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

THE SUN, LONDON,- MONDA. Y EIVENING, JUNE 6, 1842.

HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.

A gentleman of fortune, residing in the :neighbourhood of I
Hampstead, and who forsome time past has been sojourning at
a distant part of the country, returned unexpectedly to his
house at Hampstead on. Thursday evening last, and on arriving
at his residence was surprised at perceiving lights issuing from
the windows of his best apartments, whilst shouts of merriment,
mixed with the musical sounds of a harp and other instru.
ments, broke from the interior of the rcansion. Mr. -at
first conjectured that he must have made a mistake, and that he
had in a temporary absence of mind wandered to the residence
of a neighbour. But no, to relieie his doubts, Sancho the
yard dog came bounding towards him.. He was at home, and
feeling curious as to the cause of all this revelry, the house
having been, left solely to the care of the servants, he
cautiously made his way into the premises through a back
entrance, and succeeded in gaining a balcony extend-
ing round the windows of the first floor, whence
he could command a view of the interior of the draw-
ing•room, when, to his surprise, he beheld a scene
that completely bewildered him. A numerous party was as-
sembled, dressed in every variety of costume, representing a
motley crowd of Jews, gipseys Turks, sultanas, sailors, sol-
diers, &c., all commingled together in chaotic confusion, and
playing off the most practical jokes imaginable on each other.
On perceiving these strange visitors located within his habita-
tion, the gentleman conceived that soma friend or neighbour
had " borrowed" his rooms on an emergency for a fancy
dress ball ; and he was 'on the point of retiring from the spot
to make inquiries of the servants, when, 10, could he be-
lieve his eyesight? bedecked in the costume of a grand Turk,
with a luxuriant display of beard, that m:ght have excited
the envy of a bona fide bashaw, forth stalked from amongst
the crowd in the back drawing-room no less a personage
than Sam, his under footman, leading daintily by the " blush-
ing fingers" Sally and Susannah, the bete de cuisine and
femme de mansion of his establishment, both ladies attired
after a fashion that would have puzzled the united conclave of
antiquarian dames throughout the entire kingdom to have
defined. The appearance of Sam and his smirking " hand-
maids" at once elucidated the mystery. Mr. - sprang
through the open window into the room, when a scene ensued
that beggars description. The magic word " Master !" never
produced greater consternation amongst a set of urchins en-
gaged in the revel of a school-room riot, than did that excla-
mation from the united voices of Sam, Sally, and Susannah
produce on the motley set assembled in the drawing-room
aforesaid. Sauce qui
,peut was the order of the night. A
rush was made for the doors. The crowd, in their eagerness
to escape, blocked up the head of the staircase, and the efforts
of those in the rear threw the foremost of the group off their
legs. The mass gave way, and Jews, gipseys, and Turks,
sultanas, sailors, soldiers, cum multis tails, rolled headlong
down the stairs, amidst the screams of the women and the
frantic struggles of the men. The intruders were bundled
out of the house sans ceremonie, to seek their respective do-
miciles as best they might, and the servants employed in the
establishment received notice to quit forthwith.

A porter on one of the quays, a short time ago,
says the Presse, found a pocket-book containing notes to the
amount of 20,000 f. Having ascertained that it belonged to a
Count, he immediately rendered the whole to him intact.
The noble owner rewarded this strong proof of honesty by
immediately taking upon himself the education and placing
out in the world the man's two children, and presenting to
the father a natorial act insuring to him and his wife an annuity
of 750 f. fer their lives, and at the same time giving him one
quarter's payment in advance.
The Supreme Court in Paris decided two days
since the question, whether the sale of a painting by the artist,
without any condition or reserve, conveyed to the purchaser
the exclusive right of taking and publishing an engraving of it.
The question arose out of the picture of the " Battle of the
Pyramids," painted by Baron Gros in 1809, by order of the
Imperial Government. The Court decided that the entire
property of the picture passes with it on sale, and the consequent
right to make and publish engravings from it, unless there be
in the contract or bill of sale any express reserve or stipulation
to the contrary.
A whole family,' of the name of Chevillot, the fa-
ther, the mother, and the two sons, were brought before the
Court of Assizes a few days ago, for having; stolen wine from the
depot at Bercy. For some time past it had been perceived
that the casks were pierced and wine taken out. Sometimes
even the thieves did not take the trouble of stopping the
hole, so that the liquor continued to run out until it was all
lost. The wine-brokers at last arranged a regular nightly
watch, and the accused were caught in the act of taking the
wine. The woman was recognised as an old offender, and
was sentenced to five years' imprisonment ; the father and one
of the sons to two years' confinement ; and the other, a lad of
16, to two years' residence in the House of Correction.
On November Ist, last year, a coal-heaver and his
wife were assaulted by men as they were returning home in
the evening. Busse, the husband, made a stout defence, in
which he was joined by two masons, Chambon and Bagot,
who came accidentally up at the time. The assailants upon
this drew knives, and wounded the two masons so severely,
that they both died a few days afterwards. Of the five assas-
sins, one only, Ginocchio, an Italian itinerant player upon
the barrel-organ, was taken and recognised. He was brought
to trial on Saturday, but as there was no proof of his having
used a knife, he was sentenced to only two years' imprisonment.
A travelling tinman took up his station a few days
back close to a guard-house in the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lo-
retie. In his melting-pot, which was placed on a brisk fire, the
metal was in fusion, and the man took several forks which had
been brought to him from a neighbouring house, and plunged
them into the bailing metal. A loud explosion instantly ensued,
the melting-pot flew into pieces, a fragment of it took off the
shako of the sentinel, and the unfortunate tinman was covered
with the burning metal. Immediate aid was afforded him, and
it is thought that he will get off with a few scars on his face.
The explosion was caused by some moisture which happened to
be on the spoons when plunged into the metal in fusion.
CHARTIST CAMP MEETINGS.—On Sunday last
there was another very large meeting held on Enfield Moor,
near Blackburn, to consider the next steps to be taken, in order
to obtain the People's Charter. Mliny persons present are said
to have had fire-arms. A person named Marsden, from Bolton,
one named Tattersall, and others, addressed the people in ex •
tremely violent language. Marsden declared that they all
meant to obtain arms, march up to Buckingham Palace, and
demand the Charter. If the Queen granted it, well; but, if
not, they would know how to use their arms; and he hoped
every man wonld get ready by their next meeting. Tattersall
was even more violent than the above. On the same day, there
was also a camp held near Failsworth ; about 1,500 persons at-
tended. Leech and another man from Manchester, with se-
veral persons from Oldham, addressed the audience; but the
language was mild compared with that of the speakers near
Blackburn ; some of the speakers contended that they had as
good a right to hold political camp meetings on a Sunday, as
ether parties had to hold religious meetings.—Manchester
Guardian

WINE AND WHEY.—Some twelve miles from the
town of Ulverston is a small parish church, near to Broughton
West, or perhaps nearer to Woodland, in the parish of Kirkby
Ireleth. Attached to that church are a parson, a clerk, and a
churchwarden: The latter pillar left his habitation lately, on a
visit to Kirkby, for the purpose of procuring a quantum svg:
of wine for the sacrament to be administered on the following
Sunday. The wine procured, the warden, with one or two
friends, entered the public-house to moisten their clay, and
while there they drank pretty freely—in fact until they were in
the predicament which has become proverbial as the habitat of
David's sow. They then sung songs and told stories till " all
was blue," and finally they broached and drank the "wine."
Our hero, it is said, was even graceless enough to boast of the
deed he had done, and to exclaim, " Oh, 'twould make na dif-
ference, for thear would be nabody but his wife rind parson and
Clark to tak' sacrament; sea he would just tak 'em a sup of
whey instead of stronger liquor." The fact needs no comment.
—Kendal Mercury.
We hear that it is intended to alter altogether the
uniform of the deputy-lieutenants of counties. Any person at-
tending her Majesty's levees must have been struck with the
very unsoldier-like gait of a vast proportion of those gentle-
men who presented themselves in military uniform. To pre-
vent further continuance of the mistake so often made, not
only here but at foreign Courts, as to the identity of those gen-
tlemen with the officers of the British army, a new non-military
uniform is to be worn by them. This uniform is to consist of a
blue coat, the collar and cuffs of which are to be braided with
silver lace, but to be without epaulettes.— Observer.
FIRE AT THE EAGLE TAVERN, CITY-ROAD.—Yes-
terday morning, about half-past three o'clock, a fire was dis-
covered to be raging at the Eagle Tavern, City-road, well
known as the Grecian Saloon. Fortunately, by the speedy
arrival of the engines, and the active exrrtions of the firemen,
the flames were confined to that portion of the building in
which the fire originated. It was used as a fire-work-room,
and was entirely brunt out. The damage done amounts to
about 1501. Mr. Rouse. the spirited proprietor, is insured in
the Liccnced Victualler's Office.
A fire broke out last week, in the hamlet of Terre-
Rouge, near Briancon, at eleven in the morning, whilst all the
inhaLitants were absent in the mountains. Notwith,tanding
aid was brought from Briancon, thirty-three habi'ations, which
composed the entire hamlet, were destroyed.
MORTALITY AT ITAMPSTEAD.—Disease in a most
virulent form has made its appearance lately in a family at
Haverstock-hill, Hampstead. The son of a nurseryman at
Hampstead was first visited by a medical man on the 18th of
May : he was labouring under symptoms denoting scarlet
fever, and died on the same day. The eldest daughter was
next attacked, and on the return of the party from the burial
of the eldest son, she was found , (teat!, and two other
children were in a dying condition. Bttween Wednesday
and Saturday, four members of this devoted family perished ;
two were rtmoved to an hospital, and another daughter
(the wife of a publican at Woolwich), who had visited
her sick relatives, was taken home ill. Situated nearly
in front, and within ten or twelve feet from the door of

the cottage where this fearful mortality occurred, is a stagnant
pool, whence water had been taken for the purpose of irrigating
the nursery-ground, and the highway tank communicating with
this pool was furnished with a pump. The tank and pool ap-
pear to be supplied with water frim the surface drainage of the
road ; hence, after a heavy fall of rain, the filth from the road
and houses on the higher ground has been washed into this
reservoir. This nuisance has existed during- 17 or 18 years,
and has frequently been complained of ; yet it still remains.
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—The ordinary meeting
was held on Saturday. The Right Hon. Lord Fitzgerald
and Vesei, President, in the chair. On the proposal of Sir
Alexander Johnson, seconded by Sir George Staunton,
Baronet, M. P., his Highness the Rajah of Travancore was
elected an Honorary Member, on account of the great en.
couragement which he had given to science throughout his
dominions, and particularly for his having employed
Brahmins to note down the variations of the pendulum, and
ottr
make other astronomical observations. Three interesting
were
Southern
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resources
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of
from the Himalayah mountains. Although extremely rich in
mineral resources, none of the mines had been worked to any
India, Captain
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fiewb ld,
which on
describedhe mineral
the
rich auriferous deposits coming down with the streams
advantage hitherto, on account of the expense attending ir, and
the comparative cheapness with which the metals may he ob-
ta.ned from Europe. In connection with this subject, it was
stated by Professor Wilson, that a Cornish mir.er had recently
been sent out to investigate the practicability and probable profit
of working them. Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., and David
Salomons, Esq., were proposed as members, and amongst the
company, which was numerous, were Sir George Staunton,
Bart., M.P., Sir Alexander Johnstone, Sir E. Colebrooke,
' Bart. General Sir Gore Ouseley, Sir H. Compton, the Right
Hon. Holt Mackenzie, and several other leading members.
METROPOLITAN DEPUTIES OF THE PROTESTANT
DISSENTERS OF THE THREE DENOMINATIONS.—At a meet-
ing of this body, held June Ist, at the King's Head Tavern, in
the Poultry, loyal and dutiful addresses to the Queen and her.
Illustrious Consort upol her Majesty's merciful preservation
'
from the recent traitorous attempt, were unanimously agreed
upon. The meeting had been called for the purpose of consi-
dering the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the abolition
of Church-rates, with reference to the Ecclesiastical Corpora-
tions Leasing Bill now before the House of Commons ; and also
against certain regulations of the Poor-law Commissioners
restricting the religious rights of Dissenting inmates of work-
houses, and insisting upon the appointment of stipendiary chap-
lains. Petitions to this effect were subsequently agreed upon.
London now measures M miles in length from east
to west, by a breadth of nine miles from north to south. Its
circumference, allowing for various inequalities, is estimated at
thirty miles, while the area of ground it covers is considered to
measure no less than 18 miles square,