The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-26 00:00:00

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PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars..ES 17 9

Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 .0 0
New Dollars - 4 10

Silver in Bars 0 4 11i

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HOLLOWIT'S OINTMENT AND
PlLLS.—Debtors' Prison Infirmary, Whitecross-street,
London.—Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula by the use of
one large pot of Ointment and a Box of Pillp.—Captain
Jarvis, an inmate of the above prison, had for two
years past several dreadful scrofulous ulcers on his legs
and other parts of his body, which resisted every ether
kind of treatment. His case was so desperate as to con-
fine him for several months to the infirmary, until he
was miraculously cured by the use of these medicines.—
Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand
(where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all re-
spectable Vendors of Medicine throughout the civilised
world.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO DROWN A LAD.—Mon-'
day, at the Feltham Petty Sessions, held at the Red Lion, in
the village of Feltham, near Hounslow, a man named Fair-
man Marshall, a farming labourer, living at Stanwell, was
charged, before Mr. C. Devon (Chairman), Captain Carpen-
ter, and Messrs. J. Roe and A. Wood, the sitting magistrates,
with having on the previous evening attempted to drown a
lad named James Hanley, 16 ears of age, in a river belong-
ing to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Stanwell.
It appeared from the evidence that, on the previous day
(Sunday), a number of persons (about twenty), including the
prisoner, hired a boat, called a " mud boat," drawn by a
horse, to go an excursion down the stream in question as far
as Longford. The injured lad had the care of the horse, and
towed the heat under the bridges, &c., and on their return in
the evening, about eight o'clock, he got into the boat. The
prisoner ordered him out several times, but the lad paid no
attcnton to him, upon which the prisoner put his arms round
his waist and threw him into the stream, and, not satisfied '
with that, he pushed the lad to the bottom of the water,
which was near six feet deep. The prisoner took no further
care of the lad,' who was, however, got out by some persona
OA shore, at which time his nose was bleeding. After the
lad's clothes were wrung, lie again followed the boat, and got
on board of it at Pennyoak-bridge, where he became insen-
sible, and was conveyed in that state to his father's house,
where he was attended by Mr. Cnrtis, a surgeon. He, how"-
' ever, continued insensible until yeraerd ay morning, and acerti-
fleate from Mr. Curtis was produced before the bench to prove
that the injured youth wasquite unable to attend the exami-
' nation. Police-sergeant RegailSford, T 26, stated that, upon
apprehending the prisoner, about two o'clock that morning,
he did not deny the charge, but said they might drown him
for what he cared. The prisoner was remanded until Mon-
day next, n order that thei
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THE WEATHIRS.--
Noox.—Throughout the whole of to-day, this town, and to a
considerable extent, the neighbourhood also has been visited
by a succession of heavy thunder-storms. The telegraph re-
ported that at six o'clock this morning great quantities of
rain had fallen at Holyhead, shortly after which a thick brie
prevailed along the whole Welsh coast, and at half'-`plot
seven a storm commenced here of greater violence than-
we recollect to have experienced this year. The liglicSing
was of the forked character, and extiemely vivid; the thun-
der was very loud, and the rain fell in torrents. The at-
mosphere yesterday and in the night was of a most oppres-
sive heat, but the rain has not yet .cooled it, and from time
to time the storm has exhibited itself with many of the du-.
racteristies of one in the tropic,,. At the moment we write
there appears no signs of its abatement. The rain. never-
theless will be of great service, as moisture was much needed
by the ground. No damage has yet been done that we have
heard of, except - the destruction of a tree or two on the
Cheshire side.
Died at Tunbridge Wells, on the 19th instant,
Edward Hill Creasy, .Esq., aged 54 years. Mr. Creasy,
whose death we here record, in conjunction with Mr. Bar-
nard 'Gregory, originally started the Brighton Gazette, of
as an auctioneer and house agent, and by the integrity of
his dealings raised himself to the summit of his profession hi
which he has continued, we believe, the principal proprietor up
to the present period. He also carried on an extensive business
this town. Ile has left behind a large circle of personal
friends whose esteem he had won and by whom he will be
much regretted, As journalists we have ever been opposed
to Mr. Creasy; but we have nevertheless great satisfaction
in bearing this willing and unsolicited testimony to his pri-
vate worth.--Brighton Guardian.
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCR.There are at all the
stations on the Ayrshire Railway shifts or switches, placed
betwixt the two rails, for the purpose of removing the car.
riages from one rail to the other. Underthe shaftut Lochwin.
noel) station, a bird of the "wagtail" species had built a neat,
and is now sitting on five eggs. Althoughentslptreautsnesiiiinisnage:);tHiits
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two or three inches of the restins place of the little bird, it
goes in and out as fearlessly as if it were out of the reach PC
danger.—Western Watchman.