The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-26 00:00:00

COUNTY OF CLARE.

"- We stated in our last that the county of Owe
would he contested with Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, and
we mentioned that Major Macnamara would be the
candidate put forward. This gentleman having de-
clined, however, we !!ave now to state upon autho-
rity that the county will bet contested notwithstand-
ing, and that Mr. O'Connell offer himself. to
the Constituency of Clare as a candidate for the
Representation. This, unquestionably,
will be. a
most extraorilinary scene. Mr. O'Conne:.l has all
the qualification necessary—and there is I.
law
which prevents him offering himself to the coun,+y—
there is no law which prevents his election. In short,
if he'should have the majority of the votes, the
Sheriff must put him in the return. Again, there is
no law which will compel Mr. O'Connell to take 1311=;
seat. If there be not a call of the Home, he may
hold the representation during the present Parlia-
ment, without entering the House of Comm,ons, or
wait the passing of an Emancipation Bill. In case
of a petition against him, in the event of his retusp,
it cannot possibly be tried until February next, and
Mr. O'Connell, in the meantime, will be Gazetted,
and exercise all the privileges of a Member of Par-
liament, by franking letters, communicating with
Ministers, &c. But we imagine, in the event of his
return, he proposes going further than this. He wilt
present 'himself to the House of Commons with the
view of taking his seat--and by this means open the
question of Catholic Emancipation on an entirely
new ground. It is impossible adequately to describe
the sensation that this announcement caused in Dub-
lin yesterday. We suppose that the astoeishinent
it will create in London will be equal. The eyes of
the Empire will, therefore, be very speedily turned
to the county of Clare."

The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town about
eight o'clock yesterday morning for the Royal Lodge, Wind-
sor Park, on a visit to Ills 111aJEsTr.

The Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duchess of
SAXE INIEININIEN, and the Princess EMILIE of Catolath,
left their residence in the Admiralty yesterday morning, for
tiie purpose of attending the races at Hampton Court.

The Duchess of KENT gave a grand dinner
yesterday at her apartments in the King's Palace, at Ken-
sington, to a select party of the Nobility and Gentry.
The Earl and Countess of VErtuiEAm gave a
grand dinner to the Duke of Cumerro—trin on Tuesday, at
their residence in Grosvenor-square. The Duke' of WEL-
LINGTON, Earl TALBOT, Lady ELLENBOROUGH, and a se-
lect party were present to meet the Royal Duke.

- -
Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, attended by
the Rev. Mr. JEtr, came to town yesterday morning from
the residence-of hia Royal father at Kew. The Prince
W 35 Visited by the Princess AUGUSTA, the PrinCMl3o-
- and the Duchess of GtoucrsTEß. His Royal High-
ness, accompanied by his. preceptor, returned to New in the
afternoon.

The Austrian Ambassador and the Right Hon.
STRATFORD CANNING had interviews with the Earl of
ABERDEEN yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
The Prussian Minister transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street.
PARTIES AT THE EARL OF VERULAM'S.
—On Tuesday last the Noble lord gave a sumptuous
dinner, at his mansion in Grosvenor-square, to—flis
Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, the Dukes of
WELLINGTON and DORSET, Earl and Countess of Kr:-
NOMA, Marquis and Marchioness of saLmerlY, Sir GORE
and Lady OUSELEY, Mr. LUSHINGTON, DRUMMOND,
Mr. CULLING SMITH, and Mr. ASHLEY. In the evening
the superb drawing-rooms were illuminated tir the recep-
tionof a large party.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.--Viscountess
Lake, at Scaife's Hotel, Brook-street, from Paris; Lady
Katherine and Mr. Bruen, at ditto, from Ireland ; Miss
Bruen, at ditto; Miss Longfield, at ditto ; Sir Robert and
Lady Pooklington, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park-
place, from their seat in Suffolk ; Mr. anal Mrs. Mevnell,
t ditto, from [lore Cross, Staffordshire; Mrs. and the
Misses Mareet, at ditto, from Brighton ; Lord Saltoun, at
ditto, from Ireland; Colonel Clayton, at ditto, from Sur-
rey; Captain Laroche, R.N. at ditto, from Rickmans-
worth ; Edward Knight, Esq. and family, at Bryant's
Hotel (late Warne's), Conduit-street ; the Right Hon.
Lady Glentworth, at Neret's Hotels, flifford-street, from
Paris; Lord Crewe, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from
Ramsgate; Sir Charles Chad, Bart. and the Hon. Captain
Turnour, at Fladong's Nett], Oxford-street, from South-
ampton; Mr. and Mrs. Nassau Sutton, at Warren's Hotel,
Regent-street, from their seat in Lincolnshire ; Colonel
Ilelgrave, at the Royal lintel, St. James's-street, from his
seat in Bcrks ; Captain Hare, at Symmon's Hotel (late
Jordan's), St. James's-street, from India ; Captain and
Mrs. Hay, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, front
Brighton; Lord and Lady Ta;nworth, at Cook's Hotel,
Albainarle-street, from their seat in Lincolnshire ; Lady
Davies, at the St. George Hotel, Albemarle-street, from
Bath; Mrs. Oakes and family, at the Pulteney Hotel, Al-
bemarle-street, from their Peat in Suffolk.

A viper., of the extraordinary length of three
feet three inches, was killed by some boys on 'Thursday last
near Milton Chapel. It measured noarly six inches in cir
cum ference. —Kentish Chronicle.

BESSY BEDLAM.—The fame of this mare,
which has run six races, and never been beaten, has at-
tracted the attention of Royalty. Colonel KING, last week,
received a letter from Mr. DELSIE RAncurrE, written by
command of his MAJESTY, wishing to purchase her, to
which Colonel KING replied, that he hail pledged his word
and honour to the public that she should run for the St.
Leger and that she bad two other engagements—namely,
for the 50/. Stakes at Doncaster, and the Cuu at Lincoln ;
but after these, she should be, if his MAJESTY thought pro-
per, at hie command.—Boston Gazette.
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served between Paisley and Glasgow ; it seemed to rise out
of a dense haze that prevented its being seen till consider-
ably above the horizon, after which it shot up to a great
height, till about a fourth of its extreme length from the
top, when it took a turn, or rather inclined a little towards
the north, and then again shot up into the dark gray
clouds. It could not be c
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last week to inspect a
A correspondent in the Bath Herald states
the following singular circumstance :—'° having occasion
grave in one of the parishes of this
city, in which two or three members of a family had been
buried some years since, and which lay in very wet ground,
I observed that the tipper part of the coffin was rotted
away, and had left the head and bones of the skuil exposed
to view. On inquiring of the grave-digger how it came
to pass that I did not observe the usual sockets of the eye:,
in the skull, he replied that what I saw was the hind part
of the head (termed the neer:put, I believe, by anatomists),
and that the flier was turned, As usual, to the earth ! !
Not exactly understanding his phrase, ' as usual,' I inquired
to my astonish •
''ay
s.flira;nattoixw-e,hairdhdinhge, rthepalti"lin'the course of de •
if the body had been buried with the face upwards, as in
composition:nhe
euot'rd
iinnathrye
the face of every italividual turns to tba
earth ! ! and that, in the experience of three-and-twenty
Nears in his situation, he had never known more than o:.e
instance to the contrary V"