The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-31 00:00:00

SU -MARY OF NEWS

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lition a few weeks sinc9, under the New Building Act, is
about to be repaired and restored, scaffolding having been
erected around it for that purpose.
At the early part of the present month a grey pony.
the property of Mr. Robinson, greengrocer, of Windsor,
near Manchester, died at the extraordinary age of fifty
years and eight months, it having been foaled in July,
1794.

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On Friday morning the body of a young man was dis-
covered floating in the river Thames, off the Folly-house,
near Blackwall stairs. It was conveyed to the Bone-
house, Poplar, where it was soon afterwards discovered
to be another of the sons of •Mr. Byford, of Barking,
who, with two other brothers nod a man named William
Day (whose body was found on Thursday last) were
drowned by the upsetting of a fishing smack, in a gust
of wind, on the night of the sth of February last. It is
a singular coincidence that these two bodies, which have
been so long missing, should have risen within one day
of' each other, and have been found at the short distance
of 200 yards only apart. The second son of Mr. Byford
is still missing.
On Wednesday afternoon last, between four and five
o'clock, as a gentleman was passing from the Surray-
hills, along the western wall of the Nunliead Cemetery,
he discovered a man lying in the cemetery, under a pile
of iron railings. Having called to him, and receiving no
answer, Mr. Buckstine, the superintendent of the ground,
was informed of the circumstance, and who immediately
hastened to the spot. He there found that a young man,
named John Bowers, a stone-mason, was under the iron
work, and to all appearance a corpse. A number of the
grave-diggers were instantly summoned together, and the
rails having been removed, the deceased was extricated,
and taken to the Nun's Tavern, Peckham. Drs. Lodge
and Bloomfield were quick in attending, but not in time
to be of any assistance, us the vital spark had flown. The
unfortunate deceased, it appears, had been set to work
by Mr. Buckstone, a short time previous, in cutting the
rails out of the coping, and it is supposed that, to hasten
his work, he shook the rails, and the whole fell forward
and broke his neck.

GOSPORT, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert are expected to arrive here to-
morrow, about one o'clock, en route to the Isle of Wight,
on a visit of inspection to ()Thorne House, of which her
Majesty has within the last few days become the bona
fide purchaser. Her Majesty's coachman has arrived
this day with one of the royal carriages for the recep-
tion of her Majesty and the Prince Consort. A special
train is ordered at the Farnborough staaon, which will
leave that place at half-past eleven. The royal car-
riage will convey her Majesty and Prince Albert to the
Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, where they will em-
bark either on boihrd the royal yacht or the Admiralty
yacht, which is expected round from Woolwich. The
Comet steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Pretyman, left
Portsmouth harbour this morning for Southampton, to
embark carriages, &c., for the use of her Majesty and
suite in the island during the royal sqjourn, which will
be, we are informed, until Tuesday.
'CITE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—We have been
informed, on something like authority, that it is her
Majesty's intention to honour the Duke of Devonshire
with a visit, at Lismore Castle, during her stay in this
country. If the party who has favoured us with this
intelligence be well informed, we may indulge in the
hope of seeing our beloved Sovereign in this quarter
also, as we can scarce think that the second city in this
portion of her dominions would be passed by unnoticed.
—alb Examiner.

The accounts from Madrid are to the 21st. No jour-
nals were published on that day (Good Friday) and the
Bourse was closed.

Mr. Francis Mowatt, the President of the English
Committees of the two Companies lately formed with
the view of tendering for the construction of the Paris
and Lyons (Ganneron's Company) and Dijon and Mul-
house lines of railway, and of which General Count
Baudrand, Governor of the Count de Paris, is President,
was honoured with a special audience by the King of
the French on Monday.
Accounts have ht en received from Martinique to the
26th ult. The Colonial Council had voted 20,000 francs
towards the relief of the distressed colonists of Barbadoes,
and the Governor of Guadeloupe had sent a vessel to
Barbadoes with stores and provisions.
Genital Tom Thumb is the rage among the Parisians
at rresent. One of the journals says, "No such sensa-
tion has been created among the fair, since the first
appearance of Lemuel Gulliver at the Court of Brob-
dignag."
The Sentinelle of Toulon of the 23d inst. says :—" The
discharge of the 1,500 sailors is suspended, it being im-
po Bible to carry th's order of the Minister of the Marine
into effect without dismantling a great many of our ships
of war. There were only 600 sailors on shore that
could be discharged, and therefore it would be necessary
to take the rest from the crews of ships in commission.
None of these ships have their full complements, and to
take from them the remaining 900 men, would reduce
then by one-half, which would be equivalent to a dis-
armament of our squadron. If it had become necessary
from any eventuality to send out any of our ships, it
would have been impossible to man them."
A letter from Rome, of the 11th inst., states that the
extensive domains of the Duke de Leuchtemberg, son in-
law of the Emperor of Russia, in the States of the
Church, have been purchased by the Roman Govern-
ment for 3,850,000 Roman crowns (about 20,500,0000,
which sum has been paid in obligations bearing interest
at 4 per cent. These securities have been negotiated by-
the agent of the Duke de Leuchtemberg at the houses of
Torlonia and Rothschild, which have given in exchange
for them bills on Paris and London.

Prussian journals inform us that the mortality in
horned cattle and horses in some parts of Prussia is very
great. A letter from Konigsberg states that nearly 4,000
head of cattle have vrishi d in a s,ingle district.
The schism among the Catholic in Prussia seems to
be on the increase. Great numbers have recently declared
for what is called the New German Catholic Church,
and the Government has authorised collections in sup-
port of it.

LAW Awn POIACk.
The investigation into the case of the Rev. Mr.
Mnnekton still continues before the Diocesan Court of
Inquiry.
At tsow-Areet, William John Berry, described as a
gentleman's servant, living at No. 12, Shire-lane, Temple-
bar, was charged with brutally treating his child, a little
boy only ten years old. It appeared that the prisoner
kept the child chained up in a room, and was in the habit
of cruelly beating it with a thick stick, and also with a
cat-o'-nine-tails. The child was covered with bruises
and sores. The Magistrate committed the brutal father
for trial at the sessions, and the parish officers undertook
to prosecute. The prisoner was subsequently admitted
to bail.
A short period prior to the closing of the Marylebone
Police-court, Charles Stuart, a shoemaker by trade, and
Dorothy Stuart, his wife, were charged with unlawfully
plt-dging sheets, blankets, &0., the property of their
landlady, Maria Kean; and also with having attempted
to destroy themselves, by cutting their throats. On the
landlady discovering that her property had been pawned
she questioned the prisoners on the subject, who each
deliberately attempted to commit suicide by cutting their
throats. It appeared that they had once before taken
laud mum for the same purpose. The female, who had
pawned all the articles, was committed for twenty days,
and the man was sent to the infirmary.
_ COVET-PASHIONABLE.

It is rumoured in the dZlTcirersii;TLer Majesty
contemeates giving a magnificent fa? at Buckingham
Palace in the course of the season, which will equal in
splendour the gorgeous bel mosque.
The Countess of Jersey intends to have a grand as-
sembly on the 10th of the ensuing month, the night of
her Majesty's Drawing-room. It will be a dress party.
The cards of invitation are not as yet i4sued ; but it is
not to be a grand ball, as erroneously stated in a morn •
ing contemporary.
Gereral Espartero has quite recovered from his late
indisposition. The Gallant General and the Duchess of
Victory continue to reside in retirement at Abbey Lodge,
Regent's Park.
The Earl Harewood and family have left Harewood
House, Yorkshire, in consequence of a fever having
broken out at the mansion.
Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, it is confi-
dently stated, purpose dui ing the summer to come to
this country, from Austria, on a visit to her Highness's
parents, the Earl and Countess of Jersey.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies
Lennox are not expected to arrive in Portland-place, for
the season, from Goodwood Park, until the third week
in April.
The Marchioness of Hastings, after her approaching
marriage with Captain Reginald 'listings Henry,
nephew of the Duke= of "Leinster, is expected to proceed
on a continental tour.
Count Louis de Noailles has arrived at the French
Embassy from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Essex
at Caskiobury Park.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Mrs. JonathaViiTcTtiiouse,Orliarlington, a member
of the Society of Friends, and a la•.ly well known for her
Christian philanthropy, and her zealous labours in the
cause of religion and humanity, were among the nume-
rous visitors who attended John Taw•ell after his convic-
tion, to exhort him to sincere repentance, and to pre-
pare his mind for the ignominious fate to which he was
doomed.

Early on Tuesday the church of St. Leonard's was
broken into, and the vault entered, it being supposed by
the ruffians that a lady named Musehets, a native of
Africa, who had been interred on the previous Friday
morning, had been buried in her costly. jewels and rings
a custom peculiar to that country. The villains, were,
however, disappointed, and they then emptied the con •
tents of a bottle of the communion wine, and ransacked
the national school boxes, which contained only a few
shillings. A pickaxe and a crowbar were found in the
vault, and the lid of the coffin was removed. The fel-

lows committed the mDst disgusting acts. Service was
intended to have been performed, but the circumstance
caused such excitement, that it was not proceeded with.
The town-council of Edinburgh resolved on Tuesday
last, by 16 to 9, to petition Parliament against " any
grant of public money to Maynooth, or any other re-
ligious establishment or institution whatever i" the pe-
tition to be intrusted to Mr. Macaulay. The Lord Pro-
vost differed, because the grant would promote the tran-
quillity of Ireland.
St. John's Gate, that remnant of ancient ecclesiastical
architecture, in which, in 1713, Cave first printed the
Gelseenian's Magazine, and where Dr. Johnson was a
constant visitant, and which was threatened with demo-