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

GRUNBERGER.

There is a locality in the district. of Berlin that,
incredible us it may seem, produces kind
of
wine
called Griinbergor." This unfortunate fluid,
though the growria boast an experience of some cen-
turies bears the worst possible character ; the
generaler aversion O it takes
inform of an infinity
of ihas
saa n e,
become
jokes, and nicknames; fact, "G:
g
stung by this continual for all-that is detestable.
g
a synonysal atire, the vine-growers of
Griiaberg have just published a serious remonstrance to
the "honoured editors" of the s.erlin journal, begging
them 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 feeilkton writers OnerallY, " because from
this continually repeated 'excitation of empty laugh-
desire" (4o is the appeal 'worded), the cultivation of the
vino 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-
cry." It is to be feared the solemn gravity of the ap-
peal will but supply,more material to the satirists and
sceptics. As to periatading 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 more frequently than they imagine. and the
laugh is not wholly on the side of the scornful. The
wine of Grunberg, like the blood of Douglas, de-
but
fends itself ;by its own name it proscribed, n of" what
to what extent it enters into the come
oa°l4ltletwand other
is consumed as Medoe, St. Jullien,
varieties of Bordeaux, i_s a mystery
be trusted, it', passes
cellars of The capital. Ilriimoar can
even into good society udder juaci
it is that much is
Cattalo ous mixture and se-
'oral well-chosen aliases.
i
grown tannually, that more
is drank avowedly, aud that
all disappears. The native producer can, by all ac-
counte, afford to 'let the knownL only in the
Bsrliners laugh on—they often
nrs.
pay for their joke.— 2 "

or
was
bi
fe
by command
ordered°o rs
a
'this company was held yesterday, at the
ST. KATHARINE DOCK CoMPANT.—The bid-
s dividend of 2 per cent. for the six
°1
sterna d and adopted. The report presented to
ympeooacnrktl yh s
House,MwCse st d1:1
egwe
shows that, as compared •with 1851, the
ge entering the docks this year has de-
amountut this was in some measure anticipated, as-the
creased; b
• in toe former year were unusually large. In other
SP
the affairs of the company are stated to be generally
resPects
prosperous, and the directors propose to construct
thaotf tthheeLliogrhdtshoofusheer
theajesty's Trea-
thePwP,
new ware-
houses at an early period.
AnoLITION OF PoUTPATHICK LIGHTHOUSE.—pa
0
USE.- a
portpatrick, Wigtoashire, be aboliab d at harbour of
1853. e. on and after Jan. 1,
sSuartyu,rdiat

REGISTERED LETTERS.—The Posttnaster.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
willbe taken for a registered letter from the husband, wife;
or; failing this, from a member of the same family residing
under the HUM roof of the patty to whom such letter is
addressed. This will be a very great convenience to the
public.

HOUSE 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 Tan-
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 affects of over excitement.
SIJICIDE OF A DISSENTING ZillNisTEß..—On Sa-
turday last, the Rev. R. Martin, minister of the " Lower
Chapel," Heckmonclivike, put a period to his existence by
cutting the main artery in his left arm. “ Unhappy. differ-
ences in ecclesiastical matters" is ascribed as the cause.—
Halifax Journal.
becomes. vacant; it is worth
The prebendal stall of TwYfoid, in St. Paul's
Cathedral has beccme vacant by the death of the Reverend
Edward Murray, M.A. By Mr. Alarm's death, the vicarage
of Northclt, Middlesex, alo
resumed yesterday at Lord's.
8001. a-year. Both appointments are in the gift of the Bishop
of London.
CEICKET.—TIIN GrNTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. THE
It
tLwAYiIEI re. obtained a long score in
leaving
their second innings, the players 90 rtir6 to get to
wir, which they will commence this morning (Wednesday)
at 12 o'clock. 6'core: Gentlemen, let innings, 122; 2d
innings, 187. Players, Ist, innings, i;s 220.
SAL4I,LPDX IN THE lONIAN ISLANDS._We learn
bad manifested itself
—This-Tatiemen
from Corfu, under da' e of the Gth of July, that the small-
pOX an
much ravage, chiefly
among
the lower classes. There had
, been as many as MO hundred casts reported in the course
in that island, d was making
1 of a tew days.