The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-14 00:00:00

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the very air becomes heated by the "gregarious gathering'.
of Onions, Mop-Maidens, and Mop-Men for " the Mop."
A more disgraceful nuisance never yet was suffered to ex-
ist in any other town, with the slightest pretensions to fa-
shionable distinction, or even to civilization. Such ri mode
of entering upon servitude is but few deo-reeS removed from
the established usage of the Pave Waded, in countries
which we, in our fancied superior.ty, deem "semi-barbarous.''
—Cheltenham (Tory) Journal.
NEW CHURCH.—The Archbishop of Canterbury
on Wednesday at one o'clock, laid the foundation stone of a
Chapel of Ease at Bexley Heath. After which he went to
West Lodge, where Mr. Greensill entertained at breakfast
the Right Reverend Prelate and a.large party, amongst
whom were Lord and Lady Sidney, Lord Bexley, and many •
of the neighbouring Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy.

Tim CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER IN
mANcligimyt,......-The Chancellor of the Exchequer left
m„;:ing last, accompanied by -his
London on Saturday
proceeded on a visit to
eldest son and eldest daughter, ati.:.l
Sir George Phillips, Bart., at Weston souse, Warwick-
shire. From thence the party went on Moral:iv to Bir-
mingham. Oa Wednesday evening they arrived at Rtigle-
ton Lodge, the residence of George William Wood, ESq.,
where the Chancellor of the Exchequer had the pleasure of
unexpectedly falling in with his friend and colleague, Henry
Labouchere, Esq., M.P. for Taunton, and Vice President
of the Board of Trade. On Thursday morning Mr. Rice,
with his son and (laughter, and Mr. Labouchere, went
through the extensive spinning and weaving mills of Messrs.
Birley, and the water-proof manufactory of Messrs. Mac-
kintosh and Co. ; the silk-mill of Messrs. Boyle and Cromp-
ton ; the mechanical works of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts, and
Co. ; the silk warehouse and manufactory of Messrs. H.
and Edward Tootal; and the warehouses of Messrs. Leese,
Kershaw, and Callender. From thence the party went,
about a quarter past one o'clock, to the Exchange, where
they were introduced to the borough-reeve and several
other gentlemen ; and having perambulated the room, re-
paired to the Royal Hotel, in order that the Chancelloi• of
the Exchequer might have an opportunity of meeting a de-
putation from the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce,
who were desirous of waiting upon him, Mr. Harter, one
of the deputation, on behalf of himself and his colleagues,
shortly addressed Mr. Rice, expressing the pleasure the
Directors felt in paying their respects to him, &c. ; to which
the Right Hon. Gentleman made a very appropriate and
satisfactory reply, speaking in high terms of the gratification
his short visit to Manchester had afforded him ; of the in-
clination and duty of Ministers to visit the chief seats of
our commerce and manufactures, and make themselves in
some degree familiar with their condition and concerns ; of
the determination of Government, by the preservation of
peace, tnd in every other practicable mode, to promote the
interests atO extend the commercial relations of the coun-
try ; and of tlie satisfaction it had afforded to them that the
electors of the boron°.
•-,11 of Manchester had selected the
chief commercial Ministers their representative, &c.
."
From thence, after a very short delay; he went on to Strange-
ways, where, with the rest of his party;e inspected the
extensive print-works Of Mr. Thomas Coates t;.7.1.4 CO.• At
a quarter before three he arrived at the Railway Staiictif in
Water-street, the Directors of which concern, in addition
to the providing a special train for his accommodation, had
sent over a deputation of their own body to accompany
the Right Hon. Gentleman on his journey.—Manchester
Guardian.

A DEsTRucTIVF..—In the middle of the day, on
Wednesday last, the neighbourhood of Truman-street, Li-
verpool, was in a state of extraordinary excitement, in con-
sequence of an occurrence rather mysterious. The alarm
was first occasioned by the breaking of a few squares of
glass in Mr. Helsby's parlour window. A crowd quickly
collected, and while they idly gazed, smack went a pane in
the first floor window, and anon a brace of similar glasses
cracked and gingled in the attic. Up went the eyes of the
wandering crowd, and, while bent thitherward in ;starch of
the cause, haws went a company of squares in the par:our
casement. Mr. Helsby was quickly in the street, but he
could not satisfy the hundreds who, in one breath, inquired
the cause of such extensive destruction, and immediately all
the sapient old women declared that there was a ghost in
the house. " There !" they exclaimed, and smack went
another pane, and the mob involuntarily drew back. " Non-
sense," cried a bystander, " said for a constable." In a few
minutes Ainsworth was on the spot, and at once his eyes
and ears were satisfied, by the smash of another pane. He
looked wide, until the gingle of a whole column of squares
startled him, and he went into the house, ' about the house,
concealed himself in the neighbouring houses, in the oppo-
site houses; and on the roofs of the houses, but still the re-
maining panes went crack ! crack ! in irregular succession.
Ainsworth expressed his inability to fathom the mystery, but
suspected that some evil disposed person was at work with
an air-gun. "'Tis no such thing," said Bacheldor, who
happened to be passing by. " Don't you see that the mischief
is done in the inside. There !" and he rushed in, and
pointed out the mark of a blow on the window blind. Sub-
acquent examination confirmed the view of this case, and
suspicion quickly fell on Eliza Oates, a little girl, about 15
years of age, who had been last one hour inducted into Mr.
Helsby's family, as a servant. On Saturday she was placed
at the bar. Mr. Helsby stated that t e number of panes.
of glass destroyed was 47 ; the value of wlich lie estimated
at 50s. The business was shortly after settled ifatween Mr.
Oates and Mr. Helsby, and the girl' was discharged--
Liverpool Albion. .
COLONEL FAIRMAN.—We understand that this
gentleman, who successfully eluded the pursuit of the
Sergeant-at-Arms, has been during the last week on a poli-
tical mission in this town. In ordr to show his sympathy
for those who have suffered " persecution," he paid his re-
spects, on Tuesday last, to one of the gentlemen who had
the mishap to get into Newgate, and the latter individual
has subsequently announced, with an air of evident self-
satisfaction, that he is now an. " Orangeman." It is said
also, and we have it on good authority, that the Gallant
Colonel was to dine with the late Bailiffs at the White
Horse last evening ; and that the avowed object of Colonel
Fairman's visit in this quarter is to establish not an Orange
lodge, but. an anti-O'Connell association. It is to be hoped
that the Government will have a watchful eye to the pro-
ceedings of the Gallant Colonel.—lpswich Journal.
The Comet has been visible here for the three last
nights, but with no brilliancy, having merely the appear-
ance of a dim misty star somewhat enlarged. Its nearest
approach to the earth was on Monday lastond it is calcu-
lated that it will now pass rapidly to the South, so that no
apprehension need be entertained of any danger to our
planet from this wandering visitor. The only thing re-
markable about it is the extreme accuracy of the calcula-
tions respecting the time of its approach, and the path of
its course. When we first observed it on Saturday night,
at nine o'clock, it was immediately above the pointers of
the Great Bear, or, which will be' as instructive to most of
our readers, above " the stilts of the Plough ;" and last
night before eight o'clock it rose immediately above the
two :tars farther South, which, with the pointers, form a
sort of square. It is approaching the next star in that
Constellation, Ali6th, eeminonly called the first star in the
tail of the Great Beals—LS-114'Pu' Herald-
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Ass ENSUING SESSlONi.7.iddlesz.,x Adjourned
Session is fixed for this day ( Wejnessi. Westminster-Y).;
General Session to-morrow (Thursday) amt. two following
days ; Surrey Sessions next Tuesday ; and the Central
Criminal Court on Monday, 25th inst.
FIsHING Even/amp INAitY.—On Saturday last,
as the editor of this paper was fishing with the rod from
the rocks at the south end of Cullereoats Sands, he per-
ceived a large fish apparently entangled amongst some
weeds. After some efforts it was forced into a hole
amongst the rocks, and the fish was secured by means of a
spear. It proved to be a fine specimen of the Lophius
Piscalorius, which, by the singular management of its fins
in puddling the water, and the elevation of the, slender
horns, as Pliny calls them, which are near its eyes, manages
to catch fish by a mode much resembling angling, and
which has procured it the name of " The Angler." It
weighed forty-four pounds, and was about a yard long and
• half a yard broad. Its enormous jaw would have admitted
the largest human head, and its tremendous show of teeth,
and tihs. force with which it employed them, rendered it a
formidable anta-Pnist. It seemed several times to use
force enough tot,have
Lan in two the iron spear.—Tyne
Mercury.
TRICK.---A fees ~y since, someas
MALICIOUS
evil disposed person placed a bottle, close:;' corked, in a
garden in Rutland-street, Cheltenham, belongssiy, to a poor
woman named Pope, whose son, on finding it, attenipted to •
draw the cork, when the bottle, which contained quiAr
lime, burst, and severely burnt the poor boy's face, and did
considerable injury to his eyes, the sight of one of which it
is feared lie may lose.
AWFUL AND MELANCHOLY INSTANCE OF SUD-
DEN DEATH.--On Sunday evening, between seven and
eight o'clock, the following awful and melancholy instance
of the uncertainty 'isT human life occurred at St. John's
Wood Chapel, Portland-town, Regent's Park, to Mr. John
Read, a highly respectable coal merchant, residing at No.
45, High-street, Portland-town, St. Marylebone. It
ap-
pears that Mr. Read proceeded to chapel, enjoying perfect
health, accompanied by his wife and four children. The
unfortunate gentleman bad not been long in the chapel
when, in the act of speaking to a friend of his, he suddenly
fell down in a fit, and momentarily expired. Mr. Jones, a
surgeon, residing in Pertland-terrace, was immediately sent
for, who used the usual remedies to restore animation, but
all endeavours proved ineffectual, as the vital spark bad •
lied. The deceased gentleman was in the 36th year of
his age, and has left a widow (far Advanced in pregnancy)
and five infant children, to deplore their irreparable loss.
It is much more easy to imagine than possibly
describe the
' dreadful situation of the unhappy vsidew and f*ibr at this
fatal and melancholy catastrophe.

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