The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-07 00:00:00

LAITRENT'S GRAND CASINO.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's,
Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road,
Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George IL
Open every evening with Lav,ent's Celebrated Band. Principe]
"ornet-a-Piston, M. Boulcour.

Admission—ONE SHILLING.

Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dencing to commence at
Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely.

SEASONABLE FESTIVITIES.—At the social
reunions of this festive season, the fair and youthful are more
than usually desirous of shining in personal attraction under the
gaze of.many friends, and the following unrivalled requisites for the
toilet are called into increased requisition—namely ROWLAND'S
BIA.CASSA R OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of
hair ; Rowland's Kalydor, for rendering the skin soft, fair, and
blooming ; Rowland's Odonto or Pearl Dentifrice, for imparting a
pearl-like whiteness to the teeth ; and Rowland's Aqua d'Oro, a frag-
rant and spirituous perfume, an essential accompaniment to places of
public amusement and crowded assemblies. The patronage of
Royalty throughout Europe, and the high appreciation by rank and
fasts on, with the well-known infallible efficacy of these articles, ren-
der them a peculiarly elegant and seasonable present. Beware of
spurious imitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of
" Rowlands' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label.
Soil by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, and by chemists
and perfumers.
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MURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Member of
the Royal College of England, twenty-eight years in London
practice, will remove any case of a private nature before charge be
made for medicine to those attending. In cases arising from debility.
nervousness, scrorisla, pains in the back, lumbago, affections of
the kidneys, infirmities of youth and maturity, or any case re-
quiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton decidedly
states that no case within reads of human aid shall leave him un-
cured. Ladies and Gentlemen who prefer consulting by letter, en-
closing a fee or 105, 6d., with a detail of their complaint, will be
answered by return of post. Surgeon Hamilton attends for personal
consultation from 9 till 2, and from 5 till 9, daily. Post orde:s pay-
able at Charing-cross post-office, to HENar ILiatuacq, 3, Kin
William-street, West Strand, London.

A FAIR SWINDLER.—The police, says Galignani, have
just arrested a young and rather pretty woman, who
for some time past has been swindling on a rather grand
scale. Her custom was to pass herself off as the wife of
an officer of high rank in the army, and by stating that
her (husband was about to arrive in Paris, obtain on
credit splendid furniture for an apartment she was fur-
nishing ; then, at the end of the quarter, pretending
that Ow husband had been appointed to a place in
Algeria, she paid the rent and sold off the furniture.
She afterwards proceeded to another quarter of tie
town, and repeated the same operation. She was also
accustomed to borrow costly lace and diamonds from
ladies, on pretext that she was going to visit the Em-
peror, and she never returned them. From a notary,
near Melun, she obtained a large sum of money to, as
she said, prevent an estate belonging to her from being
sold, but the estate did not exist, and she embezzled the
money. A young man of good family fell in love with
her, and spent a good deal of money over her. He even
proposed to marry her, but she did not think him rich
enough. Before, however, breaking off with him, she
had the art to make him give her a large sum. Three
days ago one of her dupes met her on the Boulevards des
Italiens, and wished to arrest her ; but she escaped.
The police, however, being set in motion, soon discovered
her. On being interrogated, she gave herself several
names, not one of which is believed to be her right one.
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.—A return has just been
printed of the operations of the Hudson's Bay Company
in connexion with the colonisation of Vancouver's Island.
From this it appears that the quantity of land sold has
been 1,478 acres to 11 persons, at 20s. per acre, and that
applications have been made by 19 persons for 2,355
acres, which are being surveyed. In addition, the Hud:
son's Bay Company's station consists of 3,084 acres,
portions of which have been sold to some of their retired
servants. The number of people sent out since the be-
ginning of 1848 has been 435—namely, 271 males, 80
females, and 84 children, of whom 150 sailed during the
past year. These were chiefly agricultural labourers,
together with some farm bailiffs, miners, and mechanics.
As regards the coal mines, it is stated that the company
have incurred considerable expense in searching, boring,
&c., but without success until lately, when promising
appearances have been discovered about 80 miles north
of Fort Victoria, on the east coast of the island, nearly
opposite the mouth of Fraser's River. The outlay thus
far for colonisation and improvement has been 1,9861.,
while the receipts have been 1,4781. for land and 1641.
for royalty, at 2s. 6d. per ton on 1,315 tons of coals col-
lected from surface seams by the Indians, and exported.
Of these receipts the company under their grant are en-
titled to appropriate one-tenth, the remainder being ap.
plicable to the promotion of colonisation. The company
attribute the slow progress of the settlement of the island
to the high rate of wages in Oregon and California.
This, however, is only the superficial reason. The ques-
tion arises, why are wages higher in Oregon than in
Vancouver's Island ? In one place the price of land is
fixed at the unattainable rate of 20s. per acre, in the
other it is sold for its fair value—namely, what it will
fetch. The result is, that, all other things being equal,
the man who buys his farm in Oregon for ss. an acre can
afford to outbid for labour the settler in Vancouver's
Island who has paid 20s.
RIOT IN A FRENCH CHURCH.—Some dispute having
arisen at the midnight mass, which took place the night
before Chrismas-day, at Bromont (Puy-de-Dome), the
curd ordered the offending parties to leave the church.
Not one having stirred, he asked for the names of the
rioters, and then insisted that the persons named should
leave the congregation. After the service, the persons
so expelled, waited outside the church to take revenge
on the young man who had mentioned their names to
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a knife in his hand, to the succour of his servant, whom
some one had represented to him to have- been • attacked.
The two young men supposing that Bournichon was
coming to attack them, took up a heavy stone, and
struck'hizn,with it right in the centre of the stomach,
and killed him instantaneously. The two brothers were
taken into custody in de course of the day, and six other
persons were afterwards arrested for having been con-
cerned in the riot.

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