The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-08 00:00:00

ELECTIONEERING.

The brewery at FJrres, .occupied by Messrs. Ur-
quhart and Macdonald, was in a great me,sure destroyed by
fire, which accidentally took place from the ignition of malt
on the kiln.—inverness Paper.
The consumption of brandy in England was greater
half a century ago than it is at present.
Mr. Cresswell, the new member of Liverpool. has
gone to East Cumberland, to assist Sir James Graham ie
contest for that division of the county.
A great number of sea gulls were noticed hovering
over Bradford, for some time en Sunday. A visit so far in-
land, of these birds is generally considered as the precursor of
Weather.
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The
,:aze_tte de France of Saturday says :—" The
depart eof L... .ron de Fagel fur London, to convey the' con-
gratulations of his .ALjesty the King of the Netherlands to
the young Queen of Ent:.land, is said to have excited great
uneasiness at the Tuileries. Jr is i,ffirined that the mission
of the diplomatist, who is worthy of the entire confidence of
the House of Nassau, is said to add to its ostensible object
a project for a union between Queen Victoria and one of the
sons of the Prince of Orange."
The Senate at Lubeck has issued an Oraiance, in
consequence of its accessioo to the treaty between. Great Bri-
tain and France, for
.the abot:tiou of the Slave Trade.
The King of Belgium is about t,-.) purchase the
estate of Mr. Lejeune Halmaors, S3rt near the great forest
of Hersogenwald, to serve as a huntiur scat.
We perceive by an extract front the Dutch official
paper, called the Nedrrlandsche Shreds Cot,:rant, dated the
25th of February, 1837, that in a siting of the o,..ates Gene-
ral Secr.nd Chamber of the 23d, a copy of a pamphle by Mr.
J. G. Kanngiesser, of Amsterdam,- one of the proprietor: of
the journal, was presented to the Chamber. The pamphlet
treats of a new system of levying duties on corn and grain of
all descriptions, projected by him, and partly adopted by the
States General. Its ple-pose is to raise the depreciated home
price by a tax on corn imported from the Baltic arid the Rhine.
Its acceptance was ordered in the usual form.
'raking io the hospital, there is said to be more tea
consumed in Greenwich, than in any town of the siz.! in the
kingdom. At this season th?re are whole streets apparently
dedicated to no other purpose but tea-drinking, and where it is
as difficult sometimes to escape the importunities of the tea-
maker as those of the vendors of old clothes in Holy well-street.
A respite was received at the County Gaol, Not-
tingham, on Saturday, for Thomas Greenstnith, the murderer
of his four children.

Amongst other instances of Tory despotism that
has come to our knowledge, we bear that a barn has been en-
gaged at the Dissillery, for the purpose of
' putting in the voters in the Netherdale estates ; and from
thence to march them, as at last contested election, like a flock
of sheep to the poll at Bamff—one young master heading them
as shepherd, and other two actiog as collies in bringing up the
rear. Will resnectable electors suff,r themselves to de-
gra led in this manner? We hope not. —Aberdeen Herald.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The triumphant ca-
reer of this theatre, while oticring to the public nought but
trigedies, .-comedies, and farces, unaided by any meretricious
a lornments, is h strong proof that the legitimate drama. if con-
ducted with spirit, poscsses powerful attractions, no:wit'lstand-
mg the prevalent opinion to the contrirv. Macready's en-
gagemcnt •is now at an end; tragedy is ex ..hatized for light
clmedy, and Power is the leading actor of the establishment.
Ile appeared last night as Sir Patrick O'Feilipo, in the co-
medy of the Irish Ambassador. We have never seen a more
perfectly fini,,hed piece of acting ; every sentence, every word
told ; passages which in themselves were absolutely nothing,
became vehicles of the richest humour in the mouth of Power.
Altogether the piece was got up Kith great care, and reflected
the greatest credit on the management. The by-play (arid
there is much of it) s‘as given with great skill, especially by
Strickland, and the audience ..vere kept in a roar of luighter
till the fall of the curtain.

NEW STRA ND THEATRE.--A burlegue from the
pen of the veteran Dibdin, called Alexander the Great in
Little, was produced last night. It contained much humour,
several good comic songs were introduced (rather too many of
the latter), and there is no doubt that with a little wholesome
pruning it will prove highly successful. The scenery and
dresses were gut up in a style which would do credit to houses
professing to give spectacles. This theatre now pays great
attention to the scenic department; carpets arc spread in draw-
in-rooms, elegant furniture is plac,d ebout and a gradual
a,loption of that general good taste which was first mauifested
at the Olympic is here to be observed. Hammond, Attwocd,
Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Daly, did their utmost to promote the
success of the piece. Attwood is not nearly so well known as
he deserves to be; in the by-play of certain little parts he is
unsurpassed. His Job Trotter, in Moneritf's version of the
Pickwick, is the very man cut from the illustrations of the
book and called into life. The house was crowded.
A Commission directed by the Loid Chancellor has
been for some days sitting at Gray's Inn Coffeehouse, to as-
certain the state of mind of Mrs. Priscillia Mary Fennell, a
lady of considerable property, who resided at No. 11, Sey-
mour-place, New-road. The Commission was opened b: fore
Edward Winslow, Esq., Chairman ; C. K. Murray, Esq. ;
and J. E. Blount, Esq. The inquiry was instituted by her
brother. A number of witnesses having been examined on both
sides, yesterday the Jury, having previously retired to examine
the lady, brought in a verdict—That Mrs. Fennell had been
of unsound mind, and unfit to manage her own affairs, since
March, 18:36.

E DUCHESS OF ST. ALB A N'S.--011 Sunday
morning, at ten o'clock, the Duchess of St. Alban4s died after
a protracted illness. About a fortnight since we learned, on
indisputable authority, that her Grace could not long survive,
and that her sole subsistence was arrow-root, flavoured with
a small quantity of brandy; at this period she was con-
sidered past the aid of medicine. Her father, Mr. Matthew
Mellon, was many years ago postmaster and circulating-
library keeper at Cheltenham, and subsequently became
manager of the Portsmouth theatre, upon which his daugh-
ter Harriet (the late Duchess) figured prominently early
in life, representing a great variety of parts, chiefly comic,
with great applause. After the death of her father she
was the main support of her mother, and was in the
habit of going round with her benefit tickets, stating the
fact as a claim for support and patronage, and not neglect-
ing to visit the ships in the harbour for the purpose of
soliciting the aid of the officers. She was a great fa-
vourite in the country, but we think did not make her ap-
pearance at Drury-lane Theatre until January 31, 1795, as
Lydia Languish, in the I?ivals. In London she pro-
duced little impression, and her first character of any im-
portatico may be said to have been Miss Prue, in Love for
Love,'which she took in the season of 1796-7. In the same
year she was again Lydia Languish, but before the end of
the season she had sunk to Iris, in the Wonder. When the
Will was produced on the 19th of April, 1798, she was
Cicely Copsley, and afterwards Emily, in the Wheel if For-
tune. This was the year of Miss Farren's (afterwards Lady
Derby) retirement. We do not find that Miss Mellon's ad-
vancement in her profession was at all rapid, for in 1793 she
was Kitty in Ways and Means, and Betty in the clandestine
Marriage. It cannot be said that she attracted much atten-
tion until the production of Tobin's Honey Moon, on the
31st ofJanuary, 1805, when Miss Mellon played Volante, a
character to which she gave more prominence than the au-
thor anticipated, and from this date she became a popular and
admired actress. She lived with the late Mr. Thomas Coutts
while she continued on the boards, and was not married to
him until, about the period of her retirement from the stage,
on the 7th of February, 1815, in the part of Audrey, in As
You Like it. After the death of Mr. Coutts she married the
present Duki of St. Alban's, on the 16th ofJunc, 1827.
Yesterday morning, about half-past eleven o'clock,
a man, about forty years of age, was killed by falling from the
second floor window of the Grange public-house, Basinghall-
street, which he was cleaning.
The eleventh annual show of pure South Down tups,
the property of Mr. Webb, near Cambridge, took place on
Friday. There were 121 tups shown on this occasion ; each
'llfeep had a price fixed to let or sell, and if more than one per-
ton wished for the same animal it was put up by auction ; and,
as a proof of the high estimation in which this valuable flock is
held by the public, it may be stated the sheep averaged full
20 per cent. over the price fixed by Mr. Webb. Ninety-one
sheep were let before dinner, for the season, for upwards of one
thousand guineas; one !dwarfing excited universal admiration,
and was, after a spirited competition, hired by that eminent
breeder, the Duke of Bedford, for 51 guineas.—Essex Herald.
COTTAGE GARDENS.—When the sun does
shine what a sweet page of rustic lore is the cottage garden I
No stone or mortar perfection of a wall, the mason's glory,
inclosing it, but its own sweet hedge of blossoming, and
blooming, and glistening in the bright sky, and opening its
pretty buds, as if it would say " thank you" to the warm air
that blows_ upon it.—Sketches of the Pyrenees.
Co.vst;!.4:!:.den T..l,tre is to be cl,ealied and redeco
rated previous to the commencement of the season. The filthy
state of this house has for some time called imperatiyely for
the interference of the scrubbing brush.

ADAPTATION OF THE POOR VOTER'S SONG TCI AIR. HUNS*
IN HIS PRESENT CIRCVMSTANCES.
I knew that they were poor,
Yet judged them not so base
As tamely to endure
To be covered with disgrace.
To number in the tribe,
Who on dirty Mammon dote,
Artd take a shameful bribe
Por their vote, aye, their vote !
Chorus-0, shame on ray voters,
Their nee to sell ;
Shall I mind such doaters?
No, I'll gladly say—fare•rell!
My labour is not mine
_ In fruitless pains to lose,
In offering pearls to swine,
Who vile husks had rather chose;
It i 3 my country's due,
And I'll give, as I ought,
To the honest and the true,
Who arc never to be bought.
Chorus.--A shame on my, voters, &c.
Yes, yes, I've played a part
That can ne'er disgrace my name ;
Tho' njected, I depart—
The rejectors bear the shame;
And my friends in my defeat
May be happy with the thought,
That I ds not till a seat
Which is bought, friends, is bought. (
Chorus-0, shame on my voters, &c.