The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

We stated on Wednesday last that a young nobleman,
late of Trinity College, was reported to have either
married, or to be on the point of marrying, the daughter
of a son of St. Crispin in this town. We have since
been informed of the particulars of this extraordinary
affair by au intimate friend of the young Earl in ques-
tion, who states that it is quite unnecessary to aim at
further mystery, as the facts of the case are well known
and much talked of at the west end. It appeared that
his Lordship has not married the "lady," but that he
fully contemplated doing so, and had actually obtained
a special license for that purpose on Thursday week from
the authorities of Trinity parish. Information of his
Lordship's rash purpose having reached his friends in
London, they immediately posted off to Cambridge, and
arrived just in time to procure the postponement of the
match—a postponement which will, we presume, be con-
tinued sine die. But how did it happen that his Lord-
ship contemplated so mad a step? The history of the
entire transaction is very soon told. It acpears that the
fair one had been living with his Lordship some three
or four years, and up to the last year had given him no
cause to complain of a lack of constancy. The " course
of their true love ran smooth," till absence, the bane of
lovers, and the true test of love, interrupted the smooth
current of the stream. In April, 1847, his Lordship
left England, and did not return till August. In the
absence of her noble admirer, the heroine of cur story
found another swain—a handsome young fellow, of the
name of —. residing in London, who was fascinating
enough to secure " her Ladyship's" affections, and with
whom she was ultimately induced to live during the
absence of the Noble Earl abroad. On his Lordship's .
return he was informed of the facts, and, of course, he
was deeply wounded—chagrined at the success of a rival
so much beneath him in rank and fortune, and hurt at
the ingratitude and infidelity of the fickle fair one.
Such was the strength of his attachment, however, that
on procuring from her a solemn promise to cut entirely
the acquaintance of his rival, he again received her on
the usual good terms, and all was forgiven. But the
few months which the heroine of our story had spent in
K--'s company had quite supplanted her affections,
and she soon found herself again and again in his
society, till at last the Noble Earl was completely
abandoned by the " young lady," and it too plainly
appeared that she had really no regard for him. His
Lordship, however, was not endued with sufficient resolu-
tion or self•respect to abandon, as he ought to have done,
at once, the degrading connexion. He attained his
Imajority a few weeks ago, and, finding himself master of
his own actions, but not of his affections—fiading that
the obstinate and ungracious fair one still persisted in
young K—'s acquaintance—stung with jealousy and
mortification, with love and chagrin, he resolved to spite
his rival by resorting to the fearfully rash step which he
was about to take when arrested by the prompt and pru-
dent interposition of judicious friends; and we are happy
to understand that arrangements have been made by the
Noble Earl's family to prevent him from irrevocably
committing himself in a fit of youthful jealousy.—.
Cambridge Advertiser.

TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE
CRUIKSHANK.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I beg you will permit me to return you my
grateful acknowledgment for your so generously de-
voting so large a portion of your valuable paper to
the cause of one so very humble as the author of the
"Blessings of Temperance";
,but I am not so vain as to
suppose it was to me individually, but to the cause I
endeavoured to advocate, that I am indebted for so
great a kindness; and every friend to social order,
mental improvement, and moral progression, must re-
joice with me to see the cause so fostered, and its
principles diffused, by the approval of the Press, to
which generally I have reason to be thankful.
To the gentlemen who so generously strove to
awaken public sympathy for my destitute situation, I
return my best thanks, and I feel proud (I hope not a
criminal feeling in an old man) that my life has not
closed without achieving something to call forth the
approval of the virtuous, as conducing to the better-
ing the condition of my brother man, and awakening
in his breast a sense of the duties he owes to his God,
to society, and to himself.
I am truly proud of the tribute the gratitude of
his countrymen have designed for George Cruik-
shank, for his noble efforts in moral improvement, by
holding up to execration the soul-debasing and
health-destroying crime of drunkenness, and sincerely
hoping that he will in his moral life, as well as in his
artistic delineations, prove that it was pure love for so
holy a cause as the regeneration of a too deeply de-
based portion of his countrymen, and not a love of gain
and thirst to increase a fame that was already widely
spread over the world, that was his moving principle.
lie well deserves what he has so nobly won, and may
he long live to enjoy it, and though I lay a claim to
the merit of awakening the idea of the Bottle in his
ever-pregnant mind, I feel not the least jealousy at
his well-deserved success.—Sir, I am yours, with
'feelings of gratitude,

JOHN O'NEILL.
5, Little Wild-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
Feb. 29, 1848.

The comparative treatment of art and architecture
in the small state of Florence of old and in the great
state of Britain of new was illustrated by Mr. Wyse.
M.P., in a recent address to artists at the Institute of
Fine Arts, in which he remarked, that a short time only
had elapsed, since he (the speaker) had read the noble
preamble with which, in the fourteenth century, the
Florentines commenced the record of the foundation of
their great church. It would be well if our senators,
at this moment especially, could hear how this small
state spoke. The preamble said, that considering it was
of the utmost importance for a state to show by its out-
ward works its inward wisdom, they had commanded
Arnolpho to commence a church, &c. Only a few nights
before Mr. Barry had been accused of occupying ten
years in the erection of the intended smite-house. This
church in Florence took 230 years in building. But did
the Florentines hesitate or fear? No. Every artist
who could aid in producing excellence was encouraged
to come forward: time was not considered, expense was
not considered. They spent more money upon it than
they had on all their wars, and food was taxed ex-
pressly in aid of the funds for completing this church.
'The same spirit was apparent all over Italy; they had a
stout heart, and full confidence that art would never be
wanting to the state, and would pay back all that was
spent upon it.—Builder.
NEWARK.—ACCIDEST TO THE CORN EXCHANGE.
—During a very violent storm of wind on Sunday even-
ing about six o'clock, the two centre supporters which
had been raised in the week, and were supposed to be
secured by means of ropes (one of which was fastened to
the chimney of the Post- office adjoining), were blown
d ,wn, and fell with a tremendous crash into the area
b-sneath, and the chimney fell through the roof. The
damage is estimated at 2001.; and had it not been Sun-
day morniug, some lives would probably have been lost.
—Stamford Mercury.
A LAUGHABLE MISTAKE.—In their haste to find
work for the Court, at the late Lancashire assizes, the
grand jury, after they had been sent to their business,
returned into court with what the foreman described as
a " true bill," but which turned of t to be a list of them-
selves.—Manchester Courier.
SOUND FROM BELLS : CLOCK FOR HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT.--In all sonorous bodies, there are certainly
mutually recurring periods at which the sound is more
distinct and audible than at other times, producing a
swell in the tone, and a corresponding decrease in each
space of time between those undulations. Now, let us
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sound from it, which can be evolved with the force ap-
plied; but let us strike it twice in this time, and we
destroy at every second stroke a quantity of sound equal
to twice the amount of sound which we hear half-way
between the undulation. The only sound we hear is
that difference of force between the forward and back-
ward undulation instead of their sum. The knowledge
of this fact shows the importance of having a bell whose
undulation shall concur with the stroke. We should not
have been induced to make the above remark, had we not
observed the numberless instances in which this is not
attended to. We are now to have a clock which is to
surpass all others in magnitude and power. Let the bell
be of such a tone, that those vibrations shall always recur
in unison with that of the stroke of the hammer; by
attending to this, a sound will be produced which may
be heard at twice the distance that it would be if not
struck in unison with them.—Builder.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON A MARINE.—CHAT•
HAM, Mancii 4.—At a general court-martial held at the
Royal Marine Barracks at Chatham, Colonel Charles
Menzies, &11., president, for the trial of James Hamil-
ton, a private in the 94th company of the Woolwich
division, who was tried on three charges—for effecting
his escape when confined as a prisoner in barracks for a
former offence, and striking a sergeant, and making
away with his regimental boots. He was convicted on
each charge, and sentenced to received fifty lashes, and
to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve
month!. The first part of the sentence was put into
execution this morning, in the presence of the whole of
the battalion of the Royal Marines, at the rear of the
barracks. The commandant and the officers were also
present to 'witness the infliction of the punishment. On
the prisoner being released from the halberts he exhi-
bited considerable firmness. He is a bad character; he
has only been five months in the service, during which
time he has been tried twice for deseition and making
away with his regimental necessaries. He is only 20
years of age. The prisoner was then removed to the
military prison, Fort Clarence.
UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—Last Saturday
the seventeenth annual meeting of the council and mem-
bers was held in the council chamber of the institution,
Whitehall-yard; the Earl of Ilardwicke in the chair.
Mr. Tonna read the report of the council:—During the
year fifty-five deaths and thirty-three withdrawals took
place, and seventy-four new members were admitted,
making the total number of members 4,032. During
the year 33,699 strangers visited the museum. The re-
ceipts amounted to 1,7221 4s. Bd., and the expenditure
left a balance of 2861. 9s. Id.; the funded property com-
prised 1,7001. Three•and-a-Quarter per Cents. and 4521.
9s. 11d. Consols. The Lecture Theatre Bailding Fund
amounted to 4251. 16s. 5J., which was funded. Upon
the motion of Major Clarke, seconded by Captain
Sutherland, the report was adopted. Cchnel P. T.
Yorke, Captain Fraser, Lieutenant Roper, Lieutenant-
Colonel C. J. Brandling, Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., M.D.,
Commander James Gordon, Major J. Thornton, and
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Colonel Richard Parker were elected members of the
council. A vote of thanks to the noble chairman was
then agreed to, and the meeting separted.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a Committee meeting on Saturday.