The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

datioti the bar and public during tile late State trio
are in course of r rnoval. Workmen have been ft:also:le
days employed in removing them, so that the Court rear
upon the first day of term (Saturday next) resume its
.
original appearance.
RIOT IN LONGFORD.—The Government, with the
ututdst promptitude, sent the Adjutant-General frncith
Atilleine to this town on Monday last, to investigate
riot which Well place, as far as the detachment of tat,
54th I.( giment, pssilng through here, was concerned, and
the particulars cf which we gave last week, but tne
result has not heel; mid:: known yet. .11e proceeded _
Tuestitty to Raitinattorei in the county Leitrim, where
the detachment is stationed : Captain Hill, R.M., 11°'
I ert Curtis, Esq., county inspector, and two of the Ocr,
stabulary, also pr,ceeded there, and we have heard?
of the soldiers have- identified by the peliesP
being concerned in the riot'.l-LC,."a ford Journal.
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE SARI.: GswritOT, Zciewo
—On Monday evening lust, between--sis:- and .s;enate I
o'clock, a most dari:.g attempt was made to assts...,
this gentleman ; he was on his mum from his countrY
residence at Bracklen to his house at Edgeworthsicn
and when within a short distance of the latter 00,5
person named- William Kerrigan came up to hint, en
presented and snapped a pistol at him, which provider
tially only burned priming. Kerrigan then ran
but the Edgeworthstown police being up to the spot°,
few seconds, and receiving the name of the offender ftr
Mr. Geffroy they went in pursuit of Kerrigan, and, el
a fatiguing leare, succeeded in arresting him, 116.
marched him into Longford gaol on the following molt!'
ing, to take his trial at the next assizes. It apP,t"
that Mr. Geffroy elected Kerrigan's father some toi"
ago from some land.—Longford Journal.
On Thursday night last a threatening notice Iv°
served on Mr. William Johnston. of Kilgarvin, threater
ing him with the death of the Sheppard' in the open 410
if he did not surrender some land he held from which th.•
widow Byrne was ejected.—Athlone Sea 694 •
The Lord Chancellor has given a donation of 304
the Wexford Lunatic Asylum.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF
KNOCKMAROON.—A most. appalling accident, attest.,
with the loss of the lives of four children; took plaC,""'
Saturday evening, about four o'clock, at the little harp lei
of Knockmaroon, which lies contiguous to the southen'
and western boundary wall of the Pheenix Park, IT:
the low road to the Strawberry Beds and Lucan,
The Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in the it
extensive and valuable improvements in the Ph:P;
Park, constructed a new road at the back of the 8911,
Hibernian Military School, through what is familiars;.
known as the Furry Glen, about midway from the guri,
mit level of the ground to that of the valley alorigOtregfi
River Liffey. The place was so ronianiically besu-s
in its aspect that it was resolved to add to its 1121* -,7,
ance by forming the upper part of the glen into an
ficial lake, nature having, provided, for,a supply of
by a rivulet which ran along, emptying itself into,ig'„
Liffey, and formed the boundary. between the, peri,i
of Chapelizod and Castleknock. The usual prece4.lS .:
for permitting the overflow of the lake to pass away:.,
provided for by means of a sewer. The boundary ITV
the park was at the bottom of the glen, and about
yards from it were the houses, the.inmates of which 2;::
victims. It would appear that the masonry work 9f;71, •
sewer gave way, and Ole great body Of 'Water speew"_ .
filled the lower glen, as it-is stated to the height of s°:,
or eight feet, the opening in wall being quite
cient to let off the rush of water; its weight soon ur
down about twenty or thirty feet or the walls. ands
overwhelming flood swept into the housei, and in s' lir
anima, s. before any human help could be affeirded: -16
children, end a cow, the chief support of one poor :
were drowned. An officer? whom we understood 1
Mr. De Laney, of the Ist Royal Dragoons, who
riding fortunately along the road, with intrepid hums 2 4
which does honour to him, rode into the water,
succeeded 'in rescuing an aged woman and three Cl I
dren from destruction. Three others of the 110° I
were not approachable. The names of the sufferers
Roger Fox, by trade a weaver, but who is a fire
now on board one of the London and Dublin steam 1
and at present on duty, lost three children, the. ettl:
eleven years, the youngest an infant, the third
four years old. One of the children, aged nine; provitlii
tially saved herself by climbing on the top of her fattid 4
loom, and was found in that position half d.ad, citPtlf? ;
with death-like grasp to it. The eldest girl,-it ,
posed, lost her life in her anxiety for -the infant t; a.
youngest sister. The poor mother was at market,l,,,,
viding some necessaries for the week's support, 110,111 b
turned but to witness their dead bodies, and thatOlLil
cow, their chief means of support. A man pt t 42
Joseph Coyle had one child drowned. A poor
man named Mullen, by trade a Binh h,.-lieing on roil ot
bank of the Liffey, the opposite side of the road;
his house and.furniture all wrecked and -destroyed. d.
respectable tradesman name d Butler had his furnin,,,
destroyed. It was to the: courage, decision, and hot'
nity of Mr. De Lacey that this • man owes the
serration of his mother and children's lives. „Al!- rot

furniture, bed-clothes, store of potatoes, tiring,
were all destroyed, and a scene of more unquil%
misery than these wretched dwellings presented
not be imagined Some prompt measure of
should be devised for these suffering families; but
is imperatively incumbent upon the Commissioner!
Woods and Forests to compensate them for the in)"
thus unwittingly inflicted upon them. The bodie6;
the four children lie in a public-house awaiting 0
quest.

THREE YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE ; 011, /3°'
TIC MANNERS 01 THE TURKS.—A work under the

title (from the pen of Charles White, Esq ), is annotg
for immediate publication, and is likely, we underfitl
to supply a more complete account of Turkish society,
manners than has ever yet been given to the world.,,'
following is an extract from the Prospectus
though numerous works have been published on tbel
ject of Constantinople and Turkey, their pages, he°
ably and pleasantly written, contain little correct int
mation as to the habits and social usages of the Turf
population, and it is admitted by all who visit Congi
tinople that the►.e,is no work in our language to la'

travellers, or residents, can apply for data or-for it 7ices
factory explanation existing institutions and pree,"eit
with wbich they come in contact. The object of no'
volumes—the fruits of minute research and laborious
vestigation (luring a three,years' residence in the Tor)
capital—is to supply the deficibncy in questioutli
thereby to Offer to the public a work which...elo,"o6
inAruct;ve and amusing to general readers, valusuileo
a book of reference, and a guide, not only to irave',,iib
but to all those who may desire to become familiar ro,t
the laws, habits, and social condition of, perhaps',,'"'
most remarkable people in Europe at the present ias
ATROCIOUS CASE.—A man of the name of WIW,
was charged before the Gorbals Police-court, on Tb,r
day, with committing a savage assault on his witiuf,
gravated with being previously convicted of a ono°
offence. From the evnlence, it appeared that l'.ll/
returned home drunk early in the morning, wbeoe'
dragged his wife out of bed and forced her on theA
whereby she was severely burned, and threats' het
hold her on the fire " until the spittle boiled 0001
mouth !" The presiding magistrate, Bailie GC ;re
after animadverting on the atrocity of the offenee',,i'elif,
gretted that he could not inflict a heavier punish',oA
and sentenced the culprit to pay a fine of SL, or to Die
Bridewell for sixty days. The prisoner was rel9olo'
from the bar, grumbling about the severity of the VI
ment.—Glasgow Argus.
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AIARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.--W 9,44
happy to announce that this spirited Company hfif',
tended their terminus to Crown-street, in Botehert'ill
and that on Monday last passengers were taken up °two;
new station. We inay add that if the late severe
had not intervened, the line would have been °PO
throughout on New Year's-day. As it is, the 01/eveo
may be expected to take place about the Ist of .
ruary.—Carlisle Patriot.

BIRTHS.

On the 3d inst., at Convamore,iho Countess of Otc'''
of twin daughters. jr a
On the 2d inst., at Cromarty, the lady of Gspt4ill„ of!
Graham, late of the Hanoverian Grenadier Gluts' ;,'
daughter. o lOf
On the sth inst., the lady of Charles Powia, E',
Majesty's Customs, of a son. Dee'
On the 6th inst., the lady of Charles Barr, Esq., of A
of a son. OP:
On the 6th inst., Mrs. William Hodge, of Great
borough-street, of a son. DP
On the 6th inst., at Regent-square, Mrs. Henry - Pile,
of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Manchester-street, Itlancliester4ll° j.
the lady of H. S. Russell, Esq., of a son.

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MARRIED. I,vo,
On the Ist inst., at the parish church of Lancastero JOO,
Hatton, Esq., surgeon, of Oxford-street, Manchester..,..ft
third daughter of the late E. M. Burton, Esq., of .1-1"
Lancashire. 40(
On the 2d inst., at the parish church, Bulteagb, toP
bt
(terry, John Crosbie, Esq., to Marianne, eldest &to*
ej,
Marcus M'Causland, Esq., Fruit-hill, Londonderry der
On the 4th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Alaxani,
grave, Esq., to Mary, daughter of George Hodgkial°
of York-terrace, Regent's-park.

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DIED.
On the 3d inst., at Torquay, Catherine, relict ofdteDroBlll4
P 4, Rev. Charles Chester, Rector of Ayott, St. Peter's, eq't
On the 3d inst., Martha, the wife of John Parker, ' ~t
Cloudesley-terrace, Islington. t ret;
.10,0-, ~i,
On the 30th of December, at Brighton, Lady Vgl I,oo",air
of the late Sir R. Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden, Per-i 0,14
On the 2d inst., Francis Sophia, second daughte
sigst„
Henry and Lady Fletcher, of Ashley-park, SurrePr of 9:
years, and ms the 4th inst., Emily, eldest daughte , „r•
same, aged 5 years. )01.1"0(
On the 2d of November last, at Toromungalu,V,;isit°
General M. Riddell, commanding the Southern ,cet
the Madras Army. e°°
On the 31st ult., James S. Flower, Esq., late ch, ~,,
P„fi
of the Maidstone East Indianian, aged
On the 2d inst. at Lansdown-crescent, Cheltenbtfo'isli"
M. Hume, daughter of the late J. Hume, D.D., L°l. G,
of Sarum. jr.l
On the 3d inst., at Pelham crescent, Broniptonf Ai
Newman, of the Haymarket. Wilke
On the 4th inst., in the Precincts, Canterburlto 000
and on the sth inst., Archdale Todd, the infant trill or
the Rev. George Wallace. OOO
On the 4th inst., at Eton College, Susan, the third 06,
of the late John Slingsby, Esq., of Windsor. si /.V
On the 4th inst., Harriet, .the wife of Mr. Tllol°
, e I
130t'
Tollington-park, Hornsey-road. I. r.
On the sth inst., at Torquay, Maria, the wife of jr
ijol
Esq., of Donningt on, Berks. 15
On the sth inst., at Upper Harley-street, Thom
f,
dlie
worth Hunt, Esq., aged 83. 3151.'
On the sth inst ,at Lambourne Cottage, Essex' Aof.
relict of the late Rev. M. Lewis, aged 68. ore, 'too
On the 6th inst., in Seymour-street, Euston-s,grd 0°
Mary Fisher, relict of Mr. C. Fisher, II0•00°' r•
Bromley, Kent.
of late
On the 6th inst., Feodore, youngest daughter 0
~
Mullett, Esq., late of Guildford-street, Russell-IKP°-

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