The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-01 00:00:00

:em:On among the most distinguished of his literary Con-
poraries. Such exertions, if continued, without
::with ermissicm must eventually, and ere long, be crowned
_ success. His aprearance this Month will not
coffer I,
dilap-Y a contrast with the proudest of his
t!ers for the hztilur of a kind reception by
Magazine-reading world_a world, be it known,
kee•L
...1 more extensive and powerful than is . gene:,
ra',l • .
Y imagined I.fy
} hoary Politicians. " City Sketches,
jy an old citizen, 'would not discredit the genius
o.f Boz.
:sketches of City
11 fact, we Dave read few more amusing
Tatritrxonial rife than Mr. Drinkwater Cobb's
advr.mtures. The remarks on the " Count
the Soegur's i,ife and Writings," to which a portrait of
new '''es'n is prefixed, are just ; but they are neither
i:tw„ll°',: startling. " The French Poets and Novel-
To'44l,is an able review of the style and moral
'uency of the modern light literature of France.
a-.ie writer thoroughly understood his subject, and,
sa consequence, produced a paper intelligible
interesting to the merest English reader. The
literary notices are very numerous, and written with
rsiderable care. We had almost forgot to mention
014% 11°11e of the articles are excessively long—indeed
aauevary :n.'tgest may be read with ease at a sitting—a great
&age Zifle literatuto the majority of the lovers of Maga-
re.

.1771-E .11E TR 0 P OLITAN MAGAZINE.
Su ne Metropolitan has come out to-day, robed in its
"-llner dress and redolent of the sweetest flowers of
'plain, as well as stored with more substantial articles in
prose. It is an excellent Number. " Montgo-
tinaekm's
Lecture on the British Poets" appropriately
ei
a e. 3 the lead. Nothing can be finer than his appre-
vritthi" nr more just ,than his views. We fully concur
to him on the subject of that lamentable indifference
r etry Which
atic characterises the present social stage,
66 t, Wit him also we indulge in the conviction that
lest Ile neglect of poetical reading among us" cannot
the
for
ever. The " Parliamentary Portraits," by
e e author of " Random Recollections," are fairly
tna,ll drawn, and will form the not least at-
er-e"ve part of the Number to general readers.
co Alarryat enriches the present Number with a
eisnti,nuation of his Snarley-you, which, like everything
e that leaps into life from his prolific pen, is some-
pr more than a mere tale of and for the day—his
4uctions are not the ephemeral creation of an ordi-
th4rY writer. Ile addresses himself to the many, and
VV many reward him with their enduring attachment.
tiete regret that we cannot notice the several papers in
th ail, and are compelled, by want of space, to speak
in genelly of a number, by no means inferior either
interest
r" or power to any of its precursors.
th hout the whole Number spirit and sense,
4,l"ghtg and wit, are abundantly sprinkled. - There is
prop xcellent variety in it—something to please all
tast`:!s and well constituted minds. The, gay
the the grave, the imaginative and the common-place,
arnTiriled and the saturnine, the wise and the witty,
soul '4 Invited to the Metropolitan May-feast, where
fi
uvra and reason wisely revels.

t 4 b 4
o. Marchant, the driver of the Defiance coach
waving
I'chester, and keeper of the New Inn Tap at Abingdon,
l'tedbad a sum of money left him a short time since, depo-
three hundred sovereigns, part of it in a tea caddy, which
hiesl3:LrPose_d placing out at interest. On Monday se'nnight
that Fife saw that the money was safe, but in. the evening._ 0!
t that
it discovered, to the inexpressible grief of the
No. was
bt. 1 People, that the tea caddy and its contents had dis.ap-
alared• Immediate inquiry was entered into, but notwith-
Caild,ilt• the vigilance of the police, we regret to say that the
l',. Lt'eas perpetrators of this robbery have as yet eluded pub-
Isustice. Devizes Gazette.
CCisEarl of Durham is expected to return to this
Country by the 30th instant, and his Lordship's mansion
in
,leveland-row is accordingly in a state of prep
_arationfor_his
t:eeption. Mr. Milbanke, Secretary of Legation at re-
-I.4btirgil will be accredited Charge d'Affaires at the Imperial
curt during his absence. The Countess of Durham and the
/1114' Viscount Lambton will accompany the Noble Earl. .
4 by a return, just made, of the fees and gratuities
The:lauded and received by the officers of the House of Com-
tiohnB, in relation to the trial of the last Dublin Election Peti-
al-,;' we find that these taxes alone form an amount so enor-
all l'is ta both petitioners and sitting members, as must deter
snaitesl°l4, not sustained by party treasuries or hereditary do-
seir , Irons either opposing a false return or defending a
from the The total fees demanded by the officers of the
.House.
Al Ember `a° petitioners amount to 5541. 9s. 6d ; from the sitting
washers 494/. 11S. —Bucks Gazette.
04
41 Tuesday morning Mr. John Cullimore, of Bid-
'list"; committed suicide by hanging himself in a barn.
he
heaudnf.or.tunate genteman laboured under a monomania that
Isithh taSured his Palmily in their fortune, which was totally
ut foundation —Devizes Gazette.
-the • • .
line w anniversary dinner of the Literary Fund Society,
v. edeesday next, promises to be more than usually attraed-
The Lord Mayor, Lords Canterbury, Morpeth, an
hd Scenic (who have expressed their intention of being present)
Greatt" long list of distinguished stewards. The poets of
je ts Britain will be represented by Mr. T. Moore, the drama
seelle.e Person of Mr. C. Kemble, and several influential gentle-
this 'rile City will also attend, to promote the interests of
40'4 7c cellent and widely beneficial institution.
to istance of four miles from Chesterfield, upon
tho f 0,44 road, a grand natural curiosity presents itself, in
every ;41 of a large rock, springing from the earth, which in.
teal i,',."Pect bears the resemblance of a toad, when that aril-
Partieur a sitting position. This extraordinary production. is
°ite% rY noticed by the passing traveller, as a singular
ending It retains the appellation of the toadstone by the sur-
is 4g easantry.—Doneaster Gazette.
.Lt p
.
tends RESENTATION OP IPSWICII.—Mr. Wason in-
tious !) Move for a criminal information against the pugna.-
friend tittle gentleman Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, and by placing his
Clatehs Cook, Dasent, Sparrowe, Pilgrim, Clipperton, Finch,
these v.Latici Bond, in the witness-box, to endeavour to prove
Isilie}Citements he has made- respecting him ; but the truth of
apt a. .r. Kelly denies. In Mr. O'Malley Mr. Kelly has an.
bee, 18eiPle--the pupil follows closely in the footsteps of his
thetatha Itrzible preceptor. It is not to be wondered at, therefore,
e„has also defied Mr. Wason to mortal combat, more
PL'Y as the Learned Gentleman has declared that " in
af these of Mr. Kelly's intellect, his own has grown." Both
anti ese chivalrous, by courtesy, gentlemen appear to have an
calisPatltllY to any other report of the explanation they are
rel,-`suPan to make, than such as would proceed from the har-
tp,: of their pistols ; and, no doubt, they arc heartily cha-
that Mr. Wason chooses to adopt another course. To
1,4' Wason's indefatigable perseverance is mainly to be awl-
s hed the Success of ridding the town of two such false repre.-
des-t4tives as Mr. Kelly and Mr. Dundas—to him the credit is
s ° of having exposed the horrible system of bribery and cor-
lePtion, practiced by their electioneering agents, whom he.
tj°l4ght to condign punishment—and hence arises all this
°ad-thirsty spirit.—Sufirelk Chronicle.
ti, On Friday morning Mr. M. de la Taste, of the firm
iii 14 la Taste and Wright, of the Royal-square, Jersey, cut
,a throat in an outhouse, soon after which the unfortunate
0141r,ritlernati was discovered, and a medical man sewed up the
; but he only survived a few hours. At the inquest,
6.(' lame evening, it was proved that the accession of business
to pre the death of an uncle had produced so much anxiety as
I,4)r°3' upon his mind, and cause a deep depression of spirits.
.1,7 t, Temporary insanity."—Jersey Argus..
aii,it:lC loss amongst the flocks in the vicinity of Kes-
lute ,_ Slid other mountainous parts of this county, from abso-
et,. tileger and starvation, is truly dreadful and ruinous to thef
4 v_tipiers of sbeep farms. In some instances, out of flocks o
see7asand in number, four hundred have died of the incle-.
ie_Y of the weather and want of food.—Cumberland Pacquet
)9 etnediately after the passing of the Reform Bill
8,14 catch counties were in the hands of the Whigs; at pre-
'444o out of that number are represented by Conservative
iasu"; et% and gistr for several of the others will
2 a similar result at a future election.—Scottish Standard.
Joseph Barnes, a respectable farmer at Aikton,
great sufferer by thefailure
;t4Ilthlt:11:
sCarlisle, in whose hands he had a very large deposit
eos
tier s _.
• res• as their stoppage, was taken in execution for a
ke"rtble sum of money, and put into Carlisle gaol. The
MechtNta, whose honesty was proverbial, has had his mind so
tvitilst !lePressed by his situation, that on Thursday morning,
rase,. from a state of great excitement, he cut his throat witha
.... i; rinin which he died before assistance could be procured.
it 'fluerland Packet.
l'a FOU4AISGATt--Thie inhabitants of this town will
4Pproauet.among the foremost in testifying their joy oil
.the
4re se„Llng birthday of the Princess Victoria. Preparations
d king for a splendid dinner at the Albion Hotel on that
ti5OYO) nil various other modes of rejoicing' are in contempla-
athe,s•
_At Brous
a bullock is to be roasted, and, with
Arates of good cheer, given to the poor.
linos
07Presentation, founded on the separate confes-
seet t Lord
Denver murderers; Smith and Timms, has been
Oat 4:t '''°rd John Russell in favour of Varnham, who appears
tboes,hilallY to have been concerned in the diabolical act, al-
dossi7 an accessary after the fact • and a reprieve was sent
411)% " l'hursdaY• Smith and Timms will be executed to-
ot the A curious mistake occurred last Saturday; the people
Plae, 11,eighborhood, thinking the execution would then take
Illso ss flocked in crowds into the town ; and one printer, who.
speeches under the same mistake, printed their last dying
apise , giving
itrallee at th detailed account of their words, actions, an
e execution.—Norfolk Chronicle.