The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-04 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM.

Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, Henrietta Viscountess
Dillon, Lord and Lady Ravensworth, Lady Macgregor, Lady and
Miss Norcott, Lady Barry, Lady Seymour, Hon. W. L. Bathurst,
Hon. Mr. Courtenal, Hon. J. Tracy., Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Liddell,
Hon. Miss Fitter, Sir Thomas and Lady Winnington, Sir Richard
and Lady Pattison, Sir John and Lady Broughton, Sir Edward
Miles, General Derrnott, General Cox and family, Brigadier-Gen.
Carpenter and family, Colonel Hughes, Colonel and Mrs. Drum-
mond, Lieutenant-Colonel Macarthy, Major Strode, Major Hock-
ley, Major Macnamara, M.P., Rev. Dr. Baggs, Dr. Simon, Dr.
Burnett Garlik, Dr. N. Freidlander, Rev. Cooke Otway, Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Horne, Rev. M. Audry, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Coliton,
Rev. Mr. Goff and family, Rev. M. A. Relp, Capt. Cregoe, Capt
Pigott, Capt. Cope, Capt. Morris, Capt. Pitton, Capt. Waterman,
Capt. Dundas, Capt. Stanton, Capt. and Mrs. Williams, Capt. and
Mrs. Haselfoot, Capt. Lowe, Capt. Sharp, Capt. Dilkes, Capt.
Hay, Capt. Archer, Capt. Hall, Capt. Berry, Capt. Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Hulme, Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong,
Mr. and Mrs. Peel, Mr. and Mrs. Corbet, Mr. and Mrs. Wood-
ward, Mr. and Mrs. Mitford, Mr. and Mrs. Osgood Gee, Mr. and
Mrs. Asty, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Challis, Mr. and
Mrs. Tebbutt, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Kendall, Mr. Eve-
rard, Mr. Maund, Mr. Tinier, Mr. Ord, Mr. Maconochie, Mr.
Wycombe, Mr Jones, Mr. Luke, Mr. T. Smith, Mr. Saul, Mr.
Davies; Mr. Ward, Mr. Cormac, Mr. G. Greening.

THE SUN, jAiiNDON, THIiItBDAY, SEPTMIBER 4, 1834

lucky number. The lottery was drawn, and the ticket turned
out—a blank. Some time afterwards, when the recollection
of the unlucky adventure was fast fading away from the me-
mory of our friend the merchant, as he was about to enjoy his
accustomed nap, on casually looking towards the fire the same
identical number again presented itself, as if to mock the faith
of the speculator. The occasion was quickly unravelled. The
grate had been purchased at the Carron Foundry, and the
mysterious figures were nothing more than the pattern number,
which the founders alwayS place upon the back of their grates.
—Liverpool Mercury.
A bottle of wine was picked up by a fisherman one
day last week from the wreck of the Royal George, which
sunk at Spithead in the year 1780, having been 54 years under
water. The bottle was covered with oysters, winkles, &c.
It was presented by the man to Sir F. 1,. Maitland.
DI SCRIMINATION.—Mr. Baron Bolland, in the
course of his evidence in the great will cause at Lancaster,
stated, as a proof of Mr. Wright's sanity, that he, the Learned
Baron, had sent him a volume of his own poems, " which he
would not have done had he conceived him to be a man of in-
ferior intellect." Were. Mr. Hazelwood still living, what an
additional feather would this be in the cap of the Roxburgh
Club.

There is now residing at the Hotwells, Clifton, an
astonishing child, named W. Manuel, from Holywell, in
North Wales, who, though he only attained his fourth year
in March last, reads Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Welch, and
English fluently, and with equal facility if the book is re-
versed. He is a most interesting, intelligent-looking child,
and. as playful as children generally are at his age.—Bristol
Journal.

The weather on the Ist was rather unfavourable,
but notwithstanding we are glad to learn that the sportsman
had no cause of complaint in this neighbourhood. The birds,
though strong on the wing, are unusually abundant in all si-
tuations. We heard of one gentleman in the immediate vici-
nity of this town bagging, from 11 till 4 o'clock, 13 braces of
partridges, a brace of leverets, and a rabbit, his walk being
confined to 30 acres of unpreserved land.—Bury Herald.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.----The persons who
were born in Neufchatel out of marriage were hitherto not
allowed to dispose of the property they might acquire. By a
late regulation of the King of Prussia this has been altered,
and these persons are graciously allowed to dispose of their
own property. The custom which has thus been overturned
is a specimen of the tyranny formerly exercised over those who
were unfortunate enough to be born out of the prescribed
regulation.

MINES OF SWEDEN.—The mines of Sweden are
peculiarly rich in important product. The iron, found chiefly
in primitive rocks, is the finest in the world, and is widely
diffused. In 1812 there were 176 mines, 624 smelting-houses,
764 forges, producing in all 1,293,411 cwt. of iron. The ex-
portation in 1821 amounted to 340,000 skippund, and in 1824
had risen to 373,000, of which 345,000 were in bars, and
28,000 in ruder forms. There are also some valuable mines

in the southern provinces of Norway ; a most extensive deposit
of copper occurs in the province of Dalecarlia, particularly at
Fablun. Gold occurs at Adelfors, in Sweden, to no great
amount; but. the silver mines of Konsberg, in Norway, are
the richest in Europe. The metal occurs in masses of which
there was once found one weighing 600 lbs. There are also
lead mines of some importance at Scola and in other parts of
Svveden.—Encyclopadia of Geography.

LEITH CHAIN PIER.—The large wooden piles
upon which the suspension chains rest, having been found much
destroyed by minute aquatic grubs, the proprietors have this
year found it necessary to renew them, and have adopted a
new plan for their preservation. Various devices were pre-
viously resorted to in order to preserve the wood, but insidious
animals still found their way into it, and literally ate up the
logs. It was found that by driving large headed nails into the
piles, the voracious destroyers were kept in check for a time,
but whenever an opening was caused, either accidentally or by
the action of the sea, they instantly effected a lodgment, and
went on with their work of destruction the same as if the piles
had been wholly unprotected. The proprietors of the chain
pier have therefore determined to give the sea " wood-peckers"
some effective work before they can reach the timber, and
have encased the piles with thick sheet iron from top to bottom
of the water. The expense is great in the meantime, but if
this plan answer the purpose intended, the frequency of repairs
will be obviated, and a considerable saving effected in the end.
FOOD FOR CART HORSES.—The Earl of Bal-
carras's horses, ten of which are kept in Liverpool for the pur-
pose of delivering the coal brought thither from his Lordship's
mines, like most of those used for draught in that town, are
particularly large ; and in a district quite celebrated, and
justly so, for this description of horse, we certainly have seen
nothing equal, take them altogether, to his Lordship's teams.
They are fed in the following manner :—Statement of the
nature, quantity, and cost of the food consumed by ten horses
during seven days. The outside current prices are charged
for each article, and, of course, the different states of markets
will vary the cost of maintenance ; 32 bushels of potatoes,
steamed, at Is. 6d. per bushel, 2/. 2s. 6d. ; 2i bushels of
barley, crushed very fine, at 45., 10s. ; 21 of beans, at 4s. 6d.,
I Is. 3d. ; 22 stones of cut hay, to mix with potatoes, at 9d.
per stone, 16s. 6d. ; 14 stones of hay uncut, at 9d., 10s. 6d. ;
fire and labour, 2s. Total 4/. 9s. 9d. We repeat, that the
horses kept there are in the highest possible condition ; and
while we re-assert that the particulars of the statement may
be relied on, it will be admitted that this plan, which has been
adopted in Ireland as also in America, is well entitled to be
called economical.—British Farmer's Magazine.

Fothergill, in his Essay on Natural History, men-
tions an incident of his boyish days, of which he says he could
never lose the remembrance, but which gave rise to sentiments
and rules of action since very dear to him :—" Besides (he
says) a singular elegance of form and beauty of plumage, the
eye of the common lapwing is peculiarly soft and expressive :
it is large, black, and full of lustre, rolling as it seems to do,
in liquid gems of dew. I had shot a bird of this beautiful spe-
cies, but on taking it up I found it was not dead ; I had
wounded its breast, and some big drops of blood stained the
pure whiteness of its feathers. As I held the hapless bird in
my hand, hundreds of its companions hovered round my head
uttering continued shrieks of distress, and by their plaintive
cries appeared to bemoan the fate of one to whom they were
connected by ties of the most tender and interesting nature :
while the poor wounded bird continually moaned with a kind
of inward wailing note, expressive of the deepest anguish ;
and ever and anon it raised its drooping head, and turning to-
wards the wound in its breast, touched it with its bill, and then
looked up in my face with an expression which I have no wish
to forget, for it had power to touch my heart while yet a boy,
when a thousand dry precepts in the academical closet would
have been of no avail."

TALAIA.—The proprietor of one of the provincial
theatres in France, to repair the beggarly account of empty
boxes, announced the arrival of " Takla, the great Talma,
the Roscius of the French stage, for that night only." It so
happened that Talma himself arrived at the town on the very
day. Seeing his name announced in the play-bills for the part
of Mahomet, he debated with himself whether he should send
for the director of the theatre, and reproach him with the im-
position be was about to practice on the public. On reflection,
he considered it better to go to the theatre and see from the
boxes himself perform on the stage. He found, as might be
expected, that his representative was a miserable actor, but
bore a strong resemblance tp him. Talma could not bear to
see the part and himself murdered, and getting round to the
green-room made himself known to Mahomet, who was thun-
derstruck. The manager appeared, and Talma very good na-
turedly told him to be under no alarm, for the actor had only to
unrobe and he would take his place. The delight of the ma-
nager and all the actors can easily be conceived. Talma him-
self appeared and went through 'the remainder of the play,
electrifying the audience by his astonishing powers, which was
surprised to see how he improved as he went on, for in order
that the transition might not be too abrupt, Talma commenced
by imitating the voice and the manner of the pseudo-Roscius.
THE SON OF FIELDING.—I was introduced one
day in St. James's Park to the Fielding of whom you game me
so lively an anecdote. He was then a fine old man, though
visibly shaken by time ; he received me in a manner which
had much of old courtesy about it, and I looked upon him
with gre at
year afterwardsinterestforhisfath a Looksake;er's wa
ts sent m
this mustwith
have been
in 1817. The this
title, " Eternal Punishment Proved to be not Suffering, but
Privation ; and Immortality Dependent on Spiritual Regene-
ration ; by a member of the Church of England." There
came a letter with it, in which the author (James Fontaine),
supposing me to be well acquainted with Mr. Fielding, spoke
of him as his friend, and as holding the opinions which were
maintained in this book. And I heard afterwards from the
friend who had introduced me to him, that he was supposed
to have fallen into some peculiar religious notions, and that
something like enthusiasm was imputed to him—which, judging
from the book, it could only have been by persons who had
bestowed no serious thought themselves upon the most serious
of all subjects ; for Fontaine (though far from an able writer)
has upon Scriptural grounds, and without any tendency to
enthusiasm, endeavoured to establish an opinion in which the
heart and understanding might fully acquiesce, as one which
would vindicate the ways of God to man. Fielding, there-
fore, appears to have avoided those errors into which men so
frequently fall when they begin earnestly to look beyond this
mortal state.—Southey ; from the Autobiography of Sir
Egerton Brydges.
Loss By LIGHTNING AT SEA.-011 Friday
last, a man of the name of Charles Williams, called upon Mr.
Lemon, the harbourmaster at Donaghadee, and made the fol-
lowing report :—That he was carpenter on board the brig
Lucy, of New York, burden 220 tons, John Murray com-
mander ; that on Sunday, the 3d instant, off the mouth or near
the entrance of the Clyde, they were struck by lightning about
of eleven r. m., when the main and fore-top-masts
shivered
to atoms, and the deck planks were ripped up
from
were hour
the
timbers and beams • that on the previous day he had
cut about six feet of a plank' to mend the bottom of the hen-
coop, and this piece of wood he hove overboard, and swam to
it, in order to guard against being swamped, or rather sucked
down in the vortex ; and this would have actually been the
case with him, had he not made use of the timely precaution,
for all the rest on board intended to betake themselves to the
boats, oars, &a., but, the event being so instantaneous, that in
five minutes the ship and her crew (nine
in number) perished
....-all went down in the sort of whirlpool the vessel made in
her rapid descent to the bottom, They had taken in a cargo
of sugar and coffee at the Havannah, bound for Greenock, and
had been thirty-six days out of port when the catastrophe took
place. He further stated, that on the following morning he
was picked up by a small schooner, called the Good Intent,
and landed at Lochryan. Captain Fayrer, of his Majesty's
Mail Packet, treated him on the passage between Portpatrick
and Donaghadee with the greatest possible kindness.