The Sun. — 1842-12-28 (London, England)

CANDLE LAMPS.=—A Solar 1,3 Lamp to burn common Oil without smoke or smell, 225. 6d. ; a Palmer's Patent Candle Lamp to give the light of two mould candles, burnished, with glass shade, 9s. ; Hot Water Dishes for Venison, Beef-steak, or Stews ; a set of Six London-made Patent Dish Covers, 30s ; Fenders, 3ft., 65., 3ft. Gin., 7s. if bronzed, Mt., Bs., 3ft. 6in., 9s. 6d.; Fire Irons, 3s. 6d. ; Coal Scuttles, Paper and Japan Tea Trays, and every article in Furnishing Hardware, at reduced Prices. FRITIT DESSERT KNIVES with FRENCH FORKS, of C. WATSON'S (late Alderman) NEW ALBATA PLATE (which is so rap'dly superseding Silver) in sets of 24 pieces, with Ivory handles, 455. ; carved Ivory handles, 50s. ; Albert pattern handles; 50s. ; if in mahogany cases 16s. extra. C. W. begs the Public will understand this metal is peculiarly his own, and is manufactured into every Article for the Table and sideboard. Export and Wholesale Orders promptly executed on advantageous Terms. Exclusive Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, Established.so Years.  In the Memoir of " Marie Leckzinsky," w ife of Louis the Fifteenth, we have a passing sleet( h of the Regent Orleans, whose character is draw ix in too favourable colours, for surely to Say met:ely that he " was a man of licentious habits, but; not criminal," is to state only half the truth c,f a Prince who was addicted to every species or; rofligacy and vice, short of absolute murder; v 'ho corrupted society to its very heart's core ; ; Ind whose reckless extravagance brought his con') try to the verge of ruin! Pope's famous &um i‘ciation of the general corruption that marked the habits, tastes, and feelings of the higher classes in England during the reign of Anne, apt dies with tenfold force to France during the Orle ans Regency. Of Madame de Pompadour, the r nistress of Louis the Fifteenth, our authoress gil res, not so much a portrait, as the outline of o Nevertheless, the lineaments are correct, and • will be readily recognised by all who Pre acquaint  SINGurAn PI ircomsNos.—On Friday morning, last week, between the hours of four and five, a most remarkable phenomenon was observed by all the carriers approaching Perth by the north and west roads. The phenomenon was that of the whole surrounding country in the districts of Dunkeld, Crietf, Blairgowrie, &c., being suddenly illuminated by a blaze of light, which rendered objects for several miles around more distinctly visible than on the clearest noonday. Sheep, cattle, trees, and bushes, were beheld with an accuracy, at six and seven miles' distance, equal to what would be produced by the finest telescope, so vivid and intensely brilliant was the light. This curious phenomenon lasted nearly a minute, and, as is described by those who witnessed it, had a kind of unsteady motion, resembling, in the impression it created on their minds, the roll of the waves of the sea after the subsidence of a storm. The light was dazzlingly white, and, from u' 14t vro learn, appeared like the " white light" displayed by pyroteehnista, but, of course, on a much grander and more extensive scale, Robert APDonald, the Dunkeld carrier, alleges that he felt distinctly a neat produced by it, similar to what would be experienced in passing the door of premises in which there was a powerful furnace-blast working. He was in the neighbourhood of Birnam at the time, and distinctly saw the colour and plumage of several chaf finches perched upon a trey at the road-side. From his account, compared with the acoounts of the other carriers, he appears to have been in the very focus of the meteoric phenomenon, as, while they felt no heat, they concur in stating that the centre of its brilliancy seined t,4 I* a little below Dunkeld. The morning was otherwise very 40'14 with a thick, raw, rhymy atmosphere.—Pera Courier.