The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-16 00:00:00

Mr. HALE has deciated et Candidate tor

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the County of Hertford.
We Understand the County of Shropshire is to 1..
be sharply contested at the Dissolution .of Paili—
meat ; and in the neighbouring Conivy, at 1.1,e. ;,.;
Borough ot Denbigh, tliere is expected to,be a
warm opposition. The l-ton. Nir. West is nsitt, ,
every exertion to ensure the return of his son ; nllO
from his wellknown loyal sentiments, the chief
ot the neighbourhood are equally anxious in his °
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'Die Hon. Mr. Rica., son of I.4nrsl DYNEVi)R, it
IS reliOtteil, Will start for the Colt.fity of Crirmar•
then ; and that one or the sitting Members %stiff
decline again soliciliniz the Ffeehnidefs.

We hear there is to he Ho opposition for the
County of Bedford. It is ploitAble tititt the Tonto "

also will be enntes.ed, as ►ke Wlin-suEAD interest
ha been declining ever since the death of tl►e late
Member.

The WILL' of the High, Hun. BAHBARA, Conn• .!
tess Dowager of SnarressuaY, re!ica of ANTHONY 1
ASHLEY, the late Earl, was proved in Doctors'
Commons on the 24th ult. by the Right lionour•
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able Cropley Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury (her
brother-in-law), the sole executor, Iler Lady- 1:,
ship died in April last .at Florence. ller '
da''ghter, Lady Barbara Ponsonhy, and uny .Z
children' she. 'may have, are stat.'d to be amply
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provided for by the Will of the late Earl-, and by l'O
tier grandfather, Sir John Webb, Bart. The tes-
tatrix
therefore;rapresses 'her desire of 'disposing
of her properly for the benefit of Other relations, ..,,?
friends, and servants ; 'but it is first •directed that r
the Stock .in the Navy 5 per cents left by the
late Earl alter the Countess's, death to the ,said ~
Lady Barbara l'ousonhy, out of which 20,0001,
have been advanced on mortgage for the pay, 1
meat of his debts, be made good of that deduc-
tion,. and also of any further sales that may be 11
made thereont for the said purpose. All the 4
plate. marked with the cypher ;3. S., and on which
tit,.
the testatrix's at ins, as a. widow, are engraved, is t
given to Lady . Barbara, and all the remainder to
Henry Augustus Webb, son of Sir Thomas Webb,
Hart., who has also a legacy of I OW. To the
preent Earl of Shaftesbury and his descendants y.)i,
are left three silver Genoese vases and dishes, to 't

be preset ved as family plate, with all Litr diamonds
and kwels, which arc to descend in like manner.
His Lordship is also made residual 3, legaire.,,The
personal estate is sworn under 30,0001. • The
Will is dated the.2o h August, 1817.

LIGHT AND SHADE.—A citizen whose very
industrious habits had advanced him to a coun-
try house, • walking one Lot day' in his gar-
den, caught the 'gardener asleep under the
tree. •He scolded him soundly-for his laziness,
and ended by telling him, that such a slug•
gird was not worthy to enjoy- the light .ot
the' sun it was for that reason,exactle," said
the gardener, "that 1 crept into the shaee."
FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—On Sunday last, tout
Ladies, as"we are informed, belonging to the fa-
mily of J.. Singer, Esq., of Annadale, were pro-
ceeding in au inside jaunting-ear to church, when
the•horse suddenly leaped over the very low brt-
dement (or rather • Ilt) battlement) of Bally-
bough-bridge, exactly where the river is deepest. ;
the . flood was very r tpid, and the tide at it,
full height, The horse, for some moments hung
suspended in the air, being balanced by the car. Ar
length, both shafts end traces broke, and the hurse
fell from a great height into the current, carrying
the servant with him. Although several_ persons
were on the bridge, they were prevented, by terror,
from rendering the least assistance ; • the horse
swam. to the shore ; the servant was too long un-
tier water, that a considerable time elapsed before
he -recovered. and the Ladies escaped unhurt,deep•
lv impressed With'i sense of the interposition of
Providence in 'their favour.—(Driblin Correspon-
dent, Feb. 10.)

• On Weduesday last it was finally resolved that
the ,Melville monument shall be placed in Sir
Patrick '•Walker's' ;pounds, in• Melville-street,
at no great distance trona St. George's Church,
trlitiburgb.: The Lord Advocate was extremely
desirous to have it placed on the Mound or in St.
Andrew's-square ; • but the majority of the Com-
timit•ee objected to this arrangement.
A few days since, one of the soldiers station-
ed in Dover Castle, tell over the Cliff, by the
Rocket-house, and was killed. The Cormier
sat on the body 'on Tuesday, and brought
in a verdict of- Accidental Death. It is supposed
he was endeavouring to get out in the evening,
and being in liquor, fell over, a height of:nearly
140 feet.

Yesterday morning, as Mr. DARE, of Ilford,
Was passing through Whitechopel, near Oshor,n-
street, about 8 o'clock, in a chaise-cart, his hosre
took fright at the- rolling of a -sugar-hogshead,
with finale broken staves in it, and ran with. such
force- against a post as to upset the vehicle, by
which accident Mr. Dare had his collar-bone
broken. •

FOOTPAD ROBBERIE9.-St.indny night, about tr
twelve o'clock, Mr. Edmund Kean, Cleveland-
street, Fitzroy•tquare,- on his way borne, F,l
walking along fligo-street, St. Giles's, was met
by an ill-looking villain, who suddenly seized him «`
'by the collar of his coat, which caused him to
stagger, on which the fellow snatched Mr. Kean's 0
watch front his lob, and ran down a oar-
row passage, through which he pursued with a Vm.
cry of" stop thief!" He was stopped by the watch- `‘•;1
man, who found the property on,him.; be was
104.4 ed in St. Gilts', watch-house, and on Monday
morning he was fully committed for fib!. Mr.
Frinley, Of Bedtord-street, Bedford-row, was
,topped by a fellow in Plumtree-street, tinder si-
unlarsirettmitances, and was robbed of his watch,
ch,4in and tit al9.

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