The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-20 00:00:00

AItIERIC4N PAPERS.

NEW -7VOII X, FEB. 1.5.--Congress have refused an
appropriation. for a Minister to Madrid. The Pre-
sident assured the Chevalier Onis,. that no Ambassar
dor should be received from Joseph Buonaparte,
while the contest continued in Spain.
A Gentleman is at • Washington from Mexico;
and is thought to have .some mission for the Pre-
sident ; he has hai an- interview. He declares tha t
Province will decide for independence rather than
submit to the Tench.

The Council of Appointment of- the Sate of
New York is federal ; and has already restored. to
office many persecuted patriots, who were by the
intolerant democrats ►urned' out, for daring to have.
opinions.

Some of the Anti-Duane _Democrats in the Le-
gislature of Pennsylvania, lately threatened young
Thane with expulsion. fie immediately ex-
claimed, " he should think it an honour' to be ex-
pelled."

The Chathatn and Dartford Regiment of West
Kent Local Militia,
,under the command of Earl
DARNLLY, as,:emble at Rochester on the 30th MSc.
for twenty days.

Mr. CLIFFORD, at the late Meeting for the pur-
pose of rewarding Mr. GALE JONES for his conduit,
attempted to clear himself from the imputation of
having been chiefly instrumental in procUring the
bye-law of Lincoln's Inn, which precluded those
students from being called to the Bar, who have
ever been paid, for writing in the public prints.--
Mr. CLIFFORD'S- vindication, however, was of so
weak a nature, that even a newspaper, favourable to
his pont ical .principles, pronounceS his, apology bnt
!.‘ a lame one, and justly observes, that he-endea-
voured to turn the attention tram himself, and di
,red it against Sir ANSTRUTHEE, whose eon-
, dud he acrimoniously attacked. Why does not
Mr. CLIFFORD, who is not mealy-mouthed, and.
who is generally disposed to speck out, if he is inno-
cent of the charge, boldly say so, and reprobate the
measure imputed to Limn as one- that is unjust, illi-
beral, and totally repugnant to the principles of Br:-
. tish freedom.

•
SEN,TIMENTAL•ANEeDOTE,-:-FrOln a Swedish Pa-
circuthstance has recently taken place at
Fahlun; the_ capital of Dalecailia, in Sweden, which
might figure "with Ovantsge in a novel. In work-
ing to-establish a flew communication between two
shafts of a mine, the b idy of a miner .was dis-,
covered in,a suite of perfect preservation, and im-
pregnated with vitriol c water. This body was quite
soft, but hardened on being exposed to the air. No
one could identify the individual ; it was only re-
colreete" d that the accident 15y • which he had been
thus buried in the bosom of the earth had taken
place 50 years ago: AU inquiries as to the name of
the sufferer had already ceased, when a decrepid
old woman, •leaning on crutches, slowly advanced •
towards the 'corpse, and knew it to be that of a,
yoUng mark to whom she had been promised in
marriage half a century ago. She threw. herself on
the corpse, which had all the appearance of a bronze
statue, bathed it with her tears,„ and fainted with
joy at having once more beheld the object of her
effedions on this side ..of the grave. It 'is easier. to
conceive than of tuce the singular contrast afforded
"by that couple; the_ one buried_ 50- years ago,.
• answering al! the.appearaneesof youth, while the-
' other, weighed down by age, evinced all the fer-
vency of youthful love.

We are happy to learn, that the accounts of the
mortality in Caithness _hare be,..n greatly exagge-
r.Ated. A respeaable cbrrespondent, in Thurso,
writes as follows :—" We have bad, it is true, a
season of more than usual sickness-, but not near so
fatal as has been represented. The prevailing ma-
ladies were the .scarlet. fewer and measles, which', in
Some instanees, but not very many, proved fatal,
partly owing, it is believed, to the one disease being
sometimes mistaken for the other, and not applying
for roe:iical assistance in proper time. But in a
very few cases indeed, where such aid was resorted
to, did either fever or measles
.prove mortal. I
have the pleasure to add, that now both the fever
aitd measles have greatly abated, if not altogether
ceased, in, this part of the country."