The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-18 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

consequence of advertisements in the public
Press containing the following words—" Mr. T. E. Eden,
Surgeon Dentist, has the honour to inform his patients
that ne has removed," I beg you will do me the justice to
inform my friends that I have co other place of business
than my long established residence, 43, Threadneedle-
s:ree:, where I attend daily.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
'l'. E. EDEN, Surgeon alltist.
43, Threadneedle•street, Dec. la, 18;.39.

The Colonelcy of the 50th Regiment is void by
the dcatl of General Sir James Duff, who commanded
this garrison in 1798 and 1799, and opened the corn-
mucien'tion to Dublin, which was then cut off by the
rebel farces. His aidesde-camp at that time were Ma-
jor-Geuxeral Napier and Major-General Sir James
Douglas, then subaltern officers. He was the oldest
General Officer in the army, his commission as General
bearing date October 25, 1809.—Limerick Chronicle.
LADY MACBETH IN INDIA.—Lady Mac-
beth was undertaken by Anstey, son of the celebrated
author of the " Bath Guide." Everybody knows how
rapidly the beard grows in a hot climate. Anstey's was
of the blackest tint, and it being a warm season of the
year, before the fourth act, it had grown so long as to
render it actually necessary for Lady Macbeth to shave
before she appeared in the fifth. It was, however, so
sultry behind the scenes, and there was so little air in
the room appropriated to dressing, that Anstey ordered
a table, with a looking-glass and his shaving apparatus,
to he placed on the stage, where there was a strong

current. In malicious pleasantry some one rang the
prompter's bell, which was the constant signal for draw-
ing up the curtain. It was promptly obeyed, and, to
the amazement of the whole assembled fashion of Ma-
dras,her Ladyship was exhibited in that most unfeminine
part of her toilette. The roars, the screams of surprise
and merriment that ensued, are beyond description.—
fing/o-India.
APPREHENSION OF A CHARTIST.—On Sa-
turday evening a young man entered a public house in
this borough—took his seat among the company—and
called for a glass of rum, with cold water. He was a
very suspicious-looking youth—one of your lean, spare,
wiry specimens of humanity, whom Shakspeare charac-
ter izes as dangerous " subjects ;" and in these troeblous
ti ,nes, when disloyalty is suspected to wander abroad,
Paoth in broad-cloth and three-and-sixpenny narrow, the
entrance of such a solitary, weasel-shaped fellow, could
not fail to attract the observation of a knot of
smoke-pipe politicians, in a public-house parlour.
Therefore, as he sipped his " cold without." his fel-
low-tipplers eyed him attentively ; and one of them, more
quicksighted than his neighbours, perceived a pistril-
. barrel gleaming under his coat, which was closely but-
toned round him. The portentous discovery was
whispered from one to another, till it made the circuit
of the room. A sceptical chid ventured to breathe a
doubt as to the nature of the secreted article. His
.seepticism, however, was speedily removed. The
stranger fell into a doze—or, at least, appeared to doze :
for some suspected he was merely feigning sleep, in fur-
therance of a deep-laid scheme. But, at any rate, he
c dosed his eyes ; and one of the smokers gently insinu-
ated his pipe-shank into the pistol-barrel—withdrew
it —applied the tip to his nose—and smelt gunpow-
d. Ir. There was then no further parley :—in an instant
it was " the de'il tale the hindmost !" The company
ru ;shed from the:room, leaving the armed Wight alone—
th c timid topers precipitately paying the landlady's shot,
to escape that of the dreaded Chaitist. She, having
le, trued from her customers the cause of their flight, ix-
sti t qtly dispatched a servant for the stoutest friend that
sh : possessed—a neighbour whom we will not point
(suit more distinctly than to say, that his large bodily pro-
pcc rtions a little belie his name. On his arrival he was
al r, prized of the emergency which required his aid ; but
no ?. he could not think of interfering—the police were
pi tid for such duties, and he would not meddle in their
pi s wince. Not that he was afraid—but he stood upon
p ri nciple—he would not pay the watch-rate, and do the
v ICI rkofthe police into the bargain. And so saying, he made
his escape from the vicinity of the alarming pistol, and
v r as safe behind his counter in a twinkling. 'Fhealarmed
1; ndlady, unable to procure amateur aid, dispatched
a messenger for professional policemen ; and, in a trice,
or ie half of the whole police force of Gateshead—that is
tt i say, two of the potent body who (like the Irishman)
" surround" this borough with their protecting pre-
-9 3nce—came to her assistance, and received instructions
ct o arrest the lonely tenant of the back parlour, but to
t ako especial care that murder should not be done
-.vithin the house, whatever might be done after they
got the blood-thirsty villain to the door. Stealthily the
policemen stole into the room, with an air of affected
unconsciousness—and gradually they sidled round to
the rum-and-water bibber ; till, watching a favourable
moment, they pounced upon him ere he could grasp his
pistol, and pinioned his arms to his side. Then unbut-
toning his coat to get possession of his fire-arms, there
• dropped to the floor a glittering—iron candlestick !!!
THE DAY MAIL.—We have the pleasure to
state that on and from the 17th of December inst., a
day bag will be received in this town, frota London ;
and that a day bag will be forwarded at two o'clock,
from this town. The box will close at a quarter before
I two o'clock precisely, not waiting for the great dif-
ference in the Reading clocks. All letters for the day
mail must be put in at the General Post-orlee, in Lon-
don-street. No day mail on Sundays.—Reading Mer-
cury,
The will of Mr. Ephraim Bond has been proved
within the last few days at Doctors' Commons, by his
• executor and only brother, Mr. Joseph Bond, of St.
- James's-street. Probate was taken out under 60,0001.,
the value of the property left being about 55,0004 All
partnership debts, furniture, plate, bonds, bills, and
securities are left to his brother. To his sister, for her
life, the testator left 150/. per annum, secured upon
money in the Funds, and a freehold estate at Hastings,
. which, at her death, is to revert to her brother. The
residue of the personal estate, after payment of debts,
legacies, Bse., is to be invested in the funds, to insure an
annuity for life to the testator's widow, and at her death
this also is to revert to the brother. By his losing
i speculations in the Adelphi and Queen's Theatres, turf
I speculations, &C., it is calculated his property Las been
1 educcal nearly 40,000/.
DOING PENANCE.—On Sunday last a
11, .onian named Cohen, the wife of an iron-worker,
a ving iu Corr cross, Sjmoilitni:ficelidQ;ksetnowocleliii:
faorwclaiiltliengshieleetr
St, John,
not to be mentioned " to ears
to
otthheeccshwuricfeh oaf
Hattie
This somewhat uuusual exhibition caused a
p ate."
1 lunge concourse of persons to assemble.

LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP

TRIBUNE.

Extract of a letter from an officer of her Majesty's
ship Tribune :

" TARRAGONA, NOT. 30.

" We had been lying snugly moored here since the
Bth inst. On the 28th, about seve❑ o'clock, p.m., a
gale sprang up from the S.S.W., which shifted after-
wards to the S.W. and W.S.W. We struck topmasts
and made every preparation. At half-past nine our
small bower cable parted, and we let go the sheet anchor.
At a quarter-past ten the best bower parted, and imme-
diately afterwards the sheet cable also. The sea had
previously got up surprisingly, and completely washed our
decks fore and aft. As soon, therefore, as we found our-
selves adrift, we had nothing left for it but to make sail
on the ship, and choose the best berth for her we could.
She was accordingly forced through the heavy
rollers, which kept constantly breaking over us till six
o'clock yesterday morning, when, through the merciful
interposition of Divine Providence, we found ourselves
well up on the beach at the head of the harbour, just
above the watering place, where there is usually so little
water that our boats have never been able to get there.
This will give you an idea of the extraordinary quantity
of water which must have been forced in by the gale.
We are now lying in a bed of sand, which the ship has
made for herself, and are about saving the stores, &c.,
but I much doubt whether there will be any possibility
of getting the ship off, considering the unusual depth of
water which enabled her to reach her present position,
and she has suffered terribly by a whole night of thump-
ing. If we had known the harbour thoroughly we
could not hate chosen a better berth ; for, had the ship
gone ashore anywhere but near this spot, she could not
have held together for two hours. We have not a
man hurt."