The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-22 00:00:00

all the Constitutional Bonds they at present hold
at a profit of more than cent. per cent.; they
would also realize their Loan commission of
5 or 10 per cent. and John Bull would
get the new bonds, for the contractors would be
too generous to hold back one of them. The
next thing for John- Bull would he to look to
IFerdinand for the interest. The latter's reply,
however, might be, " If I pay you interest, you
must lend me the money to do it with, by ad-
vancing me another loan ; for how can you
expect me to pay you an interest of five per cent.
on the new bonds for 2001. or 101. a year,
when I only get for every one of those new
Bonds from your patriotic contractors 501. ?"
This, we look upon it, is about the truth so far
as the present negotiation for a new Loan is on
the tapir ; but the principle of raising it would
be so injurious to Spain, provided the interest
were really met out of the revenues of that country,
that we apprehend both the Spanish King and
his Minister would rather go on without money
than attempt to raise it in England on any such
principle. The probability is, therefore, that if
Ferdinand have a spark of honourable feeling left,
there will be no loan, and those who bought the
Spanish Constitutional Bonds will lose their mo-
ney, for which John Bull generally will not be
at all sorry.

ROSSLYN ABBEY, (Scotland) though in an un-
finished state, is one of the best specimens of the
architecture of the fifteenth century : it unites to
simplicity of design, elegance of style, and rich-
ness and variety in the execution of its details.
It was founded by William St. Clair, in 1446,
and is built in the middle of a beautiful gar-
den, with stone from the neighbouring rocks.
Among the parts of this edifice which are par-
ticularly pointed out to the attention of tra-
vellers, is what is called the apprentice's
pillar, respecting which the following story is
told at the Abbey. The mason who had
begun to erect this pillar, went to Rome, in
order, among the models of antiquity, to be in.
spired with a happy design to finish his work.
While he was abroad, his apprentice, imagining
that he himself was inspired, resolved to risk the
completion of the pillar. His attempt was
crowned with success ; hut his master, on his re-
turn home, was so enraged at seeing this master.
piece of his rival, that he knocked him down
dead at his feet with a mallet.

SINGULAR CASE.—The following singular oc-
currence, which happened a few days since in the
neighbourhood of Woodford, has excited a very
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An undertaker was sent for, and the next day
she was placed in a coffin, and the intelligence of
her supposed death conveyed to her mother, who
was almost broken hearted at the melancholy
tidings. From her good conduct while in the
service of Mr. F. that gentleman had resolved
to defray the expences of the funeral, .‘ll4ll it
was arranged should take place on Sunday last,
a week after her supposed death. On that day
her mother and some other relatives came to pay
their last tribute of respect to her memory ; and
previous to the coffin being screwed down went
to take a last " long lingering look" at the body,
when one of them observed she had not under-
gone the change usual on such occasions, and that
her face appeared rather flushed, which induced
him to think that the vital spark had not fled.
lie suggested the propriety of sending for a sur-
geon, which was immediately done, who, on his
arrival, ordered her to be placed in a warm bath,
and applied the remedies usually resorted to to
recover persons apparently drowned, and which
were happily crowned with complete success,
and the young woman was so far recovered in a
few hours as to be able to speak, and is now in a
fair way of recovery."

SAGACITY or A DOG.—The following instance
of the sagacity of the canine tribe is worthy of
being recorded. A short time ago, a gentleman
in Cupar had occasion to send a small cocker dog
belonging to him to a friend at Pettycur. The
poor animal was conveyed in the boot of the
coach, and arrived safely at his destination. No
sooner, however, was he taken from the coach,
than he began to show strong symptoms of dis-
like to his new habitation, and after " cast-
ing many a longing lingering look" around, ab.
raptly took his departure, no doubt with the in-
tention to return. He had never travelled the
road before, and from his situation in the coach
could have no view of it whatever; on that ac-
count he seemed to be at a loss in what direc-
tion to shape his course, for he was observed to
take a westerly in place of an easterly course.
How far he travelled, what places he visited, or
how be was entertained on his journey, are un-
known. That his journey was long, his fare
scanty, and his lodgings bad, however, there can
be no doubt, for it was at the end of seventeen
long days ere he regained his home, quite ema-
ciated and exhausted.

On the afternoon of Saturday last, as James
Jamieson, a carter at Carron, was returning from
work, and, according to his usual custom, was
wading his cart and horse for the purpose of
washing them in one of the dams that supplies
the works with water, he incautiously drove the
horse too far into a place where the water
deepens suddenly, and on finding the horse and
cart getting
beyond their depth, he either in a
panic of fright, or from some other reason, leaped
out of the cart into the water, on the deepest
side, and was there unfortunately drowned.—
Though a number of people were close to the
spot, none it seems could render him any assist-
ance. The horse and cart came safely to land ;
but the tnan's body was not got out till a boat
and grappling.hooks were brought from a con-
siderable distance, in doing which more than an
hotAr elapsed, and by that time the vital spark
was quite extinguished. He has left a wife and
three children to deplore his loss.—(Caledonian
Mercury.)