The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-15 00:00:00

the time appointed. After waiting iiith t INE
and the friends who accompanied e,ainaends
bridegroom arriving, the patienco'hoefr,thal
ex-
hausted, and left the church 'under feelings uth may be
easily guessed in such a case. - A satisfaCtory Saa tion has
been subsequently made by the supposed-faithles ?stain.- and
both were on Monday joined in matrimony, herbmae
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A few days ago a buxom widow, well kno4 in the
Barony of Gorbals, who has already buried herfourtk husbatal,
united herself to a fifth. The circumstance created " quite a
sensation" in the Barony, and a large crowd, composed chit Sy
of females, collected round the dwelling of the newly tied pair
on the evening of the ceremony, apparently with every inclina-
tion to bestow upon the ex-widow a lasting mark of their dis.
pleasure ; but a strong posse of the police fortunately kept!
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their interference within due bounds. All the police forces
in the country, however, could not suppress the exercise of the
tongue, and accordingly the crowd entered its dissent against
the union by the most hideous groans, hootings, &c., and
many were the expressions of pity thrown out on behalf of
the poor bridegroom, who, it was uncharitably alleged, would
soon, in imitation of his predecessors, Nos. one, two,, three,
and four, leave his better half once more in possession of a
widowed hearth. The competition for the hand of thig amorous
widow was, we understand, very considerable ; she possesses
a good deal of property, which of course operated as a very
tempting bait to the wooers of Gorbals. Her husband, No.
four, went to his reset some four months ago, on which occa-
sion, her lamentation was, that " sic a trashy set o' deevils o'
men had never fa'n to the lot O' puir woman before."
THE NEWSPAPER TAx.—This is a subject that
will force itself on the attention of Ministers during the ensuing
Session whether they will or not, from no other cause but the
extraordinary extent to which the publication of unstamped
newspapers is now carried. At present the circulation of the
London unstamped newspapers, even in this distant part of the
country, is about equal to the circulation of all the 4ondon and
provincial stamped newspapers that are read. We have ascer-
tained, as an undoubted fact, that in a neighbouring town one
bookseller alone disposes weekly of half as many copies of one
London unstamped newspaper as are sold and circulated in the
same place of stamped newspapers, including the papers printed
in and directly connected with the town, and the London and
provincial newspapers from other quarters of the country, all
put together. It is now evident that the proprietors of the
unetamped papers have fairly got a-head of any attempt that
may be made by Government to put them down ; and after
the announcement of such an astounding fact as this to which
we give publicity, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer do not
at once give up entirely, or greatly reduce the newspaper tax,
he will treat both the proprietors and readers of stamped news-
papers with a degree of injustice unparalleled at the present
time.—Glasgow Chronicle.
The amount of money now in the Exchequer is
150,253/. 9s. ld. The sum to be raised 4,577,278/. 9s. ilid.
The total amount for the service of the year 1835-1836,
4,727,531/. 18s. bid. The amount of Exchequer bills issued
on the supplies, 1836, unprovided for, 28,521,5501. The
amount of Exchequer bills issued for carrying on public works,
and for the relief of persons who have sustained losses in the
West Indies, unprovided for, is 486,4001. The amount of
sums which will become payable between the sth of April,
1836, and sth of April, 1837, for East India half-pay, 60,0001.
—15,000/. each quarter.
The intelligence from Peru last week was of the
same barbarous character as the preceding advices. One party
had resolved to give no quarter, and the other had decided
that all officers, of the rank of Colonel and upwards, should
be s:2ot instantly on being taken prisoners. In pursuance of
this sanguinary decree, several officers on both sides had b *ea
butchered. The whole country was infested with banditti,
and a mounted par,:; had even rode through Lima unopposed,
but had departed withoZd plundering. The contending armies
were approaching each otjter, and a crisis was evidently at
hand.

A Russian writer has reeetigy published a view of
all known languages and their dialeCts ; according to which
there are 937 Asiatic, 587 European, 226 African, and
1,264 American languages and dialects.
A few days ago a poor widow pauper, named
Gower, who was in the parish-house at Biddenden, and who
had been confined for some time past with a violent scrophu-
lous disease, was, without medical advice, peremptorily or-
dered to be removed to Rolvenden in a cart ; but before she
arrived there, death released her from her sufferings. The
case excited considerable sensation at Biddenden and Ten,
terden.—Kent Herald.

An Old Sherwood Forester complains of the policy
of certain petty squires, who to keep up their few heads of
game in the neighbourhood of Mansfield, are encouraging their
keepers to shoot the foxes, and thus banishing the cheering
yelp of the pack and echoing horns from the vales of old Sher-
wood ; he hopes that Lord Henry will interfere to prevent
such petty spite.

The O dal Bulletin of the Province of Malaga.
of the 16th ult., informs us, that on the 14th ult. a grants
mass was celebrated in the Cathedral of Malaga in honour df
Torrijos and his companions, who were shot on December
1831, by order of Moreno. The ceremony was preceded by
the exhumation of the remains of Don Lopez Pinto, one of
the unfortunate party, and their reinterment with great ho-
nours. The tribunals were closed, the shops shut, and the
whole city was collected to do honour to the dead. Our own
countryman' Mr. Mark, the English Consul, who has borne
in this whole business such a well-known part, was present
as one of the mouincrs, and his car, the same that was used
to convey the body pr tile murdered Mr. Boyd to his house
after the fatal massacre, was used on the occasion. We notice
in the account, also, other English names, and the name of
the American Consul, all the free ,den in the place, of all na-
tions, uniting to do honour to the victims, and to express their
abhorrence of the arts and of the system which inflicted on
them an intended shameful death.
CirA RLESTDN, JAN. 2.—An encounter took place
this morning, at eleven o'clock, at the corner of Broad and
Meeting-streets, between four or five young gentlemen of this
State, with pistols, when three of the number were severely
wounded ; but whether or not their wounds are mortal is
not yet ascertained. The parties concerned consist of William
Whaley, Subrick Pinckney, two Boyces, and Mr. Gregg.
The quarrel was as follows :—At an election for President of
the Society of Columbia College of this State, two of these
gentlemen were candidates for the oisce; one, of course, was
elected, which gave rise to unpleasant feelings. A challenge
ensued,. and Whaley and Boyce were to fight. It was subse-
quently made up, but again renewed, and the parties came
into Charleston to fight on Christmas-day. The matter was
again adjusted: but this morning one of the principals wasdis-
covered posting the other as a " coward and poltroon," when
shots were exchanged, and Gregg received a shot- iOthe ab-
domen, which was prevented from taking full effect by a large
knife which he had about his person. Pinckney received a shot
in the left hip or thigh, and Boyce received one on the os
ilium, which took a backward direction, and.pas.sed near the
spine. I was present when the Sheriff demanded the arms of
the elder Boyce, who was standing over the body of his brother,
which he very readily gave up. A- great excitement prevails.—
Letter in the Washington Telegraph.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS:—A numerous and
highly respectable meeting of the members of the Great Cen-
tral Agricultural Association was held in the Freemasons' Hall
yesterday morning at twelve. Amongst those present were
many Members of both Houses of Parliament. Mr. Ormsby
Gore took the Chair, and was supported by Lord Stanhope,
the Earl of Winchilsea, Lord Wynford, and other noblemen
and gentlemen who interest themselves on behalf of the agri-
cultural body. The g:eatest unanimity prevailed at the meet-
ing. The Secretary read the report; it congratulated the
members of the Association on th oe co-peration which ey had
met with in all parts of the country ; on the manner in which
the subject of their complaints had been taken up by both
Houses of Parliament, and on the appointment of the select
committee by the House of Commons. The cause of their
distresses having once been ascertained, they could not doubt
the power of Parliament to relieve those distresses. The meet-
ing did not separate until near six o'clock.
CITY OF LONDON MUNICIPAL COK.PORATION
BILL.—On Friday there was a large attendance of the Com-
mittee of the whole Court upon the City of London M.inicipal
Corporation ; the Right lion. the Lord Mayor in the Chair.
Mr. William Pritchard moved that " the object of all Corpo-
rate Reform should be to place the funds of the citizens and
the election of their representatives and governing officers
under the effectual controul of the citizens," which was agreed
to. The Committee then adjourned, and the Sub- Committees
assembled, and at once commenced their labours.
NEWLY DISCOVERED RELICS OF ANTIQUITY.
—On Thursday last, on the farm of Bugtownlea, upon the
estate of Invermay, belonging to Mr. Belches, about two miles
cast from Dunning, some men were set to level an eminence
of earth ; and having dug a few feet beneath the surface, their
spades struck upon something bard, which they at first ima-
gined was a stratum of rock, but afterwards discovered to be
two stone coffins, one of which contained the entire skeleton of
a full-grown man, and the other that of a younger person.
There was no inscription on either of the coffins, and it is only
from the speculations of the antiquarian that any conjecture
can be made as to the lapse of time since they were deposited.
It is probable, however, that they arc of very great antiquity,
as the spot, in the parish of Forteviot, where the Fletish kings
were buried, is not half a mile distant.—Edinburgh observcr.
On Tuesday morning last, a skeleton was found,'
about eight feet below the surface in Mr. Richardson's garden,
Waterside, Lincoln, near his new steam-engine shaft. The
skull is so perfect, that not a tooth is wanting : a short two-
edge cutting-sword, about two feet in length, was also found,
the hilt bound with gold wire and escalloping; the wood part
crumbled to dust, but the geld is fresh as if first made. Con-
jecture is busy, and at a loss to say whether these are Roman
remains, or of the Commonwealth. As the spot is so deep in
the earth, in boa- and sand strata, we think they arc of many
centuries ago.—Lincoln Gazette.
MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER. -- BEDFORD,
FEB. 12.—0 n the Bth inst. an inquest was held at the Ge-
neral Infirmary, Bedford, before Ezra Eagles' Es q. Coroner
for the county, on view of the body of Charles Coles. The
deceased was a gamekeeper in the service of the Rev. J. B.
Niagenis, Sharnbrook. On Monday se'rmielit, in company'%
with some other keepers, was on the look out for poacher'.
The keepers divided themselves into two parties, and took
different directions. Deceased had with him two other men,
and as they were riding in a wood they caught sight of four
men poaching, and instantly went in pursuit. Coles was
foremost; and when about fifteen yards distant one of the
poachers turned round and shot the deceased, who. received the
contents of the gun in his right arm (dreadfully shattering
the hone) and in his chest. Deceased was taken to the infir-
mary,. where be died on the Saturday following. The Jury
returned a verdict of Wilful Murder " against John WrigLt,
of Carlton, who is in custody.