The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-29 00:00:00

BY EXPRESS.

EPSOM, THREE O'CLOCK.
The DERBY STAKES of 50 sovs. each,
h. ft., for three year old colts, Bst. 71b.; and
fillies, Bst. 21b. Mile and half. The owner
of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out
of the stakes. 124 subscribers.
Mr. Batson's Plenipotentiary 1
Duke of Cleveland's Shilelah 2
Lord Jersey's Glencoe
22 started. Won by 2 lengths.

A few days ago, a lady resident at Balby,
near Doncaster, who is in her eighty-fifth year, cut
eight teeth in the front part of her. mouth.—Hull
Observer.

The great works for improving the port of
Dieppe are going on with great activity. The mag-
nificent basin on the west is completed, and was used
for fitting out the vessels for the whale fisheries. This
year a further sum of 200,000 fr. will be expended on
these improvements.
LARGE PIKE.—A pike, weighing 221b5.,
was taken by drawing, on Thursday last, in that part
of the Derwent lake which belongs to the Earl of
Egremont.— Whitehaven Herald.
" LANG SANDY WOOD."—This medical
gentleman, better remembered in Edinburgh by the
name of " Lang Sandy Wood," was no less distin-
guished for his eccentricity than his benevolence. One
of his peculiarities was an affected severity of disposi-
tion, which, however, was continually giving him the
slip in spite of himself. The effects of Mrs. Siddons'
acting upon him, we have heard described by those
who witnessed it as laughable in the extreme. He
could not resist the temptation of attending the
theatre night after night, during the period of her
engagement ; and the command she exercised over the
feelings of all mankind found no exception in him.
From the moment she came on the stage, indeed, to
the conclusion of the piece, he was engaged in a con-
tinual and uniformly effectual struggle to maintain his
usual appearance of sardonic indifference. We have
heard an old gentleman, who was present, relate the
following amusing anecdote respecting Mr. Wood's
demeanour on these occasions. Mrs. Siddons was
one night personating Desdemona, and the perform-
ance had just come to that affecting scene where
Othella strikes her, when Mr. Wood discovered that
he was actually—crying. Abashed and irritated at
being beguiled into such a display of feeling, he held
down his head, and was overheard thus endeavouring
to reason himself into composure, as he impatiently
dashed away the tears from his eyes : " All d d
nonsense this ; all c—d nonsense ! I'm sure I know
well enough it's all nonsense This is just the Edin-
burgh theatre ; and I'm Sandy Wood ; and she there
__why she is just—just--just that b—h Mrs. Sid-
dons I"—Allan's Life of Scott.

PRONENESS TO SERVILITY.—It is a great
error to suppose that man naturally loves independence
—this is only the taste of a few rarer spirits : to look
upwards, to fawn, to flatter, and to lick the dust be-
neath the feet of riches and of power is not only the
destiny, but the taste of the majority.—Two Old Men's
Tales; the Deformed.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)

LORD CHURCHILL V. JONES.

Mr. Sergeant COLERIDGE applied to have this cause
removed from the King's Bench, on the ground that
as the noble petitioner only sued as Ranger of the
Wychwood Forest, his Majesty was the real petitioner,
and all suits, under such circumstances, were heard in
that Court. He was about to cite authorities, when
The COURT interfered, and said, as it was only a
motion for a rule to show cause, he was entitled to it
as a matter of course. They wished to know whether
he applied on the part of the Solicitor-General or the
Attorney- General ?
Mr. Sergeant COLERIDGE, on behalf of the Solicitor-
General, in the absence of the Attorney-General.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY.

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, MAY 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived from the
river and sailed, the Coromandel, Boyes, and Orontes,
Currie, for Madras ; Britannia, Penis, for the Cape of
Good Hope ; London, Pickering, for Calcutta ; Tro-
pic, Phillips, for Barbadoes ; Eliza, Gallon, for Gre-
nada ; Falcon, Kingston, for the South Seas ; An-
dromache, Hunter, from Quebec ; Roslin Castle, from
Sheerness for New South Wales ; and Ida, from Rams-
gate for Havre-de- Grace.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wind N.E., W.S.E.—
Arrived from London the Coromandel, Boyes, for
Madras.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind variable.
FALMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind E. to S., moderate
breezes.—Arrived the Countess of Pembroke steamer,
from Lisbon.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 27.—Arrived the Swan, Lamb,
from Antigua.
GREENOCK, MAY 26.—Arrived the Emerald, Boyd,
from Demerara.

CORK, MAY 26.—Arrived off port, the Cecilia,
Inglis, from Demerara ; Saladin, Fuzer, from New-
foundland; and Grace Brown, Higgins, from Sa-
vannah.

DUBLIN, MAY 27.—Arrived the Hopewell, Lewis,
from London.

ABERDEEN, MAY 26.—Arrived the Alexander, Brand,
from Riga.
ARRIVALS OFF ANTIGUA.—The Heroine, Russell,
and Dunlop, Press, from Liverpool ; Hope, from
Bristol,- and Henry, Davidson, from London.
AT HAVANNAH.—The Agnes, from Liverpool.
IN THE RlVER.—Tranby, Smith, from Riga; Haabet,
Cleminensen, Keil, Christian, Maria, Boack, and
Amphion, Wadbury, from Norway.
SMYRNA, APRIL 29.—Piracy has recommenced in
this neighbourhood, and our piratical mistics have at-
tacked several small vessels in the Gulf of Contesse
Cavalle and Tassos, and very recently a Turkish armed
galliot, from Salonica, was attacked, and thirty men
massacred.

The Fanny, Lockeyer, from Poole, was totally
wrecked off Newfoundland on the 27th ult.—crew saved.
The Maria, from Hamburg to Newfoundland, missed
stays in working into Bugle, and went on shore, but it
was expected would be got off without much damage.