The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-08 00:00:00

Between the years 1791 and 1838, inclusive, the
amount of men drafted for the maintenance of the
French army was 13,392,000. Under the expiring
Monarchy, from 1791 to 1792, 1,270,000 men were
supplied ; from the Bth March, 1793, to the 22d August,
1798, there were 5,992,000 under the Directory, from
1798 to 1799, 860,000 ; under the Empire from the
sth August, 1804 to 1814, 3,865,000 ; under the Re-
storation, from 1818 to the 28th July, 1830, 722,000 ;
lastly, under the younger branch of the Bourbons, from
the I 1 th December, 1830, to 1838 inclusive, 640,000.
From these statements the average yearly supply of
men would appear to have been 291,317.
A large number of Englishmen who had taken
service in Don Carlos's army have within the last few
days passed though Rennes, returning to England by
St. Mato and Jerssy.—French Paper.
Germany has recently lost one of her most
learned writers upon music in the person of M. Gott-
fried Theodore von Weber, who died last month at
Crcutznach, in Prussia, at the age of fifty-four. M. von
Weber was a near relation of the celebrated Carl Maria
von Weber. Notwithstanding his avocations as State
Attorney-General in the High Court of Appeal of
Darmstadt, be has left eighteen works on music, among
which his " Theory of Composition" is considered the
best published on that subject in Germany, He had
also taken an active part in the editing of the musical
periodical which is published at Dresden under the title
of " Saint Cecilia."
FONTAINEBLEAU FACETLFE.---Odry has made
his adieu to the camp of Fontainebleau in brilliant style.
.After, several other calembourgs, the other evening, he
.asked his interlocutor on the stage, " Mon cher ami,
quel est le pays ou l'on pause le mieux les chevaux ?...
En France, its sent bien traites ; au camp de Fontaine-
bleau surtout, on lea pause a merveille...Mais, en An-
gleterre I" And, not being answered, he added, "Tu
me demandes pourquoi ? C'est qu'i Londres, au coin
des rues, sur tousles murs, on lit sans cesse ces mois—
Honi soil qui mai y pence 1" Among the quaint in-
scriptions over the doors of the kitchens of the camp at
Fontainebleau occurs the following
" Que le vent souffle au nord, ou qu'il souffl
C'est toujours du bouilli, mais jamais du roti."
SUlClDE.—'three persons (two females and a
male) were on Monday held to bail by the Union hall
police Magistrates for attempting to drown themselves
ie the river. One of them had selected London Bridge,
a second Waterloo, and the third some intermediate
spot, from which to put an end to themselves.
FlRES.—During the last week no fewer than
forty fires happened in the metropolis and its adjacent
vjcinities. The extent of property destroyed is very
grea't, amounting to several thousand pounds sterling,
about one-half of which is insured.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.--011 Monday morning
as a butcher named Martin, with another man, was
banging upon a hook the carcase of a sheep they had
been slaughtering in Newgate-market, the carcase
slipped from its hold, when .jartin in his attempt to
seize it fell upon his companion's knife, the blade of
which ran into his right arm between the shoulder and
elbow, separating the arteries. He was conveyed to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, and it is feared amputation of
the limb will be obliged to be had recourse to.
THE TEA TRADE, 'MONDAY.—The deliveries
of this article, in consequence of the approaching public
sales, rather fell off last week, amounting only to
360,6001b5. At the auctions, which commenced to.
day, 2,605,0581b5. are to be offered. As far as they
have proceeded the biddings have been brisk and the
attendance numerous • 12,000 packages were offered,
and 4,000 sold. ; 1,000 were afterwards taken by private
contract. The range of prices was Id. per lb. higher
for all descriptions.
BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.---The first granite
stone, weighing eight tons, of the last pier requiring to
be re-clothed was laid on the first instant ; so these te-
dious works, and the inconveniences caused by the ob-
structions, may shortly be expected to be terminated.
On Wednesday the Duke of Buccleuch, accompanied
by Lord William Thynne and Mr. Walker, the engi-
neer, descended the long steep ladders into the cof-
ferdam, to the depth of many feet under the bed of the
river, and thirty feet under high water, and appeared to
derive pleasure from an examination of the state and
quality of the old and new work, and the means adopted
for securing the foundations and the new facing the
piers and arches with granite.
The Tweed salmon fishings, we regret to state,
continue very unproductive. The number of what are
called beach trouts, which usually enter the river from
the sea at this period in great abundance, is this year
remarkably limited. The season, which closes on Tues-
day week, will be found to have been an exceedingly
poor one throughout.—Berwick Warder.