The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

THE BELLE ASSEMBLEE.

The Belle Assembles for June has a portrait of
" Madge Wildfire :" the unnatural brilliance of the
poor maniac's eyes is well depicted, but produces a
painful effect. Elizabeth Youatt contributes one of
her graceful papers, entitled " Reminiscences of
Folkstone;" a little incident in these reminiscences
elicits from a poor man the sadly truthful exclamation,
" It's easy for the rich to bid the poor be thankful."
The third number of an interesting and instructive
series, " Tales of the Passions and Sentiments," con-
tains a very mournful story. The two mottoes at
the head of this tale—" Talent without patient dili-
gence and strong concentrative energy for its guides,
is but an ignis fiduus to lead men's: brains astray,"
and those lines of L. E. L.'s—
" I dreamed a dream that I had flung a chain
Of roses round Love. I awoke and found

I had chained Sorrow,"
foretel the ignoble character of the hero and the un-
happy history of the heroine. Mrs. Newton Cros-
land has written some beautiful and complimentary
verses to the celebrated American actress, Mrs.
Mowatt, which appear in the June number of the
Belle Assemblee.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Eclectic Review, in an article on " Constitu-

tional Fallacies and Unreformed Abuses," argues
ably in favour of an extension of the elective suffrage.
The People's Journal gives a portrait of Charles
Mackay, accompanied by an interesting article,
partly a biography and partly a commendatory criti-
cism of the poet and his poetry, in which it is truth-
fully said that while other poets have looked for fame
rather to the succeeding than to their own generation,
Mackay embodies the idea of the present, and in the
present finds his reward. The author of " Voices
from the Crowd" will always, and deservedly, be a
favourite with the crowd, hence his portrait and his
history are quite in place in the People's Journal.
The twenty-third part of the Land we Live In de-
picts
with pen and pencil, in its usually excellent
style, " North Derbyshire and Dove Dale." Charles
Knight's interesting studies of Shakspere are con-
tinued in the fifth number of the National Library,
which promises to be a yet more valuable work than
the recently finished series of shilling volumes.
Apropos of those same shilling volumes, we
find we have passed over with unmerited
neglect three of the latter numbers, which
were devoted to " Paris ; its Historical Build-
ings, and its Revolutions," a work very appropriate in
these times, when Paris is the observed of all ob-

servers. The continuation of the Pictorial History
brings us to the " Perplexities of Ministers in 1824,"ry
an incident by no means peculiar to that individual
year. This number is embellished with a portrait of
her Majesty. The various magazines devoted to
particular classes preserve their usual characteristics.
The Church of England, the Farmers', the Journal of
Invention, the Patent Journal, the Colonial Magazine,
the Colonial Church Chronicle, the Family Herald,
the Follet, &c. &c., each treat very ably of the several
objects to which their names refer. Frank Fa
me
ir-
leigh continues in monthly numbers, with so
admirable illustrations by Cruickshank. The last
number of Chambers's Instructive and Entertaining
Library gives Redhead's "History of the French
Revolution," and the preceding numberA containtd
Burton's " Political and Social Economy."

ACCIDENT ON 111 E RIV:iR LEA.—Twro LIVES LOST.
—On Sunday evening an accident occurred On the river
Lei, nor Clapton, by which two young men lost their
iivcs, It, vppnars that bix young teen, till of wh,:in are
euiployeel at Perry':; Guz lte-utliQc, in the City', engaged
a small boat at the Jully Angler's, adjoining the river
Lea, for the purpose of fishing. They had not proceeded
far, when by some acc:dent, which is at present uncx
pl,tiued, the boat upset, and they were all immersed into
the water. Two of them succeeded in clinging to the
boat until as3istance was render( d, two were drowned,
and the other two swam to the shore. The names of the
unfortunate youths who lost their lives are, Benjamin
Oliver, of Murray-street, Hoxton, and Charles Sander-
son, residing in the neighbourhood of Ball's-pond.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF ST. ALBANS.—
The mortal remains of the late Duke of St. Albans
were removed yesterday morning, at five o'clock, for
interment in the family mausoleum at Redbourne Hall,
Lipeolashice.