The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-08 00:00:00

LaniTio7l,-- FL—North Durham

. MINORITY-
.I'Court, Captain—Tamworth
Acton, Colonel—Wicklow Co.
Adderley, C. B.—Staffbrdshire
Alit', J. P.—Carnbriugeshire
Barneby, Joh,i—Worcestershire
Bateson, Sir R.—Londonderry
Beckt tt, W.— _ _ _

Bernard, Visc.—Bandon Bridge
Bunbury, H. -Carlow_

(:lemeni;, Visc.—Leitrlm Co.
Connolly, Edward M.—Donegal
D'lsraeli B.—Shrewsbury

Ffolliott, John—
Fitzroy, Hi . Henry—Lewes
Flower, Sir J. —Thetford
Forbes, W.—Stirlingshire
Godson, R.—K►dderminster
Grimsditch, T.—Macclestie:d

The Annual Meeting of the City Almshouses Cha-
rity was held at Guildhall yesterday. The asylum is situate
near Brixton-hill, and was erected at a cost of about 6,0001.,
for decayed citizens and their widows. It was built to comme-
morate the passing of the Reform Bill, on which occasion
1,5001. was contributed by the City authorities. It has now
30 inmates.

It appears, from calculation, that from the first day
of the meeting of Parliament to the 27th day of May, 1842, the
aggregate number of petitions pre%ented to Parliament has
been 5,725, and the number of signatures attached thereto
5,593,106. '

EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrants who have
left the port of Galway this year, and the season is not yet
over, amounts to no less than 1,130. A vessel sailed from
thence on Friday for Quebec, with 186 passengers on board.
MASTER JONES.—The boy Jones, whose repeated
intrusions into Buckingham Palace excited so much attention
in England some months since, has arrived as an emigrant by
the Diamond, the Government having availed themselves of
this plan to rid themselves effectually of the presence of a
south whom no precaution they could take sufficed to exclude
from the presence of Royalty.—Murray's Australian Review
of Dec. 3.

The return match of cricket between the Brighton
and Henfield Clubs was played at Henfield on Monday. Hen-
field went in first and fetched 56. Brighton then took the bat
and scored 102, after which Henfield added 64 to their number,
with five wickets to go dawn, which terminated the game, the
play being limited to one day.—Brighton Guardian.
Nothing can exceed the beauty of the weather,
excepting it be the beauty of the country and the luxuriant
appearance of the crops. Fur five-and-twenty years there has
nut been such a scam in Ireland, nor du we ever remember
such a prospect of an early and an abundant harvest.—Dublin
Evening Mail.
PLEASING TRAIT.—An incident occurred on board
the Viscount Bandon, which sailed on Wednesday from Graves-
end with the last detachment of the gallant 9th Lancers on
board, which deserves record. It is thus described in the
United Service Gazette : —4. A volunteer from the 15th
Hussars, named Fane. had recently married ; his patting from
his wife was so painfully affecting that his comrades clubbed
amongst themselves and raised the funds requisite to defray the
expense of her passage to Bengal, rather than sever her from
her husband. This generous act came to the knowledge of
the owner of the Beulah, Mr. Laidman, who happenad to be
on board at the time, and who was so much pleased with the
men's disinterested generosity, and the attachment of the newly-
wedded couple, that he paid the woman's passage-money out of.
his own purse, for which he was chaired, nolens volens, round
the ship by the men."
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.—A further trial of the
Atmospheric Railway took place at Wormwood Scrubbs.
There were present, among other gentlemen, Mr. George
Rennie, C. E. ; Lord Bruce, Hon. Thomas Vesey, Dr. Buck-
land, Dr. Arnott, Dr. Conquest, Mr. Cottam, Mr. Hallam,
Professor Wheatstone, Sir John Croft, Mr. Vernon, Baron
de Steinburg, Mr. George Palmer, Mr. Doull, C.E. ; Mr. C.
Vig-noles, C.E. ; Mr. Guthovea, C.E. ; Mr. James Pim,
jun., of the Dublin and Kingstown' Railway ; and a very
large number of the first City capitalists. The experiments
were highly satisfactory. The speed attained was considerably
above 40 miles per hour, and the vacuum varying from 24 to
25 inches of mercury.—Railway Times.
• Amongst the distinguished persons who visited the
Opera last night we obServed the great tragedian Mille. Rachel,
and we are given to understand that the will re-commence her
matchless performances at her Majesty's Theatre. on Friday
next, the 10th inst•
STAVELEY.--A somewhat odd affair happened here
on Tuesday last. A young man, a collier, has, for a consider-
able time been paying court to a young woman at Eckington,
and the consequence is, that she, about a month ago brought
forth a fine daughter ; oat the day above mentioned she, with
the child, rnade her appearance at John's lodgings (with his
foster mother and father). John was not at home, to whom
she intended to present the child, " for to take it back was
not her intent." A neighbour or two happened to step in
(natural enough) "to look at John's fine baby, when the
mother, good-naturedly asked one of them " just to feel the
weight of it," and immediately ran off, leaving the child with
her, and she has not been to it since.—Derbyshire Chronic!e.
Crops of all kinds are looking well, and, with the
exception of hay, which is rather thin, give hopes of a more
abundant harvest than we have been favoured with for many
years. If the weather continue favourable, the hay harvest
will commence very shortly.— Carlisle Journal.