The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-06 00:00:00

dOOIDENT WITH A REVOLVER.

The Dublin correspondent of the Times writes :—" A
correspondent of the Daily Express reports the occurrence
of an accident with a revolver similar to one which
happened recently in this city. A young lad, named
O'Riordan, a clerk in Murphy's brewery, entered a
tavern on the Western-road with two men for refresh.
ments. While they were there a fourth man entered
the house, got into conversation with them, and ex
hibited a revolver, the construction of which he was
engaged in explaining when it exploded, and lodged its
contents, for it was loaded, in O'Riordan's breast. The
stranger immediately fled, pursued by O'Riordan's friends.
The lad was conveyed to the infirmary, where he received
medical attention. Strange to say, the wound is not
considered dangerous. The whole party are supposed to
be Fenians, but O'Riordan repudiates any knowledge of
the man who wounded him. Arrests on suspicion of
Fenianism continue to be made in Cork, and several
seizures of arms have been made. It is reported that
on Sunday and Monday nights four houses were visited.
and among them was that co' a gentle ran residing in Sun-
dayswell, who was aroused by a loud knocking at his door.
When he opened it, three men pushed their way into the
hall. One of them demanded his revolver. He denied
having such a weapon, but the man was too well informed
to be so easily put off. He not only described the
weapon, but told the spot in his bedroom where it would
be found. The demand was then repeated in such
peremptory terms that the gentleman deemed it
prudent to comply. He then went upstairs, brought
down the revolver, and handed it to his visitors, who in-
formed him they adopted this mode of obtaining arms in
order to supply the number which had been taken by the
police. On the same night a party knocked at the door of
a house in the same locality which was in charge of a
housekeeper. Suspecting their object, she threw a gun
and sword out into the yard, and then opening the door,
assured them that there were no arms in the howl), VA
'iced them to withdraw."

PASTOULL LETTER. —The Lord Bishop
bury (says the Dcrizcs Gazette) has just issued a pastoral
letter to his clergy, requesting them to make collections in
aid of " The Curates' Augmentation Fund," the object of
the fund being to give the licensed curate while at wo: k
a stipend of, if possible, £lOO per annum over and above
the stipend which he receives from other sources.

Chilworth, near Ronisey, in Hants, is celebrated
for its daffodils. The meadows have been covered within
tho last week or two with the yellow bloom of these flowers,
and supply the neighbouring towns with spring bouquets.
The flower is an emblem of sorrow. Milton, in his
"-Lycida.g," calls upon the daffodils to fill their cups with
tears.

We have authority to state that there is not, nor
ever has been, the slightest foundation for the report that
it was intended to appoint the Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein to the colonelcy of the 11th Hussars.
No such idea ever suggested itself either to his Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief or to Sir John Paking-
ton. Major• General Key has been selected for the vacant
regiment.—Times.

The number of petitions on the subject of the
Irish Church presented to the House of Commons on
Thursday appears, from the official return, to have been
1,387. Of these 1,150 were against Mr. Gladstone's reso-
lutions and 237 for. The total number np to that date
had been 1,880 against the resolutions and 405 for them.
Besides these a large additional number were presented to
the House on Friday night.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT. —A most frightful accident
occurred at the Pontop colliery, in the county of Durham,
on Thursday, which caused the destruction of 52 horses
and ponies, and which did a large amount of mischief.
Fortunately the pit was not working at the time, but the
offhand men below escaped as by a miracle. The water
broke in from some of the old "levels," the supposed accu-
mulation of 100 years, and flooded the workings. The few
men who were below escaped to the shaft, but were nearly
drowned before assistance could reach them, and all the
horses and ponies were drowned in the section into which
the flood rushed. The damage is laid at between £3,000
and £4,000, but it is expected that the pit will be got clear
of water in a week. In the meantime 250 men and lads
are off work. —Northern Daily Express.
OUR SUPPLY OF COTTON. —The Caton Supply
Reporter, in its leading article, says the torrent of specula-
tion which has swept over the cotton market shews most
forcibly the perils to which the trade is subject, and that
we can never be safe from operations so perplexing and
detrimental as long as our supplies are scanty and uncer-
tain. It is difficult to find anything to justify the reckless
and dangerous spirit now rife, or any adequate cause for
the excitement which prevails. How far this state of
things has been occasioned by those whose interests,
rightly understood, should have led them to check it, is
not for us to determine ; but that the market
is unduly inflated must lead to great embarrassment.
What is described by a Liverpool contemporary as a
" frantic rush to buy cotton" will shew to the growers
everywhere that they need not spare any exertions, and
need not be afraid of increased production. The same
journal then proceeds to point out that there is much to be
done for our future supplies, in order to make them abundant
and secure, and points to India, where, it states, land can be
obtained for 3s. per acre, on a thirty years' lease from
Goveinment, the only increase being that which arises
from the general advantages conferred by the Government
constructing railways or irrigation. India would also be
benefited by the experienced planters with a capital,
and emigration and an improved cultivation might be
reckoned on with certainty.
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