The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-18 00:00:00

Robert Lane, Churwell, Yorkshire, woollen-cloth ma-

nufacturer.
Robert Baxter, Tooley-street, Southwark.
Edward Faithful Ashe, Cheltenham, schoolmaster.

James Mabbett, Cam, Gloucestershire, labourer.
John Warne, Penzance, innkeeper.:
William Nickell, Blisland, Cornwall, farmer.

Elizabeth Harris Saint Thomas the' Apostle.
Charles Major Harris,
Birmingham, glazier.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
G. Henderson and Margaret Henderson, Edinburgh,
toy. merchants, to meet within the writing-chambers of
Messrs. Dundas and Jamieson, Edinburgh, Aug, 19, and
Sept. 9, at one.
A. Macnair, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the
chambers of Mr. Finlayson, Glasgow, Aug. 23, and Sept.
16, at one. _ _ _

G. Miller, Glasgow, sewed muslin and lace .manufac-
turers, to meet -within the chambers of Mr. Gourlay,
Glasgow, Aug. 24, and Sept. 14, at two.
Joseph Anderson, Glasgow, clothier, to meet within
the writing-chambers of Mr. Smith, Glasgow, Aug. 25,
and Sept. 15, at one.
James :Fade, Glasgow, bookbinder, to meet within the
chambers of Mr. Miller, Glasgow, Aug. 23, and Sept.
13, at one.

John Alexander, Kelso, draper, to meet within Yuil's
Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso, Aug. 21, and Sept. 14, at
three.

EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF INSECTS.-011 Fri-
day, the whole of the coast around Southend was visited
by one of the most numerous flights of insects on re-
cord. They consisted of at least five species of lady-
bird, and they came in such dense numbers, as for miles
along the coast to resemble a swarm of bees during
hiving. The sea destroyed countless millions of them,
the grass and hedge-rows, and every crevice that af-
forded shelter from the wind, were coloured with their
numbers, and for mahy miles it was impossible to walk
without crushing numbers beneath the tread. The in-
sects evidently came from the east, the wind having
veered round to that point during the night. Every
true friend of agriculture, however, hails the appearance
of these insects, as they are well known to be the de-
stroyers of aphides, a race of flies the most injurious to
vegetation.
A NICE POINT.—The first dragoman of the English
legation had, some days before, a warm discussion with
Ali Effendi relative to a female renegade, who, after ab-
juring the Greek religion at Damascus, and embracing
Islamism, was desirous to return to the faith of her
fathers. The Governor of that city claimed her as an
Ottoman subject, and her parents, who were proteges of
England, referred her case to the British Ambassador.
Ali Effendi supported the pretension of the Governor,
when the dragoman, producing the hatti-scheriff obtained
by Sir Stratford Canning, contended that he had no
right to prevent the renegade from returning to her
former creed. The dragoman, moreover, invoked the
law of nature and paternity, and deduced various other
reasons, founded on political considerations, which con-
vinced Ali of his error. "Your arguments," replied the
Turk, " are perfectly conclusive : reason and good sense
will have it so, but our book (meaning the Koran) is
opposed to it." .4 In that case," retorted the dragoman,
"follow the dictates of reason and good sense, and burn
your book."
The Government of Wurtemberg has just revoked
the decree of last year, enacting that German Catholics
should not be allowed to take part in the election of mu-
, nicipal Odors, or NMI ouch flillOti0118!