The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sot—ln your paper of the 6th, the concluding part of the
paragraph respecting Sir Francis Burdett induces me to
trouble you with a few lines :—" Poor Sir Francis t when we
remember what he has been, we cannot think without a sigh
on what he is. We say so more in sorrow than in anger. not
unmindful of, nor ungrateful for, the past, &c." Now, Sir, I
must differ with you on the score of any gratitude being due to
Sir Francis. Had he continued the dignified path he pursued
for so many years, there is no public man of the present day
who had so many claims on the gratitude of the country ; but
the more prominent his position has been, the greater his pre
sent delinquency, and the more responsible is lie for his tergi-
versation, not only to his constituents, but most particularly to
every leader of Reform throughout the kingdom ; for, after
the example he has exhibited, I ask what public man can set
forth pretensions to the confidence of the people and not be
with reason suspected ? Ido not know an instance so fatal to
the credit of public men as this conduct of Sir Francis ; it is a
national degradation, and leads us to melancholy reflections on
the fallibility. of human nature.
Sir Francis is now a Tory, and it might have been adduced,
in mitigation of national sentence upon him, that he had the
courage to avow it ; but his sneaking from the test on every
occasion, and watching every loop-hole to escape the chance
of detection, exhibits a meanness which any one who remem-
bers the Crown and Anchor meetings of former days will
scarcely, with his senses about him, be able to credit. The
electors of Westminister have now a duty to perform, and there
can be no doubt that it will be characterised by the good sense
and judgment which have always marked their political pro-
ceedings. I am, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
LONDINENSIS.

Manchester, March 9.

The Duchess of Kent is in the habit, during her
sojourn at the different watering places which are honoured
by her presence, of employing all the tradespeople in the neigh-
bourhood in turn ; thus making all participate in the advan-
tage of her residence among them. Her Royal Highness's
bills are paid daily before nine o'clock in the morning.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had another
meeting yesterday morning, at the office in Great George-
street. The Commissioners assembled at one o'clock.

A letter from Boulogne-sur-Mer says :—" A very
full season is expected. Several large houses are already en-
gaged. Building speculations are now the rage; of nine
master-builders, not one is sufficiently at leisure to undertake
another job for a month to come. The Hotel du Nord has
been so much enlarged as to present now the finest facade of
any hotel in Europe. The Hotel des Bain,: has also been in-
creased to double its former size. The rent of houses in good
situations has within two years augmented twenty per cent.
Most of the shops are now lighted with gas, and in a few weeks
the streets, through the perseverance of the present enlight-
ened and indefatigable Mayor, will have a similar advantage."
EXTRAORDINARy.—The annals of physical science
do not probably present another instance in kind so remark-
able, as that of a man in perfect health losing from 60 to 60
lbs. of flesh a year, as the fact has been with Mr. Willard
Fisher, of Casadaga, in this county, for the last six years.
Mr. S. informs us that in September last, he weighed 247,
and on the first of January, 2801bs. and should he continue to
improve, as has been usual for him during the winter months
for the six years past, he will by the first of March next, reach
300, when he will begin to fall away again, and his health all
the time unimpaired. His weight at birth was I llbs. only,
and yet at the age of three years he weighed 1041b5., and
from that period until the age of sixteen his average increase
was 101bs. a year. His greatest weight was at the age of 19,
when he weighed 3101bs. ; his present age is 26.—Dunkirk
W/Eig.

The number of persons who paid a penny each to
walk on the footpath of the London and Greenwich railway,
on Sunday last, amounted to upwards of three thousand.
On Friday night a meeting was held at the Albion
Tavern, Aldersgate-street, with a view to the institution of a
society in support of the Church of England, according to the
principles established at the Reformation, " yet conscious that
a moderate but efficient reformation of its internal govern.
ment and discipline was necessary, in order to effect a more full
and perfect administration of that excellent establishment."
The King of Sweden has decreed that ships of every
flag, surprised by bad weather, or in want of provisions or re-
pairs, may enter the port of Slito, or any other in Gothland,
without paying any expense, except for pilotage, and gratuities
to the custom-house officers.
A fly was blown over on the Pavilion-parade on
Saturday evening. We are happy to say the two ladies who
were inside escaped without injury.—Brighton Patriot.
So sanguine were the Tories of Lewes of the success
of Fitzroy at the last election, that they procured an articulated
skeleton from London, which they intended to suspend from a
gibbet, to be drawn about the town in Fitzroy's triumphant
train ! Fortunately for the honour of Lewes, the Tories were
disappointed.—Brighton Patriot.
A numerous Meeting of the Reformers took place
at the Bear Inn, Lewes, on Monday, at which Mr. Wood pre-
sided. The healths of the Members of the Eastern Division
of the county, and of our borough, were drank, and the even-
ing passed off with great harmony.—Brighton Patriot.
The Milan Gazette of the 26th ult. announces that
the accident which lately happened to Madame Malibran
arose from her horses running away and overturning her car-
riage, by which she received several contusions, and had one
of her arms dislocated ; still it was hoped at Naples that she
would be able to make her appearance at the San Carlo on the
22d, in the new opera by Bicci.
CORONER'S INQUEST.---DEATII OF A CHILD
FROM BURNING.—Last night an inquisition waq held at St.
Bartholomew's-hospital, on the body of a little girl named
Eliza Wilson, who was brought to the hospital so dreadfully
burnt that death ultimately ensued. The poor child was on a
visit for the day to her aunt, at No. 4, Mark-place, Finsbury,
and being left alone got playing with a lighted stick, which
happening to burn her fingers, she let it drop, and it fell into
her pinafore, and her clothes were in an instant in a blaze.
Her screams brought the neighbours, who extinguished the
flames, and the child was carried immediately to the hospital.
Verdict, "Accidental Death."