The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-11 00:00:00

THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS

At the West End of the Town are now pro-
ceeding with greater celerity than at any period
of the year. The grand feature, in IV:ttetluo•
phee, is the 'Military Club House. This magni-
ficent pile, the chef d'auvre of SminKE, forms a
striking contrast to the buildin.,,S around.
About 100 woikmen are now employed in pull-
ing down St. James's marker ; nor a vestige will
remain in a few ;lays. Libouters are employed
in filling up the excavations. lit Jermyn•srre,t,
they are pul!ing down the Gun Tavern, and rcniov-
ing every other impediment. In 10daystheline will
be perfected from Carbon-lin-m.Be roPiccadiliy. Iu

Swallow-street, and troin thence to Oxford-street,

the progress is more tardy. Not a single itece of
ground is taken, except that where the Circus now
stands. BURT, ine bricklayer, has offered two
guineas a font for a frontage of twenty feet, and
would agree to erect twenty uniform housei ;
but the architect insists upon having three gut-
news per foot. North from Oxford-street to l'ort-
land,place, almost all the houses arc pulled down.
SCOTTISH MARBLE.--7Witbin flood-mark, OD thy
sea beach of the north-east cost of Fife, opposite
to Kingsbarns, there has been recently discovered
a mass of beautiful marble, which probably would
furnish materials for building the three largess
cities in the Empire. The
.marhie is or a
deep silver grey colour, decorated with seashells,
and so delicately and neatly united in the compo-

sition, as if some skilful artist had fused and ar
ranged them. •The marble, after being polished,
puts on 3 richness and brilliancy unrivalled by an)
of the admired marbles id Scotland, and has been
held, by competent judges, to equal in excellenc,
of colouring and ellect sonic of the fittest marble:
of Bitrgundy, Florence, and E: yj)t.
SPOTS ON THE SUN.—CHMSTIANA, OCT.
There were observed here, during the last month,
several remarkable spots on the disk 01 the sun
One was formed of a great number of small spots
which had by degreeS united together. They then
again separated into several groupes;and disap-
peared before they reached the western limb.—
AnCither large spot was observed on the sth am.
6th iust. in th 4 northern part of the sun.
MELANCHOLY EVENT.---A most afflicting cir
cumstance occurred at Brighton on Sunday se'n-
night. An amiab;e Lady of fortune and great
respectability, the affectionate mother of ten
tsirre some time' with:
her husband and famly, •on account of il:
health, being often labouring under a sever,
depression of spirits, and strong nervous offer-
lions, • left her house privately about sever
o'clock in the evening. On being missed,
the distracted husband and family Innrietirlifferen
roads in quest of her, but the object of their mu
foal solicitude. could. no where he 'fonnd ttntii

oiblpiglit, when, drendffil to relate, she w.)
discovered on the beach nearly It-01)(111g the Marin:
Library, a corpse. It is supposed that, in

neuron s paroxy,m, she had thrown
from the groyne or jetty into the water, and
he tide root cast and eventually left her re
mains on the strand. Every means to re
stole animmion were unhappily unavailing—r
vital spa k, alas had fled for ever. CorOuei"
...rdiet—'s Mental Derangement."
The worittneg belonging to one of the iron
%rucks in St,,,flotdshite, who, some time &tg
(pitted their employ on acconnt• of the lowness 0
their wages, are now rethrned to their employ
mew, and their. masters have agreed to itierre,
their wages. A meeting of the masters of tout;
deries'io general, in Staffotdshire, has been a;
pointed, with a- view to an advance of the wolf.
wages thronLzhout the whole of the di,tt.