The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-06 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR—The absurd and exaggerated
account of the killing of a Walrus, in a Morning
Paper of the 3d of January, although highly cal-
culated to impose on the vulgar, or to astonish our
country friends on a winter evening, is so misstat-
ed, that I wish to put you right, with a view to show,
that though our brave old Navigators were credulous
to a fault, and monstrous in their representations,
modern Navigators have no desire but to picture
to their countrymen those scenes which they have
beheld, with the colouring of truth and the cor-
rectness of eye-witnesses. This stupendous ice-
berg-floating-island animal was purely an or-
dinary Walrus, of the size of a large bullock,and
the precipice on which he reposed off Cape Chud-
leigh was a small floe of ice off Sea Horse Point,
Southampton Island. The platoon firing was
from two muskets, and, far from there being
danger of his swamping the boat, by agitating the z.
sea in his fall, the brute took the water as kindly as
could be expected under his existingcircumstances.
The account in the Morning Paper is a cock-
and-a-bull story, made up by some officious per-
son (a reader, perhaps, of the Terrific Register),
without an atom of truth to recommend it, except
the breaking of the bayonet. The Walrus is cer-
tainly very mischievous when attacked, and in
Captain PARRY'S last voyage two boats of the ;
Heeta were swamped in succession by the same
animal, and the crews would have perished were
it not for the fortunate assistance of the Fury's I
boat. Several of these animals were killed in -
Captain LYON'S recent voyage, without being
able to do mischief, but assuredly not without
risk on the part of the sportsmen. P. W.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY•

The Anniversary Dinner of this Association I
took place yesterday at the City of London Tavern, the Right
Hon. the LORD MAYOR. in the Chair. Nearly 300 Gentlemen
had assembled by six o'clock, amongst whom we observed Sir
Charles Price, Alderman Thompson, Sheriff's Brown and Key, •
Sir Peter Laurie, Timothy Curtis, Esq. &c.
Dinner over, Non Nobis aniline was sung in their usual
excellent style, by Messrs. C. Taylor, Goulding, Broadhurst,
Pyne, &c.; immediately after which
The LORD MAYOR proposed the health of the King, with I
three times three. Drank with enthusiasm. The National
Anthem was then sung, the whole company joining in the j
chorus.
To this toast succeeded " The Royal Family"—" The Duke
of York and the Army"—" The Duke of Clarence and the
Navy"—which were severally drank with three times three, and
followed respectively by the musical Gentlemen with Hail,
Star of Brunswick ; The Duke of York's March; and Ruk
Britannia.

The Loan MAYOR next proposed " Prosperity to the Cony
mercial Travellers Society,', briefly wizening to its benevolent,
laudable, and important purposes, anu remarking upon the
crease of its funds within the last year, which had enabled the It
Committee to add considerably to tile aid previously voted to
the distressed members of the Body, and to the widows and or,
phans of those deceased.
Loud applause followed the announcement, and the toast,
was drank with acclamation.

The health of the Lord Mayor was then proposed by Sir,
Charles Price, after a suitable eulogy upon the worthy Chic'
Magistrate.
The Loup MAYo it returned thanks.

The healths of Sir Charles Price, Mr. Alderman Thomp'‘
son, the Sheriffs, and other distinguished individuals, foP7
lowed in succession, and were each received with great.)
applause. I.
The LORD MAYon; in proposing the healths of the Rept:e4

sentatives in Parliament of the City of London, lamented WI
absence of all those Hon. Gentlemen • and seeing at his 101.
hand a near relative of the respected Father of the City, anal
feeling a tribute of respect due in a particular manner to rheil
Honourable Baronet from every class of his fellow-citizen9•J
he (the Lord Mayor) would connect his name with the toast,]
and propose " The health of Sir W. Curtis, and the other Re'
pr; sentatives in Parliament of the City of London, with three\
times three.—(Drank with acclamation.)
Mr. TIMOTHY CURTIS rose to return thanks for the
nour which had just been done to his father. Although not at
present a Representative of this great City, he looked forward
to the day when perhaps he might solicit the suffrages of his
fellow-citizens, and trusted that in treading in the steps of 110
honoured relative he might not be deemed unworthy of suP'C
port.—(Applause.)---LAfter complimenting the Society upl Ii
its objects and exertions, Mr. Curtis concluded by tendering:
his subscription of 10 guineas.]—(Loud applause.)
A
The LORD MAYOR and Secretary (Mr. PEACH) then read Pni
Report of the State of the Funds of the Society, and a List •
Subscriptions, amongst which were some large items, which av't
nouncements were received with warm applause.
Several other. .appropriate toasts followed, with songs by .311'
Charles Taylor and Mr. Broadhurst, and some charming glees
by those and the other musical Gentlemen present. Convi'l
ality was kept up to a late hour, and we have never witnessed
more harmonious meeting.

SUlClDE.—Yesterday an Inquest was held 0,
the Barley-mow, Mount-street, on the body of Thos. Parrott'
It. appeared that the deceased had formerly filled a respectabl°l
situation in life, but became distressed, and was employed bf,
I'll!: Mr. Tilbury, a coach-maker, of South-street. His wife
~'
an old, infirm inmate of St. George's workhouse. He late
complained of the undutiful conduct of his daughter, who ,
lately married to a tradesman, and that is supposed to he'',
preyed upon his mind. On Tuesday morning, about six o'cloe"
he was found hanging to a door, in a mews in South Audler'l
street.—Verdict, Insanity.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.--The Bury. Gazelttl
says—On Monday evening last an Inquisition was taken at theii
Bell public-house, in Barnwell, before Mr. Chevell, one of 111",
Coroners of this town, on view of the body of Martha Goodlei;
a child about four or five years of age. It appeared in evidence
that the family, a few weeks ago, had undergone a dressing f°f,
the itch ; the deceased and another child were dressed by'
neighbour, and the other part of the family dressed themselves'
the ointment appeared to be such as is used for that purpo3,e; 1
The ingredients were obtained at a druggist's shop in BarnweP,cl
and the quicksilver, of which the ointment was partly composed
served by the mistress of the shop, who admitted she did 1,64
much understand drugs, but knew a few. The deceased basc,'%
ing the complaint most severely, was dressed three times, Old'
other child and the family only once. The deceased gettill
worse, Mr. Cribb, the surgeon, was called in some days bele'.
the child died, and he found it in a state of excessive salil
tion ; the mother also was much salivated. He administer°
such remedies as he thought proper to the deceased, but vild';'
out effect ; mortification of the tongue took place, destroy/o'i 1
part of the tongue, part of the cheek, and nearly the whole °,
the lip. Verdict—" Died in consequence of salivation pc°4l
duced by an unskilful application of mercurial ointment 1"
the itch." • 1

COAL MARKET, JAN. 5.
Ships at Market. Ships sold
59i Newcastle - - '251 -
8 Sunderland - - 8. -
1 Stone Coal - . 3 -

Price.
28s 6d to 42s ek
35s 6d to 43s nil
39s Od to --6

BIRTH.
On the 3d inst., 'qrs. Edward Gregory, of 90, Gosivell-r0:0'
of a son.