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

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-HIGH LIFE BELOW -S7 A.III-

A gentleman of fortune, residing in the neighbourhcod at
Hampstead, and who for some time past his been sojourning at
a distant part of the country, returned unexpectedly to hit
houseat Hampstead on Thursday evening last, and on arriving
at his residence was surprised at perceiving lights issuing from
the window 9 of his best apartments, whilst shouts af n'terriment,
mixed with the musical aounds of a harp anti nther instro-
tuents. broke from the interior of the mansion. 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 relieve his doubts, Sancho the
yard dog came bounding towards himi. 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 !Arty was as-
sembled, dressed in every rariety of costume, representing a
Motley crowd of Jews, gipseys, Turks, sultanas, tailors, seal.diers, all commingled together in chaotic confusion, and
playing off the most practical jokes imaginable on each alter.
On perceiving these strange visitors located within his habits,
than, the gentleman conceived that some friend or neighbour
had " borrowed" his rooms on an emergency for a fancy
dress ball ; and ho was on the point of retiring from the spot
to make inquiries of the servants, when, 10, could he be.
here his eyesight ? bedecked in the costume of a grand Tut k,
With a luxuriant display of beard, that might have excited
the envy of a bona fide bashaw, forth stalked front amongst
the crowd in the back drawing-rooni no less it personage
than Sam, his under footman, leading daintily by the " blush.
ing fingers" Sally and ,Susannah, the liege de enisine 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. '1 he appearanee of Sam and his smirking 4.hand,,
maids" at once elucidated the mystery. 51r. sprang
through the open window into the room, when a scene ensued
that beggars description. The magic word " :Vaster !'''nerer
produced greater consternation amongst. a set of urchins en-
gaged in the revel of a school-room riot, than did that cults.
mation from the united voices of Sam, Sally, and Susannah
produce on the motley set assembled in the drawing_room
aforesaid. Sauce qui pent 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 .miss gave .way, and Jews, gipseys, and Turke,
sultanas, sailors, soldiers, corn mrdtis atiis, 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 eeremonie, to seek their respective do-
miciles as best they might, and the servants employed in am
establishment received notice to quit forthwith.'

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ANA _ .
"fur GL v.sc.ow B ItOunrar.7-I.t. is :generally
believed that, since his conviction, Smith has made a full con-
'feision of the manner in which the money abstracted from the
:hank was appropriated. It would be improper, at present, to
allude further to the rumours that are afloat on this subject;
but it is to be hoped that a clue has been obtained by which
at least a portion of the money will be recovered. It seems
altogether improbable that Smith could, in so short a time.
haee..spentsthe large suns of 10,000 e, and the inference there-
fore is, that a part of it has been invested lot' some way or
other.— Glaspoic Argus.
A. porter on one of the quays, a short time ago,
says the Presse, found a pocket-boot; containing notes to the
amount of 20,000 f. Having aseertained fiat 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 t natorial act insuring to him and his'wife an annuity
of 750 f. for their lives, and at the same time giving hinione
quarter's payment in advance.
Th 6 Supreme Court in Paris . decided two days
since the'cinestinn, 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
Pyriiinide," painted by Baron Gros in 1909, by order of the
Imperial Government. The Court decided that the entire
property er 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. -
The funeral obsequies of Mme. Albinet, one of the
victims of the late railway aecident, who died a few days. age,
were performed the day before yesterday, at the church 'of
Saint Sulpice. The father-in-law of this lady, who was 'only
23 years of age, was also killed, and her husband, who was
with them, was very seriously injured, but his recovery is ex-
pected. He has. been hitherto kept in ignorance of; the dread.
ful loss that he. has sustained.
A whole family, of the name of Chevillot. the fa-
ther, the mother, and the two sons, were brought before the
.Court of Assiees &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 stepping the
hole, so that the liquor continued to run out until it was all
lost. The wine.brukers 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 live years' imprisonment ; the father and one
of the eons to two years' confinement ; and the -other, a lad of
16, to two-years' residence in the House of Correction.
Ott November Ist, last year. a coal-Ilea% er and his
wife were assaulted by men as they were returning home ha
the evening. Busse, the Intsband, made a stout defence, its which ,be was joined by two masons, Clianabon and Begot.
who cause accidentally up it the time. The assailants upon
this. drew knives, and wounded the two masons so tete, alp.
that they both died a new days aftereards. Of the five assess-
sins, one sally, Gieocchio, an Italian itinerant player upon.
the barrel-organ, was taken and rceu;;Hiscd. lie was brought.
to trial 'on Saturday, but as there was no proof of his havisig
used a knife, he was sentenced to only two years' imprisonment.
A ern-I.:leant' of stitutsglere had contrived, with great lassaur and ingenuity, to esteblieh a conduit, running from a
house on tine outer Boulevard de l'Hopital, Saint Louis, to an-
other on the inner boulevard, by means of which they conveyed
under the city wall, and of course without paying It,e eat auees-
duty, any quantity of oil wished to be intrtieltr.ed into Paris.
flow long this fraud had been carried on is not known, but
it has been at last d;acovered, and the whole concern seized
and broken up. •
I 1 .1 travelling tininan tIII4 /11)1X elation a few 4,11.1.,
back close to a gitard-honso in Ile; Rue Notre:Dame-de-r,os
, rette. In his melting-pot, whisk was placed on a brisk fire, the
.metal was in fusion, and the men took several forks which had
been brought to him from a neighbouring house, and plunged
them into the boiling metal. A loud explosion instantly ensued,
the melting-pot dew into pieces, a fragment of it took of the shako of the sentinel, and the unfortunate filmier' was covered
with the burnitig metal. Immediate aid was afforded him, and
it is thought that he will get off with a few sears on kis ram The explosion was caused by some moisture which happened to
I be on the spoons when plunged into the metal in fesion,
:1w run. CALAMITY WITH Loss OF Lire; NT Ax.
DOv ca.—The town of Audover, Haut', was throtan into great
dismay on Friday morning, by the falling in of ttae splendid new
church (a gift of that truly excellent divine. br. Goddard).
and the loss of life which consequently folios/ a
d. It occurred
short time alter live a. arajust as the men 'Bad set on to work.
One poor man lost his life, many received slight contusions.
&e., but will do well. It is thought there was a slight settle-
ment in one of the columns in the centre of the building, which led to the mischief. The entire of thse north side is destroyed.
and likewise the transept. The fine emit end, with the.:stone..
work, has stood firm. It is feared that, on a survey, the larger
portion'of the building must be taken down. The loss, it .SA
raid, mug fall on the builder, Mr. Dashwood, of Rhytte.
CHARTIST. CAMP MEETINGS.—On Sunday last
there was another very large meeting held on Enfield Moor.
near Blackburn, to consider the next steps to he takers, in order
to obtain the People's Charter. Many persons presant 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 bow to use their arms; and he hoped
every man would 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 min from Manchester, with se-
veral persons from Oldham, addressed the audience; . but the
language was mild compared with that of-
the ,10 skers near
Blackburn ; some of the speakers contended-that they had as
good a right to hOld political camp meetings on. u Sunday. as
,
ether parties bad to hold religious meeting a,— atioecA ester
Guard/au
.
Wise aer) Witee.----Souse twelveeStuilea front the
town ef lilverstou is a small parish church; near to Broughton
West, nr perhaps nearer to Woodland, its'ate parish of Kirkby
lreletb. Attached to that church aro"
churchwarden. The latter pillar let, a parson, a clerk, and a
. his habitation jately, on a
visit to Kirkby', for the purpose •
bi procuring a quantum sal:
of wine for the sacrament to ke administered on the follovrtag
Sunday. The Wine mewed, the warden, with one or two
friends, entered the, pubile.-ilou,e'to moisten their clay, and
while there they drank pretty freely—in fact until they were in
the predicainent which has become proverbial as the habitat tit
Das id's so,.ty, They then sung songs arid 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 hi had done; and to exclaien, " Oh, %would make na dif-
ference, fur their wouldbe nabody but his wife and parson and
clack to tak' sacrament ; sea he would just tak' em a sup of
whey instead of s:tronger liquor." The fact needs no =meat-
-kentitri Myreued.
We hear that it is intended to
alter altogether the
uniform of the deputysliratenants of counties. Any person at.
tending her Majeety's !tercel; must have beets struck with the
very unsoldier-like gait of a vast proportion of those gentle.
men who presented theruselees in military uniform. 'l'o pre-
vent further continuance of the mistake so often made, not
only here but at foreign Courts, as to the identity of those geoe
tlemen with the officers of the British anuy, anew non-military
uniform is to be worn by them. 'nil uuitorm is to consist of a
blue .coat, the collar and cuffs of which are to be braided with
silver late. out to be without epaulettes.— Observer.
Fit;'lTS or SIR IL PEEL'S MEASURES AR' V;.-IGAN.
ssssome of the
'manufacturers who reduced the wages of their
weavers 15 Err cent. about six weeks ago, have again given tiotiee
of a similar reduction, whilst others have been preparing to
follow the *temple by stinting their weavers of stork for the
last fortnight. •• There are also reports is circulation that, the
mill-qwnerS will shortly act upon the same priociple, or Star
their Mills altogether, until they have better prospects. It to
riots evident that the manufacturers are determined to Fare the
remnant rat their property, by reducing the wages of labour, ,^
Kendal 3.ltrelirll.
FIRE AT THE EAGLE TAVERN, (.71TY•ttoktb.__yei.
Cite
terday morning, about half-past three,e'elock, a. tire was de..•
F
covered to. be raging at the Eagle Tavern, . ,
...eoad , wellknown as the Grecian Saloon. ortunately, b the speedy
arrival of the engines, and the active exertions rdv the firemen,
thefirework-roomfirework-roome building le
icviiiiifianted.ed toit that puoserittiotasi oaf
which entirely burnt out. The damage done amounts to
iflames
The: were
re o g
about 150 a Mr. Rouse, the spirited proprietor, is insured iu
the Licensed Victualler& Office.

--171n;--coachrnen end guards travelling along the
coast of Doryet and Devon, assert that the heat for the last
two or three nights has been moil oppressive, which is very-
tums„.l in that part of the country. The crops look very /as.
perdu,, on account of the soaking rain
and heavydi
„rs
the ground has experienced tor
the last month.- Nluch monk
rain has fallen in Dorset and Devon than iu this neigh bourboswit
of London.

A fire I)l.o4')Utla=t week, in the hamlet ot:Terre—
Rouge, near Briancon, at eleven in the morning, whilst all tits
inhabitants were absent in the mountains.
Notwitlastauding
aid was brought from Briancon, thirty-three habitations, vrbia
composed the entire hamlet, were destroyed.
'1 he Constituent Assembly of Geneva has adopted.
says the. Federal of that city, the new project of Constitution.
and in a few days it willbe submitted to the people of therantoss
for their approbation.
The Grand Council of Argnu hi Switzerland, in
the session which has just closed, rejected a proposition for
the sale of the property of the convents by a majority of 190
to 50.