The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-09 00:00:00

Then raise the burden of our song,
At last the Stag must pay.
Lists, prices current pass around,
Their talk is of the Rail,
The Alley echoes with the sound,
And Capel-court looks pale.
The banks fill with an anxious throng,
And money's still' they say ;
The settling's come, too true our song
At last the Stag must pay !
With a hey-ho, &c.
Poor Stag, for cash thy brokers bore,
And rueful is thy face ;
All thy addresses serve no more—
Thy rigs are out of place.
But when the Alley runs the down

As a tremendous doo,
'Tis sad to think that half the town
Is just as bad as you.
Then hey-ho, ehivey, &c.

NOVEL MEDICAL PRACTICE.—The Signora Car-
peneta, of Turin, is ordered to drink asses' milk ; but, being
too weak to take any medicine, they administered it to the
ms.—Milan Gazette.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.—CLOSE OF THE SEASON.—
These gardens closed last night, after an unusually long
season, which we were glad to hear from the lessee, in his
address, was prosperous beyond his most sanguine expecta-
tions. The entertainments for the close were varied and bril-
liant, and promise well for the coining season. Mr. H. Green
also made one of his perilous night ascents in his " corona-
tion" balloon, discharging fireworks from the car. The prin-
cipal artists engaged during the season just ended have been
retained for the next, and Widdicomb, Lewis, and Darby are
to be preserved to their innumerable admirers.
ADVERTISEMENT. Deafness. 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly.—Acoustic Instrument, which can be
sent to any part of the country by post.—lnvisible Voice
Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not un-
comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a small piece os
wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age,
and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, instantly
to join in general conversation, and to catch the sourd of a
distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the
conversation into the ears to such an extent that the most
severe cases of deafness cannot be observed. Also, original
Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears,
and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many
of those instruments have received the approbation of the
Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The
newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before
extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural,
and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera
Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
mons, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person
of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any
part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and
Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly,
opposite the York Hotel. Can be sent in the countrylby post.
[ADvEwrisEatENT.]— BAD HEALTH FOR TWENTY
YEARS.—IMMEDIATE RELIEF BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—
Extract of a Letter from the Rev. George Prier, Curate of
Mevagh, Letterkenny, Carrygart, Ireland, May 2, 1845 :
" To Professor Holloway.—Drar Sir,—Within a short dis-
tance of my house resides a small farmer, who, for more than
twenty years, had been in a bad state of health, and never got
but a moment's relief. Mrs. Prior procured a box of your
Pills for him, which did him so much good, that I heard him
say that for twenty years previously he never ate his food and
enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills. Signed, George
Prior." Sold et Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
Strand, and by almost al who sell medicines throughout the
civilised worl.l.

TIiE CORPORATION NAVY:
We are sorry to find,
from an accident which nearly swamped the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs a few days ego on the Thames, that the navy of the cor-
poration of London is in a very deplorable condition. The civic
authorities were on board their barge, and had just made Lambeth
with a fresh breeze springing up from Millbank, when the Lord
Mayor seated in his chair of state, observed that the craft lurched
a little to leeward, and he entreated the Sheriff's and Aldermen to
trim the vessel, by sitting in equal numbers on each side of the
table. This seamanlike manoeuvre was performed amid a few jokes
at the Lord Mayor's well known anxiety to keep a balance. The
mace lay on the table, among several empty decanters and a fcw
plates, each of which halodudcon:haeineezde soifxpe.,nAnhyewaodrtho
of
there!"sponge
cakes,ema-
natedfrwohm then se pucdodrcnullht:
Y a
eold coxswain who was intrusted with the
rudder. The venerable old rowers still went on, for they
being all deaf with age could not hear the coxswain, and
plump they drove against one of the piers of Westminster-
bridge, throwing the Mayor and the mace, the Sheriffs and
the sherry, the aldermen and the sponge cakes, all together in one
dreadful jumble on the floor of the vessel. The crew, who at
their time of life have not the nerve to sustain a shock of the
kind, could render no assistance, and the coxswain, who is the
" Admiral Hyde Parker" of the City, a very gallant fellow, but
completely worn out, took that opportunity of resigning his situa-
tion, from which indeed he had been thrown by the violence of the
concussion. One of the Lord Mayor's footmen, on going below
to render assistance, :found the whole of the civic authorities a
mere heap of ruins under the table. Wire was nearly crushed by
a large lump of Wood that had fallen upon him, and it was
almost feared that Gibbs had gone to his last account, which, by-
the-bye, would have been his first also. Wire was found to be
literally an under-sheriff, for everybody had tumbled over him.
When the general consternation had subsided, it was found that
the civic party had been more frightened than hurt. But the con-
sequences might have been very serious. The City might have been
left in a state of anarchy, without a legitimate sovereign ; and it is
possible that a sort of cockney " Cromwell" would have declared
himself Protector, and made it necessary, some 500 years hence,
to inquire whether lie should have a statue? We understand that
a Committee will be appointed to inquire into the cause of the ac-
cident. Some say it was occasioned by the upstart conduct of
Father Thames, who started up under the influence of a blow
from Boreas, which no river who feels its own dignity wi.l tamely
stand. Fa:her Thames should, however, learn to say, " Down,
swelling bosom, down !" when the lives of the civic authorities,
who are his own conservators, are dependent on his tranquillity.
For our own parts, we think unskilful seamanship, caused by the
very venerable state of the civic navy, occasioned the accident.
The Times suggests that a barge proper, stranded with broken
oars, should be added to the civic arms, as a memento of the acci-
dent ; and we think a cracked skull, placed beside the broken oars,
would be still further emblematical of what might have happened.
—Punch.

- MET AOPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—There are two
provisions in the Coal Act of last session, which are appointed to
take effixt on the 31st of December next, in respect to metro-
politan improvements. By the 3d and 4th sections of the Act It is
declared that, In order to provide a fund for the opening of poor
and densely populated districts in the metropolis, or for keeping
opening spaces in the immediate vicinity of the same, as a means
of promoting the public convenience and health, the duty cf Id.
per ton on coals, &c., shall, from the 31st of December, ba applied
to the creation of a fund for the execution of such improvements
as Parliament shall direct or sanction. From the day mentioned
the duty is to be laid out to form an accumulating. fund until the
execution et improvements in the fund shall be required for, and appropriated parliament, to the
the nceoroth
Mr. Lambert Jones has given notice a motion in the
partt of C mmon. Council, for conveying
Far-
ringdon-street, and the site of the Fleet
fthe Lou-
d ni and Birmingham Railway, for the erectionn o° a
central station ; and the Lord Mayor has given asilar
grand
notice for the conveyance of Farringdon-market to the Direct
London and Manchester, Asliurst's line.