The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-27 00:00:00

IIUNGERFORD.

Coarse Meadow Hay £3 15 to £4 0
New Meadow Hay -4 0 4 15
Useful Old Ditto 4 5 4 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
Clove: Hay
4 10 5 5
Oat Straw £0 oto £0 0 I Wheat S. raw

DINNER TO COLONEL LYGON AND MR. PA-
KINGToN.---On Monday a dinner was given at the Green Dra-
gon, Corse Lawn, to Colonel Lygon and Mr. Pakington.
The company was numerous and highly respectable. Sir A.
Lecllmere, Bart., was in the Chair, and Mr. T. Hawkins, of
Staunton Court, was Vice-President. Among the company
were—The Hon. W. J. Coventry ; Mr. Dowdeswell, of Pull
Court; Major Martin, and many of the neighbouring Gentry
and Clergy, with most of the respectable farmers in the neigh-
bourhood. After the cloth was removed the following toasts
were received most cordially :—" Church and King." " A
pattern to the world—our gracious Queen." " The Princess
Victoria, the Duchess of Kent, and the rest of the Royal Fa-
mily." The Chairman then proposed " The health of Co..
lonel Lygon, their old and excellent County Representative,
a gentlemen who had ever evinced by his votes in Parliament
a sincere desire to uphold the interests upon which depended
the welfare and happiness of the nation." Other conservative
toasts were then drunk, after which the company separated.
Worcester Journal.

ENUMERATION MADE BY M. ARAGO OF ALL
THE SEVERE WINTERS DURING THE LAST TEN CENTURIES.—
In 806 the Rhone was frozen over ; the cold was from 18 to
20 centigrade degrees below Zero. In 1133, the Po was frozen
from Cremona to the sea. In 1234, loaded waggons crossed
the Adriatic in front of Venice. In 1305, all the rivers of
France were frozen over. In 1324, it was possible to travel
from Denmark to Lubec and Dantzic on the ice. In 1334,
all the rivers of Provence and Italy were frozen ; at Paris, the
frost lasted two months and twenty days. In 1468, it was ne-
cessary to break up the wine in Flanders with hatchets, in
order to serve it out to the soldiers. In 1544, the same became
requisite in France. In 1594, the sea was frozen from Mar-
seilles to Venice. In 1657, the Seine was entirely frozen
over. In 1677, the Seine was froze_n fur thirty five successive
days. In 1709, the Adriatic and the Mediteranean, from Mar-
seilles to Genoa, were frozen. In 1716, shops were established
on the Thames ; and finally, the Seine was entirely frozen
over in 1742,1744, 1766, 1767, 1776, 1788, and 1820.—Paris
Advertiser.

LORD ABlNGER.—Jamaica, a soil not very rmyifie
of such men, had the honour of uivitig birth
Scarlett, and also to an elder inothcr
aJarin
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in the law." The latter, the Ist-
ost equally
Sir W. A. Scarlett,"e n
wase
Justice, Jacksor.
the leading barrister of '
...e island, until the death of its Chief
vernor • .., when the Duke of Manchester, then go-
• , raised him to the bench. Several other branches of
the Scarlett family have large possessions in Jamaica, which
they inherit from a train of wealthy ancestors. The well-
known anecdote of a young barrister being congratulated on
having no fortune, because a comfortable independence, for
which he was sighing, would be the ruin of him, has been
supposed to apply strictly to the whole profession. Sir J.
Scarlett, however, is a proof that its application is not uni-
versal, for the inheritance of an ample fortune furnished no
obstacle to his professional diligence. Sir James Scarlett
assumed the silk gown in 1816. While on the northern cir.
cuit he realized 12,0001. per annum, but latterly his income
has far exceeded that sum. His Lordship's first speech of any
importance in Parliament was in the debate on the finances of
the country early in the session of 1819. Later in the same
session Mr. Scarlett zealously advocated the amendment of
the criminal code, in a speech on the motion of Sir James
Macintosh for a committee. A considerable majority in favour
of the motion attested the power which his and the hon.
mover's speech, opposed as they were by Ministers, had exer-
cised over the judgment and feelings of the house. Mr. Scar-
lett was appointed one of the committee, which contained
several distinguished lawyers, and other active and intelligent
members. The Chief Baron is a widower, with a family of
four or five children: his eldest son is at the bar; another
son, Yorke Scarlett, Major of the 7th Dragoon Guards ; and
one of his daughters is the lady of Sir John Campbell, the
late Attorney-General. The learned Baron left town on
Wednesday evening for Abinger-hall, near Dorking.