The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-12 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
01? THE FALKLAND ISLANDS] FROM rola
LOUIS TO PORT WILLIAM.
The following has been received at Lloyd's:—
" Downing-street, August 9.

" Sir,—l am directed by Lord Stanley to inform you
that, in consequence of the superior advantages of Port
William, in the Falkland Islands, over Port Louis, the
Governor has been authorised to remove the site of the
principal town, which had been originally fixed at the
latter, to Port William.' By a dispatch recently re-
ceived, it appears that the removal has been effected, and
that the Governor expected to be able to transfer his
residence to Port William before the 30th June last.

(Signed) " G. W. HOPE.
" W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's."

DREADFUL AFFAIR.—ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND
SUICIDE.—On the morning of Sabbath last, a most dis-
tressing event occurred in a family named Fife,
belonging to Alloa Colliery. Regarding some trifling
circumstance a dispute arose between the father
and son, a young lad of about twenty, till
at length the former, enraged almost to fury,
lifted a hoe, which unfortunately happened to be lying
near, and struck his son a tremendous blow with it on
the head—laying the skull almost completely open. It
was not expected that the lad could survive, and accord-
ingly information was speedily conveyed to the police,
who proceeded to the house, and took the father into
custody. He, however, requested to be allowed
to go into another apartment for a moment,
and had been absent but a very short time,
when, on the officers entering the room, they found
him weltering in his blood, having in the interval cut his
throat in a shocking manner, Medical aid was instantly
procured for both ; and up to yesterday they were still
alive, but very little hopes were entertained of their re-
covery.—Stirling Journal of Friday.
NORWICH THEATRE.—MP. Webster and Madame
Celeste have been performing with the greatest succPess
at Norwich. The favourite pieces of Suzanne, Victor
and Hortense, The Trumpeter's Daughter, The Vivandiere,
and the Pretty Girls of , Stilberg, have drawn crowded
houses. These pieces, says the Norfolk Chronicle, have
afforded an opportunity for the display of the various
intellectual qualities of Mr. Webster and Madame
Celeste. Nothing can be more elegant, more easily
graceful, more playful, more feminine, or more
fascinating, than the comedy of the lady ; whilst
the energy and force with which she delineates
the stronger or more tender passions of our nature,
are equally vivid and impressive, and her accent,
unconquerably French, serves only to render her fluency
more piquant. Mr. Webster has abundant vivacity,
with an ample share of happy, buoyant, animal spirits ;
but he has also deep feeling ; and the power of concen-
trating his emotion, till it bursts forth in an overwhelm-
ing torrent of passion, which shows how the actor feels,
and makes the audience feel also. It is a great mental
treat to witness such acting ; and, in every character
which this lady and gentleman represent, there is the
same display of the most accurate taste and correct judg-
ment, united with the talent of personation, that causes
them to seem really to be the characters they assume.
COPIES OF PAINTINGS, &C., FROM THE ROYAL
PALACES, FOR THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—The King
of the French, upon the visit of her Majesty to France,
in the autumn of last year, having expressed a desire to be
permitted to employ artists to copy some of the most cele-
brated portraits in the royal galleries in England, for the
purpose of forming an historical gallery of distinguished
warriors, statesmen, prelates, &c., at the Chateau d'Eu, in
Normandy, the request of the French Monarch was
most graciously and promptly acceded to by Queen
Victoria. The selections which have been made by the
King of the French are from paintings at Bucking-
ham Palace, Saint James's Palace, Hampton Court,
and Windsor Castle, where artists are now busily
engaged in making the requisite number of copies
for his Majesty, which, will amount to upwards
of fifty. Copies of the following paintings in the
Waterloo Chamber and the Throne-room, at Windsor
Castle, have just been completed for the King of the
French, by Mr. G. P. Healy, which will be forwarded to
Louis Philippe in a few days :—His Majesty William
the Fourth, by M. A. Shee; his Royal Highness the
Duke of York and the night Hon. William Pitt, by the
late Sir Thomas Lawreuce.

REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA.—We are requested to
state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street,
has this day published " Revelations of Russia ; or, the
Emperor Nicholas and his Empire in 1844," by " One
who has seen and describes ;" in 2 vols., small Bvo., price
245. bound ; which can now be had of all booksellers.
These volumes proceed from the pen of one intimately
conversant with the subject, and an eye-witness to much
that he describes. They will lead the reader through
startling disclosures regarding the reign, acts, and cha-
racter, of the Emperor Nicholas—the nature of his
Government—the secret police, or Russian inquisition—
the oppression of the nobility—the more than \Vest
Indian slavery of the peasants, and the unparalleled per-
secution of Roman Catholics, United Greeks, and Jews.
They will, also, be found to contain minute and ample
details on the naval and military force of the Russian
empire; together with a full account of the general con-
spiracy of the Russian nobility against the Imperial
Government, &c.
MANAGEMENT OF INFANT CHILDREN.—Friday
Mr. G. I. Mills held .an inquest at the Cock, Brook-street,
New-road, on the body of William Joseph Mott, aged eight
weeks, the illegitimate child of Sarah Mott, a young servant
out of place, residing with her mother, at No. 20, Fitzroy-
place. The child was born healthy, and continued so for a
month, when it became cross and convulsed, and its grand-
mother, WhO had the chief care of it, began to give it small
doses of gin and water, wine, and syrup of rue and oil of
almonds. These liquids afforded temporary case to the child,
but destroyed its appetite, and it died on Saturday night
last, having refused the breast and every sort of food for
three or four days previously. A medical man was only once
consulted, about ten days before the child died. .The grand-
-1 mother of the child considered her knowledge of the treat-
ment of children equal to that of any doctor, and therefore
did not think the aid of any one necessary. " The grace of
God," she said, " and nothing else, caused the death of the
child." Mr. Mills said that giving the child gin and water
and wine, was only keeping up the disease ; and though the
grandmother thought she was a sufficiently good doctor, her
treatment of the deceased child proved the reverse. There
were many dispensaries, and plenty of surgeons, whereby
advice could be obtained at very little charge, and he thought
it strange that the relatives of deceased had not taken advan-
tage of them. He did not think the case one criminating
any person, but it would have been much more satisfactory
if a doctor had been consulted within some days of the child's
death. Verdict—" Natural death."
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF GOOD FORTUNE.--A
poor fisherman, residing at Sidmouth, having fallen in arrear
with his landlord, hired a boat for the purpose of conveying
his few household effects to Portland. The wind blowing
from the north-west he put out to sea, and was hailed by a
homeward-bound East Indianian. There were on board the
vessel twenty-five passengers, and they offered him three
pounds a head to take them ashore. The offer was thankfully
accepted, and the duty duly performed. The boatman then
returned to his late desolate habitation, relanded his furni-
ture, and immediately afterwards waited upon his landlord
and discharged his debt.— Glasgow Courier.
STONE IN A MAN'S STOMACII.-011 Monday last a
lunatic, named Joseph Little, aged forty, confined in that ex-
cellent institution, the Asylum, Brownlow-hill, complained
of being unable to eat in consequence of something in his
throat. He was removed to the infirmary, and every atten-
tion paid him, but he died on Thursday. On examination of
the body, a large pebble was found in the throat, and in the
stomach a quantity of little stones and grass. How he got
them no one could tell. The same care was taken of him as
of other patients.—Leicestershire Mercury.
NOVEL EXPORT.—A novel entry for export was
made yesterday at the Custom-house, viz., 500 pine apples
for France, by way of Havre, and 100 for Hamburgh, being
the first exportation of the kind that ever took place from
England. They were entered b? Messrs. Keeling and Hunt,
and formed a portion of the cargo of the Fear Not, the
vessel which recently made the extraordinary and un-
equalled passage from the Bahamas in twenty-one days.
They were shipped yesterday on board the Havre and Ham-
burgh steamers, the former being for the Paris market, and
from their excellent quality and condition, and being care-
fully packed in cases of thirty each, will, no doubt, stand the
second voyage well.
RAISING THE WIND.—A correspondent inform us
that he knows a person who inserted in " the leading journal
of Europe" an advertisement for which he paid 93. At the
foot thereof was appended—" Parties wishing an answer to
their application will please to enclose a postage stamp."
Within a week he received no less than 219 letters with
postage stamp inside, which not only paid for advertising,
but gave a bonus of 9s:3d. in his favour. It is said-that hun-
dreds of_personslavill resort to this novel mode of " raising
the wind."— Ifircgtor Journal.

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