The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-14 00:00:00

TUSCANY.

The Provisional Commission is composed of Theo-
philus Rupp, Odoardo Lloyd, Eugenio Pignatel, Dr.
Poli, Dr. Lambardi, Leonidas Spagnolacchi, Major
Ghilardi, Cesare Venzi, Giorgio Roberti, Antonio
Petracchi, Angiolo Neri. On the 7th, the deputa-
tion sent to Florence to present the demands of the
Livornese to Government, returned ; the Prince had
consented to allow the representatives of the muni-
cipality to aame a provisional governing delegation.
The members named in this capacity are Guerrazzi,
Lardarchi, and Petracelli.

BURT.—ARREST AND COMMITTAL Or A
CUAR-
TIST LECTURER,—On Monday last, Joseph Bowker, of
Woolfold, Tottington Lower End, a schoolmaster and
Chartist lecturer, was apprehended by Superintendant
Sellars, and taken before the Heywood magistrates,
charged with having, on the 13th of August last, used
seditious language at Heywood. He was committed for
trial, but was afterwards admitted to bail, his sureties
being Mr. David Thomas, cloth manufacturer, Agar-
street, and Mr. John Jones, lamplighter and news-agent,
Princess-street.—Manchester Guardian.

IRISH SPORTS.—We see Ministers and Members
are going this year to Ireland instead of Scotland. Can
it be on account of the superior shooting 7—Punch.
OAKINGTON.—An eccentric old lady, named Rad-
.ord, has lately departed from the chequered scene of
life in this village, who, though in her life time reputed
among her neighbours to be possessed of considerable
wealth, always endeavoured, both by her speech and
mode of living, as well as the dilapidated style of her
habiliments, to give a contradiction to such rumours.
She died somewhat suddenly, in a bed minus sheets, and
surrounded by indications of the most abject poverty.
Atter her death her repositories were searched, and a
large number of homespun sheets and a quantity of
household linen of other descriptions found. Accumu-
lations of plate and other valuables were ransacked, and
%% hat created something like a feeling of awe among the
superstitious of the village, a golden image of curious
manufacture (most probably a heathen idol) was dis-
covered. She has left two nephews in good circum-
stances, as the inheritors of her hoard:.—Cambridge
A det rtiser.

A young ourang-outang has lately been brought to
the Garden of Plants, and is the object of almost
uni-
versal curiosity. The animal is only six months old,
but has all the appearance of a child aged three years, of
a grave and reflecting character. lie is at the same time
affectionate, shaking hands kindly, but with a certain
Arabian solemnity, NN ith the keepers. He feeds delicately,
taking roast meat, wine, chocolate, and even liquors.
Being very susceptible of the cold, he sleeps between a
large cat and a rough-coated dog, and wraps them both
as well as himself in a blanket. In the day time he is
dressed in a red-coloured blouse and white pantaloons.
—Paris paper.
PITCH AND TAR UNINFLAMMABLE.—On Saturday
afternoon some highly interesting experiments took
place in Mr. Royden's yard, Baffin-street, with the view
of testing the non-inflammability of pitch and tar, pre-
pared by Messrs. Begot, Boissage, and Tindel, mer-
chants, at Bordeaux. The tar prepsaarielsd,
rbiyggitnhg, and
the new
otherpr generalocessisaplpicuarbpoles'es7 and i belietve to
is stated that if a ship's
fallsa
ni
bottom be coated with it, it will be as effectually pre-
served from worms, shells, and seaweed, as it it were
a slope
sheeted with copper or zinc.—Liverpool Standard.
NIAGARA OUTDONE.—Among the cliffs of the
Eastern Ghauts, about midway between Bombay
e of the
tm , 'Phis
a andbodyi
black
then precipitated to a depth
abyss, noise.
rainy
Cape Comorin, rises the river Shirawati, which
into the Arabian Sea. The bed of the rive re
i,s one
at an
fourth of a mile in direct breadth; but the
ed
fall is elliptical, with a sweep of halt a mile.
angle
g water
of. rushes hdegrees, at
first,in fao rs
sheet
ft feet,sost.
Ito more, overtt
re
e ,fol
into
seasons has, tthheer erfiovreer,
at hpe.
the
dep•tisi,
of with a thundering
l,lBofre
tll o
pears to be about 30 feet in depth at the tall; in the dry
seasons it is lower, and is divided into three cascades of
varied beauty and astonishing grandeur. Juin our fall
of Genesse to that
w e
of the St. Lawrence, and then treble
the two united,
n
raj ao trii
ty cataract.t
n bulk,
p‘hav e the distance of the Shiraa
yet in respect'
ett
ll otwo
distance
oi s
tNa
nracgoaor
f d
a ae
descent,
t,s uipt is
e -•
but a mountain rill compared with its Indian rival.—
irmerican paper.
A diver of the name of Holt is at present engaged
inspecting the moorings in the Tyne. He goes down
daily and traverses the bottom of the river, examining,
with all the minuteness of a person walking on shore,
the positions of the chains and buoys. On Monday he
came in contact with a log of mahogany, opposite White
IEII point. Ou being brought up it bore the date of
1813, having been immersed 35 years.—Newcastle
Journal.
BLACKBURN.—On Tuesday, about twelve o'clock
at noon, a store, containing about 700 calico pieces, bc--
longing to Messrs. F. Steiner and Co., of Church, near
Accrington, was burnt down. So rapid was the fire, that
in less than half an hour there was nothing left but the
bare walls. Tbe loss is about 5004—Manchester
Guardian.