The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-31 00:00:00

A GOOD SHOTI

A Gentleman of Nottingham undertook, on Monday last, to
shoot and Hit twelve penny and two halfpenny piece:, thrown.
up .singly, at a distance o 1 15 yards: and afterwards at six
small stones, none of which were larger than a.walnut ; he did
not miss one, and the number of shot which struck the 20 places
was-351,

TROTTING.
The famous trotter, Tulip, undertook the match to' trot four
miles and a half in a quarter of an hour, yesterday morning,
on the road into Twyford, Berks. The horse was rode by the
son of the owner, Mr. Thwaites' of-Two-miles Brook. The
rider rode 7st. 2lbs., and the match-was done as follows :—First
mile, three minutes twenty-nine seconds; second mile, three
minutes nineteen seconds ;. third mile, three minutes twelve
seconds ; fourth mile, three minutes twenty-four seconds ;\ and
the half-mile in one minute forty-seven seconds.—Lost by
eleven seconds.

VAUXHALL—These gardens were last night
opened for the season, with all their usual splendour. To the
various embellishments with which •they were ornamented last
season, several pleasing decorations have been added, the most
prominent of which are a series of Indian views which beautify
the walls of the' Rotunda. While all the. leatling*.features
of the former attractions have been .prescrved, they have
undergone numerous minute improvements, :Which, although
individually trifling,' have; collectively, a very considerable and
advantageous effect. An augmentation•of ;the lamps gives ad-
ditional brilliancy to the. scene; whilst an increased orchestra
spreads the captivating effects of. the music more' extensively
around. The airs have been more judiciouSly selected than
heretofore, Mr. Rooke,, the leader, having had the good taste
to avoid every thing which might be considered coarse or vulgar.
Between the acts of the concert, a new ballet, called Fortune,
or the Peasant Pt inee, W 35 performed by a-very 'numerous ju_
venile corps of dancers, who acquitted themselves with consi-
derable eelat. After this came the Fantoccini, the French
juggler, a performer on six instruments at once, several other
entertainments, and lastly, a magnificent and highly effective
display of fire-works, in the midst of which I.llr. lilackmore
made what the bills very truly called " a most terrific ascent"
on the tight rope from the Moorish Tower. Upon the whole,
the arrangements are well calculated to render theSe gardens
most attractive scene of recreation and delight throughout the
season. The company last night were not so numerous as they
Iwould have been, were it not for the unfavourable turn t?.e.
weather took in the early part of the evening.

LITERATURE.--We beg, to call the attention of
the young, the old, and those who are mourning for the dead,
to a little Volume, called the " Vision of Hades, or the Re-
gion inhabited by the departed Spirits of the Blessed."—The
notes, which are of considerable length, treat of the situation of
the intermediate receptacle of Departed Spirits—the Ministry of
Angels—and the Nature and Condition of the Soul after Death.
It would serve as a book of references to Divines on
curious subjects.

THE PRESENT BISHOP OF SALISBURY.—TLP
Clergy, resident ir the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, ha e
addressed a requisition to the Venerable and Rev. T. BEYNOX,
Commissary General, to convene an early meeting for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the best mode of marking the
wit-nation in which they hold the important services rendered
by their late worthy Bishop Dr. Burgess, to the interests of th:
Established Church in general, as well as to the Diocese in par-
ticular, during the long period he presided over the See. .
OIL GAs BlLL.—Yesterday the Oil Gas Com-
pany Bill, which was brought in to establish a Company in op_
position to the General Gas Light Company, was rejected by a
Private COmmittee of the House of Commons, and const-
quently lost for the present Session.
The Commissioners who concluded the contract
for the last Colombian Loan on London, have arrived in Carth:i-
gena, and have announced that they are ready to explain to the
Government, and to justify it to their fellow-citizens, their cur.-
duct in the transaction. ' •
The followitie is an extract of a Letter from
Carthagena de Colombia, dated March lath :—" A friend front
Chagres, has informed me, that-Admiral plat had arrived,
and was imprisoned at Guayaquil, his .ships dismantled, and
hie crews in mutiny. Should this report prove true, the Spa-
niards can hold out with easq -calbto, for a considerable time
longer."
THUNDER STORII.S.—As it is .not uncommon
for persons in the country, who are overtaken by a thunder
storm, to seek shelter under a tree or hedge, it may
bs
proper to retnark, that they are there in much greater
danger than in the open field; for, as -trees become conductors
of lightning, the . person, placed in contact with a tree struck„
would inevitably receive part of the shock ; .and any metallic
substance or implement with him, or about his person, would
increase the portion of that shock. It is also 'worthy of recol-
lection, that the danger is materially increased if the ground at
the foot of such a tree be in a remarkably Airy state, which is
always the case during the summer or autumnal months, when
thunder and lightning in our climate are most prevalent.
HEN ICY SAYERY —" We are enabled to con-
tradict the paragraph," says the Bristol Mirror of Saturday,
4* which, has appeared in several of the London Papers, stating.
in reference to a late triakthat one of our local Magistrates had
been severely reprimanded for his conduct on that occasion.—
No such reprimand has been given or received."
Mrs. Mom's, wife of -a
journeyman saddler,
at- Billinghurst, was on Friday se'nnigllt safely delivered of
four girls. They all died the following day, but the mother is
doing well.

DISTRESSING A CCIDgNT,—This forenoon, about
ten o'clock, an elderly and respectable-looking man, in endea-
vouring to cross from St. Paul's church-yard into Cheapskie,
when some carts heavily laden were passing, was knocked down
by one of , the horses, and before any assistance could be
rendered him, the animal had trampled pi his leg, stomach,
and shoulder, and on being taken into a surgeon's, evi.
dently in dreadful agony, it was found that his `right Leg was
fractured, and his shoulder was very seriously hurt. The eir-
eumstance was done in a moment, and excited feelings of the
greatest horror among the by-etanders.
The Carpenters employed in the different stair..
cases leading to Lloyd's, which have been for
some time undergoing extentste repairs, made
a demand. this • morning foir,'an increase of
wages, which not being compliid with, left %hilt-
work in a body: