The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

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Prince Alexander Lieven, son of the late Ambassador
of that name at our Court, and of the Princess Lieven,
and suite, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, on Monday,
from the Continent, on a brief visit to this country.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort left Hampton
Court on Monday, for their seat in Gloucestershire ; and
the Marquis of Worcester and Mr. Culling Smith, on a
Visit to the Duke of Wellington at Strathfieldsaye.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro have arrived
In town, from Hatfield House, Herts, the seat of the
Marquis of Salisbury, on their way to Strathfieldsaye,
Ilarnpsh ire.
The Marquis t►ud Marchioness of Normanby have
returned to the Clarendon Hotel, from a visit to Viscount
kW Viscountess Palmerston, at Broadlands.

The Earl and Countess Clanwilliam have joined the
assembled on a visit to the Dowager Countess of
rtinbroke at Wootton, from Ryde. The Earl and
countess are expected to return to the Isle of Wight
iarl yin the ensuing week.
The Earl and Countess of Ripon and Viscount Gede-
'rich hale returned to Carlton-Gardens from a visit to
the Right Hon. S. Lushington, at his seat in Kent.
Lord and Lady De Roos and the Hon. Miss De Roes
hoe gone to Hatfield House to join the circle assembled
1,4 that splendid seat on visits to the Marquis of Salisbury.

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Captain G. Smith has submitted to the Admiralty the
Plan of a boat adapted to screw-propelled steamers, and
tile Board has directed Mr. Cowell, of Woolwich-yard,
to build one forthwith. The midship section is similar
1° a piddle-box boat, but the boat is fitted to general
Purposes, and her bow and stern are alike, se that
41 embarking troops, or her crew, from a beach, she
loay at once shove off without winding, and thus more
quickly get out of a musket fire. Captain Smith has
also greatly simplified the mode by which his paddle-
boats are put into and taken out of the water, the
Ii"lble-jointed duvit being got rid of.
Thaloerg, accompanied by Miss Dolby, Miss E. Birch,
11r- Calkin, jun., and Mr. John Parry, will commence
Ito extensive tour, on the 20th of January, at Edinburgh.
After visiting Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, &c., the
Party will proceed to Belfast and Dublin; then return to
England, and give concerts at Manchester, Birmingham,
Learaington,Worcester, Cheltenham, Bath, Clifton, Ox-
ford, Brighton, &c.
The latest news from Ichaboe is to the effect that
snore vessels were lying it anchor there than could pos-
sibly pick up a freight, even if a former liberal calculation
of the gross amount of the penguin and seal relics were
found correct; but it appears that a rock has been disco-
yered under the remaining part of the zoological deposit
which will materially reduce the estimate of the quantity.
tlere then:we have positive news of the beginning of the end.
A grand performance of sacred music will take place
text week at Manchester, under the direction of Sir
George Smart. The principal singers engaged are Miss
-ttainforth and Miss M. B. Hawes, Mr. J. Bennett, and
kr. Machin, supported by a very numerous band and
'4l,4orus.
, On Tuesday morning last the Rev. Dr. Cranmer was
knstituted, inducted, and installed as Dean of Carlisle,
With all the ceremonial usual on such occasions. Mr.
Prebendary Harcourt was the officiating canon.
At the Christmas general meeting of the Royal So-
ciety of Musicians, the sum of 551. was voted to be dis-
tributed among distressed persons connected with the
musical profession having no claim on the funds of the
society,

SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. HODSON, OF THE
BOWER SALOON.—Yesterday Mr. Carter held an inquest
at the Bower Saloon, Lambeth, on the body of Mrs.
Catherine Mary Hodson, landlady of the above house,
Whose death was awfully sudden. Miss Eleanor Hodson,
i 4 daughter of deceased, said that, on Christmas day
Last, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, she
bent into the deceased's bedroom and found her mother
4Pparently asleep. A short time previously witness had
assisted to get the deceased into bed, in consequence of
Ler being too ill to get in herself. She then complained
of being very nervous, and shook as if she was cold.
IC% Berrell, a surgeon, had seen her that morning, and
bad sent her some medicine. A little after three o'clock,
°ll witness going again to see how deceased was, she
found her dead. She went out with her husband the
tirevious evening, to Mr. Farebrother's printing-office, in
, ow-street, to arrange about the play-bills for the fol-
lowing week, and on her return home she complained of
sickness and feeling unwell. After hearing medical evi-
"nee, the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death,
arising from a rupture of the brain."
EATAVIA, AUG. 23.—0 n the 31st of July, in the
afternoon a fire broke out in the house of a native in the
time town of the Regency of Ngrowa, which in a short
"we reduced 98 bamboo houses to ashes. The Euro-
pean houses, the residence of the Regent, and the Go-
erliment magazines, which were in the immediate
aeiyhbourhood, were saved.
,
RE HAGUE, DEC. 27.—We have received the
J
" a papers from the 17th to the 28th of August. In
those of the 27th there is a very detailed account of the
funeral of the late Governor-General, Y. Mercus, which
took place on the 15th of August, at Soerabaya.
STOCKHOLM, DEC. 17.—0 n Friday there was a
e?aference of the Members of the Estates, for the discus-
'ion of financial questions. The number of Members
Present was very great, and the discussion animated. The
senator Wurn communicated the English Act of Parlia-
ment relative to the division of the business of the Bank
of England.
1,, TILE GAME-EAws.—Yesterday, at the Uxbridge
etty Sessions, Charles Boddy, a young labouring man,
at Ruislip, appeared before Sir W. S. Wiseman, Clarke,
the Messrs. 'l'. Dagnall, W. 11. Cox, and 'l'. T. Clarke,
ill sitting, Magistrates, on summons under the game-
raw's. for using on the 24th instant, at Ruislip, a snare
or the purpose of taking game, he not having a game
certificate. It appearing that the defendant had been
b*let before convicted of poaching, the Bench said, that
his third appearance before them, they felt it to be
default" • r duty to fine him in the full penalty of 51., and in
to commit him to hard labour in the House of
Correction for two months. The defendant was corn-
raitted.
trikThe Marquis of Londonderry is about to under-
_ t't at great expense, the enlargement of his port at
"eshatn-hlrbour, by the construction of a new dock of
'tiZt'lve acres, in extension of the present south dock, the
creased traffic in the coal trade at Seaham-harbour re.
grking additional accommodation. The formation of
th;us.al-harbour is one of the noblest private enterprises
c° at ever undertaken by a single individual in this
titintry. and we trust Lord Londonderry and his descen-
:nts will for generations derive all the advantages that
eentib° expected to result from this noble and magnifi-
t undertaking.
findPOSTAL TREATY WITH EGYPT.—We understand
kt4dtt,tio.in much-desired postal treaty between England
fro_'''esypt, with reference to the correspondence to and
ehlts"; whener possessions, was on the point of con-
A" the last advices,
left Alexandria.
tw-e.‘ trotting match took place on Tuesday last be-
etl:: Mr. Speakman's bay horse and Mr. J. Beam's
1.,1/41,r!tted Chesnut cob, three miles on the Braintree
flu, lea two sovereigns a side. At starting the cob took
'tarY Lel' but was unable to maintain the pace, which was
lengthftst'
and the ho
`Essex Herald.rse won the match by about fifteen

IRELAND.
REPRESENTATION OF TIPPERARY.

DUBLIN, DEC. 29.—The Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, in
consequence of the delicate state of his health, declines
to accept the representation of Tipperary. It is likely
that Mr. Ryan, of Inch House, a deputy-lieutenant of
that county, will now be selected.
ANTI-TRINITARIAN COLLEGES.

Under this heading the Evening Mail gives the follow-
ing announcement :—" We believe we may now state
with certainty that Sir James Graham, and that portion
of the Cabinet which encourage everything anti-Pro-
testant in Ireland, have come to the resolution of found-
ing two colleges—the one in Ulster, the other in Mun-
ster ; Belfast and Cork being the localties fixed upon in
opposition to, if not in rivalry with Trinity College,
DuWin. It is, we understand, decided upon that these
new establishments are to be founded and provided for
by special charters and Parliamentary grants, indepen-
dent of all other funds ; and that, for the present, they
are to have the power of granting degrees in medicine,
law, and arts."
INCREASE OF CRIME.

We regret to find that crime of a serious character is
increasing in towns of the midland counties and in Tip-
perary. The Leinster Express, of this day, contains
the following details. That Tory journal, in describing
faction 'fighting in Dunkerrin, where Shinrone police
agents had been at work for some months before, admits
that the peasantry, on this occasion, were supplied with
whiskey by a villain of this description :
" MORE FAcTiort FIGHTING.-At the fair of Dun-
kerrin, on Saturday, we had a renewal of the brutal and
baneful system of faction fighting. A fellow, who earned
for himself an infamous notoriety at Roscrea during the
recent visit of the apostle of temperance to that town,
played a prominent part on the present occasion. It is
stated that he plied the leaders of one party with whiskey,
and then, with a demon-like propensity forevil, furnished
the heads of the opposing faction with a supply of the
same fiery and maddening fluid. The affray soon com-
menced, and the fair presented one scene of turbulency,
uproar, and riot. The contending factions were the
Hickeys and the Lahys—parties who so often fought for
the last three months, and as often, we regret to say,
escaped, at least from legal punishment. Had these fel-
lows been made amenable to law when involved in its
meshes, faction fights would be more or less suppressed.
Leniency towards men of such untameable ferocity is too
often an inducement to them to continue their career of
crime.

" ATTEMPT TO BURN A HOUSE.—On Tuesday even-
ing the house of Mr. Patrick Savage, Willow-lodge, near
Cloughjordan, was observed to be on fire by a man who
was passing at the time. He immediately called on
one of the servants to know if there was any light in
the yard ; the servant having said no, they examined
the dwelling-house, and found it in flames. Having
given alarm, the fire was quenched before much damage
was done. A coal was found in the thatch. This hap-
pened at the early hour of half-past five o'clock in the
evening.
" On the night of last Monday, four armed men, two
of whom had their faces blackened, entered the dwelling-
house of a man named Banan, of Clonaganna, near Dun-
kerrin. One of the miscreants fired a shot into the
kitchen. Banan, who had been at his brother's house,
a short distance from his own, hearing the report, and
conjecturing the cause, whistled and hallooed, as if he
had assistance at hand. The ruse had the desired effect;
for the ruffians became alarmed, and fearing that they
would be set on by a superior force, they decamped.
" LATE MURDER OF THE SHEPPARDS.—Some arrests
have been made for this barbarous murder, and the
parties committed to Parsontown bridewell and Tuna-
more gaol, for further investigation.
" BARBAROUS MURDER IN THE QUEEN'S COUNTY.—
About four o'clock on the 20th instant, a boy who hap-
pened to be cutting switches in the plantation at Le-
vally, near Rathdowney, discovered the body of a man
who had been brutally murdered. There were five cuts
on the head, and on the right side was the appearance of
two stabs, inflicted by a bayonet or some sharp instru-
ment. The murdered man was John Dillon, of Rath-
downey, and it was the opinion of medical gentlemen
who attended, that he must have been five or six hours
dead when discovered. John Dillon was upwards
of seventy years of age, and a respectable man. It
seems he had a rent-charge on some land held by
nephews of his, also named Dillon, which, being
allowed to run in arrear, he had them served with an
ejectment process, that was to be tried at Abbeyleix
Quarter Sessions on the 28th instant. On Saturday
an inquest was held on view of the body at Rathdowney,
by Thomas Budds, Esq., one of the Coroners for the
Queen's County ; and Thomas Cannon, R.M., Robert
Fitzgerald, Thomas Mosse, and Steele, Esqs., ma-
gistrates. After the examination of several witnesses,
and two medical gentlemen, Doctors llarte and Delany,
a verdict of wilful murder was returned against some
person or persons unknown, and that James and Robert
Dillon were aiding and conspiring in the same. Robert
Dillon was arrested on the evening of the murder. There
were recent marks of blood on his trousers. In account-
ing for himself he equivocated very much, and his state-
ment could not be sustained by facts. Jame Dillon has
absconded. The Government has offered, through the
hands of Thomas Cannon, Esq., R.M., Maryboroagh, a
reward of 801. for the discovery of the murderer.
" ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—On Friday night last two
armed ruffians entered the house of Kyraa Bergen, at
Ballycooled, near Rathdowney. having placed Bergan
on his knees, they ordered him to say his prayers and
prepare himself for death. While in a kneeling posture
one of the miscreants snapped a pistol at him, which,
fortunately, missed fire. Bergan, feeling the hopeless-
ness of his condition, became desperate and reckless.
He bounced off his knees, and rushed at the other
Rockite, wrested his pistol from him, and acted most
manfully, both on the offensive and defensive. Ile at
last succeeded in rating both ruffians out of the house.
His head has several cuts in it ; hut none of them very
dangerous. Government has offered a reward for the
apprehension of the perpetrators of the above outrage.
" ATTACK ON SIR HENRY CARDEN.—Sir Henry was
passing through the streets of Templemore, when he was
assailed and knocked down by a blow of a stone ; while
down he was struck on the head by another ruffian, also
with a stone ; and, but for the exclamation of some chil-
dren were playing near the spot—that a man was
murdering'—there can be little doubt that Sir Henry
would have been added to the list of persons whose lives
have been sacrificed.

" BORRISOKANE, DEC. 26.—1 have just a moment be-
fore the post goes out to inform you that a frighttul at-
tempt at murder has been made in this part of unhappy
Tipperary, at an early hour yesterday evening. This
occurrence took place in the parish of Terryglass, within
pistol-shot of the village of Carrigahovig, and five miles
of Borrisokane. The circumstances are as follow :—A
Mrs. Going (a widow) was some time ago ejected from
a small farm which she held at or near Carrigahovig. A
respectable farmer, named Cleary, got into possession of
it. He was served with threatening notices, but did not
mind them. Yesterday evening, when going to his
own house, and quite hard by it, a gun, charged with a
vast quantity of heavy shot, was fired at him. At the
moment the deadly weapon was discharged, Cleary had
his hands in his breeches pockets, and in his left hand,
the one next the assassin, he held a bunch of keys, with
some pence and halfpence, which he had just got from a
neighbour. The shot struck his left hand, carried off
three of his fingers, smashed the ring of the keys, bat-
tered the money, and tore away his pockets and linen.
The abdomen is untouched, but his left thigh is much
lacerated. Hopes are entertained of his recovery, and
never was there so narrow, so providential an escape."
TIIE ROMAN CATIIOLIC CLERGY.
The Leinster Express, a Tory journal, eulogises the
Rev. Mr. Nolan, parish priest of Dunkerrin, and other
Roman Catholic clergymen of the district, for their in-
defatigable exertions in repressing outrage, and in ob-
taining fire-arms from the peasantry, which had been
delivered to the,authorities.
THE SCOTCH BANKS.

The London correspondent of the Mercantile Adver-
tiser states, under date of Wednesday—" I think I may
announce, with confidence, that Sir Robert Peel has
yielded to the remonstrances of the Scotch people, of
all parties, by abandoning, for the coming session at
least, his threatened project for the regulation of bank-
ing and currency in Scotland, the main feature of which
was the suppression of the small note system in that
part of the empire. As you must be aware, all Scot-
land bas been in motion in defence of its banking sys-
tem; but, probably, by this time, the agitation has been
somewhat calmed down by an official intimation from
the Government that the contemplated changes will not
be proposed during the session of 1845."
THE VANGUARD STEAMER.—The Cork Examiner of
yesterday says, " We hate the pleasure to announce
that the Vanguard has been most successfully removed,
her leaks staunched, and that she is placed in safety on
a smooth sand-bank, from which she is to be removed
next tide to Passage, in order to get finally repaired."
COERCION ACT FOR IRELAND.

(From the Dublin Evening Post.)
The Leinster Express calls upon Government for a
Coercion Act. Certainly, the extent of crime is deeply
to be deplored, and means of repression should be used,
in co-operation with the Catholic Clergy ; for the horri-
ble system of outrage must be stopped, no matter how
apparent may be the causes. But, can a remedy be found
in a Coercion Act ? That experiment has already been
often tried and found totally unavailing.
The renewal of faction fights, through the instru-
mentality of agents who supply the peasantry with
whisky, to involve them once more in brutal intemper-
ance, is one of the worst features of the present dis-
turbances. It is worthy of note that such miscreants
dare nut have shown themselves whilst the late Govern-
ment were in office. During the six or seven years that
Lord Normanby and Lord Fortescue presided over the
Government, and Lord Morpeth held the office of Chief
Secretary, Ireland continued in the most profound tran-
quillity, and Tipperary had been less disturbed than
Yorkshire or Middlesex. If the landlords of Ireland
understood their own interests, they would have cast
faction to the winds, and have upheld a Government
which had been enabled to secure such a priceless bless-
ing to the country. Then there was no hired ♦illains
prowling about, debasing the peasantry with whisky.
If such wretches ventured to appear, the constabulary,
under the able administration of the late Thomas Drum-
mond, would at once secure them for the vengeance of
the law. How is it that they now stalk abroad, prac-
tising their hellish trade with impunity? After the re-
velations about the Shinrone conspiracy, concocted in the
very district where most of the present outrages were
committed, can we wonder at these crimes, no matter how
deeply we may deplore them?