The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-13 00:00:00

JUST IMPORTED.

FORCE OF INIAGINArios.—A Kentuckian, who had been for
a long time admiring himself in a looking-glass, grew so per-
suaded that he was his own reflection, and his :own reflection
WAS himself, that, wishing to blow his nasal organ, he made
several attempts to blow the fictitious one, and never disco-
vered his mistake until, in futile perseverance, he had broken
the mirror into a thousand pieces
EXTRAORDINARY HUNGER.—A gentleman, who had eaten
nothing for two-and-thirty days, happening to descry a dinner
table laid out for a party of huntsmen, actually walked into a
leg of mutton, and has not been heard of since !
THE LAST CASE BUT ONE.--A very absent carpenter, being
desired to fit new legs on a somewhat decayed chair, by a
strange coincidence set his own thereon, and made a new pair
for himself ; never awaking to a sense of his error till the
crazy piece of furniture sneezed, opened the door, and walked
quietly and deliberately out of the room !
THE LAST CASE.—Being that of a gentleman, who, in
perking to wind up his watch, wound up himself, and never
iereeiv6cd his mistake till his creditors objected to let him go
on tick any longer I
AN Isisti-AmEnicAN.—There is s gentleman in Washing-
ton so short-sighted that no one can see him but on a•very
clear day !—New York Schreecher.

THE HILLSTON ESTATE, IN MONMOUTH-
sturt.—We gave an account of this sale last month. We
are now called upon to give a little advice, arising out of that
result. The capitalists, and especially those inclined to in-
vest in land, will for the future have mere and just confidence
in the opinion of men of respectability, and not treat their
intention to convey the facts of intrinsic worth as merely
" retorressioreet, BADINAGE." It is only a fortnight since
(our readers may remember) Mr. George Robins had the
estate of the late Sir Robert Brownrigg, called Hillston, near
Monmouth, to sell (the mansion had been destroyed by fire),
at the auction, at the Beaufort Arms, in Monmouth ; at least
500 persons had assembled, including sufficient wealth to
purchase the whole county. In vain did Mr. Robins use his
powers of persuasion, and certainly he "(lid his possible"
for nearly one hour, and in his best manner—but to no good
or effectual purpose—the estate (600 acres) was bought in for
11,000 guineas. The proprietor was pleased with his exer-
tions, and expressed himself in flattering terms, adding, how-
ever, that he was not a little disappointed at the result ;
whereupon Mr. Robins said his opinion of the value was so
firmly jived, that if no private offer was made during the after-
noon, he would himself become the purchaser, at eleven thou-
sand pounds, independently of timber. This was accepted,
and he became " the lord of Dillston Manor and Demesne."
Within the last week one of his auditory at the auction
(whom, it now appears, before belonged to the school of
sceptics, and was proof against all Mr. Robins's persuasion,)
has given him two thousand pounds to relinquish his contract.
We may augur, from this plain statement of facts, that his
next appeal to a monied audience will not merely be hailed
(as it was at Monmouth) by their applause, but in a more sub-
stantial proof, by believing in and availing themselves of his pre-
feesional experience and judgment.—Monmouthshire Paper.
The following have changed horses at the Queen's
Head Inn, during the last week :—The Earl of Mansfield,
Sir Henry Askew, Earl Fitz william, Sir John Dalrymple, for
the north ; and Lord Ravensworth, for Betsey Castle. The
following have changed horses at the Turk's Head, Grey.
street, during the past week :—Lady F. Hope, Sir Charles
Dalbiac, Hon. Mrs. Watson, Dr. Clanny, Colonel Tower,
Captain Shaw, Sir Edward Blackett, Messrs. Adair, Briscoe,
Beaumont, Pease, and Rawsthorne.—Newcastle Journal.
The following distinguished persons dined, slept,
and changed horses at the Bell Hotel during the past week :
The Duke of Grafton, Lady Laura Fitzroy, Duke and Duchess
of Leinster, Marquis of Kildare, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald
and the Ladies Fitzgerald, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield,
Viscount Castlereagh, Lord and Lady Southampton, Lords
Gardner and Forrester, Lady Tankerville, &c. &c. —Leicester
Herald.

At a meeting held at Nottingham on Tuesday,
called for that purpose, a series of resolutions were entered
into to construct a canal from Gainsborough to Nottingham, at
an expense of 200,0001., and also to form a ship canal from
hull to Nottingham, at a cost of 900,0001.—Nottingham
Journal.
The Duke of Buccleuch presented the Royal Perth
Golfing Society with a gold medal, which was competed for
on the North Inch on Tuesday last. The members of the so-
ciety afterwards dined together at the County Hall, Robert
Smythe, Esq., of Methven, in the chair.
Sir John V. and Lady Johnstone have arrived at
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, on a visit to the Duchess-
Countess of Sutherland, who has a large party assembled at
that ancient castle.
On Tuesday night a servant•girl, named Obee at-
tempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Ser-
pentine River, in Hyde Park. The only motive for doing so
appears to have been that in the course of the day she was ac-
cused of having stolen a pair of stockings from a house to
which she had paid a visit.
THE SCOTIA WRECK.—Mr. Deane, the famous
diver, has been for some days occupied in raising the cargo of
the Scotia, which some time ago was lost in the sound off
Pennon lighthouse. Mr. Deane's yacht is lashed to the wreck
which is laid about five fathoms deep at low water; encased in
his heavy helmet, into tr,bich a supply of air is being con-
stantly pumped, and a Mackintosh over-all dress, the diver
descends and remains in the wreck for an hour or an hour and
a half at a time, making ropes fast to barrels, boxes, and pack-
ages, which arc drawn up and taken into the yacht by his as-
sistants, with whom he can communicate by means of signal
ropes upon an emergency. Some chests of tea and barrels of
rice brought up were found to to so much injured as to be use-
less, and were consequently sent adrift, but in other articles
the researches after the hidden treasures of the deep have bee
more successful.—Silurian.