The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-25 00:00:00

nairxs:--

" Stranger, to whom this monument is shown,
Invoke the poet's curse upon Malone,
Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste displays,
Arad daubs his tomb stone as he mars his plays."
It is remarkable there are no monumental inscrip
lions to other poisons of the name of Shakspeare, except
Lis wife, who it is recorded died on the Gth of August,
162:3, at the age of 67 years.
The monuments and inscriptions in the chancel,
and in the church, are numerous, but the attention is
chit fly directed to the sr of sacred to the ashes of Shake-
speare. All that is earthly of this incomparable writer
is on the north side cfthe chancel under a flat stone,
wHeh is never waled upon by the visitors who generally
insert their names, addr:-ss, &e., in books kept by the
vestry woman. There are many beautiful poetic effu-
sions in the handwriting of princes, poets, historians,
statesmen, and warriors. One by Lucien Bonaparte is
very flue, but we have no room for extracts. Similar
books are kept in tiro room the bard was born in, and
here the wllls and ceiling arc so completely covered
that it is difficult to find an inch to pencil 3our name.
Indeed, many vent names the writer saw there in
former years :,re quite illegible from bring written over.

The improvcd hydraulic machine, which we
some time ago nuticed as invented by Mr. Whitelaw, En-
pi ,cter, Glasgow, for the pur,,cse of increasing the power
obtained by water, and measming the quantity used, was
yesterday set in motion for the working of a Brahmah press.
at the bluachfield of Mr. Stirrat, Netherct aigs. The
advantage of this machine over the common water-wheel
is first a sowing of two or three tin es the cost of erec-
tion ; and second, the obtaining, ts is supposed, one-
thir.l more power by tho weight of the water being wholly
applied till it tscape, u ith the same eflect as when in the
water-w heti ; it is in a position horizontal with the shaft.
So fir as this c xperi.nent at Nethercraigs can go to esta-
blis% the use of :hi; new application, it has been far more
sttec.ssful than expected. The machine accomplished all
the ,ork it was calculated for in about half the time ex-
pected, and with only the one half of the water applied—
tt e sluice having bcen only half opened.—Glasgow
Chronicle.

THE CHILDREN'S FRIENDS SOCIETY.—At
the Marylebone Police-otPee, fresh complaints were pre-
f,Tred against this Society. One of the complainants stated
that his nephew, on arriving at the Cape, was sold for
8/. I 0,;. to a Dutch fdrmer, in the same way that the boy
Trubshaw was disposed of, whose case has been so much
before the public. Tao letters from the bsy in question
were read, and bore out the uncl,'t state went. Mr. Raw-
linson, addressing the complainant, said—." I'd advise you
to take the letters and make another application, and when
}ou hav,i done so bring them back to me, and I will for-
ward them to the Secretary of State. After what has
ranspired, Government cannot do less than institute a rigid
iaquiry, through the medium of the local authorities of the
colony." The applicant then left the ofliee, and informed
our reporter that the poor boy been sent away by the
parochial authorities of St. .1 :riles's, without his (appli-
cant's) sanction or consent. As soon as this case was dis-
pose, a m
d of, blind old woman, named M Donald, entered
the office, led by a little boy, and mode a statement to the
Magistrate similar to the above. She was. she said,
nn to the boy, who had been in the Cape four years,
and the; could get no intelligence from him. The poor
while snaking her statement.
old woman cried bitterly
Mr. Rawlinson, after remarking that it "as truly distress-
ing to hear such numerous. complaints, referred the poor
old creature to the Stmety, as in the former case.
The Countess Luduli, relict of the late regretted
Count Lula, the Neapolitan Minister, has returned to
the residence of her friend the Lady Ilamlyn Williams, in
South-street, from her Lads ship'svilla
at Norwood. The
Countessintends, we believe, to his her future residence
in this country, and as the Count left only a small private
fortune, the King of the Two Sicilies, it is said, will grant
her a liberal pension, as the widow of a diplomatic Minister
of the first class.

Gravel banks have been allowed to 4,,Tumulate to
such an extent at the mouth of Cowes harbour, that-v 0"
but vessels of very small draught will soar, be able to eater: