The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-30 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

BY ADMIRAL V.,1 ARLES NAPIER.
In 2 TroLs.—Londod, Boone, 1836.

Our readers will perceive a paragraph in another
part of the Advertiser, extracted from The Sun, commenting
on the clause in the new Stamp Act for the registration of the
names of proprietors of newspapers. The judicious and ex'
cellent observations of our contemporary render it unncessarf
for us to add a single word on the subject; but we are hale
to understand that should any amendments in the Lords cause
the Bill again to come before the House of Commons, it is the
intention of a majority of the House to expunge the obnoxious•
provision. To all newspapers, whether consisting of a great
or small number of proprietors, the clause in question would be
a great nuisance ; but to this paper it would be the cause, 0o
only of great expense and inconvenience, but also of exposit;
every individual proprietor, by the form of the oath at
Stamp-office, to the chance of perjury, as it calls upon bird':
swear as fact, that of which it is impossible for him to haver,
knowledge, namely, the exact names and number of individaw
by whom the property is held.—Morning Advertiser.
CANINE SAGAClTY.—Thursday a hand cart W!
borrowed by the neighbour of a baker in this town, to conii
some luggage to a steam-boat, with which a person was Owl
afterwards proceeding up Queen-street, when a Newfoundland
dog, the property of the baker, seeing a stranger in possession
of his master's cart, went up, compelled him to stop, and reri
soon also to quit his hold. The dog placed himself between
the shafts, and threatened vengeance upon any one who dared v
interfere with him. After some time fruitlessly spent in
deavouring to beat away the unlooked for usurper, the Caeca,
of a piece of beef was tried by an obliging butcher, but the AI,
would neither be threatened, menaced, beaten, cajoled, tier
bribed to quit his master's vehicle. The porter, finding ine
fectual all attempt to regain possession of the cart, was 11
ceeding to take out the luggage, but in this he was as furiously
resisted as in his former encounters with the dog, who, having
fairly baffled all attempts to conquer him, couched himself he;
tween the wheels, until his master could be brought, who W
of necessity procured from a distance of two or three street,
and to him the faithful animal delivered up possession with 01
dent satisfaction.—Lincoln Gazette.

VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.—A fine illustration cif
the potency of this principle took place at Little Brinell.
near this town, on Thursday last, when a new and commodoa
Baptist Chapel was opened for Divine Worship. The group
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on which the Chapel is erected, was nobly and kindly glveA
by ono of the friends connected with the place. The expVi'"
of erection is about 350/. The villagers have raised among;
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themselves 200/., and collected from their several connectiorl,
20/. more ; and as if animated by their conduct, the congreed
tion assembled contributed the sum of 601., manifesting there'',
a corresponding liberality, and happily, leaving only the 05
paratively small debt of about 70/. on the new building. .1
much liberality amidst the rural population of an humble
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lage, aided by the friends from a distance, exhibits, we OW"
the force of the voluntary principle more than a thousand ar'
guments.—Northampton Herald.

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Rich Pekoc Souchong . ,ss. Od. . --
Fine Flowery Pekoe 6s. Od..
Good Green Tea
Fine Hyson
Finest ditto is. Od. to Bs. Od.
Good Coffee
Mocha ditto
Small Boxes, weighing 121 b. net, imported expressly for Fanf.".

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in elegant cases, about 7i inches high, suitable either to stand Iv
bracket or mantel=piece, and are Warranted, at T. COX 5
VORY'S, Working Goldsmith, &c. &c., 47, (ornhill, Londoll:b•
N.B. A pamphlet given gratis, containing a detailed list of
prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, &c. &c.

BIRTHS.
On the 27th inst., at Clapham, Mrs. R. B. Beddome, of a 01'
her sixth child.
On the 2Gth inst., at Highgate, the lady of Peter Poland, Pl.'
of a daughter. of
On the 27th inst., at North Bank, Regent's-park, the lag
Deputy Commissary-General Cumming. rf
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On the 29th inst., at, St. Pancras New Church, William Ch 0
third son of John Boden, Esq., of Ednaston Lodge, Derbyshire' of
Frances Amelia, only (laughter of Thomas Cartledge, SC/.'
Chancery-lane.
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On the 26th inst., at Trowse, near Norwich, the Rev. Jl3''' ooli
mund Cox, 8.A., of All Soul's College, Oxford, to Jane'
child of James Bell, Esq., of the formei:-place. vet*
On the 23d inst., at St. Mary's, Dover, the Rev. Thos. pell'
Head Master of Aldenham School, to Eleanor Francis, only a"'
ter of the late Stephen Doorne, banker, of Rochester. fscl.t
On the 27th inst., at Bromley, Middlesex, Robert Young! ge
of Limehouse, to Keturah, relict of Thos. Burne, Esq., hl5
jesty's Customs.
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On the 28th inst., at Great Witchingham, Norfolk, nnareP
Phineas, eldest son of B. J. Nunes, Esq , of Camberwell, Sur
to Belle Le Neve, youngest daughter of. the late Peter Le
Foster, Esq., of Lenwade, Norfolk.

D/ED.
On the 29th inst., Joseph Williams; only son of Mr. B. nburi'
of 131ackfriars-road, aged 19. teo
On the 14th inst., at Paris, Robert Motteux, Esq., of Bans
Place, Surrey.
On the 27th inst., Maria Theresa, wife of Francis PlaistoW 1.114
paud, Esq.
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On the 21st inst., in the New-road, aged 85, Anne, wi.•A °-
Barlow, formerly of Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. ed 80'
On the 27th inst., at Wood Stanwav, Gloucestershire, ag
Thomas Aston, Esq., of Ealing.

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN PORTUGAL,

1 11Y 7"," veryf roterzsting account of the late Portu-
guese Wa': but so many others have
preceded it, that we tic; wit anticipate for it that de-
gteo of attention which it justly merits. The gallant
author, tvlto by his personal bravery contributed not a
little to the succes!; 91 the Queen's arms, relates his
personal exploits with great modesty and good taste.

AN ABRIDGED HISTORY OF THE (JOYS Tl'
TUTION OF ENGLAND.
in. JOHN KETTLE.
London, I,:llinyltain Wilson, 1836.

This tract is little more than a compilation from
finnan] and other celebrated writers on the Consti:u-
tion of this country. We learn from its title page that
its author was the founder of the first political union
established in London, for the purpose of furthering
the succe3s of the Reform Bill ; and its object is to
prove that the theory of the Constitution is in favour of
the extensive changes that arc now demanded by the
people. We have, differently read the constitutional
history of Great Britain, though not less zealous than
Mr. Kettle in a desire to refor►n our social and civil
institutions. Tl►e pamphlet is dedicated to Mr•
O'Connell.

MADRID, JULY 13.—1 t is reported here that
General Cordova has sent in his resignation, and that a Cabi-
net Council has been held on the subject. It is added that
the Queen Regent warmly expressed her determination to re-
tain the services of the Commander-in-Chief, and that, there-
fore, his resignation has not been accepted. I do not knov,
what these men arc about. Every body thinks that sufficient
time has elapsed for them to be convinced that Cordova, if not a
traitor, is at least incapable of commanding 100,000 men. Well,
he will be continued in his post, and the summer campaign will
be lost. This country isfast running the road to revolution, and
all the diplomatic combinations in the world will not be able to
prevent it. Any one who will look calmly on passing events,
will soon be convinced that this is not a rash conclusion. The
party of the Queen is decreasing, the party of Don Carlos does not
increase. What does this naturally lead us to ? That people are
getting tired of both, and that the day is not far distant when $
Government will be founded more calculated to promote the In'
terests and welfare of the nation, and more in accordance with
the national feelings. The present men have done much to
accelerate such a result. Instead of endeavouring to conciliate
the extreme feelings of the day, by good measures in conso-
nance with rational liberty, they have retrograded to the
worn-out policy of past-times, and have provoked the exaspe'
ration of the thinking classes of the population.
FATAL OCCURRENCE rN HOLBORN.—A Bo
KILLED. —On Thursday evening, about a quarter past eight
o'clock, the following frightful occurrenr.e, attended with lose
of life, took place in Holborn ; and it is a most miraculous
circumstance, considering the crowded state of the road at the
time, that several persons were not killed. At the time above'
named, the driver of a cart belonging to Mr. Wm. Thacker,
a clothworker and presser, in Coleman-street, City, pulled uP,
at a shop near the end of Hatton-garden, for the purpose 0'
delivering some goods, leaving in the vehicle two boys, one
about fourteen and the other twelve years of age; the nOll
had not been many minutes absent, when the horse, taking
fright at something which passed, started off at full gallop
down the hill, at the bottom of which the cart came with
fearful force against the lamp-post by Mr. Way's, at the
corner of Field-lane, whose shop front must have been ine'
vitably dashed in had not the collision happened ; the horse hi
the shock disengaged itself from the harness and run up to,
wards Snow-hill, but was stopped at the end of Farringdoe;
street. An immense number of persons quickly congregate
at the spot, and in an instant attention was turned to the two
boys, who were thrown with tremendous force from the shafts,
on which they had been standing, into the road. The vehicle'
by the aid of some of the crowd, was lifted up, when one ,
the poor boys was discovered on the stones quite dead, and
his head crushed in a shocking manner—the other is Be'
expected to survive; they were both conveyed on shutters
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital—the cart was nearly dashed to
pieces. _ _