The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-30 00:00:00

BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

Broadway, the principal street in New York, is one
of the noblest in the world. It is always thronged
with carriages—but the equipages are not so brilliant
as the European ; the coachmen and footmen are in-
variably blacks, and the whole concern is merely hired;
for not a creature has carriages and horses of his own,
excepting those who keep them to let out on hire. The
liveliest part of this street is the middle. The begin-
ning of it is formed by the neat but not spacious
dwellings of the oldest wealthy families. Those who
have enriched themselves in later times, and these
are almost exclusively native Americans, were there-
fore obliged to build their magnificent habitations in
the third mile of the street. Here they stand, at first
intermixed with wretched houses, then with sheds and
huts, and, finally,. quite detached, and further apart,
scattered among heaps of rubbish, on vacant spots
that have r^r-1-,r been levelled. A mile in ad-
vance, are the streets to be occupied by future gene-
rations, scarcely indicated on the wild, uneven, rocky
soil, upon which, here and there, a crippled fore P::
tree owes its existence to the victory of indolence over
the love of gain. The shops and the throng or people
next claim our attention. The Parisians, it is well
known, are masters in the art of tastefully decorating
their magazines, as they pompously style their most
petty shops—of setting off their goods to the best ad-
vantage, and displaying them in the most striking and
attractive manner ; in this accomplishment the people
of New York are not a whit behind them ; and when
you see the troops of dressy ladies and officious gentle-
men parading the streets and pouring into the shops,
you have not the least doubt that a great deal of business
must be done; bull was soon convinced of the contrary.
All the shops which I entered were full of ladies; the
master, as well as the shopman, was busily engaged
in taking down parcels of goods, opening, and tying
them up again. Each lady wished to see every thing,
to learn the price of every thing, when it arrived, by
what ship, from what place, and the like. It is amus-
ing to see the fair querists tumbling over the silks and
ribands with their delicate hands, unrolling every
thing, asking a thousand questions whilst examining
the quality ; at last laying the stuffs in folds, the
ribands in bows, .forming the -most elegant 'draperies,
nay, extemporizing whole tableaux with astonish-
ing celerity. When this is over, they leave the
shop; promising. to call again, and go into the next
to repeat the same game, which is kept up from eight
in the morning till two in the afternoon. At
that hour every body goes to dinner ; they eat much
and quick, then rest for an hour, and by half-past
four the Broadway is again in full bloom. People
now go into company. Each company is an Ex-
change where the daily price and state of all com-
modities is discussed. About this time the shops are
visited by people from the neighbouring country, who
frequently bring them a little custom. About eleven
the exhausted shopkeepers muster their remaining
strength to clear away and to shut up. Is it
any wonder that every second shop window exhi-
bits a notice in large letters : " This shop to be let ?"
In spite of the good example, I could not help
buying, whenever I went into a shop, some trifle or
other, for which, of course, as a foreigner, I was
obliged to pay double price ; but the lesson which I
learned at the same time, amply indemnified me. For
the first thing I bought I was asked one dollar and
fifty cents. I laid a bank note of two dollars on the
counter. The shopkeeper immediately put it into his
till, and went to attend to something else.
When I reminded him that lie had not given
me the change, he cooly asked whether I was
sure that I had paid him. I was speechless at
his impudence, when a gentleman interfered, and said,
with a French accent, " The lady has paid ; for I
saw ber."* Upon this the shopkeeper, without betray-
ing the least embarrassment, gave me back twenty
cents ; I told him that he ought to have given me fifty.
He reckoned for some time, and then handed me six
more cents. Hoping to shame him out of it, I re-
quested him to lend me the slate, and wrote down for
him the little account ; he immediately rubbed out
what I had written, made figures for a couple of mi-
nutes, and gave me a few more cents, saying,
" Now it is quite right." It was not right by a
great dealt; but, being disgusted, I turned away,
made an obeisance of acknowledgment to my un-
known protector, and was preparing to leave the
shop, when he addressed me. " I see," said he, in
French, " that you' are a stranger. Permit me to in-
form you, that in this country a person never pays
even the smallest trifle, without taking a bill and re-
ceipt in one
.hand, while he pays the money with the
other ; and even then it is highly advisable to have at
least one witness to the transaction. Whoever has
no time to lose provides himself with change, so that
he can pay the exact sum ; for it is a principle with
the people here to make a profit by every thing, and
of course by giving change. I thanked him for the
hint. A German Lady's 'Sketches of Americas
Society.

We understand that a deputation, consisting of
heritors, elders, and heads-of families, in the parish of Ban-
chory Devenick, latelymaited on the Rev. Dr. Morrison, who
has been nearly fOrty-nine years minister of that parish, and,
in the name of the parishioners, presented him with a hand-
some piece of plate, as a mark of their great regard for him,
both as their faithful pastor, and their public and private bene-
factor. The Rev. Doctor expressed himself highly gratified.
—Aberdeen Herald.

DORTON, SEPT. 24.--Sunday night information
was given at Wootton House, Bucks, that a party of poachers
had concealed themselves in a cow-house, near Howe Wood,
Dorton, where they were carrying on their tricks. The Mar-
quis of Chandos, who had just retired to bed, was made ac-
quainted with the circumstance, and, with the watch Man on
guard on his premises, instantly repaired to the spot, about a
mile from his house, where he found three men, two of whom
were recognised as 1 old offenders "from Thame, anxiously
watching their prizes. Besides the traps already laid, nearly
30 others were found upon them. The Marquis instantly
seized by the collar him who appeared their chief, who, with
the other two captives, was led peaceably to his Lordship's
brew-house. His Lordship humorously observed to them, as
he locked them up, that he still deserved their thanks for pro-
viding them with such comfortable shelter for the night. In
the morning a special meeting of the magistrates took place,
and they were committed to Aylesbury gaol. It is thought
that the Marquis was induced to go himself, owing to the
levere scuffles which have already taken place this season in
his extensive preserves, and in one of which his keeper met
with a broken rib. The hares here have certainly had sad
havoc made upon them, but no doubt by these night marau-
ders, and not by their being ON *nun with foxes, as the keepers
have intimated.