The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-08 00:00:00

ST, OMER, AUG. 30.

The St. Omerians, the English, and the Bel-
gians, who inhabit this town, are in the highest
state of excitement, in expectation of the arrival
of king Charles X. which, it is stated, will take
place next week. This town has less the ap-
pearance of a French than of an English or
Dutch one. The streets are wide and extremely
clean, the houses large and comfortable. St.
Omer is situated in an extensive plain that was
formerly a marsh, but now exhibits every appear-
ance of fertility, being covered with fruit trees,
vegetables, and corn. There are two or three
extensive manufactories within the walls. The
one which merits the greatest attention is the
clay pipe manufactory belonging to Mr. Fiolet :
from six to eight hundred men are constantly
employed ; and from eighty to one hundred
thousand pipes are manufactured daily. They
are sent to Holland, the North of France, and
to most of the sea ports in the kingdom. The
tatablishment is well worth a traveller's notice.
There is a magnificent ruin at the extremity of the
town : it was formerly the celebrated abbey of St.
Bertin. The camp is situated about 2 miles and a
half from St. Omer, and 17 or 18 thou-
sand men have been employed during these six
weeks in erecting batteries, digging trenches, and
strengthening the fort erected last year, called
the Fort of Enringhen. If the allied armies
were in hostile array on the French frontiers, and
were about to invade their territory, greater ac-
tivity could not be displayed than is shown in the
preparations now going forward to entertain his
Majesty with a mock fight and an attack upon a
(supposed) fortified town. The men are fre—
quently kept at hard labour from six o'clock in
the morning till eight at night, and we are per-
suaded they would have to encounter less fatigue
in a real campaign.
A great number of English, from Brussels,
Lille, Ghent, Arras, and even Paris, have arriv-
ed to witness this innocent warfare. The hotels
are crowded, provisions have doubled in price,
and it is no easy matter to procure a bed-room,
unless, indeed, you consent to pay about four
times as much for it as you would at any other
' period. The fair daughters of Albion, some
two hundred of them, are seen walking about the
neighbourhood of the camp admiring the French
gaudy uniforms and martial appearance of the
military, who seem not a little proud that so
many beauties should feel desirous of witnessing
their evolutions. The French Officers show the
greatest attentions to these fair strangers, and
every possible accommodation is afforded them
to see the sights. There are to be half a dozen
balls, concerts, &c. during next week. His Ma-
jesty is to occupy the magnificent hotel belong-
ing to Monsieur Sandelin.

Yesterday evening, an inquest was held at the
Wheat-sheaf, Rotherhitbe, on the body of a per-
son unknown. From his dress and appearance,
seemed to I.3Ave f;.l.l.owed the tade of a black-
'smith, and the outward marks of violence which
were apparent upon his body excited the strong-
eat suspicion. Repeated inquiries have been
'nude by the friends of the deceased as to the man-
ner' of his death, but nothing satisfactory has been
elicited. The supposition is, that having visited a
friend on board a vessel immediately bound to
Rio Janeiro, he accidentally fell from its side,
and by the concussion of some passing vessel, had
received the wounds discovered upon him,which
deprived him of the power of animation. The mate
of the vessel, and several of the ship's company,
were examined, but they seemed wholly ignorant
of the cause of his death, and the jury returned
a verdict of—" Found drowned."

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the
Crown and Anchor, corner of Bear-yard, Fleet-
market, .ou the body of Francis Walker, aged
65, who was found dead in his bed the prece-
ding morning. It appeared that the deceased
had formerly been in partnership with a most
respectable law-stationer, in Bream's-buildings,
Chancery lane, but had latterly been much
reduced, and lodged in the above house. On
Thursday morning one of the lodgers knocked
at the door of the deceased's room, but not re-
ceiving any answer, he gave an alarm, and a
surgeon was immediately sent for, who pronoun-
ced the In-7# to be quite dead. The surgeon
stated, that` not perceiving any external marks
on the body of-the deceased, he opened it, for
the purpose of' ascertaining the cause of his
death, and found ntarly three pints of water in
the cavity of his chest, which he had no doubt
prevented the expansion of the lungs, and caused
his death. Verdict—" Died by the visitation
of God."

On Wednesday afternoon, as a respectable
middle-aged gentleman, named Cooper, was sid-
ing his horse at a very moderate pace from
Hampstead, at the entrance into Kentish-town,
he was observed by Mr. Davis, a butcher, resid-
ing in Green-street, suddenly to fall from his
horse and pitch on his head in the road. Mr.
Davis immediately went to his assistance, and
with the help of two other persons, supported
the unfortunate gentleman to the side of the road.
Mr. Charles Hickman, a surgeon, near the spot,
was immediately sent for,. and by his advice Mr.
Cooper
sensibility, Upon his arrival there, a wound of
about a
was done to afford e
aolf.e thed. rupture
Every
hi ofn
thing
inch and a half was discovered on his
head, and
an Inch
taken to his surery in a state of in-
g him relief, but he expired in
blood-vessel
brainyntoms
i p
app
about three hours after. Yesterday an inquest
was held on the body by Mr. Stirling, the coro-
ner, and a verdict " Died by the visitation of
God " recorded. _ ..

AfCarolina
ed Madrid,
paper gives
the fo
,i4f.ii4llgtextiri
extract
e(t Noofr t ha
letter,
l
received at that place :—" Our distinguished
countryman, Washington Irving,is at present in
this place. ' He came :.here for
lloV
the purpose of
translating some documents relating to Columbus,
but finding them not
.hkely to pay the trouble,
he has given up the intention, and commenced
the original work, now nearly finished, and which
will be read with deep interest in the United
States." This information we believe to be er-
roneous, as we have seen a letter from Mr. Ir-
ving, stating, that he had found the documents in
pursuit of which he visited Madrid, and was en-
gaged in the completion of a biography of Co-
lumbus. Letters from other individuals of a
later date mention the same fact. Mr. Irving
may be, and we hope that he is, engaged in an
Qriginal work" at the same time.---N. Y. Times.
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