The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

CUESTER CUP-ENTER OR NOT.

500 to 10 each agst Alice Hawthorn, Foig-a-ballagh,
Ninesour, Ratan and Morpeth—taken.

RACES TO COME IN 1845,

The following dates of rai
appointed, or are so establishe
probable that they will be alb
March 12. Coventry.
19. Warwick.

es in 1845 are either specially
d by custom as to make it im-
:red :

July 8. Newmarket July
Meeting. .
16. Liverpool ditto.

25. Northampton.
26. Catterick Bridge.
April 14. Newmarket Craven.
22. Bath.
28. Newmarket First
Spring Meeting.
May 6. Chester.
13. Newmarket Second
Spring Meeting.
13. Manchester.
20. Gorhambury.
27. Epsom.
June 10. Ascot.
18. Hampton.
23. Newcastle-on-Tyne.
25. Bibury Club.
26. Stourbridge.

23. Newton.
30. Goodwood.
August 6. Horwich.
6. Brighton.
11. Wolverhampton.
28. Tiverton.
Sept. 2. Warwick.
10. Leicester.
16. Doncaster.
30. Newmarket First

October Meeting.
Oct. 13. Newmarket Second
October Meeting.
27. Newmarket Hough-
ton Meeting.

FATAL EFFECTS OF ALLOWING CHILDREN TO
MEDDLE WITH ARDENT SPIRITS.—On last Friday an
occurrence illustrative of the above took place in this
city, and one which should convey a strong and im-
pressive admonition to all those who are in charge of
young persons. A. woman who resides near Globe-lane,
and who had been taking care of a fine little boy, whose
parents are supposed to be dead, was tippling with a
neighbour. On going from home, with that indifference
and recklessness which ever attend intemperate habits,
she left a decanter of spirits, within reach of the child
already mentioned. Ile, probably, having been accus-
tomed to those "little sips" which those immediately in
charge of children often administer to them with such
fatal effect, raised the vessel to his mouth, swallowed a
portion of the spirits, and immediately went out to play.
The effects were, however, soon apparent, for the poor
little fellow began to stagger about the streets, and was
going towards the river, below Parliament-bridge.
Some sailors perceiving the child's motions suspected
be was intoxicated, and went up to him ; they soon dis-
covered the truth, and also where the child lived, and
had him conveyed home immediately. The woman in
charge of biro, being greatly alarmed at his appearance,
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and getting the remainder on credit, It has been ascer-
,.ined, to a certainty, that these parties afterwards sell
to manufacturers, on terms much loWer than
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stand what the result will be.—

SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 16.—Again this week the painful
duty devolves on us to record another distressing
accident, which happened in the forenoon of Wed-
;
nesday last (the 13th), by the sinking of a boat in
the bay.
The troop-ship Apollo, which arrived here on Mon-
day last (the 11th), as mentioned in our shipping list,
brought out detachments of men for all the regiments
in this garrison, and, besides others for Malta, had one
on board of Artillery destined for the companies of
Captains Stow and Gosling, at Corfu.
As the boats of the Apollo were not exclusively
used to effect the disembarkation of the troops, many
from the quay were also employed for this purpose,
when, early that forenoon, one of the latter, conveying
on shore ten men, the greater part of which belonged
to the Artillery, for the purpose of procuring a few
necessaries for the voyage, and with a female servant,
the boatman, and a boy, making in all a company of
thirteen in the boat, it was unfortunately run down
by a Danish galliet which had just arrived from
Malaga, and was proceeding to its anchorage-ground,
and, melancholy to relate, six only out of the number
were rescued from a watery grave.
The owner of the boat, although an expert swim-
mer, has perished, and left a large family to deplore
his loss ; whilst the boy, who could not swim, was
providentially saved by the timely assistance of one
of the boats of her Majesty's sloop Scout.
The Apollo only left Cork on the 2d of this month,
and as friends and relations must naturally be anxious
to learn the fate of all on board, to allay the appre-
hensions of any relatives of the survivors we consider
it to be our duty to subjoin a list of those who have
perished.
List of the drowned :—Sergeant Gritton ; Gun-
ners Leaver, Bossey, and Latter, of the Royal Artil-
lery; Sergeant Kenevan, of the 97th Regiment;
Mary Ann Coyle, servant to Captain M'Quarrie, of
the 42d ; and the boatman, John Ferro.
Sergeant Gritton, who leaves a wife and five chil-

dren, had been at a former period stationed in this
garrison, where, besides having raised himself to the
rank he held by his exemplary conduct and zealous
performance of duty, he was universally respected and
beloved by all who knew him, and we may imagine
what must have been the feelings of his unhappy wife,
who, on the eve of accompanying him to Corfu, was
waiting his arrival on the quay, when the first in-
telligence which reached her was brought by the
boat which had conveyed on board of the Apollo the
inanimate body of her husband. What augments our
sympathy in this particular case is the circumstance
of her being near the period of her confinement. A
subscription has been opened here for the bereaved
family, and we sincerely hope that a generous public
at home will respond to an appeal in behalf of the
widow and fatherless children.

Although the master of the Danish galliot is to be
blamed for not having kept a better look out, the
accident is chiefly attributed to the patron of the
small boat, in having obstinately persisted to cross the
hawse of the larger vessel, which as well as his own
was close hauled on the wind. his own untimely
end has dearly paid the penalty of this act of rashness.
As independent of the body of Sergeant Gritton,
which was picked up shortly after the accident, yes-
terday two and to-day three of the bodies have
been found, that of the unfortunate woman, Mary
Ann Coyle, is now the only one missing, but rom the
exertions that are still making it is hoped that it will
also be recovered.

A difference of opinion having arisen between the
Coroner and the military authorities, as to which is
the competent tribunal to investigate the circum-
stances of the accident, no verdict has yet been made
public.
This melancholy event, which every day since has
caused the repetition of the mournful duty of convey-
ing to their last resting-place the remains of the un-
fortunate sufferers, accompanied with all the affecting
and imposing ceremony of military burial, has tended
to throw a gloom over the place, and speaking loudly
a solemn warning to all, impressively reminds us of
the uncertainty of human life.
On the 12th the Swedish frigate Josephine, Capt.
C. H. Ulner, arrived here and came to an anchor,
having been 26 days on the voyage from Copenhagen.
On the day following the French brig of war Cygne,
Captain Heureux, weighed anchor, and sailed from
this to the westward. The following are the vessels
of war which are still here :

Her Majesty's sloop Scout, Captain the Hon. J. R.
Drummond; her Majesty's brig Savage, Captain
Bowker; her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo, Captain
M'Lean ; the Danish brig of war Mercurius, Captain
Christmas; the Danish war-steamer Hekla, Captain
Mourier ; the Swedish frigate Josephine, Captain C.
11. Ulner; the Swedish corvette Carlskrona, Captain
Runth; the Swedish schooner L'Aigle, Lieutenant
Begg, commander ; the Norwegian corvette Nordst-
jernen, Captain Konow.
From the above it will be seen that Sweden, Nor-
way, and Denmark have at this moment six vessels of
war in our bay, and as their presence here is con-

sidered necessary, from the pending negotiations be-
tween Morocco and these countries, their stay may be
indefinitely prolonged if they wait till a final arrange-
ment is concluded.

The tribute, or protection douceur, or whatever
other name diplomacy may give to this unreasonable
exaction of Morocco from nations with which she has

little or no intercourse, has hitherto been regularly
paid by Sweden, amounting to 20,000 dollars annually,
but since the accession to the throne of King Oscar,
the Government have come to the decided resolution

that, excepting the amount- due for the last year,
which they agree to pay, not one dollar more shall
go out of the public purse for this purpose. The
amount annually paid by Denmark has been 25,000
dollars, of which two years are at present due, and,
on the same conditions as Sweden, the Government of
Denmark have come to the determination that the
present payment must be considered in full of all
claims on this score for the future as well as for the
past. From the dilatory character of Barbary di-
plomacy, it must be impossible to predict when a final
adjustment may take place, but it is anticipated that
the intervention of England and France will ulti-
mately bring about the desired arrangement. Be that
as it may—whether success or failure attends the
endeavours of the mediating part'—one thing is cer-
tain, that Sweden, Norway, and Denmark are firmly
resolved to pay no more tribute, even should the con-
sequences force them to establish cruises off the coast
of Morocco, for the protection of their commerce.

COMPULSORY EMIGRATION.—A Curious circum-
stance occurred a few days since to Dr. Blarney, of Uni-
versity College Hospital. Some domestic differences
induced him to make up his mind to go abroad, and
without consideration he repaired to the docks, where he
made an arrangement with the captain of a ship about
to sail to Sydney, to accompany him in the capacity of
surgeon. Two days before the vessel left Dr. Blarney
repented his hastily formed determination, and having
made up his mind not to leave England, he paid a visit
to the captain for the purpose of acquainting him with
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eon, he induced Dr. Blarney to go on board. Having
secured him in the ship, the captain politely informed
him that he intended compelling him to visit Sydney, in
conformity with the agreement entered into between
them, and a day or two after the ship, with the repen-
tant Doctor on board, set sail for Australia.

Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery has, within the
last few days, undergone an important improvement,
by which its rare and costly treasures of art will be ren-
dered available to theii noble owner at all hours. An
apparatus for lighting the apartment with gas having
been erected, two large pendant lamps on the principle
of the bude light have just been introduced, one at either
end of the gallery. These afford an illuminating power
so ample as to exhibit the pictures to considerable ad-
vantage, bringing out the brighter colours with much
force and brilliancy, and though of course not at all
comparable
to any
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artificial light ofm
illuination day,heretofore yet infinitely supe-
rioremployed. The effect would probably have been further
improved had it been practicable to have commanded the
same volume of light equally dispersed from one rather
than from two sources of illumination, as the cross lights
interfere occasionally with each other, and throw a con-
fused glare upon objects viewed across them, an effect
which, were all the rays to emanate from a common
centre, would possibly not occur.—Cheltenham Looker-on.
A STRANGE POST-OFFICE Pikitcnra.--A few weeks
ago, a person in a village a few miles west of Paisley
committed a serious assault upon a man in his own
house ; he was in consequence sent for by the Pro-
curator-Fiscal, in order to be examined before a ma-
gistrate. This being done, it was thought expedient to
commit him for further examination, and, for his better
security, he was ordered to be sent to Paisley prison.
With this view, he was manacled, and put into a coach,
along with a sheriff-officer. Another officer was seated
on the box beside the driver, and off they went. By
and by they came to the village whence they set out,
and having stopped for some necessary purpose, in a few
minutes again started, and sped on their way. In about
half-an-hour they came to the Paisley toll-bar, where,
of course, they stopped, and where they were made
aware, for the first time, that the coach-door was open,
and the prisoner off. This information effectually roused
the officer in charge, who had fallen into a nap on the
stated,
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he might have IV
way. He made all diligent search for his lost one, but
to no purpose. In the course of two days, however, he
received by post a packet of some size and weight, in-
forming him that his late prisoner was sell and at
liberty, and moreover wished to paromveassihvime himself an
f
honest man, by returning to the officer the property he
ironhgd entrusted
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This,s i
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paying the postage, which amounted to only 2s. Bd.
Glasgow National.
PAINF..BI3 G#4.117p.---At a meeting of th 9 Highway
)1040, on Thursday, an offer was !wee to sell thfelipui7
missioners a quantity of Chinese granite, at Os. per
square yard, being about half the price geneially paid.
--‘,,,;te is of very superior quality, and is of lighter
The 6, " -'- se* mien sent
. The spec'
to the Couuissioners has been nicely squared by the
elestials,and it appears to have formed a portion of
colour than is found in tnis
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