The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-27 00:00:00

ILIT.ERARY NOTICE.

GLANTINE'Li .14CVVELIST'S 1311111.0tV, VOL. IV.
the snovels of ithis (country, tramilated and
(otiginal, constitute an essential ;portion of the
tnitioual Literature. The humour and imagina-
liaise our countrymen in corn-positions of this
mature, enable them to challenge ti compatiwn
with:troy fdreign authors of a similar description.,
It reay.alsoibe said, ito:thelonolr of our country-
men, that, with few exceptions, the works of
'imagination of this kind have generally tended
to sthe `advancement .-virtue, as -well to
the delineation of character and the
.general
representation of human life. With rospect'tu,
the -portraiture cif individual character, the form
sofsout free 'constitution affords such latitude to
iOrsonal -Whims •and humours as present a wider:
for,observation and description 'than can be
r-enjoyed -under the -Government sof ',any (other
`State. The present Work, so -far as it has .pro-
(ceeded, manifests taste and judgment in selection,
Wfii4l.may be trendily 'conceived,- if, as we have
been -assured, it is under the judicious superin-
lenderice-of Sir WALtrEtt Scow. The, poetical
works of that gentleman have desetvedly rais-
ed him -to a 'very 'high rank in 'the regions
of British literature, and if he is " the :C;R.LAT,
UNKNOWN," to whom the celebrated- Novels
"which 'have of late years contributed so much.
!to -the gratification -of lire world at large, 'it
may fairly be inferred that 'the 'future selections
-Will he equally characterized -by judgment and
taste. Vire volume before us containvihe
Ifl NO"s'els"; 'Gil fil&s, Devil on twoltiels,'Vettrille
.Gonzalee4 and The Adventures of a Guinea, with
`the Lives of their respective Authors: These lives'
appear 10 `be written with sufficient good sense,
critical -acumen, r diligence, infOrrna-lion, and can-
Jour. These_ qualities are strikingly conspicuous
in the 'life-of Mr. CHAIII,II3-jOHNSTONE, the au-
thor of the last woik,und 'furn'ishes -mere
geece respecting him than has hither't'o been gene-
rally 'known. We are told that " ri Ji.ey to the Per-
sonages introduced to -the Reader in. chiliisar; was
.furnished by the author himself to Lord Motiwr
nekcvsfut, and another to taptaitt MEARS,
with -whom .be
.. sailed to India,,' 'and that
'' it is published by Mr. WILLIAst .DAVIS, in
his collection of. Bibliographical. and Literary
.Aneedotes., with this ruvrat:---' The Author's
intention was to draw general characters ; there-
fore, on the application of the Key,,the reader
must exercise own judgment'." We have
never seen this work, but it is obvious, from
the nature and substance of -ellissui, that the
.purpose of the author was not merely to draw
general characters but, to paint flying indivi-
duals of the time. We remember to 'have
'read an edition of Chrssal, that 'belonged to
an old Circulating Library whicit appeared to
have passed through as many hands as the sap-
posed Cittpla him3elf, pn the margin of which
:many of the clia racters were designated 'by the se-
yerul it eaders,and we are perauaded thut there are
many now alive who were conversant with 'the
s;:c&tes ;:cpresented, aria %tic, could assign 'to the
=several agents their participation in the events
that are recorded. _ We wish that some of oar
iutelligent Correspondents would favour us
with their 'knowledge on the subject, and we
have little doubt. of 'being then able ,to illus-
trate a work which is calculated to afford
improvement as well as instruction by the force
of its satire-against vice and folly, and the ex-
'tent of its general information. We would also
reconunend to..their attention anotWer .work by
he same, Author viz. The Reverie, or a flight
to the Paradise of Fools, which may be considered
as the:sequel to The ildventures Of a Guinea.

f.o.oaisru4fnuses.-7-The complaints made by
the proPrietora of. furnished lodgings against
heir tenants, for pawning property there-
;vat,. seems. to occupy the attention of the
POlice Magistrates in
:the several Offices in
is greater degree than almost any other of.'
Timm The complainant has the privilege of;,
proceeding either under the Pawnbrokers' Act,
or tinder another of a much eider date ; by the
latter the offence amounts to a felony, and the
'convicted party becomes l4able to transportation
`for seven Or fourteen years, agreeable to circum-
stances. The former mode of procedure is more
lenient, as the Magistrate possesses a discre-
tionary power of. lining the parties from one
pound to five, or confining them in the House of
Correction for a term of one, two, or three
months. This latter course is the one commonly
recommended by the ,Magistrates, as it is .gene..
nilly known that offences of this character are
"the effect of temporary distress., . and committed
without any Otintemplation of fraud. Oa the
restoration of the articles pawned,..the penalties
.are Mitigated is the lowest ,amount which, the
Act permits.
Ma. Gsu suac's DzscErvr.—arford, Thursday.
—Last' night, Mr. Graham and his. balloon de-
scended a few: miles from this place. Mr. Grit•
tam appeared very cold, and much exhausted.
ft appears that he had a very cold voyage: and
he repreiented that the commencement' of his
aerial excursion was attended with same. titlfaiOUr.
41JU circumstances. He ascended at half-past
four. En about ten minutes, he entered a thick
Oood,. and lest net only all sight of the earth, but
scarcely see the balloon." lie was excel-
'decay cold while' in, those Clouds; and was
~much oppressed with pains and noises, particu-
larly iu Isis ears. lie was so overcome with cold
that he could, not make any observations. fie
never saw any bright sky during the whole
,ascent. In about three qtiartem of an hour he
tiled the valve line, and eventually perceived
that he was descending, though slowly. He threw
out two.grappling irons, but neither of them fas-
tened ; indeed they were
,both eventually lost.—
The balloon, however, came to the ground; bat
instead, of, stopping it dragged along for nearly a
Eisfr.Crrattarn also lost the things out of the
car, as well as out of his pockets, his watch,
book,arnall telesCope, &c, The balloon and ear
were ultimately .stopped by -two, trees. 'Mr,
Grahamthowever, retained his seat in the car
till trimly persons approached, and got fast hold
of,,it,„ thus preventing the balloon from again
asiending and draggirtg,