The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-26 00:00:00

the slaves were digging, the grave; which being
quickly, done, it was conveyed close to it. I then
opened a prayer-book, and, amid showers of
tears, ►ea:l the funeral service over the remains of
my valued miser. Not a single person lis'ene4
to this peculiarly distreising ceremony, the slaves
bring at some distance quarrelling, and making
a most indecent noise the whole of the time it
lasted. This hying done, -the union-jack was
taken off, and the body .was lowered into the
-e-arth, and I wept bitterly as I gazed for the last
time upon all that remained of my generous and
intrepid master."

The Duke of Northumberland's arrival may
bu exp eted about the 22d or 23d of February. A mem—
ber of his Grace's Household will utrire in Dublin early in
the ❑ext week, to confer with the Commissioners of t!le
Board of Works, and to make tile suitablearraugements at
the Castle and Perk fur his Graces reception.—Dathk
Morning Post.

LORD LIEUTENANCY 9VIIIELAND.-rt has
been often the good foi tune of the Evening Mail to be
the organ of comfort and consolation to the Protestants of
Ireland ; but never on any former ocinsion did we niak:l
an announcement with more sincere feelings of satisfaction.

than we du at present. Coneilktio i n sat an and. A
Prote.tant Lord Lieutenant is nowinsted :—ono possessing'

a fortune exceeding that of many monarchy, with the mu-
nificence of a Prince, and feelings of genuine nobility—
in a word, the Duke of Nertlitunberland is appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. The official notification reached
the Castle this morning. We have another consolation in
store for our readers. There will be a Protestant Chief
Secretary for Ireland; and we have good reason to think
that that patriotic, constitutional, and truly independent
Nobleman, the Marquis of Chandos, will be the man.
Nay, we could go farther if it were necessary, to show in
what quarter the wind now sets in Downing-street, and
hint at another appointment in contemplation ; but we
have said enough in all conscience for one day.:—.Dnblia
Evening Mail.

CONCESSION TO LITERATURE.—It is said
he Lords of the Treasury will shortly issue an orier to the

Postmaster-General permitting the free transmission,
through the Post-office, to authors residing in the country

of the proof sheets of any work in the press. The proofs,
it is said, are to be sent open to Sir Francis Freeling, who
will enclose them in a post-office cover, according to the ad-

dress ; and they may be returned in the %trite manner. This
will doubtless be an accommodatio❑ to authors, and if, as
in France, it was carried farther, it would be en aceommo-

dation to the public also. In France all new publications,
except those of very great weight, are carried by the mail
coaches at a trifling expence. Such a regulation in this
country, besides being a great convenience to the reading
public at a distance from the Metropolis, would, we have no
doubt, far from diminishing,- actuAly increase the revenue.
THE COMBINATION LAWS.—We are cre-
dibly informed that, in the next Session of Parliament, it
is the determination of the Governmmt to re-enact the
law which was before in force for the suppression of meet-

ings of workmen, which had for their object the fixing of
their own wages.—Stockport Advertiser.
IRON TRADE.—TIIC iron trade, at the re-
cent quarterly meetings, was extremely dull, and a conse-
quent 'eduction of ss. per ton on the pig iron, 'ma log.
per ton on bar iron, took place. This fall, we learn, was
attributable more to the scarcity of money than any decline
in the demand.—Cambrian.

Loss OF THE APPLEDORE PASSAGE BOAT,
AND FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.—It is our painful duty to
record a mist calamitous aecident which occurred in our
river on Monday last; on the flow of the morning tide W.
Oatwav, the owner of one of the regular passage boats from
Appledore to Barnstable, left Appledore with three pas-
sengers, and his son, a lad who assisted in managing the
boat, and having passed Heanton Court and arrived at
Basset's Sands, in the midst of a stroag gale, a sadden gust
of wind caught the sails, and in an instant caps;ze4l the
boat, and all on board perished. —North Devon Journal.
THE NORTH ROAD.--We feel happy in
having it in our power to say, that the fears which have
lately been Si generally entertained in this neighbourhood,
that the great north road would lie diverted from this city,
according to the plan of Mr. Telford, will, in all proba-
bility, prove unfounded. —D urhnin Chronicle.
Since our last, the weather has assumed a still
more wintry aspect than it then bore. We have had re-
peated falls of snow, and the frost is bitterly severe. Tire
river Wear is frozen over, strongly enough to bear num-
bers of boys, who have been prompt to enjoy the pleasu: e
of skaiting and sliding on its icy surface.—Darhant
Chronicle.

Mr. John, Smith, of Sea Cote, near St. Bees,
has at this time a pig of the small breed, which measures
round the middle six feet nine inches, six feet in length,
and weighs upwards of 40 stones.—Carlisle Journal.
It is now certain that Mr. Fullerton succeeds
Lord Eldin in the Court of Session. The appointment,
we have no hesitation in saying, will give universal sittis-
fiction,-.....Edinbargit Otserver.
ARBROATH.--A few days ago sotri. Audi-
mithie fishermen, when out at sea, discovered an object
of an uncommon appearance floating at a distann on the
surface of the water. On pulling toriards it, they found
it to be a coffin entirely empty. It was covered with
black cloth, and altogether tleacted that it had been the
shell of the body of some respectable person which had
been raised from the burial place of this town, or of some
one adjacent, and which, after having been robbed of its
inclosure, had been committed to the waves.—Strath-
more Journal.

MEETING OF THE OPERATIVE SPINNERS.
—On Saturday evening the associated body of cotton-
spinners, of this town, held a meeting at the house of .Mrs.
Adamson, the Cotton Tree, in Heaton-Norris, lirincpallv
for the purpose of receiving an address from a deputation
of the Manchester Union, on the subject of the present
turn-out. At eight o'clock the chair was taken by Mr.
William Temple, who said the spinners of Stockport bad
been peaceable, and it was their determination to continue
to act with due deference to the laws and respectfully to the
masters. He understood that some of the mast,:re had
agreed to take in their hands at the old priers, until a
settlement should take place: and then if the wages -were
advanced or reduced, the necessary alteration would be
made. The whole proceedings were conducted with the
greatest order and regularity. We abould think there were
about six hundred present at the meeting, and they listened
with the greatest attention, and without the slightest dis-
turbance, to the various speakera.—Stochport Advertiser.
An inhuman monster at Rolleston, near
Seatthwell, Notts, recently set a child on fire, for the
purpose of destroying it, am) thus getting rid of an in-
cumbrance, as fathar-in-law. The child, however, has
sufficiently recovered from its injuries to accuse the man
of the crirno,--Hants Advertiser.
MOST MELANCIIULY ACCIDENT.—On
Menday afternoon last, two amiable young men, William
and George Bradley, sons of Mr. Bradley, of the Middle
Hillgate, were drowned in a reservoir which supplies
Messrs. Axon's factory with water. They hail gene in
company with some friends to enjoy the recreation of
skating on this reservoir, and hail been following this
amusement the greater part of the afternoon, when about
five o'clock one of them, George, and three other young
men were precipitated into the water in consequence of the
ice. breaking. The three young men extricated themselves
speedily, but George could not. His brother, with all the
warmth of fraternal affection, on seeing his dangerous
situation, rushed towards the spot,. for the purpose of ren.
dering him assistance, when, melancholy to relate, within
a short distance of the place where his brother had fallen in,
the ice also gave way with him, and be fell into the water.
Their more fortunate companions hastened off the ice,
and went into the water with the laudable desire to rescue
them from a watery grave; but all was in vain. An in-
quest was held on the bodies on Tuesday, and a verdict of
" Accidental Death" returned.—Stockport Advertiser.
SHAVING GRATH.---During the late war, a
barber who kept a little shop on the Hard, at Portsmouth,
exhibited the following notice in his window :—" Broken
down sailors shaved gratis." A poor tar, whose heard was
of a week's growth, and who bad not a single shot in his
locker, seeing this benevolent invitation, entered the shop,
described his, state, and claimed the performance of the
promise. The barber immediately complied, and having
lathered his unproductive customer, proceeded :to shave
him with a razor which he had selected for the purpose,
and the edge of which was in no danger of being easily
turned. At every rasp the tears were ready to rush into
poor Jack's eyes, and the blood to start upon his chin. In
the midst of the operation a dog began to howl most pi •
teously in the street. ~.What the devil's the matter with
the dog ?" exclaimed- Strap. "Oh !" observed his tor-
tured patient, " I (I.lre say same rascally flinty-hearted
barber is shaving hint gratis!"