The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-20 00:00:00

°ULOGNE BACHELOR'S BALLS.

s, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
4441"-Having re-copied from the Morning Chronicle a
ittt dent grossly maligning our conduct, we request as an
°f justice your insertion of the accompanying refutation.
We are, Sir, your obedient Servants,
For the Stewards of the late Bachelor's Balls,
(Signed) J. C. SYMONS.

on Col. L. (the individual excluded) with the expression of
this determination, together with a letter designed to explain
the circumstances. Our friends having conferred with Cap-
tain Gronow, the second of Col. L., and failing to arrive at
any adjustment, the affair was, at Captain G.'s request, referred
to the arrangement of seven French and English Gentlemen
of the highst respectability and honor (five of whom were
married men and consequently not subscribers to the ball), and
who kindly consented to act, and accordingly approved the re-
solution of the Stewards as satisfactory to the honor of both par-
ties, and which being accepted by Col. L. terminated the affair.
We have received from the other party concerned, a formal
acknowledgment that the statement contained in your columns
is incorrect, and that nothing occurred which could, in the
slightest degree, affect our honour in the misunderstanding we
Have alluded to. We are at liberty to show this document to
any one who feels the slightest curiosity on the subject, but
from motives of delicacy we refrain from publishing it.
The assertion of your correspondent that upon demanding
an explanation of the Committee he ( Colonel L.) was re-
ferred from one to the other, each in turn excusing himself,
and making liberal profession of respect, &c., to the Colonel—
is a deliberate, groundless, and malignant falsehood.
The charge upon us of extreme youth, though equally un-
true, is inoffensive, and was probably uttered simply from a
love of lying ; whilst our position in society and family con-
nections render us perfectly indifferent to the opinion of an
anonymous scribbler. But whilst individually concerned, we
might have treated your correspondent with mere contempt,
we cannot but recollect, that the respectable portion even of
the female society of this place, has been long and frequently
assailed by the malevolence of cowardly slanderers, to whom
the columns of the London press have (as on the present
occasion) been most culpably accessible ; and to whose venom
they alone give importance, and render obnoxious to the peace
of society. Bearing this in mind, we feel that we should be
remiss in the discharge of a high moral and social duty were
we to pass unnoticed the present attack on our character and
conduct ; or to forego our best endeavours to detect its author,
and inflict on him such chastisement, as every honourable man
desires to see bestowed on the liar and the coward.

, We beg to subscribe ourselves, your very obedient servants,
ROBERT C. CARTER, A. G. DE PREVILLE,
E. DU SOLIER, J. C. SYMONS.
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nov. 16, 1835.

NORWICH-MODESTY OF THE

TOWN-CLERK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—The Members of our Corporation who belong to
what is termed the Market Committee, met a dad• or two
since to audit the accounts, after which it is usual for

these gentlemen to have a dinner ; and, as a matter of
courtesy, they invite the Town Clerk and Chamberlain.
The former gentleman accepted the invitation, and yes-
terday when his yearly bill against the Committee was
examined, it appeared that he had the extraordinary
modesty to charge a fee of .six shillings and eightpence for
attending the Committee at dinner
Your obedient servant,
Norwich,, Nov. 19, 1835.

BRISTOL.

X. Y. Z.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia—l have this moment read a list of . the names of
eighteen highly respectable gentlemen who attended the
dinner given to Lord John Russell, handed you by " A
Merchant of Bristol." Why he should have omitted a single
name of the 450 that dined with him I cannot imagine, as
the whole were men of respectability and' character. I
have hastily set down the names of a few other gentlemen
known to myself, of equal respectability and property to
those mentioned by him. I should have preferred handing
you the whole list, if time had permitted ; -but this, in ad-
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lition to the " Merchant of Bristol's" list, will be sufficient
o prove the falsehood of the assertions in the letter of
Beta" in the Times of Friday last.
I am, Sir,
Nov. 18. A LOVER OF TRUTH.

Richard Ash, Esq.—A gentleman of large independent fortune.
John Addington, Esq.—Ditto, ditto.
Messrs. Richard Bligh and James Brown—Partners in one of
the largest wholesale linen houses in Bristol.
Mr. J. T. Ball—A highly respectable maltster and hop-dealer.
B. Belcher, Esq.—lndependent gentleman.
Mr. Thomat Carlisle—Wholesale warehouseman of large con-.
nections.
Messrs. W. H. Castle and T. Rees—Extensive brewers.
Joseph Coates, Esq.—Gentleman of fortune.
Messrs. Thomas Drake and John Drake—Tanners of the

largest extent.
Messrs. R. Fiske and J. Wills—Extensive wholesale grocers.
Mr. G. Gerard—Corn. factor.
Messrs. W. Harwood and W. Harwood, jun.—Extensive

wholesale grocers.
F. Halliday, Esq.—lndependent gentleman.
Mr. W. Hier—Sugar-refiner.
Mr. J. W. Hodgetts—Wholesale ironmonger.
Messrs. W. Johnson and H. Johnson—Oil-merchants.
John Keene, Esq.—lndependent gentleman.
Mr. J. W. May—Corn-factor.
Mr. S. Mereweather—Wholesale fruiterer.
Milford, Esq.—lndependent gentleman.
Mr. 11. Morgan—Brewer.
Mr. H. Pritchard—Oil-merchant.
H. Proctor, Esq.—lndependent gentleman.
Mr. T. Rankin—Wine-merchant.
Messrs. E. Ransford and E. Ransford, jun.—Hat-manufac-

turer3.
Mr. C. Read—Wine-merchant.

Richard Ricketts, Esq.—Gentleman of large fortune.
Alfred Ricketts, Esq.—Ditto ditto.
Mr. Opie Staite—Brewer.
W. Tothill, Esq.—Gentleman of fortune.
Mr. Harman Visgar—Orchill-manufacturer.
Mr. S. Waring—Merchant.
J. Wade, Esq.—lndependent gentleman.
R. P. Williams, Esq.—Ditto ditto.
MEDICAL MEN.-Dr. Lomax, Dr. Williams, Joseph Lans-
downe, Esq., James Prowse, Esq., E. Humphage, Esq., and
F. Terrell, Esq.
ATTORNEYS.-J. Livett, Esq., J. P. Hinton, Esq., G. P.
Hinton, Esq., W. P. Hartley, Esq., E. Rankin, Esq., C.
Savery, Esq., Brooke Smith, Esq., Francis Short, Esq.,
S. S. Wayte, and J. Wason, Esq.
Colonel Jerrard and Captain kaquil.

EARL MULGRAVE.-It being understood that his
Excellency was approaching Cuslaeridall, on Tuesday, the
27th ultimo, numbers from the town and from the neigh-
bouring glens, both Protestants and Catholics;assembled on
Glenariff shore, and received his Excellency with enthu-
siastic signs of respect and affection.—Freeman's Journal.

The Right Hon. C. Tennyson, M.P., continues to
suffer from indisposition, at his seat, Bayons Manor.
Property considerably exceeding 150,0001. has been
left by the late W. Tyler, Esq., steward to the Earl of
Egremont ; 50,0001. is bequeathed to the "sole will and dis-
posal of his sister, Mrs. Gould, and nearly the whole of the
residue to her sons and daughters.
O'CONNELL NATIONAL FUND FOR 1835.—The
sum raised in this city has amounted already to about
8501., and will be increased by the returns from the parishes
in its immediate vicinity, in a few days, to 1,0001., being
nearly double the amount of the contribution of the last
year.—Cork Reporter.
THE BISHOP OF DERRY.-011 Sunday week,
Bishop Ponsonby acted as one of the collectors, at the open-
ing of the new, Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the City of
Derry. Such conduct as this, forms a most gratifying con-
trast with that of the intolerants of Dalkeith and Paisley.

Died, on the 17th instant, at the Pavilion, Hans-
place, after a protracted illness, the Hon. Lady Charlotte
Denys, only sister to the last two Earls of Pomfret, in the
69th year of her age.
THAMES TUNNEL.-LYesterday Redschid Bey,
.Ambassador from the Sublime Porte to Paris, accompanied
by Mahomed Nourri Effendi, Minister of the Sublime
Porte to this country, visited the Thames Tunnel. They,
examined minutely the works, and entered the shield, with
which they expressed their astonishment at the security
afforded by it to the miners under the bed of the river.
The erection of the new shield is proceeding satisfactorily.
Poo it LAWS.—We are glad to find that the City
Commission Grand Jury have declared in favour of the in-
troduction of a system of Poor, Laws into this country, for
the protection of the aged, the infirm, and the able-bodied
who cannot obtain a livelihood by labour and eirployment
in the existing order of things.—Freenzan's Journal.

GRAND ATLANTIC RAILWAY.--A preparatory
meeting was held in Dublin on Saturday, relative to the
proposed line of railway through the counties of Meath,
Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon, and Mayo to Blacksod
and Broadhouse harbousr, with a branch from Tulsk, by
Tuam into Galway.
PROJECTED NORTHERN RAILROAD.—A meet-
ing was held at Navan, on Wednesday last, relative to the
Northern Railroad, to change the coast line originally in-
tended, to that of an inland line—the Marquis Conyngham
in the chair.
RAILROAD FROM EXETER TO BARNSTAPLE.—
The shares for the Bristol and Exeter Railway having been
filled, a meeting was held on Wednesday, to consider the
propriety of carrying the railway from Exeter to Barnstaple.
DERRY, AND THE TAMWORTH HYPOCRITE.—
There is, it seems, a cogent reason why Sir Surface should
take leave, for 'a week, of his characteristic cunning, and
throw himself boldly, for that period, into the arms of the
Rodenites. Mr. George Dawson wants a seat in the House
of Commons, and it would be desirable, by all means, to
reinstate him in Derry. This, we are told, is the hidden
motive of the proposed invitation to his brother-in-law.—
.Freentan's Journal.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO SIR FRANCIS
FBEELING.—The idea of marking, by some memorial, the
respect for Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., Secretary to the
Post-office, appears, by communication w.th each other, to
have floated in the minds of several functionaries of the Post-
office ; it remained only to be mentioned to receive the
warm and cordial approbation of all consulted. Under

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
NI 1r....0UT attention has been directed to an article inserted in
14, eolurfins of the 13th inst., and thence re-copied into the
of o„Itt journals of England, containing a false representation
itt„ohl conduct as Stewards to the late Bachelor's balls, and
utrie7m:zersing our character as men of honour and
Ahili.coted at a meeting of the Subscribers to the Balls, to
Ivitleil,TheY themselves issued invitations, we were vested alone
'ue Power usually assigned of excluding improper cbarac-
Si Having executed the functions of an office arduous and
oft heaszint in no ordinary measure, to the general satisfaction
olvri c1!0 interested in its discharge, we can readily afford to
kitte"oat one ticket, out 0f350, which ought to have been ad-
Itierlt(l) Was refused in the haste and pressure of other arrange-
' when presented for signature, at a late hour of the day
Alich the last ball was given.
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apology or satisfaction was demanded of the two English
te,,.,ards, in consequence of which a meeting of the four
indi rtis was convened on the following day, when so far from
\‘,llvldually shrinking from the responsibility of our joint act,
caninaously agrecd to remain in this, Qs in all other cases,
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cart and together, and deputed two Gentlemen to wait

THE SUN, LONDON-, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1835.

such circumstances, a meeting of the heads of the various
departments was held on Thursday the 12th inst.,—pre-
sent, G. R. Huddlestone, Esq. ; Thomas Lawrence,
Esq. ; George Louis, Esq. ; Charles Newton, Esq. ;
M. •B. Peacock, Esq. ; Thomas Ross, Esq. ; Robert
Smith, Esq. ; Daniel Stow, Esq. ; and C. D. Wagstaff,
Esq., at which the following resolutions were then severally
proposed and adopted :—" That the memorial to be pre-
sented should consist of plate as an heir-loom." " That a
Committee of three gentlemen, the chairman being one, be
appointed." " Mr. Peacock and Mr. Stow appointed by
lists of two names handed in by each gentleman present."
Proposed by Mr. Smith, and seconded by Mr. Stow,
" that Mr. Louis and Mr. • Peacock should be appointed
joint treasurers, and that an account be opened in their
names at Messrs. Childs, bankers, Fleet-street." Proposed
by Mr. Peacock, and seconded by Mr. Ross, " That an
immediate subscription be opened." The party then sepa-
rated.—illorning Paper.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, besides allowing an
equivalent for all improvements made on his Irish estates,
takes off 25 per cent. from the present rental.—Freeman's

Journal.

DEVONPORT.—It is pretty generally understood
that Devonport will petition for a Municipal Charter, ex-
clusive of Plymouth.—Dorset Chronicle.

The sum of 4001., to be paid by a musical firm to
the compoger of the opera of the Siege of Rochelle, is said
to be contingent on its running forty nights. Last night it
reached its 19th representation. Mr. Wilson's engagement
is understood to have been originally for five weeks only,
as principal tenor in the opera. Miss Shirreff, who has ac-
quired much histrionic fame by her performance of Clara de
Rosemberg, will be the heroine of the forthcoming new
opera, the Bronze Horse.
DEVIZES ELECTION.---The Reformers should be
reminded that by the statute of sth and 6th William IV.,
c. 36, sec. 2, passed the 25th of August last, the time of
taking the poll in boroughs at contested elections is limited
to one day only. The polling to commence at eight o'clock
in the morning, and to be kept open till four in the after-
noon. Devizes will be the first borough under this
new law. •

IRISH YEOMANRY.—The Secretary at War has
announced that a gratuity of one month's pay for eighteen
months of service will be granted to the permanent ser-
geants and drummers of Irish Yeomanry who were in pay
on 31st March, 1834. The arm's of those corps will be
now ordered into store, and the whole establishment ex-
tinguished, much to the benefit of the public peace.

ANCESTORS.—The number of ancestors a person
has is astonishing at first sight ; at first two parents ; in
the second four, the parents of his father and mother ; in
the third eight, the parents of his two grandfathers and
two grandmothers ; by the same rate of progression, 1,024
in the tenth ; and at the 20th degree, or at the distance of
20 generations, every person has above 1,000,000 ancestors,
as common arithmetic will demonstrate.

We are requested to state that the result of the
meeting of the creditors of Mr. Chambers, the late banker
in Bond-street, at the Opera-house, on Wednesday, was a
unanimous resolution to adopt an arrangement with Mr.
Chambers, which has for its object the conclusion of a
litigation carried on for ten years, and the immediate reali-
zation of Mr. Chambers' property, and its division amongst
the creditors.

Commons often disturb the more grave deliberations of the
Lords. But it is'on an important division that the Stentorian
capabilities of the Commons are heard to most advantage.
I have often heard the triumphant party give such rounds
of applause on the Speaker's announcing the numbers, as
literally made the ears of Hon. Members ring again.
When Sir Robert Peel was last Session defeated on the
Church Appropriation question, such was the exultation of
the liberal party, that some of them, not content with hur-
raing at the top of their voice, actually took off their hats
and whirled them in the air.—Random Recollections in the
Muse of Commons.
We have learned with sincere pleasure that the sen-
tence of transportation upon Captain Dickinson, of the
Madras army, has, upon a representation to the highest
authority of all the circumstances, been remitted. This
cannot fail to give satisfaction to the friends of Captain
Dickinson, as well as to his brother Officers, by whom he
was much esteemed. .

At the tithe-audit of the Rev. Mr. Stretfield, vicar
.of East Ham, he (the vicar) invited his parishioners to
dine with him, when, unsolicited, he returned them five per
cent. on the amount of their tithe, having made a very con-
siderable reduction the previous year. Such good acts
ought to gain publicity.

TUNBRIDGE WELL S .—Notwithstanding the ad-
vanced period of the year, when it is customary for nearly
the whole of our fashionable visiters to leave us, either for
the sea coast or metropolis, we can still boast this year of
many distinguished residents—amongst whom are the Earl
of Ripon, at Boyne House ; Lady M. Bentinck, Olden-
burgh House ; Sir William and Lady Hutchinson, W el-
lington-place ; Lady Dampier, Calverley-place ; Lady and
Miss Brisbane ; Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Milnes,
Grove-hill ; Lady and the Misses Keane, Dudley House ;
Sir John and Lady Hamilton and family, Mount Sion ;
Mrs. Admiral Hardymaa ; Mr. and Mrs. Morier ; Mrs.
Inglis, &c. An inquest was held on Saturday, at the
Sussex Hotel, touching the death of Lieutenant-Colonel
McLachlan, of the Royal Artillery. It appeared that the
deceased died from the rupture of a vessel near the heart,
in a fit of coughing, whilst in a confectioner's shop on the
parade. A verdict was returned of " Died by the visitation
of God."

Civic WlT.—Since the election of Mr. Sheriff
Salomons, the City wags say there are three Gogs in Guild-
hall--Gog, Magog, and Syna-gogue.
_

On Saturday night last some persons broke into Sir
Stratford Canning's residence at St. Leonard's, where they
set out supper, and having regaled themselves with all they
could find, afterwards departed with the fragments.—
BrightOn Gazette.
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Tuesday last; as Captain
Robert Baillie was taking a fence while hunting with the
Duke of Buccleuch's hounds, his horse unfortunately made
a false slip, and bolting head foremost into the ditch on the
other side, broke its neck in the fall. The noble animal
died almost immediately.' We are happy to learn that its
gallant rider fortunately escaped unhurt.—Caledonian
Mercury.
A Box Poznanski, the Polish violinist,
has just returned from Paris, where he had the honour
of playing before Louis Phillippe, at his Majesty's own
request, and afterwards gave a public concert. On being
asked by a friend what he bad cleared by his concert, his
witty and laconic reply was " my pockets."
A waterspout of unusual magnitude was the grand
magnet of attraction to the Cockney gazers at Mar-
gate one day last week. It burst over the cliffs, to the
great astonishment and alarm of the starers at this pheno-
menon.

LES MILLIONAIRES.—His Majesty 'King Louis
Phillippe is said to be the richest private individual in
Europe. The Rothschilds, it is supposed, could at a week's
notice realize four millions, but the Citizen King could
command eleven millions.

Hannah More once expressed a wonder to Dr.
Johnson, that the poet who had written " Paradise Lost,"
should write such poor sonnets. The Doctor's reply was,
that " Milton was a genius that could cut a Colossus from
a rock, but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones."
Wednesday morning a boy employed in the flock-
mills belonging to Mr. Nutt, of Cleveland--street, Fitzroy-
square, having incautiously approached too near part of the
machinery, which is worked by steam, he was drawn within
the wheels, and his body was literally torn to pieces. Half
an hour elapsed' before he could be extracted, and the poor
fellow died about three minutes afterwards.

The Lieutenant-Governorship of Carlisle, which
has become vacant by the death of Lieutenant-Colonel
Farquharson, late of the 42d, will, it is understood, not be
filled, according to the recommendation of the Parliamen-
tary Committee on Military Establishments and Garrisons.
Lieutenant-General Hon. J. Ramsay retains the Governor-
ship of Carlisle.
Letters from Kiel state that the interview between
the Emperor Nicholas and Lord Durham at Kiew was
very short and cold. The report which the Ambassador
will have to make to his Court can only encourage the per-
severance of Lord Palmerston and the British Parliament.
—Constitutionnel. _

The wife of an Irish labourer, residing in Grey-
hound-court, Saffron-hill, was yesterday delivered of three
children, one girl and two boys, who, as well as the mother,
are doing well.
In a gale of wind, a few days since, in the Bristol
Channel, the brig Blessing, of Swansea, Tidbolt, master,
came in contact with a schooner, which immediately went
down, and all on board perished, excepting the mate, who
fortunately leaped on board the Blessing. The brig after-
wards carried away her bowsprit, and became so distressed
that she got on shore at the back of Peterain Point, but
her crew took to the boat and were saved.

The stock of sugar in the principal ports of the
kingdom is said to be nearly 25,000 hhds. less than at the
corresponding period of the last year.
PAY FOR SPORT.—We learn that a few days since,
as the Rector of Donegore was indulging himself in the
pastoral recreations of the chase, his horse was taken from
him and sent to the pound, for trespass, by a parishioner,
who said, though he did not wish to prevent others from
hunting over his property, he was determined, as the Rector
compelled him to pay tithe, that his Reverence should pay
him for trespass.—Northern Whig.
CONSUMPTION OF FOOD IN LONDON,—Of the
quantity of cattle sold in Smithfield market we have the
most accurate returns, and find that, during the last twelve
months, the numbers were 156,000 beasts, 21,000 calves,
1,500,000 sheep, and 20,000 pigs. This does not, how.
ever, by any means form the Total consumed in London, as
large quantities of meat in carcases, particularly pork, are
daily brought from the counties around the metropolis. The
total value of cattle sold in Smithfield annually is calculated
at 8,500,0001. It ,is supposed that 1,000,0001. a year is
expended in fruits and vegetables. The consumption of
wheat amounts to 1,000,000 quarters annually ; of this 4-shts
are supposed to be made into bread, being a consumption of
64,000,000 quartern loaves every year in the metropolis alone.
The annual consumption of butter in London amounts to
about 11,000 tons, and that of cheese to 13,000 tons. The
money paid annually for milk is supposed to amount to
1,250,0001. The quantity of poultry annually consumed in
London is supposed to cost between 70,0001. and 80,000/.
that of game depends upon the plentifulness of the season.
There is nothing, however, more surprising than the sale of
rabbits ; one salesman in Leadenhall-market, during a con-
siderable portion of the year, is said to have sold 14,000
rabbits weekly.
The following is a statement of the naval forces that
the different Powers have at this moment at the various
stations of the Levant :—France has 1 ship of the line, 1
frigate, 7 other vessels ; total 9. England 5 ships of the
line, 5 frigates, 7 others ; total 17. Russia will soon have
6 ships of the line, 4 frigates, 2 others ; total 12. Austria
1 frigate, 3 others ; total 4. Egypt 6 ships of the line, 4
frigates, 12 others ; total 22. Turkey 1 ship of the line, 5
frigates, 6 others at Tripoli, and 16 vessels of different rates
off Albania ; total 28. This makes nearly 100 ships of
war. To these may be added some vessels fitting out by
Sardinia and Genoa.

The Burgess Lists at Weymouth present a roll of
near six hundred names, from which it is anticipated many
will be deducted when the revision takes place, and many
added which have been omitted. A canvassing has com-
menced, and it is expected there will be numerous candi-
dates for civic honours as well as for civic emoluments, pro-
vided by the Municipal Reform Act.—Sherborne Journal.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17, 1835.—Arrived the James
Watt steamer, Jamieson, commander, from Corunna, which
she left on Thursday, the 12th, where she landed 15,000
stand of arms and ammunition. The country was very
tranquil in the vicinity of Corunna, where little commerce
at present exists. This place is made head-quarters for
the Gallician volunteers. They are raising 12,000 in that
province as their proportion of the levy of 100,000. The
men come in from the country in high spirits. The people
repose great confidence in the continuance of aid from Eng-
land. The French man-of-war Jean d' Arc was towed out
of Corunna harbour, and went to sea on the 11th instant.
The James Watt proceeds to-morrow for London, where
she is expected to be freighted with clothing, &c., for
Spain. She brings no passengers.
Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of three and
four o'clock, as a man in the employ of Messrs. Jones, Ri-
dout, and Co., of Friday-street, Cheapside, was riding on
the shafts of a waggon he was driving along the Commer-
cial-road, he fell off, and before he could scramble out of
the way, the hind and fore wheel passed over both his
thighs, crushing the bones in a most dreadful manner. The
poor fellow was taken up and placed on a litter, and con-
veyed to the London Hospital in the most excruciating
agonies. It is feared that amputation of both limbs will
be absolutely necessary.
A whale was recently washed on the domain of Sir
Thomas Gooch, at Benacre, Suffolk. It was so much de-
composed that it was difficult to determine to what species
it belonged. Sir Thomas collected the perfect cranium,
with the connecting upper and lower jaws, the vertebrae,
and a few of the ribs, and placed them in his pleasure ground
at Benacre-hall, for the investigation of the naturalist.

RUSSIA AND THE OTTOMAN PORTE.—A re-
markable proof has lately come to our knowledge of the
subjection in which the Ottoman Porte is held by Russia ;
and as we do notnemember to have seen the anecdote
in print, we shall relate it here. The entrance of the Bos-
phorus from the Black Sea is defended by two forts, which
having fallen into decay, it was proposed in the 'Divan that
they should be again placed in a state of defence, upon
which one of the Ministers represented that such a step
might be regarded as an act of hostility to Russia, and
that it would certainly be displeasing to that power. This
suggestion called forth the anger of the Sultan, who,;re-
minding his officious servant that he, and not the Russian
Emperor, was the ruler of Turkey, ordered the works,
which it was estimated would cost about 20,0001. sterling,
to proceed forthwith. No sooner, however, had the Rus-
sian Ambassador learned what was in contemplation, than,
alarmed at this unwonted manifestation of independence,
he represented to the Sultan that the finances of the Porte
were not in a condition to warrant so large an expenditure.
We are unable to state the nature of the Sultan's reply—
but the forts have never to this hour been repaired.—
Brighton Gazette.
CAPE CA.vEm.---A gentleman, residing on the
Coombe, at Dublin, summoned a female neighbour of his
for illegally detaining a small dog, which he alleged was
his property, but which the lady insisted as strenuously
belonged to herself. The respondent appeared in the
board-room with the disputed animal in her arms, covered
up with the folds of her cloak. i She cross-examined the
complainant at considerable length as to the age and marks
of the beast ; after which she extricated the dog from his
hiding place, threw him triumphantly on the floor, and re-
ferred with much confidence the matter to the decision of
the bye-standers. However all her rhetoric proved unavail-
ing, for after a protracted investigation the dog was awarded
to the complainant, as the man who had originally made
him a present of the animal appeared as a witness in his
favour, and deposed to that effect.
JUSTICE.—We lately called attention to the reward
offered by the Lord Lieutenant for the apprehension of
the miscreants concerned in the wrecking of the houses of
a number of Roman Catholics in the parish of Killyman,
county Tyrone. The Standard, the authorized Gazette
of the Peel-Wellington Ministry, does not hesitate to pro-
nounce this " a most infamous proclamation." Hear this,
Catholic Ireland—hear it, all you who love justice and a
fair administration of the law—and thank Heaven that
the Orange and Tory faction no longer possesses the
power of misgoverning Ireland. Let it never be forgotten
that the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan—the itinerant moun-
tebank, who has been crusading through Great Britain for
nine or ten mouths past—is the Rector of Killyman, where
the aforesaid wreckers were guilty of the atrocities which
upon the report of the Earl Of Caledon and the local ma-
gistracy, the Lord Lieutenant sought to punish by what
the Tory organ calls " a most wicked and infamous procla-
mation."—Waterford Chronicle.
LORD STOWELL.—(From the Newcastle Journal.)
—ln a paragraph copied from a London print, which we
inserted in our paper last week, it was stated that " Lord
Stowell entered his 92d year on Thursday week, on which
occasion the Earl of Eldon came from his seat at Encombe
to spend his birthday with his brother, as usual, at Early
.Court." There is a small error in this statement, which
we are enabled to correct ; the venerable Peer entered his
91st year only at the recent anniversary of his birthday,
when he completed the 90th year of his age, having been
born in or about the month of October in the memorable
year 1745, when the rebellion in Scotland broke out.
There are some circumstances connected with his birth of
so curious and almost romantic a nature, in an hiitorical
point of view, that we think our readers will not be dis-
pleased with a short narrative of them. At the period
alluded to (1745) the whole country, particularly in the
north, was in the greatest state of alarm, and the approach
of the rebels to Newcastle Was almost daily expected ; the
town walls were planted with cannon, and the gates closed
and fortified, and every practicable measure adopted to
withstand a siege ; and many of the inhabitants, who had
the means, retired into the country. Mrs. Scott (mother
of Lord Stowell) was at this time far advanced in pregnancy,
and the family were very desirous to have-her removed out
of the town, but egress, in any common way, was next to
impossible ; their residence was in Love-lane, a narrow
street adjoining to the public quay, and the town-wall, at

An unusual large quantity of fine codfish have been
caught along the coast at Littlehampton during the last
fortnight, and sold at unprecedentedly low prices. This
plentiful supply is attributed to an improved method of
taking them, which has been introduced into this part by
some Coast Guard men who have come up from distant
places on the coast in the West of England.
Last Saturday evening, or early on Sunday morn-
ing., a most melancholy occurrence, attended with serious
loss of life, took place about the seventh lock of the Grand
Canal. As a family, whose names, we have understood ,
were Geraghty, were proceeding home to Clondalkin in a
car, upon which was placed a barrel of beer, the horse in .
the vehicle walked into the canal at the above place, and
all the passengers, five in number, were drowned. There
were two young pei§ons, and - three adults ; amongst the
latter were some women. The horse was also lost. The
unfortunate circumstance was first discovered by the fact of
the barrel of beer having been noticed floating in the canal.
—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
STENTORIAN CAPABILITIES OF TIIE MEM-
BEr.s.—I have spoken of the noise and confusion that often
prevail in the House when a fourth or fifth-rate speaker is
addressing it. When a popular Member belonging to either
party is on his legS, he again is sure, especially if speaking
on a party question, to be applauded to the echo by those
who hold the same principles as himself. For example, Sir
Robert Peel may at all times rely on the vociferous ap-
plause of the Tories ; Lord John Russell on that of the
Whigs ; and Mr. O'Connell on that of the Radical or
Movement party. In applauding their respective favour-
ites, Hon. Members give full play to their lungs. Their
cheers are sometimes deafening in the House, and are often
distinctly heard at a great distance from it. In the new
Hollses, which are near each other, the cheers given in the

that time, ran along the quay, between Love-lane and the
river Tyne. In this emergency it was contrived to have
some sort of a basket, in which Mrs. Scott was to be
placed, and let down from the top of the wall, on the out-
side, to the quay, where a boat was in readiness to receive
her, and by which she was conveyed down the river to
Heworth, a village about four miles below Newcastle, but
on the south side of the river Tyne, and in the county of
Durham ; she arrived at Heworth in perfect safety, and
shortly afterwards was there delivered of twins, a son,

named William (Lord Stowell), and a daughter, named
Barbara. The two children were christened at All Saints
Church, Newcastle, on the 15th of October, 1745, and the
entry in the register book is as follows :—" Baptized in

October; "•N. 18th—William and Barbara,
twins of William Scott, Hoastman. Certify'd by the Rev.
Mr. Leonard Rumncy, Curate of Jarro and Hewortb, oc-
casioned by the present rebellion."

TITHES.—We have just heard that Mr. Rea of
Ballycoen, near Tagoat, has been thrown into prison, un-
der an attachment from the Court of Exchequer for tithes,
at the suit of the Rev. Mr. Elrington. It appears that
there are twenty-three similar attachments out against as
many individuals in Mr. Rea's small parish, who hourly
expect to share with poor Rea the horrors and damp of the
dungeon. Well, the modern representatives of apostolic
meekness and self-denial may torture the body, but never
can break down the honest resolve of an injured and op-
pressed people, to suffer death rather than acquiesce in the
propriety of paying an iniquitous, blood stained and anti-
christian impost.—Western Independent.

HAYDN AND THE ENGLISH NAVAL CAPTAIN.
—During his stay in London, a Captain of the navy came
to him one morning, and asked him to compose a march for
some troops he had on board, offering him thirty guineas for
his trouble, but requiring it to be done immediately, as the
vessel was to sail next day for Calcutta. As soon as the
Captain was gone, Haydn sat down to the piano-forte, and
the march was ready in a few minutes. Feeling some scru-
ple at getting his money so very easily, Haydn wrote two
other marches, intending first to give the Captain his choice,
and then to make him a present of all the three as a return
for his liberality. Next morning the Captain returned,
and asked for his march. " Here it is," said the composer.
The Captain asked to hear him on the piano-forte, and hav-
ing done so, laid down the thirty guineas, pocketed the
march, and walked away. Haydn tried to stop him, but
in vain—the march was very good. " But I have written
two others," cried Haydn, " which are better ; hear them,
and take your choice." " I like the first very well, and
that is enough," answered the Captain, pursuing his way
down stairs. Haydn followed, crying out, " But I make
you a present of them." " I won't have them !" roared the
seaman, with a nautical asseveration, and bolted out at the
street door. Haydn, determined not to be outdone, has-
tened to the Exchange, and discovering the name of the
ship and her commander, sent the marches on board with a
polite note, which the Captain, surmising its contents, sent
back unopened. Haydn tore the marches into a thousand
pieces, and never forgot this liberal English humourist as
long as he lived.—Hogarth's Musical History.
MONEY MARKET.—(Thursday Evening.) The
extension of business by the London and Westminster
Bank, which is about to open branches in different parts of
the town, and even in the suburbs, is thought likely to lead
to important changes in the state of banking in the metro-
polis, though much doubt is entertained whether they will
be attended with any great practical benefit either to the
parties concerned.or to the pv.blic. They can only expect
to become for a short time the depositories- of the floating
circulation of the neighbourhoods in which the banks are
placed, without acquiring any large balances, on which the
profit of banking principally depends. They may become
lenders, too, to some extent to the tradesmen in their re-
spective districts, and at a good rate of interest ; but in this
the risk, from the difficulty o ascertaining the state of cre-
dit, would necessarily be very considerable. Mere profit,
therefore, can scarcely be, in the first instance, the object
of the Company in question_ Hence there is an impression
that it is power rather than profit which the directors have
in view. Though the prospe et is a distant one, they probably
conceive that whenever the time shall arrive for another
negotiation for a charter bet wieen the Bank of England and
the Government, they may be enabled, by these and other
means, by the extension or their business and well esta-
blishing themselves in public: confidence, to acquire influ-
ence sufficient to prevent :another charter from being
granted: The experiment be watched mean time with
some curiosity by the moniied interest generally. About
520,000/. stock was again purchased to-day on account of
West India disputed claims,. at 91-g- to 9 ; but, notwith-
standing that this makes ab o•ut 1,000,000/. sterling which
has been laid out. within the last eight days, no advance
took place in Consols, but, on the contrary, as soon as the
investments were effected th tey fell f per cent. The large
amount of Omnium recently- converted into stock, with a
view of receiving the discoui it, appears now to be coming
upon the market whenever e ilk opportunity occurs to dispose
of it with advantage. This was the only cause assigned
to-day for the want of inf Lue.nce on Consols from these
transactions. The quantity of Omnium remaining out
being comparatively small, 1 iargains to any extent are sel-
dom transacted in it, but bu siness was done to-day at 38 to
4 premium, the closing quot at ion.-21foriting Paper.
Last week the lace fact oi .y belonging to Mr. Miller,
in Barnstaple, was broken bat o, and property to a very con-
siderable amount wantonly it ijured, by cutting at least se-
veral hundreds, if not thous:al ds of yards, of expensive silk,
blond, and cotton lace, whicl ► were on the rollers of the
machines, in process of ma nufacture ; and not only the
finished article, but the thr(3a ds and warp were also cut to
pieces, thus, for a time, th ro wing above forty hands out of
work, besides the loss to the• -proprietor, even if the lace be at
all reparable. The work i• a, .ide seems to have been carried
on with much deliberation,, as the lace and warp on each of
the machines on the floor, an nounting to thirty-one in num-
ber, were mangled in a sim ili ►r way. No clue to the detec-
tion of the person or pen ions has hitherto been obtained.
Mr. Miller has offered a r( 3V ;ard of 501.—Dorset Chronicle.