The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-27 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES, JUNE, 16.

S. Kay, ♦ictualler, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—S. Norman.
pawnbroker, Princes-street, Leicester-square—E. B. Bradley,
maltster, Nine Elms, Surrey—T. Prosser, ;draper, Coleshill, War-
wickshire-4. E. Tozer, wholesale hosier, Milk-street, Cheapside
—J. D. Webb, dealer in lamps, Fleet-street—G. S. Holloran,
merchant, Belfast—T. Hind and C. Clayton, lace manufactnrers,
Nottingham.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

G. Ward and J. Carrod—J. S. Armstrong and T. Haire, sur-
geons, Lewes—T. and W. Harvey, grocers, Derby—J. Williams
and E. Jones, drapers, Liverpool—W. and H. Jones, grocers, Me-
rionethshire—G. Brown and E. V. ♦ustin, surgeons, Rotherhithe
—J. Moile and Co., Liverpool—W. H. and H. A. K. Eames,
farmers, Farringdon, Southampton—B. Bach and G. Young,
plumbers, Preston, Lancashire—J. and C. Adshead, wholesale ho-
siers, Manchester—W. Dearden and Co., cotton waste spinners,
Rochdale—W. Ledgard and Co., drugget manufacturers, Liver-
sedge, Yorkshire (so far as regards W. Ledgard)—G. B. Lloyd and
Co., iron masters, Wednesbury, Staffordshire—E. W. Jackson and
Co., wool merchants, Leeds (so far as regards F. Reade)—N. and
W. Mandel-, mercers, Lichfield—S. Baker and Co., merchants,
Gloucester (so far as regards S. Baker)—J. Hind and Co., ma-
chine makers, Belfast—J. Geiger and Co., cigar manufacturers,
Goodman's-fields (so far as regards M. Warburg)—J. Park and
Co., iron founders, Preston—J. Whitworth and J. Butterworth,
cotton spinners, Rochdale—L. and W. Ridge, corn chandlers,
Grosvenor-row, Pimlico— W. Richardson and S. Scholfield,
joiners, Farnworth, Lancashire—B. Barnett and L. Wolff, clothes
dealers, Manchester—J. G. Hartley and T. E. Wyche, Indian
rubber manufacturers, New Kent-road--H. Dendy and M. Pcl-
lett, millers, Arundel—J. Donlevy, weighing machine manufactu-
rer, Hosier-lane, City.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

JOHN EDWARDS and WILLIAM DAVIE, rope manufac-
turers, Dundee, May 31 and June 15, at twelve, at Scott's Tavern
Dundee.

It will be recollected that some two or three Central
Criminal Court Sessions ago at the Old Bailey, John Minter
Hart was convicted of forgery on the son of Dr. Jenner, of
Doctors' Commons, and ordered for transportation for life. By
the letters recently received by the relatives, vvho are highly
respectable, it appears that while the vessel was on its voyage
to Sydney, to which place he, with other convicts, was con-
signed, the deceased suffered severely from change of diet and
his long imprisonment, which soon terminated his life.

The ordinary meeting of the Zoological Society was
held on Tuesday evening ; NV. S. Mackay, Esq., in the
Chair. A letter was read from Or. Weissenborn, Secretary
to the Zoological Society of S:..icony, accompanying a pre-
served head and specimen of a German marmot or hamster,
which gave some novel and curious facts in the economy ;of
that animal. In the winter it burrows two or three feet deeper
than in summer; the earth not being rammed in at random,
but made in masses about the size of a pea or bean, which
allow a free circulation of air, and prevent the animal being
suffocated. A paper was read from Mr. Bennett on the lumi-
nosity of the sea, attributing this phenomenon not alone to
medusa, molluscs, and crustacea, but to a variety of fish. He
captured a small shark about 1 feet long, which, when taken,
was very luminous, and continued so whilst it lived, or about
the space of three hours ; this appearance being most vivid
when the fish struggled. The luminosity in this and other fish,
it was supposed, might probably he the means afforded by na-
ture by which they are enabled to catch their prey. A letter
was read from Dr. Ruppell descriptive of phytotoma tridac-
tyla, of Abyssinia, a bird only previously described by Bruce.
It was proved to belong to the genus pogonus, and in comme-
moration of this traveller was named Pogonius Brucii. The
President stated that he had recently had an interview with
Mr. Cumming Bruce, who had married the heiress of that dis-
tinguished traveller, and who had promised him the original
paper on the celebrated insect aim, described by him. It would
be recollected that the accounts of Mr. Bruce gave origin to
the fabled travels of Baron Munchausen, but all the animals
and plants, as well as the almost miraculous tales described by
him, had been subsequently proved correct upon the best au-
thority ; whilst the account of this insect was the only one that
remained disputed, not bearing the slightest relation to any
thing ever known or described. Mr. Gray remarked that Dr.
Ruppell, who had paid particular attention to the description
of this insect, bad not been able to recognise in it the most re-
mote identity with any in that country. Although the credit
and fidelity of Bruce as a naturalist were confirmed, the same
could not be said of his drawings, many of which would lead
into error if any reliance were placed upon them.
One Sunday, when that eminent Christian, the '
Rev. Sir fl. Moncrieff, was Minister of Blackford, the pre-
centor came to church with the back part of his large curled
wig turned to the fore part of his head. The Minister gave
out the 71st psalm to be sung, beginning at the 7th verse.
When the precentor stood up to sing the first line, which runs
" To many I a wonder am," the people could not help looking
and laughing at him. Sir Henry, observing the point to
which the people's eyes were directed, looked over the pulpit,
and seeing the mistake, gravely said, " And so, Sir, you are a
wonder to many ; turn the right side of your wig foremost."
—Glasgow Courier.