The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

TFIE SUM. I.IONDO_Ns___PI,ID.A.Y' .EVEI' ING-5-'AVG UST 8, 1856,

itipendiaries—the LORD HIGH CrtiNcEuen and
he LOAD CHIEF SIISTICE included. Why should
iot those who pride themselves on being the suc-
cessors of the Apostles have fixed, instead of
lustuating, incomes ? We can discern no earthly
:•eason, while we see abundant reason of the most
cogent description why they should.

Moscow is assuming a most Oriental look. The whole I
of the Kremlin ;s surrounded with scaffolding con-
structed for the illumination,.which is to last for three
days after the coronation : the high tower of Ivon Ve-
liku will be lit up from the base to the summit, the
latter surmounted with an immense glittering crown of
flame. Every house will also be illuminated.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE FULHAM GAS WORKS.—
Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
a mechanic, named James, lost his life by an unfortunate
accident at the Imperial Gas-works, Fulham, It ap-
pears that he was engaged in driving some rivets into a
gas-holder, and sat upon a seat suspended by ropes at a
considerable height from the ground, and incautiously
prf.ssed so hard against the side of the holder that the
seat slid from under him, and he fell to the ground. He
was immediately taken up and removed to St. George's
Hospital in an insensible state, where he survived only
a few hours. His injury was found to be a comminuted
fracture of the skull, the back part of which was broken
in like the shell of an egg.
SUDDEN DEATH AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S COLUMN.
—Yesterday evening Mr. Lanham.. held An inquest at
3t. Martin's workhouse, touching the death of James
Baker, aged 44 years, of Loader-place, Westminster.
Wm. Boyd, a private of the Scots Fusilier Guards, deposed
he was on duty at the Duke of York's Column on Mon-
day afternoon, about-one o'clock, when he saw a crowd
of persons round the deceased (whom he saw but a few
minutes previously in the full enjoyment of health and
spirits) sitting on the ground insensible. Mr. Bain-
bridge, surgeon, of St. Martin's-lane, on making a post-
mortem examination, found that deceased died from a
rupture of one of the large vessels of the heart, which
filled the pericardium with blood.—Verdict of Natural
Death.

RURAL FETE IN AID OP THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND.--This fete
took place on Wednesday, at the seat of-Earl Bathurst,
Oakley-park, Cirencester, his Lordship on the occasion
kindly granting the committee the use of the park for
the purpose. • A monster train left Paddington station
at 8 a.tn, -which•was also planed for the use of the coin-
mittee by the. Great- Western Railway Company, and
proceeded to Oakley-park. The band of the company,
under the superintendence of Mr. John Day, delighted
the company with their music on the route, and at
Reading they were joined by • the Royal Deft; Militia
band. The day was splendid, and the fete highly suc-
cessful, the company returning home well satisfied- with
the day's pleasure. We trust that the funds :are bene-
fited. thereby.
[ MISSING SM/PS.—Notioesi'have been posted at Lloyd's
^ -nesting several vessels which are missing, and supposed
to'be lost with all on board. The ship August and Julius
sailed from Lagos for London en the 11thOflast Novem-
ber, and has not since been heard.- The City of Montreal
sailed from Liverpool for Quebec on the 2d of last April,
was afterieards spoken with on the 24th of last month in
' tat. 45 lon. 47, since which nothing has been heard of her.
The Eclipse, Captain Hughes, sailed froni Sangor on the
2d Nov. for the Mauritius, and has not since been heard
of. The George and Mary, of Hartlepool, sailedfronethe
Tyne for Constantinople in December last—not since
been heard of. The Nereus Monte, Capt. Rickles, which
left-Liverpool on the 6th March, fer Konigsberg; the
Venezuelan ship Pauline, from New York for Puerto Ca-
bello ; the Progress, Capt. Rabat, sailed from Liverpool
on the Bth Jan. for Goree, and the Triune, of Wivenhoe,
for Bellyshannon, have not been heard of since they
sailel. ,
THE SCREW STEAM SHIP GREAT BRITAIN.—The owners
of the Great Britain are about to introduce improve-
ments into this vessel for the purpose of applying more
• effectually to her the principles on which the Royal
Charter has been constructed. The vessel will be sup-
plied with new sternposts, projecting beyond the present
ones, and a new rudder. The screw will also be made
to lift, by which it is expected the speed of the ship will
be accelerated about two miles an hour when under sail
alone ; and as these alterations will project the rudder
about two feet further aft than it is at present, and prd-
portionately lengthen the run of the ship, it follows that
she will steer better. But one of the most important
alterations proposed relates to the removal of the mains
meet, which is to be placed 15 feet forward of its present
position, and by which the ship will obtain increased
sailing cepscities. Yery material alterations will also be
made in the deck-houses and cabin accommodation of
the ship, an almost entire transformation being contem-
plated in this department.
THE COLLIERS STRIKE AT BARNSLEY.—There is a
strong probability that the strike at the Oaks Colliery
will be brought to a conclusion at the end of the pre-
sent week. On Wednesday last, by desire of the pro-
prietors, a conference took place between them and a
deputatioe from the turn-outs. The conference was of a
very friendly character. Ultimately the proprietors
offered to pay a man-nominated by the workmen to
go along with Mr. Minto in inspecting the pit, esc4
This was declined, The rule with regard to working
twelve hours a day was introduced. The manager
'stated that it was 'not intended to apply to the men
working in the bottom, and the major part of the pre.
prietors seemed averse to this and the other rules ob-
jected to by the men, which they said they now heard
of for the first time. It is generally believed that the
result of this conference will be that the bottom steward,
Mr. Minto' will"be dismissed,' and a perfect reconcilia-
tion take,place between proprietors and workmen.
THE SUNDAY. BANDS IN MANCEIESTER.-,--The Man-
chester City, Council, at their quarterly meeting, on
Wednesday, were occupied about six hours in debating
the question of Sunday bands. Memorials were pre-
sented against the bands in the parks on Sundays from
clergymen and ministers, from teachers and conductors
of Sunday-schools, from 158 merchants and others re-
siding near the Qseen's-park. from the officers of the
Manchester Sunday-school Union, representing 900
teachers aril 9,000 scholars, and from certain church-
wardens and other officers ; and, on the other hand, a
memorial was presented in favour of the bands from
15,305 working men. Mr. Alderman Bancroft moved
a resolution recommending the gentlemen constituting
the bands committee to withdraw them. Mr. Alderman
Barnes seconded the resolution. Mr. Alderman Hey-
wood moved an 'amendment to the effect that it was un-
necessary at preseet to interfere with the playing of
bands in the parks= on Sunday. Mr. Harry Rawson
seconded the amendment. On a division the amendment
was negatived by 27 to 18, and the original resolution
was then passed without a division.
ATTEMPTED MURDER. —An attempt at murder was
made a few days ago in the forest of Senart. A gentle-
man named a' person of about 65 years of age,
employed in_ the ponts et-chaussees for the arrondisse-
ment of Corbel!, went to inspect some works which were
being carried on for the improvement of the roads. On
passing through the forest on his way from Etiolles to
Villeneuve, he was suddenly attacked by a man dressed
in a blouse, who started out from the trees, and Who
aimed a blow at his breast with a knife. The force of
the blow was fortunately broken by a book in his breast-
ponket, or the knife would have pierced his heart. As it
was the wound was slight. Having a metre rod in his
band with a brass ferrule at the eud M. P-- aimed a
blow with it at his assassin's -head, which took effect so
effectually that it brought him to the ground, and while
he lay there partly stupefied, M. P-- made the best
of his way through the forest, and reached Ville-
neuve in safety, where he gave information of what had
occurred to the police. When they arrived at the spot
where the footpad had been knocked down they found
it unoccupied, as he had taken himself off. •

THE MORMOIIS BY THEMSELVES. -- The following..
apology for polygamy has been recently addressed., by
Brigham Young, chief of the Morinonites, to some of the
refractiry brethren :—" I do really wish that some were
possesied of better sense ; I will therefore tell you a feW
things that you should know. God never introduced the
patriarchal order of marriage with nview to please man in
his carnal desires, nor to punish females for anything
they'had dOne
.; but he introduced it for the express pur-
pose of-raising up to his name a royal priesthood; a pe-
buliar people. Do we not see the benefit of it? Yes,' we
have-lived long enough to realise its advantages. Suppose.
that I had had the privilege of having only oce wife, I
shoilid have had only three sons, for these are all that my •
first wife bore, whereas I now have buried five sons, and
have thirteen living. It is obviousthat I could not hai'e
been blessed with such' a family if I had been restricted
to; one wife ; but by the introduction of this law I can
•be the instrument in preparing tabernacles for those
,spirits. which have to come in this dispensation. :trader
this law I and toy brethren are preparing tabernacles for
-those spirits which have been preserved to enter into
,bodies ofhisnour, -and be taughtlthe, pure -of
life and;salvation and those tabernacles will grow up
,and beemxie Blighty in the kingdom of our God." Oneoli
the eldera—Brother Grant7-en
.a Sunday morning 4.0'1
course, dives the following as his experience of the work-
ings" of 'polygamy You cannot-alter it,' yon Canna
alter it ; you oannot revoke Ole eternal- low; If man
has fifty wives, and'Ahe fiftieth it the---best, doeatbe
most godoillo will get the greatest reward, in spite of
all the grunting oh the part of the first ones." •
'ke4Etogr'Storr—lii these days of enlightenment we
hear very little of ghosts and supernatural visitations,
and. superstition-it growing 'nearly out of date. Still
thereare persons to be foam:lj who adhere, to the. old- ,
fashioned belief that spiritEk oft ,walk in, death," and
there are, no inconsiderable number of :these located in l‘
out.' goodly town, as has been manifestly ehOwn within
the last few days. About a week ago some benighted I
individual:saw, or fancied he saw;:a:- ghost 'parading in
the dead of- tho night within the precincts Of St. Mary's
churchyard, ...girmingharo. Terrified; almost beyond
measure, bp )iitateued, from the haunted_ spot, and the::
story OfislittraordinarY Visitation imparted to many a
wondeiii4iiiertal, 'who returned witu him to %web.
Nothing more was seen that night of the dreaded spectre,
and the party -returned homeward-. with-:their thirst: for
horrors unsated. The report got abroad in the neigh-
buurhond, and on, the following night larger numbers
visited the scene of terror, but still his gliostship did not
deign to make his appearance. Night after night the
ghost" seeker's gatlioed around the churchyard, but.the
_more they inoked.for.him the more the goblin would not
ayleAr, bein evidently of a retiring, disposition. As
may be supposed, the larger portion„ of, the crowd_ each
night 'has- been - composed of the loWei class of Irish,
'residing in the' iieinity of St: Mary's and the Jelin ,
and Thomas street localities. Load and long have been
the clamours created by the impatient multitude,
much to the annoyance of the inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood; whO have in consequence suff;red a good deal
'of annoyance and disquietude during the hours itherein
;they -stiorld:lMe enjoyed their peaceful repose. A Corn- -
_:raunicatioli was sent to the Rev. J.-C. Barrett, who Ob-
tained ,the assistance of the polico in putting down,tb,e
dieturbance, but their aid was oflittle avail. Ork Monday
night, however, about half-past 11 o'clock, police con-,
stable.Branson captured a man.named J. Moran, a reeil,
;dent-of John-street, who being • "fall of liquor'and dis%.
tempering. draughtsr valorously declared: thatle wand&
catch the ghost, andentered the churchyard for that pal.-
pose. He was bronght up on Tuesday at the policc-,
office; and fined 25."6d. and costs for his misconduct.
le to-lie-hoped -that this eximpU) will 'hairb a -!4alntary;
l'at..o on the ‘othere;.4.Biraineoo7l Aurite: