The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-15 00:00:00

CHAPTER OF COINCIDENCES.

(From the New York Paper.)
There are many surprising coincidences in regard to the lives
and death of Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson, they commenced their
political lives together, both rase gradually, both became Foreign
Ministers of the highest grade, and both were subsequently elected
to the highest station in the nation ; they were the only two who
signed the declaration of independence on the 4th July, 1776, who
were alive on the same day in 1826 ; both were on the Corn-
matte who drafted that document, one of them was writer and
the other seconder of tha motion for adopting it ; political events
subsepiently made them rivals and hitter enemies of each other ;
both were leaders of opposite and powerful political parties; both
wer• the most prominent *eels of the bitterest invective of their
foes and the most boisterous praise of their friends; both, after
retiring from their high stations, the contention for which had
estranged them, became friends, and both died on the same day,
on the fiftieth anniversary of the important event of which they were
engaged together, and Mr. Jefferson on the same hour in the day
during which the declaration was adopted; Mr. Adams on the
same hour in which it was promulgated to the people; and both
were natives of the only States which have furnished the Union
with a President. A further remarkable coincidence is the fact
that of our Ex-Presidents, John Adams was eight years older
than Thomas Jeffgrson, Thomas Jefferson eight years older than
James Madison, James Madison eight years older than James
Munroe, and James Munroe eight years older than John Quincy
Adams. Mr. AdaMs is the only President who 'has been suc-
ceeded by his son, and he was the only President whii had a son to
succeed him, and the son has been elected to the highest trust by
the same party who elected the father. This is the most won-
derful chapter of coincidences that we ever saw.

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M./EL.—An affair of hollow' took place on Friday
morning, close to Cowes Castle, between the Earl of Menton and
Lord William Lennox. The Noble Earl was attended by Colonel
Anson, and the gallant Lord by hie brother officer, Lieutenant
Gordon, of the Blues. The cause or dispute Iraq en accusation
made against Lord Wm. Lennox, that he is a contributor to The
Age, a London Weekly Newspaper, which by its constant publi-
cation of taletof scandal and scurrility, is greatly annoying to the
feelings of individuals and families in the higher claws of society.
Lord Glengall bad expressed his conviction of the truth of this
accusation, and, upon request, refusing to retract lie opinion, Lord
William sent his friend to demand for him the usual satisfaction
of a Gentleman. A meeting was ilinnediately appointed, and
an exchange of shots took place,
.without doing personal injury ;
the seconds then declared' that enough tistd been done by both par-
ties, and the 'principals left the ground without explanation, or
having had any direct communication with, each other in the al-
fair. --Hanttishire Telegraph.

JNIPORTANCE OF A MISPLACED COMMA.---A
Bishop ordered this inscription to be put Over his gate :
Porte, patens esto, nulli eland aria, honesty.'
But the painter unfortunately placing the comma after t►ulli' in-
stud of csto,' the sense stood thus : Gate, he thou open to no-
body, but be shut to an honest luau;' which perversion of a
charitable meaning mullioned the Bishop to lose his bishopric.
' A case still more in point is the misplaced comma by which King
Edward IT. lost his life. His wife that she-wolf of
France,' sent to the keeper of the prison where he was confined
the following equivocating couplet :
To shed King Mien'', blood
Refuse to fear, I count it good.'
Had the comma been placed after Refuse' the sense would have
implied a mandate not to hurt the King,.but ►laced after fear, the
murder is not only injoined hut an indemnification is implied;
while the remainder of the line, I count it good,' insinuates that
the action is meritorious. Through this double sense' the King
lost his life.

A boat has been constructed at South Shields by
James Mather, Esq., of that place, to be carried by a vessel pm-
' leasing the advantages of both a long and a life boat. .It. has
been tried, and found to weigh an anchor, carry weight, tire.
superior to an ordinary long boat. And as a lite boat, though it
should ship a sea and fill with water, it is capable of bearing a
crew more numerous than the vessels .of which it is now on
board. This was known by filling it with water, after
which it supported, without sinking, nearly one ton weight.
A short time ago it was, with au adventurous crew, placed
on Tynemouth bar, when a six-foot sea was breaking across
it; and though it was put into every hazardous position,
there was , found no occasion to bail it. To complete
elr coast,
this boat, there has been added to it a " launching-frame,"
to enable the crew safely to place it in the water during a, high
Ilea, which will completely prevent it from getting stove, as is
but too common in cases of emergency. On the 22d ult,kahe
was fixed in her station on board the Mary, when the inventor,
Unaided, launched it from the decks, with four of the craw on
board, to the astonishment of a number of spectators, in little
more than one minute. Every seaman will he able to. appreciate
the advantage of this discovery. .With all these advantages, this
boat has only cost fit more than an ordinary long boat of her
size. The vessel has now-sailed, 'and the crew are in high spirits
withL Last
tir
pursuit was commenced within
Ssequnuidsiatyi".;e4Wdainbuugrfihigterc7Orfa4Colonel Murray.
M'Gregor was carried off the Spa by an English officer,
hot pursuit
crossed the sea to Scotland:
fathheotelopernent, the fugitives must have
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i and,
Irainedtfan although
ht
One party of the pursuers arrived here on Tuesday
morning, and with the assistance of theimlice searched
the steam boat, then about to sail for London, but no
trace, of the lovers was found,Exchanges steady.._..
Rotterdam. Paper.
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1 9 with
the names of our'. Saviours. Twelve Disciples,'
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the compass of a silver sixpence, with a ' I
pen,it w lout
bbreviation "whatever, being less than 48
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letters—Which he intends publishing by the Litho-
graphin.—Edinburgh Observer. ,

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