The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-30 00:00:00

LOUIS PIIILIPPE AT HOME.

(From the Journal de Francfort.)
King Louis Philippe rises every morning at eight o'clock.
His first-Care is to read the letters which are handed him, and
to despatch the most urgent affairs. This done, he procek.ds,
at nine o'clock, to his dressing room, %bete his family are ad-
mittel While the Queen, the Princesses, and their brothers,
are carrying on a conversation, in genet al g,y, animated, and
unreserved, the King shaves ltim7elf, and bestows the most
minute and careful attention to his teeth, which are very white
and regular. 'laving finished
.his toilette, during which he
never ceases to join in conversation with his family, tl.e King
sits down among them, embraces his children, and amuses him-
self greatly with the sallies in ,which they indulge, and to which
he takes.a pleasure in exciting them by his own example.
At ten o'clock the King makes a frugal breakfast. This
meal is of short duration, and generally composed of potatoes,
dressed with great simplicity. On rising from table he gene-
rally visits the masons and builders employed about the chateau,
where works and alterations are almost incessantly gong on.
From these excursions his Majesty frequently returns with his
habiliments coveted with mortar and dust, for he takes great
pleasure in creeping under the scaffoldings and climbing to
the roof, to assure himself that the works are execut.:d in strict
compliance with his orders. He chats with the workmen, who
'are seldom aware that the man with whom they converse so
familiarly is no other than the King of the French.
These excursions terminate at oue, when the Council of Mi-
nisters assembles. The King never fails to be present at their
meetings he Sits down at the common table, takes immediate
possession of a sheet of paper, and, while attentively listening
to the deliberation, he sketches with his pen a variety of figures,
either grotesque or fanciful. In these drawings is observed a
great deal of what our artists call cltique. On the day when
Alibaud attempted to assassinate him, the King had drawn a
group.of aquatic birds, which it is said Fielding would not have
disavowed. The King doses the sitting by recapitulating the
arguments that have been used, and almost always points out
the course to be pursued.
The .Council having broken up, he takes leave of his Minis-
ters, and retires. The latter then dispute with one another
the possession of the sketches that have escaped from the Royal
pen. • These sketches afterwards serve to enrich the albums of
the ladies about the Court, while the artist himself, probably,
little dreams•of the value attached to his performances.

The Kicg next wanders through the Tuileries and Louvre.
He is at present much occupied with the galleries preparing
for the Spanish Museum, which is to be placed in the wing
where the clock is, and in that opposite to the Pont des Arts.
As an ante-chamber to these galleries, there will bed room
fitted up with a variety cf articles belonging to the time of
Henri IV., which have been found in the Tuileries, for Louis
Philip professes a most enthusiastic veneration for the Bear.
naffs. The King often enters the ateliers of the numerous
artists employed stout the Louvre. lhe painters to whom he
appears most partial are Messrs. Alan and Court. The King
sits down with them, examines their designs with the eye of a
connoisseur, pronounces his opinions, which are almost all dic-
tated by sound criticism, and takes evident delight in seeing
his pictures terminated. When he leaves these ateliers he has
been noticed to sigh, and cast a melancholy look on the Place
de Louvre and the quays, recollecting with regret the time
when, with his umbrella under his arm, he wandered unaccom-
panied through the streets of Paris, visiting the buildings in a
state of progress, and almost invariably stopping before the
shops of the dealers in prints and lithographs. About two years
ago an officer of the household attempted to reprimand a cap-
tain of the National Guard, who came all bespattered with
mud to take his place at the Royal table.—" Blame him not,"
said the King. " he's a happy fellow to have it in his power to
mike himself dirty." (Il est bias heureux de pouvoir se crotter
ainsi.
At dinner,the, Queen sits down with her children, her sister-
in-law, and the, gtle,sq who have been invited, without waiting
for the King, who seldom arrives till towards the end of the
repast- He helps himself to a plate of soup, which he frequently
sends away after tasting it, on finding that it has got cold. A
fowl boiled with rice Ipoulet a riz ) is then placed before him ;
this he cuts up with his own hand, and generally cats nearly
the whole of it. He then takes up a bunch of grapes or a
handful of dry fruit, rises from the table, and, *ith his dessert
in his hand, withdraws to an adjoining apartment, where all
the newspapers published in France are laid out for his perusal.
The King very attentively peruses this mass of political dis-
sertations, and seems to find much amusement in the irreverent
jests at his expense, in which the petit journaux so unsparingly
abound. At the time when the Charivari and Caricature
published nearly every day a grotesque representation of the
Royal person, he was often seen to laugh heartily at their
sketches, and in the evening talked of them in his family circle,
at times even showing them about with his own hand. After
he has read the papers the King joins the Queen in her salon,
and receives the persons admitted to the evening reception.
If nothing has happened during the day to disturb his good
humour, his Majesty's conversation is unreserved and highly
instructive. He has seen much, is extremely well informed,
tells a story remarkably well, and takes evident pleasure in do-
ing so. If any foreigner of distinction happens to be admitted
to the circle, the King, who speaks several languages with
great facility, usually addresses him in his native tongue, and
the manner with which he does this is calculated to gain the
hearts even of those least disposed to be favourable to him.
Louis Philippe, it must not he forgotten, is a man of the most
strict morality. Never has he afforded an opportunity to the
most audacious calumny to breathe even an indirect insinuation
against his p'rivat• life. He is kind and full of amenity to all
who are employed in his service, but he is strict in exacting
from theca the most punctual performance of their several du-
ties. The most perfect order and cleanliness must prevail
every where around him, and any infringement of these rules
is sure to draw down upon the offender a reproof, not the less
painful for being pronounced with temperance.
At ten the King retires to his own apartment, undresses, puts
on his di essing-gown, and often works till two or three in the
morning. He never, by any chance, affixes his signature to
any document without having first ascertained the nature of its
contents. He takes notes of every thing, and classifies these
notes according to a method of his on n, intending to facilitate
future reference. To every sentence of death the King de-
votes the most religious attention ; every document connected
with the trial must be submitted to him, he studies them in a
most conscientious manner, and never signs them till he has
acquired a perfect conviction of the guilt of the assassin.
If his work is finished at an early hour, the King repairs to
the Queen's apartment ; if not a lit de camp is prepared for
him, the hardness of which must remind the Royal k:e;ser of
the couch of the Professor of Reicheneau.

A Reform Society has been established at Burton-
on-Trent, to co-operate with the Central Soci.ty in aiding
the interest of refoim in North Staffordshire.—Leicesiterslizre
Mercury.

The Stamford Tories, in order to carry on their
views of exclusive dealing to the fullest extent, have published
the Municipal poll books I—Leicestetshire Mercury.

In reply to the inquiry of the Spectator, " what arc
they doing in Glasgow about the Ballot ?" the Glasg,-,w
Argus, received this morning, mentions that the editor of that
journal has received a model of Mr. Grote's Ballot-box from
Mr. J. Erskine Murray, and that it is to be publicly exhi-
bited. He also recommends that district meetings be imme-
diately called to petition Parliament to adopt Mr. Grote's
plan It will probably be found that Lord John Russell has
supplied a lodg's postscript to ilia meeting's proceedings.—
Spectator.

A man, a perfect stranger at Holsworthy, undertook
for a bet of a few half crowns with different persans, to dig
twenty bags of potatoes in one day. This he set about on the
16th instant, in a• field of Mr. Emanuel Petherick's, and com-
pleted the task in about six hours, and has offered to make a
similar bet that he will dig twenty-six bags in a day. He
says he is from Dorsetshire, and the same person who dug the
astonishing quantity of thirty bags in a day, at or near Tops-
ham last year. Last week, a labouring man, in the parish of
Ilsington, in this county, dug and filled twenty-six bags of po-
tatoes in one day. So abundant was the crop, grown in a
very rich old soil, that he stated his belief that he should have
numbered thirty begs had he made the attempt.—Devonport
Telegraph.

Information having been received at Hatton-
garden Police-offisT that Mr. William Weatherly Heartly,
formerly a collector of taxes, was in custody on civil process
in York Castle, an officer was despatched to bring him up to
London. The officer immediately on his arrival in town
brought his prisoner to Ha! ton-garden, from whence, after
undergoinp a short examination .(which was attended by the
parish authorities of St, Pancras), he was remanded for a
week. The prisoner exhibited deep dejection, and held his
handkerchief to his face during the whole time.
The Bishow of Winchester has appointed the 7th
of December for the performance of the ceremony of conse-
crating the ground of the South Metropolitan Cemetery at
Norwood. The works have proceeded with great rapidity.
and theacompetition with the Harrow-road establishment will
commence immediately after the consecration. The extent
of the ground is 41 acres, exactly the same size as the Great
Western Cemetery. The Bill authorising the construction
of the South Metropolitan Cemetery was obtained in Ms,
1836, and the works were commenced last' February. The
ground, which is beautifully situuted, is surrounded with a
lofty wall and railing, and the plantations are nearly com-
pleted. The Episcopal catacombs are almost finished. and
an Episcopal and a Dissenting chapel will be immediately
erected.

CHARLES LAMB.—Lamb, it is well known, was
remarkable for bis niauvaise honte on a first introduction to
strangers ; and he had also a singular faculty, whets in the vein
for punning, of throwing a merry conceit even into a mono-
syllabic exclamation. On one occasion, hi-Abend T----,
just as he was about to present him to a eireltr6 f new faces,
exhorted him to a courageous bearing, concluding with—
•' Now, will you promise, Lamb, not to make- yourself so
sheepish as usual ?" Charles replied, with a rustic air, " I
woo/1" " The force of punning can no farther go !" cri-d
his laughing friend. " Say you so ?" stammered Lamb,
Bah;" _ _

On Wednesday last Mr. Hoofe, architect of the
West ',Middlesex Waterworks Tunnel under the Thames at
Chiswick, performed the ceremony of opening the works by
p„501,,,, through the aperture himself, together with his three
sons. The tunnel is formed of sixty-eight pipes, each of
which is nine feet in length, and
three feet in diameter, and
now abundantly bu nv eys water to the Middlesex side from
Surrey, where there are reservoirs thirty acres in exteut, for
,the purification of that important article. Mr. Hoofe has the
merit not only of having prqjeetoti and accomplished this
work, but also 0f being the Arst matt that ever wAllsvi itn4er
the Thames. part of Which. task hp was obliged to perform
upon his hands and knees. Tile time oceupied in passing
through was eio.lll tAlaules wad a quarter.

SUPPOSED it OF MR•
M'DONALD.-EXTRAORDINARY

(From the Ayr Advertiser of ThurgPaL). Glasgow,
0,, the 26th of October last, being the Fast-day
on,
_loop
per! er. pp
Mr. Angus M-Donald, watchmaker there, a
40 and 45 years of age, and of very temperate haf,174,:22e,`,15.
board the New Dumbarton steamer, at Dumbarton, for
(sore, and having been presumed to have hechnutlaiiii:a.evdinga_
n:7l,
ratter place along with the other passengers, soon
since been heard of, while property that was in
was offered for sale in his own shop, strong suspicions ar s
wilco of
his haViag been waylaid aod muraered ; in conscwq
recently
which the Lord Provost and magistrates of Giese
°should gile
offered a reward of fifty geineas to any one who
of the foal
such information as should convict the perpetrators
shoal._
d tbe
deed. " Blood will be out," says the proverb, and
d to stIOPIY
1.1 i! possoe_u
clue to that inhuman murder which we are enabled t° a
p.ave true, it will serve to confirm its vetity.
pri-
soner in our gaol this week, who cenfessed
have
e°9-
of the murderers, and to have taken an active hand
cealieg the body of the unfortunate
victim.
t he h3'114"
exitted as to the truth of the prisoner's statement,
contradicted himself upon several mince points in his n false.
llis statement, however, is most extraordinary, true ore _hick
If true, it proves the irresistible- power of conseeee.ea.s, ", it is
We
been one
led to such a disclosure even while not invited. IS:Inileed(:111-ta
no less extraordinary that any person should claim t.o._
iire
patty in a guilt at which all shudder, and which places 11.2ateif
in danger, guilty or innocent. But in this case, f Hlo
for justice, but unhappily for the wretched criminal, her's„
details connected with the awful crime, and of his circa%
stances, state of mind, and apparel, gives evidence so strongly
corroborative of the truth of his disclosure as could have
affwded only by a party to the horrid deed. The disclosure
referred referred to and circumstances connected with it arc as follow
—On the night of Saturday last, the 18th instant, *1 e.aiiie
Ayr town-guard were going their rounds, attended bys.7_etg,
the trl:' A
Cowan, they came upon two fellows boxing in
both of whom they were proceeding to take into
aftlesotue°putll
when the one named Sword, a well-known character, -Ir. •
the attention of the guard to his companion,
" That's a thief, he has stolen a watch and pawned After
Waugh's, the old clothsman, at the back of the isle. t the
some inquiry the guard proceeded to Waugh's, g
e° lock-
- watch, liberated Sword, and took his companion to 6°
sd or,
up. On Sunday morning he was conveyed to the gaobyliteaw of
Mr. Mann, chief constable, visiting him, with the , bier
ca it
bringing out the theft of the watch, he at once identifien of
es John Roney, an old offender, who had been connvieleos
theft by the Sheriff of Ayrshire three years ago, when ebdelsha
sentenced to six months imprisonment in Ayr gaol ; ,lcateea
had not long been liberated from a sentence of °le April
mortis-, impti onment :passed upon him at the Glasow, sone
Circuit of 1836. On being questioned he confesteu_rsioo
petty thefts in the neighbourhood, but betrayed much &eruct,
to allude to how the watch came into his possessien—in
_b
he has not yet admitted it. On being pressed to confee:
_ll
said he had a reason for not doing so ; when it flashed
fPtvhe
the mind of the chief constable that this m; ht be 000 °re
watches of Mr. M'Donald, of Glasgow, who had been this
demi. On putting the question to the prisoner he hune_ton
head, and said, " Yes, it is." The chief constable and tr. 1%,,,
who both heard him, were horror-struck. What," saidla°o-, •
" are you one of the murderers of M'Donald ?" " Yes, I
replied Roney, I was of the party ;we meant to rob
as I have God to answer to we did not intend to murder Trill,
We dogged him all day, with the intention of robbing °11%.0
but we never meant to murder him." He then stated 'uo
being in Dumbarton with an accomplice, on Glasgow fast-dull
they saw Angus M'Donald there, and suspecting he day,
have money and jewels on his person they dogged biro nice,
followed him on board the steam-boat, left it at IClP,atsaa.
and a"terwards crossed the ferry along with him W u°. ht,
They saw him into a public-house there, at ten o'clock ale,
and waited on him nearly an hour till he came out ; and, v./ to
about one hundred yards from the house they attacked 1311.Lf
rob him of his property ; but Mr. M'Donald making a 4°1160
res:stance than was anticipated was killed in the scuflies•
parties then disposed of the booty, and carried the Dello
within a quarter of a mile of Glasgow, where they left it'
returning with another male and female accomplice they cola
ried Mr. M'Donald betwixt them, as if he were drunk, r° hbe
the outside of Gorbals to Rutherglen, where they threi •
body into an old coal-pit. In proof of the truth of thin atll:t
ment Roney stripped off one pair of trowsers, showing t 1
ith
he had another pair underneath, which were marked It to
blood in several places ; and stated that in the strugho
M'Donald grasped him by the throat and tore the neck °'
' shirt he wore, which he exchanged at the shop of a Prase
broker in Wallacetown of Ayr. The chief constable, t° the' certain this fact, went to the pawnbroker's, where he get eke
shirt, which was torn at the neck as described, and bore Ina' id
of blood on the breast and wristbands, which the prisoner Tie
was " poor M'Donald's blood." On hearing this awful
pa
closure, our chief constable instantly repaired to Glasgow, .
communicated the facts to the police establishment 00,6;
but for a time some doubt prevailed amongst the chief of at
body whether Roney's story were true ; because, if so, it we„a,
to throw discredit on other information they had reeel°:e,
which pointed to others as the guilty parties. In the Ine7,e
time Mr. Mann returned to Ayr, with instructions to 11:0,'
Roney detained, aid Captain Miller, Superintendent of Pie
lice in Glasgow, came here on Tuesday, and with 13210
Cowan visited the prisoner in the gaol ; and so satisfied w,,0
L Captain Miller, after examining Roney, that his tale of I"ts
foul deed was but too true that he carried him off-so Glasna
by the Telegraph coach yesterday morning, accompanied
Mr. Mann, chief constable.
Roney, who made the above disclosure, hal just comP-2tec
his eighteen months' imprisonment in Glasgow Bridewell (I_ll
the day previous to the Glasgow fast, and left GlasgoW
the Sunday following. Ile says he is a native of Stratbaceoll
and is about five feet five inches in height, slender made,
of fair complexion. The principal contradiction in hie nartije
tive regards the watch which he had in his possession- do
at first said it was one of M'Donald's watches, but afterward,
stated that he had exchanged it with a packman in Crooke;
holm of Kilmarnock, on Saturday last, for two of M'Donald
In reality it turns out to be a watch which, it is strongly std
eected, he hal stolen from a house in Crookedholm, 161°/ar-
es
nock, on the morning mentioned, he having been the° s'
cortcd thither on his way out of the town by the Kilrnaf°°.elt
-b
police, who had failed to prove another charge of theft 141'e
they had preferred against him.
On a further disclosure he admitted mis-statements 05t.„°,
minor matters, in reference to the place where the crime s,-,1
committed and to where the body is concealed, but adhett
to his original confession of the murder.

A !nag story, entitled " Extraordinary Disclosure of
Murder of Mr. Angus M'Donald," appeared the other day Ito
the columns of the .Ayr Advertiser, and has been copied la
ther newspapers, stating that a person of the name of to-
Roney, lately a prisoner in Ayr Jail, had confessed being -hat
corned in the murder and robbery of Mr. M'Donald, B"°j.
whose unaccountable disappearance so much has been 15 ,
We did not copy the account, because we were quit° c°ll,oo
vinced, from various circumstances, that Roney Oh° rs
in our Police °film) for some reason or other was atteraPtrue
-d..
to hoax the authorities. We have just seen a letter,llie
dressed to Captain Miller, by a respectable individual
Strathaven, who appears to know the fellow well.
in substance The whole story which Roney has toldwe,
garding the murder I have not the slightest doubt is a d°
ud
right falsehood. He is one of the greatest thieves, liars, Ile,
swindlers upon the face of the earth ; has been tried efvteer
and was sentenced to eighteen months hard labour i°
Bridewell, at the Spring Circuit, 1836, for theft. Tae It
day he got out he commenced swindling and stealing' b
may seem strange that he should accuse himself of sleep
crime, but you may depend upon it the fellow has some
bale
design in this, for he is as cunning as a fox. He IllaYarisd,
thought that such a confession would ensure his beiergeeirotie
up and down, and give him a chance of escape. i
a cable's length he would not be easily caught, as be rlla,
ef'
like a Mohawk ;—or he may have done the trick for the Poo
pose of bring thought insane. At all events he is a rug
soundrel."—!Glasgow Herald.

On Monday last, a butcher left his horse and Of;
in charge of a lad outside the Insolvent Debtors' Court' d,
sPtaorrttiunggalo-fr.strkeento,cwkehdenthseudldaednityo thethe animalgroued t, o oakn
df ril7 h t, heel
tne.
,vr..occ,
went over his abdomen. Several persons ran to his assists`
Thomas, the street-keeper of St. Clement's parish, (' on
fv,Hluechoesehidlitecottarhise,e
where
damagea boynhed
examining him, ordered his instant removal to Charing-tate,
stlsf
near Drury-lane Theatre, from whiicn:
Between eleven and twelve o'clock on ThuLrooe,
night a cabriolet drew up to the door of a well-known ",ited,
re:al,o..riatie:wpenesronnewer
happened,
t.eroeopnnreiidnn
istnhe neighbourhood, vvhoc,ross
both attired in deep mourning ; they both entered, and _' be
private interview with the proprietor, and in a short tirnoekia
(the proprietor) sent one of his waiters to endeavourst
0" is
iatnwcvooel ury's
gentlemen d:-ge7(1:51 :lard° 1 .°A
a young female, (who for the last ten days has been aeeanc°
the neighbourhood, whose beauty and elegant *reales of
have caused an extraordinary sensation among the femo desire
a certain description), and, should he be successful, t
t_e_ep
her to come immediately to the above house, as two gene i_b":3o
wished particularly to see her. The waiter returned i
s,..Horof
half an hour, and reported that he had been successful ;.
_ued to
after twelve G'clock she arrived, and was at once introduce ii,„
the gentlemen (her brothers). On entering tho room con ,a!
happyinstantly sent for, and in a short time she recov!reu'unfortn"
young lady went into violent hysterics, a surgeon The
melancholy part of the sequel remains to be told—the
of rank,
nate young lady is the youngest daughter of a f•••.milwYt.orn sho
and was eeduced by an officer in the army, wit,' "she re,
eloped, 'hut who, after effecting her ruin, left l'r' girl, and
turned home with her brothers ;_. she is a beautiful
will not be 18 years of age until January next.
driver Di
On Tuesday ni(tht of the 11th ult., the set
nt to ~,
-
one of the Blackheath coaches stopped for a m..orn,--ane. wbi..
gdeeinetglesmeanaddorewhngnreeaert theeat
wSuasrrsetyeleCeaenffal
tillo.V,,,:y.rn Jenifeogrt.ndo:
tion of the robbery was given on the follovviel,sbarn p i!oen,
James Biggs, ono of the Blackheath and Le!`
t::btLrnoci,w1;:110)::. ,
Wednesday morning, as he (Biggs) was enin:.t, coat on;n3
he saw a cabman'in the Kent road with the CI!
had been stolen. Biggs called •to him (tb.e
asked what he Biggs) should give to drive 1131.11,,,.5 got 11,',,,0,..
" i'll take you( for 4s. 6d." was the reply • .I,n'ir,,ith 8" 'the
desired to be driven to the Lion anal Lamb ' (who galent-
sihle speed. On their arrival, the cabrarwa„..cotirt,rioier,
road), was thunderstruck on being told had 0,
silting
name of Goorao Cock, living at No. 5, be was a pile via-4
and was suspected of stealing the coat he
immediately taken before the Magair.
up stairs in Petry Sessions, and lerli
in Surrey.
the rebbery having been committed ates,hewbeoasierreeivail jed,