The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-23 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

On Friday Mr. Balfe passed his finaTexamination in
the Insolvent Debtor's Court and was discharged.
The Chester C,ltfonicle complains grievously of the
slovenly and hurried manner in which Lord Abinger
conducted the business in the Civil Side of the Court at
the late assizes. He struck causes out of the list—and:
was determined, as everyone said, to gallop through the;
business in one day. It appears, too, he succeeded, and=
caused an additional expense to the Court of 1,000/.
The Nenagh Assizes (North Riding of the county of
Tipperary) have proved maiden.

X4XTERARY.
Dr. Arnold has been appointed to the Professorship of
Modern History at Oxford, in the place of Dr. Nares.

SPORTING.
The late cold wet weather has let loose many of the
different packs of fox-hounds. The Oakley have alreadf
killed several foxes. Mr. Smith, with the Pytchley, it
is said, begins hunting in the afternoon instead of the
morning. This more rational hour, as some people
think, has induced the Duke of Dorsetshire, with a large
party, to attend Drayton. The accounts of foxes from
all parts, especially the West of England, are most saes
factory to sportsmen.

ELECTIONEERING.
The Liberal electors of Andover assembled et the
Town Hall on Tuesday evening to celebrate their victory
over the Tory candidate at the recent election. Tw°
bung
dred and fifty gentlemen sat down, and sixty, fur want
of accommodation at the Town Hall, dined at the Star
Garter. There were present, the Hon. Newton
Fellowes, as Chairman, supported right and left by it'
Etwall, Esq., M.P. ; Lord Wm. Paget, M.Y. ; Lord
Huntingtower ; Charles Baring Wall, Esq., ; the
H)n. A. W. Fellowes, the Rev. Mr. Blount, the Rev. Mr.
Smythe, Gaw ler, &c. The -speeches on the occasion
were eloquent, and most enthusiastically received.
The Tory festival to celebrate the return of CePtaill
Rous for Westminster took place on Friday at Drury'
lane Theatre. The party, in order to make the old .14!
dical Burdett utterly ridiculous, placed him in the Chair,
as the laughing stock of Whigs, Radicals, and even To-
ries. The Tories mustered strong, amounting altogether
to about 1,300, and were very noisy.
The three men who were indicted at Dublin under $
charge of assaulting Captain Craddock during the 06'9".
tion, and of forcing his vote, were discharged.

COURT—FASIZION.ILTILE.
Prince Albert will preside at the meeting of the Sclloo
of Design, to be held at Somerset House, this day.
Prince George of Cambridge left St. James's Palac°
on Friday morning, to rejoin his regiment at Dublin.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland leave Sion
House on the 2d of next month for Wynnstay, the seat
of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn.
We are happy to learn that the Duke of Wellington
has returned to town in better health than he has ex-
perienced for some years past. His Grace has also ex
pressed his willingness to form a part of the new Toll
Government,
The Marquis of Abercorn has arrived at his seat at
Baron's Court from Colonel Conolly's, where he has beell
enjoying the salmon fishing.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on
Friday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

MISCELLANEOUS.
A person, named Argent, of Cambridge, lately left his
property to his niece, on condition that before he was
buried his head should be cut off; as he dreaded being
buried alive. This was done a week or two ago, and his
niece obtains the property.
A floating breakwater is proposed to be erected at
Brighton, and this day a meeting takes the Pr°Psi

tion into consideration.
A few days ago a Coroner's Jury, which met at the
George Inn, Burnham, Bucks, returned a verdict of
.felo de se on the body of a servant girl, 20 years of age.
It appeared that the unfortunate girl, who had alwaya
borne an irreproachable character, and bed been fur two
years and a half in the service of Mr. Evans, drawing-
master, at Eton College, had been betrayed by sonic vil-
lain, and to hide her shame took a quantity of arsenic,'
sufficient to kill six persons. The body was interred at
eleven o'clock at night, without religious rites. What a
picture of the cruelty of man
Saturday was the anniversary of the death of King
William the Fourth. He was born in the year 1765.
The cattle are dying to an awful extent in the vicinity
of Dublin, Carlow, and Drogheda. The distemper arises
from cold, commences with a cough, and generally termi-
nates fatally in ten days.

Saturday was the anniversary of the battle of Vimiers,
the first battle in which the Duke of Wellington mea-
sured himself with the then conquerors of Europe.

It is said that a distance of fifty-seven miles has been
travelled on the common road, in a Bath chair, by eke'
tro-magnetic power, in one hour and a half ; and fur-
ther, that the applier comes over daily from St. Alban's
to the Bank of England in the said chair in half an hour,
at an expence of sixpence.