The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-29 00:00:00

MORN IN9 EDIT 10•

author of manyelementary works in 4.-ht raw
guage, which are favourably spoken of by
who are qualified to judge of their vas
present work will not detract from Nr. Pe',l4l
reputation, for it is compiled with great skill
judgment; the extracts from the different Fre,,P.o
poets are arranged in chronological order, lar
is a great improvement t,n the majority of siTgo,
publications ; and a treatise_ on French vePi.,er,
tion is added, in which will be found rnaoY,lo
viceable suggestions to those who maY des"jite
become acquainted with the laws that regu tal
the metrical productions of our contitiqo
neighbours. We have looked over the v 311,61
extracts carefully, and have been much plea:ce
with the good taste manifested in those that told
been taken from Moliere, La Fontaine;
Racine.

DIBDIN 'S SONGS,

Pubs,
The name of Dibdin has been.before the
for fully seventy years. The first Dibdin, kept
actor, musical composer, and dramatist,
turyi
possession of the stage for nearly half.a et life,
he was celebrated and idolised during horci
time as the most successful and varied wri_`„te.
sea-songs in any age, and his memory at tfllvics,
sent day is still associated with the aill
Brit
courage, and the renowned victories of ostof
sailors. lie wrote above 1,300 songs, lila notA
them good, some of them excellent, awl. the
few of them admirably ealcUlated to obtal!l the
great objects he had in view—to cherish losole
breast of the sailor a love of country, to e°llol-
him under his numerous deprivations and „til,
ships, to look in every contest, however tni:sibie.
upon victory as certain and defeat inratioo
Never, perhaps, was there such a ennurn4oole
of the well-known saying of Chatham, °r1;001
other great statesman, on the effect of ntanr it
songs in forming the national character, was (ill
now universally allowed that his war-s 0
unison, we admit, with the genius el coo'
sailors) did more to reconcile them to tbeilao all
dition, and cheer them on to victory', ti)8010
the regulations of the Admiralty, theft 014
of Parliament, the expected repose
„nsioll!_l
age in Greenwich Hospital, or arty t/P6
places, or honours whatever. So sensible c't the}'
truth were the Government at one time itbosoo/. A 6
granted Charles Dibdin an annuity of loge'
'„dagr
an inducement to give up his professionalet7ipole
ments, and write, publish, sing, and (I,,ist solAe
war songs for the navy. That salary,' 'lie Dll.'
ill economy, or some unaccouutab cage,
apprehension about the nature of the e:1;
went, was pitifully withdrawn by anntbwriler
nistry, at a time, too, when this celebrated
was but little able to submit to the dePrfilie
A third Ministry, possibly ashamed of .otist°
serable policy of their predecessors, or desuortido
lessen them in public opinion, renewed a Sin co;
of the salary when it was too late, nib
joyed the pittance for only a few Yea%tilP
died, like Burns, in poverty, but not in olnitoq
both signal instances of the folly and ingra,pek
of rulers who lavish millions in useless e'codef
tions, or wars without an objeCt, who fourth
' honours and pensions (to the third °r dGe
generation, or for ever) on Admirals an bare
nerals, and deny, even for their own life), soog
existence to those patriots whose national
have cherished the spirit of independeneeP.he
the courage of our soldiers and sailors in foray
of battle, and carried with them their taloverll'
nate leaders on to victory. The present (their
ment seem to have some glimmering, WY °ay the
duty in this respect; but they exhibit ini fo
blindness of men groping about in the Orkoss.oti
while they have conferred ample penBl°T aed
Mrs. Somerville and Sir David Brewstetaid
other astronomers and opticians, all tlitAolo
have done for the only surviving son a to pr
Dibdin, as far as the public are aware, rs , pub.;
tronize a volume of his father's songs late tIA.Z,
lished, the Admiralty taking 500 coPlfr' fi'd!
most of the members of the :Royal Faun Jii'
50 to 10 copies, at the price of ss. pay
son, we believe, is now in his 73d year
sessed, in his best days, the genius and Pe".,,
ante of his father; he has written also 0137 lige
tional songs and pieces for the stage, aiino
his father, seems destined to go down to t- tir,
as a second instance of national ingratit; sio•
wards the same family. A pension tbrbloll'
life, if . only to honour the memory of gi014,;
would do more credit to the Melbourne,o
try, and give more general satisfaction triotetar,r
the pensions they have yet conferred el!,',‘
genius. The book referred to is entitle" roof $
din's Sea Songs," though it contains °the it er
different sort, and by different authors lea bi
tends 'to 352 pages, beautifully PriAll,-1111.1,,5'
Clowes, and published by Murray', an Trull'
trated by numerous sketches by GeOrge
_shank. When it reaches a second editl°ll/roye
we expect . soon, Mr. Dibdin might
greatly by leaving out some; and addiogs War
eight of his father's best songs, with twt,,,'"e
trative of the occasions on which they
ten, and the persons to whom they rei'oriptiv".
has done this with good effect in the dei!.o,ooZ,
of his father's grave, and the occasion w,o,miwirag',,
rise to one, of his best songs, " Ton °,o;e 11"
which, though well known, we shall 111,0,re:‘,°,
apology for giving at length. The t5ll
tract from the " Memoir of Charles -1-"
will be read with interest : A a h.'His retirement on a gratuity of 2001. a year, alar_e
rather late, for having, at the express desire of the thesi, hit"
put himself to an expense of more than 6001., by (Plitt arre
lucrative provincial engagements, and opening his lit ere be fre
hot July to considerable nightl) loss (in town), ol?ewbat ,cer,
instructed to write, sing, publish, and give avia)ed the P3be
termed war songs, is well-known, as he publicly se.tt- befereitill
titulars, accompanied by the melancholy fact, WI: his 9,ejry,
had enjoyed the said income long enough to rern
losses in earning it, it was withdrawn by a succee bis des
A part of it was restored a short period anteceden,ta°t n
which took place in 1044 in his 69th year, in Aruni,:l3lo-._
Camden Town. He was followed to the grave,Zeelenito
Charles and Thomas, his medical attendant, and n":„, of at,
philanthropic oculist and eccentric writer John TOl4 efrof r
Sun newspaper. He was interred in the burial grnn
James, Camden Town, where, in the midst of a CluinPop pee
ering shrubs, his " frail memorial" quotes, from his °
ful song, that—
" Though his body's under hatches ra°
His saul is gone aloft !"
wlf sod
which lines he had written in memory of a brother' je-,
marry years master of a vessel in the merchant se" otth
.„bers
from whom {he imbibed that devotedness to rot id tog
nautical profession which characterised his Norio •;isterciolo
He had another-brother (an auctioneer) and ad at 0$ 7 tor
since dead. He had three sons—the youngest cue yropla,
a youth, in 1794 ; the eldest, Charles, many Years tithe o,
of Sadler's Wells Theatre, and author of the operas " burl 01
mer's Wife, My Spouse and I, and innumerable
a Orrt
.
songs, and pantomimes, died in 1831. He als°,_ete prol,ll#
daughter, and the son who, with perhaps too Dunn above "
has attempted this Memoir. Mr. Dibdin wrote
songs, and his son; nearly double that number.
• TOM BOWLING.
Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bo
wli°g'
The darling of our crew;
No more he'll hear the tempest howling,
For death has brought him to.
His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft,
Faithful, below, he did his duty,
But now he's gone aloft.
Tom never from his word departed,
His virtues were so rare,
His friends were many and true-hearted,
His Poll was kind and fair:
And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly, .
Ah, many's the time and oft
But mirth is turn'd to melancholy,
For Tom is gone aloft.
Yet shall poor Tern find pleasant weather,
When He, who all commands,
Shall give, to call life's crew together,
The word to pipe all hands.
Thus Death, vvlio kings and tars despatches,
In vain Tom's life has doff'd,
For, though his body's under hatches,
His soul is gone aloft.

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DRURY-LANE THEATRICAL FUN—*--„, Wedk:
nual dinner ef this admirable fund takes place —day me
ncsday next, at the Freemnsons'-hall. On Saterb COW
Secretary reported that he had been honoured Wit a dis-
munications from nearly two hundred illustrtous Ito w
tieguished personages who had kindly condescenden,ibetal
come vice-presidents, many had forwarded o°St ;old,
donations. He also reported that Mr. T. Conketi that tbe
as usual, conduct the musical departments ant_dA kindli
following professional ladies and gentlemen nag% Matill
volunteered their cervices on the occasion
reacts 01'
Hawes, Miss Rainforth,
Hams; Mr. Hatton (the
_celebrated pianist), Messrs
Bennett, Walmsley, Alentle-,
) Blewett, Collyrrc Alac°'
Bellamy, Crer.ch, =Fermi', J. Bland, Fitzwilliarni I coo'
S. Jones, and Paul Bedford. Prince George h °bis 1311,,i;
Miss Grant, and the Malsswo.
bridge is ex} ected to honour the company wit- 01 "`
cence ; and ti:e festival, it is anticipate& will be g
with great splendour,
RAILROADS IN IRELAND.--We feel
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selves fully in Or:
authorised to at flounce that the formation of a oder-
railroad, so th
n wards from Dublin, will be soon
_molt§
a position to state—indeed we "rile OF
which have been made, the delays attendant uP°,,blo
liamentary notices, &e., will be obviated, so could If be if
the work to be commenced long before it e Kobe
rise—astrethellie n" bei4
these krms were to be observed. The funds.a.r
w
supplied by three great London capitalists, %fin
_lib is
names we are ar quainted, and whose immense wortribute
indisputable. 'I he terms upon which theY c
which were interposed by Sir Robert Pcel__euio a
them are also communicated to us, and all the d.iffi_nedelibiei:
be grant
carried o r advance—they
on bypr
party in he year 1839, against the GoverninentorooVa
wt aLod OD'
quered by the present arrangement, Governmes_ Is and
in the meanwhile so mixed up
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with
reacthaisflaletlion if,
will be thrown in. It wculd give us g
enabledwrt _ . osto
in making this announcement, we were d"7
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the work is
railroad all through to Cork; but at Present. tija cora
only contemplated to extend to Holy
Crol'inerick to be
of Tipperary—the extension to Cork and lin
0rk...--
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postponed till after the completion o
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