The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-29 00:00:00

THE BOY JONES AGAIN.—Young Jones, the old
visit,r of Buckingham Palace, has, to the surprise of the
governor of Newgate, been discovered amongst the pre-
sent inmates of the gaol, to which he was about throe
weeks ago introduced, in consequence of an unwelcome
visit which he paid at the house of a gentleman at an
unreasonable hour in the night. The mystery in which
the early circumstances of the life of Junes have been
involved seems to extend itself to his more recent trans-
actions. It was generally supposed that the Govern-
snent had taken care, after his last sudden appearance in
the royal residence, that her Majesty should be secured
from the chance of future intrusion from him. It was
believed that by this time he was industriously engaged
in one of our forsign settlements. How much then must
a policeman, who had had kim in custody several times
for such extraordinary violations of etiquette in her
'Majesty's Palace, been astonished at seeing him amongst
the inmates of her Majesty's gaol! It is not more than
three weeks since a young man named John Frost was
committed to goal for robbing the house of Mr. David
Williams Wire, at Lewisham in Kent, of plate,
which was soon afterwards found in the posses-
sion of the accused, who was tried, convicted, and
sentenced to transportation for ten years for having
committed the offence. That John Frost is no other
than the Boy Jones, who had such a remarkable knack
of evading the vigilance of her Majesty's domestic ser-
vants and the police as to be able to secure a lodging in
any room in the palace to which he might take a fancy.
On Tuesday ltst it happened that an officer who had
frequently taken the " boy" into custody went into one
of the wards upon some business connected with his du-
ties. The moment his eye fell upon John Frost he said,
" Hallo, how on earth did you coma here, young Jones?
You haven't been to see her Majesty again, have you?"
The prisoner, with great presence of mind, denied that
he knew anything of young Jones, or the policeman, or
the Queen, and requested not to he annoyed in his serious
cogitations. It was in vain that the officer and several
other policemen of the metropolitan force positively
identified the prisoner as the young chircnev-sweeper
who had made his bed under the ;:',fs or, which her Ma-
jesty had been sitting. Ile most resolutely declared that
he was a stranger to every individual named, and that
the only person of rank into whose house he had ever
entered was that of the Under-Sheriff of London.
TRADE OF NOTTIriGHAM.—LACE.—There is not
any change to note in the state of this trade since our
last. Plain goods are in fair demand, and good patterns
in fancy goods miaae by machinery command a steady
sale, whilst those, of an inferior description remain on
hand. Yarns/are rather higher, as we told our readers
some tism ago they would be. Hosiery—ln wrought
cotton there is a slight falling off in the demand ; on
the other hand the cut-up branches were scarcely ever
better. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt trade is in a
very healthy state, most of the shops being in full work.
The cotton glove trade, owing to the season of the year,
has become rather duller than it was some months since.
The silk glove branch has not visibly amended, many of
the hosiers making spun silk gloves to supersede those
made of thrown silk. The bobbin net trade, now the
orders of the Leipsic fair have been completed, is con-
sidered dull, whether for plain, figured, or black or white
silk laces, but not so as to cause distress.—Nottingham
Journal.

The appearance of Cheltenham has greatly im-
proved within the last ten days, the influx of company
having been very considerable, and the number of
residents who, within the period, have also
returned from their summer excursions being
greater than had taken place for some weeks pre-
vious. The continued immunity of the town from
the prevailing epidemic has no doubt operated favour-
ably in causing many families to determine upon
an earlier return home than under other circumstances
might have cccurred; and the same cause has also
favoured the arrival of strangers. From these and other
equally significant signs of the times we are led to anti-
cipat(t a good autumn season—the precursor of a winter
which shall equal, at least, if it surpasses not, those of
the last two or three years. It is, however, too early
yet to predict anything with certainty as to what may
be its general character, though there is, even at pre-
sent, every reasonable ground of hope.—Cheltenham
Looker• on

AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.—On Saturday evening
last, as a lady was walking along High-street, Wisbech,
• she was followed at a short distanco by two or three
sailore, who observed the bustle belonging to the lady
trailing along the ground, and holding only by one
string; one of the sailors took the liberty to put his foot
on tie bustle; ho then stepped up to the lady, and
politely informed her that she had lost an appendage;
she at once told the good-hearted sailor not to insult her,
saying it did not belong to her, and requested him to go
abut his business. He in reply said, " Vcry well," and
banded the bustle to an old lady close by, who de-
clared the beautiful silk on the article would make her a
spit ndid bonnet. It is an ill wind that blows no one
good,—Stamford Mercury.
SUPERSTITION IN 1849.—There is in the neigh-
bourhood of Benton and its vicinity a population of
e theth this
differentwonder.
about 200, in which it is asserted that there are 19
witches; and curious enoughitispitctoy
e lida h ry
tales of the people of the pranks
ful class of beings. Some of the inhabitants sit up by
night, three or four together, for several nights follow-
ing, using some peculiar charm, instructed, they say, by
the vise man of the west. There they sit praying to
themselves, they must not hear each other speak, that
the witch may not any longer have power to scratch
the children, as they do by some invisible means; and
about midnight they generally bear some terrible un-
earthly noises. One person has even attempted suicide
under fear; some, they say, are hag-ridden; others
dream wonderful dreams, and have cramps, all of which
arc attributed to the same cause. One person asserts
that she actually, at night, saw one of those wonderful
beings come into her room thrce times—Sherborne
;Tolimal.