The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

EXCHE-QUER:-(T1-11-DAY.)

RACES.
(Tills DAY.)

Neasb s al

Testator
Jack Leeming

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FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLACIEFRIASS-BRIDGE.'"'
Yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, &poi,'
tion of the acaffuld under the fourth arch of Blackfriftrs'
bridge, on which three men were standing, gave way. TWO
of them mat.aged to cling to the tim i bers ll aegis once
reached them; but the third, John Phelps, fell. In his de-
scent his bead struck the abutment, and da.bed out hits
brains. Boat, put off; but the body was not recovered.'
PAPAL A ProlbTAit IsTs.—At the last account's,'
Arehbish op Hughes bad reached Pari., on his way homefrom Rome, wit bout that red hat. The Pope has behaved
very shabbily to our New Yolk prelate. Instead of giving
him a hat—a Cardinal's hat (even an old hat w, ul have
d °our:
)—his Holiness only gave him a fish. The Pope was
mo
re polite to Mr'. Bennett, when she last visited the
Eternal City, His Holiness presented to that lady a beau-
tiful cameo portrait of himself, and a plenary indulgence,
signed by his own hand, for her husband. UnfOrturate
Archbishop I Never mind. The inimot tat Get in is making
anew hat for him by the lime he returns.—New To! k .Heraltk
PEEPEIII•II,NT.--The- R.V. Newton Soker,
tocello the
t Rectory of 13) fleet, 'Surrey ; patron, the Lord Chan.

LLANDFDIE..-- SAD MPTA/CE.—On Thursday,
farmer being at Alynydd-mawr. was on his way home from
Llandebie Fair, atter partaking rather freely of Sir John
Berle) corn, when his p.m) turned to a pool to drink water,
and the girths being to, se, the unfortunate rider and the
*addle fell over the pony's bead into the water. In that
state he was discovered by a neigh b-ur, beating on bcth sides
of the saddle, evidently thinking that he was on bis pony,
and occasionally calling at the top of his voice, ..Get up,
miss," " Get up, Betsy." It was not until a long time bad
elapsed that his friend succeeded in persuading him that he
bad nly a saddle under him.— Welshman.

BIRTHS.
OF A BON.
On the 20th inst., at Barwell, Leicestershire, the wife of
Major Pearson.
On the 19th inst., at Elton-hall, near Stockton•on-Tees,
the wife of the Rev. H. Blaister, of the Rectory, Routh,
near Beverley.

OE A DAUGHTER.
On the 21st inst., at Calionbury-park, Islington, Mrs. W.
W. Spencer.
On the 18th inst., at Longhope, near Gloucester, the wife
of R. S. Simone, Eeq.

At St. Margaret's. Westnilndler, on the 2lat hut., James
Taddy, eon of Thomas Blackburn, Esq., of Northdown•ball,
Isle of Planet, to Sarah, escond daughter of L C. Hurnfreyr
Esq., Q.C., of Great Queen-street, St. James's-park.

DIED.
FOolletn
t, the 20thaged inst., at Vicar's-cross, near Chester, George
Esq., 5
On the 18th inst , in Lansdowne-crescent, Notting-hill,
Mrs. M tilde Eleanor A. Smyth, aged 83.
In Paris, aged 76, Martha Henrietta, widow of James
Hennessy, sen., Esq., of Cognac,
On the 18th inst., at Clifton, John Harding, Esq, of
Hen but, -bill, aged 44.
On the 17th inst., at Doncaster, Eliza, the only daughter
of Captsin Cooke, late 9th Lancers.
London. Printed and
No. 112 Published by MURDO YOUNG, of
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Strand, in the Precinct of the Sam, in Ai MAW "
ifithlllon, Uvulas, Jut 24,151.

QUEEN'S BENCH 'THIS DAY')
The Curt was occupied all the tattooing with ac:biri;
mon jury case, which was devoid of the slightest p
tutertst.

ClOr° titort
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE

BY ELECTRIC TEL EGRAPK•)
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.

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GLASGOW AND SOUTH- W ESTEIN RAILWAY.-.- Traffic 10r
the Week ending June 21, 1851:
Passengers (21,1'e9), Goods, &c.,
nd Horses and Carriages ... £3,812 3 8
Corresponding week in last year
for Glasgow and Ayr and Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and. Carlisle
all ways £2,756 9 1
Glasgow, June 23, 1851.

A PUZZLER domestic, newly engaged, pre'
/tented to his master, one morning, a pair of boots, the leg
of one of which was much longer than the other.
comes it, you rascal, that these boots are not of the sane
l'-ngth ?" " I really don't know, ir, but what bothers 132°
the most is, that the pair downstairs are in the same fix.
Tins POTENTIAL ooD.—A n Oxf ,rd student
joined without invitation a party dining at an inn, after
which he boasted so much of his abili:ies, that one of the
part) said, " You have told us enough of what you can
tell us something you cannot do." " Faith," said he,
cannot pay my share of the reckoning."
LPtters from Rouen state that there was greater
activity in the market for manufactures, and that in 302°
cases higher prices had been obtained.

STATE VISIT TO THE OPERA.—It is Said that Mr'
Gye, the director of the Royal Italian Opera, has been
in-
formed that her Majesty will visit the Royal Italian ()per*,
in state, previous to the Court leaving town.
PASSPORTS roa Paussta.—We are requested to
state that every English subject will be henceforth admitted
int') the Prussian dominions upon showing a passport f: 0133
the competent British authorities, without any visa of
Prussian Legation or Consulate, as was hitherto required.
LIBERALITY OP THR MARQUIS of CHANDOS.---W
have much pleasure in recording an act of liberality on the
part or khe Marquis of Chandos, which we hope to see ex-
tensively followed by othe• influential persons in this ,town
and c..unty. Oa Thursday last upwards of forty children
arrived at the Aylesbury station-of the North-Western RSI1e
way trom Wotton, for the purpose of being conveyed to
London to visit thu Great Exhibition. The children left
Wotton at an early hour, in waggons, which remained for
them until their re-urn from London in the evening. The
female portion of the visitors were attired in red cloalo, and
a more happy or pleasant sight can scarcely be imagine
The whole ot the expense attendant on the
conveStoce to
town and admi-sion to the Crystal Palace was defrayed Of
the Noble Marquis; and on Thursday next, we understand
a similar treat will be afforded the agris ultural labourers
from Stowe and neighbourhood, to the number of sixty.--
Bucks Herald.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.--The number of Pa!'
sengers conveyed on this line to and from the London term!"
nus on Saturday, the 2lst of June, was 14,389, namely--"
7,4€6 to London, and b,923 from London.
Tax TE♦ TRADE, Jusis 23.—The quantity of tees
delivered last eek in London was smaller than this clef
ight, being 559,451i11. This, however, is a fair average

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Baron
(Sittings at Nihi Prior at' w‘, esi waster, before Mr.
MARTIN and a Special Jury.)
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. HENRY PEACOCK.
This was an intormattou filed at .the iustaLce of the
Board of Inland Revenue to ri cover several penalties for
a violation of the Lottery Act.
on the for the
It appeared that the defendant kept a room
sale ot gouda at Hull, to which persons were admitted
the chem. of becuring some valuable prizes. The prin.:
payment of a shilling each, they in return baring
d u:dt,rd. I-hliusgohwHniel
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ciple on which the sp, culatiou ass conducted was "nu
prizes and no blacks." in the
abaelie, ot the A, G A
ttornep eneral, ROLL the
saettiennpdeedrsoonn.behalf of the Crown,
the firbt count 0:
The trial had only ptoceedid a stege when the Crown
omsented to take a vt•rttiOt for one penalty ot 2(4)/ 00
ing to pay all costs, and the Crown undertaking 11,45°
theThjeurrey.
enforce payment ot the penalty in the event of the o
the information, the defendant agree-.
Ade-
fendant not resin repeating the offence.
verdict to that effect was accordingly returned by
being no other cnaeu:te. on the paper, the o°llrs
adjourned till Thursday