The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-30 00:00:00

LICENSED VICTUALLERS.

VLESXNTATION OS' A SILVER VASE TO THE SECRETAJ.. °r
THE IIIIENDIAr SOCIETY or LICENSED TICTUALLISO*
Yesterday a numerous and highly respectable conitf/,
of the mern!:crs of the Friendly Society of Licensed
wailers sit down to an exe‘llent dinner at the IV/Aeon •
Tavern, Waterloo Bridge-road, which was given for
express purpose of presenting to Mr. Thomas PhipPcil''
Secretary to that Society, a silver vase, value 100 guitl
as a public acknowledgment of the exemplary diligence, l-
and ability, with which he has discharged the duties
an arduous office during a period of nearly thirty
The Cirman ddressed the company.on the ere: .
paying Leahth ighesta and most deserved compliments t
Phippen.
The rue hole the following inscription
.‘This Vase was presented to Mr. Thomas PhlPPeu,
Secretary to the Society of Licensed Victuallers, by a WOO'
bee of his friends who are Members of that body, S•
public acknowledgment of the exemplary diligence, 4ev'' •
and ability, with which he has discharged the duties of
arduous office during a period of nearly thirty ram's
1829."
On receiving from the Chairman this -testimenY of -sr•• .•
probation, Mr. Phippen returned thanks in a neat and er
propriate speech, which was received with great applatow"

It is confidently rumoured that Sir EDvi-f
et
Con:uNcroN has recently refused a p, mi r"..,0n of 0001
anntit tendered to him by the Duke of lirgsuNGTo-14.•"-
Morning Paper.
DUBLIN REGATTA.—His Grace the Dolt
of NORTHUMBERLAND has subscribed one hundred pow'.
towards the Dublin Reptta, which commences OnT'

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day, the 50th of June.—Dublin Morning Post.
ELOPEMENT.—On Thursday one of tho
daughters of Lieut. 1C.5", R.N., eloped from the aristo
!nunhood of Exeter. The fair fugitive is announcol...e
have selected an officer in the Royal Marines as a coll -
niou in her travels.—Buth Herald.
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We have great pleasure in recording r,
stance of liberality and kind feeling on the part of ",•
Cxoss, the proprietor of the Royal Menagerie in the Kitts
Mews, by giving gratuitous admission on Thursday
Chi!dreu of the Parochial Schools of St. Mart;n•intg
Fields, upwards of seven hundred of whom were In".„ -5
the ai.nual perambulation of the bounds of the parish, '1"o
having attracted Mr. CROSS'S notice, he invited tileT.„V.
inspect his very interesting Exhibition of Foreign 11.10
mala, which are concentrated in the fine building fortneri
occupied by the State horses.
Mr. ROE, who was found guilty of suboroP
lion of perjury, and sentenced to seven years' tranerritro
tiou, applied to the LORD LIEUTENANT for a comrnultp
of his sentence. The appeal being referred to the.l.°_l
CNA NOLL LOR and the Judges, the sentence was confirW.. 7.„•
Mr. ROE, with some other convicts, was sent on 1116". t,
day to tha hulk at Kingston. In two years his es"
will be cleared of all incumbrancts, from which tittle hi •
will be worth 2,0001. a-year. —Limerick Evening F°l'.
CURIOUS CASE.—III COMBE'S «lilustr
lions of Phrenology," a case is related of a Welsh 111.i*,;
man, in London, who happening to fall down two Pio:
of stairs, received a severe contusion on the head, and /et
cat tied to St. George's Hospital, where belay sensele.„,"
several days, and unable to speak. At length he hrowiii
something better, and began to talk to the nurses, bil
,g
such terms that no one could understand him, till it ",0 ,
discovered that he had forgotten his English, and lg
talking Welsh—a language he had not spoken for of
years ! Mr. COMaE conceives that the blow having
the storehouse in his head where the Welsh languaget!fio
garnered, his youthful acquisitions were poured outs ;
the English language--which he had learned much literles
was overpowered and obliterated by the force of his PO"

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tongue!—Shrewsbury Chronicle:
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STATE OF THE TOWN.—We are sorry 1-34
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we are still without any prospect of a termination
dispute between the manufacturers and their, workp°°Pgl
or to the general distress occasioned in the town, W-0.
weeks' cessatiou of business ; but on the contrarYP at, •
think that we have to endure it to a more serious elteitt •
as means have been attempted during the• week tP The
tho.e out who have never yet complained either a je
want of employment or of the value which they bav,.e 600
rived forit. On Tuesday last the throstle-spinnersal
of the mile, partially at work, left at the dinner-haar :,10;
remained out during the day, with the intention, it i° too;
posed, of quitting work altogether, but the appreheo,/
under a warrant, of one of them, had the effect of cort;o
ing their determination, and they appeared at their fns JO •
at the usual hour the next morning. They are an °tiler,
monthly contracts, and we hope that they will 104 thing.
themselves to be deluded by those who can mean n° here
by their insidious advice, but that of wishing to ruin °'
because they themselves are in a state of degradation.o
This day at norm, Mr. S. BAKRATT and CO.'S Vrealeri:srii'
dre,sers have effected an understanding with him, to re yfe
to their work on the same tetms as tlio.e hands while" 04
gone in at Spring Bank Mill : what the conditiavarod
exactly, we will not trust ourselves to state, as the P,
we have gathered from one of the contracting partic:f
totally at variance with that which has been told u°
person who bad just left the Committee of Workmen'.. ' •
Stockport Advertiser,