The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

MR. J. C. BELANEY.

We know of no similar case which has created such
a sensation in the public mind, as that of the trial
and acquittal of Mr. Belaney, for the murder of hi.s
wife, the particulars of which we gave in our last
week's paper. Since that time, several articles have
appeared in the papers, remarking, with more or less
severity, on the conduct of the individual who has
been acquitted, and that of the jury, who, to the este—
nishment of the public, gave so unexpected and ex-
traordinary a decision. Immediately after the trial,
Mr. Belaney, accompanied by a friend belonging to.
Newcastle, set off from London for North Sunder-
land, where they arrived early on the Saturday morn-
ing after the trial, and at which place Belaney, with
several friends, has been living since. During the
week, in addition to the particulars stated in the other
papers, there have been various exhibitions of the dis-
gust the inhabitants entertain of his witness, who gave
evidence directly contrary to what their friends an 4
neighbours anticipated ; from the fact of Belaney
bearing a very different character from that elicited
at the trial. The effigies of Belaney and his friewl
were again burnt on Saturday evening, and the
hooting, hissing, and other marks of dissapproation
sufficiently indicate the feeling of those who are well
acquainted with this individual's behaviour to hig re-
spected and amiable wife, and the degree of confidence
they attach to the evidence of the witnesses and the
decision of the metropolitan jury. The Rev. R. Be •
laney arrived at North Sunderland on Saturday las;
when he would witness the auto-da-fe of his brother
and friends. The letters of "G. S." and " Inquisi.
tor," in the Times, have been reprinted in Alnwick,
and extensively circulated, with a few remarks ad-
dressed to the coroner and authorities, requestin;•
them " to institute an immediate and searching in-
quiry into all the circumstances connected with (la
sudden death of Mrs. Skelly," in order to ascertain
whether either of the causes alleged by Belaney-3
"disease of the heart" (a family disease, too!) or
bilious fever"—to have been the occasion of death,
was really the true one. The public also seem d 4.
sirous of knowing something about the " miscarriage'
in 184:3, and what became of the child, &c., in order
that the real facts of both cases may be proper'y
and fully investigated.—Correspondent of :the Tyne
Mercury.

BRIonToN.----Siiiee Thursday se'nnight workrr en
have been very busy at the Palace in making the nec,s-
s..ry preparations for the reception of the royal children,
all of whom, with the exception of the Princess Royal
who, it is said, will accompany her royal parents—are
expected to arrive here next Tuesday.
RAILWAY FROM BIRKENHEAD TO MANCHESTER.
There arc two plans of railways which may be said to
be now before the public fur connecting Manchester with
Birkenhead. The Grand Junction Railway Compani,
with the object of effecting a communication betvv,..-0,
Holyhead and Manchester, purpose running a line from
Chester and Crewe terminus, through Al tringh am, goin;
out somewhere near Stockport. The other plan is the
one in greatest favour at Birkenhead. It is to comment
say at Preston Brook, cross the Weaver and Canal, aril
enter the Liverpool and Manchester line six miles on
this side of the latter town ; from Preston Brook o:se
branch will proceed to Chester, facilitating the journey
to Holyhead, and another will join the Birkenhead and
Chester line at Sutton, and thereby render the distance
between Manchester and Birkenhead within thirty-viz
miles. The advantages of this latter plan are said to be
very great. The ground is a dead level ; no cutting,
very little bridging ; no inconvenient gradiants, no ex-
pensive stations. The cost is estimated not to exceed
12,0001. a mile, or total outlay 400,0001. Double that
sum, and still it would be a safe speculation. It is un-
necessary to refer to its influence on the Birkenhead
Docks. There are, however, potent interests involved
in both schemes.—Liverpool Journal.
MYSTERIOUS CASE.—The holy of the young
woman lately found on the beach near Ardrossan, and
interred in the Saltcoats burying-ground, was exhumed
on Tuesday for the purpose of being identified by her
father, a weaver from Storey-street, Paisley. He v, as
accompanied by the fiscal and superintendent of police
from Greenock, and at once recognised the body to be
that of his daughter, Margaret Knight, from some murk
on her forehead. The manner of her death is at present
involved in mystery. She had left her father's house
some time previously, and had been residing in Green-ck,
which place she left for Gourock on Saturday fortnight,
in company with another female, and a late steward of
the Invincible steamer. From that time till her body
was found on the shore all trace of her had been
Giugote Argus.
PURITY OF THE FRENCH POST-OFFICE. Our
readers no doubt remember tho indignant disavowal, by
M. Guizot, of those foul practices which have recently
made the English Post-office a bye-word of derision and
scorn. This disavowal was triumphantly echoed by the
French press. But alas ! for French pride and vera-
city ; at the very moment it was made, a secret agent of
the French police was taking a copy of a letter from Mr.
If. Bulwer, the Spanish Ambassador, which that gentle.
man had entrusted to the French Post-office. This agent,
or one of his tools, was bribed by Lord Aberdeen, to
whom a copy of the copy of the Ambassador's letter was
furnished. That copy of a copy, together with the ori-
ginal, with which, of course, it exactly tallied, was ex-
hibited by Lord Aberdeen amongst the other curiosities
laid before the Secret Committee of Inquiry into the
Post-office. What a commentary does this incident
yield, upon the utter futility of the dishonourable and
dirty tricks which men high in office constantly prat).
tice !—Liverpool Journal.
KENNOWAY—SERIoUS ACCIDENT.—AS Mr. Russell,
of Coul, and his wife were proceeding to Carriston House
to dinner, on Tuesday last, threoal‘wateisnbsderfsobr
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road, and leaped out. Mr. Russell, having lost the coin•
mad of his horse, could not guide it past Mr. Fernie's
gig. They came in contact, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell
were thrown out. Mrs. Russell had her collar-b ns
broken and two ribs ; and Mr. Russell was himself s
good deal bruised.—Fife Herald.
DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—M an early hour
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morning, attempt was made on the
a wood-ranger, in the employ
of Sir F. Bathurst, at Clarendon, near Salisbury. It
appears that Stephen Whitlocke comes to Salisbury
every Saturday morning for some of the workmen em-
ployed on Sir F. Bathurst's estate ; and this circa=
stance was well-known to George Whitlocke (no rids•
tion), a young man of dissolute habits. On Friday even-
ing, this person purchased a pistol in Salisbury ; awl
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RADII.—The hosiery market contimie
ddoeoppeiSnrsTieonAsnsoTetEtdhtaO;aktFtehe wrought cotton and silk goods are lets
in demand. The lace trade is also dull, though unmet.
surably better than the hosiery.—Nottingham Review.

THE HARVEST.
EAST Lornisx.—During the last eight days there
has been such glorious sunshine, and everything has
proved so favourable for harvest operations, as almost
to have obliterated from the mind the previous long
trails of dull, damp, and disagreeable weather, which
threatened to blast the hopes of the farmer. Fortu-
nately the change took place in the very nick of time,
as another wet week must have been highly detri-
mental to the quality of the grain. The greater
part of the winter wheat, barley, and
oats, is now cut down, and, during the
last two days, some of the earliest cut fields
have been cleared. The bulk of wheat is scarcely so
great as was anticipated before being cut ; and there
are but few fields, if any, having that prodigious
crop of straw which was so frequent last season.
Earley is bulky, and an excellent crop. Oats have
cut up much better than was anticipated ; the straw
is a fair length ' • the stooks are thick, and they ap-
pear corny. A considerable number of samples of
new oats and barley were yesterday in Iladdington
market, the quality of both fine, and it is under-
stood that the yield per acre is not to be complained
of. Turnips continue to thrive, and though there
are some indifferent looking fields, caused principally
by disease, a worm attacking the root of a small pro-
portion of the Swedish, and a green fly the leaves of
the white; yet, taking the country as a whole, this
crop has rarely, if ever, promised better. This, joined
to the rise in wool, and the increasing prosperity of
the manufacturers, has enhanced the price of lambs
for feeding considerably above last year's rates; and
it is probable that the demand, during the season, for
feeding stocks of all kinds, will be good, and at prices
remunerating to the grazier.—Scotsman.

GIN AND PIITSIC.—At an inquest held a day or
two ago, at the Freemasons' Arms, Grca, Suffolk-street,
King's-cross, before Mr. Wakley, a conversation arose
respecting the merits of medical men. One of the jurors
told the coroner that a publican hard by, whose name he
mentioned, was the best doctor in the parish. What !
said Mr. Wakley, you don't say that he practises as a
physician ? The juror—Yes, Sir, I do. lie keeps a
gin-palace at one corner of his house, and a doctor's
shop at the other. Ills bottles cost 35. 4(1. each, and
excellent medicine it is, too. A second juror—llis " an-
tidolorous oil" cured me of lumbago. A third—lie also
sells " cures" for the gout, diseased spine, and rheuma-
tism. Mr. Wakley—Does the landlord of the house you
mention prescribe also ? Juror—No ; but he has in his
shop a person that does. This strange arealgation of
publican and doctor seemed to surprise the coroner.
AN UNREHEARSED SCENE.—The following extra-
ordinary scene occurred in the Plymouth Theatre, dur-
ing the performances of Mr. Charles Mathews, on Tues-
day night. The piece was Used Up, and it had gone on
to the second or third scene of the play, where Sir
Charles Coldstream (hlr. Mathew..) is engaged in en
after-dinner conversation with Sir Adonis Leech (repre-
sented by Mr. Melville), and the Hon. Tom Saville (Mr.
Edgar), when suddenly the performer last named was
brought to a nonplus, being unable to go on with his
part. In vain the voice of the prompter was heard in a
tone loud enough to be audible at the front door of the
theatre, suggesting the words which the Hon. Tom Sa-
ville should himself have spoken, and equally vain was
a similar attempt made by Mr. Mathews, for whether
it was that the lion. Tom was suddenly affected by
lock-jaw or not we cannot say, but certain it is he did
not open his mouth, until the titter first excited amongst
the audience changed into manifest symptoms of dis-
Measure, which being pretty freely expressed, led Mr.
athews, in the height of vexation he felt at being
placed in such a ridiculous position, to throw himself
upon the consideration of the house, observing that he
bad done all in his power to prevent the exposure of the
deficiencies of the company with whom he was unfortu-
nately at present associated, but how far he had suc-
ceeded in so doing the audience would judge by the
!scene then presented. He had attended at the theatre
from morning till night, to lend his aid to the company,
in order to make them fit to appear before the public,
but without effect. lie confessed he was at a loss to
know what now to do. Sir Adonis Leech, who had up
to this moment looked on without attempting in the time
of need to help his unfortunate friend out of his difficulty,
here appeared to think it time he should say a word or
two—so he commenced by informing Mr. Mathews that
it was neither honourable nor gentlemanly so to expose
the company before the house. For his part, he was
quite perfect in all he had undertaken, and the performers
generally had been up early and to bed late, that they
might properly support Madame Vestris and Mr. Ma-
thews in the pieces in which they were announced to
appear. They had done their best, and he hoped the
public, knowing this, would kindly overlook the imper-
fections they might notice. This speech provoked a
reply from Mr. Mathews, who observed that when
Madame Vestris and himself engaged to appear on the
Plymouth boards three things were required. First, a
public ; second, a company ; and lastly, a wardrobe. A
public—a kind, most kind and generous public, they had
met with ' • but as for a company and a wardrobe—here
Mr. Mathews very significantly stopped, and then, in a
moment afterwards, a.ked whether any one would be
pleased to suggest what course he should take, for never
having been bfore paced in such a position he was
really at a loss to know how to proceed ; he was regu-
larly " used up."—(A laugh.) "Go en," " Bring on the
prompter," " Music," " Give us a song," were the re-
spective remedies suggested from various parts of the
house, and Mr. Mathews remarking that the last idea
was, he thought, the best, struck up a song, which being
ended the piece proceeded, and the performances during
the remaining part of the evening passed off as well as
could be expected under the circtunstances.—Plyeiouth
Herald.

MYSTERIOUS DEATIL—The neighbourhood of
Borrisoleigh has been greatly excited by a mysterious
occurrence, which has taken place there within the last
few days. On Thursday morning a man of the name of
Thomas Doolan, a quarryman, was found dead—his
brains scattered about—in a quarry near Upperchurch.
It is said by some that a part of the quarry fell in upon
him while he was engaged at work, but strong suspicions
are very generally entertained that ho was inhumanly
murdered, and rumour has it, by parties not strangers to
him.— Tipperary Vindicator.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE BAR AT ALABAMA.—
After the formality of an introduction, the judge said
" Well, Mr. C., you want to be examined for admittance
to the bar ?" " Yes, sir." " Well, sir, let's take some-
thing to drink. Barkeeper, give up two juleps." Atter
drinking the juleps, the judge said "Mr. C., can you
swim ?" " Yes, sir, I can," said C., greatly surprised.
" Well, sir, let's take another drink. Barkeeper, two
cocktails." The cocktails vanished, and the judge said,
" Mr. C., have you got a horse ?" " Certainly, sir," said
C. " Very good," said the judge, as soberly as though
charging a grand jury. "Mr. C., if you please, we'll
take a drink. Barkeeper, two tod.lies. The toddies
disappear, and C. owns he began to feel queer. " Mr.
C.," said the judge, "can your horse swim ?" "Yes,
sir, he can, for I have tried him from necessity." " Then,
sir," said the judge, with increasing gravity, " your horse
can swim, and you can swim, and by I think you
are well qualified for an Alabama lawyer. Give me
our commission, and I will sign it. Meanwhile, bar-
keeper, give us two punches for my friend Mr. C. and
myself. Mr. C.," continued the judge, "I drink success
to your admission to the Alabama bar."—Boston Times.
DETERMINED SUICIDE FROM BLACKFRIARS-
BRIDGE.—On Thursdayan inquest was taken before Mr.
Pa)ne, at the Horseshoe, Friar-street, on view of the
body of David Williams, aged 25, who precipitated
himself from Blackfriars-bridge last Monday week, and
whose body was found on the Friday following, at a short
distance below the bridge, on the Middlesex shore. It
appeared from the evidence, that the deceased was
most respectably connected, but from his unfortunate
habits he had rot been seen by his most intimate rela-
tions for the last three years. About six months ago
he took a situation as pot-boy at the Flower Pot, Brick-
lane, Bethnal-green, and while there he formed an
attachment to a young woman, whose christian
name was Amelia, awl who resided with a female of
the name of Wilson, in Whitecross-street, Bow,
with whom he was desirous of forming a matrimonial
connexion, but which was objected to on the part of the
friends of his sweetheart. The deceased, it is supposed,
took this disappointment to heart, and for some weeks
past he had been very desponding. Last Monday morn-
ing he left home, with a man named Vendomme, with
whom fie drank freely, from the effects of which they
were both inebriated. On reaching Blackfriars- bridge
the deceased placed in the hands of Vendomme a hand-
kerchief, which he had received from his Amelia as a
pledge of her love, and which he desired him to take to
her, and he also gave him a newspaper for the barwoman
at the Flower Pot, after which he leapt over the bridge.
Several persons looked for him, but he never once rose,
and was not again seen till he was found on Friday
morning lsst.—Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
MELANCHOLY SUlClDE.—Tuesday morning a me-
lancholy suicide was committed by Mr. J. Baldwin, the
landlord of the Ship public-house, in the Vauxhall-
bridge road. Ile rose at the usual time, appeared in
good spirits, and went down to attend his business at the
bar• lihortly afterwards, however, he went up stairs
again ; and his wife wondering at his absence, went up
to look for him, and was horrified at discovering that he
had cut his throat with a razor. He was a man much re-
spected by his neighbours, and the cause of the dreadful
act is not known.
IMMENSE QUANTITE OF GA E ON TILE ROYAL
rfiRSENVES AT WINDBIORS MGe ame of every description
was never known to be so xtlreemely plentiful on the
the Royal preserves at Swinley, Norfolk and Flemish
farms, in the lime and Great parks at Windsor, and at
Bapley farm, as this season. Some idea may formedbe'
of the immense number of pheasants now the Crown
preserves
when it is stated that not less than 2.250 phea-
sants were reared by hand, having been hatched by ben
door fowls, in the spring, at the several farms belongingr
barn-
door
the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in-
dependently of the very large number which were bred
wild. These 2,250 pheasants, which were reared chiefly
under the superintendence of Mr. Turner, of Virginia-
water, her Majesty's head game-keeper, were turned out
on the royal preserves, at the proper time, and have
since thrived amazingly. It is now no unusual sight,
while walking during the evening in the vicinity of the
preserves in the park, to see from 30 to 40 pheasants
feeding at the same spot. Hares and partridges are
also most plentiful. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Al-
bert and Prince William of Prussia bagged upwards of
50 braces of partridges during the short time they
shot over the preserves on Monday last, the first day of
the season.
EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY. —The exportation
o.tlace machinery to France is again in operation. The
exporters allege that it is done to evade the patent laws,
and that the National Institute of Paris levies a duty of
50 per cent., but if the machinery is upon a new prin-
ciple:.4 known in France, the duty is only 15 per cent.,
heretofore.—Nottingham Review.

THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.

Thursday a general Court of the Governors anu Sub-
scribers to the Caledonian Asylum took place at the
Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of confirming the
minutes of a previous court, with respect to the appo:tt-
ment of a master to the Institution, who should he a
member of the Established Church of Scotland, and •n
other business.

The Duke of Buccleucb, the President of the Institu-
tion, occupied the chair, and was supported by the Mar-
quis of Bute. Sir C. Forbes, Sir A. Grant, Genera
Aitcheson, Captain Forbes, The Chisholm, the Hon
Captain Kincaid, Rev. Dr. Cumming, Rer. J. Hamilton,
Colonel Wigram, Dr. Stewart, Sir R. Campbell, &c. The
room was densely crowded, and the meeting excited con-
siderable interest, on account of its being understood that
an attempt would be made, on the part of the Free
Church party, to non-confirm the minutes.
The Noble CHAIRMAN having requested that the
minutes referred to should be read, submitted them to
the meeting for confirmation, when
Mr. GILLESPIE said, as a member of the Free Church
he felt it his duty to allude to the imputations which had
been put forth against his party, and which were utterly
groundless. On a previous occasion the Court had de-
cided that the offices of the Institution should not be
filled by other than members of the Established Church
of Scotland. Now, however much he and those gentle-
men who belonged to the Free Church party differed
from that resolution, it was not true, as stated in some
of the public journals, that vigorous efforts were to be
made by the friends of the Free Church to upset the re-
solutions of that day.
Mr. NISBET also denied this assertion, and amidst
some confusion, _ _ _

Mr. GILLESPIE again rose, and declared that the con-
duet pursued by the Established Church party was most
ungracious, seeing that the Free Church party were the
greatest subscribers to the charity.
The CHisnoLm rose to order. He denied the latter
assertion of Mr. Gil'espie, and thought the course he had
pursued was the most unusual, to attack a whole body
for that with which they had nothing to do.—(Cries of
" Hear, hear.")
Dr. STEWART suggested, to bring the matter to a
close, the best way woull be to enter their protest against
the proceedings altogether, and which he now did.—
(Cries of " Oh, oh.") There could be no doubt but
such a motion as this entirely shut out Mr. Lightfoot,
the present excellent master, from becoming a candidate.
In taking this course, however, he begged it to be un-
derstood, that it was without the intention of making any
attack on the Established Church.—(Hear, and Oh, oh.)
After some further discussion, the minutes were put
and confirmed by a large majority.
On a resolution being submitted, that the office of
secretary, now vacant, should be placed in the hands of
the Directors, and to invest them with the power of
electing a person to fill the office,
The CiirsiroLm rose to move an amendment, that such
power only be granted to the Directors on the condition
that the person elected should belong to the Established
Church of Scotland. He said he was induced to do so as
he had been given to understand that attempts might be
made in the directory to defeat the resolution which the
court had previously come to.
Mr. GORDON DUFF said that would place the Directors
in a very awkward predicament, as one of the six can-
didates was a member of the Church of England. He
thought that in this respect the question mattered very
little, as the secretary would have nothing whatever to do
with the education of- the children.
Mr. NISBET said, the Hon. Gentleman need have no
fears on the matter, when he informed him that not one
of the six candidates adinitted was a member of the Free
Church of Scotland.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHISHOLM said, under these circumstances, he
would withdraw his amendment ; and the resolution was
then carried.

The Rev. Dr. CUMMING then rose and said, he wished
to bring before the Court a subject of immense import-
ance as related to the education of the children. It had
been the practice, until the last year, that the annual
examination of the children should be conducted by the
ministers of the Scotch Presbytery of London, but on the
last occasion that course had been deviated from, and the
question he wished to ask the Noble President was
whether all future examinations were to be conducted
ex officio by the ministers of the Scotch Presbytery of
London to be extended, as was the case during the last
year, to the ministers of various denomination.
The Noble PRESIDENT said, as he gathered it from
the prospectus and regulations of the Institution, he had
no doubt but the right of examination was peculiarly the
province of the ministry of the Church of Scotland.
The Rev. Dr. Ctmx.ilNG said, if that principle was
laid down he should be most happy to see it carried out.
He had no desire in mooting this question, still further
to disseminate the unfortunate feeling which of late had
existed in consequence of differences in the church, and
in order to prove that such was the case he was most
desirous that the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, the Rev. Mr.
Lorimer, and other gentlemen who differed from himself
should be present during such examinations. All he
wished was, that the official examination should be un-
derstood to be vested in the Presbytery.
Mr. DALLAS regretted that the Rev. Gentleman had
mooted such animportant subject on the present occasion.
It was a mere question of detail, and he thought the
Directors of the Institution were not at the present mo-
ment in a condition to answer it.

General AITCICESON said he theught the question was
a very simple one, and was easily answered ; he had
himself become a subscriber;to that Institution, believing
that the education of the children was conducted solely
on the principles of the Established Church of Scotland.
He found that such was prescribed by the laws made for
its government, and he denied the right of the Board of
Directors to deviate from the principle laid•down.
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said that, for ten years.pre-
ceding the last year the ministers of the Presbytery of
London had conducted the various examinations of the
children, but last year it was thrown open to ministers of
other denominations. He was extremely desirous of
ascertaining the opinion of the Court in the matter.
Mr. A. ROBERTSON said, he had been a member of
the Institution since its foundation, when it flourished
under the auspices of their Royal Highnesses the Dukes
of Kent and Sussex. The very spirit of the institution,
as laid down by those most distinguished and gifted
members of the Royal family were upon the most ex-
tended principles of liberality, upon principles entirely
adverse to the exclusive principle now suggested by the
Rev. Gentleman. It was understood that the children
should have no restriction placed upon the religious opi-
nions in which they had been brought up, and even if
the parents were Roman Catholics and wished their
children educated in the tenets of that religion, no ob-
stacle was to be thrown in their way. They had no
rub whatever to guide them except that which he had
quoted, and which was, that the most perfect liberty in
religion should be allowed. If, therefore, they adopted
any resolution upon the suggestion of the_Rev. Gentle-
man they would be, departing from the original prin-
ciples non which flue institution was founded.—(Hear.)
Mr. GILLESPIE remarked, that if a resolution, founded
on the suggestion of the Rev. Dr. Cumming, were passed,
it would be as much as to tell those who were members
of the Free Church that neither their money nor their
services were wanted.—(No, no, and Hear, hear.)
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said, after the resolutions
which the Court had confirmed that day, he took it to
be as a matter of course that the ministers of the Pres-
bytery of the Church of Scotland in London must be
ex officio the examiners of the children in the Asylum.
The CHISHOLM said, if it was not considered as a
matter of course, he should, to set the matter at rest,
move it as a substantive resolution.—( Hear.)
The meeting assented to the decision of the Noble
President without a division.

On the motion of Mr. NISBET, seconded by Mr. GOR-
DON DUFF, a resolution was proposed to alter by-law 41,
which prevented a girl and boy of one family becoming
candidates fur admission at the same time, and substi-
tuting in lieu thereof one which would do so.
General AITCHESON moved an amendment in the ne-
gative, which was lost, and the motion having been
adopted, thanks were awarded to the Noble Chairman,
who briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the
meeting separated.

THE BEACON ON THE GOODWINS. --Captain
Bullock, in the Porcupine, has been occupied during the
late spring tides in planting Mr. James Stewart's "pon-
derous-footed beacon" on the Goodwin Sands, under the
immediate superintendence of the inventor; but as it
could not immediately take root, it fell the next day.
On Saturday last, with no trifling exertion, it was raised
from the horizontal to the vertical position, secured with
chains, shrouds, and anchors, and again left in its pro-
per position. This latter means of security was not con-
templated by the sanguine projector, but applied by Cap-
tain Bullock simply to protect it temporarily from the
ravages of the insidious and undermining tides which
traverse the Goodwin Sands from one extreme to the
other, and which have ever proved a serious annoyance to
those numerous speculators who desire to immortalise
themselves and enrich their country with the treasures
which have been for ages hidden beneath the treache-
rous surface. This onzrous and unsatisfactory service
has imposed upon Captain Bullock and the officers and
crew of the Porcupiee, anxiety and fatigue which we
feel convinced it was never intended they should suffer.
When the "ponderous. footed beacon" was last seen it
had again a visible inclination to prostrate itself on the
sands. Captain Bullock intended to go out to it once
more and tighten the stays, after which he would be
compelled to leave it to his fate, and proceed on his sur-
vey. In the meantime only a small portion of Captain
Bullock's beacon has been erected, but it will be pro-
ceeded with at every opportunity.—Kentish Observer.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon a
shocking accident occurred in the Edgeware-road to a
man named Poulton, the driver of a waggon belonging
to Mr. S. Roche, of Hoddesdon, near St. Alban's. It ap-
pears that Poulton was returning from London with the
waggon heavily laden with goods, when a large cask of
porter, which was lashed with a rope to the hind part of
the vehicle, becoming loose, he attempted to secure it,
and in doing so the rope gave way, and the cask fell with
all its force upon him, the sharp edge of it nearly cutting
off one of his feet above the instep, and crushing it in a
most frightful manner ; in addition to which the poor
fellow sustained very severe internal injuries from the
cask falling on him. He was picked up in great agony,
and the attendance of a medical gentleman having been
obtained, he pronounced it as his opinion that to save the
man's life amputation of the limb would be absolutely
necessary. It is stated, but we trust it may prove other-
wise, that the above accident occurred from a trick
which had been played by some mischievous fellow, who
had cut and loosened the
rope which was used for fasten-
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for his wanton mischief.
FOREDODINMS OF WINTER.—On Sunday evening,
a large flock of wild geese passed over Chesterfield, on
their way, it is supposed, to the fens of Lincolnshire.
Such a circumstance, at this early period of the season,
was hardly ever known, and it is considered to forebode
an early and severe winter.--Nottingham