The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

THE ALLEGED MURDER IN BETHNAL-GREEN.

William Scott, tripe dresser, pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment charging him with the manslaughter of his wifo.
The grand jury ignored the bill for wilful murder.
Mr. Justice Byles sentenced him to 15 years' penal ser-
vitude:

NEWS FROM TIIE SEA.—A bottle has been picked
up containing a paper on which aro the following words :--
"Nov. 12.—The ship John Shaw, of and from Falmouth,
46 days out, waterlooged, dismasted, and in a helpless state ;
all boats gone. William —, mate."
THE GREAT EASTERN.—It is understood that
early in the now year the Great Eastern will be placed upon
the gridiron at Liverpool and receive a thorough overhaul.
She will afterwards be fitted with new screw boilers, and
internally equipped as she originally was
for the convey-
ance of first-class passengers. The directors have gone to
this expense, having chartered her for 12 months (with the
option of the charter being renewed) to a Frencht company,
who intend to employ her during the
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TRUE TO TIIE LAST.—A ghastly anecdote, illus-
trative of the deep sincerity of dinner friendships, and the
profound attachment whereof boon companions are capable,
long survived this miserable man, and was, within these
20 years, told for truth by one of his generation. His ele-
gant dinners had been particularly renowned for some re-
markable and unmatchable Curacoa. Ile had boon fre-
quently asked at his own table of whom ho bought it, but
always kept the secret. When ho was ordered for execu-
tion, three friends, bound to him by the remembrance of
many feasts and many glasses of this famous liqueur, had
a parting interview with him in his condemned cell. They
had discharged themselves of such edifying remarks as
they brought with them. and had taken their final leave of
of him and were about to retire, when the most impressive
of the throe stepped back, and said, "Fauntleroy, you
stand on the very verge of the tomb, and eternity awaits
you. We brought nothing into this world, and it is cer-
tain we can take nothing out. At so supreme a moment
have you:any objection to say how, and of whom, you pro-
cured that Curacoa ?"—Dickens's All the Year Round.

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A CURIOUS QUESTION.—The case of the Baron de
distillation, came
clandestineeP aoyroa
of Mons a few days since. The baron had refused to pa
electing rather to go to prison. The Government
noy,
seeks authority to seize his property, but the baron cow
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tends that this cannot be done, since he is readyto undergo
incarceration. The question raised, wi • it •
ll be seen, is a
rather curious one.—Galignani.
BOILER EXPLOSION IN A PAPER MILL.—A serious
boiler explosion occurred at the Alder Mills Paper
Works of Mr. C. Briggs, Tamworth, on Tuesday morn-
ing. The boiler bounded up in the air, carrying away
part of the roof and the walls of the engine room in its
flight. The mills being flooded on Monday the work in
the machine-room was stopped, otherwise it is probable
that several lives would have been sacrificed. The driver
and several others who were near at the time of the ex-
plosion fortunately escaped uninjured.
THE THREATENED FENIAN INVASION.—The Irish
Government are, it is said, about immediately to give addi-
tional strength to the military detachments stationed inws
Sligo and other western Irish towns. The Free=
Journal says :—" Within the past few days notice has been
given at all the metropolitan police stations intimating that
the constable or constables who may capture Jas. Stephens,
in the event of his returning to Ireland, will be entitled to
a reward of £l,OOO. This intimation would go to show
that the Government does not wholly disbelieve that the
'lead Centro will have the temerity to return to Ireland
as ho announced that he wi11."—.3/ancheskr Guardian..l"'