The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO_IDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1835

before the bank, and saluted his Majesty with repeated
huzzas. The whole city was illuminated till late in the
night. The Prince of Warsaw, who went the day before
yesterday to Lovricz, returned yesterday in his Majesty's
suite."

EARL SPENCER.—As this Noble Lord has held
office and does enjoy a pension, the following note respect-
ing one c,f his ancestors may be amusing to many of our
readers :—" The Hon. John Spencer was second son of
Charles, third Earl of Sunderland, by Anne his wife, se-
cond daughter of the great Duke of Marlborough. He
was the favourite grandson of old Sarah, Duchess of Marl-
borough, who left him a vast fortune, having disinherited to
the utmost of her power his eldest brother, Charles, Duke
of Marlborough. The condition upon which she made this
bequest }vas, that neither he nor his heirs should take any
place or pension from any Government. This condition
was, however, set aside. Ile was the- ancestor of Earl
Spencer."—Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford,
to Sir Horace Mann, edited by Lord Dover ; vol. 1., p.
190.—Northampton Herald.
Lord E. Stuart, an officer of the Guards, wore long
mustachios, and appeared thus in the House of Commons,
of which he was a member. One day Mr. C. thus ad-
dressed him : " My Lord, now the war is over, won't you
put your mustachios on the peace establishment r .6 Ido
not exactly know whether I shall do that," replied his
lordship ; " but meanwhile I would advise you to put your
tongue on the civil list." The Commons were at that time
debating on the payment of the Civil List.
BERLIN, OCT. 20.—The Journal of Odessa has
a letter from Constantinople of Sept. 25, which says " Two
English steam-boats, on a scientific expedition, are alter-
nately traversing the Bosphorus in all directions, sounding
the channel, and in particular endeavouring to discover all
the currents. This work, the utility of which is well
known, is prosecuted with great activity, and without any
impediment whatever on the part of the Government."
THE HOUSE OF HELVETIUS.—The rue St.
Anne was, formerly called the rue de Helvetius. The
gfound floor of the house in which that celebrated character
lived is now tenanted by a renomme of another kind—a res-
taurateur at 25 sous par tete. _ _ _

The General Steam Navigation Company's Mail
Packet, the John Bull, from Hamburg, arrived off the
Custom-house at half-past two o'clock, on the 27th Oct.

GRAVE AND GOOD COUNSEL.—The following
quaint epitaph is still visible on an ancient grave-stone, in
a country church-yard in Norfolk :

"Live well, die never;
Die well, live for ever l"

IIL Gaetano, of Milan, is stated to have discovered
a method of converting all animal bodies into a substance
resembling stone or marble, and susceptible of the-highest
polish and perfectly incorruptible. He is even able to pre-
serve the materials in the same manner, but retaining a cer-
tain degree of flexibility.—Literary Gazette.

The Orange demonstration In this city proved a
complete failure. In spite of all the exertions of the Synod
of Aberdeen, collectively and as individuals, Mr. Murtach
O'Sullivan had the mortification of addressing a very meagre
audience ; composed, too, principally of the clerical order,
and its most tenacious adherents, the gentler sex.—Aber-
deen Herald.

The ready manner in which the Government broker
was supplied with stock last week, when making invest-
ments on account of disputed West India claims, caused
some surprise at the time, as no satisfactory explanation
could be given from whence the stock proceeded. It has
now transpired that it was supplied by one of the assurance
companies, in compliance with a resolution passed by the
proprietors declaring a large surplus dividend. Any other
speculation, therefore, respecting the recent heaviness of
the Consol market can have no foundation, as this is
quite sufficient in the present state of money to account
for it.

FORBIDDING THE BANS.—A recent decision of
the Minister of War of Belgium is likely to create no
slight sensation among the fair candidates for the holy
state of matrimony in that country. The ordonnance in
question forbids all lieutenants and second lieutenants,
serving in the Belgian army, to marry ; and, to .the still
greater displeasure of the ladies, does not extend to officers
above the rank of Captain, who have grown grey and infirm
under the banners of Mars. Should this Malthusian mea-
sure have a retrospective application, why then let his Ex-
cellency look to the ladies, that's all.
The Common Council of Newcastle, at a meeting
held last week, voted a piece of plate of the value of 100
guineas to the wife of the Mayor, as a memento of her
accouchement having taken place in the Mansion-house--a
rare occurrence in the civic history of the Corporation.

At length preparations are making for the com-
mencement. of the railway at Southampton. Materials
have this week been placed in the Marsh, and when suffi-
cient are supplied, the great work will be begun forthwith.
—Hampshire Chronicle.
For three consecutive sessions for this county, and
one assize intervening, not one criminal case has been sent
from the borough of Sunderland, which contains nearly
50,000 inhabitants.—Sunderland Herald.
Some particulars are given of another attempted
negro insurrection at Bahia on the 22d of July; a vague
notice of which we had previously received, via Buenos
Ayres. The insurrection was quelled, after a short time,
but the inhabitants were left in a state of great alarm and
uneasiness.

SURREY RADICAL ASSOCIATION.—A numerous
meeting was held last night at the Chapel, High-street,
Southwark, Feargus O'Connor, Esq., in the Chair, for the
purpose of forming, on the Surrey side of the water, a
Radical Association. on the plan of, and to co-operate with,
the Radical Association of Mary-la-Bonne. ' Several reso-
lutions to the above purport were passed unanimously, after
which the meeting adjourned. _

TRADE WITH SPAlN.—During the year 1834,
665 vessels (total tonnage 86,918) entered the port of
Cadiz ; 229 of which (tonnage 32,962) were from England,
and 45 (tonnage 7,107) from France. 570 vessels (ton-
nage 80,822) sailed from that port during the same year;
264 of these (tonnage 27,825) bound to England, and 17
(tonnage 1,773) to France. The total value of goods im-
ported during that year was 28,900,900 francs, 8,461,900
of which from England, and 2,778,200 froM France. The
goods exported amounted to 42,628,000 francs, 26,070,900
to England, and 763,200 to France.
,
VERY CONSIDERATE.--Aprisoner for a petty
debt lately sent to his creditor, to let him know be had a
proposal to make for their mutual benefit. The creditor
came, and the incarcerated thus addressed him : " Sir, I
have been thinking that it is a very idle thing for me to be
here, and put you to the expense of twenty, sous a day.
My being so chargeable to you has given me great uneasi-
ness, and God knows what it may cost you in the end.
Therefore, I propose that you should let me out of prison,
and, instead of a franc, you shall allow me only ten sous a
day, and the other half franc shall go towards the discharge
of the debt." _ _

OLD NEWSPAPERS.—Many people take pews-
papers, but few preserve them ; yet the most interesting
reading imaginable is a file of old newspapers. It brings
up the very age with all its castle and every day affairs,
and marks its genius and its spirit more than the most la-
boured desCription of the historian. Who can take a paper
dated half a century ago, without the thought that almost
every name there printed is now cut upon a tomb-stone, at
the head of an epitaph ? The doctor (quack or regular)
that there advertised his medicines and their epres, has fol-
lowed the sable train of his patients ; the 'merchant, his
ships'---could get 'no security on his life ; and the actor,
who could make others laugh or weep, can now only fur-
nish a skull for his successors in Hamlet. It is easy to
preserve newspapers, and they will repay the trouble ; for
their value increases with their years; and old files have
sometimes been sold at prices too startling to mention.
NOBILITY.—The Marquis of Waterford, the Hon.
John Beresford, Lord Rosslyn, and Colonel Dundas, who
had arrived here in a splendid yacht, between the hours of
three and four o'clock on Monday morning, were found by
Mr. William Carter, a watchman, in Washington•street,
near Morris, in' rather a riotous mood, having demolished
two of the street lamps and a window, and attacked and
stripped a citizen, who fled as fast as he could from their
illustrious hands. In attempting to arrest them for their
noise, riot, and violence, the watchman was beaten, and
had his coat and pantaloons nearly torn from his body ;
but calling in the assistance of two of his comrades, the no-
ble disturbers of the peace betook themselves to a boat,
and breaking the oars, employed them as bludgeons inbeat-
ing the watchmen, but were finally overpowered and con-
ducted to the watchhousc, where they indulged in numerous
expressions against their Yankee captors. In the morning
they were brought before Justice Hopson, who, after taking
the affidavit of the watchman, made out their commitments
and sent them to prison. Before the matter could be ad-
justed, the British Consul had been applied to in 'their
behalf, as also the mayor, and the latter functionary, as
head of the city police, came and ordered them to be dis-
charged, after instructing them to pay to the watchman 20
dollars for his clothes which they had destroyed. They
were accordingly discharges'.--New York Paper, Oct. 7.
Extract of a letter from Bayonne, dated Oct. 21:---
The struggle of the Basques in the cause of their liberties
and,independince has lost much of its interest and
liancY by admitting into their ranks suck persons as Mo-
reno, the murderer of poor Boyd, and by permitting their
native mountains to become the area of bigoted, ambitious,
and blood-thirsty tyrants, the opposers of all Constitutional
liberty. The Basques are, however, beginning to feel the
yoke of these tyrants, and if emigration to South America
was open to them, there is no doubt that the ranks of the
Carlists would rapidly diminish ; and although they would
never submit to the Queen's Government, they would readily
embrace the advantages held out to them by emigration, at

all times congenial with the Bisque character ; but will it
he credited, that although several—nay, numbers, of the
rebels, have already applied to the Spanish authorities at
Bayonne and Bordeaux for passports to America, they have
hitherto been constantly refused, and forced back to the
ranks of the Pretender, under the pretext of not wishing to
diminish the population of the Peninsula by tolerating emi-
gration under any circumstances, notwithstanding they have
been cutting each other's throats for the last two years, and
thus diminishing the population with a vengeance."

A general amnesty for political offences, passed on
the 19th June, for the provinces of Minas Geraes and Rio
de Janeiro, was extended on the 17th of August to those
of Pernambuco and Alagoas.

FROM Rio.—Capt. Chase, of the ship Mary, from
Rio Janeiro, furnishes papers to the 21st of August. They
contain but little news of importance, and are chiefly OA
with reports of the debates in the general Legislative As-
semblies, the, principal topics of discussion being a project
for the substitution of paper money for the immense quan-
tity of copper now in use, and a series of measures rendered
necessary by the recent occurrences in Para.

Scarlet Fever is at present very prevalent in the
county of Leitrim. It has deprived that excellent clergy-
man, the Reverend George Mansfield, of four of his five
children. '

THE HARVEST.—The farmers, for some time past,
have been much dispirited in consequence of the almost
continual rains which threatened to baffle their efforts ;
fortunately, however, they availed themselves of the few dry
days in the beginning of the week, so that the greater por-
tion of the grain, hay and flax may now be said to be se-
cure. The weather at present holds out hopes of becoming
favourable. Indeed we never recollect our river so much
swollen at this season of the year.—Ballyshannon Herald.

The Strada di Toledo at Naples is supposed to be
the noisiest place in the world. " Conceive (says a recent
tourist) the effect of a thousand postmen's bells ringing at
once, and all day long, and you will attain some notion of
the music of the Strada di Toledo.

By some mistake we appeared to say in our paper of
yesterday that Mr. N. Goldsmidt talked of Lords Mel-
bourne, Palmerston, &c., as • "his- associates,"—" his op-
ponents," should have been the word ; and the exquisite
absurdity consisted in this self-complacent gentleman's de-
scription of these statesmen as " his opponents." Mr. N.
Goldsmidt may be their opponent, but th3y are certainly
no opponents of Mr. N. Goldsmidt.—Morning Chronicle.
In consequence of a communication from the French
Postmaster at Bayonne, M. Ferere, the Spanish Consul,
has just issued a notice to the masters of Spanish vessels,
that if they attempt to convey private letters to Bilboa,
and are convicted thereof, they will be punished by fine and
imprisonment. By the regular channels, viz., by sea via
St. Sebastian and Bilboa, the communication is now very
uncertain and difficult, there being only one mail-boat for the
service between the last-mentioned places, and which may
not be able at times to put to sea for a month, and instead
of facilitating the correspondence, the French appear deter-
mined to throw every obstacle in the way in their power,
thus showing their childish and peevish jealousy at the oc-
cupation of Bilboa by the British Legion.
The proposition of a loan for the_ Republic of Uru-
guay, adverted to on Monday, has caused no little asto-
nishment in the City, where the fact was not previously very
generally known. It is not, we understand, altogether a
novel project, but has been meditated for some months,
though it is not till lately that matters were thought suffi-
ciently ripe for making the attempt. Of the utter want of
security in this case, whether either the extent or the po-
pulation of the country be considered, leaving the ingre-
dient of good faith altogether out of the question, some
idea may be formed by a description of this little republic.
It is of an irregular oval shape, about 330 miles in length
from north to south, and 22.5 in breadth from east to west,
bounded on the south by the Rio de la Plata, on the north
by the river Ivicuy ; on the west by the river Uruguay,
and on the east by the South Atlantic, from Cape Santa
Maria to the river Yguaron, and from thence to Ivicuy.
In 1810 the population was estimated at from 60,000 to
70,000 souls, but in 1825 it was stated to be only from
40,000 to 50,000, including the town of Monte Video,
which was formerly considered to contain 20,000 inhabi-
tants, but at present has only 10,000. The country is very
little cultivated, and the portions of it which are attended
to, are chiefly grazing farms. The great majority of the
inhabitants are G nachos (cattle hunters), and not a man
of any property would be found resident among them, but
for the sake of carrying on the slave trade there, after the
neighbouring countries have abandoned it. Some wealthy
persons from Brazil have, it is said, formed establishments
there for that express purpose. The lenders of money to
the Republic of Uruguay would, therefore, not only be
certain of losing all that they remitted thither, but have the
additional mortification of seeing it applied, while it lasted,
to the carrying on that most nefarious traffic in slaves,
which all civilized countries are leaguing with each other to
abandon and destroy. The sum proposed to be borrowed
was 3,000,000 dollars, or 600,0001. !

BREAD THE STAFF OF LIFE.—" Stopping at a
place for breakfast in Savoy," says Rae Wilson, in his
Travels in Italy and France, " a curious specimen of the
fashion of the country presented itself. We were startled
by seeing a tall fellow enter the room with a bundle of
rods on his shoulder, which he flung down upon the table.
We stared at him for an explanation of this seemingly un-
courteous conduct, not exactly knowing whether it was
himself or we who were to make use of them ; nor was it
without some trouble that we made out what we had mis-
taken for sticks was bread, rolled out very thin and long
before it is baked. The length of each piece was about
four feet. We were amused at discovering that bread is
thus literally made the staff of life f so, taking up our
staves in one hand and our cups in the other, we commenced
our repast in merry mood, and, as we thought, in most sin-
gular fashion."
FASHION.—Summer toilets are quite thrown aside,
and satins and velvets seem completely to have the vogue.
The most elegant of these are the satin des Indes, satin
Rachvel, and the velours Roxelane. There is also a new
species of pou-de-soie satin, called Chatogant Gothique,
which is mostly used for carriage dresses ; the pattern con-
sists of an elegant leaf, in bright relief on a dark ground,
with gothic designs formed by gold and silver cord. Open
dresses, with pelerines tying in front with lappets, made of
fancy Levantine, mostly chocolate colour with straw-coloured
stripes, or of silver-grey satin striped with emerald green or
dark pink, are most fashionable for morning costume.
Robes a la Juive, of silk cachemere or Indian muslin, cor-
sage half decolete, are worn in the evening. For full dress :
Robe of light-coloured Turkish velvet, corsage carre, half
decolete, neatly plaited into gerbes before and behind, wide
sleeves, slip trimmed with large volans, and for coiffure, a
turban a la Mussulmane, of the same stuff as the dress, and
with a large emerald in front. At the last representation of
La Juive, at the Opera, the following costumes were most
admired white muslin dress, with wide sleeves and
corsage montant, trimmed with English lace ; scarf of gre-
nadine (emerald green) round the neck, and sash flottant of
same colour. Head dress : a. green chenille net, interwoven
with pearls, covering only the -top of the head and encir-
cling the forehead ; a border of large pearls, descending in
a double row on each side of the face ; the , hair in bands
in front and natte behind. The other, worn by the Prin-
cess L—, consisted of a redingote of pink pou-de-soie,
trimmed with swan's down ; pelerine trimmed with same
material, larger than usual, but not meeting in front. Head
dress : blonde cap, excessively low on the forehead, and
garnitures very wide.—Paris Advertiser.
CURE FOR TIIE RHEUMATISM.—On Thursday
last, an elderly female, from the Land o' Cakes, apparently
crippled in every limb, and groaning with pain from the
effects of this distressing malady, presented herself before
a medical practitioner, in the neighbourhood of Easing-
wold. Four times, accordiry, to her own account, had she
been a patient in the York Infirmary ; and was proceeding
on her way to make another trial of that valuable institu-
tion. To corroborate her statement, she produced the fol-
lowing elegant document, which she declared had been
given to her by the gentleman whose name is appended :
" To the Humane and Benevolent—Margaret Duncan a
Worthy and industrious Woman has recently been deprived
of her husband by Death being the only Earthly help slit
had which has left her with a small Family quite Destitute
and being a stranger in this country she has no other mean
of support at present she has only been for the space of
6 weeks Confined to bed in York Infirmary Her intention
being to return to her Husband friends I think her a fit
object of relief any small trifle will be thankfully TQCPiCiPti
and long remembered by her:---Margaret Duncan.—York,
April 17th, 1835.—Dr. Bellcurn." A hint,us t 9 tilt: be-
neficial effects of the treadmill in cases of this description
produced an effect at least equal to• that of Perkins' Me-
tallic Tractors. Her stiffened joints were in one moment
relaxed to entreat forgiveness ; and the vigour of the muscles
was so completely restored, iet she was out of sight in less
than a minute.—Yorkshire Gazette.
CAUTION TO FEMALE SERVANTS.—About half-
past eleven o'clock on Monday night last, as Captain
Whewitt, of St. John's-wood, Marylebone, was retiring to
rest, he fancied that he heard some persons talking in a
low tone in his garden ; he immediately threw up his bed-
room window, and calle out ; but receiving no answer, and
feeling convinced, in his own mind, that the thieves were
about the premises, he took up a pistol from his dressing-
table, blew out his light, and stationed himself near the
window, to watch their proceedings. He had not been
there long before he perceived two persons cross the foot-
path at the lower end of the garden. Upon this Capt. W.
again called out ; but receiving no answer to the second
call, he fired. A dreadful scre.im, as if from a female, now
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