The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

'NE WORD MORE TO THE BISHOP

OF EXETER.

Scarce less do Virtue's charms entice
The hesitating soul from sin,
Than cloth the hideousness of Vice
To Virtue's lovelier aspect wing.
So in the Church, the rancorous Priest,
By pride, and scorn, and hatred driven,
May not be he who serves the least
The cause of truth, the cause of Heaven.
Prelates there are in mercy sent
To show how Christian crowns are won,
And Prelates who seem only meant
To teach us what to fear and shun. B.

LITERATURE.

mrTHE AMARANTH Baily, London, 1838.
r• Hervey, the Editor of this Annual, apologises in his
aeface for its not being all that he could have wished it to be, by
Ying that he has not been allowed sufficient time for pre-
ration. He needed not to have put forth this apology,
for t
he Amaranth is exceedingly well got up—quite as well
1Y other of its class—and contains not a few contribu-
ns in prose and verse, of which the ablest writers of the
F might be proud. The " Old Abbey" is a Scottish
t jailed, from the pen of Allan Cunningham. The versifies-
to"lssprightly and spirited, and there are one or two
alludes of deep feeling in it, thrown out, quite unconsciously
It were, which the reader relishes the more, for that very
"consciousness. " Ott a Mission to the East Indies," is a
sonnet by the Rev. W. L. Bowles. It is of a calm and
meditative character, as beseems the subject, and in this
fcsPect reminds us of some of Wordsworth's " devotional"
111 lets,
" A New Nightmare" is a lively rhymed extra-
agariza, suggested by a visit to Dr. Mantell's Fossil Mu-
se,llllm• It is by one of the authors of Rejected Addresses. '
tic ,e " Bird of the Canaries" displays all that grace and
ar;aass of poetical garniture for which Mr. Hervey's poems
remarkable. In some of the more ornate passages,
b,lowever, there is an appearance of effort which detracts
erill their effect. "An English Song" breathes a fine,
healthy national spirit that does credit to the head and
cert of Mary Howitt. In Mr. Whitehead's " Death of
oatterton," we recognize the true poetic sensibility. The
ughts are deep and impassioned, and the language con-
c'l3
Ise and energetic. The description of Envy,
" Who sees the ground before her darkened quite
By her own shadow, hateful as the light,"
capital. Jerrold's " Epitaph of Sir Hugh Evans" is a
quaint little sketch that points a sound and impressive
410 ral. The plates, which are not less than thirteen in
number, are some of them of a very superior order. Of
such a sort are " The Devil's Pool," a luxuriant pastoral
landscape, with some quiet sheep pasturing on the fore-
ground, near an old tempest-battered oak, and herds of
cattle roaming about the green fields in the intermediate
distance ; the " Home Bird," a half-length picture of a
Young girl, whose countenance beams with sweetness and
good nature ; " Dutch Fishermen," a bold sea-sketch, from
an original painting by Vickers ; the " Noon-day Meal," a
clever family groupe, consisting of a sun-burnt, rough
Visaged English peasant, and his children, a boy and a girl ;
•` Margate, from the Sea," which is an admirable likeness
id this far-famed Cockney watering-place, and many others
which we regret that our very circumscribed limits prevent
us from noticing as they deserve.

MELTON DE MOWBRAY. 3 Vats.
Bentley, London, 1838.
Melton de Mowbray is a tale by no means devoid of
tent—indeed, in some places it exhibits ability of a supe-
tlFr order—but it wants compression ; the descriptions,
Which are of frequent occurrence, are too much spun out
and elaborated ; especially those at the commencement
of the t
s ory, where we are introduced to Fox, Sheridan, the
Duke of Norfolk, and many other of the more celebrated
tareiquenter3 of Brookes's, in the year 1791, the date of the
t.!. We do not mean to deny that the sketches of these
'fluent individuals display much graphic skill, but the
Pains-taking is too visible throughout them, wherefore we
ridee them, as they were written, with an effort. We ex-
(4, however, from this objection, the vigorous portrait
111 Wears the appearance of having been drawn from
th
life)
of the high-minded Whig politician, De la Bere,
°, though usually voting with the Fox and Sheridan
will not allow himself to be trammelled by the
e aills of party. There is truth in this portrait,
44d freshness and energy, which possesses the rare
merit of being highly coloured, without being over-
ained. In th management of his incidents the author is
Generally successful, they are lively, natural, and well put
together, which, considering their variety, is no slight re-
Mlrnendation. But the character of the hero, Melton de
owbray, is the principal charm of the story. It is a full-
ength likeness full of " mark and likelihood" of the gay
end wealthy "man aout town," who was the delight and
spirit and
of our grandmothers ; and is maintained with
consistency. The trial scene, where this young
_ut'ghtless sprig of fashion stands at the bar of justice as
tirminal of the deepest die—in fact, as a murderer ; and
488.1 which immediately follows, where he is represented
Initnured within the walls of Newgate, abandoned by all
it's rich and titled friends, with the sole exception of De
Bere, with whom he holds a dialogue of a strongly im-
iPassioned nature :—these parts of his novel show that the
4uthor possesses not only narrative, but also dramatic,
thility. Nor must we omit his description of the hero's
night journey from Dorchester to London by the mail,
'With the Crabbe-like sketch of the blank, comfortless
early morning fog in the metropolis, which it absolutely
tves one the horrors to read. Altogether Melton de
Mowbray is a vivid and skilful picture of fashionable life in
Leaden, about thirty or forty years since.

LORD DURHAM'S SUCCESSOR.—(From a Cor-
A.
Pondent.)—Rumours in generally well-informed quarters
give the following:—" The Marquis of Normanby is to sue-
!et'd Lord Durham in Canada, and the Duke of Richmond
is
to be appointed to the Lord- Lieutenacy of Ireland."—
'owilig Herald.
We are authorised to contradict the report that her
ilaiesty had written an autograph letter requesting Lord Dar-
fo to remain in Canada. There was no foundation whatever
r this report—Morning Chronicle. [We should infer from
this statement that Lord Durham is about to return ; but why
was not the report contradicted ere this ?]
Th. T • • 7 . •
No, Limerick Standard states that her majesty is
eery about to visit Ireland.
kik he Earl and Countess of Winchilsea, who have
visiting the Earl and Countess of Delawarr, at their seat,
eturst Park, in Sussex, have left for St. Leonard's.
at Lord
Leveson, M.P., has left the British Embassy
Paris for Rome, to join his noble relative, the Duke of
"evonahire.
The Earl of Hardwicke has left Ravensworth
ast
day le where his Lordship proceeded to after passing a_few.
4t Al a v Castle, o the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland
t for his seat, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.
I)Perh,aTIONAL GALLERY.—This exhibition was re-
been-' Yesterday for the reception of the public. There has
Ireraeb° addition or alteration, except that the pictures and
4cate: have been dusted. The number of visitors was very
horair °wing no doubt to the time for opening not being ge-
Y known.
bAce,o -•DE-NT TO LORD MoREToN.—A few days
y h;:e accident occurred to Lord Moreton, who, accompanied
I.44,illeffrcom, was driving a fresh blood horse at a trial in
tree, ester-park, when the animal suddenly started at a
etia. `lndous pace, and his Lordship, finding there was no
thell:.(' of stopping' him in any way, drove him up a bank with
Plisie ~sr of overturning the vehicle, which was soon accom-
Vel "d his Lordship and groom were thrown with some
-e• Thegroom was thrown " out of harm's way," but
for
Lordship fell under the horse, where he was obliged to lie
His early ten minutes, until the groom could collect assistance.
inns ordship has sprained both ancles ; the horse is not m-
Al' and the groom is somewhat hurt in his side.— Wilts
LPendent.
elternWl
.1413 STEAM.—Yesterday morning much ex-
Itailw-et was created along the line of the Great Western
oeraY, between Maidenhead and London, by the following
train f nee- On Sunday night, after the departure of the last
%eta 1?n1 Maidenhead, eight carriages were placed on the
heir& me, opposite the station offices, preparatory to their
TO dispatched by the early train (half-past seven) to town.
'37 coos-
ithtl isted of two open carriages, one of the second. class,
the , e remainder of the first class. Yesterday morning, on
lighiervants of the Company coming to their duties at day-
statio of the first class carriages only were found at the
1f0u,,,,11. At a later period of the morning it was, however,
tartl that the storm of Sunday night had forced the first four
die age 4 alohr, the rails towards London. Men were instantly
P4tched downe* lineobstruction had oc-
curred. the to see that no
ria..e„ On their arrival at Slough, the first and second.eckar-
rer7ll w_ere found to have stopped, and having been
found at
livo:!_ved from the rails, the other two carriages were
h
nwood Serubbs, nearly twenty miles from Meaden ead.
aAGittRAcE DARLING.—On Tuesday afternoon there
bri fine
g IThched from Mr. Brown's building-yard, Perth, a
Dod.
140 tons register, which has been chartered for St.
g°, by the popular: name of Grace Darling.
'att"ie' d\V ednesday last, Andrew Rutherford, of Dunse,
tt, orn "ler, was apprehended at Wooler, when on his way
whyso n Morpeth market, under suspicion of being the per-
rn stole the flock of sheep, the property of Mr. Oliver,
a
s w_ field at Ladykirk, as noticed by us a fortnight ago.
I:enlici„t
4.isert:rhgtotiongDunse in the custody of a sheriff's officer,
an examination there yesterday he was
the p 7 to Greenlaw gaol. Suspicion has been directed to
tight fiom the following circumstance :—About a fort-
toe, Igo he sold a sheep, somewhat lame, to one Nichol Bur-
-2'l'lllloler, in Dunse, which was immediately slaughtered.
Burton bas expressed an opinion that the animal he purchased
akin• Inas 'he'd as Mr. Oliver's are described to have been; the
was ik the hands of the tanner, therefore the marks were
• 'vvnat obliterated, but the evidence altogether has war-
t,.• ‘e_d . the Justices in committing the prisoner. It is conjee-
-1,7e: that the evmainder of the flock, amounting to 39, have
e driven to Morpeth market.....l3eywiek ,Advertiser.