The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

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FOREIGN VAGRANTS'--A new and intolerable nui
sance has arisen. Small urchins of from about seven to
ten years of age were
yesterdaya
sent forth in couples, the
biggest having a tin pipe and_ broken tambourine, with
a couple of dancing dolls affixed with wires to a board ;
these dolls, attired in costume, were so managed as to give
a rude, but very
disgustingly fantastic representation of
the Spanish bolero and fandango. In Old Broad-street
yesterday two miserably-clad beings were exercising this
calling, to the amusement of such as can grin far more
easily than think ; but to the evident pity and disgust of
all decent persons. In Liverpool-street a poor half-starved
looking creature was exhibiting a dancing monkey, who,
despite his tortuous drilling; evidently seemed much more
at ease than his wretched master ; and, lurking about the
Royal Exchange, were three little fellows soliciting charity
through the exhibition of white mice. As if such filthy
exhibitions were insufficient, it is understood that the odl
system of dancing bears, dromedaries, and camels is to be
introduced again. But several gentlemen, whose notice
was attracted to the nuisances narrated, expressed a deter-
mination to communicate forthwith to Mr, Daniel whittle
Harvey upon the subject. It is stated that the suburbs of k
Fulham, Camberwell, Brixton, 2
London, such as Brompton,
and even Sydenham, are literally swarming with these 6
kidnapped foreign vagrants, of every shape, garb, and size,
and whose ages vary from seven years to fifteen. 11
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.—This Company, which has just laid down
a subterranean line of telegraph along the high road 10
from Cornhill to Dover, where the wires are united to
those of the submarine telegraph in communication with 1
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Calais, are about to raise an additional capital of
50,0001. for the purpose of extending their subterranean 1.:"6.1
system of telegraph to Birmingham
Manchester, and
Liverpool. These works are already in progress. On St.
the line from London to Dover 50,0001. has been ex 20
pended, and it appears the cost of keeping the line in 12i
repair is so trifling, that a contractor has guaranteed the-
maintenance of the works for the ridiculously small sum 6
of 1001. per annum. In the ensuing month the com-
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pany intend to lay down a submarine cable to Belgium,
between the North Foreland and Middlekirk, near 75
Ostend. This line will also be in communication with -
the rest of the company's telegraph system. The under-
taking is one of great interest to the commercial and
general public, and it is gratifying to see how rapidly all
obstacles are surmounted by private and joint stock au
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enterprise.
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MAN WITH A PENCHANT FOR WELD WOMEN.—
The great lion at present in Lisbon is Mrs. Heald, alias I°o
Miss Wilson, who is staying at the Braganza Hotel,
with the Mr. Heald, of Lola Montes celebrity. The
lady dresses in the bloomer costume, and astonishes the 20
Lisbonlans by her constant habit of smoking cigars. Mr.
Heald is waiting at Lisbon the arrival of his yacht, after 5(
which they proceed to Madeira. 0(
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TREASURES FOUND IN COLCHESTER CASTLE.—We
learn that, on Saturday last, the sum of 1301. in gold 2(
and notes, which must have belonged to the late Miss 51
Smith, keeper and librarian of the castle, was discovered 2
by a young woman who lived with the deceased, hid up
in a hole behind some wainscoting in a corner of the 2,
castle library. Everybody who knew deceased supposed 10
she had left money, and her friends not discovering any 1
after her death, believed she must have been robbed.
The finder of the treasure, it appears, was induced, to
search that part of the library where she had so repeat- 2
edly seen her mistress watching in her lifetime. The 2
sum of nine sovereigns was also found in an old teapot,
in a cupboard of deceased's room. She had also 351. in
the sayings' bank—raaking a total of 1741,

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