The Sun.
London, England, 1834-02-20 00:00:00


Regina." Lady 11,ele' .nng was encored. After
the play the hall room wag thrown open, and dancing
commenced, in r hich their Graces and other distin-
guished personage at the Abbey took a part. A sump-
tuous supper was prepared for the tradespeople in the
stewat(i's apartments. It eras nearly four when the com-
pany separated.

We hear that the Rev. T. V. Short, formerly
tutor of Christchurch, has been selected to the vacant
living of St. George, Bloomsbury.
CALICO PRINTERS' STRIKE.—In Dumbar-
tonshire the new bands were introduced into the different
print.fields on Monday, and owing to the excellent ar-
rang,m,nt of the civil power, and the ample military force
with which it is supported, every thing has been going on
smoothly inside of the public works ; but whenever any
of the new Laad, venture out, they are attacked with bru-
tality and vio!e:ive.— Glasgow Courier.
LIEUT. BOWERS'S NAVAL ADVENTURES.
—The aut'tor of these narritives, (says the Atheneum)
has seen and suffered much. Fortune early in life pushed
him off the land, and said, " Go try your luck on water;"
and since that period he has been moving in many lati-
tudes, and looking on many strange countries." To this
might he added, the perilous service be has perform. d for
his country in the battles at sea wherein he has been en-
gaged, of which the reader is presented with the most
stirring recitals. Nothing indeed can exceed, in romantic
and gallant adventure, the events of a seaman's life ; and
seldom have these been represented in more vivid colours
than in those of our brave lieutenant.

FOREST 017 DEAN.—In a town in this dis-
trict lately occurred the following incident :—The pigs of
certain individuals, sot of the lowest class, having com-
mitted sundry vagaries, were set down by their owner as
tinder the influence of witchcraft. The owners prepared a
charm to discover the operator of the enchantment,
and to counteract its influence. For this purpose they
killed one, took out its h--are, which they stuffed
with pins and thorns, and then laid it on the fire under
the cinders. Scarcely had the heart begun to roast,
when in rushed an old woman of the neighbourh od—her
hair dishevelled—her cheek flushed---and her whole fire
steaming with perspiration, who forthwith began to in-
quire about the pies, and vehemently to disclaim having
touched them. This satisfactory test at once decided that
the old woman was the w itch : but the injured owners t•f
the pies wet e in too much awe of her power to revengi:
themselves by violent means upon her. At her request
she was allowed to see the enchanted animals, when the
old dame blessed and passed her hands over them and re-
tired, since which, it is said, the pigs have recovered.
Monmouth Merlin.

A gentleman of Barnstaple, on his journey
to Braunton a few days since, had arrived almost to
Wrafton vill.ge, when his horse shyed at something, and
made a start. - On pulling up suddenly, the bit actually
parted in the animal's mouth, and having thus deprived
the rider of command, started off at full speed. The
gentleman, very fortunately, had sore little remains of the
gout, and, in consequence, furnished himself with a stout
stick with a large crook at the end of it. With this crook
he luckily caught the animal by the nose, and "stopped
his gallop." Had he not succeeded, the result would, in
all probability, have been fatal.—North Devon Ad-
vertiser.

THE MACKEREL SEASON.—The shoals
of mackerel which have appeared on all parts of the coast
at this early part of the season, are said to be immense,
and the London market, during the last week, has been
most liberally supplied. The early appearnce of these
fish is to be attributed to the mildness of the weather and
the late westerly gale.,, which have forced the mackerel
up the Channel at this early season.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—LaSt week, a
the quarry of Browshot, near Braehead, in the parish of
Carnwatb, while the workmen were actively engaged in
their operations, a bank of earth suddenly fell, by which
three of their number were suddenly deprived of life, and
other two very seriously injured, one of them so much 111,
that he is not expected to recover.—Edinburgh Evening
Courant.

THE IRISH POOR,---APPALLING
On the night of Monday the 20th itist. a poor widow and
five children were killed in their beds by the falling of
the wretched hovel in which they resided, in the parish of
Street, a few miles from Granard, county of Lonefotd.
When the bodies were taken from the ruins; it was found
that the unfortunate creatures had been lying on a smell
quantity of straw, and no other covering than a few r tgs
and their own miserable gaments ; and it is to such a
state of extreme destitution that a great p^rtion .of the
Irish poor are reduced, because they have no claim to a
legal provision to sustain existence.
FATAL ACCIDENT.- A BRIDEGROONL
KILLED ON HIE WEDDING-DAY —On Sunday evenine a
per eon of the name of James Whitehead, who had been
married at Croydon in the morning, and had passed the
d ry at his wife's uncle's, at Westminster, was on his way
home with his wife, in a gig, to Bromley, in Kent. They
had just reached the Surrey side of Westtninster-itridge,
when their horse took fright at the lights and horn of the
Dover coach, at the time driving pest, and, becoming
unmanageable, overturned 0- e vehicle and threw them out
opposite Mison-street. Mr. W.'s bead came in contact
with a lamp-post with such violence as to rinse immee
concussion of the brain, of which he died within art
hour, at the house of Surgeon Brookes, at the Marsh-gate,
where he was taken on tie instant, and where every
medical assistance proved unav Ling. Mrs. W., who re-
ceiv d many severe bru ses and hurts in her fall, was con-
ducted tiack to her uncle's, the unfortunate wife and
ov of a day. Mr. W. was a fine young man, only
25 years of age, and was gardener to Mr. Walden, of
Plastow Ledge, near Bromley.
MURDER, LOVE, AMD MADNESS.-A
murder occurred in the lunatic asylum of this town, on
Sunday het, under circumstances at once melancholy and
peculiarly interesting. A young man, a miller, named
Richard Boakes, having placed his affections on a young
roman of rather an interesting appearance, and his love
lasting requited by a reciprocity of feeling on the part of the
object of his choice, when about to lead her to the hymeneal
alter, was opp vied, importuned, and preva;led upon by his
friends to marry one of their choice. The marriage was
solemnized, and at the lapse of three days, he exhibited
symp oms of lunacy, which having increased to an al trming
extent,i t was thought advisable to place him in the lunatic
asylum. In his ravines he used to call beck with rapture
the memory of his former love, and, in frantic fits, imajne
h pressed the object to his bosom. On Sunday Lilt, he
attacked a patient in the same put of Vie asyium, and tlits
deceased, an old man, named George Eagan, when about
to restrain him, received a kick on the forehead with the
non heel of his shoe, which caused almost instant dePh,
What appears ratter aintular in this melancholy affair
that when visited by his former lover he appears perfectly
sane, speaks rationally, but extremely dejected in his
soirits—imrnediately on her departure, violent fits of
ithrenzy ensue. Since the above has been put in type we
have been irfamed that Eagan's death was caused by
pleurisy, and not by the violence of the lunatie,„Cion,.
mei "Idoliser.

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANOE..--.-CORSidePz
able sensation has been produced in Morayshire by the dis-
covery of a female body, in the burn of Brodie, near t'•e
Saw Mtl!s of Earlstoill. On Sunday evening, the body
was found by a man belonging to the Mills, in c msequence
of his seeing some parts of female dress sticking to t••e
of a tree in the centre of the stream. He immediatzly
called his neighbours, and removed the body to the b ink.
Toe head, lower part of the body, and fret were hare.
The frock or gown was of dark russet or moreen, usuch
torn; the under dress consisted of a rather neat slip or
muslin petticoat, with fashionable corsets, &c. The height
of the deceased was about five feet; the figure appeared to
have been handsome, and the age of the unfortunate per
son from 25 to 30. Mr. Brodie, of Brodie, and the Rev
Mr. Aitken, minister of Dyke, deserve great praise for.
the promptitude and attention with which they acted on
the occasion. Immediately on hearing of the cir.cuinstarice
they repaired to the spot and gave directions tut coverie6
proceeded gentlemen
ta the iu
lpa thec e morn-
ing‘ where ere
and watching the body during the night. Mr. „die
then sent a communication to Mr. Urquhart, write,
Furres, as Fiscal of the district, and requested that he
tt
e would
.bod
yt tleany, Accordingly, alongd
ae mt
accompanied
Fiscalhe hi ad medical
by
Dr.
Maros and Dr. Brands,
who carefully examined the corpse, but found no maks of
violence. Putrefaction had proceeded so far that they
in the water
y o r
was five a
could not ascertain the cause of death, although the.),
put into
supposed the woman must have been drowned, and lain
coffin,
Altera,
andth e
decentlystirgi surgical
examination,
interred in the churchyard of Dyke. The clothes have
been preserved, but no trace or mark of any kind has
been discovered which can lead to the identity of the un-
fortuna.e individual. It is certain that she did not belong
to the district where the body was found, and nu p, rsou
answering the description bad been seen in the rieighLoar-
-1.0.1. The burn at Brodie is so small that except when
Hooded, there is not sufficient water to carry any thing of
the weight of this body, anti the millers sty there has
ee,n no flood fur the last six weeks, excedt (Nike the
of Friday the 21.t1i of J inuary, and even t:,en to no
;rest extent.—lnverness Courier.