The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-20 00:00:00

TO THE Eil/TOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I have read that the Chevalier D'Eon died in
London many years since ; I begin to fancy the report
must be false. Do you think it probable that the old
woman is still living, but under an assumed name 7.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Ilfracombe, Jan. 17, 1845. J. NACIC.

ROYAL COLLEGE OfSURGEONS.

- - -
The Medical Times states that the following modifica-
tions are to be introduced into the Charter recently
granted to the College of Surgeons :--
Ist. All members, now and for the future, of ten or
fifteen years standing, whether practising pharatacy or
not, are to be fellows, ipso facto, and to have the plenary
power of electing the governing body of the College.
2dly. Gentlemen practising midwifery will be eligible
to be on the Council, which in future. is always to be
composed of a certain number of gentlemen practising in
i-:?a,t department of the profession.
idly. The Court of Examiners will be partially com-
posed of :.'urgOn-acconcheurs ; and examinations in
midwifery wilt form for the future an integral part of the
surgical candidate's exax..:j nations.
4thly. Some new arrangeoett will be proposed, by
which will be removed the barn.:
r which now prevents
surgeons practising pharmacy from rver sitting on tbo
Council.
6thly. The Fellows will take seniority in the order of
their standing, as members of the College ; and may pro-
pr,se, without reference to any list of precedence, any
eligible member as candidate, to fill any vuoanciee in the
Council.
These modifications, which are to be embodied in a
supplementary charter, have been recently under the
consideration of the College Council. It is said that Sir
James Graham acquiesces in the necessity of some ntodi-
cations jf the charter.

THEFT ANI: ROBBERY
thrown into a state of
The town of Paisk;
great excitement this Reek by the
PAISLEY BELL .—•
has been re
n
the discovery that the
lurch belonging to the cot`-
.
poration of Paisley, has been Pl.l
bell of Mr. M4Naughtan s '
rreptitiontie excitement
s 1
theftu-
ously abstracted and carried awaYt and i
'
is the greater, because it is stroily Yor y
suspected that this
net of sacrilege has been coromitteel,
-vial but by some
thief or thieves, for the sake o,` the
not by some pitiful
free agents or deacons who hold 1114."`s Pretty high
in Palsley.—Scots Reformer's Gazette. _l„tr,
MR. TEMPLETON... IN DUBLIN.---Me; Tictir.
-yr
the celebrated vocalist, has, by the magic his powers,
taken the good people of the Irish metropolis' Pempletely
captive. The spacious Music Hall in Dublin, Ohieh is
capable of holding nearly 3,000 persons, appears to be
crowded every night on which he makes his appearance.
A MAN FOUND IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday after-
noon (Sunday) about four o'clock, the body of a young
man, about nineteen years of age, was discovered wiushett
ashore near Lett's timber yard, Waterloo-bridge. An-
derson, the beadle, was apprised of the fact, and a shell
having been procured, the deceased was conveyed to St.
John's Church vault. The body was very much decom-
posed, and dressed in a blue jacket, apron, check shirt,
and corduroy trousers. It remains in the vault for re-
cognition and a coroner's inquest.
A FATAL DUEL.—A duel took place at Mayence,
on the 3d inst., between M. Rupferberg, aged twenty-
one, a clerk in a commercial house at Manheim, but a.
native of Mayence, and a M. de Lavalette, a Prussian
dragoon officer, of a noble family, aged twenty-four,
which terminated fatally for the latter. The quarrel
arose from M. Lavalette laughing at M. Rupterberg
slipping as he was squiring a young lady from the play,
and it was decided with pistols. They fought at fifteen
paces. M. de Lavalette fired the first, and wounded M.
Rupferberg in the belly, who, in falling, fired and struck
M. de Lavalette on the artery of the neck. They were
both taken into the town, M. Rupferberg grievously
wounded and M. de Lavalette dead. M. de Lavalette
was buried on the 7th. He was followed to the rave by
all the military, evangelical priests, civil functionaries,
and burghers. M. Kcenig, the evangelical pastor of the
Prussian garrison, pronounced the funeral oration. Be-
fore and after the lowering of the coffin the Singing So-
ciety sang the funeral hymns, in order to show their
esteem and sympathy towards the defunct.. No eye was
dry, and the numerous assistants, principally persons of
rank, were extremely affected. It is said the deceased
was an excellent character, and worthy in every respect
of the sympathy which every one took in his fate.—
Frankfurter Journal.

TLI-E MURDER AT SALT-HILL.—The prisoner John
Tawell is confined in one of the cells in which there are,
two or three other prisoners, and no alteration or relaxa-
tion of the prison regulations has been made. His soli-
citor, Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry, had a lengthened
interview with him on Friday, with a view, it is under-
stood, to some arrangement being effected as to his pro-
perty, the bulk of which is iu Sydney, and at this mo-
ment is not available, so that, although the prisoner is Si,
wealthy man, he is at this time very short of funds.
Mrs. Tawell, the prisoner's wife, has twice visited her
husband in gaol, having procured an order from ono of
the Magistrates for that purpose. It ;appears that the
prisoner was in the habit of purchasing a large quantity
of drugs at Mr. Thomas's, in Bishopgate-street, and
other shops. These medicines, it has been ascertained,
he dispensed to the afflicted peor at Berkhamstead. Ho
never purchased any hydrocianic acid of Mr. Thomas
until the Ist inst. The accused has exhibited much rest-
lessness since his commitment, and his health has ap-
parently undergone an unfavourable change.
premeditated murder mwuirtdherthwehiicnhs
The
checked
h-
insatiate
ecafkne
elad,lct
io anon spriit
CONTEMPLATED ASSASSINATION.—Of those savage
and prowling
in pwtrhhooew iwb
afarscostamssostfihnPesrevornrious provinces of Ireland, and justly place
ust
sennamed Denis O'Brien,
andciplcommissioned
panther,
discoveryoiocnnteiemdhas was' nid.ot
t thisuthhna eav
fortunately,
locality.dle
ede bie
Mr. Thady Cullman, of
S
plot was discovered is un-
common.
Nai n
ga
O'Brien,way th
ah
wholieved at Cratloe, near Limerick.
e.
undertaken The to do " the job," solicited' the assist.;
ante of another individual. This man, recoiling from
the horrid conspiracy, refused his co-operation, and
lodged informations against the sanguinary ruffian.
O'Brien was, therefore, apprehended, and lodged in
prison yesterday; and, after an examination' has been
committed. Mr. Cullinan was to have been dispatched
on Monday last; and only owes his life to the refusal
and resistance shown by this person to O'Brien when he
mooted the question.—Clare Journal.
BURY.—THE TURN-OUTS.—The miners at the
Turton and Quarltan collieries, near Tottington Lower
End, belonging to Messrs. Andrew Knowles and Co.,
who turned out on New Year's Day, for an advance of
10d. per load of twenty-four tubs, having succeeded in
obtaining an advance of 6d., resumed work on Wednes-
day morning last. The power-loom weavers in the em-
ploy of Mr. Richard Hamer, of the Somerset Mill,
Elton ; and of Messrs. John Hilton Kay and Sons, Hey-
wood, are still out. The moulders, mechanics, and
millwrights at Messrs. Walker and Co.'s ; and also at
Messrs. Bland, Simpson, Howarth, and Co.'s, Bury, have
not yet returnned to their work. The workmen meet
in the large room at the Hare and Hounds publio-houso
Bolton-street, Bury. Delegates are also sent to other
towns every day.—Manchester Guardian.
Ironworks,
a donation
of
The typhus fever is prevailing, to aorgkreas, tanexdtetntitz
among the workmen at Conside I
Bishop of Durham has benevolently
1 101. for their relief.