The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-03 00:00:00

took place, and that, the paper catching fire, the ft une com-
municated to her head-dress, and set tire to her clothe',
Her. daughter, Lady Cowley, had a long presentiment that
the Marchioness would s't her clothes on fire, which dwelt
much on her mind. When her tlNith was commonicated to
this amiable Lady she received it u 411 coruparative comp.
sure, not being aware of the cause ; but when this was made
known to herby degrees, sho became distracted, anti still
remains indisposed. A grand dinner was to have 1)009
given on Saturday last, to a party of taventp.3ix ; 7ncl )34t
evening a sp:endid ball and supper td ail the nuighlmitring
Nobility and Gentry, rn..l %Nutt of Salisbury, in a leo,
ter to her Majesty, narrating the melancholy details of tip.;
late fire at Hatfield House, mentions that the library iR p,re-
served. It has been erroneously stated by songl,t'o„r
contemporaries that this valulible collection of koks war',
destroyed. The late Dowager Marchioness of ..3alishory is •
supposed to have had with her at the time of 116. death rdi
her diamonds, which ore said to be onmmense value, ;Ina
amongtt them an extraordinary.
Eltyard 111. to the celebr. 'pearl necklace, given by
'i.ed Countess of Salisbury.
'chis necklace was pm:NW!, to the family of Cecil by King;
Charles 11.

On Montl",:y:- evening a gentleman named Wilson
with cous;'),,erable difficulty rescued a female child named
Wary builivan from the hands of a man who had tal'hen her
to a retired spot on the Victoria-road, near Hyde-harp,
evidently for the purpose of violating her person. Although
some soldiers immediately went in pursuit of the ruffian, he
succeeded in effecting his escape.
A contract for a loan of eight millions of dollars for
Don Carlos was yesterday (Sunday) concluded here by an
Amsterdam house (Bischoffschelin and •Co.) On this you
may rely.—Paris Leiter of a Contemporary.
Portobello and Panama have been declared free
ports foe D) years to come to all nations not at war with.
New Granada ; the importation of slaves is prohbiteda
The Custom houses of Panama, Portobello, and Chagres
are in consequence abolished.

MDLLE. ern-moons .report has been
circulated respecting GrU. It has been stated. that she is
married, has left the stage, and will not revisit this country.
This is not the case, Mademoiselle may have married, but
in the meantime she is singing nightly in Park; in 11 Birz.vo,
Ler Sonnambvia, Ote11:), &e., and has nearly closed bee en-
gagement for the ensuing London season. Bellinis Norma
is Going prepared for her in the French metropoli% and
Costa's Opera oflek Adhel, of which much is expected,
is about to be put in rehearsal. Whatever id".ts Mae.
Grisi may entertain about retiring into private iife,they will
tbe realiZed till after-the Londoa season, becat;e 5,0001.
in` four months is not to be despised, notwithstanding hel:-
having met with a quasi-rival in alittle 'Englishwoman, Mss
Howson, now Madame Albertazzi.
Getv.),rai Dembinski has published in Paris a strong
and indignant refutation of the reproach addreved to the
Poles by the Czar, of ingratit-ade to Ale:-.ander.
By the resignation o!: Aiderme:, An,•:ey and Hun-
the distinguished post of father of the eity will devolve
open Alderman Sehti!ey.
trade of Dundee
conitNinculetsEtAoSiLr(lerase'..PßlA'rpoiEn.—a 'ltiaitlee%ent just published of
the quantity of flax, hemp, flax-cocrila, and hemp-codillaw
imported from the ist of lanuri-: to the Ist of November
in 1834 and 181,5, there ap-e_rs to have been in MI,
15,140 tons, and in 1585; 5.41:49 tons. Increase last year
9,109 tons. In the ex--,orts of manufactured good:: during
the same perioi there is an incrca:.:e last :-.ear of 8;1,907

pieces,
The all-absorbing topic of the week among com-
mercial men, says the ManehesLT Chronicle, has been the
failure, under the most extraordinary eircur.istanees, of a
person extensively known here. His debts are understood.
to amount to upward of 20,0001., to meet which the assets
are very far from being adequate. Bill transactions of a
very snspicious character have also occurred. Too indivi-
dual principally concerned has quitted time town, and is
Stated to have embarked for America.
'The practice of plucking geese twice a year, for the
sake of the feathers, is very prevalent' at Lrowlelist, and.
other parts of this country. The tortures which the poor
animals are. thus occasioned may be conceived from the •
fact, that the extractio►i. of every feather opens as many
bleeding- pores. To strip a living goose of its clothing.,
worth, :Ater all, not more than (id., is a refinement in cruelty
which the human mind revolts at.
At the last Wimborne Justice meeting, 152, persons
were summoned for non-payment of Poor Rates.
Mr. Richard Ellis, late Assistant Overseer of this
parish, but now of Abingdon, was shot at on Saturday
night last, whilst sitting in an taper room with his family.
The bullet entered by the window , passed through parti-
tion, and penetrated nearly TU., loch intn the opposite wall.
Five persons were in the r.,ont at the time, and ail, provi-
dentially, were uninjurr I—Devoiport 7 'ek.;-raph.
At the County iviaqistratcs' Meeting on Tuesday,
no business of public interest was transacted ; but a me-
lancholy prtri, of the difficulties in which the fbw remaining
small furriers are invelved, was ,nforded in the cases of one
or two individuals of this class, re-,ding in the neighbour-
ItY" of Downton, who were summoned for long m•rears of
rates ; and who declared that they had no alternative but
to submit to a distress-warrant, and take refuge, with their
families, in time workhouse
The =Me evil of which our farmers complain,
namely, lowness of price, is a en ect c);* complaint in ILA-
land, where the States-General are at this time eonsidering
a law to remedy it—hm France, where the ni; riculturiA;
have recently memorialized the Government—in Prussia,
and throughout Germany, where it is continually lamented,
and even ice the United States. It is, therefore, a general
nbeenomenon, arishag from general causes, beyond the con-
trol of any one Legislature.—Prigobtort Guardian.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—A special Court 'was
fixed for yesterday morning for the termination of the dis-
pute between the Vestry and the Church trustees of
.St.
Pancras, respectim* the auditing the accounts of the latter.
There art,` two Acts of Parliament-- a general and local
one—and the question is, which gives power : the vestry to
call for the passing. of the accounts in open sessional court,
or the trustees? The subject has been discussed "pots
mandamus and motion in the Court of King's Bench ; hut
as other applications are before that Court, the matter was
again, referred to a future day.—This is the last struggle
of the Tories in St. Pancras to have controul over the pa-
rish fuu:ls.
LATE ACCIDENT AT GREENOCIC.—On Wed-
nesday evening, a public meeting of the sufferers by the
awful calamity was held, at which it was resolved to prose-
cute the Slums Water Company for damages. One of the
greatest sufferers was select-A to prosecute, but the prose-
cution was to be at the expense of time whole. ' The Shaws
Water Company, it is said, are determined to resist pay-
ment of damages, on the ground that they are not respon-
sible. Yesterday an interdict was served on the Compauy,
at the instance (.fMr. Ardhnehle, prohibiting them it front
doing anything to the breach in time dam until a proper
satve.y had 13(ICZI made. For three days Imaek a number of
workmen have been engaged in judicial surveys of the pro-
perty injurtsd. If time Shaws Water Company resist com-
pensation for the damages done, a law suit will he
'and.the Ir:hail:tants of Gr;:enock are determined to support;
time suffere-.s.—Glasgow. Chrouicla.
Duiing the severe and sudden little of Wesincsday
list, a.,(lsli-ing boat, belonging to Portessie, WaS..uvet among
the breakers, on time sands of Cullen ; nod tin! whole crew,
consisting of eight men. perished. .By this niLlaneholy acci-
dent, -five women have been rendered widows, and 2 t cbii-
dren fstherless. From the reduced state of the fishe-men..
along this coast, in consequence of the failure of the fisblmn
during the'last two or three bygone years, these fa-milies timu
left in a very indigent and helpless condition The men
who. perished vere—.lohn Connack and hi-. eldest son,
James : :Fames Farquhar and his eldest. son, :John ; William
Farquhar ramt his eldest son, James ; tozether with Johnt•
Farquhar and Alexander Smith, • Three of these were
heads of ratoui., and all the sous of one old man, 15110
has thus, in one tio, been depriyed of all' his famous, land
been left alone to struggle with- the increasing Infirmities
of age and the iron grasp of poverty, without a relative:
who can solace his sorrows, contribute to his wants, or even-
lay his hoary head in its 'last resting place. The body of
John Farquhar alone lies yet been found, The accident
happened close by the shore, in sight of hundreds, who
were unable to render any assistance to their perishing
fellow-men. A subscription has been set on foot fhr the.
relief of the destitute widows amid fiutilies, and it is to 13e
hoped that the charity or the public will not be withheld, ip
a case of so much distress.—Aberken Herald.
DREADFUL STORMS IN SHETLANDe—Thc
monthly return from Sumburgh-bead Lighthouse. tor the
month of October, contains an account (
storms which have visited Shetland during t,)lk:attlirveandtriehadofunl
the I.3th, at four in the morning, a tempest sprung up from
the- north-west, accompanied 'by a thiek fug and heavy
showers of hail, which fell in pieces of about an inch in cir-
cumference. At Bigton House, the residence of William
Bruce, Esq., seventy-four },.woes of glue, wore broken, Dud
the bail-storm, runnitvg along the ground, swept awa:,.thatmy
fields of corn hehia'ing to the poor people, who ',re left in,
a state of starvation. Again, ou the 24th, a \ 'plea gale
from time south-west visited the same devoted. region, and
completely destroyed t't whole corn crop the fanners at
Sumburzh. Slot:l,4mA sheaves were smut* careering before
it for some ViAes ; and many or the tofortnuate Shot-
wcre much hurt in trying to
1,10,e general ruin. The linnkes, save a pittattee' Trout,
cm, have suffered mud*
damage ; and one Inty.4 ‘y;,..t.:tr;tained severp,,ipjurft.
having been alas- by :he tenr,o, 11,11, the, thatched roo-:
of their which they vt,roat';enipting. pretidnt-teini,
away by time "ilia., new
aid. It is ~.„ark,a, that the lighthomise
upon an ex Pu,A /Aeadl'and has u iTe r "a, i
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