The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-22 00:00:00

LITERATURE.
THE WILL; or, THE HALF-BROTHERS.,
A Romance. 3 Vols.
This novel is founded upon a most romantic incident
in Italian history —the conspiracy of Count Fiesco ; a
conspiracy remarkable for the extraordinary-secrecy
with which it was planned, and for the untoward
dent by which its designs were frustrated, even in 7
t,l
very moment of victory. For some years prior to 15,11
the famous Andrew Doria possessed almost soverelg
power in the Genoese Republic ; the pride and hauteur° .
of his grand nephew, Giannetino, gave great offence t
the nobles of Genoa, above all' to Fiesco, Count or
Lavagna, and instigated him to enter into a conspillq
for the purpose of overthrowing the power of the DorAlls_4!,
and obtaining the chief authority for himself. The idea
was one that might have been entertained by 114,
bilious man, but it was in the manner of carrying 'le
that the peculiar skill and ability of Fiesco were
manifest. Notwithstanding the time required to brinng
the project to maturity, and the great number of perso
necessarily enlisted in his service, the utmost, seerfet
was preserved, and, the better to obviate all suspicio!
Fiesco, in unbounded hospitality and dissipation, aPP;.;
rently devoted his whole time and thoughts to the Pei:
suit of pleasure. This line of conduct was, in two wail
favourable to his plans ; it increased the security ell
confidence of the Dorias, while the lavish e,:
penditure and magnificence which it occasioneed
added to the popular manners of the Count,
won for him the general good-will. At length tbe
cisive moment arrived; in the dead of night errand
of conspirators attacked the city—themselves all T.
pared and acting in concert, the enemy taken by stt,
prise, all things favoured them ; Giannetino Dorta
killed, all the strongholds were in the hands of Fiescd°4
party, and he himself now secure of victory Pr°c„Asse
to capture the galleys in the harbour : passing se, '„ of
1-
plank, he slipped, fell in the water, and the welg"",,e,
his armour causing him to sink, perished in the sP-1,
hour of triumph. Deprived of their leader, the
con
raters were soon defeated and destroyed, and the so
nificent project, so long and so skilfully prePare
vigorously and so victorious) effected, melted on
`•even as the baseless fabric of a vision." It eislbe
ibis most interesting event that the romance
.Of 0,
Will, or the Half-brothers" is founded, and it is obie 70;
inasmuch as they relate to that event, that .thereveltl4B..
are attractive and worthy of perusal. They •
rently written by an unpractised hand—at least oeebisohis
practised in careful composition, for although the. vi ted
is told in an interesting and sometimes very an,g Wag
manner, the sentences are very frequently ill-cenr-wiag
and occasionally not very easy to understand' "ore
sometimes to defective punctuation (perlutPs2 some'
the fault of the printer than of the author) sod
to the considerable distance which tot 005;
between the subject and the verb—rendering " rojee,
necessary here and there to read a sentence over 'these
in order clearly to comprehend it. We mention too
defects in all kindness to the author, because theLsill
defects which in his subsequent efforts he may 50
avoid, and which, if not avoided, must be greatly "ease
mental to all his endeavours. Count Fiesco is of °tile
not the only hero of the novel ; there is a fictitious og
interwoven with the historical romance which iscoa,
enough in its way, but in this, as in many other shoe
truth is not only stranger, but far more interesting' ftba
fiction, and the last volume, containing the account °or
conspiracy, is by much the best of the three. Thl. itleotlf
vellous incidents of the eventful evening are ex
well described, but perhaps the happiest and nteLeti;oril
tive
Palacesdecription is that of a scene occurring in The ts'
on the very day before the outbreak. "1"`
bassador of Milan having received some intelligeo
cerning the conspiracy, laid it before the Dori b' the
both Andrew and his grand-nephew, deceived h,ft she
conduct of the count, were very reluctant to crecliesce
information. In the midst of the conference, „f otr
himself made his appearance, for the purpose ;$llO/
tam ins Doria's consent to the departure of 6401
hich, und, r some pretence, he had fitted out, 10,11 oar
con,ent was very necessary for the success of tnecoto
ing's enterprise. The manner in which the eel the
allayed all half-awakened suspicions, reef
object of his visit—indeed, the whole scene--"is
effectively described.
a and obtain

emsesset . A f her
IMPROVEMENTS 1N THE PARKS.—By 01%,r..0r
Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, a trorbil*
trance to James's Park, at the top of Constitu 030 P
has just been comnlced, adjoining the garden w2,11,103i0ht;
ingham Palace, which is for the accommodation of
bitants of Grosvenor-place. The passage is by 27.14 two,
ascent from the road in Grosvenor-place to the
way is
elevation being there about eight feet. The gat„eof fir
plain brick structure. In Kensington Gardens el 0011
is in the course of formation, at between 300 and Ade ./
distance from the entrance opposite the equestrian ",../1107
is to be about 40 feet wide, and will extend across the b—
fit:an south to north. OVA
UP OFF, (lifl
A JUDGE'S SUMMING e
AWAY."—Mr. Sergeant Adams, whose singular'.ti i 0 the
eccentricities occasionally produce much merrirner at of
~
court over which he presides, heard a case yesterakodie:
Middlesex Sessions, in which a lad stole a piece of fridea.a
from an eatinghouse-keeper's in Clerkenwell. The so_ foi
having been gone through, the Learned Judge thus a,r
up—" Gentlemen of the Jury, you have heard thissensooll
goes the pudding-off goes the boy—off goes th 500°0*
goes hair
she captures him bolting down a court, and here, iieo,
the boy, pudding, and woman, before you; gentle,, ottli!,a
rider your verdict." At the close of this lucid au",.,,%,
tory address, the jury turned to each other in their
dße
were soon in deep consultation. The impatient]e
hastily exclaimed, " Good God, gentlemen, whace thie
deliberating about? the case is clear enough%oo4
settled the poor jurymen at once, and turning P.,dcliDe
alarm they found the prisoner Guilty% His love of P
! _r
:ores:
got him a month's
imprisonments with the pleasan v ft
pect of a whipping by
the gaolers at the end of tr.
fortnight.
reeeif
By the arrival of the Labrador, we have A
some details of the return of the Bey of Tunis to the seams
* government. He entered Tunis in a manificent carrlr
presented to him by the King of the French, amidst.t 900
mense crowd of his subjects, who appeared delighteaftste
him. Before the Labrador left he made valuable prescu
the officers.— Galignani. 111
Tun -SMALL DEBTS ACT.—This Act will b:010,
into immediate operation throughout the several Id ost*
The month's notice, as required, will expire on the 2` u
and a period will then be named when the Actsha poo°
effect; after which day, parties who bring actions fs„„r to of
under 201. in the superior court will have to pay the
o So
01 lt,
f
the same. In addition to a measure on the " it -
ruptcy and insolvency to separate the two sYst,ric,l3ill to
understood that the Lord Chaneellor will bring -Tony
abolish arrest in execution, and that imprisonment kill
be permitted in cases of fraud. It will be therefore: o'"f jest
sary to make some alterations in the Small! Debts Act
session.
Ofill°
DRIIADFUL ACCIDENT.--THHEE CHILD->5N br
_,03/1,
BY LIVTILL—On Saturday week, while three clui -0 the
longing to Mr. George Key, shoemaker, residing
mivg
northern part of the parish of Monifieth, were tr,;,d tlw
naptha lamp, an explosion took place, which enveiftiotes
whole three in flames. The father, who was at heat 005
diately ran to their assistance, and with his hanu'iltetS
which was severely burned during his exertions, eln)
th die;
the flames. One of the children, seven years of g
next day, and another is scarcely expected to lifve'tbe ft,
adds to the melancholy nature of the calamity is,;oo eshh;
that the mother, a very delicate person, was at the ","nr of 'to
fined to bed from disease, and was a horrified spee,ta,,'",boli
desolation caused by the explosion ; and it is
relate that she has since died.—Dundee Adrertiser• of Pi"
W. Bond, Esq., the late worthy Magistrntveattiolc
Westminster Police Court, also of the Inner TernPlie'„Psse'w,a
at Law, and xtecorder of Pole and Wareham, diet, r sde'
of personal property valued at 14,0001. By his will,
„nrof
far back us 1834, he has left small bequests to the Pw-socif ow'
parish of Tyneham, and to the London Mendicity
and to those persons who should be in his service at rope
;
'of his decease, the residue of his money and funded Po.
to be equally divided between his brothers and sir ,tenks
has left specific bequests to his family His law P:„.;
furniture to his brother Thomas, who. is l.is exectiihe
books on botany and his prints to his sister Marp has
mainder of his books to his three brothers; at' aocea'
pointed his brother Jr hn his residuary legatee. The
was in his 47th year. sb
ee"°ll:4
A SLY TRIP TO THE ALTAR OF HYMEN.--
time since, a highly respectable young lady, of collsl .t tbC
h'
personal attractions, who resided with her grandfatberb",,
western part of this town, was missing from boniecfreo'
female domestics early in the morning, and her abee°„o, tuba
the breakfast table created surprise in her grandPa!,,g
made the necessary inquiries of the servants resplifilglil°,
and was told she was out for a morning walk, FPI ;ideal;
returned; but the old gentleman was somewhat wa."
being told by one of the maid-servants, who vifi.o
secret, that her young mistress would assuredly rete..iooo-'
short time. Breakfast passed over, but no young ,u,-01 she(
made her appearance until early in the afternoon, 1°,;,0 tlO4.
on being interrogated, admitted to her anxious rely e, ee_„
she had taken the early train to London that nterlunriodo
had got married to the man of her heart, who, Ire,erfr;'
stand, is a clerk in the Batik of England, and of VP; •
spectable family. The old gentleman, at first, WS' 0 00°.n
agitated at the announcement, but a reconciliation leek
effected, and all that remains of the matter is the Litt
occasioned by it in the neighbourhood.—lpswich EIIP'"
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TELEGRAPO'
report of the proceedings in the Vice-Chancellor's `liegraft
the case of an injunction appliedfor by the Electric Te
Company against Messrs. Nott, who have obtained %ire, sr
for what is termed the electromagnetic telegraPh,fo 07,1
peered in the papers a few days ago, there were se."Vbe 1n74,
which it may be as well to set right, as they eiretadall:e
gist of the claim to originality of invention of the o"
The telegraphic clock used by Messrs. Nott has a h-"hci'tselll this°
in appearance to the hands of common locks whin-
01e °-
hour ; this hand is longer on one sideofcthe pivot °Cer si-‘lOlll
which it moves than on the other side. Ibe rethe dial
points to a circle of four alphabets which surrounds is at
plate, and the shorter side to a circle of figures Wh'e7be_....h7o.
d
short distance from the centre of the dial plate'ilt et"'
(or hands) moves with what is termed a deadre."- upea4 -
ment, the motive power being tke electric fluid acting utrne;
toothed wheel with pallets and stops, by which the d
regularity of movement is obtained. When the key '0
be put in motion, a key, something similar to ht ewbo
pianoforte, is pressed, and the pressure removear,s,
or to
hand points to the letter necessary to spell We„,„ ee4"lo
figure necessary to express a signal, as the case d signkc,
Thus words are spelled with unerring accuracy, al,lO, A.,
pointed to without the possibility of a mist their
magnetic needles move on the dial-plate and by
uec
flectiops indicate the letters, or words, or signs, forin
o_secb tb
.
in the magnetic telegraph hitherto in use
sentehce. There is no alarum used, but a bell is t
L.; thing°
number of strokes struck on which, indicates certmalito tOt
to be communicated from one station or 0(1 the Vsit-
another. There is but one wire employed, a° than ha
of the apparatus, batteries, &c., is not much More t avail"
the cost of the mode now in use. The gileasegracii
tages of this invention are, its simplicity, .0d flit
the ease with which it is worked and understoonfro; gees
tr
almost impossibility of sustaining injury, unless ~,,rings_f„
violence; there is no intricate mechanism, no betWwv."
weights, and only one wheel. It has been adopte„,irobly;
Northampton and Blisworth, where it answerFarus'ciiiy
and it has been favourabl reorted on by answer
and by
Major Brandred, to the Admiralty; by M Brands'
basoo-
Professor Bachhoffner. This latter gentleman
stituti°ll'
duced it in a course of lecturesat the Polytechnic n_rits by
where the public can satisfy themselves of its Tv_ at the
actual inspection. It is also to be seen in operae tic:2,0014
office of the patentees, No. 2, Boyal Exchang
Where the electric fluid traverses a mile of coppey b
74:„-b
-idity
is altogether a most important improvement on th!
and accuracy of telegraphic correspondence, and
.`ication•
in the application of the principle of electric comma"