The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-20 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.—We give below a
statement of the electoral votes, as they will pro-
bably be east for President and Vice-President of
the United States early in the next month. The
only State about which there is any doubt is Loui-
siana, which we put down for Mr. Adams, but we
shall not be surprised to hear the election, even in
that state, has•been decided in favour of General
Jackson :
•

Adams. Jackson.
Massachussets
Maine 8 1
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont 7 0
Rhode Island 4 0
New York l6 20
Pennsylvania 0 29
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky 0 • 14
0hi0... 0 16
Indiana 0 5
Louisiana frobably)
Tennessee ... 0 11
North Carolina 0 15
South Carolina 0 11
Georgia 0 9
Alabama 0 5
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri . . 0 8

Despatches were sent off yesterday evening
from the Colonial Office to the Governors of the several
West India Islands, and also of the Leeward Islands.
The Bishop of Rochester transacted business
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
A Board of the Lords of the Treasury was
held yesterday at the Treasury-chambers.
The Treasurer of his Majesty's Household
waited on the Marquis de Palmella yesterday, at his re-
sidence in South Audley-street, to arrange with the Mar-
quis the introduction of the young Princess of Portugal to
his Majesty on Monday next, at his Palace at Windsor.
We have the pleasure to announce the in-
tention of his Majesty to receive the young Queen of Por-
tugal on Monday next, at two o'clock, at Windsor Castle,
with the ceremonies due to a Crowned Head. The Queen
and her suite will proceed to the Castle in the Royal car-
riages. Invitations, we believe, have been sent to the
Marquis de Palmella, to the Marquess de Barbacene, and
Viscount de Rattly-an% to attend on the 22d (Monday) at
Windsor Castle, to meet the Queen; It is probable that
her Majesty will partake of an early dinner at the Castle.
—Morning Paper.
The Duchess of Roxburgh and Major O'Reilly
will shortly remove from Brighton to Clay-cottage, near
Frogmore, in order to be near the young Duke, who is
about to be placed at Eton, for the purpose of pursuing his
stud ies.—Berkshire Chronic!e.
Lord Tenterden will sit at Guildhall on Mon-
day next, and try causes up to Christmas Eve. An ac-
tion for a libel, published in a Morning Paper, is fixed for
Tuesday.
The Master of the Rolls continues improv-
. ing in health, and is now enabled to take an airing in his
A priest of a parish not 100 miles from Long - carriage. It is expected that he will be sufficiently well
ford, in preaching lately in his congregation, told them to resume business immediately after the Christmas holidays.
that " Government had sent out persons to instigate them
to riot, and to take unlawful oaths, in order that they might . Ist an Last night order was issued to the 13tla
be driven from the country."—Longprd Journal. Light Dragoons to cease recruiting until further orders.
TIPPERARY.—CLONM EL, DEC. 13.---On We are glad to hear that the Ship Owners of
Saturday night last, John Cunningham, a farmer, living Bridgewater have it in contemplation to have a further
near Carrisk, returning from the fair ef Kilmacthomas, light exhibited at Burnham, in order to render the entrance
where he had gone that day to purchase cattle, was at- to the harbour more secure. It is contemplated also to
tacked, robbed, and murdered in a shocking manner; see leave a Life Boat stationed at Burnham, for the purpose of
veral bruises appeared on his body, and a hole was made in saving life and property, when unfortunately exposed to
his neck, apparently by some blunt instrument. We trust danger on the Gore Sand. Both of these desirable objects,
the perpetrators of this horrible deed will not long escape we trust, will be carried into effect, if for the sake of hu-
the hands of justice.—Dublin Evening Post. inanity only.—Sherborne Journal.
BANISHED ELEPHANTS.--The elephant in BEEFSTEAK CLUB.---The first meeting for
a wild state appears to he monogamous; and so strictly the season was held yesterday at Morrison'e Great Rooms,
are the matrimonial laws enforced in the herd,' that when and never on any former occasions were the characteristic
one of a pair dies, or is captured, the other is expelled and qualities for which this delightful Society is remarkable,
banished. An elephant which has thus been driven into called into more active or happy operation. Amongst the
solitude, becomes moody, irritable, vicious, and exceed-
company present, which consisted of upwards of one
ingly dangerous to be approached ; being ready to wreak hundred persons, were, his Grace the Archbishop of
Dublin, Lord Francis Leveson Gower, Mr. Berkley Paget,
out his wrath upon every animal which falls in his way.
Sir John Byng, and General Dalbiac and Staff, the Solicitor
IMPROV N
EMETS IN CANDLES.
Mr. John General, Mr. Gregory, the Archdeacon of Kihnore, Mr.
Murray, F.L.S., states, in a communication to Brewster's George Moore, M. P., Colonel Blacker, Mr. Villiers,
Journal, that by steeping the cotton wick in a solution of Mr. L. Saurin, &c. &c. The screens and gallery were as
potassia in lime water, be has obtained candles which give usual crowded with ladies, and amongst them the female
a purer flame and a superior light, require nearly as little branches of the Lord Lieutenant's family. The Earl of
snuffing as wax candles, and do not run. The wicks must Rathdowne presided. The Exports of Ireland, the charter
be thoroughly dry before they are dipped in the tallow. toast of the Club, was not forgotten.—Dublin Evening
ROAD-MAKING.--The spirit of improve-
Mail, Wednesday.
ment in this important department of civil engineering, is OVERLAND EXPEDITION.—We are In-
not confined to the Metropolis, but is especially observable formed that Captain West, after visiting Egypt, and pre-
on the great northern avenue from London through Nigh- vious to his attempt at exploring the interior of Africa,
gate. Three distinct processes are going on in the neigh- purposes proceeding to Constantinople. His motive in so
bourhood of the archway; two of which are especially doing, we understand, is to solicit the patronage of the
worthy of notice. One consists of a solid and entire sur- Sublime Porte, who, as the head of the Moslem church,
face of Roman cement, forming a massive and water-tight can very materially assist him in his subsequent peregrine-
covering; and the other is composed of bricks baked in the tions; for whether lie may endeavour to reach Ticribuc-
ordinary way, and laid in such a manlier as to insure a too from the Mediterranean, by way of Tripoli, Sockna,
perfect drainage. The first plan, if well executed, is ob-
Morzuck, Kouka, and Socatoo, the route formerly
tra
viously the most durable, and bids fair to furnish a road as vet sed by Colonel Denham and Captain Clapperton, -
perfect and as lasting as the military ways constructed by from the Atlantic, by the Gambia to Bammacoo, Yatninoa,r
the Romans.
and along the course
~of the Niger, or in fact, whatever
route he may traverse, he will have to pass through nu-
b remarkable circumstance took in the
merous townsjj , the inhabitants of which are followers of
West of this county about a fortnight ' place which may
the doctrine of Mahomet ; and should he succeed in reach-
be worth making public. In the nei BhinhOeu'rhood of the
ing that mysterious town, Timbuctoo, which is governed
Galleyhead, the tide rose to so Uncomgmon a height, as exclusively by the Mahometan laws, he will find the jute-
to attract, the notice not only of some gentlemen who rest of the Sultati to be of great utility.
of to be near, but of the common people, crowds y.
mole Is NEST OF THE MOLE.--.The mole Is par-
of whom were seen collected on different rocks view- I
ing with mute astonishment the sudden and extraordinary ticulady careful in choosing for,the situation of its nest an
elevation of the sea. It was about the time of high water, elevated hillock, which is not in danger of being inun-
but must have been of short duration, as the tides in the dated. The neat itself is constructed by dry roots of leaves,
inner part of the bay, and strands did not seem much over Which it forms an arched chamber. Front this, in all
affected. A notion went about that it might have been directions, it scoops out galleries or roads, three or four
occasioned by some distant earthquake, for tradition still inches below the surface. Though careful to have their
records the occurrence of similar phenomena at the time habitations dry, moles cannot live without water, and al-
of the great earthquake at Lisbon.—.Cork Southern Be- ways have one of their galleries, or covert ways, leading to
porter.
ithe nearest ditch, drain, or spring.

Boston Paper.

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THE LAY OF THE WANDERING ARAB,

" Away, away, my barb and I,"
As free as wave, as fleet as wind,
We sweep the sands of Araby,
And leave a world of slaves behind !
'Tis mine to range in this wild garb,
Nor e'er feel lonely though alone :
I would not change my Arab barb,
To mount a drowsy Sultan's throne !

Where the pale stranger dares net come,
Proud o'er my native sands I rove ;
An Arab tent my only 'wine,
An Arab maid my only love !
Here freedom dwells without a fear—
Coy to the world, she loves the wild ;
Who ever brings a fetter here,
To chain the desert's fiery child ?
What though the Frank may name with scorn
Our barren clime, our realm of sand ?
There were our thousand fathers born—
Oh, who would scorn his father's land ?
It is not sands that form a waste,
Nor laughing fields a happy clime;
The spot the most by Freedom grac'd,
Is where man feels the most sublime !
"Away, away, my barb and I,"
As free as wave, as fleet as wind,
We-sweep the sands of Araby,
And leave a world of slaves behind !