The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-10 00:00:00

GROSS All l'A LION.

Some insidious endeavours have been lately
made to impress upon the italic mind the- notion,
that Lord CASTLEREaGra has esablislied, fur the
first time, certain regulations respecting passplts
front the Foreign Office, by which his Lordship
adds 14,0001. a year to his income ! There is just
as witch truth in this, as in most ot the hackneyed
calumnies against Mihisters, generally, 410 the
Noble-Lord in particular.
So far from the existing regular ions being new,
they have existed for above a hundred years. 'Die
practice of charging- tot passports has prevailed,
as appears by the official registers, as tar back
as the year 1710—just one hundred and ulne
years ago. The tee then paid for them Was
21..25. 6d ; that which is now phi, is 21. is. 6d.
the additional five shillings being created by
the stamp duty. So much fur the novelty of
the practice. But then, ‘ve ate told, that
all the money goes into Loud CaSTLRIIIIAQH'S
locket. Tim is another falsehood. Nut one
penny of it is received by his Lordship, ei; her di-
rectly or indhecily. As far bask as the year
1795, Mr. PITT made a regulation upon this Sub-
ject. Before that period, these fees were the per-
quisites of the chief ; but Mr. ['ITT in.
et eased their salaries,
.and established a fee fund,
into which ail fees are paid, This fund is made
applicable to the general t.xpenceS of the' &part -
ment, the remainder being supplied out ,of the
Consolidated Fund. • • -

'the following statement will show the wanton
and dilcreditahle exaggeraiious which have, beet!
employed :---
Total alllOUllt of Passports granted by Viscount castle-
rea_q!"frein the est h February, 1814, (the date of his appoint-
ment .as his Meajesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs)
to the 7th of August, 18:9, a great proportion of whidi were
given to messengers, couriers, and othee persons employed
abroad on the public service
Total number granted by Hint previously to the Ist of
January, 1819

Total number granted as above,. from Ist of January
to 7tik of August, 1819 ' 331

It may be limber observed, that none of his
Mjesty's subjects are required to take out pas,-
ports on going abroad, and they are, only granted
on special applications from petsons of known
respectability and good character. The recent
regulations which have been made by the Neiber-
land Fetibassy respecting the passport- have been
taken without any concert with the Bri,ish Go-
vernment, which can have no contronl over any
regulations that the Netherland, or ally Foreign
Mission, may judge it expedient to adopt for
granting their li,spf.ri3.—(Morning Post.)

The Loyal Society of Aociettt lii lions intend to
celebrate their Prince's Bildt on flititsddy next,
with their wonted liberality and spirit.--Sir W,
W. WYNN sends a BUCK to grace the festive board.
Sir CHHlSTOrblitli HAWKINS, Bart, has present-
ed to the Royal lostittrtion of London, through
the medium of Earl SPENCER, several fine speci-
mens of native English gold, lately found in t.to
stream works in the parish of Ladock, in this
county. Several of the pieces weiedi sixty avaitis
rich,—(Rtvul Coruw,.4(l Gu.z.eite)

LAW IN ri,ILLIGENcE.

comcr OF CHANCERY, AUG. 9.

IRLBOROUGII CASE.
D%VIS V. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.

Nlr. TtNxEY applied to the Court no behalf of
the two annuitants, Brown and Walker, had
beet) interested in the continuance of the receiver
in this case, which receiver bad been dkcliarged
by an order 4 the Court on Thursday last.

'rile LORD CHANcitt.Loa said, that these annul.
tkilit4 should file a 11111 for the appointment of a
receiver, if they wished fur one, for the receiver
in rhis case had been discharged by an order,
which the Court could not alter.

VICE-CHANCELLOWS COURT'.

TEREDAY AND OTABRS V. ADAM AND OTHERS.

The motion in this cause respecting the int.
portant trust strider the will of the late JOHN.
‘VlLtctssoN, Esq. came. on a few days ago hekird
his Honour the VIca•CHANCELLoR, who direced,
That it he reterted to one of the Masters of the
Court, to state whether it will he for the bencfit
of the patties interested under the will of the
Testator, that the Defendant shall he continued
in the ,management of the Trost Proper!) ;
that the Paities ..re to he interrogated on Odth,
and all Deeds, &c. produced before the Master,
who is to state any special circumstances, and to
proceed de die in diem.

SPOlt I'ING IN IsF,LLIGEN(E.

BE I-TING Roam, Aue. 9.
ST. 1..1-GR.R
13 to 1 apt Minot
14 to 1 Cardinal Wolley
40 to 1 The Lail d, or any
other.

4 to 1 ag,t Sultan
3 to Nltiodatte
Gi to 1 1 isette
10 to 1 —latarino
ri to 4 bet wren Lisetie and Pa
at. Yolk, on Woloryolny. Madan
tain whether she will start.

lin:Aline for thr Protlnce Stakes,
ne is in it also, but it is tancyr-

EDINBURGH, AUG. 7.

HIGH-ScnooL.— Yesterday the annual exa-
minaiion of the Hieh-tichool took place in pre-
sence of the LORD NoVnST, Magistrives, Profes-
sors of the University, &e. The young Gentle•
men in the different classes went (111.6,0) !heir
excrcis CS in a manner which did notch honour to
themselves and ineir tesel.er.t. The Gold Mrd.,,,
the gift of tt-e late Colonel Peter Murray, was ad-
judged to Mast r Edmond L. gan, sort of
Logan, Esti Queen•street, dux of the bight:9C
Latin class.

Inscription on the one side,
Pracuitiin Moravirinnin in Schola Edinensit
El, MOND() LOGAN,
PRO OPTIME NIERITo .CONDisCaULOKUM
DUCI.

A. D. 'AIDCCCNIX.
And on the other Si,le are—

The City Arms, finely embossed; supported by Scot%
ThioleF, Owl:1,111;g the Civic Crown. .

Aflinl,er Gold Nledal, of tt1:141 !wine, was pre-
sented to N.Ligter lobn Pringle, son of Mr. !'ring e,
merchant, Trapent, dux of the Rector's Gr!et-Ei
ciass, hearing an inscription in the Greek hu-
guage, whit!) rn;iy be tr;insl4teri
JOE-IN PRINGLE,

An excellent 13,y, torpassinr, all his Schoolfellows in Greek
learnimr,, the Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh
presented this honorary Premium. 1819. -

Thursday, the Writing claSs of the High School,
tang ht by Mr. Kean, was examined by the
Honourable the Lord Vrovoitt and Ma,os.
trates, who were pleased to express their big ,e.st
svistaction with the numerous hooks orpetim
ship and arithmetic exhibited. Several specimens,
in particular, tit plain alld orwmo-neritl writing, ex-
ecuted by the'rnoreadvanced scholars, were greatly
adittired,trldisplayinefiule taste and comm,out of tl.e
pen; Two elegant Medals, toe one'the gift of t 1 rn.
Patison, Esn, College Bailie, was aujiltlL;ed to
Master Henry Loan, son of Wm. Logan, Esq.
Queen-street, flrsr penman ; and the other tlie
gilt of Mr. M'Kean. teeicht r. to Master
11,:bert .Young, son of the bit, Geotge YonoL,-,
Esq. writer, Merchant-street, for his progrvss
writing and propriety of conduct during the last
year. '

Mrs.DAvlsoN is petforming with eclat at Liversi
pool, and is, it is said, to make tier appearance ttt
the outset of the season a; Covent-aarden, where
th7sin•tresting performer is engaged for five years.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDt.—The York herald •ays,
" The noforninate Crown Jtiror,'.,Altled to
last week, stir lives. lie did not attempt soicide
with a razor, as then stated ; but the real circum-
stances were, and are, as follow :—lle is au on-
married Gentleman of affluence in the East Rid-
ing, about 46 or 50, rematkably stout, and pi
viously of a cheep ful disposition.,-.Aft
went for an assault had beetv.preerred Acain.t
oit account of his .fraviog. interfered to
behalf of some orphan children ; this, it is sup-
posed, had so deeply affected his mind, that
Ile left his. lon at York very early, and re-
paired to a field behind Huntington,
with a penknife, he cut one of his •wtists, and
afterwards his throat, in a :most dreadti.l ',tanner.
lii this condition he lay weltering in his blood ritl
evening, when a mower, in a neighbouring ft,
was attracted to the spot by his groans. The un-
fortunate man was soon taken to an inn, and a
s .iigeon, of this city, being; sent tor, he sewed
up die wonnds, and asiminismered the proper re-
medies. For )bier or four days he was notable to
swallow even litptitis, as they itivariabiy retointA
through the wound ; we are glaol to learn that tie
now presents et try appearance of a speedy and
pet feet recovery "
LANCASTER, (PENSYLVANIA), JUNE 29.—Large
Snalce.—A strange circutostatic,' is said to have
talc tor place lately io the neighbourhood of
this city. 4,.‘ wontao passiog along a path through
a lye field, sat dowo on the side of the path,
when immediitely she was seized rotted the waist
hy a buTze hhck snake, which raised its frightful
head in a Btlittid,', mouth open, a.
level with her fate, with its e3es fixed upon
ter countenance. '1 he screams of the woman
broil& a black mill to her assist Aye, sef o reso-
lutely grasped the monster by the neck with one
hand and with the other seizetki.s tail, and while
unwinding its cods, the woman, hy his directions,
took a knife from his pocket a " off went the
rei.tile's head." The relations we have heard of
this wonder differ trout each other, but in no con.
siderible degree ; Irmo one source we ice ii.ftini-
ed the strike weigokd upwards of 50 pounds.-0
(Jute/ ican Paper )