The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-03 00:00:00

MARTIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE

BIBLE.

We have now lying before us the two first of

these splendid series of engravings, in which Mr.
Martin—the only painter of modern days worthy to
grapple with the subject-has undertaken a higher
eight than any he has yet attempted. To illustrate
Biblical history iR a worthy spirit, requires, in the
first place, an imagination of the sublimest
character: secondly, an almost inexhaustible power
of invention. Mr. Martin has already shown that
he possesses these two essential qualifications
in abundance; that the more it is drawn upon, the
more his genius expands; that in short he is a
creator in art, as W. Scott is in literature. The
present engravings are illustrative of the" Creation"
and the " Fall of Man." In the former of these, the
awful spirit of God, dimly seen through clouds, is
represented moving on the face of the waters, which
are slowly settling into shape, while the sun, the
moon, and the stars are assuming their proper station
in the hemisphere. The idea of visibly bodying
forth the image of the Deity, is an eminently
bold one, and in any other hands than those
of Martin's, would have been a failure; but he

has more than atoned for the boldness, by the
sublimity of hi; conception, and the wonderful
skill of his execution. The upraised hand of the
Almighty, faintly visible by the light of the new-
born sun, through a circling array of clouds,
has the most awful, shadowy appearance we
ever saw. Of a far different character is
" The Fall of Man.' If the one engraving
be sublime, the other is simply beautiful. Nature
in her loveliest attire—the hanging woods—the far-
sounding waters—the feathery foliage—the light,
silver-tissued clouds—the hoary, distant mountains
—with the figures of Adam and Eve in the front'
ground—these are the picturesque objects de-
veloped in this engraving, which is all sweetness and
sunshine; asthe other is all awe and mystery. We
anticipate new triumphs for Mr. Martin in this
series of Biblical illustrations.

SELECT VIEWS OF THE LAKES OF
SCOTLAND.-PART 111
MOON, BOYS, AND GRAVES.

We have just received the third part of this work,
which contains views of Lochs Katrine, Auchray,
and Venachoir. The first of these views, namely,
that of Loch Katrine, which, as the reader may,
perhaps, remember, is the subject of so many pic-
turesque descriptions in Sir Walter Scott's " Lady
of the Lake," is a complete fairy scene, breathing
the spirit of romance, peace, and loveliness. ,The
little isle that sleeps so tranquilly on the unwrinkled
bosom of the lake, rich with the luxuriant variety
of forest trees and fragrant shrubs, seems a spot
which Miranda might have haunted, and Ariel been
proud to guard. The dim, shadowy forms of the
mountains in the back-ground, enlivened here and
there by a tiny patch of verdure, but for the most
part grey and barren, and rearing up their heads into
the clouda,as if they disdained connection with earth,
give a fine bold relief to a scene which, however
beautiful, might otherwise appear insipid from the uni-
form character of its loveliness. " Loch Auchray:
in the Perthshire Highlands, is a scene of equal
magic, though in a wilder and more impressive style.
The appearance of animal life, the cows standing
ankle-deep in the water, the sheep nibbling in the
foreground, with the herdsman and his young
daughter watching them, impart extraordinary live-
liness to the picture, which is still further enhanced
by the graceful aspect of the drooping ash, which
hangs its long pensile boughs far over the bosom of
the lake. " Loch Vennachoir," another scene in the
Perthshire Highlands, is, in point of appearance, but
a Variorum edition of the foregoing. It is, how-
ever, more compact, and the broad sweep of the
Lake is taken in at a glance. Of the style in which
these exquisite gems of art have been executed, we
may speak in the highest terms of praise. There
is a delicacy of finish, a refinement, a picturesque
effect about them, that we have seldom, if ever,
seen equalled. They are accompanied by some
letter-press explanation, which are penned in a
very lucid and agreeable manner. We understand
that the spirited publishers of this work have just
sent forth an engraving, entitled " The Bridesmaid."
We have not yet seen it, so cannot undertake to
describe it.

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY'
A number worthy of its predecessors.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince and Princess LIEVEN gave a grand dinnat er
thae lsirt
night to the Duke and Duchess of Ct;3IBERLANn,
residence in Hanover-square. Their Royal Ilighnesses
were attended by Lady SOPHIA LENNOX, Miss Coor”,
Baron LINSINGEN, and Colonel POTEN. The Foreign
Ambassadors and Ministers and their Ladies, with a select
party of the Nobility and Gentry, were present to meet the
Royal Duke and Duchess.
Earl GREY entertained Prince LEOPOLD, several of the
Foreign Ministers and their Ladies, the Commissioners
from Belgium, and a select party, at dinner on Sunday
evening, at his residence in Downing-street.
The Danish Minister transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign-office.
Viscount AI:THORP left town on Sunday to attend his
election at Northampton.
Mr. Pouturr THOMSON has returned to town from
Dover.

Yesterday the Lord Charaherlailt issued cards of invita-
tion for a grand dinner party for the 28th inst., at Devon-
shire-house, for the celebration of his MAJESTY'S birth-day.

BEVERLEY, MAY 2.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The following is the result of the poll :
wm. Marshall
Pl} Reformers.
H. Burton 704
- Winn 349 Church and King man.
The enthusiasm in favour of Reform has been great at
this place, and does great credit to the patriotism and good
feeling of the electors.

Some oppooition to the details of the Bill were at first
shown, but the alteratio❑ of giving the right of voting to
the children now alive tended much to remove it.

The out-voters in London did themselves great credit by
signing a declaration that they would only vote for a Re-
former ; and those who signed the paper sent down de-
clared they were authorized to pledge all the London out-
voters. Of the Hull voters of 160, upwards of 120
voted for the Reformers.

The number of voters are about 800 resident, and
700 non-resident ; so that the result is creditable to the
people, and ought to satisfy the King and his Ministers,
that a place hitherto so notorious for bribery and expence
has at any rate paid attention to Reform.

On Saturday, the despatches for China, by
the ship Scaleby Castle, Captain JOHN HILLMAN, were
closed at the East India-house, and delivered to the purser
of that ship.

The writer of this can positively assert that
the Bishop of Lolino; has been mending his Secretary into
every hole and corner in Essex, to stimulate the clergy to
use their utmost exertions against the Reform candidates
for the county of Times Correspondent.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1831.

Though we hear just now little comparativelylof
the electioneering manoeuvres of the Boroughmon-
gers, compared with the exertions of the Reformers;
though in one county they appear to be panic-
stricken, in another to he lethargic, in a third to be
resting on their oars and merely watching the pro-
gress of events; we would exhort the people not to
allow themselves, for a single instant, to be thrown
off their guard by such a suspicious show of inac-
tivity, but to persevere in their struggle, as if the
chances were still against them. The apparent de-
sertion of their camp, and the neglect of their out-
posts by the Boroughmongers, is doubtless nothing
more than a ruse de guerre—a feint to induce the
Reformers to believe that the victory is already theirs,
and that they have no further need of exertion. But
let not these latter be deceived. Let them not sup-
pose that their enemies will yield thus easily. No, no,
the Boroughmongers have too much at stake. Their
all depends on the issue of the contest. Their
hereditary estates in the taxes ; their power (all but
irresponsible and uncontroulled) over the various
resources of the country; their command of the
Crown Lands at home and abroad; their Ambassa-
dorial arid Colonial perquisites; their plentiful
pickings in the Pension List, together with. their

thousand other odds and ends and snuggeries ;—all
these go, vanish into thin air, if the Boroughmongers
be vanquished. Defeat therefore to them is an-
nihilation. They are political buccaneers, who have
no quarter to expect from their conquerors. ney
know this, so from sheer desperation will protract the
struggle to the last, and even when vanquished, will
go down with colours flying, and the words " No
surrender" in their mouths. As for turning chicken-
hearted, the think is as impossible as a good speech
from HORACE TWISS.

Such being the case, perseverance must still be
the order of the day. There must be no pause,
no halting; not to move onward, is to move back-
ward. The people must even sleep with Their arms

in their hands, and wherever they find the Borough-
mongers inactive, as just now appears to be the case
in the North, and in one or two places in the West;
there they must redouble .their exertions and their
vigilance, in the full conviction that some monstrous
treachery is at work.

We do verily believe, however-L-though we
would not for the world inspire the people
with a confidence that might tempt them to relax
their efforts in the great cause—that some,
even of the leading Boroughmongers, are already
evincing symptoms of vacillation. We do verily
believe that Mammon, and Moloch, and Beelzebub,
tired of their " infernal"—we thank the Morning
Chronicle for this appropriate phrase—warfare, are
beginning to feel apprehension for the consequences.
The LONSDALES, we see, have resigned their strong
holds in Westmoreland and Cumberland ; the
PERCIES have surrendered Northumberland ; the

EXETERs and NEwcA,TLEs have been compelled to
fight a running fight at Stamford and Newark.
These assuredly are auspicious omens; but the
people should recollect that the Boroughmongers
have still vast resources nt hand. They have
wealth in abundance,—impudence immeasuiable,—
pluck unquestionable. Their dependents, too, are
neither to be convinced, shamed, nor brow-beaten.
What earthly power indeed could convince the obtuse

intellect of a HERRIES; extract a blush from the
seven fold face" of a DAWSON ; or daunt the
triple brass of a SUMNER !
We intreat the people, then, as they value their
ow►► and their children's interests, to appreciate
duly the enemy's resources, and keep their every
faculty awake and on the stretch. We intreat them
not to despair, yet not to be rashly confident, but to
bear in mind that at the present crisis, perseverance
is a more valuable quality even than courage. More
especially do we intreat them to turn a deaf ear to
the addresses of the Boroughmongers, whose agents
are now circulating them by thousands and thousands
throughout the country. Some of these addresses
we have ourselves seen, and will boldly state that

they are crammed with such atrocious--such un-
paralleled falsehoods, as would make even the
Father of Lies blush, to find himself outdone in his
own favourite line of business
In one of the most absurd of the addresses which
we have just been complimenting, the Borough-
mongers state, that the Reform Bill has been
brought forward for the express purpose of hene-
fitting the middle classes to the detriment of the
lower. Could we bring ourselves for an instant to
think that this is the case, we would at once cease

to support thNte I3ill. But the fact is diametrically
the reverse. The measure particularly addresses
itself to the lower classes—whose wants and wishes
will never be provided fur without it—and does
injury solely to the Boroughmongers. Its prin-
ciple is popular and conciliating to an extraordi-
nary degree. It is one of enfranchisement for
the people of disfranchisement for their enemie-:.
Moreover, it comprises within itself the germ of
every pubic improvement; and is withal so simple
in its nature, so utterly free from complexi'v or
confusion in its details, that even the dull intellect
of a Twtss, were not its starveling modicum ob-
scured by prejudices, might in time be brought to
comprehend it. _ .

Let the people then remember tl.at this Bill is
theirs ar►d theirs alone. The Aristocracy derive no
advantage from it; they are the sole gainer:. May
they prove themselves worthy of the boon

Nine cheers, and yet " one cheer more," for the
cause of Reform! The last few hours have brought
us glorious tidings! The heir of the PERCIES (hut
without their patriotism) has been worsted in Nor-
thumberland; FYLER has bolted from Coventry;
COLVILLE and Buss have been found wanting at
Yarmouth ; Lynn has returned two staunch Re-
formers, and Oxford (not the University) two more;
the BUTE interest has been overthrown in
Banbury ; that of Lord WARWICK in Warwick ;
TENNYSON is second on the poll at Stamford,
and intends shortly to be first ; VERNON
carries all before him in Derbyshi►e : Lord
JOHN RUSSELL is secure of Devonshire; BRISCOE
equally so of Surrey; BUCKINGHAM is triumphant
at Woodstock ; VYVYAN is disconsolate in Corn-
wall; KNATCUBULL weeps in Kent; BANKES groans
in Dorsetshire; TYRRELL looks foolish in Essex ;
in short, east, west, north, and south, everywhere,
the cause of Reform progresses and prospe►s.
Nevertheless the people must still persevere, aye,
even unto the end. They are almost within sight
of the goal ; a few more bounds, and it is gained.

The accounts from Poland are daily more en-
couraging. We find the following in the Morning
Chronicle:—

44 We have just learnt from a gentleman, who has
left Warsaw very lately, that the army of Marshal
Diebitsch is in a very precarious state from want of pro-
visions ; its line of march from Russia through Wrina
being every wherie intercepted by revolutionary move-
ments, it is in retreat through Polesia awl Volhynia,
which is the only course left it. We understand that
the Poles have abundance of men ready drilled, and that
if they could but have gut arms, the Russian army
would have been totally destroyed long ago. It is
said, that it is impossible to restrain the Lithuanians from
murdering the Russian soldier, the feeling is so extremely
violent and general against him. It is also said, that
if the Prussians had not allowed the Russians provisions,
through Thorn, their army :mist have been starved, not-
withstanding the Prussians declare they will not interfere,
and will remain perfectly neuter, and that this is not a vio-
lation of neutrality. The Poles now calculate on restoring
their old dominions, and of obtaining a Congress to arrange
their line."

The Dissenters are preparing for a contest in
Devonshire, should the Anti-Reformers take the
field against Lord JOHN RUSSELL. A second party
had a meeting to-day, and subscribed above 700/. in
a very short time. It is believed that they will make
up the amount 10,000/. should it be r‘quisite.

We request our readers' attention to a letter
which will be found in anothrr column, dated New-
castle-upon-Tyne. It is most impressively characte-
ristic of the steady, solemn spirit in which the noble-
minded Northumberland freeholders have opposed
the domination of the great Satrap of the North.

The French Papers of Sunday contain no parti•
cular news from Poland later than that already re-
ceived. The general opinion is, however, decidedly
favourable to the Pules.

It would appear that the dar;ng irruption of
DWERNICKI into Volhynia has excited lively hopes
in Paris for the cause of Poland.

The Austria?: Observer (the organ of that Go-
vernment), in its number of the 24th ult., comments
at some length on the speech of M. PERIF.R, in which
that Minister had expressed his confidence in the sin-
cerity of the pacific professions of Austria. We have
only room at present for the following extracts :
" The expose of the President of the Council is per-
fectly correct, and has been borne out in all its points by
anterior publications from the Imperial (Austrian) Court ;"
—" Yes! All Europe wishes for peace."—" It is France
alone that could light the torch of war in Europe, for
not one European Power has the intention of going to
war with France."

These passages, combined with the pacific dispo-
sitions of the French, and, we will add, our own
Governments, leave little room for apprehending
the occurrence of a continental

Lisbon Gazelles to the 25th April have been re-
ceived. It would appear by the following, that
Don MIGUEL begins to quake. We trust the French
will retaliate with a vengeance becoming their na-
tional dignity and the crimes of the heartless usurper.
Any thing short of extermination is too good for
" the monster :"
Ltsnow, APRIL IB.—The following edict was posted
up to-day in the most public places in this capital :
" EDICT.

"Antonio Germano de Viega, of his Majesty's Council,
Etc. &c. Intendant-General of the Police of the Capital
and Kingdom, &c.

" I make known that information having been received
it this office that some evil-minded persons have reporird,
in consequence of the announcement of the departure of
M. Cassas, acting as Consul-General of France, that
French subjects will not continue to enjoy in this kinadom
the security and hospitality with- which they and all
stringers are received in Portugal, so long as they conform
to the laws ; and it being fit that such reports, though
destitute of foundation, should be contradicted in an
authentic manner, I am authorised to declare—

" I,t. That the said French subjects are net only to
enjoy the protection and security which the laws afford
them, which will he observed with the same frankness
and good faith as hitherto ; hut that this office will, if
possible, be still more attentive to defend their p,,rsons
and property,
" 2.1. That if any enemy of the public tranquillity, or
one of the said propagators of false reports, should attempt
any thing against any French subject contrary to the ex-
isting laws, prompt assistance shall be rendered hint by
this office, and by the Magistrates under it, who are
moit positively enjoined faithfully to execute the orders on
this subject, and that the above may be known in all
Lisbon, the present edict to be published and posted up in
all parts of the kingdom.
" ANT. GERMANO DA VIEGA•"
„ . _

" Lisbon, April 10,
An official notice from the Department of the Marine
and Colonies announces that his Majesty, on the petition
of the shareholders of the General Company of the Royal
Fisheries of the Kingdom of Algarve,
ha. been pleased to
allow the seat of the Board of Directors to be transferred
from the city of Lisbon to Faro.

The lovers of music will be delighted to
hear that Msdame PASTA has arrived in London, and will
shortly appear at the Opera-house.
In an account of the LORD CHANCELLOR'S
Levee in the " New Magazine, the Metropolitan," the
SPEAKER is represented as describing to Lord FARNHAM.
the excessive fatigues of his duty during the progress o'
the Reform for eight entire days and nights he
had never been from under the roof of the House of Com-
mons. The liouse had been sitting from three o'clock in
the afternoon, till three or four o'clock in the morning,
and then the business of the Committees commenced at
ten o'clock.--He spoke of the labour as greater than any
pbysical strength could endure," Sec.