The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-21 00:00:00

LITERATURE

PRIVATE EDUCATION; or, OBSERVATIONS
ON GOVERNESSES.
BY MADAME BUREAUD RIOFBEY.
Longman and Co. 1836.
The public has been long in want of such a book
as this. There are books in abundance ostensibly ad-
dressed to young " Ladies " and young " Gentle-
men ;" there are " My son's books," and " My
daughter's books"—but before the publication of this
work we knew not where to lay our hands upon a treatise
to which we could give the title of the " parent's book."
In fact such a production, though greatly wanted, had
no existence before Madame Bureaud Itiofrey under-
took to supply it ; and we do her no more than strict
justice in stating, that she has succeeded to an extent
which will ensure for her the heart-felt gratitude of
every mother who has a proper regard for the moral
arid intellectual welfare of her children. Her observa-
tions on the necessary qualifications for a good gover-
ness—her directions respecting the management of
children—her remarks on the proper conduct to be
pursued under a variety of possible circumstances—
her strictures on the negligence of some parent—the
doting foolish fondness of others—and the earnestness
with which she insists upon good moral principles and
fervent religious sentiments being made the ground-
work of all instruction, afford ample evidence of her
fitness for appearing as the monitress of the teachers,
as well as the safe-guide of the taught. We recom-
mend this work as an excellent manual for mothers,
governesses, and all who are charged with the educa-
tion of children.

The health of the Bishop of London continues ra-
pidly to improve, and hopes are entertained of his Lordship
being in a few days convalescent.

Mr. Coke, of Holkham, accompanied by his Grace
the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Tavistock, Lord Lyne-
doch, Mr. Whitbread, and a large party of their friends,
spent the greater part of Friday morning in viewing Islington
Cattle Market, with the accommodations and arrangements of
which they declared themselves highly pleased.
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It is said that Pasta intends shortly to visit this
country, but not professionally, her object being the instruction
and amusement of her daughter.

The sinecure of Inspector General of Marines has
been abolished by order of the Lords of the Admiralty.
THE SPENCER AND JUNIOR ATHENA:UM CLUB.
—A Club under this title, which is to afford a neutral ground
in politics, but to be united in the cultivation of literature, is
in progress of formation.
The demise of the late regretted Duchess of
Buckingham was very unexpected. Her Grace, in company
with the Duke, was driving through the delightful gardens at
Stowe on Saturday afternoon, and dined the same evening with
his Grace, in health and excellent spirits. During the same
evening she was seized with violent indisposition, arising from
spasms, and, after twenty-four hours illness, she expired. An
express was sent off to the Marquis and Marchioness of Chandos
at Buckingham-house, in Pall-mall, but on their arrival at
Stowe the Duchess had ceased to exist. Her Grace was in
her fifty-seventh year, and was by birth Lady Anna Elizabeth
Brydges, daughter and heiress of James, the third and last
Duke of Chandos, and co-heir with the Marquis Townshend
of the Barony of Chandos. Her marriage with the Duke of
Buckingham has left issue an only son, Richard Plantagenet,
Marquis of Chandos, born Feb. 11, 1797.
Yesterday afternoon a considerable degree of alarm
and confusion was created in the Strand, in consequence of
the following serio-comic occurrence :—A drover was proceed-
ing from the West-end towards the City, with several heifers
and cows in his care, and on arriving at the end of Bedford-
' street, one of the last-named animals suddenly becoming wild
and unruly, broke from the herd, and running on to the pave-
ment, upset a vendor of apples, who lay rolling in the gutter,
surrounded by his stock in trade, until assisted up by some
gentlemen, who witnessed his overthrow. Having performed
this exploit, the graceful and majestic animal progressed on-
wards towards Wellington-street, and turning sharp round,
endeavoured to pass over Waterloo-bridge, but the toll-keeper
having an eye to the pecuniary interests of the shareholders,
kept the gate closed, in consequence of which the unexpected
visitor retraced her steps, and at the end of Catherine-street,
knocked down a sweep and a journeyman baker, but fortu-
nately neither of them was much hurt. After the perform-
ance of the last-named feat, the cow became somewhat cool,
and in the course of a few minutes jogged on without further
molestation to any one.
THE LATE FIRE IN BURLINGTON ARCADE.—
The Inhabitants of the Burlington Arcade beg to unite in a
respectful testimonial of their gratitude to the Public, for the
prompt and efficient aid so generously rendered by subscription,
in behalf of those parties who were sufferers by the recent
calamity. At the same time they eagerly embrace the oppor-
tunity of adding their own acknowledgments for the steady and
powerful patronage which the Burlington Arcade has received
from the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public at large, from the
period of its institution. They desire to acquaint those friends
that every obstruction to the passage is now removed, and that
the attractive promenade has resumed its usual features. New
stocks, or the most novel and recherchg description, have been
laid in, to which early attention is respectfully invited. The
recent demonstration of public sympathy has urged the inhabi-
tants to fresh exertions ; and it is their determination to place
Burlington Arcade beyond rivalry as an Emporium of Ele-
gancics.
Within the last six months there have been esta-
blished at Moscow, five printing offices, one lithographic esta-
blishment, three booksellers' shops, and one reading room.
A letter of the Bth instant, from Wisbaden, says—
" The journey of the Duke of Nassau and the Princes to
Vienna is postponed, on account, it is said, of the advanced
state of pregnancy of the Duchess, and the expected arrival
of the Empress of Russia. It is also said that the young
Princes are about to visit Paris."

The menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes has just
experienced a great loss in the death of the large white bear,
and it is feared that it will shortly sustain another, as the gi-
raffe is very ill. As a set-off to these misfortunes, a fine young
male orang-outang has recently been imported, the first of the
kind seen in Paris. It is a very fine specimen.
To SINGERS.—A presto cure for hoarseness is
pointed out in the Mirror of the 14th instant,—namely, a
piece of anchovy, when the voice becomes languid by great
exertion. We wonder whether this pleasant specific was ever
tried by Mrs. Salmon.—Musical World.
Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock on
Wednesday morning last, as Thomas Williams, police consta-
ble No. 113, of the S. Division, was on duty in the St. Pan-
cras-road, opposite to Gloucester-place, Camden-town, he was
alarmed by hearing loud shrieks and cries for help, which pro-
ceeded from the residence of Mr. Mill, No. 4, Gloucester-
terrace, and immediately after a female rushed from the house
with her clothes in flames, from her feet upwards, and blazing
over her head to the height of between three and four feet.
Most fortunately at the instant another policeman of the same
division came up, and the unfortunate creature was, with
much difficulty carried in doors. An attempt was made to
divest her of those portions of her apparel which were on fire,
but owing to the violent struggles she made from the exces-
sive agony she was enduring, the accomplishment of this was
for some time retarded. The fire was, however, at length ex-
tinguished, but not before she had sustained injuries of a most
dreadfully severe and shocking description; the whole of her
person was dreadfully burnt, particularly her legs, arms, and
neck, the flesh of which was literally reduced to a cinder ;
large patches came away, adhering to her clothes, on taking
them off. She was carried to the North London Hospital, in
Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square, where, after lingering
in agonizing torture for some hours, she expired. It appears the
deceased was housemaid in Mr. Mill's family, and bad been
sitting up waiting her master and mistress's return from a
party, and while reading a book to beguile away the time her
clothes by some means caught fire, and she instantly ran out of
the house to procure assistance. She was a remarkably hand-
some young woman, in the 18th year of her age. An inquest
will be held on the body this day.
MATRIMONIAL DISPATCH.—Ort Saturday, a
gentleman of the name of Gibson, of South Carolina, who left
England at the early age of 15, and during the eight years he
has spent in America has realised a handsome fortune, landed
at Penzance, from the Adam, Lodge, of Liverpool. On
Monday, hearing of the Helston Flora day, he proceeded
thither, and accidentally met with Miss Sewel, of Sithney, a
young lady of 15. The effect was love at first sight ; and the
enamoured couple were joined in Hymen's bonds on Tuesday,
after a courtship of two days.— West Briton.
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATIONS AT SAND-
HURST.—The usual half-yearly public examination of the offi-
cers and Gentlemen Cadets studying at the Royal Military
College took place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,
the lith, 18th, and 19th instant. On the first of these days
the institution was honoured with a visit of inspection by his
Royal Highness the Prince of Orange and Prince Alexander
of the Netherlands, and attended by Major-General Bagelaar,
the Counts Otho and Frederick of Limberg Stirum, and
7th Sir
Henry Johnson. The illustrious visiters were met on their en-
trance into the college grounds by an estcort of the Hus-
sars, and received with a Royal salute of 21 guns from the
Flag-staff Redoubt. On their arrival on the parade, where
the Commissioners, the Governor, and the Liettenant- G. o-
vernor of the institution were in readiness for their reception,
the usual honours were paid by the battalion of gentlemen
cadets, who afterwards marched past them. in slow and. quick
time, and performed other evolutions with much precision and
steadiness. The Princes next witnessed several examinations
in the Board-room, and the construction of a pontoon
.bridge
by the gentlemen cadets on the lake ; and, after partaking of
a collation, quitted the College under a second Royal salute.
A Roman family sepulchral vault, seven feet square,
arched over, and containing, five coarse strongly baked cine-
rary urns, arranged in niches round its interior, was discovered
behind the Three Tuns Inn, Fore-street, on Monday. These
the workmen ignorantly broke, supposing them to contain
treasure, but the urns yielded simply bones and ashes ; a skull
was found at some distance from the urns,—Exeter Paper.