The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-29 00:00:00

DELUGE THE SECOND.

Some people have a notion that London is the only
place where one suffers from disagreeable weather, at
least that there is no such inconvenience at Paris. The
document that we are about to give would seem to tell
somewhat against these worthy Gallo-maniacs, for,
though it be but a joke, we all know there must be a
foundation, more or less, for the best joke that ever was
perpetrated. Moreover, in this case the joke originates
in Paris, and may, therefore, be presumed to be not
altogether groundless, We ought perhaps to explain to
the uninitiated that the name of "Je-les-serre," or, as
one should say vernacularly, " Mr. Squeeze-um," is
merely a pen-acoustic on that of M. Gabriel Delessert,
the Prefect of Police ; for in Paris the Ministers are the
squeezers, and not the squeezees, as they are in England,
teste Mr. Waley, M.P.

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Now for the proclamation by the French police, as Iva
find it in the Charivari :

" WC, GABRIEL JE-LES-SERRE, &C. &C.,
" Considering that in consequence of the good fortune
that seems peculiarly to belong to the existing order of
things,' as the official complimentary addresses call it,
blessings have for some time past been poured down on
our cities and fields with an abundance calculated to re-
joice the hearts of all umbrella-makers ;

" Considering that, thanks to the zeal and vigilance of
the police, and of the authorities charged with the ad-
ministration of the sewers, the streets of the polished,
but unswept, capital of the civilized world have become
streams and rivers, and the squares so many lakes and
Mediterranean seas ; . _

"That the street is no longer, as formerly, the princi-
pal, and the kennel the accessory ; but that the kennel
is the principal, and the street the accessory ;
" That Paris becomes more and more liquid, and that
there is, for the time being, nothing solid remaining—
not even the cobbled-up Cabinet of the 13th of May ;
" Considering it ought to be our duty to oppose soma
barrier to this inundation which threatens to swallow
up everything ;
" That for such purpose it has seemed best to us to
apply to the sub-marine capital of the civilized world
the laws and regulations at present in force, in reference
to all irrigations, inundations, navigations, canals, sluices,
marshes, fens, &c., &c.,
" Have decreed and do decree as follows :
" SPECIAL ENACTMENTS.

... "
Art. 1. All proprietors of the conveyances called
' omnibus'shall be obliged-to exchange their vehicles for
boats—tbe conductors to take the title of ' Pilots.'

" Art. 2. All fiacres, citadines, cabriolets, &c., shall
be transformed into gondolas.' The drivers shall be
denominated Boatmen.'

" Art. 3. The foregoing regulations shall equally ap•
ply to private carriages, such as cabriolets, britschkas,
landaus, &c. The owners shall be at liberty to give
what nautical names they please to their boats and
crews, as well as to the embroidered chasseurs who may
be stationed on the poops.
" Art. 4. All steam-boats, gondolas, and other boats,
employed as means of transits through the streets—that
is to say, the rivers—of Paris, shall retain their present
names.

" Art. 5. The stations where conveyances may ply for
hire shall be fixed hereafter ; they shall be called' ports'
and ' harbours ;' and those of the eabrielets de regie shall
be denominated ' roadsteads.'

" Art. 6. Every steam-boat traversing the boulevards
(or estuaries) must be provided with a lifeboat. For
gondolas and smaller craft a Newfoundland dog will be
held sufficient.

" Art. 7. The street lamps shall be replaced by light-
houses, and coachmakers by caulkers.

" GENERAL ENACTMENTS.

" Art. 1. It is forbidden to fish with a line in the
streets of Paris, even from the doorway or window,
unless a licence shall have been previously obtained
under the regulations relating to rivers.
" Art. 2. Every citizen shall have a right to wash his
linen in the streets of Paris, provided he do so from
some window of his house, no matter on which story.
" Done and liquidated at Paris, on board the galley
of the Prefecture of Police, in the aquatic year 1839.
(Signed) " JE-LES-SERRE.
" Approved by us, Minister of Marine.
(Signed) " DUPERRE."

" APPEND'IX:—IC seems—thanks always to the en-

lightened protection of the citizen-authorities--that the
fields and roads of the department have nothing to boast
of against the streets of tEc capital on the subject of
inundation. It has gone so far, indeed, that travellers
who do not know how to swim, make their wills before
they embark—for that is the proper phrase ; and the
Society for Assurance from Shipwrecks is at a loss how
far to relax its rules."

VIENNA, Nov. 17.—Prince Paul Esterhazy
is very shortly expected back from London.
MR. BREMNER'S NEW TRAVELS IN THE
NORTH OF EUROPE.—We are requested to state that
Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this
day published " Excursions in Denmark, Norway, and
Sweden, with Notices of the State of Public Opinion
in those Countries, and Anecdotes of their Courts," by
Robert Bremner, Esq., Author of " Excursions in the
Interior of Russia," &c., in 2 vols. Bvo., with portraits,
28s. bound. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and
Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming.
Dublin. To be had of all Booksellers throughout the
Kingdom.
PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT.— The
forthcoming number of Colburn's " New Monthly
Magazine " for December, we observe is to be embel-
lished with a fine portrait of Prince Albert, of Saxe
Cobourg-Gotha. As the public curiosity to become
acquainted with the form and semblance of this fa-
vourite of fortune is naturally great, a more opportune
time than the present could not have been chosen for
giving to the purchasers of this popular periodical such
a desirable memorial of the future husband of our
Queen. The literary contents of the Number give
promise of as much variety as amusement. Among
many other articles by distinguished writers, are " Fo-
reign Morality," by Theodore Hook ; " Madeline,' by
the Countess of Blessington ; " An Oddity of the
Seventeenth Century," by Mrs. Gore ; Mrs. Trollope's
Jan.
Story
18 ofo a
Blanchard.,
) 8
•• Widow Married ;" the continuation of the interesting
.. Memoir of Home, the author of Douglas ;" and
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—I walked out to the temple of Pih-tee Poo-sa," The
great northern deity," where was a large concourse of
theirwers hi pp e
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brought
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panrodstpraotrikon,
sanwderveegeotvaebrl,est agshtfiilnlesdmawlilt
bhastkhee stsnae
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ileayndtoofiksh,alwvahyichw,itahrtetrhetinhe,
They had, moreover, candles, and the fragrant matches
which have been mentioned, and gilt paper. These
were consumed, whilst part of the wine was poured
into a trough before the altar, or thrown on the
ground. One poor woman came with an offering of
pork and green peas—she had neither fowl nor fisl:.
When the worshipper throws his flaming paper co
the metal altar, an attendant in the temple beats a
large drum, and strikes a bell, as if to rouse the at-
tention of the god to what is offered ; this, however,
was omitted for the poor woman. Several of the wor-
shippers muttered a prayer on their knees ; and others,
while standing. took up a crooked piece of wood, like a
cow's born, divided lengthwise, threw it down again
and again, till it fell in a posture that they wished, or
thought ominous of good. There is nothing social in
their worship, nor any respect shown by those who are
not engaged. One is praying, another talking and
laughing, a third cleaning utensils, &c. As in every
idolatrous country, there appear to be here favourite
i deities, as well as particular times for the worship of one
in preference to another. Hence many of the temples
are quite deserted, whilst Pih-tee Poo:sa was crowded,
smoked, smutted, and almost burnt out of his dwelling
—2l2moirs of the Life and Labours of Robert Marti-
! son, D.D.