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

LITERATURE.

A Visit to Mexico. By W. Parish Robertson. IP
2 vols. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.
The object of these volumes is announced to f,
less to convey information than entertain boa.
The reader will, however, find a happy comb° 0
tion of the useful and agreeable. The first voltol
describes the journey from London, through .C 41130,.
peachy, to Mexico ; and the second, the city
Mexico, Real del Monte, and the return by -A-rivac.
and Vera Cruz to England. The author vros,is
companied by his daughter, to whom the wor'us
dedicated. They encountered very ternpesttifelf
weather on the outset, but were proceeding 713',
to their destination when they struck on the lost
cranes—the reefs on which the Tweed had beeo er
two years previously. All the passengers, hoc,el4,
escaped, with the loss of much property, and the
of of course, experienced great alarm. This W ors;
only serious misfortune which befel the trave.rs,
for, though repeatedly threatened with r°h:2,3o
they never encountered them. Once, indeed'
of the party engaged four or five suspicious °boo
tern as an escort, thinking it safer to PO

moderately in the capacity of guards.
Mr. Robertson visited Mexico in an official esl,r;
city, of which he gives an account in a closing ei'e;i
ter. He describes the different towns and 01105
through which they passed, and the foreign ail
to whom they were introduced. He gives theftlie
high characters, and remarks particularly
difference . which he found between Aeleb-etl,
society and what he had heard it deserlot
and believed it to be. He considers „ient
those who have attributed want of refillenwio.
as the prevailing disadvantage of American A7OO
ners must have taken the portraits of a secen'flot
class, and asserts that the " very amusing 13°,0"
very highly polished" society to be met in a tale,
mercial room" might as well be taken as a 'AO
of English society. Several chapters in the_;ts-
ind
volume are devoted to Mexican politics and
statistics, and a report of the mines of Fel Ar
Monte. The author remarks how strange lobe
pears to a visitor to see the natural riches ° The
country, and recal the low state of its credit. de.
curious customs and processions in Lent are ° eiti
scribed with much reality. A notice of t'ef the
sights and public works gives an account e' rich
origin of the College of the Biscayans. Thrue°os')
merchants of Mexico, who were born in Pitbeic
walking through the part of the town wilereA,
poor countrymen lived, were struck with
norance and neglected state of the children.
us educate them," said one. " Bien" (go0C1_,,:1 the
each of the others. " I will put down, rnoo- I.)'
first, " a hundred thousand dollars" (2u,
" I will do the same," said the second ; ``
said the third, and thus commenced the loot
ficent establishment which is one of the greed
ornaments of Mexico. The volumes will be ;Ticig
in
to be full of entertainment, as well as possesstia
no small degree the recommendation of prose'
us with valuable information.

WV;
History of the _Reformation of the Sixteenth (jet,' tea
Vol. V. By J. Merle D'Aubigne. h;
by H. White. Oliver and Boyd, Ediabwg
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.
This volume is entirely dedicated to this 0° bot
Those preceding it treated of the Continen,
this
one is solely confined to the Reformat)
England. Hence it is peculiarly interesting t° 03 of
lish readers. It goes back to the earliest tip3,,briy
our history ; it relates the establishment of iu,islli
tianity, and the various changes that gro',--,e'4
took place before the final overthrow of the fo'll3l
supremacy. It enters upon the question of 1000,
in all its branches—Papal reform, episcopal% of
royal reform, legitimate reform. The aellowea
Wolsey is the concluding point, and it is de y
that three movements were from thenceforth '7OO
dated—namely, the supremacy of the r°l:43 i
wrested from him, the authority of Scrip Ch
re-established, and the faith of the Spiritual nrillf
was evidenced by the martyrs. It is veld the
observed that they were the true childrenrrs
ie
Reformation. We must not seek its suppooe er of
the palaces, or the councils, but in the Tow
London, the prisons, the rack, and the stake'cross.
" The purest Church is the Church under the 0
Henry VIII. was not the father of the Reforruat'°s ito
England, as some have so falsely asserted—bel3ooea
executioneer. The Church of England was f°l:ale-tril
L 3 be in its restoration a Church of martYr°., r:hed," yet).
father of this Church is our Father which '0

v To. 01
OF TVELLI-`
T.HE BURIAL OF THE DUKE

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Take, for instance, the resplendent
character p 1109
whom the nation, with the eyes of all other 0°
upon it, so lately buried with reverent affection... sce°
I witnessed that great burial ; and methinks tP-4 eyes'
of solemnity and grandeur rises again before 01J
I can conceive nothing more calculated thanr-,beg_:
transcendant spectacle profoundly to affect we The':
and the imagination of a philosophical beholder: teg'
was to be seen the chivalry of the world shedcll,ll''as de;
round a mighty fellow-warrior's coffin, which:noel° de'
scending gently for ever from their eyes, amidst "feecliof
melody, into the grave where the worm is nogi-,010
sweetly upon all that was mortal of Arthur A' fit'`
Wellington. While my tears fell, in conunr Ahile
those of all present, including Royalty itself AD
music pealed mournfully, dissolving the very 74, tile,l
the gorgeous coroneted coffin finally disappeare-j.fferfra
arose before my mind's eye a kindred yet a ly Oa
scene—the vision of some pauper-burial, eillt; tbl),
rude, occurring, perhaps, at that very mode cal/
burial of some aged forlorn beingt whose ere 'hi°
• stricken spirit was at length safely housed w-ewle
weary are at rest ; the poor dust unattended, us" wit.,';
those whose duty was to bury it—without a einocl Phi
out a tear—with no sound but a reverend voice, viov
gusty air ; and no prolonged ceremonial. In t'neet-ee.3
of spirits both these might already have 1" f
warrior-statesman and the pauper, each avra,,rei 43'0"„r
different disposal of the dust he had left behind '„eo,l
are we equally unable to evade death, to e°11;t104;
disguise its true and awful character. One et;ecl- greesh.
peneth to all. The word spoken on high, 10-11
and mean are beside each other in the same
with the same event before them.—Mr. WARREN
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lectual and Moral Development of the Present -67>,
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* It was affecting to see the present Duke 01, otil
ton gently extend his hand to touch his illustrioas iiae
descending coffin. „ bat
At the remote village in which Lord i",,,J0 of by
buried, a friend of mine recently saw on a Irtue vet
register near that which contained an entry 0". low
poet's burial, another thus :—" An old man, 5 5-
name unknown."

PRESENT TO AN AFRICAN POTENTATE---A ,-- .-
agn.iiilP'oo
piece of silver plate, weighing upwards of I,')"",,tote
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intended as a present for one of the African geF"
on the Gold Coast, has been manufactured 11 of )ftej
Charles Taylor and Son, of Bristol, by °rat' te,ip
John Wood, African merchant, and was ,t``hie to!'"
during the past week for the coast of Africa IntitsProd
Hope. The present consists of a silver hipan
ted' rrbe
bath, most elaborately chased and ornainelll4,
standing between seven and eight feet in bei,g;
bath stands on a roll foot, ornamented with Icrt4he :0%
the back chased with armorial bearings, ivit',loo;„tir
and unicorn as supporters. The elbow rots rises 1711
elegantly chased scrolls. From the bath r'inte
massiveornamental silver pillars, fittiliyslof
foliage sockets, and supporting a flanged toll 0.0,11011-0,1
silver cistern, capable of holding 10 or 1 ',ores i 5
water, ornamented with an edging of lotasa,u'e-rtil°l,o
fluting, the whole richly chased relief. Jil serl)„slf
very handsomely finished off with a twists
cials'bo•
handle. The curtains are of rich
le is e crimson EAU!'
lined with oiled silk. The whonclosed licji foroi ja
gany case, clipped with silver mountings, sn oslattle
altogether a most unique article of vi°rlcrat 11
silver. The cost of the article, we are inforinew
short of 1,0001. • t,
TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION IN 50U,,.-,,t0 Pre
,01.
P. 'Ol.
Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock, broke 011
tended with a great destruction of proPertN ono,'
in the premises belonging to Mr. ititchoo i"; joti
tier
proprietor and turner in general, situate rty (1010
street, London-road,' Southwark. The Prqe whicljerf'
tion covered an immense space of ground, 000 j the
erected a spacious mill, fitted up with costlY_r foro
adjoining which were timber-yards and SW lace. d
more valuable veneers, &c., deposited in the,10)10, nee
fire was first discovered by one of the neigh° „site' oft
Wicks, who resided almost immediately 01)130-a sent the
at once gave the alarm in the usual waY, fns
for the aid of the engines and fire-es°,3ll ese3l/10,1,e
course of a few minutes the Royal Seeieo",ndoo Virib
rived, followed by the engines of the Ivoter poi;
and West of England Office. Plenty °f Lambe
0'133 ta°
been procured from the mains of the Lainte- cd. theestliii
th© engines were set to work, but• in sPI oric of d 01,
strenuous exertions of the firemen, the wsolect stoi:
tion continued, and at length the fire 3_,sof th° joa 1),
formidable appearance that nothing shat pe.rreetio?:
demolition of every house near cou:Nl
_l„r the 410 .
anticipated. The firemen, however, lulu: brigae
of Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of teh waterio
Hambleton, the head engineer of th
.t of 9/0,1,1,1
station ; and Mr. Connorton, of the
weorthily,
fal
Office, exerted themselves most praise
over the:1001'0o%
length succeeded in getting the master9_,ciock,
element, but not before nearly twelv.e :4
until the major portion of the Preiniset'the sunende;d
The origin of the fire, or whether or no „„er _ h
Dur tioS
insured, could not learned.
...,eant 130, eo
Haynes, Inspector Cowlen, and Serf r the oP
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great difficulty in keeping the re
of the firemen. of 1.015, ire
VAUXHALL-BRIDGE PIER.— The °on 1311-iats btjj
hall-bridge Company have resolved. l'teapi.boo laDot
moving the pier at which passengers by ark. to 14.0
ed to ein
for several years been accustom ,
being advised that it is calculated x.ito
the solidity of the fabric. a space clear o

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