The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-09 00:00:00

DINNER TO H. A. AGLIONBY, AT COCKER.

MOUTH

Saturday last being the day fixed for the dinner to be
given to H. A. Aglionby, Esq. M. P., by his friends and
constituents at Cockermouth, the town presented the appear-
ance of bustle and animation usual on such oceasions. On our
arrival, a little before two o'clock, the hour fixed for the en-
tertainment, we found the honourable gentleman addressing a
portion of the inhabitants from the windows of the inn, and
answering questions put to him relative to his political conduct
anc; Intentions. A little after twe o'clock, the party sat down
a'uodant and well-served dinner. The viands were
to a very
of a plain and suir;::.antittl description, including soups, and a
great variety of roasted +;"d boiled joints, &c. We never at-
tended a public dinner in which; the eatables were supplied in
greater abundance and excellence, of which was got up in a
more creditable manner. Indeed the only ,:,fficulty arose from
the profusion in which the table was encumbere,: with excel-
lent dishes. As near as we could make out, 67 persoo dined
in the principal room, and a number of gentremen, whom 2t
was unable to accommodate, dined in an adjoining room,
making not less than 80 in all. The party consisted princi-
pally of respectable tradesmen, farmers, and others, within
the borough, of whom a very large proportion, nearly the
whole, were electors. Mr. Aglionby sat on the right hand of
the Chairman, Wm. Rudd, Esq., supported by Wm. Wy-
bergh, Esq., of Isel Hall, John Wybergh, Esq., of Liverpool,
H. T. Thompson, Esq., of Bridekirk, and other gentlemen.
Humphrey Senhouse, Esq., of Fitz, sat the foot of the table.
—Whitehaven Herald.

The illness of Sir G. Grey, Bart., M.P., which
has detained him from his official duties, is bilious fever, of
which he is getting better.

Sir John Newport has arrived in Londcn from
Waterford, on business connected with his new appointment.

The Count of Leon, natural son of the Emperor
Napoleon, is at present in London a marriage is spoken of
between him and the daughter of one of the Emperor's
brothers.— Cabinet de Lecture.

The Master of the Rolls is not disqualified from
sitting in Parliament. When a Member, as was the case
with Sir Wm. Grant, he sits in his wig and gown, and has a
place especially assigned to him, being the first seat on the row
below the Treasury bench.
In addition to Archdeacon Butler, Drs. Shuttle-
worth and Allen are named as candidates for the vacant
Bishopric; the former is Warden of New College, the latter
was tutor to Lord Althorp.

The Prebendal stall at Durham, held by the late
Dr. Grey, was of much more value than his Bishopric, and is
therefore sought for with more avidity. It is in the gift of the
Bishop of Durham.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, after visiting Paris,
proceeds to Germany. His Lordship is expected to be absent
about six weeks.

Lady Woodford (the Lady of the Governor of
Malta), and family, have arrived at Mivart's Hotel from Malta.
Lord Harborough is returned to town from Melton
Mowbray in an ill state of health.

The Earl and Countess of Caledon, accompanied
by the Earl of Selkirk, have been for some days at Westport
His Lordship was an active friend to the starving poor of Ire-
land in 1831, and contributed liberally towards their relief.

Lord Duncannon, Earl Mulgrave, Sir William Gos-
sett, and his brother, Captain Gossett, visited Waterford on
Monday. After promenading the city and its environs for
about an hour, they set for Besborough, the seat of Lord Dun-
cannon, with whom the other distinguished personages above-
mentioned are on a visit.

The Baroness Saye and Sele, whose death appeared
in the papers on Monday, was the eldest daughter and coheir
of Sampson Lord Eardley, on whose death, in December,
1824, that title became extinct. The only issue of the mai.-
riage is the Hon. William Thomas Twisleton Fiennes, born in
April, 1798. Her Ladyship's death will put the Powerscourt,
the St. Vincent, and ether families, into mourning.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are
still at Wynyard, occupied in the improvement and arrange-
ment of their new mansion. The idea of visiting the Conti-
nent we believe is given up.
The Dowager Countess of Warwick and the four
Ladies Greville left their marine villa in the Isle of Wight
yesterday for Brighton.

Lady Grenville still continues in the seclusion of
Dropmore Park, but we are happy to hear is enjoying good
health.

Lord Edward Somerset has returned ,to Down
Ampney House, near Cricklade, from a tour.

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It is reported that the accomplished daughter of Sir
Charles Wolesley, Bart., of \Volesley Park, Staffordshire, in-
tends shortly to bestow her hand on Francis B. Lousada,
Esq., of Exeter College, Oxford.

Lord Harborough is returned to town from Melton
Mowbray, in an ill state of health, to the great regret of all
his friends.

Vice-Admiral Fleming, M.P., family, and suite,
arrived at Sheerness, on Monday, by the Monarch steam-
packet, from Scotland.

We are informed that the Bishop of Rnphoe's will
has been proved, and that his personal property amounts to
fifty thousand pounds, exclusive of a large property in the
English funds.—Pilot.
TATHAm WRIGHT.—This great will cause
—m—+, it ; fnr,;.l, rymner for the gentlemen of the
775nroneTtts---m- t00..,tn the. (-elm of
King's Bench, upon the ground that the verdict is contrary to
evidence, as, well as on the alleged partiality of the Judge.—
Yorkshire Gazette.

The officers of the 92d Highlanders, stationed at
Fort George, have challenged the noblemen and gentlemen
north of the Spey to produce a piper superior to one of theirs.
He must have been in the employment of his master as per-
sonal piper since May last. The prize is to be a set of new
pipes, of the value of ten guineas, and the competition is to
" come off" on the 16th inst. at Nairn.

VOYAGE OF THE CHANTICLEER.—The narrative
of this voyage, undertaken at the especial recommendation of
the Royal Society, will comprise, not merely a record of the
discoveries effected during the voyage, but abundant adventure
also. The indefatigable writer has directed great attention to
the natural history of the various places visited by him, from
the Equator to the Pole, quite a new feature as regards
foreign seas and coasts. • . This narrative, moreover, will, with
the delightful volumes of Beechey, Parry, and Franklin, com-
plete the series of naval expeditions undertaken by order of
the British Government. It will.be published during the pre-
sent mouth, by Mr. Bentley.

Saturday forenoon, as the Hero steamer was pass-
ing Dumbarton Castle, a small boat with two gentlemen on
board, was upset by coming in collision with the paddle-box.
The gentlemen and one of two boys who were in the boat
were thrown into the water, and narrowly escaped being
drowned.

THE STANDARD NOVELS.—With the exception
of the late collected editions of the " Waverley Novels," and
those of Miss Edgeworth, no body of fiction presents such in-
teresting pictures, or contains so many celebrated and classical
productions, as are comprised in this series. Indeed, in one
important respect, The Standard Novels are favourably dis-
tinguished even from the two collections mentioned above,
inasmuch as they are composed of the works of many great
writers of romance, instead of being formed entirely by the
the productions of one pen ; and that, with two or three ex-
ceptions, each volume contains an entire work I In point of
cheapness and elegance this collection far outstrips any publi-
cation of our time. This circumstance, in addition to its por-
tability, has no doubt conduced to render it so extensively and
deservedly popular.

In his charge to his Clergy at his last visitation, the
Bishop of St. Asaph, in alluding to the poverty of some of the
lesser livings, stated that he had, for some time, a plan in con-
templation which would go a great way to remedy this evil ;
and he was not without hope of being able to carry it into ef-
fect, though from adverse circumstances he had failed in his
endeavours for the last three years. His object was to obtain
an Act of Parliament to empower the patrons of sinecure Rec-
tories to apply them, under certain limitation, to the augmen-
tation of small benefices, or the endowment of new Churches.
Exeter Paper.

MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.—Mr. Blackburne,
M.P., and the other Learned Commissioners for inquiring into
Corporations have given notice that they shall sit at Guildhall
to-morrow and the nine following days, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding with their inquiries into the constitution, &c., of the
following City Companies, viz.:—Fishmongers, Drapers, Sal-
ters, Mercers, 1 Goldsmiths, Grocers, Haberdashers, Ironmon-
gers, Clothworkers, and Waxchandlers.
CHARITABLE BEQUEST.—The late R. T. Spear-
man, Esq., Purser, R. N., and many years Deputy Treasurer
for Greenwich Hospital at this port, has bequeathed 12,0001.
for the building of a number of alms-houses in this borough for
poor women above sixty years of age, and members of the
Church of England. Each person to be allowed an annuity
of 121. The executors of the will are J. Norman, Edward
Scott, and J. W. Archer, Esqrs.' who, with the Chaplains of
the Dock-yard and Royal Naval Hospital, are also- appointed
trustees, to carry the object of the charity into effect. In ad-
dition to the above sum are some small annuities, which will
eventually come to the charity. The deceased was a man of
extremely frugal habits, apparently almost to penuriousness.
He has bequeathed to a niece who has resided with him some
years 201. a-year ; to some other distant relation, 51. a-year ;
and to his wife, who has been separated from him for some
time, a legacy of 201.—Devonport Telegraph.
M. TORENO.—MdIIe Bourgoin, so long celebrated
at the Theatre Francais for the place which she held in the af-
fections of Bonaparte, at that time only First Consul, has
lately died, and left a million of francs to a natural son. This
son, who bore her name, has directed for some time, a bureau
of correspondence for the French and foreign journals, which
he quitted as soon as the death of his mother caused so great
an improvement in his situation. This position is on the point
of being improved in the following manner :—During the exile
of M. Toreno in France, he became acquainted and was inti-
mate with Mdlle Bourgoin. As he was rather extravagant, in
a few years he exhausted the funds which he had brough twith