The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-17 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

SCOTLAND.
Virtue, London, 1837.
We have here a series of views, accompanied by brief
literary illustrations, of some of the most picturesque scenes
in Scotland, which have been taken on the spot, by Allom,
expressly for this work. Many of the views are exquisitely
beautiful—such, for instance, as the Pass of the Trossachs,
Loch Katrine—lnverary Castle, which with its gleaming
woods, spreading lawns, and broad, sunny waters might be
mistaken for a scene in fairy-land—Benlomond, from In-
verglass—and, above all, the Vale of Glencoe, which is as
wild and romantic a landscape as Ossian ever conjured up.
The volume contains not less than twenty-six views, all
of which have been engraved by, or under the immediate di-
rection of, that skilful and practised artist, Robert Wallis.
The literary portion of the work contains some interesting
and, to us novel, Border anecdotes.

The Earl and Countess of Munster and family are
expected to leave for Brighton on Monday next.
After six years' existence, and perhaps provoked by
the recent inquiry of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons, the Commissioners on Public Records have at last re-
ported to his Majesty. The worth of the Report may be esti-
mated by the fact, that the names of the Speaker, Lords Lang-
dale and Aberdeen, Lord J. Russell, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Edward Protheroe, Esq., are not subscribed
with those of the other Commissioners.

PICCIOLA ; OR CAPTIVITY CApTivE.---The
very soul of poetry breathes through this little romance. But
the author of " Picciola" is a visionary, whose dreams are ma-
nifestly the result of a happy and wholesome frame of mind,
not frantic slumbers haunted by nightmare and diabolism..
Lowly and unpresuming as is the heroine of his tale, she has
a claim to the protection of the wise and good ; and we defy,
says the translator, the hardest-hearted of critics to set his
foot upon the humble neck of " Picciola."

Mn. BURKE'S NEW AND IMPROVED PEERAGE
AND BARONETAGE will be published on Thursday next, by
Mr. Colburn. It will exhibit a most unique specimen of the
printing art, the whole being comprised in one volume. The
numerous additions and improvements made in the literary
part of the work, many of which are now for the first time.
introduced, together with the engravings of the arms, incor-
porated, on the new plan, with the text, will' also render it
beyond question the most valuable manual for the nobility
ever produced.

General Lord Hill, as Commander-in-Chief, held
a levee yesterday, the first since the brevet promotion, at his
office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by General
Maitland, General Maclean, General Mitchell, General Bon-
ham, Lieutenant-General Ramsay, Lieutenant. General O'Cal-
laghan, Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Brooke, Lieutenant-
General Mawby, Major- General Walton, Major-General
Caldwell, Sir Geo. Schovell, and a great number of other
officers.

The Countess of Surrey and family have arrived in
town from Littlehampton.
Amongst the important news contained in a coun-
try paper last Saturday is the announcement that " Mr.
Payne has paid a visit to Chesterfield during the week, to rec-
tify the defects of the clock."
A bankrupt, who came to this city a few days ago,
to pass his examination, charged in his balance-sheet 351. for
treating commercial travellers he did business with during the
last 12 months I—Bristol Mercury.
A calculation was made on Friday that fully one
third of the population of the French capital were suffering
from influenza. Not a single death from the malady, had,
however, yet occurred.
Lord De Roos is said to be now on his route to
Germany, and intends, it is said, to sojourn some time at
Stutgard, where his sisters, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Wellesley,
formerly maid of honour to the Queen, and Hon. Mrs. John
Boyle (married to a son of the Earl of Cork), are residing;
the Hon. Mr. Wellesley being Secretary of Legation to Sir
George Shce's embassy in that capital.

SUITES OF EAR-RINGS, NECKLACE, AND
BROOCH.—A variety in the latest taste, varying in price from
101. to 201. the Suite, are arranged in the upper Show Room for
selection. They consist of Pearls and other real Gems, Amethyst,
Topaz, and other stones.
T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker,
47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—A Pamphlet, containing a List of
the Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be
had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application.
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