The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-22 00:00:00

proved that an honest Government is not afraid to be just,
and that the Irish people are not mistaken in placing un-
bounded confidence, for the first time, in a high-minded
English Nobleman, who came amongst them delegated by
his Sovereign to execute the laws and exercise the functions
of the Crown.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
A public dinner was given at Sunderland last
Friday to Mr. Pease and Xr. Bowes, the Members for the
Southern Division of Durham.
A schism has taken place amongst the Baptists in
Boston, and a considerable number have, we understand,
seceded from the chapel. Serious complaints and accusations
are made against one or more of the deacons, or rulers.
Mr. Sinclair the Member for Caithness, and the Caith-
ness Consitutional Association, as they call themselves, have
been exchanging compliments. No Popery! Infidelity!
and a determination to defend the (political) Church Es-
tablishments of the empire form the chief topics of the ad-
dresses just published in the Inverness Courier.

ROBBERY OF WATCHES AND JEWELLERY.—.-
On Friday night a portmanteau was stolen from the coach-
office at the King's Arms Inn, Holborn-hill, containing
twelve silver watches, some of them valuable lever ones ;
seven gold lever ditto ; three ladies' gold ditto ; several
diamond, emerald, and pearl rings, and a quantity of valua-
ble papers ; the whole valued at between four and five
hundred pounds.
AUTOGRAPIIS.—There is for sale, at Mr. Evans's,
a curious collection of Autographs, formerly the property of
Dodsley, the well-known eminent political bookseller. They
are, as may be supposed, almost wholly of the literary
character, and throw considerable light upon the price of
authorship of many productions of the last century. There
is among them Burke's receipt for 1,0001. for the profits of
his celebrated " Recollections on the French Revolution ;"
the same distinguished writer's agreement for establish-
ing and editing the " Annual Register ;" and the assign-
ment of his " History of the European Settlements in
America," the authorship of which was never avowed.
There are, amongst numerous others, Sterne's receipts for
the copyright of many of his works ; and even Gray, who
was said to be above receiving remuneration for his literary
labours, took (as is proved by his receipt) forty guineas
for his two odes—" The Bard," and " The Powers of
Poetry."
A splendid 100-table, of Chinese manufacture,
brought from China, was purchased by his Majesty on
Monday, and moved into the Pavilion. It was a chef
d'auvre of Chinese Cabinet work. The top was com-
posed of a very rare and beautifully grained wood, called
knotwood in China, with a gold and ebony rim inlaid with
mother-of-pearl, and stood on a richly carved solid ebony
pedestal, ten inches thick. This 100-table, with a side-
board of the same manufacture, are the first specimens of
Chinese cabinet-work ever imported into this country, the
Chinese never having, until lately, advanced further in this
art than the making of trifling articles, such as writing-
desks or dressing-cases.—Brighton Paper.

THE MAMMOTH.--A specimen of the antedilu-
vian remains of this animal was offered for sale, by public
auction, at GarraWay's Coffee-house on Saturday, by Mr.
Lewis. It is a tusk of the mammoth, found in Asiatic
Russia, in latitude 58 degrees North, and in longitude 92
degrees East. It is in a most surprising and astonishing
state of preservation, and has excited a great deal
of curiosity. The weight on the tusk is marked one
hundred and sixty-eight pounds, its length is ten feet seven
inches, and the circumference 22 inches. The form is as
curved as the most tortuous ox horn, and its solidity in the
centre and towards the extremity equal to ivory. The
price at which it was knocked clown was 461. It was
lying at Garraway's up to a late hour last evening, and
probably will not be removed very early this morning. It
well worthy of inspection.
The following is an extract of a letter received from
lisbop's Canning, near Devizes :—" Tuesday, December
15, 1835. Mr. Brown had five of his ploughs cut to pieces,
and the limbers of one of his waggons cut off. Mr. R.
Ruddell had his sheepfold cut all up ; and Mr. Haraway
one plough : all which was done last Thursday night. On
Saturday evening, Mr. M. Sloper had a rick of stubble
burnt. The people think it is owing to the new poor laws,
as Mr. Brown and Mr. Sloper are the guardians."
A young and pretty village girl, about eighteen
years of age, appeared lately before the Magistrates of
Chaumont, in France (Department of the Haute Marne),
accompanied by her bethrothed swain, a clumsy rustic, to
correct a singular error which delayed their union. 'When
the financil.e was born, the Mayor of her commune had
made the awkward mistake of writing down for a boy the
tiame of her who was destined to become one day the pret-
tiest girl of the district. In order to repair this error, it
became necessary to have a judgment of rectification and
other formalities, which were stated to the intended hus-
band as likely to cost him a certain sum, at which he shook
. his head with much misgiving. The girl tremblingly in-
quired " How much ?" " Thirty francs in all," answered
the clerk. " 'Tis very dear," exclaimed the lover, " We
must stay as we are." The poor girl hung her head, while
her mother exclaimed, " What ! do you give her up for
such a sum as that ? It was no fault of her's !" " That
may be," replied he, " for she was only three days old when
it happened, but for all that it is too dear."—Echo de la
Haute Marne.
An adventurer, of genteel appearance, about 25
years, and of prepossessing manners, who stated himself to
be a Polish emigrant, but who, it is since ascertained, is a
native of Marseilles, recently obtained an engagement, un-
der false representations, to teach music in the family of a
highly respectable lady residing in the vicinity of Belgrave-
square. After a few days, it was noticed that Monsieur was
more frequent in his visits than was required for the instruc-
tion of his pupil (a young lady of 19), or agreeable to the
family. At length the assurance of the guitarist went so far as
to write a letter to Isis amiable Neve, in which he professed
the warmest attachment to her. The young lady, with
that good sense which does not always prevail in similar
situations, placed the letter before her mother, and the
instant dismissal of the amorous son of Apollo followed. On
the succeeding day, when the ladies were out in their car-
riage, the enraged musician called, and requested permis-
sion to fetch from the drawing-room some music books he
had left there on the previous day. The servant readily
granted permission, and on his -departure the following
words were found written on a piece of paper in pencil,
" C'est ainsi qu'en partant je vous fais mes adieux"
--and a valuable gold watch is missing.
There was shot on the river Derwent, near Salmon-
ball, on Wednesday, the 11th of November, by Mr. W,
Pearson, of Seaton, a bird which has rarely, if ever, been
seen in this district—the Inzber, or Great Diver, of Buf-
fon, an excellent print of which is given in Bewick's Bri-
tish Birds, and under the name of the lesser Imber. The
present species far exceeds in size either Buffon's or Be-
wick's. The weight was 4bs.; length from the tip of the
bill to'the nails, 2 feet 11 inches ; width across the wings,
4 feet 4 inches. Its stomach was filled with brandlings,
most of them in a perfect state. This specimen has been
stuffed. Two other large birds, supposed to be of the same
species, have since been seen near the same place.— White-
haven Herald.
FATAL DUEL.—On Sunday last a meeting took
place on Calais Sands, between Messrs. Rooke and Mon-
tague, two Englishmen,who were attended by their seconds,
Messrs. Forbes and Bonteen. The cause of meeting was,
it is said, some harsh expressions arising out of a gambling
transaction, which were applied by Mr. Rooke to Mr.
Montague, but which the former is said to have offered to
retract on the spot previous to any hostile proceeding, the
result of which was that Mr. Hooke was killed. The sur-
viving parties have, it is said, surrendered to the French
authorities.—Morning Advertiser.
How TO GET QUIT OF BAILIFFS. A short
time ago, a cottager, between Thorne and Doncaster, was
visited by two bailiffs, who proceeded to mark his effects ;
the old man, recollecting that he had some property out-
side, went out and immediately brought a hive of bees,
which he threw into the house and bid them mark that,
and shut the door. In a short time, he had the gratifica-
tion to see his unwelcome guests take a hasty departure
sans cerenzonie through the window, covered with bees, in
which state they made the best of their way to their re-
spective homes.
After waiting a long time, the States of Holstein
have received from the Minister of Finances a communi-
cation of the Budget they are called upon to vote. Find-
ing some heavy expences relative to the Observatory and
the promotion of the science of astronomy, several of the
Deputies remarked that they would have preferred seeing
the taxes reduced, to being informed of what is passing in
the moon !—Galignani.
The funeral of the Princess Catherine of Wirtem-
berg, consort of Jerome Bonaparte,• took place on the 13th
instant, at Louisberg, in the presence of the Royal Family
of Wirtemberg, the Court, and the Deputations of the two
Chambers. The mortal remains were deposited in the
Royal vault.
The Empress Elizabeth of Russia, during the
war with Sweden, commanded the Hetman or Chief of
the Cossacks to come to Court on his way to the army in
Finland. "If the Emperor your father," said the Het-
man, 66 bad taken my advice, your Majesty would not now
have been annoyed by the Swedes." " What was your ad-
Nice ?" asked the Empress. "To put the nobility to death
and transplant the people into Russia," calmly replied the
Cossack. " But that," the Empress observed, " would be
rather barbarous." " I do not see that," replied he, " they
are all dead now, and they would only have been dead if
my advice had been taken."
The foreign exchanges have been gradually turning
more and more in favour of this country for some time past,
the consequence of which is, that importations of bul-
• ton to soma extent are taking place from an parts of the
world, and the circulation is brought for the time into a safe