The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-09 00:00:00

CHANGES.

Lord Sydney, at Fro4nall, from a toui; Lord Gran:ley,
'row War:4sh, near Guildford, fur Grantley Hall, Yorkshire.

EARLDOM OF HUNTINGDON.—The ATTORNEY
GRNB-RAL of ENGLAND has declared HANS FRANCIS
HASTINGS to be now Earl. of Huntingdoh. His
Lordship claims
,the Earldom by virtue of the Pa-
tent, being the lineal descendant of. Sir Edward
Hastings, fourth ton to Francis, second Earl or
Huntingdon—all the intermediate Male , branches
of the family being extinct. Sir Henry Hastings;
eldest son of Edward, had four sons, Henry;
Walter, Sir Richard, and Anthony. The present
Earl is descended from Henry, the eldest son.—
Walter and Sir Richard died without issue. An-
thony, the fourth son, married a Miss Watkinton,
by whom he had one son, Henry Hastings, who
settled in Ireland, and was the ancestor of the
Rev. James Hastings, of .Newtown Butler, county
of Fermanagh, whose only son, the Rev. Anthony
Hastings, is married to a sister of the Earl of
Granard, The antiquity and nobility of this fa-
mily require no comment. The present Earl is
the eleventh Earl of Huntingdon, and the third
English Earl. Created Baron Hastingt of Ashby
de la Zouch, July 26, 1461 ; Earl of Hunting-
don, Dec. 8, 1529.

The Earl and Countess of HAEROWEY and fa-
mily arrived on Monday evening at Lord GREN•
PIECE'S house, in Stanhope-street, Mayfair, from
the Continent. This day his Lordship left town
for his seat, Saudon Hall, Staffordshire ; on Mon-
day next her Ladyship and family will follow.
A Very fine yacht appeared off Margate on Sa-
turday morning, bearing up with full sail for the
Horse Channel. On reconnoitring her, she dis-
tinctly appeared to be Sir WILLIAM CURTIs'S
celebrated pleasure-boat ; but whilst the inspec-
tion was going, or, the identical boat, belonging
Co the worthy Baronet, hove in sight. The Go-
vernment men were not long in hoisting their
signal to the Cust6M-house.cutters, atid in almost
the twinkling of an eye, they boarded the strange
vessel; and found her to be a Smuggler, heavily
laden With spirits, Stc.
There was a full meeting of the Gentlemen in-
terested in the Linde Canal, on the 24th tilt, at the
Stanhope Arms, ill Holsworthy. Sir A. 0.
MOLESwoRTII presided. Mr. PRESTON, ill a speech
pregnant with sound information and ability,
took a luminous view of the many advantages
which resulted to the country from canals in ge-
neral, and pointed. out the peculiar advantages
which could not fail to attend that now In con-
temiilation. A plan was also proposed, and is
likely to be adopted, by which the whole suns ne-
cessary for the 'undertaking will be raised {Muse-
diately-
DREADFUL EX.7,ClDENT.—Yesterday, about one
o'clock in the afternoon, Master Charles Smith,
a 'fine youth of 16 years of age, son of John
Smith, Esq. of Enfield, net NVith the following
melancholy accident, which deprived him of life :
He took a ride out for pleasure an his little
pony in the forenoon, and On pig return home
he, by some accident, was thrown from his horse,
and his Pout sticking in the stirrhp, the horse took
fright End galloped oft at full speed; dragging the
unfortunate youth after him on the road; his head
dashibg against the stones ; and no pe:Son being
near to stop the horse, he was drawn upwalmds of
half a mile ; when stopped he was quite dead,
skull dashed to Pieces, and dreadfully wangled..