The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

ARGYLL ROOMS.

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The winter campaign has commenced in earnest at
this favourite salle de danse, and now that the cold
weather has set in we suppose tripping on the light
fantastic toe will be the order of the day, or rather of
the night. That there is still a rage for dancing in
the metropolis there cannot be a doubt; and, although
our continental allies may take credit for being the
first to develop the spirit of the art, it may fairly be
questioned whether they can boast of more elegant
ball-rooms, and more passionate votaries of Terpsi-
chore, than are to be found in the realms of
phlegmatic John Bull. Certainly the Argyll Rooms
stand unequalled, either at home or abroad, for the
beauty of the decorations, the propriety of manage-
ment, or the perfection of the orchestra; and Bo long
as those excellences exist there will be no lack of
public support. During a brief reoess, which recently
cook place, sufficient time was found to redecorate the
rooms, and it is due to Mr. G. F. Bryer, the deco.
rator, to state that he seems to have surpassed all his
previous efforts in that respect. There is nothing
extravagant about the embelishments, but, on the
contrary, the colouring of the walls is both chaste and
harmonious, while the galleries are furnished
in a manner that blends elegance with comfort,
an aim which should never be lost sight of in fitting
up a large assembly-room like this. Nor should it
be forgotten that M. Laurent, jun., the composer of
some of our choicest dance music, is still in possession
of the orchestra, and the leader of one of the best
quadrille bands to be found in the metropolis. In-
deed it is complete in every department, and one
effect of this gathering together of a compact body of
finished instrumentalists may be seen in the new
school of composers, where prize quadrilles, polkas,
and waltzes were so much in vogue last season. On
the whole, then, the Argyll Rooms sustains its
well-established reputation, as being the most PO-
pillar and agreeable evening lounge in the West end,
and long may it remain 1..) is the wish, no doubt, of its
habituis.

FAZAL FLOOE ACClDENT.—Yesterday
evening
gwe
earned from Mr. Goodman, butcher (who has justof some me-
lancholy returned
from nailsht.m Market;. the following details __
lancholy accidents causod by the floods:--Charles Munn, of
Robertsbridge, butcher, and who, like moat butchers in the
country, uses some land, had a considerable quantity of
stock in the Brooks; and seeing the water begin to rise on
Monday evening, he ordered his boy to go out and bring the
stock into the yard. The boy waded up to his waist rn the
water, and then returned and told his master that he could
not reach them. Mr. Munn then told his man to take the
mare, and fetch in the stock; but the man also returned,
and said the mare would not enter the water. "I will try
what I can do," said Mr. Munn ; and, having properly
accoutred himself, he mounted the mare, and carrying a
lantern (it was then 8 o'clock) he proceeded on his errand,
followed by the men. Mr. Munn urged the mare forward
into the flood, the man remaining on the verge. Presently,
the lantern disappeared ; and as no answer was returned to
his shouts, the man returned home and reported what had
occurred. Presently, the mare returned home wihout arider,
and an alarm was then felt in the family. Search was made
all night; but nothing was found except the cape which Mr.
Munn had taken out with him. In the morning his body
was found, of course drowned. The flood carried off upwards
of 25G head of stock, 70 of them belonging to Mrs. Hyland,
of Burwash.—Brighton Gazette.
DEATH Or A SCOTTISH Bisnor.—lntelligence has
been received in London of the death of the Right Rev.
Patrick TorrY9D.D., Bishop of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld, and
Dunblane. The Right Rev. Prelate died on Sunday last, at
the episcopal residence at Peterhead, in the 90th year of his
age. He was the oldest bishop of the Episcopal Church in
Scotland, having been consecrated in 1808.