The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-07 00:00:00

A 7 RU.E 11,71) 0 I VER.

" We may now enjoy Leif an hour after the fashion
if our country, Mr. .Sl, ale," said Richard: "bc/e is a
fie."' bottle of wine. By the by, I can hardly ptfixade
myself that 3ou are au Englishman, do you know ? I
have tften thought of asking you."
" 01. l—yee, certainly," teplied Mr. Sloake; I OM
Anglais-1 am native tf England—yes, cettsinly."
"But you lave lived a long time out of the country ?"
"Yes—yes—l have never live there."
`• Never? liuw is that?"
`• Why, I was born at Londcn," said Mr. Sloake;
" but when I was tour, five yews I came to live et
France. My father died and left me to myself, and I
have never been at England sincc'.
" But do you consider yourself an Englishman?"
"Oh !—yeF, certainly,' rejoined Mr. Sloake; "my
heart is English—l love English—..l would fight for
English—cerfainenient, I would spend my last blood at
England—yes, I am Anglais."
"How is it, then, that you have lived all your life
here?"

"Ab! you stall know—l am buried here—yer, Dir.
Ltawlings, I must die here."
"Die here ?"

" it is true; I can die nowhere cite My Eugenie
lies in the old cathedral. It is all that is left to me in
this wide world, to go there every day, once, twice, three
times, and say my prayer for Eugenie. England is
never for me no more."
"Eugenie?" exclaimed lklrF. Rawlings; " what a
pretty name!"

" Y( r, madame," said Mr. Sloake, " ahe was my dear
wire. I was then very gay and proud, bi.t I am broken
up wid down now. blieia dead these seven 3-ear, and I
would die too, but for my little Eugene. She lives still
for me in him, pauvre petit !"
" A cad story, Mr. Sloabe," observed Richard.
" I must live for Eugene—volla tout! I have my
affaires—not much now—n'inipotte; a little mikes fer
Engel e and me. We are only two in this world—only
two! But when I open my windows I see the cathedral,
and lam happy. And my dear child go with ma= to
pray, and we ure both happy. No—no—l cannot never
go to my country. lamin my grave with Eugenie!"—
he " Ladder (If Gold" in Bentley's Miscellany.

NE W SANITAR Y COMMISSION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—ls it not rathertoo bad of the last Sanitary Com-
mission to make a large trap and bait it wall ei:h
blarney, so as to* entice upwards of eighty foolish
engineers into it—l among the rest to walk into said
trap, plans and all—and now to find a new commission
take up and push forward one of their own body, newly
appointed, and shove him on ? Having, as all commis-
sions ger erally do begin, voted 800/. for a secretary, 1,400/.
for au engineer; and then Captain Vanity, li.E., A.S.S.,
takes upon himself the whole credit of the united brains
of the vii timised or the entrapped engineers, who trusted
to their "good faith," which, as usual, turned out like
pie crust," made only to be broken. Study, by all
that is fair, one of their own Commissioners should be
the last to take and put his hand in the " dirty mesa"
of sewerage job. Why dots% Le publish his plan, said
to be given in be fare all the others ? Let us see it
for it is easy to make au egg stand on end when you
know the way and have sten it done! And there are
many Government Jacks-in-effiee 11,E. and R.N, &e.,
who have risen upon the brains of others; and even the
fitndell stems to stand as bottle-holder or bolsterer up
f this new tub, thrown out to bait the whales. I trust
for the credit t f the engineering profession, he will stand
aside and give theat rope—they will soon find their
level—though, as usual, the public wrill.pay sweetly for
their folly.—l am, Sir, &e.,
ONE OF TIM VICTIMISED
• piIIGINE ERE.
N.B.—Your castigation of Swik. B. was well received
by a discerning public. We have too main theorists
in it e new commission. Pal as the old..weepthere was
fn oro shrine' of fair play to the proles-3**i .
January 30.

COLD.—The Cold was so intense in Khamtschatka
about the end of December, that the governor of the
drovince was compelled to leave his customary residence
at Petropawlosk, and retire to his subterraneous palace
Thchewskoi. This abode, which is built about twenty
metres underground, affords accommodation for the go-
vernor and his suite, comprised of 200 persons. Is con-
tains all the necessary comforts of ordinary life; its tem-
perature is mild and salubrious; the absence of day-
light is supplied by a number of lamps which are coe-
smutty burning. It seldom occurs that the weetler is so
severe as to compel the governor to take refage at
Thchewskoi, but, when such is the case, he generally
passes two entire munthr, sometimes three, in that reit:-
&nee. The wealthy inhabitants el' the country take up,
their quarters in similar abodes.
EFFICT OF THE LATE GALES ON THE BELL ROCK-
tiLcIrG:ItTh
cllOseuasEr.o—seDuunrtilh)g the
o Belllaßtoce gkalLeigufh
Ithhe ou2seeth Dcc
totheetz;
of the la. terr, which is about 110 feet above the level of
the rock, and 07 feet above high water. Several large
stones were thrown about and injured the iron gaugwey
which leads alotg the reef to tee tower at low water;
and after the gale had taken off; a portion of a ship's
scupper
was found J) lug in one of the crevices of the
reek. On the 3ttb, a large 1 ChOCLCr, whose
sete7rintgs and
r
bulwarks had teen carried away, was
the Frith of Forth.—Scotsmun.
A NEW CLIME.-IMPORTANCE OF A
In a return received by the chief-constable cl Denbigh
by our police authorities, which contains the dismissal
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ft? hone
e‘' itt el lenl epsti ug P°llt7 Ln.‘ iliac: htis wife
he
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,e biesi nsgt a tee ldi vteo."b—e,
Preston Ptict.

TUE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE.--7t
Cow alp arty net fain that the Duke of Wellington wets
born in Dublin, and not ft the old fitfully mansion if
Dan,tin, county Mei.th, for the fAlosting entry has been
traced in the parish book of St. Pt tar's Church, under
the head of •• CitristeningF," 17G9 —A r ril 30, Arthur,
son of the Right Honourable Earl and Countess of Mof.•
nington—lstiao Mann, Archdeacon. _ _ _

ihe California mania, which had cooled down a
good Cell, has revived is all its fury in New York. no
Cherokee had arrived with some 150,0001. Her pal,
senger, it is said, confirm all previous accounts cf the
ini xhaustible stores of wealth. The sacrifice of huzaw
We is, however, tremendous. The scarcity of vegetables
has produced Ecui vy, which, with diaraceas and ca:-
centures, was thinning the population. New victims
were, howeva, daily_arrivieg.

CHESTER ArD IioLTHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic ftr
the Wcek ended Feb. 3, 1850:—C. and IL Alaia Line,
1,0541. Is. 4d.; Mold, 871. 31, Od.; 4leatu-boats, 961.
Bs. (4.—rercotal, 1,2374 lb. 4d.