The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-10 00:00:00

CHANGES.

Lord Churchill, from Leamington, for his scat, Wych-
wood Forest, Oxon ; J. Horrocks, Esq., from Berkshire
to Brighton.

The Duchess Dowager of Richmond arrived at
Gordon Castle on Monday week. Her Grace, in passing,
spent a day with her noble relative, the Duchess of Gor-
don, at Huntly Lodge—Ahcrdeen Herald.
We hear that the Right Hon. Lord Denman,
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, is about
to reside for several months in the vicinity of Exeter.—
Western Times.
His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops
of Down, Ferns, Cork, and Cloyne, are the four Irish re-
presentative Bishops for the ensuing Session of Parka-
ment.—Limeriek Chronicle.
The Earl and Countess of Durham are still
sojourning at Cowes, Lie of Wight, but we understand
leave at the close of the month for La►nbton Castle, Durham.
Count Alexis Stroganoff, who arrived in town,
from Brighton, a few days since, has again taken his
departure for that watering place.
Count and Countess Taffe, after spending a few
weeks in this country, left Nlivart's on Monday for Germany.
Count Lubienski, who has been residing for
several months in this capital, has taken his departure for
Paris.

The Earl of Dundonald embarks in a few days
for America. The Countess and family intend to pass the
winter in Paris.
HON. E. M. L. MOSTYN, OF MOSTYN...—This

gentleman sustained a severe accident on Monday last.
He was superintending the felling of some timber on his
estate, when one of the trees fell upon him and knocked
him down ; the consequence was the fracture of his left
thigh, just above the knee. He is going on as favourably
as can be expected.

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Downes Jack-
son, an officer who was distinguished in the Peninsula,
has had long experience in Staff command, and is of the
true Wellington school, is appointed Commander of the
Forces in all North America ; and we can safely declare
that the selection is fortunate, for that officer will maintain
the credit of the country and the British Army. Sir
Richard Jackson takes with him, as Military Secretary,
Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Charles O'Donnell, a high-minded
soldier and intelligent man of business. Sir Charles re-
linquishes the appointment of Brigade-Major of the Nor-
thern District—a situation which he held under Sir Richard
Jackson, and that officer's successor, Major- General Sir
Charles Napier. Captain Brook Taylor and Ensign
Warre, 54th, are appointed Aides-de-Camp to Sir Richard
Jackson. —Naval and Military Gazette.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—On Thursday next
The Lady of Lyons, Foreign Airs and Native Graces, and
Single Life, will be performed at this house, being for
the benefit of Mrs. Fitzwilliam, previous to her departure
for America. Mrs. Fitzwilliam has long been a useful and
a favourite actress at several of the metropolitan theatres,
and we trust she will be as successful on Thursday night,
as we have no doubt she will be when introduced to Brother
Jonathan, who knows how to appreciate modest merit and
genuine acting.
The regret expressed at the resignation of Lord
Howick, as Secretary-at• War, is nearly universal in the
army. The ready attention and liberal consideration given
by his Lordship to all claims referred to his department
have rendered him exceedingly popular. The good-
conduct warrant, and the institution of a rotation system of
relief, with a hundred minor improvements, will cause his
Lordship's administration to be long remembered, and the
valuable inquiries of Dr. Marshall and Major Tulloch,
commenced under his Lordship's auspices, will form a last-
ing memorial to his zeal for the good of the army. —Naval
and Military Gazette.
TENDERS IN PAYMENT.—In a case, Kent v.
Dean, tried at the Liverpool Assizes, on Thursday week,
before Mr. Baron Maule, in which a tender of rent had
been made by a woman putting the amount in cash upon a
table, the Learned Baron said, " As to tenders, it is very
strange that they arc so rarely made in a legal manner.
One would think it a very easy thing to make a tender ;
but it is one of the rarest things in the world to find a tender
clearly proved. People commonly clog a tender with some
condition, which makes it no tender in law. One man
goes to another, and says, Here is your 141, ; but I must
have a receipt in full of all demands.' A tender, to be
good, must be an unconditional one, clogged with no sti-
pulation whatever; and certainly the tender made by this
woman is as good a tender as I ever got out in evidence in
my life."

A correspondent writes from Athens on the 14th
ult. to the Semaphore of Marseilles :—" Letters from
Janina represent the population to be in a state of extreme
inquietude. The soldiers, both regular and irregular, are
deserting daily to such an extent, that a complete disso-
lution of the different corps is apprehended. Messengers
were sent to Salonica urging the immediate return of Mus-
tapha Pasha to Janina, and on the Pasha's arrival some
degree of confidence was restored. Several families,
dreading an attack from the Albanians, had sent their
effects into the fortress. A great many of the inhabitants
of Previsa have endeavoured to leave the country and
come to settle in Greece, but have been prevented by the
Turkish authorities. This state of things is the conse-
quence of the intelligence received from Egypt and Con-
stantinople."

NATIONAL CONVENTION.
(THIS DAY.)

The Convention met this day at ?levee o'ck;pk, Mr.
14' Rost iii the Chair.

?DE DEFENCE FUND.
Mr. O'CONNOR reported from the Committee appointed
to investigate the accounts of the Defence Fund, which he
stated were in so complicated and slovenly a form, that
they found the greatest difficulty in arriving at a true state-
ment of the matter. The money in several instances had
been paid to persons now in prist,u, and from whom it was
consequently impossible to obtain any information. The
accounts sent in by others were without dates or particulars,
and until there was a regular debtor and creditor account
sent in by the different parties, the Committee thought it
advisable to postpone any further report.

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Dr. TAYLOR would merely confirm what bad been stated
by Mr. O'Connor, but he believed Mr. Guest had a
regular account of all the sums expended, and he thought
it would be advisable to communicate with that gentleman
on the subject.
It was then arranged that the Committee should com-
municate with Mr. Guest as to the expenditure of the
defence fund.