The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-12 00:00:00

THE MIRROR.

This is an excellent number of this rising periodi-
cal. " Paul Pevensey ; or, the Man from Below,"
is continued ; while a new tale of the French Revo-
lution of great interest, " Cecilia Armand," by Percy
B. St. John, is commenced. The ample materials
placed at his disposal will, as our readers may easily
judge, not be thrown away by a writer of such
talent as Mr. St. John. "The French Roadside," is
a pleasing sketch of the manners of our continental
neighbours, by one who has already afforded
ample proofs of his descriptive powers—" John
Miller." " Long Engagements," and "My Child's
Grave," will be perused with much pleasure. There
are several other articles, both in prose and poetry,
worthy of notice. One, a translation from the Danish
of 11. C. Anderson, by Mrs. Bushby, we give :
" The drums are beating with muffled sound—
How long the way seems to yon fatal ground!
Would all were over, and he were at rest!
My heart is breaking, bursting in my breast!
" I had in this wide world one only friend;
'Tis he, who to his doom of death they send,
With music's clanging strains and martial show.
And I—paraded with the rest—must go!
" For the last time God's sun cloth he behold;
Soon, soon for bim will all be dark and cold!
And now he kneels, and now his eyei they bind:
Oh! may his soul eternal mercy find!
" The nine have fired, not one without a sigh:
Eight of the whizzing balls have passed him by.
One only took sure aim of all the nine—
The ball that struck him in the heart was—mine."

CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part XII. By
Albert Smith.
In this number we are introduced to Mr. Barnes, a
medical student, and a "pal" of Sir Frederick Ar-
den's. Mr. Barnes promises to be a glorious fellow,
and we are sorry that Albert Smith has only allowed
himself four more numbers in which to work him
out. In this number Christopher, who is discharged
from the police-office for want of a prosecutor, is re-
cognised by Sprouts and Skittler, and is by them in-
troduced to Hickory, so that everything is now en
train for the discovery of the secret of his birth.
There is an admirable
scene of a fancy fair at the
Gudges, got up by the indefatigable Mrs. Hamper, at
which young Sir Frederick and Fanny Hamper are
discovered in a "peculiar and delicate" situation, but
while Mrs. Hamper lectures Fanny for being so very
indiscreet, she comforts herself with the idea that " it
would not be so bad if her daughter came to be Lady
Arden after all."

THE DISGRACE TO THE FAMILY. Part HI.
By W. Blanchard Jerrold.
This serial improves as it progresses, and although
the hero may be a disgrace to the family, the author
shows himself worthy of the names he bears, Blanchari
and Jerrold.

VANITY FAIR. Part VIII.
Mr. and Mrs. Captain Osborne join their regiment
at Chatham, and the latter is introduced to Airs.
Major O'Dowd, who commands the Major, who com-
mands the regiment. They are all ordered to Brus-
sels, where they meet Rawdon, Crawly, and Rebecca,
who are residing with General Tufto, to whom Raw-
don is aide-de-camp. Rebecca is setting her cap at
the General, who is already desperately in love
with her, and to arouse whose jealousy, and thus
make secure of him, she commences a flirtation
with George Osborne, who is fool enough to believe
she is in love with him, and who neglects poor
Amelia in conseuence. All parties meet at the
" far-famed ball" at Brussels on the 15th June,
1815, and are aroused from their intrigues by " the
canon's opening roar" on the field of Quatre Bras.

THE PATRICIAN.
The present number of The Patrician fully sus-
tains the character of this aristocratic periodical. The
article on Spanish literature is very valuable, and the
trial of W. Bernard for sending a threatening letter
to the second Duke of Marlborough is another illus-
tration of the correctness of the ail.)1•-r-,;m, that truth is
stranger than fiction.

The Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Roman Catholic
Bishop of London, remains in a very precarious state.
Prayers are offered daily for his Lordship by the several
Roman Catholic congregations.
RUMOURED DEATH OF SIR W. CODRINGTON, M.P.
—A rumour gained currency, yesterday, that the ill-
ness under which this gentleman was known to be suf-
fering had terminated fatally at seven o'clock yesterday
morning ; thus causing a vacancy in the representation
of the Eastern Division. On inquiry in quarters likely
to be well informed we cannot gain either confirmation
or refutation of the rumour ; but the well known fact
of Sir William's ill state of health has caused it to be
very generally credited. Should such an event have
taken place it would cause considerable excitement in
our local politics. The defeat of Mr. Craven Berkeley,
for Cheltenham, and the success of his brother, Grant-
ley, for the Western Division, have left such a feeling,
in certain quarters, that it is more than likely that a
Liberal would be started to contest the vacancy. In-
deed, immediately on the rumour being spread, yester-
day, the names of Mr. Craven Berkeley, Mr. Edward
Holland, Mr. Macaulay, and Sir J. C. Robhouse, were
spoken of as candidates on the Liberal interest. Some,
parties, we bear, went so far as to set on foot a requi-
sition to the first-named gentleman to allow himself to
be brought forward ; but, of course, in the present de-
licate state of affairs any such step is at least premature.
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