinh up on the bank near Goxhill, immediately
opposite Hull.

There wore 1,343 deaths registered in London las,

week, which waS 126 less than the estimated number.
There were 23 deaths from small-pox, 27 from measles,
174 from scarlet fever, 10 from typhus, 20 from enteric (or
typhoid) fever, 1 from relapsing fever, 14 from . simple
continued fever, and 16
.from diarrhoea. From " simple
cholera" or choleraic diarrhoea 2 deaths were registered.
Five fatal accidents caused by horses or vehicles in the
streets were returned. The mean temperature during
the week was 44.1, or 2.1 below the average of fifty
years.

Ax IMPORTANT IRISH LAW CASE.—A question of some
nicety, in which Cardinal Cullen and the Commissioners
of Charitable Donations and Bequests were concerned,
came before the Master of the Rolls in Ireland for judg-
ment. A Mrs. O'Connor, who died recently, demised
certain lands in the county of Meath by will,
in trust, to the Archbishop of Dublin and his
successors, for the support and maintenance of Roman
Catholic'churches. On the 15th of February, 1869, she made
a codicil, by which she left her trinkets and a legacy of
£lOO to another. At her death she was seized of 30 acres
of other lands besides those mentioned in the will, but
which were included in the lease of lives, renewable for
ever, under which she held altogether 237 acres, at a rent
of £220 Irish. The Commissioners of Charitable Dona-
' tions and Bequests declined to accept any trust, or to act
in the matter, and submitted the construction of the will
to the Court. The heir-at-law contended that the 30 acres
could not be held to be included in the will ; that
the codicil and will should be read together ; and if so,
that, the codicil having been executed within three
itionths of her death, the trusts which were for Roman
Catholic purposes were void, and he was entitled to the
whole lands or undisposed of realty. The Master of the
Rolls ruled that the trusts did not vest in the Commis-
sioners, but in the plaintiff, and that the thirty acres did
not pass under the will, but came by descent to the heir-
at-law ; and, as it was necessary to raise the question, he
gave all the parties their costs out of the estate.

A BOON FOR LADIES.—Highly as sewing machines are
prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they
make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that
for a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques-
tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To
ba not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to
the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a
thing is unendurable Well, an inventor has come to their
rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE; and as it comprises
all the appliances send devices for varied work with which all the
best sowing machines are provided, and several in addition, and
exorcises them all so NOIRMLBSBLY that the ladies may gossip
oven in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we
expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or
heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEITSE," the Silent
Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s,
215 A, REGENT-STREET., LONDON, W.), will quietly take their
place, as the universal domestic helper.—(t investment Circular
and Financial Record," September 7,167 Q,