The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-10 00:00:00

After dome business of no public interest the Court adjourned.

Extract of a letter from Dresden, of the 24th ult.:—
" A secret, which has long excited the public curiosity, has just been di-
vulged. The late M. Joseph Grassi, Professor of Painting at the Royal
Societyof Fine Arts in this city, had, in his apartment beside his bed-
room, a room, the door of which was always covered with hangings, and
into which, since his return in 1804, from his last tour in Italy, no one
has been allowed to enter, not even his children. He always carried the
key of it about his person, put it under his pillow when he went to bed,
and, by way of precaution, he caused the door of this mysterious chamber
to be builtup in 18.15. In his will M. Grassi ordered that this chamber
should not he opened for three months after his death, and bequeathed
an its contents to Duke Augustus, of Gotha, stating that if he had not
communicated to any one what it contained, it was to give an agreeable
surprise to this Prince, who had been his benefactor. This room has
just been opened by the executors of M. Grassi, who found in it 17
pictures of the most famous ancient painters. The Duke took posses-
sion of them, and placed them in one of the saloons of the Royal Aca-
demy at Dresden, where they will be publicly exhibited for three
months. They will then be sent to Gotha, and placed in the ducal mu.
scum of that town. Among them are a Titian, a Carlo Dolci, a Salva—
tor Rosa, a Corregio,"

On Sunday morning a plantation on the estate of
Lord Francis Osborne, of Stoke, was found to be on fire, which commu-
nicated to one close by, the property of Grenville Penn, Esq. In the
whole, abcut six acres were burnt. It was doubtless the act of sonic
malicious person.—Reading Mercury.
A cow belonging to Mr. David Jackson, of Router)
Syke, in Arlecdon, gave birth to a calf on Tuesday last, with two
heads and two necks—the union of the necks being close to the shoulder
In all other respects the formation was single. It was nearly full.
grown, but life was entirely extinct when it was calved.

FROM TUESDAY'S GAZETTE.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall.strcet.

J. Wicks, warehouseman, Basinghalllstreet, May 29, at half-past
twelve—J. Deane, pasteboard manufacturer, Sydney square, Commer-
cial-road, May 29, at half-past eleven—J. Williams, victualler, Stepney,
May 29, at half-past one—T. Woods, upholsterer, Portsmouth, May 31,
at half-past twelve—J. James, woollen draper, Southampton-street,
Strand, May 31, at one—T. Hellyer, metal warehouseman, St. John.
street, May 31, at eleven—G. Topham, coal-merchant, Richmond, Sur.
rey, May 29, at twelve—E. Curtis, tailor, Newman's.row, Lincoln's Inn.
fields, May 31, at twelve—J. Scantlebury, carpenter, David-street, New.
road, May 29, at eleven—lL Hutchinson, master mariner, Cowper's.
court, Cornhill, May 29—W. Harrison, goldsmith, St. John's-square,
Clerkenwell, May 29, at half-past one.
In the Country.
S. Smith, farmer, Pedmore, Worcester, June 4, at one, at the Talbot
Hotel, Stourbridge—J. Hayward, lodging-house-keeper, Leamington
Priors, Warwickshire, May 31, at twelve, at the Lansdowne Hotel,
Leamington—J. Smith, corn merchant, Spalding, Lincolnshire, June 8,
at half-past eleven, at the Red Lion-inn, Boston—J. Barker, grocer,
Sudbury, Suffolk, May 29, at eleven, at the Rose and Crown-inn, Sud.
bury—N. Russell, flax dresser, Northallerton, Yorkshire, June 1, at ten,
at the Golden Lion-inn, Northallerton—J. Heyward, cotton-manufac.
turer, Brinksway, Lancashire, May 30, at one, at the Claremont-rooms,
Liverpool—S. T. Probett, printer, Derby, June 5, at eleven, at the Office
of Mr. Moss, Derby—J. Blyth, miller, Langhain, Essex, May 29, at
three, at Mr. Mason's, Colchester.

CERTIFICATES, MAY 29.
W. Kier, wine-merchant, Liverpool—T. Halls, victualler, Bell-yard,
Gracechurch-street—W. S. Cockram, ironmonger, Taunton, Somerset.
shire—J. Lewis, draper, Conwill Elvett, Carmarthenshire—W. Smith
and G. Smith, millwrights, Manchester—NV. Connah, coach-proprietor,
Manchester—J. Mulholland and W. Mulholland, merchants, Liverpool
—R. H. Hayley, grocer, Manchester—T. Kearsley, bone-merchant.
Birmingham.