The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-01 00:00:00

NEW MONTHLY.

Miss Landon contributes a well-written tale to this
Number, under the imposing, high German title of the
" Bride of Lindorf," which abounds in picturesque descrip-
tion, like every thing this clever young lady writes. The
talc is narrative rather than dramatic, and is, as usual, of a
serious character. The sketch of the heroine is very
poetical. " Her hair," says the authoress, " was of that
rare, rich golden, so seldom seen—almost transparent, like
rain with the sun-beams shining through it." The account
of a " Visit to the Zoological Gardens" is in Leigh Hunt's
liveliest. manner. It is far superior to an article on the
same subject that appeared in the last Number of the
Quarter& Review. We quote the lively comparison of
the elephant with Dr. Johnson, which will instantly call to
mind the arch, quaint, and graceful writer of the " Indi-
cator :"

" The elephant would seem more comfortably situated than
most. lie has water to bathe in, mud to stick in, and an
area many times bigger than himself for his circuit. Very
interesting is it to sec him throw bits of mud over himself, and
to see, and hear him, suck the water up in his trunk and•then
discharge it into his great red throat; in which be also re-
ceives, with sage amenity, the biscuits of the ladies. Cer-
tainly, the more one considers an elephant, the more he makes
good his claim to be considered the Dr. Johnsen of the brufe
creation. He is huge, potent, sapient, susceptible of tender
impressions, is a good fellow, likes as much water as the other
did tea, gets on at a great uncouth rate when he walks, and
though perhaps less irritable and melancholy, can take a witty
revenge ; as witness the famous story of the tailor that pricked
him, and whom he drenched with ditch water. If he were
suddenly gifted with speech, and we asked him if he liked
his imprisonment, the first words he would utter would un-
questionably be—" Why, no, Sir." Nor is it to be doubted,
when going to dinner, that lie would echo the bland sentiment
of our illustrious metropolitan, on a like occasion, " Sir, I
like to dine." If asked his opinion of his keeper, he would
say, " Why, Sir. Hipkins is, upon the whole, a good follow,'
—like myself, Sir, (smiling,) but not quite so considerate;
he knows I love him, and presumes a little too much upon my
forbearance. He teases me for the idle amusement of the
bystanders. Sir, Hipkins takes the display of allowance for
the merit of ascendancy." This is what the elephant mani-
festly thought on the present occasion ; for the keeper set a
little dog at him, less to the amusement of the bystanders
than he fancied ; and the noble bean, after butting the cur
out of the way, and taking care to spare him, as he advanced,
(for one tread of his foot would have smasned the little per-
tinacious wretch as flat as a pancake,) suddenly made a stop,
and, in rebuke of both of them, uttered a high indignant
scream, much resembling a score of cracked trumpets."
We like Mr. Hunt's prose better than his verse this
month. His three sonnets to the author of " Ion," though
evidently written with care, contain but these two lines
which arc worth remembering : _

" Childhood I saw, glad-faced, that squeezah tight
One's hand, while the rapt curtain soars away,"
which are as true to nature, as that admirable picture in
the London Journal of the hungry school-boy flattening his
nose against the window-pane of a confectioner's ;bor.
" Portraits of Notorious Characters" arc admirably written.
both as respects style and thought. Vie have been struck
with this sentence, which is severe, but not without justice,
" Independence is nothing more than a sense of dependence
suppressed—as contentment is the art of biding your
desires—or as -innocence is guilt undetected." One might
fancy Lord Orford penning a passage 11k3 this. It is very
like his sly, polished satire. " The Elements of Conversa-
tion" is by Theodore Hook. It is cleverish, but the subject
is hacknied, especially in Magazines, and will scarcely
furnish the materials of amusement. Mrs. Hall's Irish
Tale is as good us any she has yet written.

FRASER'S.
The " Gallery of Literary Characters " on this
less flippant, than the
month a portrait of old Sir John Soanc, to wetch a brief
memoir is prefixed, better, because. . . . .
In the " usual biographical notices i
a small poet," which is
occurs a
Post-
script to the Second --ac . .
~ Cambridge,"
tntetrhisfrPoemm-dlcal—l
so lively, and at the same time so just, that we extract it for
sketch of that very common biped., •
the amusement of our readers :
" A small poet is ono that makes himself that - which Na-
ture never meant him ; like a fanatic, thlt inspires himself
with his own whimsies. He sets - up 11:Am-dasher of small
poetry, with a very small stock, and no credit. He believes
it invention enough to find out other men's wit ; and whatso-
ever be lights upon, either in books or company, he makes
bold with as his own. You may know his wit nit to be na-
tural, it is so unquiet and troublesome in him ; fur as those
that have money but seldom arc always shaking their pockets
when they have it, so does he when be thinks he has got some-
thing that will make him appear. lie is like an Italian thief,
that never robs but he murders to prevent discovery ; so sure
is he to cry down the man from whom be purloins, that his•
petty larceny of wit may pass unsuspected. He takes jests
from the Owners and breaks them, as justices do false
weights and pots that want measure. Ha disclaims study,
pretends to take things in motion and tq shunt flying ; which
appears to be very true by his often missing of his mark. As for
epithets, he always avoids those that are near akin to the sense.
For similitudes, he likes the hardiest and most obscure best;
for, as ladies make black patches to make their complexions
seem fairer than they are, so when an illustration is more tob-
seen. than the sense-that went. before it, it must of neceltsity
realte it appear clearer than -it did ; Tor contraries arc best! set
off by contraries. He has found out a new sort of Poetical
Georgics-1 trick of sowing wit, li!.c clover-grass, upon bar-
ren subjects which would yield nothing before. This is very

useful for the times wherein some men say there is no room
left for new invention."
A " Most Talented Fatuity." shows much power of gmo d.
humoured satire. The sketelt of the pompous old block-
head who was an authority .-mong. his friends, on the,
strength of his having "once suiped m company with Dr.
Johnson," and " more than once sba!zcn hands with Gar-
rick," is true to the life. " O'Fiarlon and his Wife," is a
sad story of domestic life, told with much feeling and
simplicity. The " Prout Papers " conti,in many ably trans-
lations from Horace, and an ingenious 1....!tin version of
that well-known Irish Melody, " Eveleen's Bower." The
" Familiar Letters of Cowley," is a delightful Magazine
article, and the notice of " GraAtley Berkeley anti his Novel,"
one of the savagest criticisms that has ever appeared in
Fraser. Whether it be just or not, we cannot say, as we
Flo not happen to have read " Berkeley Castle."

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. MAGAZINE.
Simpkin and Marc lealL
In his efforts to make his readers acquainted with the
choicest specimens of German litera'airc, Anthony Poplar
is the most. indefatigable ofliving• editors. Those who were (lc.-
_

lighted with the criticisms on, and translations from,Goethe's
Faust (as what reader of the Dublin University Magazine
was not ?) will find a fresh intellecwal feast prepared- for
them in some elegant translations fmin Kerner's Lyrical
Poems and Ballads in the. Anthologia Germanica
for August. A criticism on 801 l erg's Peter Paars,
will also serve to introduce to the notice of English
readers, the work of a distinguished • Danish author,
Whose very name is scarcely heard in the highest
literary circles of this country. All this is do: nn good :zervice
to literature. An article On the " is the only
politico paper in the present Number ; and, though we
di-MT in opinion from the writer, we readily award
to it the merit of great ability The Reviews of
" Walsh's Constantinople," and ‘ Alison's Freaich Re-
volution," and ingeniousiv written. The " Moon-
light Meditation" is not equal to its introd.iction,
which appeared in the July Number. Nevertheless it
contains lines, and even stanzas of great beauty. The
Portrait Gallery is deserted this month.

SPURTING MA GA ZINE .Pittman.
The embellishments fOr the August Nutul)er of the
snorting Magazine, are the Pantaloon and the Water
Witch with all their sails set, and a basket of as delicious
looking trout as ever graced the board of a London Alder-
man. Both are tolerably %yell executed. There is the
usual abundance of sporting intelligence.

THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
H. CoThurn.

We recommend all those who have taken the slightest
interest in the late inquiry about the relative merits of the
British and Prussian systems of military discipline, to read
over attentively an excellent account of the Battle of Jena,
translated from a German manuscript by Gcutz, who
vouches for the veracity of every syllable he has written.
It is indeed a most interesting sketch, and throws a new
light upon the subject of the Von Grollman and Wellington
controversy. The remarks upon the Report of the Com-
mittee. of Military Inquiry are likewise well worth the
consideration of military readers. The War i❑ Spain is
also the subject of a very clever paper, in which the present
position of the Christinos and Carlists is pointed out with
great accuracy and military precisiOn. The other articles
are very well written ; and altogether, the Number is a
right good one.

Lord Brougham has left Harrinston, the scat of
Mr. Eden, in Lincolnshire, considerably improved in health,
for Brougham Hall, from which he inteuds to proceed to tho
the coast for the benefit of the sea air.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is suffi-
ciently well to take an airing in his carriage, and his sight is
perfectly restored. To-day the Royal Duke will receive the
congratulatory address of the Common Council of the City,
at Kensington Palace ; and in the course of this month, his
Royal Highness will take his departure for Wales, on a visit
to Lord Dinorben.

Saturday an inquest was held at the house of
Mr. Furness, bootmaker, in Lamb's Conduit-street, on the
body of Algernon Furness, his son, a fine little boy. It ap-
peared from the evidence of Emma Fitzgerald, the nursery-
maid, that she missed the deceased from the kitchen, where lie
and the other children had been, and that, on going into the
yard to look for him, she saw him falling from the parapet at
the rear of the house. A surgeon deposed that the child's
skull was dreadfully fractured by the fall.—Verdict, " Acci-
dental death."

MILAN, JULY 15.—The cholera has unhappily
spreari over all Austrian Italy, so that track is nearly in n.
state of stagnation. Oa the duratiOn of the crisis will depend
the conspir.cy, which is more or less to be feared, for even
the working classes begin to leave their homes, and the getting
in of the rice harvest suffers by it. At Verona 400 persons-
died daily.
Ainung-thtrvictims to-. the cholera in the North of
Italy is the celebrated Crivelli, who made. his debut in Eng-
land in 1817, and was then the frst tenor singer in Fircpe.
It was not till that time that the fnanagers of the King's
Theatre were enabled to produce,Mozart's oplra of Don
Giovanni with a company which has not since been equalled—
Madame Mainville Fodor, Madame Camporese, Crevelli,
\Valdi, Ambrogctti, &c. Crivelli had retired from the pro-
fession for many veers upon a handsome competence, and has
resided at Brescia, his native place.
The General Steam Navigation Company's Packet,
the 123:nona, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom•houso
yesterday.
The h& of electors must be made by the overseers
this day, and persons objecting to claims for votes must give
noti7e by the 25th of next month, and Barristers must hold
their Revision Courts between September 15, and Oc-
tober 31.

This day is the anniversary of the emancipation of
Slaves in the West Indies and wherever the British Govern-
ment has influence. It commenced in 1834, and the Humane
Act will ever reflect honour on the national character.

At a moeting at Madras it was rOolvcd to petition
the British Parliament for the immediate estahlighm,2nt of
regular steam communication between Great Britain ard
India.

Several parties a-c preparing to leave town to enjoy
grouse shooting, which commences on Friday se'nnight, the
12th of this month. Grouse abound in Irclat d comparatively
mfne than any other game ; but black game is more plentiful
in this country and Scotland, though not so much so ts it was
some tears ago, and to prevent a serious scarci:3, of birds it
tvouldbe advisable to give them a jubilee for a year.
ICEBERGS.-111C Ship Rachel, commanded by Mr.
Moffitt, arrived in this port yesterday from Sydney. She
was beset with icebergs on her voyage homewards, during the
greater part of the month of April, and was frequently in
danger of being sunk by the icy mountains which towered
above her masts while she lay near them becalmed. Qa the
21st of April, about two, r. r.t., she was struck on both quarters
by a large iceberg, which broke and scattered its fragments
over the quarter-Lek, causing great dismay and confusion on
board, their escape from destruction appearing impossible. in
the course of three hours, with great perseverance at the
pumps, she was got clear from the ice. when it was disco-
vered that considerable damage had been done by the con-
cussion. Oa the 23d of April, at noon, she passed within a
quarter of a mile of a field of ire, at least six miles in &ro,urn-
terence, detached pinches fl, a•ing in all directions, and
with difficulty nado sail through them. —Liverpool Chronic/47.
MONUMENT TO THE NIENIORY OF GEORGE THE
Tonto.—We have reason to believe that the Lord Chancellor's
decision in this case has given great satisfaction in the highest
quarter ; and the inauguration of the statue will take place
some day in the ensuing week. The distinguished list of
noblemen and gentlemen who have engaged to be present on
the occasion affords promise that it will be a very gratifying
andis,gekiipidildibeleirnemGoanzye.t—teLoiftersaartyurGdaazy contains
et
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notices of
no less than 124 insolvents ! Of there, 66 are for the county
and
2 city of Cork ; 36 for the county and city of Limerick:
and
for Dublin.

A man from Luton has been committed to our
county gaol, charged with the commission of rape or, the per-
son of a widow, named Elizabeth Pestell, of the same place.
--Northampton Herald.
FLIES ON SIIEEP.—The following composition has
been successfully used for many years as a protection against the
fly in sheep, with a very, considerable flock :—Hog's lard, or soft
grease, 21b., flour of sulphur, Ilb., oil of amber, half a pint, to
he m'xed into an ointment. A quantity about the size of a
walnut has been found by experience quite enough for each
animal, and it may be smeared over the whole surface either
with the hand or a common brush. Either common tar, oil of
tar, or coal tar, now produced in large quantities at gas_werks,
may be found a cheap substitute for the oil of amber, which is
rather expensive. Other animals may be effectually
protected
from the annoyance of flies by this ointment.
.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT KENILWORTH
CASTLE.—On Tuesday last, Job Brown, who has been for
some years past the foreman of Mr. Job Richardson, of Smith-
street, in this borough, was with a party of friends at the ruin,
of Kenilworth Castle. Being of
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and having, in his younger days,
exploits,
occasion,climbingbyr
resolved u 1
to) therea
calitic
an
ash tree,tnt walls, he, upoa the pre-
sentwhich grows on
the top of Cresar's Tower, and proceeded to this dangerous
undertaking. It appears he reached the object, but either a
loosened stone gave way at the top of the wall, er he was.
seized with dizziness, and t !le unfortunate man was precipitated
with frightful violence to the ground in the garden, on the
outside of the Castle—a height, it is estimated, of nearly
twenty yards—by which he was dreadfully injured, his spine
being broken, and Ilis head dangerously wounded. He was
removed in a senseless state to the public-house opposite to
the Castle, •where he is now lying, without the slightest hope
of recovery,
.under the attentive care of Mr. Bodington, the
surgeon of Kenilworth.-IVancich Advertiser.
An eagle's nest was discovered last week on one of
the Glengary mountains, containing a pair of those noble
birds, with two young ones. In the nest were the remains of
two lambs and a young fox.—levernass Courier. ,
A custom of remaining uncovered in church com-
menced about the beginning of the 17th century. An order
to that effect was issued soon after the accession of James in
1603.