The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-04 00:00:00

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casion. I found on getting acquainted with him, that by
his extensive travels in Europe and America, his reten-
tive memory, his excellent address, and a command of
language, he was a man qualified to please and interest
in the most intelligent circles.
" It may be interesting to his friends abroad, should
they meet with this, to know that a week before
he died,
he accompanied me to an outward district, and addressed
the natives twice, while I interpreted. In the evening
he spoke of the enticements which sailors set before
them, and earnestly warned them to use every means to
resist them. In the morning he addressed them again
from these words—'Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord,' and spoke as one who had recently reflected much
on that blessedness.
" Jan. 28, at three o'clock, P.m., he entered into our
house apparently much fatigued, and requested the
privilege of reclining. I showed him a bed, where he
soon sunk into a fit of apoplexy. Upon discovering his
situation, Dr. White, of the Majestic, was called, who
attended upon him assiduously ; but notwithstanding
what could be done, his spirit departed that evening
about eleven o'clock.
" Watch, therefore; for ye know not what hour your
Lord doth come.'

LONDON AND PARIS FASHIONS
FOR JULY.
MORNING pansses, made in foulards, poil de chevre gris
de lin, ecru, or pouissiere (dust colour), are the most
worn ; they are relieved with rich fancy gymp trim-
mings of green or blue. Venetian silks are also a
favourite material ; the frillings with which they are
trimmed being cut, and gradually separating from the
waist to the edge of the skirt.
EVENING DRESSES are composed of gauze lisse, pink
or blue, and trimmed with Pompadour fringes placed at
the edge of the flounces ; also those made of the tissu
diaphane, decorated with two broad lace flounces ; the
corsage a la grecque, without the epaulettes ; the short
sleeves being cut in such a form as to take the place of
them ; the flounces are caught up, or raised on each side,
with broad satin ribbon ascending up each side, and
meeting at the waist, the lower end being confined by a
tuft of roses.
ANTOINETTE.—This is another novelty for out-door
costume, and is made of silk of a French blue colour,
forming a pelerine-rotonde at the back, and a scarf in
the front; the two ends are rather short, square, and
caught in three folds upon each side of the waist; it is
encircled with a broad lace, and the ends may be crossed
op-left liberty allowing- grateful contour of the - -
shapeiierag visible.
FAILLE A. LA DUCHESSE.—This truly elegant fancy
straw is generally lined with pink, and ornamented with
a bouquet or bunch of shaded coloured down feathers;
ribbons of the vert-saule colour aro also much in use
for the trimming of these kind of bonnets, with a bou-
quet of reine-Marguerites at the side.
Capotes are now entirely composed of crepe, and
covered with fulled tulle, decorated with choux of' tulle
and ribbon; or in lace of a light transparent texture,
trimmed with a branch of leaves or roses; whilst others
are made of Italian silk, in every description of colour.
CAPS.—A very stylish and pretty little cap are those
made of Royal Mechlin lace, the sides of which are or-
namented with a touffe formed of tulle ruche, put on
straight, and having betwixt the plaiting small Queen's
daisies, called the des reines Marguerites, so fixed as
not to show any 'stem, and without foliage. For a
morning cap, they are principally trimmed with broad
Royal Mechlin lace, and rather dark coloured gauze
ribbons ; the form petit and round, the lace being put
on nearly plain at the ears.
DES 817EDOISES.—This description of pardessus is in-
tended to be worn over very thin dresses, in order to
guard against the cool evening breezes, so frequent after
such very hot days, more especially felt in the country,
or sea-side places ;in form they do not reach below the
waist, and are made of some very thick material, such
as taffetas veloute, the damas Chine, or brocatelle ; the
sleeves, which are deenilongues are trimmed with black
lace, and a broad black lace encircles the waist, falling
over the light coloured skirt.
SURTOUTS.—These are now principally composed of
embroidered muslin, lined with pink or sky-blue silk,
high in the back, and open in the front, and a pelerine,
which forms facings to the front; rounded basques, trim-
med with lace; the sleeves large at the lower part, and
raised with bows of ribbon.
LE CHALE-ECHARPE.—This light and elegant style
of drapery is made of a light material, such as tulle, and
lined with silk; it is made very long, and round at the
back, closing a pans upon the front, and encircled with
two rows of lace and embroidered inlet.
FASHIONABLE COLOURS for the present month are
still of a light hue, both for morning and afternoon cos-
tume. For the former, we see the ecrue, Nankin, re-
lieved with patterns in red, green, or lilac; different
shades of green, lilac, blue, and rose colour, are also
greatly in favour for afternoon toilette; white predomi-
nating for evening dress.— 1 orld of Fashion.

THE PRESENT HOT WEATTIER.—The most agreeable
relief during this hot weather, is the use of Ross and Sons
Esprit de Lavande, as it is not only the most durable of per-
fumes, but the most reviving and refreshing. It is made from
the finest lavender water, perfected with extracts from the
choicest flowers, woods and Oriental gums, and smells, if •
possible, more pleasant as it dries on the handkerchief, than
when first applied. It has taken the sole proprietors 20 years
to bring it to its presW.AokP.qtasrk7ti-theni'liftne south
of Erance, and which are four times the strength and flavour
of any to be obtained in Paris.

THE MAYOR OF BORDEAUX.—Those who have
taken any interest in the progress of the free-trade move-
ment in Prance will know that that country does not possess
a more earnest and thorough free-trader than the present
Mayor of Bordeaux, M. Dutibur. Dubergier. This gentleman,
being in England, has been attracted to Manchester by the
present triumphant position of the principles of commercial
freedom ; and yesterday he spent some time in the offices
of the Anti-Corn-law League, where he had interviews with
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and the Mayor of Bordeaux were mutually introduced, and
the latter expressed the gratification he derived from a visit
to Manchester at so auspicious a moment. M. Duffour, we
believe, was educated in England, and speaks English with
considerable fluency. We see by the London papers, that
amongst 14 gentlemen named as intended to be promoted to
the dignity of Peers of France on the Gth July there are
two Mayors—those of Bordeaux and Lisle ; and by those
who are qualified to judge, it is said that the elevation of
M. Duffour to the Upper Chamber of France will give great
satisfaction to his fellow-citizens, and to the friends of free
trade throughout France.—Manchester Guardian.
MR. COBDEN.—Mr. Cobden will not engage in any
public business whatever for the next twelve months or
more. He remained in London to vote on the Corn Bill,
though advised, for the sake of his own health, by his per-
sonal friends, and the friends of the Corn Bill not to do so,
and has now left London entirely for the present year.
Writing to a gentleman in London from Manchester on the
28th of June, he says :—" I have left town for the session ;
and for a year, at least, the claims of private duties, and the
necessary attention to my health, will prevent my taking
any part in public life." When it is borne in mind by those
who know, and told to those who do not know, that Mr.
Cobden has a very large printing establishment, which
hae been created by himself; by his close per-
sonal attention to it ; and that it is a busi-
ness requiring close attention. more than most
others in existence, it regulating, and being regulated
by, the fashions of the day—the female fashions—it being an
embodiment of the most complex elements in chemistry and
mechanics ever producing something new, ever in need of
new designs, always exploring in unknown nature for new
discoveries—when it is borne in mind, that the industrial
genius and personal superintendence of Mr. Cobden have
advanced his establishment to its present magnitude, it may
be easily perceived that the time he has devoted to the public
service has keen a greater sacrifice than any other public
man has made. His private affairs may have not been ne-
glected, but one thing is sure, that had he always been 'a
public man, leaving the Chorley print works to the manage-
ment of a deputy, the Chorley print works never would have
been what they are. Mr. Cobden is not a politician by
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to his business the moment the necessity is over.—Advertiser.
A WOMAN KILLED BY HER lIUSBAND, AT HER OWN
REQuEsT.—The following curious case of murder occurred
lately in a small village in Wurtemberg :—Adam Gayring,
shepherd, a man sixty-four years of age, of honest and up-
right dealings, loved and respected by all who knew him,
presented himself on the Bth instant, before the authorities
at Heidenheim, and stated calmly that he had just killed
his wife. his declaration was immediately taken, as fol-
lows :—" My wife," he said, " as every one knows, has been
suffering for a long time from illness, and at times the
pains she had to endure were such as to affect her reason;
she latterly gave up all hopes of recovery, and continually
repeated, that not only was hfe a torment to her, but that
she feared that if I died before her, she would be reduced to
misery. This morning, after we had read together the 4th
chapter of the Book of Judges (they were devout people and
read the Bible every day), she requested me to drive
a nail into her temple, as Jael did to Sisera, as such.
a death seemed to her short and easy, and would put an
end to her sufferings; she said she forgave me beforehand
for the act, of which she absolved me before God and man.
A nail she said would not cause a great hemorrhage, and
would make but a slight wound. As soon as lam dead,'
she added, you can close the wound, put me on a clean
cap, and no one will know anything at all about it.' After
long resistance (continued Gayring) I gave way to the
wishes of my wife. I tock a nail and began to drive it into
her left temple with a hammer, but the nail was too weak,
and the point, instead of entering, flattened itself on the
bone. I then took a small drill, but was equally unsuccess-
ful. My wife grew impatient, end requested me to kill her
at once with the hammer, which I did accordingly, by
knocking in the skull. The body of my wife is at my
house, where you can examine it at your leisure."—The
magistrate immediately proceeded to the house with a
medical man, and Gayring under a strong guard. They
found the body dressed upon the bed. On the left temple
there were two wounds, and the right side of the skull was
knocked in as low down as the temple. Beside the bed was
a table on which was a bible, the nail, drill, and hammer
alluded to. On the ground was a basin of water, in which
the murderer, according to his own declaration, washed his
hands before presenting himself to the authorities. Gayring
is now in prison ; he is perfectly calm, and convinced that he
acted well in fulfilling the wishes of his wife by putting an
end to her sufferings. Some Wurtemberg papers state that
the inhabitants of the village of Gussenstadt, where the mur-
der was committed, left their work as soon as they heard
of the murder, and spent the day in the church, fasting .and
praying for the soul of the deputed.
LEONTINE. AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. BY MRS.
MABERLY.—This is the very book wherewith to wile away
a broiling midsummer's morning—smart, refreshing, and in-
teresting. The scene is laid for the most part in the gay
palace and gardens of Versailles—Versailles in its most
brilliant days; and the characters are the gilded butterflies
which fluttered about in the dissolute Court of Louis le Bien
ainze„ in the prime of his career. Court intrigues, indeed, is
the staple material of the book, and the incidents and dia-
logue are precisely of that sparkling description which such
a subject would require. Some of the touches of character,
moreover, in which the work abounds, are marvellously'
powerful and truthful.—Morning Chronicle. ,
Dispatches for the Governor of Canada were sent off
yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office.