The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-03 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
John Thomas Selwin, Esq., Mrs. Selwin, and
family, at the ;Waterloo Hotel, dermyn-street, from
their seat at Harlow ; Mr. and Mrs. Barry, at Long's
Hotel, Bond-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Brewer,
at ditto, from Somersetshire ; Hon. William Petre,
at ditto, from Southampton ; John Bainbridge, Esq.,
and Captain Waters, at ditto, from Irelarid ; Mr. and
Mrs. Grant de Lonkueville, and the Misses Colmore,
at Markwell's London Family Hotel, Bond-street,
from the Continent; .Mrs. Lindsay, and the Miss
Cruikshanks, at ditto, from Scotland; Capt. Lindsay,
at ditto, from Scotland; Lady Macdonald, at ditto,
from Berks ; John Blayds, Esq., at ditto, from York-
shire; Hon. Henry St. John, at ditto, from Cranford.
DEPARTURES.

Mr., Mrs., and Master Oliver, from Long's Hotel,
Bond-street, for Melton ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald,
from ditto, for Pope's Lodge, Bracknell ; Captain
Levett, from ditto, for Devonshire ; Rev. H. T.
Young, from ditto, for Colchester ; Henry Surtees,
Esq., from ditto, for Norfolk ; Monsieur Schirmacher,
from ditto, for Liverpool ; Baron Avme, for Ham-
burgh ; Mr. and Mrs. Iltad Thomas, prom Markwell's
London Hotel, Bond-street, for Swansea; Mr. and
the Hon. Mrs. Corbally, from ditto, for Worcester-
shire ; Mr. and Mrs. Charleton, from ditto, for De-
vonshire.

THE COURT.—We are enabled to state on the beat
authority, that the Queen and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert have given up their intended visit to
Brighton for the present, and instead will go to
Weimer Castle, the seat of the Duke of Wellington,
on the Kentish coast. We understand extensive pre-
parations have already commenced there for the re-
ception of the Queen and Court in the course of the
ensuing week, the Noble and Gallant Duke having
given up the use of the Castle solely for her Majesty's
convenience. The Duke leaves Apsley house before
nine o'clock this morning for Walmer Castle, in order
to make every necessary preparation for the residence
of the Queen and Prince. The whole of the Noble
and Gallant Duke's domestic establishment leave
Walmer Castle for town on Saturday, on which day
a portion of the Royal Household will arrive there.
It is very probable that her Majesty, after a sojourn
of ten days or a fortnight at Walmer Castle, may pro-
ceed from thence to spend a few weeks at the Pavi-
lion, at Brighton, where the necessary preparations
are still in progress for the reception of the Court.
Her Majesty will proceed from Windsor to Padding-
ton by the great Western Railway, and from thence
through Kent by the usual route to Deal.
PROPORTION OF VALUE OF MONEY AND PRICES IN
DIFFERENT PERIODS.—Taking two periods of twenty
years each, if from 1440 to 1460, the average prices
of wheat were 6s. Bd. per quarter, and from 1686 to
1706, it were 40s. the quarter, it is plain that Si. in
the time of Henry VI. would have purchased 15
quarters of wheat, for which quantity in the latter
period 30/. must have been paid. So that 30/. in
1706 would be no more than equivalent to Si. in the
period 1440-1460 (Henry VI.) Again, if oats in
the former period were generally at 2s. the quarter,
and from 1686 to 1706 12s. the quarter, it is mani-
fest that that 12s. in the latter period would be no
more than equivalent to 2s. in the former, though but
a sixth of it. Ale in the former of the two periods
named was only lid. the gallon; in the latter, Bd.;
or rather more than five-fold more. Si. in the former
period would purchase no more ale than somewhat
above 25/. in the latter. Good woollen cloth, in the
former period, was 3s. 7id. per yard, at which rate Si.
would have purchased 28 yards or thereabouts. In the
latter period, the same quantity of fine cloth cost some-
what under 351. There is good reason to believe, that
beef, mutton, bacon, and other common provisions of
life were six times as cheap in the former as in the
latter period ; so that 28/. or 301. a year between
1686.1706 was really no greater sum than Si. be-
tween 1440 and 1460.
SLEEP OF ANIMALS AND MAN.—Most animals
sleep more than man ; some, indeed, for months, as
the hibernating tribes of bats, dormice, marmots, and
bears. Cats and dogs would seem to have the faculty
at will, as have some idiots and persons of a low order
of intellect. The ideas or impressions upon their
minds are so feeble or so few, or are made at such
long intervals, that succession is lost for want of con-
tinuity; hence the organ retains imperfectly, and but
for an instant, the image which the external senses
have presented to it ; weariness supervenes, uncon-
sciousness follows, and lastly sleep, as a necessary con-
sequence of inanition, is induced. It is observed,
however, that monkeys do not sleep as much as other
animals. Whence is this apparent deviation from the
ordinary law of nature affecting animals ? Is a mon-
key a reasoning animal ? Observe a dog chained ;he
twists his chain, shortens it, and cuts himself off
from his platter. Does he seek to untwist it, to re-
store the links to their wonted extension ? No ;he
continues tugging and howling till some friendly hand
frees.him from his toils, and restores him to his former
range. But how is it with the monkey under similar
difficulties 1 Why, he deliberately untwists the chain
which he cannot sunder, and hence evinces something
like reason. Is the sleeplessness of monkeys, then, a
proof of reason ? We think so. Bi 4 infants, they
are frequently sleepless. Yes, but never in a state of
health. Restlessness in them is always an indication
of hunger, or a symptom of disease. The absence of
sleep cannot be long sustained. Damiens slept on the
rack ; Luke in his iron crown ; and a battalion of in-
fantry have been known to slumber during a march !
Muleteers frequently sleep on their mules, post-boys
on their horses, and seamen "on the high and giddy
mast." " Massa call you," said a negro to his com-
rade, who had fallen asleep near him ; " Sleep has no
massa," replied the wearied boy ; and he was right.
We may bear the privation of fire, food, and even
drink, longer than we can the want of sleep.—Dr.
Binn's Anatomy of Sleep.
A CHINESE DANDY.—This mandarin was one of the
finest specimens of a man I had till then seen in China.
He stood about six feet two or three inches, and was
apparently stout in proportion. He wore the winter
cap, the crown of which was of a puce-coloured satin,
shaped to, and fitting close to the head, with a brim
of black velvet turned sharply up ail round, the front
and hinder parts rising rather higher than the sides—
in fact, in shape much resembling the paper boats we
make for children. On the dome-shaped top of this
he wore a white crystal sexangular button, in a hand-
some setting. Beneath this was a one-eyed peacock's
feather, falling down between his shoulders. This
feather was set in green jade-stone about two inches
long, beyond which about ten inches of the feather
projected, and though apparently but one, is in fact
formed of several most beautifully united. His ma-
kwa, or riding-coat, was a fine blue camlet, the large
sleeves of which extended about half down the fore-
arm, and the skirts nearly to the hip. Under this he
wore a richly-figured blue silk jacket, the sleeves
equally large, but reaching nearly to the wrist, and the
skirts sufficiently long to display the full beauty of it
below the ma-kwa. these loose dresses always fold
over the isght breast, and are fastened from top to bot-
tom with loops and buttons. His unwhisperables were
of a light blue figured cutNankincmreadpeia,telyhe
muchlow th
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the modern Greek style, being immediately
knee tucked into the black satin mandarin boots, that
in shape much resemble the old hessian, once so com-
mon in this country, with soles some two inches thick,
the sides of which'were kept nicely white, Warren's
jet not yet having been introduced. To this part of
his dress a Chinese dandy pays as much attention as
our requisites do to the formation of a " flumby."
The figure was completed by his apparently warlike,
but really peaceable implements, which no respect-
able Chinaman would be seen without, viz., the fan
with its highly-worked sheath ; the purse or tobacco-
pouch, in the exquisite embroidery of which great
ingenuity is displayed : a variety of silver tooth and
ear picks, with a pocket for
his watch, the belt to
case
fixed these are attached having a small leather
fixed to it, to contain his flint
beautiful tail, the pride of every
Chinaman'
forgotten his ta:l,—hisand steel. I had nearly
proud of it. lam afraid to say how
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The Postmaster-General
shlorPollicer.—Bingham s Narrative.
AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.--
of the danger of enclosing coin in letters that
has again issued bills all over. the country, warning
personspass transmission of small
tion of Post-office orders for the
through the post, and recommending the ad Pt
small amounts in letters to a poor sums. A person who was in the habit of sending
as bedridden, the
to give his correspondent, h
through the post, had one stolen, andrbeing unwilling
he bought a
trouble to attend to Post-office
umber of buttons such as are bought by wcen orders,
tailors to be
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covered with cloth. These buttons were the precise
rsemittance, he placed a half-sovereign on a button,
ize of a half-sovereign. When he wished to send a
and covered it with a thin piece of cloth in the manner
a tailor would do it, which scarcely occupied the la-
bour of a minute. The button was then fastened in
a letter, and the eye of the former was made to pro-
trude through the latter, so as to-neake it appear as if
ssov ander eigns
their from
a pattern button was merely sent through the Test.
This ingenious device evidently- deceived the Post-
tohffie acepgperioipt
gentry, and sceclanwrsedofsepovesrtami
as-
sistants.ahsatlefr-
Every button came safe to hand.
FUNERAL OF TME LATE DR.' lIERSCHELL __The
obsequies of the late Dr. Herschell, Chief Rabbi of
performed with g t
England, were yesterday
so-
lemnity. Precisely at ten o'clock the cot se, inatheexpress d
plain deal coffin, covered with black cloth (in which
de-
ceased), was removed fryom his late residesete oifnt
•it had been deposited b
court, St. Mary-Axe, tothe •
place, supported by Sir
other leading members
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had been placed before the ark, an impressive cere-
monial in accordance with the Jewish faith was
gone through. The ark was covered with black
cloth, the numerous windows were darkened, the
synagogue was illumined by wax tapers, and the
whole arrangements had a sombre and most im-
pressive effect. This portion of the religious
observance having been completed, the procession
was formed to convey the mortal remains of
the much-respected and deeply-lamented deceased
to their last resting-place in the Jews' Bu-
rial-ground, North-street, Mile-end. The proces-
sion comprised the children of both sexes belonging
to the Spanish, German, and Portuguese charity
schools, the youths training up for the priesthood, the
readers of the various metropolitan synagogues, the
hearse conveying the corpse, and the carriages of the
leading Jewish laity, including those of Sir Moses
Montefiore, Barons Rothschild, Mr. D. Salomons,
Mr. D. W. Wire, Sir I. L. Goldsmid, &c. The ca-
valcade comprised upwards of 100 carriages. The
deceased left orders that no mourning-coaches should
attend his funeral. The principal mourner was his
grandson. On arriving at the ground in North-street,
the body was carried into the Hall, and placed in the
centre, and the reader taking his position at the head.
of the coffin, repeated the usual burial-service in a
very impressive manner. At the conclusion of the
prayers the corpse was borne to the grave. Several
brown-paper parcels, sealed with wax, containing
papers and documents, were thrown into the grave,
by order of the deceased, and a large box, containing
one of the laws of Moses, written by himself on parch-
ment, was also consigned to the grave, by special
orders of the deceased. The shops of the tradesmen.
of the Jewish faith in the line where the procession
passed were all closed. The ceremony lasted from 10
in the morning till near 3 in the afternoon.

On Tuesday afternoon, between four and five
o'clock, a robbery was committed in one of the Pad-
dington omnibuses,on the road from the Bank of Eng-
land to Paddington, on the person of Mr. Roberb
Lasterman, a stock-broker, residing in Star-street,
Edgware-road, who was robbed of his pocket-book,
containing three 1001. Bank of England notes, num-
bers 3,841, 3,842, and 3,843, dated January 18,
1842 ; also a 501. note, number 1,646, dated May 11,
1842. Mr. Lasterman had sold stock out of the
Bank for a person to whom he intended to pay over
the notes on his return home, but to his utter as-
tonishment he found on his arriving at his residence
that some dexterous thief had abstracted his pocket-
book with its contents, and effected his escape. The
time the robbery was committed must have been in
Oxford-street, when two well-dressed young men, in
passing Mr. Lasterman, for the purpose of quitting
the omnibus, pretended to stumble, and one of them
on getting up asked Mr. Lesterman's pardon as he left
the omnibus.

THE BRITISH QUEEN.—The absence of the British
Queen is a matter of much anxiety among the mer-
chants connected with the Atlantic trade. The loss
of the President, a vessel built on the same scale and
dimensions, naturally increases the fears already en-
tertained for her safety. At Lloyd's yesterday the
insurance upon the British Queen advanced to fifteen
guineas per cent., and before the close of the room a
speculative risk for a small amount had been taken at
twenty guineas.
THE ARMY.—The 27th Regiment, which se dis-
tinguished itself under the command of their brave
officer, Captain Smith, in the recent affair with the
Boers at the Cape of Good Hope, has been ordered to
embark for the East Indies.

DARING ROBBERY OF WILLS, &C., AT RATTERSRA•
—On Friday last a most daring robbery was com-
mitted at the residence of Mr. Ashness, an indepen-
dent gentleman living in Batteasea-rise, and the cir-
cumstances under which it took place leave but little
doubt that it was planned and executed by a dishonest
servant. Two tin boxes were found to have disap-
peared; one was filled with wills, deeds, and other
valuable documents, and the other contained, in addi-
tion to a number of papers, between 501. and 601. in
gold, a diamond ring of great value, and a mourning
ring set with hair, encircled with pearls, and engraved
" Anne Ashness, died April 9, 1832, aged 81." In-
formation was immediately sent to the Clapham and
Wandsworth station-houses, and Sergeants Emmer-
son and Burchett, of the V division, were employed
to investigate the circumstances, and if possible trace
out the perpetrator or perpetrators of the robbery. On
Saturday and Sunday the premises underwent a strict
search. During the rigid search the police were
making in the garden and fields in the rear of it, they
found one tin box embedded in the mud of a ditch.
This had been forced open, and it was soon ascer-
tained that it was the one which was filled only with
wills, deeds, and securities. Some idea of the value
of the papers may be formed when one which was
lying exposed on the top of the others was a bond fcr
40,0001. The other box, containing the money, &c.,
being still missing, it was determined to search the
house thoroughly, and ultimately it was found upon
the top of the house. The papers that were in it
previously remained, but the gold and rings were
gone. The whole of the servants were strictly ex-
amined, but nothing was elicited to fix the offence
upon any one of them.
The ancient world was only a little world. Al-
though warlike, it derives its chief glory from the
works of genius—from the writings of poets, histo-
rians, and philosophers. Viewed through this glow-
ing but exaggerated medium, that looks great and
magnificent, which in reality was stinted, meagre, and
desolate. Alexander vainly thought he had conquered
the universe, when he had only ravaged a district.
Nations were then only tribes, empires cantons, and
their half-savage rulers hardly more potent than Emirs
of Lebanon, or Khans of tartary. Most of what
now constitutes the earth, and fills it, was unknown ;
the great seas and continents were hid below the hori-
zon of the ancients ; even the swell of an ocean tide
had scarcely been felt by them ; and all their con-
quests, battles, and bustle—the sites of their great cities
and kingdoms, as well as of their histories and epic
poems—never ranged far from the tranquil shores and
islets of the Mediterranean lake. The number of
people corresponded to their narrow geographical
limits. How, indeed, could mankind be numerous with-
out the means of sustenance, when there was little
commerce, and no manufactures ; when they were
strangers to the useful arts, by which a dense popula-
tion can alone he fed, clothed, and lodged? All, there-
fore, which has been transmitted as to the extreme po-
pulousness of the ancient world, may be considered
; ergA:pfitoacerhueesern°mrslilinlnticiogolnunt°s-s,
almost as deceptions as iftsootahoornartaiincillhiieonasnb.
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there is a wrong figure or a redundant one. State-
ments of numbers are very liable to errors, and the
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be remembered of Athens and Rome, that, though
termed cities, they were more properly districts or
provinces, walled in. The present remains of the
Roman walls show that they were of vast extent ; but
they encompassed large tracts of country—were truly-
rus in urbe, and included in their circuit woods and
water, and corn-fields, as well as mansions and spa-
cious gardens. And Rome, as is well known, com-
prised the chief of Italy. Genoa, Milan, Florence,
Leghorn, and other noble cities, are of recent founda-
tion, tion, and pertain entirely to modern history. Ity
even in the Augustan age. must have been thinly
peopled
and doubtless afforded a free passage enough
,
for those vast herds of swine (one thousand in
guided
r)
of which Polybius writes, and which were
horns.
The in
their pastoral migrations by the blowing of
The severity of the climate in the most busy regions
of the old world attests the scantiness of population.
In Ovid's time, the Black Sea was often frozen,
which n ould be quite a phenomenon at present. That
Italy is warmer now than formerly, we have m any
testimonies. From various passages of Horace, •wt,
may suppose, that the streets of Rome were full of
snow; and Juvenal refers to a woman breaking the
ice of the Tiber to perform her ablution. I never
met with a tourist who had seen snow in Rome ; and
the Tiber is hardly' more liable to freeze than the
Nile or Ganges. This increase of temperature is satits
factory proof of an increase of People ; for
numbers
tend much to the civilization of climates, as of manners
and institutions.— Wades Lecture. on Ancient
ea.
Modern Society.
An adjourned meeting of the letter-press painters
Herrings, BeU-yard,
Attended was yesterday held at the Three
Temple-bar, which was
of the unemployed
takecompositors into consideration the present.
the trade, when a resolution was
passed to the effect, that the unexampled distress which
prevails among the
of the loved letter-press printers
unemployed
metropolis, through laxity of business, com-
pelled the promoters of a subscription for their relief
to call the trade together, in order to effect the objects
which they have in view, and to use their utmost ex-
ertions to promote their interests generally.
I.IORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first ordinary
meeting for the winter session was held on Tuesday
afternoon, at the rooms of the society, in Regent-
street. Amongst the specimens was some fruit of
' oxalis deppii, a new edible vegetable, from Mr. Cock.
burn, which bears out all the remarks which havebeen
made in its favour. Some specimens of COf•IS golden
drop plum was exhibited, in a perfect state of preser-
vation, in which condition they were kept by being
contained in muslin bags. From Mrs. Lawrence was
exhibited a fine specimen of the gesnera sabrina, with
several other plants ; and Mr. Appleby, of the Fence,
near Macclesfield, exhibited some fine specimens of
orchidaceous plants; to each of these silver Knightiaa
medals were awarded. Silver Boni:Jinn medals were
awarded to Mrs. Lawrence, for a collection of Plants
• Mr
Mr. Crawshay and Mr. Roberts, for grarg" ag;
Judd, for grapes ; and certificates of blank taii"
Fleming, for pules; Mr. Cockburn, for oak ;
and Mr. Waller, for a plant of allot&
The meeting adjournea tiutbe4tit 4

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