The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-25 00:00:00

CK WARD.

John Downes
Thomas Boud b3
*Samuel Bradley
J. Ryland Mander

'REST WARD.
Mr. Allan
Mr. Blearlen
*A fr. Peek
4111 r. Broacher

EN WARD.

Smith • 149
Preeted 151
l'Svales
'AHD WITHOUT.

Jones 295
Atkinson 273
*Curtis 197
Russell 174

TE WITHIN.

Smith 131
'Wiltshire I
'Braes •• • • 96
Ireland..
*Richards:on
'E WARD.

Bennett
Kipling
Nesbit
*`Combs 35

are nen, Candidates.

LOVE LETTER.—There was on Wednesday
pnt into the post-office, Cnpar, a letter, directed to a young
lady in the west country, on which was written the fol-
lowing whimsical notice to post-masters :—" This letter,
containing as it does a great deal of love, together with
sundry other matters of much importance, must be taken
great care of, and delivered as early as possible !" Don
Quixotte himself could scarcely have been more minute,
and the faithful Sancho Panza would undoubtedly have
proved a less tt ust-worthy messenger than the mail._.
Fife Herald.

DEATH.—Death itself appears but an event,
glorious when sudden, and not preceded by decline; but
that death which comes without having been sought
by
courage—that death of darkness which steals front .yon
in
the night all that you hold most dear—which despises your
Lamentations and repulses your embrace, and pitilessly op-
pose to you the eternal laws of nature and of time—such a
death inspires a contempt for human destiny, for the im-
potence of grief, for all those vain efforts that dash and
break themselves upon the rock of necessity.—Korner.
HUMOROUS ANECDOTE OF A CORPULENT
PATIEN-T.—This gentleman was not only amiable but very
rich and very polite—excepting when "his skin pinched
him," a terns he always used when oppressed by uncom-
fortable sensations. One day, " when he was sure he
would burst," with a long face and gloomy looks, he thus
addressed me Lord, sir ! I'm very- queer—very
poorly—always poorly—l've no stomach," said he, looking
me full in the face; "now I want to know about diet--what
should I eat?" "Nothing." " What should I drink ?" "No-
thing." " Hot or cold ?"
This " reductio ad absurdum"
took my breath away. lie made no alteration in his
tone, but went on his queries, most of which he kindly
answered himea—Wwicr4 Comments on Corpulence.

The career of Admiral Grenfell in the service of
the Emperor of Brazil has been most extraordinary,
whether it be considered In relation to the singus
lady early period of life at which this gallant young
officer has arrived at the highest honours of his pros
fession, or the peculiar circumstances under.which
he embarked in the South Anierican service. in
the year 1819, Admiral, then Mr. Grenfell, em-
barked at Liverpool for South America, furnished
with letters of introduction to Lord Cochrane, at
that time Commander-in-Chief of the Chilian Nary.
Having joined Lord Cochrane, Mr. Grenfell was
immediately taken into, and made first Lieutenant
of his own ship, and remained with his Lordship
during the whole period of his command in 'South
America, having shared in all these glorious enter-
prises and actions in which Lord Cochrane so
eminently distinguished himself. In the cutting
out the Spanish frigate, the Emerald, from a
tremendous masked battery, Mr. Grenfell's con-
duct was marked by the most distinguished
gallantry ; and on this, as well as on every other oc-
casion in which he was employed, received the
highest testimonials of Lord Cochrane's approbation
and admiration of his gallant and meritorious con-
duct. Upon. Lord Cochrane quitting the Chilian
service, and entering into the service of the Emperor
of the Brazils, Mr. Grenfell accompanied his gallant
Commander in tile transfer of his services to Don
Pedro. When Lord Cochrane left the Brazilian
service to co-operate with the Greeks in the organi-
zation and discipline of their marine, Mr. Grenfell,
although particularly pressed by Lord Cochrane to
join him, declined the offer, preferring to remain in
the Brazilian navy. The result has proved that he
was right, as his course has been marked, not less
by brilliancy in action than by a correctness of judg-
ment hardly to be expected from so young a man.
Of his clearness of judgment, coupled with decision
of character, he gave the most convincing proofs, by
the effectual manner in which he quelled a rising
insurrection at Para. On this occasion, his prompt
and energetic conduct received the warmest approba-
tioa of the Emperor Don Pedro. In July, 1.826,
Captain Grenfell fought an engagement with a
squadron of the Buenos Ayres navy, and with an
inferior force eaptured or put hors de combat every
ship of the enemy. It was on this occasion that he
lost hi, right arm, and on the information reaching
the Emperor, his Imperial Majesty paid Captain
Ganda the high compliment of writing an auto-
graph letter to him, in the most flattering terms, at
the same tune sending him the insignia (consisting
of the riband and star) of one of his orders—an
honour enhanced by the fact of no officer of his rank
ever having been invested with this order before.
As a compensation for the loss of his arm, the Em-
peror settled a pension of 3004 a year on him, and
promised• Captain Grenfell the command of a new
frigate which was then on the stocks. Shortly after
the loss of his arm, Captain Grenfell obtained twelve
months' leave of absence, to revisit his family in
England, whom he had not seen for eight years; at
the expiration of which period he returned to the
Brazils, and the Emperor has very recently, in fur-
ther acknowledgement of his gallant services, pro-
moted him to the rank of Admiral. Admiral Gren-
fell is at this moment not more than thirty years of
age; perhaps almost the only instance of so young a
man rising to the highest rank in his profession.
Admiral Grenfell is the nephew of Mr. Pascoe Gren-
fell, who was Member for Penryn in the last session
of Pulliam ent.