The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-10 00:00:00

UNITED GAS COMPANY.

Yesterday a general half-yearly meeting of the United Gas
Company was held at the London Tavern. Mr. P. M. Lucas
took he Chair.

Mr. POTTER read the report, which stated, that notwithstand-
ing the general loss which occurred last year, 600 new lights
had been laid down by the company during the present year.—
The losses sustained iu Dublin were, however, now found to be
so considerable, as to occasion a great reduction of the dividend
to the proprietors. The company had elsewhere been progres-
sively prosperong..
It was stated by the directors, that a sub-committee had been
formed, and was in operation, for reducing their expenditure as
much as possible. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated.

Last week the new Guildhall, at Andover, was
opened with a Ball, which was attended by the Members for the
town, and a few. of the neighbouring families. -

Such is the crowded state of the shipping at Teign-
mouth, that upwards of 60 sail were in the harbour last week,
not including those laid up in the Newfoundland trade.—Dorset
Chronicle.

On Saturday last was committed for one month's
hard labour, by our county magistrates, the driver of the Gloucester
and Cheltenham mail cart, for wilfully loitering on the road be-
tween this town and Gloucester.— Cheltenham Cla'anicle.

On Wednesday Mr. Charles Smith, surgeon, was
called up to attend a young woman in Field-lane. On seeing her,
he ascertained she had taken half an ounce of laudanum, which
she had sent a girl for the same evening. Mr. Smith lost no time
in using the stomach pump, which he did with the greatest suc-
cess, having emptied the stomach of its contents in a few minutes;
the girl, to all appearance dead, having taken tLe laudanum four
hours and a half before it was discovered—is now recovered !
Bury Gazette.

HASTINGS.—A melancholy and fatal accident hap-
pened on Monday evening last, at Government-house, the resi-
dence of the Hon. Mrs. Theophilus Jones, who was suddenly
seised with a paralytic stroke, and fell from her chair, and frac-
tured both her legs. Mr. Dick, surgeon, and Dr. M'Cave, were
immediately called in, and Admiral Jones was sent for express,
and arrived on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Jones lingered till
Thursday afternoon, when she expired ; she continued insen-
sible, and neither spoke nor opened her eyes from the time the
fatal accident occurred : she was in her 86th year, and her name
will long be remembered with gratitude by the poor of this
place, who have in her lost a good and warm-hearted friend._
Brighton Gazette.

ILLNESS OF LAPLACE.—The following circum-
stances occurred in the Sitting of the Academy on the 27th
Magendie gave an account of the health of M. de Laplace. That
celebrated academician was seized with a rheum on'Tuesday the
29th ult., in coming out of the Cha:nber of Peers. A pricking
in the side soon announced that the inflammation extended to the
lungs. To this affection was added, on the Friday, the first at-
tack of a pernieious fever; but they did not think it advisable to
meet it with bark. They waited till the appearance of a second
attack gave sufficiently strong evidence of the nature of the malady
to induce them to employ that remedy, notwithstanding the counter
indications which resulted from the inflammatory affection. The
second accession of fever having occurred, the bark was adminis-
tered on Saturday with perfect success, and notwithstanding the
contiunanee of delirium and other alarming symytoms, M. Ma-
gendie sloes not despair of the life of the patienp,
ESCAPE OF TILE CONVICT BISHOP.,--PORTS-
MOUTH, Faa. B.—As th,e efair at Bethnal-green, in which Bishop
And iloughton were concerned, has occasioned much noise in the
world, I write you to say that they were both sent here after their
reprieve, as convicts for life, probably to await the nhi:,,ter of a
ship-load for Botany. When here they are at the Go-yernuient
works. Bishop was among the' gang working on shore daily at
Fort Mouckston, on the Gosport side; and last evening he con-
trived to make his escape, in which he must have been well as-
sisted, as, from his disgu.ise, he evaded the vigilance of the keepers,
as well as the numerous sentinels posted rouud them. con-
vict clothes were found in one of the embrasures of the fo.rt and
from this, it is imagined his friends had secreted a complete dis-
guise for him the day before, and by some means made him at_
painted with it.