The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-25 00:00:00

DANGER OF SERENADING.

EDINBURGH POLICE COURT.--A genteel looking young
man, who had excited suspicion, being found within the
walls of a wood-yard in Bailie Fyfe's Close, at an early
hour the previous morning, was placed at the bar. Ac-
cording to his own account—and it had every appearance
of truth—he had gone, along with a companion, to pay
his devotions to his sweetheart, and had seated himself
within her hearing, on the top of a wall which overlooks
the wood-yard. Thus situated, and being in a melancholy
mood at not seeing the object of his affection, he gave
vent to his feelings by chaunting, in a plaintive tone of
voice—

" The moon had climbed the highest hill
That rises o'er the Source of Dee,"
and coming to the words—
" Sweet Mary, weep no more for me,"
be gave his body an inclination, in conformity to a long
and deep cadence, which had the effect of destroying his
equilibrium, and he rolled over the top of a shed into the
yard, where be lay till he was found by the proprietor in
the morning! None of the articles in the yard having
been found displaced or missing, he was liberated.

We have been favoured, says The Afaeeleffleld Herald,
by a Correspondent at Bogota, with some information as
to the rivalry between the French and English manufac-
turers who export to that country. During the financial
panic in this country and France, orders were received
at Bogota to press the sales of merchandize and manu-
factured goods as much as possible, and several public
sales took place on account of the English and French
consignMents. The goods consisted of broad cloths,
linens, calicoes, cutlery, china, and leather goods. About
seven hundred pieces of French broad cloths were sold at 10
per cent. more than a corresponding quantity of British
broad cloths ; both at a sacrifice, the former, however,
being only 12 per cent. less than the shit:ping price, and
the latter upwards of 30 per cent. less. '1 he cutlery from
France fetched about 10 per cent. less than the Eng-
lish, but upon the shipping prices of this article there
was less loss upon the French than the English,
which proves the comparative cheapness of production
even of cutlery . into France ; whilst the near approach
at the sale to the price paid for the English cutlery
chews, that the high reputation which we so long
enjoyed in foreign markets for superiority, is rapidly sub-
siding. In linen cloths a decided preference was given to
French, and 5 to 10 per cent. more was paid for them ;
whilst in calicoes there was a preference for English, equal
to 10 per cent. In ornamental leather goods, the French
exporter sustained a loss of about 20 per cent. and the
English upwards of 30 per cent. . These leading facts are
calculated to open our eyes to the state of our manufac-
turing trade generally, and to put us upon the qui rive
for some better means of support than the shadow of a
once illustrious reputation.

A Correspondent writes from Christiana--(t Our
Government looks forward anxiously -to the result of
an expedition that was last year sent to Spitsbergen,
by two enterprising young Englishmen, who are esta-
blished at Hammerfest, close to the North Cape.
They had already, in the summer of 1824, erected
buildings in Ice Sound, lat. 77 deg. 50 min. North,
preparatory to their sending the people ; and in April,
1825, the expedition, consisting of 25 men, sailed
from Hammerfest, under the conduct of an English-
man, we believe a surgeon by profession. A vessel
that accompanied them brought advice of their safe
arrival ; since then no information has been received.
Their object seems to be the sea-horse, fishery, and we
are informed the country abounds in herds of reindeer,
foxes, &c. This, we believe, is the first regular at-
tempt that has been made at colonization ; if it suc-
ceeds, the advantage to Finmark, and the community
at large of that distant province, will 'be incalculable,
by opening a new and profitable source of industry.
It is to the same parties his Majesty has lately granted
the copper mines,
situate in that province."

CAIRO.—It has 240 streets and lanes, 46 public
squares, 11 bazaars or covered streets, 400 mosques,
140 schools, 300 public cisterns, 1,265 public-houses,
1,166 coffee-houses, 65 public baths, but only one.
hospital, and that a very wretched one. In traversing
the narrow crooked lanes, one must twist and turn and
cling to the houses. Persons called Jais run before
people of wealth and rank, and keep calting out on all
sides, " Mind your feet ; to the right ! to the left I"
In order to avoid delay, it is the best way to employ an
ass, of which between 20,000 and 30,000 stand ready
for hiring, and which are trained by certain breakers
to a smart pace.—Sommeri Taschert6uch•