The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-21 00:00:00

YACHT INTELLIGENCE.

CONVZS, JULY 19. —Commodore Lord Yarborough entertained a
distinguished party at Appoldercrombe on Saturday last, and the
three following days.
The next General Meeting of the Royal Yacht Squadron will
take place at the Squadron-house on Friday the Bth of August.
YACHTS AT THE RENDEZVOUS.—FaIcon, Commodore Lord
Yarborough ; Water Witch, the Earl of Belfast ; Arundel, Caro-
line, Nautilus, Ariel, Petrel, Alarm, Juverna, Nelson Peri, Eliza,
Heron, Pet, Mary, Emerald, Albatross, Demetje, Witch, Briton,
Neuha, Arrow, Psyche, Sparrowhawk, Hebe, Union, Antelope,
Zephyr, and Emily.
AT FI s u 'lN.—Mischief and Royalist.
BEADING HARBOUR.—Zebra.

Lord Grey held office as Premier for 3 years, 7
months, and 22 days. His predecessor, the Duke of Welling-
ton, not so long by nearly a year and a half. Since 1754,
only four Premiers have held office for a longer duration—
namely, the Duke of Newcastle 8 years, Lord North 12, Pitt
upwards of 17, and Lord Liverpool nearly 15 years.

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S FAMILY.-WC
are sorry to state that his Grace has been much distressed by a
family affliction. In the preceding week the whole of the
children have been attacked by the scarlet fever. By medical
advice they have all been sent down to Clumber Park, in Not-
tinghamshire.

DEATH OF THE CLERK OF THE HANAPER.—
John Commins, Esq., Barrister at Law, who held the lucrative
office of Clerk of the Hanaper, died on Friday of a bilious
attack, at Longford.—Cork Herald.
The venerable and excellent Earl of Egremont, now
in his 82d year, has been staying for some time at his marine
villa at Brighton, where, we rejoice to say, his health has
been renovated. His Lordship is now at his noble seat at
Petworth, where he constantly receives the most distinguished
artists, to whom the hospitable Earl assigns distinct and sepa-
rate apartments to enable them to pursue their studies.
The Earl of Ripon, accompanied by his friend
Mr. Stanley, had just returned from Tonbridge Wells to
Carlton Gardens, when a messenger arrived from his seat at.
Nocton, in the county of Lincoln, with the melancholy intel-
ligence that his Lordship's noble mansion, together with all
his pictures and costly furniture, had been burnt to ashes.
The noble Earl received the account with great composure
and self-possession, and we understand left town immediately
foroln Lincshire.
On Saturday last the officers of the Royal Marine Ar-
tillery at, Quarters, gave a farewell Dinner at the Fountain Hotel,
Portsmouth, to their much esteemed and respected brother officer
Major T. L. Laurence, on his retirement from present active
service, who, with a few select friends, also guests of the
officers of that truly respectable and gallant corps, met at six
o'clock, and were sumptuously entertained at an elegant dinner
served up in Mr. Nance's best style. Amongst the company
were Sir Richard Williams, R. C. 8., and Commandant of the
Portsmouth division, with whom the gallant officer had served
in Quarrin, Capt. I. Lawrence, &c.,
Captain climatesie s; ; Dr.
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in the Chair, whose gentlemanly de-
meanour and social mind kept the party happily together till a
late hour.
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THE GARDEN AT FRANKFORT.—One of the
most delightful peculiarities of Frankfort—one that most struck
my fancy—is the public garden, planted on the site of the
ramparts ; a girdle of verdure and shade—of trees and flowers
circling the whole city ; accessible to all and on every side—
the promenade of the rich, the solace of the poor. Fifty men
are employed in keeping it in order; and it is forbidden to
steal the flowers, or to kill the singing birds which haunt the
shrubberies. A short time before we arrived, some mis-
chievous wretch had shot a nightingale, and was caught in the
fact. His punishment was characteristic ; his hands were
tied behind him, and a label setting forth his crime was fixed
on his breast ; in this guise, with a police officer on each side,
he was marched all round the gardens, and made the circuit
of the city, pursued by the hisses of the populace, and the
abhorrent looks of the upper classes ; he was not otherwise
punished ; but he never again made his appearance within the
walls of the city.-11Irs. Jameson's Visits and Sketches.
ROBBERY.—EarIy on Sunday morning last, the
shop and premises of Mr. Taylor, shopkeeper, King-street,
Chestergate, were entered and robbed. The thieves got in
through the front grid, which had been left unfastened, a load
of coals having been got in the day previous. They then let
themselves into the bakehouse, and entered all the rooms in
the lower part of the house, the doors of which were thrown
open, that no obstruction might present itself whenever a re-
treat was necessary. They then went into the shop, where
they took 71bs. of tobacco and some coffee, and arming them-
selves with the large bread-knife, the thieves entered the bed-
room where Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were sleeping, who not
awaking, gave the thieves an opportunity of taking a heavy
box from under the bed, containing M. in copper, which was
carried away. At four o'clock the neighbours, discovering all
the doors open, went up stairs and roused Mr. Taylor to a
sense of his situation. The knife was found upon the bed,
and it is most probable it was 'intended as an instrument of
destruction, had any resistance been offered to the robbers.—
Stockport Advertiser.
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were, every day in winter, covered with clean straw or hay, and
in summer with green boughs or rushes, lest the gentlemen,
who crowded to his presence, but could not obtain a place at
his table, should not soil their clothes by sitting on the floor.
Gardening and agriculture were carried on principally by the
monks ; and Becket and his clergy are reported to have
assisted their neighbours in reaping their corn, and housing
their hay. Every large castle or monastery had its garden,
orchard, and frequently its vineyard. The English at this
time had a considerable quantity of wine of their own making,
not much inferior to that made in foreign countries.—lnce's
Outlines of English History.