The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-29 00:00:00

The General Steam Navigation Company intend to
run a packet between Brighton and Dieppe during December,
which they have never done before, and it is expected that
they will keep the communication open during the year.
RAILWAYS AND THE - PRESS.—THE • CHARGE OF
BRIBERY.—It is with more pain than we can well express
that we again allude to this subject. Our inquires have led
us to believe that the charge itself is true. 'We do not hesi-
tate to say, imperfect as our information at present is, that .
we have conversed with parties who positively shrink from
calling on tbe 7'imes to state whether or not the paper with
which they are connected is one infected with the leprosy so
justly, so properly, but not so clearly denounced by the
Times. We beg it. may be understood that in no case within
our knowledge are the editors of any newspaper involved in
_the disrepute cf the re-a ftices alluded to; the charge, certainly
yet unproved, seems to affect the reporters, or sub-editors,
of certain newspapers, who, if the suspicion is well-
founded, have been false, not only to themselves, but to
employers, whose property and public reputation are
jeopardised by the malpractices of which their subordinates
have apparently been guilty. In regard to the letter in the
Times of Friday, signed by " One behind the Scenes," it
must be apparent to all that editors do net collect accounts,
and that the general manager or cashier must be the person
meant. The picture of manner and language in that letter
plainly indicates one person in particular, which idea is
strengthened by the title given to the letter, viz., " How to
Conduct a Bubble Newspaper." We can only say, did 'we
know anything of our own knowledge, we should not hesitate
frankly to state it ; but we must be excused at present from
giving currency to rumours, slanderous in themselves, which
we cannot prove.—Bradshaw's Railway Gazette.
FREE IMPORTATION OF FOOD.--A requisition to
the Lord Mayor is going round for signature or a meeting
of the Common Council, and a meeting of the merchants and
bankers is also about to take place, upon the subject of pet
tioning the Queen to open the ports. The following is the
copy of the requisition to the Lord Mayor :—" To the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor.—We, .the undersigned mem-
bers of the Corporation, respectfully request your Lordship
will call a Special Court at your earliest-convenience; to
consider the propriety of petitioning her Majesty to take all
such means as she may constitutionally possess for throviing
open the ports of the-United Kingdom of Great Britain end
Ireland for the free importation of food."
MUNIFICENT GIFT TO GREENOCK.—It is with. vesry
great pleasure that we have to intimate the presentation,' pf
the most valuable donation ever given to Greenock by a
individual. The late Sir Gabriel Wood, whose demise took
place in London a few days ago, has given in charge of ei•-
pointed executors the princely sum of 80,0004, to be ex-
pended in the erection and maintenance of an hospital in
Greenock, for.the reception of the aged, infirm, and disabled
seamen of that port. This well-designed legacy to his fel-
low-townsmen must convey the most gratifying news to
many an old tar, whose shattered timbers will now be safely.
moored in a harbour more cheerful and commodious than
they ever dreamed of, and cause the name of Sir Gabriel
Wood to be enrolled among the kindest, the best, and the
bravest of Greenock's sons. Let us hope that those who'll
the kind-hearted donor has appointed to carry out his bene-
volent purpose will exercise all their caution, energies, and
prudence in the erection and other preliminaries of the work.
—Glasgow National. -
A RELic.—A rather interesting relic was disco-
vered a few days ago upon the shores of St. Brelade's Bay.
While Mr. Robertson, a gentleman who resides in that loca-
lity, was rambling upon the beach, his eye was attracted by
a small dark and rusty-looking object lying amongst the
shingle. Lifting it up, he found it to be a drinking cup,
similar in shape and general appearance to those which are
to be seen in the paintings of the old Flemish masters.
The date of its manufacture cannot be assigned to a period
less remote than 400 years. It has two handles, and is about
double the size of a common claret glass.--Jersey Times.
Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re-
gistered Paletot to suit the ever-variable nature of our cli-
mate, forming, as it now does, not only the sine'qua non of the
railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for any gentleman
taking out-door exercise. It may be said distinctly to mark
the costume of the nineteenth century, if that is rightly
called marked which is only conspicuous for an unpretending
and graceful bearer, the wearer feeling so much at ease.
Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised highly, and is also
a general public favourite, being se peculiarly English, and
avoiding all foreign extravagance of style. It muste
be acknowledged as a vast improvement over the
old great coat, associated in our remembra_nceeb, withfrom
its
uncomfortable sensation of tight buttonin gs,
which,
of the per-
very clumsiness, defeated its object;
The principal hues are black,
and can be had of the
the clerical mixture, called Oxford,
1 son, as interfering with the
oat respectable clothiers out of
patentees, or only
of the
altntot is three guineas,and D. Nicoll,ll4,Registered
and
is
stamped in the lining with ,6 and 7
London."
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her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, their Graces the
Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of
Vic., cap. 65.
Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, and Manchester,
Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, Elphin and Kildare.
Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Oculists and Opticians,
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the
re the!ocronlwyranti,onanofd
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many for nine weeks for an ulcerated leg 0
IleTwerays also for seven
where he derived not the least relief.
Webber, surgeon,
weeks under the care of Mr. Alexander
any benefit; when,'
Wellington, Somersetshire, without
d receiving
lie cured himself by these
wonderful
after all other means had failed,
of Mr. J. H. Clarke,
wonderful medicines, which he purchased
since William Bullock, a bricklayer, was in theAC.ionhgessttearnldnngr-.
chemist,
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ggistse , and at
and ointment will
However desperate wounds, sores, or ulcers ma thse Pills
of Birkenhead, whe can attest to the facts of the case.