The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-08 00:00:00

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Lord Eldon's recent indisposition was a fit of the
gout in the extremities. At one period the attack was so
painfully severe, that the skin absolutely separated from the
soles of his feet. The Noble Earl is now convalescent. He
attended a meeting of the Privy Council on Friday, to assist
on the subject of considering the various petitions for granting
a Charter to the London University.

The Earl of Gosford is to be raised to the British
Peerage, with the title of Lord Worlingham, of Worlingham,
in Suffolk.

REFORM ASSOCIATION.—Branches of the great
National Reform Association are about to be established forth-
with in Taunton, both for the borough and county. We trust
that the example will be followed throughout the West a
E n gland. —Bristol Mercury.

REFORM ASSOCIATION.—A grand Reform As-
sociation is now forming in South Staffordshire, and several
hundred names are already enrolled.
The first annual meeting of the members of the
Liverpool Reform Association was held on Wednesday, in the
large room at the York Hotel.
On Friday, a party of the friends of Mr. Parker, one
of the Members for the county of Devon, dined together at the
Castle Farm.

SCOTTISH FAST.—The day of general humiliation
and fasting is fixed for the 23d of July.
A news-room for the visiters of the Lakes has at
length been opened at Keswick.
Mrs. Richards has promised to endow the Church
of Melanthorpe with I,ool.—Kendal Mercury.
There is great distress in Clare, owing to a failure of
the potato crop.
Mackarel during the last week were sold at South-
ampton at 2d. each.
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A new penal settlement has been chosen at Van
Diemen's Land ; a desolate peninsula, called Tasman's Penin-
sula. To this the clerks and " gentlemen convicts" are to be
immediately sent on their arrival in the colony.
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A youthful couple passed through this town, from
the South, on Thursday afternoon, in a carriage and four, at
full speed—or, to speak in the accustomed phrase on such oc-
casions, on the wings of love—the goal of their exceeding
haste and utmost hope being Gretna Green. Who the parties
were, or where from, we have not heard.—Kendal Mercury.
A co-operative shoe warehouse has been established
in Carlisle, by the journeymen shoemakers, who have lately
been discharged from their employment, for being members of
a Trade Union.
The Primitive Methodists opened their 16th Annual
Conference at Tunstall, Staffordshire, on Friday, the 22d ult.,
and the sittings terminated on the Thursday following. The
number of members reported from the several district meetings
is 56,649, being an increase for the year (notwithstanding 587
have died) of 4,772. The number of travelling preachers is
385, increase 46. Local preachers, 4,340, increase 582.
Chapels, 684, increase, 83.—Manchester Guardian.
It is satisfactory to notice the good effects of the
Poor Law Amendment Bill in the county of Bucks, where the
old system had been carried to such an extent, that the land of
entire parishes had been relinquished by the proprietors, and
given over to the paupers.
The money won and lost on the Derby on Wed-
nesday, was not near the amount depending on the Derby at
the Epsom races last year. There was scarcely any betting
comparatively in the city, occasioned by the adverse circum-
stances attending the settlement of the foreign Account at the
Stock Exchange.
EPSOM RACES.—A singular scene occurred at the
Vauxhall turnpike-gate, yesterday evening. The votaries of
the race-course, in many instances, returned perfectly "cleaned
out" (to use a homely term), and were under the necessity of
leaving with toll-keeper sundry articles in the shape of para-
sols, rings, &c., &c., in lieu of the few " coppers " demanded
in clearing the gate.
Improvement in the River Ouse is proceeding ad-
mirably. The dredger is still at Acaster Selby ; and last
week there were no less than 46 men employed daily to re-
duce the great shoal there.
LIE NEW COINAGE OF HALF-SOVEREIGNS.--
It should be known that a new coinage has recently been
issued of half-sovereigns, which are much thicker and much
less in circumference than the old ones. This alteration in
shape is supposed to have been suggested by the facility with
which gilt sixpences have been passed for the latter. A sin-
gular circumstance occurred in Maidstone within a few days.
A young woman who had received one of the new half-sove-
reigns, after offering it at two shops where it was refused,
took it to a jeweller to sell it for the value of its gold. He
weighed it, and very conscientiously gave her eight shillings
for it.---Maidstone Gazette.

We regret to state that letters have been received
from Plymouth, which contain melancholy accounts of our
°ace facetious and incomparable friend Charles Mathews, the
comedian. His disease is now said to be an ossification of the
heart, in addition to which, his entire frame is exceedingly
diminished ; still, when Mathews is free from pain, our cor-
respondent observes, he is as " full of fun," whim, and ec-
centricity, as when he was in perfect health.
It is currently reported that the King has granted a
licence to Mr. Braham, the eminent vocalist, for the repre-
sentation of English vaudevilles and other musical dramas,
similar to those performed at Madame Vestris's and the Strand
Theatre ; and that the freehold plot of ground, late Nerot's
Hotel, in King-street, St. James's-square, is the site on which
the new theatre will be erected, to open next October.
The proprietor of the Haymarket Theatre paid
Charles Kemble two hundred pounds for the first six nights of
his performances. We are glad, however, to understand that
the liberal manager has been amply reimbursed for his specu-
lation ; for the receipts on Monday evening only far exceeded
the whole amount of Mr. Kemble's salary.
Mr. J. P. Collier, the author of the very curious
and valuable " Annals of the Stage," has made some impor-
tant discoveries relating to Shakspeare, found among the
manuscripts of Lord Chancellor Ellesmere, now in the pos-
session of Lord Francis Egerton, and other interesting anec-
dotes about the " Bard of Avon," in the archives of his
Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

SIGNOR PAULO, THE CLOWN.—PauIo, who, as
it were but the other day, was one of the popular characters of
London, and justly esteemed as ranking first on the list in his
' line has in rapid succession suffered melancholy reverses.
From celebrity he all at once became obscure, having been
thrown out of his usual engagements from some cause or other,
the consequence of which was a despondency of spirit, and—
misfortunes seldom come single—this was followed by an attack
of fistula, brought on by the exertion in his profession, a profes-
sion which invariably brings on premature old age. He under-
went the necessary sargical operation, but his constitution was
insufficient to bear up ; he has sunk, and is now creeping along
the streets spent to a shadow, and evidently tottering on the
brink of eternity ; to use his own words, be says " It is all up
with him." He seems to be neglected and heart-broken. So
much is he changed, the writer scarcely knew, when he met,
leaning on a stick, the very " slippered Pantaloon," in a deep
decline. Those whom he bas so often entertained with his
whimsicalities, who have laughed at his drolleries, ought to
feel for him now in his days of need and helplessness ; and it
would be creditable to his brother performers that they would
spare a mite each to soothe him in his infirm situation.