The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-18 00:00:00

LAMBETH' ANCIENT CHURCH.—In despite o

the mean opposition of the Destructives, the venerable
tower of the ancient Archiepiscopal Church of St. Mary,
Lambeth,
,which forms so picturesque an ornament_ to the
Palace, as , viewed from the water, is undergoing a most
complete and satisfactory repair froth its very foundations.
The upper portions, which were most decayed, have been
entirely removed, and the workmen arc now engaged in
laying new courses of a durable kind of stone, obtained
from' quarries in the vicinity of Bath. The work is already
considerably advanced.
The burial-place of the Fitzwilliam family is at
Marholm, near Peterborough ; and it is supposed that Lord
Milton's remains will be interred there next week.
The son of Mr. Betty, who is about thirteen years
of age, and whose father was distinguished about thirty
years ago as the infant Roscius ,is also, it seems, poSsessed
of much precocious theatrical talents, and has acted Selim
in the Gravesend Theatre, and Tancred, which his sire per-
formed when about the same age in the Liverpool and Co-
vent-garden Theatres with much effect. When Master
Betty has-more exnerienee,-he will make his appearance in
Covent-garden or Drury-lane Theatre, as his services would
be acceptable in either.
CAPTAIN COOK.—The discoveries of. the. great
English circumnavigator were owing to a particular marked
shilling. Yong Cook was a native of Yorkshire, and
served as apprent►ce to a , merchant and shopkeeper in a
large fishing town in that county. Some money had been
missed from the till, and to detect the delinquent a very
curiously marked shilling was mixed with the silver; which
was accurately counted. On examining the till shortly after,
this peculiar shilling was missing, and Cook was taxed a ith
having taken it out ; this he instantly acknowledged, stating
that its particular look had caught his eye, but affirmed
at the same. time that he had put another of his own-in
its place. The money was accordingly counted . over
again, and found to agree exactly with his statement.
Although the family was highly respectable, and there-.
fore Capable of advancing him in his future prospects,
and also much attached to him, and very kind, yet the:
high ..spirit of the boy could not brook remaining in a
situation where he bad been suspected ; he therefore ran
away, and, having no other resource, entered as a cabin-
boy in a collier.
SEALS IN THE RIVER TWEED.—It is • generally
supposed that the seal lives in salt water only, but for some
weeks past several of these have been occasionally seen
playing their gambols in the Tweed, much to the astonish-
ment of most people. About a fortnight ago . they were
first observed at Upsetlington, in the shallow stream that
runs below the ford, and where their bodies-were but half
covered by the water. Soon afterwards, two seals were
seen in the deep water belew Milne-Graden House, about
four miles below Upsetlington. The fishermen think they
had come up the river in pursuit of salmon, of which, it is
said, they are . fastidious gourmands. This is not the first
instance of seals being discovered in the Tweed. Several
years ago there was one which frequented the river opposite
to Norhani Castle. It was observed for many successive
evenings at nearly the same spot.—Berwid; and Kelso
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