The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

MA( AZINEF-(CONTINUED).
Cli RAS-TOMER TAILt-OLE, By Albert Stitt
Illustrated by John Leech. Part VIL
In the last number we left Sir Frederick and 7e.
Gudge retiring suddenly from the dinner-table of n_.
latter, frightened from their propriety by the Ulles*
pected appearance of Mts. Hamper sad her nephew
the latter, a Mr. Ellis, is the brother of the ulotbecir.
Christopher ; hence the agitation of Sir Fredenthe
He is, however, re-assured by Gudge, and rejoio
company.
" The dinner was dull—dull as a standard copm4d.t;vire!bwe--:
November twilight ; or an amateur work, or a
ture—dull as only a cmventional dinner can be, in tea
circles besides Mr. Gage's. For you must have recouee,
many parties to which you have been asked. whose vtri
ghastliness almost made them amusing ; where
dreary people had been cruelly collected together to get
lOW
thing comfortably ; and to all appearances, for no
_Ns
purpose but to be shown silver spoons and newattting
champagne glasses., and forced into the necessity- of rePes
never
the same absurd celmonies in their turn. Slte
considered it it a complitmsnt to be asked to a dinner, wer; ire
play was palpably the wain cause of giving it, an bid,
whole attention had been 6.;rected to collecting sboWY tatter
on the table, which money could procure any
tban agreeable persons round Whenever you belf2Pcer,
viduals spoken of a, • great dinner people,' you mai 70.04
tail they can shine in no other w,ly but with the lor fell-
lustre of their epergnes and hash-nsishes. If pleasentooto
ings and social erk:oy ments canno,s• be got off
co heavy
crockery and plain joints, they will never come fron boo
plate and chilled made cUshes. On the contrary these
a tendency to weigh down the lightest spi?its. 4,8 lsdies
" The gentlemen were not more • lively V•fben nitclr
had left than before. Mr. Snash amused himself with
ing into the Government generally ; attributing, half, Toes-
the crimes and evils of the State to the Stamps an he bed
The Baron wished to unfold to Sir Frederick a acherne„,i of
for emancipating Poland by a company with a e31)27 iirjes
hundred millions to be raised in shares. and, if Sir Feq.. its
name was down amongst the directors, would eosll`vopls
Sir; in the 4034
success with enormous profits—' in salt,
domestic article of salt alone,' :t.s be energetically hu"Artici
him, as he went off into a series of complicated saline snot
that would have driven Cocker hiniself into Bedlam ter tbe
followed; to all of which Sir F rederic bowed, but, fe,
world, could not have told the next minute what be h5c,.,41
listening to. Mr. Gudge and Mr. Flack got up a little oft'ive
conversation about bills ; and Mr.. Ellis, who bad bee,l3
dared by Mrs. Hamper, not knovring an sat 0
self and appeared to wish that be .was any else-
At length Christopher annotm ced that tea wits Trto'o,
upon which Mr. Gudge did not v.ait, according to and,
until the information had been re,aeated, but asked
body, at once, if they would have ."LoY
as the manner in which the questiCu was put euTbei
an answer in the negative he poposed thet
should join the ladies • which, everybody', alWearoped,o
more vrials....,ed
ready to do except Sir 'Frederick Arden ; an''l he e',l tot"
quietly, whilst Mr. Gudge waited behind in th- pod*
what wine remained in the glasses back into tAe"
and lock them up." ;-;„ Deso
Driven to desperation by (he vulgar obstrlls;e4beff
Gudge, Sir Frederick determines to take off Crs'optif
so as to free himself from the clutches of -wes;o4
cipled attorney, and finding Christopher alone 01 to
chambers one evening, he induces the boy to `43,0111.6,
cab, drives to some livery stables, engages hood
hurries off to Weybriclge, in which noighbasrb; poi
old servant of hie keeps a beer-shop. 111.514;4
this place, and asks Andrews, the keeper, to
bo°4ol
of Christopher, and carry him safely to Sc cor,
navigat'r is sleeping on a bench, waith,g re!,
boat; he awakes, and Christopher, to his horr,°;-:,400,1
nizes Hockey, who engages to see him safelYPlye.(lelv„
the address at Southampton, which Sill:los.%
gives him, and, notwithstanding the cries and the
of poor Christopher, he is once more give,: into —t.
of Hockey, and by him carried to the cacslb(2l.lool4,,
Frederick then enters the chaise, and orderOt,,
v'fooe
to return to town. In going over a /14.1-, orith.il
bridge which spans the junction of the cowry',
river Wey, the horses, frightened;by a flash of 1"; 4 or.:,
back against the parapet, and the chaise f„,al,;,e" r,
the horses falling half across the flood-gates' Sr
boy escapes, but the chariot, with Sir Fredef;lloo
falls into the deep water of the lock. The nely
brings us back to Sprouts and his frieo&l'oo
jolly man, Mr. Chirpey, makes an
so
Miss Twits, end is accepted, and a gra040,2
andd
Lb Thy
canhad
suppertbe.ar lisi
aso.rigvesei, vrmhenoon,
however,
‘te. in
igvnhergaro
,pnwihoiniut
graphically
interrupted
optdthe.
described,ehd u bbmetyor
tuohtrehe
festivitieslna -
b
Gudge, who has come to seek Skittler, who 1:1. ,010ib
Kingstonnce professionally as the fiddler, and wboall
dispatches to in search of Cheist,o-;$
has
ascertained that it was for Kingston 6.4.
had ordered the chaise at the livery .stables.

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L'ECO DI SAVOLVARO.LA h 'lO _aig
We have here submitted to our notice the fit ace-,I
of a little publication of an unusual and ilworitF;i
character ; namely, an Italian ' periodical. 0 Po
printed, and published in London. IS sot/
examined it with care and impartiality, an reiireif
ourseli es singularly disappointed. To us hot l'A
tolerance is everything; and we- reverence t_ on
ciple so truly, that we are prepared to contenirco otto
at home as much as the bigotry of an Inquieltiot.a
Smithfield wan da-fe. Here is an example of tbe t ii
of the EcodiSavonorola, page 27 .—" Ls religion,: c 00;
a religione di amore, rappresentandoci it SignotOti
padre delle anime the egli ha create, sPeelar,—,stedg)
c,,1!)r0 the credono nel Vangelo del see Figlio "'" P"ti
religione di Horns . a religion di terre,Le" 061%
rappresenta it nostro Dio come un Oa's- I*,
sednto sovra trono di maesik guardando cot. of!
sdegnoso le sue creature, e lanciando folgori Petliess,ir
i loro peccati, ele luro fralezze. In una parole .IrdatlT,
modellato le sue credenze sulle tavoladelle Legge e '.•
sul Sinai. e not sul Nuovo Testament° die s
seritto Dio e Carib." That is not oci
lerance we can applaud ; that is Int a. ifil
othfearagguem;enitt
is
sn
not
th accordancethe toleration
witha t
the Ministers of her Majesty's Government on tht. _ ete
reading of Mr. Watson's Bill, or the toles jp_ivolo
nounced, on Tuesday evening in the House of Col'
by the late Secretary for the Home Department'
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THE PATRICIAN. PO' 01
In this number we have an interesting I,;theesi
Bagley, the far-famed domain of Lord Lytteltol!!, .
,h,
in the most picturesque part of Worcestersoe:i ~,b;
glories of which have been sung by Thomsen, 9',„, of.oo
from its connexion with the literary hist°„; cer/i
country, may be regarded as classic ground- teoefievi
trials connected with the aristocracy are eell. ~I of 0
we have in the present number the tVIO trOwdiellto
Mohun for murder. These trials are curiotshalye,s,
singular insight into the state of the streets 0.,,u 00,171
of London towards the close of the seventeenro of, of
and a view of the outrageous lives and ee,uuses.7slll
roués and gallants who frequented them. uri.d Csiole,
December, 1692, Lord Mohun agreed to 1511,34 bO4
hill in an endeavour to abduct Mrs. uma.ool: 0'
the celebrated actress. Capt. Hill's suit to Wl'ololoo
been previously rejected by her at the instane,e',.s4,l its
gined, of Mr. Mountford, an actor. airs. .„-',.. rst'lsle
oil
had been sp, nding the day at the house ofa 'll;*iitow
DI ury-lane ; as she was quitting, at ten n'elec,-,lts°
Captain Hill and Lord Mohun seized her ettjgbttap, 0
to force her into a carriage. Her cries br''"8,00110,
Page and his friends to her assistance, °tying"
were overcome, but they insisted on accomfo,",llo,o6
Bracegirdle and her friends to her house; slat ej:for4.
street. Having done this, they left, and, goeter,
swords, paraded before the house of sod $44
in Nurfolk-street, awaiting his return, , etilool
ing vengeance against him. While tinotOthiell
they were encountered by the watch, who ue-to "di- et,
Lord Mohun why he had his sword drawn' biedV
he replied that he was a Peer of the realm, u_.nifterv,dej
touch him if they durst. Mountford shot* feenlio
arrived, and Lord Mohun engaged him in Th. him. sl'
- eon' e,
during which . Hill came up and stabbed ''',,-4 se4
escaped, and Lord Mohiin was taken, tried,,,Eas
ted by his peers. A few years afterwardsrbees jet'
tried for the murder of Mr. Coote, who hsu bier-00
in a duel, and again acquitted ; and at length pre
lent career was cut short by a violent deatb• it, 0
killed in a duel with the Duke of HalniUl,ll seiSe4ol
park, who also fell. The present number 14`ere,tir410
tains several literary articles of merit, besidef er
various new publications, and critiques on the
productions and exhibitions of the month.
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SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGA-Zi isi 110 s
It is melancholy to open- this periodical for toff et
considering that one of its very ablest contouto oti,oe
perished since its last publication, and that t jos'iol,
very mournful circumstances. Charles HonteuesiOde
terly been so emspicuous in the pages of the ~, ros
by the republication of Ws " Sketches of TeP;,410,4
and Scenery," that the account of his decessediabo%.
matter of sorrowful interest for all its readersf_nbwie rn.o
bers, and contributors. Another of the depierloefif
stances of poverty and misfortune in eci;:bee-jf
with literary powers of' some eminence is for°, terusti
the career and demise of this lively d.fielin,t/101110
American society. Unlike poor Hewlett, scse" the,Adg
not appear to have been a long sufferer &or° 00?
incident to the precarious income acquired Vied+ e
for the periodicals. Of this at least we are re4,40:(1,
until these miserable catastrophes become less yen:, 0
until indeed their recurrence be altogether Essiopo
wo shall regard the "Literary Fund Aseeut,„l
inefficient, and of a very suspicions utility
is, as usual, varied and entertaining'

FINE ARTS. Julia '
BURGER'S LEONORA. Translated bY,,,gi ,11,. i,
Cameron ; with Illustrations by Daniel Macnr,"'erain,
.Among the numerous offerings of song fro!" ni-rs.bie,
this noble and celebrated ballad is one of the lc", go:
and it is hero produced by Messrs. Longman `llr-ianw-8
geous arabesqued binding, printed on glazed PliP,e" 0 cbt
as massive as cardboard, and in typo of the Ger'iek(t;
ratter. To the lovers of ballad poetry what 21 f P'''
o e „do
not here! The genius of Burger, then ccuree.v
Cameron, and the imagination of Maclise! Anntorof
was not already familiar with the verses of 001
Who had not already hung over that thrillingocee
rivetted by the horror of its catastrophe end ettgrefiA(//
by the music of its diction? Who Wad 00$ bow;
mourned for, and with Leonora, and followed her..."-e
o°.
lessly through her flight with' the goblin b°,—hei II;
01,,
Those who had not will find a now field for is
like
miration in the present version, embellished as it 1 00,
the poetic fancy of Daniel Maclise. Those 1,13,(4f0rt
loourselves, were, long before its publication in i';l., esatty
yers of this masterly ballad, will derive Ile° rbeenve
from its appearance under a guise so novel and en toe
of fully
appropriate. Although there is a glaring 6,, 1
the renowned lines in toe translations of Ter"
Scott—
" Tramp, tramp, across the land they rode,
Splash, splash across the sea; rigii
that very omission is admirable as a token of til. 00
manner in which Miss Cameron has adhered to tu U
to
n oti•
of the origingl. Besides, as that lady judiciousl
71' '' - :I; ', ~,.-. , ,! „ i,,t, • tit•ri of the beat "Vbe
interior of G r nany, is somewhat of a solecisni!...eiti
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success with which Miss Cameron has rendered 1"