The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-09 00:00:00

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THE DUKE OE BUCCLEUGH AND Da.
CHALMERS.—A few days ago, a vacancy having oc-
curred in the pariah church of Dalkeith, one of the Duke
of BUCCLEUGH'S most valuable livings, his Grace resolved
to exercise his right of patronage in such a way as would
gratify the parishioners. To accomplish this highly laud.
able purpose his Grace, determined to be guided by the re-
commendation of the most celebrated Divine in the Church
of Scotland, waited upon Dr. CHALMERS, at his house in
Edinburgh. About six in the afternoon the Rev. Doctor,
being at dinner, was informed that a young gentleman
waited for him in the adjoining room, and, upon entering
his study, was informed by the Noble Stranger that be
had taken the liberty to called upon him in regard to the
C7,urch. The room being dark, Dr. CHALMERS, imagin-
ing that the: stranger was a young minister in quest of $
living, replied, in a hasty and good-natured-tone, " I as-
sure you any dear Sir, I am qu to overwhelmed with si-
mhar applications, and it is really out of my power to give
you any assistance." His Grace bowed politely, and ob-
served, that his object was not to ask the Doctor's patron-
age, hut to request his assistance in bestowing a church
upon a deserving individual. The Doctor observed,
" That is quite a different thing ;" and requested his
euest to take a seat. lie soon learned the rank of his dis-
tinguished visitor, begged a thousand pardons, and recom-
mended a minister who is likely to endear himself to his
parishioners by his indefatigable zeal and evangelical senti-
menti.—Liverpool
ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN OF THE
COURT OF CHARLES 11.--The reign of the merry Monarch,
it must be admitted, is a tempting era for the novelist;
and Mr. HUNT, while he has told us capital stories of
Lady CA'TLEMAIN, and little NELLY, and of CHARLES
himself, has given us the wit and brilliancy of the courtly
coterie, without an atom of coarseness, or of a single idea
which could by possibility suggest an improper thought.
Nay, he has wrought into his picture many sketches oil
purity and innocent love, and has convinced his readers, I
that even during the early days of the Restoration, when
licentiousness spread far and wide, human nature was not
altogether corrupted, but that honourable men and chaste
wonien were to be found even in the heart of the Court
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itself, and in telling us about thei.e, be has not unfrequentll
drawn upon our tears. Sir Ralph Esher must become $
great favourite.

Mr. BLAKEY, a dealer in game at Horn-
castle, his succeed,d in so far taming two hares that they'
play about in his shop window in a very amusing manner.
They will even allow the owner to thrust his hand into
the place where they are confined without manifesting the
usual marks of rage and terror displayed by the animal•
It is an old sight to see the live hares playing with some
dead ones of the same species hanging up in the window
they jump and apparently are desirous of arousing their
companions from the lethargic sleep of which they have
no consciousness. Some time ago one of the hares escaped,
and was publicly cried, a reward being offered for its dis-
covery, but poor puss, after rambling about some time,
thought it the most prudent course to return to her old
quarters, where she could neither be disturbed by dogs or
sportman's guns, and accordingly she was found next morn-
ing seated very quietly in her owner's shop, and has since
gambolled the hours away with her companion.--Boston
Gazette.

dito
UGENE ARAM.—" This new novel, by the
as of ' Pelham,' has been dramatised at the Surrey?
but t e story must be read to be appreciated ; the retie":

lions and descriptions of scenery and character can on,/
be enjoyed by a full perusal. Mr. BULWER'S knowledge
of human nature, as displayed in the delineations of Art Am's
character, is profound. There are many scenes in the
work of a high and thrilling kind, such as AkAat's sro
yielding himself passively up to his love for MADELINE, id
the first volume ; in the second, his midnight intervieg
with tke brutal HOUSEMAN ; but the third especial!!
abounds in them—the discovery of CLARKE'S skeleton ad
HOUSEMAN'S confession; the apprehension of AkAu, and
the scene between him and the family of Lamm; the
trial scene, his defence, and the death of MADELINE; all
these prove that Mr. BULWER possesses extraordinsti
powers. We should rank him, of all novelists of the
present day, next to the great master—Sir WALTER
SCOTT."—Leeds Mercury.
thisObLriDdgLe LONDON
toBRIDGE.—The draepmidolpito roignre
O
Two arches are already down on the Southwark side 0
the river, and the workmen are actively employed in raising
the piles, the wood of which appears sounder than wises
first driven, and they are all so well cemented together'
that the workmen hive great difficulty in loosening tiled'
a little, so that they may with the greater facility drag
them from the earth—a pretty good proof that the pied°
were strong enough to have upheld the bridge for 200
300 years to come.

SUICIDE.—Mrs. FRANKLIN, a widow, re'
siding in Edmund-street, Battle-bridge, died nn Tues(le
afternoon of a wound which she had inflicted on her throat
on the previous day. She had been for some time in
nervous state, and, in reply to a question a short tit
previous to her expiring, said that she believed the (le
had put it into her head to terminate her existence.

BIRTHS.
On the 3d inst. at Llanstinan, Pembrokeshire, the lady of 11°
Owen, Esq., M.P., of a son.
On the 30th ult. at Blackheath Park, the lady of the Hey `l'
Fenn, of a daughter.