The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-31 00:00:00

ANOTHER TITHE ABOLITION.--We have witnessed an-
other of these serio-comic exhibitions paradoxically called
tithe sales, at Boro Hill, the residence of that stanch and
uncompromising friend of his country, Colonel Fitzhenry,
at the suit of the executors of the late Bishop of Ferns.
As usual, the whole circuaajacent district, embracing 'an
arena of several miles diameter, supplied a steady, resolute,
but peaceably djsposed people to look on at this farsical
scene, the sub-sheriff, his bailiff, a writ of exponai vendi-
tionem, the well fed stock of Boro Hill, &c., forming the
dramatis personw and scenic beauties of the representation.
Notwithstanding that placards had been surreptitiously is-
sued by some person or persons as yet unknown, setting
forth that the Sheriff's sale at Boro Hill had been ad-
journed—add that tens of thousands were consequently in-
duced to remain at home, the assemblage that attended
to offer their sympathies to an upright and inde-
pendent gentleman, persecuted for conscience sake,
in the name of religion, and coerced, as one of an
" alien " flock, to support a departed shepherd, was
fully eqaal to the occasion, and to the glorious cause
of national justice. The sale (?) opened with four
stacks of oats, and our old friend of the hammer, by
way of experiment, took the inverse of the order hitherto
pursued by him, that of beginning with the minimum in-
stead of the maximum value of the article ; but as the
phrase goes, " his success fully realized our expectations."
Each of the stacks could not have been worth less than
from 401. to 501., but the auctioneer modestly begun with
the next lowest current coin of the realm—one halfpenny!
From this point he laboured to emerge for a quarter of an
hour for—" one halfpenny ! one halfpenny oh, boys,
honey," he ejaculated, " will you allow such a sacreefice as
this ?" Yet not a word of response—a heartless stillness
pervaded the wondering masses, as they beheld the repre-
sentative of the " Man of God" thus discharge his part of
the sacred functions. Hay, potatoes, household furniture,
sheep, oxen—all shared the fate of the stack of oats ; and
the result of this sale, which was to have established a pre-
cedent for the parsons to pursue the war with auxiliary aid
and renovated vigour, has been blown, by the tranquil de-
portment of the people and their steady adherence to prin-
ciples, into thin air.—Watford Independent.

Madame Murat, sister of Napoleon, and ex-Queen
of Naples, was seen at a window of the Garde Meuble
Hotel, in Paris, looking at the recent elevation of the obelisk
in the Place Louis XV. For 20 years before a Bonaparte
had not been seen in that capital.
Josiah Coldart (coldheart) has been mulcted in
150 dollars, damages and costs, at Pinckneyville, 111., for
promising to marry an amiable young woman named Mary
Davenport, and afterwards refusing. The cold-hearted
lover forked over th• cash, and declared " that it was cheap
enough at double the money !" He was about to join him-
self for life to a proprietress of twenty thousand acres.—
Xetv lurk Pea.

AIR PLANTS.—These rare and curious plants, im-
ported from Demerara, were sold at George Robins's rooms
on Thursday. The auctioneer, who appeared to possess a
botanical knowledge, explained to the company the great
curiosity and beauty of these plants, none of which had
ever been imported into this country. This sale congre-
gated all the botanical amateurs, also deputies from Hamp-
ton, Kew, &c. The Duke of Devonshire purchased the
finest of these plants for Chatsworth, at four guineas a plant.
DREAD OF MRS. TROLLOPE IN AMERICA.—
By the American Papers just received, it appears that so
great is the apprehension of the effect likely to result from
the circulation of this able writer's new work, " Jonathan
Jefferson Whitlaw," which so eloquently pleads th• cause of
humanity against the infamous traffic in slaves in America,
for which she deserves the thanks of philanthropists all over
the world, that the booksellers and publishers of the United
States have been compelled to enter into an arrangement
not to publish or circulate this powerful work. A greater
tribute to the genius of the writer than such a circumstance
could not be evinced.

Since Wednesday night the weather has been very
severe in the northern parts of the country. The greater
part of the land between Birmingham and Liverpool was
on Friday night covered with deep snow. In Manchester,
on Friday night, the snow descended in quantity not often
witnessed before the month of December.
Though snow has been frequently seen even in the
month of October, so deep a fall as that of Friday night has
rarely been witnessed in the neighbourhood of the metrp-
polis at so unusual a period.
In one of the parishes of the Sherbourne Union
are two old females who have for many years carried on a
co-partnership in the laborious business of lime-burners, the
one quarrying the stone, the other attending the business
of the kiln. The stone quarrier has recently been disabled
by a fall, whilst getting out some heavy stone, which in-
jured her knee, and compelled her to apply to the board of
guardians for relief, a request which was instantly and cheer
fully complied with. The lime-burner has since been com-
pelled to hire a labourer, but she complains sadly of the
small portion of work which she performs in comparison
with that of her partner.

The result of the examination of the culprit Con-
cerned in the late explosion at the Post-office, Liverpool,
was the committal of the prisoner for trial. On Friday the
prisoner was indicted for a misdemeanour, and found
guilty. The sentence of the Court was, that be be impri-
soned in the House of Correction of Kirkdale for 2 years.
Our Conservative Contemporaries will no doubt be
highly gratified with another characteristic likeness of their
new idol, Lord Lyndhurst, as pourtrayed by the inimitable
H. B. His American Lordship is there represented playing
his antics after the fashion of his countryman Jim Crow,
while a number of little boys are standing around in all the
attitudes of admiration, but in whom we recognize several
distinguished possessors of hereditary wisdom. The motto
is, "An alien in blood," " turn about, wheel about, jump
just so." The tcoronet half falling off his head, and his
robing hanging very loosely about him, are given with true
graphic effect. We ought not to forget that, instead of
the ballad, he holds in his hands the Times newspaper, from
which lie is represented as singing the popular song above
referred to. The print is undoubtedly the best that has
yet appeared from the pencil of this most humourous de-
s inner.

The following are the ages of the respective So-re-
reigns of Europe :—The King of Sweden (Bernadotte), 72 ;
the Pope, 71 ; King of England, 71 ; King of Decnnark,
66 ; King of Prussia, 66 ; King of the Netherlands, 65 ;
King of the French, 64 ; King of Wurtemberg, 55 ; the
Sultan, 51 ; King of Bavaria, 50 ; King of tl-..e Belgians,
46 ; Emperor of Austria, 43 ; Emperor of Russia, 40 ;
King of Sardinia, 38 ; King of Naples, 36 ; King of
Greece, 21 ; Queen of Portugal, 17 ; and Queen of .Spain,
6 years old.

On Sunday evening the town of B arnsley was much
alarmed by an incendiary fire which took place at Swine-
hills. Two men were seen coming from the stack-yard of
P. Kindray, Esq., and almost immediately afterwards a
stack of barley was in fl,lmes ; assistance was promptly
given, and the other produce was saved from destruction.
The incendiaries hat', placed ridges of straw from the fir©
to the other stacl,;s in the yard, and had not assistance
been at hand, the whole must have been destroyed.—
Halifax Expwss.
The Aurora Borealis, which we mentioned as having
been:, seen on the 18th inst., at Valenciennes and other places
in France, was remarked at Frankfort, Wisbaden, Carlsrube,
Cologne, Dusseldorf, Aix, and other towns of Germany, and
created alarm at each, from being mistaken for some great
conflagration.

No further steps have been taken in Mancb.ester
respecting the proposed disinterment of the remains of Ma-
dame Malihran. M. de Fiennes and the courier arc still at
the Mosley Arms. It is stated that M. de Beriot still per-
sists in his determination to remove the body of his deceased
Wife to Belgium, at whatever cost.
The Boston Transcript says they have begun to
fatte❑ hogs at Bangor on animal inagnelism. This cfi'ect is
produced by scratching their backs with iron hoops..