The Sun. — 1844-03-21 (London, England)

MSS. to the Egerton\Collection. ec 4i6e11/ " Among the manuscripts acquired maybe 5.n Three hundred and taenty volumes of Syriaeri scripts, on vellum and paper, of great Biblical atreb 1(5 logical importance, the greater portion of whwritten between the sixth and ninth centuriee';'ooP): volumes of Papers from the late Lord Kingsh°4„ool' library, chiefly illustrative of the history of the loellf's Indies.—A considerable fragment of the Old 're,6:0111:, from Proverbs to Ecclesiasticus, inclusive, partiYer ne. Latin version of Jerome, and partly of an ear'' cli t slation, written on vellum, in an Iliberno-5a%011,4,1; ter, not later than the middle of the eighth cel'`,btisPo'' copy of Ranulph de Glanville's Treatise De -11egin. dej ghee, not later than the reign of King Johli.---4-01 sive collection of' works relative to AstroOs of ',"O, Arithmetic of the Hindoos, and to the Statistiesode dia.—About forty volumes relating to English f the reign Geology and Heraldry, from the library bluest Lord Berwick.—An original Writ, signed hY j;1 ward the Fifth, and countersigned by Richard Aer, Gloucester. rero, The number of deliveries of manuscripts t° 0 0/ in the reading-room (exclusive of those velledetii) suited in the rooms of the department), am°lll3-s' 4_4010 the last twelvemonth, to 22,207. of v'the " Reading-room Service.-1. The number /0004; returned to the shelves of the general library gl,',h; reading-room is 137,613 ;to the Royal lihr1111:001 to the closets, where they are kept for the of re' readers from day to day, 77,270 ; to the she 3017 reading-rooms, about 117,000 ; altogether lumes ; on an average 1,196 a day." le 11# The collections in mineralogy, and s°°of sliccief tang, and antiquities have received addenda e re!,o variety, and so numerous, that we must refer Piste!" to the Parliamentary paper itself for any ntleg of them. CO" Ts r. e SUICIDE OF A RETIRED TRADESMAN' Lord „,e0 the Coroner, held a inuest yesterday, at the o Inn, Old Kent-road, n qas to the death of Mr. Jan eliai4ie; aged 65, formerly the well-known fishmonger verYher hot Bricklayers' Arms, who committed suicide untie' our, lancholy circumstances. The deceased had ford crefoo, h years been the proprietor of the shop alluded soi. retire e 14 amassed a good fortune. A few years ago e,,e trade in favour of his son, and went to reside at the Ist Mr. Davis, 11, Thirza-place, Old Kent-road;„cs, le" fro; went to his former residence daily, but had 3":"iatr'ioo"' been very low-spirited, chiefly arising, as his soitS oetPiebet,: the works carrying on in the Upper Grange'r,°,3l'loY,i' ,011 i sey, in connexion with the new line of Dover Pallid ca-ter„ he had some houses, and which he believedlo boat or; ruin. On Saturday he was at his old shoe aspiiiclfort. o'clock, and was more than usually depressed' ,41 was, joie he went home. At half-past six the deeeas`s.o,, C!!'" hanging by a slight cord to the bedstead, and w" hen cu he was quite dead. Verdict—" Temporary Insaa'nce, APPROACHING MARRIAGES: to . ecte' nounced between Mr. Henry Hoare and Miss ~ Vele daughter of Sir East Clayton East, Bart , is 1104„, it "la 'of be solemnised until the close of the season. 7„"if Dertjors neval will be shortly united, at Paris, to 31""oprieite' Veaux, the accomplished daughter ofone of theta b the Journal des Debats. A marriage is on the le. Ale' Horsley Palmer, Esq., and one of the Misses G 11'70