The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-30 00:00:00

CHRISTMAS FOLLIES•

SIR-A most disgraceful hoax has, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM.
wit ,
days,
been played otf upon arespectable 3°- `"
highly resp
lady, residing in York-place, City-ro d. about
On Christmas-day she was surprised at receiving
eighteen notes, accepting an invitation to an eve and
party, to be given by her on the Monday following,n; ber
upon inquiry, found that cards had been issued
name by some unknown person.shops
On Monday evening a young man called at the „
of several tradesmen residing in the vicinity of 110°
and Finsbury, and ordered various articles to be sent to
,
h' the last few
the above-named house in the evening. AceordingiY, a
seven o'clock the door was literally besieged
of persons, with innumerable articles in Wl' ethrey ,
trays, &c.; and it was with considerable difficultyAt
were induced to believe that they had been duPew,.,, .in-
nine o'clock a quadrille band arrived; and at ten 2",,; s,
with a It,,
forcemeut of green grocery, porter, spirits, rainceeciro-ed
tripe, sausages, oysters, jellies, &c., were annoy need, e of
of course refused admission, to the great disconifitur
the parties who had been thus entrapped. •ncled
Such proceedings may be sport to the weak-131!
persons who can be amused by them; but they oreVaea
opinion, scandalous in the extreme; and it is to be
withr
that, if the parties can be traced, they will meet
their deserts. pan
By inserting the above in your widely:circulateu
you may perhaps be the means of putting tradesmeo,_.
their guard, and will greatly oblige, Silo
diently, C. •Li
York-place, City-road, Dec. 28, 1841. u.ri.rsLoustisu:

. - Tile country
TO THE EDITOR OF a country
Szn,—l cut the inclosed out ofs a lawyer,
paper about a month since, and, :.
feeling the immense importance 5 f
a hint for a
it conveys, I forward it to You a you Please °Il
conspicuous paragraph, or What y
the subject. gte. Scc. S4e.,
Murders, threats of assassination, y,ro
to Y
in criminal proceedings 'and clues
tirneg
perty and persons, &c: proceedings,
Ste., hdve at dto
been owing to post marks externally, a° or
means of identification internally, existing' 011%,
in correspondence, and written documents: .its
the advice
cuse the trouble I give you, and believe me,
your obedient servant, PRECISION'
_ _ ._

Tempki, 'Dec. 26, 1841.
" Letter enveliipes are liable to one serious n
objection'
as at present generally employed. In the event of the e:
velope being either separated from the letter, or by acci;
dent lost, it would, in the first place, be difficult to Flolr,
that the letter which the envelope enclosed was actually
second impossible. This remark applies
addressed, by the writer to the recipient ; and in t
those instances only where the. name and address of t 1;,
recipient are not written at the foot of the letter itsent
as well as upon the superscription. But the practicethofe
not writing these on the latter is almost universal;
hint contained in this paragraph is therefore not 110.,
called for. The elegant medium of the envelope 51
I to
still be used, but the letter itself should be a coinP_e.,s
o
document—lT SHOULD CONTAIN THE MEANS OF ITS ow
of course a
IDENTIFICATION.'

WESTMINSTER ABBEY"
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SC. . h
SlR—Having had my attention called to a Peragr"Pa
speaking of Westminster Abbey, in your
lated paper of the 21st of the present month, elitdfilthe
as an extract from an American publication, StPer of
stionao.
New York Evangelist, I beg, for the inform
your numerous readers, to give it the most entireotioad
unqualified contradiction, and I can have no hesirtau,
in asserting, that either the whole is a wilful 01?-5.0 ed
went, or, that the writer has been most grosslY '°ll 9
d to the
upon by the party who may have contribute
Evangelical publication. with an assn'
T •
rusting to the insertion of this letter, • itiog
on yell!' visadic.
ranee of my willingness to prove to yoU, Widely circa
the Abbey at your pleasure, the truth of cnY
ow. most Or
ton of these " American Facts" —I am, Y
dient servant, (tile
FOSTER OWEN, Chief Superintenda4 °
Abbey, and High Constable of Westminlier'
Chester-terrace, Eaton-square, Dec. 29, 1841. net
P.S.—The Abbey is open at this season six deltlfro.
week for the admission of visitors, from the cles_i,- )
cond Morning Service (about a quarter before c'e.:
until half-past two, p.m., the Afternoon Service °III;
contr .
meneing at ;three, and the fee for viewing the °Vte
6nhdluy.racerhaecihss e
oeppne
seen,
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TOWER HAMLETS. '
A . . (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
reap-
requisition, very numerously and most resr- 0.,.
signed, was, on Thursday last, the 23d insiiint' „Pith
seated to the Commissioners of the Court of Recite- et,
then in attennance at the Court-house, Osbornlid ,
Whitechapel, for the use of the Court-house to. bold
meeting for the purpose of publicly coogrstuiratqalso,
Majesty on the birth of a son—the Prince °' iv
such meeting to be held in the Co
&c. The Commissioners promptly refused to 1.4 ..,
hayed with the greatest rudeness to the genlleocr
who presented the requisition. The requisitioo
gir
tained the signature of one, if not more, of 6.'1°00
trates of Middlesex, together with soinelver
most_ respectable inhabitant householders of 046:A-bough
Hamlets : yet they refused the Court-house, 11-signed
urt-bouse, and
a great number of their brother Commission room
room.
the requisition to them for the use of the isrife-.4.tobedr
Will those respectable Commissioners nesbuir.
present on the first day the Court will be boille2Lft
ois
the holidays, when the same requisition wiliTZ7 up
presented to the Commissioners ; or will shelve 811(I
with such insults to their Queen, their neighbour',
themselves?
signatures to therequisition, .
Leech
The
number more than 256 ; and will, when presented
again,mon have many more attached, though men ol co®.
_.0,.
sense. can require no more on such a subject, m
der existing circumstances. on varioursu
ea

RUNAWAY LOP
NITEs MATCH OF THE, LATE ~ti
i. TMORELAND.—I-lis Lordship was -twice married, 9115
his first union was a runaway match.. Ile had Paid lef
,addresses to the only daughter of. the wealthy banker 0
Temple Bar, Mr. Child. This gentlewan bow,' Nob
to the match, and not to be persuaded to it, Se Nob
suitor, possessing the lady's affections, determined to 11
away with his bride. In consequence, p. pest chaise and
four nu beau matin carried away the confident pair,. of
the atrair haying reached the papa's ears, another pair
t,,,
postillions and two pair of fleet horses were soon 10
richr
quest. Stimulated by the lavish promises o the postillions'
banker, lost time was compensated for by the ‘
and the gay Lothario soon had the desespoir of beholdiniir;
Mr. Child's equipage neck and neck wiLli his ovvi!', ot
this crisis of fate, however, his presence of mind do
of
forsake him, and drawing a pistol, he shot dead one ,„
the leaders of the pursuing post-chaise. Before the hors„
could be detached from the harness and.a substitute Pr..°o
cured, it was too late to pursue the fugitives, who ive!rt
quickly married by the grimy high priest of" Gretna. -1
is by inheritance from this first wife of the late. Bari that.,„
Lady Jersey enjoys so noble a fortune; . and isi-leelllnil'
partner in that banking-house of which her
Peent'
less than herself, was " the child."
The Duke of Leeds, after visiting the D°cl,l4',
yard at Portsmouth, has returned to Hornley Ca "
stle, 1
Grace's old baronial seat in North Yorkshire.