The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-13 00:00:00

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Pigs 325. to 335. per cwt.

We have just heard from good authority that
Sir WALTER SCOTT iy very ill, and in great danger.—
Edinburgh Evening Post
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BOGIE CORBET.—The talent of Mr. GALT
as an inventor of imaginary autobiographies, is unequalled
by any writer, if we except DEFOE ; and it is on account
of the absolute verisimilitude of their stories, that the
-author of " Robinson Crusoc," and " Lawrie Todd," stand
apart from other niwelties, in the best of whose works are
occasionally to be seen exaggeration and contrivance. how
delighted is the teader of "Bogle Corbet " by the positive
reality of the •ernes in Glasgow, by the vivid impression
he is made to feel of the strange and beautiful and burning
land of Ja.tua'ci—by the living picture of London life—
and by the subsequent recital of the altet nate hopes and
fears, the adventures and the vicissitudes of the life of a
colonist !

The following paragraph appears in several of
fie French Papers .—" The Countess CAMERAT, a daugh-
ter of ELISA RACIOCC HI, and niece of NAPOLEON, who
was under the surveillance of the Austrian police, has arc-
ceeded in carrying ofT.her son from Ancona, in order to
convey him to Rome. She also, a few months ago, con-
ceived The bold project of carrying off the Duke DE
Bale HSTADT, and conducting him to Rome, to have him
crowned in the capitol as King of ITALY, lint she was not
sufficiently well seconded in her enterprise."
QUARANTINE ESTABLISHMENT IN CON-
STA NTINOPLE.—The Turkish prejudices i❑ favour of pre•
destination have been so far overcome that a quarantine
establishment has been commenced in Constantinople.
Tiil very lately the Turks, on the same principle of pre-
destination, resisted vaccination. It was only after the'
late Russian campaiva, when they saw the ravages the
plague made in the armies in Wallachia, that they adopted
any precautions even to check its progress. Some f me.
since the Turkish Government applied to the British Mi-
nister for a model of a lazaretto, which was immediately
furnished- The direction of the new establishment, aryl
its erection, were entrusted to Captain &marten, a na•
t of Malta, who reached Constantinople early in May,
1881. The whole is to be superintended by a Board of
Health, consisting of a President, five native members,
two foreign Consuls, two European merchants, one phy-
sician, and the Captain of the port. Four quarantine sta-
tions are to he appointed—at the Bosphorus, the D,r-
danelles, the Castle of Asia, and Gallipoli. A proper
sanatory police is to be kept up at home by all the Paellas.
The establishment, as at present contemplated, will be
the most perfect of the kind in Europe, and at a cost of
not more than 20,0001. United Service Journal.
DEATH OF PATRICK GIBSON.--ThiS
" aunciente usarinere" died, the other day, at his residence
near the World's End-lane (the address for so long a
liver !), Chelsea, at the remarkable age of 111. He was
a purser in the navy, superannuated after he had passed his
hundredth year. GrusoN was an Irishman, and of a very
strong, sinewy frame. His hand was like whalebone,
and his grip and shake, to the very last, such as would
have astonished, if not annihilated, the nerves of a modern
exquisite. Faithful to his old sea customs, he lived chiefly
on salt junk, which he laid in for the week, and so had
little trouble in marketing. He was very cheerful, and
his conversation extremely entertaining. The last time
we saw him (for so singular a person was well worth the
attention of his neighlacurs), he had returned from his
half-yearly visit to the Bank, per coach, to receive his di-
vidends. He was in high spirits, and told us a story of
the taking of Quebec, where he was a purser, in 1759.
He had, it seems, gone ashore to bathe, and was in a
state of nudity when he perceived boats from the fleet with
the immortal WOLFE, and the gallant Admiral who coin- •
manded the naval part of the expedition, approaching the
spot selected for his ablutions. He had barely time to
huddle up his clothes, and take refuge in a hut which
stood by the sea-side. It happened curiously enough that
the two commanders walked into the same cabin, and

while the shivering purser was in secret trying to get into
bis shirt and trousers, he, per force, overheard their con-
versation. \VOLFE bluntly stated to the Admiral that he
was determined to attack the heights next morning; and
asked him if he would assist him with the marines from
the vessels. " Not only with the marines," was the
characteristic reply, " but with every sailor who can be
spared to bear a-hand." This, said old GansoN, was the
only court held on the memorable occasion,—the brave
officers shook hands upon it, and returned to their boats:
the glorious result of their union is a bright page in Eng-
lish history.—Literary Gazette.

BIRTHS.

On the 9th inst. in Montagu-square, the lady of H. Currie,
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 9th inst. at Breadsall Rectory, Derbyshire, the lady of
the Rev. H. R. Crewe, of a son.
MARRIED.

On the ith inst. at Jersey, John Blampied, Esq., to Mary,
second daughter of Mr. Draper, of the Bank of England.

DIED.
On the I lth inst. at his residence in Dover-street, aged 54, Sir
,larcus Somerville, Bart. M.P. for Meathshire, which county he
has represented for thirty years. Sir Marcus married in 1505,
Mary Anne, only daughter and heiress of the Right Hon. Sir
Richard Georges Meredyth, Bart. and by her has William Me-
redyth, Attache to the Court of Berlin, and James Richard,
Lieut. in the Scotch Greys. Sir Marcus married secondly, 18'25,
Elizabeth, daughter of Piers Geale, Esq. who survives him.
On the 9th inst. in Montague-place, in the tifith year of his
age, A. E. Inapey, Esq.

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