The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-15 00:00:00

Lord Keane arrived at Falmouth on Saturday

by the Royal Tar, from Gibraltar.
Mendiessohn's Oratorio, St. Paul, which was
first produced in London by the Sacred Harmonic Society, will
be again performed in Exeter Hall, on Wednesday. It is ex-
pected the composer of this celebrated work will revisit this
country in the autumn.
There exists in Paris, says the Gazelle de Tri-
bunaux, a band of rogues, known to the police by the appella-
tion of Faiseurs, or Leeetirs d'Aucergne, engaged chiefly in a
system of swindling upon shopkeepers and dealers. The Leceurs
form a numerous company, divided into many sections. Each
section has a chief or director, and a keeper of a lodging-house
or rendezvous, who is generally the receiver of the goods ob-
tained by the fraternity, purchasing them at low prices, and
taking care to deduct liberally from the money all dues for
board and lodging, or any advances they have made
for which they charge exorbitant interest. The
band has also its indicators, who point out the
tradesmen most likely to be made a prey, and its affi-
liated protectors, W. ho are licensed shop-keepers, such as wine-
dealers, grocers, sellers of second-hand apparel and other ar-
ticles, traiteurs, and such like, who are referees for the re-
sponsibility of the active agents who go out to purchase goods
on credit, and for which, of course, they never intend to pay.
A complaint laid before the police by M. Matifia, of the Pas-
sage Ste. Croix de la Bretonnerie, a dealer in scales, weights,
and measures, who had thus been defrauded to the amount
of 3,000 fr., has led to the discovery and arrest of the whole of
one of the sections of I,eceurs, whose head quarters were at
No. 71, Rue Galande, where an immense quantity of goods
has been found, and among them brass weights and measures
to the amount of 2,000 fr.
CRANBROOK HOPS.—The hop plantations in
this neighbourhood are going on favourably. The fly is nume-
rous in some grounds, but not committing serious injury.—
Doncaster Gazette.
SUBTERRANEAN GARDEN.—WC understand
there are now growing in the 214 fathom level at Wheal Vor
mine, fine kidney and pod beans.— West Briton.
No funeral took place at Barnstaple from the
25th of April to the 26th of May ; this, in a population of
8,000, is an extraordinary circumstance.—Bath Chronicle.
INTERESTING TO THE ANTIQUARIAN.—
A Roman vase full of Roman coins has lately been discovered
near to the monastery in Charnwood forest, by the monks now
resident there ; it was found by them whilst they were plough-
ing some of the land. The coins are in good presery ation.—
Nottingham Review.
The Hartlepool Dock Company transacted
business at the Board of Trade en Saturday.
MOWING.—The hay harvest will commence at
Darley Dale, near Matlock, in about ten days, with every ap-
pearance of an abundant crop. This fertile vale promises
everything that the farmer can wish for.—Doncaster Gazette.
1 ROUT-FISHING IN WALES.-011 Monday
last, two gentlemen, angling in the lake called Lyn-Rheidol,
near Duffryn Castle Inn, (the half-way-house between Llanid-
loes and Aberystwyth), caught in a short time nine dozens of
trout ; and ou the next day they started from the same inn.
and took between nine and ten dozens in the river Rheidol.
HAY HARVEST.—A fine field of hay,at Hessle,
four miles from this town, was in cock on Saturday last, the
sth instant.—Hull packet
A GREAT TRAVELLER. —A female, near foui
score years of age, who has lived at Warboys all her life,
has
never been tempted y
about half he
mile from curiosit, or t love of entherprernati ve
ise, to
travel to Fenton, a hamlet a
town.— Cambridge Chronicle.
Last week upwards of fifty dozen of char wet
forwarded from Windermere to London, and, owing to the now
quick conveyance, were disposed of in the market fresh.—B th
Chronicle.
We have seen a letter from a Member of Par-
liament to a gentleman of this town, in which it is stated, on
the authority of a nobleman present at the examination, at the
Home Office, of the miscreant whose hand has been raised
against the life of his Sovereign, that in the course of the pro-
ceedings, the prisoner stated that were the namee of those
known with whom he was connected, it would indeed excite
surprise. We do not place much faith in such an observation,
but the source from whence this information reaches us places
its accuracy beyond all doubt.—Brighton Herald.
Bho i lrdsr e
HANOVER, JUNE 10.—Last night the King
set out for Berlin. The Duchess of Nassaulluaimildb
herurg children
set out for the same place this afternoon—
*Halle, June 12.