The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-06 00:00:00

THREE O'CLOCK.

ELGIN BURGHS.--The election of the Hon. Fox
Maule, in the place of Sir Andrew Leith Hay, is perfectly
secure. lie will have a considerable majority in Elgin ; in
Banff and Peterhead, three-fourths of the electors have
pledged themselves to support him ; and in Invcrury arid Kin-
tore, there will be only a few votes against him. Indeed, we
do not believe that any serious opposition will be offered to
his return. Sonie foolish individuals in Elgin have got up a
requisition to Mr. Holt Mackenzie; but we have it on good
authority that that gentleman will not come forward. The
Elgin Tories, we imagine, are envious of the fame of our
townsmen, Ilenry Lumsden, and his clique, and have resolved
to give us a second edition of the Rossie hoax. But they
may spare themselves the trouble ; their efforts at the former
election have rendered them sufficiently ridiculous : and
there is nothing in their actual position which can enable them
to afford us more amusement. Mr. Hilt Mackenzie, whose
name has been unnecessarily dragged before the public by
the Elgin requisitionists, is a highly respectable gentleman,
and not deficient in talent. He stood for the Elgin Burghs
in 1832, and avowed sentiments rather liberal ; but he was de-
feated by a large majority. In 1834, he again addressed this
constituency, but he withdrew from the contest, and his place
was occupied by Mr. Brodie of Brodie. —Aberdeen Herald.
YORK MAIL BLOWN OVER.--Wednesday
n morn-
g last, about four, as the York and Manchester mail was
passing over the top of Blackstone-edge, it was actually whirled
Over by a tremendous gale of wind. There were no outside
passengers, only
the guard and coachman on the top, with
three passengers inside,
none of whom, fortunately, sustained
any material injury. The guard procured a gig, and proceeded
immediately to Manchester with the bags.
EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER.—On Saturday
last, a kingfisher, handsomely feathered, was discovered with
its claws frozen to the bow of a tree on the-canal side, near this
town. It was quite dead ; and attached to each claw was a
piece of ice. —North Derbyshire Chronicle.
• The town of Spoleto and its environs were, on the
11th ult., visited with a shock of earthquake so violent, that the
inhabitants fled from their dwellings; and some affirmed that
they saw flames rising out of the earth.
During the last month 32 bankruptcies were de-
clared in Paris. The balance-sheets of five of them have not
yet been made out ; but the amount of the debts of the remain-
ing 47 is nearly 1,600,00ef., or 64,0001.
On Tuesday last, at Crabbett Park, Sussex, the
seat of F. S. Blunt, Esq., 14 wild swans came and settled
upon the lake in front of the house. Mr. Blunt, with a single
ball in his gun, levelled and killed two of them ; one measured
eight feet across the wings, and weighed 191b5., the other
weighed 131bs.
Mrs. Howell, an old lady upwards of 100 years of
age, has retained her sight and faculties to so great a degree,
that she rebuked her daughter, now on a visit at her house at
Oswestry, for her clumsiness is not threading a needle with
spectacles, and immediately threaded it without glasses.—
Hereford Times.