The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

Sir James Graham had a long interview with Sir
R. Peel yesterday morning, at the Right Hon. Baronet's
residence in Whitehall-gardens.
THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIESODThurs-
day evening, Mr. Godwin, jun., drew the attention of the
Society to the fact, that many stones, both inside and
outside various ancient buildings in England, bear a pe-
culiar mark or symbol, evidently the work of the Free-
masons. Similar marks are found on French buildings,
and Mr. Godwin exhibited a series of diagrams, showing
the similarity which exists between those of the two
countries. Gloucester Cathedral, Furness Abbey, Cheet-
ham's College, Manchester, St. Mary's, Redcliffe, at
Bristol, St. Pierre, at Poitiers, in France, and the Rade-
gonde in the same city, were amongst the chief examples.
Dr. Lardner has commenced lecturing with
great success at New York, chiefly on scientific subjects,
particularly the steam-engine. He has married the un-
happy woman with whom he ran away from England,
and she has already borne him a daughter.
TREMENDOUS STORM IN NORTH DEVON.—
The neighbourhood of Bow, in this county, was on
Monday visited by a terrific hail storm, with thunder
and lightning, which continued for some time. The
lightning destroyed two sacks of corn out of three, which
stood in the stack yard of a respectable farmer in the
parish. At Copplestone also the storm was perfectly
appalling, though we have not heard of any accident
occurring.—Somerset County Gazette.
Between half-past nine and ten o'clock on Wed-
nesday night, persons passing across the Place du Car-
rousel observed three meteors or shooting-stars, following
each other at very short intervals. glide along the sky
over the Tuileries, in the direction from the Pafll )n de
:l'Horloge to the Pavillon Marian, each leaving behind a
long luminous train,

The Administration of Telegraphs is now in-
stalled at the Hotel of the Minister of the Interior.. Be-
sides the principal telegraph at the summit of the tower,
there arc four others communicating in as many different
directions on the walls of the same building.
Wednesday, being the anniversary of the deposit
of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon at the Hotel
des Invalides, a great many National Guards in uniform,
soldiers of the Old Guard, and the Polish Army, with
numerous other persons, visited the Emperor's tomb, and
made offerings of crowns of immortelles, with which the
chap• 1 was strewed.

The Glasgow Mortality Bill, made up to the
close of the year 1840, presents an increase of burials of
1,411 over those recorded in 1839. " There is a consi-
derable increase of deaths in 1840, at all the ages, with
the exception of those between eighty and ninety years,
where there is a slight decrease. Between the ages of
twenty and fifty years, a very great increase has taken
place over the deaths at the same ages in 1839."
MUNIFICENT DONATION.—The sum of 2001.
has been forwarded anonymously to the Rev. J. S. M.
Anderson, to be applied in aid of the funds of the Sussex
County Hospital, Brighton. The Lady Patroness's ball,
which took place a short time since for the benefit of the
same institution, realized 1711.

THE STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE.—The
blowing out of so many iron furnaces as were recently
extinguished has already given a spur to trade, and
makers will not take orders for next quarter at less than
10s. per ton advance upon pigs. There is every ap-
pearance cf further advance from the anxiety in in-
quiries.—Paisley Advertiser.
The King (Frederick William I.) one day
stopped a candidate of divinity in the street, and, on
learning that he was a native of Berlin, told him that the
Berlin people were good for nothing. " That is the rule,
to be sure," replied the candidate, " but I know two
Berlin boys who are exceptions." And who are they?"
"Your Majesty and myself," replied the candidate.
The King desired him to call the following day at the
Palace, and, having reason, on further examination, to
be satisfied with him, he immediately gave him a living.
—Campbell's Frederick the Great.
MURDER AT TOTNES--Great sensation has
been created here by the death of a man named Kelly, a
travelling pedlar, in consequence of severe blows given
him with a poker by a woman with whom he was in the
habit of travelling. At an inquest held on Friday last,
at the North Star Inn, before Joseph Gribble, Esq.,
Coroner, the evidence elicited was to the following
effect:—The deceased was at the Fairybridge Inn, in
Totness, on the 20th November, in company with the
woman With whom he travelled, and whose name was
Sarah Baker. He was very tipsy, and after they had
sat down for about half an hour, she, without any
provocation at that time, seized the poker and
struck him twice on the head and shoulders. The
landlord interfered, and took away the poker,
and she then took the fire-pan, inflicting a
tremendous blow upon the middle of his back.
After this she caught him by the hair of his
head, and struck him twenty or thirty blows with her fist,
and beat him with her shoe ; he stooped forward, leaning
on his knees, and she then kicked him in the face ; the
landlord then again interfered, and put the deceased to
bed. The prisoner, who is said to be a fine-grown and
rather handsome woman, but who has the expression of a
perfect virago, has been committed for trial on the charge
of wilful murder.—Somerset County Gazette.

Our Madrid advices, of the-Bth inst., contain
little or no political intelligence of interest. Govern-
ment has sent some detachments of troops to various
points of New Castille to act against the robbers who
infest the high roads. At Oviedo, three aged clergy-
men of the Cathedral, including the Dean, had been
arrested, and imprisoned for an imputed offence in the
nomination of an ecclesiastical officer. A decree of the
Regent has been issued for the admission of Chiliaa
vessels into Spanish ports on the same conditions as
those of neutral Powers.

SCOTCH PRIDE.—A rather amusing instance
of Scotch pride has recently been exhibited in conse-
quence, as inquiry has shown, of a mistaken rumour ,in
reference to the improvements going on in the Assembly
Rooms. It has been imagined that there is a door at
which all who go in hackney-coaches are to enter. This
has caused a prodigious sensation among persons wLo,
not keeping carriages of their own, are ashamed to have
it known they use hackneys ! It may be useful to in-
form such persons, that the first nobility in the land
think nothing of going about in cabs; and that many
fashionables do not take their horses out late, but use
hackneys. The proposed regulation, however, turns
out to be, that all hired carriages, as well as private ones,
are to set down at the two doors, according as they come
from west or east.—Scotsman.

DISTRESS IN CARLISLE.—A requisition
signed by some of the principal inhabitants of all parties,
was this week presented to the Mayor, requesting him
to call a public meeting on an early day, for the purpose
of considering what steps can be taken to relieve the
distress which prevails to a great extent amongst the
poor. In compliance with this the Mayor has called a
public meeting for that purpose, on Tuesday, Decem-
ber 21, to be held in the Town-hall, at twelve o'clock.
We trust that the meeting will be well attended, and
that steps will be immediately taken to give that assist-
ance to the poor which is essentially necessary at this
inclement season of the year. A correspondent suggests
the propriety of making collections in all our places of
worship, so that every one may be enabled to contribute
his mite.—Carlisle Journal.

THE MASTER OUTWITTED.....—At a plough-
ing match, which recently took place at a village within
six miles of Chesterfield, the following amusing adven-
ture occurred :—A boy asked his master to allow him to
attend it. " Oh, no," said the master, " I have plenty of
work for you at home ;" upon which the boy went
quietly to work in his master's field. In the course of
a short time the farmer prepared himself to attend the
meeting, but thought it proper, on his way, to call and
see how the boy was getting on in the field. As he did
not plough exactly to his master's satisfaction, the latter
dismounted from his nag, threw the bridle over a gate,
and told the boy he would teach him to plough. He
therefore commenced working and talking—supposing
tht boy was behind, paying attention to all that he said,
but on arriving at the other end of the field, to his great
surprise and mortification he found the boy was gone,
leaving his master in charge of the animals. There was
no other alternative for him but to take them home,
where he found the boy, in apparent indifference to the
business. The master severely reprimanded him for his
conduct, and once more set off to the field of sport. The
boy, however, again outwitted him, having arrived there
before his master, with his plough and horses, and having
started as a competitor for the prize, which he won. It
is expected that the master will not hear the last of the
joko to the end of his day s,—Cambridge Journal
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A letter from Montpellier of the 13th inst., in
the Gazette des Tribunaux, states that Madame LafFarge
continues to be so ill, that her stomach rejects nearly all
kinds of food. When the jail costume was presented to
her for the purpose of her putting it on, she exclaimed,
" Never will I wear this dress of infamy," and threw
herself on her bed, which she has not quitted since. She
is not permitted to see any persons from without, except
some relations whom she has at Montpellier, for a few
moments on Sunday; and some articles of furniture, which
were brought to the jail by her relations, were sent back.
The cell in which she is placed is the same as those_of the
other prisoners, and her illness alone presents the en-
forcement in her case of the prison regulations as to Labour.