The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-08 00:00:00

BATHING AT THE AZORES.

As early in the morning as five o'clock the operations
of bathing begin, and they continue until nine, ten, and
eleven o'clock. A company of four or five persons.
from Ponta Delgada, who have taken lodgings or
own houses in the valley, assemble at their doors
wrapped in cloaks and provided with umbrellas,
under the ample shadow of which they saunter down
to the baths followed by the bare-footed or liveried
servant with his gaudy bag of towels. Another set
of Villa Franca similarly dressed, or wearing
strange-fashioned hats and bonnets, such as [now are
only to be seen in the Ladies' Magagine, (of the date of
steel-buckled hats and tall crowns), may choose to ride
on asses ; and these, accompanied by their noisy
driver, splash through the ford and hurry and scuffle in
the same direction. A pale soldier and his young wife
who cannot afford to ride ; obese shopkeepers from Al-
lagoa, abdomina tirdi ; merry children piled two and
three upon one ass ; a helpless paralytic in his palan-
quin ; a wasted invalid whose heavy cloak hangs about him
as if he were merely bones ; an aged countryman buried
in his carapuca ; a sad woman and a melancholy boy,
both afflicted with leprosy ; the handsome, well-fed,
sleek mistress of the Governor, with her array of gaily
dressed servants ; a pot-bellied morgado ; a good-tem-
pered and well-favoured Nun from Villa Franca, and
her many friends and single attendant ; an amaurotic
man, led by his mother, and staring at the morning sun ;
waddling priests from the same place - meagre, yellow
young men, with short linen jackets and recent English
trowsers ; fat lads in blouses, and weakly village girls
in blue cloaks and full grey petticoats, may all be met
with, on one day or another, wending their way from
the village to the Caldeiras in quest of their one thing
needful—health. Having arrived at the springs, they
either take their bath at once, or, if the bathing-houses
are occupied, sit in the small verandas in front of them,
or lounge about the boilers, take snuff, smoke, and gossip
according as they may feel inclined. The choice of baths
at the springs lies between sulphur, iron, and the
mixture of both. There are four bathing-houses ' • one
belonging to the Baron de Laranjeiros, which is the best;
another open to the public, which is the worst ; a
third, the property of the American Vice-Consul
Mr. Hickling ; and a fourth, which contains the iron and
sulphur waters mixed, or the cold iron-water alone, and
called the Misturas, the property of I know not whom.
In each bathing-house there is a reclining board ; and
the custom of many of the Azoreans is to take their
baths at a high temperature, to get into a profuse
perspiration, dress, wrap themselves in a huge cloth
cloak, and lie their lengths on the board for a period
varyir,,,, from a quarter of an hour to a whole one :
after this, to envelope their mouths and neck, and
oxasionally the entire head, in a pocket-handkerchief or
napkin, that they may imbibe no breath of cold air on their
way home; and sometimes on their arrival there to lie down
once more and perspire again. But in neither of these
have we followed them in our daily baths. The most
agreeable temperature for the sulphur baths is from 92
deg. to 95 deg. Fahrenheit ; hotter than this they are
debilitating, and much cooler, chilly. The mixture of
sulphur and iron, as it is more stimulating, may be made
somewhat cooler ; but a temperature between 90 deg.
to 95 deg. is the most pleasant. Never has it been my
good fortune to bathe in so luxurious a bath as the un-
mixed sulphur-water. If anything could possibly be found
to reconcile one to earthquake, it is assuredly to be
found in the baths of the Furnas. Here they are,
whenever you may choose to enjoy them, by night and
by day, in the cold and in heat, summer and winter, al-
ways the same, welling from their source in never-failing
abundance; open at all hours, free to all, and free of cost.
But let it not be supposed that we are in a Bath pump_
room, with its marble luxuries. Nothing can be less in-
voking than the appearance of these bathing-houses, which,
for the most part, have a subterranean aspect; but, ex_
cept to the fastidious, they are all-sufficient for the one
purpose for which they have been built,—that of
amply enjoying the waters. And let a rheumatic
and sour-tempered Englishman, exercising his national
privilege of grumbling to its fullest extent, and whose
every word and work, complexion, gait, and temper,
—whose
very clothes, hanging on the pegs of the bath-
room, indicate bile, after despising the appearance of
these rooms, slowly, quietly, otter-like, subside into a
sulphur-bath, tempered by old John Quiet, to the mode-
rate warmth of 95 deg. ; and then let him confess whe-
ther he be not at once a wiser and a better man, whether
his discontent has not lessened, his lust for purple and
fine linen vanished, and his care for marble and pump
rooms faded away.—Bullars' Winter in the Azores.

TORY OF AN APPROVER.—A., a well known
blood-thirsty character, proposed to B. and C. that they
should join him in committing a burglary where a good
booty was expected. " I've no objection to the swag,"
said B. ; " but if we go out together, mind I'll have no
crokers (dead men). If we can't do our business without
them, why, then, I'd sooner follow some other game."
C. agreed with 8., both consenting to join in the robbery,
on the express condition of no violence being offered to
any person. The same night the thieves entered into a
house occupied by a single gentleman and his house-
keeper, who was deaf. The booty not being found where was
expected, they agreed to proceed to the gentleman's sleep-
ing-room and search there--both B. and C. again protest-
ing that they would have no violence used beyond that of
restraininc, him from leaving the house to give an alarm.
The gentleman, either having no concealed property, or,
being obstinate, refused to disclose where it was. A.
became irritated from disappointment, and menaced the
gentleman, who was sitting up in his bed, every moment
becoming more furious and minatory, till at length the
ruffian actually aimed a blow at the unfortunate gentle-
man's head with a small crow-bar. B. arrested his arm
with one hand, while with the other he forced the
brutal assailant from the spot. C., whilst this was going
on, kept watch at the door, still commanding a view of
the room ; and, witnessing the attempt of A., rushed
forward to assist B. in preventing a fatal result. The gentle-
man, then becoming alarmed, suddenly sprang out of bed,
and, seizing a sword which hung near him, made a pass
at 8., whose back was towards him. The latter, feel-
ing himself wounded in the shoulder, turned round, and
with a blow from his clenched fist knocked the gentle-
man down. A., who had recovered himself, then turned
round, and levelled a blow with the before-named bar,
which he still held in his hand, at the fallen gentleman's
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was subsequently carried off by A. A few days
after this murder was perpetrated, a proclamation
was issued, offering a reward and promise of pardon to
any accomplice, not the actual murderer, who would
impeach his companion in the crime. A. was the first
to avail himself of this offer ; and making out his own
statement of the affair, caused the execution of C., and
the transportation of B. These particulars were _first
collected from the malefactor that suffered ; they were
also confirmed by his companion, whose sentence of
death was commuted to that of transportation, and,
finally, were verified by the actual murderer, who a few
years subsequently was executed at the Old Bailey for a
similar brutal offence.—Frazer for July.
SUBURBS OF LONDON.—The vastness of su-
burban London distinguishes that city eminently from
the Continental cities. A mile beyond Paris you are in
a wilderness of sand hills, gypsum quarries, sterile rocks,
and windmills ; beyond the walls of Rome there is
literally an immense expanse of desert ; whereas Lon-
don, if we may borrow a bull, surrounds itself, suburb
clinging to suburb, like onions, fifty on a rope.
The suburbs, which George Colman described
emphatically as " regions of preparatory schools,"
have • a character peculiarly their own ; once
seen they cannot be mistaken. They are mar-
vellously attached to gardening, and rejoice above all
things at a tree in a tub. They delight in a uniformity
of ugliness, staring you out of countenance with five
windows in front, and a little green hall door at one side,
giving to each •house the appearance of having had a paraly-
tic stroke ; they stand upon their dignity at a distance from
the road, and are carefully defended from intrusion by a
body-guard of spikes bristling on a low wall.
They delight in outlandish and ridiculous names,
a lot -of tenements looking out upon a dead wall
in' front, and a madhouse in the rear, club together
and introduce themselves to your notice as Optic
Terrace ; another regiment is baptised by the Christian
and surnames of Paradise Prospect ; while a third lot,
standing together, two and two, after the manner of the
Siamese Twins, are called Mogg's Villas, Bugsey's
Cottages, or Gemini Place. The natives of these out-
landish, regions Are less wealthy than genteel ; like
Beau Tibbs, they live here for the benefit of their
health—and fortune. When you visit them, they are
eloquent upon the merits of an atmosphere surcharged
with dust, which they earnestly recommend for your in--
halation, under the attractive title of " fresh air."—
Blackwood for July.
GYPSIES IN ENGLAND.—ShortIy after their
first arrival in England, which is upwards of three cen-
tidies since, a dreadful persecution was raised against
them, the aim of which was their utter extermination, for
the being a gypsy was esteemed a crime worthy of death,
and the gibbets of England groaned and creaked be-
neath the weight of gypsy carcasses, and the miser-
able survivors were literally obliged to creep into the
earth in order to preserve their lives. But these days
passed by ; their persecutors became weary of pursu-
ing them ; they showed their heads from the holes and
caves where they had hidden themselves, they
ventured forth, increased in numbers, and, each
tribe or family choosing 'a particular circuit, they
fairly divided the land among them. In England the
male gypsies are all dealers in horses, and some-
times employ their idle time in mending the tin and
copper utensils of the peasantry ; the females tell for-
tunes. They generally pitch their tents in the vicinity
of a village or small town by the road side under the
shelter Of the hedgei and trees. The climate of England
is well known to be favourable to beauty, and in no part
of the world is the appearance of the gypsies so pre-
possessing as in that country ; their complexion is dark,
but not disagreeably so, their faces are oval, their fea-
tures regular, their foreheads rather low, and their hands
and feet small. The men are taller than the English
peasantry, and far more active. They all speak the
English language with fluency, and in their gait and
demeanour are easy and graceful ; in both points stand-
ing in striking contrast with the peasanty, who in speech
are slow and uncouth, and in manner dogged and brutal.
—Borrow's Gypsies of Spain.
A FAIR IN CONNAUGHT.---.IIOVE to look on
at a fair, it delights my heart to witness the cordial
meetings and greetings of the kind-hearted people, to
see the hearty kiss given, to hear the noisy laugh passed
round. I wish I had the art of fixing on canvass this or
that most picturesque group, when I could pourtray not
only the round and jocund faces—blessings on them
—of my countrywomen, but also the rich contrasts of
colour in the costumes, which I wish they would not
change—the scarlet mantle, the madder red petticoat
with its many plaits, and brown boddice, the yellow ker-
chief, the sky blue stockings. Talk not to me of Swiss or
German costumes, rather give me a. Connaught lass
attired as I have just said, with her fair skin, her ruddy
cheek, her mirthful black eye, and her white teeth
almost sparkling from her half-opened, good-natured,
and large mouth. She is no beauty to be sure—her
head and form are Celtic, and not Grecian ; but there
she stands before a tent, a kind, laughter-loving,
amiable crathur. I see her there coquetting most in-
tensely, with Pat on one side, and he's a clean, comely,
broad-shouldered, light-limbed, springy fellow ; he
could run to Sligo and never draw breath ; he could hurl
or fight till the cows came home. On the other side of
her is a sailor in his many-buttoned and well-fitting blue
jacket ; he wears a white dimity waistcoat and a red
bandana tied carefully careless about his neck ; he is a
specimen of manly vigour, a little weather-beaten to be
sure. Sally, the deceiver, is dividing her smiles and
pleasantries between her two admirers ; an old wrinkled
body (Sally's aunt, no doubt) is standing behind—she is
watching the lively colleen ; she would rather that Sally
was not so particular with Jack-tar ; Paddy with his
bit of ground and his dacent cabin, would do better
for her. Such groups you may jot down in your sketch-
book at a fair in Killala.—Otway's Sketches in Erris.
The Tories are continually talking of their at-
tachment to the Throne, but it is certain that if they
have any such affection, not the smallest portion of it is
extended to the illustrious person by whom the throne
is at present occupied. Open insults and dastardly inu-
endos are being continually resorted to by the Conser-
vative press, of which the Post of this morning gives,
in a pretended notice to a correspondent, a most loath-
some specimen. "We hope," runs the language of the
notice, " our correspondent is in error, when he inti-
mates that the intelligence of the death of the Queen of
Hanover had arrived at Buckingham Palace on Saturday
before her Majesty went to the Opera." Now, the edi-
tor of the Post can have no "hope " upon the subject,
he must know, for it was so stated in all the papers of
Monday, that the intelligence alluded to did not reach
Buckingham Palace until Sunday. The Post's " wish
is the father to the thought ; " but it will wish in vain,
before it can get hold of a real and substantial handle
for the numerous air-blown calumnies against the Queen,
that have been engendered by the foul breath of Tory
malignity.

REVIEW AT WOOLWICH.—On Tuesday, at
twelve o'clock, Major Molesworth, Captains Bingham
and Ponlden, Lieutenants Dalton, Burrrows, Dennis,
and Graham, with 16 non-commissioned officers and 110
men, attended with the field batteries in the marshes for
gun and rocket practice, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Cruttenden and Captain Lethebridge, Adjutant of
the 7th battalion. At twelve o'clock the Earl of Err3ll
and family arrived in a carriage with four horses, pre-
ceded by outriders, and accompanied by several gentle-
men on horseback. In another carriage with four
horses were the family of Earl de Grey ;his Lordship
was on horseback. Amongst the officers who arrived at
the same time were the Earl of Caidigan, and a great
number of others belonging to the cavalry regiments.
The noble visitors were received •by Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Lord Bloomfield and his staff, and shortly after-
wards practice commenced with spherical and case-
shot, and the firing was most excellent. The time
occupied in the marshes was about two hours.
Shortly after two o'clock the party assembled in the
marshes entered their carriages, and proceeded to the
mortar and howitzer batteries at the west end of the Pa-
rade-ground, where the guns and howitzers were manned
b- Captains Warde and Mitchell, Lieutenants Buchannan,
Irving, Mackie, Crofton, and Scott, and the men under
their charge, the whole being commanded by Lieutenant-
COlonel Wylde, C. 8., and Captain Grant, Adjutant of the
Bth battalion. The practice at the mortar and howitzer
batteries was excellent, several of the shells having struck
the flag. At three o'clock the company, accompanied by
the Commandant and his Staff, adjourned to the splendid
mess-room of the Royal Artillery, where they partook
of a cold collation. At a quarter past four o'clock the
Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Dyneley, marched to the common, and went
s ve
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hiaslid_pisa tsint gesve h
o'clock,
through all the evolutions for which that branch of de
r
practices continued y
part until
and
about
ockT,he
whe thenoble
their friends
returned to town.
We quote the en following from the Ca j
b our-
nal :—" In 14 w fought
the battle of Formigny, in
Normandy, which was followed by the expulsion of the
English, who for thirty-tree years had kept that coun-
try under subjectiOn. In 1486 the hero of that battle,
John de Bourbon, in performance of the vow he made
on gaining the victory, erected a chapel on the field, de-
dicated it to St. Louis, and founded
a perpetual mass to
be said daily by two priests for til
those who fell. In 167.2 it was raised
eisreese of the souls of
Chapel Royal by the great Conde. to the rank of a
Although durin
the first revolution this chapel was converted
ly
into a
granary, it was so far respected as a monument
of g
that the building suffered no mutilation ; and
King
Louis Philippe having determined on restoring it, has
given orders for the commencement of the works."
It is rumoured in the fashionable circles that
the Marchioness of Londonderry is about to publish a
descriptive account of her late trip to the Court of the
Sultan.—Courier.
A RIGID SENSE. OF DUTY.—At one of our
sea-port towns there stood (and, we believe, doth stand
there still) a fort, on the outside of which is a spacious
field, overlooking a delightful prospect of land and
water. At the time we are speaking of, a Major Brown
was the commandant ; and his family being fond of a
milk diet, the veteran had several cows that pastured in
the land aforesaid ; a sentry was placed near the en-
trance, part of whose duty it was to prevent strangers
and stray cattle from trespassing therein. Upon one
occasion an Irish marine, a stranger to the place, was on
duty at this post, and having received the regular
orders not to allow any one to go upon the
grass but the major's cows, determined to ad-
here to them strictly. He had not been long at his post,
when three elegant young ladies presented themselves
at the entrance for the purpose of taking their usual
evening walk, and were quickly accosted by the marine
with " You can't go there !" "Oh ! but we may," ut-
tered the ladies with one voice, "we have the privilege
to do so." "Privilege,;' repeated the sentry ; " fait an'
I don't care what ye have, but you mustn't go there, I
tell ye ; it's Major Brown's positive orders to the con-
thrary." " Oh—ay—yes—we know that," said the eld-
est of the ladies with dignity, "but we are Major Brown's
daughters," " Ah, well, you don't go in there anyhow,"
exclaimed Pat, bringing his firelock to the port, "you
may be Major Brown's daughters, but you're not Major
Brown's cows."--Cruikshank's Omnibus.

Now ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., with Portrait,
MISS LANDON'S LIFE
AND LITERARY REMAINS.
Comprising above 100 Pieces in Verse and Prose, hitherto

unpublished.
Edited by LAMAN BLANCHARD, Esq.
" Mr. Blanchard has iiire presented us with an authentic
account of the 'extraordinary circumstances attending the la-
mented death of L. E. L., and has also given the fullest par-
ticulars the public can hope for of her life and literary career."
" The literary remains contained in these volumes are, at
the very least. as full of merit and value as any of those pub-
lications which took place during Miss Landon's lifetime ;
moreover, they consist of her latest and most careful composi-
tions. All of these pieces, indeed, of every poetical character
and style, are worthy of the high place of their writer among
the poets of her country."—Naval and Military Gazette.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

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ktOYAL SURREY THEATRE.

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE

AND MR. WILLIS JONES.

The extraordinary ooedows attracted by " La Sonnambula,"
have induced Miss Romer, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Leffler to
accept are-engagement, which enables the Management to
produce Auber's " Fra Diavolo," with a strength of cast
defying rivalry—Conductor Mr. G. Stansbury.
THIS EVENING, JULY 8,
Will be acted Bellini's Grand Opera,
LA SONNAMBULA.

Amina, Miss Romer; Lita, Mrs. Serle ; Rodolpho, Mr.
Leffler; Elvino, Mr. Wilson.
.. .

After which,
THE QUAKER.

Steady, Mr. Leffler; Solomon, Mr. Smith ; Floretta, Miss
Martin.

To conclude with,
THE HAUNTED WRECK.
Supported by the entire strength of the Company.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON.
Continued union of success in the hitherto unexampled com-
bination and attraction of " Susan Hopley !" " Othello !"
." William Tell !" and " The Hunchback !" supported by
Mr. Osbaldiston Mr. E. F. Saville, and Miss Vincent! and
also Mr. Brougham.
THIS EVENING, JULY 8,

The splendidly successful Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of
SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR, THE TRIALS AND VICISSI-

TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL
William Dean,. Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Susan Hopley by
Miss Vincent, the accepted Heroine of Domestic Drama.

After which,
SIMON LEE.

Simon Lee, Mr. E. P. Saville ; Grace Hatnerleigh, Miss
Vincent.

To conclude with the Laughable Farce of
HONEST THIEVES.
Teague, Mr. Brougham; Obadiah, Mr. Gardner; Abel
Day, Mr. Paul.
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