The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-31 00:00:00

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ARRIVALS.
Mrs. Mayer and the Misses Mayer, at Long's Hotel, from
Vienna; Messrs. Appleton and Brimmer, at ditto, from Paris;
Felix Pryor, Esq., at ditto, from Hertforishire ; Sir Henry
Paulett, 13art., at ditto, from Scotland; Count D'Ysernbourg
and Mons. Friesz, at ditto, from Paris ; George Brown, Esq.,
Bth Hussars, at ditto, from Norwich; W. Curre. Esq., at ditto,
from Duxberry Park ; Cooper, Esq. and Mrs. ooper, at
Marshall Thompson's Hotel ; A. H. Elton, Esq., and Mrs.
Elton, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Barras, at the Gloucester
Hotel, Piccadilly ; lcely, Esq., and Mrs. lcely, at ditto,
from Cobham Park; Col. Kennett, at ditto.

DEPARTURES.
Commodore Sir Charles Napier, K. C.B. M.P. from the
Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly, for Merchistoun Hall, Horndean;
Mrs. Bedford and family, from ditto ; Mrs. Colonel Taylor and
son, and Captain Younghusband, from ditto, for Cheltenham ;
Macpherson Adams, Esq., and Mrs. Adams, ditto, for the
Continent; the Rev. Henry Tufnell Young and Mrs. Young,
nnistoun,
from Long's Hotel, for Wormingford Rectory, Essex ; Sir Ed-
ward Elton, Bart., from ditto, for Berks ; W. De
Esq., from ditto, for Kelvin Grove; Morant Sale, Esq., from
ditto, for Hants; Houghton Houston, Esq., and Mrs Houston,
from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, for the Continent ; John
Cobb, Esq., and Mrs. Cobb, from ditto, for ditto.

THE REGISTRY.
ELECTORS—See that you are registered. The over-
seers are bound to place the lists of voters on the church
doors on Sunday next, August 1, and again on Sunday,
August 8.
COUNTY ELECTORS—Look at the county list. Note
the name of every man you know to be dead, to have lost
or sold his qualification, and mark especially the fudged
votes of the farmers' sons, and of the men without legal
qualification. If you are on the list for the county give
notice of objection to the party and to the overseers on
or before August 25. If you are not on any list your-
self, find some friend to give the notices.
BOROUGH ELECTORS.—Examine the list of voters for
your borough ; see that your own name is inserted cor-
rectly ; if it is not, give a written notice of claim to the
overseers on or before August 25. See what bad votes
are in the list, and give a written notice of objection to
the overseers on or before August 25.

THE WEATHER.—The heavy fall of rain wit.
which this town and neighbourhood has been visited
during the last fortnight has suspended for the pre-
sent the hay harvest. I understand that large
masses of hay have been observed floating down
the River Derwent ; hence it may be inferred
that extensive injury has been done to the low
lands and ineaduw.S contiguous to its banks. If
it rain on St. Swithin's festival (the 15th July)
it is said to indicate forty days of wet weather.
Now, though the limitation of this sign to a particular
day is, perhaps carrying the idea of St. Swithin's
power a little too far, yet for many years we have noticed
that if a showery time sets in about this season we
have usually several weeks of showery and variable
weather in the sequel. There is need of a miracle to
account for forty days' rain at the period of St. Swithin's
festival. Experience has amply shown that whenever
a wet season sets in about the end of June to the mid-
dle of July, when the heat of the sun is usually the
most intense, it generally continues to nearly the end
of the summer, when the action of that orb has con-
siderably abated ; the rain affording matter for exhala-
tion, always naturally the strongest at the hottest period
of the year, and these exhalations yielding, in return,
matter for rain. This month is, generally, accounted
the hottest in the year. The highest temperature will
most probably prevail near the 19th, 23d, 25th, 27th,
and 30th. In consequence of the excessive heat an
evaporation takes place from the surface of the earth
and waters, and large clouds are formed, which pour
down their watery stores, and deluge the country with
floods, frequently laying the full•grown corn. These
summer storms are generally attended by thunder and
lightning. I anticipate. from the prevailing influences
about the middle of August, seasonable good harvest
weather, which continues, with little intermission,
during the residue of the month ; but no time must be
lost, as the equinoxial gales, accompanied with heavy
rain and thunder, will be very prevalent during the
month of September. On the whole, lam of opinion
that September will prove an unfavourable month for
harvest operations, but a more favourable change may be
expected at the commencement of October.—G. Sugden,
Bowden, July 14th.
SUDDEN DEATH.—William Day was on Thurs-
day morning found dead at the warehouse of his em-
ployer, Mr. Abud, refiner, in Clerkenwell, where it was
his weekly turn to sleep, for the safety of the property.
On Monday evening three persons called upon him rela-
tive to the amount of a loan for which he was security
to their loan society for a person of the name of Pack-
wood, who, it seems, bad not made any weekly repay-
ments whatever since he obtained the money; and is not
now to be found. The shock of their claim being thus
demanded from him, which would be the total ruin of
his means of maintaining his family, after the long and
hard struggle he had had to get his little business toge-
ther, with the thought of having it destroyed in this
manner, and from such a cause, so affected him before
leaving for the night, that he declared to his wife he felt
he should not survive it. In vain his wife endeavoured
to console him, with the hope of getting over it ; but
what was her horror to hear he was a corpse the follow-
ing morning.