The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-07 00:00:00

BY fitIBMABINS AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

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GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.43 3.0'
Wind W.S.W., tide two hours' flood, raining.
Sailed—Syren, for Natal.
DEAL, Thursday, 9.24 0.131*
Wind ; strong, thick rain.
The Ondin• steam-pac'set landed the mails and passen,,,
gors here, not being able to land them at Dover cawing vs"
the state of the weather.

ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A GUARDSMAN.—Yesterday
John Bargees, a private in the Scots Fusilier Guards'
was placed. before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Worship-street'
charged with stealing a pocket-book, containing five
pounds, from the house of Mr. Davis, Ashley-crescent'
Sexton. Ife was remanded for a week.
AMENDMENT OF THE STATUTES OF EXETER, LryCol4o,,
AND CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGES, OxFoßse—certsia
regulations and ordinances for the amendment of the
statutes of the following colleges, viz. :—Exeter C,°l'
lege, Lincoln College, and Corpus Christi College, ut.
ford, made in pursuance of the 17th and 18th Victoria',
c. 81, having been approved of by the Corniniosioner°
appointed for the purposes of that act, the sanie have
been published in the London Gazette, dated Fe'oruarit
6th instant, in conformity with the provisions of the
said act, and notice is thereby given that it is las efulf°,f,
the bodies or persons respectively mentioned in tl'ie 3Dtl
section of the said act to petition her Majesty in Conceit
within one mouth after the said publication again°
the approbation of the said regulations or ordinance'
or any part thereof. '
EAGLE MURDER.—Last week a lad, named iKennetb
Macdonald, in the employment of Mr. Cameron, TalliE'
ker, Skye, whose exploits among eagle cliffs we have
before had occasion to notice, succeeded in shooting Ova
eagles, right and left. What makes the feat e:ctraorcli'
nary is that the birds are of different species, otos being
a white-tailed or sea eagle, and the other a goldca
eagle. Macdonald discovered them preying up on the
carcass of a sheep ; at his approach they rose sininlia;
ncously, and while mounting rapidly upwards he fire'
right and left and brought both the birds down. lib°
sca eagle is a magnificent specimen, perfect inn every
point,
and measuring no less than 7 feet 3 inches fron3
tip to tip. The golden eagle was a younger bird ;rt
measured 6 feet 6 inches from tip to tip.—lnverness
Courier,

I - THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO ASHES.—DRU3IEEILSI9.?
COUNTY LEITRIM, Jan. 30.—Last night the hcusa
Michael Kelly was destroyed by fire, and three of hie
children perished in the flames. Kelly and his wife had
been at Dramkeeran Fair, and rettirned home about tell
o'clock. An hour or so later in the night, Kelly's wife
went to a farm to milk and ladder some cattle, leavirlii.
in the house her husband and five children, the eldest el,
whom was not over eleven years of age. When she caw°
back in the course of an hour or better, the house W2'
on fire ; her husband and the eldest and the youngest
child were to be seen ; but the second, third, and fourth
could nowhere be found ; they bad fallen a prey to the
devouring element. Kelly, who, it must be added, was
the worse for drink, had partially undressed himself and
went to bed. The children, waiting their mother's re'
turn, took a candle to search for cakes in the pockets of
their father's coat. The candle ignited some flax in the
room, and instantly the whole apartment was in flames'
The eldest boy succeeded in rousing up his father. Reif
suffocated and bewildered, he carried out the children
the youngest remained outside in its cradle, but the
ethers unnoticed entered the house again, where tbei
were suffocated and caught by the fire, except the eldest,
who was dragged out a second time in a state of insensi-
bility. Everything in the house was completely Con-
sumed ; bank notes to the value of 171. were burned I
even the dog and cat did not escape-- Sligo Chronicle.