The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-24 00:00:00

ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.

It is not generally known, but it is a fact of in-
disputable authenticity, that the marriage of the
parents of one of our Noble families, alike distin-
guished for their private and their public virtues,
was brought about under eircumsances as singular
in their nature as ever enlivened the pages of ro-
mance. The interesting story may be narrated in a
few words :—The Earl of had an only
daughter, whose personal accomplishments were
only exceeded by her virtuous disposition and con-
duct. He had long been on terms of great intimacy
and friendship with the Duke of ; and it
had been agreed between the two Noblemen, that,
in the event of the parties more immediately inte-
rested consenting to the match, a marriage should
he consummated between the eldest son of the lat-
ter and the only daughter of the former. The
Marquis of was at this time making the tow• of
Europe; but, under the impression that nothing but
his presence in this country was wanting to settle
the affair, his father wrote him to hasten his return
home, and, in passing through the county of —,
to call at the princely mansion of the Earl of —.
—The young Nobleman returned to this country,
and carried with him, from the Continent, those
libertine sentiments and dissolute habits which are
scarcely less prevalent among ourselves than among
the higher ranks of foreigners. When within two
miles of the Castle of , he overtook two
genteelly but plainly-dressed females, the one
was his apparent bride, and the other her maid;
but both were unknown to him. He was accom-
panied by a person having the appearance of a
valet-de-chambre. After travelling some little
distance hard-by Lady Harriot, the Marquis of
thinking, from the retired nature of their li
then situation, that there was little danger of detec-
tion, made an attempt on her Ladyship's virtue, and
by dint of brutal force would have succeeded, had
not a strange gentleman, who was passing, and who
was attracted by her screams, opportunely made his
appearance. The latter was dressed in uniform as
an officer of the army; and, rushing, to her rescue,
he unsheathed his sword, and protested he would
plunge it into the body of the young libertine
Nobleman if he did not that moment desist.
Alarmed at the threat of the courageous soldier, the
Nobleman and his apparent servant immediately
took to their horses, and departed. The protector
of Lady Harriot, without knowing who or what
she was, politely solicited permission to accom-
pany her home; which permission, it is unnecessary
to add, was readily granted. On arriving at the
Castle of —, they were astonished to find the
dissolute Nobleman, who had so recently made an
attempt on her Ladyship's virtue, in close conver-
sation with her father. The young Nobleman, on
their appearance, became a pi•rfect persouitication of
confusion ; but, after recovering himself a little, he
stammered out an apology, protesting thnt what he
had done was entirely from ignorance of her Lady-
ship's name and family—he supposing, from the
plainness of her dress, that she was not a person of
condition. The whole circumstances of the case were
explained to his Lordship, on which, at the same time
casting towards the attempted destroyer on his daugh-
ter a look of inexpressible contempt, he desired him
to make his stay in the house as short as possible.—
The Noble debauchee took the hint so unequivocally
given, and departed. The Earl of
addressed himself to the gallant gentleman who had
been the means of rescuing his daughter from the
imminent peril to which her honour had been ex-
posed, and begged to know • to whom he had thus
been laid under such deep and lasting obligations.
The former replied that he was just returned from
America, where he had been in the British army—
arid that he was the second son of Colonel —,
who was killed at the battle of Minden. " The son
of Colonel !" exclaimed his Lordship,
with peculiar emphasis, at the same time seizing
the young gentleman cordially by the hand, " The
son of Colonel --, who saved my life at the
battle of Dettingen, and with whom I was on such
intimate terms ; and yourself the young fellow who
behaved so gallantly at the taking of Quebec ! Con-
sider my house as your home." Notwithstanding the
disparity, both in regard of riches and rank, between
the parties, his Lordship urged the young gentle-
man to pay his addresses to his daughter, assuring
him that he should exert himself to secure the
success of his suit. His Lordship's young friend
diffidently made the attempt; and the amiableness
and bravery of his conduct, conjoined with gratitude
for his opportune interposition on her behalf on the
occasion referred to, so sensibly won the affections
of Lady Harriot, that her hand was speedily ob-
tained. They were married together; and the
marriage was productive of the highest felicity to
both parties. There is so much of the air of ro-
mance in the above narration, that we deem it again
necessary to state that every incident is matter of
actual fact.—Elgin Courier.

EXTRAORDINARY KlDNEY.—Thursday was
slaughtered, by Mr. SALTFORD, in the Bath market, a
heifer, weighing eight score per quarter, with a kidney
four feet one inch in circumference, and eighty-four pounds
of suet on the hollow kidney. —Bath Journal.

SYMPTOMS OF INTOLERANCE.—At a public
dinner given in the Assembly-rooms, Falkirk, a few days
since, for a private object, an unlooked-for, and certainly
ridiculous display of party prejudice broke in upon the
harmony of 120 social guests. A gentleman rose to pro-
pose some toast, which he was naturally prefacing by
some remarks upon the present happy and glorious mea-
sure that ought to conciliate all classes. Instantly the
whole room was in an uproar of the most admirable con-
fusion—the instrumental baud in the gallery was ordered
—shall we name it—from the chair, to crush the dreaded
subjet t, and clamour and outrage prevented a single sen-
tence being uttered. Nearly half an hour elapsed thus,
between the speaker's attempts to be heard and this un-
seemly interruption, till a full stop was put to his speech,
and at the same time, a full stop to the evening's pro-
ceedings; for all was broken up immediately after.—
Scotsman.

CRIEF F.—A curious wedding was held lately
at the foot of Glenalmend. A young man of that place
unfortunately lost his wife, and, after a short experience,
disliking the widowed state, he unbosomed his feelings to
a neighbour matron, who kindly sympathised with him,
and at length suggested that she would try and find a
second mate for him in her "calf country," Breadalbane.
She accordingly went north, and after various rebuffs, was
fortunate enough to meet with a damsel willing to take
the Logiealmond widower upon chance, and the parties
were proclaimed in the kirks of their respective parishes,
ere ever they had seen or had any direct communication
with each other. The bride came with a host of her kin
from Breadalbane, and was to have been met, by the
bridegroom and his friends from Logiealmond, at the inn
near Amulree, where the wedding-feast was to have been
given, but some of the inn people being taken suddenly
unwell, the " gathering" separated ; one party celebrating
the occasion at Auchnafauld, another at Fendoch, while a
third, consisting of forty individuals, accompanied the
bride and bridegroom to Milnrodgie.—Perth Courier.
FOOD OF BEES.- —The American black
willow and the red maple, are the first trees that are visited
by bees. They are fond of the crocus, which is the earliest
of our bulbous roots. The stercory and piggery are next
resorted to by these insects, and the extract absorbed from
them must be used as a tonic. Blossoms of all kinds, ex-
cepting those of the red clover and of the honeysuckle, are
excellent food ; and the bean especially profit by the. in •
creased attention bestowed at present on the arty t7oii
the peach-tree in some parts of Anier4it Th-y not otili
drink the nectar w d ab 4raer the pod 11 of the Bower,
they ap,To,-ria,e the pea, h live se,n twent
or CM ty lh-es devour peach iii half am hour ; that is, (11,;
c.irried t e juices of to their cells.
alone can to ,cli the bottom of the nectary of the bout, -
suckle ; but even hose the instinct of the bee is .eon. Th•
small birds such as the wren, make incision on the our-
side, ne,r the liotu,n of tl dower. an-I qxtract a part (:
th, juices. The bee takes aalvaiitage of th7s opening, ay.
avail its&f ot what is left ; the scent of bees is an actre tha:
every flower which has a powerful (glory can be discovered
by tbetn at a great distance, Strawberry Loos:ion-Is, mig-
nonette, wild and gwrdru thyme, herbs of all kinds, apple,
plum, cherry, and above all, raspberry blossoms and white
clover, are delicious food-for them, and a thriving ovcliard
and apalry fitly go together....../Vorth American, Re.;;jet4,,

REGULATIONS at CHELSEA HOSPITAL.

On Wednesday last the Lords Commissioners of this
establishment held a Board, at which a number of invalid
soldiers were examined and awarded pensions, according to
their different claims for service, &c.

We understand that an entirely new system of paying
the pensioners in Ireland has been determined upon, as the
mode heretofore adopted was not only found to be open to
fraud upon Chelsea Hospital, but of serious inconvenience
to pensioners re‘iding in that part of the United Kingdom.
The pensioners resident in England are paid by the different
Collectors of Excise, to whom receipts, to be signed by the
men, are forwarded from Chelsea ; these payments, there-
fore, are effected without difficulty ; but the pensioner living
in Ireland received a receipt, which, when signed by him,
vies negociable as a bill of exchange, and payable only by
the agent in Dublin. The pensioner applied to a tradesman
to cash his bill, for which accommodation he was obliged
to pay an exorbitant rate of interest, and most generally to
take the amount out in slop-goods at whatever price the
tradesman put upon them ; and it has happened that the
veteran has been altogether deprived of his receipt, and the
amount received in Dublin, before his complaint reached
the proper quarter. All this, by the judicious arrange-
ments of the present Commissioners, will be obviated.
The Officers of Customs throughout Ireland will be charged
with the payments in the same manner as the collectors of
Excise are in England. As a necessary check, as well as
to identify the pensioners, we understand it is intended to
empewer the different Chief Constables of Police to mus-
ter the pensioners occasionally, and that the receipts will
in future be forwarded to those officers, to be by them deli-
vered to the pensioners. As art additional guarantee
wordsagai
Chelsea
sea
Thisb bear am t m
evaastuerre-
will
of the
mate-
rially benefit many thousands of poor families in Ireland.
Observer.