The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-03 00:00:00

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

L 4111.
ti; John Russell's secret sojourning place has been
n'senvered, and after all the puzzling conjectures and
1,-:.(l,er its as to the Noble Lord's whereabouts, he has
been shooting grouse at Loch-an-Eilan, nor
in-11unring incoo. through the country, but quietly en-
V't'a himself a't. Drumlanrig Castle. Will the Re-
r‘ 1111": s of Scotland, and the men who " profess Libc-
S'llet,°,.Plni"s” in Edinburgh ever forgive the Colonial
t,letarY for putting so great a alight upon themselves
Nil"
'sltheir kind intScoentitland,ons, asl to neverook,
near in tone of them,
his his first
bllta..erial visit to "I give the preference to a Tory Duke'; It is not
vjYaril sate in these times to venture on prophecy, espe-
tieey concerning the doings of men so slippery in prse-
t.as well as in principle as the Wings ; but our pre-
tt ti-'at Lord John would not accept the honour of
'que dinner in Edinburgh, turns out to be correct.
ehe invitation from Merchants' Hall cannot be ac-
toePLtmdi the Noble Secretary being in a hurry to return
°11d011" at the commencement of next week"—that
probably, yesterday or to-day. Now, if it be true
at' t Lord John arrived at Drumlanrig last Monday, as
th4ted in a Dum:ries Paper, he has been lingering in
!until mansion / t dates at least, and yet he has
"t
h"
ttl
• his friends, either in Edin-
burr, time to dine with
ish or
„ L Glasgow, or any where else Must there not
ueen some other reason for declining these synupo-
honoursizal than want of time ? We trust this Drum-
., rig rebuff will be a caution to the clique in future
not •
0 carry out their cog till it begins to rain kail !"
Advertiser.
ltUs Our Tory Contemporary afraid that Lord John
,iussell is aiming at the conversion of the Duke of Buc-
teoureh ?If L, not why should he find fault with his
ip for taking 'shelter in any place during the
t.,;46"°", and preferrin„g shooting grouse and partridges
toillabking and hearing long speeches ? May there not,
btu' 'el some private reasons for his Lordship visiting
Lot:lll,'"ig Castlo, without any reference to party ?
.f t"c Tories can form no idea- of friendship apart
4'41 Politics.]

k..oftiIECTIONAL POLICE, PARIS.—A young
tehlte"fi'ite,
.named C.--, was. accused of assault under
teo.„(3l,l"mg circumstances ; it appeared that the jeune
l
‘e
-Inc'," tiring Paris by the Barriere de l'Etot r,
pl'''),, noun on a plendid grey charger which he bad just
-all,-e'4l°,l, and was not a little proud of. All at once the
~,-•yr..eleus beast made an awkward bound, and struck Mon-
..!r h
a i. -----, vviao had just got out of an omnibus, a blow
1- 5.5 stomach. lmbecile I" cried the latter, whoeejuulsdt
tsva
~ Ped being thrown to the ground. The cavalier
„-"c't,stninach the application of the word either to himself
•,"1. nis horse, and forthwith drew his porcelain card, adding,ac
'lf you are offended, there's my address." "
dress I" replied Monsieur D Your
I do
VI
, th your address ? You had be'tte'r wkheaetp sithofeurl dile 1
n;
nation of your horse." The joke at the expense f
fenteloh_o,rse made bad worse, and calling him an insolent
11, he gave him a cut in the
an
face with his whip,
d galloped away. This manner of settling the affair
did
not satisfy Monsier D___,, and he called to
the gay cavalier to sto
been p. The card which had before
Neeted was now received, and on the
gentleman demanding an exchange, Monsieur D— said
" There is no necessity for my giving you a card, you
high spirited
will
.see my address at the head ( f the summons you will
receive to attend
laughed before the Correctional Police." He
and and rode
his arrival away ; but the summons he received,
on
tleman a meetin he said, " I consented to give this gen-
g, and this is the field he has selected."
The President expressed his satisfaction at finding that the
Court of Justi
gentleman respßeted so much the laws as to appeal to a
The defendant ex ce in preference to accepting a challenge.
being in such pressed his horror at a man of his quality
a place. The President told him that if he
bad anything to say in his defence, he w s ready to hear
it; but he had better refrain from expressions of disrespect
towards the Court. The defendant hastily replied that
he had nothing more to say, and the President ordered him
to pay a fine of 200 francs for the assault. —Gazette de
7 ribunaur.
LORD SEYUOUR'S BILL.—Circulars base been
sett to all the railways now in operation, requiring copies
of all the existing by-laws to be sent to the Board of
. . - Trade before the 10:11 of October, and that copies be
- • a' .so sent of all future by-ws ; and informinem that
forms to make the trafficla returns required g byth the Act
Will shortly be sent to them to fill up.--Railway Meg.