The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-30 00:00:00

EARL OF CARDIGAN.

A Peturn of the Expenses incurred by Government in prepar-
ing for and conducting the Prosecution of the Earl of Cardi-
gan in the House of Lords ; distinguishing, under separate
heads, the amounts paid to the several parties engaged therein.
Fees to Counsel and their Clerks 1:230 1 0
Expenses paid Witnesses l9 8 0
Fees to Officers of the House of Lords 22 4 0
Shorthand Writer 24 10 0
Stationery, and Miscellaneous Expenses 4 7 6

£3OO 10 6

Eapcnse of fitting-up and furnishing the House of
Lords ...

£1,290 12 6
P. GORDON.

Whitehall, Treasury Chambers,

March 8, 18411.

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE TO HAMBURG
CUXHAVEN, AND LUHEC.—By an order issued from the
General Post-office it has teen determired, that on and
after the 6th of April next the postage of all letters
posted in the Uni ed Kingdom for either of the above
places be reduced from is. Bd. and ls. 10d. to an uniform
rate of 6d. the half ounce and is. the ounce, and so on.
This rsduation does not apply to letters for the above
places wt. en sent via France, Oriels will only be done in
cases where specially directed.
One day last week Mr. John Briggs, formerly
a gamekeeper to the late Earl of Durham, was standieg
near to the Fetfield station of the Stanhope and 'f yne
Railroad; and, seeing a child in danger of be ir.g run over
by a train of coal-weggone, he rushed forward to stretch it
from impending destruction. He succeeded in that object;
but one of his feet gt tting fast below the lip of the rail, he
could not get himself clear Mere the train came and
parsed over his leg, mangling it so dreadfully that amper.a-
don was necessary. He is, we are happy to heae, doing
tolerably well.—Tyne Pilot.
A hive of bees, the property of Mr. R. Mar-
shall, of Branxton, near Coldstretm, left the hive a few
days ago, and whilst Mr. A. Rankin was observing their
proceedings, they lighted upon his back, when an attempt
was made to sweep them off, which did not succeed.
Mr. Rankin was then obliged to strip off his coat, and
heing well skil'ed in the management of bees, he imme-
diately dived amongst them with his fingers and caught
the queen bee, which be returned back to the hive, and
in an instant the whole swarm were quiet, and he did not
receive a sir gle sting. —7'yne Pilot.
THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS.—(From the
Liverpool Albion of yesterday.)—lf the President sailed
from New York on the 10th instant, the has, at the dine
of our writing this paragraph, been 18} days on her pas-
sage. As this would be a very long one for a steamer, it
is conjectured, that, no accident having happened to her
on her voyage, she could not have sailed on the day pre-
viously fixed. All that is known respecting her is, that
Captain Roberts had orders to comply vtieh any request
which Mr. Fox, our Minister at Washington, might make
for her detention to cenvey despatches to England. The
Britannia would sail from Boston on the 16th instant. The
chances are, therefore, now equal that she will arrive as
soon as the President. Both vessels may reach pert in
the course of the day. Certainly the Britannia will arrive
before daylight to-morrow.
THE LATE MR. ROSE, USHER OF THE
FRENCH CONVENTION. —The death of Mr. J. A. Rose
has lately been announced in the newspapers as having
occurred at Paris, et the advanced age of 84. From the
biographical sketch accompanying the announcement be
appears to have been an actor in the principal revolution-
ary scenes in Pa is at the time of the imprisonment of
Louis XVI., and subsequently, but attached to the royalist
cause. The writer of this paragraph was introduced to
hlm by mere accident at Paris, in 1825, as a Scotchman.
By way of tasting him the question was put jocularly,
" Hoo's a' wi' e, man ?" The old man instantly held
out h's deed, and, giving the other proffered hand a be rty
slap and shake, answered, with great emphases, " Man,
I'm 'crawly I" He was a native of Glasgow, and in 1325
had been absent from it 50 3e :rs, having left it when he
was 18. The palace of the Luxembourg seemed to be
his home, and every door was opened at his bidding.
Glen ow Courier.
THE APPROACHING DEMONSTRATION IN
GLASGOW.— We learn that it has been resolved that the
demonst-atier, announced to take place in this city
during the Easter recese, will not be confined, as was
originally intended, to the consideration of the Corn-laws
alone, but will embrace the broad general question cf
the duties on every description of goods and produce
imported ioto the United Kingdom, including, of course
the duties levied upon corn and provisions. We believe
t'-at this charge will efford very gencral, satisfaction, by
iving rn interest to the meeting which woul I have been
canting had it been restricted to the Corn-law question.
The attendance of Members of Parliament will also, in
consequence of the ilteretion, be larkely increased, and
we may expect to hear the entire subject of the commer-
cial policy of the country developed by many of the
ablest Members of the Legislature, and by deputations
from several of the leading commercial and manufacturing
toasts. We understand that the Riding-schoo', in Cam-
bridsc-street, has been fixed upon as the place where the
demonstt scion is to be held. It forms the largest covered
space within Vie city, and is capable of being fitted up to
bad comfortably somewhere about fifteen hundred indivi-
duals. Tue precise day for the festival has not been
named, but we believe will shortly be announced.
Glesgove Evening Post.
FICTITIOUS CHECKS.—CAUTION TO THE
PUBLIC.—On the evening of Saturday wesk a note, en-
closing a check for 61. 10.. was preseatelat the bar of Mr.
Moore, the proprietor of Pe.l's Coffee-house, Fl t-
strei:t, by a youth of about 14 or 15 years of age. Mr.
Moore being from home at the time, the note, of which
tie following is a copy, was banded to Mrs. Moore :
"2, Fleet-street, March 19, 1840. Mr. Prcedy will feel
greatly obliged .o Me. Moore if he could cash the inclosed
cheek for him in any possible way, being in immediate
want of change, or else he would not trouble him." Mrs.
Moore having no doubt that the note and check had been
sent, as represented by the youth, by Mr. Prcedy, the
hatter, near Temple-bar, and who happens to be the col-
league of Mr. Moore, as overseer of the parish of St.
Dunstan, at one: paid the amount of the latter. Monday
Mr Moore presented the cheek at the banking-house of
Sir C. Pike and Co , upon which it was drawn, and was
informed that no such person as G. Redman', the drawer,
,s brown there, Sev,-rBl respeetal;l" traligirnon
recently been duped by fictitious chec'es of a similar dc.
scription, and meat likely by the same party, as the mode
of obtaihing cash for them is precisely similar.