The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-01 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

SKETCIIES IN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND,
AND ITALY.
These sketches, which aro dedicated by express per-
iniss!on to the Queen, are from the pencil of Prout, whose
arciptectural drawings are well-known for their pictu-
resque character, and the power of perspective they
evince, Phi: work before us contains not less than
twenty-six Plates, each of which is executed on stone,
and tinted by Mr. Prout himself. They furnish us with
a very correct idea of some of the most imposing cities
and structures of France, of the unequalled landscape
scenery of Switzerland, and of the hallowed and magni-
ficent ruins of ancient Italy. Among the cleverest of
the engravings we may mention the sketch of the " In-
terior of the Cathedral at Chartres," in which there are
some ably contrived groupes ; the " Porch of the Ca-
thedr4l at Lausanne ;" " Old Houses at Sion," whose
quaintly fashioned galleries and projecting roofs, erected
for the purpose of affording protection against snow-
storms, to the ravages of which they are constantly ex-
posed, have a truly striking effect ; and, last not least,
the " Interior of the Cathedral at Milan," so celebrated
for its superb, lofty pillars of marble, its magnificent
Great Altar, and its wonderful extent, of which the
artist has here conveyed a very vivid idea. To those who
have travellod.—and who has not—through France,
Switzerland, or Italy, this splendid work of art will recall
many pleasing recollections.

CHURCH MUSIC PROSTITUTED.—An Ecce
Pan is arranged to the prettiest airs of Be was per-
formed the other day in a church at Brussels, that goes by
t'ne grim denomination of Finis Terrm, much to the edifica-
tion of the hearers, the honour of Belgian taste, and the
credit of the music director, Snel, who pre,ided over a hun•
dred musicians. What will Catholics - and Protestants
permit next in church ?_Musical World.
HYDROPHOBIA.—About six weeks ago, as In-
spector Phelps, of the night police, was taking his rounds,
he heard the howling of a dog in a vault, which was in a
state of preparation for a new weighing-machine, in Carter-
gqte, Nottingham. Prompted by motives of humanity, he
descended to relieve it from its perilous situation ; on tak-
ing it in his arms, the animal flew at the Inspector's face,
cod inflicted a severe wound ; he dropped the dog, and had
the wound cauterised, since which, it gradually healed.
Last Monday night, as Phelps was taking his rounds, he
came in contact. with a broken water-pipe, from which the
water was bubbling : on observing it, he was immediately
seiz-d with a convulsive fc cling, the sure forerunner of that
dreaded 'disease, hydrophobia. After recovering
himself, he left his duty, and went home : the best medical
aid eras sent for, and they immediately pronounced that he
was affected with that fatal malady. The following day
most of the medical men of the town were in attendance ;
but hit; sufferings increased, and not the slightest hopes of
his recovery were held out. He died at half-past eleven
on Tuesday night, in the greatest agony. He has left a
~p'e and eight children totally unprovided for, and was very
—Nottinyharn Review._
irtuc h reFp3cted.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—On Thursday, a
C,w3mission cf Lunacy was opened before Commissioners
railiirnore, Winslow, and West, at the Bedford Arms,
Camden-town, to inquire into the state of mind of niciame
Sophia de Chastenay, residing r,t No. 31, Mornington-
She was a native of France, but had resided in this

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1 Country for upwards of tlurty years. She was upwards of
i sixty years of age, and her property consisted of between
3,00e1 and 6
0001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, 300/.
In her banker's hands, and an interest in some estates in Ja-
* imiica. About the latter end of July last, a change came
ever the lady, and she became debilitated in person, and
l *laboured under increasing and unvarying delusions of
mind. She fancied that she would be put into prison in
consequence of her extreme poverty, and such an effect had
this delusion upon her, that she attempted to strangle her-
!self, and would have done so but for the interference of her
protege, Mr. Frederick Smith. In the course of the fol-
lowing week she made no less than five different attempts
to LAe away her life, and upon one occasion, when asked
what she would have for breakfast, she said, " Oh, I can't
afford any breakfast." Upon another occasion she spoke
i of being entirely dependent on the charity of her nurse,
i avid also fancied that nauseous liquids were put into her
,food. Verdict, " That Madame Sophia de Chastenay had
"e" of unsound mind since the 29th cf July, 1838."
i Oit Saturday Mr. Rennie, Chairman of the
, Meeting at which the Anti-Coal Monopoly Association
r. formed, along with the Provisional Secretary, had an
I 1 Intedrview with the Lord Mayor, to learn his Lordship's
Pati,eil•rsure as to receiving a numerous deputation with an
,d dress cf thanks for his Lordship's " great, unwearied,
avid unparalleled
. , .11e1Cd exertions in putting down the Coal Me-
i n -4.)°)Y," When his Lordship appointed next Friday, at two
o'cloc,.k.
We announced some time since that it was
in-
tendcde Government to establish a geological mu-
s 'urn ; and alillerurh we refrain from a full exposition of the
;übj...ct until the final arrangements are concluded, we may
statZthrot s;r. Richarda,
and Phillips, ,
F. a
' - etihator-d the Museum
may S., has been appointed
eyen
safely
mad add that no bet-
ter ielcotifin cott!cl possibly have b
L,rl of Norlury has arrived .
The in Brighton.
We understand/flat his Lordship received, previously to
. _... _ . ,
.bikdeoirifte So,' , Ireland, many threatening letters, so
147: ~:wfailff ..em one murder is not sufficient for the
. ' ~,.. J,,, yin the world."—Brighton Gazette.
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