The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-28 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR—As your junior readers are. re.
turning from their studies to enjoy theconviviulity
of the approaching festive season, perhaps the
following game of forfeits may enliven the fire
side. Yours, &c.
Dec. 1824. QUIS. QUIS.
An amorous Aunt angling for an antiquated Adonis.
Two tired Tinkers trundling a trunk to Tregony ; An amorous
&c.
Three thrifty Tailors turning Toley Trenches' triangular trow-
sers ; Two tired Tinkers, &c. &c.
Four fat Friars Writing by a tierce fire ; Three thrifty, &c.
&c. &c.
Five foggy Farmers frying fricassed figs over a flickering flaring
farthing candle ; Four fat Friars, &c. &c. &c. Ic.
Six sickly Straddle-brooks sucking sugar candy ; Five foggy
Farmers, &c. &c. &c. &c. &c.
Seven sallow Salopians, solacing Suckey Sawney's sulky sim-
pleton ; Six sickly Straddle-brooks, &c. &c. Etc. &c. &c. &c.
Eight Ethiopians eating eider down duck eggs emerged in
ether; Seven sallow Salopians, &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c.
Nine nuthook'd' nosed Nuncidians, nicking Nuncio Nick's
nags ; Eight Ethiopians, &c. &c. &c. Ic. &c. Sec.
Ten tumbling Trumpeters, trumping
trampling trembling
through Transylvania; Nine nuthook' d, Ic •
Ic. &c. Ic.

&c. &c. &c. &c.
E,leven edifying Elders, eating Elephant's ears, In essential es.
:fence of eels ; Ten tumbling, 414 e. &C. &c. &C. &c. &e. &c.

&c. &c. &c. -
Twelve twarley Twaddlers, twaddling, turning, trotting to
Tunbridge ; Eleven edifying Elders, &c. &c. &c. &c. &c.
&c. &c. &„c. &c. &c. dtc.

THE REFUGEES.

AlANstoti-IlousE.—During the whole of yes-
terday considerable sums were transmitted to the Lord Mayorfor the relief of the Spanish and Italian refugees. The Com-
mittee have had an arduous task in directing the distribution of
the public bounty in such a manner as to avoid wounding those
nice pinions which are entertained by the refu-
gees s. ° he allowance directed to be made is 10s.
eiwwe whose
feelings
ros
swoer
wives both
ekfoe and
a
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single, men, 15s. per week for married men,
living with them, and 18s. per week to
those married men who have brought over children. The
number of refugees who have already partaken of the relief ex-
ceeds 700. Certificates are required of -the parties, and inqui.
ries are made of the most respectable persons of either nation as
to the truth of their statements. The principal references are,
the Generals Mina, Miens' and Quiroga, who, we believe, are
made, in many instances, the distributors of the charity, it be-
ing the most agreeable to those unfortunate gentlemen who
fought under the command of those leaders, to receive the don.
atious at their hands. There are others of the refugees, however,
who feel a great delicacy in receiving the money at the hands of
their countrymen, and have expressed a preference to receive
it directly from the Society. But this course is attended with
many inconveniences, and there are many advantages which it
is unnecessary to specify, attending the course adopted by the
Committee. All the distributors selected are men of the highest
respectability. Mr. Louis de la Vega will attend, we under-
stand; daily, at Newton's Hotel, near Leiceater-fields, fir the
purpose of distributing the allowances to a certain number of
the refugees.---Me LORD MAYort has received letters front
various parts of the country on the subject of the subscription ;
and the feeling.which is generally manifested is such as to in.
duce hint to write to the Chief Magistrates of the principal Cor-
porate towns throughout the kingdom as to the propriety of
joining in the exertions made in the metropolis in behalf of the
strangers, and calling public meetings for that purpose.

MOUNT RosA.—After long enjoying the ho-
nour of being the highest among the Alps, Mont
Blanc had been, some time since, declared to
be somewhat less elevated than its rival Alp,
Mount Rosa. The recent trigonometrical admea-
surements of Austrian engineers acting under the
direction of Baron Von WELnErt, huve restored
Mont Blanc to its original superiority. The re-
lative height of these stupendous mountains they
found to be as follows, in Pads feet :

Mont Blanc
Mont Rosa

- .14,764
- 14,222

The prisoners on board the convict ship Lady
East, 210 in number, lying in Falmouth but hour,
formed the project last week of overpowering
the crew ; 40 had sawed off their irons, when
the attempt was fortunately discovered, and the
ringleaders secured and severely flogged.
Four prisoners received sentence of death at
the Sussex Assizes) but were afterwards re-
prieved.