The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-02 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

The crickets are now merrily chirping away at almost
every theatre in London, and last night the Cricket on
the Health, of the Princess's, commenced its chirp, and
was as merry and as successful as any of its compeers.
It is sufficient to say, that Mrs. Stirling was Dot, for
our readers to be assured that the character was grace-
fully, touchingly, interestingly sustained. Mr. Ryder
was a rough and energetic representative of John Peery-
bingle, but he is not equal to Emery. He has yet to
learn that it is possible to be intense without
being boisterous. Compton's Caleb Plummer
was not only the best acted character in the piece, but by
tar the best Caleb Plummer that has yet appeared. He
made up the part beautifully, and was in perfect keeping
throughout. It was a finished picture by a most accom-
plished artist. Little Miss Marshall made a most inte-
resting Bertha, and Miss Somers a humorous Tilly
Slowboy. The Stranger was very well acted by Mr.
Leigh Murray. The contrast between the decrepitude
of extreme age in the earlier scenes and the joyous
energy of youth in the concluding one, was admirably
brought out. The mounting of the piece was excellent,
and the appearance of the fairies was very well managed.
The house was crowded, the applause was enthusiastic,
and at the conclusion the audience would not be content
übtil they had called all the artistes befure the curtain.

ON THE NEW PLANET, DISCOVERED BY
PROFESSOR ENEKE, AND CALLED BY HIM
`• ASTILEA," AFTER THE GODDESS OF
JUSTICE.
Ye elder-born of God's bright family!
Receive the sister to your circle given,
And bid her welcome to her place in Heaven!
And ye, 0-sons of earth, when in the sky,
Her glimmering lamp ye trace, and by her name,
Call her, Astrma—lift your hearts on nigh!
And pray that He whose star did once proclaim
Good tidings at this season, years gone by,
May bless this omen likewise for a sign
Of better things! Injustice, Fraud, and Wrong,
Have ruled the desolated earth too long;
0 may the year that marks the new star shine,
In Heave❑ above, behold on earth as well
As trwa—exil'd long—return to dwell!

R. F.

SUICIDE.—On Thursday evening an inquest was
held at the Pickled Egg public-house, befora Mr. Wakley,
M.P., and a jury, on the body of Mr. John Cundale, of the
firm of Cundale and Morgan, Italian warehousemen, 42, Am-
well-street, Pentonville. On Tuesday last the inhabitants
of Holfor&square, one of those new ranges of buildings
springing up so rapidly in the northern part of the metro-
polis, were alarmed by the sound of a pistol-shot. The square
is within a few perches of the Clerkenwell Police-court, and
Marryatt, police-constable 31 G, being on duty there, and
hearing the report, ran to the house, 34, in the square,
whence it. proceeded. On entering the first floor front room
he was shocked at the spectacle before him. The floor and
one of the windows were besmeared with blood. The upper
part of the head was quite blown off, and the skull was quite
emptied of its contents. The weapon with which the un-
fortunate man destroyed himself, an old horse-pistol, lay be-
side him. The ball passed through the window, one of the
panes of which was broken. The constable sent for Mr.
Mullard, a surgeon in Percy-street ; but it is needless to say
the man died instantly. Seven bullets, a card-case, and a
spy •glass were found in his pocket. The body was removed
to the workhouse. The house in which he committed the
rash act is not yet finished, and mechanics were at work in
the lower past of when the shot was fired. So bent was he
on suicide, that on leaving home in the morning he left his
watch behind him, and divided one of the leaden bullets wLth
which he loaded the pistol, that the work of destruction
might be more effectual. The inquest was adjourned. There
is no doubt of the deceased having died by his own hand,
but the jury, from the imperfect evidence, were not able to
say he was insane at the moment.

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN BY PRUSSIC
ACID.-011 Wednesday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, held
an inquest at the Six Bells public-house, Hammersmith, on
the body of Mr. George Hampton Trenchard, aged 19 years,
who committed suicide by prussic acid on the night of Sun-
day last. Mr. William Simpson deposed that he lived at
13radmore House, Hammersmith, and isa surgeon. Deceased
was witness's pupil, and was about 19 years of age. He was
a member of a highly respectable family. Deceased was
4fouinl dead by witness on the night of Sunday last, about
half-past eleven o'clock, in the green-house at the bottom of
, witness's garden. lie found the deceased lying on the floor
on his side, and he appeared as a drunken man would. Mr.
Gatleff, another pupil, was with witness. Witness imme-
diately felt deceased's pulse and found him to be quite dead
and, cold. Deceased had been with witness about eighteen
months, fourteen of which he had been an articled pupil.
Had noticed no change in the conduct of the deceased pre-
vious to his death. Deceased was generally very good-
natured and steady. Witness judged that be was not quite
of sober habits from havink, missed a quantity of tincture of
cardiinums, which had been afterwards watered From the
evidence of other witnesses, it appeared that a bottle of
prussic acid was found in the green-house, and a letter was
also found in the handwriting of the deceased, in which he
stated his iutention of taking prussic acid, as his only re-
source of happiness. It further appeared that the cause of
his distress was an accusation made against him by his fel-
low-pupil, the truth of which he admitted, but had received
forgiveness. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict—" That the deceased destroyed himself by taking
prussic acid while in an unsound state of mind."
PISTEE-
ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, W""1
quar-
terly Thursday afternoon, general?fethe above
gterly court of the Governors and Directors_
the office of
stated that there were ten candidates or
cha-
rity took place at. the board-room in the istitution. It was
morn-
ing preacher to the asylum, vacant by the resignation, and
it demise, of the Rev. W. R. Wylde, A.M., as previously
stated by mistake. Out of these ten, four had preached their
probationary sermons; and the fifth candidate, the Rev. H.
C. Knox, would preach his on Sunday morning next, in the
chapel of the institution, in the presence of the Duke of Cam-
' bridge, the President of the asylum. After the usual routine
the majority of the meeting expressed
business, such as passing and examining bills, &c., had been
gterdLified by the flourishing pros themselves
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l SolomonßU SA, JERUSALEM.—The
Alexander,
prospects of the institu-
tion! and then broke up,
flourishing
Bishop
first Bishop of the United el a—ruiTerh,eDll.l,ltl°lef
lurch of England and Ireland in
Jerusalem, whose death we recently announced to have taken
place in Novcmber last, has just been proved in London; the
personal effects in this country were sworn under 7,0001. It
appears to have been made just previous to his Lordship's de-
parture from this country for Egypt, and about a month after
his consecration to this foreign see, being dated Ist December,
1841. lie has left to his executors and trustees, the Rev.
John Christian Reichardt, clerk, and C. H. Corbett, Esq.,
both residents of London, the whole of his property, real
and personal, in trust for his wife, to receive the interest for
her life while unmarried, and at her death, or second mar-
riage, then to his children absolutely. (Signed) "M. S.
Angel Heirosol." The Right Reverend Prelate had only
presided for four years over this newly established Bishopric
in the Ottoman Empire, which embraces Syria, Chaldea,
Egypt, and Abyssinia. His death was sudden and unexpected.
having left his residence to attend a visitation of a part of his
diocese, and accompanied by his wife and daughter was
proceeding across the Desert from Syria, on his way to
Cairo in Egypt, when near Balbeis, and within a few hours of
reaching his intended destination; a sudden stroke of death
terminated his labours on the 23d November, 1845. His
remains were carried to Alexandria for interment.—Post.
SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH.—The Rev. Edgar
Estcourt, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, was received a
few days since into the Roman Catholic Church at Prior Park,
near Bath. Mr. Estcourt is nephew to the Member for Ox-
ford University.—Post.
GRETNA-GREEN MARRIAGES —We lately insertedin
our columns a paragraph to the effect that all Gretna-green
marriages would be put an end to by an Act to come into
operation at the new year. A legal bachelor correspondent
informs us that this is a mistake, no such Act being in exist-
ence; so that any of our English readers who are wishing
to escape with their " true loves" from "fathers with flinty
hearts ' will yet have an opportunity of doing so. The para-
graph, we suspect, arose from the- circumstance of Lord
Brougham having inserted -a clause to that effect in one of
the eine Bills he introduced last session for the improvement
of the law.—These, however, were not passed.—Greenock.
Advertiser.
HIGH TlDE.—There was another unusually high
tide in the Thames yesterday afternoor, and considerable
damage was again done on both sides of the river. Passen-
gers could not laud from the steamers at some of the
customary places,

THE ARMY.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.-68th Durham Light In-
fantry —Captain Phipp's company was relieved on
Saturday from Tipner Ordnance station by Captain
Kennedy's, and proceeded to Fort Cumberland, there
not being sufficient quarters within the town to accom-
modate the whole of the garrison.
The subaltern's detachment of thirty men, stationed
at Marchwood Ordnance station, near Southampton,
has been relieved by a similar one from the 74th High-
landers. Ensign Lord Hinton, of this regiment (the
eldest son of Earl Poulett), has retired from the army.
The 74th Highlanders, quartered at Gosport, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Crabbe, K.H. have
received orders to commence wearing their Highland
costume on the 26th of April, 1846.
ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY.—The finding and sen-
tence of the General Court-martial, held on the 26th
inst., on gunner John Boulton, having been approved
by the Admiralty, were promulgated this morning at
parade-time. The charges against gunner John Boul-
ton were :—" In having made his escape from his quar-
ters when confined as a punishment for a previous
offence, and not returning till brought back by an escort;
and for having struck Sergeant Elliot, of the Royal Ma-
rine Artillery, his superior officer, when in the execution
of his duty."
The Court found the prisoner Guilty of both charges,
and sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment, of
which three are to be solitary, and nine with hard labour.
This sentence is ordered to be read at the head of the
four divisions of the Royal Marines.
General practice from the land and sea service bat-
teries took place on Monday last at Fort Cumberland,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Gibsone,
Royal Marines.

kessrs. Adair, Mawbey, and Heastly have received
commissions as Second Lieutenants. The two former
officers are appointed to the Portsmouth, and the latter
to the Chatham division.

ARMY RECRUITS.—By order issued from the Horse
Guards, it is directed that " until further orders the
minimum size of recruits for the infantry of the line will
be half an inch below the standard prescribed by the ge-
neral orders of May, 1844, viz., men at five feet six,
and growing lads under eighteen years of age as low as
five feet five and a half inches. Recreuits forregiments in
India, China, New South Wales, and St. Helena, to be
eligible at five feet five and a half inches, if not under
eighteen years of age. By command, &c."

PARKHURST PRISON.
The following is a copy of a letter which has been re-
cently received by the Court of Quarter Sessions for the
county of Middlesex, relative to the sending of prisoners
to Parkhurst Prison :--

" Whitehall, Nov. 14, 1845.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham,
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th of
August last, in which, after adverting to Sir James
Graham's opinion in his letter of the 16th of that month,
that it is inexpedient to pass sentence of transportation
on children for offences not of an aggravated character,
merely for the purpose of obtaining their admission to
Parkhurst Prison,' you observe that the Court of Quarter
Sessions over which you preside will be placed in some
difficulty unless it obtains a clear understanding of the
nature of the cases which are considered proper for ad-
mission to that prison ; and you further observe, that if
the fitness of the prisoner is to be judged by the cha-
racter of the offence of which he is convicted, the prison
will become a dead letter, so far as the county of Mid-
dlesex is concerned.

" Sir James Graham directs me to inform you, in the
first place, that it is no part of the design of the_ esta-
blishment at Parkhurst to relieve counties from the
charge and the maintenance of juvenile offenders, and he
cannot, therefore, take notice of that consideration.
" I am also to inform you, Sir James Graham is of
opinion that prisoners who have been guilty of offences,
not of a serious description, for which they would be
more properly punished by imprisonment, and not by
transportation, are not fit subjects for admission into
Parkhurst prison. All prisoners admitted there are to
be finally sent abroad, and before they are sent, are to
be subjected to a long and very strict discipline ; this is
the rule that has been uniformly acted upon by Sir James
Graham ; and it appears to him to be manifestly unjust
that offenders should be so punished in cases where, if
no such establishment as that at Parkhurst had existed,
they would have received no higher punishment than
imprisonment in this country.
" Some limitation and selection have been found by
experience to be necessary with regard to the age and
size of prisoners, as all prisoners admitted into Park-
hurst are ultimately destined to work in the colonies.
The fittest age for admission is considered to be about
fourteen, and the size or stature should be proportionate.
" Sir James Graham requests that this information
may be communicated to the magistrates of the county,
and that in making recommendations for admission of
prisoners into Parkhurst prison, the principles above-
mentioned should for the future be observed.—l am, &e.
(Signed) " S. M. PHILLIPS.
" Mr. Sergeant Adams. &c."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN ST. MARYLEBONE WORK-
HOUSE.—Yesterday morning, between three and four o'clock,
a serious accident occurred in St. Marylebone workhouse,
which, it is feared, will prove of fatal consequences. George
Mil!son, aged 18, an inmate of the workhouse, had by some
means got out of his sleeping-room on to the roof of the build-
ing, and passed over the roofs until he arrived at the women's
side of the building, where the disorderly young females are
confined in a separate building, known as the round tower.
In attempting to descend into the yard by a rope, he fell on
to the paving-stones, a height of 30 feet. The groans of the
unfortunate sufferer being heard, assistance was rendered,
and he was immediately removed to the infirmary, where he
lies without hope of recovery.
FATAL COLLISION ON THE TYNE.--An inquest
was held at the river police station, in North Shields, on
Tuesday, before Mr. Reed, the Coroner, on view of the body
of William Souter, of Arbroath, who was drowned under the
following circumstances :—lt appeared that on the 6th of
November, about 3 o'clock in the morning, the deceased, with
four other persons, was proceeding in a sculler boat on the
river, near the ferry landing at North Shields, towards a
ship lying in one of the tiers, when the steam ferry-boat was
crossing the water from the south to the north side, the
boat was struck by the starboard bow of the Ferry, and
capsized, the crew being precipitated into the river.
Their shouts were heard from the shore, and a number
of boats put off to their assistance, and succeeded in res-
cuing four of the persons, but the deceased was carried
away by the tide and drowned. His body was
not found till Monday, when it was seen floating
some distance from where the accident occurred. Several
witnesses were examined, including the boatman, who stated
that he hailed the Ferry before the collision took place, and
attributed the accident to a want of due caution on the part
of those on board the Ferry. The crew of the Ferry proved
that a light was exhibited as usual at the masthead, that
two of them were stationed to " look out," that they did not
hear any one hail them, and that the sculler boat came out
at the head of a tier of vessels just as the Ferry was turning
in to make the landing, and was then directly under the
Ferry's bow, so that the collision was unavoidable. The jury
having consulted some time, returned a verdict of "Acci-
dental death," with a deodand of 30/. on the Ferry, at the
same time intimating that they had found some difficulty in
agreeing upon their verdict, owing to the contradictory state-
ments of the witnesses. This is the first accident of the kind
which has occurred with the Ferry, which has now been
fifteen Sears in operation.
_ _ _

The following notice was posted at the General Post-
office this morning :—" General Post-office, January, 1846.
Her Majesty's Government having ascertained that a charge
for postage has been re-imposed by the Brazilian Post-office
upon newspapers from the United liingdom delivered by the
post in Brazil, British newspapers addressed to that country
will hereafter be liable to a charge of 2d. each, which must
be paid in advance; newspapers received from Brazil will be
Unitedalso
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terminates the close season for salmon in the river
Severn and its tributaries, and on New Year's-day it will be
again lawful to take seasonable salmon. We use the word
seasonable, because at the very early period of which, by
the present law the season commences, there are so many
spawning fish in the river; fortunately the present high
floods will bring down the spawn fish before the netting
begins, and consequently a vast number will be saved for
next year's supply—the late high waters have been most
favourable fur the spawning season. We caution all persons
that they will incur a penalty of not less than 51. for taking
or having in their possession an unseasonable salmon. The
Severn Fisheries Association intend putting the law in this
respect strictly in force, as also those against using nets for
taking fish during the night time or on Sundays. We un-
derstand that the new Bill, to be introduced by Sir T. Win-
nington, will be vigorously pushed forward in the next ses-
sion, and we sincerely hope that it will become the law of
the land, and that one uniform fence time, suitable to the
habits of the salmon, may be fixed upon in all the rivers of
England and Wales. We shall give an abstract of the Bill
in our next.— Worcester Chronicle.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—One of the most melancholy
events which it has been our province to chronicle oc.
cured on Tuesday last, at Bishop's pull. It appears
that on the afternoon of that day the son of Lieutenant-
Colonel Collis, a youth about fifteen years of age, ac-
companied the son of J. Walters, Esq., a gentleman
residing in the same vicinity, on a shooting excursion.
It was getting towards dark, and the parties were about
to return home, when a rabbit came in view. Mr.
Walters fired, and wounded the rabbit, which rolled on
the ground, unable to escape, and whilst he had raised
the the gun and taken aim to effectually destroy the animal,
the unfortunate young gentleman rushed forward to
secure it, when he received the contents of the discharge
in his head—his brains being blown out, presenting a
horrid and sickening spectacle.—Somerset County
Gazette.
WEATHER.—FARMING AFFAIRS, &C.—Owing to
the very boisterous and wet weather comparatively little
wheat sowing has yet been done in this district. It is
fully three weeks later than last year. A good many
pptatoes are still in drill ; but the very wet weather has
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Observer.

TREAT TO FACTORY OPERATIVIS.-011 Christmas'
eve, the mill-owners in Lancaster gave a treat to their
workpeople, by assembling them together at a tea-party,
after which dancing commenced and was kept pp to an
early hour. Such meetings cannot be too highly com-
mended, as showing the good feeling existing between
employers and the employed,--Preston Guardia',