The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

ELECTIONEERING.

Lord Newport, a Conservative, was elected for South
Shropshire, on Thursday last, without opposition.
LAW AND POLXCE.

The salary of the office of Town-Clerk, as enjoyed by Mr.
Weedthorpe, was 2,0001. per annum. The Corporation, it is
said, will reduce his successor's emoluments to somewhere
about 1,5001. a-year.
Robert Matthew Aanesley, formerly a solicitor, and who had
been since engaged in sub-editing Tomlyn's Digest, and con-
tributing various articles to Lardner's Cyclopedia, appeared
on Friday at Marlborough-street, and stated that he was in a
state of starvation, and had not tasted food for 24 hours. He
had lost his sight, and had a wife and four children. Mr.
Hardwick ordered him a sovereign out of the poor-box.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
The Pitt Scholarship, every holder of which, it is remark-
able, has been educated at Shrewsbury School, and which is
considered the highest classical honour of the University of
Cambridge, has recently been adjudged to Mr. E. H. Gifford,
of St. John's, after a contest with fifty other candidates.
From the report of M. Niccolini, and other Neapolitan geo-
logists, it appears that the level of the sea, from 1823 to 1838,
has fallen gradually between four and five inches English.
THEATRICAL.
The fantastic vaudeville of Le Demon de la Nuit was per-
'formed at the St. James's Theatre en Friday night. M. Perlet
aPirttlel,itin3l;vriarheA;osere=ea .cleverari „ y gooand' characters a"
with"
in
good effect, to a full and fashionable audience.

A vacancy has occurred in the number of the General Com-
mittee of Drury-lane Theatre, by the death of the Marquis of
Hertford, who was a large proprietor of the building. The
vacancy will not be filled up until the next general assembly
of the proprietors after the_date of the present season.

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SPORTING,
A singular wager has been betted with the Hon. Grantley
Berkeley, against the success of which 150 to 100 have been
laid. Mr. Berkeley engages, en any given day between the
months of November and February, 1842 and 1843, in any
park, the ground of which he may approve, to course and pull
down, and safely hobble and secure, live full-headed bucks, for
the purpose of being put up for stall-feeding; using but one
deer greyhound and one horse for the five courses, fresh horses
alone being at his disposal for the singling out of the buck from
the herd.

Tattersall's Subscription-room is now under the control of
the Jockey Club, and the subscribers are required to sign a
paper, binding themselves to abide by the present laws, and any
that may hereafter be made. Lord George I3entinek refuses to
sign, and therefore is no longer a member of the room.
C UR T--rASHIONABLZ.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury had a grand
dinner-party on Wednesday last.
The Dowager-Countess of Listowel gave a ball in Eaton-
square on Thursday evening.
His Royal Highnes4, the Duke of Sussex, is recovering from
his recent indisposition.

The Earl and Countess of Mayo, had a dinner-party on
Thursday, in Norfolk-street.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Sir John
Ilawkwood, the best soldier of his day, and who greatly dis-
tinguished himself in the wars of Edward 111., against the
French. With other knights of fortune he defended Florence,
but was slain in the defence, and buried there in the Church of
St. Repatata, where a statue, on horsebaCk, was erected to
him by public decree.

MEMORIAL OF THE POLISH AS-
SOCIATION TO THE RING OF PRUSSIA.
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland,
conferred
nreadtoi
oivmne
over
important aittenhhhteurrTu subjects,
have j ehcats,
Stite,—The acts of your Majesty's reign evincing an earnest
and enlightened solicitude for the welfare of all those under
yourwa nh benefitsuo
al
wholeenB 4s
world.t3l2y n.
your dominion, of whatever class, denomination, or persuasion,
por-
tionhyahvi leeofththe ey excited
have
Polish hec onandaftme i
since your Majesty's accession, enjoyed a degree of happiness
to which it had long been a stranger; and your Majesty's
beneficence, displayed not only by public measures but also by
kindness bestowed in the most delicate and truly generous
manner on individuals, has called forth the eulogiesof the
good in all countries.
These considerations embolden us to hope that your Ma-
jesty may deign favourably to consider the humble request,
which, in the name of the Literary Association of the Friends
of Poland, we venture to prefer to your Majesty, on behalf of
some of those persons whom the vicissitudes of a great and
noble but unhappy nation have cast on the shores which now
rejoice in the august presence of your Majesty.
The Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, com-
posed of men who, although belonging to different and oppo-
siteparties in politics, unite in feelings of deep interest in the
fate of Poland, and honoured by the patronage of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex, has for many yeas laboured by
every means within its reach to relieve the wants and mitigate
the sufferings of the Polish Refugees. We have thus sought,
in an humble sphere, to form the complement of that design
of the British Parliament, as well as of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, which is indicated in the annual appropriation of a sum
of money for their relief. But we are far, and must ever re-
main far, from the full attainment of our object. The melan-
choly extent of distress in this country. while it prevents the
augmentation of the grant on the one hand, tends greatly to
limit the assistance to be derived from individual,, and on the
other renders it extremely difficult for foreigners to obtain em-
ployment. Thus many persons of birth, character, and edu-
cation, though earnestly desirous of occupation, finding no field
for their talents or industry, and having nothing to subsist on
but the allowance afforded them by the State, which is wholly
inadequate, are reduced to the most lamentable condition of
mental and physical destitution.
In the Grand Duchy of Posen, where their own language
is spoken, and with whose habits they
are familiar, which is
in fact a portion of their country, .and where they have
relatives and friends, they would
and
would live with comfort to themselves, and be no burden to the
public. Your Majesty, in graciously condescending
for that part of your domi-
nions to direct
your Minister to grant passports require no assistance,
to such Poles as, being desirous of proceeding. there,
should be in a condition to produce
proper testimonials with
regard to their conduct and character, would bestow on them
a benefit of inestimable value ; while your Majesty would, at
the same time, confer a favour on the Association thus ven-
turing humbly to plead in their behalf, which would inspire
every one of its members with feelings of the deepest gratitude.
May it please your Majesty to pardon our boldness in thus
presuming to trespass on your Majesty's valuable time, and
to permit us to subscribe ourselves with sentiments of the
most profound respect,
Sire, your Majesty's most obedient,
Most devoted, and most humble servants,
(By Order of the Council)
DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, Vice-President.

CORN-LADEN SHIPS.
A Return of the Number of Foreign Ships laden with Corn
entered Inwards at the Ports of London, Hull, Newcastle,
and Leith, from any part of the Continent of Europe, from
the Ist day of August to the let day of September, 1841.
A similar Return of British ships during the same period.
FOREIGN VESSELS. BRITISH VESSELS.
London 4Bl ••• 306
Hull 271 ••• 117
Newcastle lO3 ••• 25
Leith 233 •• 53
JOHN COVEY, Registrar-General of Shipping.
Custam-House, Feb. 10, 1842.

Very recently a relieving officer of the Knights-
bridge Union absconded with upwards of a hundred pounds of
the peers' money. This is the second -officer who has left that
union in a ,similar way within the last few months.— Western
Times.