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

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A CHRISTMAS-BOX —A poor man with a wife and
large family, residing in the vicinity of Woodford, re-
ceived a letter on the morning of Christmas-dav, in-
forming him that a distant relative had bequeathed him
2,000/. _ _ .

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—Her Majesty's ship
Plover, which, as we have before stated, is intended to
go to the relief of Sir John Franklin and his brave com-
panions, has completed all the necessary preparations,
and will sail this day (Saturday) as was originally pro-
posed, from Sheerness. She has been admirably pre•
pared in every respect for this service, through the zeal
and energy of the dockyard authorities of that place.
She will touch at Plymouth on her way down Channel,
and we give this final notice to those who may have
friends in Sir Johi Franklin's expedition, to whom they
may wish to have letters conveyed, that they must send
them under cover to Lieutenant More, of her Majesty's
ship Plover, Plymouth, so as to get there before Satur-
day next.—Literary Gazette of this day.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN.-A
female, named Ann Matthews, about twenty years of
age, expired yesterday, in the London Hospital, from
the effects of injuries she received under the following
circumstances:—lt appears that, on Christmas eve, Mr.
Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire Es-
tablishment, whilst passing along Leadenhall-street, had
his attention directed to the shop of Mr. Alexander,
No. 101, by perceiving an unusual glare of light therein.
Having crossed the road, he perceived the unfortunate
deceased in the place, with her clothing on fire, and the
flames mounting over her head. He rushed into the
building, and, with a great deal of trouble, succeeded in
extinguishing the fire, but not before the poor creature
was frightfully burned over the whole of her person. A
stretcher having been procured, Mr. Braid wood directed
some of his men to carry her to the above hospital, which
was accordingly done; but, notwithstanding that every-
thing was done that the nature of the case required, the
deceased, after suffering the most excruciating agony,
died at an early hour yesterday. Upon making inquiries
it seems that, from some accidental cause, the clothing
of the young woman became ignited whilst she was in
an upper room, and being unable to get the fire subdued,
-in her fright ran down stairs to the spot where she was
found.

FALL OF A HOUSE IN DUBLIN.—A public-house,
kept by a widow, named Potts, upon City-quay, exactly
opposite to the principal entrance of the Custom-house,
fell on Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, with a
tremendous crash; fortunately, however, owing to the
exertions of a police-constable on duty in the neighbour-
hood, the inmates (20 in number) were aroused in time
to escape with their lives. There was only one of the
inhabitants hurt, an old woman, whose leg was fractured.
An adjoining house fell a couple of years ago, and the
houses immediately in connexion with Mrs. Potts's ap
pear to call for the immediate inspection of the Wide-
street Commissioners.
THE TARTAN MURDER.—Travis has been com-
mitted to Lincoln Castle, and was delivered into custody
there on Friday last. A very remarkable circumstance
is said to have come to light connected with the horrible
tragedy, which we should certainly have felt inclined to
discredit were it not said to be most indisputably true.
It appears that a person named Whelpton, well ac-
quainted with the murdered man, had a most remark-
able dream some weeks ago, in hich he thought he saw
Mr. Copeman returning from Kirton late one night, and
when between that town and Grayingham he was
attacked and murdered. The dream made a great im-
pression on his mind, and be therefore mentioned it to a
friend, who strongly urged him to go to Mr. Copeman,
and tell him of it. After much persuasion, he did so,
but Mr. Copeman only laughed at him for his fears. Not
long after, Mr. Whelpton had the same dream again, and
he again consulted the same party as before. It had so
taken hold of his mind as to render him very unhappy,
and he again, after much remonstrance, waited upon Mr.
Copeman to inform him of it. The repetition of the
dream evidently affected the unfortunate gentleman, and
he solemnly promised his kind monitor never to be so
late in returning home from Kirton, as had often been
his practice. That promise he faithfully kept until the
day when the dream was fulfilled, and he met with the
awful fate detailed in last week's paper. Edwin Land-
seer, the celebrated painter, has, we understand com-
missioned a friend to purchase the dog whose faithfulness
and affection were so touchingly developed in the recent
melancholy occurrence. That the afflicted friends of
the deceased will be induced to part with the animal is
not probable, but there is no doubt that every facility
will be afforded to Mr. Landseer for the accomplishment
of the wish which dictated the desire to possess the dog,
and that he will ere long have an accurate likeness of
the faithful creature, which has furnished one of the
most affecting incidents to be found in the records of
canine sagacity and sincerity. The murderer has been
committed to Lincoln Castle for trial at the assizes.—
Lincoln Mercury
GERMAN HOSPITAL, DALSTON.—HiS Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge on Thursday last again pre-
sided at the meeting of the house committee of the Ger-
man Hospital, and afterwards was present at the dis-
tribution of presents by some friends cf the institution
to the patients in the wards, and the nurses and other
officials, when a German Christmas-tree was lighted up.
On the 20th the Elbe, at Hamburgh, began to be
frozen over, and by the 22d the ice was sufficiently strong
to bear small carts on it.

FOREIGN POTATOES.--7-The vessel Concordia, arrived
from Hamburgh, has brought an entire cargo, com-
prising fifty tons weight of potatoes; and the MAW(Ia
Mari, arrived in the river from the same port, has
brought eighty tons weight of this vegetable, the pro-
duction of the Hanseatic province mentioned.
LOVE AND LAW.—A young lawyer, who had long
paid his court to a lady without much advancing his
suit, accused her one day of " being insensible to the
power of love." "It does not follow," she archly re-
plied, " that I am so because I am not to be won by the
power of attorney." "Forgive me," replied the suitor,
" but you should remember that all the votaries of
Cupid are solicitors."
The Union of Rome of the 16th states that Sicily
is in a thorough state of revolt, and that from the 12th
there had been no telegraph communication received at
Naples from Calabria, the people having destroyed the
telegraphs. We think it right to observe, however, that
the accounts in the Roman journals from Naples are
generally marked by gross exaggeration.
RESTORATION OF SOUR MILK OR CREAM —We
are informed that milk or cream, when it is turned sour,
may be restored to its original sweetness by means of a
small quantity of carbonate of magnesia. When the
acidity is slight, half a teaspoon full of the powder to a
pint of milk will be sufficient.