The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

TIE EILTILX C AM.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews leave Brompton-row in a day or
two, on' a professional tour in the provinces.
M. Duprez, the celebrated French singer, took his leave of
the Paris public, at the tirand Opera, on Monday last, in the
Reine de Chypre, and on the following day set out for London.
The two first tenors in the world, namely, he and Hubini, are
now, therefore, in the metropolis.
Considerable exrctations have been raised in the dramatic
circles by the announced appeaKance at the Theatre Francais
of a young lady named Garrique, who is said to be a collateral
descendant of the family of Garrick.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
The Earl of Shannon has caused the whole of the splendid
furniture and appointments at East Powis Castle, I,le of
Wight, to be shipped for Cork, in order to be conveyed to the
family seat, Castle Martyr.
A brilliant season is expected at Baden-Baden. The Bri-
tish Ambassador w ill arrive there this week.

The Earl of Wilton's yacht, the Xarifa, is fitting out at Ports.
mouth, to convey his Lordship and suite to Hamburgh.
The Duke of Devonshire gaze a sumptuous entertainment
yesterday to the French Ambassador and a fashionable party.

"XISIItaeLaIVEOUS.
A number of stone-coffins, recently opened in the Cathedral
of Lincoln, contained bodies all enveloped in the coarse hair-
cloth shirts of the Catholic times.

Twelve Franciscan friars have lately gone from Valencia to
Syria on a mission there. _ _

OLe of tke legislators now in MadrA, representing a mari-
time province, is said to have paid 40,000 dollars, say 8,0001.,
some time since to a former Minister of Finance, for the Grand
Cross of Charles the Third; that is to say, the Minister owed
him that sum, and bestowed the honour on him in full of all
demands. His Excellency is well known in England.

SOLDIER'S ROUNDELAY.
When the beetle's drowsy horn
Winds across the silent lea,
Ere the rosy-finger'd morn
Throws a bright tint o'er the sea:
When the moon her orb displaying
Beams upon the lonely night,
And the wolf dog loudly baying
Seems to mock her silver light;—
Then we soldiers, ever cheery,
O'er the rugged mountain roam,
Briskly dancing, neVer'weary,
To the merry peal of the hollow drum.
:stow the song, the joke, the story
Swell around and cheat the way;
Feats of love and deeds of glory
Grace the merry Roundelay. •
Peals of laughter, care beguiling,
Round their genial magic spread,
Till the day-star sweetly smiling
Tints the gray cliff's mossy head :
Then we soldiers, ever cheery,
O'er the rugged mountain roam,
Briskly dancing, never weary,
To the merry peal of the hollow drum.
'When the sun is fiercely beaming
O'er the snowy-tented 'field,
Of the morrow seldom dreaming,
We to balmy slumber yield.
Or, beneath the shady bowers,
In the jungle we recline ;
Strewing life's dull path with flowers,
Cull'd from love and rosy wine.
Thus we soldiers, ever cheery,-
O'er the rugged mountain roam,
Briskly dancing, never weary,
To the merry peal of the hollow drum.
—From " Savindroog, ' in the Metropolitan Magazine.

Futz.—Last night, at half-past eleven o'clock, a
fire broke out upon the extensive range of premi,es in ti e oc-
cupation of Mr. Moreton, furniture broker and general dealer,
s►tuate at No. 36, New-cut, Lambeth, within a short distance
of tilackfriars-road. Mr. and Mrs. Moreton with another
person had to rush through the flames almost in a state of
nudity, and were received by the neighbours opposite. 'I he
fire was soon extinguished, but not before the roof had fallen
in, and every vestige of combustible material destroyed, and
etc.) great danger done to the adjoining houses belonging to
Messrs. Betts and Lexton. _

The Earl OFlTiTton's splendid yacht, the Xarifa,
is fitting out at Portsmouth, to convey his Lord-hip and suite
to Hamburgh, whence the Earl proceeds to Dresden, to invest
his MajeAv the King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter.
His Lordship is not expected to embark for three weeks, andhe
will be absent about a month on his special mission.
The inhabitants of Conde-sur-Noireau, the birth-
place of the late Admiral Dumont d'Urville, have given his
name to one of the streets of the town, and have opened a sub-
scription for a monument to be raised in it to his memory.
TnE QUEEN'S LETTER.—The Philharmonic Society,
of whose exalted character in the profession it is needless to
speak. have determined upon giving a festival in aidof the bene-
volent object contemplated by the Queen's Letter. The ar-
rangements were made with the Trustees of Exeter Hall for
the use of their room ; and as the programme consisted t f
sacred music alone, and all the minor points were satisfactorily
settled, no obstruction appeared in the way of a triumphant
termination to the efforts of the Committee, and it only re-
mained fur the Sacred Harmonic Society to grant the use of
their organ and orchestral fittings. The Committee, feeling
assured that no obstacle could be raised on this point, con-
cluded their arrangements ; but upon application, their reason-
able request was peremptorily refthed.—Dramatic and Musi-
cal Review.

A disturbance took place, a few nights ago, at the
theatre of Nantes, in consequence of the theatrical grant b)
the municipality having been withdrawn, whereby the theatre
was prevented from giving operas. The authorities were
obliged to call in the assistance of the military.
The state of the manufacturing operatives seems
getting worse and worse, and the numbers which this fine
weather induces to perambulate the country, as beggars, is
absolutely deplorable. In Kendal, we learn that in several
branches more is doing, while in the fine trade, and in foreign
goods, things were never worse. Wools are stationary. The
fine fleece wools are selling at a very low price, and with the
present demand for worsted, there seems no prospect of an ad-
vance. The fell wools are not yet clipped; but, in the York.
shire moor fleeces, which are earlier off than in this country,
very low prices are ranging... Kendal Mercury.