The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-15 00:00:00

SPORTING.

The Marquis of Blandford and Lord Ward arrived at
Mivart's Hotel, from Scotland on Monday, from their
shooting excursion at Glengarry, where they killed
200 head of game a day.

COURT—PASSIONABLE.
Richard Hodgson, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Hodg,,,on
were among the passengers, by the Earl of Liverpool
steamer, for Ostend, on a tour.
Viscount and Viscuntess Palmerston return to town
from Hants, at the close of the week.
Th: Earl of Errol, Marquis of Clanricarde, and Lord
and Lady Monteagle, have departed for Dublin to be
present at the dinner to Lord Morpeth.
Mr. Elmslie, Secretary to her Majesty's Commis-
sioners in China, has arrived in London.

MISCELLANEOUS.
It is said that a process has been submitted to the
French Academy of Sciences by which gunpowder can
have the property of inflammability abstracted from it or
imparted to it at pleasure.
A number of tumuli, or ancient graves, to the amount
of 20, have been recently excavated on Breach Downs,
Barham, near Canterbury, and Roman swords, knives,
the umbo of a buckler, beads, vases, &c. discovered.
By recommendation of Government a new street is to
be opened out of the Vauxhall-bridge-road leading to
the west entrance of Westminster Abbey.
A violent storm of hail at Blois, a few days since,
which ravaged the country to the extent of twelve miles,
was observed to come from only one small cloud, the rast
of the sky being perfectly clear.

ward Bowater, wi ts the Equerry in Waiting on
his IC oyal Highness Prince Albert.
on tce 28th Au gust last the ratifications of a
ConvenCon of C anmerce and Navigation bc-
tween Gr,t!tat Brit: :in and the Hulse Towns, were
exchanged' by Lord Palnierston and Mr.
Colquhoun.-
Sir James' Oral iam arri-47ed in' town yesterday
afternoon frc m D
o=clzes erg
Mr. Edwa. rd St emu?. c had an interview with the
3axilmet, at the Home-office.
Right Messrs. H o n
Si.
gan3S, and Crowdy, Delegates from
Newfoundland, had an interview with • Lord
Stanley yeste rc7iny at the Colonial-office.
The Chanc l!llor of the Exchequer left town
yesterday for Cambridge.
The Duke )f Wellington, Sir Robert Peel,
Lord Wharncl *iffe, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ellen-
borough, and 31r Fidward Knatchbull, left town
esterday to at :evi4 tVe Privy Council at Windsor
.le.
Colville had an interview with Lord
4triirt,'y -eSte_i
_Clay a c. the Colonial-office.

• f_m!!!,..m

mi.,
,:ciryi„. •
(or t !haring-cress, has just pub-
witti a
map (x ' a, : countries between England
1. to show the overland and
tzattzi,d,
routestdoe
ttgeh ;.:(
ast. It , points out also the
re, ative position of Russia to
ii:),,, of communict. tion with our vast Indian
and 13.111‘ flostan.. and delineates the
posses,:
ions, the
Eug;anct
nits from England, as well
tracks of to ste`‘sl- IN
'Ma rtie.UleS, to the different ports
as those front
1 i .an an. The map is beautifully
in the gediten it sins
the principal cities,
executed, and co. all
to idwide expanse from Aden
towns, and river gin nd , and from England to
to the Gulf of rink id of great use to persons
Bengal. It will he fou. . omm erce; and, indeed,
engaged m trade and i. ' n our numerous re-
to all who take any intcre, nires of the East.
i lations with the exten4ve ern,