The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-17 00:00:00

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any further tranglliptn ent, to Mayence, if he silo;
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mediate cities. 'The traveller
raihoad to Cologne, 2
or Ostend may proceed by
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who lands at Antw(
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p!oceed down t
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there embark in the boat of the Dusseldon CoTpa.
with which lie may to
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Rotterdam, or up the river
fiod the steam coats
of
Mavence to Basle he will -to Mayence. , Fl.
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another . Company (the Eagle .ComPanY). at, his
'London, Liverix
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disposition. 'llms, by the way' 4.4. - -
in Switzerla- ace
and Brlste4, the city of bask,
may be said to keep up a constant -',,iburalutial r th!,,
by steam with Havre, Bordeaux, ).-
~nd all the
com-v---icat • ion
Mediterranean, Canada, the United States, ' 6a ti thaf
principal parts of the West Indies. There 1. -its, ~,ne'l
steam-boat company on the Rhine, called the .. .. .(70..
Company, whose boats run constantly betweer.
lope and Basle, and the competition between tl. 7.
different Companies can scarcely fail to secure rei.
sortable price(f. and good accommodations.
DANUBE ST 1:A Ni•DOA TS.—On the Danube, the highest
point to ivhich the steam-vessels of the Austrian Com-
pany ascend is Linz. From Linz to Vienna, a steam-
boat starts every fourth day, and from Vienna to
Pesti), in Hungary, every third or fourth day. The
heats of this Company descend to Orsova, where, partly
on account ofquarantine regulations, the passengers are
transferred to other boats, by which they proceed to
Galacz, near the mouth of Imoube, and thence, by
other steamers to Constantinople, to Smyrna, to
Salonica, and i'rebizond. All these boats, we believe,
are the property of one company. The passqz,e from
Vienna to Constantinople, in the chief cabin, costs
125 florin, or about twelve guineas English money.
On the Danube a system has been introclueed similar
to that already described in speakin t 4. of the Rhine.
The traveller, namely, who books IfiLlself at Vienna.
for Constantinople, has a right to lan,J iNt any of the
principal stations, to remain there as long' L'*, he pleases,
and to continue Iris journey with any of .`tw subse-
quent. boats of the Company that may be paceog the
same way.-

'Tits CoAL-MLEs or LANCASHIM—It has bt
calculated that the available coaWleds in Lancashire."
amount, in weight, to the enormous sum of 8,400,000,000
tons ; the total annual odnsumption of this coal, it has
been estimated, amounts to 3,400,120 tons ; hence it is
inferred that the coal-Geld of Lancashire, at the present
rate of consumption, will last 2,470 years.
The typhus fever has been very prevalent in Devon-
poet, and has swept away six of the children of Mr.
Dawson, late manager and lessee of the Devonport theatee.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected in
town to-day from the Isle of Wight.
The retirement of Lord Hill is again spoken of at
the Clubs ; and the Duke of Wellington as his Lord-
ship's successor pro tem. It is further stated that Prince
Albert will eventually succeed to the office; and wc tvay
add, that this appointment would give general satisfac-
tion. It is also rumoured that the Gallant Marquis of
Anglesey will be appointed to the command at Malta, or
receive some other post.—Naval and Military Gazette.
The City of London United Temperance Amocia—
Lion bad a very full attendance at the meeting of this Sul-.
eiety, Albion Hall, on Monday evening, Mr. Hawkes
Nonage, the author of " Addresses to Youth," was in
the chair.

THE ABSENTEE TAX.—Some of the gentlemen of
the Bank of Ireland, employed in the payment of divi-
dends upon the various kinds of stock, complain of the
great trouble imposed on them by Sir R. Peel's tax upon
the Irish absentees, which is likely to realise a round
sum in due time, provided the truants ,shall continue to
sojourn in foreign lands.—Dublin Paper.
HOUSEHOLD SERVICE OF A DOG.—" I say, strap -
gee," said a cottage urchin to a Yankee pedlar, "don't
whistle that ere dog away." "Why he aint no use sio
how, he's too ugly." "0, but he saves heaps of work?'
" How ?" "NV iy, be licks the plates and dishes clean,
so that they never want washing, and mammy says she!
would'nt part with him no how, for our new dog Milne
got used to mustard yet."—Montreal Paper.
STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY.—AS was to be
expected at this season, a slight improvement in the
shawl trade has taken place, but, we must confess, far
below what we had expected. So far as things have yet
gone, all that is done is entirely on speculation, and great
caution is observed on all hands. First-rate weavers
find no difficulty in getting work ; but the ordinary
hands, and those whose poverty prevents them from put-
ting up webs, without assistance from the manufacturers,
cannot get work.—Glasgow Arguß.
Monday evening, between eight and nine, as the
Thunder steamer was returning from Putney, heavily
laden with passengers, she struck her larboard side
against the pier of Battersea-bridge ; the concussion was
so violent that both paddle-boxes were shattered to.
atoms. The vessel was loaded with passengers, and the
immense crash arising from the concussion created the
greatest alarm on board, the screams of the females
being terrific. Two passengers on deck, one a gentle-
man and the other a lad, were by the violence of the
concussion forced . overheard. A waterman named
George Elliott, a coxswain at Searle's boat house, who
was boating two gentlemen, picked up the lad, and the
gentleman was picked'up by a lug-boat, both in a very
exhausted state. Several boats put off' to the assistance
'of the steamer, and she was towed ashore to the White
Swan-stairs, where her passengers were safely landed.
Mr. Baker, who is well known on the Cons Ex-
change as a large speculator in grain, regularly announ-
ced yesterday the necessity of a suspension of payments.
i'he cause of this is said to be that he purchased too
i large a stock of foreign grain to work Off in the market,
the condition of which was not such as to meet his anti-
cipations. It is generally believed that he purchased
wheat to the amount of 120,0001, and other grain to the
amount of 30,0001., on a supposition that the market was
I favourable for the import of foreign grain at the prices
which he bad paid, but the revulsion of prices in favour
of the market purchaser, partly caused by the appearance
of the. weather for the coming crops, caused the unfortu-
nate event just described. He is not supposed to have
many connections in the London corn trade _Whe will
suffer by his failure ; but it is thought that in some of
the pro'riucial towns the occurrence may be More Seeersly
felt.— noes.
THE Ilium.-- -Last night about eight o'clock.
considerable excitement was created in the 'Vic-
toria 'Theatre by the sudden departure of a number of
soldiers of the 'Fusilier Guards (about fifty), eho lead
assembled, it being for the benefit of a Mr. Rowell, for-
merly connected with that Regiment. The soldiers
were not aware why they were sent for. They pro-
ceeded along the Waterloo-road in companies of about a
dozen each with all possible speed, and arrived at Port-
man Barracks in less than half an hour, where they were
instantly ordered to get under arms, and hold themselves
in readiness for any emergency. A crowd quickly col-
lected in the immediate vicinity of the Barracks, and
remained there under the impression that the troops
would depart to the riotous districts. Up to eNven
o'clock last night the soldiers had not quitted the Bar-
racks, but remained ready for service at a moment's
notice. Rumours were afloat that a detachment of the
A Division of Police were to proceed to Scotland.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A poor mower, em-
ployed in thecounty Wicklow, a few days ago accidentally
cut his wrist while sharpeninghis scythe. The
blood coagulated and stopped- the wound after
some time, but at dinner hour he went to the
Lacken, a small mountain stream near where he
was at work, to wash his hands. This opera-
tion (spelled the wound afresh, and from loss of blood he
fainted and fell into the water, which at the place was
but a few inches deep. On being missed at meal time his
Icompanions proceeded to search for him, and found him
dead, lying with his face in the water.—Dublin Monitor.

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SUICIDE or A YOUNG Lany.—On Monday after-
noon an inquiry was (Tone into before William Carter,
Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the White Hart Tavern,
Kennington-cross, respecting the death of Miss Hor-
tensia Cordelia Haskoll, aged twenty-two, who de-
stroyed herself by taking a large quantity of laudanum
on Saturday evening. Mr. Hyde Williams, of No. 17,
Chester-place, Kennington-cross, merchant, stated that
the unfortunate young lady had resided with him
as a frtend of the family for upwards of three years. He
then proceeded to detail the circumstances. She was
found in bed on Sunday morning. She was sensible.
but it almost amounted to a state of stupor. He asked
her if she had taken anything, and she said " Yes."
He questioned her as to what she had taken, and
she said, "Laudanum." She died on Monday morn-
ing at three o'clock, and he had no doubt from
the effects of .the laudanum taken by herself. She
always conducted herself with great propriety and de•
eorum in his family. He asked her why she had taken
the laudanum ? and she said, " I was very unhappy, for
my parents had desired me to return home and leave
you, where I am so happy, and the anguish and
pain of the separation was so great, and my de-
sire not to hurt the feelings of my family, that it
induced me to take the laudanum." She had
seen her parents a few days before. He never heard
her express a wish to destroy herself. She was of a
particularly sensitive disposition and of very religious
feelings. When he remonstrated with her ofi the wicked-
mss of the act, she said, "I could not help it ; I did not
know how to leave your house." The Jury were unani-
mously of opinion that the deceased destroyed herself'
while in a state of temporary insanity.
DUNDEE.—On Friday last a large concourse of in-
dividuals assembled in the High-street about two o'clock,
carrying a banner plainly indicative ot their purpose, and
seemingly conscious of the cause of their misery. Con-
siderable alarm having been felt for the preservation of
the peace of the town, every precaution was taken to
suppress a riot, should one take place ; and with this
view, the military, and a large force of police were in
readiness. We are happy. to say, however, that the
multitude "have borne their sufferings with exemplary
patience," and quietly
.dispersed after the lapse of two
hours,—Dundee Advertiser.
Nis Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, accom-
panied by the Duchess of Inverness, is expected to leav©
Rensington Palace the second week 'in September, on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, at Alton
'rowers, and thence to Newstead Abbey.
DIbTRESS Iti CHEsTERTIELD.--During the pre.%ent,
week a number of the unemployed operatives of this
town have been going round collecting subscriptions
from inhabitants to maintain themselves and their (testi-
tnte families.—Derhyshire Chrenicie
THE CONDEMNED FEMALE IN CHESTER CASTLE.—
The warrant for the execution of Elizabeth Barrett, tried,
found guilty, and condemned at our late assizes, for the
murder of her infant child, has been received- It av-
points Saturday se'nnight as the day of execution.
understand th4at she has conducted herself in a most
exemplary manner since her confiner:wit, and has excited
Much commiseration in the minds of all who have had to
visit her.—Macclesficti Chronicle.