The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-17 00:00:00

DONCASTER RACES.—Bell's Life in London,
price id., of Sunday next, September 22, will contain are
ample and exclusive account of the Races at Doncaster:
an Engraving of the Doncaster Cup; and a Portrait of
the Winner of the Great St. Leger; together with all the
Sporting and Miscellaneous Intelligence of the week.
Office, 170, Strand. Early orders to country agents arc
indispensable. Bell's Life in London is out in time on
Saturdays for the Birmingham two o'clock train.
The Crescent frigate is fitting at Sheerness as a
depot for captured slaves. She i 3 to be furnist ed with the
Raleigh's rigging, masts, and sails ; and when ready will
proceed to Rio de Janeiro, to prevent the necessity of
having to send these poor creatures tack to Sierra Leone
before the prizes can be legally condemned by the [nixed
Commission. They will now be received on board the
Crescent, until they can be apprenticed or sent back to
their native country, if they wish it. —Deconport Tele-
graph.
SPAIN.—The Queen Regent ordered, some time
ago, thet the splendid chapel of Grenada, built by Fcrdi
nand and I.abella of Cestile, and which threatened to tell
to ruins, should be thoroughly repaired. This has Leen non
complet-el, and the chapel is again open f r the in.pectioe
of the religious, or lovers of ancient Spanish art. A new pe.
riodical dart, literature, &c. b..s just appeared in Cadiz. Its
r,tle is The Aureola, and it has to app,ar ev,ry week.
'The admired picture of Raphael, " The Holy Family,"
(-tilled La Perla, has been engraved and published by
Spanish artist.
Tile Journal de la Manche states that the har.
vest is quite finiehed in that district. and al the carp is
G nerBl:v cn-aking• *h.. i.rips are good in Loser
Normandy, and a fall in price is expected.
A letter train Rittiins states that the vines are
much improved by the recent rains. The grlpes have
swelled out, and present an excellent alp arancie It is
expected t.h.tt the vintage will commence in that d:stiiet in
a few days.
Tit is TortY FORGERIES.—It scents the gentle.
man first suepect. d—a solicitor, who is a member of the
Wesleyan Society—eas not guilty of the forgery. He
has placed in our hands," says the Manchester Guardian.
the ,no,t clear and satisfactory proofs that he was not th,
author of the letters in question, or any of them ; and the!
they were written by other parties, whose names have been
furnished to us, and whose handwriting we have compared
with the writing of the forged letters, and have satisfied
eurseiees beyond all doubt of their perfect identity. We
feel bound to add, that although in one respect the conduct
cf the individual suspected has been in our judgment indis-
creet, we are thoroughly satisfied that he was guiltless of
any participation whatever, either in the original contrivance
or the actual perpetration of the fraud, or any part of it;
and that it was altogether planned and executed by
others whose names and whose respective shares in tin
transaction are known to us." The Manchester Guardia),
acquits Sir George Murray's Committee of any participa_
tion io thin ecand ilous hueeiess.,
MANCHESTER IMPERIAL BANIC.—At an ex-
traordinary meeting of the shareholders in this Company,
the re.oluti.n p ,ssed at the extr•iordinary meetina of share.
holders on the 22 i August, tor the making a further
call
of 51 per share, was col,firmed.
A GULL GULLED.--011 Monday last, as two
yt,ooruntgrougtesntwleimthenmwinenroew,iimaul-iitntgle tbhicsimo,s„.lKve,sis:ißth firidgshei,nt
,ea gull, which had been hovering near the pl ice, after
several attempts darted down and swallowed the bait,
wherebe it was instantly hoelted. The bird, after fluttering
for some time, wee ultimately captured by the youthfu:
anglers. —Kelso Chronicle.
A slight shuck of an ecathquake was felt at Mer-
thyr,tThe e
morning, Cardiff,eh
shock
w aasn
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, aged s'ivner Al B
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felt at Newport, antdothgoethtseout
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