The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-29 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DlARY.—Tnottstuv, JAN. 31.
French, J. sen., Frome Selwood—Castle and Ball, Both 1)
Haynes, W., Ncath—Town-hall, Neath
Hughes, E., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool
M.Camley, I'., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool l2
Macgowam J., T,iverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool 1
Margetts, T., Old Woodstock—Bear, Woodstock l2
Parkinson, R., Wimeswould—King's Anus, Loughborough 11
Peck, J. Bache—Court-house, Leeds
Twigg, W., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield

INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED.
Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Feb. 1, at sine o'clock.
Bear, W., Mile-end-road, merchant
Blundell, G., Chancery-lane, wine-merchant
BottinF, W., Langley-common, Kent, farmer
Cos, George, Bath, hatter, &c.
Crowne, 0., Titchficld-street, accountant
Davies, E., Ilorsiedovrn, tailor
Goninan, 11., Paddington, hackney-master
Humphreys, T., Waterloo-road, stahle.ketner
Jones, 11., Islington, farmer
Lea, H., Smithfield, clerk in the custom;
M'Cabe, J., Westminster,
_agent
Martin, J., King-street, Westminf.ter, dealer
Pealling, W. Whitechapel, cheesemonger
Scotson, F., Waterloo-road, mull-dealer
Simonds, .1., Fleet-street, braid-maker

WELSH CHARITY SCHOOLS—An Examina-
tion of the Children of this excellent Institution took place
yestmday morning, which proVed highly interesting to a
numerous assemblage of the patrons and friends of tht
Charity, to whose great satisfaction the children acquitted
themselves in their various classes. At a General Meeting
of the Governors and Subscribers, held at the conclusion of
the Examination, Lord KENTON in the Chair, it was un-
animously resolved that the Festival on the first of March
next, should be held with every possible splendour, in
honour of the Duke of CLARENCE, who has kindly con-
descended to preside on the occasion.

Mr. MARRIOTT, of Attercliffe, had lately, at
his farm at Orgrave, a fine heifer, which died under the fol-
lowing singular circumstances :—The animal became sickly,
and after lingering about three months, died in a state o
great exhaustion, the whole carcass scarcely containing an)
blood whatever. Upon opening it, to ascertain the cans,
of its death, an adder, upwards of a yard long, was found
within its head, just emerging from the larynx. Th.
reptile was dead ; but, from the fresh appearance of it,
skin, it was evident that if it had been swallowed by th,
calf at the commencement of its illness, it must have bee:.
alive in its stomach until a few hours of its death.—
Sheffield Independent,

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before the Magistrates of this town, on a charge of at-
tempting to murder his own nephew, by administerioF
arsenic. It appears from the evidence already adduced,
that the prisener.o brother, who died some time ago, lea"'
ing a widow and five children, held a farm under Lori
IlanatraioN, on a lease, in which one life ouJY "."
re-
maining. Prisoner resided with his brother's
d
conceiving if his eldest nephew were dead, the lease Nvouli.
become his property, he conceived the diabolical design o
administering 'poison to him. Accordingly, n oimvo,nadiai
last, soon after a basin of buttermilk had been placed fol
the object of his malice, on that part of the table usuallN
allotted to him at meals, the prisoner was observed by
Isis niece to go to the table, and put a quantity of white
powder into the buttermilk. She immediately challenged
him with haring done it, but he persisted in denying it, al-
though he refused 'to taste the buttermilk, which she
pressed him to do as a proof of his innocence. Under
these circumstances, it was deemed advisable to send th,
buttermilk to this town, to undergo a chemical examina-
tion ; and after analyzing it, it was found to contain arsenic.
The prisoner was apprehended by BURGESS, on Thursday;
and has been remanded fur further examination.—Mac-
clesfield Courier.

When this exquisite display 7• as over, Sir
Walter chanced to allude to the effects of
the various martial sounds which readied his
ears, when the evening watch was det to the
Allied troops in Paris., after the battle of WateN,
100. Seated on the summit of a small eminence
near the village of St. Cloud, amidst the ca!rn or
a French summer's night, he described the rnir,7.
hug sounds, in the distance, of the ingtrunlents.
of almost all the nations in the world, rising in
strange and wild harmony around, as producing
an effect upon him such as he should neverforget,
This led to a disquisition upon military
in general, and that to a request froth Sir Waiter
that Mr. Moseheles would indulge the company
with some of the martial airs of the Continent.
He immediately assented, modestly sayings that
he knew very many of them, as be had been
often employed in their composition by the:
Emperor of Austria. He sat down again, ac-
cordingly, to his instrument, and produced
most admirable melange of every sort of milits7
music that can be conceived. Several of the air:
his auditors knew, many they heard for the first
time ; but the wonderful facility and grace with
which he arranged and combined thcm—pasring
through more than imaginable variety of keys
and measures, yet ever maintaining one uniform
tone of high martial feeling—excited the pro-
foundest admiration. They all agreed, that
though they had often heard before what were
termed extempore fantasias, yet the real bard-
like spirit, which alone gives value to such effortg,
of improvisation, they then listened to for the
first time.—Edinburgh Observer.

Mr. J. B. CRAMMER.--The name of Mr. .L
11. CRAMMER is the very first iu the taut cal world, as a
performer on the Piano Forte. The people of Dohlir
have heard many fine players on that instrument, but no
performer at all comparable to that gentleman. Wit peg'.
ceive he has made arrangements to carry into effect a long
intended design of giving a Concert in the Irish metropolis.-
tHroedhuacsi
ncomposed
of at
he musicalfinest pi foe fia)irrst)l7 theof icriro:m(ati
-peaks in terms of extraordinary praise, lie tvill be ax.
tercliag iec
by the principaluist~
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lIION IN THE BLOOD.—It has been long s
matter of dispute among chemists, whether the blood cut-
tams any appreciable quantity of iron, from the difficulty
of separating the constituent of that compound fluid. Bo
the question has been lately set at rest by M. H. R(XE, hp
employing tartaric acid, and adding hydro-&ulphtwet of
ammonia, when the whole of the iron in the solution %vitt
m precipitated, and may afterwards be easily separated by
a thick filter. There is, indeed, no ode-quite means of ea-
plan* the origin of the red colouring matter in 1,40 d,
nit that of ascribing it to the presence of oxide of iron,
which is well known to vary in the intensity of its colour,
iccording to the proportion of oxygen in oornbination with
it.—Londen IVeehly Review.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.—(From the licynp.
shire Telegraph. }__On the 14th instant, we had the me.•
lancholy task of announcing that Lieutenant MAIWS LYON*
lied of his wounds two days after the battle of Navarin.
The circumstances under which that gallant young offitstr
received his mortal wound, are so honourable to his me-
mory, and to the profession at large, that we have a n,e1.4-
choly satisfaction in relating them. At that. critical anti
awful moment when a Turkish file-ship was drifting on
board a trench line-of-battle ship, the boats of his M
jesty's ship Rose pushed off, under the command of Lieut
Lvovs, and, though exposed to a dreadful fire of grapeytowed her clear. Captain Mans ,peaks in admirarict
If Lieutenant LYOrS' conduct on this all-important occz,..
:ion, and it is satisfactory to reflect, that the ter vim of tL
Rose on that memorable day will be handedhandeddown to
date of heart and evenness of tem•
posterity by the generous ackrlowleu_,genti mnt::int,d in
Admiral DE RIONY'S public letter.
" His Majesty's shil3ll°,les Malta, Nov O.
" Dear Sir,—Your brother's lose, it deplored by all who
knew him, for his kip
:iinieoreno;
command
nbmudtaannhcdeeorfwae xsasil ec
wasl3oi etles Y admired for his cool self-posses-
3fbuiz
under fire from pirates, wren
tit,
and was always sucoessfol;
but it was in the battle of Navarin that he pre-eminently
listinguished himself) in Gommand of the Rose's b..:a:a„
,r towing a fire-ship clear of a French line-cf.bettle ship,
under a dreadful fire of grape, which must have ensured.
iii promotion had he survived. Your's,
" E. L. DAVIES, Coraaasndec,
,4 To Capt.
E. LYONS."

The following letter from the notorious Com-
310dote PORTER, who has transferred his allegiance from
•he United States to the Mexican Republic, is connected
with the affairs of Spain :
Frigate Libortad, Vera Crux.
Dear 5ir,..4 take the liberty of forwardiag to you the
•nelosed Manifesto of the Federation of Pure RoyaliK, cf
.pain ; the Government of Mexico feels an interest is
;iving it as much publicity as possible, and I know nothoto
l can effect the object better than by obtaining your eunsent
-.0 its insertion in your widely-circulated newspver. We
Nave returned from our long cruise, in the faceof a sup.
'ilothrfuo rgch e ;
ou and
decidedbeyond the capture and destruction of thirty sail of men.
chant vessels; nevertheless, the Government is peuxtly
satisfied, and the utmost has been effected that the disparity
o without
advantage
having experienced any reverse,
has been obtained by 114
l
of force would nertnit. In a short time, however, I trust
•hat we shall be placed in a position to strike a more effec..
tive blow-
To Mr. Noah, New York.

D. POR

The document alluded to is a very curious one, being a di-
rect proposition to elevate to the Spanish throne Dcn
CARLOS V. The manifesto was circulated in Madrid dur-
ing the present year.

rOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From, the Gazette de Trance of Jan. 27.)

" CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 31.-4 have already
told you that the Porte had. thought it very im-
portant to receive a communication of the full powers
which authorized the Ambassadors to quit Constan-
tinople, and that it did not grant them passports,
because it considered tho friendly relations between
it and the three Pow ors as still subsisting, and the
depaiture of the Ambassadors as a temporary mea-
sure. You 'Know, too, that the Porte made some
proposals to N. de Ribeaupierre just before his de-
parture, which he did not think himself audio-.
rized to receive after the departure of his col-
leagues, though they in some meacere agreed Ivi:11.
the Treaty-of. London. It is now said that the Porte
- has drawn. up a kind of memorial on the negotia-
tions, which, together with the note complaining of
the conduct"'~-"--'-;.nit intends to trans-
mits tltrougll."SiWaiNtri;‘:7,, the Courts of
Paris, Lur,don, and St. Petersbu,... l'
‘' It fancies that, notwithstanding • parture
sof the Ambassadors, ,no formal rupturela4o be
'reared, and that as soon as the memorial hest-M-o*d
the three Cabinets, all difficulties will be removed.
It seems too, that since the Austrian Court has re-
fused the part of tnedintor' proposed in the Grand
Vizir's letter, the Austrian Internuneio continues his
efforts to induce the Porte to,--yield, but does not
take any active part in the negotiations.
" TRIF,STE, JAN. 14.—Lord Cochrane is now
arriving off Navarin, where he may greatly distress
the Egyptians, by intercepting thc:e provisions. It
is said that Ibrahim has resolved to employ all his
vessels that are still fit for sea to convey his troops
back to Alexandria, under the protection of one of
the European squadrons.
" Official notice was to-day given on our Ex-
change, that notice had• been received from the.
Austrian Consul at Smyrna, that he had received a
declaration front the Representatives of the three
Allied Courts, announcing that the case provided for
by the treaty of London having occurred—viz. that
one of the two belligerent Powers would not accept
the armistice,—they had decided, in the spirit of the
treaty, that every conveyance of troops ,ammtinition,
and provisions to the Greek ports, to • he continent,
end the islands, must be prohibited."
FRLNeIt FUNDS.—Five per Cents, 10 f.75c. ; Three
per Cents., 69f. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 1,910 ; Naples'
Rentes, 76f. 65c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 73if. ; Haytian
Loan,-677f. 50c. ' • Exchange on London, one month, 25f.
2 ; three months, 25f.

STONEYHILL COLLIERY-NOVEL

ARRANGEMENT.

A. fitting, orwinning, of a peculiar and in-
teresting kind, is now in progress at Stoneyhill,
near InvereSk, in part, of the very valuable and
extensive .coal-fields belonging to the Earl of
Wernyss,.. of which Sir John Hope of Pinkie,
Bart, is the lessee. The depth of the
engine pit • kir the draining of the mines,
be--90 fathoms, or 540 feet,- to the jewel
coal ; and at 30 rathoms above this coal is the
splint coal. Both Seams are about six feet thick,
and are well known to bc-of excellent quality.
The winning is hu such progress that the splint
coal will be .ready for the market in a few
months. The. engine, from its gigantic size,
and the beauty of the workmanship, would well
repay the trouble- of a journey from 'Edinburgh
to see it. - It is upon 'Watt and-Bolton's prin-
ciple- for raising water, -being what is
.termed
a single power, or three valved engine. The.
steam cylinder is SO
.inches' in diameter, the
working bane) of the-pumps is 16 inches; the
east iron. beam, which is formed of two plates,
-weighs with its appendages' about 2. tons ! This
immense machine, which -is calculated to perform
15 strokes of 8 feet each per minute, must be of
at least 160-horse power. But upon the suppo-
sition that -it performs 12 strokes per mi-
nute in common, it will discharge at the surface
from this _depth of 90 fathoms, a column of
water of 16. niches in diameter, or at the rate of
890 imperial gallons per minute, a quantity suf-
ficient to turn a -considerable mill, and large
enough for the entire consumption of Edinburgh
and Leith. The engine is the largest in Scot-
land, and even larger than any upon the English
collieries, shewing in a strong point of view the
enterprising spirit with which the business of
mining is now conducted in this country. The
new fitting of Stoney-hill colliery is to be exe-
cuted upon a plan hitherto unexampled in Scot-
land. The coals are not to he drawn per-
pendicularly upward through a pit or shaft,
but a tunnel or culvert is now making,
from the surface of the ground descend-
ing obliquely along the slanting face of the
rock, to the bottom of the engine pit, on
which a railway is to be made, so that by means
of a steam-engine placed at the mouth of the
tunnel, the waggons loaded with coals will be
drawn up to the surface, and sent directly on-
ward by the Dalkeith Railway. The coals will
thus be delivered at Edinburgh in the original
packages into which they were put under ground,
without being once tumbled out or shifted.—
These mining operations have been projected,
and are now carrying forward by Mr. John Grieve,
mining engineer, with a degree of spirit and suc-
cess which do him much credit in the line of his
profession.—Scotsman.

INDEPENDENT GAS COMPANY.--The Half-
yearly nuaing of the Proprietors of this Company, was
held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern. Joszraa
GRATTON, Esq. in the Chair. The Secretary read the
Report of the Board of Directors, from which it appeared
that their affairs had assumed a very favourable aspect, and
the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of five
per cent. per annum, for the last half-year, out of the pro-
tits of the Company, which announcement was received
with acclamation by the Proprietors.

A young man named LAURIE, while reading
to bis mother on Sunday evening last, complained of being
auddenly seized with a pain in his breast ; he immediately
fell forward and expired. A young lady at Bridgend died
suddenly- tbe same day ; and ou that morning a married
woman, in the Meal Venuel, who had retired to rest in good
health on Saturday evening., was found dead in her bed.—
Perth Couriir.

EXTRAORDINAItY FACT.------A foal, only six
months old, the property of Mr. WILLIA,I CA ME, of
macash, ,pari:ll of Killinchy, was lately observed to have
a large udder, and on the Ist inst. the udder being pressed,
produced a quantity of milk; since which it has been ne-
reEsary to have the foal milked 'several times each day, to
prevent the teat from being hafted.-- 117We/ford Chronicle.
ROBBERY AND D4EADFUL MURDER.—
Eirly this (Sunday) morning, about two o'clocle,the neigh-
' bout and watchmen in Marlborough-buildings were. alarmed
by the reports of pistols and repeated cries of murder,
which were found to proceed Irons a window of No. 16, in
the above-named buildings. On the arrival of the watch-
men and others, a dreadful spectacle presented itsa The
servant--a fine young woman, nearly 30 years of age__4„
lying on the floor in the kitchen, with her throat cut
from ear to ear, quite •tlead. The servant who had
fired the pistols was ill his bed-room, and the door
screwed together. The servant was awakened by the
noise of the screwing, and filed first of all through the key-
hole. The thieves, -it appears, nothing daunted by this,
bad not only committed the horrid murder above described,
but had regaled themselves with what wines and spirits
they could meet with au the kitchen, and packed up reve-
al things ready to carry oft': but, in consequence of the
arrival spike watchmen and some of the neighbours, it is
supposed that they decamped without any plunder. Tile
murderers had left a large bludgeon by the side of their
victim. The increase of crime is really dreadful to con-
template. Our paper of this week presents a most fright-
ful catalogue ; added to which are many petty larcenies
which we have not noticed,—Bath Journal,