The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-02 00:00:00

THE SeN, IMNDON' TUESDAY EVEN 1 NG, MAIICH___ 2, 1858

PRUSSIA.

The Second Prussian Chamber has adopted, by
a large majority, a proposition of M. d'Auerswald,
calling for the execution of the article of the con-
stitutionrelative to the suppression of all exemp-
tions from the land tax. The Government has
presented to the Chamber a bill for increasing the
tax on home-made sugar.

—ifiePrincess Frederick Charles has given birth
to a daughter.

Accounts from the Hague slato that the ab-
sence of a Vrolik, Minister of Finance, from
the secret debate held by the Second Chamber
on the commercial treaty between Holland and
Belgium, which had at fir6t been attributed by the
public to political motives, proceeded from the
death of his mother-in-law, who expired shortly
before the opening of the sitting,

In consequence of the disturbances which took
place on the 23d in the military college of Turin,
that establishment has been dissolved, and it is to
be reorganised on a new basis.

The ()flick/ Journal of the Two Sicilies of the
18th ult. publishes a complete list of all the vic-
tims of 0,3 memorable earthquake of December
16th, 1857.
The total number of dead amounts
togi3soandthe the wounded to 1,359. It appears
throughout list that, contrary to what is tto
case in battles and other circumstances in which
e clod that of the persons more or less
seriously
gh
ruema
talny
elife is at stake, the number of dead has
c e
injured. Thus, at Montemurro, a place
of 7,000 inhabitants, 5,000 were crushed to death
by the falling houses, and 500 severely injured.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

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MARLBORO U GH-STREET.
TnE TICK, TICK, TIOK, OF A TAP-ROOM CLOCK.—
William Jones', aged 26, was charged before Mr. Bing-
ham with the following impudent robbery ab a public
house.

It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Catherine Gain,
the wife of a respectable licensed victualler in Bruton-
street, Bond-street, that on going into her tap-room her
attention was attracted to the clock, of which she suddenly
missed its old familiar tick. She had heard it two minutes
before, and at once divining that some trick had been
played with it, ehe directly said to the prisoner, who was
in the room, "What have you been doing to the clock I"
he replied,
"Nothing ;" but she, not satisfied, laid hold of
him. The prisoner, on her doing so, crouched down, and
as he did so she detected him quietly, and as he hoped
unobserved, slide on to the floor, behind his feet, the large
brass weight of the tap-room clock, which he had
detached, aed which of course explained the mystery of
its silence, whilst the clock-hand indicated the exact
minute it was stolen 20 past 11. Finding ho was dis-
covered, he
broke from her grasp and endeavoured to
escape, bat she, barricading him in with the tables, called
for assistance.
Her husband came in and prisoner was
secured and banded over to policeman 0 161.
Pr's 'ner told the magistrate he had nothing to say.
Policeman Itlo C, attended to make known the
prisoners character, or some part of it, which was that
Le had him in custoiy at this court about five months ago
on a charge of copper and lead stealing, but from some
deficiencies in the evidence necessary to conviction, he
was di,!obarged. He bad, however, known him to have
been previonily coavieted and sentenced to one month
by Limm or by
Priso —Oh,
for felony.
Mr. Bingham told the prisoner he might take his
choice whether of the two he would have the case settled,
a jury.
Mr. Bingham—Then
-Dinghane—Then I have no difficulty whatever—
it is a clear case. I shall at least prevent your stealing
settled hy you, by all means.
cloak weights from public houses and tap-rooms for three
months to c ,me. You are cotrinnitt.,i to the House of
Correction for three months and hard labour.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN A COIL PlT.—Four men were
killed on Thursday in a pit called the Lodge Colliery,
near West Bromwich. The mea were at work about
eighty yards from the bottom, when a large piece of
the work
The quantity of earth which fell weighed about fifty
gave way, fell upon them, and buried them.
tons, From the ,-videncA given a+ the inquest the
" wo.k ' appears to bave beeuinciifitrently propped, if
it was not absolutely in a dangerous state, The verdict
returned was "Accidental death,"