The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-23 00:00:00

SITUATION OF KARs.

SUDDEN DEATH OF AN 'ECCENTRIC LADY.—Yeattr 'ay
afternoon Mr. W. Baker, jun , the ..eputv coroner, held
an inquest at the King's Head 'Faye, n, Ki• g..treet,
Flextmesquele, Shored itch, on view of the body of Eliza-
!teat Smith, aged 70 year., a maiden lady, who eas
founii dead under the following eircuinsta• ce• : —The de.
ceased was of very eccentric habits, and bad resided for
the last 24 years at 48, Hextoresquare. She was sup-
posed t ► be very rich ; her relations were all dead ; and
after her deate 30 sovereigns and other coins were dis-
covered in a tea-caddy by the landlord. Mr. Black-
more, surgeon, was called in, but the deceased had been
.read for several hour., from disease of the he irt or apo-
plexy. Tee c Toner said as there were n legal elaiinatits
to the eeceased's property and cash Mr. Waller, the
beadle, bed better take chard,e of it., pay the expensee of
the funeral, and hand the balance to the p eroehini
ritiee Tie jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Died
by the visitation of God."
W,, ',era Aug. 16.—The Mentor (brig),
Forster, of and trom Newcastle, tr Serieeinniide, with
Coale was stranded on the Quasi near K itereller this
morning ; crew saved, and ineteriais ex eeeted to be re-
cevered.—Syra, Aug. 7:-.--The Naomi (;British vessel), of
and from Liverpool for C erestavrimple, struck upo the
rocks off the island of Falconera, on the 3d of August,
and foundered ; master and ere-.v saved and landed at
this port by the Eliza Bowen (brig), Jones, from Liver-
pool to Salmoca. Tee Jane (iarqee), Findlay, of Mon
twee, from Constantinople to this port, t s lead grain for
England, was strau led on Lighthouse Island, off the err
traece to this harbour, on the 4th of Atigust, and there
are no hopes of Reeving her. The riggieg, sails, masts,
&c.,_ will be recovered. HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY. There was no
WALES.—The various fashionable resorts and water- quorum, and coneequently no meeting.
ing places in the principality are now filled with cent- THE RAILWAY OVER, THE SIMPLON.—The plans for
pang. Aberystwith has received its full share of pa- the passage of the Simplon for the rail way to Turin and
trouage, and every advantage bee been taken of the fine Milan, by the valley of the Rhone, are now ter-
weather by sea and laud, At Beauniaris the bathing urinated. The superintending engineers consider that no
accommodation has been much improve,!, and Holyhead difficulties exist that have not, been previously overcome
has Proved a source of' great attraction to thousands of on other lines. The line of tunnel, which is considered
tourists who have inspected the gigantic works in pro. preferable, would be about 24 mdes long ; its elevation
grew; there. The town of Rhyl has been filled to over- above the level of the sea is about 4,200 feet, the maxi-
flowing, and int!eed the whole of the exist towns have mum for the inclines from 3to 4 feet in the 100, but it.
received a full quota of visitors, while in the interior is hoped that a reduction to 2i feet in the 100 may b 9
large numbers ee tourists have visited the best and fe- obtained All the difficult 'tenets on the steep deolivi-
vonrite
ties of th e mountain are passed by means of either epee
THE Naw EXCISE DoTivs Aar.—Tee new act (18th , or ceverrei galleriee, which will nut cost mare than 120 f.
and 19th Vic , c 94) has j set been published, to impose the in etre. An engineer, whose name is already con•
increased rates of duty of Ex° se on spirits distilled in nectec I with some great railway works, offers te com-
the United Kingilein ; to allow malt, sugar, and too- plate he tunnel in a surprisingly shirt time. The rail-
lasses to be used, duty free, in the distilling of spirits in road o f the valley of the Rhone, formed by the Southern
lieu of allowances and drawbacks, and to amend the law Swiss tOompany, would thus form the central junction
relating to the duties of Excise. The next act contains eetce„,e the Italian, Swiss, Western German, Belgian,
37 sections. On and after the Ist October next the and French Railways. It is proposed to have steamers
duties on spirits distilled will be—in Great Britain, Bs. on the hake of Geneva, on the principle of those used in
per gallon ; and in Ireland, qa. 2d. The new duties are the United States, to convey carriages ready loaded to
to be under the nianegemeet of the Commissioners of-the and fro to the termini on the shores of the lake.
Inland Revenue. From the passing of the act (the 14th STATE OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.—The
of August inst.) malt may be made arid used free from gr olge;ritations" of trade are better this week, if that oon-
duty in distilling spirits. There are several provisions i diti' in can be called better in which there are more orders
against frauds in respect to the making and using of malt witb tout profit. We have, however, every probability of
duty free. Every person other than a distiller making abe nntiful harvest, that sheet-anchor of all our hopes ;
m.slt duty free is to give security. Allowances are to be an-I with that secured, there cat, he little d:mnbt about its
made to distillers on stock, or oil spirits in warehouses effec to upon our commercial relations. There is certainly
need- before the 1-t of Octob e. next. The anowaeicet a " b-tter pr,vai inv., and RR machinery is fully
are to lie 81 per galleo on spirts distilled from m 414 erniClyed, and a ages are high, there is every reason to
only, and on spirits distilled from any 'eh r material belie ire thae the depressed condition ..f some breeches of
that. malt otily an allow,,no, of 2,1. per gallon. On and the efeees„h meeefeeteree is passed, and that better times
after the Ist of October vie allowances in respect of malt are or, the eve. Toe weaving districts remain just as
and on sugar used in distilling 'are to cease. The act re- Ithey were a few wee
places not at all
seised the Royal assent on the day of the prorogation. t -irnreks ago—in some
isoyecre--in others A little lo:4—Leeds Intelligencer,

(From the Ili oniteur.)
On the 15th of July the Itu.s,arti made a grand de
tnonstration against Kara their obj et wart .eover a.id
bring safely iota camp an enormous convoy of provi-
sions which had been vent to them from Mexandrnp-.1.
Froin that day to the 21. t of July all was qui t but the
enemy was diawinz clo-er round the piano For effect.
jug this operation he has at his dispo al 32 battalons of
infantry, 1 battalion of chasseurs, 1 of engineers, 3 regi-
ments of dragoons, 2 regiments of Cossack regulars,
sonic Btshi-B z mks of the Chirvan district. and some
Armenian militia, hesi 'es 80 pieces of cannon ; the whole
commaudel by 10 generals.
This army may be computed to be from 35,000 to
40,000 strong. It is divided riund Kant, having a
radius of about three leagues. It forms four corps. is
independent of the divisions oconpving Sohanli Dagh,
and is throwing up fortificitions at Unkiar Douzi.

Tn.- Turkish fore-rs are divi led into t vo eorp4, under
the chief conotrarid .4 the Mushir Pacha. The
first corp.., that of Kars, c.rosist4 ,'f four div sionv, viz, :
that of General. K. rreAv (Im .ha), 4,500 strong ;
secondly, t,,a,r. of Ismail Bev, 3 000 strong ; thir sly, a
division of 4.000 men ; fourthly, another of 3 500 rn,n,,
The second army corer, c .maanded by Mehemet Pacha,
Governor-General of E:.z,rr consists of three divi-
sions ; that of Erzeroum, which has 1,500 rn-n, who are
irregulars, and are c unman led by Takir Pasha ; that
of Kurru-K-rii, 10,000 strong, hut also irregulars, and
c,mmanded by Vett Paella ; lastly, that of Alti, 3,000
strong, wh r likewise are irregulars, and are commanded
by Ali Paella,

LITERATUB E.

Ihe Poetical Works of William• Lisle Bowles, Oil

.0 Moir, By Rey. G. (ilfillaU. J'"e4.
Nwbol, E~lii~burlr}~. John
77e,s Poetical tVorks of Mark Akenside and
byer. Edited by the Rt.v. R. A. Wiling/Lt.

ROutledge and Cu.
The ()der's, Scottish .11 instrd. By Chas.Rogers'
L L.D. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh'
Mr. Gilfillan pursues his task with unabseat
earnestness, and though we cannot but take erer
tion now and then to a certain inflation of
which is his besetting sin, and ocentsiolially-clll7,
tion his critical d gmas, we are inclined to don
whether any other man was better fitted for the_
task of popularising (no little merit that) what Ice,
meant to be and now is a popular library editillni!
English and Scottish poetry. The
poetical Od:
and genius of Bowles, meet in the main With ,be
criminating treatment. The editor deaiguates
poet the father of modern poetry, and sztYs a,
113°,0t
other things of his works that their leading el often
is sentii eat, " warm, mellow, tender, all' food
melancholy sentiment. He has no Pre,t`i"
thought, no powerful pictures of P"sit)11"‘.1;
creative imagination, but over all his Pt:7;41)o
a sweet autumnal moonlight of pensive anulb;etle
feeling." Of the Messrs. Routl,adge's P°Pl;l:rage
tion of the works of the respective authorsof ' gadd
sures of the Imagination," ". Gron,gar 011%4 1111,
" The Fleece," we cannot fret, speak faVou;iper
Any bona fide attempt to inaroduce two such 060
poets as Akenside and Der to almost at et. os
generation, for practically it amounts to t.`"l'
much have they been ovealooked, had been Ydritioll
worthy ; but one carried, out like this—tlu e+Afullf
being well printed and, got up, and bean-ea'
illustrated by Birk ett Foster, l'eeides „Of
taining judicious memoirs of the illustrious roe
together with a portrait of Dyer, issued ibarsefr
first time in cony ection with his works, al'aboto
ral hitherto imp ablished poems by the saMeAtstifetl
redounds greatly to their credit, and,
will meet with success. Atstf°'
" The Mode rn Scottish Minstrel " is the
lume of a contemplated series of six, desikviotie
enThrine one cabinet the modern P,ad the
and varied r minstrelsy of Scotland, include Ba'
Gaelic tram slated into lowland melody. 111-1110#
thors are (Jonsi lered madern by Dr. Rogers .00
live-s ext ud into the past halt-century. 1-lifbaral
popular lyrical compositions of the variousorif
are pre :ed-d by memoirs, as far as possible toljs
nal. ay d it is the author's intention, we a',loll,
1
to inb:oduce in the succeeding volumes five
ou th 0 various departments of Scottish poetrYo
soey.,., together with beautiful engravings, 411011
eae./1 volume. The present contains an es lata'
pet trait of Sir Walter Scott, an I among the.ll
stt els whose memoirs and songs are given vit'i;lo,
ft, nod the respective authors of " Tttlloc~tt<e gel,
"• Rov's WVe," &-c., "Auld Rabin Gray!" iialst,
caf Kirkeonnel Lee," " Oh, blew ye westlin
fio
"Kate of Gowrie," Upon the banks of n 00.6
Clyde." and " the Laird o' Cockpen," the dais%
hing further enriched by a number of Ch vitro
songs never before published by the author Jy.
I.4st named—C in dine, Barones of Nairn' it;
Rogers seems well qu th fie I for his task, and It
he hoped that he will meet with every eue°ll
meat to complete it.
The Genie of Artois, &c. Tales by Annie a
&minders.
ilgod
Three charming little fairy tales by a Mal
fourteen ! a young lady who appears to be
as she is clever—tales it would delight us t°P;treFt
the hands of our juvenile acquamtanroi
only to watch their looks of wonder :Amy,:
as nestling in some obscure corner they oci
their contents. Tales picturesque, and c."„osee:
and, above all, imbued with pure and generc'o- the'
timent. Of the three, we prefer the firsts revs
re°y
~"
however, for its particular tendency, and tts"
lation of the fine moral nature of the withal*, gooti,
any other cause. In it we are told (if Itaiocitei
Genie, who, having punished with a "'lee' tloue
storm the villagers of Artois, for their 'ingraela Blain
for the innumerable blessings he had cceiferra tb
them, is induced by the goodness of a girl ,Dg
village, to reveal himself to her while set-
ascertain, the cause of the visitation oneeig"o,l 0".
her off on a month's visit to Fairy Land, art she
her return entrust her with power to conifs'ipa#
villagers, and restore to them their lotst hul/Praoff
This being effected, the remainder of the
shall he given in 4 nnie's own words
"The Genie appeared too '"
all the people on "-in
mountain, and everybody thanked him for the cri°o
lesson he 'ad given them. He then spoke to tu-efPr'
as filly re You all see that it is through the toPPI
of this brave girl. Louise Roseville, that this r
Chang- has been effected, t,,eref,re she must hitolOg'
reward." Tell tn.,' said the Genie, addresiDF"
how eon I recompense you ? ' o obo
", By transforming me into a star,' atisfe'
`to watch over Artois.' tiis
"That instant she found herself soaring !_/:4410,fri
4,11,1 s amon! the bright stars, hut she was the n:
of them all. It is her greatest d.liotht to oat:-e fr
h,
her native village. If you look up high in th e -
on a lovely bal•ny summer's evening you v71111;811
01°
glieing gracefully along ! Her rams now is • 010,10
"Ttis to be hoped that you, too, my de,aritea
when every one is slumbering, and the world .jlO
loved in darkness, may have a bright little star s°
over and take care of you." fief) (I
01100
The remaining stories inculcate filelitysn';(e;
as the preceding does virtue and seiklevo"-oor•Poi
tell of gallant knights, fair ladies, rnigh lltvralg Ai
tears, wonderful transformations, heal IVc ti'
constancy, and virtue triumphantly ougie eirof
last from every difficulty. Tales like
vating, the youthful mind at once by t'h'e fitie 301
their incidents, and sure to elevate and re,;roult
their pure morality, cannot be too wide! Y, -19 ie e
0e
or too copiously produced, and we shall 0,
of seeing more from the same graceful hr,,ie (1`„,0
predominance of the moral element it
pates from our minds most of those a pP-

to which precocity generally gives rises.
Private Life a 00.
en be
of an g,stern King. VII° ill lir
A work likely to he much sought 611,Pitio6fr
libraries of mechanics' and other literlijog',l
tions, the narrttive possessing the a,1091: 00;,00
rest of a romance. yet carrying with Iter, If 10
conviction of its general truth. The Wr.,efreyti4
name is not given, found his waY Flbadll
Lucknow, was introd need to theKitig°' „11050 P
became a member of that monarch's '11194.1100,
the capacity, so far as we can gather, 0"-
In this office he remained for three ye
expiration of which p-rind.the influence ot.l° the
,jesty's barber—a quondam London
..1),11.4, 0004
Prentice—who practically ruled the Dorrthecort
exasperation of his worse qualities, fr°lne.„ d ¢ og'
proved too miny ror him, and he quit"-,; te moie:
in which for his cred:t he had remain""itis'ola
One result of this sojourn is the preserlciogijog;
altich describes the private life of the otArt is'
his Court. The incidents are sufficient', 00'
but given an Elstern despot, whose Ps-by f°3 fear
flamed by drunkenness and traded on ea 111 00
principled sycophant, are only restraint:lough hat
(if the British Resident, and there is pa
only to account for the revelations here preagis•ell
for those darker deeds which the filllv°,(rer, i°;fltb.
lzeeps hack. Sufficient evidence, hovtlij be
to show that the kingdom of Oade `°c in et the
better for absorption, thonA the King Noe de.
dead into the Campany's dominia_r. e
least exciting portions of tho work of the
snriptive of set combat,, between wild 000' bar'y.
of these are finite thrilling, and the fe',B, On v(1305"
" man-eater," a singularly v'cionslwr,tPriiv gra"
he read without a shudder. The i"j- 00%; hi°l,l4,
style is full of vigour and more o;4' confin-013;
phic, studiously avoids politics, avu,. It 'sw to
self almost exclusively to his tan, chsriiinal"
noting, however, that he gives a hig.-oe be
the women of India, to whose indlle".
looks for its redemption.
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Compendium of Chronology. By I Aiorrif ,
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