The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-22 00:00:00

BATHING IN THE PARAGUAY.

One of the great amusements of tl.le inhabitants of Santa Fe,
a considerable town on the banks of this magnificent river, is
thus described by Mr. Robertson, in his letters on Paraguay.
He as the guest of Don Luis Aldao, a man of considerable
property in the place:—
" Don Luis asked me to accompany them ; and though it
was certainly new to me, and seemed cot a little odd, that I
should be halted, with others of my own sex, to accompany
the ladies to their bath, I never doubted we were to part com-
pany at the water's edge. lof coulee consented to become
one of so novel and interesting- a Early; and forth we sallied.
The ladies were attended by a great many female slaves,
bearing their mistresses' wearing Apparel. As we moved on-
ward, en masse, many was the joke, and 101 l the laugh, which
cheered us on our way. At length the shining river arose
upon our view, its waters ripplime and dimpling under the
dancing beams of the moon. But guess, if you can, my
astonishment, when, on reaching the banks, I saw the
Santa Fecina Naiads, who had taken to the stream before our
arrival, bandying their jokes in high glee with the gentlemen
who were bathing a little way above them. It is true they
were all dre.sed, the ladies in white robes, and the gentle-
men in white drawers ;—but there was in the exhibition
something that ran rather counter to my preconceived notions
of propriety and decorum. As I stood by, I saw the whole iti-
habitan's of Santa Fe (for I suppose scarcely one was left in
the hous s) carry on their aquatic gambols as familiarly as if
they had been whirling through the mazes of a quadrille.
Nl,rrv-making, revelry, and laughter were the order of the
evening ; and yet, from all I heard and saw, during much sub-
sequent intercourse with this people, I verily believe that their
bathing diversions acre quite as innocent as a rigid Mussulmno
would think our EuroFeen ball-room scenes to be. An over.
rigid judgment pessed_ by a fereigner on the inhabitants of
Santa Fe,. because of their mode of bath:sq, would be as tut-
justifiable, and as erroneous, as that of the Mahometan censor
on the women of England, France, and America, because, like
those in his country, they are not cooped up in the harem.
At length our party emerged from the watee. The ladies we e
dressed with great dexterity by their maids ; the wet bathing-
clothes were collected ; the hair, the long, beautiful tresses of
black hair, which had been kept up with a comb before .the
bath was taken, now floated in luxuriant abundance over the
shoulders, and much under the waists of the Santa Fecina;, as
in slow procession they returned to their respective homes."
The same authority gives the following accoulitof the wealth
of another Dun of the place, by the name Csndioti. who be-
gan life as a dealer in mules in a small way, but " who is Low
lord of 300 square leagues of territory, owner cf 250,000
horned cattle, master of 300,000 horses and mules, and of
' mere than half a million of dollars laid up in coffers in curates
of gold imported from Peru." \\That fC ptic, after this, will
doubt the account given of the wealth of Job, who had only
14 000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1.000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000
she tassel? But in that country they are patriarchal in other
respects, as the following passage attests. The scene lies in
the country of Dr. Francia:—.‘ We supped plentifully uron
milk, yucca-evol, honey, and a full-groen lamb, roasted en
tire. Immediately after supieer the numerous family of our
host came up to hint, and raising their clasped
h.nds in the attitude of prayer, said, in Guarini,
' Your blessing, my father.' Tine old man moved his hand
so as to describe with it the figu-e of a cross, and said to each
of his off-pring in succession God bless you my son,' or
my daughter,' as the case might be. He had a family of
nine children, of whom the eldest, a fine young woman as fair
as a Burr pe in, might be twenty-too and the youngest, a little
Paraguay Gaucho, about eight. They did the same elle.--
wards to thi it mother, and received from her a similar bene-
diction. And up they meueted by a steep ladder to the tea
of the wooden building, where children, parents, guests, and
servants slept, otes'retebed beneath the pale moon, iu order to
avoid the mosquitoes."

THE MEASLES.—This disorder has made sad
havoc among the children of Truro siAti neighbourheod; and,
in some case,, scarlet fever lass succeeded. Our Correspor,d-
ent adds, that on Tuesday there were within his own know-
ledge ten children lyirg dead, who had fallen victims to one
or other of these maladies. —Cornice Gazette.

At five o'clock, the hour fixed for the commencement of Ate
entertainments, the whole of the 30,000 scats of this gigantic-
sti ueture were occupied, with the exception of a few }tundra
neares,:, to where the fireworks were to be let off, which were
kept empty to prevent accidents from the falling of locket.
stall's or flakes of Are In the standing room behind these
sea 5, and in the open race between them and the ropes or
rails of the circus, were some thousand spectators more. The
view of this immense multitude, Dearly all seated within a re-
gulzrly•built and highly-ornamented structure, and all their
countenances lighted up with satisfaction and eager attention,.
was a' the same time both gran 1 and affeetnig, and proved
beyond any comparison the most attractive and impressive part
of the night's entertainment.
The performance, which commenced before the arrival of
the Imperial party, consisted principal'y of feats of herseman-
ship, but which, as they did not vary from, nor were su,aerior,
if se good, as th, s~ seen nightly at Astley's, do not call for
any detailed description.
An attempt was then made to represent the enforced fight
of Mazeppa lashed upon the back of a wild horse into the
desert, but which failed in consequence of the chief four footed
actor not having properly studied his part as written by Lord
Bvro" for, after the first round of the circus, and when he
was only beg inning, by means cf repeated applications of long
whips, to assume any thing like the rapid pace of a wild horse,
he, unfoitu iatch, seeile,e the barrier by which he had entered
the arena invitingly open, suddenly bolted, and, instead of
flying to the wilderness with .::%zeppa, he carried him at an
easy trot into e stable, whither a;:a was followed by the re-
mainder of the troops of wild horses, :aho took their cue of
tameness from the chief actor. This ludite-ous ending to so
romantic a beginning drew forth a roar of laughte' from the
30.000 spectators that made the very welkin z•ng.
About six o'clock their Imperial Majesties and the other
Members of the Imperial Family, together with the great
Officers of State and the principal Lords and Ladies of the
H imeho d, r 'vel e.t tl e arena in a brilliant train of upwards,
of 20 carriages drawn by six horses each. On their Majesties
taking their seats in the front of the Imperial Pavilion, consi-
derable cheering took place from several parts of the immense
structure; and after the National Hymn had been played, the
performances were resumed. There was one feat performed
( n this ofetsion that had a very perilous appearance, and
might, if one false step had been taken, have caused the deati-
of Live human beings. At one end of the arena were e, ected
four posts about 30 feet eigh, resting on which was a platform.
In the centre of the arena was a similar construction, but more
than double the height of the former. Two ropes tightly
stretched connected these two platforms, which were a very
considerable distance asunder. On these ropes four actors,
richly dressed in the ancieN Spanish or chivalric costume, and
bearing on their shoulders an open palanquin, in which stood a
female reprosenting the Genius of Austria, ascended from the
lower to the higher platform in a slow and majestic pace, and
amidst the dazzling glare and blinding smo!,e of Bengal lights.
After a short interval they descended on the ropes at the same
deliberate pace ; and both going up and coming down, when
they came opposite the Imperial pavilion, they knelt down and
bowed their heads to their Majesties. During this, to all al -
p' most perilous feat, there was a deep silence, and at
t men, when tl e danger seemed most imminen', a general shun-
der ran through the congregated thousands there present.
At the conclusion of the performances an exhibition of fire-
works was attempted, but from their having been damaged
by the rain of the preceding days, the attempt almost com-
pletely failed, The Imperial party then rose, and after bow-
ing to the rssernbled thousands, retired amidst cheering, and to
the strains of the national hymn.
Their M jesCes terminated yestertley their inspection of the
public establishments of Milan, and will to-day pay a last visit
to the exhibition of the works of the living artists. Benevo-
lent institutions have been the objects of their special solici-
tude. The asylums of misfortune, as well, indeed, as all the
other public establishments of the city, are on a scale becom-
ing the capital of a great empire. One only of them is under
the direction or care of a religious community—the Brothers
of St. Joseph, the only monastic order that Napoleon allowed
to subsist, and that merely on account of its utility. The
great hospital is capable of accomodating upwards of 1,200
sick. It is remarkable for its fine architecture; anywhere
else it would be deemed a palace. The Refuge for the Aged,
founded in 1771 by Prince Trivulzio in his own palace, is a
noble institution. y It is sufficiently large to receive 700 in-
mates of both sexes, who, before admission, must have com-
pleted their 70th year. The number in the house at present is
little more than 400.
The Lazaretto, situate beyond the Ports Orfentale, no longer
serves for the destination its Caine indicates. It forms a qua-
drangle of 400 yards, surrounded by brick buildings, with a
portico extending interiorly along three of its sides. The
middle space is a fine meadow, intersected by small rivulets,
and in the centre rises a chapel. Its 288 chambers arc now
rented to mechanics and poor families, who are thus kept
out of the city. 'Though the place presents the appearance of
much es retchedne,s, and swarms with children, the visitor may
walk through it wi,hout Lis charity being once invoked ; in-
t-ice-1, he may traverse the whole of Lornbar4 without meeting
a single mendicant—a blessing for which the country is ia-
debted to the French Administration.
To-nigh:, if" the atmospherical disorder" (as the bad wea-
ther is here called) permi's, we are to have a grand Corso
Notturno, or turn out of carriages and illuminations, o'i the
Pi zza and the Court will perhaps attend afterwards
the theatre of La Scala.

The Emperor and Empress positively leave to-morrow for
Venice, and are to halt for the first night at Pavia.
The itinerary of their Majesties from Milan to Venice is
fixed as follows :
Sopt. 15th. From Milan to Binasco and Pavia.
16th. Sojourn at Pavia.
17th. From Pavia to Santa Christina, Borghetto, and Lodi.
18th. From Lodi to Crema, Caravaggio, Verdcllo,
Bergamo
19 h. Sojourn at Bergamo.
20th. From Bergamo to Cavernaga, Palazolo, Ospodaletto,
aryl Br, soia.
21,t. Mourn at Brescia.
22d. From Brescia to Bassano and Cremona.
231. Sojourn at Cremona.
24th. From Cremona to Cicognola, Piadcna, Bpzzolo, Cat-
telluchio, and Mantua.
25,11. Sojourn at Mantua.
26th. From Mantua to Mozzecare and Verona.

27th, 28th, and 29th. Sojourn at Verona.
30th. From Verona to Caldler°, Montebello, and Vicenza.
1:t October. Sfjourn at Vicenza.
2d. From Vicel.za to Arslcsega and Padul.
3d and 4th. Sojourn at Padua.
s:h. From Padua :o Dolo, Fusina, and Venice.—Times.

BONDED G liA IN.—LEITII.—On Saturday the
greatest activity was displa3cd by the holders of bonded grain
in getting the Customs duties paid up on the low rates.
Before one o'clock duty had been paid upon 22,000 quarters,
and it is expected the wart.housca will be cleared before the
end of the week. Several cargoes of foreitzn grain are at
present in the harLoor, which also will he entered at the abil-
ligig duty. Hull.— At our Custom House on Saturday last,
the duty (Is ) vas pai t on 84,000 quarters of wheat in bond.
Ott Tlinr.iti-ay afternoon, between four and five
o'clock, a very dreadful and fatal accident occurred in Little
E stcheap. A smith, named Thosrnoncl, was fixing a balcony
at the house of Mr. Newton, when the whole of the iron
work gave way, and the unfoquaate man was precipitated to
the ground, a height of more than thirty feet; his head was
literally smashed to atoms, the br4ins being scattered about
the pavement, of course life wts immediately destroyed—ta
addition an arm and leg of the ill fated man were fractured.
No blame can be attached to any other person but the tm-
fortwiate dec. ascd, who had the sole maeagement of the
crection of the bilcony The body now I:( sto awgit the
result of the Coroner's inquest. The deceased has loft a
widow and large family to lament Lis truly dreadful and p:e-
mature death.

The annual export of Sherry from Spain, according
to the Custom-house returns, is 28,697 hats, each containing
(sou bottles; but as this is less than the amount professTllY
imponed into England alone, it follows that some other article
must be sub-tituted for Sherry by the wine merchants. It
would indeed be curious to know how much of the Sherry, for
which 6s. a bottle is clhirg,d at ins,s, tea; crer imported from
Spain.
No small degree of indignatioa has [leen excited at
Margate during the last day or tiro by the frocecdings of a
gang of'. informers, who have commenced a crusade ogainst
the raffling at the baz,ars. On Thursday evening, bett,pco
eight and nine o'clock, ono of the police entered Jolly's
French bazaar, and took into custody the person who was pre.
siding at on.. of the milling tables: This put an end to the
r,ffling for that evening. Oa Friday: morning the case was
hParli befog the .I.l.rgistrates at the 'Town Hall, when the
iagistr•A:•s, lohout delivering any opinkn as to the stret
legality or illegali'y of the raffling system, dismissed the rase,
and Nlr. Common Informer Wyatt, of Thavit s-inn, left the
Court, mutter;ng threats of what he would ypt eo. When he
got. down stairs he found it prudent to take shelter in the cage,
under the protection of the police, or it is most certain he
would have Leen accommodated. with a sal •
t- water bath without
payirg for the use of a machine.—C t b
,a), er :iry e'ournal.
The crop of potatoes was never known to be so
ahundant as it is this year; in Proof
of which one person in
Wiltshire last week actually
gathered one hundred and eighty..
four front two rcots.

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