The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-13 00:00:00

RUMOURED CHANGES IN THE

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CABINET.
TIIE FIRST LORD OF TUE ADMIRALTY.—Thera
seems at length to be some foundation for announcing
that tho Earl of Clarendon, at present Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, will be the new First Lord of the Admiralty.
It has been reported for the last two days that either
his Lordship or the Marquis of Normanby would be
the noblemen selected, but we have reason to believ•
that it was found to be a more easy task to find a new
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland than a new ambassador at
Paris, and for many :months it has been no secret that
Lord Clarendon was very desirous of being relieved.
THE NEW LORD LIEUTENANT.—It is also generally
understood that in the event of the Earl of Clarendon
succeeding to the office of First Lord of the Admiralty,
the Earl of Carlisle (who, as Lord Morpeth, was chief
secretary to the Irish Government under Lord Nor-
manby's administration) will succeed to the Viceroyalty.
It is further believed that one of the reasons for pro-
viding Lord Carlisle with another post is, that the Go-
vernment have determined to break up the Woods and
Forests Commission, or amalgamate it with some other
department.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
It was currently rumoured, yesterday, that several
important changes in the Cabinet were in comtcmplation,
and it was generally asserted in various quarters that
Lord John Russell, in consequence of differences amongst
his colleagues, intended to resign.
After diligent inquiries, in well-informed quarters, we
can only supply the following authentic movements.
Lord John Russell, after the Cabin©t Council on
Wednesday, wrote to Sir James Graham, who was at his
seat in Cumberland. We understand the letter reached
Netherby Hall by the ordinary post, and within three
hours after it came to the hands of the Right Hon.
Baronet, ho loft Carlisle by the first train for London
(the mail train), which departed from Carlisle at four
o'clock on Thursday afternoon, and Sir J. Graham,
accompanied by Lady Graham, arrived in town shortly
before five yesterday morning. Owing to the family
domestics in Grosvenor-place being unacquainted with
the arrival of the Right Hon. Baronet, Sir James and
Lady Graham stayed at the Euston Hotel until noon.
Sir James Graham, in the afternoon, had an interview► of
Lord John Russell.

Viscount Palmerston was absent from the Cabinet
Council yesterday, and rumour has assigned importance
to that circumstance which is totally destitute of foun-
dation. The Noble Viscount was unable to attend the
meeting of his colleagues solely from the effects of an
accident his Lordship met with at Broadlands, his seat
in Hants, just before his leaving for town, which at the
moment was considered trifling. his Lordship is now
confined to his residence, and is compelled to seek medi-
cal aid from Dr. Holland.
Lord John Russell waited on Viscount Palmerston
yesterday afternoon after the meeting of the leading
members of the Ministry, and had a protracted inter-
view with the Noble Viscount.
PRIVY COUNCIL.—There will be a Privy Council on
Monday next, at Windsor Castle, at half-past
ay.—
o'clock, the circulars for which were issued yesterday—
Herald.
Herald.

FRENCH RE-.
The President
to the rumours
DINNER OF TUB PRESIDENT OF Till .
gives the following
PUBLIC.—The Patric of Thursday
and wore
account of the dinNynieshriantgtthoepEultyaseset:o—p
of the Republic,
red in black,
about a ministerial modification, atshseeminbleerndbaertaa grand
dinner, on Tuesday evening, of the
Cabinet and of the bureau of the Assembly. M. Louis
honour.. lle seated the
gNraain)oalecoonrdßonononfp
President of the Assembly on his right
Bonaparte
Lagl`Zsos
the
and the Presi-
dent of the Council on his left. INi. Leon
nister of the Interior, faced the n Faucher, PresidentAfi-
of
lie, having on his right General Bedean, the Repub-
m.. Goudchaux, tho two vice-presidents,eau, and on his left
of the bureau wore the rosette
best harmony seemed to reign of representative. The
the Republic and the inin.. between the President of
Liers.
saloons, which have been After the dinner the
with ladies and soYe 1 recently
decorated, were filled
the Princess Cameratara personages, among whom wero
la Moskowa,and, Prince Murat, the Prince de
Cruz, I
ce Braque, Generals Changarnier, Rapatel, Santa
Vieillard, vresnc; and Noel• and MM. Thiers, Larabit,
Tonna; peri
,n 11, Bavoux, \resin, Boyer, Vernhette,
Parien, and deg Lon, Blavoyer,, .Prudhomme, Struck,
Thayer,
Commanarene,e, de Plaisance, de Bassano, A,
and Anselme Pe':iiiiti Clary, Gasa.:Biauca, de Saligny,
grand .soiree at the' Ely.
ao Nlastweavaeincin„g there will be a

MARTIN TO UTROND ; or, a Frenchman in
London in 1831.
Famed as the French are for the agremens de la
toilette, never did Frenchman appear in more elegant
attire than " Martin Toutrond." He appears in
ultramarine of so brilliant a hue as to dazzle the eyes
of all beholders. Owing to its splendid livery
" Martin Toutrond" is, we presume, to be considered
as a Christmas book, and differing as it does in most
particulars from all other Christmas books, its novelty
will render it doubly attractive. We are told that
this veracious history of a Frenchman's adventures is
translated from a French manuscript. So says the
title-page, but every other page asserts
the contrary, every other page proclaims
its English author. Nevertheless, if the
faulty peculiarities of our continental neighbours be
prominently exposed, our own short-comings are not
quite overlooked. Martin Toutrond's adventures
constitute a good-humoured satire on the faults of
both sides. Martin Toutrond, be it known, is the
son of a celebrated epicier in the Rue du Bac, Paris,
who visits London, for the purpose of finding a wife.
His adventures are most amusing : he has quite an
Hibernian talent for getting into scrapes, but, unfor-
`-unately for himself, he has not a similar talent for

getting out of them. Martin is tolerably well ac-
quainted with the English language, but its
idiomatic expressions give him much pain-
ful embarrassment. On one occasion he in-
quires as to the fortune of a certain lady, and the
person interrogated, guessing the purpose of the
inquiry, tells him "she knows what's what, and is
not to be diddled." This is an unknown tongue to
Martin. He ponders over it, but can make nothing
of it. " What " he knows is comment, " she knows
the comment of the comment!" He cannot make it
out. And diddled has never heard of such a word.
He returns home and eagerly turns to his dictionary
—no such word is to be found. The manner in
which these amusing adventures are detailed adds
considerably to their effect. We are hardlysatisfied with
the conclusion of the tale. Martin experiences rough
treatment not only at the hands of some of his English
acquaintances, but also from one from whom he has
a right to expect better—namely, the inditer of his
history. The author of this work, whoever he may
be, has been a little too hard upon the French, never-
theless, the Frenchman's adventures contain an abun-
dant fund of interest and amusement. Martin
Toutrond will enliven many a fireside at his own
expense.

THE lIIIDNIG.HT SUN. By Fredrika Bremer.
Translated by Mary 11°1044
Miss Bremer's new work appears most sea-
sonably. It is imbued with the very spirit of
Christmas-time. The authoress of " The Home"
ever delights in portraying home joys. A group
of " Brothers and Sisters " are the favourite
subjects for her pen. Such a group is to be met
with in her new work—a group of very different
characters united by mutual love. The style of the
narrative, like that of many of Miss Bremer's works, is
sometimes quaint and abrupt, but every chapter
teems with beautiful thoughts and a loving, Christian
spirit pervades the whole. It is unnecessary to speak
of Mrs. Howitt's translation. The author is fortu-
nate who has Mrs. Howitt for a chaperon.

THE BIRD OF PASSAGE. By Mrs. Romer. 3 Vols.
It is a favourite fancy with poets to invoke the
swallow or some other wandering bird, and demand
of it a history of the marvels with which its pilgri-
mage has acquainted it. For once the inquiry has
been answered. A bird of passage has revealed to us
the acquisitions of its wanderings. The graceful pen
of a favourite authoress has set forth the treasures of
romance gleaned from many lands. " The Bird of
Passage," be it known for the gratification of novel
readers, is not a book of travels, but a collection
of most attractive tales. Tales of all climes
and of all characters—some resembling the
narratives of the Arabian Nights' and others the
leuilletons of Paris, and others again as different from
these as these are from each other. Mrs. Romer, it
appears, like many other celebrities, was' at Paris
during the revolution of February. Her re-
miniscences of the scene are given in a sketch entitled
" King Mob," the name of which sketch is sufficient
to indicate the political penchants of the fair authoress.

•
SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOClETY.—Yesterday a ge-
neral meeting of the Governors of this charity was held
at their offices, King William-street. The minutes of
the previous meetings having been read and passed, the
secretary proceeded to read the report as to the present
condition of the society, from which it appeared that the
income for the quarter just gone by amounted to 1,7401.,
the expenditure for the same period 1,590/., leaving a
balance in favour of the society of 150/. The report
further stated that since the Ist of October last there
had been received on board the Dreadnaught thirty
sailors from the royal navy, 637 from merchantmen (of
these last thirty were of cholera, the majority of which
terminated fatally) ; discharged cured during the same
time, 63 ; now on board, 654; out-patients, 461; total
number received on board since the formation of the
society in 1821, 58,767. The report was then agreed to,
and some routine business having been transacted, a
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
meeting adjourned.
SUICIDE AT PLYMOUTH BREARWAYER.—On Satur-
day, a gentleman engaged a waterman and a lad at Ply-
mouth to row him to the breakwater; they accordingly
landed at the west end; he then stated it to be his inten-
tion to walk to the eastern end, and directed them to
he
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wase the o
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take m eoefft
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on the breakwater, arid in sight of
caogaet, Plymouth,
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persons at least plunged into the sea, theh
time,nd ae companied by
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possession of his great coat and hat,
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two of the harbour master's men, returned then took
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ham.
goepfahrr
given at the previous
neighbour p ens and confirmed the ac-
and a steadily increasing demand. T -
0 morrow the I
menl ttBrh4ioc9u..g—h
applyingT ho fo l ltoo v vbi be confirmation of the quarters• 1 Ywhen, asusual, the final
prices will be made.
reduced n
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ADMISSION Or ATTORNEYS IN EASTER TERM,
admitted
served . to practicepursu
is a ist of t number of gentle-
counts
gc tuol raga
obny,
and likewise of those by whom application for the taking
antastos°rlie
out and renewal of certificates, have been made. Persons
applying to be admitted in Easter Term, etoasdut
ut3oe: fl ase dt he de ,
this a
sl ...
1849 :---In the
Queen 'e Bench, 130; Chancery and ditto, 2 Notices of
admission for Easter Term to be added to list pursuant
to judge's order (Queen's Bench), 10. Notices of ad-
mission in Hlary Term to be added to the list pursuant
to judge's order (Queen's Bench), 7. Notices of ad-
mission for last day of Hilary Term, 1849, to be added
to the list pursuant to judge's order (Chancery and
Queen's Bench), 1; Queen's Bench 2. Applications
for taking out and renewal of certificates on the last
day of the present term (Queen's Bench), 18. Notices
of application to a judge at chambers on Feb. 1, for an
order to take out or renew certificates (Queen's Bench),
44; Chancery, 1; making a total of 215.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week boding Jan. 6, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 759/.
Is. 11d.; parcels, 05/. lls. 3d.; goods and cattle, 1682 l 2s.
2d.; steam-boats, 93/. 13s. 6d. Total, 1,046/. 18s. lOd.
isniNG AT BALLANTRAE --• The fishing of the
large ling and cod fish came in on Tuesday last at Bal-
lantrae, when seven boats were out, each getting from a
score to three dozen. They were largo and good in
quality. They have continued to be out since; but are
not yet very plentiful. Tho take of this kind of fish is
always extensive; each year along this coast forms an
item of livelihood for the fishermen there.---North British
Daily Mail.

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LITERATURE. ', }tic,' ,; -%,L 4e.z-Itt
I THOMSON'S POETICAL AND Dziatitxrc--.7.''s)f7;', I
WORKS'. ' - --'--:. e- e ' • •:;',V'
"This," said the critic of the last generatiok when ',:. _ •
he picked up a volume of " Thomson's Seasons" in'i•':? t
the window seat of a roadside tavern, "this is, indeed,
true fame !" He was right. Among all our great
poets, not even excepting the demi-gods of the Epic
and the Drama, not one has acquired for himself a
more beautiful or a more imperishable celebrity than
James Thomson. His very name is identified with
Nature; it is associated inextricably with her per-
° petual fluctuations and her endless reviviscense; it
lives in unfading immortality with the seasons ever
passing before us like a magnificent and interminable
panorama. And the sublimity of this weaving to-
gether of the names of Thomson and the Seasons can
be comprehended in all its fulness when we hear the
poet himself speaking thus of the latter—
" These, as they change, Almighty Father, these
Are but the varied God ! "
From the establishment of Mr. Tegg has recently
been issued a new edition of the inimitable writings
of Thomson, in a thick duodecimo volume of 676
pages, embellished with several very graceful plates,
engraved from the original drawings of J. Gilbert.
The book comprises, besides the " Seasons," the pa-
triotic poem of "Britannia," a poem which possesses
a deep interest, as coming from the same
pen that wrote our national chorus, "Rule
Britannia ;" the superb apostrophe to the me-
mory of " Sir Isaac Newton,' that apostrophe which carried our imagination even in
boyhood to the
poem
abysses
of of the stellar universe; the fine but unequal
" Liberty ;" the voluptuous and matchless
"Castle of Indolence," and, besides the five tragedies
of Sophonisba, Agamemnon, _Edward and Eleonora,
Tancred and Sigismund, and Coriaanus, all the
miscellaneous pieces called " Poems on Several Occa-
sions." The volume is more golden than the dreams
of the emigrants to California; it is a rich and incon-
sumeable banquet of poetry.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tam DAY Aonitng, 49 rain. after: 4 I Evening, 11 min. after 5
To-Ifoaliow—Morning, 31,min. after 5 I Evening, 51 min. after 5