The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-13 00:00:00

IMPORTANCE OF REFORM.

A Correspondent has favoured us with the following
curious compound of letters, in which the sentence,
" Reform alone can save us vow," may be traced in 484
different ways, beginning at the letter 11 in the centre :

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nsuevasnacenecansaveusn
suevasnacenonecansaveus
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vasnacenolomalonecansav
evasnaceno la lonecansave
nevasn acenolonecansaveu
sucvasnacenortecansa veup
nsuevasnacenccansavelisn
onsuevasnace c a n s a v e usno
wonsuevasnacansa veusnow

The rain is said to have found its way through
the roof of the new Palace, to an extent likely to be highly
injurious to some of the costly carved ceilings. -
THE NEW LIFE OF NAPOLEON, BY HIS
SECRETARY, M. 13OURRIF.NNE.—The appearance of four
successive Editions of the English translation of this most
important and interesting work, (the last and best of which
has been just published by Messrs. COLBURN and BENT-
LEY, in 3 vols. with seventeen engravings, at the low
price of 18s.) has very naturally created a great desire
for the French version ; a desire which, however, has been
seldom hitherto gratified, owing to the Paris Edition
having been for a long period out of print, and at any
time only to be procured at an enormous price; the public
will, therefore, now learn with much satisfaction, that
Messrs. COLBURN and IhNTLEY have nearly ready for
publication a new and superior French Edition printed
verbatim from the last Paris text, the ten volumes being
comprised in five, with all the embellishments and im-
portant notes belonging to their English translation, which
is to be sold at half the price of the Paris edition.

ILLUMINATIONS AT NEWPORT, ISLE
OF WIGHT.

expecting
Commons, arrival
So intense is the interest felt by the reformers of New-
port, on the great question under the consideration of Par-
liament, that arrangements have been made to receive by
etpreas from Portsmouth each evening the newspaper. .
a f broughtfavourable
One
House Wednesday
of
o f our worthy townsman, Mr. Pring, was so anxiously looked
for that crowds were on the road to meet him, and his an-
nouncement of a majority for the second reading of the
rafrbolnie division in
Reforim Bill was received with loud and reiterated cheers.
On ha arrival in the town the streets were filled with p c-
ons, all anxious to testify their joy on the glorious result.
The bells of St. Thomas's church rang_ merry peals in
honour of the second reading of the Bill during Thursday.
A general illumination (with the exception of a few in-
terested parties) took place on the evening of Friday in
the houses of the inhabitants of Newport, and the adj -
cent villages. There were several appropriate devices in
lamps and transparencies. We particularly noticed the fol-
lowing:—At Mr. Robert Buckell'., Corsham House,
" The glorious downfall of the boroughmongers," in lamps
surrounded by a beautiful crown, and underneath a large
transparency, representing the funeral procession of the
defunct boroughs. On the left hand a tomb, with a tablet
bearing the word " Oblivion," with the motto, " Rest in
peace." In.the centre a coffin, borne towards the grave,
with a plate hewing the inscription, " Sixty rotten bo-
roughs," followed by a long train of mourners, over whom
appeared the words, " Twiss and Co." This procession
was passing over a bridge, designated " Borough-bridge."
Over the whole was written, in large letters, " May the
rights of the people never more be invaded."—At Mr.
Pring's, " Our cause is just," in gas, surmounted with a
large crown in variegated lamp., and " W. R." in gas.--.
At Mr•. J. Cooke's, " Our Patriot King," in lamps.—
At Mr. C. Worsley's a transparency, justice holding a pair
of scales, one containing 60 rotten boroughs, weighed
down by just representation.—At Mr. Wm. Wilkins, in
lamps, " No. 302,2'—At Mr. Sayers, in lamps, " Union
is strength."—At Alr. Edward Wilkins, in lamps, " Re-
form and W. A., with a crotvn in transparency."—At
Mr. Whitcomb's, pawnbroker, " A large star of variegated
lamps, with two transparencies, on one, Russell's purge
for foul constitutions," and on the other, " Two to one
(in large balls) that the Reform Bill wid pass."—At Mr.
Exton's, a transparency, representing the after-part. of a •
seventy-four, with his Majesty at the helm, and justice
standing before him on the deck, with an appropriat.:
verse beneath.—At Mr. C. Dyer's, a transparency, with
the words " Success to King William and the 302, awl
confusion to the Opposition."—At Mr. Woollray's, at the
Grapes, a very large clown, in lamps, suspended from
the front of the house.—At Mr. Terry's " Reform,
the watch-word of the people."—At Mr. Joseph
Poore's three transparencies, " The King and his Minis-
ters," " The Rights of the People," " Full and free Ile-
presentation."—At Mr. H. B. Lankester's, "Liberty," •
in lamps.—At Mr.J. Milligan's a transparency, with two
joined hands holding a standard with a union-jack stir-
' mounted with the cap of liberty.—At Mr. G. Pierce's a
very brilliant star, in lamps.—At Mr. T. Pierce's a tran-
sparency, The King and the Rights of Man "

We observed numerous other devices, &c., but have not
space to describe them.
During the evening two bands paraded the town, and
the hells rang most merrily. The night being rather un-
propitious for the display of lamps, they were re-lighted on
the evening of Saturday (our market-day), when the streets
were again thronged with thousands of pleased spectators.
[The above has been in type some time, but delayed for
want of space.]

The Earl of KENMARE is to have an English
Peerage.—Limerick Chronicle.
DRINKING " BY INFERENCE."—Of MIRzA
Any TALES Kiraly, the well-known Persian Ambassador,
SINCLAIR relates :—" At one of the dinners I gave to tl.c
Mraza, the celebrated Dr. WATSON, Bishop of Llandaff,
was present. The Bishop observed that the Persian took
wine very freely ; upon which be said to him, " 111raza,
how comes this? Is not drinking wine prohibited by the
Koran?" Upon which the Persian said, " I take it by
inference. In the Koran it is said that we may take
whatever is good for our health. lam informed, that
taking wine in this country is good for the health there-
f ore I infer, that I may take it consistently with the pre-
cepts of the Koran."

A " FLAW" IN MATRIMONY.—About ten
months ago, a loving couple from Northowram, under the
names of THOMAS ROBINSON and MARY Mitlizs, were
made " one twain" at our parish church. On Wednes-
day last, it was discovered by ROBINSON that his wife's
legal name was not MzLNEs, but BALLOON, her mother, at
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paired to the Rev. the Vicar, who, on hearing the facts,
informed.
and recommended that the ceremony should be repeated,
promising that it should be performed without the usual
fees. To this the female readily assented, but RomNsox,
finding himself at liberty, " declared off," and adjourned
to a new beer shop, where he invited his relatives and
friends to make merry on the occasion, declaring that he
never would " plight his troth" to MARY 13AILD0N.—
Hulifax Express.

A respectably dressed widow, soon after she
entered the shop of a draper in a borough-town, not far
from Devises, a few (lays since, began to extol the virtues
of her late husband, the tears at the time flowing plente-
ously down her cheeks. " Pray walk inside and comfort
yourelf," said the condoling draper. " Ah! such a kind
and affectionate husband !" she sobbed. "Ahme ! Ah me !"
" was, indeed," rejoined the draper; but we must sub-
mit to the unerring decrees of Providence." "We must,
we must," said the widow, and wiped her eyes. " Itas
Mr. been here ?" she then anxiously inquired.
had not ; but he very soon afterwards made his appearance.
They jointly selected a silk dress; and two days afterwards
Mr. and the widow were married.—Devizes Gazette.

The rise in the French Funds is attributed
partly to the national loan, and partly to the Paris Bears
having been caught by the Bulls, to use the linguage of
the English Sttick Exchange. It appears that stock
bought for time may be demanded i❑ 21. hours in the
Paris Bourse. Thu., fur instance, if A. bays stock of
B. to be delivered at the end of the month, A. may never-
theless demand his stock in 24 hours after, though, ac-
cording to the terms of the bargain, it may not be deliver-
able for three or four weeks. In case B. should refuse to
deliver the stock, A. can go into the market and purchase
it, and compel B. to pay the difference. This, it is said,
has been lately dune to a great extent.

PORTRAIT OF ENGLAND'S PATRIOTIC
KING.—The Proprietors of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH
(which has the largest circulation of any Newspaper in
England) beg to announce that on the 3d of July next
they intend to present a most splendid Portrait of his Ma-
jesty, WILLIAM IV., to every person who shall have regu-
lirly taken in THE DISPATCH during the preceding two
months. Those individuals who are not already sub-
scribers to THE DrsvaTcu, and who wish to obtain the
most accurate likeness of our Patriotic KING, must con.
mence their subscription on or before the first Sunday in
May, and be careful to order their News Agents to supply
them with the successive numbers up to the 3d of July
inclusive. The Print itself will unquestionably be found
worth considerably more than the whole two months' sub-
scription. It has been engraved in the same style, and
will form an admirable companion to the Portrait of his
late Majesty GEORGE IV., presented to the purchasers of
Tux Dxspazcu in June last.

DISGRACEFUL SCENE.—On Friday, be-
tween twelve and two o'clock, Arundel-street, near
Charles-street, was the scene of a most disgraceful pu-
gilistic contest between two females, one the mother of
four children, and the other apparently about eighteen
years of age, employed in a .neighbouring manufactory.
The quarrel arose. from jealousy on the part of the mar-
ried termagant of the influence of the younger vixen
over the husband of the former. There could not he
fewer than a thousand spectators, men, women, and
children. A regular ring was formed, which was pro-
tected by two bullies with large bludgeons. The ag-
grieved opponent was backed by one of her own sex, at
least ten years older, who stood at her back with all
the coolness of a' CMEB or a Mout:lux, every
now and then cheering her protegee with " Go it again,
lass ;" ".Gie it her reit ;" while her adsiagonist was soP"
ported by the male 'blackguards who crowded round
Many people expressed surprise that none of the constables
in that neighbourhood attempted to stop the proceedings;
such, however, seemed the determination of the mob to
see fair play, that any interference would have bebenaietc
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