The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-06 00:00:00

prevailed of a partial change in the Cabinet. The
present Minister of War is deemed by a party in the
Cortes incompetent to the discharge of the functions
of his office. It is therefore possible that he may be
obliged to resign. He is a man of high character, but
not sufficiently acquainted with military affairs.
Genural MARRON has been appointed President of
the Tribunal appointed for the trial of General
RODIL.

The Cortes have not yet concluded their labours for
the settlement of the basis of the Constitution. On
the 28th the Chamber had not got beyond the discus-
sion of the 4th Article.

LEOMINSTER.---We are informed from sources that
we can rely on, that a canvass has been commenced in this
place, in the anticipation of a dissolution of Parliament, on
behalf of Daniel Hichford Davall Devor, Esq., a gentle-

man of strong Tory principles. It is rumoured that his
friends intend to give a public dinner immediately. Mr.
Bish, we hear, does not again intend offering himself for the
borough, but a gentleman professing decidedly liberal opi-
nions will shortly be announced as a candidate.
COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.-Mr. Bulwer's
play was repeated last night, and, having been judiciously
curtailed, went off with good effect. The farcical charac-
ter of the Marquis de Montespan was entirely dispensed
with, and that of the Marquise de Montespan reduced to

about a dozen sentences. Several unimportant scenes were

also omitted, together with the dance at the end of the first
act, and the greater portion of the singing at the conclusion.
The Council of State of Neufchatel, in Switzer-
land, has laid before the Legislative Body of that Canton a
Bill for the abolition of lotteries, modelled completely ac-

cording to the law lately passed in France for the same

purpose.—French Paper.
It is said of the camel, that when deprived of its
usual food for several successive days, it feeds upon the fat

of its own hump.
We understand that it is in contemplation to peti-
tion the Legislature for a remission of the duties on fire in-
surance, a measure, the propriety of which has been more
particularly forced on public attention by the calamitous
fire which has recently taken place in this city.—Edin-

burgh Advertiser.
On Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, a fire
was discovered on the premises of Mr. James Shuter, green
grocer and potato dealer, Gould's-hill, Shadwell._ Mr.
Shuter, jun., first saw the flames in the shop, and he imme-

diately alarmed his father and the other inmates. The house
was gutted, and there was no time to save anything. The
building and stock is insured. The police of the K division
and the local authorities rendered very prompt and efficient
aid while the fire was raging ; and, although a dense mob
collected, not a single robbery, or any disturbance, took
place.
The London mails which, for some days, in conse-
quence of the state of the roads, had fallen behind consi-
derably from the regular periods of their arrival, are now
mending their pace. The mail of Friday, due yesterday af-
ternoon, came in at seven this morning with the Glasgow
past.—Greenock Advertiser.
Among the casualities occasioned by the depth of
the snow, one happened to a man named Carrott, of Lin-
coln, last week, which had nearly cost him his life. He
left Burton, where he had been working as a stable man,
about seven at night, in a state of intoxication. He had
not walked far when he fell down, and on getting up again
missed the right course. He wandered about in a state
of stupefaction for seven hours, during which time he got
into a river, and had to swim for his life ; and he after-
wards fell into a ditch, in which he was immersed up to the
neck. The intensity of the cold by this time restored his
senses, and espying a light he went to the house. He
was subsequently taken to a public-house, where he was
placed between blankets, and rubbed until the circulation
of his blood was fully restored.
Mr. Fitzgerald, a gentleman already celebrated

private circles for his -faithful delineation of the peculiar
style which distinguishes the oratorical displays of Mr.
O'Connell, will make his first appearance at the Adelphi
theatre on Monday next, in a new farce, which will give
full scope to his imitative powers. The piece is from the
pen of the successful author of the laughable farce called
The Queer Subject. The announcement has caused consi-
derable agitation amongst the novelty-seekers, many of whom
look for a political caricature, but this, we believe, has
been sedulously avoided.
The roads being tolerably clear of snow, the nobi-
bility and gentry will begin to return to their town resi-
dences, previously to the meeting of Parliament. In the
course of a fortnight the town is expected to be remarkably
full, and the winter fashionable parties will commence earlier
this year than usual.
According to the second report of the Poor Law
Commissioners, the Minister of a parish in Sussex, the po-
pulation of which is upwards of 2,000, states that only two
marriages have been solemnised during the past year—the
previous average having been fifteen, and only one illegiti-
mate child had been christened during the same period.
The Directors and Guardians at Brighton, with a
most laudable promptitude, have employed between 500
and 600 labourers, thrown out of work by the snow storm,
in rendering the streets passable, at an expense exceeding
two hundred and twenty pounds.
While almost every other part of the country has
been of late visited with severe snow storms, Greenock has
enjoyed delightful winter weather. The streets, generally
speaking, have been dry, and this day has more resemblance
to one in April than in January, and the genial tempera-
ture is rapidly obliterating the slight sprinkling of snow that
remained on the ground.—Greenock Advertiser.
Accounts from the coast are filled with afflicting
details of the disastrous effects of a gale which commenced
on the morning of the 25th ult., and continued all day.
Several vessels either ran or were driven on shore by the
violence of the squalls, others got into port with more or
less damage. A number of lives have been lost at Cher-
bourg and other ports.—Galignanes Messenger.
FATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—Yesterday
morning, at an early hour, Mr. John Harris, residing in
Ernest-street, Regent's Park, was brought to the North
London Hospital, having been found lying on the footway
pavement, opposite to his own residence, in an insensible
state of drunkenness, and having sustained a compound
fracture of the right thigh, supposed to have been occasioned
by a fall. Every possible assistance was rendered him, but
in a short time the unfortunate man expired.
In such weather as the pressnt it may be of advan-
tage to pedestrians to attend to the following rules :—First,
in walking over a causeway, pavement, or highway, when
the roads are slippery, be careful to take short steps, and
particularly so in turning- corners, putting as far as possible
the whole foot to the ground at once ; second, in going
along a descending path put the toe down first—this is a
good rule whether the road be slippery or not ; and third,
in an ascending path, plant the heel firmly first. A parti-
cular observance of these simple rules, dictated by the ex-
perience of a very aged pedestrian, will prevent many a
sprained ancle and broken or fractured limb.
The influenza, it appears, has not been confined to
Aberdeen, but has also prevailed to so alarming an extent
in Dundee, Arbroath, and Montrose, and many other places
in Scotland, that three out of five in a family have been
suffering from its effects at the same time ; and in many
cases whole families have been laid up. The sudden change
and great severity of the weather is looked upon as the cause
of the disease.
TEA-DRINKING.—The Town Council of Inver-
ness a century ago would have delighted Cobbett by their
decided preference of ale over tea. They held meetings
and drew up petitions to impose a prohibitory duty on tea,
and a penalty on those who should use the seducing poison,
" if they belonged to that class of mankind in this country,
whose circumstances do not permit them to come at tea
that pays the duty." The tea, however, was destined to
triumph over the ale ; and this not only in the burghs, but
in all parts of the country ; not a hamlet in the wildest part
of the Highlands, but has some small shop for vending the
precious plant—not a steam-boat leaves the Clyde for Inver-
ness but is freighted with packets of it to leave along the
rugged shores of the west. Inverness Courier.
On Monday last, as David Williams, a seaman be-
longing to the Lady Rodney steam-packet, was standing on
the stage at Newport, close to the vessel, the Captain had
occasion to address him, when Williams, who had his back
towards him, turning round to reply, fell into the water be-
tween the packet and the stage. The tide running up strong at
the time, the poor fellow sunk to rise no more. Every exer-
tion was immediately made to save him, but in vain. The
body was picked up on Tuesday. He has left a widow and
eight children.—Cambrian.
The far-famed Joseph Ady made an effort last week
to raise the price of a Christmas dinner, by offering his
important services to Mr. Crosfield, the iron-merchant, of
Newport, in obtaining money, to which he says that gen-
tleman is entitled, but which has quite escaped his observa-
tion. The cheat took nothing by his motion, but Mr. Cros-
field is minus the postage.— Welsh paper.
The late Robert Scott, Esq., of Penang, second son
of the late Walter Scott, Esq., of Raeburn, has be-
queathed to the heritors of St. Boswell's the sum of five
hundred pounds," for the purpose of improving and ren-
dering more comfortable the parish church, for the accom-
modation of the parishioners generally?", In addition to this
munificent bequest, Mr. Scott, several years ago, mortified
two different sums for behoof of the poor, and very recently
gave a donation of one hundred pounds " to assist in the
building of new school premises in a more central situation ;"
in all, having expended on his native parish, a sum consider-
ably upwards of 1,000/.—Edinburgh Advertiser.