The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-06 00:00:00

LITERATURE AND THE PRESS.

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AN ESSAY ON PUNCTUATION, with
Inci.:ental Remarks on Composition. By C. FRAN-
CILLON, Solicitor.
" A treatise which we can safely recommend. * '" The
work also bears evident marks of considerable learning."--
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JOSEPH JENKINS ; or, Leaves from the Life
of a Literary Man.
By the Author of " Random Recollections," " The Great

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ARRIVAL OF MRS. WILLIAMS FROM THE SOUTH
SEAS.—We have cordial satisfaction in announcing
the long-expected arrival of the respected and beloved
widow of the late Rev. John Williams. Mrs. W.,
accompanied by her youngest son, a youth ten years
of age, reached the port of London from Sydney, in
the Cairo on October 25.—Evangelical Magazine.
GOOD NEWS.—The recent news from China has
put fresh life into many of our spinners and manu-
facturers. A very large mill, &c., in the vicinity of
Manchester, and which cost the proprietor 120,0001.,
after standing still some three or four years, has this
week been taken, with the view to commence work-
ing it without delay. It will require about 1,000
hands in the various departments. So great has the
depression of this kind of property been, that the
entire was conveyed to the mortgagee, who had a
claim for 25,0001. for the small sum of 28,0001.—n0t
one-fourth its original cost, and though the machinery
is said to be excellent!—Liverpool Chronicle.
A WIFE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—On Sunday
last, a tragical event took place at North Gullum
Farm, in the parish of North Owersby, near Market
Rasen, Lincolnshire. A labourer, of the name of
Britcliffe, had some angry words with his wife, when
in a moment of passion he first beat her with a leath-
ern belt, and then brutally kicked her on the lower
pare of the body. The unfortunate woman, who was
far advanced in pregnancy, survived this ill-treatment
but a few hours. An inquest was held on the de-
ceased on Monday last, before Mr. Morris, the Coroner,
and on a post mortem examination of the body by Mr.
Smith and Mr. Hutchinson, of Caistor, surgeons, and
after a long and patient investigation, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Manslaughter '." and Ifritcliffe
has been committed to the Castle under the Coroner's
warrant for trial at the next assizes. A family of nine
children are left to mourn the loss of a mother and a
father.— York Herald.

REVIVAL OF THE SERGE MANUFACTORY.--We are
happy to find that the good news from India and China
has had the effect of reanimating the serge manufac-
tories in Devon, which had been drooping for some
time past. The extensive factories for this article at
Ashburton and neighbourhood, have been set upon full
work this week; and we me informed that the inha-
bitants seem inspired with a new li Es, at the prospect
of a revival of the exportation trade t) the East.—
Thimouth Times.
ELECTION OF MEMBER FOR BUTESHIRE.--011
Thursday the.. Hon. James Stewart Wortley was
elected M.P. for l3uteshire, without opposition, in V- e
room of Sir William Rae, late Lord Advocate for
Scotland.