The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-11 00:00:00

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Persons of importance being in the habit, at this sea-
son of the year, of rushing to the Continent, we bays
drawn up the feljowing rules, after six trips up and down
the Danube and Rhine, to enable travellers to support
the character of Englishmen with that degree of pride
and gentlemanly spirit for which they are noted abroad :--
1. Write your name in large letters, with date and
address, wherever you go. For this purpose, vou had
better carry about with you a bottle of Warrens black-
ing and a large brush, and you can then lay it on as
thick as you please.
2. If you go into a cathedral when service is going on,
never mind talking or staring, or pointing, as much as
you like ; for it stands to reason, if the people are really
as intent on their devotions as they pretend to be, they
cannot hear or see you. The best way to test this is to
walk down the aisles with your hat on.
3. Always suspect ou are being imposed upon. It is
well known that the innumerable small foreign coins
were expressly invented to puzzle the English. To guard
against giving too much, bargain for everything you
have, and try to bate down every item in your bill.
Recollect' it is the notion of foreigners that evt ry Eng-
lishmen is stuffid full of money. The sooner you dis-
abuse them of this notion the better.
4 Laugh at everything you do not understand, and
never fail to ridicule anything that appears strange to
you. The habits o! the lower class will afford you
abundant entertainment, if you have the proper talent to
mimic them. Their religious ceremonies you will also
find to he an endless source of amusement.
5. Never mind what damage you do, as long as yu
can afford to pay for it. Your brothers and sisters will
naturally expect some remembrance of your t air, so do
not scruple to carry off a souvenir of every monument you
visit. A saint's finger, or a whole statue itself taken
during the night from its consecrated niche in some
lonely street, will convince your relations you have not
forgotten them, besides affording you capital sport and
healthy excitement in making the collection.
6. Recollect very few people talk English on the Con-
tinent, so you may be perfectly at your ease in abusing
foreigners before tbeir faces, and talking any modtst
nonsense you like, in the presence of ladies, at a iable
dhote. Do not care what you say about the Govern'
went of any particular state you may be visiting, and
show your national spirit by boasting, on every possible
occasion, of the superiority of England and everything
English.
7. If you go to a theatre, and do not know a word of
the language of the pieces, do not hesitate to talk a 5
loudly as you can, or to laugh preposterously at the
gibberish which it is a marvel to you anybody can un-
derstand.
8. If foreign states will have foolish laws about pass-
ports, it is not to be expected that you, as a free-born
Englishman, will tamely submit to them, so alwaYs
move about as independently as if you were in YOUel
own country. If, by a stretch of despotism, you ar
taken up or sent back, you have your redress by conj.
plaining to the British Ambassador, or else by seal
your case to be laid before Parliament as a casus beVe
to any distinguished Member of the Opposition of
tih
time being.
9. Be particular about your diet. Avoid foreign
dishes ; be sure that the wines are poison, and grutrilode
at everything you get. Recollect that beef-steaks nes
bottled porter are always kept in the smallest village
for the use of thv English.
10. Swear, if you have a mind f:w it, at the ineallejp,
provocation.; and, if a fellow is insolent, thrash him, a a
if any one interferes, thrash him also. Recollect Yeet,
can indulge in any violen.:e you please, as long as
have the means to pay for it. Thel
11. Be sure to take English servants with you. -
are useful in speaking the language, settling the
tha
and taking you to see the most remarkable sights of
country. Besides, they are so good-tempered, and.i,g
pleased with everything—the eating and drip
en
especially—that it is proverbial an English John sti.
lady's maid add materially to the comfort of a Coll
nental trip. he
12. Buy something at every place you stop at. Tel
foreign articles are not only so much cheaper and bete
than any you can get in England, but there is also
pleasure of looking at them, and the pride of dill ore
them before other people, every time your boxes or
examined at a custom-house. If you are asked too er
anything extra for them, on the ground of duty, Itte
allow every article to be confiscated than submit to
imposition. bir
13. Take all your wardrobe with you. Detre' old'
gage is never charged for on the Continent, and it
s goy
be very foolish to miss an important ceremony, or lot,
invitation, for the want of a proper gown, coat, btois
cocked hat, pelisse, or regimentals. You can al; hi
avoid the nuisance of having your boxes examen fig'
asking to see the officer on duty, and slipping 6
note of the country (price 35.) into his hand.
14. Be sure to cultivate your'moustachios the yet., 01
you start for the Continent, and allow your hair to god)/
down your back. Buy a dialogue-book, and if yonisi 010
it attentively all the way up the Rhine, and at 3 retell
places you visit, you will be able by the time yO,O ,11er
Loudon, to ask, " W hich is the nearest way to Co'c'b
in Attend
less than eight different
to the above golden wit.l
and you will never find any difficulty in getting
ou fcr
the small change with which we have provided rti you
your trip. Disburse it liberally wherever you W:4,0
will certainly succeed in making the name of an ri foci
man respected and beloved all over the Con„tiL_len„ne
will impress foreigners with the belief that
ilia
without a doubt—what you must always be
she is—the most civilised country in the world.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE'
NORWICH RACES.—FRIDAT• n Idea,
The Champagne Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, with ';be
for two and three years old. Three quarters of ami e•
winner to give one dozen of Champagne to the Club.
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Mr. Clark's br f Tomboy (Franc
Mr. Hornby's b c Box .......
Mr. Johnstone's ch c Sir Henry ....................••• ....
Won easy. - " ddetl• ,
The Bolton Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 404 bo
Sir C. Monek's Glossy (Cartvtrig
Mr. T. Parker's Erebus • ........ . ..................
The following also started :—My Old Hack, Xanthog,
gram, Cock Robin, and Firemaster.
A splendid race. Woe on the post by a head. nth
The Whip Stakes of 3 soya. each, with a Gold-1011i for
Riding. whip added by the Club. The winner to hes°
301 , if demanded in the usual way.
Mr. Cliffora's br mby Ebberson (Hon. S. Erskin?
Mr. Hobson's Villebecque (Owner)
Won easy
to. f
A Hurdle Race of 30 Boys., added a Handicap Stakesfotir
sovs. each. Heats, twice round and a distance, wit ted
leaps over hurdles about four feet high. The second tu
his stake. ki a
Mr. Shepherd's Mudlark (Stagg) 0
• 0 Jr
Mr. Hornby's Stumps 0
Mr. Robinson's Wasp 1
Five others started. A good race

16 Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, 1111
e". 1.. r
_ interview with the Chancellor of the Exchcqu.
Saturday at his official residence in Do wning-streero/
STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—DOVER, AUG. oil
, The Ondine steamer, Captain Jenkings, arrived berceptel
)- afternoon, towed in by the Belfast steamer. She left , bsIV
yesterday morning with passengers for Dover, and 011ie el
6- - - an-hour after her del arture sustained some injury to I eie"
chinery of one of the wheels, by which it was rendered 9',.. ItO
tog
_ They hoisted a foresail, and attempted to proceed ,51,t1;bell
336 other wheel, but the wind and tide were strong again!,"•,,ablcy
065 and unfortunately they carried away the foremast and `""isrOn
33591 the second wheel. The non-arrival of the vessel caused 90011
sod the Britannia steamer was sent from hence in °Ofelle;
509
659 Fortunately, at daylight this morning, they were disc,-,4 tr,
765 about ten miles off Gravelines in this distrssed state I'oJDor•
628 steamer Belfast, on a voyage from Calais to London, 0.b,, lop,
170 down to them, took them in tow, and brought them ,9'' pre
sin 0%
port. The passengers give very great credit to Cape: oys
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kings, for his good conduct and judgment under sue 9
061 circumstances.
eli‘6 YARMOUTH, AUG. 10.—Died, this day, , ,
fligieci2:l
8:35 years, Mr. Benjamin Cobb, a respectable tanner an -f K
067 0o v
,3 merchant, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Air. C. was 0n003.1046
122 first elected Town Councillors after the passing of tire, ret
560 pal Corporations' Act, 1835, was re- elected 1838, aTiu
819 from office 1840. 41, ele,i4',
289 CIRENCESTER ELECTION.—The writ for ,:- eceifr:
920
tion of a Member for Cirencester, in the room of 31r; OP;
429
82 the new Lord of the Treasury, was received on SatUlolls
,167 noon, when the authorities fixed Thursday for going t
V't!) the form of an election. i'
Last evening a curious circumstance occur° et,
418 sail ref
the parish church of St. Mary-le-Strand, near a
eoe House. At the usual hour (six o'clock) the bell Avail:
.164 Divine service, and the congregation assembled acct. 0;
690 Half-past six came, but no divine made his appearance„. 06
603 congregation was thus kept in a state of suspense till 9 74410044
272
669 to seven o'clock, when Mr. Price, the clerk, came fool° 01 if
505 stated that there being no minister, no Divine service tbe
528 performed that evening, and the assembled persons toe
!06 departure. wo Lfti
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left oAotsr 1
Saturday on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Claret).
the Grove, neat Watford. f'
ield
We have to announce the demise of General 00'
Marshal Baron V. Raditzky, President of the Militaryvoalti
mission of the Germanic Confederation, who expired at ,
fort last week. 0100",
A greets plover (pewit* of a pure white,,c,b- itrfj
with the exception of the tips of its wings and tail, 'Nil,'" a lel,
light dun, was shot on Prestwick Car, near Neweast'el,
days ago, by Mr. Matthew Wilson, gamekeeper to
Milford, R.N.—Durham Advertiser. "'
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FALL OF THE ALBION AUCTION ROOMS, --
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nEAB,—On Tuesday night last, just before twelve o el' gd, ) ,
extensive auction rooms of Mr. Green, of Birkenite-c- jet,
down with a tremendous crash. It is fortunate the a :10,4
happened in the night, or many lives might have beeid t"
The amount of damage must have been considerablede-ore
rooms were filled with valuable furniture of almost everY ,p
lion.— Chester Cronicle. , 1 trill' ;
DAMAGE BY THURSDAY'S STORM.—The sLorn-
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occurred en 1 hursday has dome extensive damage to tile tiv
and barley, by completely beating it to the ground in t plat
nit of Kingston-on-Thames, Richmond, Wirebledo°'isattle''
heath, Woolwich, and parts adjacent. At FullianVadaitf,
B-ttersea, Wandsworth, Chelsea, Kensington, 9"d j (I 9!)4$
ton, the dump sustained by the market-gardeners Os 10
per) men is very great ; some thousands of squares of elas ,41
been broken in the green and hot-houses by the had. ,110°
FAT LAMIL—An extraordinary fat laml) WitS ~
botetir
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in Richmond market, on Saturday last, by Mr. ole,cl v`i, V
of Burton, which weighed 16ibs. per euarter, aned "-,,t re
brought up in a moorland pasture until within a fortnig
„ee
being slaughtered.—Durham Advertiseral „Lye 11',, c
WAKEFIELD COPN MARKET, FRIDAY.-- ''o,ol"ife
large supplies of all grain this week. To-day tl' .do " •
being remrkably fine, (mused Ui to have a dull troeiCeso:
wheat, ands he finest qualities only supported ferntcr,i`cl stle
other sorts were nearly Is. per quarter lower. Oats 9- of i;i)
lug firm, with a fair inquiry. Malt sold at an ad'at'cefesl
per load. Grinding Barley Is. per quarter higher'
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beans very scarce, and is. per quarter dearer. sepste- co,
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.---'- del, of
afternoon an accident, nearly attended with fatal con,ecal Jalitelf
occurred off Bankside, Soathwark, to a,• boy nr.„eabi°,l°,lo'
Webster, of Falcon-court. Borough. He was aretol"°arid ':410
on one of the coal-barges, when he fell into the water
1)3,01
appeared,but the. timely aid of a waterman who 0
was tiro means of saving his life.