The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-18 00:00:00

THE NAVAL KEEPSAKE.

Co!burn, London, 1837. *
We have here another " Life of Nelson," from thi
pen of the Old Sailor, to whom the public is inclebte al
f
for many interesting tales and sketches illustrativees,
naval characters and customs. The biography is A6ll
ten with great spirit ; is full of entertaining anecdote:,
especially as regards the earlier portion of Nelson
life; and, so far as we can judge from a somewhat
hasty perusal, is rigidly accurate in its details. In the
account of the immortal battle of Trafalgar, which pa,
ralyzed the naval powers of France and Spain, Lila
Old Sailor puts forth all his skill and energy ; we nee
.
scarcely add, therefore, that he is successful in hi,
;
efforts. in fact, we may say with justice that 11!
description of the memorable action off Trafalgall
the best we have yet seen, with the exception f
Southey s, which last is the most impressive thing °,
the sort in the language. The volume is embellish.e;
with several engravings and maps or charts of the al
ferent battles in which Nelson was engaged.

FINE ARTS.

RYALL'S CONSERVATIVE PORTRAITS

No. VI.

Fraser, London, 1837.
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This part contains portraits of Earl de Grey, ' I,'.°
.g
Forbes, and Sir Robert Inglis, each of which If
finished in a very masterly style. The memoirs °,
these distinguished Tories which accompany the rot
trait are remarkable for their correctness, and freed°
from anything like undue flattery.

We have much pleasure in stating that his goy
Highness the Duke of Sussex, the invariable and leal°,h-e'l
supporter of every benevolent institution, as well as ro
ardent cultivator and friend of science, has consented
become the patron of the Newspaper Press BenevT teh-es
Association. For this exalted patronage the friends 0' —is
Society, and the members, are indebted to Mr. Racnsb°tt°-
the Member for Windsor. It is confidently expected 03,
his Royal Highness will be able to prevail on her Maiestl

to become the patroness of the institution.
0.
Yesterday morning, between twelve and one Ir,
dreadful fire broke out in the lower part of the house of n't,
Nixie, oil and colourman, Glasshouse-street, Regent-strge
`Westminster. The fire was first discovered by the P.%1-00
man on duty, who, with the assistance of persons possll3Ul
the time, broke open the shutters, when the flames Ns"'
out with terrific violence. In a few minutes the CO d,
Chandos-street, Golden-square, and other engines arrireer
but no water could be procured for twenty minutes eft's,.
the outbreak of the fire, during which time the raging em
meet had extended to the upper part of the house' alf
one o'clock the whole building was in flames, but a 5u14.5..
of water having by this time been obtained, and moreby
sistance arrived, the fire was fortunately extinguished
two o'clock, and the adjoining houses saved from that_e.%
struction which was at one time considered
Only one person was in the house when the fire broke
but he fortunately escaped the fury of the devour
l"
element. wit'
An exceedingly brilliant aurora borealis was er
nessed in Paris on Tuesday evening. The coruscations 08
tended from N.W. to S.E., reaching almost as high °via§
zenith, and were of an unusually vivid red colour. It to
visible from a little before ten o'clock to about a qua'''r
eleven.
lady 0
Several months ago the parents of a young -c- her
Tours, Mademoiselle B—, were extremely 'urgent jecfrotel
marrying a cousin of the same name ; but having she
an attachment to another gentleman, she declared thabr_e
would rather die first, or enter a convent. This alte.hey
tive being refused her, she eloped with her lover, b !ettbe,
inevitabolet,
were overtaken, and the fugitive maid brought baek,otrsib
paternal mansion, and afterwards kept in a convent oyer
weeks. At the end of this period, appearing to bated to
come by the importunities of her parents, she consek niece
give her band to her cousin, and their marriage too rot/
in due form before the civil magistrate. The weddingr rem
returned to the house of the bride's parents now
previous
&
sorting to the church for the nuptial benediction. nigger)!
this short interval the young lady disappeared,
ad
till the
search and inquiry for her was completely baffle, le o,oo'
7th instant, when the disconsolate bridegroom,
ad his
Bering on the heights which command the Loire, L 0 vier
attention attracted by a crowd collected on the bani7s,roued
the steamer from the Upper Loire, which had gotnetrati4
on the sands of St. Pierre-des-Corps. 11"/ P,erted host
are the eyes of Love and Jealousy ! Our desi
eace
band from this distance descried on the deck °.
his lost fair, and by her side the destroyer of l!leacPened to
the garb of a sailor. With all speed M. 13--;
IS mere
the Commissary of Police, who, with two 01 icr toe re,
dons, got into a small boat, and without loss _ after,
bo
They
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turned with the two fugitives in custody. the hntla
wards sent to Tours, where no doubt their▪ roinor ?oho•
finally wound up in the Tribunal of Correctional
Galignani's iliessenger. saa-p of glehe
On Wednesday last, during the Pas 10.-
otjogne, I. by
`asses Witch steamer, of this port, from stoic:rev
pgers, when about half seas over she was_dder °
the r" ate
a heavy sea, which acting powerfully 00 who vi°s
1 ret
powered the Captain, Williatn HaYwnru;t_:l we reg ori`rY
ing at the time, throwing him down, tea state
state, unfortunately broke his arm, occael▪
7'apppy to
alarm among the passengers.
Captain Hayward is doing well.—NDVoevear Chronicle'