The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-11 00:00:00

A. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.

On Wednesday afternoon last the . 23d regiment,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Torrins,
were marched fully equipped to the grounds of Lord
Morley, at Saltrarn, where a sham fight took place,
during which several rounds of cartridges were fired
by the troops. The military exploits were witnessed
by the Earl and Countess of Morley, the Earl and
Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, and a large party of
fashionables of the neighbourhood, Captain Rich, the
Captain- Superintendent of the Royal Naval Hospital,
and his daughter, being among the number. On the
firing of one of the vollies Miss Rich received a
wound in the neck, which was well nigh being of a
fatal character. It bled profusely, and at first occa-
sioned considerable anxiety and alarm to the unfortu-
nate lady and her father, to whom she immediately
communicated the unhappy circumstance. On
examination, however, the wound was discovered
not to be dangerous, but had it been a little deeper,
the result must have been fatal, the flesh being torn
away close to the jugular vein, which was for some
distance laid bare. The wound is long and jagged,
and appears to have been caused by a nail having
been fired from a musket by one of the soldiers. The
question at once arises how came it in the musket ?
certainly a nail, or any other article which would
cause such a wound, as that produced, could not get
into a musket by accident, and the fair conclusion is,
therefore, that it was placed there intentionally, and
was aimed at some one whom it missed, and unhap-
pily struck Miss Rich, for whom, without doubt, it
was not intended, as none of the soldiers could pos-
sibly have any cause for entertaining feelings of ani-
mosity against her. We hope, and doubt not, that
the strictest inquiry will be instituted, and whilst we
could wish that our suspicions may not prove true,
and that the wound might have been the result of
some accidental circumstance, yet we cannot but
think there are very strong grounds for believing it
to be the act of some one whose malicious feelings
bad prompted him to an attempt at assassination:—
Devonport Independent.

DEATH or DR. CARSON.—This estimable gentle-
man, whose position for a long period as Rector of the High
School rendered his name and his classical attainments fa-
miliar to the great bulk of our townsmen, died at his house
in Lauriston-place on Monday last. The funeral took place
yesterday in the Grey friars' Churchyard. The general
feeling of respect for Dr. Carson's memory suggested the idea
of something approaching to a public funeral. The whole of
the present pupils of the High School accordingly followed
to the grave the remains of the venerable old man, whose
voice had so often been heard within the walls of their Alma
Mater. Upwards of a hundred members of the High School
Club, headed by their Vice-President, the Lord Provost
were also in attendance. The procession extended to a
great length, and from its numbers and character presented
an imposing appearance. On reaching the Greyfriars'
Churchyard, the pupils of the school separated and lined the
passage to the family burial-place. The members of the club
passed between the lines, followed by the coin and the pri-
vate friends of the deceased; the pupils all uncovering as
they passed. It was fitting that he who is so thoroughly
identified with the High School, should have been thus fol-
lowed by its present scholars to the grave. Than Dr. Carson
none ever possessed a warmer spirit of affection towards the
young scholars of his classes.—Scotsman, of Staturday.
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF MALTA.—OUr correspon-
dent of Malta informs us that there is no longer any doubt as
to Mr. More O'Ferrall's retirement from the Government of
Malta. He has declared that he shall leave in April next,
as his constitution will not permit of his risking another
summer on the Malta island. Lord Beaumont, we under-
stand, is to succeed Mr. More O'Ferrall.—Daily News.
CURIOUS APPLICATION OF GOTTA PERCHA...4II
more than one church the Gutta Percha Company's tubes,
have been fitted up from the pulpit and reading desk to pews
occupied by deaf persons, and, notwithstanding they may
sit upwards of SO feet from the pulpit, they can hear every
word perfectly.

MAYOR OF BRISTOL.—On Saturday John Berle
Haberfield, Esq., was elected Mayor of Bristol for the sixth
time, an honour unexampled in the modern history of the
city.

MAYOR OF J3IRMINGHAM.—On Saturday Mr.
William Lucy was, with only one dissentient voice, re-
elected Mayor of Birmingham for the ensuing year. The
active part Mr. Lucy bas taken in promoting the Exhibi-
tion of 1851 rendered his re-election almost a matter of
certainty.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The following members of
this society were called to the bar, and sworn in on Saturday
last, before several of the benchers :—Wm. Caldwell Roscoe,
John Hargrave Hodgson, George Edward Frere, Henry
Lushington Phillips, and Wm. Parker.
EXTRAORDINARY RAPID VOYAGES.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon, with a full
heavy cargo for Malta and Alexandria, and 143 passengers
chiefly for India, which left Southampton at 9 A.M. on the
20th of October, reached Malta at 2 r.m. on the 29th, after
eight hours' stay at Gibraltar coaling, and notwithstanding
that she experienced a strong contrary gale of wind in the
Mediterranean, with a head sea. The Medusa from Mar-
seilles, with the overland London mails for India of the 24th
October, reached Malta early on the morning of the 30th,
after a run of 621 hours. Among the numerous passengers
she brings the Right Hon. Lord and Lady Cottenham and
family, who propose wintering at Malta for the benefit of his
Lordship's health.

THE CONISCLIFFE.POISONING CASE.—DARLINGTON,
Nov. 8 —The mystery in which this case remained shrouded
at the close of the last inquiry has been considerably removed
by the discovery of further particulars, which leave little
doubt but that deceased died by his own act.

DISASTERS AT SEA.—A Neapolitan boat, called
the Maria della Lolera, arrived at Malta on the 28th of
October, with the crew and 50 passengers (all fugitives from
the cholera), of the Tuscan brig Corriere dei Due Amid,
wrecked on the 15th idem in the Gulf of Catania, when on
her passage to Malta and Leghorn from Bengazy, laden with
wool and wheat. The Sicilian authorities were so panic
stricken at the appearance of any one from a place where the
cholera rages that they lost no time in obliging them to de-
part in the first craft that could be found, in which, though a
mere run across of about 100 miles, these poor miserable
people were huddled together for a whole week.
Some men are good company for half-an-hour,
others for half-a-day, and others for their whole lives.—
Eliza Cook's Journal.

A new church is about to be erected at Rosberville,
Gravesend, for which a contract has been entered into by a
firm at Stratford, in Essex.
AN ANCIENT MARINER.--There is a sloop, a
vessel of and belonging to the port of Aberystwith, about
140 years old. She has made several voyages this year to
the west of England. The old vessel looks well, and is still
considered seaworthy,—Carnarvon Herald.