The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

Two men, named Rowe and Cr, ed, were fined 400.
each by the Gravesend Magistrates for " touting."
At the Thames Police-court, Cornelius Mahony, •
coal-whipper, was brought before Mr. Ballantine on
charge of violently assaulting. Charles Cottrell, a turn'
cock in the employ of the East London Waterworks
Company, and Charles Smith, a fireman belonging to
the London Fire-brigade EstabliAiment, who is attached
to the School-house-lane station, in Ratclif£ It appeared
that the prisoner's premises were on fire, and that be
had endeavoured, by assaulting the complainants, to Pre'
vent them from extinguishing the dames. He was coal'
mitted for trial.

43017117--WASIZIONALIMM
The Austrian Co Inc Amsperg, accompanied by
eln and the preceptor to the youthful Count% arrived *1
the Clarendon Hotel ou Thursday from Germany.
Lord Ravensworth arrived at Ravensworth Castle co
Thursday evening.

airsisoftmairsous.
The locksmiths of Walk'll, Wolverhampton, Willer
hall, and neighbourho xi, numbering about 300 persons,
have turned out for an advance of five per cent. on their
wa gel.
The Earl of Galloway has forwarded the sum of 100
guineas in aid of the fund of the Hospital for Consul:or
tion and Disease of the Chest, at Brompton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles: Mathews have signed as ell,
gagement at the Surrey Theatre, where they will apPell
the second week in September.
Baythorne Bridge, which divides the counties of Esser
and Suffolk, and which has been in a dangerous state for
some time, is now being repaired by the county ; it is t 4)
be widened four -feet.
The Ceres, from Pktshing, has been brought jot°
Kingsto-wn harbour, by the Prince Albert, revenge
cruiser, having been captured, after a chase of two hour*,
off the Leg of Man. She had on board 110 bales °`
tobacco. It is stated that the captain and some of the
crew had escaped in a boat before the capture.
The St. Louis Reveille gives an account of the catch-
ing of two deer in the Mississippi, lately, by the, steamer
Diana Vernon., They were swimming side by side-1
pilot gave chase; Und.they were soon noosed and haul
on board to feed the passengers on.
Accounts from the Moors state that srt there hee
po
been *xcellent and birds plentiful and strong on the
wing. Colonel Lowther bagged sixteen brace on the
12th of August, and Sir. George Musgrave brought dogs
twenty five brace.
In some parts of Kent a great number of Irish regal
era are busily employed in getting in the harvest
year scarcely any came over twin the sister isle, in eoriti
sequence of Mr. O'Connell's vigorous agitation for repe
and repeated summonses to his countrymen to attell'
his meetings.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The Grand Jlll3,ei
tion Company, in announcing a change of trains, 16,1
that " arrangements are in progress for attaching second'
class carriages to the fast trains, for reducing the feet
and for adding a cheap train for the poorer clash6;o
We rejoice to see this .powerful -company adopting I
liberal a course of policy. We have no doubt whateiej
that it will benefit thOn even in a pecuniary-point "

Recoid. • whe
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, MAT 16, 1844.---4;1
Death of Lady D'Urban last year, at the Cape of u
Hope, was deeply and sincerely regretted by the Per to
of that colony, who have erected a public monument
her memory, in St. George's Church, Cape-town, be}r
ing the following inscription To commemorate ,t 1.0•
excellence and benevolence which so eminently d'' "of
'guished the character of Lady D'Urban. the wif
Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, G.C.De d
7•
0h
late Governor of this colony, this monument of P11".1.
respect and esteem, as also a school-house for the Fec
School of Industry at Wynberg, founded by Lady') 'it'
ban in 1836, and constantly fostered and superinte,llo.
by her until her decease, have been erected by the )1)
bi tants of the Cape of Good Hope as the fittest reenuclet
of one who, while adorning the high circles of sogiVii
unceasingly sought to relieve and educate the ray f •
to exemplify the superior virtues and practice 'los
Christian life. Obit August 23, 1843, Mutt sixtrr,r,
years. Blessed are they who remember the • ,
Blessed are they._whom the poor remember.velw
blessing.' " The
NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD REGATTA*
regatta commences this day (Thursday), and •th.e'„oo,
every prospect of its being of a first-rate deserW're
The prizes which the successful competitors are °oil
ceive are of a very chaste and costly description, to
the workmanship of them has been divided
Messrs. Reid and Messrs. Lister, of this town.
sive and beautifully carved tankard with a moveable, d
of the. value of 10/., is .to be awarded to the wince;if
the skiff race, and-eight goblets, value 31. each, of
egant but varying 'designs, to the winners of the four I'?
two-oared boat races. These have been mealefactild of
by Messrs. Lister. Reid and Sons have prepared 6it
five silver cups, elaborately chased, value 5/. eachterjo
set of silver medals, ornamented with the union pus of
(rose, thistle, and shamrock), to reward the exerdlisr
the gentlemen amateurs.who shall compete in the, 6001
oared race. All these prize gifts bear the insertaill
"Newcastle and Gateshead Regatta, 1844."—fic.wk-
Ath.ertiser. r n V 01
EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION OF Gnotlee.--eAr Lees'
morning the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping. el 01
pany's steam-ship Perth, Captain John Spink, arc'op
her moorings off Here's steam packet wharf, %Vele
from Dundee, with- a considerable number of passe
and an extensive cargo. She brought upwards 004
boxes of grouse, which were principally rifled 9,1,
Perthsbire hills and moors, where the sport solo ;eel
prosecuted with great-auccess. Moat of the bore „fro.
directed to members-of the nobility at present in '-oir
Very few were for dealers in game. The stesnrei
Duchess of Sutherland, from Inverness, Rapidt
Berwick, and Royal Victoria, from Leith, nave
brought large quantities of grouse to the metropois;oo
PROPHET WROE'S ROBBERY.—INNOCENT 131'0$0
TRANSPORTED.—Our readers will remember thoblloVil
two years ago, the house of Prophet Wroe as wtiletb
into, and a silver watch stelen ; also, that three
pott
called Benjamin and John Pickers gill and .James 0,
den, were tried for the robbery at the York Al lir,
August, 1842, and transported for ten years. • 1,
appears, however, that the men were in no tuan°,et of c'
netted with the robbery, and are perfectly innocetrae,
This information has been obtained from James
now a convict at York Castle, who has made a vol itge
confession to the governor of the castle, by which de
pears that the robbery was committed by himself allio ptir
other men, whose names he gives ; he details
ceedings on the night of the robbery, and what 1/7 isi‘j
with the property. We' trust our magistrates stster,
measures by which these innocent men will be,"opli
to their homes, and their families again made I`lll
Wakefield Journal. 0
Y' .e,s
;i
HER MAJESTY THEATRE.—This success e
son of ,the opera will, terminate definitively 0n,.30 eft
next. The.teleitts of all. the first artists 01 tielit',l
blishment in both branches of art will be 01".,,,•
play. The performances
.will ernbrice the OPO7O 113
ballets which have been the greatest favourites
public.
. --LOSS OF ANOTHER WAR STEAMER•—jjer Dl:jells a;
steamer Stromboli, under the command of„tboo!bc
Edward Plunkett, when on-her passage from ticiro obi
Shannon, on 'Wednesday, struck on a reef of rocf ic,effl;
lies in the mouth of Bantry Bay, on the coast 43t At f„,,
To all appearance she is greatly damaged ; bubo P;i,
sent the precise nature of the -injury which she,re,•
tamed cannot be stated with any degree 0f.',11,,
The Tartarus and Hecate steamers, which 5re".,44:
to-her assistance,.have made the greatest effo'i;ot
her -off the reef ;. but.-we regret to stat2.slvic ve•
slightest success. Both these vessels .have
engaged in landing all her guns and all3Du vfill
Bear Island, which is situated near the shore,,• 01, ot
tion to this the entire of her machinery, it is ieli:af‘te,,o
have to be taken out-, .with great loss of time, ‘0,e11"
can be, set afloat. "From the total failure onion! 04
made to extricate her, it is the general'oPi,.gio°,t
persons competent to judge that she is firtroftoigic
among the rocks. Of course. Captain Plunk! affsif'/
brought to-a court-martial for this UllfOrtUnOeArl9s.,
THE SAFETY BEACON ON THE GOODVVII4.6 the
Captain Bullock will leave-Woolwich w daY
surveying steam-vessel the Porcupine, and tOceo;s01,0
Downs, for the purpose of making the net 00
rangements for the erection of his safety beao sokee2o•
was-run down by a Dutch vessel a short tiro piquet
the Goodwin Sands. It is expected that everJoctif
Lion for planting it on the Goodwins will bein jitirro.lo
by the 28th instant., when the spring tides vv„tiotO
pat
in. Captain Bullock has also received instru`;o.9:o,"
the Lords of the Admiralty to place on th flontlea
experimentally one of Mr. James Steward'st,r,stin
footed beacons, in order that its capability
wind and waves may be fairly tested. 10!
IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY PRorEN• ;bin ib
provement in the market price of shares wl'ot,
twelve months has been upwards of 60 P,_erflighef
of the shares have improved in a moo' aseli'a tfr
Thus the Birmingham and Gleucester hare 40. ,
110 per cent, the Sheffield and Manchester;need. t will
Preston and Wyre 160 per cent..--,RaihraY
THE MOTHER OF THE LATE Ma- the
be learned with regret that the mother ° ..„istaPw-aeiv
Banim, the Irish vocalist, is in reduced cirriu bterc'ers'
consequence of the death of her gractl4.l„,si G. 10111)
whom the pension settled upon Mr. 130,91—Afjaieglpote
meat ceased, Sir R. Peel not deeming b' w.,5-001 •
continue it to the author's motherJ°l. -
subscription is now being made in Ireland-a etlre"lf
THE WEATHER IN FRANCE.--Afrieno The 11004
thus writes, under date of August 12 :--broken,
in this part of the world has been vol. _
the next six weeks will be the• time for for
0074
ing, the people are b(coming alarmed net Oro fr.;
well as for the harvest generally. Ther.° aocler,ele,
out, and that which is cut is mostly IYlngnaien P
unlooked. A great deal of rain hal opoir
and 4,ljog'
short, it is constantly coming down,
is cold."—Dublin Evening Post. West Pt!".
E. Denison, Esq., M.P. for tbe the tz,
arrived in Doncaster, on Saturday last;bire DtO
We are sorry to learn that the 110n°:*3 a seriol'oo
fh !,,g
his journey from London exPerienc cootn°i°l3
dent, by which he received a severe _n._, bit" pfi
hip, which has had the effect of conn_, ;1010,!0or.`'.
house for two or three days. We areanent ipjorl
to learn that he has sustained no perol__,„ of -
is now perfectly recovered from the elec.'
glb°4
—Doncaster Chronicle of Friday. d nigh . ei% col
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SOHO.--
fin
a quarter to ten o'clock, one of the
witnessed for many years broke out lan sov, ifor4
Mr. Harpur, coachmaker, Georgerfz.ea otpro
premises are in a neighbourhoe °V;00(1,05,°,!
shops, and the buildings all composwdlgle vas
...coedit;
a few minutes elapsed before the no the,(loolc
mass. The St. Annes parinl?, and As web theii
fieotniiielsbieLnetahiturne
aLoeshnodfoortlEixasmOtaaliletristreasepon:tstrent
rofgr op.
don of thousands of pounds wortn
quickly completed.