The Sun. — 1846-06-25 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A letter, of the 20111 of April, from the Malabar coast, gives the following account of the suicide of Lieutenant C. G. Smith, of her -Majesty's 25th regiment :—A party of dlicers, consisting of Lieutenants Priestley, Lea, Gough, and Smith, of the 25th Foot, had obtained 1.-ave to proceed on an elephant-s Looting excursion into the Wynaad jungles. It would appear that the unfortunate deceased had been for some time in a very desponding state, which is attempted to be accounted :or by the fact of his having been unsuccessful in his application made at. the commencement of our differences with the Sikhs, to be allowed to join his relative, Sir H. Smi: h. as one of his s aft: It is slid that lie had written to the General, but had not received any r, ply. Oh the 28th of March, while at the Tiroooelly Pew plantation, Lieutenant Smith was observed by one of his friends to be in a very nervous state, and trying to load his fowling-piece. On being questioned as to what he was about, he is said to have replied that he was determined on shooting himself. From 'firoobelly the pa.:tv proceeded to Manantoddy and other parts of the jurgle. Nothing further occurred on Lieutenant Smith's part to cause any uneasiness to the sportsmen, one of whom was fortunate enough to be able to kill one elephant and wound another. On the 16th of April, at a place named Coroth, Lieutenant Smith is said to have been listening to one of the 1,, reading. He menz., bias laughed at the history read, and seemed ainu-a,d. He had a chart while before borow, d a small sum fron one of hi> color:Oral for the purp se of paving Coolies, :t having been resolved by the party to continue their journey. Lieutenant Smith suddenly left the loom. Shortly afterwards the report of a gun was head. Search was made, and on entFring t, ,e bath-room the body of the unfortunate roan was found, quite dead, the top .4 id, head aud face being compl.tely shattered! His remains wet- conveyed back tip Canuonore, where hip corps lay, and inform:lo.m of the event immediately dispatched to a:1-quarters. Lieuientp.t. Smith was much beloved and es!eemed by his brother oarieets as a quiet, agreeable, gentlemanly con,pailio,;, and his melanerly tat 6 has east a !,;loem user them and the society of the place. —Bontbag Times, 2. A tine ,pecimen of the Canadian goose was shot a few days ago by Francis Simms, of Sheepwash, on the river W.insbeck, tear the Staketord.—Newcastre Jou, nal.  }% A ILWA s.—T►eJV wcast'e Journal ,ays :-" This town is at present infested with a gang of audacious pickpockets front the south, whose movements should engage the vigilant attention of the police. The vagabonds have been very successful in their depredations on the North Shields and other railways, particularly amongst females; and muse who travel on the various lutes would do well to be on thor guard In carriages occupied by strange supiciouslooking persons," A moustat be should always be avoided, a London magistrate having laid it down as a rule, that all who wore moustaches, if nut saddlers or foreigners, are members of the swell mob.  SALMON FISHING IN THE RIVERS NORTH OF THE NESS, &c.—Tbe grilse fishing commenced in the Beauty on :'tutiritoy, and about 1%0 were got previous to Tuesday. The fish are smaller than usual, but a good grilse season is looked tor. On the Conon, the fishitg is exceedingly backward, and but few grilses have made their appearance. On the Shin and Lunar, the ~;rilse season is fully one-fourth less up to this date than last year; but the fishing, upon the whole, has been one of the most productive within the last twelve years. The -almon fishing co,itinues, and last week, about seventy boxes were dispatched south. On the west coast, though the gri:ses are late, there are indications of a good season; and at Chanonry Point, the grilse season, though eight or ten days later than usual, is beginning to produce, übout forty having been caught on Monday, of good size. There is not much done yet on the Spey or Findhora as to grilses. The next stream will perhaps give a better supply on these rivers, as well as the Conon, Ste. We have heard tahLery high authority it these matters .Mate, that generally `"Juitt ,je a bad grilse season.—Ross-shire Advertiser. given in. the new THE GUANO FOWL —Tile following account of the sionA of the United guano fowl, in the Island• "We had a visit from of Blalagas, near Souiti Africa, is number of the Periotlical Accounts of MisBrethren (Moravian), just published:— been sent to Saldanhatußtir. Ilertzog. a surveyor, who had whether the small IslanCr (by Government, in order to see Malagas contained sufficient guano to make it worth wlelt'l called Idalsgas, tie stated to us, that the fowls,ie after the name of the Island, were so numerous to dispatch a ship thither. room to set his foot down, and ti,e. that he had scarcely island. He estimated the guano at 60ir,000 nests covered - the piled up to the height of twenty-two feet, tons, which lay in colour and appearance. One of the fowls he snuff with him; its plumage was of a dirty white, it brought -th, siz., of ~, .:0-u, g g, ose, with a Joni. neck was about 1.,i. They appear to he of exactly. -"Id pointed the same al(ecie,, with thee ,di the I.,land of It.haiJoe." •  1+ 11::11,AGI: IN lOU LIFE A rn ,rriaLP ha, he, t 4 arranged between Captain r rederick Grey, brother of Earl Grey, and 311,8 &divan. daughter of the Roy, Air, stihyga, motor of &cap. tees, Nattatlehtle,  ...  c o