The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-14 00:00:00

ESDAY, OCTOBER 1,1, 1835.

Seine, the restoration of the AI. ueduct of Arclwil, draining
of marshes to the east of Paris, the construction of two
Irisons in the Rue de la Roquette, the repair of the facade
-of the Hotel de Ville, and also the improvement and embel-
lishment of several Churches and bridges, and the forma-
tion of a wharf on the Quai de Gr6ve. The Mus6e de la
Marine at the Louvre ls fo be enlarged at the charge of
the Civil List, and the pedestals to the statues in the garden
of the Tuileries arc also to be cased from the same fund.
EARLDOM OF CRAWFORD AND LINDSAY.—
The contest respecting' this Fetrage, and the extensive
4,-!;hed to it is drawing to A claw. Mr: Wood,
states
A.dvocntel is t prasam,. sitting in Castletlawiin, under a
, s
Commission front aid F4fitrit Court.; examining witnesses
m the part of John Lindsay' Croffecl, the clai-
nant. The Earl of -Glasgow, who is in posses4on 0:!.•!e
estates, is Mi. Crawford's opponent.
KINGS COL Lgcig.—The winter session com-
menced yesterday With a leeittigas by Professor Moseley,
m mechanics applied td the arty,
A. discovery has lieeti fec'eutly made near Bordeaux
)f ancient tombs, which probably (ye from the.time of
Marcus Aurelius, or that of Clovis. In these tombs
.vere seeds in perfect preservation, some of which, being
town, have produced flowers and fruit.
Joseph Armitage, Esq., of Huddersfield, the magis-
trate who a few weeks since attacked a chill named Mac-
anna, while bathing, and after beating him with a stick threw
clothes into the water, has paid 10/. as a compensation

for the offence.—Leeds Mcreui:y.
In five regiments no death vacancies linve occurred
vithin the last nine years, and in twenty regiments there
has been only one daing whole course of that period.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW* 1-IOSPiTAL.--A conside-
rable extension is about to be given to the benafits of this
charity bythe erection of a range of wards right and left of
the principal entrance from Smithfield. Marty of the
house's, the leases of which have recently expired, are al-
ready pulled down, and of those permitted to remain for
the present two of the largest have been fitted up as tem-
porary wards, where upwards of sixty patients are now
lodged. The freehold of most of the property around the
Hospital is vested in the Governors.
A new open carriage, called a Drotschka (so termed
from their being in use in Russia), has been built for his
Majesty, and sent to Windsor Castle. It is chiefly to be
used.by the King, when ho drives to inspect his Norfolk
and Flemish farms;
GREENOCK.—.OO Saturday morning a circuli2r
piece of iron, weighing, about half a ton, and which con-
nected the funnel of the Earl &Peg Ftcamer with the
boiler, was taken out of the river by and of the trawlers.
The place where it was found was distatit about 180 feet
from where the Earl Grey was lying when the liecident Oc-
curred.---Glasgow Courier.
The Churchwardens of Blackburn have withdrawn
a motion for a church-rate in that town, in deference to the
opinion of the inhabitants ; and the expenseS of the church
are to be defrayed by voluntary contributions, as in-several
other towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire.—Leeds Mercury.
SURPRISING CROF.--A field in the possession of
Mrs. Slit. of the White Hart Inn, in this town, of three
"
acres and a half and some odd perches, has yielded the ex-
traordinary quantity Offifty-two loads—or something more
than 14 loads to the acre: The wheat is an uncommonly
fine sample, and the straw, we Are told, has been sold for
above 171.—Keidat Mercury.
A URORA BOREALISiThe Philosophical Maga-
zine states, that Sir John Ross (tit the mecting of' the
British Association for the Advancement of g6elenee, lately
held in Dublin) read a paper to the effect, that having
observed in his first Arctic expedition, that the aurora
sometimes appeared between the two ships, and also be-
tween the ships and the icebergs, and found in his subse-
quent experience, both in Scotland and during the second
Arctic voyage, proofs satisfactory to his own mind, that
the aurora takes place within the cloudy regions of the
earth's atmosphere, Sir John Ross announced the following
hypothesis on the subject—viz., "The aurora is entirely
occasioned by the action of the sun's rays upon the vast
body of icy and snowy plains and mountains which surround
the poles?'
CHARLEs LAMB.--He was coming to town in the
Enfield stage, to see the rehearsal of Mr. Ktrwles's new
play of The Wife—it might be that he was mentally com-
posing the epilogue, as he sat snug and silent in a corner of
th evehicle. He was at all events studious ; but he un-
luckily had an exceedingly talkative old gentleman for his
fellow-passenger. Lamb was questioned and cross-ques-
tioned upon a hundred points—especially relating to the
weather, the agricultural interests, and the crops. At last,
that do you think of the turnips, Sir?" inquired his per-
secutor. Lamb turned upon him an eye " full of smothered
glee." " Why, Sir, that depends a good deal—on the-
-I—legs of mutton ! " The old gentleman put no further
questions.—court Journal.
ROBBERY OF TIIE DUKE AND DUCHESS
CRILLION.—During the journey of these distinguished fo-
reigners from Dower to Tunbridge Wells on Friday night,
the travellir, trunk was cut from behind the carriage, and
the wardrobe carried off belonging to the Duke ; fortu-
nately there was no jewellery. The next day the trunk
was found, by some boys nutting in a neighbouring- wood,

empty. •
, „DARING PLATE ROBBERY.—Yesterday evening
information was received at the different station-houses of
the following daring robbery, committed at the residence of
Lady Mary Hussey, No. 7, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square :—About three o'clock in the aftercoon, on one of
the female servants going into the passage, she saw a ,young
man, wearing a white flannel apron and having the appear-
ance of a fishmonger, just stepping into the area, but on
hearing her he turned round and asked her if " there were
any orders." She told him to wait while she fetched the
butler, and left him for that purpose, but, on returning
with the latter, the stranger had flown, when, suspecting
that all was not right, the butler immediately proceeded to
the pantry, and found that eight silver table spoons,,four
dessert ditto, and two sauce ladles, all bearing her Lady-
ship's crest, a stag under an oak, had been stolen therefrom.
It is to be hoped that servants will take caution, and keep
the area-gates locked, as this is the tenth robbery, com-
mitted under similar circumstances, at different gentlemen's
houses within the last fortnight. .
TIT E OMNIBUS NUIS A -NUgs•-•--A most disgraceful
scene occurred yesterday afternoon between five and ,six
o'clock, occasioned by the conduct of an omnibus driver.
The thoroughfare of Fleet-street is at present, in come..
quence of Holborn being under repair, much obstructed,
and no less than twelve of the city pollee are found ne-
cessary to be on duty from Temple-bar to St. 'Paul's
Churchyard to preserve order. At the time stated seve-
ral coaches and carts were proceeding towards St. Paul's,
when the omnibus driver endeavoured to pass art empty
cart in the line, but the carman, knowing he waS in his
right place, refused to give way. The omnibus driver itri,
mediately began whipping his horses,- to the great danger
of persons on the pavement,drove out of the line, descended
into the cart, and struck the unoffendiag carman several
blows. The disturbance, however, lasted only a few se-
conds, for the City policemen took the offender into cue.
tody, and locked him up in the watchhouse, Black Horse-
court, Fleet-street..
The cattle fair at Ballinasloc has been a better one
than the sheep Et z. ; the demand good. The prices of last
year generally, though not in every instance, realised. The
highest price for heifers was obtained by Mr. Irwin, of
Rathmill, 141. 10s. A great number of horses changed
owners. The supply of sheep and cattle much less than
last • year. The farming society did not meet here. The
Connaught Club, as usual, dined at Gill's, the utmost good
fellowship and hilarity prevailing. This is the necessary.
consequence of the admirable principle upon which this
society is founded ;- every succeeding year it increases in
number, and progresses in the attainment of its objects—
" the promotion of social intercourse and universal benevo-
leJec."

TIIE TEA TRADE.—At the COITMICreid. Rooms
yesterday the sales of Private Trade teas commenced, atid
there was a very full attendance of the trade. The amount
advertised for sale was 80,000 packages, but in consequence
of the holders requiring high quotations a small quantity
only was disposed of', and it. is expected that, unless
lower prices are asked during the continuance of the
sales, the Teas will not be taken freely. There is an en-
larged consumption of teas in the country. There have
been declared fin- sale by the East India Company, for De-
cember next, 4,000,000 lbs., consisting of the lAowing de-
Scriptions :—.Bohea (Fokein), 800,000 lbs. ; Congou and
Pekoe, 2,500,000 lbs. ; Twankay and Hyson Skin,
600,000 lbs. ;• Hyson, 100,000 lbs. • The amount declared
for December next is exactly the same as that offered last
month. On comparing the present declaration with that in
September there appears to be 400,000 lbs. more of Bohea,
and :175,000 lbs. less of CongouS and' Pekoe. The amount
of Twank ay and Ilyson Skin is the same as the last de-
claration ; and in Hyson there is a diminution of 25,0001b5.
CHELTENHAM " ONION FAIR" AND " MOP !"
We fancy we hear some " thousand and one" of our fair
and fashionable friends exclaiming, as they read the words
at the head of this
.paragraph, " what can any civilized
persons possibly mean by an Onion fair,' and Mop,' in
our own sweet, and pleasant town of Cheltenham ?" Truly,
well may the question be put—though difficult may be the
answer thereto. Only fancy the principal street and tho-
roughfare of the most fashionable, and certainly the most
picturesque, town in - England, if not in Europe,—on the
promenades of which, members of the most exalted and
distinguished families of the empire, and personages of rank,
fashion, and fortune, are daily and almost hourly to be seen
—crowded on such " Fair days" and " Mop-days," with
" bacon-fed knaves," serving men seeking places, labourers,
plout:hboys, carters, waggoners, stable-boys ; maids of all
work, and women of none ; till the footways are impassable,