The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-08 00:00:00

110 USE OF COMMONS.

Mcrcurii, 7° die Decembris, 1831.
Resolved,—That this Home will not receive any peti-
tion for Private Bills after Friday, the 17th day of
February next.
Resolved,—That no Private Bill be read the first time
after Monday, the 26th day of March next.
Resolved,—That this Howie will not receive any Report
of such Private Bill after Monday, the 28th day of May

next.
Ordered,—That the said Resolutions be printed.
J. H. LEY, Cl. Dom. Com.

BRIGHTON, DEC. 6.—Some sensation has
been excited at Brighton by a circumstance relative to
PAGANINI. Mr. GUTTERIDGE, it appears, had engaged

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the Signor to play at the theatre for one night, at the mo-
derate E 111 of 200 guineas. As the theatre, however,
when crammed almost to suffocation, would only produce

about 2001., and after paying PAGANINI and other ex-
penses he would have had to disburse nearly 3001., Mr.
GUTIERIDGE was of course compelled to raise the prices.
It was therefore announced that the prices of the boxes and
pit would be doubled, and the admission to the gallery in-
creased to 4s. The announcement of the intended increase

of prices caused considerable dissatisfaction in Brighton,
and placards were yesterday posted on the Steine, calling
upon the public to resist the extortion, and threatening, if
the prices were raised, to make of Brighton another Bristol.
Mr. GUTTERIDGE having obtained one of the placards,
went to the Magistrates to ask for protection against the
threatened outrage, and a promise was of course made to
him of the assistance of the police. Although, as far as
PAGANINI is concerned, I should be glad to see a stop put
to his shameful system of extortion, yet for the sake of
Mr. GUTTERIDGE, I am glad to say that there is every
prospect of a full house to-morrow, as the applications for
tickets have been numerous in the extreme.

Few travellers have explored the North of
Europe with such care and acuteness of observation as has
been manifested by Mr. ELLIOTT, of the Bengal Civil
Service, in his just published volume. From Holland to
the furthest point of Russia, his attention to external nature
and society was everywhere alive; especially as regards
the capital cities of the different countries through which
he passed, as the lime, Amsterdam, Hamburgh, Copen-
hagen, Elsineur, Go'thenborg, Christiana, Stockholm, St.
Petersburgh, Moscow, Berlin, Dresden, &c. of which Mr.
ELLIOTT has given the most lively and interesting acconnie,
accompanied by abundant personal anecdotes.
ANECDOTE OF DR.. ARNE.--The writer of
this article having, many years ago, accompanied the
Doctor to Cannons, the seat of the late Duke of CIIANDOS,
to assist at the performance of an oratorio in the Chapel of
Whitechurch, such was the throng of company that no
provisions were to be procured at the Duke's house. On
going to the Chandos Arms, in the town of Edgware, we
made our way into the kitchen, where we found nothing
but a solitary leg of mutton on the spit. This, the waiter
informed us, was bespoke by a party of gentlemen. The
Doctor, rubbing his elbows—his usual manner—says to
me, " I'll have that mutton—give me a fiddle-string." He
took the fiddle-string, cut it in pieces, and privately sprink-
ling it over the mutton, walked out of the kitchen. Then
waiting very patiently till the waiter had served it up, he
heard one of the gentlemen exclaim :—" Waiter, this meat
is full of maggots, take it away." This was what the
Doctor expected, who was on the watch. " Here, give
it me." "0, Sir," says the waiter, " you can't cat it—
'tis full of maggots." " 0, never mind," cried the
Doctor, " fiddlers have strong stomachs." So bearing it
away and scraping off the fiddle-strings, we made a hearty
dinner on the apparently maggoty mutton.—Stafford Mer.

EXPEDIENT TO PROCURE A SUBSTITUTE
tint I3ooKs.—l have often been amused with the inge-
nuity and perseverance manifested by the natives in their
endeavours to obtain a substitute for books. The bark of

the paper mulberry was frequently beaten to a pulp,
spread out on a board, and wrought and dried with great
care, till it resembled a coarse sort of card. This was
sometimes cut into pieces about the size of the leaves of a
book ; and upon these, with a reed cut in the shape of a
pen, and immersed in rcd or purple vegetable dye, the
alphabet, syllable, and reading lessons of the spelling-
book, and the scripture extracts usually read in the school,
have been neatly and correctly copied. Sometimes the
whole was accurately written on one broad sheet of
paper, like native cloth, and, after the manner of the
ancients, carefully rolled up, except when used. This
was often the only kind of book that the natives in re-
mote districts possessed; and many families have, without
any other lessons, acquired a proficiency that has enabled
them to read at once a printed copy of the scriptures. It
has also gratified us as indicative of the estimation in
which the people held every portion of the word of God,
and their desire to possess it, to behold them anxiously
preserving, even the smallest piece of paper, and writing
on it texts of the scripture, which they had heard in the
place of worship."—Elas's Polynesian Researches.
GOSSAMER SPIDER.—There is a substance
called gossamer, which at some seasons, particularly in
autumn, is seen floating in the air in long threads, some-
times attached to a branch or blade of grass by one end,
and sometimes entangled in long skeins through the
branches. It was doubted what bad produced these light
and beautiful films, but now it is known that they are the
production of a spider. He is a most ingenious artist,
and not only makes a habitation to reside in and supply
himself with provisions, but he also forms for himself a
flying chariot, by which, though he has no wings, he can
transport himself through the air, and obtain a living in
the higher regions when he cannot on the earth. When
the spider, either from choice or necessity, wishes to
change his place, he projects forward a number of these
detached films, which are so light that they are freely
borne along by the wind; and attaching himself to an ex-
tremity, he is carried along as easily as Mr. GREEN in his
balloon, which, in fact, he guides with more safety than
that unfortunate voyager, for there he sits secure ; and he
has been compared to a sculler on the Thames, looking
one way and rowing another. These flying spiders are
sometimes seen above the spires of steeples, moving along
with their filmy chariots, and when the sun glances upon
them they look no less beautiful than curious, resembling
so many tiny comets moving through the blue sky, with
shining trains blazing around them.—Juvenile Forget .Me
Not.

FEMALE HEROISM.--" One day," said
MassENA, " being at Buezenghen, I perceived a young
soldier belonging to the light artillery, whose horse had
just been wounded by a lance. The young man, who ap
peared quite a child, defended himself desperately, as seve-
ral bodies of the enemy lying around him could testify.—
I immediately despatched an officer with some men to his
assistance; but they arrived too late. Although this
action had taken place on the borders of the wood, and in
front of the bridge, this artilleryman had alone withstood
the attack of the small troop of Cossacks and Bavarians,
whom the officers and men I had despatched had imme-
diately put to flight. His body was covered with wounds
inflicted by shot, lances, and swords; there were at least
30. And do you know, Madame, what this young officer
was ?" said Massed a, turning to me. " A woman !
yes, a woman ! and a handsome woman, too ! although
she was so covered with blood that it was difficult to
judge of her beauty. She had followed her lover to the
army. The latter was a Captain of Artillery ; she never
left him ; and when he was killed, defended him like a
lioness, the remains of him whom she so atdently loved.
She was a native of Paris; her name was Louisa BELLET,
and she was the dtzighter of a fringe-maker in the rue
du Petit Liot:."—Memoirs of the Duchess of Abranies,
in the Athenceum.

MURDER.—On Tuesday forenoon last, a
person of the name of LINDSAY was lodged in the gaol
here, under a charge of having, on the Monday evening
preceding, murdered a ma❑ in the village of Shotts. It is
stated they had been drinking together in a public-house ;
but a quarrel happening to ensue betwixt them, they were
ousted by the itaterference of the landlord, when LINDSAY,
it is said, draw from his pocket a large knife, and stabbed
his opponent so severely in several parts of the body that
he only survived a few minutes. A judicial investigation
into the circumstances of the case is at present going on
before the proper authorities.—Scots Times.
ANOTIIER SUPPOSED MURDER.—On Tues-
day afternoon, about four o'clock, a person residing at
Brighton, who had gone out to shoot sea-gulls, discovered
upon the full of the beach beyond Hove, the body of a
female, without head or arms. The bone from each
shoulder to the elbow was bare of flesh ; but the body did
not appear otherwise mutilated. No marks of violence
were discernible ; nor had the body any appearance of
having been the prey of fish. There were upon it a pair
of stays and chemise, with black cotton stockings and
white tape garters on the legs, which were not at all
bruised or mutilated. Some days previous to the disco-
very of the body hand-bills were issued, announcing that
a female, about 18 years of age, was missing. She was
sister to Mr. Horths, tinman, of Union-street, and from
the appearance of the remains there is every reason to
believe they are those of the unfortunate young woman in
question. The inquest was held yesterday at the Crown,
Copperas-gap, and is adjourned till three o'clock this day.
—Brighton Gazette.