The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
It appears that excessively rigorous orders have been given
at the Custom-house, at Havre, respecting the vigilance that
is to be exercised towards passengers arriving from England.
Last summer, when the packet-boats that ply between London
and our port arrived in our basins, the Custom-house were
contented with collecting all the baggage of the passengers,
to convey it to the inspector's office, where all the baggage
was subjected to a, not very minute examination. Now, every
Captain of a Packet is bound to deliver, before landing, an
exact list of all the baggage, and of the most trifling things
that he means to send on shore, and it is not till
he has complied with this formality at the moment
of his arrival at the port, that he obtains permission
to send to the Custom-house all the baggage of his passengers.
Not to speak of the errors which may arise from hurry under
such circumstances, it may be conceived how embarrassing the
necessity. of conforming to such a regulation, must be to
the Captains at the moment of their arrival, if they have a great
number of possengers on board, and it is easy to understand
the repugnance which travellers begin to feel to take their
passage in the Havre packets.—Journal du Ilarre.
A letter from Nevers, of the 27th, says—" Orders have
been received from the Minister of Marine at the cannon
foundry of Nevers, to cast 60 30-pounders, and 6 80-pounders
for the King of Naples.— Courrier Francais.
The 1,800 men of the 66th regiment of the line, who ar-
rived at Ancona on board the Didenre, Tarn, and Eyirie,
were not to be landed till the 28th, because some changes
must be made in the garrison of Toulon previously to their
coming on shore.

The Minister of Marine has given orders to build imme-
diately two gun-boats in the dock-yard of Cherbourg. It does
not yet appear what is to be the destination of these vessels,
which cannot be employed except on a particular kind of ser-
vice.—Le Commerce.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. B.—A new undertaking, intended
for the promotion of inland trade by land, will grea.ly facili.
;ate the communication between the capital and the Southern
Governments. His Majesty has been pleased, on the part of
the Minister of the Interior, to approve of the construction of
an iron rail-road from the town of Morechansk, situated in the
Government of Tambord, on the River Zna, to the moutlrof that
river. The expense of making the roadand keeping it in order is to
be defrayed by ajoint stock company. Morsehansk is one of the
most commercial towns in the empire, surrounded by several
of the most fertile provin,ces of the South, Tambord, Sara-
tow, Perna, \Voronesh, and others, which dispose of their ma-
nifold productions in Morsclaansk, thence they are forwarded
by water carriage, on the Zna, Okka, Wolg,a, Wetchow, and
Neva, to St. Petersburgh. The quantity of goods brought to
Morschansk, and forwarded to the North, is said to be from 20
to 25 million poods (the pood at about 351b5.)
Sr. PETERSDURGII, DEC. 12.—Count Figuelmont, the Aus-
trian Ambassador, who has been absent on leave, has re-
turned from Vienna. The Commissioners who have lately come
back from Tiflis, whither they were sent to collect on the spot
and to arrange materials for a plan of administration for the
Transcaucasian Provinces, continue their labours here till they
shall have eomplated them, by drawing up the desired plan.
We have now autumnal weather again. In consequence
of the very mild temperature and frequent rains, the new
bus quite disappeared.
The flag on the bastion of the mercantile harbour at Cron-
stack was taken down on the Otis of this month, as a sign that
the navigation had entirely closed for this year.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
DEAL, JAN. I—Wind W, N. W., moderate.—Came down
from the River the Haidoo, Selby, from the River Gambia;
Amelia, Teasdalo Cape de Verd ; and remain with the
Mary Catherine, for Hobart Town. Areived and remain the
Martha, Pearson, from Newcastle ; Nile, Coates, ditto ;
Bread°, Stephen, Hull.
PoRTSMOI TA-I, JAN. I.—Squally from the westward.—Ar-
rived the Habanero, from Hamburg ; Hope, London; Hiber-
nia, Meurt, ditto.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 1. —Wind W.S. W.—Arrived the St.
Pierre, Menier, from Nantes ; Argo, Hood, Riga ; Gloria,
Pency, Hamburg; Shannon (steamer), Dublin. Sailed the
Triumph, Green, for the Cape of Good Hope; Breeze,
Toten, Lisbon; Galway :packet, Galway ; Hilda Catherine,
London.
FALmouTii, DEC. 31.—Wind, N. to W.N. W.—Arrived
the Duke of 'Cambridge (steamer), from London, and pro-
oeeded for Dublin ; Hercules (steamer), ditto, and proceeded
for Cork. Sailed the Volucia, Raffles, for Jamaica ; Caroline,
Reed, Santa Martha; Marie, Edwards, Vigo; Liverpool
(steamer), Brooks, ditto, &c. ; Africa, Baxter, Liverpool;
Tam-o% Shanter, Battie, Penzance.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1. W. N. W.--Arrived the Agnes,
Wright, from Maranham ; Wm. Badger, New Orleans ;
Sophia, Messina ; Tally-ho, Virginia ; Caledonia, Alex-
ardria. Off port the Ellen, German, from Leghorn.
Cowls, JAN. 1.--Wind W.—Arrived the Wasdale, Fayer,
from Havannah ; Adolphe, Walters, Malanders; Pera, Fen-
ning, London • Belle, Wilson, Ipswich.
RAMSGATE, I.— Arrived Nancy, Keely, Yougball.
DOVER, JAN. I.—Arrived off port, the Emma, Stige, from
Boston ; Thcs. Blyth, Rowe, Mauritius.
BRISTOL, JAN. I.—Arrived Betsey, Brownig, St. Übe's.
GLOUCESTER, JAN. l.—Arrived the Phcenix, from Naples.
Sailed the Castilian Maid, Scott, for St. Michael's.
ScAntioaouon, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Speculator, from
Sunderland, with loss of fore-top-mast, bound to Portsmouth.
HULL, JAN. I.—Strong breezes from the westward.—Ar-
rived the Providence, Venlia, from Seville ; Jantina, Bee-
kenny, Stettin; Geschwister, Rugge, Newstadt; Delos,
Johanison, Lisbon.

CoRK, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Hercules (steamer,) London.
DUBLIN, DEC. 30.—Arrived Oporto, Woolagher, Oporto.
SWANSEA, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Victory, from St. Jag,o
de Cuba ; Pareid, Nisna, Amsterdam.
LYMINOTON, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Newton, Layburn, and
Harmony, Black, from London.
YARMOUTH, Jeri. I.—The John, llelme, from Sunderland
to Shields, has put into these roads leaky, having been on
the Gunfleet Sand, and will come into the harbour to repair.
The Hope, from Ipswich to Goole, has into this harbour
leaky.

VORTRNIOUTH, JAN, I.—The Raisbeck, Menneker, from
Sunderland to Langster, got on shore to-day near the en-
trance of the harbour, but is expected off next tide.
CaanifF.---Arrived the Leopold the First, Lambert, from
Newport to Ostend, leaky.
Coax, Dec. &l—. The Ganges, Crawford, was towed out
of this port by the Sirius (steamer), and having taken a
double crew, proceeded for the Clyde without making any re-
pairs here.
ST. IVES, DEC. 30. --The Superior, Quick, which was on
shore at St. Agnes, has been got off, and will be brought here
to repair. The Rival, Doughty, from Liverpool to London,
which put into this port after being on shore, is discharging
her cargo.

The Rosalind, Little, from Calcutta to Liverpool, arrived
at the Mauritius leaky.
The Marianne and Iledurgus, from Maranham to Para,
was on shore at the entrance of the Para river, previous
to the 1 Ith of November, but expected to be gat off after
discharginE.

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DEATH OF MRS. MACLEAN (L.E.14554.-Mgßwir

(From the Courier.)
With a feeling of sorrow, which thousands will in some
measure share, though few can perfectly estimate its depth or
sacredness, we this day announce the death of Mrs. Maclean,
the wife of George Maclean, Esq., Governor of Cape Coast
Castle. She died suddenly on the 15th of October last, soon
after her arrival on that fatal shore, which is the grave of so
many valuable lives, but of none more valuable than her's.
The qualities which gave to "L. E. L." so proud and per-
manent a claim upon public admiration, were not those which
constituted the chief charm of her character in the estimation
of her more intimate and deeply attached friends. Brilliant
as her genius was, her heart was after all the noblest and
truest gift that nature in its lavishness bad bestowed upon
her—upon her, la ho paid back the debt which she owed for
these glorious endowments of heart and mind, by an inde-
fatigable exercise of her powers for the delight of the public,
and by sympathies the most generous and sincere with human
virtue and human suffering. More perfect kindness and ex-
quisite susceptibility than hers was, never supplied a graceful
and fitting accompaniment to genius, or elevated the character
of woman. We cannot, however, write her eulogy now—we
can only lament her loss, and treasure the recollection which
a long and faithful friendship renders sacred.
The feeling with which we record this mournful intelligence
at the commencement of a new year, will be respected, when
we state that only yesterday morning we received from Mrs.
Maclean a most interesting and affecting
.letter, which sets "
forth at once with the animating assertion, lam very well,
and very happy. The only regret," she proceeds to say,
" the only regret (the emerald ring that I fling into the dark
sea of life to propitiate fate) is the constant sorrow I feel
whenever I think of those whose kindness is so deeply trea-
sured." She says that her residence at the castle of Cape
Coast is " like living in the Arabian Nights—looking out
upon palm and cocoa nut trees." And she then enters into a
light-hearted and pleasant review of her housekeeping
troubles, touching yams and plantains—and not a less in-
teresting account of her literary labours and prospects—inti-
mating that the ship which brought the letter we quote,
brought also the first volume of a novel, and the manuscript
of another work to be published periodically. To the last her
friendly gossip is full of life, cheerfulness, and hope. The
next ship that sailed—how very, very soon afterwards—
brought to us the tidings of the sudden sacrifice of that life,
the memory of which should be dear to all who can appreciate
poetry and wit, and generosity, the refinements of taste and the
kindly impulses of the heart, that make human nature—and
woman's nature especially—most worthy to be regarded with
admiration and affection.

(From the Globe.)
The literary world will learn with regret that the grave of
Europeans, the African coast, has added to its list of victims
a lady of deserved reputation as among the first female writers
of the day. Mrs. Maclean, the wife of George Maclean Esq.,
the Governor of that colony, died suddenly there on the 15th
of October. It is only a few months since this lady, better
known as " L. E. L.," was married to that gentleman, and
left her native land full of health and spirits. Alas 1 she too
soon fell a victim to the pestilential climate of Africa. We
find the following brief memoir of this distinguished lady in
the first work of the sort of which we can avail ourselves--.
" Biographic des Contemporaines."
" This lady is another sister which the Muses of Great
Britain have added to their number, who, although now (at
the date of the notice) only in her nineteenth year, has already
published three volumes of Foams, besides being the author
of many miscellaneous productions in Annuals and other books
of the kind. The little material which Miss Landon's lite
furnishes for a biographical notice speaks much in her fi....vour,
and shows that she is yet unknown to the blue-stocki.ag coterie
of London. It may be truly said of her that she haa the vivacity
and warmth of soul which she has given to her improvisatrice.'
Miss Landon is quite an enthusiast as art author, and in this
particular may be said to rival Thomas Moore himself, It
is true that some of the English journals have ridiculed her
lyrical compositions; but the French, gallants by nature,
have fully avenged Inar ; and it is in this country that she
has found competent judges, and an appreciation of her
talents. The Globe (French journal) published a critique of
her poems, as polite it was impartial and discriminating.;
and she has, moreover, been honourably quoted by one of
her rivals, Madame Taster, every note and sibration of whose
lyre appears to come from whence it receives its tone, namely,
from the bottom cf her heart, to make use of an idea of Miss
Landon's in one of her poems. The talent of this child of
the Muses is characterised by a remarkable propriety in the
choice of words—by an abundance of poetical ideas, com-
bined with great taste in their arrangement, and an ear won-
t erfully correct in the melody of language. Her compe,si-
tions would be still more perfect if she had not followed so
many models, if she had not been ambitious to vibrate so
many different chords in the human heart. The principal
poem of this young lady is the Improvisatrice.' The idea
of this poem is full of sweetness ; it is the story of a young
lady who, given up to the enchantment and powers of poetic
genius, becomes eperdument in love, and, as is usual in such
cases, this passion is the frame upon which the whole story is
woven. The opening of this poem is remarkable for the rich-
ness and harmony of its versification, and the interest is
awakened by a Moresque romance, in imitation of Lord
Byron's Bride of Abydos.'
" There is at present a school of ladies, from that of Della
Crusca, of which Miss Johanna Baillie, Miss 11. Williams, and
Miss Charlotte Smith belong, who have never made thc,se
absurd pretensions to Italianf,;tn,' nor" to the ridiculous re-
finement of the heroiras of Gifford. The public has been
led into good tast:a and a love of nature by such writers as
Mrs. Heenan,;, Miss Mitford, and Miss Landon. The ten-
der age of the last-mentioned lady promises a succession of
wQrks which will contribute to the charms and attractions of
English literature. Next to the linprovisatrice, the two prin-
cipal works of Miss Landon arc the Troubadour and the
Golden Violet."

We find the following among other slight but elegant pro-
ductions of L. E. L. in Schloss's " English Bijou Alm:diack
for 1839." The unforeseen death of the accomni;.slied and
amiable authoress imparts a degree of pathos to
of the effect of which few hearts can be itrensible
BEETHOVEN.
A stately and a solemn
Such as the evening winds prolong
In some e:::nedral aisle,
When holy hope and lofty thought,
From the soil's deep recesses brought,
Attend the hymn the while.

There mingle with thy glorious strain
No common fancies light and vain,
Thy spirit was enshrined—
Thy chords were thoughts.—thy notes were given
To all that links this earth with heaven,
Musician of the mind !

FAREWELL.
My little fairy chronicle,
'The prettiest of my tasks, farewell!
'Ere other eyes shall meet this line,
Far other records will be mine,
How many miles of trackless sea,
Will roll between my land and me 1
I said thine elfin almanack

Should call all pleasant hours back ;
Amidst those pleasant hours will none
Think kindly on what I have done ?
Then, fairy page, I leave with thee
Sonic memory of my songs and me.

OLIVER AND BOYD'S NEW EDIN-
BURGH ALMANAC, 1839.

The Proprietors have spared no pains or expense to
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important subjects, it contains a general register of the
British Empire—complete Army and Navy Lists, with
the rates of pay and prices of commissions, and the numbers
of the Constituencies in England and Ireland, as given in
the most recent Parliamentary Reports, and the last official
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Counties and Burghs. It contains also full lists of all the
religious establishments in Scotland, with the names of the
respective clergymen, and detailed accounts of all the educa-
tional, literary, and benevolent institutions in that country.
The work is neatly bound in red—contains 576 closely
printed pages, and is published at 4s.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—One of the most cowardly
instances of robbery and abuse we have for some time heard
of, took place on Friday week, between this town and
Longridge. A pedlar residing in Longridge was returning
home from this town on the evening in question, when he
was attacked by three men, who, after abusing the poor
fellow in the most scandalous manner, took from him a
quantity of silver ; after which. tbey separated with their
booty, leaving the wound.c,d man beside the Copy Delf, in
the village of Dilwc7ih.—Preston Observer.

NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.
The New Year, with a gladsome face,
Is smiling o'er the land;
A festive time of mirth it brings,
And pleasure with her fairy rings,
And with her magic wand,
Comes tempting Beauty, now, to bless
Her season with fresh loveliness.
And gifts she brings of sweet perfume
(Wherein her wings she dips,)
A balm to keep her cheeks in bloom,
A rare enamel to illume
The pearls between her lips 1
Rich oil, that giveth radiance fair
And silken clusters to her hair. •
Macassar pours this freshness bright
Upon the faded tress,
Odonto keeps the pearl so Waite,
Kalydor clothes the skin, in light,
Transparent loveViness.
All these hath -pleasure—luring maid.—
On Beauty's. pew year's toilet laid.
She now, with influence divine,
Presides at ball and feast ;
But these high gifts for Beauty's shrine
The goddess only doth consign
To Rowland, her high priest I
Rowland alone dispenseth here
her treasures for the glad new year I—Times,