The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-28 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1861,

DISCOVERIES AT CERENE.

Her Majesty's paddle-steamer Scourge, 6, left on
Saturday last, for Alexandria, touching at Marsa-
susa, on the north coast of Africa, to disembark a
person there, lately arrived from England, on the
part of the British Museum, to superintend packing
the antiquities found by Lieutenant Smith, RE.,
and Lieutenant Porcher, R.N., who have been en-
gaged for some months past, under the auspices of
the Foreign-office, excavating amongst the ruins of
the ancient city of Cyrene. The labours of these
gentlemen have been very successful. They have
already discovered several objects of marble sta-
tuary of very great value and antiquarian in-
terest, which have arrived here by the gunboat
Assurance, and are to be conveyed home for
the British Museum by her Majesty's storeship
Supply. Encouraged by the remittance of
funds from the trustees of the Museum, the
work, which had been previously carried on at their
private cost, is now being vigorously prosecuted,
and a numbef of natives have been taken into their
employ. The articles brought by the Assurance
consist of a colossal statue of lEsculapius, eight feet
high, a Bacchus, six feet high, a statue of a female,
between four and five high, a statuette of a female
strangling a lion, supposed to be of Diana, and up-
wards of 12 other heads of various sizes, amongst
them one life size of Minerva, most exquisitely
sculptured, and in an excellent state of preserva-
tion the face is of a beautiful contour, without a
single blemish, the projecting peak of the helmet,
slightly broken in falling off its original pedestal,
having probably saved it from injury. With the
exception of Bacchus, which was found in a temple
by itself, all the articles were dug out of the ruins of
the Temple of Esculapius, and the whole of them
are of pure white Grecian marble. The statue of
lEsculapius is said by the learned in such matters
to be of the best style of art of the period. On
account of the total absence of roads, and the hilly
nature of the country, great difficulty was experi-
enced in carrying these objects to the coast, though
only a distance of fourteen miles. The weightier
marbles were placed on to artillery waggons, sent
from Malta for the purpose, which were dragged
by thirty-two blue-jackets of her Majesty's gun-
boat Assurance, and seven of Lieut. Smith's native
blacks, the party being under the direction of Lieut.
Smith himself and Lieut. Luard, RN., of the above
vessel. The excavation of the ruins of a third and
very large temple has just been commenced, and
Lieutenants Smith and Porcher entertain great
hopes of further valuable discoveries being made.—
Ala lea Times.

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—
It may be stated that his royal highness will leave Holy.
head in the Connaught some 15 minutes in advance of the
mail boat on Saturday, reaching Kingstown about five p.m.,
where he will receive an address from the commissioners,
and then proceed to the Viceregal Lodge.
THE GLOBE IN LEICESTER-SQUARE.--That doom
of destruction which the poet has foretold as certain, in the
fulness of time, to overtake "the great globe itself," is
already about to fall upon its curious little model, the area
now covered by that unique edifice being required for the
purposes of a railway. Though the exterior of the Rotundo
in Leicester-square is anything rather than attractive, the
interior is very interesting, an i affords conclusive evidence
of the skill, taste, and ingenuity of Mr. Wyld, the proprie-
tor. The exhibitions and entertainments to be witnessed
within its walls combine pleasure with instruction, and pos-
sess in a remarkable degree the charms of novelty and
variety. The present is the last season of this pleasant place
of resort, and those who have not yet visited the establish-
ment, or who are but imperfectly acquainted with its re-
creative and educational resources, will do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity which, in a few weeks, will
have passed away never to return.
STARVATION AND SUICIDE OF A SPITALSFIELD
WEAVER.—Yesterday morning Mr. John Humphreys, the
coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Two
Brewers public-house, Spital-street, Bethnal-green, on the
body of Philip Waterlow, aged 55 years, who committed
self-destruction under the following painful circumstances :
Ann Waterlow, of. No. 18, Carter-street, said the deceased
was her husband, and was a weaver. He had been out of
work for several months, and they had been starving for
want of the common necessaries of life. They had had
trifling relief from the parish, and on Wednesday last she
went out at six o'clock in the evening to sell a looking-glass
to make a little money, and when she returned about ten
o'clock, she found the deceased suspended by a coz d, which
had been fastened to a hook in the ceiling. Dr. Edmunds,
of Spital-square, was called and promptly attended, but the
vital spark had fled. The deceased had threatened to de-
stroy himself on account of his misfortunes, and the
rope was used in his business. Eleanor Knight, one of the
lodgers, said she was with the deceased a few days since.
He was then in bed with his eyes rolling. He told witness
he was dying for want of food, which he had not tasted for
three days. The coroner remarked on the deplorable nature
of the case, when the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary
insanity, brought on through want and starvation."
SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE, AND GALLANT
ATTEMPT TO RESCUE.—Yesterday evening au investigation
took place in the Board-room of St. George's Workhouse,
before Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, touching the
death of a female, apparently about 30 years of age, and of
fashionable exterior, who committed suicide on Monday
morning last by throwing herself off the bridge in Ken-
sington- gardens into the Serpentine. Mr. Charles Blount,
builder, of 23, Ebury-street, Pimlico, said—About nine
o'clock on Monday morning last I was passing over the
bridge which separates Kensington-gardens from Hyde-
park, when I saw a shawl, bonnet, and reticule lying on
the footpath. On looking over the parapet I saw a female
floating in the river. I ran round to the Receiving-house
and gave information that a female was in the water, when
Mr. Williams, the superintendent, despatched Parsons, the
boatman, to the spot. Parsons came up with the boat,
when she was taken in, and conveyed to the Receiving-
house. Dr. Christian shortly arrived, and for two hours
endeavonz ecl to resuscitate the body, but without restoring
life. Mr. Richard Corder, land surveyor, 29, Uxbridge-
gardens. Bayswater, said—On Monday morning about 9
o'clock I was near the bridge at Kensington-gardens, when
I heard screams, and immediately afterwards saw a female
in the Serpentine. I ran to the life-buoy, which was on
the north side of the river, and, running down to the water's
edge, threw off my hat, coat, and waistcoat, and swam with
the life• buoy towards the deceased, who was still above the
water. I succeeded in throwing the .life•buoy over her
until Parsons came up with the boat, when she was taken
to the Receiving-house. By the Coroner—She was cer-
tainly alive when I threw the life-buoy over her head ; she
was in my arms and I felt her moving, but on being placed
in the boat she appeared lifeless. The coroner and jury
complimented the witness on his very humane and gallant
conduct. Tile jury returned a verdict that the deceased was
drowned, but there was no evidence to prove whether she
committed suicide or otherwise.