The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-09 00:00:00

THE REV. MR. GLEIG.

The Consul at Flume has written to Galignani'ss-
.6 Mr.
senger, to describe the origin of the affair in win
Gleig was lately involved. It is as follows :--"
origin of the affair was the attempt of a man of the country
to put a drunken woman upon the travellers' cart (the fnur.
span or military conveyance); which Mr. Gleig very nat -
rally resisted, upon which the man ran and would have
cut the traces, had not Mr. Gleig as quickly jumped from
the cart, and pushing him aside, ordered his po3tilion to
drive on ; a hill alone preventing the carriage from pro-
drive
fast, gave the fellow time to collect a mob, no Duo
cult matter on a Sunday in these country villages, t
they took part with the delinquent, and began to eas
stones, one of which struck Mr. Gleig, and not till then
The tru
did he fire his pistol over their heads, in token of being
armed, and with the view to gain assistance. Number!
having made them bold, these ruffians continued their at
tack, the dorfrichter, or judge of the village, leading then;
on, and saying, Übizzi, Übizzi'—' Kill them, kill the%
Mr. Gleig intimated a wish to explain to the latter, whin),
was taken advantage of only to make a grasp at his pisot
'
with which Mr. Gleig could have shot him dead on the sP°
had he sought his life. Meantime the shower of stones
was continued, and Mr. Gleig had nearly become the vie**
tim of these infuriated wretches, having been struck in to
or three places on the head, and assailed besides wit,
sticks and bludgeons ; when his son, seeing his
danger, seized another pistol and fired it among them, but
without effect. They desisted, however, for a moth
he
which was taken advantage of by Mr. Gleig to intimate 11. n
wished to make no further resistance, but would give uP his
arms ; upon which he was taken by the same dorfricbteri
and locked up for the night in a miserable hovel, e%Pus
„in
to all sorts of outrage and indignity, nor allowed any f°"'
except what the compassion of a poor woman, a spectatress
of their situation, afforded them ; as to any attention being
paid to their Wounds, it was out of the question. nis
papers and money were taken from him, his march-route
had previously been destroyed, and he was sent to Logic,
where the Panduro put him in irons, adding outrage to in-
ather:
jury, by bruising purposely his wrists in putting them 00'
and destroying a letter given to Mr. Gleig by the posit
master at Merslavodizza, to desire his good treatment
the commissary, to whom he was then being conducted. In
this state the Stublrichter found him, and instead of using
common humanity and justice in hearing what he bad t°
say, would have sent him in the same manner to Agra:r9s":
had I not fortunately arrived and claimed him as a Brit'
subject."

THE ITAL IA N s.—The personal appearance of tbil
people is remarkable, from its resemblance to the "
Ire-
pisautry on arth," as an insurrectionary demagogue 01 are
land once styled the lower orders of that isle. The men he
fine-formed, but relaxed by the climate, and cowardly to t.
last degree. They stab behind the back, and murder hi;
midnight ; but in the sunshine of heaven they crouch tot e.
dust. The women are men in petticoats, and 170
Fiery eyes and raven locks give a Roman girl of fifteen, ° a
less her features and form be absolutely disproportioned, a
certain fascination and charm that attracts an Englishrau%
to her arms—much as a magnet does steel to its side. But
at twenty-five their bodily graces have passed avvaY' an
t..
left not a trace but ugliness behind ; and never having r"
ceived education, and not being possessed of the povver
native talent, they are companionless and ccntemPtibup,e'
superstitious and bad. They outlive themselves, and I'.
come caricatures of their nature. Having been sold the;
selves, they sell the chastity of their infant daughters,lo
return ; and although they do not, like the Irish, disscu/L.
the elements of life in an intoxicated dream, they fling the;
energies on the earth, and perish like beasts. Wt
young they follow the instincts of nature and the lust of life
blood ; when old, they appear to possess the powers of
snail to withdraw within themselves, and crawl out of exis:r
tence to a miserable grave. You may see them on the'.
knees by hundreds, toiling up the stairs supposed to hal;
constituted part of Pilate's palace, and sanctified by the fl3°
of Christ, to expiate the crimes of long-concealed secrets;
You may witness them flocking to kiss the veritable door ths
imprisoned the apostles, or the toe of St. Peter, so ofterie
worn away by the adulation of his slaves. You maY is,rp
them, on the eve of the Nativity, bowing down to a wit 1
basket as the cradle of Christ ; or counting their beads,
.
asking mercy of wax doll and a stuffed ass in some church
But beyond this you never discover the objects and stn's'
the purposes and views, the aspirations and hopes, the loves
and sorrows, the ways and means of a Roman's life. ;0
the solitudes of Africa he might be admired as a savage'
the streets of Rome he must be pitied as a slave.—
moderS
Rome, in Fraser's Magazine.
PRIDE OF BIRTH.—" The late Mr. Huddlestonea
was an amiable and accomplished gentleman, who believe
himself to be lineally descended from Athelstone, and CO°
sequently entitled to take precedence of all, including tag
proudest nobles, who did not equally partake of the Dl°,
Royal of the Heptarchy. Some of this excellent person
evidences bore a strong resemblance to those of the Scott,
man who, in proof of his own descent from the Adrnirabli:
Chrichton, was wont to produce an ancient shirt, roar
A.C.' in the tail, preserved, he said, as an he'„ „
loom by the family. But Mr. Huddlestone's pedigun-
re"
was admitted, and Huddlestone allowed to be an
deniable corruption of Athelstone by many of the Ito%
distinguished amateur readers of Gwyllim ; amongst other
by the late Duke of Norfolk, who was sufficiently tees:
cious on such points. These two originals often met ove,rr
a bottel, to discuss their respective pretensions of •Ttbeld,
pedigrees, and on one of these occasions, when Mr. 11°
dlestone was dining with the Duke, the discussion scas
prolonged till the descendant of the Saxon Kings isir,:r
rolled from his chair upon the floor. One of the yeungt-0
members of the family hastened, by the Duke's desire, a
re-establish him ; but he sturdily repelled the proffered hand
of the cadet. Never,' he hiccupped out, shall it be 6'
that the head of the house of Huddlestone was lifted flit
the ground by a younger branch of the house of Hood. a
Well, then, my good old friend,' said the good-natiLreo
Duke, I must try what I can do for you myself.
head of the house of Howard is too drunk to pick UP be't
head of the house of Huddlestone, but he will lie down
side him with all the pleasure in the world ;' so saying, twt.
Duke also took his place upon the floor. The cone] to
part of this anecdote has been plagiarised, and apPliecir
other people, but the authenticity of our version maY be .61-
lied upon."—Quarterly Review.
It has been remarked that the bullets of the Arabos,
at Constantine picked out the youngest of the manY cark
tains exposed to them. Out of 29 officers of that ranto
killed and wounded, 13 had left the school of St. C,Yrnie
enter the army since 1822, and three had left the rie-ria
Polytechnique since 1824. The total number of men e",io
officers killed and wounded bears to that of the COin;
which made the assault the proportion one to three, o'l'o
a greater proportion of the former than occurred either
Tarragona or Saragossa during the Peninsular war. $
A German writer on etiquette, professing to 101°Wh
great deal about the manner of this country, says that vi'of
us the wings of a fowl are so much in request that a ree
recherche dinner no other part is put upon table.
The anniversary dinner of the Nulli Sect
,Iluts,
Club, or Officers who have served in the three Iteg`mtilel,
of Foot Guards, was celebrated at the Clarendon 14(3_01g
Bond-street, on Monday. Captain Wilmot Horton t.`cie
the Chair. His Royal Highness the Duke of Calubrt 0-
(attended by Colonel Cornwall) honoured the enteretaelpt
ment with his presence, and there were also Priosnel
General the Earl of Cavan, Sir William Whymper, C°, aro,
Armytage, Colonel Bowles, Hon. Colonel Ashburnnti o,
Capt. Drummond, Major-General Sir William Gional
Colonel Fremantle, Colonel Giradot, Colonel Hay, Co
Walton, Colonel Stratford, Captain Hobliouse, and 1'
Hunter. 110
The return of the American Commodore Ed
by
from the Mediterranean will, we presume, be followeuaa,
a strict inquiry into his conduct as commanderof the °Tote
ron now in that sea. Letters received in this city ma-
some extraordinary transactions that took place at port or
hon in April last, of a character which must place Comical,
dore Elliott in a most unenviable light before the Arner_,,, is
public wherever they shall be fully exposed. A steo,,ucei,
told of a gross indignity offered to a meritorious and roe
lent officer—a lieutenant in the American navy---e° *riders,
ground, in the presence of a large concourse of stra
among them the officers of the British ship-of-the-lineitbnut
ney—of shaking his cane over this officer's head, ‘7!
the slightest cause, and ordering him on board his letter
and suspending him from duty. The officer wrote se'aintt
to the Secretary of the Navy, preferring charges
01; tbe
the Commodore for this outrage, which the rules anjior
service required to be transmitted through his comn?_ basis
officer ; and Commodore Elliot made this letter tnecourti
of an accusation against the officer himself, and ce,ates, °
martial was called on board the frigate United ''sr. 'lll
which Captain Wilkinson was the presiding efr,ne, a°,
Court, after hearing Commodore Elliott, the 1,4;501'
the witnesses, among whom were the officers et: Ameri°
ship, unanimously and honourably quitted th
o r lieutenant.
charges,
founded Commodoreupon Elliottthe la language
ep
ruesfeedrred
nant in his written defence before the eourt-nTi,„
other court-martial was held, and the same res are tncon°:
—an honourable and unanimous acquittal. ;
facts, which it is due to the public should be low
tell
n-lent is unnecessary.—Delaware Journal• as la
ho w t
Mr. Banister, of Threadneedle-street, w of plea
sworn in at the Board of Green Cloth, PurveVen 13elor
her Majesty, has been selected by MessrS.l3leber ;jai°
and Bathe, to supply the baron of beef and ot
Atte°
the royal table at the Guildhall. Oer
Yesterday was the birth-day of her ROA 0.
Go°
the Princess Augusta Sophia, aunt to the
Royal Highness completed her 69th year. rattEli ieertin'e -ea