The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-24 00:00:00

LEICESTER, TnunsuAr.—Trade still continues
dull, and greater caution is being exercised in the accumu-
lation of stock, manufacturers generally deciding that it is
better to diminish production whichit the supply very
much to exceed the demand, policy will evidently
produce a good result as soon as the commercial interests
have recovered from the chief cause of this long and con-
tinued dulness of trade, that cause being an extraordinary
mild winter succeeded by protracted cold in the spring.
THE HOSIERY TRADE.—VVe havebut a small
business cioing, especially for the home trade. but
are soma
but orders which keep some of the There
at.work,
but there are many workmen unemployed. There is little
doing in yarns : the price, however, remains about the same.
—Nottingham Journal.
PARADE or OLD IVARRIORS.--The veteran soldiers
of her Majesty's forces, inmates of the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea, are to parade in the Grand-square, on Thursday, the
29th of May, at one o'clock, in their new clothing, to cele-
brate the
Ring Ches 11.,
the founder of that
national establishment. The officers and
men will be decorated with the oak apple, and many will
show two and three medals, with a large proportion of clasps.
A FURIOUS BULL.—Yesterday afternoon a bullock
being driven, with others, along the Blackfriars-read, sud-
denly broke from the herd and rushed along
at a terrific
rate, butting at everything that came in its way. Whenl
op-
posite Mr. Sherman's chapel it completely
overturned a
inside
and seriously injured a gentleman who was riding ins
Mrs. liorrocks, living:in Grosvenor-street, was
knocked.dow
and had several ribs broken. Several other person; were
injured before the beast was secured.

MTH.%
OF A BOX.
On-the 21st inst., at Alfred-place West, Thurloe-square,
the wife of Paul J. Bishop, Esq.
On the 20th inst., at Drinkston-park, Suffolk, the Wife of
Herbert Bree, Esq.

OF A DAUGHTER.
MOn the 18th
H. Cookn t Clarendon-road-villas, Notting-hill,
rs. William
On the 10th inst , at Enfield-terrace, Kingsland, the wife
of Mr. Henry Philp.

11(.4.R.81ED.
On the 20th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Nevrbury, the
Rev Henry Towry White,B.A., only son of the late Rey.
fourth
daugh t White,er o.A. Jere Bunny, Es of St. Mary'sM
q., of Newbury, Berks.
On the .40th inst., at Cirencester, the Rev. W. H. Stanton,
eldest son of W. H. Stanton, Esq., M.P. for Stroud, to Mary,
second daughter of Mr. C.
Cirencester. Lawrence, of the Querns, near

On the 14th inst , at ,DIED
Viscount of Strathallan,aged 85.
Castle Strathallan, James, eighth
On the 17th inst , Dr. Edward C. Baker, late of Walcot-
terrace, aged 48.
On the 19th inst., in Fetter-Itne, Mr. G. Comfort, aged 81.
On the 18th lust , at Tottenham
rie J. Beadnell, Esq., a 81
On the 20th inst., at Clapham New-park, Hentta,ged wife
of Alexander W. Rowland Esq., aged 82.
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London, Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of
No. U 2, Strand, Printer,
at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct cf the Savoy, in the county of
Aliddlefta, Saturday, May 24, 1801.

parried with the usual chanting of the ser,ice, the sprinkling
of holy water, the carrying of tapers, &c. The Cardinal
addressed those assembled from the temporary altar
erected beneath a tarpauling, and asserted the claims of the
Papal religion to the inspiration of the blessed Redeemer.
Those who should attend the worship in the building about
to be erected would find that the corner-stone of that reli-
gion was Christ. The ceremony having been concluded, the
procession returned from the ground, and the assembly de-
parted.

A PAPER DEVOURER.—In the Bank of England no
fewer than sixty folio volumes, or ledgers, are daily filled
with writin4 in keeping the accounts! To produce these
sixty volumes, the paper having been previously manufac-
tured elsewhere, eight men, three steam-presses, and two
hand-presses, are continually kept going within the Bank!
In the copper-plwe printing department 28,000 bank-notes
are thrown off daily; and so accurately is the number indi-
cated by machinery, that to purloin a single note without
detection is an impossibility.
APOTHECARIES' -HALL —The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, May 22 :—Henry Thompson, Croydon.
Alfred Carpenter, Rothwell, Northamptonshire; Edward
Wilmshurst Tait, Heytesbury, Wilts ; Henry Joseph Her-
schel Griesbach, Millington, Yorkshire; Francis Martin,
Brighton.
GENERAL LEAVE TO THE ARMY.--Leave of ab"
sence for the purpose of seeing the Exhibition has been give by his Grace the Commander-in-Chief to all regiments
half
borne, from the Ist of June to the 30th, one field officer,
the captains, and half the subalterns to
be allowed the indul-
gence each fortnight in the month; and it is the intention
of some of the railway directors to allow officers, upon pro-
ducing a certificate of their rank, to travel at the Govet°-
ment rate of charge of 2d. a mile, as when on duty.
THE LATE SUICIDE ON TUN LONDON AND NOS 191; WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P.,
an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, 0"
Pancras, on James Young, Esq., aged seventy-two, late o',
35, Augustus-street, Regent's-park, who, as has been ahead/
stated, committed suicide, by throwing himself under
~the
train on the London and North-Western Railway.
Mr'
George Harris, the deceased's nephew, stated the deceased'
who was a gentleman of independent fortune, had latterly
suffered much from ill-health, which greatly affected big
spirits. Sunday morning he appeared more cheerful than
usual; and, after taking some coffee, left home to take e,
walk. For a few days before his death he complained 01
pain in the head. On Saturday he made his will. He iflle
the last man whom witness would suspect of suicidal jute':
tions. Mrs. Emily Norton, residing at Park Villa Eesbo
Regent's-park, was watching from the Victoria-bridge, the •
arrival of the Liverpool train on Tuesday, which reached
the London station between one and two o'clock, when Pet
as the train appeared in sight she saw deceased walk from
the right hand side of the railroad towards the rails ell which the train was running. When the train came OW to him, he halted for a moment, then knelt down, and so-
veloping his head in his cloak laid it upon the rails. She
was so horrified, that she lost all power of speech. When
she looked the next moment, the train had passed over ;the
unfortunate gentleman, having severed the head diagonal,
from the body, and leaving the mutilated portions several
feet distant frem each other. The train, which consisted 01
six or seven carriages, was going at an easy pace down the
incline plane. Verdict, "Insanity."
TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The ship Trent has bee!,
chartered by the East India Company for the conveyance of
troops to Calcutta, and is about to take her departure.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESHnii
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We understand that the directors of
this line are arranging the claims of the several parties Who.
seek compensation for the injuries they received at the late
collision. They deem this the most economical procedure, as 41" will save them a very large amount in the shape of law mate,
Some of the larger claims are still unsettled, and it is possi-
ble that some cases will ultimately be brought to trial.--•
Liverpool Mercury.
Two police-agents, who had been sent from Frank'
fort to the Exhibition of London, says the Constitutionnelf
were, on their arrival in that capital, relieved by some,
adroit thieves of all their luggage and papers, amongst
which happened to be the dcscription of seven famous
German thieves, whom they had been ordered to seek out
and observe.

THE PROVINCIAL DETECTIVES IN THE METROPOLIS.
—There are at present upwards of thirty officers connected
with the provincial detective police force in London, acting
under the direction of the authorities of Scotland-yard.
These men, who have been selected for their general intelli-
gence, and knowledge of the towns from which they come,
are employed as a corps of observation rather than police-
officers. A number of them attend daily the Crystal Palace,
and keep a strict watch that none of the visitors may be
eased of their purses or their contents; but even were they
to see a light-fingered gentleman plying his trade, they can-
not take him into custody. Not having been sworn in to
act as police-officers in the metropolis, their instructions are
to call the next London officer and point out the delin-
quent, that he may be apprehended. These officers who are
not engaged in the Palace visit the termini of the railways
which communicate with their respective localities, and see
who arrive by the several trains, reporting the arrival of any
parties who are known as reputedthieves, &c. At night the
officers visit the haunts of thieves, l c., with a view of ascer-
taining what number of persons with whose habits and pur•
suits they are acquainted have arrived from the provinces.
Chartist and Socialist meetings are also attended and reported
upon. It will be seen that the duties of the provincial officers
are rather of a negative than a positive kind, the power
of acting being reserved for the metropolitan force, between
whom and the provincials anything but amicable feelings
exist. The latter dislike to be made the jackals of the for-
mer, who will derive all the credit due to their labours and
knowledge, whilst the London officers feel somewhat piqued
that parties, whom they call " countrymen," should have been
brought and permitted to trespass on what they consider
their own manor. Liverpool Mercury.
ST. PANCRAs (MIDDLESEX) PAVING CONSOLIDA..
1.-Wm.—Yesterday the Committee of the House of Commons
upon this Bill proceeded with the consideration of its provi-
sions. Mr. Talbot, Q.C., in opening the case for the pro-
moters, stated that the object of the Bill was to consolidate
the 17 existing paving and lighting boards in the parish of
St. Pancras, which now contained a population of 160,000,
with an assessible value of 660,0001., into one central board.
The present complicated system caused increase of expense;
want of rating uniformly had a tendency to lead to abuses,
and to cause the burdens of local taxation to fall moreheavily
on the ratepaying population. The Bill is opposed by the
Bedford and other estates, ratepayers of St. Pancras and
Camden Town, and by a variety of other local interests.
The only witness as yet examined is Mr. G. W. F. Cook, the
vestry clerk of St. Pancras.
CONVERSAZIONE AT THE MANSION HOUSE.—On
Wednesday, the 4th of June, the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress will receive the Royal Commissioners, the Foreign
Commissioners, and the jurors of the Great Exhibition, and
their ladies; the Foreign Ministers, together with a large
number of literati of the different English and foreign scien-
tific
societies, as also the members of the Corporation and
their ladies, at a conrersazione at the Mansion-house.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN CLERRENWELL YESTERDAY.
About,ten o'clock yesterday morning a serious loss of property
by fire took place at the library of Mrs. Mary Ann Ham-
mitt, 13, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell. A servant.girl
had occasion to go into a small room on the greund floor, be- -
tween the shop and sitting-room, and having a lighted
candle in her hand, a spark is supposed to have fallen
among the furniture of the room. In a few minutes the
flames spread rapidly, and the destruction of the entire con-
tents must have been the result, but for the timely arrival
of the" Farringdon• street brigade and parish engines, when,
with great difficulty, the fire was subdued. Several volumes
were among the property consumed. Mrs. Hammitt is in-
sured in the Sun Fire-office.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT WOMBWELL'S ME-
NAGERIE.- CHATHAM, MAY 23.—The scene of the tragical
death of the Lion Queen, a few years since, has again be-
come one of serious injury, if not ultimately the cause of
death to another individual. Last night between nine and
ten o'clock, when the menagerie was filled with company, whilst Thomas Storre, a black man, who, under the title
of
" The young Indian Prince," was engaged in performing
with the large elephant, the animal, either by design or acci-
dent, pressed Storre against the bars of the den, by which
he received severe injury of the scalp, had four of his ribs,
the right, arm, and collar bone broken, and he now lies in a
very precarious state. At the time of the accident the
animal was in the act of taking off and replacing the hat of
and hence the cause of the injury, It
his keeper, and it is imagined that it had been irritated by
some of the company,
but this injunction he had neglected, and
appears Storre's instructions were to remain outside the
attachmentden to him, entertained no apprehension of
from animal's
its
danger.