The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-07 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Earl Vernlam, to his seat Gorliambury, near St. Albans;
Lord Robert Spencer, to his scat Woolbeding, Sussex; John
Murphy, Esq., from Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, to Paris;
Lady Bloomfield, from the Stud House, Surrey, to Bucks; N.
Arkwright, Em., for his seat in Herts; Mr. and Mrs. ford and
front Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, to Paris; Sir
Edward Cole, Bart., from ditto, to Ramsgate; Capt. Hinlock,
from ditto, to Scotland • Mr. and Mrs. J. Dyer, from Wimpole.
street, for their seat in Suffolk ; J Salwey, Esq., from the British
Hotel, Jermyn-street, to Bath ; Captain Hawkins, from ditto,
to Brighton ; the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, from Marshal
Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; lion, Captain Noel and
lion. Mrs. Noel, from ditto, to Bath.

Mr. MURRAY, the eminent publisher, in Al-
bemarle-street, has, we understand, presented to the Literary
Union a copy of each of the works which he has published.
This handsome present is, in itself, a valuable library,
and will probably induce others to follow his example.
At all events it may be considered as the nucleus of a
splendid library, suitable to a literary institution, such as
the " Union."

The Duke of WELLINGTON changed horses
going through Grantham, on Monday last, and, although
his arrival had been previously announced, none assembled
to greet him : and those who chanced to be at the inn at
the time took no notice of the circumstance, save one, who
called out Reform" to his Grace—a most ungracious
sound, by which he fell.—Newark Times.
M. VAN DE WEYER, the Member of the Pro-
visional Government of Belgium, who is now here on
special mission of importance, is the son of a Juge ste
Paix, near Louvaine. He received an educa,ion for the
bar, and very soon after he was called, obtained great dis-
tinction as a pleader, in the Belgiaa capital. Ile was
appointed Librarian to the KING ; but, on being appointed
to defend M. de POTTER, be tendered his resignation,
which was accepted. M. VAN DE Vas ER speaks Eng-
lish with a good accent, and with great fluency. He is
greatly esteemed in the Netherlands by all who know him.
His age is 28.

MARCH OF MATRIMONY.----We stated last
week that 15 couple were married at our parish church on
Christmas-day; since then we have to announce 27 more,
nine of which took place oa Saturday, four on Sunday,
and 14 on Monday. What will MALTHUS say to this ?
Blackburn Gazette.

Notwithstanding the awful examples no v
being made in the south of the kingdom of those mis-
guided men who have been found gailty of incendiary
acts, we are sorry to have to announce that the horrible
system seems to increase in this county, particularly in the
neighbourhood of Louth. On Tuesday morning last about
six o'clock, the inhabitants of that town were alarmed by
the ringing of the fire-bell, and it was soon ascertained
that a stack in the farm-yard of Mr. Boas-LING, about a mile
distant, was on fire. A number of persons were quickly
on the spot, and with the aid of the fire-engines suc-
ceeded in quenching the Barnes before much damage was
done. Very fortunately there was little or no wind,
otherwise the whole of the property on the premises, it is
thought, must have been destroyed.—On the following
morning, a similar alarm, and at about the same hour, was
made of a fire on the premises of Mr. Urrow, at Raithby,
two miles distant, which consumed two stacks of oats
standing some distance from the farmstead, and containing
about 200 quarters. On the arrival of the engines from
L-,uth, the fire had obtained such an ascendancy that it
was found useless to employ them. Three seen are taken
up tin suspicion of closing the fire at Raithby, but we do
not hear of any clue as to that on Mr. BowLING's premises.
We arc happy to add that both parties are insured.

An affair d'amour has exploded within the
last two days, which has created much conversation in
certain coteries at the west end of the town, the parties
being in some degree elevated in society and possessing
no inconsiderable property. The knsband of the lady in
question had instituted, some few years ago, proceedings
in Doctors' Commons for the restitution of conjugal rights,
the lady, shortly after the marriage, having absented her-
self from her husband's roof: these proceedings had been
pending for some time, the lady having neglected to p
any attention to them, and an order ultimately issued for
her apprehension for contempt of Court. All attempts to
trace out the residence of the fair fugitive proved una
vailing for many months, and until the present w.ek,
when the husband received private, and what proved con•
rect information, that his lady was residing in a splendid
mansion at the west end of the town. Thither the hus-
band went, accompanied by an officer armed with legal
authority, to take the lady into custody ; they gained
ready admittance into the house at an early hour in the
morning, and proceeded instanter to the lady's bed-
chamber, the door of which they found locked. The
husband hesitated not a moment in ordering the door to be
forced, when, to his great surprise, not only the object of
his search presented herself to his view, but also a com-
panion, in the person of Mr. -. The consternation of
the injured husband on this discovery was extreme, as he
had no reason previously to suspect his wife's fidelity.
Legal proceedings cf a different nature have commenced in
one of the Courts of Doctors' Commons, and Mr. --
is likely to appear as a defendant in another Court, the
gentlemen of the long robe having already received in-
structions on the subject. The lady and her injured hus-
band are in the prime of life ; the gallant something mom e
advanced in years, and peneeesing property to a large
arn
forount. contemptThelad of Courtyrrmains in 44 durance" on the writ
issued

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