The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-09 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—A paragraph having appeared in your paper of
the 6th inst., alluding to the Master of the Ceremonies of
Bath, I take leave to state that I have the honour to be
the only Master of the Ceremonies here, and that as far as
reg irds myself', the paragraph is totally unfounded; I
therefore must call on you for a prompt contradiction.
I remain, Sir, your obedient, &c.
Bath, Jan. 8. JAMES HEAVISIDE.
[The paragraph alluded to was copied from the Sails.
bury Herald, and the party alluded to is represented as
Mr. D—ri.—ED. Sun.]

The Lord Chancellor and his brother, William
Brougham, Esq., M.P., are expected to retur❑ to town
this day from Broughatn Hall, near Penrith, where they
have been attending the obsequies of their lamented relative.
O❑ Saturday next, being the first day of Hilary Term,
his Lordship will give the accustomed dejeunc in Berkeley-
rquare to the Judges and King's Counsel.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Down-
shire have been dispensing their hospitality to the sick
and their benevolence to the poor during the recess at
Hillsborough Castle, in Ireland. Viscount Castlereagh,
Viscount Massareene, and Lord Marcus Hill, have been
visitants of the Marquis, and, with his Lordship and the
family, attended the County Down Hunt Ball. The Earl
of Hillsborough has been making an interesting tour in
the north of Europe.
Mr. Lamb's funeral is to take place this day.
He is to be buried at Hatfield, in Herts.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when Thomas Babington Macaulay,
Esq., 111. P. , was sworn in as fourth ordinary member of
the Council of India. Mr. Macaulay afterwards dined with
tile Directors at the City of London Tavern.
The Lausanne Gazette announces that Mont
St. Bernard is at this moment very dangerous : in conse-
quence of the quantity of snow that has fallen, travellers
lare threatened by the avalanches. Three persons arrived
ately at the licti,e of refuge with their hands and feet
zen. They received immediate assistance, and are to
ult. annw
remain until erfectly cured.
othe Ito let tes of the t t
rile Gazette f T , S. .1. lB I
ce
~, inces that two persons, Francesco Angellotti and
1'
r° 11"arllili condemned to death for taking part in the
moment
conspiracy at
were on the I,!eles, which was discovered last summer,
when'Te.brought to the scaffold, but, at the
summated, a G”..". execution was expected to be con-
pardon. .averntuent messenger arrived with their
WESTMINSTER il
AfALL.--The late floods in
Lambeth and on the
fltlENtil,esex side of the river, have
induced the Department o
:f ds and Forests to order an
inspection of the foundation
ash:Wdestalinster Hall, which
time out of mind has been w
aar altered appearance
effect of the floods may be seen in by spring tides. The
of the walls, which in many parts
cu:ar. The thickness of stone and
teheout of perpendi-
int those
buttresses against the exterior keep the waiSistrfong piers or
yet the roof, which is not supported by pill,,,,rsoinh falling;
curious oak timbers so admirably carved, ~,,
danger from any considerable inclination of the height
i`c;
herefore, in the repairs, which are to be made forthwith
tnli
it is well to look at the foundation. On Monday the
workmen commenced the examination by taking up the
Mare in the south-east angle. The old stone floor, ovei,
,vhicli the lawyers on more than one occasion were rowed
out in wherries, was raised to the present level. In open

•
THE RECENT WRECKS.—Yesterday, at low
water, the banks, particularly the north bank, was covered
with men employed in searching for the remains of the
vessels and cargoes wrecked during the late dreadful gales.
Pieces of wreck and articles of merchandise are collected
on various points, and numerous boats were employed in
conveying the relies of the storm to places of safety on the
mainland.—Liverpool Albion.

Great indignation has been expressed at the
manner in which the Cross of Honour ie profaned, and
we are assured that. in order to stop the outry, orders will
be issued, directing how those upon whom it is conferred
are to wear it. The fashionables will wear it suspended
from their cravats ; the gluttons, from their bellies ; the
j.wrnalists, who have been bought, from their pockets;
and the suborned of M. Gisquet, from their shoulders. It
will continue to be worn upon the h?arts of soldiers, and
of those citizens whom France honours. —Le Corsairc.

We take the following from the Journal de
Geneve The Patriotic Society of Bienne, atone of
its late sittings, voted an energetic address, demanding the
expulsion of the Jesuits. A motion that an application
should be made for the admission of Prince Louis Bona-
parte, who has become naturalised in Thurgau, into the
Federal Military Council, was rejected. In corning to
this negative vote, the society expressed its conviction
that the Government, when occasion arose, would best
know how to avail itself of the talents of this young
prince."

On Tuesday a distressing accident occurred
to a fine youth, aged 12, the son of H. Rushbrook, Esq.,
Alpha Cottages, Regent's Park. A bellhanger had bored
a hole through a post by the garden door for the purpose
of inserting the bell wire, and the unfortunate boy, who
was within the garden and unobserved by the workman,
supposed he had finished, and applied his left eye to the
hole. The workman at the same time again introduced
his auger for the purpose of clearing the bole, when the
instrument entered the poor boy's eye. His screams were
agonizing, and it is feared be will lose the sight of both
►yes.

" A very interesting book has just been pub-
lished, under the title of ' Naval Adventures during
Thirty-five Years' Service, by Lieutenant W. Bowers,
R.N.' The author has passed through a career of sin.
gular hardship and adventure, and his narrative fully
verifies the remark that truth is frequently stronger than
fiction. Lieutenant Bowers has spent a good portion of
his life in various parts of South Atnet ica, and his account
of that country, and of his voyages, particularly those
made in the Pacific, contains much useful information on
the subjects of trade and navigation, and records some very
extraordinary occurrences. We have here a repetition of
the daring enterprises and wild romantic adventures
which characterized the voyages of the early navigators in
the South Seas."— Times.

PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF DANCING.
The sum and substance of the matter seems to me to
be only this :—A party of ladies and gentlemen (who
elsewhere pass for intelligent and rational beings) assemble
at the ball room. They soon array themselves in oppos •
ing lines. Presently a young lady jumps up from the
floor, shakes one foot, and comes down again. Again she
springs up, and the other foot quivers. Then she turns
round in her place, springs up, and shakes both her feet.
Her intelligent partner opposite performs the same opera-
tions. Then both rush forward and seize each other's
band, jump up again, shake their feet, and stand still.
The next lady and gentleman very rationally and soberly
follow the example just set them, jumping, shaking, and
turning, and so on to the end, and for no other reason
than brcau.e black Coffee sits in the corner yonder draw-
ing a horsehair across a catugut —American Paper.
COLONEL MACERONE'S STEAM-CAR-
RIAGIL—Tbis carriage yesterday completed the eighth
day of its trips for hire, from Oxford-street to Edgware ;
and, notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable state of
the roads at this season of the year, the journeys have
been performed with success, and without any accident to
the machinery or otherwise. The average speed has been
three minutes per mile, at the quickest rate, and seven
minutes per mile at the slowest; this mile including the
ascent of 'Windmill-hill. The carriage will, we under-
stand, to-morrow start to and from Uxbridge, a journey
of greater extent, as well as upon a more crowded road,
and including Notting-bill, and other steep ascents.
During the running on the Edgware-road some amusing
contests took place between the stage coaches and the
steamer, in which the latter came off victorious. When
the comparative merits of these vehicles must necessarily
justify their claims to adoption, it will Le well worth the
while of scientific men scrupulously to observe the pro-
gress of Colonel Macerone's machine, as well as that of Sir
Charles Dance's.

DEATH OF RICHARD MARTIN, ESQ.,
LATE MEMBER FOR GALWAY,-BOULOGNE, JAN. 7.-
1 This gentleman, so generally known to the public by the
Act of Padiament which bears his name, departed this
life i❑ the SOth year of his age, yesterday (Monday, the
6tb inst.), at his house in Boulogne, in which place he
has principally resided since his retirement from public
life, universally esteemed and respected by all who enjoyed
the pleasure of his acquaintance. There are few persons
now remaining who have seen so much of what is termed
" the world" as Mr. Martin. As a public character he
was connected with and bore a part in some of the most
importannt events recorded in the annals of our country.
Intimately acquainted, both in a public and a private ca-
-1 pacity, with Pitt, Fox, Burke, Sheridan, Grattan, Flood,
and all those great leading personages which formed, in
his day, a galaxy of wit and talent, which England may
in vain expect to see united in her Senate, at any future
era, he had such opportunities as few persons possessed of
forming a just estimate of the talents and principles of
each of those great men, respecting whom some of his
anecdotes and reminiscences were not only entertaining
and piquant, but in many instances formed highly useful
and instructive commentaries on the times in which he
lived, and the great and important events they gave birth
to. As a Member of the Irish House of Commons he had
ample means of marking the intrigues, cabals, and gro•s
corruption of that celebrated body, and which, though a
Member of, no person was more ready to admit, or for-
ward to condemn than he was. The merciful advocacy
of the interests of the brute creation by Mr. Marti❑ has
been sneered at and censured by some, as being based on a
fake humanity, but how unjustly, the numerous instances
of brutality and cruelty brought to light since the enact-
ment of his Bill will best attest.

able
appear
opcp:ia,re toolLe.,lwn per,lc: the channels for draining off the water
L •mod order. T,!efyothmadvaetinoont. yetTthwe,erw)
alls,
to ascertain the real state 01
*-- the reign of
according to Stowe, were rebuilt of stone
Richard IL, when, indeed, the whole of the Royal Court
at Westminster, which stood on this site, was repaired.
A letter of the 31st ult. from Brest says,
" A great number of sailors, recently enrolled, are daily
arriving at Brest. It is said that all the companies of
crews of the line are to be carried to their complement of
100 men, so as to be ready to embark the instant orders
are given, if it should be found necessary."
The Ministerial Journals have forgotten to
designate the species of the three birds which citizen-
royalty has just presented to the Cabinet of Natural His-
tory. We will lay any wager that they are not birds that
could be served up at table, or turned to profit in the
poultry market.—Le Charivari.
M. Gaillard, the chief instructor of the troops
of Sultan Mahmoud in European discipline, has arrived
in Paris, but the object of his visit is not known. He is
an old non-commissioned officer of the French army,
covered with scars, and is the first Europea❑ that the
Grand Seignor admitted into his service.—Galignani's
Messenger.
RARA Avit.—On Monday, about noon, a
stormy petrel was observed within a short distance of the
shore. A dauntless son of Neptune waded up to his chin
in the water, and notwithstanding the heavy breakers,
while thus situated, with a gun " killed his bird ;" but
it was with some difficulty he obtained it when it was
dead, the tide being on the ebb.—Brighton Gazette.
The suppression of the mail-coaches, and the
new adjudication of the conveyance of lett, rs and
despatches, have, it is said, been settled by the Minister of
Finances. This measure, it is said, is calculated to re-
duce by one-fourth the present enormous postage of let-
ters, without diminishing the produce of this branch of
thn public revenue.— Courrier Francais.
An old gentleman near Honiton, having no
family of his own, some time since sent circulars to his
nephews and nieces (thirty-six in number) to meet at his
house. Before dinner he called them one by one into his
private room, presented each with 1001., admonishing them
to be frugal and industrious, and live in harmony with each
other.—( Western Times )
PRIZE FIGHTING.—BeII's Life in London
and Sporting Chronicle of Sunday next will contain a
complete refutation of the calumnies contained in an
article in the United Service Journal of the present
month, on the subject of " Prize Fighting" and " Prize
Fighters." A list of the Jockey Club, and a variety o
articles interesting to the sportsman and general reader,
Price of Bell's Life in London sevenpence.