The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-03 00:00:00

EDINBURGH ELECTION.

Edinburgh, Swurday, May 31.
air FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. -
The poll closed to-day at lour o'clocK, when the votes
were sound to stand thus :
Sir John Campbell
Mr. Learmonth
Mr. Aytoun

▪ 1,932
• 1,402

Majority for Sir John Campbell ...... 530
The announcement of this result was received with
tremendous cheers by the company in the Merchants' Hall,
and the multitude stationed in Hunter-square. Sir John
addressed the people amidst great cheering.

On the 18th inst. the Duke of Wellington
will give a sumptuous entertainment at Apsley-house►,`
to celebrate the nineteenth anniversary of the mein')."
rabic victory of Waterloo. The number of distin-
guished officers who are expected to be present is fogy
or forty-five.

A letter received yesterday from KimberleY
Hall, Norfolk, announces the death of Lord Wocl°-
house. His lordship was in the 93d year of his age
at the time of his death, having been born in the I
1741, and created a baron in 1797. His lordship
the father of the House of Peers, and was of kal2 •
ancient family; one of his ancestors was knighted' PI
Henry the First in the year 1100. His lordship
a baronet at the time of his being created a peer, all
Recorder of Falmouth.

The Western Literary and Scientific
Insti-
tution at Leicester-square held its half-yearly meet
last night, and received the report of its comnuu—..
From this document it appeared that many menlhe'"
had left and more had been admitted into the establish'
ment since the previous meeting, and that, upon, t 11:
whole, its funds were in a more flourishing condom
than they have ever hitherto been, leaving a balagr
of 119/. in the hands of the committee after the litlre
dation of all charges and expenses incurred during :he
half-year. After the presentation of the report,
meeting was occupied for a considerable time in u
cussing propositions of no great consequence resP:ry
ing the management of the institution, but in S. nee
unskilful, irregular manner, so as to put the Pat/e to
of their chairman, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, severelY

the test.
Captain Ross arrived at Hamburg on dd-
pnreosciceayedewdeeimk.medHiaeteslytoptopecdopthenerheagoennly,
voihneerdeaby,
bad
a
it in view to engage some Greenland seam", prep
ratory to another expedition towards the frozen real be
At Copenhagen Captain Ross had the honour to be •
presented to the King. He stopped there three days;
and in Sweden and Norway intends, it is said, to have
some ships built of deal. With these vessels, which,
on account of the pliability of the material, are peat"
liarly qualified for voyages among the ice, he intends,
it is said, to go to the North Pole. He became inti-
mate with a M. Kale, an enterprising man, who had
lavuaabannntukdenn, opportunityabundance
,tnn.ancl
sibpsoihocim.thfiewesnoohhtuf
cnadhtnaro
dnyhi ndewgN
has
edaiKsm fasol
selected,
expects.
emlienteoteefdstneh,adr valshlt i
etcioknei
shallfnitondhr
mse Green'a
iaobtainnpri-
be
merchants are much interested about the undertahiT
ai the trade to the North, and especially to 'eels°
since it has been made free, has greatly increased in
extent and importance.
if st.
MOTHER CHURCH.—Bacon says, "
John were to write an epistle to the church' f Erg.
land, it would surely contain the clause, " avni-
few things against thee." lam not quite of his e °;:ot
nion, said Dr. Jortin ; I fear it would be, " I
hay
a few things against thee."
a
Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock,
fiLrieghbrt,okohe outher iwnaythtee eLngonindeo-hr,ooamhdofthethe Royalll
re
Liam, Margate steamer, about a mile
of order and partially burst. Captainfrom the
Denharna,_ t
master of the vessel, succeeded in allaying the
were
of the passengers, about 170 in number.,,ithh°e crew
thrown into much confusion, and by the al" u" set at
and some of the passengers the pumps Were
work, and water was thrown into the engine-roore7
which place the fire, after doing considerable mige.ll'
n the
was confined. The Royal William was run A, the
Blyth Sand, and, signals of distress being hoiste
passengers were taken on board the Magnet rte
time,
Captain Jones, which left Margate at the same tulle,
but was dista'iced by the Royal William. In dam'
ping-the anchor a seaman fell overboard, but he vral
picked up and taken on board alive. A steam-verse`
boiler got o.u!
was sent away last • night to the -More: for the purpoil,
of towing up the Royal William. The most alarming.
reports were in circulation last night respecting tb
accident, but, from the account of several passenger*
t appears that no one received the least injury.
In the yerr 1791, in a reg.ment quartered t
W nisor, t' ere wis a man named Martin, a notOrioca
bad character. One morning when- the iergeanti
major was parading the men for guard, Martin '93 as
the numbs r. In those days, shoes were not w91:11..
now, rights and lefts. The sergeant-major with
cane, turned up the tongue of Martin's gaiter, and
blackguard, rtdh, e
myour n
since
youoes
said,yloon guh‘ah‘vaeYv
have
not changed
you had those, Sir ?" The man rePricu,
" Near a fortnight, Sir." The sergeant-major gave
him a slap with his cane, and ordered him to fall cm'
fll in again, when the sergeant-major accosted hiro•
"haedntolitetime.,..a;
" Well, Sir, have you changed your shoes?" " Yet
Sir," said Martin, " and have got 2s. and a pot of bet
and change his shoes. In about fifteen minutes be
to boot, from a man at the Horse and Groom beloW4
The sergeant-major burst into a fit of laughter.; a"
old
turned away, and Martin mounted guard in h'
shoes.
bad n°
IRISH REBELLION.--The French •II
his the
ence as allies ; and in the very crisis of t ewe
h the n
situation, a rebel came to the bishop w 1 eing
adiran
that the royal cavalry was at that moment
country by
from Sligo, and could be traced along the
._
wind their
power to protect, beyond the moral one of their in u-
the line of blazing houses which accomPcoanknot be-
march. The bishop of course doubted, ul
the rebel'
lieve, and so forth. " Come with me," 5,.7 foidsbiP
It was a matter of policy to yield, and bile;towes-
went. They ascended together the Neal disco,
hill, from the summit of which the bishop 11° troy.
vered that the fierce rebel had spoken bit too truly
the
A line of smoke and -fire ran over the coinit'l f-orcep
rear of a strong patrol detached from the ging resod
The moment was critical; the rebel's ere elEotant
the unsettled state of his feelings, and it th,a2t " 010
the imprudent bishop uttered a sentiment winelbet
dying. day he could not forget. " They, „said
meaning the ruined houses, " they are onlY scre„,,ento
cabins." The rebel mused, and for a few ne
seemed in self-conflict—a dreadful interval to th
shop, who became sensible of his own extreme ialfpea
dente the very moment after the words bed.,elevogy
him. However, the man contented him with 0,10-
after a pause, " A poor man's cabin is to him as
visa,
able as a palace." It is probable that this Ttit big
far from expressing the deep moral Indiana
heart, though his readiness of mind faileudchto wish
him with one more stinging.
did not fare
being broken. The bishop,
nh‘rwl
(*glebe fail to blame
the lesson he had received,o
retchi for his imprudence
himself most heavily, noto
of a language express.,
depends upon the first movementAonfvdvrii:n
as for his thoughtless P
adur which did not belong tol,il
ing an aristocratic ha,e
,Eainburgh Magazine,
real character.— Taii dictivo feeling

mladyanof,sFlrieletrick Ayrt.on,l3o-risgroba" y,
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p y . i ary Service,
BIRTHS.
.0. of
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of a daughter..
at Highb l lad} aG.
ury-p ace, the
On the 24 inst.,
v of a .
Matveieff, ..,s(l., I We,
On the Ist inst., in Guilford-street, Rusgeb-sq
theOHnotnh.e
Mrs. Charles Wmfield, of a daughter. +he hai 4
of the Rev. J. C. Whalley, of a daughter' On the 31st ult., at Colchester, Essest -- '
Christopher Hewetson Barnes Esq. of a aotire the lady
On the 31st ult., at Ecton, Barnes,
'
On the Ist inst., at Wendover-house, " -
lady of G. R. Tayler, r —sq ,of a son. piaering-terrace,
On the Ist inst., Mrs. d.'Emden, iO '--
Westbourne-green, of a son. f the Rev. C.
B. Pearson, of a son. EntiA, the
East3lst ullntd.i,athcoe
G Ilwellhouse Essex,
wife of Thomas Henry Vsborne 1...5q., of a s
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the
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theOlnattehße
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On the 31st ult., in Manchester-street , Mallen_
quare Alaria, the wife of James Colvin, Esq aged 70r,
s- On ihe Ist inst., at Denmark-hill, in her 86th 1
Sarah, relict of the late Francis Green Esq.
of
Ft_lvit Aberystwyth,.,ofsasgau.
On the Ist inst., in Half Moon-street, Sarah, re
William Yapp,.Esq., aged 73.

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