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

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[post bitten and are render,d totally unfit' for the rood
"tit cattle Our -• •• • are unable soisfae-
terily t • ithtt, t. sa•-•
0 account fur the boglit by which this valutto,e
e:cu.lent has been attacked, and if the reports that have
v.ssned us as to the extent of the injury
sustained in the
'sPs, be not exaggeratedßerated, the failure v. ill, we f( ar, be
iabvnerely felt in the approaching winter, especially by the
14tvillog poor. The affected potatoes are deemed so
es_°lesome and unfit for human food, that in several
in this
es_ county, the sale of them has, it is stated,
I,7'n prohibited by the public authorities.—From a Cor-
7ondent of the Sussex Advertise,.
last, LIVES LOST.—On Friday
whet last, the Bideford, of St. Ives, Captain D.lajor,
po_° "ff Mort Point, got in contact with the Ede, of
atorit eaeen, and the first-named foundered. The master
two seamen were drowned. 'I he other man saved
ht~self in the ship's boat.—But." Journal.
q. ••FERMLINE, AUGUST 14.--A serious riot took
114e0e here last night, by which damage to a considerable
unt has b en committed en the property of Messrs.
ti; and . lexandsr, manufacturers. The nioh prom. edett
dr°llgh the venous strsets of the town, accompani( d by
surhrattn• When the rioters had assembled in sufficient
is;`')ers, they attacked the wan house and dwelling-
d-wte of Ma .r. Alexander, and smashed in the win-
tide ' They then proceeded to Bahnule, the re-
esteae' of Mr. J. Alexander, a distance of three miles,
the fed the house, Linke and damaged a great part of
litytt,rnlts:
se, and attempted to set it on fins The riots
"Basstoc,‘ in consequence of the above firm paying at
tabi,prate of wages than the other manufacturers,
t. c't wages having been last year generally agreed
Veand uniformly observed, eith the single exception. oc
its's J. and T. Alexander.—Edieburolt Chronicle.
diti,AILWAT SPECULATION.—TO show the extraor-
ittlit'S nature of railway speculation in Glasgow, e may
°1211."
in that, on a line near this city, on which a deposit
Poasin-s• was respired per share, they soon ran up to a
!ys, -ta of 51. and 101 per share ; and on Monday they
Ise ar't d as high as oat and 24/, but on the day follov•
cow'e
Y fell to 171„ and now they aresunning up again, in
taissque,ee what is called " time or " bear" bar-
tad t'l",r.tanous to some, but profitable enough to others ;
tats,, 1' is a feature, we are afarid, which pervades too
Y of there.— Sctollt- Reformer's Gazette.
little4l(* herring fishery has commencea
coast; but it has hitherto been attended with
"od-4,,ecess, and we fear the season will not prove a very
•ttet:V to the fishermen engeged in the herring trade.—
e4''teeen.
stesse'lsla4wELL FAlR.—This suburban fair corn-
uarl,b "Yesterday. It is held, as usual, on the green at
th The hole of the ground is covered in
of
:1,44)11% booths of entcrtainment. The fair will con-
,etr,,;(,l2e days. The police have directions to rigidly
itttly- the regulation of clearing the booths, &c., by
4e oclock as night.
litilkvrlClDE AT BRIGHTON.—A determined case
thallticide was discovered at Brighton on Saturday,
L'l'f'sre,.h°llse of William Hammond, Esq., a gentleman
,Ta 1,41ne, residing at No. 18, Brunswick-square. Sarah
'llvet'b''ll, lady's maid in the family, was discovered to
to 11,,,een delivered of a child on Saturday evening, and
the b e severed its head from its body. An inquest on
'ay r,71 was held at the Kerrison Arms, Hove, yester-
Ss°
11ting, before F. H. Gell, Esq., coroner for East
se-strs a. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful mur-
lla'sotal the coroner thereupon issued his warrant for
calmittal of ','Pathan to Lewes gaol for trial at the
• assizee
'•
-alleseEss AMONG THE POOR.—The association
keriePttquoting cleanliness among the poor has corn-
'ls a
its proceedings, by enabling the poor, in the
ttishlY of the Eastern Asylum for the House!ess, in
4)3,„"°tlse street, East Smithfield, to use gratuitously
has°l',,Paratus for bathing, and for the washing
assry-
Clothes (twine. the months in which the um
pie ,hlathQrto been closed.e' The apparatus, which is sirn-
tight7,unexpensive, was fitted up and first tried a few
fleas :„°sfore the and of the last season ; and the eager-
"sylii."lth which the unfortunate beings sheltered in that
lia,e'll availed themselves of its advantages, far sur-
'hoe. anticipation ; 987 having used it in the short
Ne of nineteen evenings. Great good has been effected
41,S astshe asylum opened on the 28th of May, as a bath-
the b(7l washing establishment ; and the allegation that
.41''"' would neither wash nor bathe, even had they
re
of doing so, is thus proved to be a fallacy.
ftere: understand that a company is now being
gfor the prosecution of the northern seal and
haleds
'siting. This undertaking is of national itn-
% and should be backed by all the influence of
,
anent.
tLile"T OF TIIE WETTERHORN.—It appears from
kak erne and Zurich journals that the central or great
(16e,,,°, the Wetterhorn, one of the highest of the
Ue,,,,iitd Alps, has been lately ascended by a young
"a man, a son of Dr. Speer. This is a feat hitherto
'Pa de°aiplished, and was attended with great difficulties
ts.4°'a,9,'itr, it having been the season of the avalanches.
ass.a
n.er•
L4ss iGREEN'S ASCENT FROM CREMORNE GARDENS
W'ath"l°lll%—Despite the unfavourable change in . the
tki, sr last evening, Mr. Green made his second night
Nalists„froal the grounds of the above gardens, in his
fire balloon, attended by a very splendid display
,;(14 ,„`aw,Orirs, the beauty of which was considerably
Nts'e-s:` by the rain. which at the moment of ascent came
tatio 41 torrents. The arrangements were precisely the
as upon the occasion of the first ascent.
'lO 8,-.OTRER DREADFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.—
S." 9-oth of last month, a young ma, the sem of a fishers
a'fi'efilh.ennme of Arkden, residin inn Barking Creek, whilst
~Q:s the rear of his father's house, was bitten in the leg
b`l"4l, of the mastiff breed ; the lad took but little notice of
Ze. and a few days afterwards it healed up. On Thurs-
-6 Zsi,ng he for the first time complained of a pain in the
-17..edi;,.;,"te1i increased until it reached the right side, accompa-
'44ke .47,10miting to an extent which compelled him to go
'e,.1.4` he was put to bed. In the morning he complained
iriatßie'ed Pains in the head, thirst, and a feeling as if being
ssetliesi • His parents sent fur Mr. Henderson, the nearest
iiiNt to wlrteti.tioner, and in the interim the mother desired her
i his face, but upon bringing some water he eshi-
„,"R. e most intense agony, dashing it from him, and faint-
ts-, that state he wit S found by Mr. Henderson, who
;41eCY declared it to he a case of hydrophobia. The usual
Nir,,,,'were applied, but with little effect. At one time it
L'tno"; the united eforts of four men (although but seventeen
etatj age) to hold him down. He was finally fastened to
' and at his own desire his eyes were covered, as even
tarn snail, 6 of a door, or the passage of any one across the
1144tv eeey,og the slightest air, affected him in a most frightful
oaf tle expired on Sunday morning a few minutes before
h-esk. •
41f,,Gllowing is an extract of a letter dated Zurich,
-„` :—" to•da •'s sitting, the report of the
ftiet4totru: the ex'iecution)of the resolution passed by the
th.4twe to the free corps was presented. It appears
tkmit 414 ducument that the greater number of the can-
t7kt tr,ave prohibited the
ablerfomation of free cors, and
(11.1:1114)111e have not been to comply with thenesolu-
Itto 41 circumstances purely accidental. After some
41' "ic'n, which was not of ay very animated character,
to'cit 44%1 votes
awsseed ffaiws
ag To call on the states
against the free corps,
st°,t43°,4llmeydiateply, 19i states :—To invite the states
,oer'',waether they have any penal enactments for cases
'''Pea„°l'dinary offences have been committed in any
AT,'"°n of free corps, proposed by Lucerne, 7 states."
ESCLE.—B
udle igh Salterton has
'ld"en th
scene of a most thrilling incident. Six infant
lk:tbeki °ll Wednesday morning, got into a boat on
t dri.-f•L, and a mischievous boy shoved it oft The
iCtritil stied away to sea before the children were missed.
b:,,,a'as the agony of the mothers when they knew
411 taigght returned, and still no tidings of the help-
Ittui "reu• A Plymouth trawler, fishing yester.labse•
tt •
*bee (V" to
something floating at e distance ; .
down
i hoL.n tO it, and discovered it to bathe. boat, and in
we f.'"unl the six. children, all cuddled in like a nest o
yeast asleep. Five of these children were under
NeiaP,,, of age, the sixth is but nine years old.—
t linieS
ItulSCot, •
11 411 'TIT OF HUMAN SKELETONS.—LUTTER.-
Cbttha' Atr°• 17.—Last week the village of Molton,
I'll44le:it ptonshire, presented a scene of considerable exo-
-1.14) Caused by the discovery of the skeletons
h.f
qed it,lllTl beings. It appears that spnie. men were e
14,
w"
digging a piece of ground adjoining the school
1'444 1.41' they came to the remains of a man who had
t'litts,r4it.Y been hastily buried; and after digging a Hide
I,lstlrsr"ta the same spot, they came to the remains of
j,,ttastu Yuman beings, one lying across the other. As
tt,,esne had ever been fought in the neighbourhood, the
aCtis?„was that all three parties had come unfairly by
Vat,,-,15- The sexton was informed of' the circumstance,
hi' carne to the place, collected the bones together,
Nktin led them in the churchyard, but without commu-
‘‘ith the vicar or the civil authorities ; the
*, ties
ttrft%tsi, et subsequently coming to the knowledge of the
1101"413
e expressed great displeasure at the conduct
tiv° the
Y, the sexton, but did not give any orders to
stex,-;,su°Snes exhumed, or, as far as we can learn,
ai:tatll4ltinaation of the circumstances to the coroner ;
assn no doubt, had the latter been made acquainted
iO a",tliu"si ratter, he would have instituted an inquiry,
''' Pr have obtained some solution of an affair which
I` "Qat
14 enveloped in complete mystery.
I.°"alit ef91)11 CHEVALIER D'EON.—" An imperfect
toAtiaila this extraordinary case having appeared in the
!bij'ael34tivtletrisls'" says out Paris correspondent, " I transmit.
°pots which you may implicitly rely. A di-
be • nglish person has under various assumed names
or near this capital for many years, and had
to a peraatural eland of the late Lord This
toi s:,,,°flage Was fur a length of time married, is is said,
tar ke:Y.fi,ne woman, and as Mr. and Mrs.
h Paris tf Pa • s -au Mrs• I-I--, were domiciled at Versailles
Met airy, fond wife was happy in "" god
the
hes 4 helda-rY," as she called him, until she eloped
ttO4 afteew_caPtain, whose wife she now is. Having
Ratitzolsr not, for a twofold purpose apper.tred to e
I,4l,„‘vota and to fall desperately in love with, a mar-
os(."•Qtie ewnlist her lodger, and proposed for her as soon
to :tile able after the death of her husband, the widow
aliocisis9eueeshi attached to her Lilliputian admirer. .111.ais
dieappears totabe en Pcau The individual in question,
P en to have been in straitened circumstances,
"tithe,. ego have
last,atlodgings, 19, Hue
' and I t
one .
the °elation G.--The members of the Agricultural
t 0
,Protee., Modbury have come to the resolution, for
stintes or re of their property, not to allow the gleaners
r 4 ei trnahl upon their lands except between the
eet't4easereg Lt in the rnornincr and seven in the evening.
11144 wuteh, no doubt, will be followed by the agri-
generelt
-..e __D
kati 'Nati w/- el onpo; Telegraph.
kpPlera of th' ORICING SCHOOL, CITY- ROAD.—The
n etv 'cations this admirable institution, from the increased
Vallbail for admission, have determined on erecting
beePtsts u.rioaagd. for the children on . Have.estock-hill,
%el ati as an order to accomplish this desirable
ilpon the brePeal is now being made to the public ; and,
those b,a,ents Which the institution has conferred
epalmuch •
require protection, we doubt not
to u, not be made in vain.
1,,L„-- el', se•
"Ans 'atbash d S'ae EAST.--A newspaper is about
411 • e
in the city of Jerusalem. Solomon,
never dreamt of such a thing.