The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-19 00:00:00

VIDOCQ.

If we were asked to point out the most remarkable exhibi-
tion in London, we should have no hesitation in at once saying
it is Vidocq, and in directing the inquirer to the Cosmorama-
rooms, Regent-street. In saying it is Vidocq, in preference to
Vidocq's we speak advisedly:—who has not heard of Vidocq.
at once the Napoleon and the Talleyrand of the French
police—the man who could penetrate all disguises, but who at
the same time never could be himself discovered—the man
whose name was and is a terror to evil doers—who might.
without exaggeration, adopt as his motto, veni vidi, vici. He
is himself the exhibition. The disguises, the fetters, the wea-
pons, the museum of crime which is exhibited on the tables of
the room, all derive their interest from their c- unexion with
Vidoeq. A student of human nature would travel some Rifles
merely to see such a man, and he would take a day's journey to
converse with him, to see him in his various dis-
guises, and to listen to his anecdo.es, as we had
the pleasure of doing last evening. At five o'clock every
evening Vidoeq gives what he calls a Representation Extra-
ordinaire, that is to say, he is at home r.) la Mathews. He
Appears, first of all, in the disguise of a quack doctor—the
veritable Dr. Dulcamar., with powdered wig, velvet coat, em-
broidered waistcoat satin smalls, hooped silk stockings, and
buckled shoes. He dilates upon the virtues of his medicine.,
and convulses his audience with laughter by his admirably
humorous delineation. He then explains the history of his dis-
guise. A great criminal had long eluded the vigilance of the
agents of police. Even Vidocq himself had been repeatedly
foiled in his efforts to capture him. He had reason to suspect
that his man was concealed in a house at Pa-sy. Disguised as
a- quack • doctor, he set up his stage immediately
opposite the house. For three days did the
doctor harangue the passing multitude on the vir-
tues of his wonderful specific. He became the town
talk—every one was anxious to see, and at length—his curiosity
overcoming his prudence—the mysterious gentleman over the
way wanted to peep out of his hiding-place, to endeavour to
catch a glimpse of the wonderful universal mediciner. Whether
he did so or not at the time, history does not relate, but the
mediciner caught a glimpse of him, and the next day he was
arrested, and was ultimately sent to the galleys. He next ap-
peared as Benjamin, a Parisian cobler, a simple soul who, by his
very simplicity, picked up a vast amount of information,
for those who wished to enlighten his ignorance, which infor-
mation he always turned to excellent account. This appears to
have been one of his mast favouri.e, and, at the same time, one
of his most useful disguises. His next appearance was as an
Auvergnat flour-factor, and, in this disguise, be made, perhaps,
his most celebrated coup. In 1814, just after the restoration,
there appeared in the suite of the Duc d'Angouleme, at the
Tuileries, a. certain Comte de Chambly. It was reported that he
had been a Vendean chief, had suffered great losses in the cause
of the Bourbons, and had been rewarded with a post at
Court. which brought him into intimate connexion with the
Royal Family; and he was, moreover, superintendent of the
police of the Tuileries. Vidocq, when he saw this man, re-
cognised him as an escaped galley-slave, a man of good family,
brother to the Comte de Chambly, but a forger, a thief, and a
swindler, who had actually stolen his brother's papers, and
on the faith of them had passed himself off as the Vendean
chief. To have arrested him in the Palace would have been
un peu trop fort, and therefore Vidocq had recourse to stra-
tagem. Assuming the disguise to which we have alluded, he
waylaid the Comte, and, pretending to be drunk, strutted up
againsehim. The Comte was outrageous—the Auvergnat was
insulting, and at lerigth the Comte calling for assistance, gave
his opponent into custody, and went to lodge his complaint
before the commissaire. The commissaire, when he heard the
Comte's name and titles, was all obsequious, and turning to the
Auvergnat demanded, in a tone of imperious authority, to
know who the miserable canaille was who had dared to insult
an officer of the palace. '` Je m'appelle Vidocq," was the calm
reply, and turning to the Comte, " vous etes mon prisonnier."
The Comte was speedily transferred to the galleys. " OM,"
adds Vidocq, "it ne joue pas de la comedie." As a mere
specimen of histrionic talent, this exhibition is most amusing,
but when we I•ousiller who it is that exhibits, and the results
which have followed from this wonderful exercise of unique
talent, we think our readers will admit that we are right in
characterising this as the most remarkable exhibition in the
metropolis.

COUNT KONIGSMARK. Captain Chamier's new
historical romance, just published, under the title of " Count
Konigsmark," is exciting much attention. The adventures
of one of the handsomest men and brilliant soldiers of fortune
of his day, could scarcely tail of doing so; and the manner in
which this popular author has brought his hero forward as an
adventurer and a man of gallantry, particularly as regards his
attempt to gain the hand of the wealthiest heiress in England
—the youthful Lady Elizabeth Percy, whoNvhile still a girl
i
was three times a wife—and his culpability n the murder of
her seriond husband. Thomas Thynne. Esq., whose monument
is in Westminster Abbey, renders it one of the most effective
works of the season. The volumes are full of adventure, for
whe•her filling the part of a Matador at tne bull fights of
Madrid, a soldier among the knights of Malta, a gallant at
the-court of Louis XIV., or a courtier in that of Charles 11.,
the Count is always playing the hero. The interest of the
Story, therefore, never flags.
liAlLw ‘y RArepc.—W4 have now made up, from
our official returns, the amount of the railway traffic for the past six
months. It appears that, on thirty-nine railways, amounting to
nearly 1.800 miles, the aggregate traffic is, in round numbers,
2,850,000/., being 550,000/. more than for the corresponding six
months of last year. This increase of revenue amounts to twenty
per cent. on the total receipts of the half-year; and if we take the
value of money at four per cent. per annum, this will give above
27,000,000/. as the inert•ase in the real value of the railway pro_
perry of the country since last July. Ot this increase of half_
yearly revenue, we find that the London and Birmingham Com-
p,,ny has 52,000/. on the half-year, being an increase of exactly
2,000/. a week. The Great Western has an increase of 41,000/.,
the Grand Junction of 30,0001., the Midlands of 57,000/., the
Brighton 14,000/., and the South-Western B,OOC/, Some of these
lines have made extensions; hut the greater part of the traffic is
due to the increasing prosperity of the country, and the increase of
the revenue has been in some cases in spite of large reductions in
the rate of the fares.—Railway Chronicle.

DI,COVERY or ANCIENT COINS.— On Tuesday
morning a very singular discovery was made by some men
employed in excavating for the purpose of forming a founda.
tiou for houses intended to be erected in Maiden-lane, Battle.
bridge. It appears that one of the men having found a few
coins which he conceived to be mere brass, carelessly men.
tinned it to a fellow-workman, who, upon looking at them,
declared his opinion to be that they were formed of metal
more valuable than brass, and acquainted the surveyor of
the fact, who immediately instituted a further search, and
was at length rewarded by finding, at a depth of between ten and
twelve feet, a small iron vessel shaped somewhat like an urn,
which, upon being forced open, was found to contain a large
quantity of gold and silver ccins of the reign of Constantine in the
year 306, and several others bearing a date, 53. These were,
however, so much defaced, that no other inscription could be
traced ; besides which was found, some four or five feet deeper,
many parts of which were in a re-
large quantities of Roman tile,
markable state of preservation.

MARE CANDIDATES THAN ELECTORS.—NO less than
fifty-seven candidates have made application for the Auditorship
of the Oxford and Worcester district, while the number of electors
is but thirty-eight,

CI I NT.EI,,I.IGENC*
UV ER POOL RAC ES. onio'
URSDAY
The Derby Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 80 added.
mile. A her) 1
Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ("lt— 2
Meillarn's Godfrey, 4 vrs, Tat 41b ........................ „
Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 5 yrs, fist 61b .................. ;
The following also started :—Mr. Meiklam's Trae i°:erist
yrs—Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 5 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Sera, lin.
5 yrs—Capt. Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 5 yrs—Lord liosi
ton's Quebec, 5 yrs—Mr. Mostyn's Beaumont, 4 rs-cdvici
Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 3 yrs—Mr. Armstrong's 'cog'.
—Sir John Gerard's Juvenal, 4 yrs—Lord G.
_jr.
Meat Bower, 4 vrs—Mr. Thonttson's Sinbad, 5 yrs--" r
,
lan's The Duke of Kent, 3 yrs—Lord Stanley's Pea°
3 yrs. 5 to
4to 1 agst Sweetmeat-9 to 2 agst Lady Wildair--„rio,
agst Best Bower-6 to 1 agst Que'.)ec-6 to 1 agst Lottea:d.
Won by a length, Godfrey beating Lothario by 3 us.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two ra'l I
Lord G. hentinck's Pug, 3 yrs (W. Abdale) 4 5
Mr. A. Johnstone's bc by Slane, out of Frill, 3 ..Yr3"' 2dr
Mr. Cook's The Shadow, aged ... ..........................
Mr. Davies' Dr. W00d,4 yrs...
v.' $
The first heat was won by a neck, and the second
leuath. oliegr
The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each ; colts, Bst 6lbl
fist 31b. Once round and a distance.waiked o'er
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Chertsey
......
GOODWOOD STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Pythia 15 to 1 agst Rowena
13 to'l agst The Libel 16 to 1 agst Lothario
No others mentioned.
THURSDAY NIGHT, TWELVE 0
LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Mentor—taken
2 to 1 agst Pantasa—taken
GOODWOOD STAKES.
9 to 1 agst Pythia—taken
12 to 1 agst The Libel
14 to 1 agst Rowena—taken
14 to 1 agst Queen Mab
16 to 1 agst Venus
17 to 1 agst Boarding School Miss
20 to 1 agst John o'Gannt—taken
25 to 1 agst Europa—taken
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
11 to 2 agst Merry Monarch—taken
11 to 2 agst Weatherbit—taken
12 to 1 agst Annandale
12 to 1 agst Mentor—taken
No others mentioned.
TENBURY RACES.—TUESDAY. ed, tir2
The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each. and 25 add
miles, were won in two heats by
mSir C. Cockerell's B° .yrs,
3 yrs (Darling). beating Mr. Palmer's b by Wambad
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 soya, each, with 25 adds b 3
ees
round, were won in two heats by Mr. RawortlfsA 6
aged',
Anna, 5 yrs (Bradley), beating:Mr. Oliver's Vanguar", f"
Mr. Barnett's Cora, aged, Mr. W. Bales' The Monk'
and two others. geStl'
The All-aged Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added. 1
two miles. A 9
4
Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs ... (Moon) 1 -; 3 '4
Mr. Careless's Aurungzebe, 5 yrs
2 .
4ar
Mr. Raworth's Kilgrarn, 4 yrs
Mr. Smith's Sands, 5 vrs
.... r
Mr. Shefford's Mudlark, 3 d f
aged
The Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 15 added, iv-
riler
(13:'
in three heats by Mr. Bates' The Sailor, 6 yrs
beating b m by .r.Vamba, Fickle, and four others.
STAMFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAT. oCe
The Donation Cup Stakes of 5 sovs. each. Seats,
ft
round and a distance. elk°. of
Mr. Woodward's Melicant, 4 yrs. ,...w 5
The Burghley Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, aad„., otoki
declared, with 25 added. Once round. (18 Subs., lutir) $
Lord Granby named Keppel, 3 yrs, 6st 21b ........ (Car
Lord Exeter's Lyons, 3 yrs, sst 91b ...................... . ,
";str
Mr. Treen's Wild Roe. 3 yrs—General Grosvenor's
Runner, 3 yrs—and Mr. Smith's b f by Gimlet's,
00
also ran. Once
Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, with 20 added.
esmofitßlu,stlbanf Rutland's Paulton
Gland a distance. Boyce) 1
aueus
.....
.....
..............
os4
Lord Exeter's Tunick (broke down ............................. ..... .. . vio
The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 ad"-besip
won by Lord W. Powlett's Energy, 3 yrs (Cotton)+,s.
Mr. lcfarson's b f by Bentley, out of Emma, 3..,-" ClO7
Smith's Lady Caroline, Lord Exeter's Lyons, and DU.
bers's Gipsey. 1
Plate of 501. Twice round and a distance. \ 1
Lord Ester's Timbria, 3 yrs (Sharpe)
Lord Granby nd Keppel, 3 yrs. ...........................
Mr. Blarson's ch cby Bentley, out . Emma .........
THURSDAY. adds
Stamford Stakes of 201sovs. each, h ft, and 2-d
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, fist 41b ; once roan ce) 1
Duke of Rutland's Paulton ...(w.
..
Mr Clifton's Careless Fanny .............................
The Two-Years-old Stakes of 20 cove, each, with 2 tier)
Mr. Shelley's Tit-bit
Mr. Treene's Astonishment
.............
Duke of Rutland's f by Caesar, out of Ramadan's
The Gold Cup of 1001. Thrice round(Boyce) I
Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, 4 yrs ..............
Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 5 yrs ........................
The Hunters' Stakes of 50 sovs. each, with 20 a'",a, Gll
miles, were won in two heats, by Mr. Chamber-theta'
6 yrs (owner), beating Milicent, tmily, and two " j.,3116' I
Handicap of 5 sovs. each. with 25 added. •L'4„rps)
General Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner ..............
Mr. Treen's Wild Roe . ..... ••••••
..... I
Lord Exeter's Mocha ...................... .....
Mr. Clifton's Careless Fanny ...............................

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, JULY 18.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze and,fi,ne,r.
DEAL, JULY I7.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd• IS,OI
Furse, Cape of Good Hope ; Neptune, M'Kenzic, Ca'VJuit
Steriker, St. Kitt's ; Ocean Queen, Quebec ; Albion, worso, r,
New Brunswick. Arrd. from the River, Elizabeth Pic , Jane' if
Launceston ; Frederick, Sheith, Cape of Good 1101)0'.„,ess'
4eltine, St. Thomas ; Margaret Leadbitter, Honduras; ro-bato,
Maud, Hunt, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Pleiades, Ri5,1,1,„et00,
JJ
PLYMOUTH, JULY 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. 16th, ";""ize.
Quebec. Skl. 7th, her Maj,ty's ship Orner, on a „,,"
LIVERPOOL, JULY 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Glendar"l,,,oDO f
Calcutta ; Homer, Dale, Algoa Bay ; Aim, Cooper, Sal""fdilti
Ann and Emily, Delano, Sierra Leone ; Frances Barnes, arbsl
B s 14uenos Ayres ; Catharine, Gill, Buenos Ayres ; France ,
Cluthes, Barbadoes ; New City of Cork, Jamaica
z Metoka, Maher, New Orleans ; Sheffield, Sinitilvef, hf
cans ; Pionetr, Graham, New Orleans ; Louisiana, 7iorltif
rleans; Mallon, Gorh m, Savannah ; Adonis, Gan ttieso,l
ktrriok, Trask, New York ; Lady Young, Sydney; Are ¢n, n,
; Assn Joh, stun, Lima ; Andrews, -- ; Briton's ,o,""netrea.„',e
.I.ll€l Baron of Bramber, Flinn, Quebec ; Milton, Ellis, 3" forAV
OFF BEACHY HEAD, JULY 13.—Zodiacus, St. Thomas's' Fri"'
OFF LITTLEHAMPTON, JULY 16.—Elizabeth HoldernesS,
-qichelaicto; I harleston, Cattermole. New York for Brellran'l
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 16.—Arrd. Mameluke. Stewart,
Sid. 17th. Avon steamer, West Indies. t t%
EWPORT, JULY 16.—S1d. Wolga, Gold, Singapore; tr.
SWAs SEA, JULY 16.—Arrd. Saripta, Stephens. Cuba;
HOLYII CAD, JULY 16.—W ind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Adam' , AO I
CLYDE, JULY 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Monkey, Gran.
,
Southampton, Cuba. pe,w
DUBLIN, JULY 16.—Wind N.W. to S.S.E.—Arrd. John
phy, Quebec. Oberon, Jobson, Quebec. ditt();o4',
WATERFORD, JULY 15.—Arrd. Erin, Quebec ; Thistle, Fate 4,1
CORK, JULY 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Margaret, Mill' et. J`"
Island ; Liffey, Cuthbert, Barbadoes ; Brazilian, KentP,
Now P.runswick. 01T, Leila, Higgins, New York. Gat'
LIMERICK, JULY 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Governor,
Quebec Sid. Symmetry, Jones, Boston.
GALWAY, JULY 15.—Arrd. Stamfordham, Greenock, x,"cluet.'
BELFAST, JULY 14.—Arrd. George Guildford, SCOTtel.'
OFF ABERDEEN, JULY 13.—Lord Seaton, Talbot, Quebec'
fy
LEITH, JULY 16.—Arrd. Emerald, Kyle, Miramichi• Tti_d,io"
LEITH ROADS, JULY 14 AND 15.—Arrd. Mary Louisa'
Re
Calcutta; Alfred Thompson, Quebec ; William 'Dawson,
ditto; Thomas Bell, ditto. 11,
SCARBOROUGH, JULY 16.—Arrd. Trade, Plewes, Quebec. 4
gene, Kick, Miramichi. • 13' stP,fir
BRIDLINGTON BAY, JULY 16.—Arrd. Huron, Sal lanba ow-
( 3.01.
HULL, JULY 17.—Wind W.S.W.-16, Myrtle, HallidaY'
Sid. 16, Ross, Wolff, Quebec. 140
ilt
LABOUR.—Not less than 150 able-bodiedulenotPo
gone from the neighbourhood of St. Helen's m
, in this o 0 0;t1`
work on the French Railways, and from the scarcity ef,re p 0
the farming districts of Lancashire, wages are rising. L;:feli;el
to 14s. a week, with additional pay in hay and corn ";,itig
now generally given to farm labourers in this county.
Paper.
.fterri tiss
FATAL EFFECTS OF WEALTll.—Thursday a tied'
an inquest was held at the Jolly Anglers, Kentish-to/1;0110;1
body of George Carter, aged forty.one, late of 5, g,
place, Kentish-town. The deceased had been e'4;', ,
stone-mason, and some time ago married a latli;44o,
fortune of 5001. a.year. As soon as he becarne
the wealth he indulged in every excess, was seldom
sober, and, according to report, would drink thills,er.,
of gin before breakfast. A disease of the lungs and Or' t
ultimately delirium tremens, were the consequence' „icid etit
Sunday, while labouring under delirium, he attempted a"s,lci
inflicting several wounds with a razor on his throat alldeet, 114
He lingered until Tuesday, when death closed his eafr—the 11
Mullins, the surgeon, said that he died of a disease 0` Aottr,
and liver, and not from the wounds. Verdict—Naturall3o,l,
SINGULAR ESCAPE FROM DROWNING AV..cape
FRIARS-BRIDGE.—On Thursday afternoon a narrow
drowning occurred at Blackfriars-bridge. A boy about„ at 144/
of age, the son of a bed.sacking manufacturer, residinesio
,Norway-street, Old-street, St. Luke's, had been playing pole
other boys at the extreme end of the common sewer' outillV
Fleet-ditch, on the north.west side of the bridge, when bitslipped, and fell into the river. The force of the tide d pit(
into the stream, and he passed under the third arch, near thedire
the eastern side. An alarm being raised, a boat under lb:
so Cip,
of Mr. John Ware, the pier-master, instantly put off. anent 00
the body had disappeared, the cool and deliberate judo;
Ware had the effect of ascertaining the precise sea *be:o the or,
had sunk, and with the hitcher he at once brought bi1r140300t4,1
face. Having been got out, the boy was carried in an ifr
less state to the receiving house, where having reee_%.
_,
medical attendance, he ultimately recovered, and W"' OP
home.
THE LATE CASE OF MILITARY FLOG-- ger •-pue
Thursday a meetingof inhabitants of the borough of the .1.24.. the 104
lets was held at the Eagle Tavern, Mile End-road, Pvot. the
pose of taking into consideration the recent flogging„, Go'
men, Seaman
on and Lawring, belonging to the Grenan"lo
at Windsor, Saturday last, under circumstances '; 11,
peared in The Sun of Monday last, ° Neel
such measures as might be expedient. 11:
having been called to the chair, as an ,:d reo;
denounced in strong terms the treatment the men his
iteori
which was against all law and feeling of humanity' -to OP" ir
neither a regimental or general court-martial. It 0,85 ore
that a public subscription should be entered into for their,' pee,
obtaining counsel's opinion, whether an action WOO the 01
against the commanding officer tor subjecting then' it le,
without submitting the case first to the highea authorint;-„, for ,
eventually agreed to send a requisition to the gem,,iailleel
borough, Colonel Fox and Sir William Clay, to calla Pu"
•
ill
of the
heelelctors of the borou. oil4i°.‘4l
t ig II lion. Ggh
eorgP R. Dawson, Coln- Pl‘
i
of Customs, paid a visit to and inspected the St. Eathene
_.,l* tttti.
on Wednesday afternoon last, and afterwards eree'c., to, tiled
Docks for a similar purpose. These official l'eljty 0:0$
part of Mr. Dawson, are very frequent, and it is geneL,-ry
that he at all times exhibits a marked zeal to obtain e':, Astis; tir
information on business matters, and also to afford ever, %e el
in his power for the convenience of trade, and the advents fief
b
public service. 014Isi
RIVER TRAFFIC.-1 tV the iron steain-- co-°
which pass from London bridge to Chelsea, there were
d
last year 2,300,000 persons. /11
UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A AlTro,vir ao
nesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the lagof *gl;plg,
Hatton-wall, on the body of Eliza Sims, agede,.„o4slll
vender in the above street. The inquest was held in '"cosetloik
of its having been communicated to the Coroner that art of 0 g
died in childbirth, from improper treatment on the P 3; roilOC;6,
Mwife, named Potts, belonging to a public charity. 'of decloolli
surgeon, of Hatton-garden, who had opened the bcl,,,sosse e,/
said 'he died from exhaustion resulting from chronic "'
liver and kidneys, produced by previous habits of inteuir- to
fl
Verdict, Natural Death. 17.--- joil
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THE I: 1 Vs, it PLATE.—LivErtrooL, e7LILY of $
advice.% inform us that the English and French nu`lities fjtt
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mediation had been accepted by the Montovidean authui the 'olio
ST. Iv s.--- FISH, RY Th, boat, OTt 9ll'
(pilchard fishery) have been taking from 300 to 3,000 00J
per night. The coasting vessels report that great quart
chards are seen in both channels.—Plymouth JgarSob

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