The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-18 00:00:00

THE QUEEN.

We copy the following queer story from a Sunday news-
paper :—" Mr. the gentleman whom we mentioned
as labouring under the delusion that he was one day
destined to possess her Majesty's hand, has, since the
Queen's accession to the throne, occasioned her consider-
able annoyance. Every day, until her Majesty's departure
for the new palace on Thursday last, Mr. has been
a constant attendant at Kensington Palace, inquiring at the
grand entrance the state of the Queen's health, and endea-
vouring to get in, for the purpose of writing his name in the
visiting book. On one occasion ho succeeded in doing so,
but the moment it was discovered a pen was drawn through
the autograph, which, by some means, he obtained a know-
ledge of, when he became greatly excited against Sir J—
C—, and uttered threats loud and deep' against the
Gallant Baronet. On the day following his discovering it,
he observed Sir J— C— crossing the palace-green, when
he became so outrageous, that Shaw, the porter at the gate
leading into Kensington-gardens, threatened to take him
into custody. On several days, since the death of his late
Majesty, Mr. has been actively engaged in assisting
the workmen in weeding the piece of water in Kensington-
gardens, which is opposite the windows of the apartments
occupied by the Queen and the Duchess of Kent, in the
hope of obtaining a sight of her Majesty ; and on each even-
ing has he been waiting in his phaeton, in the Uxbridge-
road, her Majesty's carriage emerging from the private road
in Kensington-gardens, when he would it in whichever direc-
tion it might proceed. On last Monday evening, which
was the last time the Queen took an airing up the Har-
row-road, her Majesty, after proceeding some distance,
alighted, with her illustrious mother, for the purpose of
walkingc, for a few minutes ; but scarcely had she done so,
before Mr. 's phaeton was observed advancing to-
wards them, out of which he immediately sprang, apparently
with the intention of accosting them. The Duchess of Kent,
on perceiving him, instantly directed one of her pages to
request Mr. would not annoy her Majesty, but
again enter his phaeton and drive off. Mr. -- re-
fused to do so, when the royal party immediately re-entered
their carriage, and returned to Kensington Palace, followed
by the Queen's pertinacious admirer. On Thursday last,
when her Majesty left Kensington Palace, Mr. -- was
noticed being most vociferous in his demonstrations of
loyalty on the Queen's entering her carriage, which she had
no sooner done, than he rushed out of the court-yard, and
running at full speed down the avenue, and, jumping into
his phaeton, preceded the royal cortege to the new palace
at Pimlico, since which he has deserted Kensington.
" On the day following the publication of the 2d instant,
a gentleman was sent by Mr. --'s connections, for the
purpose of advising his return home, but he was unsuccess-
ful in his endeavours."

A JEWISH METHOD OF BRINGING UP BOYS
PROFESSIONALLY.—When the breakfast was cleared away, the
me: Ty old gentleman and the two boys played at a very curious
and uncommon game, which was performed in this way :
The merry old gentlemen, placing a snuff-box in one pocket
of his trousers, a note-case in the other, and a watch in his
waistcoat pocket, with a guard-chain round his neck, and•stick-
ing a moci( diamond pin in his shirt, buttoned his coat tight
round hint, and, putting his spectacle-case and handkerchief in
the pockets, trotted up and down the room with a stick, in imi-
tation of the manner in which old gentlemen calla about the
streets every hour in the day. Sometimes he stopped at the
fire-place, and sometimes at the door, making belief that he
was staring with all his might into shop-windows. At such
times he would look constantly round him for.fear of thieves,
and keep slapping all his pockets in turn, to see that he had'nt
lost anything, in such a very funny and natural manner, that
Oliver laughed till the tears ran down his face. All this time
the two boys followed him closely about, getting out of his
sight so nimbly every time he turned round, that it was im-
possible to follow their motions. At last the Dodger trod
upon his toes, or ran upon his boot accidentally, while Charley
Bates stumbled up against him behind; and in that one mo-
ment they took from him with the most extraordinary rapidity,
snuff-box, note-case, watch-guard, chain, shirt-pin, pocket-
handkerchief—even the spectacle-case. If the old gentleman
'felt a hand in any one of his pockets, he cried out where it
was, and then the game began all over again.—Oliver Twist,
by " Boz," in Bentley's M.scellany.

DESTRUCTIVE ACTION OF COPPER ON INK.—
The Directors of the Bengal Bank lately refused payment of
a number of bank notes, in consequence of their being without
any signature. It appeared that they belonged to a Hindoo,
who had kept them in a copper box. He asserted that they
originally possessed the signature of the director, comptroller,
cashier, &c., but that they had disappeared—he could not tell
how. Mr. Prinsep, conjecturing that the ink had been acted
on by the copper of the box in which the notes were kept,
placed a paper written upon with English ink between two
pieces of copper. After a short space of time, he found that
the copper had decomposed the ink, and that the writing was
completely effaced. He concluded that the statement of the
Hindoo was correct, and recommended the bank not to refuse
payment. The same destructive action is stated not to take
place when China ink is employed.—Mechanics' Magazine.
The number of visiters to the Horticultural Gardens
during the three fete days, exclusive of members and exhibitors,
was 15,270. Of these 550 were in May, 8,535 in June, and
6,135 last Tuesday. The number of persons present was con-
siderably less than in the previous year; the great deficiency
in May arising from the extremely unpropitious state of the
weather, and the present month, from the death of his late
Majesty, and the necessary postponement of the fete to a less
favourable day.

GRIM ALDI.--In his provincial tours, Grimaldi was
always fortunate. On one occasion, in three or four weeks,
he realised about 1,0001. Oa his return to town he invested
it in the funds in the name of his wife, presenting it to her for
his " welcome home." On another tour he employed his
profits in the purchase of the shares he held until his death
in Sadler's Wells theatre. He was careful, it may also be
said, penurious, in his habits ; he was like Bottom the Weaver,
" slow of study," taking five or six weeks to mellow himself in
one of his songs. Until he had become so, he used,to bring
in a large sheet, on which the words were inscribed, and, to
use his own phrase, " ax their leave to sing it to paper."
This was his constant custom at the Islington, but he never
did so at the Covent Garden theatre. He for many years
played Clown, first at Sadler's Wells, and then hurried to
Covent Garden in a hackney-coach, where he played Clown
a second time ; and, on one occasion, he added to these two
efforts the performance of the same character at the Circus
on the same evening. No strength could have borne up
against such assaults; and Grimaldi's early decreptitude was
no doubt induced by too great muscular exertion, and by colds
caught night after night, in transits whilst from one playhouse
to the other. —New Monthly Magazine.

On Monday last, while the people employed at Mr.
Christie's brick and tile work, Shore, Stirling-, were digging
some clay, they encountered something hard, which proved to
be a deer's head and antlers in a perfect state of preservation.
Each antler has six tines upon it, all as perfect as when they
stood upon the animal. The height of the antler by the con-
vex line is three feet five inches, and at the top, the point of
the outermost tines are distant from each other two feet eight
inches. One half also of the lower jaw-bone, with the teeth
attached, and in a state of perfect preservation, was found at
the same place. The head seems to have belonged to the red
deer species, once so common in Scotland, and not yet alto-
gether extinct, but is larger than those commonly seen now.
It was found in the substratum of blue clay, ten or eleven feet
below the surface, and the antlers were pointing downwards.—.
Scotsman.

Iu no town in the kingdom have the advantages of
Municipal Corporation Reform been less felt than in Dover.
It is now seven years since any thing in the shape of an account
has been got from the old Tory corporators ; and that docu-
ment which was wrung from them almost per force by the in-
habitants, exhibited a fearful picture of profligate expenditure.
It showed that in the space of ten years preceding, the enor-
mous sum of 8,2451. had been squandered in jobs, the utility
of which were more than questionable.--Dover Chronicle.

On Saturday an inquest was held at the Royal Oak
Inn Harrow, on view of the body of Miss Jane Page, a fine
girl, aged 12 It appeared that the deceased was the daughter
of a respectable farmer : on Wednesday evening last her pa-
rents left her in charge with the younger branches of the fa-
mily. Whilst getting the tea, her clothes unhappily caught
fire ; her screams brought some neighbours to her assistance,
who, with great difficulty and danger to themselves, succeeded
in extinguishing the flames, but not before the poor girl was so
frightfully scorched as to cause her death in a few hours.—
Verdict " Accidental death." Another inquest was then held
before the same Coroner, on view of the body of Lucy Clay-
ton, aged four years. The deceased, who was playing, with
other children, on the banks of the Paddington Canal, fell in,
and, before assistance could be obtained, was drowned.—Ver-
diet, " Accidentally drowned."
ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND SWALLOWED.—
The Barbadoes West Indian, of May 11, received Saturday,
states the following, which will grieve many a juvenile and
other reader :—" Juan Fernandez. This lovely Island, on
which Alexander Selkirk was cast away, and thus gave rise to
the novel of Robinson Crusoe, was swallowed up by the re-
cent earthquake, which destroyed a great portion of Chili, in
South America."