The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-25 00:00:00

C Otra'r 1.4 As .

The Queen and Prince Albert rode out early on Tuesday morn-
ing through the Home Park, Windsor, and walked home. In the
teinoon they rude into the Green Park in a pony phaeton,
The Queen Dowager arrived at Marlborough House yesterday
morning from Bushy Park.

The Archbishop of Armagh and his family have arrived at Paris
from a tour in the Nether;ands.

The Marquis of Hertfoid has left Brussels on a tour to Hungary.
We regret to state tha: Field-Mar►hal Viscount Bercstoret lies
dangerously i,l at his hi,use in Cavendish-square. His Lordship
was attacked with spasms while taking a time in his carriage.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The mortality amoi.g the convicts at Woolwich from a species of
rapid consumption, has at length led to some investigation. A coo-
vict, aged 30, died of it after only three days'
illness, _and Dr.
Hope, the convict.surgeon, confessed he bad never witnesstd so
destructive a case. The deaths, it appeared, during JanuarY. Fe-
bruary, and March, had been at the rate of thirty a month. ants.
It is calculated that the quantity of cloth of all kir.ds now
about
factured in Kirkaldy, Linktown, Dysart, and Leslie may be
twenty.five million yards, or upwards of 14,000 lull"'
A number of lanomarks of a peculiar form are being erected cn
the Cumberland and Westmoreland :nountains, previous to the
publication of the new map of England, under the superintendence
of the Commissioners of the Board of Ordnance.
Yesterday 1110Ining a man while walking bore towards the
'Mi.
nories, felt a snap in one of Isis legs, and, on looking downwards,
observe(' the ITh)od flossing into his shoe. On examination it was
found that the main artery of his leg had burst. He now lie, in a
state of great exhaustion at the hospital.
Mr. F. O'Connor was committed to York Ca,tle on the 14th of
May, 1640. The term ef' imprisonment ,
I was
middle
o
eighteent
months,
November.and
conseqthe
uently would have expired
, waidlebetween
a I;awk A
dartedrclo
" On Friday last," saysrynMercury, " two gentlemen
tourists witnessed a severe conflict between four Martin swallows
and five common spiartrigohwtsiiineatrlive
vr,enineai
nr
utthees
road
ch
and Crieff. They fought
in amongst them ; but no sconer was he recognized by them, than
both parties uniting, encountered bins, and beat him so severely that
he was scarcely able to fly off with his life." How happily this ty.
pifies tie present conflict for place between the two great Parlia.
mentary parties! The Martin swallows and sparrows ate the Whigs
and Tories , the hawk who darts 'in among them, clamorous for
food,this
istieewetrne
People
; but no sooner do the contending parties reco
r, than they both unite to punish him severelyg.
n
tor his impertinent intrusion, inasmuch as their quarrel has nothing
whatever to do with hirn, but regards only their own selLinterests:
On ltlypilaY last the Rev, Mr Wilke, of 1,4, ittls tiampton, Sussex,

was robbed in an omnibus, of a bank warran, for 5001., a check
fur 10/., and 18 Bank of England poles of 51. each. He had
taken no particular notice of the person, in the omnibus with him.
A Welsh paper laments that in too parishes in Breconshire,
he males exceed the females by more than a thousand." If
females are so scarce in this distric', there is no doubt that
en application being made, the Tory 1 arty could furnish it with
lots of old women

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LoNnort, Atic. 25.--Wind this day at noon, S.W.
DEAL, Aug. 9.4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ida, Wabbina,
Amsterdam for Geneva. Arrived from the River, the Chamois.
:or Buenos Ayres ; John Oldham, Jamaica; Beaufort, Quebec ;
lde, Newfoundland; Enterprise, Madeira; Mary Ann, Malta;
Sprightly, Gibraltar ; Ulysses, Cadiz. Sailed the Jacobus, Batavia.

OFF MARGATE, Aec. 24.—The Crescent, from Black Sea.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 24.—Wind W.N. W., fresh.—Arrived tho
Mars, Roper, from Calcutta; Peruvian, Gwatkin, Bonny, sailed
June 5; Isabel, Antigua, sailed 22d ult.; Republic, Thompson,
Virginia; Parsee Merchant, Quebec. Sailed the Victoria, fur
Newfonndland. Arrived off; the Frankfort, from New York.
OFF HASTINGS, AUG. 23.—Arrived the Johanna Maria,
vina, Schutt, Dorothea, Decker, and Duc Marias, from Batavia;
Himalaya, Paw, Calcutta; Mark Palmer, Mauritius; Funchal,
Cliff, Dominica; Susannah, King, St. Lucia; Pactolus, BCTbiCe.
PORTLAND Roans, AUG. 24. Arrived the Pandora, from London
for Bilbao ; Fanny, ditto, for Newfoundland ; Romeo, ditto, for
Miramichi ; Gratitude, ditto for St. Andrew's, New Brunswick;
Ann, Metcalfe, Shields for Calcutta ; Numa, London, for JaIDIIICS.
GUERNSEY, AUG. 23.—Sailed the Joseph, for Corfu; Act of
Trumps, Malaga; Cluges, Malta.
OFF DARTMOUTB, Acs. 23.—The Elizabeth, Hunter, from New-
foundland. Sailed the Saucy Lass, for Gibraltar.
TORBAY, AUG. 23.—Sailed the Sumatra, for Ceylon; Victoria,
Valparaiso; Conqueror, Corfu.
PLYMOUTH, Auo. 24 —Wind N.W.—Sailed the Gazelle, for
Alicant.
OFF HASTINGS, AUG. 24.—The Tre Demer, from St. Croix;
Burguemeister, La Guayra for Bremen; Vriesland, Surinam lbr
Amsterdam ; Leontine, for Bremen.
PORTSMOUTH, A uu. 24.—Wind N. XV., squally.—Arrived the Phi:
ladelphia, Hovey, from London, and sailed for New York; Duke 01
Argyll, London for Calcutta.
Cowes. AUG. 24. Arrived the Erne, M`Donald, from Matan-
zas ; Swartwick, Batavia. Sailed the Salas, to Port PbiIIIP-
FALMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Wind W. to N. W., fresh.--Arriv'"
Tagus
the Albert, from London for Newfoundland. Sailed the
steamer) to Vigo. Arrived off', the William Foster, Now°.
New Brunswick; Blackallcr, Watson, Smyrna.
...„p
JERSEY, AUG. 22 —Put bark the Guernsey Lily, G"r"
sprung a leak W. of Scilly.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE'
EGHAM RACES.

This meeting commenced yesterday.
The Gold Cup of 50/. (in specie) by subs of 10 goys. each,
was won by Mr. Isaac Day's Tamburini.
The 111t.mbers' Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 5
Boys. each, was wan by 31r. J. Kingsley's Jessica.
The ltunnymede Stakes of 5 toys. each, and 30 added, were
won by Mr. Drage's Sister to Glencoe.
The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes will be run for this ell'
Mnnops, Remnant, Specimen, Folly, and the Colt out of Obe-
li,k's dam, are expected to start.
Eight hot set are entered for the Sweepstakes of 5 siva. each,
and six for the Ankerwicke Stakes.

YORK AUGUST MEETING (CorrciunEn).—TuEsnAC.
Two-yrs-old Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, were won by
Mr. Brook's f. Idolatry, by Muley Moloch.
Three-yrs-old Sweepstakes of 30 toys. each, were won by
Mr. Gaseoigne's Quilt Arnold.
The City Members' Plate of 501. was won by Mr, He- 1
tine's The Shadow.

THE WEATHER..—Noon, AUGUST 25.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET•
Barometer
Thermometer... 58 J Highest 6O J L0we5t......••• 45
Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Dee.

One of the most singular works, both ats to
object and treatment, ever put forth in the garb of a novel,
is about immediately to aprear under the name of Wed-
lock." Contrary to the time-hallowed practice of works of
fiction, marriage, instead of being held up as the grand de-
sideratum of young ladies, is shown to be oftener an unhappy
than a happy state ; and old-maidism is accordingly
into enviable dignity. The Authoress's living instances .
infelicitous marriages are very numerous and very striking, and
she seems determined they should be held out as beacons.
" This," says she, " shall be done for my fair countrywomen,
and not before they want it• Are they not sacrificing them:,
elevated
selves by myriads ? Crying down single ladies, the queens of
creation, Ni h o ought to be canonized as saints, and topPmg
over them instead—a poor set of slaves, once as free to choose

as themselves."
AWFUL THUNDER STORM AT LIVERPOOL.
—LIVERPOOL, TEEEDAY.—Liverpool was last night visited b.l
mot dreadful thunder storm. About one o'clock the lightning
and thunder was most awful, and the rain fell in torrents. T"
of our most beautiful modern churches have sustained damage'
which will take thousands to repair. The tower and steep!es
of
St. Michael's and St. Martin's are so much damaged that they are
expected to fall every minute, and the wind, which is now blowing
very fresh from the nor th.west, has considerable influence upon the
shattered condition of St. Michael's.
150
BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE.—About
-
of the supporters of Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir Charles Nader;
belonging to the west quarter of tlie borough, met last,eveniegile
the Mechanics' lneitute Tavern, to celebrate the return,q!
Liberal Members. Mr. Williams, of Oxford.street, was " iO4
Chair. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman gave
two Members for the Borough of Marylebone." Sir Benianun
Hall only was present, and gave as a reason for the absence of
his colleague the intense interest which he took in the questions
before the House of Commons, and also the novelty of his posi•
Lion, but assured the meeting that the Gallant Odister would in
the course of the evening meet his constitufnts. He at tht
same time briefly atiktid the tireettaihge *Melt had taken place
in the House of Commons, and in reverence to a statement
made by the Chairman, said he would support every motion for
a reform in Church and State Major Revell then, proposed a
toast to the following effect, that the corrupt county constitu.
envies and the pocket boroughs be transferred to Schedule A, and
that the country should be represented by the real representatives
of the people. Mr. Savage afterwards gave " The glorious Ma-
jority of 1,271 which returned the two Members;" and made a
suitable speech for the occasion, which was responded to with
loud cheers. We regret that the length of the debate in Parlia-
ment prevents us from giving a more full account of the pro'

• ceedings.
THE REGISTRATION.—It should not be for-
gotten that this day, August 25, is the last daY
for leaving with the overseers objections to county
electors. The Tories bestow much attention on thoso
matters ; and the friends of Reform should not suffer
themselves to be surpassed by their political aciversarics•
SINGULAR DEATH.—A short time since
young man, at Wickhambreaux, who had the care of
some sheep infected with the foot-rot, was anointing
one of them, when his hand, which had a slight scratch
on it, became inoculated with the disease. A surge.on
afterwards sought to remove the foul matter by cuttu!g
out the diseased part, but it had taken too deep root in
his frame, and, after lingering for three weeks in the
most most excruciating agonies, death put an end to his slit-
feri ngs. —Ca nterbury Journal.
The celebrated convent of San Felipe el Real,
situated in one of the 6eest quarters of Madrid, and estimated at
4,278,703 reals, has been sold by auction for 16,600,000 Teals,
payable in Coupons, for deferred dividends on the consolidated debt

DENT'S LECTURES ON WATCHES,
AND OTHER TI M E-KEEPER S. —An Illustrated Abstract
from TWO LECTURES on the Construction and Manage-
ment of Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, delivered by Mr.
DENT, in May, 1841, before the Alembers of the United Ser-
vice Institution has been arranged for the information of general
readers. The Abstract contains a statement of the relative
merits of English and foreign workmanship, and an explanation
of the different Escapements, with instructions for the choice,
regulation, and managerr cut of all kinds of Time-keepers. The
Pamphlet is published, by the Auth r, at No. 82, Strand, price
One tNhilling, but gratis to customers on application.

SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SAVORY
and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill,
London, opposite tho Bank of England. submit the prices of the
following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. The
Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, the tea as,d
coffee-pots with a flower ornament on the lids. The King
Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The sine
of either is new and elegant :
COTTAGE PATTERN. I KING'S PATTERN.
£ 8. A:
Strong Silver Tea-p0t.....12 0 Strong Silver Teapot 12 0
Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Sugarßasin 7 10.
Ditto Milk Ewer. 4 10, Ditto Cream Ewer 110
Ditto Coffee-pot. 15 01 Ditto Coffee-pot 15

I---
Complete £3B 6 I Complete X4O 0
A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may
be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article
of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate .chest. ParaPhleg
of prices, illustrated with sketches of the various article* !Vito
arid forwarded postage free to any part of the kin
itgdm. l'•
Savory and Sons, 14, Curnhill, London, appose
England Otos Book of

SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIVE
with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knives, HS. ;
the price of every article in furnish
Carvers, 51. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white bone
handles, Bs. Bcl. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. &I. ; Careers, as.
per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, ; new shapes,
395. ; Papier Alacho Tea-trays, gothi° shape, 60s; the set of
full sizes. 4 quarts, 275.
( atalogues, containing
ing ironmongery and cutlery. gratis.
RIP and BURTON, %Vells-street, Oxford.street.
Established 1820.