The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-22 00:00:00

EARL GREY.

(From the Edinburgh Evening Courant.)

Earl Grey quitted Edinburgh on Thursday afternoon.
Before his departure he addressed the following letter to
the Lord Provost :

" Douglas's Hotel, Sept. 10, 1834.
"MY LORD PROVOST-1 cannot leave Edinburgh without
once more expressing to you the deep and grateful sense which
I entertain, and which can never cease but with my life, of the
reception which I have met within this ancient and illustrious
city.

So general a manifestation of the feeling of its inhabi-
;ants, may I not add, without presumption, of the people of
Scotland, constitutes a reward such as few public men have
received, and far exceeds any merits that I possess. To you,
my Lord Provost, I beg leave also to repeat my thanks for all
the kindness which you have shown me on this occasion.
" I have, however, to regret, that in the confusion which at-
tended the presentation of the addresses at the Waterloo Ho-
tel, I had not an opportunity of sufficiently expressing, to the
Deputation of the Trades, how much I had felt myself ho-
noured by their attend'ng the procession. It was a distinction
which I had no right to expect, and which will always afford
me the most gratifying recollection. If you would have the
goodness, therefore, to repair an involuntary omission by con-
veying this expression of my feelings, I should be much
obliged to you.
" I have to regret a similar omission with respect to the
Trades of Leith, and to request also your good offices, to re-
pair it in the same manner.
" I remain, with sincere regard,
" My Lord Provost,
" Your most faithful and obedient servant,
( Signed) 66 GREY.
" The Lord Provost of Edinburgh."

A letter has just been received by our Magistracy
from Earl Grey, intimating his Lordship's regret that as it is
not in his power to visit Hamilton Palace, as was originally in-
tended, he will not have an opportunity of receiving the marks
of public attention which were meant to be shown him at Glas-
gow.—Scots Times.

Yesterday a public dinner was given to William
Blamire, Esq., M.P., for the Eastern Division of Cumberland,
at the Coffee-house Inn, Carlisle. Many individuals having
felt offended at the manner in which the compliment was first
announced, the dinner was in consequence not expected to be
numerously attended.—Kendal Mercury.
A letter from a Mr. Thorn, assistant-overseer of
the poor at Tring, in Hells, says :—" We give no out-door
relief to the able-bodied labourers, except in cases of illness,
or some emergency. I had bedsteads built the other day to
accommodate fifty-four men in one room, but have not had one
occupied as yet, all preferring their own exertion to obtain
labour, to coming into the house. I have no doubt but I shall
by my management, aided by the Act, reduce the expenditure
this year, 1,0001. below the last."

We are gratified to find that our gallant and highly.
esteemed Lieutenant-Governor, Sir John Cameron, who va-
cates the command of this garrison on the 30th instant, after
a residence of eight years in this town, will still remain among
us. He has taken St. Michael's Lodge, Stoke, lately occu-
pied by the Rev. W. J. Aubyn, where we earnestly hope he
will long enjoy, with his amiable lady, the rich reward he has
so nobly earned by a distinguished and honourable career in
the service of his country, and a private life of unassuming
kindness and benevolence. Sir John will be succeeded in the
command of this district by Major-General Sir Willoughby
Cotton, K. C. H.—Devonport Telegraph.
DEATH OF PROFESSOR SCOTT.—.We regret to
state, that Mr. David Scot, 'late minister of Corstorphine, and
Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages in the University
of St. Andrews, died here on:Thursday morning. The disease,
we understand, was water inihe chest, which carried him off
after a few days' illness. He had come to Edinburgh to at-
tend the meeting of the British Association, and was present,
we believe, at the closing sederunt in the Hall of the College
Library on Saturday last. His profound knowledge of Eastern
Literature was not surpassed by any scholar in the empire,
whilst his sterling integrity—his modest unassuming manners,
gained him the affectionate esteem of all who had the pleasure
of his acquaintance.—Edinburgh Evening Courant.
We understand that on Wednesday next the Not-
tingham Amateur Musical Society will commence their sixth
season, when a high musical treat is expected.
THE DUBLIN CUSTOM HOUSE FIRE.—It is said

that Government has at length consented to appoint a Nisi
Prius trial, for the settlement of this question, and, as a mat-
ter of form, to place two officers of the customs (who were
then in charge of the stores) on their trial ; and, if wilful mis-
conduct can be proved against them, it is understood that the
merchants, whose bonded goods were burnt, will be remune-
rated.

That delightful little watering-place, SWanwich, is
is this year receiving a considerable portion of the patronage of
the beau monde. Among the latest arrivals, we observe the
Marchioness of Headfort, Colonel Sir Octavius and Lady
Carey and family, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne, Col. Gore
Langton and family, Hon. Miss Addington, Mr. and Lady
Isabella St. John, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Otley and family.
• MR. STAVELEY AND HIS GOOSE.—Our readers
have not forgotten the singular attachment displayed by a
goose, for Mr. Staveley, of Clifton, which we noticed some
weeks since. Last week Mr. S. went to sojourn at Scar-
borough, in order to enjoy the pleasures of sea-bathing, and to
partake of the invigorating effects of the sea air ; and the poor
bird, after his departure, became quite disconsolate. It seve-
ral times went to Mr. Staveley's lodgings, and not finding its
biped friend, it evinced its sense of the loss by significant de-
monstrations. Mr. Staveley had become equally attached to
his dumb companion ; and as they mutually pined for each
other, the bird was sent for and dispatched to Scarborough, by
the mail, on Tuesday last. When it arrived at the coach-
office, before it was let out of the basket in which it was com-
fortably packed, it heard the well-known voice of Mr. Sta-
veley, and set up a cry of joyful recognition. The two friends
are now re-united, and are to be seen every day promenading
the Cliff Rock, where great crowds are attracted by the un-
usual spectacle.— Yorkshire Gazette.
The Game List for the County of York contains
the names of sixty clergymen, being within three ofithe entire
number of certificates taken out for Renfrewshire this year,
and ten more than the list from Yorkshire exhibited last year
of sporting parsons.
A boatman at Cove having quarrelled with his wife
on Wednesday, was in the act of striking her, but her son in-
terfering for her prOiection, the father turned on the latter,
who was obliged to run away in order to escape his fury. The
father pursued, but approaching too close to the margin of the
cliff, the unfortunate man fell over, and died in about fifteen
minutes after.—Cork Paper.

WIND STORM.—On the afternoon of Wednesday
week the neighbourhoods of Eccles, Mouton, and Barton-
upon-Irwell were visited by a sort of whirlwind, the dura-
tion of which was fortunately not more than ten minutes,
and consequently the damage done was not so great as
would otherwise, most probably, have been the case. The
principal injury resulting from it, of which we have heard,
was the forcible lifting up of two large glass hot-bed
frames in the garden of Mr. Boardman, in Barton Lane,
which, after being carried up some feet into the air, were
again dashed down with such force as to break them into
thousands of fragments. In Eccles, near the house of Mr.
Sawby, some wet clothes which were lying on a hedge, were
suddenly carried up into the air, and borne along over a field,
before they fell to the ground. But a still more singular cir-
cumstance of this kind took place at the farm of Mr. Ormshaw,
near Monton Green. A quantity of clothes on a hedge, which
were nearly dry, were caught by the gust and borne up to a
great height. They passed over Eccles, where many people
saw them, and some mistook them for birds, and at length
they fell near the garden of Mr. Boardman above mentioned,
having traversed through the air a distance of nearly_ a mile.
Amongst them was large pieces of wet drugget.—Manchester
Guardian.
The plan for improving the ports and harbours of
Ilfracombe and Swansea, together with the establishment of
daily communication by steam packets, is in a very forward
state. The adoption of so important a measure will be most
beneficial to the south of Ireland in opening a direct communi-
cation with the ports of Waterford, Youghall, and Cork,
and other ports, in conjunction with the projected rail-
way now in progress to unite the rivers Suir and Shannon from
Waterford to 'Limerick. This will also afford a double deli-
very of the foreign packet postage to the city of Bristol, Bath,
and other adjacent parts.—Dorset Chronicle.
HERRING FISIIERY.—BANFF, SEPT. 15.—The
herring fishery is now completely closed for the season, and
has turned out the most unproductive ever remembered on this
coast ; and on the other side, we believe, it is much the same.
The only place where we have heard of a successful fishing is
at Shetland, and the West India market will be well supplied
from that quarter, for the greatest part of our herrings has
been sent to Germany. The prices, however, will not remune-
rate the curer, because it is an article only consumed by the
lower classes, on account of its cheapness, and will not bear a
high price.
Surveys and other preliminaries for forming a rail-
road from Paris to Calais are completed. Two lines have
been under consideration—one by Amiens, and the other by
St. Quentin. The latter is conceived to be the best, as offer-
ing fewer difficulties, as, by following the banks of the Oise,
there are less irregularities of surface and of marsh land to
go over. The distance of the two lines is nearly the same,
and extends to about 80 leagues. On passing through the
arondissement of St. Quentin there must be two tunnels cut
—one of 1,000 feet at Tronquoy, and another of 600 feet
at Pr6sel. The expense is estimated at 500,000 f. a league,
making in the whole a sum of 40,000,000 f.
Steingberg was well known to many persons of re-
spectability in Hamburg, as will appear from the following
extract of a letter from a friend, with which we have this morn-
ing been favoured:—" Steinberg, who has just committed the
most dreadful of all dreadful murders and suicides, was a
workman of our's in London 25 years ago. He was the in-
ventor of the spiral ornamented whalebone walking canes,
riding whips, &c., and used to -cover our telescope bodies with
the same material. Last summer he called upon me two or
three times with his unfortunate wife and children, and I made
some purchases of him, as also, I believe, Mr. M. Neueburg,
to a large amount. He was, lam sure, in pecuniary distress,
and that, I have no doubt, led him to commit the horrid deed.
I always took him to be a quiet, industrious, sober man, and
he invariably gave us satisfaction in whatever he did for us."—
, Hamburg Reporter.