The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-13 00:00:00

THE NEW COLLEGES.

It is said that Mr. Edward Berwick, a Protestant Whig of
the old school, has been appointed Vice-President of the
Galway College. The Galway Mercurystates that surveyors
are just now busily employed on the intended site of the col-
lege, which. will occupy about eight acres.
BELFAST.—It was stated confidently in town yesterday,
and we have reason to believe the rumour may be found to
be correct, that the Rev. Dr. Henry, of Armagh, has been
appointed by Government Principal of the Ulster College, to
be estaclished at Belfast. The matter, however, is, as yet
mere rumour, and as such only we give it. Belfast Chronicle
REPRESENTATION OF CORK.
The Franchise Association of Cork have resolved unani-
mously on soliciting Mr. Alexander M'Carthy to stand for
the represents ion of that city.
DISEASE AMONG CATTLE,
The cattle epidemic is raging to frightful extent in Do-

negal, particulirly in the neighbourhood of Baßyshannon,

THE SUGAR MARKET.
There has been a considerable decline in the Dublin Sugar
Market, in consequence of Messrs. Roe's purchases—to which
we alii.alecl last week—being about to be thrown upon the
=market, Government having all but intimated their deter-
, mination. of not stopping distillation from grain.

EARLY OATS.—We have learned from a corres-
poudent, an experienced agriculturist, that Don Oats, if
sewn any time before Christmas, will be fit to cut in July, a
period when a Supply mikbt be niuch wanted, and prove a
most sensible relief: We would earnestly press upon land-
lords and farmers the necessity of considering this matter, as
one dminently de/Se:lll3g Attenticale.•-Evening Jose,

33d (Ist York West Riding), Depot, Clonmel—Lieut. the
Hon. J. Arbuthnot Keane is on leave to the 31st December;
Lieut. Quale to the 31st of January, 1846. Major Galloway
is commanding.
340 (Cumberland) Regiment, Depot. Fermoy—Five pri-
vates (invalids), in charge of a non- commissioned officer,
have marched from head-quarters from Cork, there to embark
per steam vessel for Dublin, to appear before a medical
board, and to appear by the Ist of November. Officers pre-
sent at head quarters :—Major Deedes ; Captains Heathcote,
Talbot, and Hervey, Lieuts. Robertson and Still, Depot
Paymaster, Agnew, Depot Adjutant, and Randolph ; Ensigns
Robinson, Palmer, and Farnet. Recruiting-5 sergeants and
16 rank• and tile. Officers on leave of absence :—Captain
Schreiber, to the 15th of November; Ensign Fyfe, to the
31st of December; Assistant-Surgeon Eaton, on appoint-
ment ; Lieut. Brisbane is on leave of absence to the 28th of
March, 1846, at Largo House, Fife, the seat of his relation
Gem Sir Thomas Brisbane, G.C,B. and G.C.H, colonel of the
regiment, which is on the passage to Corfu.
35th (Sussex) Regiment, Depot, Charles Fort, Kinsale.—
Captain Moore and Ensign O'Callaghan are on leave to the
19th of December. Recruiting-2 sergeants and 10 rank
and file. Major Deedes is commanding.
40th (2d Somersetshire) Regiment—Yesterday morning
the fourth company depot of the 40th regiment marched
from Chatham en route for Dover, under command of Lieut.-
Col. George Hibbert, C.B. The strength of the depot con-
sists of 16 sergeants, 16 corporals, 1 drummer, and 347 pri-
vates, with the following officers—Captain John Gray, Cap-
twin Fred. Wm. Webber Smith, Captain T. J. Valiant, and
Captain J. M. B. Neill; Lieuts. Wm. Thomas, Robert Carey,
A. Abercromby Nelson, Samuel Snelling, J. A. Macwan ;
Ensigns Richard Snowden Payne, H. Thomas Fell White;
Paymaster Charles Scartin Naylor, and Assistant-Surgeon
H. Mapleton, M.D. The depot has recruiting in different
districts, 10 sergeants, 5 corporals, and 29 privates; 1 ser-
geant and 1 corporal on furlough. The depot will remain
at Dover until the regiment arrives from India, which is ex-
pected in March next, it having embarked at Calcutta in
the beginning of last month for England..
40th (South Devon) Regiment, Depot, Armagh—Major
Campbell left Armagh on the 7th instant for Dublin, there
to embark for the West Indies,' to join the service com-
panies, and relieve Major Maclean, ordered home to take
charge of the depot. Brevet Major Martin has taken the
command. Two companies are stationed at Charlemont
and Monaghan, which were relieved on the 7th instant from
head-quarters.
48th (Northampton) Regiment, Depot, Kilkenny—A re-
cruiting party has marched from head-quarters for Dublin,
there to embark par steam-vessel for Liverpool, en route to
Sudbury, in Suffolk, to be stationed. Captain Emmett is on
leave of absence to Nov. 30; Lieut. Henry, ditto, to Dec.3l ;
and Ensign O'Sullivan, ditto, to Jan. 31, 1846. e '
41st (Welsh) Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin—Officers
on leave of absence:—Capt. Donaldson and Captain Downes,
to Dec. 31; Lieutenants Rawlins, Wells, Wetherel, and Taylor,
to Dec. 31 ; Lieut. Arkwright to Nov. 30; Lieut. Steward, to
Dec. 25. Brevet Major Dempster is in command of a com-
pany stationed at Portobello Barracks, with Lieut. Great-
head. Ensigns Lennox and Rawlinson,and Surgeon Wilkins,
are on leave to Nov. 30. Recruiting-1 sergeant and 12 rank
and file. Lieut.. Col. Gore Brown, C. 8., is commanding.
49th (Princess Charlotte of %Vales) Regiment, Athlone—
Officers on leave of absence :—Capt. Hart, to Jan. 31, 1846;
Lieut. Ogilvy, to Nov. 15. Recruiting-4 sergeants and 8
rank and file. Capt. Montgomery's company, consisting of
Ensigns Page and King, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 40
rank and file, joined head-quarters on sth November, having
been relieved by a company of the same corps. Lieut.-Col.
Adams, C. 8., is commanding.
.66th (Berkshire ), Depot, Clare Castle—One sergeant and
8 privates (invalids), have marched from head-quarters for
Dublin Beggar's Bush recruiting depot, to arrive by 1201
November, to appear before the medical board. Lieut.
Smythe is on leave of absence till gazetted on half-pay, as
staff-officer to pay pensioners. Ensign Bell is on leave to
30th November. Recruiting-3 sergeants and 8 rank and file.
Brevet Lieut. Goldie is commanding at head-quarters. Cap-
tain Devonport is stationed at Killaloe, in command of a
company.
CHATHAM GARRISON.—The following number of troops
available for duty at this garrison, according to the last re-
turns, are upwards of 2,000 men. The present effective
strength of the provisional battalion comprises 1,420 men, and
the 65th 402 men; the remainder for duty are made up by
the Royal Marine corps, out of which 40 men are required
for the garrison of Upnor Castle, and a guard of 13 at Fort
Clarence. There are, besides, in hospital, 499 soldiers sick,
including the invalids in the general hospital. A number of
recruits are daily arriving from the several recruitinadistricts,
to join the depots of those regiments serving in 3.r.ina.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—On Monday Lord 81(r:infield inspected
the two companies of Captain Mee any Major Lecke, which
returned to Woolwich, from Canada, on Friday last, In
heavy marching order, ;Ai the grand mounting parade. Ills
Lordship was ,leased to expre,s his approbation of the state
of both companies.

THE IRON TRADE in AMERICA.

By an arrival from New York on Monday,.we have the
following in tev,sting particulars relative to the development
of the iron trade there

" The production of iron in Pennsylvania in 1844, was
about 200,000 tons, and it is estimated that this year it will
amount to about 350,000 to 400,000 tons. It is also esti-
mated, from good data that the total production of iron in
the United States this year will not fall short. of 700,000
tons, and that the consumption will amount to about 800,000
tons, leaving a deficiency, to be supplied by importation, of
about 100,000 tons. We annex a table exhibiting the
quantity and value of iron and steel of all kinds imported
into the United States for the last sixteen years.
"AGGREGATE QUANTITY AND 'VALUE OF IRON AND STEEL

I It:' ,Tr.TED INTO THE: UNITED STATES.
Years. Tons. Value. Per ton.
1828-20 ...... 36,314
1829-30
1830.31 ...... 51,571
1831-32 ...... 73,979
1832-33 .. ... 80,289 ... 3,371,867 --
1833-84
1834-35
1835-36 -
1836-37 -
1837-38
1838-39
1839-40
.341,086 59
1840-41
1841-42
1842-43
1843-44

Total t0n5...1,261,074 63,837,526 doll. 50 dole.
" This table shows that, notwithstanding the immense in-
crease in the consumption of iron in this country, there has
not been any very great increase in the importation, and
that the supplies from our own manufactories have nearly
kept pace with the increased demand for consumption.
" The most extensive iron works in this country are those
of the Mount Savage Company of Maryland. Its present
capital is 1,500,000 dollars, with power to increase it to
500,000,000 dollars. Its stock is owned principally in Europe.
These are the only works in the United States where railroad
iron is manufactured to any extent, and it is calculated that
20,000 tons can be made in a year. Some of the eastern
railroads now building are supplied with rails by this com-
pany. The mines of the Mount Savage Company, and, in
fact, all the iron mines of Maryland, are situated in the Cum-
berland coal region, which, for the manufacture of iron, is
said to be superior to any other.
"The iron manufacturers of Great Britain already feel
alarmed at the rapid increase in this business in this country."
—New York Paper.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Deafness and Defective Vision
Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the country free by
post.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 25, South Cas-
tle-street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instruments.—lnvisible Voice
Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not un-
comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a small piece of
wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age,
and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, instantly
to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a
distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the
conversation into the ears to such an extent that in the most
severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also, original
Ear Comets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears,
and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many
of those instruments have received the approbation of the
Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The
newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before
extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural,
and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera
Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution--Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
mores, Opticians, are net in any way connected wish a person
of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any
part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and
Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly,
opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Castle-street, Edin-
burgh.
REFUSAL TO BURY A CIIILD.—A painful scene
occurred on Monday last, at the Church of s_,t. Saviour's,
Norwich. The body of a child, belonging to Mr. North, one
of the night watch, was brought up for interment, but the
Rev. Mr. Beckwith, officiating for the incumbent, refused to
perform the ceremony, in consequence of the child not hav-
ing been fully baptised. After the mourners bad been de-
tained in the church about two hours; Mr. King, the clerk,
prevailed on another clergyman to bury itwv-Cheimford
Chronicle.

On Tuesday forenoon Samuel Brunt, of Clarendon-street,
Ilulme, aged nineteen, employed at the brewery of Mr.
Joseph Bleackley, Downing-street, Ardwick, as assistant-
brewer, was .engaged in cleaning out a porter vat, which
had undergone the process of sweetening, when he lost
his life under the following circumstances :—About a fort-
night before, five barrels of bottoms and nine of boiling
water had been put into the vat for this purpose, -and
about half of it was drawn off by Thomas Dunbabin, cooper,
on Tuesday morning. The deceased then went down the
ladder into the inside of the vat, taking with him a besom
to stir up the remaining water and dregs, so that the whole
might run off together; he had not descended far before he
fell to the bottom of the vat. Assistance was procured, and
in about 20 minutes he was got out, by means of a hook at-
tached to a rope; one of the men attempted to go inside,
but was obliged to return by reason of the foul air. Two
surgeons attended, but animation could not be restored. An
inquest was held on Wednesday, before Mr. Chapman, when
it was stated by Dunbabin that the vat, which held 150 bar-
rels, had been emptied and properly cleaned with hot water
about two months before. There was a small square
door at the top, which stood open. Four barrels of hot salt
and water were then put in, and closed up; this remained
in a week; it was then let off, and a man went down and
swept out the vat. The bottoms and hot water were
then put in as before stated; the vat was then closed and
kept so until Tuesday morning, except when it was opened
to put in some additional water. Witness had been in that
brewery thiry- nine years, and they had always adopted
this method of purifying the vat, except that they never
used salt and water before; but he did not think anything
noxious had arisen from that, as one of the men had gone
down and cleaned out the vat when the salt and water was
drawn off. Ile never knew.such an occurrence before. On •
half-a-dozen similar occasions he had gone into vats, but
had never met with any danger. The deceased had been six
months in the brewery; he had never ben in a vat on a
similar occasion before. The liquor was only about four
inches deep in the vat when he began to stir it, the noxious'
vapour or gas which arose had everpowered him. The vat
was 11 or 12 feet in diameter. Witness did not consider.
there was any risk. The vat had been used as a porter vat
30 years; it had stood empty about five years; but it had
been taken down and repaired, and was fitted again last.,
spring; but the liquor having a tack, they had tried to
purify it as stated. They did not use candles when there
was a sufficient light from a window, as in this case. Wit-,
ness has gone Into a vat without danger, in wine cases,
whore a lighted candle was extinguished by the foul air.,
jury, in agreeing to a verdict of "Accidentally suffo-
cated," recommended that in future the trap-doors of the'
vats should be left open two or three days before any one
went in.—llliznchester Times.