The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-20 00:00:00

EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.

Letters from Athens of the 28th ult. state, that several
violent shocks of an earthquake were felt in various parts
of the Peloponnesus ; on the 18th, at Sparta, the shocks
lasted from 25 to 30 seconds each. The inhabitants ran
terrified out of their houses. On the same day, and in
the course of the night, four or five other slighter shocks
were experienced. Beyond the Eurotas an immense
rock fell from Mount Menelas, near the village of Drou-
chas. An old tower situate in the town of Magoules
was thrown to the ground. At Mistra the soil trembled
with more violence than at Sparta, and a portion of the
Hellenic College and several houses were destroyed.
The water of the springs and wells became turbid, and
an enormous rock, having detached itself from the sum-
mit of old Mount 3,listra, rolled with terrific noise into the
town. At Calames the first shock, felt at half-past nine
o'clock, lasted between 40 and 50 seconds, and there
were ten others, from that hour until midnight, at in-
tervals of three-quarters of an hour. Most of the houses
were damaged, and several in the neighbourhood actu-
ally gave way. Upwards of 50 dwellings were thrown
down at Areopolis, and 15 towers crumbled at Stylus.
Many persons were buried under the ruins of their
houses in the province of Maina. At Androusa several
churches fell in. On the 25th ult., at four o'clock A.m.,
another shock was felt at Patras, which lasted a minute
and a half. The Courrier Grec announces that a red
rain had fallen at Tripolitza and elsewhere, and that the
Minister of the Interior had collected information re•
specting that phenomenon, which would lbe submitted to
the examination of the Medical Board.

In the year 1774 the Society of Antiquarians oh-
,tained permission to open the tomb of Edward the First,
in Westminster Abbey. They found the body in perfect
preservation, and most superbly dressed.
THE MACICAREL FISHERY.—The fishery com-
menced off Brighton on Friday, and some of the boats
came in with a few fine fish. The principal part were
bought for the London market, and forwarded by the
railway. OffEastbourne the fishermen have been pretty
successful during the week, and the fish have generally
fetched high prices.
The crops in this district have improved stfr-
prisingly since the late refreshing rains. The meadows
give promise of a good swathe, and the wheats look
better than some time since they could have been ex-
pected to do. Beans and peas are coming forward very
luxuriantly.—Maidstone Journal.
FLIGHT or SWALLOWS.—On Tuesday week, whilst
the Nithsdale steamer was off the Isle of Man, on ht r
passage from Liverpool to Dumfries, a number of swal-
lows entered by the cabin windows 4 and continued to fly
out and in fur a considerable time. One of them es-
consced itself in the bed of a passenger, and along with
, another was secured, and kept for some time before being
I allowed the liberty of their wings.
BERVIE.—On Sabbath last a rather unusual scene
took place in the parish church. In consequence of the
minister having intimated a fortnight previously, that
he would on the above day proceed to the election of
three additional elders—namely, William Duthie, farmer,
Hillhead ; James Brown, farmer, Newbigging ; and
Walter Freeman, jun., whitefisher, Gourdon—a paper
numerously signed by parishioners, objecting to the
mode of their election, was, on Saturday last, lodged
with the reverend gentleman. We do not know wha t
value was attached to the document ; but a few minutes
before the bell was rung on Sabbath, the Kirk-officer
gave notice that if any person had any objection to the
proposed election, to lodge them in the manse. The
minister then entered the church, and, after the usual
preliminary services, delivered a short address from
Titus i. 5. He afterwards read an act relative to Kirk
Sessions and the election of elders, stating that the pre-
sent session had the power of electing the new. The
three intended elders were then asked to stand up,when
the usual questions were put. Mr. Glegg was about to
complete the ceremony by prayer, when Mr. William
Ilurness, in a firm and audible voice, read the following
document :—" I object to the proceedings of the Kirk
Session in making these men elders, as being unscrip-
tural, unreasonable, and unjust. I protest in the name of
the congregation, to the proceedings of this day ; and
appeal to the Synod." After which, the minister
prayed ; and on leaving the pulpit to congratulate the
elders on their pretended election, Mr. Burness stept up
to the desk and lodged the above protest; took the instru-
ments in the hands of the Session-clerk, and demanded
a copy of the minutes. The minister, on re-ascending
the pulpit, delivered a short address, and declared th,
elders solemnly ordained.—Montrose Review.

A letter from Posen (Prussia) relates that a young
Catholic peasant, whilst cutting down a tree in the
forest of Baskou, belonging to M. Pniswer, a Jewish
banker at Posen, was killed by the falling of the tree
upon him. M. Pniswer not only made a present to
the parents, but, with a religious tolerance worthy of
_ note, ordered a large stone cross to be erected on the
spot where the accident occurred. As the country
is inhabited both by Protestants and Catholics, he
EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF BlRDS.—During the
high winds that prevailed on Sunday last, our harbour
and floating docks were visited by large flights of a rare
and beautiful species of bird, the " Sterna Arctica," or
Arctic Tern. Thebirds were assembled in such vast
numbers, that two or three hundreds were killed with
stones and other missiles, whilst several were caught
alive ; and so tame were they, that many were observed
to pitch on the backs of passers by. This tern, as its
name indicates, is a native of the higher arctic regions,
and has been met with in all the late expeditions to the
Polar Seas. It is a summer visitant to the coasts of
Scotland, and the north of England,'but is rarely met
with more southerly, and until the present, there was
no instance on record of a specimen having been ob-
tained in this neighbourhood. The appearance of such
vast flights of arctic birds, rare as a species, in the very
heart of a large city, is an occurrence as remarkable as
it is interesting. Flocks of these birds were also observed
the same day at Clevedon, Weston, and other places
along the Channel coast.—Bristol Mirror.

TESTIMONIAL. TO BEN. M. KENNEDY, ESQ.—Last
week, we quoted a paragraph from the Aoss-shire Adver-
tiser, mentioning that the friends of Ben. M. Kennedy,
Esq., in Wick, proprietor and editor of the Arbroath
Guide, had transmitted a splendid gold watch and ap-
pendages, through the Provost of that town, to the Chief
Magistrate of Arbroath, for presentation, as a testimonial
of the high respect entertained for Mr. Kennedy in his
native town. We have now the pleasure of recording
the presentation, which took place in the Town Hall on
Thursday week, at a full meeting of the Town Council
of Arbroath. It is certainly very flattering to Mr. Ken-
nedy to know that he should be' the honoured instrument
of so much esteem, not only of the respectable inhabitants
of the place of his nativity, but of that in which he has
for so short a period occupied a public position ; indeed,
lie felt it to be so - for, in returning his grateful thanks
for the very valuable present which he received from the
hands of Provot Mann, he observed, " If anything could
have enhanced the value of the gift in my eyes, it is
assuredly the circumstance of it having been presented to
tae through a channel so respectable ;" also, ‘• Band.
some and costly as the gift is, which I now hold, I hope
I shall be enabled to look upon it, not for its intrinsic
value alone, but as useful in pointing out to me that a
conscientious and honest discharge of public duty is not
without its reward."—Dundee Advertiser.
OxroaD, MAY 18.--(From a Correspondent.)—
By the provisions of the Theological Statute, passed at
Oxford last week, Dr. Hampden, Regius Professor of
Divinity, has been constituted Chairman of the New
Theological Board, and is also formally recognised as a
public University Professor in Dogmatic Theology, and
the Interpretation of the Scriptures. The Statute, there-
fore, virtually rescinds the unfavourable judgment passed
by the University,. at the instance of the Tractarian
party, in 1836, on occasion of Dr Hampden's appoint-
ment to the Chair by the late Administration.
The child of an inhabitant of Motteville, near Rouen,
a few days since swallowed a few pinches •of arsenic by
mistake, thinking it to be flour. It was soon seized with
dreadful convulsions, and little hope was entertained of
saving its life, when a physician administered hydrated
peroxide of iron, and immediately overcame the effects.
of the poison. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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A lad namedhats Ballo., between 16 and 17 years
of age, N.‘ AS charged Upon suspicion of having robbed
hollSe of Mr. Bentham, with resides near Abchurch-
yard.
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girls of the family stated that at hal,f-pso twelves on the
night of the robbery all wys safe, and that at an early
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the Rrisoner's from the peculiar marks.
bier? svgs kept in t} a PhE iii
i?os fitthieot(i4gilitlenri?dti(C:l:g:;f tot}teo,
preSonce of 'any unweleonie visitor, in so!ilsroo.c..e, it
was viesniui'dt ItaV,i3l-nryt rttleest of 'the
4Yylnan OM, asked whetter any 511;k14.9A had
beep entertained cf the prisoner's hoilesty Wore tissis
°I9-IQtte girls replied, that teveral thh.gs had bean, missed
while he was in the service of Mr..genthain, which it
was suspected lie had taken, After one robbery he dis-
appeared altogether, although, if be had remained till the
FRLd of the quarter, wages would have been doe to him.
yrio-11.4s PRP 4eiPF itc-cOl,l. e9,14.1d
give or h4st-if; slid he i ngw nothipg clf: the robbery us
the 414 agar haying no hoine he slept under 'the
arches of the various bridges, which afforded
accommo-
~Ntion- t4_ many other persons similarly circumstanced.
He was remanded for further examination.
fellow. named John Tarinat. was char Id
wall tatvi!tg, 1146 d lif!tat ase
hop in Tlii:,sOcineellielsttt?t;
fur
'One 'of the Met' 'employed in the shop had been
robbed u a,gt.pricail diamond, some time ago, by a
13,4-,'Wlioni he believed to be to pl so er, . fO.
serVed the prisoner Watelailig d'iOnt tWe'' nerlibdUrhoo
Fur.-I.ow pay lfoile he nlisiedlis"prop.s
ego saw the Prisoner 100 in at him, FA w_ate
him narrowly every laid the dittm'ond ant of
gig lz;d, At last he went out and collared the prisoner,
Who wits idrtpw4.4 e0fw.7,7t1 to the Compter, where he
Was recognised aS'an eXpetoOpil k)f.cf;l4tf
prisoner—Well; •if a -person is 'to be taken into
custody for looping atp, > llf In Ft. iirogy! tbrpgs ht.
come to a pretty pass.
Ijerinan tines—Ilion' often have ypu been in the
c*Pter? ; never since I. was born, before
this time. -
41:14TIBS/1 GIBBS—Why, I hare been told the turn-
keys knew you well ? Boy—Know me 1 I never saw
any of theni before ; upon Ipy son), it is a fact, gra a
hording working industrious lkd, yrilling to pot my hand
to anything for gg honest penny.
Gooch (the turnkey of the Compter).-He has been
frequently in the Compter, and half a dpaen times ism
Brolewell, lie is one of the worst characters in the City.
oo myogth that I never was in Bridewell,
and that I was never in the Popapter before, You mis-
take me for some thief I harp the inisfprtitUg 4)FesPR
ble.--(A langli.)
Gooch—His poor father is here, and will tell the troth.
Boy—Yes, my father is here t he can. give me tI cha-
racter. (Here the father appeared,) Now, father, ain't
I a good, hardworking fellow ? The Father—Yes,
sometimes ; but you'd rather keep holidays than work.
Boy—Wll, but these people say I was in prison many
times. The Father—Why so you have been, haven't you?
Boy—You mean that I was was away from you, But
you don't know that I was in Bridewell, The Father--
0 yes, I do know it,
Alderman GIBBS—What have you to say. to that 12
Boy—Say • S'elp me God I never was in a prison before
in all my life.
Alderman Grum—Then your father tells a falsehood ?
Boy—No, I don't say that ; but he is mistaken, as well
as other people.
Gooch—He always denies his knowledge of a prison
in this manner.
Boy—But yeu know nothing about me, man.
The prosecutor—He kept watching me half an hour,
determined, I am sure, to slip into the shop if I happened
to turn my head aside, and to whip away the diamond,
I lost all patience, and caught hold of him at last.
Boy—Aye, and you had no more right to seize me
than I had to seize you. Why, I could pull yon up by
the lase.— (A laugh.)
Alderman Gums said it was evident the prisoner was
incorrigible, and remanded him for further examination.
A woman, named Mattida Thatford, was charged with
having broken eleven panes of glass in the lower win-
dow of the Mansion-house.
A policeman said that the prisoner had been com-
mitted to Bridewell for a month from the Justice Room,
for smashing windows in her drunkenness, and she told
the Magistrates that the moment she came out of Bride-
well she should visit the windows of the Mansion House
with her fists for a little bit of revenge. She accordingly
began on the preceding day to demolish the glass, and
before the policeman could secure her'she succeeded in
smashing eleven panes.
Alderman GIBBS—She has been frequently in Bride-
well, I suppose ? Defendant—Oh dear, yes . very often
indeed.
Alderman Ginns—Why do you persevere in a course
by which Sou are sure of going back to the place of
punishment ? Defendant—Because I was committed
for merely getting drunk. I suffered so much in Bride-
well that I determined to give the Lord Mayor a treat
w'hen I came out.
Nobler—You have got nothing by it but cut
fingers.
Defendant—l don't care about that a pin.
Alderman Ginns—You shall have a little more of
Bridewell now. I fine you 31., or three months in
Bridewell.
Defendant—You do, do you ? Oh, very well'! I
have no money ; of course it is the other thing.
Committed to Bridewell for three months.
BOW-STREET.

A rough-looking young man, and a rather pretty-faced
young female, who were evidently of the very lowest
class, were placed at the bar, charged with the following
misdemeanour, and assaulting the police in the execution
of their duty.
Mr. Wild, landlord of the Marquis of Granby public-
house in Drury-lane, stated that on Wednesday night, at
twelve o'clock, the two prisoners were sitting in the tap-
room, and after every one had gone, and the female had
been turned out, the male remained ; witness requested
him frequently to go away, as the female was making a
disturbance outside, but he would not go. After some
time witness went to him again, and said lie was deter-
mined he should go, when he started up and tore wit-
ness's shirt and waistcoat, and otherwise behaved very
violently. The female prisoner, who had been turned
out previously, and was making the noise outside the
door, would not leave the premises till he went out, and
that was the reason witness wished to turn the male
prisoner out ; he was quite sober at the time.
Police-constable, F 121, stated that the last witness
gave the male prisoner into his charge. He went along
a few paces very quietly, but he then became very vie-
lent, threw hiniself on the ground, kicked witness, and
struck him a very serious blow on the mouth. Mr. Wild's
shirt and waistcoast were torn.
Police-constable, E 28, went to assist the last witness,
who was surrounded by a mob of low persons, all of whom
were endeavouring to rescue the prisoner. The 'male
prisoner kicked him also in the ribs, and was otherwise
very violent. Witness was compelled to leave hold of
another prisoner, in order to assist in taking this one.
Policeman, F 145, assisted the two last witnesses in
taking the ma'e pr isoner into custody, when he kicked
him very violently, and made considerable resistance in
going to the station-house.
The male prisoner, in defence, complained that he had
been drinking the whole of the day in Mr. house,
and had spent all his money, when Mr. Wild attempted
tho
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out of his house when they had spent all their money,
and he thought that was a very hard thing. When he
was given into charge he said he would go quietly with
any man, but he was not a felon, and did not wish to be
dragged about in the manner in which he was ; some of
the police, however, behaved very roughly to him, and
he confessed that he resisted.
Mr. TWYFORD sentenced the male prisoner to be im-
prisoned in the House of Correction for one month : the
female, it appears, was to have been charged with assault-
ing Mrs. V., ild, but, as the lady was not present, she was
discharged. •