The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-05 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

We understand the Earl and Countes of Shrews
bury, on their arrival at Rome, found most feeling letters
of condolement on their late bereavements from her Moat
Gracious Majesty the Queen, as likewise from Queen
Adelaide. It is to be admired how our youthful Sove-
reign, surrounded by all that can render life interesting
and dear, fails not to recal to mind those who labour under
the pressure of severe domestic calamities in a distant
country.—Standard.
'I'IIE PRESBYTERY OF STRATIIBOGIE.—A
meeting of the Presbytery of Strathbogie was held at
Keith on Wednesday, the 30th ultimo. The Presbytery
having been constituted with prayer by the Moderator, and
the minutes of last meeting read, the consideration of the
Marnoch case was resumed, when the Rev. Mr. Edwards,
the presentee to that parish, appeared and retaewed his ap-
plication for induction. A service copy of the decree, de-
cerniug and ordaining the Presbytery, and the members
thereof composing the majority. " forthwith to admit and
receive the said Mr. John Edwards as minister of the
church and parish of Marnoch, according to law, and to
take all the necessary and competent steps for that pur-
pose," was laid before the Presbytery and minuted. Mr.
Cowie thereupon said, it was now their duty as members
of the Established Church of Scotland, and as loyal sub-
jects, to give effect to the decree which had been pi o-
nounced against them. He would therefore move, " that
the Presbytery, finding that no other course remained for
them than to obey this peremptory order of the Supreme
Court, or to incur the guilt, and subject themselves to the
pains and penalties of disobedience, resolve to meet at
Marnoch on Thursday the 21st day of January next, for
the purpose of receiving and admitting the said Mr. J.
Edwards to be minister of the church and parish of Mar-
noch, according to the rules of the Church." The motion
was unanimously agreep:to.—Caledonian Mercury.
VULGAR ERROR.—On looking into the throat
when inflamed, the uvula may be observed enlarged, and
sometimes to such a degree as to rest upon the tongue,
and occasion much pain in the act of swallowing. In this
state it is generally believed by the ignorant that it is fallen
down, and that mechanical means must be used to raise it,
such as pushing it up with a spoon, or lifting the patient
of? his seat by the hair of the head. It is astonishing how
prevalent is this ridiculous notion, and bow frequently the
experiment is tried ; yet a little reflection and examination
of the parts in a state of health may convince any one of
its utter absurdity. Confinement to the house for a day
or two, with the use of astringent gargles, and such reme-
dies as a sore throat usually requires, will soon allay the
swelling, and raise the little offending member to its pro-
per position.

VEINELS SPOKEN Napoleon, London to
Swan River, Oct. 27, lat. 22 S., long. 30 W. ; Marion,
Bristol to Charleston, 30th ult., lat. 48, long. 18, by the
Frances, Jeffery, arrived at Cowes. Eliza and Mary,
Messina to Cork, lat. 50, long. 11, by the Emma, Harris,
arrived off Salcombe. Brightman, Nov. 2, lat. 6, long.
23 ; Helen and Mary, Newcastle to Aden, same day ;
George, Elphinstone, from London, 3d, lat. 7, long. 20 ;
Van Zeelan, Marcussen, Amsterdam to Batavia, lat.
45, long. 20; a large steamer under canvass, standing
to southward, 6th ; Transport, No. 10, running to the
westward, 23d, lat. 46, long. 14, by the George Fife,
Piske, arrived in the Downs. Flora, of Fowey, for Liver..
pool, 28th ult., lat. 48, long. 10, by the George, Milckcn,
arrived at Poole. Loyalist, Skinner, to Dublin, 27th ult.,
lat. 51, long. 16, by the Columbus, Johnson, arrived at
Dartmouth. Apollo, of Liverpool, 21st, lat, 44, long.
17, by the Nero, Jawes, arrived at Liverpool. Christiana,
Dawson, Oporto to Newfoundland, Nov. 28, lat. 46, long.
63 ; Traler, of Weymouth, from Waterford, 25th ult., by
the Argus, Alice, arrived at Jersey. Eagle, St. John's,
New Brunswick, to London, long. 16, by the Ann and
Margaret, arrived at Falmouth. Lord Glenelg, lat. 50,
long. 13 ; Albion, of London, 31st ult., off the Lizard, by
the Pigeon packet, arrived at Falmouth.

A letter from Tripoli of the Ist, announces tha,
the natives of Fezzan had again revolted, under the
command of their Bey, Abdnl Gelil ; that they had re-
taken Towergha, and appeared in a considerable force in
the environs of Mesurata. The Governor of the latter
had marched against them a strong column of troops, who
were surprised by the Arabs, and cut to pieces, with the
loss of five Turkish officers. The Pacha, on hearing of
this disaster, immediately despatched two schooners with
200 men to reinforce the garrison of Mesurata.
PICTURE OF A YANKEE.
He would kiss the Queen till he raised a blister,
With his arm round her neck, and his old felt hat on ;
Would address the King with the title of Mister,
And ask the price of the throne that he sat on.
A POOR ADMINISTRATION.—I spoke this day
with Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Montague, but
find no prospect of getting any money from them. Reedy
money is so scarce, that they know not yet where to get
their own salaries for last quarter. They have had Mr.
Neal with them yesterday, about the country mints, and
are giving the best orders they can in that matter, They
kave no provision )et to pay the recompence, which is to be
supplied by a Bill now depending.—James's Court and
Times of IVilliant
PUBLIC HOUSES.—It is not, we believe, gene-
rally known why publicans have the chequers painted on
their door-posts. The following anecdote will, however,
show it The arms of the Earl of Warren and Surrey
were the chequers. This family being allied to William
the Conqueror, had from him the exclusive power of
granting licenses for selling malt liquor, and to enable
their agents to collect the consideration money more
readily, the door-pests were painted with their army,
which practice has been handed down to the present day.
This privilege is said to have been exercised by their de-
scendants, the Earls of Arundel, as late as the reign of
Philip and Mary.
A GOOD PARLIAMENT.—Mr. Cowper has
yet further provoked them by saying, that an active, in-
dustrious man who employed 5,000/. in trade was every
whit as fit to be a Member there as a country gentleman of
2001. a-year, who spent all his time in hawking and hunt-
ing, and was over bead and ears in debt. My Lord Nor-
rays answered him that be was one of those country gen-
tlemen, but thought himself as fit to sit there as those who
were used to take money for their opinion. Mr. How
overslipt himself, and happened to open the design further
than he should have done, saying this Bill was but the first
step to a good Parliament, and he hoped they should ad-
vance it a little further hereafter.--James's Court and
Times of William
CEREMONY.—The French Ambassador made
me a visit yesterday, which I returned to-day. I received
him at the bottom of the stairs, and conducted him down
to the door, as I understood by Sir Charles Cotterell was
customary. But I observed he expected me at the door of
his apartment above stairs ; and therefore upon cooling
away, and we were upon compliment whether he should
go down stairs with me, I excused, rather desiring to be
left where he made it his choice to receive me. He was,
indeed, very pressing yesterday that I should net have
conducted him down but I would not abate anything that
was due to him.—James's Court and Times of Wil-
liam 111.
ANCIENT BOOKS.—Pausanias relates that a
book by Hesiod was written on leaves of load, and Hero-
dotus mentions the use of skins by the lonians when pa-
pyrus was scarce, which seems to show that he wrote on
papyrus, or the manufacture of the paper " reeds of
Egypt," which grew by the brooks. Pliny mentions linen
books, and Virgil alludes to books that were made of the
inner rind of the elm. The waxen hand tables of the
ancients are well known, which were inscribed upon with
the point of the style, and smoothed with its flat end.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—We find by the
London Journals that the Hon. W. Bingham Baring, the
betrayer of the Liberals of Winchester, is about to retire
from the representation of North Staffordshire, " in conse-
quence of some family arrangements." We congratulate
the electors of North Staffordshire on the prospect they
have of no longer being represented by this political Isca-
riot, who not only sold the Reformers of Winchester for a
peerage in reversion, but has ever since shown, as well as
his father ( the apostate Whig Lord Ashburton) the bitterest
hostility to his !ormer supporters. The Grange preserves,
and the Grange influence (small certainly) is placed at the
command of the Winchester Toty " whipper-in," to benefit
the cause of Mr. Escott ; and Lord Ashburton and his;
honourable son's influence is used to place Winchester
again under the political thraldom which they were for-
merly the denouncers of, and the latter the opposer of, at.
three contested elections, at which he was one of the Whig
candidates fur the representation of Winchester. We say
nothing of the genuine Tory contempt for the independ-
ence of the electors of North Stafford implied by the term,
" family arrangements," which we suppose turns them
over for " a consideration," to:some other nominee of the
apostate peer, who will consequently be a Member of the
House of Commons, the representatives of the people !
Hampshire Independent.
Woon PAVING.—TIie recent frosts have tested
the wood pavements in the metropolis very severely, but
with different results. That laid down at Whitehall, and
in Oxford-street, and Fore-street, City, appears to have
stood without any injury ; whilst the wood pavement around
St. Giles's Church, and in other places, has got so much
out of repair as to render :replacement necessary. Nor is
the contrast less singular as respects safety ; for the very
sharp frost of last night made the wood paving opposite
Coutts' banking-house, in the Strand, extremely slippery,
so that horses have been frequently falling upon it, although
that at Whitehall has been less affected than tbe Mac-
adamised road at either end of it, and is considerably more
safe.—Evening Paper.
DEATH OF LADY HERVEY BATHURST.—

We have to record, after a short illness, the demise of the
above highly respected lady, which took place on Wednes.
day last at Clarendon Park, Wilts.- Her late Ladyship,
who was eldest daughter and co-heiress of the late Mr. 1
Walter Smythe, was born 10th June, 1810, and married 1
lith May, 1832,..0; Frederick Hutchinson Harvey Ba.
thurst, Bart, bywhom she leaves issue a son and a daughter.
Sir Frederick, it is needless to say, is inconsolable at his
domestic bereavement.
Lady Newborough was confined on Thursday
last at Glynnllior Castle near Carnarvon with a son and
heir. The auspicious event gave rise to a manifestation of
rejoicing unusual in that retired part of Wales. Cannon
was fired, and all the craft in the Barbour displayed their
different flags. In the evening Carnarvon was partially
illuminated. His Lordship, who resides the greater part
of the year at the above scat, is deservedly respected by
his neighbours, and from that circumstance the display of
good feeling towards the noble family of Wynn was mule
than ordinarily enthusiastic on tUntioptis occasion.

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