The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-20 00:00:00

SEEDS, ROOTS,.&c.

Mr. Leonard Phillipps, jun. showed specimens, of seeds and
roots of mangel wurzel; of his improved pumice ; and glasses
oflong-keeping pears and apples.
Messrs. Thomas Gibbs and Co. showed white mustaid-nee.,
coming into great use as an internal medicine ; twenty-five va-
rieties of natural grass-seeds ; remarkably tine and large red,
tnangel wurzel roots (one weighing 421b5.) ; yellow and whit
roots of ditto ; purple and green kohlrabi ; Swede turnips et
very perfect shapes ; the golden yellow potatoe, &c.

MEETING OF THE CLUB.
On Friday at three o'clock, a Meeting of the Club took
place in the parlour in the yard, John Martin Cripps, Esq.
in the Chair ; when the following new ,Members were elected,
Grace the Duke of Rutland, Francis Pyta,
Esq., James Frederick Bury, Esq., Thomas Slater, Charles
Stokes, John Farey, Marshall Goude, John Beasley, Robert
Hand, Wm. Robinson, George Hepburn, jun., John Arnoltl,
and George Attenborough. The conditions of the next year's
Premiums were considered, and some alterations in Classes 1,
9, and 10, agreed on ; and much of the routine business was
transacted, in preparation for the Anrual Meeting, to which
the Club adjourned at three o'clock yesterday, at Freemasons'
Tavern ; after which the company sat down to an excellent
dinner.

DUEL.—CORH, DEC. 13.—A meeting took
place yesterday, at Bishopstown, within about two miles from
this city, between Dr. Baldwin and Dr. Orden; the former
attended by Massey Warren, Esq., the latter by R. T. Hal-
bert, Esq., R.N. After an exchange of three shot, Dr. Orden
received Dr. Baldwin's fire, and discharged his pistol in th.-
air. The parties were then walked off the ground. We re-
gret to state, that as Dr. Baldwin was crossing a ditch, after
the affair was over, he met with a severe accident. A coun-
tryman, who had evinced much interest about him, wished
to assist him over the ditch, and caught him by the hand for
that purpose; but from some awkward turn, and keeping a
hold too long, the arm was fractured above the elbow. Dr.
Woodroffe being on the spot, did what was necesssary on the
occasion with his usual skill and promptitude.— ( Southern Rc.
porter. )

NOVEL IMPORTATION.—A .sight at once diS.
gusting and horrible presented itself on Saturday last in' the
neighbourhood of Tooley-street. A Mr. 111`earthy applied to
Mr. Alderman SMITR to send an officer to inspect two boxes
strongly bound with iron, and which- were directed to Mr.
M`Gregor, Portman-square, as the intolerable stench which
proceeded from them gave reason to suppose they contained
human bodies in a state of putrefaction. Kinsey was dispatched
with orders to act as circumstances might requite ' • he was ac.
cornpanied by Mofficer of St. Olaves.
The two cases were landed from the provision trader, Neptune,
of Dublin ; but from one of the cases having a corner knocked
off,- and an offensive smell issuing, two men who had applied
for them were traced to Guy's Hospital. This and other
circumstances confirmed Kinsey and his companion that
they contained what the faculty term "Nth SulOccl4.
They proceeded to break open the chests, in the first was
found the bodies of two females absolutely falling to pie. es
in the second three full grown females. With a great deal of
difficulty the fragments were put into a mud cart, and taken to
St. Olave's bone house. They have since been buried by order
of the Magistrate. This took place on Simmons's Wharf.
Tooley -street, the proprietor of which, 111 r. Schofield, seeing the
officers on the Wharf, told them if they suspected the cases to
contain subjects they were at liberty to open them. They were
entered in the bill of lading as Old Books. The Neptune had
been five or six weeks from Dublin ; and the roughness of the
weather and closeness of the stowage, cauncri them to heat to
an incredible'degree, as they were packed in saw-dust and
straw.