The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-31 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND.

RECEPTION OF THE DUKE OF RICHMOND ON
HIS FIRST VISIT to his DOMAINS in SCOTLAND.
Tuesday, the 23d instant, was a gala diy at Huntly.
At an early hour the town presented
,a lively appearance.
The inhabitants and a great concourse of strangers were,
about mid-day, seen wending their way towards the Battle-
hill, to wait the arrival of his Grace the Duke of Lennox
and Richmond, His Grace's tenantry of the Aberdeen-
shire estates rode about five miles to meet him, then drew
up in line at, we believe, at Newtongarry. On his Grace's
arrival there the President of the Strathbogie Club, Mr.
Stewart, presented the following address from the Aber-
deenshire tenants :
" To His Grace the Duke of Richmond, &c.
" We, your Grace's tenants of your estates of Aberdeen-
shire, approach your Grace for the purpose of offering our
sincere and hearty welcome upon your first arrival among
us as our landlord.
" Many of us were born and have grown old under the
protection of the family of Gordon. Our fathers have en-
joyed their friendship and support ; and, while we experi-
enced unfeigned and deep regret for the loss we have
lately sustained, at the same time we cannot fail to express
the confidence with which we hail, as our future land-
lord, a nobleman so deservedly high in the estimation of
his country.

" Not With expressions of adulation, but with feelings of
sincere respect, we approach your Grace, looking forward
to a continuation of the bond of union which has connected
us with our former landlords, with an earnest desire to
cherish towards your Grace and family the same attachment
which we entertained towards that branch of your ances-
tors under which we have lived.

We would beg permission to offer our most respectful
welcome to her Grace the Duchess of Richmond and your
family.

" August 22, 1836."

The PRESIDENT further expressed their feelings for the
memory of his Grape's Noble relative, which prevented
them from formally giving expression to their feelings in any
other way than by offering this respect and welcome.
The tenantry then filed past, and formed behind the train
of carriages. The procession, including the inhabitants of
the town and neighbourhood, four abreast, on foot, marched
round the market-place, Captain Gordon, of the Royal Ar-
tillery, and the Rev. Mr. Walker, standing in the centre.
A party of soldiers, in full uniform, marching two abreast,
followed next, and immediately in front of his Grace's car-
riage. On its arrival in the centre of the square, Dr.
Bremner presented an address similar to the above, from
the feuars and inhabitants of Huntly.
His Grace, in the most gracious manner acknowledged
the address.

The procession then moved on again, the tenantry,
mounted on horseback, to the number of about 400, bring-
ing up the rear. They rode three abreast. In front of the
Royal Oak there appeared what we supposed a represen-
tation of the tree of liberty. At the southern entrance of
the market place there was a triumphal arch, with the word
" Lennox " fancifully formed of flowers, and pendant from
the centre of the arch. There were two other arches, one
of which was similar to the former, with the word " Rich-
mond." The tenants having escorted the Duke to the
north-western boundaries of his Aberdeenshire estates, Mr.
Stewart of Cocklorachie, in a short speech, begged, in the
name of the others, to take leave.
At 5 o'clock about 200 sat down to dinner in the hall in
Church-street ; James Stewart, of Cocklorachie, in the
chair, supported on the right by Oswald Forsyth, Esq., from
London, and Dr. Wilson and Mr. Wesby, Huntly, &c. ;
and on the left by Messrs. Lawson, Robertson, &c.
The cloth being drawn, after the usual toasts, the Chair-
man proposed—" The health of his Grace the Duke of
Lennox and Richmond."
" The Duchess of Richmond," and " The Earl of March
and the rest of his Grace's family," were also given.
The next toast from the chair was, " To the memory of
the late Duke of Gordon." (Drunk in solemn silence.)
" The Duchess of Gordon" and other highly appropriate
toasts having been given, the Chairman left the chair at
eight o'clock, and the meeting broke up. The greatest
cordiality and good feeling prevailed throughout the
evening.
The Duke passed through Keith, same day, on his way
to Gordon Castle. A public address to his Grace having
been presented, the Duke, in reply, thanked the meeting
for this mark of their esteem, and expressed the pleasure
he had derived from the kindness manifested to him through-
out his journey. He said, that, with regard to public mat-
ters, he trusted his line of policy would be, as it had always
hitherto been, that which, in his opinion, was most con-
ducive to the best interests of all classes of his Majesty's
subjects ; and it would give him much pleasure if, in pur-
suing such a course, his public acts should meet with the
approbation of his neighbours in this quarter.

IREL A ND.

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DUBLIN, AUG. 29.—BARON SMITIL—ThiS noted o

O'CONNELL'S CLAIMS.—We recognise in the letter to
The Sun, the sentiments of the Rev: H. Cholmondeley,
that admirable Englishman whose lot it was to dress the
wounds and assuage the agonies of the mutilated survivors
of the Newtownbarry slaughter, and who has rendered him-
self famous in that neighbourhood by countless acts of phi-
lanthropy. We need not remind our readers that the Rev.
Mr. C. is a subscriber to the O'Connell tribute to the extent
of one hundred pounds per annum, and that the fund raised
this year in England had from him an additional contribu-
tion of one hundred pounds.—Pilot.
JUSTICE RENT.—Pursuant to a requisition, a highly-
respectable meeting of the parishioners of Rathmines took
place yesterday at Berry's Building, near Rathmines chapel,
for the purpose of organising the effective collection of the
Justice Rent in that parish.
A Registry Association was formed in Carlow on Tues-
day, under the superintendence of Mr. Mara, who was sent
down by the Parent Association in Dublin.
MARCUS BERESFORD'S CURATE.—It invariably happens
that everything the righteous man takes in hand prospers.
Our readers cannot forget how the Rev. Thomas Alfred
Lyons was handled by his rector ; success of course fol-
lowed, and the Rev. Mr. Lyons became the Rector of
Ballysax. The Right Rev. Dr. Beresford also took him
in hands, accordingly we find him still prospering. The
following is from the Gazelle of Saturday night :—" His
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to ap-
point the Rev. Thomas Alfred Lyons, A.M., to be one of
his Excellency's chaplains."—The Beresfords proved Mr.
Lyons to be an excellent man by their treatment of him ;
otherwise he might have been made an opulent and an idle
pluralist. Too much thanks cannot be given to the Beres-
fords and his Excellency for the parts they severally acted
towards the Rev. Debtor of " ONE POUND TWO."---
Freeman.

LORD MULGRAVE IN THE WEST.—Nothing can exceed
the enthusiasm with which his Excellency has been received
by the people on the line which he has passed through.
Every honest and well-disposed man recognises in him a
friend and a protector. The faction is downcast—their
hearts'-core burning with malice and envy.
ELOPEMENT.—A few days since the wonder-loving and
scandal-whispering folk of Tullamore bad a gala day, in
consequenec of an elopement which took place here. The
gentleman is a Mr. James Kelly, who is owner of a pretty
considerable farm near Kilbeggan, county Westmeath, and
a Roman Catholic ; the lady a Miss H. Manly, a Quakeress,
second eldest daughter of the late Thomas Manly, Tullamore,
formerly a banker. The happy man is young and well
looking, an athletic lover of respectable family and connec-
tions ; the lady is—

At the years
Which certain people call a certain age,
Which yet the most uncertain age appears."
Report, however, most truly attributes to her the possession
of " three thousand charms" of the most captivating nature.
'Tis said the envied couple are domesticating in the metro-
polis, but do not meditate a trip to Gretna Green, as the
lady herself is sole guardian of the gold.
SIR RICHARD NAGLE.—We learn from the Gazette of
Saturday night that Sir Richard has been appointed to the
Deputy Lieutenancy of Westmeath. Human prudence
could not have prompted a better appointment. It will
be remembered that the Hon. Member was deprived of
the Commission of the Peace for presiding at an anti-tithe
meeting when high-sheriff of the county which he now re-
presents.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
THE COUNTY OF LONGFORD.—The melancholy state in
which Lord Forbes is, leaves two vacancies in this county.
Lord Forbes was Lord Lieutenant and representative of
Longford. We trust the electors will vie with the go-
vernment in the excellence of the appointments which must
shortly be made. None of course, but a decided liberal
will be chosen to either post.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
THE MERMAID.—We have it from authority, so respect-
able as to admit of no doubt, that so rare and extraordinary
a phenomenon as a mermaid has, during the present sum-
mer, frequently made its appearance at Rossbeigh, in Castle-
main Bay. It often rests on a rock, distant about three
hundred yards from the shore, and has been distinctly seen
by thousands of people. 'The face, neck, breast, and hands,
strongly resemble those of a human being ; but, in its move-
ments in the water, it has been clearly perceived that the
body ends in the tail of a fish. It is a solitary creature, un-
accompanied by any of its own species, and, from the ap-
pearance of the breasts, and lower part of the body, it is
supposed, by all who have seen it, to be feminine. It was
seen to use its hands in washing and rubbing its face.—
Kerry Paper.
GONE TO THE DEVIL.—On Friday, about two o'clock,
sworn informations were lodged with the magistrates of this
office that a duel was about to be fought in the Park be-
tween —, of Mountjoy-square, and a country gentle-
man. Peace-officer Knaggs and two or three constables
proceeded on a car to the Park, and, on going towards the
Fifteen Acres, they saw two carriage coming in nearly an
opposite direction, which contained the belligerent parties,
for, upon seeing the officers, the gentlemen in one of the
carriages told the postillions to drive them to the Devils'
Glen, and they did whip and spur at such a rate that they
soon left their pursuers behind, moreover the peace-officers
did not wish to proceed to the full length of their destina-
tio►n on which the parties seemed bound. Nothing has been
heard rf them since. •

VIOLET ; OR, THE DANSEUSE.--We are re-
quested to state, that the new work, entitled " Violet; or, the
Danseuse," was published this day, by Mr. Colburn, Great
111arlberough-street, and may now be obtained of every Book-
seller in the United Kingdom.

It is known to many persons that our ingenious
countryman Baron van Derfclden van Binderstein has been
for many years engaged on a map of our East Indian pos-
sessions ; but it is not so well known that the work is draw-
ing towards its completion, and will be on a larger scale
than those of Arro wsmith and Horsburgh, namely, five
inches to a degree. It will consist of eight sheets, and each
sheet to be 60 inches in breadth, and 80 inches in length.
His Majesty has been pleased to place at the disposal of
the Baron about 80 maps collected or laid down by Lieut.-
Col. de Busscher, who was many years in India, and has of-
fered the fruits of his labours to his Majesty, who has gra-
ciously accepted his present. —Dutch Papa.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, ATIGUST 31, 1836.

BRISTOL, AUGUST 29.
Although the majority of the visitors who have attended
during the past week, are now hurr:.ing away from the
scene of their activity and interest in the last week, there
were many remaining to-day, to enjoy two treats which hail
been got up expressly for their entertainment—the one
being a grand horticultural show, provided by the Horti-
cultural and Botanical Society, and the other a grand re-
gatta, under the patronage of the Mayor and Corporation,
in which the races continued from eleven o'clock in the
morning until seven in the evening. The former, which
was of an extremely interesting character, was a very
fashionable promenade, at which most of the botanists were
present, and the latter was made the opportunity of a grand
gala day by the citizens. A steamer sailed this morning for
Cornwall, with many geologists on board, who received an
invitation from Sir Charles Lemon to pass some time at his
seat, which is in the vicinity of the place of meeting.
The following is a list of the various grants of money
for the advancement of particular branches and objects of
science, which were awarded on Saturday last at the Com-
mittee ; as also of the various recommendations made by
the several Sectional Committees, and approved by the
Committee of Record :
SECTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
2501. for the discussion of observations on the tides ; at
the disposal of J. W. Lubbock, Esq.
1501. for observations on the tide in the port of Bristol ;
to the Rev. W. Whewell.
701. for the deduction of the constants of lunar mitation
under the direction of Sir T. Brisbane ; Dr. Robison and
Mr. Bailey.
30/. for hourly observations of the barometer and rock
salt hydrometer ; Mr. Shaw Harris.
100/. for the establishment of meteorological observa-
tions, on a uniform plan, and experiments on subterranean
temperature ; under the direction of the Committee of last
year, reduced to the Rev. Professor Powell, W. S. Har-
ris, Colonel Sykes, and Professor Phillips—Secretary, J.
Phillips.
500/. for the procurement of data depending on very ac-
curate measurement of points situate in two straight lines
at right angles to each other, for the exact determination of
the question of the permanence or variability of the relative
level of land and sea ; Committee, Messrs. Greenhough,
Lubbock, Mackenzie, Whewell, Sedgwick, Stevenson, Ro-
bison, Bayley, Griffith, Colly, Cubitt, Porstock, and Dc
la Beche—Sec., Mr. Whewell.
100/. for experimental observations on form of waves as
influenced by the effect of winds, and the effect of the form
of a canal, and the manner in which the wave is produced—
John Robison, Sec., R.S., Edin., and J. J. Russel.
500/. for reduction of the observations in the " Historie
Celeste," and vol. 9 " Academic des Sciences," 1789 and
1790 ; Messrs Lubbock, Airy, Bailey, and Dr. Robison—
Sec., Mr. Batley.
100/. for experiments on vitrification—Drs. Turner, Far-
raday, and the Rev. 0. Harcourt.
80/. for the construction of a rock salt lens—Sir D.
Brewster.
SECTION E.-CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SCIENCE.
50/. for researches on the specific gravity of gases—Drs.
Henry, C. Henry, and Dalton.
15/. for researches on the components of atmospheric air
—Dr. Dalton.
301. for researches on the quantity of heat developed in
combustion and other chemical combinations.
24/. 13s. for the publication of tables of chemical con-
stants—Professor Johnston.
601. for researches on the strength of iron made with ho,
and cold blasts—Messrs. Fairbairn and Hodgkinson.
SECTION C.-GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY.

BRITISH- ScIENT PIC
.

ASSOCIATION.

of the rebellion court has paid the great debt. Resern
ment should not follow him to the grave, but truth must,
In his youth he was a spoiled boy—in his meridian an unre-
claimed eccentric, and in his -dotage lie lost the reputation
of humanity acquired by gleams of just feeling, occasionally
breaking through hi, oddities—he lost it upon a speculation
to advance a relative whom he had long neglected, and
who, we believe, deserved as little the total neglect as he
does the sad sacrifice of principle and justice in his behalf.
—Pilot.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal pays the following tribute
to the memory of the deceased Judge :—" The last con-
necting literary link between Johnston, Goldsmith, Burke,
and the present time, has been snapped by the death of
Baron Sir W. Smith.
The distinguished individual, whose death we now, with
sorrow, record, united in his own person much of the genius
and the wit of the illustrious men in whose time he had
been born, with much of the prejudices of those among
whom he died ; still, on the judgment-seat, the late Baron,
when human life was at stake, invariably tempered justice
with mercy—he wept over the wound which he, or rather
the law, was about to inflict—he buried the acerbity of
party in the feelings of the man, and mourned the fatality
he had not the power to avert.
Few men gave earlier evidence of the " wens divinior"
than the late Baron. He entered college as a boy, and
there distinguished himself. He was a very young man
when the novel ingenuity of his reply to the pamphlet of
Payne attracted the notice of the celebrated Edmund
Burke, who introduced him to his son, and lived on terms
of cordiality and friendship with him, until that great man,
the Irish Cicero, paid nature's debt. That Baron Smith
had his foibles, his weakness, and his prejudice, we are ready
to admit. He was a politician before he was a judge ; and,
though the former character should have merged in the
latter, he united both to his life's end.
He wrote and spoke in favour of the withering legisla-
tive Union—lie did so with eloquence and spirit, and the,
ermine was his reward. His conduct must be referred to
his English predilections, which were promoted and fos-
tered by an English education and English associates,
against which even the stupendious mind of the illustrious
Burke had not been proof.
The conduct of his latter years may be explained by
his own last work, the " Metaphysical Rambles." In
those interesting little volumes there are many passages
which prove that the cry of " Church is in dan-
ger," which, by the way, was an old cry even in the
days of Dean Swift, made an impression on his mind
which led him to believe, or to act as if he had be-
lieved, that the Established Church and the Chris-
tian religion were synonimous. This led him to the advo-
cacy of that establishment in all its multitudinous anamo-
lies, and gave a partial bias to his mind when that church
was concerned. His grand error was in identifying it with
Christianity. He made a principle of his mistake, and this
gave a complexion to his latter years.
Had he retired from the bench years before his death,
lie would have provided better for his fair fame. We re-
gret for the sake of his memory that he did not do so.
However, we will not undertake now the ungrateful task
of strewing nettles on his grave.
It is a remarkable fact that Baron Smiths and his late
father, Sir Michael Smith, sat on the same bench.
The late judge ss'as born on the 23d of January, 1766,
called to the bar in the Trinity term of 1788, became a
bendier in 1802, shortly after a Baron of the Exchequer,
and died in the 71st year of his age, after a life, as he him-
self said in his " Metaphysic Rambles," longer than Socrates,

201. for experiments on the quntity of mud suspended
in waters of rivers—Rev. Jas. Yates,iMessrs. Delabeche,
and G. Rennie.
301. for special researches on subterranean temperature
and electricity—R. W. Fox.
50/. for researches on the nature and origin of peat
mosses in Ireland—Col. Coleby.
SECTION D.--ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.
251. for experimental observations on the growth of plants
under glass, and excluded from the air, according to the
plans of Mr. Ward—Professor Henslow.

SECTION E.-MEDICINE.
501. Renewed grant to the Committees appointed to in-
vestigate the subject of the anatomical relations of veins and
absorbents.

501. Renewal of a grant to the Committees appointed
to investigate the subject of the motions and sounds of the
heart.

25/. for researches into the chemical constitution of the
secreting organs—Dr. Roget Hodgkin, and Turner, and G.
0. Rees, Esq.
25/. for investigations on the physiological influence of
cold on man and animals in the Arctic Regions.—Mr.
Richard King.
25/. Renewed grant for the investigation of the effects
of poisons on the animal economy—Drs. Roupell and
Hodgkins.
251. Renewed grant for the investigation of the pathology
of the brain and nervous system—Drs. 0. Beirne, Green,
Macdonald; Messrs. R. Carmichael, Adams, and 0. Smith.
25/. for the investigation of the physiology of the spinal
nerves—Drs. Harpey and Broughton, and E. Cock, Esq.
SECTION F.-STATISTICS.
150/. for inquiries into the actual state of schools in
England, considered merely as to numerical analysis—Col.
Sykes and Messrs. Hallam and Porter.

SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE.
50. for an .:malysis of the reports of the duty of steam-
engines in Cornwall—Messrs. J. Taylor, G. Rennie, and
Cubitt.

REPORTS IN SCIENCE.
Section A.—Captain Sabine, to communicate a continua-
tion of his report on the magnetism of the earth.
Mr. Lubbock, to report at the next meeting the result of
the deliberations of a Committee appointed to consider his
proposition for the construction of new emperical lunar
tables ; the committee appointed being the Astronomer
Royal, Professors Rigaud and Challis, and Sir W. Hamil-
ton ; F. Bailey and J. W. Lubbock, Esqrs.
Section B.—Professor Johnstone, to report on the pre-
sent state of knowledge of the chemical and physical pro-
perties of dimorpheris bodies in their forms.
Section C.—J. Taylor, Esq., to report on the mineral
riches of Great Britain, in relation more particularly to the
metalliferous districts.
Section D.—Mr. Yarrell, to report on the present state
of knowledge of ichthyology.
Section G.—Rev. Mr. Taylor, of York, to report on the
various methods of printing which have been proposed for
the use of the blind.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF RESEARCHES, &C.
Section A.—That Captain Sabine's magnetical observa-
tions on the west coast of Scotland form part of the next
volurnc

That application be made to the Francis Government for
a copy of the best tide observations.
Section B.—That experiments be made upon the effects
of long-continued heat upon different bodies,
That the various products escaping from the chimneys of
foundries and manufactories be examined.
Section C.—That the attention of members be called to
the discovery of plants of any kind in late rocks of any
age older than the coal formation.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL.