The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-01 00:00:00

EVENING ED ITI ON.

admirer, and has not much to say, of wit, learning, sa-
glcity, and ripe and ready knowledge of the world that
Maitre Alcofribas shows in every chapter of his lie-
mortal Voyage to the Holy Bottle? We are :pleased
to find the author of this entertaining article speaking
in high terms of approbation of Napoleon. Despite
his martial ambition, he was one of the greatest be-
nefactors that France has had since the days, Of the
great Colbert, and is worth all the Bourbons that
were ever whelped, including even the great Louis
himself. " A Pictorial Rhapsody," contains some judi-
cious criticisms on many of the more remarkable pic-
tures in the present exhibition. " Modern Greece" is
readable, though the subject is rather hacknied. The
fe Ar remaining articles call for no particular comment.

MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
The present number of this periodical contains,
among other prose and verse articles, a review of the
poems, accompanied by translations, of Count Platen,
an author, whose works it seems, have made much stir
in Germany, where they have many ardent admirers.
From the specimens selected b 7 the Reviewer, we in-
cline to judge favourably of the Count's powers of
fancy, though not so of his judgment, since—as we
are assured—" he has been endeavouring to con-
struct German poems, in Latin metres," which is a very
preposterous piece of affectation. " Ode to Mr. George
Patten," is by the Editor. It is a graceful lyric, and
exhibits more thoaght than is usually found in the
poems of the day. " Reginald de Baiilaunce" is -a tale
of a melo-dramatic character, wirked up with consider-
able skill. From the article entitled ." Persian Re-
miniscences," we quote an extract, illustrative of the
strong inherent avarice of the Persian monarchs :

Nothing touches the compassion of Majesty so much as
the sight of money—it is irresistible; it is money which
raised him to the throne ; it is money which keeps hint
there, it may be said ; it will purchase everything within
his gift, even life itself, of which a notable instance was
related to me of one of the King's Ministers, who had
found the powerful effect of 'none) : it is a long history
which I cannot enter upon, of his misdemeanours, &c. ;
—at length the rope was around his neck, ten thousand
tomauns was bid for his head, the sum was irresistible, and
it was bought in at that price ; he was subsequently ho-
noured with the Khelat,' and sent as Ambassador Extra-
ordinary to the Court of St. James's. The Khan's enter-
taining letter, which he wrote on his return to Persia, re-
marking on the customs and manners of this country,
has, I believe, been printed, therefore I shall not copy it.
After a full flow of compliment to the ladies, be objects
to two things :—" I always afraid some old lady in great
crowd come dead—that not very good, and spoil my hap-
piness. I think old lady after eighty-five should not
not come to evening party; why for take so much trouble?
I think tell little storie.,—that not very good." - Such
was the "on dit" of Tehran. I confess that lam a /eet/e
sceptical on the subject ; the safest anecdote-ground in
Persia is certainly that of " ocular demonstration." His
late Majesty, " Futtee Ali Shah," was very ingenious in
extracting money from his subjects. Does the King want
to build a palace—he dips into his sut+jeets' pockets for
the ways and means ; does he mean to marry either of his
sons—all the " pomp and circumstance" must be paid for
by the people. In this way they almost curse the "Sadir,"
as it is called, or public requisition, when proclaimed by
the herald of despotism.

MONTHLY CHRONICLE. •
This periodical reached us at such a late hour last
night, that we are compelled to restrict ourselves to a
brief and hasty notice of it. The two articles which
we have perused with the greatest pleasure, are the
criticism on Mr. Horne's new tragedy of Gremory the
Seventh, a stirring and lofty subject, and well adapted
for dramatic purposes ;, and the " Sketches of Spanish
Generals," which arc continued from the last number.
The criticism is written in a subtle, discriminating spirit,
and, from the extracts adduced by the Reviewer, We are
impressed with a high sense of admiration of Mr. Horne's
genius, which is of an impassioned character, yet is not
ever frittered away in rant. The opening passage of
the " Spanish Sketches" is penned in an eloquent style,
by one fully awake to the ancient glories of Spain. The
" Song of the Bell," is a translation of Schiller's famous
poem cf that name, " A West India Story," is neither
above nor below the average run of periodical tales.

TAIrS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
We fear the world will be another thousand years
older before feats of slaughter, and the fierce collisions
of hostile nations, shall cease to be the burden of our
national melodies. The celebration of the horrors and
devastations of war in song, hardly as yet grates upon
the ear of the most peace-loving philanthropist. Well,
while the world delights in such strains, it will not re-
ject the Burschen Melodies—those blood-stirring
commemorations of German prowess in the
liberation war against France, which the gages of:Tait
are for the first time rendering familiar to Englishmen.
But the Burschen Melodies possess higher claims to
remembrance than their recording the fierce struggles
of Germany for independence. They are filled with
noble sentiments ; they Inspire liberal ideas ; they
breathe the spirit of a people as worthy of freedoin as
they are resolved to ac'iieve and maintain it for ever.
"A Glialpse at some of our Local Religions" is from the
prolific pen of that shrewd unmasker of hypocrisy under
every disguise, William Howitt ; and keen and search-
ing is the scrutiny with which he peers into the dark un-
trodden nooks of the National Church. Still he does not
probe the evil to the bottom. He does not venture to
tell us, what it is of the utmost i nportance that all
should understand—that is, that no activity nn the
part of the Church of England—no adoption of a rail-
way pace in her preaching and teaching—no con-
cession which, ns a State Church, she has the power
of making to the spirit of the age—can ever restore
her lost influence over the minds of Englishmen•
Enthusiasts may cover the face of the land with stone
edifices, and appoint persons to edify the godly in them
once a week ; but they will present the spectacle of
Protestant churches in England, where the parson, the
clerk, and the sexton, compose, not unfrequently; the
entire congregation. The spiritual wants of a people,
who exercise the right of private judgment to the ex-
tent now common to the population of this country,
cannot be supplied by our National Church, as at pre-
sent established. The thing is impossible. No three
men can meet together, and say they are quite agreed
as to the three Creeds, or nine out of the Thirty-nine
Articles. Before building any more churches, it would
be as well to examine the foundation of those already
erected. " Timon, but not of Athens," is one of
those admirable summaries of a rccantly published book,
for which this Magazine is peculiarly distinguished.
Dr. Bowring's " Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham" record
some amusing traits of the venerable codificator, which
can hardly fail to excite the risibility of his grarest dis-
ciples. There are two respectable sonnets, a legend in
rhyme, in this number—the latter meant to ridicule
a department in the literature of olden times, which we
look back to with reverence, not unmixed with regret,
notwithstanding the progress we are making in steam-
fights over earth and water—in the annihilation of the
quondam impossibilities, time and space.

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSI7'Y MAGAZINE.
The biographical sketch of George Robert Fitzgerald,
an Irish fire-eating squire, of a race now, happily, almost
extinct in Ireland, though of little interest in itself, is
made to bear so directly upon the social and moral con-
dition of Ireland at the close of the last century, that
we have risen from its perusal with great admiration of
a writer so well qUalified to reconcile many discrepancies
in the social history of his country. The introductory
pages ought to be carefully studied by every Irishman
who has at heart the prosperity of his country, and who
desires to see at a glance one of the main causes .of
Ireland's long night of madness, of misery, and of guilt.
We at first half dreaded to accompany our gallant
Hibernian friend, O'Malley, the
." Bold Dragoon,"
across the threshold of a ball-room, as we have an in-
stinctive aversion to the smell of powder ; but a peep at
the interior so diierted us that we found the summons
to enter irresistible. And certainly any thing more
irresistibly comic than Miss Macau's adventure, it has
not been our good fortune for some months to meet
with. The author has the tact of felicitously intro-
ducing some excellent Irish songs, of which-the" Widow
Malone"—an old favourite of ours—may be taken as a
fair specimen. The " Recollections of a Portrait
Painter," are continued in this number. The writer.
though treading closely in the footsteps of a contributor
to Blackwood, under a somewhat similar title;---diap:ays
considerable power of design, and a fine eye for the
correct adaptation of the more sombre shadei of colour-
ing in his portraits. Anthony Poplar's " Portrait
Gallery," is embellished this month with the grate
countenance of the Primate of all Ireland, the Mot
Rev. the Archbishop of Armagh. We pass over the
political articles in this periodical without notice. The
Reviews of Books, especially the " Sportsman in Ire-
land," and " Romilly Autobiography," are spirited
epitomes of the volumes to which they merely profess to
invite attention.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager intends mak•
irg a tour through some of the midland and northern counties
during the summer. She will leave London in July, and par
visits to the principal Nobility whose seat■ lie on her route.
Among others the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury will have
the honour of receiving her Majesty at their magnificent place,
Alton Towers, Staffordshire, where, in addition to the -gor-
geous state apartments recently completed, a splendid saloon,
MO feet long, and terminating a su►te of galleries 500 fie. in
length, dedicated to the reception of ancient armour, paintings.
statuary, &c., &e., has this year been finished. Alton Towers,
with its hanging gardens and magnificent surrounding scenery,
is not surpassed in grandeur by any residence in the kingdom.
Her Majesty will remain with the Noble Earl and Countess
three or four days.

MARYLEBONE REFORM DINNER.-Yestcr-
day between six and seven hundred of the Reformers of Mary-
lebone dined at White Conduit House, in celebration of the
ninth anniversary of the passing of the Vestries Act. Ed-
ward Joseph, Esq., occupied the Chair, and Mr. Charles
Nixon the Vice-Chair, and among the gentlemen present
were Mr. O'Connell, M.P. ; Sir B. ,Hall, Bart. M. P. ;
Mr. Prothero, M.P. ; J. E. Hovenlen, EN.; the Hon.
Charles Cochrane; J. Bagshaw, Esq. ; Joseph Drake, Esq. ;
J. Williams, Esq. ; G. A. Young, Esq; ; Mr._ Churchwarden
Daniell; Mr. Thomas the Barrister; Theobald, Esq.,
&c. &c.

The coffin in which the late King of Prussia. has
been buried Was the same that served in 1810 for the remains
of Queen Louisa his wife, and whiea Wes replaced after*a.rd.
by • marble tircophagug.

I

EVENING EDITION.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Rev..ful‘n Young read the address from the Gene-
ral Body cf Dissenting Ministers of the Tnree Denomina-
tions, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious an-
swer. The following members of the deputation had then
the honour of being presented ti the Queen. and kissed
hands:—The Rev. G. Clayton, the Rev. J. Young, Rev.
James M‘Whirter, Rev. G. Pritchard, Rev, John Ed-
wards, Rev. W. Williams, Rev. Dr. Murch, Rev. Samuel
Tomkins, Rev. John Arundel, Mr. Jeule, Dr. Vaughan,
and Rev. J. E. Richards.

An address of congratulation on the late escape of her
her Majesty and h's R :ynl Highness Prince Albert was
afterwards presented to the Queen upon the Throne,
by the body of Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the
Presbyterian denomination in and about' the cities
of London and Westminster. The address was read
by the Rev. Robert Aspland, after which Dr. Rees, the
Honorary Secretary of the body, introduced the Ministers
severally to her Majesty. The deputation were very
graciously received, and the whole of them bad the honour
to kiss her Majesty's hand.
Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Normanby
The Court was attended by Lady Barham, Lady in
Waiting; the Lord President ; the Lord Privy Seal ; the
Secretary of State for the Home Department; the Lord
Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse,
the Captain of the Hon. Carps of Gentlemen-at-Arms;
the Vice-Chamberlain, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard,
the Treasurer of the Household, tho Hon. Colonel
Cavendish, the Clerk Marshal, Mr. Henry Robinson,
Standard-bearer to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms ; Lo:d Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting ; Mr.
James Bunce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque to the lion.
Corps ef Gentlemen-at-arms ; Sir Benjamin Smith ;
Masters Chichester and Bvng, Pages of Honour in Wait-
ing; Captain Courtenay Boyle, R. N., Groom of the
Privy Chamber in Waiting.
The Earl of Fingsli and Mr. Rich were the Lord and
Groom in waiting. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of
Gentlemen at Arms, commanded by their Lieutenant the
Hon. Sr Edward Butler, lined the Throne Room during
the presentation of the addresses.
An Address of congratulation was nfterwerds presented
at Buckingleart Palace by the Body of Protestant Dis-
senting Ministers of the Presbyterian denomination, in
and about the cities of London and Westminster, to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, which was also read
by Mr. Aspland, and the Deputation were introduced to
his Royal Highness by Dr. Rees.
The Deputation then proceeded to Ingestrie House,
where they presented an address of congratulation to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the address being
read by Mr. Aspland, and the Deputation presented to her
Royal Highness by Dr. Rees.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by
Lord Robert Grosvernor, Groom of the Stole; Lord G.
Lennox, Gentleman of the Bedchamber; and Sir E.
Bowater, Equerry in Waiting.
Her Rev el Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended
by Lady 'Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting ; and
Colonel Cowper. First Equerry and Comptroller of her
Royal Highness's Household.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen yesterday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of her
Majesty.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert was pleased to honour
Mr. W. C. Ross ss its another sitting yesterday, for the
large-sized miniature pictu-e.
The Princess Augusta, we regret to state, is seriously
indisposed. Her Royal. Highness's physicians arc in
attendance daily at Clarence House, St. James's, The
Princess received visits yesterday from the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
also the Duke of Sussex.
Prince George of Cambridge left town on Monday to
join his regiment at Guildford.
A Deputation of the Metropolitan Beer-sellers' Associa-
tion, headed by Mr. Alderman Humphery, and including
Mr. Bishop, had an interview with the Marquis of Nor-
naanby yesterday, at the Home-office.
Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoes, and Mr. Thomas
dodges, M. P., had interviews with Lard Jsbn Russell
/esterday, at the Coionial-cace.
The Earl of Fingal' end Mr. Mark Phillips bad in_
terviews with the Marquis of_Normanby yesterday, at the
Home-office.
The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council
tat yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Lords pre-
sent were—Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr.
Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court;
Mr. C. Greville was the Cleik of the Council in Waiting.
Sir W. Follett, for the Appellant, and Mr. Barge,
Queen's Counsel, for the Respondent, were heard in
Cropper v. Crosby, from St. Vineents.
Au application was afterwards made to the Court for
an extension of the term of Quarrell's Patent, the Albion
Lary,

The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace, yes-
terday afternoon, for the reception of Addresses on th•
Throne.

The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Marble
Ball, commanded by Captain Seymour Sadler, the Exon
in Waiting, and the Queen's Guard of the Foot Guards,
attended with their band in front of the Palace.

At two o'clock the General Body of Protestant Dis-
senting Ministers of the Three Denominations arrived at
the Palace, to present an Address of Congratulation to
her Majesty, on the preservation of the life of her Ma-
jesty and that of her Royal Consort. The following
Clergymen were present Reverend J. B. Shen_
atone ; J. Pyc Smith, D. D.. F. R. S. ; G. Clayton;
Edward Alexander Dunn, (of I3uckingham Chapel, Pim-
lico) ; Thomas Russell, A. M. ; Thomas Wood ; John
/Edwards, (Clapham); George Pritchard; George Evans ;
William Williams, Jcl:n A rundel, Henry Bourne Jeula,
John Blackburn, Robert Vaughan, D. D., J. Edgcome
Richards, R. Philip, William Stern Palmer, W. 11.
Murch, D.D. (Stepney College), S. Tornkins, A.M.,
John 'ruder Rowland, Christopher Woollacott, Arthur
Tidman, John Young, A.M., Charles Gilbert, William
Spencer, C. .1. Hyatt, John Hunt, William Johnstone
Hope, Joseph Belcher, Charles Stovel, Joseph Mason,
Stephen Augustine Dubourg, Joseph Davis, E. Manner-
ing, Henry Beresford Martin, James M‘Whirter, James
Castle/dm, Thomas Lewis, Charles Carpenter, S. Joshua
Davis (Salt(r's Hall Chapel), Samuel Kidd ( Professor
of Chinese Univeriity College), James Mirams, George
Rogers, Thernis Aveling, William Bean, J. H. Hinton,
M. A., J. May S.iule, Themes Ilennerley, Clement
Dukes, A.M., Wiiliarn Groser, Thomas Simpson, 0. T.
Dobbin, B. A., John Adey, William Smith, and Charles
Fox 'Vaily, A.M.
The gicen hiving been conducted to the Throne by the
Lord Chamberlain, his R.iyal Highness Prince Albert
standing by her side, and the Minister and Great Officers
of State having taken their stations, the deputation were
ushered by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in
baiting. to the presence of her Majesty, and advanced to
the foot of the Throne.