The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

BUNGAY, ST. MARY.

SEPT. 3, 1838.—This morning, pursuant to notice, a vestry
was held for the purpose of making a Church-rate, and a rate
of 2d. in the pound was accordingly made, on the motion of
Mr Samuel Scott, the ;Ate Churchwarden.

Mr. Charles Childs attended, as usual, to protest against
the laying of a rate, and pointed out the total failure of their
compulsion in the previous year. The sum for which they had
distrained on his business property was, including the fees of
process, 9s. 1 Id., for which they had sold goods worth above four
times the amount, and were now further from their mark than
previously. The proceeds had not paid the cost of seizing,
and now they wanted 10s. 4d., which they could recover only
by a further distress.

He also charged on the vestry that they, and not the law,
were responsible for all the injustice they inflicted, and all the
consequences which might ensue. The law did not demand
the laying of a rate ; it was at that moment in their own
power to abstain from setting the law in motion ; but if they
chose to give to their Churchwardens the power of legally
collecting a rate, the injustice was inflicted by themselves.
He added that he was quite aware such considerations would
have no weight with the vestry.
Mr. Sayer asked how the sum reqi.ired should be raised,
and Mr. C. Childs replied that Mr. Scott and Mr. Bobbitt
could instruct him, from their own past experience, how the
expenses of the Dissenting Meeting-house in the town were
defrayed.
Mr. Sayer—Aye; we are not agoing to take the rate off
your shoulders and put it on our own.
P. S. The distress made at the Messrs. Child? office con-
sisted of three reams of printing demy, worth above 40s. ;
the rate was 2s. l Id. ; the costs, up to the application for dis-
tress warrant, 7s. They were sold in one lot to a labouring
man for Bs., and the costs of seizing and selling were Bs. sd.
The present claim of the Church upon th Messrs. Childs is
therefore 10s. 4d., being 7s. sd. more than the original rate.

A field belonging to Mr. John Surridge, of
ford Peverel, containing three acres of the finest wheat ever
remembered to have been grown in that parish, or for m any
parishes adjoining, was cut during the past week. It was sup-
posed by competent judges that it would realise full fifty
bushels per acre. The corns have been counted from 120 to
140 in one ear, and in many ears the corns run six in a chace.
--IVestern Times.

THE SLTN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1838.

duals, including all the nobility and gentry of the district, the
learned foreigners, and other eminent members of the British
Association. The preparations were on a most extensive
scale.—Newcastle Journal.
We are glad to hear that his Grace the Duke of
Portland is so far re.!overed from his late illness, that on
Monday last he was cnaaled to ride as far as his extensive
agricultural works at Sutton-in- A shlield.—DerbyshireCourier.
On the 30th of August, Lord Fitzharris and Lord
Macdonald killed s'xty-nine brace of grouse. Lard Ossul-
stun, M.P., and Wm. Massey Stanley, Esq., seventy-nine
brace of grouse, on the moors of Duncan Davidson, Esq., of
Tulloch, Ross-shire.
SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF DERBY.—

Thursday last, as the Earl of Derby was in the act of remon-
strating angrily with some of the numerous body of workmen
whom he has recently employed in the erection and completion
of the extensive improvements he has projected on the Knows-
ley estate, he was, without the faintest premonitory symptom,
prostrated by an apoplectic seizure. Efficient and available
assistance was promptly secured, and the immediate conse-
quences of the attack were, by the judicious treatment of his
medical attendants, averted. We are informed that the Noble
patient remains in a most precarious state. The severity of
eltch; a
at tnadc has
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as
we deprived
understood,
him h of the u
as
materially
impaired i s rightarm n
his
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powers
of utterance. On Friday his Lordship was reported to he
better, but on Saturday the symptoms, we regret to say, were
more unfavourable.
Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset left Great Stan-
hope-street yesterday morning, on a visit to the Duke of Wel-
lington, at \Valmer Castle. His Lordship returns to town
on Monday next to resume his official duties at the Horse
Guards. Colonel Waling, Deputy Military Secretary to the
Commander-in-Chief performs the routine duties of his Lord-
ahip during his absence.
Lady Mary Bentinck, sister to the Duke of Port-
land, has taken one of the villas at Hampton Court for the
season, and the mansion is now undergoing- a course of decc-
rative repair.
The Countess of Chesterfield and Colonel and Nirs.
Montague were to have left Jersey on Saturday for Cowes,
the Earl:of Chesterfield intending to call for the party with
his yacht on his way from Cherbourg to the Isle of Wight.
The Earl and Countess, accompanied by Colonel Montague
and his lady, will leave Cowes in the course of the week for
Doncaster, to be present at the races.
The-Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Shel-
burne left Bowood Park, on Saturday last, for Dublin. It is
said that their Lordships intend remaining in Ireland about a
month. The Marchioness and Ludy Louisa Fitzmaurice wit
remain at their seat in Wiltshire until Chriqtmas.
The Archbishop of Armagh (the Right Hon. John
George de la Poer lieresford, Primate of all Ireland) arrived
in Knutsford on Saturday evening last. His Grace attended
divine worship in the forenoon at the parish Church, and in the
afternoon at Rostherne. His Grace, afterwards, we under-
stand, dined at Tat ton.—Macclesfield Courier.
The Earl of Egretnont has joined his Countess at
their seat, SilvertonPark, Devon, from a cruise on the French
coast, in his elegant yacht, the Janette.
The Earl of Stamford arrived at the ancient scat of
his ancestors, near Ashton•under-Lune, last week, and owing
to its.being the first time his Lordship has resided at the old
hall, his arrival was welcomed by the tenantry in an enthusi-
astic manner. The hall, which has undergone a complete re-
pair, and has been splendidly furnished, had been in a dilapi-
dated state for many years past.
Sir William Follett is passing part of the long
vacation with his relations and constituents at Exeter.
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thinstant.atC
mthuasAnic uwobhreairr,has been already mentioned. Rumours of a treaty
with Albertazii are afloat, and it will gratify us to find them
confirmed. Mr. Serle is to be acting manager, in the room of
Mr. Bartley.
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whoseo, name
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be immortalized tanonertwalop
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acts, with which the Parisian people are to be treated during
the month of December. At Berlin preparations are making
for a sumptuous ballet, the entire music of which has been
composed by the Princess William of Prussia, consort of the
King's youngest son.

Ma OrCoNNELL.—Mr. O'Connell left Cork, ac-
companied by his brother, James O'Connell, Esq., Mr. Moffat,
and Dr. Nugent, on Tuesday evening, for Macroom, where
he spent that night. Yesterday morning he proceeded to Kil-
larney, and enjoyed himself during the day on the Lakes, and
remained last night at Lakeview. He goes on this day to
Derrynane.—/Venagh Guardian of Saturday.
The beautiful seat of Mr. W. A. Mackinnon,
M. P., at Newtown Park, near Lymington, was the scene of
much gaiety on Thursday evening last, the Hon. Member
giving a fancy dress ball to all the rank and fashion of Hants
and the neighbouring counties. The company exceeded four
hundred in number, and the dresses of the ladies were of the
most splendid description. The two fair daughters of " mine
host" were the Siberian beauties of the evening. A Persian
hood was also the admiration•of the gay and animated throng,
but the name of the fair one, unfortunately, we could not as-
certain. The elegant Circassian, Albanian,' and Greek
dresses, formed an excellent contrast with the simple but pic-
turesque costumes of the Highlander and Swiss. The gen-
tlemen were principally attired in military, naval, Highland, and
Turkish uniforms. Mr. Weippert's quadrille band, and a mili;ary
band, were engaged. Public dinners were given by the Hon.
Member to large parties of tradesmen, &c., chiefly his consti-
tuents, and to the poor of the town of Lymington and its
neighbourhood, on Friday and Saturday last.
CARL KING'S PRESENT TO QUEEN VICTORIA.
—The return of the Great IV(stern has brought us news of
the beautiful bonnet sent by the eehbrated Carl King of New
York to the Queen of England. As soon as the Western
reached England, Captain Hosken opened a correspondence
with Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Horne De-
partment, relative to the bonnet. His Lordship notified her
Majesty —she wrote a beautiful complimentary letter—the
bonnet was sent on to the Queen, and no less than three dozen
ladies of the English nobility forwarded back orders and com-
plimentary litters to the celebrated Carl King and his lovely
lady for bonnets
.of the same style. Carl is a lucky dog!
This King has
given the Queen a bonnet. The Queen has
given the King a smile of approval, and the ladies and
the Queen will make this King's fortune. We shall
publish a part of' the correspondence ie a kW c 1414.-..,
New York Herald.
LONDON AND 131/tM/NGIIAM RAILWAY. We
are glad to learn that the opening of the line will in all proba-
bility
take place a week earlier than had been previously ar-
ranged.
The 17th of September, instead of the 24th, is lthe
day now fixed upon; and, from what INI) have heard upon
the subject, we have no doubt the line will, on that day, be
opened for passengers from end to end.—Manchester
Guardian. •
ACCELERATION OE MAILS.--.On the 17th of
September there will be thirty-eight miles of the Southampton
Railway open to the public,
.which it is expected will give two
hours' acceleration to the arrival of the mails at Exeter, De-
vonport, and Falmouth, leaving only seven miles to complete
the line on the Western route as far as Basingstoke, forty-
eight miles distant from the General Post-office, when, at the
least, two hours and a half, if not three hours, may be les-
sened, so that letters, &c., will arrive at Exeter at half-past
nine a.m. This advantage, added to our present loss of time
at Taunton, where our letters remain two hour
end a half
every (lay, would, by a direct coach freq.; Rxeter, enable us to
be served with the London bags, and from all other
ports
on
the Eastern side, and North from York, by about half--past one
or mid-day. By this arrangement the Bristol mail would re-
main as it :9; and, in feet, U is separated for the present, for
the branch
.from Taunton is a perfectly distinct line. We
know that a nei,ehb mring town, under the patronage of some
of the leading gentry, is endeavouring to establish a direct
mail-coach to and from Exeter—it consequently behoves us to
be on the alCrt ; for it cannot be denied that ie every point of
view Barnstaple ought to be nerved the firit.—North Devon
Advertiser.
A horse employed in the colliery at Johnston, be-
longing to Messrs. Marycharch and Owen, lieeerfordwest,
was a month ago miseing, end tie trace of him could be dis-
covered. Last week, however, as some boys were cutting some
furze at the brink of an old coal pit, about 12 fees deep, they
discovered the lost animal at the bottom. Assistanceid being
immediately procured, the poor horse w from the
confinement which he had suffered from was
released
k
food or water, and annoyed by flies, which badeeawteern.haowleistbiontuot
his flesh, and, owing to careful treatment,' he has now nearly
recovered his former condition. Thirst seemed to be the prin-
cipal, sufr`7l4o endured by the horse, as maedaiateythonrehist
release be rushed to his old water'
difficulty forced from it. Hun.eirnt'aPicceo'mapnellwedsh7m tog en-
deavera to eat some dry roots which were at the bottom of the
pit, but, proving too hard to masticate, they were feline' stuck
roc in his mouth.—Welslo
?Wit
An inquest was held yesterday at St. Thomas's
HoTital on the body of Miss Jane Childs, aged 19, the
daughter of a respectable tradesman residing in North AnclicY-
street. Miss Childs, after taking a large quantity of arsenic,b 4
4 pPQtI
—1111; PH Esther to the city in an omnibus, where
she was taken very ill, and after confessing that she had
poisoned herself, was removed to the Hospital, where she died,
It appeared that fur some months the girl Ind beam in the
habit of reading relieem 11404 a'oging psalms, and addres-
sing fervent appeals her sisters on the subject of religion,
and frequently kissing them. She was accustomed to call
herself the worst of sinners, and to say that she had sold her
soul
Potted
the evil one. A rhapsodical letter tQ 1•119 elPct
was totted on her porsoll, in which, 'weever, she stated that
although 't a miserable, ttnii4lY wretch, it was not owing to
religion," Deceased had lived on tlic beet terms with her
family and friends. Verdipt,Temporary derangement.
Thomas Williams of Pencoyd, an old man, upwards
' of 80 years of age, committed suicide on Sunday, 26. th
under the following circumstances:—The unfortunite man
had, by great ega„ley, bayed nearly', 761, on which he was
subsisting, when some miscreant broke into his cottage, and
robbed him of every farthing he possessed in the world. On
applying to the guardians for relief he was offered ilea 7to-
- Which he refused, and went 4:7 tAnd hung 13irpsgl. ,
The late fine weatite, has enabled our farrnerl to i
carry the greater pot of their wheat crops in good ; and
should it continue the harvest in this part of the country will
be completed in about a fortnight.—Aylesbury Nov 4%

SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE.

TATTER SA L L'S- YRSTERD r.
THE ST. LEG ER.

The attendance was thin, the betting ‘• slow," and the changes
of little moment. Don John was not so much in favour as before,
3 to I taken once only; having been offered currently towards the
close, lon stood at his old price, with plenty of friends ready to
back him at 4to I, proof enough that the report about " blister-
ing" has no foundation. Grey Momus, !tlzira, and Cobham were
backed at last week's prices, the latter having the call, without
making any decided advance. Lanercost, Jemmy Jumps, and Al-
bemarle, are evidently on the decline, while Pucelle shows symp-
toms of improvement.

CLOSING PRICES :-
3 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John
7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon—take 4 to.l
9 to 1 agst Mr. Parkin's Lanercost
12 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus—taken
12 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira—taken and aft. offered
20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle—taken
20 to 1 apt Mr. S. L. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—taken
Appleton Lad not mentioned.
THE DERBY.
,000 to 50 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark—taken