The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-17 00:00:00

Two man, named Rowe and Creed, were fined 403.
each by the. Gravesend Magistrates for " touting."
At the Thames Police-court, Cornelius Mahony, a
coal-whipper, was brought before Mr. Ballantine on a
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 Establishment, who is attached
to the School-house-lane station, in Ratcliff. R appeared
that the prisoner's premises were on fire, and that he
had endeavoured, by assaulting the complainants, to pre-
vent them from extinguishing the flames. He was com-
nutted for trial.

COMMT-F.A.MONTAZt
This is the birth-day off
her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, who completes her fifty-eight year.
The Duchess will receive the congratulations of her
august relatives at Frogmore on the return of the day,
ruminate
her Royal Highness's tradesmen will, it is expected,
uluminate their houses.
The Duke of Wellington will give a grand dinner this
evening, at Apsley House, to his Royal Highness Prince
William of Prussia, the foreign corps diplomaCque, &c.
The Austrian Count Arnsperg, accompanied by his •
son and the preceptor to the youthful Count, arrived at
the Clarendon Hotel the day before yesterday from Ger-
toasty.
Lord Ravensworth arrived at Ravensworth Castle cn
Thursday evening.

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The locksmiths of Walsall, Wolverhampton, Willen•
all, and neighbourhood, numbering about 300 persona,
have turned out for an advance of five per cent. on their
Wages.
The Earl of Galloway has forwarded the sum of 100
guineas in aid of the fund of the Hospital for Consump-
tion and Disease of the Chest, at Brompton.
Mr. and Mrs-. Charles Mathews have signed an en-
gagement at the Surrey Theatre, where they will appear
the second. week in September.
Baythorne Bridge, which divides the counties of Essex
and Sufrolk, and which has been in a dangerous state for
;some time, is now being repaired by the county ; it is to
be 'widened four feet.
The Ceres, from Flushing, has been brought into
ItiUgstown barbour, by the Prince Albert, revenue
cruiser, having beencaptured, after a chase of two hours,
air the Leg of Man. She had on board 110 bales of
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-
Diana ing two deer in the Mississippi, lately, by the steamer
Vernon. They were swinimir.g side by side—the
o"ot gave chase and they were soon noosed and hauled
n board to4:eed the passengers on.
efLecounls from the Moors state that sport there has
o.:cellent and birds plentiful and strong on the
luit.,of Colonel Lowther bagged sixteen brace on the
twel:ltY-five August, and Sir George Musgrave brought down
brace.
1.
some
Ye ar scarcely
parts of Kent a great number of Irish reap-
ye are busily employed in getting in the harvest : last
any came over from the sister isle, in con-
nctilenee of Mr. O'Connell's vigorous agitation for repeal
1.. (I repeated summonses to his countrymen to attend
his meeings,

fro JRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The Grand June-
Uri CeraPany, in announcing a change of trains, add,
„, at " arrangements are in progress for attaching second-
its.nba_s:s carriages to the fast trains, for reducing the fares,
.w.'et for adding a cheap train for the poorer classes."
rejoice to see this powerful company adopting so
th ral a course of policy. We have no doubt whatever
riat. it will benefit them even in a pecuniary point of
ety•---Railway Record.
CAPE or GOOD HOPE, MAY 16, 1844.—The
oDeath of Lady D'Urban last year, at the Cape of Good
e, was deeply and sincerely regretted by the people
ntat colony, who have erected a public monument to
er memory, in St. George's Church, Cape-town, bear-
g the following inscription To commemorate the
"eellerlee and benevolence which so eminently distin-
pished the Character of Lady D'Urban, the wife of
tleutenaLt-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, G.C.8.,
rate es Governor of this colony, this monument of public
t,Peet and esteem, as also a school-house for the Female
•-•claool of Industry at Wynberg, founded by Lady D'Ur-
ban in 1836, and constantly fostered and superintended
her until her decease, have been erected by the inha-
olstaate of the Cape of Good Hope as the fittest monument
whb, while adorning the high circles of society,
Leeeasingly sought to relieve anal educate the poor, and
ehexemplify the superior virtues and practice of a
ristian life. Obit August 23, 1843, ratat sixty-three
tars. ' Blessed are they who remember the poor.
blerd are they whom the poor remember with a
ng., 71
ZE'WCASTLE AND GATESIIEAD REGATTA. The
gatta commences this day (Thursday), and there is
TrY prospect of its being of a first-rate description.
ceuive prizes which the successful competitors are to re-
the e are of a very chaste and costly description, and
is( s workta afiShiP of them has been divided between
ars. Reid
e and Messrs. Lister, of this town. A mas-
of beautifully carved tankard with a moveable lid,
the skibut
of 101., is to be awarded to' the winner of
gain i,„-,r4ce and eight goblets, value 3L each, of ele-
two 4' varying designs, to the winners of the four and
by
ared boat races. These have been manufactured
sMessrs. Lister. Reid and Sons have prepared a set of
ea silver cups, elaborately chased, value 51. each, and a
°el' of silver medals, ornamented with the union border
(rose, thistle, and shamrock), to reward the exertions of
the gentlemen amateurs who shall compete in the four
Oared race. All these prize
gifts bear the inscription,
Newcastle and Gateshead Regatta, 1844."—Newcastle
4divrtiser.

EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION OF GROUSE.—Yesterday
lamming the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Com-
pany's steam-ship Perth, Captain John Spink, arrived at
her moorings off Hore's steam packet wharf, Wapping,
from Dundee, with a considerable number of passengers
land an extensive cargo. She brought upwards of 150
fixes of grouse, which were principally rifled on the
l'erthshire hills and moors, where the sport is said to be
prosecuted with great success. Most of the boxes were
directed to members of the nobility at present in town.
L,heseureyfsew were for dealers in game. The steam-ship
of Sutherland, from Inverness, Rapid, from
Berwick, and Royal Victoria, from Leith, have also
bro
„rs'agot large quantities of grouse to the metropolis.
TrtOPIIET WROE'S ROBBERY.—INNOCENT PARTIES
4NSPORTED.—Our readers will remember that about
ir,"° Years ago, the house of Prophet Wroe was broken
Called`ato nd a silver watch stolen ; also, that three men,
;13enjarain and John Pickersgill and 1-ames Rams-
:ll, were tried for the robbery at the York Assizes, in
4August, 1842, and transported for ten years. It now
attars, however, that the men were in no manner con-
TI;, with the robbery, and are perfectly innocent of it.
pa,„: 'nformationhas been obtained from James Hudson,
ow a convict at York Castle, who has made a voluntary
ei:llession to the governor of the castle, by which it ap-
trs that the robbery was committed by himself and five
e°eZsnlen, whose names he gives ; he details the pro-
With-tr on the night of the robbery, and what was done
ree,""e Property. We trust our magistrates will take
to Cures by which these innocent men will be restored
iv heir homes and their families again made happy.—
RQ4.fieldsJou;na/.
AILWAYw TRAFFIC.—The recipts of twenty Rail-
gre;.'°tupanies for the last four weeks are, in the ag-f
tlio"'-e, greater by upwards of 50,000/. than those 0
ttorresponding period of last year.—Railway Record.
itte 1388 OF ANOTHER WAR STEAMER.—Her Majesty's
.ward
Stromboli, under the command of the Hon.
h:lrd Plunkett, when on her passage from Cork to the
lie,i`r;n°ll, on Wednesday, struck on a reef of rocks which
To ;11 the mouth of Bantry Bay, on the coast of Kerry.
sent --,:k4repearance she is greatly damaged ; but at pre-
tzth, ""e precise nature of the injury which she has sus-
T,._tcl cannot be stated with any degree of certainty.e
tolei Tartarus and Hecate steamers, which speedily. came
hero made the greatest efforts to get
°ff the reef ; but we regret to stat without the
etightest success. Both these vessels have since been
13elaged in landing all her guns and ammunition on
tiot,-"I' -"land, which is situated near the shore. In addl.,
11.- to this the entire of her machinery, it is feared, will
one to be taken out, with great loss of time, before she
katibne set afloat From the. total failure of the efforts
ps' ,0 extricate her, it is the general opinion among
anu,"3 competent to judge that she is firmly grooved
bsn;l't the rocks. Of course Captain Plunkett will be
-'Agil to a court-martial for this unfortunate affair.
TAEa,, SAFETY BEACON ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.—
au Bullock will leave Woolwich to day in the new
Pier,,,—Ying steam-vessel the Porcupine, and proceed to the
ran -118, for the purpose of making the necessary ar-
w gements for the erection of his safety beacon (which
thans,rnn down by a Dutch vessel a short time since) on
tif," ‘r,oodwin Sands. It is expected that every
theyprepara-
t,llw planting it on the Goodwins will be completed
411 28th instant., when the spring tides will have set
the yeaPtain Bullock has also received instructions from
ex J-4ords of the Admiralty to place on the same sands
f.,Perimentally one of Mr. James Steward's ponderous-
;red beacons in order that its capability to stand the
and waves may be fairly tested.
Bacx.ET.--311ALTON AGAINST LEEDS.—On MOII-
- and Tuesda last the second match for the grand
groeuenPdst:tes of 80 so7s., was played on the York cricket
clubsbetween two elevens of the Malton and Leeds
with
''which ended in favour of the latter at one innings,
Nvas 07 notches to spare. The attendance of spectators
eery numerous, and the match created considerable
,rust amongst the lovers of cricketing.
MOTHER OF THE LATE MR...-ANL .
" M will
'belittle;
riled with regret that the mother of the late Mr.
Cons
the Irish vocalist, is in reduced circumstances, in
Whom the
of the death of her grand-daughter, with
,„" the pension settled upon Mr. Banim by Govern-
;lT ceased, Sir R. Peel not deeming himselfjustified to
s?,
sienue it to the author's mother, for whom a public
4° ription is now being made in Ireland.
THE WEATHER IN FRANCE.—A friend at Versailles
s.rites, under date of August 12 :—" The weather
thfils part of the world has been very broken, and as
next six weeks will be the time for the grapes ripen-
wV, tile people are becoming alarmed for the vintage as
ut': as for the harvest
generally. There is not much corn
io4lld that which is cut is mostly lying under the rain
sher°t:cd• A great deal of rain has fallen here—in
is eol~it is constantly coming down, and the atmosphere
Dublin Evening Post.
"PaQVE
pro MEET IN RAILWAY PROPERTY.—The im-
tw_Tnent in the market price of shares within the last
of e months has been upwards of 60 per cent. Some
Tthe shares have improved in a much higher ratio.
11us the Birmingham and Gloucester have risen about
pteu_4Per cent, the Sheffield and Manchester 140, and the
Alon
and Wyre 160 per cent. —Railway Recwd.
CLEVER BOY."—A farmer's wife, in speaking of
WSmartness aptness, and intelligence of her son, a lad
ilenYe.ars old, to a lady acquaintance, said, " He can read
this tIY in any part of the Bible, repeat the whole Cate-
tuosi3ll,ra,nd weed onions as well as his father." " Yes,
2: added the young hopeful, "and yesterday I
;tole old
Ned Rawson, throwed the cat into the well, and
old gimlet."--timerican Paper.