The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-02 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

A curious addition has just been made to periodical
literature, remarkable as the first of the family in which
the lunacy of the contributors is frankly avowed. The
Governor of the Royal Lunatic Asylum of the towH of
Crighton, has conceived, as a means of appealing to ti e
early sympathies and intellectual memories of the more
highly educated among his patients, the design of a
publication for their own amusement, to be edited and
printed entirely by themselves. The significant title of
this extraordinary publication is the New Moon, a deli-
cate allusion to a suppost d influence of that luminary
over th, unfortunate beings whu are the preparers of
this peculiar magazine.
The Ureat Western sailed on S :turday last f:otn
Li-
verpool with a large number of I:essengers aLd a heavy
mail for New York.
The Scotch and Irish vipers mention the destructive
effects of the storm of Thuradsy and Frid,ty last, which
appears to have extended to alt parts of the kingdom. In
Scotland, particularly, the gale appears to have been

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The body of a female, about twenty- thre,i years
age. anti five feet fear in height, was discavereti floating
in the Ritter TiII:MPS, near the Red Douse, Bat rsea,
about one o'clock on Monday. oho was respectably
dressed, having the appearance of an upper servant, or
respectable mechanic's wife. 'lhe only thing remarkable
to lead to ter identity was, that she wore two aprons, one
blue and the other black, and her right leg had a wound,
round which was bound a red silk handkerchief. The
body awaits a Coroner's inquest at the Red House,
Battersea.
In expectation of a vacancy in the representation of
the Elgin burghs, two candidates have appeared in the
ti. Id—Mr. Duff, of Haddo, who was a candidate in 1841,
on the Tory interest ; and on the Liberal interest Capt.
Granville Gower Loch, R.N., son of Mr. Loch, Member
for the Wick burghs.
A meeting of the Austrian and Sardinian Railway
Company was advertised to be held at the George and
Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, on Monday, at twelve o'clock.
At half-past twelve Hermann Henry, Esq., was called
to the chair, who stated that there appeared to be no-
body present who promoted the meeting, so that he
thought they had better adjourn. Mr. Cunliffe pro-
posed that they adjourn to that day week, which,
being seconded by Alderman Vickers, was carried un-
animously.
Mr. Page, in company with Mr. Cubitt, on Friday,
inspected the river to make an estimate of the expense
of the embankment from Vauxhall-bridge to Battersea-
bridge. The Earl of Lincoln intends to bring a Bill into
Parliament for that purpose in a few weeks.
On Saturday night, about eight o clock, a circumstance
that placed the lives of five individuals (four men and a
woman) in the greatest jeopardy, took place at Mr.
Heath's calico-printing factory, in Garrat-lane, Tooting.
In the course of the afternoon, the party had purchased
some fish, with the intention of cooking them on the
premises, and having them fur supper. A man earned
Reynolds left off work before the others, and prepared
to cook the fish, but in doing so used a preparation of
arsenic and starch, which he found about the premises,
and which he mistook for flour. All the party were taken
extremely ill, and Dr. Bainbridge attended, who, by use
of the stomach pump and emetics, saved them. One
woman, however, who is enciente, is still dangerously ill.

Tarr VALE RAILWAY.—The Directors of this
Railway have determined, in consequence of the increased
and increasin; traffic upon the line, to make the line at double
instead of a single one. It is intended that this shall be
effected as soon as circumstances will admit, but at present
the double line will only extend from the Cardiff terminus
to the Taff Well station, a distance of about seven miles,
Operations have already conunenced,—Cambrian,