The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-13 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOLS. f MR. ROWLAND STEPHENSON.

The Earl of Aberdeen, .Viseount Melville,
and Mr. Secretary Peel, visited the Duke of Wellington
yesterday at the Treasury.

The French Ambassador, the American and
Wurtemher4 Ministers, and M. Bourke, the Danish Charge
d'Affaires, had interviews with the Earl of. Aberdeeu ves
terday, at the office of the Secretary of state for Foreign•
Affairs.

The Lord Chancellor was confined to his
private residence in George-street, Hanover-square, yester-
day, by a cold, which prevented his Lordship from sitting
yesterday at Lincoln's-inn. His Lordship received a com-
munication yesterday morning from the Duke of Wellington.
Earl Bathurst and Mr. Herries arrived in town
yesterday.

Lord Ellenborough transacted business yes-
tet day at the Foreign-office, Downing-street.

Despatches were received yesterday at the
Foreign-offiee, Downing-street, from Lord Stuart de Roth-
say, our Ambassador at Paris.

Sir Alexander Grant transacted business yes-
terday at the Colonial. office, Downing-street, and also at
the office of the Board of Works.

A Conned will be held on Thursday next, at
Windsor Castle, when the Recorder will make his Report
of the prisoners capitally convicted at the last Old Bailey
Sessions.

On Saturday evening a young female, named
Ann Croft, attempted to hang herself in St. George's
watch-house, Pimlico, where she was confined for steal-
ing two yards of velvet from the shop of a mercer in Rane-
lagh terrace.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Capt. Byng,
the sou of General Sir John Byng, G. C. 8., Commander
of the Forces, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the
Lady Agnes Paget, fifth daughter of his Exceency the
Lord Lieutenant. The nuptial ceremony will take place,
we learn, in a very few days.--Dublin Morning Register.

The nuptials of Lord Ingestrie, with Lady
Sarah Bereeford, were celebrated, yesterday week, at In-
gestrie Hall, in Staffordshiie, the seat of Earl Talbot; by a
splendid entertainment, to which the tenantry and trades
men of the Noble Earl were invited. The party consisted
of 120 persons. A ball in the first instance took place,
which was honoured with the presence of the noble bride
and bridegroom, as well as that of Earl Talbot, Lady C.
Talbot, the Hon. Mr. C. Talbot, and other junior mem-
bers of the Noble Earl's family. The party afterwards sat
down to a sumptuous entertainment served up in a style of
true baronial profusion.—Lichfield Mercury.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Belmore
and Major-Gen. Sir James Lyons, with their suites, having
erebatked, on Monday, in the Herald, under the proper
salute, that ship got under weigh a little after 2 p.m. and
proceeded to sea, on her way to Barbadoes and Jamaica, of
which islands those distinguished personages are appointed
Governors. Lord Ilchester visited the yacht previous to
her sailing, and was also received under the customary
sal ut e. —Devonport Telegraph.
YOR/CSII IRE MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The
Musical Festival Committee met on Monday week, for the
purpose of closing their accounts. The sum to be divided
amongst the charities amounts to 400/. reserving 140/.
for contingencies. The donations amounted to 694/. 15s.
The sum of 60/. incurred for the lodgings engaged for
the Duke of St. Albans, was paid by Mr. Dixon, who-
determined that it should not be a loss to the charities.—
Leeds Mercury.

We are desired to say that Mr. B. Shaw, who
moved the resolution at the Town Hall as to the new
mode of supplying Southwark with water, was not Mr. B.
Shaw of Cornhill.

A letter was received yesterday, via Liver-
pool, by a highly respectable gentleman of this town, dated
New York, 10th December, IS2S, announcing the im-
portant, though not unexpected, intelligence of the election
of General Jackson to the Presidency of the United States.
He is represented to have been returned chiefly by the
votes of the lower orders of the people, who formed a
large majority of the electors. Van Ell usen, the Governor
of New York, is mentioned as the new Secretary of State.
—Devonport Telegraph.

Our statement respecting Stephenson in
Saturday's Paper turns out to be correct, except that the
vessel in which be embarked off Milford on the 7th inst.,
the Kingston, Capt. Wood; from Liverpool, is bound
to Savannah in Georgia, instead of to the Havannah. He
may he considered, therefore, as having effected his escape,
for though, as the vessel is known to be a bad sailer, hopes
are expressed of being able to overtake her at sea, they
scarcely can appear, after so much loss of time, to be well
founded. The Kingston is also stated, in the letters re-
ceived yesterday from Milford, to be leaky, and very short
of provisions.— Tines.

We understand the coach, called the Hoyal
Bruce, has commenced running fretn Carlisle, through to
London, without stopping on the road ; which must be a
very great benefit to commercial travellers.— Westmore••
land Advertiacr,

ECCENTRIC DEFINITION.—A Correspon-
dent remarks, that the persons who can strictly be termed
lineal descendants, arc those who terminate their mortal
career at the gallows, or the drop,—it being an indisput-
able fact, that they descend in a right line.

A blockhead rubbed " his thoughtless skull"
for a thought in vain. Two wits observed him. " Come
Tom," said one, "a genius should never be at a stand.",
" No," quoth the other, " why, even the sun was brought
to a stand-still once." " Yes, but it did not cease to
shine," replied the former.

A certain General was asked, what sort of a
military commander be thought Joseph Hume, Esq.,
M.P., would make. He replied, " Hume would most
likely imitate -his countryman Graham, who said, "Don't
waste your powder, my boys, bnt give them the steel,"
though he would most likely prefer saying "lend them
the steel."

The Paris Papers of Friday state that a fire
had broken out in the hotel of Mrs. Crawford, in the Rue
d'Anjou, which bad consumed a great part of her magnifi-
cent gallery. It was with difficulty that any of .the pictures
were saved from the flames. From the want of water at
first, the fire extended rapidly, and it was only after three
hours' hard labour of the engines, that it was subdued.

A widow hath alwaysbeen a mark for mockery,
a standing butt for wit to level at. Jest after jest hath
been huddled upon her close cap, and stuck, like burrs,
upon her weeds. Her sables are a perpetual " black
joke." Satirists—prose and verse—have made merry with
her bereavements.. She is a stock character on the stage.
Farce bottleth up her crocodile tears, or labelled' her empty
lachrymatories. Comedy mocked' her prococious flirta-
tions. Tragedy even girdeth at her frailty, and twitted'
her with " the funeral baked meats coldly furnishing forth
the marriage tables."— Cumbrian.

The late Mr. Sergeant Lens used to tell, with
great glee, the following anecdote of his Learned Brother
of the coif, Mr. Sergeant Hill:--" Having business to
transact with him, he went to his chambers, in the New-
square, Lincoln's inn, and found him with the bookcases,
tables, chairs, and carpet, on one side of the room, while
the other half of the apartment was without a single ar-
ticle. After the usual greeting, ' Pray,' said Mr. Ser-
geant Lens, what do you intend to do with all the furni-
ture arranged in this strange fashion?' The Learned Ser-
geant replied, That since half his chambers had been found
to stand in the parish of St. Clement Danes, he bad formed
this encampment on the side of the room belonging to Lin-
coln's-inn, to prevent the officers from distraiuing his
goods for the poor-rates.' At a future period, Mr. Ser-
geant Lens visited his brother in distress,' as he ho-
mourously called hint, and actually found the officers in
the apartment (having effected an entrance through the
baCk windows), and his Learned Brother daring them to
touch his goods out of the parith,"'iltb.boinidary of which
he had carefully marked on. the The officers were
so intimidated at the threats,. that they never again mo-
lested the Learned Sergeanti who continued to, reside in
the chambers without paying any parochial dues."

We have been informed that, in the course of
last summer, Burke made an attack on an unfortunate girl
in St. Cuthbert's entry, at the head of the West,Port,
evi-
dently
with a murderous intent; but she managed, to
escape his clutch, and fled for shelter yo the watch-house.
She there :LAO, that a man had seised her suddenly by
the throat, but that her screams made him quit his gripe.
The description she gave of the assailant exactly corre-
sponded with Burke, who was not known to the police
personally, and search was made for him, but he bad left
town. The affair, at the time, was only regarded as one
of those indi,;r 'ties to which abandoned females are expos-
ed ; but there cannot remain a doubt now, that it was an
audacious attempt on the part of Burke to secure a victim.
Observer.

CLOVELLY, JAN. 5.--" On Tuesday two men
whose appearance corresponded with the description
of Stephenson and Lloyd, as advertised in the daily
papers, landed at Clovelly-pier from Lundy Island,
where, t- appears, they were left by a Pill pilot-
boat. On the following day they hired a skiff and
embarked in search of an outward-bound- ship, but
were obliged to put back from stress of weather;
having repaired damages, they sailed ea the follow-
ing morning (Friday), taking with them many days'.
provisions. . They appeared to be destitute of
clothes, but provided themselves with coarse great
coats in the village. ' Some suspicion was from the
first excited by their. exhibition of three brace of
pistols, added to their great anxiety to avoid notice,
and their profuse expenditure of money. They car-
ried with them a strong square box, which appeared •
to contain heavy materials, and of which they never
lost sight. It is now Monday mottling, sth of Jo,-
nnary, and the Clovelly skiff is not returned, but
from the prevalence of strong westerly winds, it is
conjectured she cannot yet have cleared the Bristol
Channel."

Since we received the above letter, we have seen
an intelligent gentleman, who was at Clovelly yes-
terday (Tuesday), and who made a most minute
investigation into every particular connected with
the above affair; the corresponding description
of the two gentlemen given him by several persons
at Clovelly with that published in the advertise-
ments of Messrs. Stephenson and Lloyd, leaves no
doubt on his mind •of their identity.
The subjoined is an extrticf from a letter received
last night by Messrs. Hellicar, of this city, dated
Bude, January 7 :
" Mr. R. Stephenson and the clerk Lloyd, who
decamped from London, sailed from Clovelly on
Friday, Jan. 2, in the skiff Sally, Captain Lee, we
expect for the Continent; but last evening the skiff
returned, and we presume he put them on hoard an
outward-bound ship."
On Wednesday • morning last a letter was re-
ceived by our magistrates from two of their officers,
who have gone in pursuit, stating that there was
every prospect of accomplishing the desired object
of seizing the delinquent's person. The interest on
this subject appeared to have been still greater yes-
terday than ever, and conjectures on the probable
escape or apprehension of the fugitives have fur-
nished the almost exclusive theme of conversation
in oar commercial-rooms. It is generally thought,
by those who were most intimate with Stephenson,
that he will not suffer himself to be taken alive;
and, indeed, some observations of his own, made at
a time when no suspicion could he. entertained of
his intended flight, seem to justify this opinion. Up
to a very late hour (half-past ten o'clock) no fur-
ther particulars had reac'aed Bristol from the coast.
—Bristol Journal.