The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-25 00:00:00

A little incident, about a quarter past three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, occurred in Oxford street. One
of the Chasseurs of the 2d division happened rather
towel against one_ Grpnadie;.Guards, who
elbowed the son of La &Ile Prance. The latter
drew his sword. The Grenadier Guard instantly'
seized and disarmed the Frenchman, and very good-
humouredly returned the sword. A mob very soon
gathered, and a police-constable came up, but the
two heroes by this time had shaken hands together,
and sub equently adjourned to the Scotch stores,
where they swore eternal friendship over some moun-
tain dew.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. CURTDI'S
LERY.—Yesterd-sy afternoon an inquest was taken by Mr.
Baker, at the London Hospital, on view of the body 01
Williatn Capes, aged 31. Mr. E. M‘Lean, clerk in the
distillery of Messrs. Curtis, Assembly-road, Mile-end,
said that the deceased, who was in the same employ-
ment, on Saturday afternoon last was in the still-house,
and had been during the day filling a vat with brandy.
He was the act of going up a ladder with a can, in
which were four gallons of brandy, having nearly finished
his work, when his foot slipped, and he alighted on his
head, lie was taken up bleeding at both ears, and was
conveyed immediately to the London Hospital, where he
died in the same afternoon. Deceased was sober. Ver-
dict, " Accidental desth."
SUICIDE BY A LADY AT PORTSMOUTII.--YeSlCr•
day morning, about half-past six o'clock, the family of
Henry Deacon, Esq., banker, of Portsmouth, was thrown
into a great state of alarm by,
an announcement from one
of the domestics that Mrs. Deacon's sister, Miss Maria
Trovelian Pettit, had committed self-destruction by cut-
ting her throat in a most frightful manner, so as to cause
almost instant death. It i said that for some time past
her attentions had been fixed upon a gentleman, from
whom she met with no responsive feeling, and a settled
melancholy seized her in consequence. Change of air
was recommended as the only means of restoring her
health, and yesterday. was fixed for her removal to
Sou t h am pton .
~ , in the morning, however, she car-
ried a young child of Mr. Deacon's to the nurse, and
after taking an affectionate farewell, returned to her own
apartment, where, by the aid of a carving-knife, pre-
viously secured, she inflicted a terrible wound on the
throat, causing almost instant death. An inquest was
held in the course of the morning, and the jury returned
a verdict of " Temporary insanity."
THE OPEN SEWER OF MENSAL NEW TOWN, PAD-
DINGTON.—At length there is hope that this pestiferous
nuisance will be drained off, for the West London Anti..
Enclosure Association and Sanitary Improvement
Society have taken the matter up, and obtained the in-
terference of the General Board of Health. The sewer
in question is about a mile in length, and the stench
arising from it is so horrible that it pollutes the air far
and wide.
PROLIFIC POTATO.--Mr. Alex. Runciman, black-
smith, Sinclair's Hill, near Dunse, Berwickshire, last
week took from one shave, of the Irish Cup kind, no
fewer than 94 potatoes, all sound, weighing in all 14i1b.
LOYAL UNITED FRI/iNDS.—On Monday evening
last the eighth anniversary of the opening of the No. 5
Lodge of this most excellent social body was celebrated
in a supper at the lodge house, Treasurer Fox's, the
Prince Albert, Hoxton-square, when a numerous party
of the members sat down to an_ excellent and substantial
entertainment, served up in Mr. Fox's proverbial good
style. P. P. Burgess was chairman, and P.l'. Wood-
' man deputy; and were supported, among others, by the
following
distinguished past
P.
present officers :
P. S. P. Clay, P. S. P. Heath, P. S. P. Rutin, P. S. P.
Smart, P. P. Widowes, P. P. R. Watson, P. P. Barber,
P. P. W. Watson, P. P. Rout, P. P. Humphreys, P. P.
W
Nutchy, P. Wybrow, and P. S. ray. After the
company had donejustice to the good things Treasurer
Fox had liberally provided for them and the cloth with
drawn, the chairman, in a few appropriate words, gave
The Queen," which toast was received with great en-
thusiasm
fully demonstrating the loyal feeling of the
order. The National Anthem was afterwards sung, the
company joining in the chorus parts with much anima-
tion. The chairman then gave " Prosperity to the Order
of Loyal United Friends," which elicited much applause.
P. P. Widowes, the worthy host of the Pewterera' Arms,
Leonard-square, sang in his talented style the " Irish
Emigrant." which was well received. P. p. Burgess,
the chairman, in giving the next toast, which was
" Success to the Gift Funds, stated that it was his wish
that they would drink " The Health of P. S. P. Heath,'
whose connexion with the Nos. 1,2, and 3 Gift Fund as
secretary, in conjunction with their esteemed friend
P. S. P. Spearing, had ;given great satisfaetioti lb the
ordj. This toast was received with hearty and well-
deserved applause, and Was responded to in P. S. P.
Heath's usual agreeable manner. The chairman after-
wards gave the a Friend in Need Fund," and " The
Health of P. P. Henry Watson, the representative of
the No. 5 Lodge in the Relief Committee," which was
also well received. P. P. Watson replied to it in a
lengthened speech replete with good settee. The healths
of the treasurer, chairman, and deputy were severally
given and suitably acknowledged. Several excellent
songs were sung during the evening, and an amusing
recitation, entitled the " Snatch Block," was given by
P. S. P. Heath amid much laughter. The conviviality
of the evening was prolonged to a late hour, when the
party broke up, much entertained, and longing for
another opportunity of similar enjoyment.
Virmo'LL GO TO AFRICA ?—i, Prom Burgher's
Dorp," says the Graham's Town Journal," we have sad
complaints of the want of useful mechanics, A letter
before us states---' We want a blacksmith or two, some
shoemakers, tailors, a saddler, a carpenter who could
also cooper, a tinsmith, a shopkeeper who could and
wolAid make devout ceOles.'"