The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-07 00:00:00

LORD BYRON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slit—Captain MEDWIN, in his Conversations
of Lord Byron, alludes to a Religious Work, the
perusal of which had a great effect on his Lord-
ship's mind, as it contained such strong argu-
ments in favour of our Religion, that his Lordship
neither could, nor wished to refute them.—
' As every circumstance which had any influence
Over the opinions of Lord BYRON must be inte-
resting to the Public, permit me, through the
medium of your valuable Journal, to request the
Author of the 46 Conversations," or one of your
numerous readers who may possess information
00 the subject, to state the title of the work
above adverted to,—a communication which will
give much satisfaction to

A CONSTANT READER.

The Lords of the Admiralty have issued or-
de's that anchors, cables, &c. shall be furnished
from his MAJEsTY's stores at the out-ports to
such merchant ships as stand in need of assistance
during
the present stormy weather.
\ Electioneering seems ell alive at Penryn, where
STANBURY and his friend, Mr. WEEDING,
ho intends offering himself at the election, are
arrived. The street has been illuminated, and
a dinner given. •
,O t Tuesday last tickets, each entitling the
holder to half a gallon of porter, were distributed
among the electioneering friends of the Members
of the Borough of Lewes, which most liberal al-
lowance was drank partly at the White Hart,
and partly at the Star.
It is rumoured that the Borough of Lewes will
be contested for at the next General Election.
,61r- 'l'. R. KEMP and Mr. A. DONOVAN have
been named as the Candidates in opposition to the
Present Members.
The Capital of the Equitable Assurance Society
15 estimated at the enormous sum of ten millions
sterling.
The Edinburgh subscriptions for the sufferers
b the late fires in that city amount to upwards
tn‘ 7,0001. It is much to be regretted that a more
general appeal has' not been.made to the inhabit-
ants of the two Sister Kingdoms, as now it is in
competition with snore recent subscriptions.
IVe are sorry to state, that the Concert, which
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Tti'4dvertised to take place at Portsmouth on
, ifrsdaY last, for the benefit of the widow and
ly of the late Mr. HOWELL, has been una-
"dahly postponed, in consequence of the dun-
te,roUs illness of the Secretary to the Committee.
` e trust that whenever it is held it will be nume-
i"sly attendedi not only from the respect which
,s,(111! to the memory of Mr. HOWELL, but as an
.'uditional instance of the liberality and public
tmPirit which are invariably shewn by the inhabit-
'tit,
of Portsmouth and Portsea.
A. letter from Florence states, that on the 18th
tewer7 a large fish, weighing 6,000 lbs., was cast ashore near
p* Santa. It was a coracine long-snouted fish., and was
L ea by some to be of the whale species, a fish by the bye not
"earn in the waters of the Mediterranean.
d The Dutch Distillers at Schiedam have ad-
d4;s'ea a petition to the Government, on the subject of the late
rPost on Grain. Their memorial, which is energetically
al.io up, states, that they cannot exist unless they have a
__°4reign market the their spirits, and they can only com-
nid such foreign market by low pieces; that, under the
~rvy imposed. duties on b•rain, they find it will not be in
sir power to compete with their rivals; that Holland does
Outgrow a sufficiency of Barley, for the use of the distilleries ;
and that foreign Rye and Barley arc indispensably necessary
for the Success of their manufacture.
A. Continental Journal states, that it is at pre-,
tou the intention of the King of France to give a magnificent
entertainment this Christmas, at the Palace of the Tuileries,
tP the citizens of Paris, including the merchants, artists, menu.
•aet,Urcrs, &c.
The rich Marquis of MONTEVIRGEN, in the
province of Leon, has been arrested by the Spanish Govern-
rtit under sentrete of his being a Free-mason, and not only
ma* he been to prison, but his estates have been confiscat.
I,l' A similar fate has attended several other rich individuals,
(ploalrhforis)oecjueriti's sake, had retired to their country residences,
o:The &shop of CHICHESTER has appointed a
L,eit_leral Ordination at Chichester on the 25th of January, 1825,
-1, the Festival of the Conversion of St. Paul.
ihe Duke of NORFOLK is again making his
FatsF happy in that neighbourhood, by sojourning at his seat,
VEltoP Manors, Notts.
"4,14‘1,111 Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND,
P,,:" his usual benevolence, has given a donation of 251. to the
tier% Society of Alnwick (recently instituted), under the
et. the select Society of Tradesmen and others, and his
coo`ttie has also been pleased to honour the Institution by be.
furl 11-T its Patron.—A Mechanic's Institute is about to be
b,.l,_eu at Alnwick, under the irnmediate patronage of the Noble
"rt and under the Presidency of Earl OnEY.
it 'tile Rev. G. Gould), Rector of Fleet (a vil.
141!e_ destroyed by, the late storm), intends building a new vil.
4,2. and with a degree of philantrophy that will ever._ lm_
stir his name, has taken and provided for all the sufferers
TS. (hllll ma--(Sllerborne Mercury.)
chui day the Lord Bishop of this diocese instituted. the_ Rev.on
°II shes Chluttils/ A.B, to the Rectory of Trcntishoe,m Devon,
thpresentation of Mrs. Amelia Warren Griffiths, void by
refsignation of the Rev. William Charles Hill.—On Sunday
too, ; Lite Lord Bishop of this Diocese, held a private Ordina-
teitem which the Rev. Henry Alford, A.B. of Sydney Sussex
4 oe, Cambridge; the Rev. Francis Gregory, A.B. of
11,4,,F011ege, Oxford; the Rev. John Harding, A.B. of
A.ll, Oxford; the Rev. Charles Edward Palmer,
Jralles°%,Bt. Peter's College, Cambridge ; and the Rev. Wm.
tdrilitt
_Powell, A.B. of Trinity College, Cambridge, were
Pon en Into the Holy Order of Priests.—( Exeter Flying
bee. 2.)
wieltkat the Auction Mart, yesterday se'nnight,
she Ls, • stanley and Sons houses,, üblic auction, the Ma.
km.irel at Brighton, and stile Nos. 2,3, and 4, in
nester-street (all freehold) for the sum of 11,5001.
.„„ e
vey,n corn stacks in the eastern part of Essex
tile), (lever known to be so much injured by the high winds as
14ve
it . ueen by the strong gales last week.
Is calculated that the apple trees which have
df iZa up by the roots during the late gales, in the Counties
kisilf`nrset and Devon alone, were capable of producing
7 hogsheads of cider annuidly.
4
Miter) letter from Exeter says—" One thousand
were found between Exminster and Exinouth.”
I\l. 11.4nPUL CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Sunday night
ye Aldred, the farrier, who has lived for many
lat la Glass-house-street, Ratcliffe, came home
er Ivikthan was his usual custorn,and because his
litlitbleTi?raided him with it, he commenced beat-
-1- in a most shameful manner, and kicked
for several parts of her body, till he left her
u". tier shrieks brought the neighbours
Sober ctorassistance, who helped her to bed, and two
sent 4i Messrs. Harkness and Conquest were
the ~f") but, notwithstanding their medical skill,-
peer
injut, woman died yesterday morning from the
wits iY she received. Mr. Eldred, the husband,
exa4,l.lllllediately taken into custody, and will be
qtlestined this day before a Magistrate. The In-
Nth; Will sit this evening. Mrs. Eldred was
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hyer ear
oss.s old and has left two babes to
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