The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-10 00:00:00

IRELAND AND ITS ECONOMY.-LONDON, MO.

Mr. Bicheno, the avowed author of the pre-
sent volume, has brought to his task of compo-
sition a mind keen, inquisitive, restless, and
eagerly desirous of truth. I lence his present
treatise on Ireland, and its various natural and
artificial productions, may be received with no
little confidence—a recommendation which is
the greater and more valuable, insomuch as it
can seldom be applied to works which, whether
directly or indirectly, profess to treat of the sister
island. So far as we have beeh able to perceive,
from a hasty inspection of the work, Mr. Bicheno
leans unduly neither to the side of Catholic or
Protestant. Both parties receive fair play at his
hands. On the opinions of the former with re-
gard to the Union, Mr. Bicheno remarks as
follows :

" The English public probably imagine that the priests
are unfavourable to the Union now it is paned, and that
theyjoin with certain political leaders in opposing it. It
would be somewhat singular if I should have alighted
upon those only who took the opposite view ; but, with
hardly an exception, I found them unanimous in its favour.
Their choice is not between representatives acquainted
with the state of the country, disposed and able to assist
it, and others who are ignorant and regardless of her in-
terests ; but between a gentry violent, prejudiced, without
nationality, and a great part aristocratic neither by birth,
fortune, or feelings ; and the English Parliament, which i
if t be less interested is less prejudiced, and which has the
Power to execute what it resolves. Indeed, it would
argue a short-sightedness, equal to that which is affected
bY a modern beau, to prefer the government of the Irish
proprietary to that of England. The priests know full
well to whom they are indebted for the late act of justice ;
and the prelates are too enlightened, and some of them too
secular, to join in an outcry against an arrangement so
beneficial to the pecuniary interests of the people."

DIVINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

LONDON, 1530.

- This work, the first volume of which now lies
before us, bids fair to become one of the most
Popular, as it is decidedly one of the most
valuable productions of the present day. It is
a re-publication of the discourses of Bishop
Sherlock, one of the most eminent and en-
lightened writers that ever lent dignity to the
Episcopal mitre. No divine, no student, nay,
no gentleman, should be without it. We ear-
nestly hope Mr. Valpy will follow up his plan of
re-publishing, from time to time, the best pro-
ductions of our best divinity writers. No work
is at present more needed, and more likely to
secure at once the extensive circulation that it
deserves. What reader vk ho delights in the en-
chantments of style, and is imbued with the
genuine spirit of piety, will not derive abundant
satisfaction from the re-publication of the works
of Jeremy Taylorin a cheap and convenient form ?

MAUDE'S TRAVELLER'S LAY. L --oNnos, 1830.
A very respectable composition, neither soar-
ing above nor sinking beneath the dead dull level
of mediocrity, elegant in versification, correct is

imagery, and irreproachable in sentiment. It is
precisely such a work as Lords usually write
when they condescend to turn poetasters.

•A TREATISE ON DEFORMITIES.—Loxnow, 1830.
There is much sound sense and information,
the result evidently of long experience with the
subject under discusssion, in this unassuming
little treatise. Mr. Beale, surgeon, is the author,
cand in every page shows himself the man of
science and of judgment. The work is illus-
trated with appropriate plates.

VILLA AND COTTAGE FLORIST'S DICTIONARY.
LONDON, 1830.
. .
A very useful work of a wholly practical ells-
'meter, well digested and condensed in point of
'information, simple;.and concise in its directions

for the preservation of hot-house plants, fruits,
and flowers, and interspersed here and there with
curious anecdotes of natural history. The hook
consists of one volume duodecimo, is cheap in
price, and of a convenient portable size. its
printing is remarkably correct and elegant.

LADIES' BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE
REFORMATION OF FEMALE PRISONERS.

The annual meeting of this Society was held on
Friday last, at the Friends' Meeting-house, in St.
Martin's-lane. The assembly was principally com-
posed of ladies.
The following is the substance of the report,
which was read by Miss ROBARTS, the secretary.
It commenced by stating that the different asso-
ciations with which the Society was connected con-
tinned
their exertions, and many of them with en-
couraging success. It recognized the kind attention
paid by several Magistrates to the suggestions made
for the improvement of prisoners, especially in regard
to female turnkeys. There was now scarcely a
county gaol without them, but it was to be regretted
that many of the city and borough gaols had none.
It then stated that the situation of the female trans-
ports, in New South Wales, was much improved,a
Ladies' Committee was in existence there, and the
Governor bad issued orders that a portion of the
time of those female convicts who behaved well
should be remitted. The convicts who had em-
harked from England and Ireland during the year
had received the accustomed attention. Associations
of ladies were formed and making progress abroad,
in Geneva, Basle, Berlin, Potsdam, Dusseldorf,
Cleves, Petersburgh, and Turin ; and at home,
at Edinburgh, Bristol, Chester, Colchester, Derby,
Durham, Bodmin, Exeter, Kendal, Norwich,
Plymouth, Sheffield, Yoik, and Yarmouth ; in all
of which places the ladies had relieved the wants of
the prisoners, given them suitable instruction,
watched for them after their departure from prison,
and in many instances had the satisfaction to wit-
ness a decided reformation of character. The Com-
mittee of Newgate was still persevering, and took
cognizance also of Giltspur-street Compter, White-
cross-street Prison, and the Borough Compter.
Upon the whole the Committee had reason to re-
joice in the success they had experienced ; and
though not so great as they could wish, it was suffi-
cient to stimulate them to continued exertions. The
Westminster Asylum, an institution in connection
with this Society, was established for the benefit of
three classes of females—first, those who had com-
mitted minor offences and been punished by the loss
of their situations, or otherwise ; of these, 21 had
been received into the Asylum, and 15 of them were
known to be doing well. The second class was com-
posed of the ignorant and idle; some of whom had,
under the care of the Institution, acquired habits
which placed them on a par with those who had begun
life under different auspices. The third class were
those who had deviated from the path of virtue,
but had not been in the habit of prostitution ; four
persons of this description were now, and had been,
in superior situations, one for three years, the others
nearly two, and evinced genuine gratitude for the
care bestowed upon them. Only two instances of
failure had occurred in this branch of the Society's
undertakings. The House of Discipline or School
of Reform at Chelsea was another brands of this
Society, intended for the care of female children,
from the age of seven to thirteen years, whose minds
having been contaminated by early guilt, needed to
be placed under strict discipline and wholesome re-
straint. In the past year six girls had gone to ser-
vice, five were restored to their friends, one sent to
the Refuge for the Destitute, and 14 had been re-
ceived. There were at present 33 in the house, and
75 had been received since the opening of the school
in 1825. The Committee regretted to state that
the funds of the Society were not in a very prospe-
rous condition. -
Mrs. E. FBA', Miss E. DUDLEY, and other ladies,
addressed the meeting in favour and support of the
Society. Mrs. Fry spoke particularly of the neces-
sity and duty of females to attend those of their own
sex, as none were more fitted to enter into their
feelings, to sooth their minds under affliction, and
to reclaim them from the paths of dishonesty and
vice. She dwelt at great length on the wretched
state of the debtors' prisons in various parts of the
country, and the deplorable condition of their in-
mates, who were wasting away their lives under
the appalling influence of want, ignorance, and de-
spondency. She concluded by calling upon her fair
colleagues to persevere, and by inviting others to
join in striving to alleviate the wretchedness of the
prisoner, and to check the progress of the young
ransgressor.