The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-09 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

Polling commences on Saturday morning. Mr.
Sugden will be in town this evening; and his friends
here are trying to get up a sort of borough ovation
to give him a triumphal reception.

SiiIPPINOr INTELLIGENCE,

LIVERPOOL.

TnuitsnAv, FEE. 7.—High water 50 rain. past two.
—Wind Soutb.--Arrived the Three Sons, Watson, from
New Orleans, with cotton—Union,- Fearon, from Lime-
rick, with grain—Lord Blavnev, Stewart, from Newry,
with flour—Earl of Roden, :Spcncer, from Dundalk, with
oatmeal—Manchester, M'Culloch, from Dublin, with
oats—Britannia, Harper, from Dublin, with sundries—
Hibernia, Williams, from Belfast, with sundries—Comet,
Phillips (steamer) from Dublin, with the email.--One brig
of at touter to five. •

Telegraph Office, Feb. 7.
Arrived at Holyhead on the 6th, the Mary, Jenkins,
from Cardiff, with lose of main-boom.—Wind W.S.W.—
All well.
Point Lynas.—Wind West, thick fog and rain—nothing
to report.

GIVE TilE DEVIL 'HIS DUE.—The Etiit9r
of the Upland (Chester) Union, acknowledges the receipt
of a large slice of pound-cake, accompanying a marriage
notice, which cake was liberally distributed to those at
work, in the office-6, alliating the Devil his portian."—
American Paper.

SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.-011 SatUrday
evening last, three respectable farmers met at the Green
Dragon Inn, Gloucester, each of whose Wives had pre-
sented her loving spouse, in the course of the week, with
tiins
Pecim "
no ofhefruitful affection, which event, these
happy-fathers,v doubt, celebrated with becoming exulta-
tion, at their merry meeting —Cheltenham Chronicle.
An eminent London merchant, of whom it
has been frequently remarked that " all he touches turns
to gold,"' lately re,:overed a lost diamond. bracelet worth
500/. ht a manner quite in accordance with his usual good
fortune. His lady, who had worn it at the opera, dropped
it from her arm in leaving the theatre, and the bracelet
being of so
great value, her husband considered it hopeless
to attempt recovering it by an advertisement. On the en-
suing opera night, the sister of the lady in question visited
the thoatre, and also lost her bracelet, but of much in-
ferior value.
.The second bracelet was advertised, and on
the following morning appeared, not that which was adver-
tised, but the diamond bracelet, which had been picked up
by a private soldier who was on duty at the Opera-house.
'lt need not be added, that the finder met with a more libe-
ral reward for_bis trouhle than lie bad Anticipated,

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

The Duchess of CLARENCE, the Prince of
HOHENLOHE.LAUGEWBOURG, and the Princess EMILIE of
Carolath, after visiting Windsor Castle on Thursday morn-
ing, proceeded to the residence of the Duke and Duchess
of GLocxszEß, at Bagshot Park, where the Duchess, the
Prince, and Princess dined, and spent the evening in core-
I pany with the Duke and Duchess of Gr.ocvsTrn, and after-
wards returned to town.
The Duke and Duchess of CLA RENCE ho-
noured the performance of the Opera of Artaxerxes, at
Drury-lane Theatre, with their presence yesterday evening.
The Duke of CLABENcr left town yesterday
morning for his seat in Bushy-park. His Royal Highness
returned to the Admiralty in the afternoon.
A deputation of eight of the country bankers
waited on the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday at the Trea-
sury, and had an interview with his Grace, at which the
of the EXCHEQUER assisted. The confer-
ence with the Noble Duke lasted about two hours.
Earl BATHURST, the Earl of ABERDEEN,
and Lord Ft frseonorrcx, visited Earl Duni EY yesterday,
at the Foreign Office, Downing-street.
Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas-
sador, transacted business with Earl DUHLEY, at the Of-
fice of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, yesterday.
The Earl of CHESTERFIELD gave a grand
dinner, on Thursday, at Chesterfield House, to a select
party, comprising the Prince and Princess ESTERHATX,
the Duke of DEVONSHIRF, the Earl and Countess of
TANXERVII La, and the Earl and Countess of BELFAST.—
After dinner the magnificent suite of drawing rooms were
thrown open for the reception of the evening company.
MRS. ROBART'S PARTIES.—This fashion-
able lady gave a Grand Dinner on Thursday last, at her
house in Hill-street.

SOUTHANIPTON.—The third and last. Sub-
ccription Ball took place at the long Rooms on Tuesday last.
The Lady Patronesses were, the Marchioness of CLANRI-
CARDE, Honourable Mrs. EYRE, Lady VIVIAN, Mrs. ELF..-
.mu:a, and Mrs. SNEOOON. It was both elegantly and
numerously attempted.

TILE MAGISTRACY.—h is asserted that Sir
ANTHONY HART has laid it down as Si rule, to appoint
Magistrates on the recommendation of the Members for the
Counties. If so, every Catholic Gentleman of property in
Ireland will be, as lie ought to be, a Magistrate in his
county.—Dublin Morning Register,

THE MARQUIS Or ANGLESEY.--.-We have
just learned from an authentic source that the Noble Mar-
quis will not arrive in Dublin until about the 25th instant.
Major Twirti has been appointed first Aid-de-Camp to
his Lordship, in place of Lietitenant-Colonel THORN-
nu,t, who has resigned in consequence of a domestic ca-
lamity. Lord ANGLESEY'S horses, &c. are now on their
way. The 7th Hussars (his Lordship's regiment) re-
ceived orders on the 2d inst. to hold itself in readiness to
march, to embark for Ireland, and will be stationed in
Dublin. —,D Odin Evening Mail.

THE :MARQUIS OF CLEVELA ND.—There
are at present is the service of the Marquis of CLEVELAND
(late Earl of DARLINGTON) the following individual•.
Perhaps, for length of service of so many persons, there does
not exist in this country any establishment which can attempt
to show a parallel :—Tnomas. Honcsow, the groom, has
lived more than half a century in the family; STOREY, the
butler, as long, having entered it when a boy ; he and his
master are growing old together. The coachman has lived
with the Noble Marquis, man and boy, between forty
aid fifty years. Thomas Sa YER, who was kennel hunts-
man, and afterwards porter, the same length of time, and
now living in comfortable retirement; and Mr. BARNES,
the Louse steward, twenty-two years. WHEATLY, his
Lordship's private trainer, has been thirty-five years in his
place.

Mr. WASHINGTON IRVING'S HISTORY of
the LIFE and VOYAGES of COLUMBVS, Will be published on
Monday.

MR. BROUGUArz.---Mr. BROUGHAM, in
the Court of King's Bench yesterday, gave audible testi-
mony of the arduous exertions of the preceding night. His
voice, in praying for a mitigation of punishment, in the
case of " the King v. Robert Bolton," Ivas hoarse, and he
did not speak with his usual animation. In his person he
bore no marks, as he might naturally have been expected
to do, of the severe task he bad gone through.

Tit P AV PA L ACE.-A barge freighted
with immense blocks of Italian marble, is now being un-
loaded at Messrs. FAF.EMA N and Co.'s wharf, Milbank_
street, Westminster. It is said, they are destined for the
formation of the Triumphal Arch which is to be erected in
front of the New Palace, at Pimlico. Some of the blocks
weigh from 20 to 30 tons each. One moved on Tuesday
last, weighed 2S tons, and required 18 horses to drag it.
Another weighing 25 tons, is to be raised and removed
this day.

On Friday, the 25th ult., a few ardent ad-
mirers of the Poetical Wcrks of ROBERT BURN': celebrated
the anniversary of his natal day at the Christopher Inn, in
this city.—Bath Herald.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—On Mon-
day evening a Meeting was held at the Canonbury Ta-
vern, Islington, for the purpose of forming a Society for
the benefit of the working classes, upon a principle of
mutual insurance ; the Reverend D. WILSON in the
Chair. Mr. R. WILKINSON addressed the Meeting at
considerable length, and pointed out the benefits that such
a Society would be :to the poor. A Committee was then
appointed to draw up the rules and regulations of the So-
ciety, and the Meeting separated.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—Lord and
Lady Farnborough, from their seat in Kent; the Earl of
Carhampton, in Devonshire-place, from a tour ; Lord
Gosford, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from a tour ; the
Earl and Countess Verulam and family, at their house in
Grosvenor. square, from their seat, Got•liambury, Herts;
Watson Taylor, Esq. M.P. and family, at their house ip
Grosvenor-square, from their seat in Wilts ; Owen Wil-
, Hams, Esq. M.P. and family, at their house in Berkeley-
square, from their seat, Temple House, Bucks ; Captain
and Mrs. Lowther, in Manchester-square, front the Conti-
nent ; Mr. and Mrs. Rice Trevor, at their house in Strat-
ton-street, Piccadilly, from their seat in Northampton-
shire; Lady Smith, at her house in Piccadilly, from
Ramsgate; Sir Edward Stopford, Bart. in Brook-street,
from Paris; Colonel Robarts, Colonel Keene, and Captain
Stevenson, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from
Paris ; Captain Jackson, at ditto, from ditto; the Hun.
Captain James, at ditto, from ditto ; Mr. aqd Mrs. Tom-
lins, at ditto, from ditto; "Walter Boyd. Esq. M.P. at the
Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Kent ;
Mr. and Mrs. Davison, at ditto, from a tour ; the Rev.
Dr. Forester and son, at ditto, from Worcestershire; Ar-
thur French, F:sq. M.P. at ditto, from his seat, French
Park, Ireland; Fitz Steven French, Esti. M.P. at di,tto.,
from ditto; Mrs. Fenwick end family, at the British
Hotel, Jermyn.street, from seat in Somersetshire ;
J. Rockford, Esq. at ditto, from Ireland ; J. Pole, Esq.
and Lady Louisa Pole, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Ca-
vendish-square ; Mrs. Edward Lytton Bulwer, at ditty ;
Captain D. Penne; at ditto.

•
DEPARTLIAES.--P.404111 Christie, from Pic-
cadilly, fll,- Paris; Sir William- Lumley, Bart. from the
Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Hants ;
Captain Fitzclarence, R.N., from ditto, for Portsmouth .
Charles Egerton, Esq. from the St. George's Hotel, Al;
bemarle-street, for his seat in Cheshire ; Captain and Mrs-
Nisbitt, from the British lictel„lermvn-street, for Bath.
Rocs:.--...During the late gales at
south-east, a heavier sea was observed upon this reef than
at any former period, 'excepting in storms from the north-
east. On the 16th, 17th, and 18th of last month, weighty
sprays rose to the bed-room floor, or to the eight of se-
venty feet. The duster of large stones called "the Royal
Burghs," containing the cubical contents a' several tons,
were turned upon their bed, and some of them drifted over
the Abbot's Ledge into deep water. Pieces of the rock
have also been lifted by the sea from Dunskey and Kinedder
Ledge&—Edinburgh Evening Courant.

a young female,
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Thursday even-
ingsiding in Wilton-street, Regent-street, attempted to not more than 20 years of age, re..
de-
stroy herself, by swallowing a quantity of oxalic acid. She
was instantly conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, where
Mr. SMITH, the house surgeon, applied the stomach pump,
and happily with success. Yesterday she was considered
out of danger, but it was not considered safe to permit her
to leave the Hospital under her present state of mind. The
cause assigned for the young woman's conduct was the ordi-
nary ons in all such cases. Her desires were attong, and
her principles Weak. She was in love and disappointed of
her lore, so she determined as she could not go to church
with the man of her choice, she would go to the devil with-
out him. We should recommend to her parents to try the
effects of a bread and water diet, and a sound flogging once
a week ou their patient, to drill her into an attachmeut tr
life, by citing her a taste of it 4 real miltrir,

BIBLE SOCIETY -CONTROVERSY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

e
whi
toscecifmei
mean
elnteenelldtfto flattertylhtoleoitsi m:dolei3mrspeipoyts
dispute
teeolltiff:
Sir,—i am not so foolish as to imagine, that you,
act
I
would permit any one of the readers of your widely
circulated Journal, to trespass on your columns witi:
a mi
of Edinburgh, will equally dispose yo:t to do a bark'
proprietyrte pi
TebiaNilre bSms t of Mr.
simply
nm:
po(
ytyrioovarit
characterr
et il o
individual
i n m
vindicate
iionna
are
eptt
veenaoptli'ervi virtues tsntei
and
apt
preciated
iMepttsratsilettihntreloiDii.ticeceneaheiGrstal
life,
raeter of Dr. Thomson. The great talents of that
at least, the cha-
who most differ from his op ted even by those
while his amiable
is also acknow-
ledged by those who would most readily agree with
you in considering him as a " fiery disputant "
public.
All, however, that I ask for Dr. Thomson at
present is, that those who have read your remarks
on the letter of Mr. Grey, would also look to that
pamphlet of " Anglicanus," which called forth the
Review of which Mr. Grey complains. Let them
open almost any page which it contains, and they
will there see abuse of a nature so virulent, that
they will readily acknowledge that one who was not
a" fiery disputant," might under such provocation
be roused to something like retaliation. Let them
read such courtly epithets as the following :—" Thos,
Lyar of the first magnitude "—" His throat is an
open Sepulchre," &c. &e., and then let them say
whether or not Dr. Thomson could be expected
tamely to submit to such imputations without an at-
tempt to vindicate himself from calumny so un-
founded, and so foul. Let it be remembered too,
that whether Mr. Grey was the author of the pamph-
let of " Anglicanus " or not, he has himself confessed
he was its publisher—that he corrected the proofs—
re-wrote sentences, and was alone in communication
with the printer. I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
FAIR PLAY.

THE SPEAKING FRENCH GRAMMAR.
BY J. V. DOUVILLE,
PROFUG4OR OF THE FRENCR LANGIaGi,
No. I, Eoho-square, near the Bazaar; and 2, Lawrenco-k►ne,
Cheapside, London, 1827.