The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-17 00:00:00

SINGULAR APPLICATION.

A venerable-looking old man, about seventy years of
age, with a remarkably tine cast of features, and a long
flowing beard, came yesterday before the Magistrates, at
Union-Hall, to make the following singular application.
When the applicant first commenced his address, he did it
so abruptly, and in so incoherent a manner, that he excited
considerable merriment.

Mr. CHAMBERS-Pray, are you a Jew?--Applicant
(hastily)—No; I am a Christian.
Mr. CHAMBERS—I did not wish to hurt your feelings.
I merely thought so in consequence of your wearing your
beard unshorn.

Applicant—Heaven regards not these outward appear-
ances; they arise merely from the fanciful dispositions of
men ; the proud Asiatic, whose religion tells him never to
smooth his chin, and the enlightened European, who
deems it necessary not to allow his beard to grow, will
alike find seats in the mansions of bliss, if righteous in
their actions and holy in their faith.
Mr. CHAMBERS—I again repeat I did not mean to of-
fend you.
Applicant—l believe you, Sir. lam a Christian—a
believer in the truth of Johanna Southcote. Having said
this much, I will thank you to direct me in the following
case :—The old man the❑ stated that his son having lately
died, he was anxious to obtain the body from the widow
of the deceased, conceiving that she had not treated him
during his last illness with that attention which became a
wife, having, in fact, left him entirely to the care of the
applicant himself. His demand for the body of his son
having met with a refusal, he hid locked the door of the
room and taken away the key, which he had afterwards
been compelled to deliver up. He stated in conclusion,
that he had purchased a coffin and engraved the name with
his own hand.

Mr. SWABEV...-1. do not think we can interfere; the
widow has certainly a right to bury her own husband.
Applicant—lie is no longer her husband—the contract
between them is dissolved—if he were her husband, she
could not now marry again, for then she would have two
husbands ; but she could be married, and is allowed to
do so by the law of the land, if she thought proper to-
morrow.

Mr. SwAnEY—These are subtleties which we are not
in the habit of having brought before us.
Applicant—Probably not; but even the marriage cere-
mony itself declares that the contract is dissolved at the
decease of either the husband or wife, for it sets forth that
they shall be true and faithful to each other " until death
do them part," distinctly proving that the clai.ns of
either then are no longer available, and come what may 1
will have the body of my poor boy, and this hand shall
consign it to a peaceful grave.
There was a degree of feeling and pathos in the old
man'■ manner, which appeared to excite general sympathy.
Inspector Manning then kindly ❑ndertook to proceed to
the widow to endeavour to make some arrangement with
her as to the funeral, satisfactory to the poor father, who
thinking the Magistrates for their kindness towards him,
with much urbanity took his leave.

The driving-boats engaged in the mackarel
fishery at Mount's Bay, have not been able to do much
during the last week. The fishery is carried on during the
night, and very bright moonlight is found to be unfavour-
able to the success of the hardy and adventurous indivi-
duals engaged in that hazardous business.—Exiter Alfred.
J. PERCIVAL, a son of Mr. H. PERCIVAL,
of Manningtree, coal-meter, on the 25th of February
last, went out about twelve o'clock in the day, in a punt,
for an hour or two's diversion at wild-fowl shooting; he
was accompanied by a young man named ARNOLD, whom
he engaged to manage the boat. As they did not return
at the expected seasonable time, intense and painful anxiety
was naturally felt by their respective parents, whose pain-
ful feelings can be better conceived than expressed, during
the protracted anxiety of that night, the following day,
and part of Saturday, when information was re-
ceived at Manningtree, which realized all the painful
forebodings as. to their fate. The master and crew of
a small vessel, in her way down the river from the New
Mill to Harwich, about two o'clock on the day in ques-
tion, had their attention directed to the report of a
gun, apparently not far distant, but they could not
discover from whence it proceeded, and the master
remarked to one of the men, " Why tilt re fly the
swans, but I cannot see any body that shot at them."—
No further notice was taken at the time; about half
an hour afterwards a boat, bottom upwards, was seen
drifting alongside the vessel, which was, of course,
picked up, and found empty; it was afterwards disco-
♦ered to be the boat of PERCIVAL and his companion.—
Upon the foregoing information the most active and prompt
means were resorted to for the recovery of the bodies,
the channel was dragged, and daily search made upon the
ooze, without effect, till the following Thursday (the 4th
instant), when a fisherman by the name of SAUNDERS,
while spearing for eels, found the two guns very near
the place mentioned by the master of the vessel : conti-
nuing his occupation, he within about 200 yards further
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" The Board" of Trinity College—namely, the
Provost and the senior Fellows—have done now
what they should have done in October twelve-
, month, if they bad wished then to preserve the
character of the University from the contamination
of factious politics. They have issued a precept,
or a circular, to the junior Fellows, who are the
tutors, enjoining, in the most emphatic terms, the
discontinuance of all political clubs amongst the
students, either within the walls of the college or
without. In short, they have pronounced an ana-
thema against the Brunswick Clubs, so that no
youth can belong hereafter to the society without
incurring expulsion. I do not say that this is a
work of supererogation now, inasmuch as the prin-
ciple inculcated is a good one, but it is super-
fluous. The Brunswick Clubs closed the day the
Royal assent was given to the Relief Bill, an the
sectarian agitation in the t our ry has altogethe, ceased.
It would be more germai e t ) the present wants and
evils, of the College, if th senior Fellows and
the Provost came to a det -rmination to make a
more equitable arrangement with regard to the num-
ber of students. A junior of only a few years' stand-
ing has filled his chambers by the fury of his polities,
while what I must consider the most respectable
class of the Fellows are almost without pupils. One
man, in a word, may enjoy 1,800/. or 1,9001. a year,
while another, every way his superior, has scarcely
200/. I wish that some commission of inquiry issued
to investigate the actual state of the college; and
particularly with a view to the mode in which they
employ their surplus capital. It would be right,
for instance, to know whether they are entitled by
their charter to come into the market for the pur-
pose of buying up advowsons. Their landed estates
are about 27,000/. or 30,000/. a year. How are
these disposed of To promote the interests of
learning, will be the reply. Perhaps so; but the
public are strangely incredulous, and will not be sa-
tisfied without an investigation. As to college poli-
tics, the resignation of Lefroy is fatal to his elec-
tioneering interests. He was the Provost's man,
in case Mr. Croker had retired ; but as the Provost-
ship of Dublin College •is , generally the half-way
house to a Bishopric, I imagine Dr. Kyle will
pause before he throws himself into the arms of the
opposition, if indeed there be such a thing as a Tory
confederacy against the Government. It may bet o
in England perhaps, but we scarcely hear its dying
echoes here. Never surely was there any thing,
would almost say so miraculous, as the perfect peace
we enjoy in Ireland. People are again coming to-
gether, the honest Protestants laughing at their
apprehensions, and the factious gentry laughing at
' the dupes they made. Much remains to be done
for Ireland, but the ground for improvement has
been laid by the union which has been accomplished
between the people.
Great complaints continue to be made in various
quarters about the operation of the Vestry Act, nor
are these complaints confined, as some of yourreaders
might imagine, to the Catholics. On the contrary,
there is an appearance of a general junction between
Catholics and Protestants on the subject. At Lis-
nadill, in the archdiocese of Armagh—nay, forming
part of the parish of Armagh itself,—a meeting was
convened on the Bth inst., for the purpose of taking
into consideration means of preventing the district
from being assessed without the consent of the in-
habitants for the erection of a new church. You
need not be told that Armagh is a cathedral city,
and not wanting in churches. Protestants and Ca-
tholics assembled, but the former in greater num-
hers, and went to the church to hold their meeting.
The clergyman, however, refused the keys, and the
people, not in the best temper, as you may easily
suppose, with the clerical authorities, were received
into the house of a neighbouring gentleman, where
they speedily passed resolutions and agreed to a
petition. " Men," says my authority, " who had
heretofore looked upon each other as natural ene-
mies, were unanimous in a fixed and firm determi-
nation not to be diverted from watching over their

own affairs by the baneful influence of party."
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, I understand, is in
trouble. There are half a score actions against him
for interfering with the markets without legal autho-
rity. The Attorney-General is decisive on the
point.—iliorning Paper.

PROFITS OF THE COUNTY COROISTERSHIP.
—About twelve years ago a contest took place which ter-
minated in the election of Mr. OTTAWAY, of Staplehurst ;
five years since, a second contest occurred, ending in the
return of Mr. Tnunsrow, of Cranbrook ; on each of these
occasions at least two thousind pounds were spent by the
contending candidates; the net emolument derived from
the office upon an average of the last five years has been
under 151. a year ; while the officer has travelled annually
for the purpose of taking his inquisitions three hundred
miles !—Kentish Chronicle.

It is said that the St. Patrick's Dinner at the
Freemasons' Tavern this day will be well attended, in con-
sequence of Mr. PEEL'S name appearing as President on the
occasion. Besides a number of other illustrious guests,
the Duke of WELLINGTON and THOMAS Nlooac, Esq.
are expected, and a greater number of tickets have been
issued than on any former occasion.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S Divorce Bill, in pro-
ceeding through the Committee of the House of Lords, re-
ceived an amendment;—the amendment was, striking out
the clause prohibiting Lady ELLENBOROUGH from marry-
ing Prince SWARTZENBURGII. A similar clause is intro-.
duced into all their Divorce Bills, when brought into their
Lordships' House, in compliance with the orders ; in Com-
mittee, or in progress of the Bill, the clause is struck out,
and by such means are the orders complied with and
evaded.

The sale of furniture, &c. at the Abbey, at
Iladdington, in the house where the late murders were
committed, took place on Wednesday; some hundreds of
people were there in the course of the day. So anxious
were all to get some small article, that every thing sold
very high ; a small hatchet, worth about 6d., brought 45.,
and every thing else in the same proportion.—Caledonian
Mercury.

M. CHABERT'S ANTlDOTE.—According
to previous announcement, the Fire King yesterday again
exhibited in public at No. 26, St. Jamas.street. His bills
announced that he would himself take oxalic acid, orphos-
phorus, together with boiling oil, besides which he would
entertain the company with numerous experiments, and
conclude with exhibiting the antidote to prussic acid. At
a quarter past three he commenced his operations, and after
two or three experiments of but little interest, he brought
forward a flick of sweet oil, of which he swallowed two
table spoonfuls, at 340 degrees, with much sang frail!.
He next devoured a quantity of phosphorus ; and on
being asked by a gentleman present why he did not take
the antidote, he replied that if he took it three hours af-
terwards, it would have the effect of counteracting the
poison. Finally, a dog was subjected to the prussic acid
ordeal, the antidote being as before dashed down his throat,
after he had begun to stagger. Ile was only slightly af-
fected. The company expressed themselves well satisfied
with the result of the exhibition.

GEORGE NELSON (an old and faithful ser.
vant of Lord SCARBOROUGH) is appointed principal jockey
to the KING, in the room of JAmEs Roanisow. lie will
be at the Newmarket Craven Meeting, to ride his MA -
JEsTr's horses. The Colonel is again in racing trim, and
great expectations are entertained of him.

A short time ago a young woman, about
seventeen years of zie, who resides at Shawelough, near
Ruchtlale, got up in her sleep, dressed herself, kindled the
fire, and then left her home and wandered about till she
reached the top of Mount Pleasant, and continued her
walk till she got upon a piece of ground where bricks were
made during the lsst summer. The ground being soft,
her feet stuck in the clay, and, during the struggle to re-
lease herself, she awoke, and, for a short time, could not
imagine where she then was. After her recollection had
returned, she hastened hack, fearing that she should be
too late for her work at the futtory at Shawclough, which
she did not reach till seven o'clock.—Manchester Courier.

A gigantic enterprise has just been set on foot
in Holland, which is no other than an attempt to drain the
celsbrated lake at Haarlem. This vast piece of water,
which covers a surface of 50.000 acres, was the effect of an
inundation which happened about two centuries age. An
association for emptying it has been formed, with a capital
of six million florins,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(LAST NIGHT).

The I.OII,I3CUaxcELLoa took his seat on the. Wool-
sack at five minutes past Five o'clock.
The Exchequer Bills' Bill, the Transfer of Aids Bill,
and the Guernsey and Jersey Poor Bill, were severally
read a third time.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and others brought up the
Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the East Retford
Bribery Bill, and the Personal Estates Bill, together with
several other private Bills.
The Duke of GORDON presented a petition from Aber-
deen, praying for free trade to India.
Earl BATHURST presented a petition from Cirencester
against the punishment of death for forgery.
The Earl of LIMERICK presented a petition from the
unemployed weavers of Limerick, complaining of distress,
and praying the House to adopt some mode for their relief.
Lord RADNOR presented a petition from Dursley, in
Gloucestershire, calling upon Parliament for relief. The
poor petitioners stated there were 1,500 people raakiving
not more than 15d. per week for their labour.
The same NOBLE LORD then presented to the House
a petition from the Citizens of London, complaining
of the prevalence of general distress. The petition
had lain for signature at the Mansion-house. The
petitioners stated their belief that the distress arose from
taxation, and the petitioners requested a more equal repre-
sentation of the people at large.