The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-28 00:00:00

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mines, "I praise thos- prin who're on good ttrm,4-1
with the lowest of their pen they knbw.irot.- sr'
what hour they may want the Ti-*`"-W9(mtly aild.htere4hit
in all conquered countries the de ti.otroyarlikNlies
have been found among the dregs 4trik4.popilf;.:,-- An
Irish prince has been discovered in the persliti of i mi-
ser,bie peasant; anti in Mexico, its faithful historian,
Clavigero, notices, that he has known a locksmith, who
was a descendant of its ancient kings, and a tailor the
repres.ntative of one of its noblest families.—D'lsraeli'a
Curiosities of Literature.
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The forthcoming fairy spectacle at the Fitzroy
seems to have created no little sensation in the theatrical
world, the house being always crowded at the rehearsals,
which are proceeding both in the morning and evening.
There have been one or more rehearsals which have given
the utmost satisfaction to those privileged to be present,
especially the introduction of the fairies in the first act,
which is managed by an effect new to the stage. The in-
terior of Oberon's palace is a scene of remarkable :Tien-
dour : it is literally one mass of silver, beautifully illumi-
nated by four superb chandeliers, having the appearance
of being made of the same costly material. It never could
be supposed that this little stage admitted of so much dis-
play, presenting as it does with the recent improvements,
an area almost equal to those of the larger houses. The
precision with which the two hundred go thr ,ugh the
evolutions of the fairy army is absolutely wonderful.
The interior of the house has been, we perceive, re-
decorated (a :mime by the bye which was much needed),
and the Fitzroy is now a very elegant little theatre.
In a work lately published by a Spaniard there
is a comparison between the produce ut the gold and silver
mines in America and the coal mine: in England, from
which it appears that the gross value of au• annual
duce of the coal mines, which is 1g,006,p00 tons
amounts to 45,000.000 fr., including the wages an i'.l other
charges; whilst the produce of the gold awl silver min'',
including the same charges, is only 220,500,0000. ;
showing a balance in favour of the coal mines of England
over the gold and silver mines of the New World of Do
less a sum than 227,500,000 fr.

The Courrier Francais contains the follow-
ing :—" Now that the proposed marriage between the
Duke of Orleans and a Princess of tl.e House of Wir•
tembtrg is finally broken off, we may venture to gird
some dstails respecting' the negotiation. It was not tin.
I iertaken in the usual and regular course, through the C..
hinet, nor by M. Thiers, but by Madame de D., who is
attached to the household of the Queen of the Freud!?
and who is known to the Royal Family at Wirtenmerg.
The Princess in question is very handsome, and dm° very
rich, as her revenue is said to atnount to 2,000,000 francs
per annum. Marshal Maison mentioned the auttject to
the Emperor Nicholas, who declared that he should not
mace any opposition ; hut it is believed that the Czar
covertly expressed different sentiments. The King of
Wurternb rg declined the proposal, on the ground of the
repugnance of the Princess to leave Germany, but the real
motive of the refusal cannot be mistaken."

DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morn-
ing, the family of Mr. Marsh Sketchley, a gentleman re-
siding in Great Russell-street, Blooomsbury, was cast into
much distress by the following melancholy accident :
Mr. Sk.-tchle>'s second son. aged 13, having procured a
pipe filled with lighted tobacco, was in the act of blowing
the smoke through the key-bole of the pantry, where he
had turne I the key on one of the servants, when his
younger brother came running heedlessly along the pas.
sage, and stu.obled up against him. He came with suet:
violence that the stem of the pipe which the elder 1:),y had
in his mouth perforated the root of the lad's tongue and
the flesh at the back of the throat to some ezt-nt. The
unfortunate boy fed to the ground in great agony, and
soon became insensible. He is now in great danger.
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.
—A tashionable lady of the west end, some time ago,
engaged a foot boy, and gave special instruction, that two
days in the week all inquiries respecting her should be
replied to by " not at home." The boy turned out a
thiel and a tippler, so that before the term she announced
to him, he must quit his situation. On this he applied
to her for a character, which she refused, on the ground
of the impossibility of saying anything in his favour.
" Weel, lady," quoth the urchin, " that's too bad, many
a lee I've told to please you—you might surely tell one to
please me."

OUR TOWN.—The humours of provincial
life are nowhere seen in such rich abundance as in:a
country market town. A wit, of no mean order, hal
seized on the subject, and given to the public under the
above title, a series of sketches worthy of Fielding.
Among these, the chief are—" Shops and Shopkeepers"
—" The Professor"—" Rural Beauty"—" The Da•haway
Adminis,ration."—" The Curate" " The Bi.hop"—
" A walk out of the Town"—" The Turnpike Gate"..—
" The Abbey"—" Clever Men and Clever Women"—
" The Poacher"—" Delicate Pleasures for Susceptible
Minds"—" A Party"—" The Lawyer"—" Rivalry"—
" The Tea Table"—" Music and Conversation"—
" Supper"—" A Scene"—" Our Town in an Uproar," &c.

A gentleman from Boston relates the follow-
ing singular affair, which happened just before he left that
place :—A petson had been taken up a:id committed to
prison for passing counterfeit bills. Shortly after a negro
was taken up and confined in the same room, but was
taken sick and died. The next day a coffin was provided,
and the body put into it. As people of colour are generally
interred in the evening by those of their own colour, the
coffia was suffered to remain until night in the room with
the money-m4ker. After the gaoler and those who accom-
panied him bad left the room. be bethought himself the
present would be a favourable opportunity to make his
escape, and thereby avoid the punishment that awaited
him. When all was still, he took the corpse out of the
coffin and placed it in his own hammock, got into it
himself, and turned the lid down. In the evening, the
coffin was taken from the prison by four lusty negroes,
and conveyed to the burying ground. When they arrived
at the grave the coffin was set down with care, and one of
them was about making a speech upon the death of their
comp tnion. Scarcely had he time to utter one word
before the lid of the coffin flew open, and the money-maker
jumped out and made his escape, whilst the poor negroes
rin with greet violence in all directions, screaming " De
ilebil! de debil ! de debil !" The mistake was not disco-
vered till the next day, and the person has not been heard
of since.—Nero York Star.

TRADES' UNIONS.—The abominable sys-
tem of trades' unions has extended itself to Boston, and
unless measures are promptly resorted to, with a view to
check the evil, the consequences to the trade of the town
must Its very disastrous. We earnestly call the attention
of the deluded workmen to what has recently taken place
at Dorchester, where four men have received sentence of
transportation for seven years for administering unlawful
oaths at one of their societies. Let the tradesmen unite
to oppose the tyrannical conditions attempted to be im-
posed on them by the unionists. A combination of the
nature alluded to exists amongst the shoemakers in Boston
at the present time, and it is the boast of some of them
that their oath is "more binding than that of the nee-
masons." The gentry of the neighbourhood are impera-
tively called on to aid by their influence the shopkeepers
who venture to withstand the intimi cation and annoyance
with which they are threatened. We have been put in
posses ion of the names of some of the ringleaders in the
conspiracy, and, should the present illegal proceedings be
continued, we shall not scruple to announce them, in
order to warn their b-st friends of the kind of characters
they have been patronizing.—Boston Herald.
' REDUCTION IN THE FRENCH ARMY
The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordinance, dated the
9th inst., relating to the reduction of the army, of which
the following are the principal provisions:—The 65 dealt-
battalion of the infantry regiments of the line are to be
immediately incorporated in the three battalions of
officers
theirr respective
s.
respective regiments. The cers of every
ns
rank belonging
corpsto t h e saes dem
vacanciesi -ba t t
occur,
a 1 i o or'
to
s
ority; they are to have the preference of all such vacancies,
except as to one-third of the sub-lieutenancies, which ate
reserved for such non-commissioned officers as merit pi°.
accordingbeplac to e theird.
an k and
motion. All such t,fficers as cannot thus be placed in their
own regiments shall be distributed among other regiments
when vacancies occur, and in such manner that the num-
ber
s ev,e
of One-fourth,ibse n ee foro six
xe
mcohnetfhtsi.,d,ep- brae
preference
inicn ,e
of officers. in each regiment may be kept as nearly
to such of these officers as shall desire to have
adjutant-majors, captains, lieutenants, an ; sun-lieutenants
ut t exceeden nci the
sshiaieal
ilr,i,etgtbeuedl
tfit
oil regulation,
eun vacanciesoeico etpi
promotion
t oh
of
the
snha equal
era rei
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one-
thirdntt r
being
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riniesvtc
soh-lieutenanthear Pneyt
such leave. In order that the number of officers in actual
ranks of chef.,le-bataillon, adjutant-ulajoe, entrain, heute-
commissioned officers. All such nor-commissioned officers
and grenadiers as are qualified anti desirous of entering the
foot. gendarmerie are to he preferred to that service, iii
w bath adjutants, non-commissioned officers, and se, ge:in t-
majors may he appointed brigadiers. All the non.eommis-
silned officers, drummers, and private soldiers whose terin
of sery ce expires on the Slat of December next are to he
immediately discharged.