The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-18 00:00:00

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The sitting magistrate at Bow-street has rse•ived the
following donations for the relief of the poor :—The
sum of 51. from the Earl 'of C. a gentleman, whose
name did not transpire, 1e; another gentleman, 51.; and
a third 21. There were also received a sum 101. from the
Mercers' Company, and a cheque for 51. from the mena,
hers of the Stock Exchange. _ _

At Alarylebone, on Saturday and Monday, the magis-
trates of this Court have received for the use of de-
serving applicants for relief the following sums .—The
Earl of C., 51. ; Two Ladies, 5/. each ; the Mercers'
Company, 101. ; Lady A. 8., 51. ; Anonymous, 5 L ; Mr.
Gutch, 1/.. and 0. H., 21.

On Aionday the Mercers' Company forwarded their
annual contribution of 10/. to the poor-box of the Thames
Police-court, to be expended in the relief of destitute
persons during the winter months. On Saturday the
Earl of C. sent 51. to the office for a similar purpose.
The frost has been succeeded by a genial though rather
unseasonable mildness. The river, which for several
days past has presented several large masses of floating
ice, is now almost clear. The thermometer has risen, in
the course of a few days, not less than 14 degrees.
The Archbishop of York has presented the sum of
3001., to the fund now being raised for establishing the
intended training school at York, for the diocese of
York and Ripon. Lord WharnclifYe, Lord Feversham,
the Hon. 0. Duncombe, M.P., the Hon. and Rev.
Augustus Duncombe, Archdeacon Wilberforce, and
Colonel Wyndham, have respectively given donations of
1001; and Lord Hotham, M.P., Sir John V. B. John-
stone, Bart., M.P., and Mr. H. Broadley, M.P. have
each contributed 50/.

The annual meeting and cattle show of the Sherborne
Agricultural Society took place on Thursday last. '!'h•
collection of animals was numerous and good, and fully
sustained the reputation of this Society. The town was
the scene of considerable activity and bustle throughout
the whole day, there being more than an ordinary at-
tendance of the neighbouring yeomanry.
Mr. Murphy announces that Wednesday, the lith of
January, will be the coldest day of the season.
At the meeting of the Dumfries Town Council, held
on Friday, Mr. Archibald Hamilton brought forward a
set of resolutions strongly deprecating the interference
of the Legislature with our presen► currency and banking
system ; which resolutions were seconded by Mr. Dun-
bar, and, after a short discussion, unanimously adopted.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Monday right last,
about half-past eleven o'clock, as Mr. George Crass,
butcher, was returning from Truro to Camborne, his
horse ran off with him just before he arrived at the toll-
gate, near the Redruth Union-house. The gate was
closed, and the horse, while going at a rapid rate,
dashed against it with such violence that it was forced
open, and its strong bars broken in various places.
The plate of iron on one side was als• broken.
and on the other side it was much bent. The horse, as
might be expected, was killed instantly, and Mr. Creme
was thrown a distance of twenty-one feet from the
animal, by which his skull was dreadfully fractured in
two places, and his head and face much bruised and cut.
Mr—Harris, surgeon, was sent for, and performed the
operation, for the purpose of relieving the brain from
pressure ; but Mr. Craze lies at the toll-gate house in a
highly dangerous state.— West Briton.

TUE WESTMINSTER PLATS.—Monday the Queen's
scholars repeated, for the third and last time this year,
the comedy of Eunuchus. The same remarks made
upon the previous occasions will apply to this. All that
can be added is, that the young gentlemen were more at
home, and, consequently, acted with greater dramatic
spirit. Thraso (Mr. Merewether) was much better per-
formed than on Thursday last. A numerous and
fashionable company graced this truly classic entertain-
ment, amongst whom we noticed the French Ambas-
sador, the Bavarian Minister, the Dean of Westminster,
Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Richards, M.P., Mr. Ewart,
M.P., Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Vic. The prologue
and epilogue were, according to immemorial custom,
encored.

HARFORD, DAVIES, AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY (OF
BRISTOL.)—In addition to the first dividend of 13s. 4d. in
the pound, which was paid within ten months from the
failure to all the creditors under this immense bank-
ruptcy, a further dividend of 10d. in the pound was de-
clared on Friday. The private estate of Mr. John Her-
ford (who belongs to the Society of Friends) will pay
20s. in the pound, and leave a surplus to carry to the joint
estate towards iinether dividend.