The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-28 00:00:00

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THE MERCHANT TAYLOR'S COMPANY.—This ttIOSt
wealthy and hospitable company has issued cards for a grand
entertainment on Wednesday, the I lth of June, at whiclh, in
addition to the members of the company, the master heti in-
vited the foreign Commissioners of the Great Exhibition of
the Works of Industry of all Nations. We trust that the
other companies will at least invite the foreign members of
the several guilds which they profess to represent.
We are requested to state that in the noticeof
the
Gasfitters' Association at the Polytechnic Institution a short
time since, we stated that a room had been rented for the
purpose of exhibiting numerous apparatus, but we have evince
been informed it is wholly unfounded, as the directors or this
establishment, with their usual liberality, have granted
the
use of their small Lecture Theatre for this desirable purpose.
THE MURDER NEAR LElGH.—Thoirnlnacilatzeldtoltn, theth the man apprehended on suspicion of being
murder and robbery of George Green,on Wednesdayp week,
has been examined before the magistrates and remanded ;
but, so little hope is entertained of convicting him or any
one else of the offence at present, that the magistrates subse-
quently held a consultation, at which it was determined to
lay the matter before the Home Secretary, with a view to
inducing the Right Hon. Baronet to offer a reward which
may prompt an accomplice to give evidence.
FARM BUILDINGS.--Atooog the papers issued on Monday is a copy of a Bill Pasaralmiaemndeendtabryy
the Committee, the objefct of which is to extend the provi-
sions of the Draina e o Lands Act (1849) to the advance of
opnrivlaantedsinmoney Great
4 for erection and repair of farm buildings
Great Britain and It eland. Sectioli
that landlords may borrow or advance
money
im-
provement of land by the erection thereon of farm-houses,
t
provides
labourers' cottages, or farm buildings, or repairing the same,
and to have the money so expended eharged upon the inhe-
ritance in the same manner as is provided by the Drainage
of Lands Act. The advances are not to exceed eighteen
months' value of the land for which they are required. The
report made on application to the Commissioners to au-
thorise any loan is to contain all the particulars as regards
the land and proposed improvements deemed requisite, to
enable the Commissioners to judge of the expediency of
allowing the application, but need not include any estimate
of the annual valise of the improvement to the land. All
buildings erected under the proposed Act are to be insured.

BIRTHS.
OF A SOW.

On the 23d inst., the wife of Mr. William Green, of Cla-
rendon-place, Maida-vale.
On the 24th inst., at Peterborough-villas, King's-road,
Fulham, Mrs. Bra.

of A DAUGHTER.
At
of Phili Coprby Ca
Hstle,
oward, Cu
Mmber Aland, on the 20th inst., the lady
H. .
wife
On
of the
nant insG. C. Fowler, R.N.t., at Crookham-end, near Newbury, the

did
On the 22d inst., at St. Saviour's, Bath, the Rev. Charles
M. Arnold, M.A., minister of South Lambeth Chapel, to
Jane, only daughter of the late J. Hayward, Esq., of Bath.
on the 22d inst., !he Rev. G. W. Darby, to
Louisa, daughter of the Rev. James Barrow,
relycaAtrotrLA;nPLnbeaopm '
ham, Norfolk.

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On the 24th inst , at Islington, Charles Hill, Esq., aged 52
Secretary to the Board of Green Cloth, and 35 years in the
Lord Steward's Department of the Royal Household.
At Torquay, on the 24th inst., aged 49, the Hon. Francis
Jamesa C
le.uszon, youngest son of the late Right lion. Lord
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On the 23d inst., in Store•street, Bedford-square, Mrs.
Mariamne Leigh, aged 87.
On the 24th inst., at Ham, Surrey, General Eden, aged 83 ,

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London ; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, Lt ne Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct cc the Savoy, in the county of
Alidcilasea, Wednesday, May 24 4801.

By the demise of the Hon. Francis James Curzon,
barrister-at-law, the registrarship of the Bankruptcy Court
at Birmingham has become vacant.
The Rev. G. C. Gorham, vicar of Brampford Speker
will preach next Sunday at the village church of Havering'
atte-Bower, Essex.

ASCENSION-DAY.—To -morrow (Holy Thursday)
will be observed as a close holiday at the Stamp and In-
land Revenue Offices, Somerset-house ; and also on Sa-
turday, the 31st instant, being the day appointed for the
celebration of her Majesty's birthday. Saturday will also
be kept as a holiday at all the Government Depart-
ments, with the exception of the General Post-office and
money order offices; at the various Docks, St. Katharine's,
London, West and East India, &c., and public schools.
A YOUTH'S ATTEMPT TO REACH THE GEBALT
EXHIBITION.—A respectable youth, about fifteen years of
age, left Hull (his home) on Monday the sth instant, with
the intention of paying a visit to the Great Exhibition. He
had ss. 6d. in cash to start with, and purposed taking the
steamer from Hull to London, but being just too late, he
crossed the Humber and got to Louth, where he slept. On
Tuesday he walked to Spilsby, and on Wednesday reached
Boston ; his money being now all gone, he took up hie
lodging for the night under one of the stalls in the fair, where
about midnight the superintendent of police found him. He
was aroused and taken to the lock-up, where he gave the
above account of himself. Mr. Hambleton, finding he was &
respectable lad, took him home with him for the night. He
.% as the next morning taken before the Mayor, to whom ha
repeated the account of himself, and further stated that it
was his intention to have proceeded on his journey, and, after
having viewed the Great Exhibition, to have returned horse
immediately. There being no reason to doubt the youth'S
story, he was advised to go home at once. Mr. Hambleton
accompanied him to the station and got him booked as &
parcel for Hull. On his arrival there his parents, who had
no idea where he had gone to, received their truant son and
paid his carriage by the railway. A day or two after the
superintendent of police received a note from the lad's
father thanking him for the kindness he had shown to his
son. —Leeds Izztelligencer.
SCOTTISH SETTLERS IN THE WEST OP IRELAND.."'"
The Mayo Constitution says—" We understand that several
Scotch capitalists have taken extensive farms of land on the
property of the Marquis of Sligo, in the Westport union,
whereon they propose building residences, and rearing large
numbers of stock. Already have hundreds of superior Che-
viot sheep been imported into that locality by these gentle-
men, as also herds of black cattle. We trust that the en-
couragement these gentlemen merit will be exte, ded them
by every class, as some improvement in the shape of pro-
ducing stock, and giving employment is so vitally important
to the welfare of this country."
FINANCIAL FINESSE : BARNUM OUTDONE.—The
Madison Courier relates the following piece of financier-
ing :—" M'Elevev, the tailor, who bought the prize ticket
to Jenny Lind's first concert in Cincinnati, is one of the fen"
men in the world who ire as sharp as Barnum. The way
he worked things was this :—For some days before the con-
cert he went round among his friends, betting ten dollars
with this one, twenty dollars with that one, and so on, un-
til he had a thousand dollars bet that he would buy the
prize ticket. The ticket was knocked down to him at 575
dollars, thus leaving him 425 dollars in pocket.”—New York
Eaglet.