The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-12 00:00:00

Mr. Kinglake, M.P. for Bridgwater.

Mr. Alexander William Kinglake was born is
1869 ; and is the eon of the late Mr. William King"
lake, solicitor at Taunton. He (the son) was edit.-
cated at Taunton, Ottery St. Mary, Eton, and at
rrinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the
Bar in 1837, and soon afterwards went to the East,
whence he wrote to his friends at home some gra-
phic descriptions of the scenery and his adventures
there. On his return he, at the request of his
friends, unwillingly furbished up these letters with
a view to publication, and the MS. was, w.laell
ready, offered to several publishers, who, with
purblindness not uncommon in the tribe, refused fc'
undertake its publication. At last Mr. 011ivier
took the book in hand, the author guaratv"
teeing the publisher against loss. This book was
" Eifehen," of which we need not say a word. Mr'
Kinglake, some few years ago, contributed tweo
articles to the Quarterly, but other than " Eothee
and these he had published nothing till the " 11111"
tory of the Invasion of the Crimea." Mr. Kinglake
was in the Crimea. He was present at the battle of
the Alma ; and with the army on its flank march to'
Balaclava. He remained at headquarters at Sebae
topol during the first bombardment, and at its closet
prostrated by fever, he came home. In 1856 be left
the Bar, and in 1857 entered the House of Con:tele°
as representative of Bridgwater. Experience '385
ever taught us that there are numbers of men of who°
nothing can bepredicted from theirappearance ; St'
Kinglake is one of these men. As he walks into
the house he seems to be an odd•looking
but you must peer very closely at him before Ycle"
can discover any special signs of mental power. lie,
is short in stature, not more that sft. 6iu. we shoald
judge, and his real face is almost entirely coriceale6
from view, for his hat covers his forehead, which 38'
however, not particularly significant ; just betel
his hat there are his large round spectacles, efi
then, almost touching the lower line of his glaseel
his dark moustache begins, and that and his beefo
cover all the lower part of his face. In short, vibe 4
mouth, eyes, forehead, and indeed every part ofl3'
face except his nose, is concealed from your vi°°ff,
how is it possible to divine from his outward 90
pearance what may be the inward and invisll)
characteristics behind ?—lllustrated limes.

At Edinburgh, yesterday, Alexander Milnet
jeweller that city, was sentenced to death for the Word°

of a man named Paterson.iQ
THE GREAT EASTERN.--The leviathan steag)
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still lies in the river Mersey, b. little to the 50rly
of Rock Ferry, the steamers from which make half those
trips round the big ship for the accommodation of It
pereons who wish to see th s wonderful vessel afloat.
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Will be recollected that application was made to the Pope
Board with the view of getting a gridiron placed in
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convenient position on the dock estate so that I,ll° nY
tom of the Great Eastern might be examined 813%00
trifling repairs necessary made before her next trip dpo
the Atlantic. The Dock Board repled that they "i ' the
site large enough for the purpose. The directors 080 of
Big Ship Company have, however, obtained the leito the
sufficient land on the margin of the river,
south. of New Ferry, and there at the present time rest
iron is being laid down for the accommodation of tbielowieg
Eastern. It is expected that during the next or I°,,idifoll
spring tides the leviathan will be floated over the fr.,,..1,11
and there left dry. After her bottom has been thfoo°lo7ipg
examined and repaired she will be floated off theottier
spring tides, preparatory to her departure on
.0'
_utb, and
The next spring tides are about the 20th of this 0,..„.°01i1d
th
the following will be about the Bth of March-
r'.--;7,...„isicia.Yo
Prince of Wales's marriage day be kept as a genera a little
gro..
and should the Great Eastern at the ttroe b%3JY_cw of Per
and dry on tae Cheshire side, hundred of thou.,
inns will, no doubt, cross to Rock Ferry to sc her.