The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-30 00:00:00

In Paris, lately, a man committed suicide by
affixing a quantity of crackers to his body, and then firing
them. He was desirous of notoriety, and may be said to
have made a noise in the world.

YORK.—The weavers in Mr. Poppleton's
manufactory hive struck against a portion of their fellow
workmen, who refuse to join the Trades' Union. Wages
form no part of the dispute, Mr. Poppleton's prices being
superior to those generally given at any other place, but it
entirely arises from that spirit of dictation which the Union
me❑ assume, and which his already produced such mis-
chievous effects in many parts of the kingdom.— York
Herald.

AN ANCIENT BRITISH COIN.—The Mon-
mouthshire Merlin mentions that Mr. Benjamin Harris,
of the Union Tavern, Abersychan, his in his possession a
Welsh halfpenny, in good preservation, with the following
inscription quite legible
lestyn. Ab. Gwrgant Tywysog."
on one side, and on the reverse—
" Y Brenhin ar Gyfraith."
Morganwg
1991.
TRANSLATION.
" lestyn, son of Gwrgant, Prince of Glamorgan, 1091."
"The King and the Law."
lestyn's grandfather succeeded to the throne of Glamorgan
in the year 99k, and died in 1030. He was a wi•e and
peaceful Prince, gave lands to the poor, and protection and
privilige to every cultivator of the soil, establishing to
them a right of voice in all national concerns. Gwrgant,
grandson to lestyn, was a Silurian chieftain, and the most
learned poet of his time ; he was killed in 1156 by Ivor
ab illeirig, hut his death was revenged by Morga❑ ab
Owain ab Caradog, who soon after slew Ivor. _

ODD FANCIES.—Henry 111. of (France)
could not remain alone in a chamber where there was a cat.
, The Duke of Epernon fainted at the sight of a young hare.
The Marshal d'Albert found himself indispo,ed at any re-
past at which was served up a sucking pig or a calf's
bead. Ladislaus. King of Poland, was troubled arid obliged
' to fly whenever he saw an apple. The sight of a fish gave
Erasmus the fever. Scaliger trembled all over when he
beheld cresses. Tycho Braise felt his limbs tremble under
him whenever he met a hare or a fox. The Chancellor
Bacon fainted every time that be saw an eclipse of the
moon. Bayle fell into convulsions on hearing the noise
of water falling from a spout. Lamotte le Vayer could
not endure the sound of any instrument, but experienced
great pleasure at hearing the growl of thunder. In our
day a French amateur prefers the sound of the tambourine
to the most agreeable musical instrument. Saint Foix
reports that an Englishman experienced the most cruel
pains whenever he read the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah.
A Spaniard fell into syncope whenever he heard the Latin
word Lana (wool) uttered. The Arch Chancellor Camba.
ceres could not look at a spider. Napoleon himself was
annoyed at the slightest prick of a pin, and evinced an
invincible repugnance to medicine.
On the sth July, Fernando Benancio, an
Indian cacique, labouring under a powerful access of fever,
was admitted as a patient into the hospital of Buenos
Ayres. In his train was a younger Indian, named Fran •
else° Yunquel, who, being attached to the chief, was al-
lowed to wait upon and reside with bins during the pro-
gress of his cure. Yunquel was an unadulterated son of
the Andes, and, in the indulgence of a natural curiosity,
strolled without restraint through every part of the esta-
blishment. In a fatal hour he reached the door of the
dissecting room, just as a lecturer was illustrating, by the
knife upon the subject, the lesson he was giving to his
class. Human dissection is a sight appalling to nature,
and upon the unsophisticated savage of the wilds it pro-
duced the most disastrous effects. He thought the operator
nod his assistants were engaged in a deed of murder. He
immediately raised the warwhoop of his tribe—called out
the gualicha with a maniacal voice, and, drawing his knife,
rushed upon all who were engaged in the dissection. The
first victim was a graduate in the piolession, whom he
despatched at once ; the next was an unfortunate patient,
who happened to be present; the third was a soldier, who
stood sentinel at the door of the devoted chamber. The
fi.enetico then rushed into the wards of the hospital, and
would have dealt death more extensively, if his master,
apprized of the tragical event, bad not thrown himself in '
his way, and, by the threat, conveyed in their own lan-
guage, of instantly shooting him dead, brought bins to a
sense of his sitl:ation.—Buenos Ayres Paper's, July 7.