The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-25 00:00:00

LITERATURE

Yesterday evening the band of the Rifles attended at
the Castle, and played the following places :—March,
Sinfonia, Serniratnide (Rossini) ; Duetto, Beatrice di
Tenda (Doniz,-?.tti); Walzer di Nuchlevandler ; Galop,
Chaperons blares Laudler das Tager, Horn (Wichels) ;
Le Danois Quadrille (111uard).

The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in a
carriage and four. Her Royal Highness visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge left Cambridge House yes-
terday morning for his residence at Kew. Prince
George of Cambridge returned to Kew on Monday
night from town.

Despatches were sent off last eveni 1g from the Colo-
nial-office for Sir George Gipp, Governor of New South
Wales.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVALS.
Major-General Sir George and Lady AVliitmre, Lady
Charlotte Gordon, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, the
Marchioness and Ladies Cornwallis, Lord and Lady
Charles Paulet, the Hon. General Upton, the Misses
Douglas, Sir ileketh Fleetwood, Bart., M.P., Mrs.
Berkeley Drummond, Colonel Scott, Scots Fusilier
Guards.

DEPARTURES.
Captain and Nits. Bunhury, from the Cavendish Hotel,
Jermyn-street, for Barton Hail, ,Suffolk; Capt. Fayrer,
R.N., from ditto, for Liverpool ; John Pryce, Esq., from
ditto, for York ; F. - Bennett, Eq., from ditto, for ditto ;
H. Wetherell. Esq., from ditto, for Ramsgate; H. Lee,
Esq., from ditto, for Southampton ; Donald Campbell,
Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ; William West, Esq.,
from ditto, for the Continent; J. R. West, Esq., from
ditto, for his scat, Alscot Park, Northamptonshire; H.
NV. Penrose, Esq., from ditto, for Cappoquin House, Ire-
land ; R. Keane, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Lord Geo.
Loftus, from ditto, for Ireland; Colonel Burdett, for
Althorp; the Ladies Harriet and Fanny Scott, for War-
wick Castle ; the Hon. Miss Somers Cocks, for Leaming-
ton Spa; Lord and Lady Hillsborough, for Glenarm
Castle ; Lord and Lady Galway, on a visit to Mr. and the
Hon. Mrs. Monckton ; Lord Howden, for Grimston Park ;
Col. Chatterton, 4th Dragoon Guards, for Birmingham ;
the Marquis of Worcester, for Paris ; Lady Packe and
family, for Ampthill Park, Beds; Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Whitbread, for Cardington, Bedfordshire; Capt. Barker,
27th Regiment, for Dresden.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

PREFERAiENTS, &c. •
The Rev. John George Bellingham, M.A., to the be-
nefice of Aldsworth, Gloucestershire, vacant by the
cession of the Rev. C. W. Everett.
The Rev. William Frederick Kerr, A.B , to the Rec-
tory of Marston Sicca, Gloucestershire, void by the ces
sion of the Rev. R. Green Jeston.
The Rev. P. C. Nicholson, of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, to be Assistant Curate of St. James's Church,
Leeds.

The Rev. Francis Duncan, M.A., of Trinity College,
Cambridge, to the Rectory of West Cheborough, Dor-
set, void by the cession of the Rev. C. P. Brugge.
The Rev. J. B. Reade, M.A., of Caius College,
Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Stone, Bucks, vacant by
the cession of the Rev. W. Fletcher.
The Rev. R. B. Davies, 8.A., of Trinity College,
Dublin, to the Curacy of Accrington, Lancashire.
The Rev. NV. H. Dearsley, to the Perpetual Curacy
of Hot ton, Staffordshire, vacant by the cession of the
Rev. C. G. Harvey._

The Rev. F. N..Highmore, M.A., formerly second
master of the Elizabethan School, at Wimbourn, has
been appointed head master of the Free Grammar
School at Burnley.
The Hon. and Rev. Robert Plunket has been ap-
pointed by his brother, the Bishop of Tuaw, to the
living of Headfort, worth 7001. a year, vacant by the
death of the late Rev. Mr. Mears.

The Rev. George Chute, to the curacy of the united
parishes of MolahifFe, Kilkneedane, and Kilbonatie.
The Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald Plummer to the united
parishes of Newcastle and Mongea.

THE HAND.B 0 OK OF SWINDLING.
Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
" The Hand• Book of Swindling !" What a
host of amusing reminiscences, ancient as well as
modern—for the art of conveyancing is one of high
antiquity—do these few words suggest They re-
call to our memory the God Mercury—the Adam
of the swindling race, al'id unsurpassed in roguery,
save by his own son Autolycus, after whom
Shakspeare has named his pedlar, that famous
" snapper-up of unconsidered trifles"—the sharper
mentioned by Herodotus, who played such tricks
with the cash of King Rhampsimtus—the
pus of Lucian, who did Hell's grim ferry-man
out of his Stygian passage-money—the Sosias of
Plautus—the Lazarillo de Tormes, Paul the sharper,
and Guzman D'Alfaraclie of Mendoza and Clue
vedo—tl,e Don Raphael of Le Sage—the (,fines
de Passamonte of Cervantes—Se " gentle
Claude Du Val—Fielding's French Clout—
Garrick's Lying Valet— note's Papillon—Gold-
smith's Ephraim Jenkinson, whose one long story
about the " cosmogony," conjured all the loose
cash out of Dr. Primrose's unsophisticated pockets
—Kenney's Jeremy Diddler—Major Semple's
autobiography—the unrivalled Barrington, who
stole his own snuff-box, by way of keeping himself
in practice—and, coming down to the present civi-
lized times, Vidocq's feathery-fingered heroes—lke)
Solomons, and his apt disciple,
Fagin—the late la-
his appetite—and above all,
mented Dando, who was cut off m the flower of
that mysterious perso-
nage—the Junius of petty larceny—the Man with
the Carpet-bag I
Of all these Conveyancers, each eminent in his
hi nk thehis
own particular branch of the profession, Barrington
was, we
Ivneorsstatrileiiti;araksatobri
le.shil Ig ; and Hishe science
was first-rate
had the finest conception of a " Do," of any
swindler we ever read of. The following anecdote,
which we [net with some years ago, but cannot
just now remember where, will give a faint idea of
Ins style of practice. . On one of his professional
tours, it chanced that he stopped to dine at an hotel
at Chichester. The landlord, struck by his dash-
ing air, and still more by his gig—which was then,
as now, a certificate of respectability—received him
with infinite respect, and ushering him into a pri-
vate room, placed before him the best extempore
dinner he could furnish. Fish, flesh, and fowl,
pastry, and a select dessert, were soon disposed of,
and when a cozy bottle of old port had also been
dispatched, and then a glass of brandy and water
to make all comfortable, Barrington rang the
bell, and summoned the landlord into his auaust
presence. The man instantly appeared, and Cow-
ing and simpering with ineffable grace and sweet-
ness, placed his little bill on the table. His guest
took it up, and coolly looking over the items, said
" Landlord, I am rather delicately situated
just at present." " Indeed," replied Boniface,"
with a visible dropping of the nether jaw, while
a cloud stole over his intelligent visnom
" Yes," continued Barrington, " I have un-
luckily left my purse at home, but I shall be
back punctually tins day three weeks, when I
will take care to make all right." " I'm done, by
G—d," roared the landlord, half-sufflecated with
passion, and forgetful of all prudential considera-
tions, turned his guest out of the house, saluting
him at the same time with a kick that grievously
endamaged his sitting parts. " You will repent
this," said Barrington, as he quitted the hotel. And
the landlord did repent it, for that very day three
weeks, his maltreated guest again drove up to the
hotel He entered the house with a countenance
that bespoke forgiveness, and shaking hands with
Buniface, who made a thousand apologies for his
Former discourteous treatment, told him that he
was come to pay his bill, adding blandly,
"To show you that I entertain no
towavds you, you shall dine with me to-
day', so let us have the very best of every
thing in your house." This order was no sooner
given than obeyed. A capital dinner was served
up, far more expensive than the former one, and,
after the choicest hock, claret, and burgundy, had
been done all possible justice to, and the landlord
had told his best stories, and cracked his slyest
jokes, and Barrington had laughed, fit to kill him-
self, at the rogue's drollery ; the bill, as before, was
called for, and deposited on the table. It was of
awful length, but our hero's nerves were not easily
flustered, so he addressed Boniface with the most
perfect non-chalance, observing " Hark'eo, Mr.
landlord; you kicked me out of this house just
a4ever*e,s.ago ; I told you at the time you
You I.ll9'4)eiii,• of it ; and so you will, for though
your hilt is now twice as long as it was, I have not
a. StXpenee.. to pay it with ; wherefore," he added,
coolly •turning aside his coat-tails, " you must act
to; you did before, and pay yourself by a cheque on
the same bank!"
• AVe,look upon this as the most perfect swind-
ling aehievement on record. To do a:man, twice,
and each time under precisely
.the same 'circum-
stances i None but a Barrington could have
conceived such a project. Here is another
instance of his surprising fertility of inven-
tion. He had taken an unfurnished house in
Long-acre, and was at a loss how to stock it.
Walking out one day in the neighbourhood of
Holborn, devising schemes for obtaining the
necessary furniture, he saw a private house, the
door of which happened to be open. After look-
ing cautiously about him, and listening in the hall
for a few seconds, he marched up stairs, and, hear-
ing no noise, made his way into a bed-room, the
bedding of which he quietly packed up, and lifted
on his back. On his way down, he made a false
step and stumbled, the noise of which brought out
a fat, bald-pated gentleman, from the parlour.
" Halloo, fellow, what do you want there ? ex-
claimed the astonished stranger. " Please, Sir,"
replied the unabashed Barrington, " I've brought
the bedding you ordered of master last week."
" Bedding ? What do you mean ? I ordered no
bedding." " Oh, indeed ; then I suppose I've
come to the wrong house ; so, perhaps, Sir, you'll
be kind enough to assist me in replacing the load
upon my back." The good-natured gentleman did
so ; and not till some hours after Barrington had
marched off in triumph, did he discover that he
had actually assisted to rob himself
Dando, like Barrington, was a superior genius,
but he practised in a lower walk of the profession.
His conceptions were good, and his exeeution
prompt and intelligent; but lie wanted originality.
You might always know him, like Gibbon, by his
style. Then, too, he was a mere prosaic swindler,
with nothing of the poetry of the art about him.
He seldom soared above oyster-shops, but it must
be added to his credit, that " within that circle
none dare walk but he." Unparalleled was his
success in the humble and limited sphere which he
had chosen for the display of his abilities, and not
a shell-fishmonger but sweated with horror at the
very mention of his name, as the subjoined anecdote
will show. Late one winter night, he walked into
an oyster-shop, the master of which chanced to be
absent, and addressing the girl behind the counter,
desired her to send in three dozen of oysters, two
breads, ditto butters, and a pot of porter, into the
eating-room. Well, the viands were brought, and
Dando set to at them with an energy that seemed
proof against exhaustion. In a few minutes all
had vanished. Another three dezen were then or-
dered ; and then a third and fourth, with et ceteras
in proportion ; till at length the pile of oyster shells
formed quite a Primrose-hill in miniature. Just atthis
crisis
the shop
wsill°liPte heap n the in,floor, and cast-
ingcame
rubbed his hands and chuckled with uncommon
sien thetifi e masterglailc e c
atf
glee at the
good night's business that hod
been done. 111 warrant," he said, " there's
been at least a dozen mouths at work here." cc A
dozen I" replied
the girl, " no such thing_only
one." A horrid misgiving seized the fishmonger
at these Words! Grim visions of ado flashed across
his brain. He knew that there was but one, Man in
Christendom gifted with such
PriAll-giolis Powers of
voracity ; and rushing wildly into the inner-room,
where at 4ia customer; smiling and COmforteble,
with the second porter-pot turned upside down before
him, he addressed him IMely and envrgetipally, as
follows In the Devil's name, who and what are
you ?" f 5 Dando was the reply, delivered
with dienified emphasis, and an air of conscious de-
sert. The shock was overwhelming. " Oh Lord
Qll Lord !" f4lierOci !,he 1.14.43-1-P.9411 flehmurger,
and dropped senseless into the midst of his own
oyster shells. If we are not mistaken, it wAs this
are Datidu , though our author has referred the
caging to an inferior artiste--who observed in his last
mineente to a friend, that though he had been
kicked, cudgelled, and horsewhipped a thousand
times, yet he had never met With Ally gne who

A REPLY TO THE LECTURES OF DR.
CHALMERS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT
AND EXTENSION OF NATIONAL
CHURCHES, 4.c. By MARK BUTLER.
When Dr. Chalmers' Lectures in the Metropolis
were closed, the Protestant Society offered some
prizes for the best refutation of his principles. We
hailed that offer at the time with much approbation,
thinking it would tend to dissipate the prejudices
the Doctor had raised ; but, till now, we have seen
no fruits of the Protestant Society's exertions.
Perhaps the little . work of which we have
just written the title, may have been tempted
by the offered prizes into existence ; but it is not
so said on the title•page. Its object, however,
as if it were a prize essay, is the same. It is
confined to refuting some of Dr. Chalmers' state-
ments, and is wholly controversial. It developes
no new principle, and establishes no new_ ground
for rejecting the union between Church and State.
It is a criticism rather than a didactic work.
The author has the best intentions, and his re-
marks are neatly and tersely written. The Doctor,
we are persuaded, will not like his antagonist,
and will wish that he had not brought on himself
such a castigation.

THE ART UNION, No. XI.
London, Longman, 18391
This is a monthly journal, bl. I 1 the same
form iet in
form as the " and devoted chiefly to
the fine arts. We always refer to its columns with
interest ; for the wed: is edited with great care and
skill, and preserves throughout its various discus-
sions, a of scrupulous impartiality. The pre-
Number contains, inter al/a, some sensible ob-
servations on the proposed Nelson Testimonial in
Trafalgar-square. We have been pleased also with
the biographical sketch of the late Douglas Cowper,
who, according to the writer, was an artist of great
promise, when he was so suddenly and prematurely
cut af at the age of twenty-two.

POLITICS AND BED-MAKERS !--A bed-maker
at Cambridge has been dismissed, and the Cambridge
Advertiecr appears to think (ve know not how justly)
that her dismissal by Mr. Crick, the President of St.
John's, has some sort of connection with the votes in
favour of Mr. Gibson, given by some of the bed-maker's
relations. The Cambridge Paper says, " Mr. Crick is
the individual who, at a Tory dinner in Suffolk a few
years since, distinguished himself by 0 boast that '
was born a Tory, 46)).,)). . sic
:‘ -.y forgetting dr.:. when first
born he ha" "'7 :tieas at all. His varliegt ideas were of
course of pap, and not of polities,