The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1838.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 11.—In Harbour—The Britannia, 120, flag ship ;
victory, 104, ordinary guard ship ; Excellent, Gunnery ship ; Panta-
loon, 10 ; Medea, steam vessel, and. the Tenders, Fanny, Emerald, and
Gossamer.
In the Basin—The Arrow cutter, for the Falkland Islands, and the
Termagant gun-brig for the coast of Africa.
In Dock—The lloyal George yacht.
At Spithead—The Bellerophon, 04, for Plymouth, and the Mediter-
ranean; the Modeste, 16, for particular service, and the Cruizer, 16, for
the Cape of Good Hope and East Indies.
Arrivals, sailings, &c. during the week—On Sunday the Gth, sailed
the Andromache, with part of the 24th Reuiment for Canada, having
first saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Bouverie. On Tuesday, the Bel.
lerophon, went out of Harbour, saluting the flag of the Rear-Admiral.
On Wednesday, the Medea, steam vessel, arrived from the eastward, to
embark the remainder of the 24th for Canada.

On Tuesday evening, Admiral Sir. P. C. H. Durham, G.C.8., Corn-
ander-in-Chief, returned
.from. his temporary leave of absence, and
wander-in-Chief,
hoisted his flag in the Britannia. On. the same day, the following
young-Gentlemen passed their Examinations at the Royal Naval Col-
jeee Mr. Grenville, H. Wood, Mr. George D. Keane, and Mr. Francis
Henry C. Toby, all of the Bellerophon ; Mr. Wm. B. de
Martin, all of the Portland; Mr. Wm. Haswell, Mr. Isaac N. T. Satt-
f the Volage ; Mr. Robert W. Clark, unemployed; Mr.
ICBehizaa'qarul:ids'lr.rre o.Luckraft, of the, Hercules, and the Hon. Charles Elliot, of
the Royal George yacht. Ihe Bellerophon was paid to-day, and will
sail on Sunday next; the Modeste, has been also ordered to prepare for
immediate service, supposed for Lisbon. The Marines gave a dinner
yesterday to Lord George Lennox, when a piece of plate value 300
guineas, was presented to him, for his able advocacy of their cause in the
House of Commons.

Mr. BULWER, ,
S NEW NOVEL.—WC rose from the
perusal of " Ernest Maltravers" with so profound a feeling of admira-
tion and delight, that we looked forward with impatience for the appear-
ance of the
promised sequel to that powerful work, nor have our antici-
pations been in the slightest degree disappointed. A deep study of
the great volume of human life has enabled Mr. Bulwer to conceive
with judgment what his long practice has enabled him to execute with
ability. There is a completeness, a certainty, in his pictures which at
once strike our admiration and challenge our scrutiny. The incidents
are woven from every-day life, the political intrigues which are still rife
in our recollecnens ; the interests, the passions, the follies of the passing
hour are skillfully made available to the purposes of fiction, and over
all is flung the solemn hues of a high and mystic philosophy, which in-
vest them with the shadowy grandeur and religious gloom of the Greek
drama. In this work Mr. Bulwer has certainly taken the highest
step he has yet attained in his ascent to that perfection at which he
aims. Alice, or the mysteries, will be as
popular as its predecessor.--
Monthly Review.
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF IRISH LIFE.--
Mrs. Hall, in her preface to this new and interesting work, very empha.
tically states, that the main object of her labours has been to make "the
character of the Irish more extensively known and better understood ;
to excite a generous sympathy for their sufferings, a kind indulgence
towards their faults, end a just appreciation of their virtues;" and she
has certainly introduced them to the English in such a manner as greatly
to achieve the object she had in view. Her descriptions of their habits
and manners are graphic and real, her incidents always striking, and
her illustrative stories interesting in the highest degree. The wide
popularity which Mr. Hall's writings have obtained will surprise no one
who reads them; none have more successfully written with a view to
place the character of the Irish in the most advantageous light in which
the English can view it; and no one better merits the thanks of both
ecuntries, for to both it is daily becoming more and more essential, that
each shall think well s.f the other.

On Saturday a young man named Clark, a weaver,
and teacher amongst the General Baptists, picked up a purse which he
saw contained a large quantity of bank-notes. Without examining the
contents he asked a gentleman walking with a lady through the market
whether he had lost anything ; the gentleman felt with some anxiety in
his pocket, and found that his purse, containing 6,0001. in notes, was
gone, on which the young man restored it to him. The gentleman
asked Clark how he could serve him, but he refused to accept money, on
which the gentleman went to the booksellers and purchased for him a
Argo quantity of books.—Halefax Express.