The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-04 00:00:00

LITERATURE.
LINTITS AND SHADES OF 011 LIT ARY
LIFE. Edited by Sir Charles I. _Napier, G.C.B.
Orlburn. _ .

This volume is the wo'k of two authors. The first
part being written by Count- Alfred de Vigny, tn,e,
author of the historical novel " Cinq Mars," and
other works of fiction, who commenced his mili-
tary career just after the first dethronement of Napo"
leon ; and, weary with inactive service, has relin•
quished the sword for the pen. The last part by M.
Elzear Blaze, who on finishing his studies at the
military college of Fontainbleau joined the French
army after the battle of Eylau, and was attached
to it either in Poland, Germany, or Spain till
the conclusion of the general war. The reader will
readily perceive that the impressions made upon the
two authors durint their military service must be
widely different. Count de Vigny heads his portion
" Recollections of Military Servitude." M. Bleze.t
on the contrary, relates his " Recollections of A 1111;
tary Greatness." The work consists of a series 01
amusing narratives of the recollections above-men-
tioned, upon all of which Sir Charles Ni 113.1"
criticises pretty closely, and brings forward It"
stances of his personal experience in support or COn.
firmation of the various accounts related.

THE BRITISH OFFICER. By J. H. Stocqueler•
This useful volume is a compilation of the rules
and regulations relating to the duties, promotion:,
pay, and allowances of the officers of her KijestT
service, and of the Hon. East India Company, with
the position and privileges of the different ranks, the
value of commissions, &c. &c. It is, in fact, a i'Blll‘
ble book of refert.nce for those con I ected with the
military profession in general, and almost a neceesal
part of the library of those about to enter the 0.01
or any of the military colleges, the rules and requlre
ments of which are fully given.

LONDON A7' TABLE'. Chapman and Hall.
This humorous little b iok is intended to instrul
the reader on the imporlant points of how, when, an
where to dine, and order dinner, and how it should ,
dressed ; with some, doubtless, delicious recelP°
for the beverages which ought to accompany Da d
follow it.

THE KNIFE AND FORK
Contains various aldermanic hints to gastronoinica
students, with various receipts for City cups ;
concludes with useful rules whereby to ascertain °„
what particular days your friends will have cold °`
hot meat for dinner.

HEALTH MADE EASY. By Joseph Bentill.
Sixth Edition. Simpkin and Marshall. a
This is a useful and well-written little work, $l,
intended for the instruction of the young, or for stica.,
persons who desire but a general insight into the ftl'
illation of the human frame; it has evidently lea
compiled with care, and the suppression or exPlll,
tion of all technical terms greatly facilitates the 110
professional reader.

,r V
CLIMATE OF ITALY IN RELATIOiv ' 11,
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION. fly

IL Burgess, N.D. Longmans. 0
In this volume the invalid or tourist will filis-
analysis of the climates of the different towns 8-0
provinces in Italy and the south of France, dray's,
from practical experience and statistical investigati°o
Some chapters of this work have appeared is
ere
Lancet, and the author finding that they
favourably received by the medical professiopt
been induced to publish the present volume.

POLITICAL ECONOMY. By Nassauiff•
&Senior, A.M.
This book consists of four lectures delivered tbble
Mr. Senior at Oxford ; they relate respectively 0(15,,
Progress of Political Economy a Mental Stun of
Political Economy as a Science, and the Definitl;°-
Wealth.

FREAKS AND FOLLIES OF FAHLEi,nO_III"
011ivier. alla
This is a jocose history of heathen myth 1081'
tea
the extraordinary characters who were colic°
r hos
with the executive duties of old. The tint"—what
mixed up fact and fable, relating in one line - ist,
tome
and to ancient writers was supposed to esino
and in the next some supposition of his own, or the
pun upon the name of a person or place, that
ti°ler
reader becomes quite daz?d, and knows not W-e 0,
to believe or not, mythology being, in its most cd,
cise and lucid form, difficult enough to comprehen

YE ARSLEY ON DEAFNESS. Third Editiou!
Mr. Yearsley boldly commences' by stating that
f deafneas. is improperly treated in most cases, by Pr,°;
essional and non-professional persons and that in 80a
that many. persons are deterred from seeking
majority of cases more harm is done than good, ICI?
advice, both from the want of a proper knowledge of
the intricate
formation of the ear, and, therefore;
thinking that some particular remedy which has.beee
recommended to them will cure any aural &get°,
opera
whatever ; or from the fear of undergoing an
Lion of which the effects may be doubtful. Aitlrs
medical.
explaining the anatomical construction of the ear,.l
various diseases, their causes and remedies, according
to different modes of treatment, he concludes viltd
some remarks on the new system, and relates many
instances in which he has been signally successful,

NEW _MUSIC.
DUETTIND dal Maestro D. F. Crivelli. Par°l6
di Manfred° Maggioni
With peculiar pleasure we welcome this new °nil;
position of Signor Crivelli, seeing that it brings 01,8
it the assurance that his late protracted and severs
illness has in no way impaired those rare pocthe
which have for so many years placed him amongisbe
most distinguished members of our musical world. "-he
Duettino, vigorous and original throughout, evinces t'
same refinement of taste, the same force of expreisi°ll'
the same elegance of style which have hitherto Ipe
n a
el ins
opening d
andt h e
nnne compositionsiadiag
:inny
ofe me Signornts
arranged e r
iv e l li. ur
opin
flats, are characterised by the charm of grace,
the intermediate one has a piquancy of spirit 4ulte
its own.

v•ag
"THEY SAID MY LOVE WOULD
WITH TIME." Song, written by Fred,'"
Enoch. Composed by Stephen Glover.
This plaintive and very beautiful ballad fcrAft•
striking contrast to the last composition °' of
Glover we had occasion to notice. The PI tee'
before us breathes as essentially of passion an":„03.
derness as its predecessor did of joyful sprigbilions,
The words, by Frederick Enoch, are very n3el° 6el
and bear evidence of a loving spirit; nor have
lost anything in the hands of the composer.

MAJESTY'Sstth
etwThHaertsoEnn
yesterdayoA bcTl I te.
BE
a, .-—n pd Queen's 0%;r5;
herga nu d I it
pMajesty'sEaißri tayr .A
m()nnTheatreegl
occupied by the Earl and Countess of Listowel, i'rt'Thars,4"
Pp ? • hed v-s oc,
hououring the performances with their presence on ~,t iiiior
casion were the following •-I=li Grace the Duke a ""the
ton, the Duke and Duchess. s
of Leinster, his epee e
American Minister and Mrs. and Miss Abbott Lawr ,j tb
Right Honourable the Secretary • Affairs s- for
for Foreign
Countessof
general company
Malrnesbury, the Ri ht Hon. the Secrets of
the Colonies and Lady Pakingtong, the Duke and Duc:c t.l3g
istsing2auis .--htiiiit°'-
Bedford, Lady Rachel Russell and party. Am"gclarirr
carde, the Marquis of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the
_Hatton and the Misses Hatton, the Viscount Clirut: Lora
we also remarked the Marquis of . ors,
Viscount Enfield, L rd Ward, Lord George Fag a' arts'
Th
di(l3Te 13 ursd ay I, :_dbv; akat
_. ;
Saudys, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Lord Clinton an . the
Y ,„
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-00 Weu-Anp- sdaLloi;
wires connecting the submarine telegraph b6twelbe:( ate
head and Howth were completed to Dublin.
ivivenr
secured at the terminus of the Drogheda RailWaY ill
street. k of
0 •
EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH WALES.--The 0
riling lii
an earthquake was distinctly felt on Tuesday 01°,,,if.r0,:"
this town and neighbourhood. It occurred troll, :i,cf bf ;
seven to a-quarter to eight A.I. It was accomPaluraitutr
noise which many parties mistook for the falling of t oat 0'•
in some parts of their houses. Many persons got
their beds for the purpose of ascertaining whether B¢lo 10 and
in the street produced the strange effect. Ihe be!l' wbile
at the South Wales Railway station were set to rao'nding
the windows shook violently. We have heard corresP the
accounts from Sketty, the Mumbles, and other plat dente at
immediate neighbourhood; likewise from correspond have
North, Aberavon, and Bridgend, so that the shock Ing'losea
extended over a line of at least twenty-six miles.--"'
Herald.
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BIRTHS.
0 F A 80N. hire, tliS
On the 25th ult__,. at Wonaston-court, Monmouths—
lady of Thomas W. Oakley, Esq , of Lydart. LsD"'
On the 31st ult., at Billinge Scarr, near Blackburn,
shire, the wife of Henry Brock-Hollinshead, Esq.
OF • ,
On the Ist inst., at the Elms,DAUGHTEIt.
be wife of
near Lymington, 1
Joseph Parker, Esq.
On the 31st ult., the wife of R. L. Roumieu, Ec_
_t_____-----.

MARRIED. JoL°
On the 2d inst., at St. George's, Hanoyer-square,,_septi
William Birch, Esq , to Julia, eldest daughter of "
Arden, Es.q., of Cavendish-square. tio get
On the 2d inst., at Gray's Church, Percy LeonardtEaes. to
son of Sir John Henry Pelly, Bait., of Upton, Del,
Eliza Anne only daughter of John S. Rigge, Esq., "'
wont Castle, in the same county.

wED
On the 31st ult., at Highclere, the Hon. Edward Charms
HOn aged 50.
her 29th ult., at Sedan, Major Charles Hill, retired fail
pay, 54th Regiment.
On the Ist inst., at Evington, Leicestershire, age— fit
Colonel John Dick Burnaby, formerly of the Ist Beginle—
of Foot, or Grenadier Guards.
On the 2d inst., in Bryanston-street, Cecil, wife of Lieut.;
Colonel Arney, and second daughter of the Hon. and Ve'l
Rev. the Dean of Gloucester.
On the 2d inst., in Chesterfield-street,
Mayfair, Robert
Ponsonby Staples, Esq,

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Zjiddleficx, FriclAy June 4,1552.