The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-11 00:00:00

long been felt. The progress of modern discoveries
has rendered the existing works of this nature worse
than useless, and a work which like the present places
every navigator au niveau des connaissances actuelles,
cannot but be hailed as a boon by every one " whose
home is on the deep."
VAN'

—ITY FAIR. No. XI. By W. AI. Thackery.
The Rawdon Crawleys, after getting over head and
ears in debt in Paris, leave it with flying coloarsi
thanks to the tact and management of Rebecca, who
also manages to induce Rawdon's London creditor;
to accept a composition. Having sold his commis ion,
Rawdon s only source of emolument is his superior
knowledge of billiards, card-playing, &c., and heat last
sinks down into " 21Trs. Crawley's husband," Mrs.
Crawley herself being the adored of all the men who
visit at their snug little ménage in Curzon-st-eet,
where, like so many others, they manage to live 1, ry
comfortably on "nothing a year." But, although
Rebecca's cleverness and flippancy made her the vo,_;ue
among a certain class of men,
" The few female acquaintances whom Mrs. Crawley
had known abroad, not only declined to visit her e !ion
she came to this side of the channel, but cut hel se-
verely when they met in public places. It vs as cui .aus
to see how the great ladies forgot her, and no doubt not
altogether a pleasant study to Rebecca. When I vdy
Bareacres met her in the waiting-room at the Opera, she
gathered her daughters about her as if they woul be
contaminated by a touch of Becky, and retreating a cep
or two, placed herself in front of them, and stare 1 at
her little enemy. To stare Becky out of countem ace
required a severer glance than even the frigid old
Bareacres could shoot out of her dismal eyes. Vv7
Lady de Is Mole, who had ridden a score of time • by
Becky's side at Brussels, met Mrs. Crawley's open car-
riage in Hyde-park, her Ladyship was quite blind, and
could not in the least recognise her former friend. I Ten
Mrs. Blenkinsop, the banker's wife, cut her at chu ch.
Becky went regularly to church now; it was edif, ing
to see her enter there with Rawdon by her side, carr• ing
a couple of large gilt prayer-books, and afterwards going
through the ceremony with the gravest resignation.
" Rawdon at first felt very acutely the slights which
were passed upon his wife, and was inclined to be gloomy
and savage. He talked of calling out the husbands or
brothers of every one of the insolent women who did not
pay a proper respect to his wife; and it was only by the
strongest commands and entreaties on her part, that
he was brought into keeping a decent behaviour. ' Yon
can't shoot me into society,' she said, good-naturedly.
Remember, my dear, that I was but a governess, and
you, you poor silly old man, have the worst reputation
for debt, and dice, and all sorts of wickedness. We
shall get quite as many friends as we want by and bye,
and in the meanwhile you must be a good boy, and obey
your schoolmistress in everything she tells you to do.
When we heard that your aunt had left almost every-
thing to Pitt and hi., wife, do you remember what a rage
you were in? You would have told all Paris, if I had
not made you keep your temper, and where would you
have been now?—in prison at St. Pelagic for debt, and
not established in London in a handsome house, with
every comfort about you—you were in such a fury you
were ready to murder your brother, you wicked Cain
you, and what good would have come of remaining
angry? All the rage in the world won't get us your
aunts money; and it is much better that we should be
friends with your brother's family than enemies, as those
foolish Butes are. When your father dies, Queen's
Crawley will be a very pleasant house for you and me
to pass the winter in. If we are ruined, you can vary(
and take charge of the stable, and I can be a goves ness
to Lady Susan's children. Ruined! fiddlededee! I will
get you a good place before that; or Pitt and his little
boy will die, and we will be Sir Rawdon and my lady.
While there is life, there is hope, my dear, and I intent'
to make a man of you yet. Who sold your horses for
you? Who paid your debts for you?' Rawdon was
obliged to confess that he owed all these benefits to his
wife, and to trust himself to her guidance for the future.
Thanks to the tact of Rebecca, Rawdon had kept•
on terms with his brother, Pitt, after the death of
aunt, and Rebecca now looks forward to the arriva
in town of Lady Jane, to be her sponsor in Lordor
society. In the meantime poor Amelia is living•
quietly at Fulham, her whole soul wrapped up it,
Georgy, who is taken an occasional walk into the
park by old Sedley, and introduced to all the Waterlo:
men he meets as the son of Captain Osborne,
was killed in the battle of the 18th. One day 01,
Sedley and Georgy meet Rawdon and his little son
and the children are introduced to each other. Joel
returns to India, and Major Dobbin, who is sta.
tioned at Calcutta, is continually sending home hand-
some presents to Amelia and Georgy. His sister
call on Amelia occasionally, and on the occasion o
one of those visits she hears that William Dobbin it
about to be married to Miss Glorvina O'Dowd.

KNIGHT'S MONTHLY VOLUME. Vols. XVII.
XVIII., XIX., XX., XXL, XXII., XXla_
Warnum's History of Painting. Two Parts—Destruc
tion and Re-discovery of Pompeii. T'wo Parts—
Popular Tumults—Planches History of British Cos
tume. Two Parts.
Since its transferrence to the establishment of Mr
Charles Cox, from that of Mr. Charles Knight, thi
excellent periodical has continued to make its ap
pearance every successive month with the utinos
regularity. The materials of the publication, type
paper, printing, and illustration, are as good as here
tofore, and the themes of the different volumes are a
varied and intelligent. The " History of Painting,
by Ralph N. Warnum is especially worthy of notice
being a condensed narrative of the different stages
the progress of that art both in ancient and modern
times. The account of Pompeii is a reprint of Ur
publication formerly issued by the Society for th
Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and is em
bellished with a profusion of excellent wood
cuts. " Sketches of Popular Tumults, illus
trative of the effects of Social Ignorance," ar
divided into three sections, one on religious fanaticism
dating from the first tumults against the Jews if
England to the No-Popery Riots of Lord Grorg Gordon : another on political excitement, beginnin•
with the days of \Vat Tyler : and a third on Raisin)
the Rate of Labour, illustrated by circumstance
that have occurred in the manufacturing district*
The " History of British Costume," by Planche, it
like several of the preceding serials of this publication
profusely adorned with embellishments; and afford
the reader an accurate idea of the changes which hay
at different times diversified the costumes of ou
ancestors, from the tattooed emblazonry of the Pict
down to our present most hideous and inelegant dray)
Altogether the Monthly Volume must prove no in
considerable acquisition to the libraries of the mildl
classes.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—Last night, shortly befor
ten o'clock, two serious fires broke out almost sitnul
taneously, at High-street, Camberwell, and High-s. reel
Newington Butts. The first was discovered by a cot
stable of the P division, burning upon the premises i
the tenure of Mr. T. Tidy, furnishing ironmorg,e
situate at No. 5, High-street, Camberwell. The cos
stable raised an alarm, and fortunately the inmates ha
not retired to rest, but so dense was the smoke in tt
front shop, that none of them were able to pass throng
it. They, however, succeeded in effecting a safe retret
from the back of the house. The damage done to th
valuable stock by fire and water is very serious ; Ix
fortunately Mr. Tidy was insured in the Sun Fire-eines
Mr. Inspector Campbell, with a powerful body of met
were early at the fire, and kept the place from belt
plundered by a party of men who are always on tl•
alert in cases of such a disaster. The firemen had hard.
succeeded in getting the above fire safely subdued, the
a gentleman named Pratt, residing in the Wale on)
road, communicated to them the intelligence of anothi
outbreak in the same neighbourhood. It was found tb
the spacious building in the occupation of Mr. Picket
a cheesemonger, No. 17, High street, facing Newiugtt
Church, was wrapt in a general blaze. Such was 0 fury of the destructive element when the firemen reach(
the spot, that the whole of the surrounding habitatio:
appeared in danger, and the occupiers were busily ei
gaged in removing their furniture to a more diets:
place for protection. Fortunately there was an hum(
diate and abundant supply of water from the mains e
the Lambeth Company, but notwithstanding the pp
mises were nearly gutted before the flames could be et
tinguished. The total damage must be very consida
the raging of the flames, but the general opinion is th
able. Neither Mr. or Mrs. Pickett could be seen durir
they were not in the house when the disaster occurred.
A striking example of an improvident Irish Ina
riage was lately exhibited at MOneygan. A hap;
this bait
Nonadsß AwleLr: ApYuSt. u
couple, who were married in the morning, were tang
put up at 11,47:113.Y,
stealing hay in the evening to make their nuptial colic
—Leicester Express.
lliecting them and•
the sum they were let for last year ; bu,
abovec oh
me T
puNe Rtt ehi 1 Itwei Po- Icni cr.
expensesoßs s
They t ROADSnowf pike.
crAoeof the falling off in the
colle t•
from the competition by c ton of the tolls, 'wish
offer was made, the numerous railways, not O.
LITHOGRAPHY FOR ARCHITECTURAL SUBJECTS.
We have recently seen
of stumping
goi_sod effect to be )
in
litho
lithography by Hullmandel, which m.
be advanta,,eousl
supersedes the neyeeussseitd fofr architectural subects, as
obtainedwith economy.—Builder.
. 9 aint- stone, and soenablet
fIaPEcTED SPECIE.—Her Majesty's ship Cormore
was to sail from Valparaiso for Rio Janeiro and Englat
on the 29th August with about 1,500,000 dolls. in spec.
on freight.
ACCIDENT TO LORD GEORGE PAGEF.—We r
gret to state that Lord George Paget, Lieuienar
Colonel of the 4th Light Dragoon Guards, staticned
Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin, met with an accident.
Monday week, shortly after joining his regiment. TI
Gallant OffiCer was accidentally thrown from his hors
and unfortunately fractured his collar-bone. lv r
happy to add that, according to the last accounts
oeived, his Lordship was recovering..
tions in hono. One of the most splendid illuminations
was exhibited;
of the natal day of the Heir Apparent,
T device consisted of
Mr. Walton, of
Gosport.plume of feathers, surmounti
magnificent and costly
_f
ed of pure gas. The deaf
the letters P. and W. formed
and the effect exceedingly brillian
well conceived,
runs
Madame Viardot Garcia has contracted an engag
'Lb the managers of the Grand Opera at Lien
merit with
of four months ' duration, to commence on the Ist
January next.
Mdlle. Lind has arrived at Stockholm, and w
pass the greater part of the winter there. She w
appear at the Theatre of Stockholm but two Or th:
times at the most. tincoun,htiecpuuebw: