The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-18 00:00:00

by a M. de nambure, gentleman
bedchamber under Henri TV., Louis
Louis XIV,, a manuscript of mai
pages, writteu fur the benefit of the
tives, and the pu'olicaiiou of which was
bidden lest it might injure any member
has been entrusted to Miss Pardon by its
sessor, in the belief, that after the lapsf
years its publicity cannot be detrimental
rests of any one living. From this man
Pardoe has gleaned many anecdotes and
formation, hitherto unpublished, a fact which neces-
sarily increases the value of her work. Portraits of
Marie de Medicis, of Louis XIII., and of Cardinal
Richelieu, adorn these volumes, which also contain
facsimilies of autograph letters of the Queen, of the
King, of Richelieu, and of Marshal Schumberg.

LIVES OF TILE PRINCESSES OF ENG-
LAND. By Mrs. Everett Green. Vol. IV.
Colburn.

The fourth volume of these interesting memoir's
will be welcomed by all the readers of the previous
biographies. The authoress apologises for the long
delay in its publication, which has been partly occa-
sioned by the necessity for personal examination of the
Scottish records bearing noon the life of Margaret
Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry the Seventh. The
long and troubled reign of this Queen occupies the
greatest part of the present volume. Though she
does not appear to very great advantage in the
stormy records of plots and factions, the authoress
defends her by asserting that the position in which
s'le was placed gave full scope to her faults, while her
virtues had no opportunity 1;or display. There are
also the lives of Anne, fifth daughter of Edward the
Fourth, and Catherine and Bridget, her sisters. The
work will be concluded in one, or at most two vo-
lumes, which will comprise memoirs of the Queen of
Bohemia and the daughters of Charles the First. The
series will form a great acquisition to all interested in
the details of history, especially as they afford such
complete information on subjects so important, though
so little known, as the lives of the PrincEssss of
England.

THE
---EBELS OF GLENFAU. A Romance
of
the Lest Century. 3 Vols. Shoberl.
This book h
lines—" Fierce wars s
wars and faithful loves, and truths
severe, by fairy fiction ." and truly does it
fulfil its promise for it dressea.,
for its motto. the following graphic
chron
cles
of all conflicts, a:natio" the
most
citizens
citizens.
agat.nst itself,
le,
principal characters is as fr
armed against fellow.
hand, certainly the record of on the other
the
against
dreadful
of the attachment of
overshadowed by danger as any
with sorrow
legend of old romance,.
or any tale of the days of saaye
re-
lates to the revolutionary se.- •The narrative
the close of the last spirit of Ireland at
stirring time is very ably described.
and the
d by
v igwollasr anby old baron, the Lorinoe Roche,
and as
escribed. The
chief person in the plot, be, who
most harsh
hishs
influence, energy,his intellect, importanceandg"re it life by
whe, being a Catholic, had endured the
and cruel treatment on all sides, was betrayed
son, driven away from his ancestral halls and forced
to to fly to the continent. Tne hero. was his grandfather
who returned with his relative in disguise at the cam:
mencement of the story, and was then introduced un-
der a fictitious name to the family of Amy, the fair
heroine. Gerald found his position very trying.
Honour forbade him from proposing to her
to leave a home of affluence to follow
the fortunes of a proscribed wanderer, while on the
other hand, all the feelings of his nature and the
spirit of his race were aroused to indignation at the
thought of relinquishing her to some petty suitor, un-
mindful of her worth and regardless of her supe-
riority. He exclaimed to himself, in the bitterness
of his thoughts, some carpet knight of the saloons
who has never seen fire will step in between us, and
off her who should realize the glory of a poet-
soldier's home. But melancholy reflections like these
carry
had no foundations, for Amy could judge for herself,
and discriminate merit, though under a veil, and distin-
guish talent even through poverty. Meanwhile the
stern summons of war soon sounded its trumpet
in the ears of the young enthusiast, and compelled
him to relinquish the smiles of love for the frowns
of fate, the dreams of fancy for the saddest of truth's
realities. The scenes in which the conspirators held
their assemblies, and carry on their plans, are very
powerfully sketched, particularly the one at the close
of the second volume, when they are arranging the
final coup. Altogether, there is great originality in
many parts of the work, the difficult plan proposed
in its construction is well carried out, the characters,
from the high officials of Government to the lowly
smith, and mill-oWner, admirably delineated, and
from the whole the reader may gain a fair
insight into the " days that are o'er." The genera-
tion that is past affords many a theme for the
scholar, the sage, and the poet ; but it is to be
questioned if any page of its annals is more entitled
to consideration than the one which records the his-
tory of Ireland. Misfortune, mystery, and misma-
nagement are found there; hence it is not to be won.
dered at the novelist is successful when fixing
on, as a theatre for the acts of rebellion and ty-
ranny, as an arena for the display of life's most high-
wrought passions, the country, which the poet has
immortalised as the " island of sorrow" which a dis-
tinguished Minister declared to be " his difficulty."
" I know not how to commence. Could you conceive
a youth wayward and restless, though bred in a cloister's
retirement, loved and taught by one deeply learned in
%hatever is beautiful in the literature, or valuable in the
lore of times new or old? Could you conceive this youth
taught by such a friend for kindred love at first drinking
in, with greedy ear, the lessons of his gifted teacher's mind,
then, as years advanced, in dreary reverie, endeavouring
to figure forth the heroes of whom ho read, the fair
beings they had loved to give a local habitation to, the
bright creations of the poet's teeming mind, anon
awaking from these visions of boyish fancy, and
as the oral recital of the deeds of his kin-
dred, long bygone, mingled in his daily con-
verse with news of the great whirlwind which
shakes the nations, wishing vaguely to do as his
fathers had done before him—to buckle on a sword and
cut his way to future? Could you, then, imagine this
aspirant cast with all his young ambition into the
troubled waters of the great revolution, buffetting with
little guidance the waves and difficulties opposing him
—now avoiding the allurements of pleasure and dissipa..
tion, now, in spite of many struggles, yielding for a
space to their infiuence;. at last becoming a soldier, first
indeed in theory, and afterwards, perhaps, somewhat in
praci ice, where the gentle waters of Adda ran red with
the blood of the brave who fell at Lodi?' .

•
--gazed with enthusiastic delight on the
w
Heaven!' he cried at last,' I thank thee that I
thane prospect!o
morebehold this dear, dear scene of home, here
where, as dreaming youth, as loving man, as outraged
father I dread the wrixth of heaven. litre on this soil—
oh, boy, fertile as Arcadia, your fathers trod as lords—
look round you and behold the strongholds of your
i4ci---llne Oh,c old
man
warrior sires! Behold their castles and their parks--
all lost for sake of old fidelity. See where old religion
fostered by their wealth, their devotion, their love long
To
flourished, yielding to men faith, hope and charitT;
the rich a living illustration of "
pleasure upon earth !—to the poor benevolence
yre the
and kindre spathy. Oh, how often in
e_
far plains of the new world has fancy
d f ef"afgh fiir e,
called this scene. How eften by the fa--°- the dying
when the bivouac slept, have I traced
in
tview!
embers some fancied outline of this beside° insg proudly
" ' Oh Gerald,' he said, once i
the
round him, ' it is a land to fi,.,,ht
loves and man destroys. Here 'n "hericeie6s, on her
primeval hills lie mineral treasures.rPan.
a mechanical
plains and in her streams are fertility and
industry and
encouragement to evoke thew.
power profuse, and wanting but human
her children exists
landg az
bosom that at
of n
thewatu r e
u.
every noble trait, if uncivilizing fnio.r.o9, ,
ig"rance perverted tbernnf___.......--""v
depression and fostered

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sing-There was a time when The Sun lent its aid to
correct
the abases of the navy. Trusting your opinions
are not altered I propose, by our fav!pur, calling the
. The junior offic.ers of the navy
attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty to some of
the many naval grievances, 4 which the enclosed is, I
noneeive, paramount•
are men of fair education, orten of considerable scientific.
knowledge; the men are now well-behaved and reasonable
beings—not what they were; but great discontent exists.
you redreA7.-1 3, irl yours, &c.,
To the press alone can we hope for an alleviation, and
through CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.

London, Jane 16.

TO gis GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
My Lord Duke,—ln addressing your Grace through
medium of a public journal, I feel no apology neces-
the
ry The neglect shown by your predecessors to naval
ilris.prudence remains with you to remedy. The Articles
'of war are at present what they wore when you were
last afloat. Read over that sanguinary code, and con-
sider if they are suited to the times or people of the
present day. I maintain the law is not clear to all, or
clear to any, or accurately defined as it should be. The
consequence is that the awful brutality of the first and
general termination of the maritime code defeats its ob-
ject by torturous severity, and offenders escape the mis-
called justice of a naval court-martial. The sentences
of naval courts-martial are not looked on by the service
or the public, as are those of civil courts, with respect
and resignation. The sentences of the former are some-
times those of expediency, often of ignorance, and fre-
quently caprice. The law is bad, and the judges and
code,you r Grace
more willsuitable am e amend
to thethe sanguinary
eh h:gaog
san ofd
disgraceful administrators often ignorant of their. power—justice is
consequently an accident, and a rare one.
Wgreacheu ofple
Norfolk llsland than to Le the pivot of discipline of the
British navy.

The public gives your Grace the credit of uhdertak..
ing the onerous office you hold for the benefit, not of
yourself or your friends, but the service of the country.
You can do nothing more accept Able to the navy than
striking at the root cf all evil—bad laws and injustice.
Jane 16.
r Grace's A
CHIP
am, my Lord Duke,
mistoHbiepdioenrt
THEand humble servant,
BLOCK,

Her Royal
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her
Duchess of Cambridge yoterclAy at het
highness the
residence, St. JAmee4 rAlace.

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