The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-30 00:00:00

Lloyd Williams offers himself as a Reformer, in opposition to the
present excellent Reform Member for Banbury, Mr. Tancred.—
Birrningham Journal.

Bosxox.—This borough will return the present excellent repre-
sentatives. A gentleman of the name of Brownrigg, a confirmed
Tory, has come forward, but his failure is undoubted.

DUBLIN CITY.-Mr. Sidney Herbert and his long purse and
Mr. West, will, it is said, be presented to the constituency of this
city against the sitting members.
DROGHEDA BOROUGH.-Mr. Holyoke Goodrick, the heir of
Sir Harry, it is reported, will offer himself to the electors of Drog-
heda, against the sitting Member.
EXETER, DEC. 27.—The canvas for Exeter has been conducted
with more spirit, in every sense of the word, both temperate and
intemperate, than any that we have had for many years past. The
advancement of Mr. Follett to the Solicitor-Generalship, together
with the title which it has delighted the King to honour him with,
have brought him out with effective eclat. Sir William avows him-
self a supporter of the present Goverment " upon principle ;" but
what principle is not clearly understood, beyond that of thorough-
going Toryism. Mr. Divett, the decidedly liberal Member, is se-
cure. Mr. Buller, our other representative, has experienced a
considerable falling off in support, and I believe such is the general
belief in the city. The Tories are wholly wrapt up in Sir W.
Follett, and the Liberals cannot afford to risk the security of Mr.
Buller. With regard to the great question of Reformers or Tories,
Devon, on the whole, will do its duty. Thus we stand in Devon
—four Tories, and twelve Liberals. Tiverton will return the:two
sitting Members, Messrs. Heathcote and Kennedy--both decided
Liberals, and one Radical. Mr. Kennedy is opposed by Colonel
Chichester, a Liberal, and if he should succeed, which is not likely,
it will not affect the Duke's opposition.
FRoME.—Sir Courtenay Boyle is, and has always been, a steady
Reformer. In his address to the electors he was supposed by the
Dissenters to be rather ambiguous as to his intentions in regard to
that body • but he has since fully explained his principles, which
are entirely satisfactorily, and in his canvas, he now receives the
active support of the Dissenters of Frome. We understand, how-
ever, that the return of Mr. Brydges, the other Liberal candidate,
is next to certain.

GREENWICH.-At the moment of going to press, we received
an express from town with an address to the electors of this
borough from Sir John Scott Lillie, offering himself, on reform
principles, as a candidate for its representation.— Greenwich Gaz.
GRANTHAIVI seems to be quiet.
GRIMSBY will be contested.

LONDON, CITY.—UNION REFORM COMMITTEE.---The citizens
have commenced enrolling themselves as a committee, for the pur-
pose of returning four staunch Reformers to represent them in
Parliament. James Pattison, Esq., the Governor of the Bank of
England, at the request of a numerous and highly respectable de-
putation, has consented to be put in nomination for the City.
Already the committee has recorded nearly seven hundred of the
most active electors.

RIPON ASSEMBLY.—The Christmas ball at Ri-
pon, under the patronage of the neighbouring Nobility and
Gentry, was held in the large Assembly Room, Town Hall,
Ripon, on Friday, the 19th inst. The company began to ar-
rive soon after nine o'clock, and the carriages continued to set
down till past ten. The ball was opened by Sir Bellingham
Graham and Lady Mary Vyner. Tea and refreshments were
prepared in the card-room, and the company retired by groups
when they pleased. There has seldom been a better attend-
ance, or so many high families ; and the elegant dresses of
the ladies gave a brilliancy and splendour to the room which
elicited the admiration of all present. The following distin-
guished persons were present :—Sir Bellingham and Lady
Graham, General Sir Charles and Miss Dalbiac ; T. K.
Staveley, Esq., M. P., and Lady ; Colonel and Mrs. Towers,
Sir Henry and Lady Vavasour, Colonel and Mrs. Markham,
Joshua Crompton, Esq., M.P.' and Lady; Captain and Lady
Mary Vyner, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Monson, Sir Thomas and
Lady Gooch. The following families :—Daltons, Lawson,
Oxley, Thompson, Brooke, Wood, Wormald, Hill, Beaumont,
Worsley, Pearse, Towers, &c. The assembly did not break
up till a late hour, and the list of haut ton given above shows
that the Christmas balls at Ripon are welcome to the resident
families in the town and neighbourhood.
DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ROBERT
TRAVERS, K. C. B.—Deeply and sincerely do we regret to an-
nounce the death of this gallant and distinguished officer.
This melancholy event, which took place at Mardyke House,
about three o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) was occasioned by
an accident which occurred to him on Saturday. He was
riding up Patrick-street about eleven o'clock, when the trum-
pets carried by the men belonging to Wombwell's menagerie
having been suddenly sounded, his horse started, and Sir Ro-
bert was thrown. He fell unfortunately on his head, and
with such violence, we regret to say, as to produce injury of
the most serious description. He was immediately taken up,
and carried into the shop of Mr. Teulon, and after he had in
some degree recovered he was conveyed home, where he lin-
gered till yesterday. Sir Robert's urbanity, kindness, and
generosity of character had obtained for him the esteem arid
the affection of all with whom either the duties of his profes-
sion or the courtesies of society brought him into contact. As
a soldier his name stood high on the roll of military achieve-
ment. and the distinctions with which he was :honoured were
the reward of long and laborious service in the cause of his
country and his King.—Cork Southern Reporter of Thursday.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL
STIRLING.—On Thursday, at two o'clock, the remains of
this gallant veteran were committed to the grave, in Inve-
resk churchyard. The coffin was borne by soldiers of the
42d regiment, in full uniform, and was followed by between
sixty and seventy old sergeants, corporals, and privates of
the same corps, all of whom had, on by-gone days, stood
by his side on the field of battle, and who:seemed deeply
impressed with the mournful occasion which had called them,
yet once more, together. Over the coffin was laid the sword
which the General had worn during the first American war
—in the West Indies—at the Walcheren expedition—while
covering the re-embarkation at Corunna—and with which
he, with his own hand, captured the Invincible standard at
the battle of Alexandria. Among the officers who followed
his remains we observed, the Earl of Caithness, Sir David
Milne, Colonels Campbell, Aitchison, Spens, and Wedder-
burn, Majors Yule, Dudgeon, and Hope, Captains Orr,
Chisholm, Mackenzie, Scott, Young, &c. &c. So endeared
had General Stirling become to the inhabitants of Mussel-
burgh, by the general excellence of his character, that, on
the day following his death, a request was made by the prin-
cipal gentlemen in the neighbourhood, that a crest should
be executed by Mr. Ritchie, the sculptor, to be placed in
the Town Hall. By the death of General Stirling, the
Deputy-Governorship of Cork becomes vacant. Few men
have deserved better of his country than he whe is now no
more.—Scottish Paper.

In consequence of the death of the late James
Thwaytes, Esq., of Fenchurch-street, two highly respectable
families of Thwaytes and Dobson, yeomen in the county of
Westmoreland, become possessed of a sum of money little shOrt
of one hundred and thirty thousand pounds in legacies and
freehold property.

Mr. Clark, poulterer, of Boston, sent up to London
for the Christmas market, the enormous quantity of 22 tons
six cwt. of geese and turkeys ! Within the last few weeks Mr.
C. has sent to the metropolis 13,000 geese and 2,000 turkeys.
—Stamford Mercury.

DORKING, DEC. 27.—Our annual ball took place
last night, and, as usual, was attended by all the beauty and
fashion of the neighbourhood. The ball-room was taste-
fully fitted up, and brilliantly illuminated. The company
began to assemble at half-past ten, and soon after dancing
commenced to Weippert's band, with the Lothian Quadrilles,
followed by the Court Waltzes. The supper was announced
at one o'clock. It consisted of every luxury that could be
procured. Such were the delights of the evening, that not
a carriage was ordered until four o'clock. We are looking
forward with great pleasure to our grand Archery Ball,
which takes place on Friday, Jan. 2.
DREADFUL CASE OF SUICIDE BY A WIFE.—
Saturday afternoon a young married female, named Jane
Halley, aged 30, died at Westminster Hospital of the injuries
she had inflicted on herself, in her room, at No. 12, Greit
Peter-street, Westminster. Her husband, a mechanic, to
whom she was greatly attached, after a violent quarrel on
Tuesday, deserted her, and not returning on the succeeding
days she continued immersed iu the most poignant grief. The
landlord and his wife endeavoured to soothe her, but in vain ;
and on Friday evening the latter, when entering the room for
the same friendly purpose, was horror-struck at the sight of
the unfortunate woman lying over the bed, with her throat
frightfully cut. She had divided the windpipe with a table
knife, so that it was impossiele to recover her, and she lingered
till Saturday in the most distressing agony.
INQUEST ON A LUNATIC AT HANWELL IN
MIDDLESEX.—On Saturday morning an inquest was held at
the Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Hanwell, in Middle!ex, before
Mr. Stirling, coroner, on view of the body of Thos. Wheats,
aged 36, an unfortunate maniac confined in the said institution,
and whose death was supposed to have boon caused by one of
the other patients placing a straw paliasse on him whilst in a
fit.—John Elliot, one of the keepers of the asylum, deposed
that the deceased was a patient confined there, and was an in-
mate of No. 7 ward. On Thursday night last, at the usual
hour of eight o'clock, witness locked the deceased and others
in their bed cells. On the following morning, on opening the
door of the cell, he discovered the deceased lying on his iron
bedstead, apparently quite dead, and another unfortunate being
who was unconscious of his miserable companion being dead,
holding the palliasse over him. Witness removed the palliasse,
and then run for Mr. Quick, the surgeon. It appeared that
his death was occasioned by a fit of epilepsy, having been sub-
ject to fits. Verdict, died by the visitation of God.
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY OF JEWELS.
—On Friday evening last the following extensive robbery,
which like many others lately committed at the west end of
the town, abounds in mystery, was perpetrated at the residence
of Francis Richardson, Esq., No. 6, Portland-place, next
door to the mansion of her Grace the Duchess of Richmond.
It appears that about five o'clock on the above named evening
a small box, containing jewels to the amount of between two
and three hundred pounds, and which had only a shot t period
- before been brought from a banking house, where it had been
deposited for security, was placed by Miss Richardson in a
drawer in her dressing-room, which (troy" she locked as
usual, and proceeded to another room to
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dinner. At nine o'cl,ecc the lad 's maid oin theentered fam ly at
theaipart-
meta, and was astounded at tho discovery that the jewels in
question were gone from the drawer, which had been broken
open. She immediately made known the eircumstaneseto Miss
Richardson, when it was judged expedient to send to the
station-house in Mary-le-bone-lane for the assistance of the
police, wll9 Cluiel4y strived, and; after an examination of the
prmiies, gate it as their decided opinion that the robbery
Must have been committed Ily 011 P Ivl,o was well acau.;.- •
with. the PrePli§e§, The be`xe6 belonging -0
sue various do-
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6.stb.r.quently suit:v.:tea to a i'earch, but none of
could be found ; and it is now supposed
that the thief, by sonic means or other, entered the hall-door,
making 11i4 way up stairs, and secreted himself in some part of
OP recall until
.a favourable opportunity was afforded him of
Prrying offthe booty.