The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-07 00:00:00

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informsPLilfOuUs Tthliat.
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OurT oHE Cullith°L-ER
correspondent
dreadful malady has made its appearance in P.,
vicinity of Plymouth. It appears that on TuesclikY
the American packet-ship American Eagle, fill
London and Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth with
300 emigrants, and the cholera made its appearapc,o
the same evening. Nineteen deaths are ruported_ to
of
have taken place. The disease is also reportedn
have made its appearance at the little fishing to
ti.
Newton. Ferrers, about eight miles from Ilyriloil,he
Every measure of precaution has been taken by
proper authorities.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaCsms, Juxic 5.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • , • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, FourperCent.• • •
Ditto Threeper Cent •.• . • • ............
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions,ditto • .....
89 88%
88%
Ditto, 1844..............
Ditto, 1836... ..........
Ditto, 1838
Ditto of the City, 1832 .......• • .
Ditto, 1843 ••••••.••••••• .• • • .• • • .. • •
Bank of Belgium.• • • •. • • ...• • . ...... 65
Issue of 1841 ...... ••••..• • .. • • 100%
Exchange on London, 25.50.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BitaLix, ..Tußz 2.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent 78% 77%
Prussian 5 per Cent ••• • • • • • ••• • • • 101% '—
Foreign Exchanges—
On London •• • • • • ........ 625
On Ilambargh ...... • • .• ..150
Ditto, two months....

•• •• •• • ....., 584

Ott Paris • ..........

... .. .... 80%

80 eft

MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor WI
Lady Mayoress had the honour of entertaining at (111313,et.
in the Egyptian Hall, Alderman Sir C. Hunter, -Dt-';"
M. Gibbs, Sir G. Carroll, Hooper, and Farncorab, r,j;
Sheriff Goodhart, Dlr. Under-Sheriff Shearroant °l,-;
Under-Sheriff Tamplin, and their respective ladies,
deputies of several wards, and about one hundred 01.111.
hers of the Court of Common Council, wi h their Jamie°.
Covers were laid for two hundred.
THE PRINTERS' A LAISIIOUSES.—The subscribers t:
this excellent institution will be pleased to hear that :-
rangiments have at length been made to lay the foull."bi;
tiers stone, on Monday, the 11th instant. An eligl/,
piece of land has been purchased, at an outlay of 6 1,:t; t
at Wood-green, near Tottenham, and it is expected t-ot
the total cost of the erection will not exceed t. t
Viscount M(,hon, 111.1)., has consented to lay the
stone, and the ceremony will take place at two o'conci,
The commute() have already been able to collect 1915vt0
which is invested in Government security ; but it r se
be hoped that the body of printers, assisted by olhe
whose interest connect, them with literature 610
press, will be able to subscribe funds sufficient for r_
erection of the altnshouses vtithout trenching upon n_e,
endowment.
funds invested, which ought to be applied to
purposeo QA

MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.)

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.

The number of this able periodical for the present
month, although containing many papers in its usual
well-written style, does not evoke that hearty and
unqualified commendation which we have so fre-
quently been enabled to bestow on it. If, however,
the strong wing of our talented Contemporary has
appeared to flag for a moment, let us hope that it is
but a preparation for a bolder flight. " Our Spring
Crop of Novels" contains a review of " Rockingham ;
or the Younger Brother," from which some well-
written extracts are given, and which is described as
"a flower among the vernal weeds and fungi
Of literature." There are also notices of
" Mordaunt Hall ; or a September Night."
by the author of " Two Old Men's Tales," and of
"Lady Alice, or the New Una." "Ceylon and the
Cingalese" is continued, an I fully sustains the
interest its curious incidents and graphic observations
have hitherto excited. The most interesting paper in
the number is, however, the memoirs of one of the
greatest philanthropists of any age or country—of one
who has conferred more benefits on mankind than
any other living man—the Rev. Theobald Mathew,
the " Apostle of Temperance." The memoir is ably
and accurately written, and we fully concur in all
which has reference to the subject. We could, how-
ever, wish the writer had introduced less of the
acerbity of his political antipathies into the history of
the gentle and patriotic Mathew. This great and
good man all through his useful and laborious life
ever avoided the arena of political discord, and we
doubt if it would not pain his gentle nature to see the
name of his great countryman, now gone to his
account, placed in such disagreeable contrast with his
Own. The weed of political bitterness should have no
tace in a chaplet intended to honour the benevolent
athew, who, in the words of the author,
"lies won at the same time the respect of the rich and
the affection of the poor."
And most sincerely do we join in the aspiration
"That his health may still be spared by Providence
to enable him to pursue his virtuous career.
" And when at some distant day he will be called to
receive the reward due to those who toil in their
Maker's service, may his example allure many to fol-
low in the footsteps of Mathew the philanthropist."
The continuation of " Irish Popular Superstitions"
18 clever and amusing. " Poetry and its Substitutes :"
We most deeply sympathise with the luckless wight
Who had to wade through the " prose run mad," and
the rhyming nonsense on stilts, which form the dreary
subject of this long paper ; and we hope the reviewer
will make amends for this weary waste of time and
apace by substituting- in his next number something
approaching his own standard of excellence, worthy
of the magazine and the country. " Pictures in the
Dark :" we shall not " disturb the visions of the dreamer,
but leave him with his gentle " Una in the dark,"
and pass on to have a peep into " Eastern Rambles,"
Which have been continued from the last number.
The rambler describes the incidents in his " Travel's
Itstory" with spirit and freshness. We regret our
space will not permit us to treat our readers to
a few extracts. " The Legoff Family" sustains
the fair fame of the preceding chapters. " Experiences
of Union and Apprehensions of Repeal :" this is a
Political essay of great power and argument, and
though we do not quite agree in all the views of the
Vile writer, yet he advances many sound principles
Poo the present melancholy state of Ireland well
Worthy the deep attention of British statesmen. He
advocates the extension of a rate for the support of
thei poor to funded property, mortgagees, official sale-
bB4o. &c., and we will confess we have not been
sala-
ble to discover any just or sufficient reason for the
exemption of these classes from contributing to the
support of the poor. This number concludes with a
Edgeworth,
but hearty tribute to the memory of Maria
z4dgeworth, a name dear to Ireland, to England, and
to Literature, and as long as Truth, Genius, and Be-
nevolence hold;ii place in our affections, this true-
'warted Irishwoman will not be forgotten.

THE BANKERS'.
Our talented contemporary fully sustains in the
Present number the high reputation it has already
attained. As usual it abounds in information ex-
eedingly valuable to the banking and commercial
win.terests, to which it is especially devoted. It opens
Liability
well written article on " The Unlimited
.I...iability of Bank Shareholders," induced by Mr.
eadlam's recent motion. We do not however quite
igree with the conclusion arrived at, that at present
the law may safely be left as it is." Thomas
zullion continues his admirable " Letters to a Branch
,nager :" the subjects of the present paper are
„‘luarantee Bonds and Deposits of Deeds.', The
Code
0 of Instructions for the Guidance of the
ficers at the Branches of a Joint-Stock Bank" are
f 450 continued, and many valuable hints are given to
help these gentlemen in the discharge of their
onerous and important duties. There are many
Other er articles on useful subjects, of which that on the
Re-organization of our Savings' Bank System," is
Peculiarly worthy of notice.

THE MIRROR.
Mr. Percy St. John resumes his " Adventures of a
French Republican," and introduces us to the Fau-
bourg St. Germair, where we find the old nobility
intriguing with the Republicans to upset the existing
order of things, for the purpose of bringing about a
restoration of the ancient regime of feudality and
priestcraft, an intrigue which they are still pursuing
with as great assiduity as ever. The feeling with
'Which these " porcelain of human society" regarded, and
still regard those whom they use as their tools (for the
Socialist outbreak in June was of Royalist concoction
and was supported with Royalist money), may be
gathered from the following conversation which took
Place at a grand party in the Faubourg St. Germain :
'taut. Monsieur Pierre de Gonfran !' announced 'the ser-

" The two young men smiled : it was at the de as-
med by plain Peter Gonfran.
" The visitor was of middle age, dressed rather too
4111 Y, With long hair, and a beard and moustache some-
at suspicious—at least so thought many of the guests.
to; I sin sure that monsieur is a citoyen,' observed a
4:sufficient Royalist.
I am Sure he is a horrid Republican,' replied an old

Never mind,' whispered a Jesuitical-looking indi-
*Vl,4l, who stood close by, these canaille will do the
ett"rK ; they will overthrow the usurper, and then we
cluieesafsoily crush them. All who are against him are our
show r the Marquis so I admire much the wisdom
Parties ,h,Y the in admitting such people to his
oehn '
, Oxenford contributes a very agreeable paper
lancr,(,) Bllbject of the " Mythology and Magic of Lap-
ape,' zinci Miss Lacy continues her " Lays from Shak-
are." The " History of Music" is continued, as
lc the Biographical Sketches of the Kings of Eng-
tat."" and WO have, in addition, several valuable con-
ibutions in this, the June number of the Mirror,
which completes the fifth volume of the new series.
271-4 E
POTTLETON LEGACY.

By Albert

The, Smith. Parts IX. and X".
v e parts complete the " Pottleton Legacy," a
fogac y of glorious fun, which Albert Smith leaves us
our amusement during his absence from
t'hristendom. In his farewell address to his readers
"0 says—
" Eleven years of unceasing work—during which
exact third of my life I have never been away from the
public for a longer period than six days eta time—have
Induced me to think that I might venture to take an ex-
tended holiday; and accordingly I hope that the gratiti-
Cation of a long-felt wish to visit the Mediterranean,
the East, and the northern coast of Africa, is about to
%hive.
" With the exception of the occasional means of in-
forming my immediate friends as to where I am, or
have been, I do not wish to see a pen and ink until I
return."
That he who has contributed so much to the public
amusement and enjoyment may find equal enjoyment
Va amusement during his projected tour, cannot but
the wish of the many thousands to whom he has
addressed his farewell.

-,p2!•1)-ENNIS. No. By W. M. Thackeray.
The scene of the present number continues in the
-eLghbourhood of Pendennis's place in the country,
and
although the story does not make great progress,
het our knowledge of the characters of the personages
;i'es• The character of Miss Blanche Amory, the
ael the Undine, the Naiad, the very sentimental
nain 111 lady who could " die of a rose in aromatic
is admirably developed, and the various
„:)11dary strata of sentimentalism are carefully
Lifireed through until we arrive at the primitive
6hness which is the true foundation of all sena-
oen}4lisra At first Laura and Pendennis are greatly
ner), with the Muse, but a desillusiomnent, to use
aryof the Muse's pet French phrases, at length
colour,e and Miss Blanche Amory is seen in her true

Tan TEETH.—flow often do we find the human
face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of its
ornaments, and the breath made disagreeable to com-
panions by non-attention to the Teeth! Though per-
fect in their structure and composition, to keep them in
pure and healthy state requires some little trouble;
and if those who are blessed with well•formed teeth
knew how soon decay steals into the mouth, making un-
sightly what otherwise are delightful to admire, and de-
signating unhealthiness by the impurity of the breath,
they would spare no expense to chase away these fatal
wishes. But although most ladies are careful, and
even particular in these delis ite matters, yet few are suf-
ficiently aware of the imperative necessity of avoiding
all noxious or mineral substances of an acrid nature, and
thof which the greater part of the cheap tooth-powders of
e present day are composed. It is highly satisfactory
e.point out Messrs. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Denti-
'rice, as a preparation free from all injurious elements,
and eminently calculated to embellish and preserve the
dental structure, to impart a grateful fragrance to the
bre th
and to embellish and perpetuate the graces of
.49 tnouth.—Sunday Paper.