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

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Eclectic Review, inal-lariiCl: on " Constitu-
tional Fallacies and Unreformed Abuses," argues
ably in favour a 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 pan 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 18.34,"
an incident by no means peculiar to that individual
year. This number is embellished with a portrait of
her Majesty. The various magazines devote.d. to
particular classes preserve their usualcharacteristlicos,
The Church of England, the Farmers', the Journal
Invention, the Patent Journal, the Colonzafilla,
the Colonial Church Chronicle, the Pal .11
the .eciE•earldal,
the Follet, &c. &c., each treat very ably
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withl.he some
admirable objects to which their names refer. Fair-
lei7 continues
illustrations in in monthly hiy
numbers,
Cruickshank.
number of Chambers's Instructive and Entertaining
Library gives Redhead's "History of the French
Revolution," and the preceding numbers contained
Burton's "Political and Social Economy."

ACCIDENT ON VIE RIVER LEA.—TWO LIVES LOST.
—On Sunday evening an accident occurred on the river
Lea, near Cla,pton, by wliioh two young men lost their
lives. It appears that six young men, all of whom are
employed at Perry's Gazette-office, in the City, engaged
a small boat at the Jolly Angler's, adjoining the river
Lem, for the purpose of fishing. They had not proceeded
far, when by some accident, which is at present unex-
plained, the boat upset, and they were all immersed into
the water. Two of them succeeded in clinging to the
boat until assistenca was rendered, 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 TUE 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
Lincolnsbire.