The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

1.441-1;t7"---..-------""-en and are render.d totally unfit for the food
of
kif cattle Our horticultur s':s are unable satisfac-
eserq to account for the bligh by whic this valuable
ulent has been attacked, and if the reports that have
reached us as to the extent of the injury sustained in the
ertv°l"; be not exaggerated, the failure will, we fear, be
1ab,.7..re,..Y felt in the approaching winter, especially bj the
toll:"'lug poor. The affected potatoes are deemed so
tihu.le3eMe and unfit for human food, that i.n several
7Le in this county, the of them has, it is scat, d,
0.4 prohibited by the public authorities.-From Cor-
?cldera ef the Sussex Advertise,.
• Ives T r I osT -On Friday.
Stith.• . titteE 4IN ES A •
last, the Bideford, of St. Ives, Captain Majer,
1, "1w mon Piiint got in contact with the Ede, of
orderly,
ittia t end the first-named foundered. The master
h'ywo samen were drowned. The other man saved
.7lf in the ship's boat.-B et Journal.
bia.".,_ntsFerixtusE, AUGUST 14.--A serious riot took
4Q‘'," cere last night, by which damage to a considerable
J,,)„11,4t;,us b en committed on the property of Messrs.
th-” Alexander,manefacturers. The mob proceeded
d'ligh .tali antic streets of the- to accompanied by
0tte.,1.1,11a- When the rioters had assembled in sufficient
4ny'rs, they attacked the warehouse and dwellir!g-
,. fll r. 'l'. Alexander, and smashed in the win-
(s4e• They then preceeded to I3almule, the
re-
enter Mr. "f Mr. J. Alexander, a distance of three miles,
the feel the house, broke and damaged a great part of
htiv,tlrtlitttre, and attempted to set it on fire. The riots
talZattAen hi consequence of the above firm paying at
ercrate of wages than the other manufacturers, a
wages having been last year generally agreed
Ite.4ll‘, uoiforrnly observed, a ith the single exception of
114'. J. and T. Alexander.-Edinburgh Chronicle.
trittrAillY" SPECULATION.-To show the extraor-
kej nature of railway speculation in Glasgow, we may
°l.Stlr,l, that, on a line near this city, on which a deposit
Piste,'". was requred per share, they soon ran up to a
*are-unl of 5/. and 101 per share ; and on Monday they
tag 'Not, das high as 231. and 2-It, but on the day folios!.
Y
atike 'L to 1 71„ and now they- are running in
gains of what is called " time" or " bear' bar-
-114 71,11nnous to some but profitable enough t,.) others ;
many s a feature, we arc afarid, which pervades too
W•,('` t
hem.-SC( teh Reformer's Gaztlie.
i5l -The herring fishery has commenced
""' coast, but it has hitherto been attended with
t)44:,eev,s, and we fear the season will not prove a very
to the fishermen engaged in the herring trade.-
41e11ePt1WELL FAIR -This suburban fair corn-
,,,..',4%;,,le'terday. It is held, as usual, on the green at
• ;".ell• The %%hole of the ground is covered in
booths of entertainment. The fair will con-
til`
tt 4ee
p,, days. The police have directions to rigidly
tkeh,e the regulation of clearing the booths, &c., by
olelock at night.
4titift.."TlClDE AT BRIGHTON.-A determined car
'tltl,4l,.tiede was discovered at Brighton on Saturday ,
Njunuse of William Hammond, Esq., a gentleman
,arkti:une, 1. t No. 18, Brunswick-square. Sarah
'renmaital in the family, was discovered to
„lolibe'u delivered of a child on Saturday evening, and
he h„'!, avvered its head from its body. An inquest on
q,t). 473' was held at the Kerrison Arms, Hove, yester-
dll4a;Qrning, before F. H. Gell, Esq., coroner for East
The jury returned a verdict of Wilful mut,
'qae'nd the coroner thereupon issued his warrant for
Ilest°lllns ittal of Wathen to Lewes gaol for trial at the
sizes,
• I.,,ki"..INESS AMONG THE POOR.-The association
,`''t)l',,`-'aloting cleanliness among the poor has
com
• its proceedings, by enabling the poor, in the
of the Eastern Asylum for the House'ess, In
ab• ',.,-'OllBO street, East Smithfield, to use gratuitously
itittretiatus for bathing, and for the washing and dry-
,kt 11401-hes during the months in which the. asylum.
aid been closed. The apparatus, which is sim-
ollta-sunexpensive was fitted up and first tried a few
'Tes ,-o;uefere the end' of the last season ; and the eager-
jl4th Which the unfortunate beings sheltered in that
ANT availed themselves of its advantages, tar sur-
;h nine • 987 having used it ins r
short
11:14.te ;ll' nineteen evenings. Great good has been effected
• and asylum opened on the 28th of May, as a bath-
poo"l:42.shing establishment ; and the allegation that
IN would neither wash nor bathe, even had they
W.413' of doing so, is thus proved to be a fallacy.
:Etta d Itoderstand that a company is now being
~,."44-gf°,r the prosecution of the northern seal and
riae,"3flitto• This undertaking is of national im-
°4ll,l ", and should be backed by all the influence of
itstraent.
~t4t 1e,,44T or THE WETTERHORN.-It appears from
"o,k ol'e and Zurich journals that the central or great
the WetterhOre, one of the highest of the
thind
bh4kli h„, Alps, has been lately ascended by a
.young
i-lten' "'an a son of Dr. Speer. This is a feat hitherto
• -,taldished, and was attended with great difficulties
`..t"nt;tir, it having been the season of the avalanches.
tkol, NT(II4IEN'S ASCENT FROM CREMORNE
.GARDENS
If°RT.-Des ite tte unfavourable change in the
Zeorit▪ qclast evening, Mr. Green made his second night
Pas, :1.°131 the grounds of the above gardens, in his
4 -`°ll bal'oln attended by a very splendid display
4,7h--.ZIW:.),Iks, 'the :beauty of which was considerably
▪ uy the rain, which at the morasnt of ascent came
torrents. The arrangements were precisely the
Oill'Pon the occasion of the first ascent.
thentrt DREADFUL CASE OF HTDROFDORIA.-
1; O
41 i‘uath of last month, a young man, the sen of a fisher-
O-14sia`",e name of Arkden, residing in Barking Creek, whilst
4 N: 41 the rear of his father's house,- was bitten in the leg
ail A' or the mastiff breed • the lad took but little notice of
tklikilltioterht alld a few days afterwards it healed up. On. T.hurs-
lAA sj:l,ng he for the first time complained of a pain in the
411411 'with"e..h increased until it reached the right side, accompa-
OL'i oed°uliling to an extent which compelled him to go
°6led pans in r ae het 10 bed. In the morning he complained
headen,
tthfoirrst, and a feeling as if being
Mr. Henderson, the nearest
joAl kaetnitiois rrreannts
din the interim the mother desired her
e
loth the is face, but upon bringing. water he exhi-
14j. 11, intense agony, dashing it fromsome him, and faint-
) 'l4 `uat stat h was found b Mr. Henderson, who im-
Ned. 11 declared•
4,, le, w__ to he a
.case of hydrophobia. The usual
ti!re applied. but with little effect. At one time it
)11,"44 a" united efforts of four men (although but seventeen
Ilit/4,1,.ge) to hold him down. He was finally fastened to
/44
)%,)1114°J1 at his own desire his eyes were covered, as even
n one across the ;tri.eagoftLdosatoersttahier, pas ge
a
affected him inya most frightful
,t°tit el He expired on Sunday morning a few minutes before
th
44
t, 12 ()Wing is an extract of a letter dated Zurich,
bZ;rt(
0„"":" to-day's sitting, the report of the
the execution of the resolution passed by the
tope 1 th•;,4l;e to the free corps was presented. It appears
thh , have eument that the greater number of the
ts ), prohibited the formation of free corps, and
it have not been able to comply with the resoi u-
-4,4%441 circumstances purely accidental. After some
ill:441:11, which was not of a very animated character,
V.,thmwing votes were given :-To call on the states
10.140t.aet yet passed laws against the free corps,s
1 a3'a•l,„4l„tnediately, 191 states :-To invite the states
her car;•fier they have any penal enactments for. cases
Pliti;'inarY offences have been committed in any
bee -II cif free corps proposed by Lucerne, 7 states.
14ett°tIS ESC- A'PE.-Budleigh Salterton has
111,1,41, seere of a most thrilling incident. Six infant
°lt Wednesday morning, got into a boat on
driff,and a mischievous boy shoved it off. The
ii.-tihls'eg away to sea before the children were missed.
lot 413,11Yas the agony of the mothers when they' knewl
4,.vliildight returned, and still no tidings of the he p••
Lo.,'llisk-I\ll- A Plymouth trawler, fishing yesterJay
lkoe,„(1 -'„saw something floating at the distance ; he
4dunutLv-h,to it, and discovered it to be the boat, and in
.41 fa-s" the six children, all cuddled in like a nest of
yea-It asleep. Five of these children were under
•11,111-r.r4 .of age, the sixth is but nine years old.-
,ol,e • 'ons.
li,lll°v,ERY OF HUMAN SKELETONS.-LUTTER•
tit;thtt4;:tlG- 1 7.-Last week the village of Molten, in
tiltlNtett'llshire, presented a scene of considerable ex-.
titht,' eflused by the discovery of the skeletons of
h(,N beings. It appears that some men were en-
‘l). oviugging a piece of ground adjoining the school
"11 they came to the remains of a man who had
t,it'N.f been hastily buried; and after digging a little
,!1:1°61•1\)},Irt the same spot, they came to the remains of
44 `Lttl:l,-'lllllan beings, one lying across the other. As
I.6!,itetiQ,- "ad ever been fought in the neighbourhood, the
h":,,tiNtiiwnsthat all three parties had come. unfairly by
he '• The sexton was informed of the circumstance,
Ilica,,llri,,)4',e to the place, collected the bones together,
e~mttog d me
in the churchyard, but without commu-
kihnati,-.`th the vicar or the civil authorities ; the cir-
-141, 14,erietl, subsequently coming to the knowledge of the
t~y4,4 by nXpressed great displeasure at the conduct
the 3' the sexton, but did not give any orders to
Itithtniy i„b?nes exhumed, or, as far as we can learn,
titere je"Lllnstion of the circumstances to the coroner ;
grid the doubt, had the latter been made acquainted
hatlt at hue ma doubt,
be would have instituted an inquiry,
111'0,e Obtained some solution of an affair which
41, enveloped in complete mystery.
l''''111) 411)ER
, t°f its. N CHEVALIER D'EON.-" An imperfect
Paperl,! extraordinary case having appeared in the
'l4l,44„tletaisii says our Paris correspondent, " I transmit
Pea which you may implicitly rely. A di-
ii 10-Rilah person has under various assumed names
41 4 bat °r near this capital for many years, and had
tr) kr, nral chill of tile late Lord M--. This
(14,a4 ver.u.:l:ge Was for a length of time married, is is said,
ittNittlt4,°4llemwoinan, and as Mr.. a.nd Mrs. 11-,
h 413 • rs• 11-, were domiciled at Versailles
v'ithc't
,tf'e fond wife was happy in " the god
nth
It
401
,Rtry,,,
U as she called him, until she eloped
NI arts,. eaPtain, whose wife she now is. Having
tiqtkllltedwaerds for a twofold purpose appeared to be
and t fall desperately love with, a mar-
tit vtA, whii in
(:k tlcabi t her lodger, and proposed for her as soon
e oiu e after the
ocherdath of her husband, the widow
tl)ll,',4l'lrige
~e 1; attached Lilliputian admirer. Mais
iMtioP„P°a-rs: et°:,be en e eau ! The individual in question,
`)11th,.4 Wed 'lave been in straitened circumstances,
(3,`11l and,nledaY last, at his lodgings, 19, Hue
St-tssctis,o / turned out to be a woman!"-Times.
,tiatio,G'";The members of the Agricultural
410,,hrtr'eei,teet,•oant have come to the resolution, for
1s •or seeir property, not to allow the gleaners
of clef, . upon their lands except between the
t4ltil-sitis4tewhtil.ll, the morning and seven in the evening.
4t4 geriertn,, no doubt, will be followed by the agri-
`Qari,herAasi 4'13%-peronpot t Telegraph.
t Alit "roltKriG s stew nOns-• thj, SCHOOL, CITY-ROAD.-The
for admirable, institution, from the increased
Ltllltepato‘,riiiditi2ularission, have determined on erecting
ttiees. 'ad-so:, ler the children on Haverstock-hill,
h‘ais ttpr, ,* In order to accomplish this desirable
"lk, the b ja ' • public •nd
tho benefits
.w being made to the pu , a ,
titpi) Se who
s! Which the institution has conferred
t wsnluch require protection, we doubt not
oo.tho "L be, made in vain.
.411 11141: httbialiwshiteilinnEthEe AC Si
tTy. -A newspapf,r is about
of Jerusalem. Solomon,
v`49lllt never dreamt of such a thing.