The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-23 00:00:00

LA UG LIABLE OCCURRENCE.

The neighbourhood of Northumberland-avenue, King-
ston, was yesterday thrown into a state of the utmost
excitement, it having transpired that a lady had made
an assignment with a gentleman who had advertised for
a wife. Accordingly at the hour mentioned, three
o'clock, the expectant inhabitants of the avenue were
highly amused on beholding, as Burns would say, " a
fine fat fagel wight " make his appearance, wiping his
fat face with a white handkerchief, the lady having re-
quested that he would occasionally place a white hand-
kerchief to his face, as the means of recognition, and
further stating that she would drive in from the country
at the hour specified. Nearly half an hour after his ar-
rival, a lady drove up in a pony phaeton, in a great
shower of rain, with a servant on the rumble, protecting
her with an umbrella. On seeing her the unfortunate
man fancied that the object of his search was at length
before him, and after a few convulsive applications of
the handkerchief started forward, and with a spring re-
markable for a man of his size, fairly jumped into the
phaeton ; and before the astonished lady could recover
from the fright his sudden• appearance occasioned, he
had encircled her in his arms, calling her by every en-
dearing appellation ; and it was not until the lady had
uttered scream after scream, and his shoulders were well
belaboured with the umbrella by the servant, that he
appeared to think he had got into the wrong box ; so
making his escape as expeditiously as possible, he has-
tened off to the train without staying to make further in-
quiries for his inamorata ; and it is earnestly hoped that
the lesson he has received will perform a radical cure for
his love.
IRISH POOR TAW COMMISSION.

The following appears in the Carlow Sentinel of yes-
terday :—" We learn, from the best authority, that in
consequence of the serious charges made in Mr. Pene-
thorne's report against the Poor-law Commissioners, and
the conflicting statements of Mr. Penethorne and the
Commissioners' architect, the Government have issued
a commission of inquiry, which will not only embrace a
searching scrutiny into the expenditure on the poor-
houses, but a thorough inspection of the buildings in
every union in Ireland. We have also to announce, on
equally good authority, that. Mr. Owen, of the Board of
Works, is appointed a member of the commission. The
names of the other gentlemen who are to act with him
have not yet transpired, but we believe they will com-
mence operations immediately."
The Marquis of Donegal sailed from Belfast for
London on Friday.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ClTY.—Monday
numerous workmen were engaged erecting seats around
St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Clement Danes Church, St.
Mary's Church, Strand, King's College, and various
other public places in the line of the road from Bucking-
ham Palace to the Royal Exchange. The applications
at tradesmen's houses have already been very numer-
ous, and prices of from half a sovereign to three
guineas have been paid, for seats having a good view of
the grand and imposing, processien.
THE MARQUIS OP °LONDONDERRY AND THE COL-
LIERS.—" The Marquis of Londonderry," says the
Durham Advertiser of Saturday, " has written to the
secretary to the fund for the survivors of the sufferers by
the late accident at Haswell Colliery, in reply to an ap-
plication for a subscription. The Noble Lord disap-
proves of all such subscriptions, and contends that it is
the duty of all proprietors of collieries to maintain those
who are bereft of their protectors by fatal accident in
the mines. He estimates the amount of money he has
paid in this way, as coal proprietor, since 1819, at
6,1621. 17s. sd. He concludes his letter, however, by
saying that, as the Lambton CiAliery and the Earl of
Durham have each given 1001. to the fund, he will give
the same sum."

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--William Collings, a boy
ten years of age, in the habit of going 'to sea with his
father and brother in a small fishing-vessel, accompanied
them as usual last Tuesday. The father returned in the
evening, leaving his two sons to moor the boat ; the
elder desired William to go home, and seeing him cross
several boats, supposed he had landed safely. On enter-
ing his mother's room he inquired for his brother, and
finding he was still absent, told them the child had parted
from him to return about half an hour before. Search
was immediately made in all directions for the child ;
but hearing no account of him, the next morning, as
soon as the tide was out (one o'clock, a.m.), Mr. Collings
and six men went to the Barbican. The father in
searching placed his hand on the body of the child, but
being too much affected to render any assistance, the boy
was taken up by the other men. His nose and mouth
were filled with mud, which, it is supposed, prevented
his rising again. An inquest was held the same evening
before Mr. J. Edmonds, borough coronei. Verdict—
" Accidental death.—Plymouth Times.
SPEEDY JUSTICE.—On Saturday evening, the 12th
inst., a man, by the name of John Anderson, was taken
by Mr. T. E. Collinson, superintendent of police, from
Ripon to Aldborough, a distance of about seven miles,
upon a charge of felony. The case was heard before
Mr. W. J. Coltman, a resident magistrate, and the lA-
soner was committed for trial to Northallerton. On the
ensuing Monday (the 14th instant), he was taken to
Northallerton Gaol, and on Wednesday last he was
tried, convicted, and sentenced to transportation for
seven years.
Gipsy Lee, mentioned in our last as having caused
a female respectably connected to elope with him from
Margate, has since been charged with robbing a relative
of his " beloved," at whose house he lodged, and com-
mitted to prison for trial. He sobbed bitterly during
the examination and while in the cage thrice attempted
suicide.—Canterbury Journal.
BURGLARY.—About one o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing last, six fellows with their faces blackened entered
the dwelling-house of Mr. T. Worthington, of Mansetter,
near Atherstone, Warwickshire, and whilst some of them
were engaged in ransacking the premises of the most
portable and valuable of their contents, the others were
engaged in preventing the inmates from making an
alarm, during which considerable resistance was made
by the latter, who were most of them wounded ; Mr.
Worthington most so. It would appear, however, that
some of the villains, before they effected their escape
with the booty were much cut and wounded by a sword
used by Mr. Worthington in the conflict. A reward of
100/. is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the
offenders by Mr. Worthington, and if either of the par-
ties will ;impeach his accomplices, he shall receive the
above reward, and every means will be used to obtain for
him her Majesty's most gracious free pardon.
A GOOD CROP.—Mr. Alexander Waddingham, of
Driffield, has this year produced from a field containing
about four acres, on the north side of the road leading to
Burlington, no less than seven, and a half quarters per
acre. In fact, this field has for several years been re-
markable for the abundance of its crops. In 1841, the
yield was six and a half quarters per acre, and in 1838,
seven and a half quarters per acre,—Yorkshire Gazette.
GRAND EXPLOSION OP MINES AT CHATHAM,
OCT. 21.--For the last two months the Royal Engineer
establishment, under the entire direction of Lieutenant-
Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, K.H., have been engaged
in preparing a system of countermines in front of the
ravelin on the left of Chatham lines, not only with the
view to practise in mining, but also with the object of
carrying on the course of drill in subterraneous warfare.
The corps of the Royal Engineers will be divided off for
this occasion into distinct parties, one representing the
besiegers, and the other the defenders of the fortress,
the operations to consist chiefly in mining against each
other, on which occasion considerable charges of gun..
powder will be exploded., They will be highly interest-
ing to the scientific military officer, as there is no in-
stance of a, similar course having been at any time car-
ried on in this country on the same enlarged scale. It i
understood that the attacking party will, in proportion as
they may be enabled to advance subterraneously, carry on
the upper ground in the ordinary work of a siege. The
operations, it is stated, will probably extend over a period
of eight or ten days. Lieutenant Penrice, of the Royal En-
gineers, will take the command of the defence; and Captain
Wynn command the attacking party. Neither of the
two officers know anything of each other's plans, the
attack and defence being entirely distinct in their re-
spective duties, and the parties of Sappers and Miners
are positively forbidden to hold any communication
whatever with each other ; all that can be ascertained
is, that each party can hear each other at work with
their picks and shovels. The whole of the operations
will have the same importance as if done in actual ser-
vice. The extent of the ground occupied by the troops
form an extent of about ten acres. Captain Wynn, from
the third parallel, is pushing forward several galleries in
the expectation that out of some of these points of attack
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