The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-07 00:00:00

WORKS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD.

The present number of the republication of Jer-
rold's works contains the conclusion of " St. Giles
and St. James," and the commencement of " Job
Pippins."

WORTHY OF JONATIIAN.—In the briefest corre-
spondence known, only two figures were used; the first con-
tained a note of interrogation (?), implying "Is there any
news ?" The answer was a cypher (0), " None." This was
clever; but neighbour Shuttleworth, in Nottingham market -
place, beats it. He has on his chimney two large T's, one
painted black, the other green, to intimate that he sells black
and green tcas.—Nottingham Review.

FATAL AFFRAY WITH THE POLICE IN SHOE-LANE.
—During the whole of yesterday (Sunday) the upper part
of Shoe-lane was the scene of a frightful uproar, which has
unfortunately ended in the death of a man named John
Hogan, who expired this morning. The following are the
particulars of the case, as far as they can be ascertained :
'lle place where the riot broke out is Plumptre-court, which
is opposite the churchyard of St. Andrew's, Holborn, in
Shoe-lane. It is wholly inhabited by the lower orders of
Irish; and about midnight, on Saturday, a general quarrel
seems to have broken out amongst them. The row was so
great at three o'clock on Sunday morning, that a body of
police were sent for. The belligerents made a determined re-
sistance to the police, and several of them were severely
kicked and injured. It became necessary, it is said, for them
to use their staffs, and it is alleged that Hogan, who is now
dead, was struck by one of them on the skull. Mr. Payne,
the coroner, has had notice of the death of Hogan.
Tun NEW SUGAR DUTIES.—The new and reduced
rates of duty on all descriptions of colonial and foreign
sugars, which come into operation to-day (the 7th inst.), are
expected to cause the deliveries of sugars from bond to be
large, and it is expected that the quantities of foreign refined
ana other sugars for home use will be so great that ar-
rangements have been made for such deliveries to take place
to a later hour than usual, in order to meet the requirements
of the trade. As this fresh reduction of the duties brings the
rates to the lowest standard provided for in the scheme of the
late lamented Premier with respect to the duties on sugar so
far as concerns the supplies from the British plantations, the
effect of the measure will now be evinced to a propor-
tionate extent, although the complete effect will necessarily
not be shown until the still further reductions on foreign and
other high-class sugars assimilate the duties leviable on
them to the sugars imported from the British colonies. The
retail price of first-rate relined or lump sugar is now less than
half the price it was before the reunion of the sugar duties
took place, and the public will doubtless benefit to a still
further extent on this fresh reduction of the duties on all
classes of foreign sugar.

REPRESENTATION OF KNARESIIOROUGU. - The
death of the Right Honourable W. S. Lascelles has
caused a vacancy in the representation of the borough
of Knaresborough. A Conservative candidate has been

found in the- person of a young—barrister, MT.
Themes Collins, jun., the son of the Rev. Thomas
Collins, an esteemed minister of the Established Church
at Knaresborough. The Liberals, it is said, intend
to bring forward Mr. Watson, Q.C. The constituency of the
borough is somewhere about 250. At the election in 1847
the numbers at the close of the poll stood thus :—The Hon.
W. S. Lascelles, Liberal, 158 ; Mr. J. P. Westhead, Liberal,
128 ; Mr. A. Lawson, Conservative, 111. Thus two Liberals
were returned, and out of 228 electors 220 voted. Mr. A•
Lawson and Mr. W. B. Ferrand, both Tories, represented
Knaresborough from 1841 to 1847.
PORT PHILIP.:— PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.
The
merchant ship Stebonheath, Captain John Sergeant,
_from
Twist.
Port Philip, February 21, was off this port this rs°'''aTi
and landed passengers. Her entire list inaluded
lt
]Sir.
E. Goodman, and three children, Mr. Hick, Mr. Vreie
-Par' go' of 250 tons°
E. M. C. and Mr. Kerr; intermediate, Mr. and Mrs.
these have
o/sTi
no r -:
Mrs. Atkinson, and five children, and Mr.
as far
and g,
wood, and two steerage passengers. Several!
035 and-biliapduldeblsM o;f3d.
Wool.
realized handsome competences in Port
intend returning. The Stebonheath has a_
of copper ore, suo casks of tallow, s setae, went rossed
In making her passage along the Lowe
the Antartic Circle, and, what is veountered strong north-
as 68 south, in which latitude she en
co
of icebe
easterly winds, and saw great nu
rota °b Cape Hornrgs and large
quantities of ice. After nb and ,in latitude
24 south, she saw a Brazilia° g
ted, havin corvette, the lat-
ter of which had been s
dilunlowed a g rolled away her
spars in a heavy sea which e Beingale of wind ; they
were bound to Buenos,A,l;
0 Janeiro esag short of provisions, the
Stebonheath entered .I.
After her the Ist of May, and left
again on the sth.
17 degrees, departure she was compelled
to go southward,
1 etrnambuco or Ira order to clear Cape Frio.
In this respect;Stehonheath • hia are considered prefera-
ble ports. tine'l and the W sighted Trinidad, St. Paul's
north of the y foCKET S estern Islands.
EIGB-sembled at _, Tovl3.—A select party of gen-
tlemen
~„.,115 to w't 1 eele's Coffee-house, Fleet-street, on
‘....t5e....-..., 1 ness , •
a series of experiments with au inge-
-Tous little stove, invented by Mr. Rigby. The stove, which
1
r",,serab es in form an exaggerated chess " castle," is only
about 6 inches in height by 4 inches in diameter, and does
not v. eigh more than 2lbs. Its principal peculiarity is a eon-
tiivanee by which spirits are consumed, the amount of heat
thus
generated being placed under the perfect control of the
operator by means of a small screw. Whether economy or
speed be taken as the test of its capabilities, it certainly
appeared to be the most successful portable stove which bus
yet appeared before the public.
COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—Another of these sad cc-
cnrrences, unhappily not unfrequent in mining districts,
took place on the morning of Tuesday last, at the colliery of
Mr. George Dudley, at the Five Ways, Cradley, Worcester-
shire, while, as we hear, the safety lamp was being used for
the purpose of testing the presence of gas. It has resulted
in the death of nine persons. Ihe bodies of four of them
were brought out of the pit quite dead. The others have
since died trom the effects of the injuries sustained.
The applications to the Lord Chancellorart for
of the
honour of Queen's Counsel amounted, on the p
named some of the
equity bar, to above twenty. We have ~ s , , .
successful candidates, but we understand that DI I.orol6hip
art of soaae others
is much pressed by influence on the p if ,
and that the list will in all probability have two not three
additions.