The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-10 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, JULY 8.

( Before R. HEDGER, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates. )
Leoni Scapiglione, Giovanni Parrisonotti, and Luigi Edon-
vardet the joint proprietors of an exhibition at the Rotunda, in
Blackfriars-road, were indicted for causing an obstruction
and nuisance; in consequence of the crowds which collected
in front of the above building, by which many persons were plun-
dered by the thieves, who congregated there in great numbers.
The Counsel for the prosecution detailed the nature of the
nuisance which was occasioned in the neighbourhood of the
Rotunda, owing to the exhibition of the three defendants.
Ever since they had taken possession of the edifice
the greatest disorder prevailed in its immediate vicinity :
the portico was filled with trumpeters and big drum-
mers, the discordant sounds from whose instruments, per-
petually dinning in the ears of those who lived within the
sphere of its influence, were of the most annoying description.
The whole of those connected with the exhibition in question
were either French, German, or Italian, and their continual
jargon, added to the other nuisances, rendered it impossible for
respectable tradesmen to carry on their usual avocations with
any degree of comfort.
An interpreter addressed the Court, and said that the De-
fendants pleaded guilty to the indictment, and that they had
abandoned the Rotunda and should not exhibit there again.
The Counsel for the prosecution said that the chief object
to be attained was to root out the Defendants, and if they were
adjudged to enter into securities not to appear again in charac-
ter in the district theprosecutOr would be satisfied.

The Defendants gladly entered into the required securities,
and were then discharged.

MONSIEUR CURE-DENT.

(From a Paper entitled " The Debtor's Experience„' in the
New Monthly Magazine.)
A little sexagenarian Frenchman, of Voltairian features,
with whom I made an acquaintance soon after my arrival
at Barrett's, was an amusing person ; he had been compelled
to apply to the Court for relief from debts amounting to
241. only. This slender Gascon (for he was awfully nzaigre,
and from that province which entitled him to be so styled),
possessing, in a tenfold degree, a love for bavardism, be-
yond that of his countrymen generally, brightened up with
delight at any opportunity_ of jabbering away in his own
"lingo." He soon whelmed me in a torrent of talk upon a
variety of subjects, but principally upon such as related to
himself ; the tale of his woes which brought him to an ac-
quaintance with the Whitecross knights, was related with
that degree of earnestness and energy for which his coun-
trymen are so remarkable, and from his manner of recount-
ing them must have had an effect upon any other man than
a heart of stone ; he really excited my sympathy warmly,
and I verily affirm occasioned me the stomach-ache for the
remainder of the day.
Monsieur Frederick Adolphe Auguste Cure-dent and his
family had been persons of consequence and consideration
" from before the foundation of the world ;" and some of his
ancestors figured conspicuously in the Court of Charle-
magne ! "La Grande Revolution," which reduced so many
of the " ancienne noblesse" to " dust and ashes," was par-
ticularly spiteful to the family of the Cure-dents. His fa-
ther having been ruined, Monsieur Frederick Adolphe Au-
guste was compelled to seek his fortunes in England, by
teaching British youth a knowledge of the Gallic tongue.
His fame extended far and wide. One bright sun-shining
morning the twopenny postman brought him a summons,
in the shape of a letter, bearing the coronet of a Peer, to
attend forthwith at No. —, in Grosvenor-square. Monsieur
Cure-dent arranged his toilette and his queue with more
than usual care, attired his thin legs in black " shorts" and
silk stockings, seized his cane, and departed, ruminating
upon future fortunes and honours, to which he fondly be-
lieved this invitation was a prelude.
A certain Marquis, hearing of Mr. Cure-dent's capabi-
lity, desired that his only and much-loved, spoiled and
stupid son should be entrusted to his care for the purpose
of acquiring the French language. The young gentleman
being intended for the diplomatic department, his noble
father at once made very liberal arrangements with the
French tutor for his immediate reception, to the exclusion
of all other persons ; this was a sine qua non with my Lord.
Prated with the flattering confidence reposed in him, Cure-
dent assented to all his Lordship's arrangements, dismissed
his plebeian pupils, and received hint, in whose veins and
those of his ancestors high patrician blood had flowed during
many past centuries.
Monsieur Cure-dent had for a long season silently and
secretly mourned over the dullness and heaviness of the
young nobleman's intellects, and summoned all his patience
to bear with him. Months, however, rolled on, and my
Lord could not, or would not, be taught ; his density and
incapacity were too much for the mercurial Cure-dent ;
they had already worn him to a mere skeleton, and he resol-
solved to wait upon the Marquis and relate his sorrows.
Arrived at his Lordship's house, he was received with that
well-bred kindness and real politeness for which our true
nobility are so remarkable, and which can but have an irre-
sistible effect upon those who have the pleasure of an
acquaintance with them. His Lordship's obliging manners
had so much influence over Monsieur Cure-dent, that he
felt for a moment embarrassed, and wished himself away.
After a pause, however, he thus began :
" My Lor, your Lorship is vary koind to me ; your Lorship
is one vrai gentilhomme. lam vary mooch obleeged to your
Lorship for vary mooch koindness to me. I ask your pardon,
mi Lor, but your fils, mi „Ur your noble son—l have great
respect for your Lorship, pardon, mi Lor—mais his Lorship
can no possible larn de French. If God Almighty was to say
to mee, vhich vould you do, Monsieur, teacha dis boy de
French or go to hell ? I vould tank God Amighty for his
politesse, but I vould mooch rader go to hell."
By this declaration he lost his Lordship's patronage ; his
former scholars had found a new master, and poor Cure-
dent fell into difficulties which ultimately brought him to
this place.

LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JULY B.—We
have had less doing in our cotton-market to-day. The opera_
tious do not exceed 1,000 bags, all Americans, with the excep-
tion of 150 Surats, at sid. to 61d. ; and 150 Bahias at 10kd.
to 11d. per lb.
FRENCH SILK.—DOVER.—By the new Customs
Bill it is intended to allow silks, the produce of Europe, which
may be imported into Dover only from Calais, to be imported
into the same port from Boulogne as well as Calais.