The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-30 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2G.—The Inconstant, 36, Captain
Pring, is under orders for the north of Spain, whither she
will proceed as soon as the present hazy weather clears
away. She has embarked one thousand stand of arms,
and accoutrements, &c., which has led to a rumour that
the Marine battalion at Passages will remove in her to
Halifax, to assist in the suppression of the rebellion in
Upper Canada. Lieutenant-Colonel Aslett, R.M., takes
passage in the Inconstant, to hold command under Lieute-
nant-Colonel Parke.

Captain Hyde Parker, C. 8., at present in command of
the Rodney, 92, in the Mediterranean, is to have the
superintendency of the dock-yard at Pembroke, vice
Cutnby, deceased. officer stands high in the
naval service.
The Brisk, 8, is commissioned by Lieut. Arthur Kellett
(1825), for service on the west coast of Africa. She will
soon bo ready, being completed by the dock-yard.
The customary advance of wages has been paid to the
crew of the Melville, 78, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundss.
Rear-Admiral Elliot will proceed in her to the Cape of
Good Hope the moment a slant of wind occurs, to relieve
Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick Campbell, K.C.8., who will re-
turn to England in the Thalia frigate.
The Tyne, 28, Captain John Townsliend, and Wasp,
16, Commander the Hon. Dudley Pelham, are nearly
ready for sea. Their destination is the Mediterranean,
whither it is expected they will proceed in about three
weeks.
The Seaflower cutter, with her tender, Cracked, under
the orders of Lieut. Joseph Roche, has arrived from Jersey,
the oyster fishery season there having terminated.

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At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the
eastern townships (Lower Canada), held at Sherbrooke, the
following, among other resolutions, was passed:—." That a
representation of our readiness to receive the commands of the
Executive, and to render all assistance that it may be in our
power to afford her Majesty's Government, be immediately
forwarded to his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief, with an
expression of our desire that the necessary appointment of
officers for some troops of Light Dragoons and companies of
Rifles be early made—and a request that his!Excellency will
direct the issue from the ordnance stores of arms and accoutre-
ments for the necessary number of men for the two corps."
TRIFLES TO SMILII AT.--A deceased, upright,
and able chief-justice of one of the courts was once obliged
thus to address a southern jury :—Gentlemen of the jury, in
this case the counsel on both sides are unintelligible ; the wit-
nesses on both sides are incredible ; and the plaintiff and de-
fendant are both such bad characters, that to me it is indiffer-
ent which way you give your verdict." Some catalogues and
printed particulars given by autioneers are truly curious.
Placards headed " sale of a nobleman," may lead
many per-
sons to suppose that the sale of a nobleman's person is to take
place in the most public markets of the metropolis. In a
catalogue, a " great man's coat," and an " elegant lady's
shawl," may seem to show that the pressure of the times
affects all ranks till it is explained that, by incorrectly placing
the adjectives, two common articles of dress are only meant.
" A mahogany child's chair" has certainly a dubious meaning ;
" moveable fixtures" is declared to be correct, because techni-
cal—but in a sale of linen-drapery, " a matchless piece of
Irish," with twelve successive lots of "ditto," is certainly an
unequalled specimen of Hibernianism. A jury in one of the
Cinque Ports, being charged with an old woman accused of
stealing a pair of boots, moved probably by the infirmities and
miserable appearance of the prisoner, returned the following
verdict :—" we find her not guilty, and hope she will never do
so any more." On a grave-stone in the cemetery of Pere-la-
Chaise, is the following singularly prudent inscription, which,
in its praise of the dead, does not lose sight of the living :
" Here lies N—, the best of fathers, the most tender of hus-
bands, His inconsolable widow still keeps the fancy shop,
Rue Richelieu, No. **

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BIRTHS.
On the 28th inst., Mrs. G. P. Corner, of Dean-street,
South-
wark, of a son.
At Melton Grange, Yorkshire, on the 24th inst., the lady of A'
F. Reynolds, Esq., of a sin.
lady of
On the 13th inst., at the Palace of Gibraltar, the „tfie,,
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. F. Ellis second Battalion 60th 11
of a son. ,

place,
MA RR lED.
On the 28th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, and at the Catholic
Chapel, Moorfields, J. M. Morlet, Esq , of Cunninram-
llaida-hill, to Rosina, eldest daughter -0' of G.
Mecklenburgh-square.
is the Chapel of the British Embassy, at Paris,
On the 26th inst., in the Catholic Chapel of the Assumption, and
Winte sr, Esq., of
Wm. Shee, Esq.,
of Lincoln's Inn, banister, to Mary, scond (laughter of Sir James
Gordon, Bart., of Gordonston and Letterfourie, Ydanffshire.
On the 25th of October, at St. George's Church, Cape Town,
James Edward Alexander, Es ,K. L. S., A. D. C., Captain in
Por-
tugal's 42d Royal Highlanders, and Lieut.-Colonel in the Queen of
serviee, to Marie Eveline, daughter of Major C. C. /Il-
chel, K. H., Surveyor-,General of the ClLl_____:___...._....-------------..,G00d HoPo.

DIED.
On the 28th inst., in Gloucester-place, Augustus Gould, Esq.,
aged 80.
On the 26th inst., Juthsam, wif• of S. Trarothan, of Leigh-
street, Burton-crescent, age 4 53.
On the 28th inst., John Potter, Esq., surgeon, of Chipping On-
gar, Essex, aged 60.
In London, on the 27th inst., John Forsyth, Esq., of Montreal,
Member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, aged 77.
On the 28th inst., Eliza Woolgar, eldest daughter of Mr. Geo:
Woolgar, of the George, 'West Cowez,

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of Middlesex.—Saturday, December 30, 1837.