The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Majesty will hold a Council this day at St. James's after
the Levee.
The Duke of Cumberland honoured the Marquis of Hert-
ford with his company on Monday evening, at the fete given by
his Lordship at his villa in the Regent's-park.
Baron Blome, the Danish Minister, and M. Walk; the
Belgian Charg6 d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday, at
the Foreign. office.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
held their quarterly meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Pattison, M. P., Governor
of the Bank, and Mr. T. A. Curtis, Deputy Governor of the
Bank, were present. Mr. Higham, Secretary to the Commis-
sioners, was in attendance.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Monday for St.
Leonard's. The Noble Marquis is expected to return to town
to-day.
Lord Nugent had an interview with Lord Glenelg r,sterday
at the Colonial-office.

n consequence of its being the intention of their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Vic-
toria to make a tour of the northern counties in the -autumn,
preparations have already commenced at Alnvvic); Castle,
the magnificent scat of the Duke of NorthurnLerland, for their*raception.
Lord Brougham, says the Leeds Mircury, who is
still residing in Lincolnshire, is rusticating with so much ad-
vantage as to have overcome all his aAments. His Lord-
ship eats, drinks, and sleeps, as well as before his illness,
and his spirits have seldom been so equable and satisfactory as
at present.
The Earl of Carlisle, who has been passing some
days at the Duke of Devonshire's villa at Chiswick, has some-
what improved in health. With the aid of a stick his Lord,-
ship is now able to walk.
Mr. John Kemble (eldest son of Charles Kcal-
ble), who has been residing some time in Germany, has. en-
gaged to edit a popular journal devoted to Reform, and which
has been established in London by a wealthy individual, the
representative in Parliament of a great county in the north of
England. Mr. Kemble is gone to Germany for a. short pe-
riod : he will return a Benedick, and then enter upon the
duties of his highly responsible office.
The dog days have begun, and the excessive heat of
the weather renders it incumbent on persons to keep their dogs
cool and within doors, and to supply them well with water, and
not give them too much animal food. It is necessary, if they
are suffered to go at large, to have them muzzled, and not
used in trucks, as many of them have been killed in Maryle-
bone and other parishes from which danger was apprehended,
from fearing of their being mad.
The farm of the late William Cobbett, called Nor-
mandy, in Surrey, was yesterday sold for 2651. There were
c)t many competitors at the sale.
CAPTAIN DAVIDSON, OF MUIRHOUSE.—Capt.
Davidson's pretended death was supposed to have been part
of a scheme for relieving his property from the load of debt
which encumbered it, so that, through his son, he might
realise an income from it. Whether an arrangement for
this purpose had been completed is not- confidently stated..
He is said to have come to Edinburgh at the beginning of
last winter, chiefly moved to that imprudent step by a desire
to see his wife and children, to whom he was fondly at-
tached. On learning the fact of his re-appearance, the in-
surance offices immediately obtained criminal warrants for his
apprehension, and the proceeds of his estate and all existing
funds and property belonging to his family were arrested by
the creditors. Thus his wife; son, and other children, are
reduced in a moment to pennilessness, and the whole scheme by
which he hoped to realise an income defeated. It is said, bow..
ever, that it will be difficult for the insurance offices, after all,
to prove the fact of his continued existence, unless he shall be
seized, which is not considered likely. A number of, other
nice and intricate law questions will arise out of the eve, par-
tieularly as to the liability of the trustees of the limas admi-
nistered in behalf of his family. In the meantime tlie tale ex-
cites a local interest for which we can recollect no parallei.. Mrs. Davidson and the younger children are universally ac.
quitted of all blame, and greatly conimisserated. Nor 'is it
possible to consider Davidson himself in the light of an ordi-
nary criminal. His conduct throughout life bas indicated a.
strain of insanity, but certainly not very extravagant, but
sufficient at once to dictate and apologise for the act of which
he has been guilty. The father of this gentleman, Dr. Ran-
dal, was Minister of the Outer High Church in Glasgow
from 1773 to 1778, when he was translated to Edinburgh, • lie
took the name of Davidson on succeeding, under that pro-
visors, —to a fortune..—Greenock Intelligences,
A LADY IN AN IRON MASK.—Among the nu-
merous curiosities of the Castle of Steinberg I shall mention
only one. It was a very thin but strong iron mask, with
clasps and locks of the same metal, of which a redoubted
baron of olden times is said to have made frequent use. It
appears that he had a very handsome wife, who was sadly
coquettish, and more fond of exhibiting her pretty face than
he at all approved of Whenever he stirred from home,
therefore, he was wont to incase his slippery partner's head in
an iron mask, and put the key in his pocket. Tradition says
that the gentleman mistook the application, and quite mis-
placed the protection, as the lady, though she could not ex-
hibit the light of her countenance to her lovers, whispered stilt
softer endearments through the bars, and in the end taught
the foolish noble that in love, as in war, physical obstacles, so
far from keeping out an invading enemy, generally serve as
his best stepping-stones to conquest,— Winter in Lower .c;tyria.
A new sort of rye grass, called the Italian rye
grass, was last Spring introduced into Berkshire, and sown
on a small scale in two or three places, and it would seem
to be a plant deserving the attention of every stock farmer.
It appears to be a very early grass, and when sown on a warm
soil in good condition, it affords as much feed and quite as
early as a good water meadow; and will, to the farmer who
has nothing to carry his stock at this season of the year, be
invaluable. It is supposed to be very sweet, as hares come
from a great distance to feed' upon it. There is no danger
of the rot; and if sown among rape or Swedes, to be eaten
in the Spring, it will be found uncommonly beneficial, as af-
fording a very great abundance of most excellent food at the
time when it is very much wanted.

LADIES' FINE GOLD CHAINS.
The weight is given by comparison with the weight of Sovereigns,
being more easily referred to than if stated in ounces and dwts.
The quality of the gold is warranted equal to any that is worked
into articles of this description,
Price of the Cable Pattern,
£ s. d.
Same weight as 3 cove. 4 4 0
Ditto as 4 sovs. 5 0
Ditto as 5 cove. 6 6 0
Price of the above Patterns, wit
every
s. d. s. d.
, .
Same weight as 3 sovs. 5 5 0 Same weight as 4 cove. S 8 0
Ditto as 4 sovs. 6 ti .0 Ditto as '7 sovs. 9 9 0
Ditto as 5 sovs. 77 0 Ditto as 8 sovs.lo 10 0
THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES.
The price in gold cases, with accurately-finKhed vertical
movements, warranted
Ditto, with well-finished horizontal movements, in double-
R 7 7 0
bottomed engine-turned cases, Jewelled, with silver
dial, warranted ........................................... 9 9 0
T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith and Jeweller
47, Cornhill, London.
N• P• A variety of Second-hand, Silver Watches ,
may be selected
from, all at Two Guineas each, warranted.

or Matted Ring Pattern.

Same weight as 6 sovs. 7 7 d. 0
Ditto as 7 sovs. u 8 0
Ditto as 8 sovs. % 9 0
h bright star ornaments cut on
link.

11? 771 S.
On the 30th ult., at Laverock Bank, near Edinburgh, the Hon.
Airs. Davidson, of TuHoch, of a son and heir.
mim
Ona
Wykeham Martin, of a daughter the sth inst., at Park-street, Grosvenor-square, the lady Je—
.
On the sth inst., in Park-street, Westminster, Lady Verney, of
a daughter.
On the
Esq., of a daughter, still-born.th ult., at Farnham House, the lady of J. T. Ord,
EaOn thea
Ist inhst., in Bloomsbury-square, the lady of E. Yardley,
O. of daugter.
n the 4th inst., at Skreens, the lady of T. W. Bramston, Esq..
M.P., of a son.
On the Ist inst., at Quarles, Iralkham, the lady of the Hon. T.
Keppel, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 23i ult., at Si. John's Church, Manchester, Henry
Philips, rs,sq., Royal Artillery, Woolwich, to Susannah, second
dauhter of T. Coates, Esq., of the former place.
On the 4th inst., at Wheat Hill, Thomas Tromp Tyrril 8.A., of Worcester College, Oxford, to Harriet, fourth daughter of
the Rev, John Churton, Rector of Wheat Hill and Burwarton,
Shropshire.
On the 29th ult., at Christ Church, Marylebon, Christian Wm.
Nicolay, Esq., to Jane Anne Clements Wilson, only daughter of
the late H. C. Ellis, Esq., of Prospect, Carrickfergus.

Onlgt the Ist inst., DIED.
Is aged 66, Mr. George Chapman, of High-street,
On the 34 in.>r., Charles Douglas, Esq., of Claremont-square,
Pentonvillo, aged 73.
Ctu the 28th ult., at Cheltenham, Lieut.-Colonel James Lawtie,
of the Bengal Army.
On the 24th May, at Charleston, United States, aged 26, Fre-
derick, son of Mr. Kitching, Conduit-street, Bond-street.
On the 2d inst., at Harrow, aged 95, Samuel Newland Evans,
Rector of Hotton, f uffolk, and Beguildy, Pembrokeshire.

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