The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

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BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 19.—A large busi-
ness has been done in sugar this week, at extreme prices,
to 6d. advance, and the market has been cleared of
everything brought forward.—BriAfol Mercury.
COMMISSION DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO.—BRIS •
TOL, MAY 19.—This day an inquiry, under a commis-
sion of lunacy, took place at Long's Royal Hotel, Clifton,
before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a highly respect-
able jury of gentry and merchants residing in the neigh-
bourhood, to inquire into the state of mind of Mrs. Mary
Anne Walsh, a widow lady of fortune, who had been
residing at Pembroke Villa, Clifton. Mr. John Stone,
barrister, appeared for a Mr. Walsh, the nephew of the
lady, at whose suit as next of kin the commission of
lunacy was issued, and stated that the unfortunate object
of the inquiry was the widow of a deceased barrister,
who had been residing at Dublin, and who was pos-
sessed of a landed estate and property in Dutch bonds,
&c., to the management of which she was unequal.
Mr. Stone, then called, as witnesses, Dr. Greville, of
Bath, and Mr. Nathaniel Smith, surgeon, of Clifton.
Both these medical gentlemen deposed to Mrs.
Walsh's being reduced to a state of childish.
ness, and to her being quite incapable of the
management of property. A lady named Barry, at
whose residence Mrs. Walsh had been living for the last
two years, gave evidence that her mind had been affected
for two years, during which period she had been gradu-
ally growing worse. She was quite childish, and had
lost her memory. She had forgotten that her father
and mother were dead, and often spoke of them as com-
ing to dine with her, and she sometimes mistook the
witness for her mother. They were obliged to treat her
as a child, and to watch her constantly, as she would
swallow fragments of combs, pins, or anything, however
dangerous or hurtful. Upon one occasion, in November
last, when she went to the Bank to draw her dividends,
she could not be got to sign the letter. They promised
to take her to a cake shop, and treat her, if she would
sign, and she then scrawled her name across the paper,
but she had never signed her name since. A deputation
of the jury then went to see and question Mrs. Walsh at
her residence, it being highly inconvenient for her to be
brought to the hotel, and, upon their return, brought in
as their verdict " That Mrs. Walsh had been of unsound
mind, and incompetent to manage herself or her affairs
since the Ist of January last."
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY AND ROYAL MARINES.
—The affray at Woolwich, mentioned in our columns
yesterday, was renewed on Thursday evening. The
recruits of the Royal Artillery mustered in strong force,
nearly 500 being collected, and proceeded to the lower
part of the town, to try if there were any Royal
Marines there, threatening to have vengeance upon
them ; but two provost-sergeants and one corporal kept
the whole of the young men in check, and marched two
in custody to the garrison, as they appeared to be ring-
leaders. The authorities having been informed of what
was taking place, Brigade-Major Crippage proceeded on
horseback to the spot, and in less than an half hour the
streets were quiet. No person was hurt during the
evening.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, MAT 19.—The clipper
lerig brilliant, Captain Newton, arrived here this morn-
ing, after a fine run of 14 days, from Madeira. The
weather has been comparatively fine during the voyage,
but the wind generally adverse. The Brilliant was built
at Cowes, and intended for a yacht. She is supposed to
be the fastest British merchant brig afloat, no vessel she
has ever yet met being able to equal her in speed. She
brings mail bags and 30 passengers. Nothing of interest
was occurring in the island of Madeira. The packet brig
Eclipse, Captain Davis, arrived in Funchal-roads, from
Cadiz, just as the Brilliant was leaving. In 1at.38 57 11`!'.,
lon. 15 50, on the night of the lltb, the Brilliant fell in
with and boarded the wreck of a ship, apparently of
North American build, and of about 400 tons burden.
All her upper works had been washed away. The cargo
consisted of timber, and she had been previously set on
fire.: Ships spoken—On the 12th, the brig Megles, from
Constantinople to Falmouth, out 77 days ; on the
14th, the schooner Eagle, from Marseilles to Liverpool,
and the Mary Ann Gann, from Liverpool to Alexandria;
on the 17th, a man-of-war steamer steering to the south-
ward. Her Majesty's steamer Dee and frigate Havana
were at Madeira on the 4th inst. The Brilliant passed
a large fleet of homeward-bound merchant vessels on he.
rived in Cowes-roads for refuge
till
a teenirmeninbark Consti-
Portuguese coast. The following. Germanshatiiposahoafvehos-
tilities in Northern E. urop.e.:--1 Ths
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Richmond with
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the
Lisbon, with salt. The
vannah., in 49. days, and the American
all, with 2,653 boxes
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days wine;
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Olivia,'
gi to n , Captain Smith, 1,221 boxes of sugar,
from Havannah, have put into Cowes for orders.
HAIL STORM.—On. Wednesday afternoon, about
three o'clock, the neighbourhood of Gopsall and Con-
gerstono was visited by a tremendous storm of hail and
rain, accompanied by flashes of vivid lightning and most
awful claps of thunder. For some time the wind blew
a hurricane, and the hail and rain fell in torrents, so
that in a few minutes the roads were covered ankle-
deep in water. In the parish of Desford the hailstones
in some places lay upon the road from four to five inches
deep, and the ground was strewed with the feline
which had been struck from the trees by the hail. We
fear that the gardens and fruit-trees have sustained con-
siderable damage in the neighbourhood where the raging
storm took its course.—Leicester Journal.
WATERLOO RELICS.—AD importation has recently
taken place, by a steamer from Antwerp, of a quantity
of articles of European modern warfare, accoutrements.
and other curious articles, which were stated to have
been found on the plains of Waterloo after the battle,
and have been imported by a metropolitan firm, col-
lectors of curiosities of this nature. We believe that
the articles, which comprise alarge..and most interesting
variety, both British and foreign, ot different continental
stages engaged in that celebrated affray, were not found
on, but principally, if not entirely,
dug from the field of
battle. As the importation of foreign arms is prohibited
by law, a special ;application to the Government
.bas
been rendered necessary for the admission of the various
articles so collected and introduced, merely as curiosi-
ties. and interesting mementos of that remarkable slim