The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-15 00:00:00

THE NEAPOLITAN TARIFF.
The new Neapolitan tariff, in which the duties are consi-
derably reduced, has been received in England. We subjoin
the items, premising that the ducat Is worth about 3s. 34d.
sterling, and contains 100 grani ; that the " cantar lordo" is
somewhat less than 2001 b. avoirdupois, and contains 100
rotoli ; and that the " cantar piccolo" contains rather more
than 100 lb. avoirdupois :

Ducats. Grant,

Herrings, dried and salted, per cantar lordo 3 0
Codfish, dried and salted, per cantar 3 20
Cocoa...
Coffee
Camphor, rough 24 0
Ditto, refined, per rotolo 0 70
Cinnamon 0 60
Ditto, della, regina matta
Cassia lignea, per cantar
Best cinnamon, per rotolo
Cloves, per cantar
Syrups, per cantar
&ace, per rotolo
Nutmegs
Oil of cinnamon
. ..
Oil of cloves 1 20
Pepper, per cantar
Pilchards, dried or salted, per cantar lordo 1 SO
Small pilchards
Stockfish
Vanilla, per rotolo .. 1 80
Sugar, powdered, per cantar lO 0
Ditto, loaf
The amount of reduction in English money is as follows :
£ s. d.
Codfish, per cwt 0 3 3
Herrings
Pilchards
Stockfish
Sugar, all sorts except loaves
Ditto, leaf
Coffee
Cocoa
Camphor, rough 0 19 9
Ditto, refined, per lb
Cinnamon
Cassia lignea, per cwt.' 1 16 0
Cloves
Nutmegs, per lb
Oil of cinnamon
Ditto of cloves
Pepper, per cwt
Vanilla, per lb. ... ..... 0 1 8
The tariff came into operation on the 29th of August.

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EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF WATCHES.—A few days
since, in consequence of information which had been received, tw
of the officers of the revenue were despatched to one of the largo
towns in the west of England, intimation having been given to
them that a person had a large number of watches in his possession,
which had been imported into this country from the continent
without payment of the proper duties thereon, and of which the
revenue had consequently been defrauded. We understand that
the officers have returned to town, and have succeeded in making a
seizure of the contraband watches, which considerably exceeded
100 in number. No further particulars have transpired as to the
names of the persons, or as to any proceedings likely to be insti.
tuted against them. This is the third or fourth extensive seizure
of this valuable article of merchandise made by the Customs' officers
within the short space of a few months. If we be corre::tly informed,
the same officers have a seizure of a much larger quantity of the
same valuable description of goods in view, if they have not already
captured them. It is a matter of surprise how se large a number
of such valuable articles could possibly be imported, although their
ultimate seizure must be an equal source of gratification to the
officers and the trade generally, which must necessarily be seri-
ously injured by the success of such malpractices.
LINCOLN AND NOTTINGHAM RAILWAY.—At a
meeting held at the Midland station at Derby, on Tuesday last, the
Directors of the Midland Railway accepted the tender of Messrs.
Smith and Holland, contractors, Leicester, for making the Lincoln
and Nottingham Railway, which is, according to the conditions of
their contract, to be open for the public on the Ist of June next.
DREADFUL ACT OF SELF-D ESTRUCTIoN.—Thurs-
day afternoon the utmost excitement prevailed in the neigh-
bourhood of Messrs. Elliot's brewery at Pimlico, in consequence of
a report, unfortunately too well founded, that an individual had
shot himself through the head in the parlour of the Stag, in Castle.
lane, adjoing the brewery. The facts upon inquiry appear to be as
follow :—Mr. Richards, a gunstock maker, living in Castle.lane,
and having another residence at Fulham, went to the Stag about
five o'clock, and having gone to the back door looked at his watch,
when he went into the front parlour and called for a pint of porter,
which Mrs. Church, the landlady, took to him. At this time he
was standing up and looking out of the window, but there was no-
thing In his manner to excite the slightest suspicion in her mind of
the tragical act that was to follow, and Richards was perfectly sober
at the time. She had scarcely left the room when she was alarmed
at the report of a pistol in the parlour, and upon some persons going
into the room the unfortunate man was found lying in a pool of
blood on the floor, and a pistol by his side. Ile was immediately
taken up stairs in an insensible state, and surgeons sent for, when
Mr. Rendail, of York-street, quickly attended. It was then disco-
vered he had shot himself under the right ear, and the bullet had
most probably passed intcethe brain. Not the slightest'hope is held
of his recovery, and his existence cannot be prolonged above a few
hours. No cause can possibly be assigned for the act, as Mr. Ri-
chards was in good circumstances.
FRIGHTFUL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last
the London and Newmarket mail, which leaves Norwich at five
o'clock, met with a very serious accident at Cringleford-gate.
Coming rapidly down the hill, at the bottom of which is the turn-
ike-gate (a good:pace being required to mount the opposite de.
clivity), by some mistake the gate was flung back the wrong way,
and catching the forewheel shattered it to pieces,'every spoke being
removed, and the coach body separated from the axletree. The
coachman (Newman), a most steady driver, continued to hold the
reins, and was much injured by being dragged and bruised. We
regret to say a lady, who was passenger, had her arm broken, and
three other passengers were so much hurt that they were com-
pelled to return to Norwich. A gentleman, a London traveller,
was very much cut and contused about the face and head, but came
•n by another coach, for which a messenger was sent to Norwich,
and which continued the journey, arriving at the Suffolk Hotel, in
this town, two hours later than usual. Every attention was paid
to the sufferers that humanity could suggest, and the gentleman
who arrived at the Suffolk was going on well when our informant
.ant inquired. —Bury Herald.
A " MONSTER" POLICEIHAN.—On Tuesday evening
the inhabitants of Brixton, Walworth, and Peckham, were conside-
rably amused by the aerial gambles of a " monster" policeman, who
was seen floating about the air for some time, and who at length
fell upon the roof of a house in Minerva.place, Old Kent-road. It
appears that Mr. Bass, a gentleman of fortune residing in Kent-
terrace, Lyndhurst-road, Brixton, has been in the habit of letting
off small balloons from his pleasvre.grounds, for the amusement of
his friends. Lately he has caused the construction of a figure of
12 feet in height in glazed paper, with head, neck, arms, and legs,
and painted in colours to represent a perfect fac simile of a
"peeler," with truncheon in hand; and on Tuesday night he (Mr.
Bass) had caused this figure to be attached to a pilot balloon, and
so arranged it that it should drop from its companion upon the
former attaining a certain altitude. The experiment was very suc-
cessful, and, upon ascending, the figure of the " peeler" had an ex-
ceedingly ludicrous appearance, and seemed as if in the act of being
hung. On attaining a certain altitude the figure dropped from
the balloon, when its appearance became mush more comic and
laugha'4le. It had been so constructed as to maintain an erect
position, and its various evolutions in the air were truly ludicrous.
It gradually descended, until at length it fell on the top of one of
the houses in Minerva-place, Old Kent-road, and was secured by
police-constable 146 P, who on Wednesday restored it to Mr.
Bass. It was fortunate it had not fallen on the ground, for had
it done so, no exertions of the police would have prevented the
public from seriously damaging the representative of the law.
A MAN LITERALLY DISSOLYED.—A. young man,
named Joseph Brammey, residing at Hadfield, in Glossop, Derby-
shire, and employed at the Dinting, Vale Printworks, belonging to
Mr. Potter, was lately found in a pan containing 300 gallons of
caustic lye, which was found at a boiling heat. Mow he came in is
not known ; but it is supposed that lie went to the top of the pan to
ace if the lye was boiling, and, standing on the edge, must have fallen
Into the horrible grave. The deceased had not been seen about the
premises after twenty minutes past ten o'clock. At a quarter-past
one Robert Stubes went to stir up the liquor in the pan, when, to his
great alarm, he discovered same of the deceased's clothes, the body
being quite eaten away by the liquor. Assistance was immediately
procured, and search snide for the remains of the deceased. The
liquor in the pan was thrown away, and at the bottom of it nothing
hut a few bones could be found, and these looking as if they had been
in the ground a hundred years. The leather and soles of his clogs
were eaten away ; a portion of his clothes that were made of cotton,
had sustained little injury, and the irons and nails that hal been in
his clogs were found. The deceased's teeth were discovered all se-
parate. Strange to say, the deceased's heart was found by itself,
quite sound. All that was collected of the body did not weigh 71bs.,
and if these parts had remained in the liquor three hours longer, not
a particle would have been left. The deceased was 17 years of age.
This dreadful circumstance has caused the utmost regret to the pro-
prietor of the print-works, who is well known for his benevolent dis-
position.—Derby Mercury.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—We understand
that the sailing match for the Grand Challenge Cup and Ladies' Purse,
with 50 guineas, came off yesterday, when the Victoria (an Irish
yacht) belonging tie Daniel Connor, Esq., of the R.C.Y.C.; came in
first, and the Edith, belonging to J. C. Ewart, Esq., came iu second.
—Liverpool Mercury of Friday.
NEW Bata nToN REG ATT A.—This affair came off
yesterday. The purse of five sovereigns for four-oared ship gigs, to
be rowed by boatmen, was Well by the Midge, beating the Elizabeth,
the Thomas, and the Gipsy. The purse of three sovereigns for two-
oared gigs was won by the Seagull, heating the Gipsy, the Elizabeth,
the Brunette, and the Fame. The sculling match tau' two sovereigns
was won by the Quick, beating the Dwarf and the George. A great
number of person.; were present, and the usual attendants upon fairs,
wakes, &c., were on the ground. Everything was conducted in the
most orderly manner.—Liverpool Mercury of Friday.
A contract has been concluded between the Go-
vernment and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company for the convey-
ance of mails on the western coast of South America, between Val-
paraiso and Panama. This is an important arrangement, as the
mails being taken across the Isthmus to Chagres can be regularly
brought by the vessels of the West India Royal Mail Company to this
country, instead of performing the long circuitous route by Cape
Horn.
THE SWELL Mon AT THE FIGIIT.—The fight be-
tween Bendel° and Count proved a profitable affatr to the railway
companies, not so to many individuals. The train which reached
Rugby from the Midland Counties line at three o'clock in the after-
noon of Monday last, brought in the third-clasa carriages upwards of
500 persons—characters of the lowest grade; the train having to
stay at Rugby station an hour, afforded them an opportunity of
plying their vocation, which they did in many instances on persons
in the vicinity of the station. They then adjourned to the Railway
Inn, kept by Mr. J. Dadleye
and literally crammed it; and while the
landlord and others were engaged in supplying creature comforts to
their guests, some of the party went up stairs, broke open the cash-
box, and stole the contents, amounting to nearly 4!., together with
several articles of wearing apparel, and safely retreated. The train
carried upwards of 1,000 persons to the scene of the flght.—Banbary
Cittardian.
REDUCTION OF THE PRICE OF BREAD.—The con-
tinuation of the favourable harvest weather has at length hod the
gratifying effect of. producing a general reduction in the price of
bread, of from a penny to three halfpence per loaf of 41be. There are,
however, some exceptions, as in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell
little or no alteration has yet been mode.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEStENTS.-011 Friday the
new street called F.ndell-street, formerly Tlanover and Belton-street,
leading from Long-acre to Brood-street, Bloomsbury, together with
the continuous line of thoroughfare, now named Bloomibury-street,
previously Plumtree and Charlotte-streets, were thrown open for the
passage of vehicles, thus giving the long-desired direct line of com-
munication between the northern and southern parts of the Metro-
polis, it being now nearly a straight real, via Waterloo bridge, from
the Elephant and Castle to Hanmeteaa.
The Duke of Richmond hid the foundation-stone
of the now free s emote at Fochabers, in the vicinity Gorgon
Castle, oe Weaneeday so'nnight, when the Duchess of Richmond and
the Ledie; Lennox, and a large party from the ducal castle were pre-
sent at the cerein my.
Mas. FROST.—The paragraph which has appeared
stating that " Mrs. Frost, the wife of the Newport convict, is gene
out as metesn on hoard a convict ship to New South Wales," is'ne
en-
tirely without foundation. Mrs. Frost, we learn, is by birth, educa-
tion, and fortune, a highly-respectable lady, enjoying the respect of
all who knew her, and is at the present thno residing at No. 14,
Montpellier, Bristol.—Cheltenham Chronicle.
CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO PERTH.
The third anniversary of this event was celebrated by the
lasts;Societ
of High Constables, in the Star Inn here, on Friday evening
Mr. David RISC, merchant, moderator of the Society, in the chair,
suppopiretred bTyhelt
eiliesGray anti Keay ; Mr. Alexander Scott, writer,
evening passed Most harmoniously, with appropriate
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toasts songs, to which the landlord of the Star's good cheer not a
little contributed.—Pert shire Courier, Sept. 11.
OFFENCES IN THE PARKS.—On Friday the usual
Monthly statement of offenders detected and convicted for offences
committed in St. James's, Hyde, and the Green Parks, was exhibited
at the various entrances Into the Parks, according to an order of the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests. From this document it appears
that, during August, there were five offenders—one for cutting the
.eats, fined five shillings four for indecency, three of whom were
.the easisatiVA,sarth to three months' confinement and
setitencedel*„
hard I abylarl, the emir or rrmilar offence, but of a more aggra-
arta—was tried at the last Middlesex Ses.
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