The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-29 00:00:00

In the course of last week while two brothers
named HARRIDINE, who had been shooting, were stop-
ping at the Crown public-house, at Granchester, one ex
claimed to the other " Your gun is on the half cock." He
had no sooner spoken than it went off, and the conter,C
passed through the partition, close to his head, and part
through the hair of the landlord, who was waiting in the
next room.—Cambridge Chronicle.

ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
—A young tradesman, of respectable family and connec-
tions, disappeared most unaccountably from the neigh
hourbood of Chancery-lane, on Sunday last, and has not
since been beard of. He had passed the evening in coin-
piny with a young lady, to whom he was paying his ad-
dresses, and left her in his usual high spirits ; and the last
that was seen of him was about 12 on Sunday night, near
St. Dunstin's Church, in Fleet-street, where he parted
with a friend and went towards home. No further trace
of him has been discovered, and as no possible motive can
be assigned for his voluntarily absenting himself, it is
feared that he must have met with some fatal accident.
He is about 27 years of age, and 5 feet 9 inches in height,
of fair complexion, with light blue eyes, light hair, and
sandy whiskers. At the time above-mentioned he hid
cash in his pockets, and a silver-watch, with a brown hair
guard attached to it. He was dressed in a blue frock
coat, black waistcoat, and dark trousers. Inquiries hive
been made at the hospitals and other places, and on
Thursday, in consequence of a paragraph in the news-
paper, his anxious relatives went to the neighbourhood of
the Tower, where the body of a man was said to have been
found drowned. They could learn nothing, however, re-
specting him they were in search of, and they were in-
formed that similar inquiries had been made that day by the
friends of no less than half a dozen individuals who had
recently disappeared.

(From the Moniteur of Wednesday, Sept. 26.)
PARIS, SEPT. 25.—For a long time past the
number of cases of cholera announced in
the sanitary bulletins of Paris is extremely
small, and as there is reason to think that
part of the deaths now ascribed to the disorder are
mostly owing to other causes, we may infer that the
cholera morhus has ceased to exist in the capital, at
least with the epidemic character peculiar to it.
In this state of things the publication of the sanitary
bulletins of Paris is of no use ; the bulletin which
we publish to-day will, therefore, be the last. If,
however, (contrary to all probability), the epidemic
should again become serious, the Magistrates, with
the frankness which they have hitherto shown, will
not fail to make known every day the sanitary state
of Paris.

(From the Messager des Chambres of Wednesday.)
PARIS, SEPT. 25.—We submit the following re-
flections to the consideration of the most impartial
persons :

The _ilioniteur of this day contains a telegraphic
despatch from Bayonne, addressed by M. de Ray-
neval, our Ambassador in Spain, which was sent
from St. Ildefonso on the 20th September.
The couriers from Madrid to Bayonne take 35 or
36 hours to perform the journey. Supposing that
the despatch, dated the 20th, did not leave till mid-
night of that day, it ought to have arrived at
Bayonne on Saturday the 22d at noon, and at Paris
some minutes afterwards ; yet it is not published in
the Moniteur till the 25th : it has been kept very
secret from the public till this morning: it is dated
from Bayonne the 24th ; so that, if we were to de-
pend on the illoniteur, the courier from Madrid to
Bayone would have been 96 hours on the road, in-
ite.id of 36.

Let us compare this delay with what took
place on 'Change upon the death of the King of
Spain. The Spanish Renter, which were at 581,
fell to 531, at which prices they closed on Saturday.
At the opening of 'Change on Monday, they were
at 53/, and the last price was 551. To-day it has
been 57, which is 31 higher than at the opening
yesterday.
This is just the counterpart to what passed a
year ago, almost on the same day, with respect to
the telegraphic despatch from Palk which was put
up at 'Change at half-past two o'clock the day after
it arrived.

The comments which everybody makes on all
this are very unpleasant, and it would have been
vet), prudent to avoid them.
(From the Journal du Commerce of Wednesday.)
PARIS, SEPT. 25.—Can it be true, as the Mes-
sager affirms, that the obstacle to M. Dupin's be-
coming President of the Council is, that he insists
on having the telegraphs at his disposal, which
would derive certain private combinations, as con-
trary to morality as to the Constitution. And
since we have spoken of monopoly, what becomes
of the claim of the Government to retain that of
the telegraphic communications, to hinder, as it al-
leges, the public from being deceived by this means?
If there had been free telegraphs in the direction of
Bayonne, the truth :you'd have been known at the
same time as the falsehood, if indeed the falsehood,
which the monopoly favours, had ventured to ap-
pear under such circumstances.
(From the Journal des Debats.)

The sloop Ariane has left Cherbourg for Spit-
head, where the British squadron is to assemble.
All the other vessels are lying at anchor at Cher-
bourg., ready to sail at the first signal. It is said that
the declaration of which the two Admirals are to
b.: clic bealcia inffitio ly c.apcut eu from London, to
be considered by the French Government. The de-
parture of the fleet is only retarded by the prelimin-
ary measures necessary to render the proceedings of
the two Governments perfectly simultaneous. The
King of Holland has been already informed of the
necessity under which he has placed France and
England to have recourse to coercive measures to
ensure the execution of the treaty of the 24. Articles.
He is made aware of the consequences of a continued
perseverance in a line of conduct incompatible with
the dignity of the Governments which have taken
part in this long negotiation, and in a very few
days he will be enabled to judge of the general dis-
position of Europe with regard to Belgium.
We earnestly hope that the energetic demonstra-
tions made by France and England will suffice to
accomplish the object they contemplate; but, at all
events, the question must be brought to a solution.
There can be no further delay. The determination
provoked by the peremptory refusal of Holland has
been known for the last two days at Brussels, The
Belgian Government has now only to gather the
fruits of the moderation and patience it has dis-
played through the course of the negotiation. It
has had confidence in its allies, and they will not
desert it.

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FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, SE:PT. 2.6.—Five per Cents., 96f. 20c.
Inc. 10c. 15c. 10c. 96f. 96f. sc. 96f. 96f. sc. 96f. ; New Loan of
1832, 97f. 15c. ; Three per Cents., 68f. 60e. 55c. 50c. 45c. ;
Bank Actions, 1,660 f. 1,662 f. 50c. ; Heide de Naples, 81f. 35c. ;
Rente de Romain, 81 891 ; Rente d'Espagne, 12 }‘, ; Royal
Spanish Loan, 774 77 76Y. 77; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne,
56% I,Vci 56 56y41, 56!fi 56 ; Belgian Loan, 78 % .74 14
Exchange on London—One month, money, 25f. 80c.; Three
months, money, 25f. 65c.—Cours Authentsque.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION--HO USE.

A thief got into the hands of one of the most ex-
perienced officers in the city of London, in rather a
curious way. The fellow, whose name is Wise,
had just left his master's premises with a quantity
of very elegantly cut glass, which he had taken
on the " sly," but which he pretended to be carry-
ing to a customer, until he got out of the immediate
neighbourhood. Forrester, sen., saw him going
along, and at one glance perceived that he was
loaded with " swag" or stolen property, for he
looked, to use the language of the dicer, as if he
could see round the corner. Forrester, after follow-
ing him a short way, threw himself in the way of
the prisoner, who took him for one of the Went-
worth-street purchasers of stolen goods, and gave
him an intelligent wink. " What is it," said For-
rester, "is it heavy ?" " A prime article," said the
prisoner, " S'elp me God." " let's look at
it," cried Forrester, " before I buy 'em on you:'
The prisoner agreed to exhibit his basket of glass,
but proposed that they should go into a public-
house frequented by what are called "swell coves."
To this proposition the officer objected, and the ob-
jection at once excited the suspicions of the priso-
ner, who turned away, and wanted to repair to ano-
ther customer ; but upon turning the corner he found
that he was held fast by the tail, and then, for the
first time, discovered that he was in the bands of a
thieftaker and not in those of a receiver.

Forrester said that the pris mer appeared to be
very much displeased at his mistake, and was un-
willing to go before the Lord Mayor. The cutting
of the glass cost upwards of 51., and if the prisoner
had hit upon a more bona fide purchaser, an extremely
valuable set of table articles would have been de-
stroyed.
The LORD MAYOR—You had no notice of any
thing of the kind ? Forrester—Not the least, my
Lord; his time was just come, and he threw himself
right into my arms. He said he thought I was one
of the Wentworth-street Jews, and they are people
who are always on the look out for stray goods.
The prisoner was remanded.
A gentleman of very respectable connections, and
who formerly held a high situation in a public
office, was brought up in the custody of John
Forrester, jun.
One of the clerks of the' Bank of England