The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-01 00:00:00

TAIT'S MAGAZINE.

From the pointed and sententious style of the
article on " Protestantism," that stands the first
in this number, we are inclined to ascribe it to
the ready pen of the Editor of the Examiner.
At any rate it is not unworthy of him, for the
reasoning is clear, close, and forcible, and the
spirit that breathes through it, is free from the
slightest alloy of intolerance. We subjoin the
writer's account of the leading tenets of the Pu-
seyites, which conveys much stringent meaning
in a few emphatic sentences :—" If the Puseyites
mean anything at all, they mean that the exer-
cise of private judgment is a crime ; and that the
men who exercise it—the people commonly
called Protestants—use the weapons of the devil.
There can be no mistake here—no compromise.
The alternative is plain : stand upon your own legs,
if you can; if not, take the crutch which the Clergy
provide. There can be no doubt that an honest
man can get to heaven both ways; only it cer-
tainly does seem more honourable to march up
stoutly on one's own legs, than to be carried in
on the back of an old woman. We admire the
chivalrous candour of the Puseyites ; we despise
the puerile imbecility of their intellects—as if
Cod's whole creation, and man, his noblest
creature, were doomed to trip continually behind
the petticoats of a nurse, and be fed with spoon-
meat! Fie ! fie ! If, indeed, God had stereo-
typed visibly among men a council of angels
and archangels, and creatures all eyes, as
Ezekiel saw them in a vision; then we might
have rejoiced to sit upon the knees of the gods,
and from the lips of the wise know an end of all
mysteries. But when we see creatures with the
stature of full-grown men, with solemn display
of Greek and Hebrew, mumbling and maunder-
ing the sheerest puerilities; were it not better to
have been born altogether without reason, than
to have it only that we may hand it over to the
safe keeping of these men ? Nature rebels against
such base betrayal—such stupid prostrations of
her noblest functions; and in this rebellion pro-
perly consists." The writer has here hit the
right nail on the head. His definition of Pusey-
ism is just to the letter, but he might have been
even still more explicit, and told us that it is
neither more nor less than Popery, with scarcely
an attempt at disguise. As for its favourite doc-
trine of apostolical succession, we shall say
nothing more than that succession is some-
what equivocal in the person of the slum-
bering Philpotts, who, to our thinking, bears
the remotest possible resemblance to the pr!-
mitive apostles of the Church. " Illustra-
tions of the Thieves' Literature" is a
ca-
pital quiz upon those gross, ill judged fictions
which have been so'much in vogue lately. We
hope the writer will continue his satirical ex-
posures, for it is high time that thieves, mur-
derers, burglars, and blackguards of all descrip-
tions, should be viewed in their proper light, and
not put forward as sentimental heroes. " A
Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe" furnishes
us with some curious details respecting the
austerities to which these gloomy fanatics volun-
tarily subject themselves. " Notes of an Over-

land Journey through France and Egypt to Bom-
bay," is a clever critical notice of a work re-
cently published by Miss Roberts. From the
review of " Mr. Combe's Notes on the United
States," we quote an interesting passage descrip-
tive of the quickening effects produced on an
idiot's mind, by his habits of daily intercourse
with a beautiful young girl. Moore would turn
this anecdote to admirable account in a poem :=
,‘ In the course of conversation, a case was mentioned to me
as having occurred in the experience of a highly respectable
physician, and which was so fully authenticated, that I enter-
tain no doubt of its truth. The physician alluded to had a pa-
tient, a young man, who was almost idiotic from the suppres-
sion of all his faculties. He never spoke, and never moved vo-
luntarily, but sat habitually with his hand shading his eyes.
The physician sent him to walk as a remedial measure. In
the neighbourhood a beautiful young girl of sixteen lived with
her parents, and used to see the young man in his walks, and
speak kindly to him. For some time he took no notice of her ;
but after meet,ng her for several months, he began to look for
her, and to feel disappointed if she did not appear. He be-
came so much interested, that he directed his steps voluntarily
to her father's cottage, and gave her bouquets of flowers. By
degrees he conversed with her through the window. His men •
tal faculties were roused ; the dawn of convalescence appeared.
The girl was virtuous, intelligent, and lovely, and encouraged
his visits when she was told that she was benefiting his mental
health. She asked him if he could read and write ? He an-
swered, No. She wrote some lines to him to induce him to
learn. This had the desired effect. He applied himself to
study, and soon wrote good and sensible letters to her. He
recoverecnis reason. She was married to a young man from the
neighbouring city. Great fears were entertained that this
event would undo the good which she had accomplished. The
young i atient sustained a severe shock, but his mind did not
sink under it. He acquiesced in the propriety of her choice ;
continued to improve, and at last was restored to his family
cured. She had a child, and was soon after brought to the
same hospital perfectly insane. The young man heard of this
event, and was exceedingly anxious to see her, but an inter-
view was denied to him, both on her account and his own. She
died. He continued well, and became an active member of so-
ciety. What a beautiful romance might be founded on this
narrative !"

MONTILLY CHRONICLE.
The " Scottish Church Question" which for
moderationthepre and present " Monthly Chronicle,"
dispassionateness
the last year and a half has been the all-absorb-
ing
topic throughout, Scotland, is discussed at
andsom evvthleingth in a
worthy of all praise. The writer insists on the
expediency of the Legislature promptly and ac-
tively interfering in the matter, observing that
.4 it is absurd to delay till the present agitation
ceases, for if that is resolved on, the delay must
be till doomsday." 111, the article headed " Bio-
graphical Recreations" we have the translation
of a strange, mystical fragment by the German
visionary, J ean Paul. Richter, which is so mys-
tical that we honestly confess our inability to
comprehend it. By way of mending matters,
the translator has adopted the German idiom in
his version, so that the whole thing is as pretty
a puzzle as a reader could desire to e perplexed
with. What, for instance, is to be understood by
this sentence,
which is only one out of a dozen
that we could select ?—" How much greater
would be the enjoyment, if each were not
so squeezed by. his neighbour, and so ham-
pered by something which he considers his

duty ; so squeezed that in the chamber of his
heart, he cannot find space for a new flower ; to
say nothing of an entire evening sun, or an in-
pressing venal world, much less for a starry fir-
mament; and the obligatory something is, as far
as we can judge, that alligator-eye to the least
moral gap or nakedness either of a prince or of
his servants ; it being evident that into the
former, the sucking-sting, and into the latter, the
poison-sting, may be inserted !" Doubtless there
are some readers to whom all this farrago of
words will appear uncommonly fine, but to us it
seems sheer undiluted nonsense. The best writers
are always the clearest, and wherever there is ob-
scurity, as in the foregoing extract, it may safely
be taken for granted that a muddy, imperfect
intellect is at work. " First Love of Lady Anne
Nevyl " is a pleasing tale, referring to the period
of the fifteenth century. " Fugitive Verses" is
a criticism on a volume of poems lately published,
whose author is Joanna Baillie. ln his intro-
ductory remarks, the Reviewer alluding inci-
dentily to Milton, says that " the degree of
popularity which his " Paradise Lost" appears to
obtain, is more to be ascribed to its peculiar theo-
logical tenets than to its stupendous poetical
merits." Now this is not the case. No man
cares a straw for the theology of Milton's great
epic, but restricts his admiration to the lofty,
imaginative spirit that pervades it. If otherwise,
how happens it that his prose Tracts are not
equally popular with his poems? There we
have religious controversy enough, and to spare.
" Cora" is a fanciful legend gracefully versified.
" Sketches of Spanish General s" is a continuation,
from the last Number, of the memoirs of the
famous Guerilla Chief, Mina, whose whole career
was one scene of romantic adventure. The
" Gathering of Israel" is a poem by a lady named
Tinsley. As it is just a fitting length, and not defi-
cient in animation, we subjoin it for the reader's
amusement :

A sound bath pass'd through the nations, heard
I3v the heart alone, when its depths are stirr'd ;
Illightier than that of storm-lifted seas,
Than the tempest's rush amid forest trees ;
Alightier than sorrow's earth-born cry,
Than the shout of kings to victory :
And still, where its tale bath gone,
A voice to the breeze is cast—
" On to Jerusalem, brothers on !
We have gain'd our home at last !
" Lift up thine head, 0 Israel ! yet
From the depths of the darkness round thee set ;
Rejoice, for the chosen of the Lord
Have listened once more to His living word;
Calving them forth from the nations round,
To the hallow'd rest of their father's ground :
And still, as the goal is won,
Let the thrilling shout be past—
On to Jerusalem, brothers on !
We ha, e gain'd our home at last !

" Was the scoffer strong in the days of old,
Fenced by his idols of dust-won gold,
Mocking their hope, while his footsteps trod
With the prophet-gsther'd hosts of God ?
Heed him not now in the times that be,
For ours is no common destiny ;
But, with true armour, won
From the stores of the mighty past,
On to Jerusalem—boldly on !
We have gain'd our home at last !

" Did the desert of old yield its gushing wave,
For the pilgrim-fathers their thirst to lave;
Did the vision of God before them stand,
Guiding their steps to the promis'd land ;
And shall we, their children, all forget
That His mighty arm is our refuge yet?
No ! by the hope whereon
We have lean'd throuo the stormy past !
On to Jerusalem, brothers on !
We have gain'd our home at last !

" There flow the waters that flow'd of yore,
Washing no truce from the hallow'd shore ;
There rise the hills where our fathers how'd
When the voice of God shook the riven cloud ;
And the boughs of the stately cedar thrill
With that holy breath, for it stirs them still :
And we—are we call'd upon
By a voice to the desert cast ?
On to Jerusalem, Israel on !
We have gain'd our home at last !"

COURT CIRCULAR.

Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss
Pitt, Hon. Miss Devereux, Marquis of Headfort, Sir Robert
Otway, Lord Alfred Pagtl, and Sir Edward Bowater, ho-
noured the German Opera with their presence last evening.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent last evening at Ingestrie House. Her
Majesty was attended by Lady Barham, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon.
Miss Devereux, and the Marquis of Hcadfort.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Daw-
son, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at
Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness inspected Cla-
rence House, St. James's, yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured Viscount Sidmouth with
a visit yesterday, at his residence in Richmond Park,
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent yes-
terday at Ingestre House.
A Deputation of Directors of the New Brunswick Land
Company, consisting of Lieutenant-Colonel Moody, R.E.,
Governor, Mr. John Moxon, Deputy-Governor, Messrs. Am-
brose Humphrys, Newman Smith, William A. Ilankey, ac-
companied by Mr. N. Hooper, Solicitor to the Company, and
Mr. W. Aggas, Secretary, had an interview with Lord John
Ru,sell yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
A Deputation from the British and Foreign Society for the
Suppression of Intemperance, consisting of Mr. Buckingham,
Dr. Oxley, Rev. Mr. Stove], and Mr. M'Curdy, had an in-
terview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-
office.

A Deputation, including Mr. Hume, Mr. Gisborne, Mr.
Ashton Yates, and the Hon. Mr. Butler, had an interview
with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday.
The Earl of Mountcashel and Mr. Nicholls had an interview
with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Cabinet Ministers dined with the Marquis of Lansdowne
last evening, at Lansdowne house.
The Marquis of Breadalbane and Mr. Pigot had interviews
yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby, at the Home-office.
Despatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The lion. Miss Kerr left town on Tuesday for Scotland.
'I he marriage of the Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring,
M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the Lady Arabella
Howard, seco:id daughter of the Earl of Effingham, was so-
lemnised yesterday morning in St. George's Church. The
Earl of Effingham, Sir Thomas Baring, Earl of Rosebery,
Lord Ashburton, Lord Howard, and the Right Hon. H. La-
b were present at the ceremony. The party afterwards
proceeded to the Hanover Hotel, where a dejeunc was given
en the occasion by the Earl of Effingham.
The Right Hon. F. T. and Lady Arabella Baring left
town for Stratton Park, Whitehurch, Hants.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Misses
Percy, at Northumberland House, tram Alnwick Castle, Nor-
thumberland; Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the lion. Miss
Copley, in George-street, Hanover square, from their seat in
Bucks ; the Marquis of Ormonde and Lord James Butler, in
Weymouth-street, from Kilkenny Castle, Ireland; the Earl
and Countess of Delawarr and Lady Elizabeth West, in Upper
Grosvenor-street, from Buckhurst Park, Sussex ; the Earl of
Radnor, in Grosvenor-street, from Longford Castle, Wilts; the
Marchioness of Normanby, in Hill-street, from a visit to Lord
and Lady Barrington, at Bechett House, Berks ; the Right lion.
Frankland and Mrs. Lewis, in Hertfordshire, from their seat,
Harpton Court, Radnorshire ; the lion. George Rice Trevor,
M.P., in Stratton-street, from \Vales ; Lord Gardner, in
Dover-street, from Melton Mowbray ; the Earl of March, in
Portland-place, from Goodwood Park, Sussex ; the Marquis and
Marchioness of Breadalbane, in Park-lane, from Taymouth
Castle, Perthshire ; Lord Carew, from his seat in Ireland ;
Lord Camoys, in Park-street, from Stoner Park, Oxfordshire ;
the Marquis of Douro, in Belgrave-street, from Leamington
Spa ; the Dowager Countess of Clarendon, at Clarendon
House; Mrs. Lace Fox, in Curzon-street, from a visit to the
Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire; Lord and
Lady Haddo, at Argyll House, the Earl of Aberdeen's town re-
sidence, from Taymouth Castle, the seat of the Marquis and
Marchioness of Breadalbane, in Perthshire ; Sir Charles
Douglas, Bart., M.P., in Barley-street, from Warwick Castle,
the seat of the Earl and Countess of Warwick ; Lord William
Fitzgerald, from Ireland ; the Earl of Orkney, in George-
street, Hanover-square, from Taplow Court, Bucks ; the Earl
of Cardigan, in Portman-square, from Sussex ; the Duke of
Norfolk, in St. James's-square, from Arundel Castle, Sussex,
the Hon. Sir W. and Lady Lumley, in Green-street, from
Hastings ; Lord Seaton, from Lyneham Park, Devon ; Lord
Byron, in Eaton-place, from Park Hall, his seat near Ches-
terfield ; the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, in St.
James s-square, from Ockham Park, Surrey ; Yiscount
Sydney, in Cleveland-square, from Frognal Lodge, near Foots-
cray, tient ; the lion. Capt. and Mrs. Kepp,l, from Leaming-
ton Spa; the lion. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, from Bishops-
wearmouth, Durham; Sir J. Crosbie, and -Miss
Crosbie, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; the Earl of Maas-
field, iu Langham-place, from Scone Palace, Perthshire ; the
Earl of Hopetoun, in Bond-street, from Hopetoun House,
South Queensbury, N. B. ; the Dowager Marchioness of
Northampton, in Piccadilly, from Coolhurat, Surrey; the Hon.
Chas. C. Cavendish, M. P., at Burlington House, from Sussex ;
the Earl and Countess of Falmouth, Baroness Le De Spencer,
and Lord Boseawen, in St. James's-square, from Tregothnan,
Cornwall ; Lord and Lady Ravensworth and the Hon. Miss
Liddell, at Percy's-cross, Fulham, from Ravensworth Castle,
Northumberland; Sir Robert, Lady Fitzwygram, and family,
from Torquay, at Connaught-place.
DEPA KT URES.

The Duke of Buckingham, from Pall-mall, for Stowe, Bucks;
the Duke of Richmond, from Portland-place, for Goodwood
Park, Sussex ; Lord Liltord, from Grosvenor-place, for his
seat in Northamptonshire ; the Marquis of Tweeddale, for Yes-
ter House, Hatidingtonshire; Viscount and Viscountess Beres-
ford, from Cavendish-square, for Bidgebury Park, near Gould-
hurst, Kent ; Lady Charlotte Greville, from Lord Francis
Egerton's, in Belgrave-square, on a visit to Sir Lowry Cole, at
Big-Wield Park, near Hartford-bridge, Hants ; Mr. and Mrs.
Dcring, from Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, to Ayott St.
Lawrence, Herts.

LACtIitYMA CHRISTI:—A ridiculous I,ii.take
was once committed by a good honest country squire of
my acquaintance, who had received a present of some cf
this wine, and neither understood its name, nor whence it
came. " What say you to a glass of wine ?" said he one
day to me at dinner ? I bowed, and he continued, " What
shall it be ?" " Anything." 't Come, then, let us try
some of wine, that he bought at Claitie's."—
Swinburne's Courts of Europe.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Beatrice dl
Fenda was again on Tuesday given to a full house. The
opera is no great favourite with the public, but at its close
Peniani came forward and received the acknowledgments
justly due to one of her brightest achievements. Among
the company present was his Grace the Duke of Welling-
ton, who witnessed the opera front its commencement.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS MAIL.—WC un-
derstand that this fait mail is to cease running on the 30th
of April. How Huddersfield is to be supplied with Lon-
don letters is not yet determined ; but there is little doubt
but the arrangement will bring them so as to bo ready for
delivery aeon after eight in the morning.._ Leeds Mercury.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, 3.l4Acir 31.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.

Sir A. DALRYMPLE moved that it should be an
instruction to the Committee on the Bury inclosure
Bill to receive the petition from Mr. Upperton, pray-
ing to be heard by Counsel against the Bill.
Mr. DARBY supported the motion.
Captain PECHELL said if the motion was acceded
to he should ask the same indulgence for a petition he
held in his band with respect to the Brighton and
Shoreham Railway Bill.

The Earl of SURREY thought the question ought
to be decided by adhering to the strict rules of the
House.

After a few observations from Mr. Freshfield, Sir
G. Strickland, Mr. Bernal, and Lord Sandon,
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the motion
Against it 43
Alajor;ty
Mr. BROTHEKTON moved the third reading of
the Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks Bill.

Mr. SHILL objected to the motion, on the ground
that the Bill did not contain a clause, the object of
which would be to limit the profits to 10 per cent. on
the capital, and in the event of the profits exceeding
10 per cent., the surplus to be applied to the reduction
of the rates. The Right Hon. Gentleman suggested
to the Hon. Member to withdraw his mot on.
Mr. BROTHERTON said that he would postpone
his motion to to-morrow.

The third reading of the Derby Gas Bill wai also
postponed until to-morrow.
The Eccleshill Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The Reports of the Committees on the Metropolis
Improvements Bill and the Chelsea Poor Bill were
brought up, and the Bills (as we understood) ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow.

The Bradford (Wilts). Road Bill was read a second
Ime, and ordered to be committed.

Lord SANDON presented a petition from Birken-
head, praying to be heard by Counsel against the
Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks Bill.

Mr BAINES presented a petition from an indivi-
dual named Samuel Collins, against the Deptford Dock
and Pier Bill.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from
merchants and traders of Manchester, against certain
provisions in the Manchester and Liverpool Duck Bill.

CANTERBURY ELECTION.

Mr. CLIVE appeared at the bar with the Report
of the Canterbury Election Committee, which was to
the effect that the Hon. George Piercy Sydney Smythe
was duly elected to serve in Parliament for the city of
Canterbury, and that neither the petition nor the op-
position thereto were frivolous or vexatious.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the
Manchester and Bolton Railway Company, against the
Bill for the regulation of Railways.