The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-26 00:00:00

AMERICAN VARIETIES-

A. GOOD RESO4.TIO'-.licreare assured, and we
a
. siti .egaeietaie
record ea that a very large number of
families have come to a firm determination not to pur-
chase any more beef until the price becomes reasonable.
This is a good stand, and will have the desired effect if
acted upon generally. Let every one come to that de-
termination to-day. There is plenty to eat besides
beef. We are told that the monopolists are becoming
alarmed since the exposé of their conduct in the Sun,
and have already fallen one dollar in the hundred on
live stock.--Baltimore Sun.
How ARE YOU OFF FOR SOAP?--In the Illinois
House of Assembly, during a recent debate, a member,
named Mr. Happy, accused another, named Baker, cf
an attempt to " soft soap" unsuspecting members, and
that he had an utter contempt for " soft soap." Mr.
Baker, in reply, said, " The gentleman expresses con-
tempt for 'soft soap. I. believe him to be sincere—if
the members of the house will inspect his countenance
closely, I dare say they will there find conclusive evi-
dence that he feels the greatest contempt for all sorts
of soap.'" Sharp-shooters are they in these backwood
legislatures!
UNGRAMMATICAL—The amphitheatrical company
here is going ahead under very favourable horse-pieces ;
but by the way, Mr. Stage-manager, a word in your car :
et:, improve your wardrobe : you dress many characters
most villanous!y unappropriatc ! —Exchange.
COLDEST OF ALL CLIMATES.—The earth has no
spot upon 'its surface, either habitable or otherwise,
which i 3 so cold as Yakutsk, a paltry yet principal town
of Eastern Siberia, where a few wooden houses are in-
termixed wi,lf numerous hu's, plastered over with cow-
dun;, and' wireloe ecl with ice. In this dreary and remote
q ion
T the earth is always frozen, the summer's thew
never reaching below three feet from the surface, the
subterranean ice having a compute,i depth of 200 yards.
In Jiienary the tleermometer leas been known to sink
11 dug. below the bitterest cold experienced by Ross
Ills last expedition, and yet the inhabitants, fa-
voured by a warm though short summer, reap both
wheat and bailey, and cultivate successfully potatoes,
and various other hardy vegetables.
INvENTiot!r.—A fellow in New Orleans has invented
1 and patented an instrument which he calif, " a phre-
: noleeical sin-depressing and virtue-developing iron
°
scull cap, for the moral improvement of the human
rpecis." The fellow stole the invention from " Mid-
iship man E tattier.—Ledger.
BAD THINGS.—An unfaithful servant, a smoky
houzc, a sturnbiing horse, a scolding rife, an aciiing
tooth, an empty /nine, an undutiful child, an inees3ent
taleer, hogs thet break thronli enclosures, a dull
1 razor, musquitoes, a fop, and a subscriber that won't
pay for his paper.

A law Las just passed the legislature of Alabama,
pror.il:itin,r, the carrying of dcad:y weapons about the
p',.rsen. Any Ferscn cffendu,g against the provisions of
tA3 net is lia;,le to a fine of not. less than fifty dollars
no; trl:A.c than 500 dollars, and to be imprisoned, for a
term not exceeding three months. We believe there is
such a law here, but it is not attended to in the least,
as I saw two men yesterday passit4 publicly through
the strca with the neck of a whiskey-bottle project-
-104 at least two inches above the pockets.—New York
Gazette.

ENcounAGING.—A gentleman on a colleetirg• tour
c.lleci at one of our towns where he had four
et editois. On inquiring for them he received the 101-
liming encouraging information :—Mr. was in
prison awaiting his trial for murder ; Mr. and Mr.
were insolvent, and had departed for Texas ; and
had gone to the nobody knew where.—
Na !chez Courier.

A QUANDARY.—Tbe .I'ely Orleans Picayune defines
a quandary thus :—" A baker with both arms up to
the clbows in dough, and a flea in the leg of his trou-
sers." lVe have just hard a story which conveys quite
as c7ever an idea of the•thing as the Picayune'sdefinitioc.
An old gentleman, who-' had studied theological sub-
jects rather too much for the strength of his brains, de-
termined to try his luck in preaching ; nothing doubt-
ing but that matter and form would be given him, with-
out any particular pr( paration on his own part. Ac-
cordingly on Sunday he ascended ..the pulpit, sung and
prayed, read his text, and stopped. He stood a good
while, first on one leg, then on the other, casting his
eyes up to.,vards the rafters, and then on the floor, in a
mcreless quandary. At length language came to his
rolij:—" If any of you down there think you can
/mach, just come up here and try it ?"—North Caro-
lina Patriot.

Under the had of marriages we find the following
pai'azraph in the Roston Centincl and Gazette of Wed-
;c:;Ailv morning :---
" We received through the Post-offim, last evening,
letter containing a notice of marriage, end a one-do!lar
UN of the Dedham bank to defray the expense of in-
serting it. We have ascertained that the money is
good, but the marriage spurious. Toe dollar will be
expended for oysters, and the scoundrel who has at-
tempted to impose upon us a fictitious marriage will
urn._ ml.-,er the old age—' a fool and his money are soon
par e "

SI:FEED HIM RIGHT.—A young fellow, named
.:cobZeigler, was caught on Saturday night last, by
police-officers Shrouds and Little, in the act of insulting
s.ime females passing through Second-street market ;
ZkLgier is a Gtrusan, but the officers made him dance
Spunsh to the police-office, where Mayor Canrad gave
niai a lecture in the King's English, and bound him
over in 150 doihrs to prevent his enactment of a like
offence for the future.—Ledger.
A YANKEE HORSE.—He never tried to do anything
and could'nt. As for going, he can do that, and begin
agin when the others leave off. No one going the same
way on a 'pike ever saw anything but the critter's tail
when be was ahead and did'nt choose to be overtaken.
He'll go on any pace under a steam-engine at full speed,
and will overtake a first-rate steamer if it stops to take
in water. He's the cheapest critter, too, as ever I
seen, for he'll go by a toll-bar on a 'pike before the man
can look out to see if anything is coming.

UNFORTUNATE.—The Evansville Journal of the 6th
►nst. states that George H. Dunn, while on his way
home from Congress, was overturned in a mail-coach,
and had both ankles broke. Mr. Dunn had a couple
of ankles broke by a similar accident last year.—
Aladdisos Cou.

LONDON :
FRIDAY, APRIL 26,1639.

The Duke of RICHMOND brought a discrepancy in
the administration of the Criminal Law under the notice
of the Peers last night. Lord ABINGER had at the last
Assizes for Sussex discharged some prisoners, who were, as
the Duke of RICHMOND contended, in the custody of the
keeper of the House of Correction, while Lord A BINGER
discharged them as being on the Calendar and in the
custody of the Sheriff. The Duke complained of
the Judge, and gave notie.c of a motion for
returns on the subject this evening. The Noble
Duke was recommended by the Judges to bring
in a Bill to settle the question, as there was a
difference of opinion on the subject ; the Judges consi-
dering themselves bound to clear the gaols, and
questioning the right of the Magistrates to commit
over an Assize.