The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-14 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.

ST. PETERSBURGH, FEB. 24.—h is generally rer!ted
that Count ‘Vorolizow, now Governor-General of Soutth
Russia and Bessarabia, will be in future Ambassador at/be
British Court. The Coign passed his youth in Englai,d,
and is perfectly acquainted with the state of the ceivitrir
and the people. His father filled this post under severta
Governments, and being at length relieved frotn this olio"
at a very advanced age, he continued to reside in Eng:sic/-
till his death, which took place in London.

GOTTINGEN, MARCH 4.—The City has this day elected,
by a majority of 26 to 7 votes, for its Deputy Dr. Wachs
iiash of fiamburgh, who is reckoned among the defenders
of the Constitution of 1833.

BERLIN MARCH 4 —The negotiations at Copenharea
for a considerable reduction of the Sound toll, and carrying
on with great activity, and leave no doubt of a final fa-
vourable result.

lIAMBURGH, MARCH 9.—A letter from London, COMORtl-
nicated to the Leipzic Allgemeine Zeitung, speaks of
marriage of Prince Ernest of Saxe-Coburg with the
daughter of the Duke of Cambridge. It is represented as
a favourite wish of Queen Victoria.
PRTERSEURGH, FEB. 29.—We hear that a division
of the Russian troops destined egainr,t Khiva has arri,e,i
at Asterabad. (This must be the auxiliary corps which
was to come from Daghestan and march round the
Southern coast of the Caspian Sea, and is in the sequvl
to join the Mein army, for Asterabad lies on the south coast
of the Caspian) The communication respecting Khiva.
by Major Gens, and the remarks of Count Von He Snares
give the most recent and the best information respecting
this country, which is now bceome so interesting. \9,•
might, perhaps, have received more oomp:ete information
respecting Khiva this year, through several t,•avellers ; but
we now learn that in the spring of last year several foreign-
ers, said to be Englishmen, were strangled by order of the
Khan, who had committed no ether crime than having tra-
vailed to Khiva —liamburgh Papers.

HAMBURG BOItNiENHALLE, Mont n In.
Bilis. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Rank Shares
A tl,lo.Russian Loan...
It wsian S per Cent. Ist s.efer, C.:rtitiente ...... 101% 104 'A
Inscription, Ist Merias P.)..>>.
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop t and Lo. 3d and 4th
Sc i s
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch ..ettial Debt, 2)4 pe. Cent....
Ditto 'i per Cen' 9l
Polkh [1011:14
Ncw ickct
Anglo. t:atiisli Loan, 3 per Cent 7433v 7114
Norwegian Loan, Is 3 I, 4 per Cent... ... 111
S,,anish, New 3 per Cents.
EXCII AN(4:s 04 LONDON.
lissintina, Marren 10.-13. 7)4—Two months, 13 5),
IDIRIVTIANIA, Fun. iti —Three months. 4 1 le.
13U11,11, 31anct1 7. —Three months, 6. 21.

DEATH OP LADY SOPHIA BUTLEI.---Ditd
at Bologna, on the 30th of January last., Lady Sophia ThrtloY,
daughter of Blindsley, Earl of Lancsborough, said Lacf7 :farm
llochfort, of the Belvedere family. Lady Jersto Butler WW• born
in Dublin, September 19, 1769. She war brought up usher
own country, and afterwards accompanied her parerrt. 1,,f0
Italy, where she wag united in her 18th year to the Marche. e
Luigi Mariseotti, of Bologna. She was most exemplary as A.
wife and mo her, and of a peculiarly sweet disposition. Jolla
Taylor, in his work Records of my Life," London. ":}B•3e,:.
c:t.'d this excellent lady as one uniting uncommon attainmet;
with extreme simplicity of character, by which she retained
respect and affection of all rho frequented her house. Ste
was very charitable, but. unestentatiotu, and on her death-bad
bequeathed a large sum of money for the relief of the neigh-
bouring poor. She bore extreme sufferings with pious
tesrt-
nation, and tranquilly resigned her spirit to her Marker, deeply
regretted by her relatives and friends, but vspncially by her ue-
reaveil husband. Her funeral, which wrs suitahle to her rank, ff
was numerously attended. •
Lord and Lady Wilton, Lord and Lady Mahon,
'Lord and Lady Barghersh, and the Right Bon. C.•lsrhuthaet,
composed the Doke of M'ellington'6 dinner party on Wednos-
day evening at Apsley House. His Grace, we hai-o the pleaest,
to state, continues in the enjoyment of good h:alth, and }+ cos
present at the Italian Opera on Tuesday evening'. • •
EXTRAORDINARY MONOMANIA.—A ...I.4yous
parr states that a man rather advanced in life was arre,ted a
few days ago in that city, an a charge of mendicity. He had
made a considerable collection, aided by certificates, from.va-
riom, ecclesiastics On his being searched his pocket-book was
found to contain eight bank notes of I,ooof. each, arid in hie
pockets was a considerable sum in specie. Ide was questioned
how, with so much wean, he could venture to olc7atte himself
be begging, and he reylied that he had a great, many grand- •
children, to whom he wished to leave a handsome indepen-
dence. He was, in fact, a lunatic, with the monomania of
mendicity, and has bean ascertained to be worth 150,000 r.. He
has two sons established in a thriving manufactory near 11,111.1. j
and two daughters, both advantageously ma-ried. His mai.-4
came upon him some years ago, and his sons took the preesi:-
t ion of writing to the chief magistrates of the country, warning
them of it, acd requesting that he might be sent back to his
family. This has been complied with by the Procurzur du Roi
of Lyons.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DitOWNiNO.-

Friday evening an inquest was held at the sign of the Globe
and Pigeons, High-street, Shat:well, before Mr. Baker, on tb,,
body of George Hogg, aged 32 years, the cal:tain of a Rich-
mend barge, whit, with a young married female named i',fxrY
Ann Smith, was drowned on the night of 17i-idol, the ith 1
last month, in the river, a short distance from Loneom-bridge.
From the evidence of Mary Ann Barker it appeared that on
the evening mentioned she and the deceased Smith *ere
together near London-bridge, when they met the deceased,
who invited them on board his barge to have some tea
with him. They went on board, and remained there arout
two hours, when he offered to take them to the play, at,d
they consented to go with him. They all three came out
of the cabin of the barge, and the deceased got into a skiff
ych:ch was made fast to the barge, and invited her com-
panion Smith to jump from the barge into his arms. She
did so, and being rather heavy, the deceased on catching },7
-
lest his balance, and lurched on one side, which caused the
boat to upset, and both were precipitated into the water. Har-
ker, who still remained on board the barge, called out Mr stesirt-
ance, but it was too late, and both were drowned. The,witnese
said she heard the deceased say, while in the water, Let go
my leg, and I'll save you and myself;" and from this circum-
stance there could be very little doubt the female Smith clung 1
to him, so that he could not disentangle himself from her, for
had he done so, he being
.an expert swimmer, mast have saved
himself. The body remained in the water until Tuesday mcku-
ing last, when it was picked up near Shadwell-dock. The '
ofed tmheano,thaenrd
shuaffse rl :frt. haasweide°t;cg twbotehn" dti a
family.ceased was
T hae bmeadryri
covered. s-

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.—=In tho latter end
of the month of December, 1838, a mtea was brought from the
country (a distance of upwards of 20 miles), and cointnittud
to this gaol for failing in payment of the sum of 41. +4. 7d.,
and 9s. I Id. of mks. He applied to the Magistrabas, and was
allowed an aliment of Bd. a-day. His creditor still keeping
him in gaol, he applied for additional aliment, and was allowed
10d. a-day ; again he applied, and was allowed Is. ; again he
applied, and on Saturday Baillio Forbes awarded to him an ali-
ment of Is. 6d. a-day, and he still remains in prison. He is
maimed, and has a wife and family. His creditor has expended
nearly 191. in alimenting this debtor, and that over and above
his agent's charges bringing him from the conntry. So meek
for the law of imprisonment for debt —Aberdeen Journal.
THE PILOT AND THE TINIES.—Mr. Barrett,
the Editor of the Dublin Pivot, has published a letter in his
paper "in consequence of the insidious misrepres-entatioes
which have appeared in the Times" regarding an article
written by that gentleman on the subject of the Duke of Wel-
lington's recent illness. Mr. Barrett avows the authorship of
the anti-Wellington article—ehatgesthe Times, flowerer, wits
oreptrtietsaory
..,s,
ii:lsoil:
garbling it, expresses an opinion that " there is a false halo • 1
Ifame" round the name of Wellington, and denying that the
tohMwenrsOrnleßoianirrey_and
wirit,er
sepPudcuiictib;lfrsi Dublin
is
tiP't3h,l'a,lr•osa.ish established aClibitly:i swnphecaelPesdrtsrw:iPatthlitPemearmy
public estimation of the talent
or fidelity with which it. may be deemed to be conducted. Mr.
'O'Connell never embarked or advanced a shilling in the tender-
taking ; neither did he contribute to, or dictate au editorial
're-
ticle. Huse, then, is it Mr. O'Connell's paper ? Just so oar
a; the Chronicle or Tic Sun is Mr. O'Connell's paper, because
be often originates in these journals, as in the Pilot, his able
and Patriotic letters, and because the editor of the Pilot feels
towards that great man a sentiment which he is sure is partici-
pated in by the editors of the Chronicle and The Suva--a
warm admiration of his private virtues, and a deep sense of bis
public utility."