The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-20 00:00:00

PRINTERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Tuesday night a
benefit for this Society took place at the Grecian
Saloon, Eagle Tavern, City-road. The evening's
entertainment commenced with a performance of
music, from the works of Mozart and other cele-
brated composers, after which the whole vocal talent
of the company was brought forward. This was fol-
lowed by the opera of Guy .3fannering, or the Gipsy's
Prophecy. Mr. Fraser took the part of Dandie Din-
mont, and Miss Forde enacted Lucy Bertram. In
the course of the evening Mr. Morgan, the celebrated
Irish vocalist, sang some of his best songs. The ballet
of the Cobbler and Tailor, an amusing piece, ended
the performance, which amused and delighted the
audience. This Society is in every respect deserving
public sympathy and support; and we are happy to
state, that notwithstanding the inauspicious state of
the weather, there was both in number and respecta-
bility an excellent audience, the result of which, it is
hoped, may have the effect of adding amply to the
funds of the Society.
THE WAR IN CHINA.—We are requested to state
that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has
this day published the " Narrative of the Late Expe-
dition to China, from the commencement of the war
to the present period ; with Sketches of the Manners
and Customs of that singular and hitherto almost un-
known Country," by Commander J. Elliot Bingham,
R.N., Late First Lieutenant of her Majesty's Ship
Modeste, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, 21s.
bound. Mr. Colburn has also just published the
following :-1. Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, il-
lustrative of her Personal History, now first pub-
lished, with an Introduction, by Agnes Strickland, 2
vols. small Bvo., with Portrait, 21s. bound-2. The
fifth volume of Miss Strickland's " Lives of the
Queens of England," comprising the Lives of Queen
Katharine Parr and Queen Mary--3. Lord London-
derry's Steam Voyage to Constantinople, by the
Rhine and Danube, in 1840-41, 2 vols. Bvo., with Il-
lustratiors-4. Newfoundland in 1842, by Lieut.-
Col. Sir Richard Bonnycastle, 2 vols. small Bvo., with
Map and numerous Illustrations—and 5. Russia and
the Russians in 1842, by J. G. Kohl, Esq., 1 vol. I
small Bvo.

THE OVERLAND MAIL PROM INDIA.-It 1$ now
confidently stated that the arrangements which have
been pending for some time between the Right Hon.
Lord Lowther, the Postmaster-General, and the Aus-
trian Directeur-General, for the transmission of the
overland mail from India via Suez and Alexandria, by
way of Trieste and Ostend, have been concluded.
This new arrangement with regard to receiving the
overland mail will in no manner affect the present
treaty of sending via Marseilles to Malta, Egypt, and
India, on the 4th of each month, and by the French
mail packets leaving that port on the Ist, 1 1 th, and
25th of the month,

WINTER ASSIZES.—It was stated on good autho-
rity during the late Special Commission at Stafford,
that it is intended by Government to have a general
winter assizes throughout the kingdom, to commence
in the early part of December.
INTENDED FEAT OF MOUNTJOY THE PEDES-
TRIAN.—It is Mountjoy's intention to perform the
almost incredible feat in one hour, at the Victoria
Cricket-ground, Woodhouse-moor, on Monday next,
of which the following are the particulars :—Run one
mile—walk one mile forward, and one mile back-
ward—trundle a hoop half a mile—wheel a barrow
half a mile—hop upon one leg 200 yards—run
backwards 200 yards—pick up 40 eggs with his
mouth, placed a yard apart, without his knees touch •
ing the ground, or his hand touching the eggs, and
bring each egg in his riouth, and deposit it in a
bucket of water withor:c breaking, and then leap over
20 hurdles placed 10 yards apart. After the conclu-
sion of this feat, h‘e purposes to rest half an hour, and
then proceed te, another hour's task of running seven
miles, and lf,aping over 80 hurdles at an elevation of
nearly fo,:a• feet. We understand that Colonel Mark-
ham,_ of the 32c1 Infantry, has kindly promised that
his ta.nd shall be in attendance; and that Mountjoy
is .to have the Colonel's patronage, and that of the
other officers of the regiment on the occasion.—Le:Ws
Mercury.
PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN THE METROPOLIS.—In
Oxford-street, Tottenham-court-road, Shoreditch, the
New-cut, Lambeth, Lambeth and Vauxhall walks,
and the principal thoroughfares, provisions are at pre-
sent selling at the following moderate prices—viz.,
Prime legs of mutton at 6d. to 6i-d. per lb., shoulders
sid. per lb., necks 4d. and 4id. per lb.; beef, roasting
pieces bid. per lb., coarse pieces in proportion ; West-
phalia hams 70. per lb., Yorkshire from 6d. to
per lb.; prime Wiltshire bacon 6d. per lb., by the half
side ; Berwick pork from 41d. to SA. per lb., dairy-
fed pork from sd. to 61d. per lb.; the best household
bread can be had at 6d. the 41h. loaf, and some
rather coarser may be bought at Sid. and 6d. the 41b.
loaf: butter at Bd., 9d., 10d., and the best Dorset at
Is. per lb. ; Gloucester cheese 6d. to Bd. per lb.,
Cheshire 7d. to Bid. per lb., Dutch 44d. to Sid.. per
lb. Although the foregoing are the general prices,
still inferior articles can be purchased at a much lower
I rate.

Tuesday morning, about a quarter past eleven
o'clock, Dr. Peter Kenny, residing at No. 4 Charles-
street, Seymour-street, destroyed himself The fol-
lowing are the facts relating to the shooting occur-
rence :—About eleven o'clock, a gentleman named
Prendergast, residing in Pickering-terrace, West-
bourne-green, Paddington, and who is a friend of Dr.
Kenny's, called to see him ; he was informed, he was
dressing. On going to Dr. Kenny's room, the back
parlour, he knocked, and then opened the door. On
entering, he saw his friend standing before his dress-
ing-glass, with a washing-basin on the table, which
appeared nearly full of blood. He at first thought he
had been bleeding himself in the arm, but seeing
blood on the upper pirt of his shirt, Mr. Prendergast
instantly ran out for the assistance of Mr. Frazer,
surgeon, of the Polygon. On their return the de-
ceased was then found lying on his bed, which was
also saturated with blood, with his throat cut in a
shocking manner, to the extent of several inches, the
carotid artery and jugular vein being completely
divided. The unfortunate gentleman expired in a few
minutes after. He had evidently cut his throat, and
then held his head over the wash-hand basin to catch
the blood. A razor covered with blood was lying
close by the side of it. The deceased gentleman is
said to be very highly connected, but, from papers
found, pecuniary embarrassment, it is alleged, led to
the commission of the fatal act. The deceased ',—
about forty-two years of age.