The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-13 00:00:00

DEATH OF " THE GREAT CAPTAIN,"
A" O7' " THE DUKE."
On Saturday an inquest was held by Mr. Langharn,
at the Unicorn Tavern, Humrietta•strcet, Covent-garden,
as to the death of Margery Wild, aged 63, who was
long know n in the neighbourhood of Drury- lane as "the
Great Captain," from her corpulency. She resided in
White Hart-yard, and was in the receipt of 401. a year
as the widow of a purser in the Royal Navy, and
from this she assumed the rank of " Captain." On
Wednesday she went to the Exhibition, having re•
ceived her money, and at half•past six was found
drunk in Castle-street, Long-acre. The policeman
went to her and said, " Ah, Captain, is this
you again ?" for at all quarterly payments she was
taken to the Bow-street station-house, whither she was
conveyed on the occasion and placed in a cell. She
was so noisy that another woman was put with her,
but the soon asked to be removed to another place, as
the decvaed's language was so disgusting. At nine
o'clock the deceased was found lying! on the fhor, and
at ten o'clock quite dead. Mr. Snitch, the surgeon who
examined the body, toond death to have arisen from
apoplexy. Verdict, " Natural Death."
Alier the foregoing Mr. Snitch addressed the coroner
and jury. stating the difficulty he had iu making the
poq mortem examination, owing to the want of ttecom-
coodation affmled by the authorities of the parish of
St. Paul's, Covent•gardon. Mr. Snitch stated that he
was conducted to a miserable hut in the churchyard,
scarcely affording rem to stand upright, and totaliy
dark, unless the dour was thrown wide Open, which ex-
posed the proce( dings to a mob of persons collected
tit fore the iron railings of the burial-ground, and open
to the view of Covent-garden Market and the
rear of the houses that open to the south
side of the churchyard. Mr. Snitch remon-
strated with the beadle of the
.parish for taking
him to such a place, and was informed there was no
other place. Finding it impossible to make an exami-
nstion in such a miserable place, and that had it been
possible it would have been indecent and immoral, Mr.
S. determined to use his influence with the police
authorities, and by virtue of his office as surgeon to the
io-ce he was permitted to have the body removed to
the station-house, where the post mortem was effected.
Mr. S. concluded by hoping that some better provision
would be made for future contingencies.

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Fifty Pounds. A.F.

Landgrave
Vatican ...

Lily ...
Coticula
Catalpa ...

... .. ... ...
Handicap Sweepstakes. T.Y.C.

Sweepstakes of 200 sous. T.Y.C.

Scarecrow ...
Father Thames ... ...
Physalis filly ... ... ...
Italian came in late last night.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending Oct. 11,1851 ... £14,622 4
Traffic—Week ending Oct. 12, 1850 12,292 8
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 225,321 5
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 199,063 16
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
Oct. 11, 1851 ... 86,007
Passengers ... .£12,448 8 6
Goods ... 2,173 15 11

Total... ... £14,622 4 5
Total miles open, 1851, 17314; ditto, 1850, 171',,f.
London Terminus, Oct. 13, 1851.

THE LATE COUNT REYENTLOW.—The mortal re-
mains of Count Reventlow were yesterday deposited in the
Swedish Church in the City, and on Tuesday will leave
England on board the Jylland, a Danish Government
steamer, which happened to be accidentally in the Thames
at the time of the Count's melancholy decease. The bereaved
Countess Reventlow, with her family and suite, will, it is
probabl.e, leave London for Copenhagen in about a fortnight.
It is of course at present uncertain by whom, or how soon,
the diplomatic vacancy caused by this sad event will be
filled up, but in the meantime the duties of the mission are
performed by Count Alfred Reventlow-Criminil, acting as
Chargd d'Affaires, who is not a son, though very distantly
connected with the late Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of St. James's.

ANOTHER CASE OF ALLEGED CARD CHEATING.—
It will be remembered that during the investigations at
Brigton into the sufficiency of one of the prof osed bail in the
late charge of card cheating in that town reference was made
to another case of a similar kind, affecting one of the accused
parties. The bail having been refused by the magistrates,
nothing was then done as regarded the second case; but since
the acceptance of bail by Mr. Baron Martin an application
has been made by Mr. Sill, of Tavistock• row, the solicitor
for the prosecution in the Brighton case, to the magistrates
of Newmarket, where the alleged fraud is said to have taken
place during the races, a considerable time ago, and a war-
rant has been accordingly granted against the accused party.
Without entering into further particulars in the present stage
of the proceeding, we may state that duplicates of the war-
rant have been placed in the hands of the rolice, and that
the party in question has been traced to Paris.—SundayPaper

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Mary Burrell, to aged
woman, deliberately threw herself into the sea near Black
Rock on Wednesday afternoon, but was rescued from her
intended watery grave by a bather, named Cheesman.
She was taken to the workhouse.—Brighton Guardian.

A BLOOMER IN TUE HAYMARKET.-011 Friday
evening, about half-past nine, much excitement was pro-
duced in the locality, and the free circulation of the street
greatly impeded, by the appearance of a young female
attired in the new costume at the eastern end of
So intense was the curiosity evinced to gain a peep at the
object of interest that her conductors, who were two
moustachiod foreigners, thought it advisable to seek refuge
in a public-house at the top of the Haymarket, but the
establishment in question was instantly so thronged, that
it was found necessary to fasten the doors, and even then
the crowd endeavoured to force their way in by a side
passage. Meanwhile, a crowd of some two hundred persons
had waited outside the house, whose patience was soon re-
warded by a sight of the fair " Bloomer" herself, who bent
her steps down the Haymarket, pursued by a large collection
of the "unwashed," to the more juvenile portion of whom
she seemed more especially to be an object of interest, and
occasionally not the most polite banter. As the pressure of
the crowd increased her protectors were every now and then
obliged to come to a halt wherever vantage ground was
afforded by a shop door or alley, and after they had made a
vain attempt to evade their pursuers by turning down a side
street, the concourse became so numerous and rough that the
police were compelled to interfere, and under their advice the
party were placed in a cab, and driven off amidst hisses and
a few cheers.

FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE WINDOW-CLEANING.—
On Saturday an accident, which unfortunately proved fatal,
occurred to a man of the name of William Buffett, aged 31.
The deceased was engaged in cleaning the second floor window
of the house No. 37, Torrington-square, when from some un-
explained cause the iron rail in front of the window gave
way, and he fell backward on to the balcony railings of the
first floor, breaking them to atoms. From these he fell on to
the railing in front of the house, which breaking short off,
threw him with great force on his head in the gutter.
Assistance was immediately at band, and he was at once
picked up, and taken to the University College Hospital,
where, notwithstanding his severe injuries, he lingered until
yesterday evening, when he died.

THE DUCHESS Os' KENT.—Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, the mother of our noble Queen, will
again visit Carlisle on Monday next (this day), about mid-
day, on her way from Scotland to the south. She will come
by the ordinary express train, and is expected to lunch at
tue Citadel station. Every possible respect will be paid to
the Royal Duchess. She will be waited upon by the autho-
rities of both city and county, and by the directors of the
Caledonian and Lancaster and Carlisle lines. All the ar-
rangements at the station made for the Queen remain intact.
Her Royal Highness was much gratified by her reception
here last year. We are quite sure she will have cause to be
equally pleased with that which awaits her on Monday.
Carlisle Pa triot.

OFFICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.—There is no truth
whatever in the statements put forward in the Irish journals,
and repeated in the correspondence of the London papers, of
a contemplated change in the Irish Government. Lord
Clarendon, it is true, had fixed a day for his return to Ire-
land, but has postponed his departure till after the meeting
of the Cabinet on Tuesday next. All the speculations
about Lord Clarendon going to the Home-office, and being
succeeded in the Lieutenancy of Ireland, either by Lord
Carlisle or Lord Granville, are entirely destitute of foundation.
We have much pleasure in stating that Sir George Grey is
greatly recovered, and is expected in town to-morrow.
Sunday Paper.
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR HUGH
FRASER.—We regret to announce the death of Lieutenant-
General Sir Hugh Frazer, of Braelangwell, K.C.8., which
took place on the afternoon of Monday last, the 6th current,
at Braelangwell. The event was sudden. On Saturday
afternoon last Sir Hugh was in his usual health, and walked
out in the grounds around his seat. On Sunday evening he
became ill. Dr. Wilson, of Inverness, was called in, but the
veteran rapidly sunk. His remains are to be interred in
Kirkmichael churchyard, on Tuesday next, the 14th current.
—lnverness Courier.

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officiall C A L
salariesSLtß
SALARIES: °n
commenced,portion of the new Chancery Act took effect. The
or a Satur-
day
when
Chancellor will now receive 10,000/. instead of 14,0001., the
additional 4,000/. being allowed to his Lordship as Speaker
of the House of Lords. The Master of the Rolls has hitherto
been paid 7,000/., and ho will now receive the reduced salary
of 6,000/. The two reductions will save 5,000/. a year.
DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.—At a meeting
of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, held on
Saturday, in the board-room, at Westland-row, Mr. James
Magee, chairman, presiding, the directors declared a dividend
of four per cent. on the half-year ending the 31st of August
last, to be payable on and after Monday next (this day).
The report gives a prosperous account of the financial affairs
of the company. After the payment of the dividend (which
makes seven per cent. for the year) a balance of 4,530/, re-
mains to be carried forward to the next half-year.
MR. ALDERMAN SALOMONS, M.P., AND THE HOUSE
or COMMONS. —Oa Saturday Mr. Alderman Salotnons's soli-
citor received "notice of trial" in two separate actions,
which will bring the question of the admission of Jews into
Parliament before the Court of Queen's Bench in tue course
of a few weeks. The, notices of trial are for the sittings
after Michaelmas Term, consequently the cases will come on
early in December, as the terns ends on the 25th of Novem-
ber. The actions are brought for "having voted in the
House of Commons, without having first taken the oaths
required by law."

TRUCK SYSTEM.—Messrs. Peto and Betts, the con-
tractors for the Oxford, IVorcester, and Wolverhampton Rail-
way, have issued a notice that they will not allow the sub-
contractors on the line to carry on the truck system.
THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.--DOVER, OCT. 12.
—Nothing in the way of actual through communication with
the continent and the metropolis has
,yet been accomplished,
although the cable has now been " sub-marined" a fortnight,
neither has the communication been 'earried out betweea the
South Foreland and the South-Eastepa Company's telegraph
at Dover.