The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-27 00:00:00

MORE THREATS IN IRELAND.

The Express, of Dublin, states that two copies of the
following placard were posted in Kells on the Sunday after
Mr. Nicholson was fired at :
" PROCLAMATION.

" Whereas it has boen alleged that another outrage of
agrarian nature has been perpetrated near Kells, we,
therefore, deem it expedient to notify all whom it may
concern that in our former edict placarded last May in
that town we gave due warning of the intention of our
Government in reference to tyranny, land-jobbing, and
extermination, which seems not to be attended to, we
again notify that tyrannical class of Devils that we will
not permit them for the future to outrage God's people by
banishing them off the land. We will not be made the
laughing-stock of nations any longer by the policy of rotten
Governments promising us protection. We will gain for
ourselves with the revolver the real true form of a Land
Bill, well shaped and permanently framed, propelled
by the virtue of a lead pill. Be ye not deceived, this
we will carry into effect, as the shooting down of the
Absentee in London, Paris, or in the midst of his guard
can be as easily effected through our Agents as that you
would not believe, also the Royal Irish Peelers might as
well go in search of a Tailor's needle in the Atlantic as to
capture the right man. The King of Prussia or his Prime
Minister does not feel much surprised at the shooting of
landlords in Ireland. We regret to have to take the life
Of any of those Landlord Assassins who assassinated the
People of Ireland in cold blood, but we must get justice.-7
By order.

" Dublin, Oct. 9, 1369."

DEATH OF A MISER.

On Tuesday evening Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for the
eastern division of Surrey, held an inquiry at the Perse-
verance Tavern, Vassal-road, respecting the circumstances
attending the death of Mrs. Eliza Chapman, a widow, aged
about 65. The first witness called was Mrs. Eleanor Pinn,
the wife of Mr. Henry Pinn, a clerk at the Board of Works.
She deposed that the deceased had occupied two rooms in her
house, 10, Milton-street, Brixton-road, for the past 12 months.
She was of very singular habits, and for days together was
not seen to leave her room by witness, and would not converse
with any person in the house. On last Thursday evening
she came down stairs and complained of being ill. The
witness asked deceased if she should call in a medical
man, but she said no, that if she became worse she would
go to the hospital, She walked about in the conservatory
for a short time, and then went up to her reom. About six
o'clock the following morning the witness sent her female
servant up to her room to ask if she required anything
fetched for her breakfast. She knocked at the door
several times, but received no reply, and in consequence
witness called in a police-constable, who forced open the
room door, and discovered her lying on the floor quite
dead. She sometimes sent for a pint of ale, which lasted
her for about a month, and a small quantity of bread and
tea. Mr. Smith, the summoning and coroner's officer, said
he received information of the death of the deceased on the
morning in question, and went to the house. Ho there
saw the last witness, who showed him up stairs to a room,
and there saw the deceased, who was fully dressed, and
lying on a straw mattress. The last witness and another
woman took off her clothes, but found no money or
other property upon them. He then searched the
room, and upon opening a box found a number of silk
dresses, which appeared not to have been worn for months.
There was also a pair of old stays, with a pocket in front,
sewn in different parts with black thread. He obtained a
pair of scissors, and with them cut the pocket open, finding
112 sovereigns. He then searched another box and found a
large gold waiter, a few shillings, a purse, and some halfpence
The relatives of the deceased were not known in the house,
but a note he discovered caused him to go to 89, Kenning-
ton-road, where he found the sister of the deceased resided.
She said she had not seen deceased for years, and after wit-
ness told her she would be required at the inquest she said
she would not attend ; she knew nothing about the matter,
and requested him to go to Mr. Cresswell, of the Divorce
Court, who was her nephew, and to whom he gave up the
money. The coroner said he ought not to have done that,
as there might have been a will left by the deceased, or a
nearer relative living. Mrs. Pinn, recalled, said she found
in the room £1 2s. 6d., twelve silver spoons, gold eye-
glass, silver sugar-tongs, gold diamond ring, and wedding
ring. Mr. Smith said all the food he found in the room
was a small portion of stale bread and butter which had
partly been eaten by mice. In reply to the coroner, Mrs.
Pinn said she had advised the deceased to have a person
in to clean her room, but she declined. She often said that
she had money and paid a rent of 6s. a week regularly.
Mr. William Creswell said the deceased was his mother's
sister. She was the widow of a retired gentleman. She
had a private income arising from money in the Bank of
England. The witness last saw her alive about five years
ago. She was very penurious, and would go without proper
nourishment to save money. She had kept away from her
family. He was of opinion that her death was due to
natural causes, but accelerated from a want of proper
nourishment. The jury returned a verdict " That the de-
ceased died from natural causes, accelerated by want of
food and proper nourishment, which she might have pro-
cured."

Sir J. Y. Simpson has been presented by
the Town Council of Edinburgh with the freedom of the
city, in recognition of his contributions to medical science
and literature.

At a recent court ball in Berlin, one of the fair
oueens of society, wife of a foreign diplomatist, was the
object of Count Bismarck s attentions, and many observed
that her beauty had produced a great impression on the
famous statesman. The count, with that audacity of con-
quest which is his especial characteristic, extended his
hand to pluck without leave a flower from the splendid
bouquet which the lady carried. She rapped his
knuckles with her fan, saying, " Pardon, Monsieur le
Comte, but that flower is not a German state; you must
ask for it."

Mr. Commissioner Henderson, the head of the
Metropolitan Police, is not protected from the ridicule of
the costermongers, for whose better control he has recently
issued special instructions to the police. The first of these
regulations ordains that "no barrow, cart, or stall for the
sale of articles in the street shall exceed three feet in
width." There is nothing said here about the length of
the vehicle. On Sunday a waggish costermonger pushed
about the streets of the eastern district a stall or cart,
within the prescribed width, but eighteen feet in length,
with a bust of the gallant Commissioner in the centre,
which was evidently regarded as a fine stroke of satire
at the Commissioner's expense by the population, who as a
rule cherish no instinctive reverence for the force.
TIrE TWO-lIEADED Gria--Kate Fiela writes to
the Tribune regarding a two-headed girl whom she saw in
Boston during the peace jubilee. After her, the Siamese
Twins are a mere bagatelle. Miss Milly talks, sings, eats,
and chinks with both mouths, both craving for the came
thing at the same time, which is something ex-
pensive, to say the least. she can live
by feeding from ono mouth alone. She walks upon
two feet or four, and she heard her sing a duet about the
"Sweet rose of colour" in two agreeable VOiCO3. Miss Milly
has no need of a partner in dancing. She is sufficient unto
herself, and T. B. Aldrich, who, being a poet, is indisput-
able authority, declares that Miss Dlilly is twice as inter-
esting as any woman he ever saw—indeed doubly attrac-
tive. He will reduce his enthusiasm to a poem in the
Atlantic Monthly very shortly. Miss Milly is never at a
loss for society, inasmuch as she can converse with two
people at once; and, when alone, indulges in playful dia-
logue. Like the quality of mercy, Miss /dilly is twice
blessed; for from the beginning, has it not been asserted
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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Oct. 24.

The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess
Beatrice, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in
waiting, attended Divine service in the parish
church, Crathie.