The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-22 00:00:00

BYRON'S DESCRIPTION OF FALMOUTH.-
This town of Falmouth, as you will partly conjecture, is no great
way from the sea. It is defended on the sea side by tway
castles, St. Maw's and Pendennis, extremely well calculated for
annoying every body except an enemy. St. Maw's is garri-
soned by an able-bodied person of four score, a widower. He
has the whole command and sole management of six most un-
manageable pieces of ordinance, admirably adapted for the de-
struction of Pendennis, a like tower of strength on the opposite
side of the Channel. We have seen St. Maw's, but Pendennis
they will not let us behold, save at a distance, because Hobhouse
and I are suspected of having taken St. Maw's by a coup de
main. The town contains many quakers and salt fish. The
oysters have a taste of copper, owing to this sort of a mining
country. The women (bless the corporation therefore!) are
dogged at the cart's tail when they pick and steal, as happened
to one of the fair sex yesterday noon. She was pertinacious in
her behaviour, and d—d the Mayor.—Moore's Notices of the
Life of Lord Byron.

ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, AND RESTORA-
TION OF THE. LADY CHAPEL—On Tuesday night a meeting of
distinguished persons interested in the restoration of this old
and venerable appendage to St. Saviour's Church, and the open.
ing of 150 feet frontage for the view of the same, was held at
the London Tavern, for the purpose of arranging a public din-
ner; on the 31st of March, to commemorate the above events,
and particularly that of the object gained by the parishioners
and the public in rescuing that edifice from destruction, and
promoting its restoration by public subscription, It appeared
that forty Members of Parliament had already given in their
names as stewards, and that upwards of 1,7001. had been already
subscribed,

THE HOUSE OF LORDS ROUTED. 011
Saturday last, the Town-green pond at Dumfermline teemed
with toads, all in motion, and apparently under extraordinary
excitation. A number of boys stood looking intensely on for
some time, when one of them exclaimed—" It's the House
o'Lords debatin' the reform bill." In an instant, Demolish „
was the universal and simultaneous cry. Caps and bonnets
were filled with stones, " Now for Wellington !" " Here's at
you, Londonderry!" " Take that, Buckingham!" " The
Bishops! the Bishops!" shouted a little urchin. The
" hurra" became universal, and terrible was the work of death.
The above incident "points a moral," if it does not "adorn a
tale."—Scotsman.

ANIMAL INSTINCT.--." A strong proof of
intellect was given in the case of Colonel O'Kelly's parrot.
When the Colonel and his parrot were at Brighton the bird was
asked to sing ; he answered, I can't.' Another time he left
off in the middle of a tune, and said, ' I have forgot.' Colonel
O'Kelly continued the tune for a few notes, and the parrot
took it up where the Colonel had left off. The parrot, took up
the bottom of a lady's petticoat, and said, " What a pretty foot:"
The parrot seeing the family at breakfast, said, Won't you give
some breakfast ; Poll r The company teazed and mopped him
a good deal he said, I don't likeit.' "—(From a memoran-
dum found amongst the late Earl of Guilford's papers.)