The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-31 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

REMARKABLE DA Y.—Yesterday was remark-
able as the anniversary of the death of the celebrated John
Selden, 1654; of a great earthquake at Syria, 1760 ; of King
George 111. being assaulted by the mob, and his State carriage
broken, 1795 ' and of the death of M. De Calonne, Minister
to Louis XVI. of France, 1802; this day is the anniversary of
the first stone of Blackfriar's bridge being laid, 1760; of the
Pope's bull, in favour of the Jesuits being suppressed by the
Parliament of Paris, 1665 ; London Bridge. Water Works
being burnt, 1779; and of St. Mark, in the West Indies, being
taken by the English, 1801.
LORD BRIDPORT, when he commanded the
Channel fleet, was called the " whiting-catcher," from his
being so often in port. At a dinner given by the Mayor of
Plymouth, he said " Captain Trowbridge. I suppose you have
no objection to fill a bumper to the health of the Commander-
in-Chief."--" Not any," replied the Captain, " but hand me
the claret, for I am quite tired of drinking him in port."
TWO CAItDINALS found fault with RAPHAEL
for having in one of his pictures given too florid a complexion
o St. Peter and St. Paul. " Gentlemen," replied the artist,
11 pleased with the criticism, " don't be surprised ;_ I paint them
ust as they look in Heaven. They are blushing with shame
to see the Church below so badly governed."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT
lEI

NEWMARKET.
Ito Y.
17 to 1 agst Spectre
18 to 1 agst Sophist
29 to 1 agst Advance
25 to 1 agst the Baron.
,KS.

8 to 2 agst Monarch
9 to 1 agst Bolivar
27 to 2 agst Cedric
14 to 1 agst The General

8 to 1 agst Custance
33 to 1 agst Pawn
17 to 3 agst Henry

12 to 1 agst Parasol
12 to 1 agst Elizabeth
15 to 1 agst 80-peep.

LAMBTON MEETING, 1325.— THURSDAY.
The Harraton Stakes of 25 soy. each, for horses not thorough-
bred; four yrs old, Ilst ; five, Ilst 101 b; six And aged, lest.
Two miles. (Five subscribers.)
Mr. Payne's b. h. Gossoon, aged . - - 1
Mr. Lanibton's b. c. Macdonald, 4 yrs - - 2
Mr. Liddell's b. c. the Governor, 4 yrs - - 3
3 to 1 on Gossoon.
Lord Wilton's Hottentot, lOst 81h (Mr. Grey) beat Mr.
Duncombe's Happy Jack, lOst. T.Y.C. 50 sov.-2 to 1 on
Hot tentot.
Mr. Duncombe's Happy Jack, lOst. (the owner) beat Lord
Wilton's Mystic, lOst. 71b. A. F. 50 sov.-5 to 4on Happy
Jack.

31r. Russell's Bonassus, lOst. 71b. (Mr. Kent), beat Mr.
Duncombe's Happy Jack, lOst. 31b. N.M. 200 sov.—Even on
Bonassus.

Mr. Grosvenor's Lima, lOst. 61b. (Mr. Grey), beat Mr. Wy-
vill's Mirth, lOst. 10Ib. A. F. 50 sov.-3 to I agat Lima.
Mr. Grosvenor's Tawpy, 12st. (Mr. Grosvenor), beat Mr.
' Lambton's M'Donald, 10st. 101 b. W. C. 20 80V.-7 to 4
on Tawpy.
Mr. Russell's Bogtrotter, list. 41b. (Mr. Kent), beat Mr.
Grosvenor's Lima, llst. A. F. 50 sov.-6 to 5 on Bogtrotter.
Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each, with 20 added, for all ages.
W. C. Seven subscribers.
Ld Grosvenor's b. m. Lima, by Peruvian, aged walked over
Sweepstakes of 20 soy. each, W. C. Three Subscribers.
Mr. Grosvenor's Tawpy, 5 yrs, llst Mb - I
Mr. Liddell's The Governor, 4 yrs, 9st I Ilb - - 2
Forced Handicap of 10 soy. each, A. F. Eight Subscribers.
Mr. White's Plutarch, 4 yrs, 9st 71b - 1
Mr. Wyvill's Orion Mare, 5 yrs, list Mb - 2
Mr. Mills's Lady Easby, 4 yrs, lOst 61b - 0
The Judge placed only two.
5 to 4 agst the Orion Mare, 6 to 4 agat Plutarch, and 5 to 1
agst Lady Easby.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
3IEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEK.
The Hampshire llounds, on Wednesday, at I3ramdean
Common ; Thursday, at London Lodge, Stratton Park ; Sa-
turky, at Bradley.
The Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Hill Place ;
Friday, at Westend Telegraph.
The Lambton Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stoney Gate ;
Thursday, at Burnopside ; Friday, at the Kennel.
The Ilurworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Hutton Red.
by ; Friday, at Hutton Bonilla.

TIIe GnExx.s.--Ily his Majesty's sloop of war
the Sparrowhawk, which left Smyrna on the 7th September,
it appears that the latest information received there of the
united Turkish, Egyptian, and Algerine fleet was, that they
had all gone to Alexandria, under the. command of the CAPI-
TAN PACIIA, to obtain a reinforcement of troops. Mahomet
Ali, the Pashaw of Egypt, had shown himself so lukewarm in
the cause of the Porte against the Greeks, that it was understood
the Capitan Pacha had been instructed to decoy him off to his
ship, and cause him either to be beheaded or carried off to Con-
stantinople. The ships were all in a bad state, and at Alexan-
dria means could not be found to re-equip them. The principal
naval force of the Greeks were refitting, with a view to intercept
the Turkish fleet, in their return to re-commence hostilities in
the contest for possession of the Morea. The Egyptian force
in the Morea, under Ibrahim Paella (son of the Viceroy of
Egypt), is estimated at 10,000 men. He had lost great num-
bers by sickness, and his stragglers and foragers are constantly
cut off by the neighbouring partisans. All the sick left at
Tripolizza with the troops stationed there for their protection,
had lately been massacred to a man. The Turks recently made
an irruption into Livadia, but been blockaded by the Greek
ships, these operations were necessarily suspended. A great
number of French officers are in the employ of the Turks and
Egyptians. A few English are in the Greek service,_ and only
one in the Egyptian, a surgeon, who was sent out to the Greeks,
in charge of a large quantity of medicines, provided for them by
some Quakers in this country ; he had been subsequently in-
duced by a large reward to enter into Ibrahim Pacha's service.
The Sparrowhawk conveyed to /.ante, the English Captain
Trelawney, who took refuge with his brother-in-law Odysseus,
from the revenge of the Greeks, in the fortified cave on the
summit of Mount Parnassus. A treacherous attempt had been
made by two fellows, employed by the Greeks, to assassinate
him, for having betrayed their cause. He was shot in the back ;
one ball passed out in the front of his shoulder, by which he
lost the use of his arm, and another passed through his neck
and came out at his mouth.—(Hanzp.thire Telegraph.)
MURDER IN FRANCE.—We stated in our Paper
on Friday, on the authority of a French Journal, that a dread-
ful murder had been committed on the persons of two females
at Castres, in France. By the arrival of more recent papers
last night, we have obtained the following detail:—The vic-
tims were an unmarried lady of the name of Sabotier, sister to
the author of the Troies Skein. Litteraires, and her niece Mad.
Bousseguy, with whose family the former lived. M. Bousse-
guy, on the 16th inst. had gone out after supper, leaving his
wife and her aunt alone with his son, who had returned from a
coffee-house, where lie had passed the day, to mention that he
would not sup at home. In a moment after, the neighbours
heard the cry of murder proceeding from M. Bousseguy's
house, and hastening to it, found the two females bathed in
blood—the one in the kitchen, the other at the top of the stair-
case. One of the persons who first came to the spot declared
that he saw the son Bousseguy escape with precipitation by the
door of the shop, which, though usually shut, was found open
some instants after. The absent father being informed imme-
diately of the dreadful event, cried out, in the first agony of his
grief, that his son alone was capable of such a crime. Persons
went immediately in search of him, and found him sitting in a
coffee-house, quietly. smoking his pipe in the midst of young
persons of s own age, bearing no marks of the atrocity of
which public indignation accused him. When the news was
announced, he still preserved his original coolness, declaring
that the thing was impossible. Being then told that he was
strongly suspected of being the criminal, he replied with the
same indifference, " See, I have got no marks of blood." He
was carried to view the dead bodies, but allowed neither sorrow
nor dejection, and persisted in his denials. It has since been
impossible to obtain from him any confession. In proceeding
to the examination of the bodies on the following day, it was
observed that each victim had been destoyed by a single blow.
The mother had her lungs cut through from side to side. On 1
searching the house, it was discovered that a kitchen knife had
disappeared. No cause is assigned for this atrocity. It is
known only that the conduct of the young man gave great cause
of uneasiness to his family, and that abusing the tenderness of
his parents, whose only hope he was, he ran into expences he- 1
yond their means, and required money which they could not '
supply. The funeral of these unfortunate victims took place
one the 17th, and was attended by nearly the whole population
of Castres. •

On Saturday, large placards, issued from the
Queen-square Police-office, by order of the 3.l.tg,iiiratex, were
affixed about Westminster, • Warning manufacturers of, and
dealers in, and firers off' of loyal squibs, crackers, and other
similarly composed combustibles, not to indulge, if they dislike
legal penalties and visitations, in their predilections, whether
profitable or pleasurable, on the approaching sth of November,
when Protestant youths show their horror or conspiracies, by
once more consigning effigies of Guido, aim Guy Fawkes, to
the flames.