The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-08 00:00:00

capital charge being abandoned, and as a mNdemeanour ft $
bailable offence, it was intimated to the prisoner that, if he
could find two sureties in the sum of 250/. each, fur his ap-
pearance at the next sessions, he might be liberated from
custody.
.The father of the prisoner was in attendance at the Homo.
office during the whole of the examination, but was not call ed
before the Council.

About live o'clock the prisoner was conveyed back _by Lieu-
tenant Tracy to the Tothill-fields Blidcwell, where it is most
probable he will remain until the period of his trial, the amount
of bail required being so large.
Mr. Lillie, the surgeon to the Tothill-fieldi Briderell,.. in-
formed our reporter last evening that on visiting the prisoner
that morning he found him in the same sullen state, and averse
to answering any questions, however unimportant ; but he
(Mr. Lavie) could not avoid from certain appearances which
presented themselves in the prisoner's conduct, coining to the
conclusion that he secretly rejoiced at the notoriety he has
gained, which feeling he could bat ill conceal.

VAUX HALL GARDENS.--This old and favourite
place of amusement has been once more rescued from the it Teat-
coed destruction of carpenters and bricklayers, aad was op, ned
for the season on W ednesday with as attractive a set of perfor "'l-
ances as could be desired. Ducrow's horses, .a concert bu.'h
vocal and instrumental, the burning of the City of Hamburghe
the whistling Joel, fireworks, cold fowls, warm champagne,
&c. The City of Hamburgh will be subjected to a nightly
conflagration as long as the season lasts. The delusion is
well managed ; the scene gives an exact representation of some
of the many strasses in Hamburgh which fell before the
flames—the houses suddenly become Illumined by the red glare
which generally excites such enthusiastic admiration at our
minor theatres—a Lumber of men, women, and horsemen are
seen rushin.about in all directions—the houses gracefully bow
to the spectators, and then the baseless fabrics fall about in the
midst of much water and devastation, and so Hamborgh is
destroyed. This pictorial rspresentation was assisted in action
by more than 300 auxiliaries. Further rehearsals will make
it more perfect.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A GIRL.—Mr. Baker
held an inquest yesterday at the Crown, Orchard-street, Black-
wall, on the body of Esther Dulas, aged five years. Rebecca
Ayres, housemaid at the Crown, said, that on Tuesday morning
last she was sent ta the back of the house to get a can of water
from the liver Lee. She was returning, as she saw the deceased
run from the top of a hill down towards the river. The descent
was steep, and from the speed at which deceased was running,
as she approached the bottom, she was unable to stop herself,
and ran direct into the water. Before witness could raise au
alarm deceased was carried some distance by the tide, and after
she sunk a man jumped in to endeavour to save her. He was
unsuccessful ;and an hour and a half elapsed before the body we.s
found.—Verdict " Accidental death."
SUDDEN DEATII.--lesterday evening, at six
o'clock, an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Black
Horse, Haymarket, on view of the body of Edwin Ball, aged
54, late landlord of the White Bear Tavern, Piccadilly, who
died on Tuesday morning under the following melancholy cir-
cumstanc*s :—From the, evidence of several witnesses, who
were examined at great length, it appeared that on Tuesday,
morning, shortly after one o'clock A. 31., a disturbance was
caused in the tap of the above tavern, which is quite distinct
from the White Bear Hotel, by a young man recently dis-
charged from Mr. Ball's service, who had been lodging in the,
White Bear tap • since his dismissal. Mr. Ball, hearing Vac
noise, went out to assist Mr. Holt, the landlord of the tap, in
ejecting the young man, and having succeeded in doing so, re-
turned to the bar-parlour of his own house, and requested Alm-
Ball to prepare supper. While she was in the act of doing WI
deceased suddenly fell forward, and died instantaneously. Air.
Woolridge, surgeon, of the Haymarket, deposed to having lases
called in to see the deceased, whom he found quite dead. He
attempted to bleed him, without avail, and attributed his death
either to apoplexy or the bursting of some blood-veatel" in the
heart. It having been rumoured that the deceased had been
struck by the young man on the night of his death, witnesses
were called to inquire into this statement, and the first exa-
mined was Joseph Holt, the landlord of the White Bear tap,
whose evidence strongly denying the fact, corroborated by
other respectable witnesses, completely exculpated the accused
from the charge made against him when taken befpre the Ma-.
gistrates at Marlborough-street Police-court on Tuesday. The
Coroner briefly remarked on the melancholy nature of the case,
and suggested it as very probable that the deceased came by his
death from undue excitement, in endeavouring to preserve
peace in his establishment--a conclusion the jury immediately
coincided in, by returning a verdict of " Died by the visitation,
of God." The inquiry, which lasted upwards of two hours,
excited much interest from the prevalence of the report that
violence had been used by James, who is at present imprison,
for an assault on Mr. Holt, but the result clearly acquits ',airs
from this charge.

We quote- the following from the Presse.:--1" The
oldest man of Prance is M. Noel de Quersonnierfs, who
was formerly a commissary of the army, now 'aving
in
Paris, though born at Valenciennes in 1728. Ile is not
subject tri any infirmity, takes four meals a. ifay, shaves
himself, reads and writes without spectacles, sings very
agreeably, and sleeps soundly. Ile writes very good
poetry, and his conversation is full of wit and sense,
abounding with anecdotes. At the age of 90 he married
a young English girl, aged only 16, who died in giving
birth to a son. Ile states that his grandmother died
the age of 125, and would have lived longer, but for
• severe fall. When conversing gaily, he will frequete.ly
invite his•friends to his funeral in the next century.
Three days ago, M. Vallee, a gentleman Of pro-
perty at Valmont, in the Seine Inferieure, CI) returning
home from shooting, with his double-barrelled gun in
his hand, found Theophille, his man-sev. ilt, disgrace-
fully intoxicated, and reproved him seyreeiy. The man,
in his drunken irritation, snatched the "un out of his
master's baud, and lodged the cir.ege in his shoulder,
and in his flight turned at the 'threshold of-the d00r,,, •
and discharged the other barrel, •the contents of whir'n,
however, only carried away the skirt 'of M. V-tilY,,e,s,
coat. Assistance was immediately at hand, tiltiVr,i,oit;
as the first attentions were paid to 11. hka'sL
sassin was sought for, -and at !ought fOinit), in-n'hittn;
hag :ing lifeless from One of time beams.
On the 2.2.(1 ult. a man, named, Daller.aus: and his
wife were it'; work in the fields, ID ',he --erialinutleOf
loinbien, whel seine person entered ',heir_ 'cottag .and
stole.soof. and some portable articles. On their return,
after some time devoted to lamentation, they Sat dOWII.
to supper. They were seized a few- hotfr4 afteriwerde
...
with violent pains in the stomach, azicom;fanieil.l3y
jugs. A medical man was sent for, olio administered.
•
antidotes, and soon succeeded in
,sf.ving relief. The rest
of the-soup of which they bad !,eoneating, and the mat-.
to discharged from their str-,machs, were analysea,
ti"
being tested by Marsh
apparatusegave nut strong, siges
of arsenic. It woul'.; seem that the person who robbed -
the house also threw poison into the pot on the fire. A
man, named Jean Angely, was taken up as the- perpe,L!
trator of the crime, and sent to the prison of Bergerac.
THE PROFIT OE POLITENESS.—A. movement of
politeness lately was the means of saving a number of
persons from imminent danger. A gentleman named
j---, living in a country-house near Marseilles, had in,
vited sonic ladies to pass the day with his family. Aft
dinner they were all sitting on a terrace in front of
house, When, on the ladies admiring his garde' j, the
the
master of the house politely asked them to de seer 4d, and
choose the finest flowers. They bad scarcely left the
spot when a gallery attached to the upper I' Art of the
house gave way, dragging with it the house acrd break-
ing through the terrace below. tuckly. the company
had got beyond the danevr.—Galignoni s kessenger.
During the week, from the 24th to the 30th ult.,
inclusive, the number of passengers I.,etween France and
England. who embarked from and
.landed at Boulogne,
was 1,207, carriages 12, and hothorses 5. At Calais the
,
numbers, during the same perio4',, were_passengeps 532 u
carriages 11, and hEirses 2.
TliE UN FORTEN ATE I,2ll'lll:R.—The Maned' les
Gazette, a few weeks ago, told a curious anecdote re-
lating- to one of the first commercial men of the t own.-
This gentleman, having a business correspondent al the
African coast, bethought him some time since, t'stat, as
some members of his family had shown a partifAity for
monkeys, he might gratify them by sending for one Or two
specimenstf these animals from Africa. Accordingly, he
wrote to his corespondent to procure two three of
the finest and most admired species, ttr.d transmit
them to Marseilles. Chance so ordered it that
the merchant, in putting down the on (ir. English or).
between the figures 2 and 3, i.nade tb.e o very pro-
minent, while the a remained scarcely visible. Some
months afterwards, a ship. porter came in all haste
to the old merchant, and announced to him that hk,
menagerie had urived. "Menagerie I" cried the tae.:-
chant -Yes, a menagerie ; a whole cargo of motif:4. ys,
had ar"lved.to his consignment !" The merchant could
se2,ceely credit the announcement, until the letter uy his
o'in-respondent Was fat into his hands. In that epistle,
the Afridan negotiant, a man of the most uncomp•romising
exactitude,- excused himself very earnestly for -.lot having
been able, with all his exertions, to procure more than
160. monkeys, in place of the 203 ordered, t but promised,
as soon as possible, to fulfil the entire demand. The ..
feeling of the honest merchant may it e guessed, when,
on moving down to the quay to satisfy.himself on the
subject by ocular inspection, lie beltrAd his 160 monkeys,
all duly caged and littered, and ge.uning at him with
most laudable pertinacity. It 'was a moment when •at
man might reasonably doubt wi',ether it would he best
laugh or cry. So much for tlie value of ciphers
GENERAL BUSTAMENTE, IN D MAN. General •
Bustamente, the ex-Presid.ent of Mexico, io. expected to
arrive at the Gresham rhotel in this city! on Tuesday
(this day).• In complir.nce with the exress wishes- of
the gallant General, there wilt be a review, on a grand
scale, of all the troops in the garrison, shortly after his
arrival.—Dublin Post of Tuesday.
By the Act sth and 6th W'm. IV., cap. 64, sec. Li,
any horse, mare, or gelding, runninr, fur any plate, prize.
sum of money, or other thing, is F„aile to the duty of 3!.
10s. This charge has been maele by the surveyors of
tics in some counties, and confirmed by the Commi‘,--
sioners. the Judges having
o.ecided that the parties, so
charged were liable.—Brig/iNn Gazette.
POW!' R. OP STEAM.—Iie is on the rivers, and the
boatman may repose on his oars; it is on the hi& ways,
and exerts itself along the courses of lan
feet below
it is at the bottom of mines, a thousand below the
earth's surface; it is in the mill and the worl:sb ops of the
traders. It rows, it pumps. it excavates, it carries, it
draws, it lifts, it hammers, it spins, it weat-es„ it prints.—
IVebster's Lectures.

Councl aganst Bean, met in the
mined before the Privy i i
sesTrtil;:itnesses who) were
~vesterday exa-
mined
private room at Bow-street yesterday,
and
_Magistrates' :riwe e-rc bound
of the Central Criminal Court. at the
next sessions #
CURIOUS ZEST OF IDENTITY.-011 FrillaV, in the
Second Court of Quarter Sessions at Bradford, on the •
trial of two boys for stealing two sacks used as door'
being asked eould, of Huddersfield.
, mats, the pmsecutor, Thomas Harney,
he identify the sacks? said yes, one of
them by a mark of grease, and the other by a " red murk
Laughter.)— York Courant.
wiTulichßza
OsunToot:icosiblet.l--R(s.
—The workmen employed a ;
Messrs. Walker's colliery, Clifton, turned out for an a' i.,
vance of wages last week. Their demand is consider ed
unreasonable, but the proprietors having taken the ma' dc r
into consideration, have made the men a very hands bine
offer, which it is thought if they act wisely to them! Ayes
they will accept—York Courant.
A young gentleman of good standing ill the . nei,h.
bourhood of Ptymouth betted very heavily on the 1' ate Derby race, for which Coldrenick, Mr. Trelawney's her
fovourite. He lost several thousand pounds, ar Al to the last
ge, was the
shilling of his fortune satisfied his engagements ; .
became so much affected that he is now insane, and in a wad .
house near Plymouth.— Western Times. but his mind