The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-20 00:00:00

It is recorded of i\liralicau, that, irritated one (la,'
iat the bad faith of Mad..rne Jay, he said to her,
Jay, if probity did not exist we ought to invent it, as the beg
means of getting rich." Mad_arn;
The old :aying, that people seem seldom to apple
!date the value of a thing till they are threatened with the I°s'
!of it, was exemplified in the immense crowd (greatly exceed;r'''
!the usual number) that flocked to Primrose hill and the EV
cent fields on Sunday afternoon and evening. . .
Last week, a man named Matheson, residing 01 '
cottage on the property of the Chisholm, Inverness-shire, di':
at the age of 110 years. Though frail for many years, he rt,
tained his mental faculties to the last, and discoursed of col)
long anterior to the "forty-five."
• To-morrow will be the longest day, and the first d'''',.'
of summer, when there will be an interval of sixteen hours 2';
thirty-four minutes between the rising and setting of the li
I,.yilich interval is longer than any other day in the'year.
,)
to this point from the 21st of December (the shortest dtq'
the days have steadily increased in length, and from this pol'l
they will steadily decrease, two minutes a day.
It is a curious fact that Stratfieldsaye is held by tbl).'.
Duke of Wellington on condition that his Grace presents (0 li
Majesty a tricoloured flag on the anniversary of the battle '',
. Waterloo. On one occasion this was nearly forgotten/
er,`",:.
was despatched by a special messenger in a post-chaise °,,i,
four, from Moore's, in Bond-street. The flag lies on the taw',
lat Windsor for one year, and is then hung up in St. George I
!Hall.
It may not he known to many of our readers °/3t
.
one of the mast spirited dancers of the mazourka in the balls'
mof Be'otv.Fki is a fashionable boot-maker living in the Str,tDoot
Among the elite of his customers is Lord L
—, the ow;
son of a Noble Marquis, and this may perhaps in some degri:
;account for the vivacity and activity which this young noblen'-
!displays in treading the mazy dance. e
INCLEDON SIMILES.—During l
the 0. P. ts,
whilst a terrific tumult %:as raging in front of the house,-,.
management, in their dilemma, popped upon Incledon,,
!"everybody's favourite," to go on and pacify them. "I'w ')
dear
boy," replied Charles, " I attempt to stop that riolyrif
might as well bolt a door with a boiled carrot." Wishih.
• to give a stranger an idea of a man who was extremely tha',',,,
said " His leg now is a capital leg to clean a
New Monthly. flute with.
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SOUTH AMERICA.—FM N /
ALOUTII, JUE ''''i
The Pigeon packet, Lieut. Luce, arrived this evening Kit
the Mexican mail and about 300,000 dollars on freight:, y,
wards of 100,000 of which is from the Real del Monte 3.1111-e''e
Richard Pakenham, Esq., the British Minister at Mexic°..„' pj
passenger by this packet. This vessel has been 45 days "7,
Vera Cruz, 40 from Tampico, and 30 from liavannab•Lio
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large conducta from the mines was attacked by banditti, " c,
.. the guard repulsed ; but the danger of continuing the jourdlln,
was deemed so hazardous that it was considered more prurreht
to return for the purpose of obtaining a reinforcement.
1,,,:
Mexican squadron stationed off Matamoros had captured i
vessels, under American colours, which were laden with vi ar
ker
like stores for the Texians, one of which vessels was reta t,
• by the Natchez, an American ship-of-war, and a fruitless a,
tempt was made to obtain possession of the other, whic4,hi,
Mexicans had secured within the bar. In consequence of .
. infringement of neutrality by citizens of the United State, t
y
• General Bravo, who was at Matamoros, immediately seed
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circular letter to the different ports of Mexico, to lay an On,
barge on such American vessels as might be therein. de
only, a packet, happened to be at Vera Cruz, which w!sGo
tained, but had subsequently been released by order of the
vernment. Various rumours were current regarding this 0-ein
' and on the measures which the United States GoYernfre,
may determine respecting it. The French Admiral 1'5%
turned from his mission to Mexico, and sailed for flavallae
where he arrived before the Pigeon sailed, but the result ha.
0.
not transpired. No further failures had been announcedril
Havannali, but commercial affairs were in a very fevernw
state, and the greatest anxiety was manifested for nee°
!from America.
ChaS-
-1 WOLVES IN FItANCE.--The Journal des tee
4seuTS states that the Lieutenants de Louveri have been a
ct f Franc."
Imeans of destroying in the different departments 0 „
~,,oes,
during the season 1835.36, 216 male wolves, 122 ie.'; era,
303 whelps, 476 wild boars, and 1,479 foxes, besides ha 4
wild cats, polecats, and weasels, to the amount of 580.
irt it
AMERICANISNIS.—" We were often told ti:riced
1
was a ' dreadful fine day :' and a girl at a hotel pro„,n,4l.n.iaia
my trumpet to be ' terrible handy.' In the back of 'll"bwh,.l
these superlative expressions are the most rife. A ,rntan Come
' was extremely ill, in agonizing pain, sent for a friend
ei, bee
fto him. Before the friend arrived the pain was relievdoyoutH
the patient felt much reduced by it.
'self?' inquired the friend.
' I'm powerful weak,' vdvoeayko;u but
cruel'
4easy.' "—Martineau's Society in America. , A G 8...--
A YANKEE'S ESTIMATE OF MART":-' What
They said marrying was fun--pooty fun,
!did I get by it ? How much fun ? Why, a jawing 0 instead
1 urting.
land three squallers. Mighty different from c 0 A you please']
to be suried
woman,:
lof " Yes, my duck;" " No, my dear; " " what it was in
;honey;" and " When you like, lovev," like
!courting times, its rig'lar row. Sour-looks
lways darning
'children and table-cloths badly off for we'', '!
(led.' If it wasn't
and cold pe.tateaensl
!mending, and nothing ever darned or nicr
that I am particularly sober, I'd be belong tn
house ain't my own—my money ain't
my
own;
three children;
inclined to
Idrink. My
'four people besides myself—the old woman
I their finrZo's irj'
j I'm a partnership concern, and so many liar got sign over' the
the till, that I must bust up--Pil break, and
stock in trade to you.