The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

WELL DRESSING.

On Monday last, the village of Youlgreave was
thrown into elooin by the death of Miss Bowman,
a venerable lady who will—long be reinetnnerca
by the inhabitants for the large share she took
in supplying the village with water from a hill
at some distance, by means of pipes laid under
the stream of an intervening valley, and which
lead to the revival of the good old custom
of well dressing, formerly common in this part
of England, but now only • celebrated in one
or two of the villages. The unsightly swelling of
the front part of the neck, commonly known under
the name of goitre, prevails to a considerable
extent in certain districts of Derbyshire ; and
medical men have judged it to proceed from the
strong impregnation of the water with lime, from
the limestone of the country. This circumstance
led to the benevolent undertaking just alluded to;
the water conducted by the artificial channels
being from a sandstone stratum, and perfectly pure.
It was completed in the year 1829, and is annually
commemorated on midsummer-day, by the ancient ce-
remonial above mentioned, and of whichsome account is
worthy of being recorded. The dress consists of many
thousands of flowers, which, for days before, have been
collected from far and near, to grace the occasion. They
are arranged with rustic skill on frames covered with a
kind of clay, into which each flower is fixed by its
stalk, cut short, and by which it is preserved fresh
during the period of preparation. When the frames
are fully decked, of course nothing is to be seen
but a thick carpet of beautiful colours, wrought
into many appropriate devices. The largest of
these, concealing the front of the well, is usually
about twelve feet high ; and many others, of smaller
dimensions, make up a suriice of more than
a hundred square feet, thus emblazoned. Ele-
gant garlands, too, stretching in various directions,
t the neighbouring houses, serve further to display
the taste of the village belles, who always lend their
aid to direct the labours of the ruder decorators.
The church bells ring merry peals; the charity..
school children wilk in procession through the street,
with music and colours; mid the day is concluded
with a country dance, which may be here seen in its
genuine forms, all ages and stationa bearing their part.
—Derbyshire Chronicle.

We collect the following accounts of the harvest in
several parts of France from the provincial journals.
In the department of the Aisne the rye and wheat
will be of superior quality, but in small quantity ;
oats will scarcely give a quarter of the usual crop
in poor lands, but in rich ground the return will
be an ordinary crop. In the Yonne, rye and wheat
are equally fine. In the Cher, wheat will be abundant
,both for ear and straw, and oats will give a fair crop.
the Isere, rye and wheat will be abundant, and of par-
ticularly fine quality ; maize, potatoes, and other
vegetables prornis2 well. In the • Vosges the crop
is scanty, and a. great quantity of wheat Ilad beau.
•scorched up. and in the mountainous parts
. oats, and buck wheat have failed. In the.
-lieuse the wheat will be fine, oats promise badly,
barley this but tine, hay almost a .total failure. In the
Somme the harvest will be fine ; wheat in good lands has
not suffered from the drought, andleaves nothing to be de-
sired either for quality or quantity, but the lute wheat has
been scorched up. The second ertqf'•of vetches and lueern
have failed.—ln the Seine-et-Oise the rye is abundant
and of good quality ; the wheat is good, but in small
quantity. Forage will be exceedingly scarce. In the
Aube the rye is inagnitieent, the wheat has little straw,
but fine ears, oats and barley are very pour, and buck-
wheat in small quantity. •
K EPPEL MYSTIFIED HY GEORGE TILE
TIMM—III the "Life of Admiral Keppel, by the Hon.
and Rev. Thomas Keppel," recently published by Col-
burn,- the following amusing incident is told, of the
Admiral being duped by. George the Third, when his
Majesty, was , about to dissolve . the " Coalition " Ad_
ministration The -same night .Keppel had an audi-
ence of the King. He had previously appointed Mr.
Adair to sup with him at ten ,o'clock. It was past
twelve before Koppel returned home. Why, Admiral,'
said Adair, where have you been ? Here have I
been waiting fur my supper these two hours.' Keppel
replied, I have been with the King ; I thought I should
never have got away. His Majesty has been most kind
to me ; he inquired about our prospects and plans, and
treated me with so much openness and honesty, that I
entered fully into the state of affairs, With which he
seemed highly pleased.' And you believe him ?' drily
asked Mr. Adair. Keppel 11-It hurt at the doubt. Adair
contented himself with saying, Well, we shall see.'
Before they parted, a note arrived from Lord Temple,
to inform Lord Keppel that his Majesty had no further
occasion for his services. This was one of those appa-
rent marks of kindness which the King kucw so well
how to practice." • •
CATECHISM OF -A DIE VERNON.—A young lady in
Yorkshire
.one day happened to fall into conversation
with . a not very young gentleman of that county—a some-
what slow andpatent safety—when the following laconic
awl pithy dialogue took place :—Lady—Do you hunt ?
Llidy-1-1)6 you shoot? Gent.-7 No. Lady
you fish? Gent.—No.: Lady (rather 'provoked
and 'somewhat energetie)—Do. you farm, then?' Gent.—
No. -Lidy (Ind Of 41patience)74 wonder you- don't hang
'l;Ottrs'elf -"Mt lady wasi4iiht; far,i•as..Paleviobserves?
" Engagement is everything." Iri-mrhumble opinion,
every lady should take the field, because, if she do not
become what is called " a crack shot," she must always be
" A pretty fair one."—The Modern Shooter, by Capt. Lacy.

FALKIRK TRYST.—The August, or first great cat-
tle markot for this year was held on the Tryst ground,
Stenhousemuir, on Tuesday, the 9th curt. As was ex-
pected, a greater show of cattle appeared than has taken
place on a similar occasion for many years. The cattle
were in excellent condition, and as the weather was de-
lightful, they were seen to much advantage. The mar-
ket, however, did not turn out a profitable one for the
dealers. Prices were low for cattle intended for pasture,
in consequence of the scarcity and high price of fodder,
tege:her with the great depression of trade. A great num-
.ber of Highland stots and queys were brought from the
North, chiefly Russ and Sutherland shires, and brought
from 21. to 21.. 10s. Sales were very dull indeed. Mr.
Graham had a lot of bull-siggs,'a number of which were
sold in the early part of the day at 121. per head. Milk
kine were in little request ; prices from 61. to 91. for the
better At five o'eleck very few of the stock' had
li.fft the emrlser. Them 1.:11!3 a very large show of
drought ant! saddle horses. Sales were else. dull. Mr.
Millar, Colebern, near Stirling, had the finest draught
horse we noticed, of the Clydesdale bree3. Leven years
old. In the forenoon nearly -101 were ofiered, but they
were asking 42 guineas., Shetland ponies, of which there
were a great many, were selling as low as from. 11. to 5/,
or a reduction front 20s. to 30s. below last year's prices.
Leaving the market, the opinion was that a great part
must stand over until to-morrow—a circumstance very
unusual at the Tryst, and attributable in a great measure
to the present distress of the country.—SCUtSinUn.
KING Or PRUSSIA S PRESUNT TO oe
Waens.—The object of art which excites the gfeatest
interest at Berlin at present, and which will, we might
almost venture to say, be, when it is completed, the
masterpiece of mOdere times in its style, is the present
which the King of Prussia sends to the Prince of
Walds, as a godfather's gift. Tha. gift is a shield,
%%hose materia is gold and gems, with every possible
resource of ornament which the art of the goldsmith
offers. "Stuler is the artist, and his graceful inventions
for ornaments exceed t;ven those of Schinkel. The gold
and gems, however, are secondary to the beautiful de-
signs for the shield. which are by Cornelius, being the
first important work lit has executed in Berlin. Its form
is circular, and the subjects chiefly religious, containing
the -principal mysteries of the Christian religion ;
it might be.. called, "'The Shield of Faith." je,
the middle is a ewes, and in the Middle of the cross,
being also that of the shield, is represented on a medal -
lion the Saviour, a half figure ; at the extremity of each
arm of the cross are four medallions, representing the
four Evangelists ; anal in the space between, the three
Christian graces, Faith, Hope, and Charity ; and to
these are added Justio*, the peculiar glory of which is to
be a ruler. The two Protestant doctrines are repre-
sented, Baptism and the Lord's Supper ; each is a great
picture as regards the, style and beauty of the invention.
Our limits only permit us to add, that.the inner circle of
.the shield represents some event of our Saviour's life ;
and the last religious design is the descent of the. Holy
.Spirit on the disciples, and their commission to preach
the *rd. By this we are conducted from past to present
times.e.and the rest of the compositions regs,rd the bap-
tistu of the young Prinee,: and eircunistandee:eennected
with it.. _The religious partof thelpiatere is worthy to •
form, &grand altar-peen in fresco; -wilts..tn.alterUtien but
as ram's size.---Art . . .
"XfPOttifi-ta,- the' liquorice; will be..
ready for getting, in this season, are in excellent condi:-
lion. We understand the liquorice plant is three year::
in arriving at maturity.—Leeds Journal.