The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-26 00:00:00

FONTIIILL AIiBEY, SEPT. 21.

The Abbey has-. not yet lost it§ attraction.
Though the shelves'in some of the apartments,
which lately groaned -beneath the works of
learning and genius, exhibit rather a naked
appearance, all the most dazzling objects
whiCh have decorated the galleries from the
commencement of the .present view remain Un-
'disturbed. The sale room presented an agree-
ably varied and animated spectacle. Instead of
the small party of booksellers and representatives
of booksellers which lately surrounded the table,
a groupe of Ladies in the most elegant attire took
their. seats yesterday at the business hour, and re-
Inained there for the most part till the last lot had
;been knocked down, fre,quently bidding for the-
most fanciful. articles, and bravely bearing off the
prize.—Among the purchasers, who attended the
sale in person, were, Sir J. Pringle,. Mr. Benett,
Macqueen, Wand Mr. Scott,
The 'Marquis .of Lansdown, Sir Claude Scott,
and the Honourable Mrs. Cochrane, were . repre-
sented by Agents commissioned to buy for them.
Shortly after one o'clock the Sale commenced.
Mr. Phillips referred'the company to the condi-
tions of Sale, which had been read on the pre-
ceding day, and- would be seen in the catalogue.
He repeated the request that the purchasers of the
larger and more ornamental articles would allow
them to remain in the Abbey till the salcapproached
its conclusion. He wished most distinctly and po-
sitively to state that-the property was that of Mr.
Farquhar He had reasons for mentioning this.;
and, in order that they.might know what had be-
longed to Mr. Beckford, he would tell-them as
he went on, and refer to the articles as they
stood in the catalogue of last year, with the
same description which was then given •of
them.—Among the more curious articles we
may -notice a Diptych, in two parts, being
a pair of . ivory caivings, representing the na-
tivity,and adoration of the Kings, which sold for
9/. 15s. A small Litany, or Collection of Saints,
. painted in miniature, by Giulio Clovio, fram-
ed in ebony, and inlaid with jaspar, 101. 10s.
The Mountings of. the King of Candy's sword in
silver, 51.175. ed. An-ancient Ivory Tankard and
Cover, sculptured, representing the battle of the
Centaurs, &c. 181. 18s. A highly ornamental
Casket, from the-Vollection,of Prince Charles. of
Lorraine 10/. 10s.- and four emblematic Pictures
of the Seasons, 131. fis.The Bishop of Win-
chester, General Bell, and Lofd Calthorp, were
among the visitors.

Dt;EL.--On Wednestliy, night information was
received •by the Pac.' Om captain- S--b. and
T. B. D—u, Esq. were to fight a duel 'next
Morning ; comequently a party of officers at an
early hour repaired to Chalk Farm, the phtee
supposed to be appointed ; but they were foiled
—the gentlemen whom they were in quest of
went to Hyde-park. The Captain was attended
by a young Nobleman, a near relation, and a sur-
geon. Mr. D—n war seconded by a Captain-of
Hussars. They met at an early hour on the
eastern side of the Magazine, near Kensington.
gardens. The usual preliminaries having been
gone through, they fired together. Both shots
took effect; the Captain received his antagonist's
ball in the pistol arm, and Mr. D. was wounded
in the right side. Both wounds are severe, but
. not dangerous. Their surgeons having bound
up the wounds, the seconds interfered, and the
parties left the ground upon friendly terms. It
is said the difference at first originated at a
gambling-house in St. James's.
The planet Venus attains her greatest 1)01.
Haney this month, and now exhibits a celestial
object of great beauty.
APPREHENSION OF TILE :MURDERERS OF Mn. FRANKS
AND FAMILY.—On the authorite of a letter which we have
seen from a'respectable gentleman• near Mallow, we heve much
gratification in communicating the intelligence that all the bar-
barians engaged in that most diabolical inurtler,have been ap.
prehended, and that one of them has turned approver. We
trust that retributive justice will not be slow—that neither the
approver nor the miscreants, his companions in blood, will be
permitted the long interval between tins and next Assizes to re-
tract his evidence, and to terrify and deter further witnesses.
A Special Commission should issue forthwith, if the fact be
confirmed : it is due to the memory of the sufferers.—( cork
Mercury.)
SUIcIDE) AND THE Bo'wz STOLEN.--Tuesday
evening last a young woman of respectable and interesting ap-
pearance was observed for some time parading the banks of the
Surrey Canal, Camberwell, in a -Melancholy mood, and at
length she plunged into the Water ; on which a man rushed in
after her, and dived several times, but foiled in recovering the
body, which was not found till the following morning, when
it was taken to the Albany Arms,-near the. Canal, for the Coro-
ner's Inquest, which was to have taken place yesterday. On
the landlord proceeding to the shed on 'Wednesday morning,
where the body had been deposited, he discovered that, in the
course of the night, it had been broken open, and the corpse of
the female stolen away. tle instantly repaired to the Police
Office, Union-street, and gave information of the circumstance
to the Magistrates, who gave orders that immediate inquiry
.
should be made at the several anatenaists in the Metropolis'
but we have not heard whether the body
, „ has been discovered.
SHOCICING ACCIDENT.--THIS as a boy
about 12 years old "ant • up. behind a hackney,.
coach in Clieapside, the coachman being told he
was there, cut at him over the body or the coach.
The boy, in order to avoid the lash, endeavoured
to get down, when, shocking to relate, bin legs
got entangled between the spokes of the
-wheel,
and, before trin coachman cottid pull up his
horses, both legs. Were broken in a shocking
manner. The poor lad was taken to the Hospital
on it shutter, and see understand that the bones
are most dreadfully fractured;
Between the hours of one and two o'clock this
morning, the house Of Mr. M'Carthy, in Picca-
dilly, was entered' with pirklock keys, and
linen-drapery ton very large amount was carried
off by the thieves, who must have been provided
with a coach or other conveyance.

Several young whales have lately been seen off
the coast of Ramberougshire, the largest about
30 feet long.