The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-09 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

A Visit to Mexico. By W. Parish Robertson.
2 vols. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.
The object of these volumes is announced to bet.
less to convey information than entertainraell_.
The reader will, however, find a happy conabin
tion of the useful and agreeable. The first voluta
describes the journey from London, through Car°of
peachy, to Mexico ; and the second, the cityw
Mexico, Real del Monte, and the return by Ali°
and Vera Cruz to England. The author Was, 'is
companied by his daughter, to whom the vrertus
dedicated. They encountered very temPestt_leeiv
weather on the outset, but were proceeding sat,',
to their destination when they struck on the .silo;
cranes—the reefs on which the Tweed had bee° er,
two years previously. All the passengers, helves:
escaped, with the loss of much property, and bavilibe'
of course, experienced great alarm. This volsw ;
only serious misfortune which befel the traveli__
for, though repeatedly threatened with robberne
they never encountered them. Once, indeed!...„
of the party engaged four or five suspicious 011,7;0
ters as an escort, thinking it safer to pal
moderately in the capacity of guards. •1e
al
Mr. Robertson visited Mexico in an officio „a,-
city, of which he gives an account in a closing c-ea
ter. He describes the different towns and scan
e 0
through which they passed, and the foreign
to whom they were introduced. He gives the/31{1ice
high characters, and remarks particularly 011.00
difference which he found between Auleribea,
society and what he had heard it desu'ot
and believed it to be. He considers
..ent
those who have attributed want of refille'o,
as the prevailing disadvantage of American Ainoti3
ners must have taken the portraits of a 500011'; at
class, and asserts that the " very amusing buco 5.
very highly polished" society to be met in a ple
mercial room" might as well be taken as a et,,-;nd
of English society. Several chapters in the_inoseri
volume are devoted to Mexican politics and det
statistics, and a report of the mines of WI ar
Monte. The author remarks how strange 'f the
pears to a visitor to see the natural riche! °
country, and recal the low state of its credit•.. dr
curious customs and processions in Lent ra eitl
scribed with much reality. A notice of n the
sights and public works gives an account e' is
origin of the College of the Biscayans. Tbreeeisegf
merchants of Mexico, who were born v twit
walking through the part of the town wherett,,
poor countrymen lived, were struck with 1""0
norance and neglected state of the children
us educate them," said one. " Bien" (goou1:1 the
each of the others. " I will put down, 57,60-);
first, " a hundred thousand dollars" (2° ~1:11;
" I will do the same," said the second ; "
said the third, and thus commenced the Li {ot
ficent establishment which is one of the
co.
ornaments of Mexico. The volumes will be ;,,c, io
to be full of entertainment, as well as possese-jiilg
no small degree the recommendation of pres
us with valuable information.

History of theßeformation of the Sixteenth ve tot
Vol. V. By J. Merle D'Aubigne. Trariehl
by H. White. Oliver and Boyd, Edirl'°
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.
This volume is entirely dedicated to this co u, bot
Those preceding it treated of the Continell."o
this one is solely confined to the Reformat
England. Hence it is peculiarly interestinadoi
I
lish readers. It goes back to the earliest 'oloir
our history ; it relates the establishment 0f,01,111
tianity, and the various changes that gnope.
took place before the final overthrow of the •'• foto
supremacy. It enters upon the question alot,
in all its branches—Papal reform, episcopal, real ,01
royal reform, legitimate reform. The fly
Wolsey is the concluding point, and it is uri. tot°
that three movements were from thenceforuu frao
dated—namely, the supremacy of the r,°Pe ite
wrested from him, the authority of ScrilouAtisoP
re-established, and the faith of the spiritual noli
was evidenced by the martyrs. It is vellof tl
observed that they were the true children i 4
Reformation. We must not seek its suppmet
the palaces, or the councils, but in the To
London, the prisons, the rack, and the stake.c,
" The purest Church is the Church under the •o
Henry VIII. was not the father of the Refornies its
England, as some have so falsely asserted—h
foredo
executioneer. The Church of England was wets/
to be in its restoration a Church of niartYrs., an 00'
father of this Church is our Father which is in hea

THE BURIAL OF THE DUKE OF WEL,,T. E....
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Take, for instance, the resplendent character:itioF
whom the nation, with the eyes of all other
upon it, so lately buried with reverent affectioa. seen;
I witnessed that great burial ; and methinks 1” elvt
of solemnity and grandeur rises again before els Ot
I can conceive nothing more calculated than shear
transcendent spectacle profoundly to affect the frile,4f
and the imagination of a philosophical beholder,;.,,teY:,
was to be seen the chivalry of the world shedol,"°,o °`,
round a mighty fellow-warrior's coffin, whieb;;elo,°
scending gently for ever from their eyes, amidst' ieeclill,v,(
melody, into the grave where the worm is 11°Wiltil>e,
sweetly upon all that was mortal of Arthur
/1
Wellington. While my tears fell, in coranlice obAlj
those of all present, including Royalty itse'„7ol,"pre
music pealed mournfully, dissolving the very 1,4'0;0
the gorgeous coroneted coffin finally disappeare dies d
arose before my mind's eye 'a kindred yet,t,nie re
scene—the vision of some pauper-burial, sl'i'Llt;Arf
rude, occurring, perhaps, at that very ro°111",,ofey";
burial of some aged forlorn beingt whose leo
stricken spirit was at length safely housedl/Ptty
weary are at rest ; the poor dust unattended!those whose duty was to bury it—without a "5..0101.0
out a tear—with no sound but a reverend voiee4o ty
gusty air ; and no prolonged ceremonial. In
eta e
of spirits both these might already 'have „"e ofdahto
warrior-statesman and the pauper, each avit'll Yot
different disposal of the dust he had left behili'n'este
are we equally unable to evade death, to et-eat,'-#1
disguise its true and awful character. One end 1:401
peneth to all. The word spoken -on- high) der
and mean are beside each other in the sam!,,,T's
with the same event before them.—Mr. W
lectual and Moral Development of the Present
* It was affecting to see the present Duke °fg fad
ton gently extend his hand to touch his illustrie se,
descending coffin. • led its
t At the remote village in which Lord age
buried, a friend of mine recently saw on a P.
register near that which contained an entry o.`
poet's burial, another thus :—" An old man, -
name unknown."

plate,l N A
weighing
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upwardsTATF:f 1:3 300
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Bristol,
eftr iucrae gi
u by order
John Wood, African merchant, and 'was 1 OOgPa P°
during the past week for the coast of Africa 'fli o°o3
Hope. The present consists of a silver hip 51)°
bath, most elaborately chased and ornar°Fabt,.,feet
standing between seven and eight feet in het
bath stands on a roll foot, ornamented with '4l, utile tte
the back chased with armorial bearings, wit-apelifOr
and unicorn as supporters. The elbow rests.,;oo fie)
elegantly chased scrolls. From the bath 'iotool,f
massive aid ornamental silver pillars, tulip lops `,l
foliage sockets, and supporting a flange°. 12 ga"" 011.
silver cistern, capable of holding 10 or 100141
water, ornamented with an edging of lotne„,he peel)
fluting, the whole richly chased in relief. lea
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very handsomely finished off with "'leo 6P-0,
handle. The curtains are of rich crimson ss, ins
atj
lined with oiled silk. The whole is enclose° od forin i 0
gany case, clipped with silver mountingsl,Booo,lll°
altogether a most unique article of vc°l:oed, m
silver. The cost of the article, we are informed,
-ert,
short of 1,0001.
TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION IN $
brokae•~nl
ot
Saturday night, about hall-past ten (7ellll°c.ll:l;fire:‘,
tended with a great destruction of properrY'R, sa,Jotr
in the premises belonging to Mr.
proprietor and turner in general, situate si.ts,
street, London-road, Southwark. The pd
tion covered an immense space of gr°°ll-'Ol 09' for 'be
erected a spacious mill, fitted up with co,s
stores Teti
adjoining which were timber-yards anathe place Ate
more valuable veneers, &c., deposited in; hhole. 'off
flitclicoe.in 1,0;00;
fire was first discovered by one of the neLgeposi eat De
Wicks, who resided almost immediate rods._ t ,
at once gave the alarm in the usual vlaclp'es.
for the aid of the engines and fire-e'ety's esei3rigeg
course of a few minutes the Royal So°l joidoo
rived, followed by the engines oft of voitecroopOo'it
and Weal of England Office. PlentYmobeth the
been procured from the mains of the It
ite of Jett,
the engines were set to work, but.
i,°,,ecorlc °ld secPtito
strenuous exertions of the firemen, 9,ololebe en 11(3
tion continued, and at length the fire of t
formidable appearance that nothing. short
demolition of every house near coinaliner the_73,
anticipated. The firemen, however,
_14,,,‘`.0
of Mr. Henderson, the chief officer cit.:: Notfoop
Hambleton the head engineer of
West °.,., as ,401
station ; and Mr. Connorton, of the orthlw feso-0t
raieetr the A
Office,_ exerted themselves most P o 10),, ali",t3cl'
length succeeded in getting the ra3s,Vo'cloe aestrNoi
element, but not before nearly Wel . es was ffereflept
until the major portion of the pre not the suriptenV
The origin of the fire, or whether °r
r. supe,,al,er tioo
insured, could not be learned• ;.°;'..eant voper°
Haynes, Inspector Cowlen,
great difficulty in keeping of the iv r'e,
tire J
of the firemen. The diree— ts 11,
VAUXHALL•BRIDG}E PIER.— v Iwo __boa ,sia
hall-bridge Company have rev' by steaT 3„d pet
moving the pier at which passengers
to euiba'rtisli t°
for several years been accustomed ,
being advised that it is calculated
the solidity of the fabric. a spaancedcleaeljr fort e voo,