The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-03 00:00:00

a public meeting of the borough of Marylebone at an early
date.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2.—The Royal
Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Severn, Captain W.
Vincent, took her departure at three o'clock this afternoon
with the usual British and foreign West India and Mexican
mai:s in charge of Lieutenant Kiddie, R.N., Admiralty
agent. Her route is do Bermuda, the Bahamas, Havannah,
and Mobile, to the Gulf of Mexico. The Severn takes out 51
passengers, amongst whom are Ensign Nash, for Jamaica,
and Lieutenant Frazer, for Barbadoes; also specie value
26,000/. sterling for Havannah, 1,500 bottles of quicksilver
for Mexico, value 18,090/. sterling, and a cargo of general
merchandise, The Teviot, with the mails from the West
Indies and Mexico, may be expected about the 4th or sth
inst. Her Majesty's steamer Sprightly arrived here yester-
day, and to-day embarked a considerable number of convicts
who arrived by railway, and who are to be put on beard a
hired transport ship lying at the Motherbank bound for Van
Diemen's Land.
Mr. Dessuer, a merchant from Weston
America, who was coming to the east to purchase his sum-
mer stock, lost 13,000 dolls. upon the steamer Ben West, by
dropping his belt into the water.
In the Municipal Court of Boston, lately, a lad
named Michael O'Keefe, was tried for the theft of three
canary birds, and acquitted, the court instructing the jury
that canary birds, according to the common law, were not of
any value, and consequently not a subject of larceny.—New
York Paper.
CAPE or GOOD HOPE.—Another arrival from the
Cape has put us in possession of papers of two days' later
date; but they convey no news of the least interest.
THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION, SCOTLAND.
YARD. Monday last being Easter Monday this interesting
rendezvous of military curiosities was thrown open to the
public, and was visited throughout the day by several hun-
dreds. It is almost needless to add that the museum, as a
depository of military, naval, and general curiosities, stands
almost unrivalled. It contains weapons of ancient and
modern warfare, peculiar to every nation, as well as interest-
ing relics of Napoleon, Home, Wallington, Mahomet, Marl-
borough, Tippoo Saib, and other noted characters. Several
valuable additions were made to the museum during the year.
FIRST CONVICTION UNDER THE IRISH PROCESSIONS
Acv.—On the night of the 16th, while a party of police
from Banbridge were patrolling in the townland of Bally-
varney. they discovered a rendezvous of Ribandmen, evi-
dently preparing for a manifestatian on Patrick's-day, with
drums and music. They instituted a search, and in a field
found a man concealed, having in his possession a drum,
painted green, with the name " Ballyvarney" inscribed
thereon, and a fife. This fellow, with three others, was
taken into custody, and convicted under the new Act, before
a special sessions at Bainbridge, when the drum-bearer was
sentenced to a penalty of 5/., or a month's imprisonment.—
Banner of Ulster.
According to the last accounts from Jamaica it
appears that the Americans, who have undertaken to open
up the copper mines at Mount Vernon, in that island, have
actually completed their preliminary arrangements. The
brigantine Mexico bad just arrived from New York, bring-
ing, as her cargo, a lot of implements, cottages, and other
supplies for the workmen ; and another vessel, with a similar
cargo, and the remaining portion of the miners, was said to
be on its way.
The advices from Hamburgh mention the failure
of Otto F. Wolters, in consequence of speculations in the
coffee-market. His liabilities are stated to be about 20,0001.
From Tienna the accounts, are to the 28th of
March, when affairs were again worse, owing to the uneasi-
ness occasioned by the aspect of the German question and
the political condition of France. The premium on gold had
risen to 25 per cent., on silver it was 19i, and the rate of ex-
change on. London was 12.3. The now Four-and •a-Half per
Cent. Loan had gone to 33 discount. Estimated in English
currency, its price would now be about 61i.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—About eleven o'clock on Wed-
nesday forenoon, while the express train which leaves Edin-
burgh at a quarter before ten, was approaching a place called
Renton, near Grant's House Station, a plate-layer, while step-
ping from the up-line to avoid a train coming from Berwick,
and not seeing the other train approaching, went immediately
in front of it, and al though the engineman blew his whistle,
there was no time for the man to get out of the way, and he
was knocked down and killed on the spot. There was no
one to blame for the accident but the unfortunate plate-layer
himself.—Berwick Advertiser.
Candour in some people may be compared to barley-
sugar drops, in which the acid preponderates over the sweet-
ness.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
A MAN THROWN FROM THE BOXES OF THE
STRAND THEATRE.—Last evening, between the hours of
five and six, considerable excitement was caused amongst
the company of the New Strand Theatre, in consequence of
the folloWing occurrence, which will be attended with very
serious, if not fatal, results to one of the carpenters employed
in the establishment. It appears that Joseph Matthews,
the stage carpenter, and a man named Lepbridge, were em-
ployed in the second tier of private boxes, getting the
theatre ready for opening for the night's performance, when
Mr. Matthews desired the other man to do something which
he refused, when a quarrel between the two ensued. Lep-
bridge then flew into a violent passion, and swore that he
would throw Matthews into the pit. He immediately
rushed towards him, and seizing him round the body en-
deavoured to carry his threat into execution. The unfortu-
nate man, Ptlattheivs, tried to prevent his antagonist from
throwing him over, but without effect, and at length he was
thrown from the second tier of boxes into the orchestra,
the man Lepbridge falling upon him. Lepbridge, it was
found, was not much hurt; but Matthews was so seriously
injured that he could not stand. A stretcher was there-
fore procured, and he was forthwith conveyed to King's
College Hospital. Mr. Salter, one of the house surgeons,
attended upon the sufferer, and did everything that was
necessary for him; but as yet it is impossible to tell to
what extent he is injured. Lepbridge was then taken into
custody and locked up at Bow-street police-station.
MURDER AT WARMLEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE—On
Monday last an inquest was held at the Tennis Court Inn,
near Warmley, Gloucestershire, to inquire into the death of
Joseph Jefreries, a labourer, who was killed in a quarrel on
the evening of Good Friday. It' appeared in evithnce that
on the evening of his death the deceased, with a number of
his companions, had been drinking at a bear-shop kept by a
man named Humphreys. The whole party left the house,.
and about seven o'clock a quarrel arose, the companions of
the deceased accusing him of having got a shilling which be-
longed to them. A fight ensued, and shortly after the de-
ceased was seen lying on the ground, and bleeding from a
wound inflicted with a knife. A man named Bigsvood, who
went to his assistance, was badly wounded with the same
knife, and the life of a WORM who gave the alarm was
threatened. A post mortem examination of the body showed
that the arteries of the neck had been divided, and death to
have ensued from the wound. The jury, after a long investi-
gation, returned a verdict of wilful murder against Moses
Gray, as principal, and against George Cole, Giles Shepherd
and Charles Lewis, as abettors.

COMPLETION OF A GREAT NAVAL WORK IN
RUSSIA. —ln the month of February last the great naval
basin at Sebastopol was completed, and the largest ships of
war in the Russian navy can now be docked with the great-
est ease, at that important naval port on the Euxine, or
Black Sea. Some idea may be formed of the magnitude of
the works, when it is stated that the basin covers an extent
of ten acres of ground, and has seven dry docks—three on
one side, and tour on the other, each capable of containing
the largest ship in the navy. The water in the basin is
thirty feet above the level of the Black Sea, and the vessels
are taken into it by means of three locks, the iron gates of
which were made by Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie,
and are sixty-four feet broad, the breadth of the locks, by
twenty-eight feet deep. A large reservoir has been con-
structed at some distance from the basin, and the former is
constantly supplied with water by allowing a river to enter
into it, and the quantity of the water in the basin is regu-
lated by sluices front the reservoir. Each of the dry docks
has a sluice, which can be opened and the water emptied
out into the Mick Sea in a very limited period, without the
trouble of pumping, the plan adopted at the docks adjoining
basins in this country when it is found requisite to empty
them at high water. The Emperor of Russia is reported to
haVe about fifty ships of war at present at Sebastopol, and
has recently received the best description of machinery for
making blocks and other purposes; and he has in progress
of construction a superior description of machinery for very
extensive rope works.
PARE FOR THE BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.—YeSterdaY
evening a meeting of the committee appointed to carry out
this undertaking tick place at" the Angel Inn, Islington.
Representatives were present from most of the parishes
within the borough, and communications were read from
others, expressing their concurrence in the proposed under-
taking. Mr. Lloyd explained that the entrance to the pro-
posed park should be at Highbury-place, passing along the
right side of the Holloway and Hornsey-road to the Seven
Sisters' house, from thence taking an easterly direction to the
Green-lanes, and from thence proceeding south to the New
RiVer, completing the enclosure, a space of 30U acres. In
addition, it was proposed to fortis an esplanade on the banks
of the New River which runs through the park, 15 feet in
width, commencing at the New North-road, and extending to
the reservoirs at Lordship-lane--the total cost of the under-
taking being estimated at 150,0001. This park will complete
the chain of parks encircling the metropolis. It is intended
to hold an aggregate meeting of the parishes in the borough
previous to application to Government.
MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, APRIL 2.—We
have to notice a slight improvement in the tone of the
market to-day. The last arrival from the United States has
had the effect of making spinners more firm than they have
been for some time past, and for all descriptions of yarns
prices a shade higher have been obtained. A fair amount
of business has been transacted at the advanced rates. To
some extent the goods market has been favourably affected
by this change. There have been many inquirers to-day for
shirtings at present prices, or at a very small decline on the
current rates. 40-inch shirtings still remain firm • but
narrower cloths and domestics move off somewhat slowly.
TRADE or PAlSLEY.—Business still continues
brisk in the manufacturing line. Printed plaids and shells
of a superior quality are being made in considerable quanti-
ties; of harness .goods the manufacture is more extensive
than for many years back, and these also are, for the most
part, of a class which remunerate better both employer and
employed. Yarns have been going off freely for the manu-
facture of plain cloth. Formerly the cloths used in the
Paisley trade were principally made in Yorkshire. Now,
however, it is found that they can be produced quite as ad-
vantageously here, and their manufacture is the means of
affording employment to a large class of the community.—
ifenfrewshire Advertiser.
THE PANTOMETRIC PLANISPHERE OF THE ZODIAC,
By THOMAS OXLEY, CIVIL ENGIXEER.—This beautifully ex-
ecuted plate, which is of the large dimensions of twenty-eight
inches by nine, reflects the highest credit on the scientific
abilities of Mr. Oxley, by whom it has been engraved as
well as designed. It is a valuable, indeed, a necessary ap-
pendage to his admirable work on the Celestial Planispheres,
which is familiar to all earnest students of Genethlialogy as
" The Gem of the Astral Sciences." Besides a scale of the
zodiac, the plate furnishes scales of the right ascension of the
planets, with latitude ; of declinations ; of equatorial degrees,
accurately divided to minutes; of the space of three houses
to 60 degrees; and cf the Placidian and Naibod's measures of
time. In short, the talented and learned artist has left
nothing unexecuted in the mathematical department of the
science which ingenuity could rlevi,:e, or perseverance accom-
plish; and we trust that his costly exertions may be duly ap-
preciated by those best calculated to judge of their vatue in
this fascinating path of research.
PATERNAL AFFECTION. -- The German papers
published of late an account of the execution of the Count
Fugger-Glott, who, it appears, was condemned for the part he
played in the late insurrections in the Palatinate. "It
appears," says the Deutsche Zeitung, " that a single word of
intercession or entreaty from his relatives would have sufficed
tdi save the wretched young man. His father, the Here-
ditary Councillor and reigning Count of Fugger-Glott, has,
indeed, presented a potion to the King (ot .Bavaria); but in
that pe,ition he asked, hot for mercy for his son ; on the
contrary, he implored the King-to stand by the sentence
of the court-martial, and provide for its immediate
executive."