The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-04 00:00:00

LORD ERSKINE.

Sir Samuel Romilly, in his Memoirs, gives the follow-
ing account of a dinner party at the house of one of his
most intimate friends, Lord Erskine :—" I dined to-day
at Lord Erskine's. It was what might be called a great
Opposition dinner. -- Among the light and trifling
topics of conversation after dinner, it may be worth
wile to mention one, as it strongly characterises Lord
Erskine. He has always expressed and felt a great
sympathy for animals. He has talked for years of a
Bill he was to bring into Parliament to.prevent.cruelty
na hYs' always had several favourite
animals, to wh6m he has been much atiacheii,'Und of
wheal all his acquaintance have a number of anecdotes to
relate—a favourite dog, 'which 'he used to, bring when
'he tvils at the bar, -to all his consultations ; another
favourite dog, whieh, at the time when he was
Lord Chancellor, he himself rescued in the street,
from some boys who were about to kill him, under
pretence of its being mad ; a favourite goose,
which followed him whenever he walked about his
grounds ; a favourite mackaw, and other dumb fa-
vourites without number. He told us now that he had
got two favourite leeches. He had been blooded by
them last Autumn, when he had been taken danger-
ously ill at Portsmouth ; they had saved his life, and
he had brought them with him to town ; had ever since
kept them in a glass ; had himself every clay given them
fresh water; and had formed a friendship with them.
He said he was sure they both knew him, and were
grateful to him. Ile had given them different names,
Home and Cline (the names of two celebrated sur-
geons), their dispositions being quite different. After a
good deal of conversation about them, be went himself,
brought them out of his library, and placed them in their
glass upon the table. It is impossible, however, with-
out the vivacity, the tones, the details, and the gestures
of Lord Erskine, to give an adequate idea of this sin-
gular scene."

POSTAGE LABELS.—The public, in the official
directions printed on the postage covers, are requested to fasten
these stamps on the right hand side of he letter above the ad-
dress, and the reason of this requrst, whieh is not very obvious,
is, we believe, that the Post-office letter-sorter may 13e enabled
to examine simultaneously both the address and the proper
stamp. If the stamp were placed at the back of the letter and
away from the address, the sorter would have to look first at one
side and then at the other, and thus his labour would be nearly
doubled. The public, as it values the speedy dispatch of their
letters, will no doubt readi:y fall into the mode suggested for
fixing the stamps.
LIVERPOOL., FRIDAY.—THE ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DUKE OF 'WELLINGTON'S Illarrit-DAY.—The oc-
currence of this event, of which the majority of the inhabitants
appear to have been unaware, was signalised by the ringing of
the bells from the steeples of the parish churches, and by
in the docks. A
the hoisting of the flags of the shipping
subscription, to which men of all parties contributed, was
raised on the Exchange, for the purpose of Prvi
am-
munition required for twenty-one salutes to be
from the
the
rie
cannon stationed at the workhouse. In the attempt
the respect with which the people re gard ito evidence
hero of the age all
political differences are merged and f orgotten. All n-en con-
spire to honour him as national r p opert y, the possession of which
they are not slow to boast.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD A BARGE.—
On Friday afternoon an inquest
was held before Mr. Payne, at
Guy's Hospital, on the body of Michael •
APCarthv, aged sixty,
a corn-factor.
Joseph White said, that on Sunday forenoon
last he Was standing by the side of deceased an board a barge,
laden with corn, and lying off St. George's-stairs, Horsely-
down. Deceased had been unloading the barge all the morn-
ing, and, feeling tired, he sat down on the edge of the hold,
where he fell asleep. He had not been many minutes in that
position before he f,41 into the hold, from the bottom of which
he was taken up insensible, and forthwith carried to the above
hospital. Mr. EdOitard Menzies, house-surgeon, said deceased
was admitted with a fracture of the first vertebra: of the neck
and the first of the back, and that be died on Wednesday
morning of the effects of those injuries. Verdict—" Acci-
dental Death."
STOCKPORT.—A general turn-out is daily ex-
pected, in consequence of four or five extensive manufacturers
of Stockport having given notice to reduce the already scanty
wages of the power-loom weavers one penny, and some thr..e
halfpence, v-r cut.

EVENING EDITION.

ROYAL ACADEMY.

On Saturday last the members of the Royal Academy
gave their anniversary dinner at their apartments irr
Tref dgar-square, which was attended by a numarous
assemblage of guests of the first rank and talent, rim: • r 1
whom were the Lord President of the Council,
Lord of the Treasury, Lord Privy Seal, the Speaker,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretaries of State for
the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, Vis-
count Duncannon, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's
Bench, Master of the Rolls, Vice-Chancellor, Lard
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Chief Baron,
Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, Lord Chamberlain,
General Commanding in Chief, Lord Mayor, Governor
of the Bank, President of the College of Physicians, i
President of the Coflegc of Surgeons, Master of Dul-
wieli College, Warden Of ditto, Master of the Horse,
Chairman of the East India Company, Chairman of the
Board of Customs, French, American, Pi-essiae,
Netherlands, Belgian, Saxon, Bavarian, Portuguese,
Sardinian, Neapolitan, Grecian, Swedish, Hano%erian,
and Wirternberg Ministers; Dukes of Richmond, Wel-
lington, Newcastle, Somerset, Buckingham, and Beau-
fort ; Marquises Bute and Northampton ; Earls Grey,
Rosebery, De Grey, and Ripon : Bishops of London
Llandaff, Durham, and Norwich ; Lords Sudeley. Merit:
eagle, Norrnantown, Glenelg, Northwich, W. Russell,
Colburne, Morpeth, and Seaton ; Right Hon. Sirs R.
Peel and J. Graham ; Messrs. H. Labouchere, C. W. I
Wynn, and J. W. Croker ; Hon. Sir E. Cust ; Sirs
R. H. Inglis, Willoughby Gordon, J. Swinhurne, G.
Staunton, G. Phillips, T. D. Acland, G. Warrender,j
I'. Baring, H. Ellis, A. Carlisle, R. Vernon ; 110'7
Messrs. H. Al:Connell, W. Wells, J. Neeld, S. Roves,
R. Hart Davis, J. Morrison, Gally Knight, C. Babbage,
S. Cartwright, A. Milne, H. A. Munro, W. Sequier,
D. Salomons, B. Hawes, T. G. B. Estcourt, P. H. ,
Howard, G. Knott, J. H. Kippisley, Baring Wall
J. Dawkins, J. H. Green, &c. &c. &c.