The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-02 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN.

Mr. Howard here favours us with a humorous
poem entitled" Ejus Crux," which, to say the best of
it, is but a sad imitation of Tom Ingoldsby's man-
ner. The author had much better stick to prose,
for which he is far more qualified than for verse.
" Memoirs of an Italian Exile" possesses passages
full of feeling, hut the article is too much spun
out. The " Note-book of an Irish Barrister"
furnishes us this month with some biographical
details of the lite Hussey Burgh.

LONDON AND EDINBIJRGH PHILOSO.
PHICAL MAGAZINE.
R and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court.
Geology is the predominant feature of the prcseni
number of this Magazine. As this science is dail3
becoming more interesting, the study of it is extend.
ing more widely among the thinking portion of the
public. Hitherto a certain class of readers have
been deterred from turning their minds to geology.
by a notion which some half-witted fanatics had pro-
pagated that its votaries were influenced by a desire
to find arguments for the overthrow of Revelation.
The excellent work of Dr. Pye Smith, whose at-
tachment to revealed religion has been too clearly
proved to admit of question, has done much and
will do more to dispel this ridiculous prejudice. To
return to the contents of the work before us. The
first paper is from the pen of the learned Vice -
President of the Geological Society. It is entitled
" On the Boulder Formation, or drift and asso-
ciated freshwater deposits composing the mud-cliffs
of Eastern Norfolk." The writer concludes, from
the absence of all stratified arrangement in this
formation, both in this and other Northern:countries,
that there must have been some peculiarity in its
origin, and his object is to show that this peculiarity
arises from the agency of ice-bergs. We cannot,
of course, here enter into a detail of the reasons by
which Mr. Lyell brings out this and other points
in his admirable essay, but we can say that we have
seldom read a paper of this kind with more gratifi-
cation. No small portion of our pleasure, we may
add, is due to the numerous wood-cuts which
both illustrate the character of the formation
in various parts of the district examined, and
also give the reader a complete fac-simile of
the different fossil objects contained in it.
There is another paper on this branch of science,
by Mr. Weaver. It is the continuation of a series
of articles "On the Mineral Structure of the
South of Ireland, with correlative matter on Devon
and Cornwall, Belgium, the Eifel, &c." Ihe
author endeavours to prove that there is but a
slight analogy between the Belgian and British for-
mations, and seems to make out his point satisfac-
torily.
The only other papers which our limits will per-
mit us to particularize, are one of great value by
Mr. Snow Harris on the best kind of lightning
conductors for the navy, and another on iron, cast-
iron, and steel, byDr. Schafhaueult of Munich, who
has made numerous experiments on the composi-
tion and qualities of these metals.

EQUIROTAL CARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.—A splendid new equirotal vehicle has been
launched on town ff. his Grace tho iliike of Wellington. It
comprises, in the first, instance, a beautiful cab phaeton, for
either a single horse or pair. Then, again, it divides into two
parts, when the hinder body forms singly, and at pleasure,
either an elegant cabriolet, or a curl icle for a pair of horses.
The carriage is suspended on easy bow springs, and may be
converted from a four-wheel to a two-wheel in the space of a
few minutes. It is lined with crimson morocco and rich yellow
lace, and is of a chocolate brown colour, but without crest or
arms. It has been about four months constructing, and the
cost is nearly 300/.
DIVING BELL—We quote the following from
the Armoricain of Brest :—" Mr. H.Davey, after long exer-
tion, has succeeded in finding the remains of the Republicain,
which was wrecked on the rocks of Maingan on the 25th of
December, 1794. The day before yesterday he landed her
bell at the arsenal, presenting it as the first fruits of his
undertaking. All the articles which may be recovered are
to be divided between him and the marine. He has also landed
a brass cannon weighing about 10,000 lbs. Mr. Davey hopes
to be able to recover most of the brass guns of the ship, which
are said to be twenty-seven. This will be one of the most
difficult and dangerous operations ever undertaken by any
diver, on account of the depth of the water, between eighteen
and twenty fathoms, and the rapidity and strength of the cur-
rent; but Mr. Davey has brought his apparatus to such a state
of perfection, that he is able to iriumph over these two great
obstacles. The bell and cannon recovered have suffered very
little from their long submersion. The bell bears the name of
M. Le Beurriee, who owned a large foundry at Brest."
FRIGHTFUL CONFLAGRATION.--A corres•
pendent at Geneva informs us that the consequences of the con-
tlagration of Sallenches has been most disastrous. Forty indi-
viduals were either dead or dying of the injuries they
• had received on the morning of the 21st instant.
Upwards of fifty were known to be dreadfully mutilated,
and more than one hundred had disappeared with-
out their fate being known. Several women were
found suffocated in the cellars where they had taken refuge
from the flames. All the papers and documents belonging to
I the town and the notaries of the place have entirely perished ;
and very few persons have been able to save their
most valuable effects. Not mere than four or five
houses, at the extremity of the town, have been preserved ;
the rest, 250 in number, are only ruins. The church, which
' . was one of the largest and oldest in the district of Faucigny,
has been entirely consum4. One of the brothers of the keeper
of the Hotel de Bellevue was burnt to death. The town was
THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. destroyed by a similar cause three hundred and twenty-one
Sherwood and Co. ; years ago, and at the same time (Easter); in that year the
spring had been universally dry, and all the water-courses were
The " Essay on the Tendency of Criminal Pas- dried up.—Frrnch Paper.
sions to Weaken the Intellect," with which the The sum already subscribed in Dublin for the
Number commences, has only one fault—it is too , purpose of raising funds for the erection of a monument M that
city to perpetuate the services of the late Mr. Drummond,
bw:
ex-
short. The writer has shown a truly philosophic ceeds seven hundreds pounds, and this without a suription
spirit and talents for grappling with metaphysical from the provibees.

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