The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—My attention has been called to a letter from Lord
Raynham on the subject of the Royal Benevolent Society.
which appeared in yesterday's papers, containing a mali-
cious and most cruel libel on myself.

May I appeal to your sense of justice to favour me with
space in your journal to give the charges therein made my
most unqualified contradiction ?
Not the slightest ground exists for the accusation of dis-
honesty. So far from absconding, I resigned at Lord Itayn-
ham's own request, on grounds which he approved, and
explained. the reason which necessitated my sudden depar-
ture. The accounts were audited and signed within three
weeks, and the books balanced to the day of my leaving ;
and, with regard to the injury done to them, it occurred
after I left England, to my deep regret, without my know-
ledge or connivance, of which fact Lord Itaynham was
well aware.

It is wholly inconceivable how a nobleman in Lord
Raynham's position should seek to shelter himself from
the charge of excessive expenditure (fully authorised by
himself), in the audited balance sheet from July, 1857, to
July, 1858, by an attempt to cast a stizrnr. on mo in regard
to an occurrence which took place nine months after.

I would ask you, sir, and the public to withhold their
judgment until I shall be advised as to the course I ought
to pursue for the further vindication cf my conduct.
I may be allowed, in conclusion, to express my surprise
in reference to your police report, published this morning,
that a magistrate should allow statements to be publicly
made seriously affecting the character and conduct of absent
persons, respecting whom there are no charges or any ma-
terials before him for decision, and which would only be
properly admissible if followed up by an application for his
magisterial interference.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
G. F. SHEPPARD,
Late Secretary, Royal Benevolent Society.

Dec. 14.

The Earl of Elgin has left town for Broom Hall,
his lor,lship's seat in Scotland. The noble earl will not re•
turn to London until about the 10th proximo.

The marriage of the Earl of Hopetoun with Miss
Reynardson is fixed to take place on Tuesday, the 3d of
January.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon are staying
at the Grove, near Watford, where they intend to receive
company during the Christmas holidays.
Vis2ouut and Viscountess Palmerston will leave
town early next week for Broadlands, where they intend to
receive a succession of visitors during the Christmas holi-
days.
The Earl and Countess of Euston have left town
for Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire.

The Dowager Countess Cowper will leave Pans.
hanger on the 19th inst. for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary will leave Cambridge Cottage
early in the ensuing month to make a sories of visits in the
provinces.

The Duke de la Fosse has left Fenton's Hotel for

Paris

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are
entertaining a largo party' at Hatfield House, Herts. The
Marchioness gives a grand ball to the nobility and gentry
of the county to-night at Hatfield.

The Marquis de Lavalette has left Fenton's Hote.
far Paris.

The Earl and Countess of Tankerville have
arrived at Chißingham Castle, Northumberland, from
visiting Lady Olivia Sparrow at Brampton Park, near
Huntingdon.
Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Hallyburton
arrived at Kensington Palace a few days since from Scot-
land.

Married yesterday, by special license, at Curzon
Chapel, Curzon-street, Mayfair, by the Rev Henry Brooke
Boothby, vicar of Lissington, in the county of Lincoln,
George John Warren, Lord Vernon, to Frances Maria
Emma Boothby, only daughter of the late Rev. Brooke
Boothby and the Hon. Mrs. Boothby.

Lord Holland remains in a very critical state at
Naples. His 'lordship's life was despaired of a few days
since, but his disease has since partially yielded to medical
skill.

The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam are surrounded
by a family party at Wentworth House, Yorkshire. The
Countess (Dowager) of Morton and Lady Gertrude Douglas
have joined the circle.

We (Brighton Gazette) are happy to hear that the
health of Lady Palmerston has so much improved during her
sojourn at the Brighton residence of Lord Leconfield, that
the noble Premier contemplates taking a house here for tho
remainder of,the winter.

Count du Val do Beaulieu has left the Brun4wicic
Hotel for Paris, en route for Belgium. The Count and
Countess Idechleshevski have also taken their departure
from the same establishment.

Count Bela Szechenyi and Count Odon Szecheny
have arrived at renton'a Hotel, from Vienna.

The Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert wi
leave town in a few days for "Wilton House, Salisbury.

Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., and. Mrs. Baring have
arrived at Torquay from visiting Lady Molesworth at Pen-

carrow.

A FEMALE SATLOR.—A girl, about 19 years of
ago, named Annie Stewart, arrived at this port on Saturday
by the steamer Oscar, from Bristol. She had been trans-
mitted to Glasgow, via Belfast, by an association in Bristol
known as the " Bristol Caledonian Society." It appears
that she had been three years and nine months at sea as a
sailor, shipped in the name of Tom Stewart. Her sex was
only discovered by her faling from ono of the yards on her
last hbtneward. voyage. She was quite tipsy on Saturday,
and talking in all the lingo and technicalities of seafaring
life, for which she still possesses the strongest passion.
Her friends reside in Glasgow, whither she was bound, but
her birthplace was Malta, where her father had been a
soldier.—Northern Whig.