The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-07 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

TIIR HAGUE, JUNE 3.—lt is reported here that the
men of the levees of 1834 and 1835, will likewise be sent
to their homes with unlimited furloughs.
The Russian Crown Prince has given a handsome gold
enamelled snuff-box to M. F. C. F. Deminiere, dancing-
master of the Court, as a proof of his satisfaction with
the manner in which M. Deminiere directed the Balls
which were given at Court during his Imperial Highness's
visit.

NIMEGUEN, JUNE 3. —His Imperial Highness, the
Grand Duke Alexander, having been expected here yes-
terday
afternoon, every preparation was made to receive
him with the due honours. His Imperial Highness
did not arrive till half-past one this morning, and set out
again eight o'clock. The Grand Duke was much
grieved at the death of Prince William, of Saxe Wiemar.
When his Imperial Highness arrived on his way to the
Hague, the Prince was among those who waited to receive
him, and was immediately recognized, who cor-
dially invited him to spend the evening with him.
His Highness was afterwards present at many of the festi-
vities at the Hague, in honour of the Grand Duke, and
now he lies in the grave. His Imperial Highness much
wished to visit the spot where he is buried, but fearing
that it would too long delay his journey, he very unwil-
lingly gave up the idea.
HANOVER, MAY 31.—Up to this moment there is not a
sufficient number of members arrived to constitute the
Second Chamber. On the 28th, when the session was to
be opened, there were only 22 of the old deputies, and 11
newly elected members, or 33 in all. Though several
others will probably arrive in the sequel, the Government
is greatly disappointed by this first check in its efforts to
unite a sufficient number of members to proceed to busi-
ness. At the beginning, when it seemed that the Govern-
ment would gain its object, several deputies, on whom it
thought it could depend, either resigned, or agreed toge-
ther to take no part in the sittings till the number should
be complete without them. The Government has pub.
flatted nothing respecting the failure of its endeavours to
complete the Chamber.—Journal de la Hale, June 1.
WARSAW, MAY 28. —His Serene Highness the Duke of
Leuchtenburg arrived here yesterday evening, and after
paying a visit to Prince Paskevritch, Governor of the king-
dom, proceeded without stopping on his journey to St.
Petersburg.

Another lamentable accident has happened on
the Danube. A letter from Vienna announces the loss of
a sailing packet, with 64 passengers on board, the greater
part of whom were drowned, but the spot where this sad
occurrence took place is not specified.—Galignani's Mes-
senger.

ATTENTIVE WAITERS.—The following laugh-
able trick was played off at a dinner of the Melodist's
Club, by a gentleman who could not get any of the waiters
to pay attention to what he said to them. He called one
of the principal ones to him, and asked him if he knew
Mr. T. Cooke. He replied in the affirmative—" Go,
and tell him that the Duke of Buccleuch will be happy to
take wine with him," said the wag. Away ran the waiter
to Mr. Cooke, who was up to the joke in an instant, and
who rose tip and bowed respectfully to the " mock Duke ;"
meantime the waiter informed his master and his fellow-ser-
vants that the dinner was honoured with the presence of
the great Scottish nobleman ; the consequence was, that
most of the waiters, and mine host, too, crowded around
his Grace (as they thought), nor would any of them budge
from his chair if they could avoid it. The joke did not
end with the dinner; but, when the company took their
departure, the moment his Grace was seen descending the
stairs, half a dozen waiters began to cry out to the porters,
" Call the Duke of Buccleuch's carriage ;" away ran the
latter shouting about the streets, until his Grace informed
them he would walk home ; but, in order not to dishonour
the title, he gave them a douceur, and then rode home in
an omnibus for sixpence.—Cheltenham Looker-on.

AN UNKNOWN Loss.—Just previously (as
we are informed) to the Queen's departure yesterday
(Friday) from the Castle, Mr. Brown, surgeon, of Sheet-
street, was sent for to attend her Majesty. Upon leaving
the Castle a Bank-note in an envelope was put into Mr.
Brown's hands, which, without opening, he safely, as he
imagined, deposited in his waistcoat pocket. On his
arrival at his residence he discovered that the " royal fee"
had vanished.

STATE OF TRADE.—We have no improve-
ment to report in the state of trade. There has been a
fall this week in the prices of yarn of Id. per lb. on carded
sort, and id on combed, which of course will not have a
tendency to increase the confidence of buyers of either yarns
or manufactured goods. We do not, however, apprehend
any further decline. The demand for shipping goods is
now rapidly drawing to a close, and we arc not sanguine
as to any extensive demand for the home market. On the
whole we think that the prospects as it respects the staple
trade of Leicester for the remainder of the year, are very
moderate.—Leicester Mercury.

An epidemic malady is said to be prevalent in
some of the small towns round Paris, and in various parts
of the Seine-et-Marne. It affects the stomach, and is
attended by vomitings ; but as yet no deaths have been
proved to have resulted from it near the capital, although
we hear of a slight increase of mortality in the direction
of La Ferte-sous-Jouarre. Maladies of this kind, it
should be observed, are of very common occurrence at the
beginning of the warm weather.— Galignani.
IRON STEAMERS. - The compactness and
lightness of iron vessels—the lessened danger in striking
a rock, arising from the flexibility of the material—the
freedom from dry rot—and other " ills that timber is heir
to," render them preferable in the eyes of many who are
conversant with marine affairs. These facts almost jus-
tify the prophecy that a day is not far distant when, in
speaking of the maritime glories of Britain, we shall be
constrained to say, the " metallic" instead of the " wood-
en" walls of England.
PENNY POSTAGE PETITIOY.--(1..: T,7C,lnes-

ay ..yening, June 5, upwards of 250 postage petitions,
praying for Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, were presented,
making a total exceeding 1.400 petitions presented during
the present 4t,ssio: the house of Commons alone.

The copious rains which fell on Saturday night
and Sunday morning last, have imparted a delightful fresh-
ness to the earth, which in all directions presents a health-
ful, verdurous and luxuriant aspect. Haymaking will com-
mence in about ten days. The wheat and other crops are
recovering their impaired condition, and a prolific summer
and bounteous autumn, may not unreasonably be anticipated.
—Taunton Courier.

RIOTS AT LIVERPOOL.—There have been
some severe affrays between the carpenters of Liverpool
and the low Irish in the south end of the town. The
former, it appeared, aggravated the previously existing
bad feeling between the English and Irish, by the carpen-
ters carrying obnoxious banners in their procession last
Wednesday. The Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday con-
cludes some remarks on the subject by saying :—" It is
impossible to form an opinion of the fatal effects which this
serious riot may produce. Patrick Rice, a feeble old man,
who lives in Pine-court, Crosby-street, was struck by a
carpenter with an adze, with such force, that his recovery
is out of the question. Several others are in a dangerous
state. It is worthy of remark not a single police officer
has been injured—the best compliment to their excellent
organization. Nothing, indeed, could be better than the
manner in which they were marshalled. The force was
broken into six divisions of fifty each, and if the rioters had
not been early arrested in their movements, the conse-
quences would have been most calamitous. During the
\Thole of yesterday afternoon, St. James's-street and all
the streets leading from it to the southern docks bore the
appearance of a town in a state of siege. The shops and
houses were closed, business was suspended, and great
numbers of persons were to be seen in all directions, wait-
ing in feverish anxiety the result. At a late hour last
night everything remained quiet."
ALLEGED MURDER.—On 'Wednesday even-
ing, at half-past ten o'clock, a man named James Crowl, a
carpenter, expired, in consequence of severe injuries he
received in a fracas, which occurred on Saturday night
last.- It appeared that the unfortunate deceased had
been out 'to supper at Somers'-town, when, on re-
turning home through King-street, Holborn, a party of
" gentlemen" rushed out from a billiard-room, and after a
few words the deceased was knocked down. One of the
party then fetched a large granite stone which he threw
with great violence on the deceased, and broke his ribs.
The deceased was taken to the hospital, where he lingered
till the above time. A clue has been obtained as to the
perpetrator of the cowardly and brutal act.
NUMBER OF OAKS NECESSARY TO BUILD
ONE SHIP. —When we consider the number of trees that
are required to build a single ship, and the length of time
necessary to bring them to maturity, it becomes the duty
of every landed proprietor to plant for the sake of prospe-
rity. " Any oak in a good soil and situation," says South,
a practical planter, " will, in seventy-five years from the
acorn, contain a ton of timber, or a load and a half of square
timber." By the report of the Commissioners of Land
Revenue, respecting timber, printed by order of the House
of Commons, it appears that a 74-gun ship contains about
2,000 tons, which, at the rate of a load and a half a ton,
would give 3,000 loads of timber; and would consequently
require 2,000 trees of seventy-five years growth. It has
also been calculated that as not more than forty oaks, con-
taining a load and a half of timber in each, can stand upon
an acre, fifty acres are required to produce the oaks neces-
sary for every 74-gun ship.
" How in the world does it happen ?" said a
gentleman to Wilkes, " that your brother Alderman,
Brook Watson, who never sides with opposition on any
other occasion, should join you in your late attack upon
us poor attornies ?" " I should think the reason was plain
enough ; don't you know how be was bit by one of you
when he was young ?"—(he had lost his leg by a shark. )
Gentleman's Magazine.

SING UL A 11.Cli A RGE.—A.:barrister,cwhose name
did not transpire, applied on Monday atiGuildhall fora war-
rant against a solicitor under singular circumstances. From
his statement it appeared that the clerk of another solicitor
had called upon the accused to pay 1201., the amount due
under a verdict, and had so paid it, and taken a receipt,
when the accused and his clerks compelled him, by threats
of violence, to drink three glasses of wine, which he be-
lieved had been drugged, for immediately afterwards he
became stupified, whereupon the accused charged him with
not having paid, or with having taken back the money, and
gave him into the custody of a policeman, by whom he was
taken to the station-house. but afterwards liberated. Sir
John Key (the sitting Magistrate) thought a summons
would be sufficient to secure the attendance of the accused,
and refused to grant a warrant. The barrister said the
solicitor was a man of bad repute in the profession, an,dneif
he did not attend the summons his &lent would have the
trouble of making two applications instead of one. If he
could not have a warrant he would not have anything. He
then withdrew. •
Loss OF THE ETAZA.-The vessels passing
place where this most melancholy lod thssoeceurred, keep
picking up goods—what m
general cargo
The most unfortunate •
of a London trader. thing is, that
hitherto no tidings have been received of the crew; the
greatest fear exists that all have perished. We hear that
both her boats have been cast ashore bottom up.—Hull
Advertiser.

EVENING DITION.