The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-08 00:00:00

SPOTZTING.

The Earl of Eglinton left Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire,
last week for Yorkshire, to hunt this season with the
hounds belonging to the York hunt.

T'rl I~.T3Y.TiC.AL.

A new farce, entitled the Wrong Man, was produced
at Covent-garden on Saturday night, and met with but
moderate success.

C 0 ITIZT-pAsszoNAn

His Royal Highness theDuCeOfiUsseTiand the Du-
chess of Inverness, are staying with the Earl and Conn.
tess of Leicester at Holkhatn.

The Duke of Rutland leaves Chevely Park, for Bel-
voir Castle, this day.
The Earl and Countess of Albemarle arrived in Berke-
ley-square on Friday, from Quiddenham Hall, Norfolk.
His Excellency Lord Cowley left town on Thursday,
for Deal Castle, on a visit to Lord and Lady Mary-
borough.
Mr. Wm. Peel, son of Sir Robert Pee], joined his
vessel last week.

His Excellency Sir Stratford Canning leaves town to.
morrow, for Constantinople.
Prince Nicholas Esterhazy arrived yesterday at Chan•
dos House from Vienna.

The Earl and Countess of Eglinton left Eglinton
Castle last week for Yorkshire.

1 lISCETiIdINEOI7S.

Wivell, the fireman, who was killed at the fire in the
Tower, was buried yesterday afternoon, in the church-
yard of St. Saviour's, Southwark.
Edward Beaumont Smith, committed for trial on the
Exchequer bill fraud, is son of C. B. Smith, Esq., Go-
vernor of Prince Edward's Island from 1816 to 1823.
He was removed from the Government of the Island in
consequence of his exaction of quit-rent, contrary to
Royal instructions.
The sister of the infamous Marat died the day before
yesterday, aged 83, in a garret in the Rue de la Baril-
lerie, in the utmost misery. By her bedside were a
grocer, her only heir, and a portress, who was her last
remaining female friend. Her features strongly resem-
bled those of her brother. For a long time past her
only means of support had been the making of hands for
watches, in which she excelled, and among other ac-
quirements she is stated to have understood Latin well,
and to have been a good performer on the flute. Four
neighbours accompanied her remains to the fosse com-
mune. The house in which Marat was killed by the he-
roic Charlotte Corday, No. 11, Rue de l'Ecole de Me-
decine, is a wretched habitation.
Monday next, the 15th instant, is fixed for the execu-
tion of Blakesley.
Five large prisons, according to the Pensylvanian sys-
tem, will a erected next spring at Calla, Islunster, Wur-
temburg, Berlin, and the frontiers of Pomerania. The

adoption of this plan of prison reform arises from the
experience of Messrs. Busse and Julius, who have visited
the prisons of several foreign countries by order of the
King of Prussia, and approve most of the American.
To-day is the anniversary of the death of Milton,
in 1674.

We learn from a Nottingham paper that "a man living
in Leicestershire performed the astonishing feat of draw-
ing a waggon, laden with nine tons of manure, nearly
four miles."—Had this waggon been laden with the un-
sold copies of Sir James Graham's Corn-law pamphlets,
no human being could have drawn it, even an inch.
On the 28th ult., says a Brussels paper, six young
Englishmen, who had abjured the Protestant creed, and
embraced Catholicism, were baptised in the church of
St. Anne, at Bruges.
AN OLD PATRlOT.—General Paine, one of the very
few remaining champions of American independence,
died lately. He was one of the richest proprietors of
the state of Ohio.
A Morning Contemporary says that in consequence
of the great spread of teetotalism in Ireland, " a Com-
pany is about to be formed in the city for the importa-
tion of water into that cuuntry."—There is no occasion
for any Company of this sort, for Ireland is always in
hot water. The most beneficial Company would be one
for the importation of absentees.
In digging, in 1790, for a new dock at Blackwell, a
very singular curiosity was discovered by the excavators.
After passing several strata of sand, clay, &c., they found
a number of large trees and a hazel-nut hedge.
The priestess of that far-famed temple of Hymen, the
Sark Toll-bar, in her evidence on a trial for bigamy
lately at Cockermouth, stated that thirteen hundred
couples had been married there within the last six
years. We should have imagined that this priestess had
seen so much of marriage that bigamy would have been
about the very last folly she would have committed.
However, there's no accounting for tastes.
ATIVIOUR,S Or THE DAY.

The Earl of Glasgow, it is said, is on the eve of re-
signing the Lord Lieutenantcy of Ayrshire, from his
advanced age. Lord Kilburne, the Earl's eldest son, or
the Earl of Eglinton, is expected to succeed his Lordship.
It is rumoured that a solemn league and covenant,
signed by thirteen Peers and a great number of Com-
moners, has been entered into for the unconditional
support of the present Corn-laws without modification
or alteration. This document, it is understood, contains
a pledge that no change of any kind in the existing
system will be suffered without the most strenuous and
uncompromising opposition. Rumour further says that
the names of several influential Whigs are attached to
the document, and that it is also signed by three Dukes,
of whom one is a Cabinet Minister. Can. the Duke of
Buckingham enlighten us on this subject?.

CHALLENGE TO MR. ALLEN,
FOREMAN AT THE NEW .HOUSES OF PAR-
LIAMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR—Finding in the morning edition of The Sun this
day a letter from Mr. Allen, denying the charge made
against him on Friday night at the Crown and Anchor,
we beg leave, through the medium of your journal, to
again challenge Mr. Allen to come forward and prove
that these charges are not true. We are willing to sub-
mit the case to arbitration, and Mr. Allen can bring all
the evidence that he can produce to prove that the
charges are false.
Now, Sir, it is quite clear that to submit the case to
arbitration is the only just means that can be adopted to
prove the truth or fallacy of those charges. If Mr.
Allen be innocent, he need not shrink from public in-
vestigation.
However, if lie refuses to accept this challenge, the
public will at once be convinced that the charges brought
against him cannot be refuted.
signed, on be half of the Operative Masons,
ROBERT M‘DONALD, Chairman.

THE WEATHER.—The accounts from all parts
of the country are extremely favourable, and the farmers
entertain strong hopes that, in most places, the land will
soon be in a fit state for sowing the winter wheat. For
the last week the weather in the metropolis has been
beautiful. The thermometer, for some days, has re-
mained steady at about 30.50 degrees, with every appear-
ance of a continuance.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Gordon leaves
town at the close of the week for Vienna.