The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1840.

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LETTERS FROM ITALY.
Murray, London, 1840.
Hacknied as is the theme on which Miss Taylor
—the author of the little work before us—treats,
she has contrived by dint of & lively, unaffected
style, brief historical sketches and racy criticisms
on art, to render it exceedingly interesting.
Though she discourses uponjtaly and the Italians
in an eloquent spirit, as though she loved her task,
yet she carefully avoids running into enthusiasm
or sentimentality, a fault which is very apt to beset
English tourists, when once they descend from the
Alps into the Milanese plains. Miss Taylor, as
we perceive by her preface, promises a continua-
tion of her Journal. We trust she will keep her
,vord. We extract, as a specimen of her manlier,
some remarks suggested by the sight of the far-
famed statue of the Medicean Venus, at Florence :
" At first (must I own it?) my eye rested unsatisfied
on this statue the goddess who enslaves all hearts
seemed to fall far short of my idea of feminine beauty ;
but as I gazed on her long and earnestly, the small
head and insipid face, which at first caught my atten-
tion, were forgotten, and, conscious alone of the ele-
gance of form, and the exquisite grace which pervades
the whole figure, I stood a silent and delighted admirer
before her. By grace Ido not mean mere loveliness,
which is but one form of grace ; in its proper sense
grace includes all that pleases the eye and satisfies the
mind—the absence of everything which can offend or
is unnatural : attitude, to be graceful, must be free
from constraint and affectation ; but recollect that grace
may exist with strength, and be found in the expression
of any action of the mind, its passions as well as its
gentleness. There is exquisite grace, for instance, in
the Madonnas of Rafael, but there is also grace in the
figures of his Sybils. A more beautiful specimen of
this attribute of beauty could scarcely be presented to
a novice like myself, than the Venus de Medici, and I
think of my visit this morning as the first of many de-
lightful lessons in art I shall have during my residence
in Italy. I could not help laughing to see a gentleman
(an American, I believe) after gazing in speechless de-
light at the statue, turn to leave the room, and on
reaching the curtain which covers the entrance, look
back and kiss his hand to her, uttering at the same time
a gentle Addio I' "

A SUMMER AMONGST THE B 0 CAGES
AND THE VINES. 2 Vols.
...Bentley, London, 1840.

The Bocages of which Miss Costello—the au-
thoress of the present volume of travels—speaks,
must not be confounded with that sylvan district,
known by the name of the Bocage, of which ti.c
Marchioness De la Rochejaquelin, in her details
of the Vendean wars, makes such frequent mention ;
Miss Costello did not journey in that direction, but
confined her ramblings principally to Normandy,
with whose picturesque scenery, and old ruined cas-
tles she was, as might be expected, highly delighted.
Her work, written in a pleasurable spirit, imparts
corresponding pleasure to the reader—especially the
legendary portion of it, for she relates local tradi-
tions and superstitions with as much point and vi-
vacity as Crofton Croker has evinced in his " Le-
gends of the South of Ireland." The volumes are
embellished with several cleverish plates.

AN APPEAL TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC
FROM A CANADIAN LOYALIST.
Mr. W. P. Smith, resident at Detroit, at the
breaking out of the Canada Rebellion, ornithologist
and assistant geologist of the State of Michigan,
was informed that the citizens of Michigan con-
templated an attack on Amherstburg. Being a
loyal subject of the Queen, he watched their
motions and succeded in delaying the execution
of the plan. By his means an invasion which
threatened to be most formidable was arrested, but
he lost his situation under the Michigan Govern•
ment. He was obliged afterwards to sell his col-
lection, his books, etc., etc., and suffered great
losses in consequence. For a long time he has
sought to obtain an adequate compensation from
the Government at home. As he states his case,
it appears a hard one, but he states only one
side. He admits, too, having received under protest
1001. Being in possession only of his statement,
we form no opinion of his case, but content our-
selves with remarking, that he describes himself to
be a most ill-treated man.

PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE, PART XXII.
C. Knight, London, 1840.
This Number contains the Third Part of King
Henry the Sixth, and is embellished with not less
than twenty-four illustrative plates. The occa-
sional obscurities of the text are cleared up by means
of pertinent notes attached to the bottom of the
page.

COURT CIRCULAR•

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The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yester-
day afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
At the Court the Rev. Dr. Thirlwall, Bishop of St.
David's, had an audience of her Majesty in the Royal
Closet, and did homage on his appointment. The
Marquis of Normanby, Secretary of State for the Home
Department, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk
of the Closet in 'Waiting, assisted at the ceremony.
The Marquis of Douglas had an audience of the
Queen.
The Privy Council was attended by the Lord Presi-
dent, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the
First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State
for the Henre, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the
Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
the President of the Board of Control, the Chief Com-
missioners of the Woods and Forests, the Secretary at
War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and
the Master of the Horse.

Her Majesty's Speech or, closing the Session of Par-
liament was arranged and agreed upon at the Council.
Some decisions of the Judicial Committee were
confirmed.

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. the Earl of Lovelace to be Lord Lieutenant of
the county of Surrey, his Lordship took the customary
oaths appointed to be taken.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
waiting._ _ _

Her Majesty gave audiences to the Lord President,
Viscount Melbourne, and Viscount Palm(rston.
The Court was attended by the Duchess of Bedford,
Lady in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Hill,
Gold Stick in waiting, and Colonel Wemyss, Equerry
in waiting.

Viscount Torrington and General the Hon. Sir W.
Lumley, were the Lord and Groom in waiting.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians
honoured the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's Park,
with a visit yesterday. Their Majesties visited the
Duchess of Kent, at Ingestrie House, Belgravc-square,
and lunched with her Royal Highness. The Queen
afterwards visited the Princess Augusta, at Clarence
House ; and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester
House. The King of the Belgians paid visits to the
Duke of Sussex, at Kensington Palace ; and the Duke
of Cambridge, at Cambridge House.
The Queen had a Dinner Party last evening. The
company consisted of their Majesties the King and
Queen of the Belgians, their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke
of Sussex, and the Duke of Cambridge, the Belgian
Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, Baron de Bour-
queney, the French Charge d'Affaires ; the Duke of
Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the
Duchess of Inverness, the Earl of Erroll, Earl of Ux.
bridge, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Lord Keane, Lord
George Lennox, Madame d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot,
M. Van Praet, Duchess of Bedford, Lady Charlotte
Dundas, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Spring Rice,
Baroness Lehzcn, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng,
Colonel Jones, Viscount Torrington, General Hon. Sir
W. Lumley, Colonel Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie.
The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
attended at the Palace during dinner.
The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from
the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester.
The Duke of Sussex paid a visit to her Royal High,
ness on Sunday evening.
" The Princess Augusta continues better.'
The following was issued yesterday :
" Clarence House, August 10."
His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the American
Minister, tranlasted business yesterday with the Mar-
quis of Normanby, at the Home Office.
Lord Ingestrie and Mr. Wood had interviews with
Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street.
Messrs. Brotherton, Hindley, Ewart, and Thornely,
with deputations from Manchester and Liverpool, as
to the Joint Stock Banks Act, had an interview yester-
day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down-
ing-street.
Sir H. Halford returned to town yesterday, from his
seat in Leicestershire.

Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence leA town yesterday, on
a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at his seat Stowe,
Bucks, to meet her Majesty the Queen Dowager and
her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar.
Mr. Vizard had an interview yesterday with the
Marquis of Normanby, at the Home Office.
The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council Cham-
ber, There were present the Lord President, the
Lord Privy Seal, and the Secretary of State for the
Home Department.
The Attorney-General and Sir F. Pollock were heard
by their Lordships respecting the harbour of St. Helier,
in the island of Jersey.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVALS.
Lord Hill, from Portsmouth ; M. de Berg, from Paris;
Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, from Chiswick ; the
Earl and Countess of Jermyn, from Kent; Lord Crewe,
at Mivart's Hotel, Brooke-street, from Bath ; Mr. R.
Cavendish, in Berkeley-square ; Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart.,
in Portland-place, from Hampshire ; Mr. and Miss Crow,
at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street. from Paris; Comte
Dictriehfein, at ditto, from ditto ; Colonel Hardy, at ditto,
from Rugby ; Colonel Vaughan, at ditto, from Rug.
Corweri, N. W. ; Edmund Higginson, Esq., at ditto, from
Bromyard, Worcestershire ; Dr. Burt, at ditto, from a
tour; Count de la Pastim, from Paris.
DEPARTURES.
E.' Corbally, Esq., for Aberdeen ; Mr.' and
Mrs. °F. A. Grant, of Grant, from their residence,
Ulster-terrace, Regent's Park, for Brighton; the Earl
and Countess De Grey, for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire ;
Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, for Montreal, their
seat in Kent; Lord Clarence Paget, for Wales ; Vis-
count Alford, on a continental tour ; the Hon. Stafford
and Mr. Jerningh!tm, from WA-art.'s Hotel, Brook-street,
on a visit to the Hon, Mr. Petro, near Bury St. Ed-
mund's; Baron Dimsdele, front ditto, for Cornfield Place,
Hens ; Mr. Newdigatc, from ditto, for America ; Sir
George Talbot, from ditto, for Tunbridge Wells; Sic
Wm. and Lady Geary, for their seat in Kent ; Cornet
Pullen, on a tour in the north ; Lord Wodehouse, for his
seat in Norfolk; the Earl of Durham and Lady Alice Lamb-
ton, for Lambton Castle, Durham ; Lord Wm. Hill, from
the Marquis of Downshire's, for Stroud, Gloucester-
shire ; Sir Charles Dalbiac, on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Roxburghe, at Flours Castle, Roxburghshire ;
the Earl and Countess of Brecknock, for the Wilderness,
Kent; Lord and Lady Delamere, for their seat in
Cheshire ; Lord and Lady Bridport, for Cricket Lodge,
their seat, near Chard ' • ViscountOssulston, on a tour up the
Rhine ; the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, from Ches-
terfield House; Colonel and Lady Katherine Harcourt,
for the Isle of Wight ; Lord and Lady Leigh, for
Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire ; the Bishop of Dur-
ham and Mrs. Maltby, for Auckland Castle, Dur-
ham ; Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart., M. P. for De-
vonshire ; Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon, for
Brynkalt, their seat in Wales ; the Earl and Countess
of Darlington, for Shropshire;
Blantyre and the Hon.
Misses Stuart, for Blantyre Castle Liddell Lord
fordan Lady
for ditto ;
Ra v en s
Castle;w ort h, a nLda tdhye HF
Frances on
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Dover ; Mr, and Mrs. Fred. Hodgson, on a continental
Major-General Sir John Barham,
toofurdrfoHrz.foMr ajnoarfahn;d Mrs. Massey, for Dover; the Earl
for Cheltenham I Hon. and Rev. Spencer Rodney, for
Spa; Mr. and the
Hon. Mrs. Heathcote, for Stocken Hall, Grantham; Col.
George Wyndham, on a visit to his estates in the counties
dNiitrtso. ;
GeneralC aptai noSnisrfow, Thomasf r and
LeamingtonLady Hastings,
of Limerick, Clare, &c. ; Lord John Scott, on a cruise
in the Lupa yacht ; Major E. Gordon, for Cowes,
Lord Powerscourt, on a cruise in the Antelope cut-.
ter yacht ; George Tomline, Esq., M.P.,
for Cowes •
nSeirarCork ; Denham
sNiror
John and
Ba r t .
LadyM Mordaunt, for Walton. P., for Mallow Castle,
Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Mr. Monckton Manes, M. P.,
for Frystone Hall, Ferry-bridge; Sir James and Lady
Hamilton, on a continental tour ;
Lsne Fox, for
Bramhaoi Park, near Wetherby ; Mr.
Holland, M. P.,
for St. Leonard's Sussex ; Mr. and Mrs. Dodd and Miss
Sanders, from Montagu-square, for Vienna ; Mr. and Mrs.
Fowler Butler, from Fladong's Hotel, 0 f dor -streei, for
Dover ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Puuncett, from ditto, for ditto ;
James -Erskine, Esq , front ditto, for the Corttinent ; Sir
Duncan Cameron, Bart., from ditto, for Ediribugh ; Ed-
ward Griffi
th, Esq., from ditto, for Newcourt, Hereford-
shire • Rev. H. Graths and Charles Griffiths, Esq.,
from ditto, for ditto._

bonded port, for all descriptions of foreign
The Lords of the Treasury have approved o.
goods,Newport with as
athe exception of tea and tobacco, which will
be allowed to be removed coastwise under bond.
ENGLISa OPERA HousE.—.A new domestic
in two acts, was produced here last evening under
Ernestinde ; or, Woman's Love. The plot is
Maitland a villain gambler arid roue, ruins
not novel.
, and seduces Ernestine, the Indy
his associate
Ernestine is the heroine of the piece. She
of his love.
adores Despard, who, in the course of the drama, and to
his lost. fortunes, WOO 3 and wins an heiress of the
redeem
Rosalie, andh Ernestine, to prove her " woman's
name of
love,,' consents to. t e marriage of Despard with the rich
.I in bar affection!. . Maitland, stun with the double
rival ,of a twofold villainy first the seduction, and after-
desertion of Ernestine by D ‘ d t • th
crime, when Despard, LaTtaermpTinagUntosstabe
"his involved in a struggle, in which he is mortally
drama,iwilja utridi.tils the o f .
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wounded, and the curtain falls. There is an under-plot
r:vuniving the courtship by Lord Facile of a Lady Babble-
which puts a dandy into the predicament of amusing
ton, The interest,i of the drama was rather flag-
gingly sustained. ...i iaps Mr. T. Grcen'sFacile"
was the best
latter
.4 part in
Ernestine,the play." Miss Fortescuc sus-
mined the role of the heroine, with considerable
titolranalterating with . his part), played cleverly, and
feeling and some power.. Maynard as Maitland (the
Fii Tzianics enacted
_t_hie villain Despard with an energy
little too forced. apiece was announced for repetition
with somewhat doubtful success.
A JUDGE TAKING THE TEMPERANCE
pLaDoE.—Judge Crampton was among the number of
P°stulan h received. the pledge of teetotalis frm
Fadier Mathew during his stay in Castlebar. Him s Loord-
ship, who has ever been . a steady and steadfast friend to
the temperance cause, was presented by the great apostle
with a splendid silver medal on this occasion.—Mayo
Telegraph.