The Sun. — 1838-08-06 (London, England)

NINNIES. at Edi ',bh of Friday gravely infmins the world th on Monon urg s, hold a meeting of the Edinburgh Op. ratives Conservative A.sooia; S teen The Scotsman of Sa!urday conjectured that tr. 4 mech,„g „„thtedi me-t ly ofa few Lopeful clerks and :hopmen. If an, labouring men atter-vied they must laboettrM under 4V.ision. On Saturday nn ;quest was held in the New-rortl on the body of Pichird Elliot, a baiter, who coinnf tted suicide by throwing li:msCf the Reg,lrt`a-canal. Lossis in trade arc sumiot.e.l to have intlual him to tho art. Vitilict—" Temporary Derangement " On Tuostlav as .Itobe.t,. the ion of Mr, of this c:ty (Exeter), was carrying the barrel ofa gun whit h was loaded, and had on a percussion cap, in his pocket, it is supposed, that by a blow It exploded, and the contents passing through his wrap% struck his head, knocking off his cap. The poor young reaa w,.. Weis to the hospital, where be died in the course cf the day --E.r.fter Post,  We hear that Mr. William Charles, of Siloates Gardena, near Wakefield, has raised a most splendid seedling, which for regularity of form and finenesss "pencillina" cannot at present bacxeelled. It has been 'valued a not less than, from fifty to a hundred guineas by some competent judges.— IVaioykld Journal. A journal in the south of France gives the following arent.nt of printed vtluaroa existing In the public libraries of the ptiucipd towns in tho tenth cf Trance:—Bourtleaux, 120,000; Libourne, -1,100; ',Von ue-Mersan, 12,000 ; Pau, 15,000 ; Tarbes, 10,000; A::4), 7,700; Tmi louse, 66,000; Foix. et Parniers, 11,500; Cal-pawn:, 10,400; Perpignan, 14,000; Mortl)elier, 7,000; Healers, 4,500; Nimes, 30,000; Alais, 3,300 ; Villeneuve les-Avignon, 7,250; Privas, 2,000 ; Alby, 12,000; Montattlian, 10,000 ; Agcn, 55,000. 'flic hay is uc w moatly m rick ; it will be completely so by the end of the week. Ir. quality it trill be superior to any crop w, have had for a number of year:: pa,t. As for the quantity we have se...n no occasion to alter the views we formerly expressed—namely, that there a heavy crod on ''veal wrought land. We can as yrt say HUI, it favour of the turf-Ape; but they may improve, tilt!) goo:l weather. The r rain crop,: look beautilla—Glasgow Chronielr. A man,. named Lsfosse, sentenced to death f r murder, was executed at Brussels on Tuesday last. The chaplain of the prime Lira in vain to confess his crime; he persisted toihe very lest to &e lm mest carmstiy that ire was innocent. There had not hoen a capital ex"cutton at Biuswls, as the journals ofthat capitahtate, since the ye .u• 1825.  na thursTiay the foundAtion for thz statue of Dr. Juithson, it;temed to be crecte.l in the ni_rket.p'ac.!, Lichfield, was laid With appropriate ceremonies by the Rev. Chalice for Law. The statue, which is completed, is reanned an excellmt likeness, and will star d in a pcsition to he seen from the furthest extremity of Maiket.strea.11 olverlumipton Chronicle. The police are almost daily receiving information of roi:b.?rlei committed by a middle aged man, apparently a foreigner, who, under pretence of taking apartments, has contrived to secrete ant carry oft' valuable articles of plate, jewellery, &c., from the bruises he has visited. His depredations at the West-end within the last few we( ks hz.ve been somewhat extensive, but it is expected that he will speodily bo amsted in his career by the police, who ate constantly on the icok-out for him  The Hastings is receiving at Portsmouth a sterngal!ery, for the accommodation of the Dowager queen, who is likely t. leave England about the :180) of September. Some res.:arches lately made in the cathedral of Rouen have led to the di,-covery, under the pavement of the sanctuary. of the statue of Richa-d Cour-de-Lion, which used to ornament his tomb, and a box eneosing his heat t. 'I his statue, which is in pet fect preservation, Is six feet and a-half in length, and represents the King in a recumbent position, with his feet resting on a lion couchant. The tomb was once enclo,ed by a railing rf silver, which was so'd in the middle of the 1:3111 century, In order to pay the ransom of Sr. Louis. This tomb is to be restored awl placed in the chapel of the Holy Virgitt.