The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-29 00:00:00

FRIDAY

a rate, owing to the prevailing distress, was with much
difficulty collected. Other members ef the deputation
Laying stated their views on the subject, the cotnmis-
sioners admitted the unfortunate position in which the
parishes were placed, at the same time they contended
that circumstances had become so altered as to render an
increase of the police force necessary. They corrected
an error which the Marylebone Vestry and the other
parishes had fallen into, that in addition to every 6(1. in
the pound assessed on the parishes within the police
district, they had 2d. in the pound from the Consoli•
dated Fund. Such was not the fact. The sum allowed
from the Consolidated Fund being 60,000 L and no more.
It was, therefore, an error to suppose the additional in-
crease would be 48,0001. Although time would be given
they could hold out no hope of a remission of the demand.
The deputation then retired.
SUICIDE IN THE PUBLIC STREET.—Last night
Mr. William Payne, the City coroner, held an inquest
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of William
Lockie, aged 72, a carpenter, of 12, Plough-court, Fetter-
lane, who committed suicide by shooting himself in the
public street. Rebecca Seekings, of 24, Fetter-lane,
said that on Friday night last, about eight o'clock, her
attention was directed to the corner of New Victoria-
street, Holborn, by hearing a noise like the discharge of
fireworks, and upon looking in the direction, she saw
the deceased lying on the ground, with a pistol at his
►ide, and bleeding from his mouth. He was picked up,
and conveyed to the above hospital. Mr. 11. Skipper,
of 20, Gray's-inn-lane, said that he had known the de-
ceased about twenty years. He was very sober in his
habits, and witness considered he was a man of strong
mind. On Thursday last he packed up his clothes in a
parcel, which he took to the Parcels Delivery Company,
directed to his brother in Scotland. Oa that day he
told witness that be felt so ill, that he did not think
any of his family would see him again alive. He had of
late been very low spirited and unwell. Mr. Thomas
Jackson, one of the house surgeons, proved the deceased
expired on Wednesday last, from the effects of the in-
jury received. He found a ball at the base of the skull.
—Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
THE PLANET SATURN.—The planet Saturn may
now be seen every evening about eight o'clock, nearly
south-east, but as its distance from the su❑ is
906,000,000 of miles, it requires a telescope of not less
than 250 power to observe it with any degree of accu-
racy. Its immense rings are now invisible, as they are
supposed to be not more than 100 miles in thickness,
the edge being now presented to our earth, but a broad
shadow of the ring is distinctly seen across the planet;
there are likewise several belts faintly seen towards the
north and south pole. Several of its satellites may like-
wise be seen with a telescope of 250 power, particularly
its largest moon, which is now very distinct.
TRANSCUIPAIENT OF MERCHANDIZE.—A communi-
cation, dated from the Spanish Consulate, London, 27th
of September, 1848, has been made to the Secretary at
Lloyd's, to the effect that the Spanish Government, in
conformity with the opinion of the Sanitary Council,
and of the Director-General of Customs and Tariffs,
has been pleased to command that every vessel found in
the same state as the brig Harby shall be permitted to
transship the whole or part of her cargo, on condition
that no mercantile transaction shall intervene in the
process, and that the vessel shall be in an unfit state,
through damages, to convey her cargo to the proper
laszareto.

According to a letter of the 16th from Breslau, for
some time past large quantities of muskets have been
conveyed by the railway from Liege, in Belgium, des-
tined tor different parts of Hungary. The number
which had already passed through Breslau is estimated
at 30,000. Considerable quantities of scythes are also
said to have been transported from the north of Silesia
to Cracow, and other towns of Austrian Galicia.

IRIDIUM ORE.—An importation having recently
taken place, by a vessel from France, of iridium ore, a
question has arisen as to its liability to duty, it having
been retained by the officers of the revenue as liable to
the rated duty as an extract, of ss. per lb.
THE HERO OF A HUNDRED STATUES.—Another
statue of the Duke of Wellington is to be put up in the
Tower, and in fact, London is becoming a sort of livery
stable, where the Hero of Waterloo and his horse are
being constantly put up. The Duke's head will soon be
as familiar an object in the metropolis as the top of the
monument or the dome of St. Paul's. The plume of his
helmet has already begun to take its place among the
established London weathercocks; and, as to his nose,
there is scarcely a bridge on this side of Westminster
that is half so conspicuous. There is hardly a street
where the Duke of Wellington may not be seen looking
in at the top windows, or inhaling the smoke from the
chimneys, or preparing to take a gentle trot over the
tiles. As to poor Nelson, the Duke of York, and the
two or three others scattered about town, they are com-
pletely lost in the crowd of Dukes of Wellington, who
are beginning almost to jostle each other at every turn.
If we want a new site for a statue, we shall soon begin
to find that " the Duke of Wellington's horse stops the
way." For it must be remembered that the steed gene-
rally shares with his master in this great game of tho•
roughfare cribbage, and that if the former needs one
yard for his head, the other requires at least two for his
heels.—Punch.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Gross traffic receipts
for the week ending the 23d instant:—Passengers, first
class, 14,341; second class, 38,240; third class, 48,733;
total, 101,314; amount, 8,489/. 6s. 7d.; carrying account,
2,3274 Os. Bd.; total, 10,816/. 7s. 3d.
TAKE OF THE BIG SALMON.--.olle salmon, anti
seldom more than one, of extra large size, is usually
taken every season by flyfishing in the river Ness. If
the season is near a close before the looked-for great
fish is taken, the anglers become not a little excited as
to the one who is to have the luck to hook the large
salmon. What makes the capture singular is, that this
annual monarch of his tribe never varies in weight
more than a couple of pounds-251b. being the lightest
and 271 b. the heaviest taken fora bag time. Last
Tuesday Mr. Bowyer Smyth landed the large salmon
of this season from the Holm Pool, after twenty
minutes strong play ; the dimensions were Om e feet
two and-a-half inches in length, girth 22} inches, weight
261 b., a beautifully formed female fish. Six others were
bagged by Mr. Smyth the same day, and in one if the
upper pools Mr. W. Baillie, of Douchfoar, caught a
tine salmon weighing 181 b. Since the commencement
f the season the river has almost always been in
the best condition for the angler, and the sport has
almost uniformly been excellent.—Glasgow Herald.
HORRIBLE BRUTALITY.--The Journal de Maine
et Loire publishes the following act of savage barbarity,
which would disgrace the most uncivilized nation:—
" A horrible act has just been committed at Chouze, on
the banks of the Loire, which demonstrates, at the same
time, the uncivilized state of society
in certain districts
of France, and what ferocity has been engendered by the
incessant agitation of the Communists of Paris. An ill-
dressed man, speaking French imperfectly, was passing
through Chouze last week. The inhabitants, who took
him for an insurgent of June, surrounded and menaced
him. He showed his
Passport, in which he was stated
to be a Pole. He endeavoured to explain, but nobody
would listen to him. Ten or twelve men laid hold of
him, and hung him by the heels to a gibbet, lotting his
head fall with violence on the ground during half an
hour, vociferating loudly at the same time. The women,
not to be outdone, assembled, and after spitting on his
face they tore out by the roots the hair of his head and
of his beard, and having mixed it with some pomatum
which the unfortunate man had in
his pocket, they
crammed it down his throat. The authorities at length
interfered, but too late to save his life, for the unfortu-
nate Pole, when he was conveyed to the hospital of
Chouzll, immediately expired."
DEPARTURE OP THE FOREIGN
the ensuing month: MAILS FOR OC-
TOBER.—The following are the dates on which the fo-
reign mails will be made up at the General Post Office,
St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the dates when the return
packets will be due at Southampton, Liverpool, and Fal-
mouth during —West Indies, &e.—
The mails for the !British and foreign colonies in the
West Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda, and
Havanneb) Venezuela, and Jacmel will be made up on
the mornings of the 2d and 17th of October; Bermuda,
Nassau, New Orleans,
Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah,
on the morning of the 2d only; Madeira, San Juan de
Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru ou the
morning of the 17th only, via Southampton; the Great
‘Vestern steamer will convey the snails of Monday morn-
ing, the 2d. Next packets due on the 7th and 22d.
Madeira, &c.—Her Majesty's brig Linnet will convey
the mails for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres on the
the evening of the 4th from Falmouth. Her Majesty's
prig Seagull over due. British North America and the
United States, &c.—The mails for British North
America and the United States will be made up on
the evening of the 6th, to be conveyed by the
Niagara steamer via Liverpool, Halifax,
and Boston;
on the morning of the 13th for New York by the
Hibernia steamer; on the evening of the 20th
to Boston, by the Europa steamer ; on the evening of
the 27th, by the Acadia steamer, from Liverpool. Next
mails due on the 4th, 12tb, 18th, and 26th, at Liverpool.
Lisbon, &c.—The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon,
Madeira, via Lisbon, Cads, and Gibraltar, will be made
up on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th, to be
forwarded by steam-packet from Southampton ; next
packets due on the 6th, 15th, and 26th at Southampton.
India, &c.—Tho mails for the Mediterranean, Malta,
Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China
will be made up on the evenings of the 7th and 24th, to
be forwarded by the Overland closed mail via Marseilles,
Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt,
India, &c., on the morning of the 20th, by steam-packet
from Southampton. France, &c., daily (except Sundays)
by steam packets via Dover, Calais, and Boulogne due
daily. Belgium, &c., daily (except Sundays), due daily,
by the steam packets Dover and Ostend. Hamburgh,
a.—Tuesday and Friday evenings, due Tuesdays and
Saturdays. Holland, &c.—Wednesday and Saturday
mornings, due Mondays and Thursdays, to and from
the Thames, by the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's packets. United States, &e.—Letters and news-
papers will be in time this evening for British North
America and the United States,
by the Britannia
steamer via Liverpool, Halifax, and New York.
SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27,
—The board of directors of this railway had a meeting
yesterday, and in the course of the day a deputation,
consisting of T. H. Bulteel, Esq., William Burnell, Esq.,
and Mr. John Alger, three of the directors, waited
upon the board of the South Devon directors, with the
view of ascertaining if arrangements could be made for
bringing a branch of the line to Sutton-pool at an early
period. The board said it was important that they
should know whether the Sutton-pool
Campany meant
to deepen the pool at a part adjacent to the quay, so
that ships may load and unload directly in connexion
with the railway. The deputation intimated that they
believed the Sutton Harbour Company would be pre-
pared to adopt the measures necessary to bring about
suAt an arrangement. The deputation then withdrew.
We uncle stand that the arrangements made for the
goods traffic are acceptable to the trade of Plymouth
generally, and that the terms, while fairly remunerative
to the company, will be itAlvantageous to those who use
the line,