The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-07 00:00:00

NAPLES.

We have received a Letter from It'iricnd at
present at Naples, who attempts a description of
that city and its inhabitants in the following

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To give •a
true sketch of :Naples would be
to describe that which has not yet been described
by any writer that I have seen. None of them
have sufficiently represented the entire wretched-
ness that pervades the whole mass of the people.
't he town is exceedingly dirty, the streets narrow,
and not well built. ,Not one of the public build-
ings that I have seen is yet finished, although be-
gun some centuries ago; and were we not folly con-
vinced to the contrary by being ..nos( run down
in the streets by swarms of the most miserable
squalid looking creatures imaginable, -we might
conclude the place desetted, ;,o ruinous and de-
cayed does every thing appear ; arid yet such is
the pride of human nature, that the natives say,
" See Naples and-then die ;" and so you may,
but it must be of grief, at witnessing so much
wretchedness., The Lazzaroni live principally in
the streets, and for dirt, filth,
.and misery, they
certainly beggar all description. The carriages
and other equipages, as well as- the owners of
them, form an uniform picture of poverty ; y'et
such vanity. do the Neapolitans possess, that a
man would rather live on macearoni for ever, than
not ride in one of their barbarous vehiclesi,drawn
,by .a more,deplorable, animal than ever yoti;have
seen disgrace a country race-course in England. The
Government is bad, and the stiletto is the law, at
least with the mob. Scarcely a person ascends Ve-
'suvins without being robbed ; and those are for-
tunate who, On leaving here, arrive at Rome with-
out having been carried into sonic cavern, for the
sake of a ransom. The rope, the other day, lost
three pieces of cannon in an affair with a ban-
ditti."—(The Durham County Advertizer, Jan, 3.)

The beautiful Address of Osstatg to the spirit
of Malvina, is applicable to our late beloved
PaINCESS. There is a mournful not unpleasing
sensation in the idea of approximation betwee►z
the greatest loss which death could have inflicted
on us, and the melancholy song of the fitst, and
best, of Scotland's bards, on an occasion equally
interesting to him
" Pleasant be thy rest, 0 lovely beam ! Soon bast thou set
on our hill ! The steps of thy departure were stater•, like the
moon on the blue trembling wave. But thou bast left us in
darkness, first of the maids of Lutha ! We•sit on the Rock,
and there is no voice; no light but the meteor of fire ! Soon
bast thou .set, 0, Malvina, daughter of generous 'J'oscar !
But tho❑ risest like the beam of the East, among the spirits
of 'thy friends, where they sit, iu their stormy halls, the
chambers of the thunder."

THE LATE MR. DEVAYNES.—We regret to
state, that A we predicted, .this Gentleman appears
to have thrown himself into the Thames clOse to
Pntney Bridge. The body was found in conse-
quence of using a drag. The gardener of a Gen-
tleman of the name of BOWDEN, prOdOCid a hat,
which be said he found two days. preceding the
one he left HATCHETT'S Hotel, in Piccadilly,
namely the 24th of November. This must be a
mistake. In the lining Mr. D.'s name was writ-
ten, and therefore there can he no doubt of its
having been the property of the deceased. A
Coroner's Inquest was expected,to sit yesterday
afternoon, at the, Red Lion, at Putney, .where Mr.
D. (lined anti drank a bottle of wine on the day he
was missing. He left the Red Lion at ten o'.clack
at night.—( Morning Post.)

PREFERRED.-The Rev. H. Oakeley, of Oriel
College, Oxford, and of Oakeley, in the county
of Salop, M. A. to the Stall in the Worcester
Cathedral, vacated by the resignation of the Rev.
Dr. Jenkinson.—The Rev. Rann Kennedy, se.
cond master of King Edward's Grammar School,
to succeed the Rev. Wm. Toy Young, deceased,
as Minister of St. Paul's Chapel, in Birmingham.
SPARRING. —The assemblage at 'the Fives'
Ct urt yesterday overflowed it for the benefit of
Scroggins, who became entitled
,to the privilege
from his defeats in combat by Turner, who is
about to experience a similar advantage for his
prowess, which gave him best. The sets-to were
few, but there was much diversion.

ECONOMY' OF FUEL—The approach of winter
has suggested the propriety of making generally
known the following composition, as likely to
produce much public benefit, if adopted by the
middle and lower classes of society. A mixture
of sand, clay, coal-dust or charcoal, or saw-dust;
made with water in a moderately stiff compound,
are all the materials required, and these may be
obtained almost any where. The following pro-
portions may be assayed, until another more pre.
ferable may be f'.scertained by experiment :
, Coal, charcoal, or saw-dust, cd• the Ar.l
whole mixed together".
Sand of any kind s 21. parts.
Marl or (lay ..
These. parts may be pecks, bushels, or baskets, or
any other. measure at hand. The mass to be made
into balls of a convenient size, moderately dried ;
and .the work is accomplished. They will not
answer to light a fire with ; but the fire once
brought to nearly a white heat, these balls will
support it, be very durable, produce a beat incom-
parably more intense than common fuel of any
kind, and increase the value of ashes as a manure.
The mud swept up in the streets of paved towns 1,
will answer admirably in lieu of marl or clay, or
with a little clay to give it adhesion, as such mud
miss unavoidably contain a considerable quantity
of carbon.

HOLM—At this time, when hops have attained
so high a [nice, and various substitutes are intro-
duced into private families, is is curious to learn
from the Annals of Shrewsbury, that in 1519 the
brewers were ordered by the Corporation of
that town, " not to use that wicked and perni-
cious weed, Hops, in their brewings, under a pe•
nalty of 6s. Sd.7—One pound of Buckbean it is
said, will bitter one strike of malt for fresh drink,
and give it a very agreeable flavour. The roots at
this time are as good as the leaves in the month of
June. The Gentian_Root is, also, averred to be
a much better bitter than the Hop, at the same
time that it is not so pernicious, the latter possess-
-1 •ng an intoxicating quality.