The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-24 00:00:00

No, 17,087. LON DON, 111 U RSDAY EVENI
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PUBLICATIONS.

PAUL PEVENSEY ; or, THE MAN FROM
BELOW. A Novel of wild and stirring Interest, by one
of the ablest Writers of the day, will commence in the JULY
:.NUMBER of " THE MIRROR."
CII , PTER I.—FIRE AND WATER.
CHAPTER lI.—KATE PEVENSEY.
CHAPTER lII.—WHO IS THIS GENTLEMAN?
CHAPTER IV.—THE BATH AT DAWN.
CHAPTER V.— THE IN FERVIEW BELOIT.
Besides the usual varied Contents.

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CONTRACT for CARRIAGES, CARTS, &c.
Her Majesty's Postmaster-General will receive Tenders for
the supply of CARRIAGES for the conveyance of Letter-carriers,
Mail-bags, &c.; and also for the conveyance of Mails and Mall-
guards to and from the several Railway Stations, for the term of
Five Years, to commence on and after the 6th April, 1848.
The conditions of the Contract may be seen upon application at
the Inland-office of this department between the hours of 10 A.M.
and 4 P.M.
The Tenders to be addressed to Her Majesty's Postmaster-General,
marked " Tender for the Supply of Carriages for the Conveyance of
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department of the Post-office, at or before Twelve o'clock at Noon on
the 31st day of July, 1847. Each Tender must bear the signature
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performance of the contract.
General Post-office, June, 1847.

PRICES' PATENT CANDLE COMPANY.
-A. The whole of the Shares offered to the Public, amounting,
with those retained by the original Proprietors, to 23,000, having
been allotted, the Directors give notice that they are prepared to allot
the 2,000 reserved Shares, giving the Trade as many as they may
now apply for, and the remainder to the Public.
Prospectuses may be obtained from Messrs. Wilson and Harrison,
Solicitors to the Company, 1, Copthall-buildings, Throgrnorton-street,
London.

ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE.
LONDON TO COLOGNE IN THIRTY HOURg.

(Sea Passage Seven Hours only.)
The Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite
steam-ship ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON, Commander (re-
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Carriages and horses may be sent to the wharf up to one hour bAbre
the time of starting, but all applications for the shipment of goods
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OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
AA) The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY has just de-
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explained is a WORKING MODEL of CLAASEN'S PATENT IM-
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other coat under it. This luxurious ease and comfort once expe-
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Silk, Two Guineas.
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The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty
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BALLOON ASCENT IN MAN-

TIIE VILLAGE SHOPKEEPER.

There is scarcely
a village in England
in it, where you see over the door-way, in strange
nd without a little
looking letters, "Licensed Dealer in Tea, Coffee, To-
bacco and Snuff, Pepper and Vinegar," where they keep
every thing well seasoned, and very little that is fresh.
You cannot mistake it, for there are generally a lot of
little children looking in, licking their lips, and seeming
to envy the very sunshine which is melting the lollipops
in the glass jars : wishing that they were small as flies
to hop about and eat up the dirty handful of sugar that
is thrown in one corner of the window ; and fairly long-
ing to have a suck of the two or three wizened oranges,
which have lain undisturbed for weeks on their little bed
of comfortable dust in the corner. There is generally a
hair broom, a mop, and a bosom at the door, and an
empty tea-chest which the carrier brought, and which,
when full, contained a dozen sixpenny fire shovels, a
dozen pieces of hearthstone, ditto of Bath bricks, and the
same number of the lumps of pipeclay, with divers and
sundry packages of red ochre. They never lay in a
stock of more than a pound of tea at a time, which the
carrier brings to them in his coat-pocket ; and were
any little girl to come for a whole ounce, they would
send her back again to see if it was not a mistake, so
accustomed are they to serve out only half and quarter
ounces. They make half-pennyworths of sugar, and
seldom give a child a pennyworth of treacle in a teacup
without a caution not to put his finger in and lick it as
he goes home ; for if he does it will be short weight
when he gets there. They are never without ginger-
bread cakes, plum buns, and biscuits ; but as they are
all mixed together in one drawer, it frequently takes
some time to find such as are wanted, and when found,
scarcely anything less than a good heavy hammer will
break them ; nor is there the remotest chance of eating
them at all, until they have had a good soaking in a basin
of water. The top row of the window is generally de-
dicated to a few whipping wee! iegging tops in a net;
half a dozen shuttlecocks, stuck in one another; a couple
of halfpenny battledores to match ; a spotted harlequin
suspended by the neck, who kicks up his legs and arms
beautifully when the string behind is pulled; a wax doll
whose nose and lips the sun has melted ; a wooden dog
that used to squeak when it was moved, before it fell
down and got broken; two or three soldiers on horse-
back lying higgledy-piggledy together, some of the men
without heads, and some of the horses without legs ; and
two or three halfpenny kites, with a beautiful cross in the
middle, marked with red ochre; with one or two other
articles, such as a sixpenny fiddle without strings, the bow
of which has long since been lost,--and these make up
what the village shopkeeper calls his toy department.
Thesecond row is dedicated to a very small show of
crockery ware; a few little packages which are either
groats, oatmeal, or lucifer matches, you cannot tell
which, unless you go close and read the labels; beside
these stand two or three bottles of patent medicines,
those intended for the use of the villagers being the
smallest, those for the cows and horses a little larger.
Next stand a couple of pens, a
.box full of wafers, and a
little bottle which once contained ink. These are
matched by half a dozen pipes, very tastefully crossed
and tied together ; then a bill about something which
was stolen, lost, or strayed, you cannot tell how long
ago, for the date has slipped down. This is accompanied
by another bill, announcing "Day and Martin's Black-
ing,"—not :that they ever had any, fur they found it
come cheaper to make their own; but as the pane hap-
pened to be out, and it just fitted, it came in very handy,
and the glazier lived above five miles off. This com-
pletes row the second, with the exception of a written
paper, announcing "A Cotage too Lett Inkwire within."
The bottom row it is almost impossible to describe, for
it is made up of soap and soda, and stone-blue; a pair or
two of boots, ditto of shoes, a hat, and a little suit of
corduroys; parcels which are supposed to contain every-
thing, though they have very much the appearance of
bricks tied up in brown paper; a piece of bacon, mounted
on a lump of cheese. a half-quartern loaf, overhung by
half a pound of candles, on both of which the effects of
the hot sun are visible; two or three eggs which have
been kept long enough and made warm enough to contain
little chickens; three onions, one of which is wizened,
while the other two have begun to sprout; a mouse-
trap, a frying-pan, and a gridiron, with a tin saucepan
turned bottom upwards, and surmounted by a half-
bladder of dirty-looking lard. These, with a notice that
passengers and parcels are booked there for the Red
Rover coach, make up about. all you can see without a
very minute examination. If you venture inside and ask
for anything, no matter what it is, they have it ; but
bless me ! wherever can it be? it must be somewhere in
one of these drawers. John ! John ! John comes out
of the little back parlour; he also is certain it must be
somewhere—he scratches his head, and tries to remem-
ber—has a recollection of Mrs So-and-so having a
penn'orth about six months back—knows he tied it up
and put it away carefully—roust be this—no, those are
tin tacks—must be that--deary me ! they're thimbles !
—did'nt know they had any—and had given an order for
two dozen to come by the carrier on Saturday.—Could'nt
you look in again in about an hour, or call next day ?
they should be sure to find them then. Perhaps it is a
lead-pencil you want. They have black-lead, but they
reckon that won't do. They have pens also, but, unfor-
tunately, at that time are out of ink : the last ink they
had, a great jar tumbled off the shelf, fell on it, and
broke the ink-bottle; and it was very unfortunate, for it
happened all to run into the drawer where they kept the
moist sugar. Is there nothing else you want? a pen-
knife, or a pail, or a penny box of paints ? You shake
your head and say no; and bid good by to the Village
Shopkeeper.—From Miller's Boy's Spring Book,
ROBBERIES BY ENGLISH SER-

VANTS IN PARIS.
Two English servants, named Templeton and Macken-
zie, were on Saturday tried by the Court of Assizes of
the Seine, for robbing the proprietress of the Hotel Vic-
toria, in the Rue Chaveau-la-Garde. At the beginning
of 1846, Templeton, who was then in a state of great
distress, was kindly received by the lady of the hotel as
one of her domestics. A little time afterwards he was
observed to be flush of money; and as this caused sus-
picions, the plate was examined, and it was found that
several forks, spoons, &c., had disappeared. On being
questioned, Templeton admitted that he was the thief,
but urged that he was in great poverty. Although this
was notoriously false, he possessing an excellent situa-
tion, his employer, touched by his appeals for pardon,
consented not to place him in the hands of justice, and
contented herself with dismissing him. lie shortly
after repaid this kindness by a shameful participation in
the robbery of his benefactress. On the night of the
28th of December, a young Englishman arrived at the
Hotel Victoria with a handsome portmanteau. He re-
quested the porter to give him a bed without delay, and
to call him at an early hour the next day. On going to
the room the following morning, the porter was asto-
nished to find that the visitor had already departed, and
it it was evident from the disorder of the bed, that he had
laid on it without undressing. The man, fearing that a
robbery had been committed, descended to the dining-
room of the hotel, and found the windows standing
open. He also discovered that some plate, which had
been used on the previous evening had disappeared, as
also some jewellery belonging to the lady of the hotel,
which had been left in an adjoining parlour. There was
no doubt that the young English visitor was the thief,
and his handsome portmanteau, which he left, was ac-
cordingly broken open, when it was found to contain
nothing but a large stone. A robbery on an extensive
scale had evidently been planned, and there was every
reason to believe that the portmanteau had been destined
to take away the booty. Fortunately, however, the thief
had not had time to attack the plate closet, in which the
•
greatest quantity of plate was kept; and, having no
doubt been alarmed whilst in the perpetration of the
theft in the dining-room, he had been compelled to make
a hasty retreat, leaving on the table a silver cruet-stand,
a silver bread basket, and several other valuable articles.
For some time no clue was obtained to the thief, but at
last Templeton fell into the hands of the police for
another robbery, and this led to his lodgings being
searched, when some articles that had been stolen from
the hotel Victoria, and pawnbrokers' duplicates for some
others, were discovered. The prisoner Mackenzie lived
with Templeton, and both passed by assumed names.
On being confronted with the domestics of the hotel,
Mackenzie was recognised as the person who had
entered the hotel with the portmanteau on the night
of the robbery, and it was also proved that he had been
concerned with Templeton in disposing of the stolen
fme sussoermoefn
amusement
English
throughout was chosen,tGtigriaal
trial, from
ohme
articles. The jury declared Mackenzie guilty of a
robbery in an inhabited house during the night,
and Templeton guilty of a domestic robbery. The Court
condemned both to two years' imprisonment. Temple-
ton not understanding French, an interpreter had to be
createdemploy employed.
immense A pr
the great deafness with which he is afflicted preventing
him from clearly understanding what was said, and also
from his continually confounding English with French
and French with English, he talking to the Court in
English and to the prisoners in French._

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Mr. Morrison, M.P., had au interview with the Right
Hon. Edward Strutt, on Tuesday, at the office of the
Commissioners of Railways in Great George-street.
The Observer of Sunday morning gave the parti•
culars of the meeting at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham, of the
shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Com-
pany, nearly to the extent of one of the Observer folio
columns, and which meeting did not commence at Dee's
Hotel until after two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
and appeared in the Observer published at six o'clock on
Sunday morning. The:Observer also gave an account of the
splendid Waterloo banquet, including the names of most of
the gallant surviving heroes present, with a summary ex-
ceeding one of the Observer folio columns; nearly two folio
columns of her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian
Opera; a folio column of critique on the British Institution
pictures; nearly two folio columns of the state of the funds
and prices of railways; the horticultural meeting at Chis-
wick on Saturday—the prizes awarded, and to whom ; Fox
Club dinner at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich, on Saturday ;
upwards of a column and a half of births, marriages, and
deaths; five columns of miscellaneous advertisements, in-
cluding a folio column of public amusements for the coming
week. The Observer also contained twenty-six columns of
news, foreign and domestic, chiefly original. Price of the 06-
' server 6d. There is scarcely a Club-house, Institution, Library,
or News-room in all England, Scotland, Ireland, the Conti-
nent, East and West Indies, America, &c., in which the Ob-
server is not taken in, and frequently duplicate copies. The
extensive publication of the Observer commences at six
and concludes af ten o'clock on Sunday morning Monday
edition of the Observer, best adapted for the country and
abroad, is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday after-
noon.

THE CORN TRADE.