The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-02 00:00:00

SEAMEN.

A Return "of the Number of Seamen who, in the autumn
of 1840, received a proportion of the wages due to them,
with fourteen days' leave of absence, and directions to re'
turn on board their respective ships at the end of that time;
together with the number of those who, after receiviV%
such proportion of their wages, neglected to return."
Total Number Total Number
who
received
neglected to returo
received a proportion
of their wages. after receiving
such proportiou•
322 38
98 1

SUIPS.

Donegal
North Star
Fair Rosamond
Snake
Serpent
Hermes
Spitfire
Sparrow hawk ....,
Rhadamanthus
Boxer

1
1
9

Total

J. T. BRIGGS,
Accountant-General Navy.
Admiralty-office, June 21, 1845.

Yesterday the Duchess of Northumberland gage
an elegant fete clianzpetre at Sion House, the ducal residence e
Isleworth, where a limited but brilliant circle of the aristocracy
sembled. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Baron Kneseb°x
and Lady Augusta Cadogan, arrived at a quarter past four o'Clee'r
and left shortly after six.
AMERICAN ICE.—For some time past this novel
importation has been in pretty general use in Glasgow. It is fet;
fectly clear and transparent, being carefully cut frqm large P°°ll
prepared for the purpose, and kept free from all impurities. 11,t.
that
a a very striking instance of the spirit of enterprise, r"-,.,
a regularly organised company should be established for the Pit,
pose of dealing in such a commodity ; and it is rather singular '°
think that an epicure in Great Britain may have his wine in the
shape of " sherry cobblers" with ice produced upon the lakes of
.
the American continent, and which has been brought through tir
heat of summer across the Atlantic, for his express use and rag
fication.—Edinbuigh Witness.
MYSORE COFFEE.—A parcel of coffee, import
from Madras, the produce of the Mysore district, has within tiler?,
few days been admitted at the low duty of fourpence per lb. I"
Lords of the Treasury, by an order dated 13th June, 1844, 00"-
application from the East India and China Association, respectie,
the admission of sugar and other articles from Mysore, directed
that Mysore produce, being legally admissible as such, should be
admitted as the produce of Madras ; and since that period OS
imported direct from Madras, and certified by a number of tw
spectable merchants or brokers, judges of the articles, as being the
produce of the Mysore district, have been delivered as the prod,'",
of the former place.
The trial of William Harper and Edward Vl'
liarns, who were arrested on the charge of passing off several baw:
notes stolen from the bank at Manchester, which charge, as °-
robbery was committed in England, and the prisoners were Pc
lishmen, the criminal tribunals of France could not entertain, O.;
who were detained as guilty of the offence of obtaining and usinf
in France a passport taken at Boulogne in a false name, et':
brought of before the Correctional Tribunal on Saturday. HarPe"
on being interrogated, stated that he was a butcher in NeWgerroi
market, at London ; that he came to France on the invitation
Williams, is ho said he hats business in which he Harper, might he
useful to him, and promised to pay all expenses. Willialuedi:
said, had a passport from England, but he, Harper, was wit";
out one. The passport in the name of John Parker, witi
which he came to Paris, was obtained at Boulogne, by WI
liams, without Parker's appearance or interference. He stated
that he had been acquainted with Williams between two and three
years. He admitted changing English bank notes to the arnotte•,
of 4601. ; but declared that they were given to him by Williams'
and that he did not know how he came by them. Williams, On
being examined, contradicted Harper in most points, and insisted
that he had never seen him more than twice in his life, boil
met him for the first time in the packet which brought him 01
to Boulogne. On being asked what business he had in Paris, he
declined giving any answer until he had consulted his counee.,,
Upon this M. Forcade, the advocate, came forward "
, and stated 4
the court that he had been chosen to plead for Williams, but bad
had no communication with him, because he had at first engaged
Charles Ledru, who was prevented from attending the court, an
therefore he requested time to receive due information and in-
btructlons from his client. Upon this the court put off the further
hearing until Thursday next.
The following painful occurrence happened three
days ago in the Rue Folie Mericourt. A young wife, in the 10
stage of pregnancy, having occasion to warm some water, light',
a brazier of charcoal in a room which had no fireplace. Ina few
minutes afterwards, site was taken in labour; being unable to
move from the room, and no person being within hearing of her
cries, she could have no one to assist her. She succeeded, beei.
ever, in delivering herself, and she and her baby might have done
well, hail not the vapour of the charcoal overcome her and coal'
pelled her to lie down on her bed, where she remained 'cuticles
for several hours. At the end of this time some of her family wee!
in; by throwing open the door and window, and using the proper
means of resuscitation, the poor mother was recovered, but her
child had been long dead.—Galignani.
BARBAROUS MURDER OF AN INFANT.--On Mon'
day last a countryman, who was going to the fair of Hungarveet
when passing through the townland of Kilgobinet, heard 500 e
faint cries ; on looking round him he could see no object, and
after standing in amazement for some mit. utes, he put his ear toil
heap of stories, when he felt convinced that some living creature
was concealed underneath within a few feet of him. He proceeded
to remove the stones, when, to his surprise, he found a female
child, about eight or ten days old. The poor man had the child
taken to the parish priest, who baptised it, but in the course of the
evening it died from the injuries it received. On WedneadslP
Thomas Dennehy, Esq., county coroner, held an inquest; the
jury returned the following verdict:—" That the said female child
was buried alive by some person or persons unknown, and 100
alone was the cause of its death."— Waterford Mail.
RAILWAY.-1 he last prevailing rumour reit'.
Live to the opening of the railway from London to Cambridge Wee'
that it would take place on Wednesday the 9th instant. This is
correct however only so far as regards the line front Cambridge to
Ely, which we believe will be opened on that day. Yesterday en
experimental train was made in a single carriage down that part 0i
the line, and everything proved very satisfactory. Within the last
week or two, the station has rapidly advanced.—Cambride
Advertiser.

We have heard with regret that the child of Mr•
Booth Bell, who had his arm fractured by a fall from the gig when
his father was shot, has since died.—. Northern Standard.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.— W e heard just as We.
were going to press that the floor of the Petty Sessions House at
Mullinahone gave way yesterday (Friday), with about 500 person'',
The fall was so sudden, that many were seriously injured,
arms, legs, and thighs being broken. The bench, on which were
the magistrates, John Millet, H. T. Redmond, Purefoy F 64.
Esqs., and the Rev. W. Bryan, remained undisturbed. Dr. Goring
promptly attended, and administered medical relief to the sufferers'
—Tipperary Free Press.
On Sunday morning, shortly before two o'clock,
a fire broke out at No. 30, Great Pulteney.street, Golden. square,
in the joint occupation of Mr. C. Goodall, card manufacturer, and
Messrs. Parsons, Welling, and Looser. The fire was first ofr;
servod an the second floor by a policeman, who gave an alarm, a"
enabled the inmates to escape
Theflames were not extinguish°.,
until the upper floors were destroyed. several
A PnILOSOPHER IN TROUBLE. —A gentle Man
named Goddard, who resides in London, was brought before the
borough magistrates on Monday, and charged with trespassing °l3,
the grounds of C. Pemberton, E>q , and refusing to give an ae
count of himself. Mr. Bradley appeared for the defendant, sad
stated that he had been requested by Professor Phillips to say tbat
the defendant was a gentleman of respectability, well known to W.:
and the principal members of the British Association. The O'
planation given of the affair was, that the defendant had taken an
r
over-dose of wirer, which had affected him so much as to render
him perfectly unconscious of what he was doing, so that he fano
himself in some of the college grounds...CamOridge Chrosicle.