The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

There is nothing in which the vanity ofthe French
is more frequently shewn, than in what regards their
military prowess. Here the grande nation can
submit to no rivalry, alniost no comparison. As
I entered the Rue de la Paix from Place Yen-
dOme to-day,. my. eye was broadly saluted by a
sheet of paper, some feet square, setting forth in
chronological order all the great battles, from
Clovis to Buonaparte, in which the French were
victorious. The three last were the battles of
Toulouse, Ligny, and the Trocadore. In the
first, the proportion of French to the allied force
was represented as 18,000 to 80;000. At
Ligny there were 72,000 against 120,000.
Victory is claimed on the 16th of June, 1815,
but without.the most distant hint of the modifi-
cation it underwent the second day following. In
the last of their recorded feats of arms at the
Trocadore, under the Duke d'Angoul6me, no
mention is made of the force on either side. The
superiority of our physical strength in action is
adMitted by the French themselves. What
chance,' said a wag from Hibernia, has a:belly-
ful of frogs against ten. or eleven stone of roast
beef, when it comes to the push, putting courage
Out of the question ?' But the fact is, our
countrymen are fonder of the thing.—Rambling
Notes.

A JEW'S TRICK.—A gentleman who resides
in Cobourgh-street, appeared before the Magi-
•strates on Monday, to prosecute a travelling Jew,
named Joseph Bruunstein, against whom a sum-
mons had been issued, but-who had made him-
self scarce and could not be found by the officers.
The complainant stated, that about three Weeks
ago, the Israelite called at his house, and offered
for sale an elegant gold chain, two gold. seals, a
gold ring, and a pair of gold bracelets, all " bet-
ter ash new and sheeper ash noting at all—so
help him Cot !" Thus tempted, the gentleman
was induced to purchase the splendid articles;
the seals were forthwith appended to his gold
,watch' by the chain, and the bracelets were trans-
ferred to the wrists of his lady—all fOr the sum
of one pound and a few articles of old jewellery.
All parties were delighted with the bargain, ex-
cept the Jew, who declared that " it vash trowing
de tings away—it wash downright robbery—and
it vash quite against his conscience !" However,
in hopes of making a better bargain, another
time, he parted with the articles, and took his
leave. For some time the gentleman was quite
elated with his bargain, but 'on the tenth clay the
golden -articles began to change colour, and it
became evident, to the mortification of the pur-
chaser, that e, all is not gold that glitters," for
chain, and bracelets, having put
the seals, ring,
off Their disguise, proved to he brass ! Thus
bitten-by the Jew-dog, the gentleman applied for
relief to the• Magistrates, but in vain—Moses
was too deep to be had; and all the consolation
the Mayor could give; was advice to Seize the
knowing one vi et arms, whenever he.could be
.found, and bring him- to. the GuildhalL A few
such instances as this would ha4r, the effect of
teaching the public the expediency of patronising
the tradesmen who pay rent 'and taxes, in pre-
feroilce to those wanderers, Who contribute no-
thing to the suppOrt of the community, and who,
having no reputatio.4 stake, ha.ve little except
their conscienceslight barrier !_to restrain
them from imposing on the unwary.—
Alfred, Exeter