The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-16 00:00:00

[From the Eto;le, Sept. 12.]

BA R.I. UC.—The monotony of political in-
telligence has recently been in some measure re-
lieved, by the occurrence of a trilling event,
which, however, has created considerable noise.
It is about three weeks since "a lad, about fifteen
or sixteen years of age, arrived suddenly in a ber-
lin with four horses, and alighted at one of the
principal inns in this town. In his route, he fell
in with a little grinder of one of the neighbour-
ing villages, and he proposed to him that he
should become his groom. lie gave him a livery,
a watch, and money. On the stranger's arrival,
his expences were so profuse as not only to fix
the attention of the public, but also to attract the
notice of the Authorities,--After a residence of
about five or six days, he repaired to the vil-
lage where his new domestic was born, paid
his respects to the Rector, visited the Church,
and announced his intention of presenting such
ornaments as it was then deprived of. According
to his promise he was soon seen to return with
chalices, and silver gilt pyxes (boxes where the
Romanists keep the Host), purchased from a
goldsmith, which he generously offered to the
Pastor. Not content with this pious liberality,
he brought with him a great number of rings and
trinkets, with which he delighted the young girls,
whom he had gathered together in a dance chain-
petre. The report of this munificence soon spread
throughout the surrounding villages ; it was re.
garded es something wonderful, and the most ex-
traordinary rumours were speedily credited by
the inhabitants. According to one the stranger
was a young Prince, who preserved the strictest
incognito, and who, charmed with the picturesque
views of the ancient Barrois, came there to build
a palace, and to diffuse the treasures of his im-
mence fortune. In the opinion of others he
was the nateral son of some foreign Monarch
or Asiatic Prince, who had escaped from
his father's Court, and had chosen Ancient
Lorraine for his residence. Nothing was talked
of but his magnificence and his generosity ; he
spread everywhere gold and diamonds like the
Genius of the Arabian Tales. The local autho-
rities were astonished, and thinking it necessary
to take some precautions, they kept a particular
watch over the proceedings of the supposed
Prince. He was accompanied by a female of a
certain age, whom he had at first wished to pass
for his mother ; but the moment she perceived he
was watched, she disappeared without any one
being able to discover the road she had taken.
At length this mysterious
personage was informed
that it was necessary for hint to exhibit his pass-
ports, and he replied that his Gouvornante had
curried them away. His name was demanded,
but he gave nothing but mysterious answers,
which only tended still more to excite the ima-
gination, and give rise to the most absurd conjec-
tures. A Gendarme was then ordered to accom-
pany him in all his excursions, and he continued
nevertheless to lavish his expences. The multitude
of workmen employed at the buildings crowded
before the Hotel where he lodged, in the hope of
enjoying a single instant of his presence ; and in
his general manners and language he affected a
givek nd ofconfirmation mysterious
to carelessth
emdoisgtnri ridiculous i cwuhlu which
hs
served to
and
ex-
traordinary reports. He had so completely fas-
cinated cineted the people, that two individuals, without
knowing who he was, did not hesitate to answer
for him, and to defend him from
ings which he might have incurred as suspected
of vagabondage. In a moment, however, this
wondrous romance was finished by the forced and
sudden departure of its hero. He set 'out post
haste in his magnificent berlin for the capital, ac-
companied by a subaltern- officer of the gen-d'-
armerie, without any one having been able to de-
velope the mystery of his arrival and sojourn
among W. As might be imagined, this
hasty de-
parture has not failed to excite still
ly the public curiosity, and to continue the pre-
valence of the most wild conjectures ; and really
from the respect with which he was treated, and
the manner in which he was conducted to the
capital, it is difficult to believe diet the lad is
any ordinary personage. We shall doubtless soon
hear the truth, and very probably the mountain
will produce nothing but a mouse.

(From the Etaile, Sept. 14.)
BAitsr.E-Dtio.—We promised our readers some
particulars in relation to the mysterious personage who was
lately arrested here,_ and who, at present, is detained at Paris in
the prison of La Forte. The young vagabond in question is
named Antoine Fourouge; he is sixteen years of age, and son
of an artificial tooth maker, who resides in la rue du Bac. This
youth, who possesses an understanding far above his years, was
placed at au early age in the house of M. II •••••••, banker in
rue Godot. He knew how to insinuate himself into the confi.
Bence of his master ; and everything attests his abuse of it.—A
sum of 15.000 francs was stolen from his master's chest, and
also a dividend of 40,000 francs upon the Bank of France. At
the beginning of August last Fourouge disappeared. Happily
the dividend, to which he had forged the signature of M. I,—,
was not paid ; but possessed of 15,000 francs, Fourouge re-
paired to Bar-le-Due, accompanied by a Germanwoman named
Molter. It appeared that it was to this woman he had entrusted
the stolen money.. The origin of the female Molter, her age
(40), and her German accent, all, without doubt, contributed
to inspire both these fugitives with the singular part they played
off' for some days. They were furnished with a passport, by
which Molter was authorised to travel in company with her
son (Fourouge), fourteen years ohl. On reaching Bar-le-Duc,
the' adventurers Soon perceived that some suspicions had arisen
with regard to the fortune and rank assumed by them ; the
female, Molter, took, secretly a passport for her pretended son,
under the fictitious name of Molter, by which subterfuge she
escaped, and returned to Paris with 2000 francs. Antoine Fou-
rouge still adhered to the part he had originally taken. He
continued to multiply his dupes ; and we are assured that even
an excellent man Mayor of the 'Village where Fourouge had
kid the scene of his'action, presented him (it is reported) on
the 15tli of August, with a magnificent bouquet, which, doubt-
less, was accompanied by some congratulatory speech. A beau-
tiful ribbon, attached to the bouquet, is, it is said, still in the
possession of Fourouge, who delights in displaying it, while
speaking of the stratagem by whichit fell into his hands. But
at length M. 1. who caused inquiries to be made, disco.
vered his clerk in the environs of Bar-le-Duc, where he caused
him to be taken up.
Fourouge was conducted to Paris, which
tie reached on the Gth inst. In consequence of his information
the woman Molter was shortly after taken, and also three other
of her accomplices.

An Emperor of CHINA, making a progress,dis-
covered a family, in which the master, with his
wives, children, grand-children, daughters-10.
law, and servants, all lived in perfect peace and
harmony. The Emperor, admiring this, inquired
of the old man what means he employed to pre.
serve quiet among such a number of persons, `fle
man, taking out a pencil, wrote only these three
words—patience, putiehce, patience.