The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-03 00:00:00

FAMTIONAttiI AND MISCILLANZOtis.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the Committee for
erecting a monument to the memory of the late Duke of
York, had a meeting at the office of the Commander-in-
Chief in the Horse Guards. The Duke of Wellington, the
president of the Committee, with great numburs of the
members of the committee, attended the meeting.

Mr. Secretary Peel and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had a consultation yesterday, for nearly an hour,
with Mr. Secretary Canning, at his residence in Downing-
street. Mr. Iluskisson and Mr. Wynn had also interviews
yesterday with Mr. Canning.

The Spanish and Portuguese Ministers trans-
acted official business at the Foreign Office yeaterday, with
Mr. Secretary Canning. _

The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the
Bank of England and others of the Commissioners for the
reduction of the National Debt, together with the Comp-
troller-General, Mr. Higham, had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Treasury, yesterday.
The accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the revenue
during the present quarter were made up at the meeting.

The Earl of Liverpool continued precisely in
the same state yesterday as on the preceding day.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta
has recently become the Patroness of the Invalid Asylum
for Females. A sal* of work, for the benefit of the society,
is to take place on the 24th and 25th instant, at the Lon-
don Tavern.

It is generally understood that Mr. Canning
is at length Premier ; but on conditions, with respect to
the disposal of Church patronage, somewhat humiliating.—
Morning Chronicle.

The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury en-
tertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at her
house in Arlington-street.
The Marchioness of Hertford entertained an
elegant circle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house
in Manchester-square.

The Marquis of Salisbury had a grand dinner
party on Saturday, at his house in Hanover-square.
The Countess of Es2ex had a select party
yesterday evening, at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-
square.

The Earl of Sefton and Lord King had dinner
parties on Saturday. • •

Lady Davy has issued cards of invitation for
a rout to-morrow evening, at her bouse in. Park-street,

Grosvenor-square.

Mr. Boddington gave an entertainment on
Saturday last, at his house in Upper Brook-street, to--
Lord and Lady Holland, Lady Davy, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr:
Fazakerly, Mr. Sharp, Major Fox, Major and Mrs. Web-
ster, &c.

The one hundred and fifty thousand pounds
Stock sold out yesterday was on account of the late Mr.
Rundell.

CAMBRIDGE.—Messrs. Hymers and Met-
calfe were yesterday elected to foundation fellowships, at St.
John's College, and Mr. Marsden, to a fellowship appro..:
priated to the County of Lancaster.

Reports speaks favourably of a new Satirical
Poem, entitled the " Age Reviewed," on the eve of its
appearanee, but we apprehend the report of those " who
suffer" will not be so favourable.

We understand that Miss Fanny Woodhani
(aged nine years), takes her Benefit Concert, on Friday
night, at the New Argyll Rooms. She is a pupil of Mt.
0. H. Toulmin, and possesses very considerable taste and
science.

Mr. Haine*, the author of various dramatic
pieces, has a new Opera under consideration at Covent
Garden Theatre.

Mr. Hackett, from the Park Theatre, New
York, who is celebrated in the United States for his talent
in mimickry, is engaged at Covent-Garden Theatre, and
will make his first appearance there on Thursday next.
The interlude of Sylvester Daggerw•ood has been so
altered as to allow him to introduce some sketches of
American character; and, having been in London for this
month past, it is expected that he has not been idle, but
that his imitations will also include a few of our own fa-
vourite actors.

Sir William De Crespigny had not long since
a similar attack to that of -Lora, Liverpool, in consequence
of which he was advised to retire from Parliament, and all
sort of business. Sir William, we are happy to hear, is
now considerably recovered.
AMERICAN SHORT-HAI:D.-011e of the
American tribes express the number three by the word
poetrarorenconroa..

It is calculated that there are at present about
6,000 uninhabited houses in Glasgow and the neighbourhood.
At Huddersfield and Bradfprd Joint Stock
Companies are forming, and the shares taken with avidity.
Since January, 1827, one man has caught,
upwards of 900 lbs. of trout in the rivers Eden and Ea-
wont, net far from the seat of Sir P. Alnagrave, Bart.—
Westmorland Chronicle.

THE WAKEFIELD 8.----Mr. Turner, the
father of Miss Turner, intends to bring a summary pro-
cess in the Ecclesiastical Court to determine the legality of
the marriage farce between these parties. The last deei-
" that marriages on elopement
to one, and
Gretna-green ita principle
sion on Gretna-green marriages is that of Sir William
Scott (now Lord Stowell) in the case of " Dalrymple
against Dalrymple." The judgment was a most elaborate
ne
the parties be obtained fairly and without fraud, and the
marriage is solemnized according to the forms required by
the laws of Scotland."
oanmeiapyleb we
considered valid if the consent of
Mrs. Fry is still on her tour in Ireland, visiting
the different gaols and infirmaries. She was at Enniskillen
on Tuesday.

Liver-
pool to the Cheshire shore, nwpwillarpdrsoboafbolnyeb:
olotongl.ti.
.
A tunnel under the river Mersey, from
is contemplated. This will far exceed in extent the one
now excavating under the Thames ; and if it be eompleted
the carriage road from Liverpool to Chester will not exceed
sixteen tiles. The expense i2leooin,
ago the following ingenious ad-
dress as attached Carlisle Patriot.
to a
A, few days
c
parcel and left at the White Hart
Inn, wiii‘ech, to be forwarded by the Norwich and Stam-
ford Union coach: it is supposed to have been written by
a most artful and well-meaning young Lady-killer of that
place :--
w
Now Mr. Coachman, I beg you'll attend,
Take care of this parcel, 'tie for a friend.
'Tie for Miss L—....... ; without any blarney,
Be you sure and leave it,
She's now on a visit
At Mr. James W-t-n's, of Thorney.
Sheridan, being in the country on a visit, an
elderly maiden lady, for whose society he had no fancy, set
her, heart on being his companion in a walk. He excused
himself at first on account of the badness of the weather,
but was soon afterwards intercepted in an attempt to escape
without her. " Well," it has cleared up, I see. " Why,
yes," he answered, it has cleared up enough for one, but not
for two."

All act of a most dreadful kind was perpetrat-
ed in this town on Wednesday morning by an old man,
named John Birch, 74 years of age, who, in a fit of tem-
porary insanity, murdered his housekeeper, Mary Hinton,
who had lived with him upwards of 20 years. Birch,
who is a man of independent property, residing at No. 25,
Milk-street, was sitting at breakfast with his housekeeper,
about nine o'clock, when he suddenly got up and went into
the yard. He had been on very- good terms with the de-
ceased, and appeared, when he left the room, to be as coin-
posed as usual. When he returned, Mary Hinton wee
sitting with her back towards him, and as he afterward.
said, it struck hiet that it was a good opportunity to kill
her. He went into the parlour where there was an axe,
and coming behind the woman he struck her a violent
blow on the head with the edge of the instrument, which
felled her to the ground. Having thus despatched her, he
proceeded to cut her about the head and arms, and her
body exhibited nearly 30 desperate wounds. He cave she
never spoke after he struck her the first time. His son-in-
law happening to pass the door, Birch called him in, and
said, "Look there," pointing to the body, "I have finished
her at last." An alarm being then given, officers from
-our police proceeded to the spot. and took Birch into
eustody. Ile made no resistance, but said, " there is no
occasion to be at any trouble about is me that did it.
I had no cause for it, as there never was a better woman. I
would give 10,0001. if she 'were alive again." A coroner's
inquest was held at the Stag and Pheasant, at ten o'clock
on Thursday morning, before Mr. Greenway, (Mr. White-
ley being absent on his duties, as Under-Sheriff, at War-
wick), when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned.
The depositions were immediately made out, and the pri-
soner and witnesses were sent off to Warwick on Thurs-
day evening, where Birch will take his trial at the present
Assizes. The nnfertnnate woman was about 45 years
.of
age.—Birseingharn Journal. '