The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-04 00:00:00

burg, in Traroylrania, some students, probably heated with wine,
committed excesses which led to the interference of the military.
The rioters immediately retreated, and the tranquillity of the
town was not interrupted for a moment.
The Ministers to the Congress now here have daily confer.
ence in the different committees, and it is not likely that there
will be a general sitting till the reporters of those committees
are ready to make their reports.
It is said that his Majesty the Emperor intends to make a
tour in the interior after the beginning of spring. Our ac-
counts from Italy are very satisfactory, and the good spirit of
the Piedmontese was manifested in the incursion of the Poles.
Nevertheless, it seems necessary that the Poles should be re-
moved from Switzerland, that those troublesome guests may
not incessantly call for the attention of the authorities, and fill
peaceable citizens with alarm.
VIENNA, FEB. 21.—Five per Cent. 3letalliques, 97 4-5;
Four per Cent., 87 7-8 ; Bank Shares, 1,245 N.—Allgemeine
Zeitung, Feb. 26.

The French papers of Sunday are chiefly
occupied with comments on the arbitrary con-
duct of the Government, in prosecuting M.
CABET, and the extreme severity of his sen-
tence. The news from Spain in these papers
is neither interesting nor important.

By the arrival of another packet from Lisbon
we have a detailed account of the battle of
Almoster, recorded in The Sun of yesterday
but the particulars do not possess sufficient in-
terest for insertion.

His Majesty's steamer Messenger has arrived
with a mail from the Mediterranean and Greece.
The English fleet was at Malta when the steamer
sailed. The only news received by this con-
veyance is the explosion of a vessel containing
gunpowder in Malta harbour on the very day
that the Messenger sailed. The particulars will
he found below :

VALETTA, FEB. 15.—At the moment of closing my
letter, I learn the news of a frightful accident just oc-
curred, in the explosion of some gunpowder on board a
vessel in our harbour. The English schooner Meteor.
Waye, master, which left London on the 18th December,
arrived here on the 13th inst. with a general cargo ad.
oressed to Bell and Co. There were 100 barrels of gun-
powder stowed uppermost, 94. or 96 of which were de-
livered into our Polverista, the other six or seven having
been stove or burst in the passage out. This loose powder
had so disseminated itself through the cargo beneath that
it was found impossible to collect it until the vessel might
be unladen; in doing which the explosion took place.
The consequences have been dreadful. The captain and
crew of the vessel, as well as a working party from
the shore, have all perished. Twenty bodies have
been taken up to our General Hospital, fourteen
of which are said to be lifeless, rnwilated in a horrid man-
ner. A clerk of Mr. Southward, a merchant here, a
young man much respected (a Mr. Cowper) happened
unfortunately to go on board upon business, and was de-
stroyed, as well as a midshipman passing accidentally
upon the Marina. My account may not be accurate, but
it is the best I can obtain at the moment. No blame
can be attached to our harbour-master, who appears to
have taken every usual and neces-ary precaution. Pariti,
or experienced persons, had visited and reported upon the
state of the vessel and cargo. This melancholy occur-
rence took place about 11 o'clock this morning. The
packet sails at 5, p.m.

His Majesty has given a donation of 500
guineas towards the Grand Musical Festival, which is to
take place in Westminster Abbey next summer, the direc-
tors of which are Lord Denbigh, Lora Cawdor, Lord
Howe, Lord Belfast, Lord Burghers!, Lord Saltoun, Sir
Benjamin Stephenson, and Sir Andrew Barnard, who have
appointed Mr. Parry, the composer, their assistant secre-
tary. The musical arrangements of the festival will be
under the superintendence of Sir George Smart, which
will consist of four performances and four public rehearsals.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF
WESTMORXLAND.—STANFORD, SATURDAY.--A few days
since an accident occurred to the Earl f.f Westmoreland,
which was very near being attended with a fatal result.
The noble earl, in consequence of indi,position, had been
confined to hie house at Apethorpe (eight miles from this
town), and had been ordered a medicinal draught. The
servant whose duty it was to administer the medicine to
his noble master gave him the contents of a phial of
laudanum, instead of the draught, which his Lordship
swallowed. By prompt medical aid the stomach was
evacuated of its contents ; but his Lordship, who was
attended by Dr. Arnold, of Stamford, was not dechred
out of danger until Friday morning. He is now entirely
recovered.

The neighbourhood of Painswick has been
under considerable excitement in consequence of two
human skeletons having been found, by accident, in a
vault, by some workmen who were clearing out the lower
part of a house. Many rumours are afloat ; and the
matter is undergoing investigation.— Worcester Herald.
ST.ANDREW, HOLBORN.—CHURCH RATES
RESISTED.—On Friday a meeting of the householders of
the three liberties of the above parish was held at the In-
quest-room, Sc. Andrew's-court, for the purpose of making
a rate to defray the expenses and otrgoings relating to the
church. Mr. Armstrong, the churchwarden, in the chair,
A long discussion took place as to the propriety of com-
pelling Mr. Joseph Stevens, the late churchwarden, to
refund to the parish the sum of 641. 7s. 91., which he
had paid as fees in respect of the new church of St. Peter,
Saffron-hill. Doi hag the course of the discussion, Mr.
Fearon (proprietor of the great gin temple on Holborn-
hill) said he was of opinion that the parishioners were not
in a situation to pay any church rate whatever. —(lm-
mense cheering.) Mr. Hutchison proposed that the con-
sideration respecting a provision for the church be ad-
journed for six weeks, and it was carried by acclamation.
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE Two PRO-
TESTANT CLERGYMEN.—On Sunday night a party of
above fifty arms d men attacked the house of the Rev. J.
Mansergh, in the parish of Lismaliu, of which he is the
Protestant Curate, some of whom fired into the parlour.
in which that gentleman was thin at tea, and wounded
him across the forehead. Mr. Mansergh immediately
retreated to the upper part of the house, from whence,
with the assistance of his servants, he succeeded in pre-
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not likely to produce a more serious injury to him than
the inconvenience of temporary confinement. An attempt
was also made to assassinate the Rev. Anthony Armstrong
on the high road, as he was going to visit one of his
parishioners at Ballyphillip,—Dublin Warder.
ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY, AND FEMALE
HEROISM.—On Wednesday night last two men called at
the Griffin Inn, Frame, pretending to be just arrived and
much fatieued. Th.y asked for a bed, when Mrs. Hobbs,
the landlady, contented to their sleeping there, but could
not immediately show them to their room, she t eing at
the time engaged ; when a third, who professed to have
slept there before, offered to show them where to go.—
Mrs. Hobbs, on second thoughts, suspecting that all was
not right, went up stairs, and discovered that all the three
men were in another room where a farmer was sleeping, to
which room she proceeded alone, and detected the villains
rifling the sleeping farmer's small clothes. On this she
closed the bed-room door, and would not allow them to
leave until she had possession of the whole of the property,
which amounted to upwards of SO/. Unfortunately Mrs.
Hobbs, in her alarm, let the villains escape with only a
few blows on their poles to assist them down stairs. Too
much praise cannot be given to Mts. H. fur the courageous
manner in which she acted. The farmer had very impru-
dently been exposing his money during the day.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT TO THE ADE-
LAIDE STI4OIE/L.—We regret to learn that the beautiful
and powerlul steamer, the Adelaide, belonging to Messrs.
Moore and M'Creigbt, of this town, while on her voyage
from Londonderry to Liverpool, encountered considerable
damage. It appears that about two o'clock on Thursday
morning last, while off the Mull of Galloway, she was
struck by a tremendous sea, which washed all the houses
off deck, and swept overboard Captain Shannon, her com-
mander, who unfortunately happened to be in the house
at the time. We regret to state he was never seen after-
wards. About two hours afterwards, she was struck by
another sea which carried away the remains of her bul-
warks, boats, davids, a bullock, half of the wheel, the
greater part of the sk)lights, and half filled the cabins with
water. One of the engines was also broken and rendered
useless. With great difficulty the vessel got into Douglas,
Isle of Man, at two r.m. on Thursday, but is so much
disabled that she still remains there. Her despatches
were forwarded by the Mona's Isle steamer which arrived
this afternoon, (Saturday), bringing the above intelligance.
—Liverpool Chronicle.