The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-01 00:00:00

PAYING WITH NOTHING !

Revived in the form of an American anecdote, the
following old English joke is thus related by a
lineal descendant of Joe Miller, in the Court Chro-
nicle :—A wag passing an hotel at the usual hour
of dinner, stepped up to the bar, and demanding
the price of a glass of shrub, desired the landlord to
brew forthwith. While the shrub remained upon
the table, hearing a bell in the hall announce the
welcome fact that dinner was ready, he asked tLe
" darkey" what was the price of the dinner, and
was informed that fifty cents was the usual fee.
" And you ask fifty cents also for a glass of shrub,
do you not ?" Being answered in the affirmative,
he replied that he would prefer dining, and would
take his meal instead of the shrub. Being ushered
into the dining-hall, he proceeded at once to discuss
the delicacies which the table afforded. " Darkeys,"
with snow-white aprons moved around him, and
presented the smoking viands, or removed the
covers with their wonted silence and dexterity.
Among these a venerable " cuffee" danced attendance
upon our hero, never dreaming of the trick which
the traveller was playing in the interim. When
dinner was over, and the guests were on the point
of quitting the hall, our hero was accosted by his
sable friend at the door, and a demand of fifty cents
made for the meal. " Fifty cents !" exclaimed the
wag in well-feigned astonishment—" Fifty cents for
what " Fur de dinner, yer honor," replied
woolly-head, " and de boss (i.e., the landlord) told
me to collect it." " Well, I like that !" said the other
—" but I don't owe anything to the boss, he per-
fectly understood the arrangement, for I took
the dinner instead of the shrub. Armed with th,s
important information, " darkey" proceeded to the
landlord, who, in anything but gentle tones, de-
nounced him as a fool, and ordered the collection of
the sum upon the spot.
When the " darkey" returned to the hall, insisting
again upon the usual fee, he was dumbfoundered at
the following conclusive, and, to him, incomprehen-
sible argument :—" Lookee here, you black fool, I
took my dinner instead of the shrub, and how can
you dare demand payment of me under those cir-
cumstances "Yes, sir," observed the nigger,
"but ye didn't pay for de shrub, did ye ?" Of course
not," said the other coolly, "I didn't use it. Do you
expect a man to pay for what he has never had ?
The shrub remains where I left it, untouched. Go
to the landlord, who, J guess, must be as big a fool
as yourself."
The "darkey," thus left to his meditations, began
revolving in his mind the various windings of the
case, and pondering upon its deep and many com-
plications, while the " knowing one," observing the
effect of his eloquence upon the bewEderei brain of
" cuffee," quietly went his way. Now," began
" coffee," mining to himself, " If I go to de boss, I
shall get kicked for my pains, and branded as a fool
for not seeing the joke, while, on the other hand, if
I follow the gen'l'man, and insist upon the payment
of fifty cents., I shall be laughed at by de crowd in
the street. One way only remains; I must pay de
money myself, and save de uuploasant proceedings."
With this sage resolve, " darkey," producing his
wallet, handed over fifty cents. to the landlord as
" de pay for de genTman's dinner."

THE CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.—An Act of
Parliament has just been issued to enable her Majesty in
Council to make alterations in the circuits of the judges in
England and Wales. The Treasury is empowered, with
the santion of the Lord Chief Justices and the Lord Chief
Baron, to alter the salaries of the clerks of the assizes on the
alteration of the circuits, and power is also given to increase
or diminish the number of revising barristers within the
circuits affected by the act.

SHOCKING DEATH FROM CRINOLINE.--Mr. B lack-
burn on Thursday held an inquest at the Town-hall,
Leeds, upon Harriet Moody, aced 22, the daughter of a
shoemaker in York-road, whose life had undoubtedly been
sacrificed to the senseless fashion of wearing large crino-
lines. The deceased worked at Mr. Holling's cloth mill,
Millgarth-street, and on Wednesday afternoon, about half-
past 4 o'clock, she was standing on the top of the fourth
story of the building, apparently waiting for a companion.
A widow named Cudworth„ who was employed at the same
mill, saw her turn round as if to make way for some one,
and immediately afterwards heard an agonising scream.
Mrs. Cudworth ran and found the deceased had become
entangled with the shafting, which continued to revolve.
The foreman at once ordered the engine to be stopped, but
owing to the absence of the fireman and the inability of the
man left in charge to control the machinery, the shafting
continued in motion for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour,
every revolution dragging the unfortunate deceased closer
and tighter to the machinery. When at length the engine
was stopped she was frightfully mutilated, her chest being
injured and her bowels protruding. Her dress had to be cut
away in pieces, and as six thicknesses of crinoline still en-
circled the deceased and the shaft it was some time before
she was removed, and she expired five minutes after her
extrication. Mrs. Cudworth believed that the deceased's
crinoline had flown round and caught in the shafting. She
had not, she said, considered the shafting dangerous, " but
then," she added, " I never wear crinoline, and would DA
allow a person who wore one to work in a mill." A discus-
sion occurred among the jury respecting the advisableness
of the shafting being protected, and eventually the inquest
was adjourned until Friday, to enable the factory inspector
to attend.—Leeds Mercury.
OATHS—FRENCH AND ENGLISH !—As regards
swearing, however (extremes meet), French has out
and out the best of it, There is certainly a cordial satisfac-
tion, a real comfort, to be found in the use of the general
English expletive, but it fades into washy insignificance by
the side of the rolling r's of France. The incomparably
blasphemous form of some of the oaths employed by the
lower classes there gives them a special character, of which
even the English mining districts can afford no worthy
parallel. But putting aside these exceptional outbursts, and
limiting the comparison to damn on one side, and r on the
other, English must climb d ,wn at once. Nothing can ex-
ceed the soothing effects of every kind which may be derived
from the dexterous use of a rolling r. All the single swear-
ing words which French posse..ses contain it, and as it con-
stitutes their main essence, there is no apparent reason
why any other words of similar form should not do as well,
and why the most violent objurgations should not be ex-
pressed by sus-r-r-r-re, poivr-r-r-r-re, or cuivr-r-r-r-r-re ;
if they passed into the adopted list their inoffensive signifi-
cations would enable them to be used in public talk, just as
sac a papier and sabre de bois already are by mild old ladies
out of temper.—From the new number (for August) of
Bentley's Miscellany.
GENERAL MEADE'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE.—
Gen. Meade's form is gaunt and thin, impressing
the idea of bodily tenacity rather than strength, and a capa-
city to endure fatigue that we could not predict of a more
robust and invincible figure. His high top boots and loose
blouse are bespattered with mud, and were it not for his
shoulder straps and intelligent face it would be difficult to
distinguish that he was not a private in the ranks. His face
is almost covered with beard, and his neck displays a leather
stock that might have been used in the days of his ances-
tors, He is otherwise collarless, and his face is colourless,
being ghastly pale, with thought, study, and anxiety
marked upon every lineament. His mind speaks through his
eye, and you tell at a glance that before you stands a man
who is equal to any responsibility, and not afraid to meet
it in any shape. His nose is the antique bend, which is the
most prominent feature of the face. He appears a restless
and nervous man, quick to move, but not so quick that
celerity would destroy steadiness,—American paper.

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&alai tirtriliat

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 31.

The Queen, the Princess of Wales, and Prince
Leopold drove out yesterday afternoon, attended
by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. Judgment was given by Lord Kingsdown in en ap-
peal from the Mauritius, "Leishman v. Cochrane." Judg-
ment was given by Lord Chelmsford in an appeal from the
Admiralty Court, "The Falkland and Navigator." The
Lords present were Lord Kingsdown, Lord Chelmsford,
and Lord Wensleydale.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of Heligoland.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Earl
Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
returned to Gloucester House last evening from a visit to
the Duke and Duchess of :Richmond at Goodwood House,
Sussex.
Tne Duke and Duchess of Grafton have arrived
at Baden-Baden from Paris. We are able to announce that
the health of the duchess is improved. _ _

The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, who have
been the guests of their Serene Highnesses Prince and
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar at Molcombe Lodge
during the races at Goodwood, left yesterday.
The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the
Marquis of Stafford and her youthful family, left Stafford
House, St. James's, yesterday for Trentham, Staffordshire,
on their way to Scotland.
The Earl of Derby arrived in town last evening
from spending the week on a visit to Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, at Molcombe Lodge, Goodwood.

The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor intend
leq.ve town early in the ensuing week for a continental
tour.

The Earl of Zetland returned to town yesterday
evening from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Richmond
at Goodwood House during the race week.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
at dinner, last evening, his Excellency the Italian Minister,
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Sefton, the
Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria
Ashley, Count Strzelecki, the Right Hon. Wm. and Mrs.
Cowper, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Hon. Miss Alice and Edith
Jocelyn, Mr. Calcraft, &c., at Cambridge House, Piccadilly.
Lady Palmerston had a select party after dinner. Among
the visitors were his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador
and Madame Musurus, his Excellency Baron de Gros, the
Duchess of Somerset, the Earl St. Maur, M. de Sabouroff,
Prince Teano, Sir Roderick Murchison, Viscount Dunlo,
Mr. Hayward, Mr. Percy Doyle, Hon. E. L. Stanley, &c,
The noble viscount and viscountess and the Hon. Misses
Jocelyn leave Cambridge House to-day for Brocket Hall
Herts.

Lord and Lady Llanover have left town for Lian-
over, South Wales.

Lord Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart have
returned to town from a short visit to Bohemia.

Lord Stanley, M.P., left town on Thursday for
Knowsley Park, near Prescott, for the autumn.
The Count de Colbert, in the service of the Em-
peror of the French, and the Countess de Colbert, have ar-
rived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris.
The Count de Montecupo and suite have left the
Clarendon Hotel for Brussels.

Count Francois Coudenhove has left the Claren-
don Hotel for the Continent.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes-
erday for Hawarden Castle, Chester.

THE EXILED KING OF NAPLES.—A Roman cor-
respondent of the Monde says in thatjournal:—" I
have just heard that General de Montebello has made ano• •
ther effort to persuade Francis 11. to leave Rome, but, as
on all previous occasions, the King refused, saying that he
was a Roman prince and a Pontifical subject, and that he
would not leave Rome unless he received an order to that
effect from the Holy Father. After this new refusal, the
General, having requested an audience of the Pope, in-
formed his Holiness of the result of his interview with
King Francis 11., adding, if we may believe what we have
heard, that the French Government was anxious for his
Majesty to leave Rome, in order to put an end to the com-
plaints of the Piedmontese. The General was not more sue.
cessful with the Holy Father than with the King, for ha
encountered a positive refusal."

THE CAMP AT CHALONS —The pure air and the.)
vast plains are much more agreeable to the African'
soldiers than their confined barracks on the Quay d'Orsay.
They were present at mass on Sunday last with the other ,
troops, and showed no dissatisfaction at mixing with the
French during the religious ceremony. In fact, the best
understanding prevails among all the troops in the camp,
whether Christians, Israelites, or Mussulmans. They are
fully occupied in manoeuvres. The Spahis are expected
soon at the camp, and they are to be attached to the first
division of cavalry.
ARCHERY AT KNEBWORTH.—The third meeting
of the South Herts Archery Club came off on Wed-
nesday, July 22, when the members and their friends were.,
received by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, in his beautiful park at
Knebworth. The archery ground was a charming smooth
lawn among the fern in the park, alongside a fine avenue of
ancient trees, and in full view of, and close to, the well-
know picturesque mansion, with its many pinnacles and
golden vanes glistening in the sun, at least when that
capricious luminary chose to shine. There were back-
grounds of trees on either end, jusz, where they were wanted,
and on either side lovely views of distant English land-
scape, or of heathered park, with its groups of antlered.
heads rising above the fern. Everything combined to make
it the most delightful archery ground we know of ; but the
weather was vile. The early morning was rainy enough to
daunt the intentions of many who had come from a dis-
tance, though it was fine enough from noon till dinner
time. The wind blew half a gale tight across the ground,
and made the shooting at the long ends unusually a ild.—
HertJord Mercury.
THE GERMAN SPAS IN THEIR GLORY.—The
fashionable journal the Sport, speaking of the Ger-
man spas towards which the aristocracy of Europe is now
bending its steps, says :—" At the present day at most
watering-places dances take place in most brilliant saloons,
the gilding of which outvios those of monarchs and minis-
ters of state. Every ball is now a dress-ball; a black coat
is indispensable. There may be fewer diamonds or jewels
worn, but the atmosphere is as mephitic, and the etiquette
as rigorous. Balls, however, are not sufficient ; there must
be dramatic entertainments. Ems, Baden, Spa, and Hom-
burg have their comedies. Baden especially has a cosmo-
politan theatre as handsome as any of those that adorn
Paris, where the Pre aux Clerca' is given in French, 'Le
Trovatore' in Italian, and the ' Tannhauser' in German. At
Vichy proverbs are performed. Even little Fecamp has its
scenic amusements. Sometimes, it is true, the sound of
the sea wave is heard there louder than the voice of the
actor. Some fine evening a breeze from the sea may carry
away the roof and scatter the walls, and the ocean will then
serve as one of the decorations. This is not a novel impos-
sibility, for at Nice the back of the theatre was so con-
structed that the canvas being removed that formed it, the
spectators could enjoy a fine coup d' ceil of the Mediterranean
with its floating vessels. One evening the wind chose to
take an active part in the entertainment, rushed in, un-
covered the ladies' heads, blew out the chandeliers, and dis-
persed the audience. The following morning workmen
were called in to stop the aperture, and in future the mana-
ger was satisfied with the scenery provided by the painter.'
ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.—Dr. Lankester, yes-
terday afternoon resumed and concluded an inquiry
at the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, touching the
death of a bricklayer named Wm. Housden, who it was
alleged had been killed in Leather-lane on Tuesday, the 22d
ult. The deceased had been drinking on the day in ques-
tion with a fellow-workman, and about 12 o'clock at night
came out of a publichouse at the corner of Hatton-wall, and
was, according to the evidence of two persons, knocked
down by a man, who ran away. He was immediately taken
to the hospital, and was found to be dead. The case had
been adjourned to enable the police to make inquiries, and
it was now stated that the suspected person could not be
found, although he was known. The question was the
cause of death. Mr. Butt, the house surgeon, had made a
post anortena examination. He found no external marks of
violence, but a rupture of one of the principal arteries of
the brain, which had caused apoplexy and consequent
death. Some of the jury were of opinion that it was a case
of manslaughter, and that the blow which the deceased had
received had caused the death. The coroner said if that
was their opinion they could return a verdict of man-
slaughter or of murder. Mr. Butt was further examined,
and was clearly of opinion that the congestion of the brain
had caused the death. The deceased, it appeared, had been
drinking, and his wife, who was present, said he was not a
drinking man. Some of the jury still adhered to the opinion
expressed. The coroner said he was bound to tell them that
the opinion was against the medical evidence, and whatever
verdict they might give, the police would not be prevented
from investigating the matter. Eventually the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Death from congestion of the brain,
produced by excitement and drunkenness,"
THE BLOCKADE-BREAKING FLEET.—According
to late advices received in Liverpool from Nassau, it appears
that no less than 10 screw steamers had left that port for
the blockaded Confederate ports, The following are the
names of the vessels which have lett Nassau, viz, :—The
Elizabeth, Havelock, Antonica, Pet, Cronstadr,, Ella 'and
Annie, Shins, Hebe, Kate, and Orion.