The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-02 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

By the New York papers, which arrived yes-
terday, it appears that Mr. Stevenson was again,
by a considerable majority, re-elected Speaker
of the House of Representatives, making the
fourth time that he had been voted to the Chair.
The numbers were—for Andrew Stevenson,
142 ; Lewis Williams, 39 ; Edward Everett,
15 ; John Bell, 4 ; Richard Coulter, 2 ; R. H.
Wilde, '2 ; C. F. Mercer, 1 ; John Davis, 1 ;
Samuel A. Foot, 1 ; Joseph Vance, 1 ; James
K. Polk, 1 ; Blanks 8.
Mr. Walter Franklin was elected Clerk of the
House by a majority of seven over Mr. St. Clair
Clarke, the numbers being, for the former 117,
and for the latter 110. A letter on this subject
says—" These events have extinguished the last
hope entertained by the opposition of embar-
rassing the action of the President during the
present Congress, and have satisfied most of
them that they can carry none of the various
measures they have projected, either to effect
that object, or to sustain directly or indirectly
the Bank of the United States.

In the sitting of the Senate on the sth the
annual statement of the accounts of the treasurer
of the United States was presented, as well as
a very long report of the Secretary of the Trea-
sury respecting the removal of the deposits from
the United States Bank, but no new light was
thrown on the snbject, except in its stating, that
under the general authority invested in the Secr-
etary as head of the Treasury department, to ma-
nage the financial affairs of the Government, he
possessed the power to see that the public money
...was deposited in 'safe keeping ; and that the law
incorporating the Bank only reserved to him
the power he before possessed, but did not con-
fer on him any new power. And he says, the
obligation to assign the reasons for directing the
deposits to be removed was not a restriction of
his general power, because the right of the Se-
cretary to designate the place of deposit was
always necessarily subject to the control of Con-
gress. IVIr. Benton gave notice of his intention
to introduce a resolution, proposing an amend-
ment to the Constitution in relation to the elec-
tion of President ; and also submitted the fol-
lowing resolution, which was laid on the table
for the consideration of the Senate. It was as
follows :

" Resolved,—That the Secretary of the Trea-
sury be directed to report to the Senate-Ist,
a statement of the amount of public moneys in
the Bank of the United States at the end of
each month for each year, from the establishment
of the Bank to the present time ; 2d, the average
amount of the same for each year ; 3d, the average
of the same for the whole time."
The United States Gazette states that a run

had been made on the branch bank of the
United States at Savannah, to the amount of
350,000 dollars, but that the whole had been
immediately paid in specie.

A PATAGONIAN TOMB.—In the centre of a
circular trench, of übout a foot in depth and 12 or 14 yards
in circumference, a number of bushes and skins were raised
up in the form of a cone to the height of 12 or 15 feet;
the top of the cone was closely covered in with bushes and
skins, and surmounted by two small red flags; around the
outside of the trench were placed, at certain distances,
several flags of a similar description. But what had the
most singular appearance were the effigies of two horses,
made out of skins, which were placed with the nose of one
of them resting on a stick outside the trench.—Mae.
donall's Voyage to Patagonia.

The written defence read in Court on the
trial of John Bodle, at the late Kent Assizes, for the
murder of his grandfather, was written by his counsel,
Mr. Bodkin.

In a parish not 100 miles from Edinburgh,
the principal proprietor is a gallant General, who has
bravely served his King and country in many a desperate
engagement, and who is much beloved by his dependants.
A week or two ago the parish clergyman closed a lu-
minous discourse with a few comments upon sin in the
general. After the dismission of the congregation, a
residrnt in the parish asked an old man (a dependant of
the General) how he liked the Doctor to-day ? "No
weel, no weel," was the answer; be was o'er sair on our
master at the end o' his sermon, which comes ill aff his
hand, considering the number o' dinners be gets frae him,
and it shall ne'er be said that I approve o' his preaching,
when he begins about the sins o' the General."—Fife-
shire Journal.

About a quarter past one o'clock yesterday
morning, a young woman in the service of Mr. Howard,
of Norfolk street, Strand, rushed out into the street,
shrieking dreadfully, her clothes all on fire. Fortunate!y
John Kirkman, No. 107, F division, was passing at the
time, and Its instantly threw his coat round her, and
rolled her in the street. The flames were extinguished,
hut the poor creature was dreadfully burnt, and great
doubts are entertained of her recovery.

The brig George Canning, in command o
the cbief mate, Mr. Ji.hn Nicholl4, the Captain (Burgtall,

having died on the 17th ult., on the passage from Para,
in the Brazils, bound to London, lately put into Milford,
when Robert Roy, a British seaman, was conveyed before
Henry Leach, Esq., under the following circum-
stances :—lt appeared that " Rob Roy" had been
detained in custody at Para, charged with a ca-
pital offence, and had been placed on board the
George Canning to work his passage to England, by
Mr. Hesketb, the British Vice-Consul at that place; that
the brig had sailed from thence the 18th of October last,
anti that Rob Roy, in a little time after be bad been
on board, conducted himself in a disorderly manner, got
drunk, and was suspected of having stolen liquor ; that
he assaulted and struck two of the seamen in a most
violent and brutal manner ; and his conduct was so out-
rageous that the commander was obliged to arm himself,
after be had cut open the head of one of the men with
the ship's axe ; lie also let go the main braces, cut away
the topsail sheets, which made the sails fall back on
the mast, it blowing then a heavy gale—no doubt
with the intention of destroying the ship and crew with
himself, to avoid the punishment of the crime be ha
been guilty of. He bad made a blow with the axe at the
Commander, and stood over the main batch with it in his
hand. to prevent the crew coming up. The mate in coin•
mand avoided his blow, and succeeded in securing him,
lashed his legs together, and fastened him to the capstan
with chains. To the above charges he pleaded guilty.
He was committed to Haverfordwest gaol on the 2d inst.
Cambrian.

LACONIC EPISTLES.—A very celebrated
Diplomatist, whose time, at one period of his life, was so
engaged in matters of political importance that he could
scarcely find a moment to attend to social duties, and a
certain facetious colleague used to say that lie never
dotted his I a cr crossed his T s, for the purpose of saving
time. It is not, therefore, probable that such a man
would fritter sway his precious existence in writing letters
to friends upon subjects unconnected with ambition or
party intrigues. He, however, broke through his deter-
mination in the following instance. A lady with whom
he was well acquainted married a young French noble-
man, the choice of her heart. Scarcely bad the honey
moon passed sway, when the husband was attacked
with a severe illness and died. The diplomatist being
informed that the affliction of the lady was so in-
tense, that night and day she did nothing but weep
—that sot row would soon bring her to the grave—

deemed it an imperative duty to write a letter ofcondo-
lence. This be performed—but reflecting that true grief
is alas' • ilitetypipAnd wishing her to understand how alive
his etiqe w• et11174.,he irreparalle loss she bad sustained,ivlalfe\ the -% iscrsi—and they formed the whole cov-
e NOte-c4dO.;ige,letter " Ah! Madame! !" Six
ity;s.,4l grief and sorrow passed also
'414416004e`j ••ittoldjpiplas. The fair lady followed the
gliworAitesus, and took to herself an-
o ' -' 0 Beii had the writer of protocols
hea • ' "fnced more than usual alacrity
in c' • ": go-RV:oefi:teltt on of writing a congratulatory
epietlelb 4A. ": • etddingly despatched. lie again re-
flected, ie not loquacious joy is also laconic—
and so he wrote---a" Ho! Ho ! Madame!"