The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-08 00:00:00

PEEBLES-SHIRE ELECTION

We perceive by the Edinburgh Adreitiser that on
Monday Mr. Forbes Mackenzie was returned for
I'eeb'es-shire. Mr. Carmichael was proposed in oppo-
sition to Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, and the Sheriff de-
clared the show of hands to be in Mr. Carmichael's fa-
vour. His friends, however, not wishing to to to the
p3ll, withdrew his name, and Mr. Forbes Mackenzie was
declared duly eieeted. The Hon. Gentleman, in a long
speech, defended his political conduct, more particularly
his recent vote in favour of the grant to Maynooth.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Madame Anna Thillon
has arrived, and is daily occupied in full rihearsals of
Balfe's new opera, The Enchantress, which is to be pro-:
duced on Monday next. Both music and libretto aro
spoken of in the highest terms ; and it is confidently an-
ticipated that the lady will make a great hit.
THU NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "

NINCSBY," entitled " SYBIL ; OR, THE Two NATIONS,"
will be ready, we hear, to-morrow.
THE NEW TOOTIL-BRUSH, made on the most
scientific principle, thoroughly cleaning between the...
teeth when used up and down, and polishing the surface
when used crossways. This brush so entirely enters be-
tween the closest teeth, that the inventors have decided
upon naming it the "Tooth-pick Brush;" therefore ask
for it under that name, marked end numbereekr under

-viz., full-sized brushes, mark T.P.W.,_ No.----
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No. 2 less hard, N. 3 middling►, No. 4 soft; the narrOlt •,
brushes, mark T.P.N , No. 5 hard, No. 6 less hard,
No. 7 middling, No. 8 soft. These inimitable brushes
are only to be had at Ross and Sons', and they nal..
rant the hair never to come out, at Is. each, or 10s.
per dozen in bone, and 2s. each, or 21s. per dozen in
ivory,

DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS.-39, Albe-
marle•street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Conductors,
when fixed iu the cavity of the ears, are not more uncom-
fortable nor perceptible than having a small piece of
wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad-
vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing of ex-
treme deafness, instantly to join in general conversation,
and to catch the sound of a distant, low speaker, at
church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into
the ears to such an extent, that in most severe cases
deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cor-
nets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and
improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many
of those instruments have 'received the approbation of
the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri-
tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately
they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it
's brought to its youthful, natural, and original state.
&lso Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro-
scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,
..)pticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with
a person of the same name in their immediate neigh-
lourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent
nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at
39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
MR. CHARLES:MITIIEWS AND HIS CREDITORS.—
Mr. Commissioner Law, of the Insolvent Debtors Court, has been
engaged for two days (Monday and Tuesday) on the proof of debts
under the insolvency of Mr. Mathews in the year 1842. There
fdo r
Commissionert he creditors,
in and
his
tishea psurornceeodf
to the declaration of a dividend. Se-
veral creditors attended and proved, and others on the schedule
room, as a preliminary step
abutngost
032k70p/i.
ci
en
before
et
thaevaLeilaabriene
whd did not attend when summoned, were struck out of the list.
Among the latter class were the proprietors of Covent-garden
Theatre, who were inserted as creditors for 6,1661. as a balance of
rent for a period of three years. Another large debt of 3,0731.,
connected with an annuity transaction was disallowed for the same
reason.
Messrs. Walmsley, Keightley, and Co., solicitors, at-
tended to prove for a sum of 2,2694, which claim was contested.
A part of the debt was for professional business transacted for Ma-
dame Vestris before her marriage with Mr. Mathews ; and, after a
long investigation, the matter stood over for further information.
The debts on the schedule are 26,0001 , of which about 10,0001.

at present have been disallowed for non-attendance. It is ex.
pected that the estate will pay a small dividend—something about

6d. in the pound.
THE REV. Da. DILLON.—The oli Swedenborgian
chapel, in Friar.street, Shoemakcr's.row, Blackfriars, has been,
hired by the Rev. R. C. Dillon, D.D.. who.was suspended from his
ministerial functions by the Bishop of London for three years, for
certain irregularities, which made the Rev. Gentleman an object of
great notoriety at the time. His attempt to fix a charge of adul.
tery on his wife, and the proceedings taken thereon in the Eccle.
any of
opening his ministerial
the
chapel functions
as
the „ forF r
e fie v c C
siastical Courts in Doctors'-commons, must be fresh in the recol.
Church
hs
lection of our readers. The Rev. Dr. Dillon has not entered a
The
opit
Rev.or pexoecrctoisredin
of England," and the services, with few exceptions, will
be assimi
lated to that of the Established Church. A few -
seats in the
" Free Church of England" are to be appropriated to the
use of the
poor, and the pews will be let to those who
may chaos., to hire
them. The Rev. Dr. Dillon was formerly minister of Charlotte.
street Episcoyal Chapel in Pimlico, and evening lecturer of St.
James's Church, Clerkenwell. His talents are of a very high order,
and before the lamentable exposures which took place he was a
most popular preacher.

11
RECIOUS
fro. 13' the recent resolutions of
the House of Commons, repealing the Customs' duties on a large
number of articles usually imported into this country from foreign
parts, including more especially those brought in a raw or unmanu.
factored state, the privilege which previously attached to diamonds
only has been extended to all precious stones, which are accord
ingly now free of all duly. A Treasury order of April, 1617,
directed that on the importation of diamonds set in ring*, and
other forms, the article unset being duty free, the duty was to be
charged on the setting only ; and on a recent application to the
Cu!toins' Board, requesting that as the privilege which formerly
attached to unset diamonds, or diamonds in the rough, has been
extended without exception to all precious stones, the same course
may be adopted with respect to those articles Indiscriminately
when set, as is followed with diamonds, viz., to charge the duty
on the settings only as goods manufactured ; the reasonableness of
sue: a course being evident, from the fact that the value of the
setting is so inconsiderable compared with the stone, it being in
most instances scarcely a tithe of the value of the latter ; and the
Board being of opinion, that as the duty on all precious stones
(unset) is repealed, and that when set they are in the same position
as diamonds were formerly, they should therefore be treated in the

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same manner, directions have been issued that the duty is to be
charged in future, as requested, on the setting only. This order
is of much importance, and will be virtually a repeal of the duty
on " jewels set," as set forth in the tariff, and render the setting ,
only liable to the ad valorem duty of 20 per cent,,
T/1,1 will of the lion. Caroline Fox, late of Little
Holland House, Kensington, was proved on the 29th of April by
the Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith, the sole executor. Per
sonal estate sworn under 12,000. .t.
1845. The will was made in .12mithdof.Mnatainircti,
many specific and pecuniary bequests, legacies to her sister, Ladd►.
NSobveelidibieder,eltbB4e2
Holland, Lady Arbuthnot, Lady Scott, and to Int itsvbein Gni
awes.