The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-21 00:00:00

GRUNBERGER.

There is a locality in the district of Berlin that,
incredible as it may seem, produces a kind of wine
called " Griinberger." This unfortunate fluid,
though the growers boast an experience of some cen-
turies bears the worst possible character ; the
general aversion to it takes the form of an infinity
of legends, jokes, and nicknames; in fact, " Grinber-
ger" has become a synonym for all that is detestable.
Stung by this continual satire, the vine-growers of
Giiiehorg have just published a serious remonstrance to
the "honoured editors" of the Berlin journal, begging
then► to refrain from unseemly jests on this native pro-
duce, and to close their columns against all jokes and
light allusions to it on the part of contributors, summer
tourists, and feuilleton writers generally, " because from
this continually repeated excitation of empty laugh-
desire" (so is the appeal worded), the cultivation of the
vine suffers depression. The time for such ridicule, they
add, is past; now the produce deserves, having improved
in quality—" a just appreciation instead of light mock-
ery." It is to be feared the solemn gravity of the ap-
peal will but supply more material to the satirists and
sceptics. As to persuading themselves of the improve-
ment, as they are individually invited to do, by ex-
periment, no one will knowingly consent. Un-
knowingly perhaps they drink the scouted vintage
much much more frequently than they imagine' an
Douglas, laugh is not wholly on the side of the scornful.
s,Tthewine of Grunberg, like the blood of
re ibead, but
de-
fends itself ; by its own name it
and other
to what' extent it enters into the composition
ap
fiopstti
is consumed as Medoc, St. Jallien, i:ocn of what
known only in the
varieties of Bordeaux,
cellars of the capital. rumourlfi
mixture and even into good society under judicious
_e trusted, it passes
it is that much is
se-
veral well-chosen aliases.
.0
s drank avowedly, and that
grown annually, that mor#cti3
producer can, by all ac-
all disappears. The nativßerlinerse producer
laugh on—they often.
a mysteryab
counts, afford to let th
pay for their joke.— Times.

ST. KATHARINE DOCK CompArir.—The half-
yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the
Dock House, when a dividend of 2 per cant. tor the six
presented to
was declared and adopted. The report p
tors shows that, as compared with 1851, the
the proprie
months
but this was in some measure anticipated, as the
creased; the former year were unusually large. In other
amount ot tonnage entering the docks this year has de-
respects 1n
nhe affairs of the company are stated to be ge
erous, and the directors propose to construct new housesware-
at an early period.
ABOLITION OF PORTPATRICK LIGLITHOUR 0 -E.-- n
Saturday, by command of the Lords of her Majesty's
entries
Trea-
vry, it was ordered that the lighthouse at th
Portpatrickabolished, Wigtonshire. be e harbour of
on and after Jan. 1,
1853.

REGISTERED LETTERS.—The Postmaster-General
has ordered a relaxation of the stringent rules now in force
respecting the delivery of registered letters. At present a
registered letter can only be delivered to the party to
whom it is addressed, and whose receipt alone is taken for
it. For the future, when this is impracticable, a receipt
will be taken for a registered letter from the husband, wife,
or, failing this, from a member of the same family residing
under the same roof of the party to whom such letter is
addressed. This will be a very great convenience to the

liousE or COMMONS.—On Tuesday an amended
return of the sittings of the House of Commons in the late
session was issued. The days of sitting were 82, the hours
617 and 10 minutes. 61 hours were after midnight. The
average sitting was 7 hours, 31 minutes, and 35 seconds.

• ,
Elizabeth Ford, a married woman, living at Tun -
stall, Staffordshire, was chastising one of her children a few
days since, when she was suddenly taken ill, and expired im-
mediately afterwards, from the effects of over excitement.
SUICIDE OF A DISSENTING MINISTER.--On Sa-
_ Lower
Chapel," Heckmondv% ike, put a period to,._
turday last, the Rev. R. Martin, minister of the
esx ti
.;epnLe
Etolb
le
,sr
histinhappy differy
cutting the main artery in his left arm. -
esit,aalclanotfb32:twheYdf°crathd'eoifn. the Reverend
ieinacelisfaixn
jecoculrensiaals.tical matters" is ascribed as the cause.—
CatTheld.rarrheabseblei.clOmi
Edward Murray, M.A. By Mr. Murray's death, the vicarage
becomes vacant ; it is worth
of Northolt, Middlesex, also
are in
ecnntceemt htils
8001. a-year. Both appointments are the gift of the Bishop
of London.
CRICKET.—THE GENTLEMEN OF 1,,
-.-,NGLAND V. TIM
ot:nneindga(lwoDegasescodrae)!:
PLAYERS.—This match was resumede yesterday at Lord's.
' the I •
their second innings, leaving pa 3 ers oU runs to get to
It will be seen thati,ill
etonlemg
Score:—Gentlemen, Ist innings, 122; 2d
players, Ist innings, 220.
innings, 187.
SMALLPDX IN THE lONIAN ISLANDS.—We learn
had manifested itself
from Corfu,
watil'o'ovh'cilcohckt.heY
under date of the 6th of July, that the small.
pox ..-
much ravage, chiefly among the lower classes. There had
been as many as two hundred cases reported in the course
of a few days. in that island, and was making