The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-10 00:00:00

MORNING EDITIO

HURRAH FOR OUR Buf]
TRUE BLUE.

. A song, with this title, written by a geed
who chooses to conceal his name, has JD'
published by D'Almaine and Co., 80,h°:;11 '
It is after the manner of Dibdin, and f
favourite we doubt not with the admirers ' „
national airs. The style is free and eae
and well suited to a tenor or soprano I:nlee'.
accompaniment for the piano is suited to
words, full of spirit, and when well plaYed
duces a brilliant effect. The following red
think will show that the author has nn re 80;
be ashamed of the composition :
Now the banner of Britain we'll hail,
May it ever for right be unfurl'd,
While around it bright honour and justice prevail'
Revered shall it be through the world. •
Then if urged on the right to maintain, ,
(Still rememb'ring the deeds of their sireiPh
Jackets blue, red, or green, their renown 0111°7
These a spirit heroic inspires.
Let us cheer, then, our patriots all
To their country devotedly true, dol'
Sliculd she signal ail hands, soon they'll rtvi'lla
Then hurrah for our British true blue

ISLE OF WIGHT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE tri°'
SIR,—In The Sun of Wednesday there APPestioJP
count of the wreck of the Britannia at Padstow.tofora
saving of the crew by means of a communicsti°,,;
from the ship to the shore effected by the firing of
with a line attached to it, which you erro Deattel or
0
be Captain Manby's apparatus, and having fre,ooo7
the same misstatements in former Suns and
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papers, I trust you will allow me, through the w
your columns, the means of correcting this ore'
mistake.
Captain Mauby's apparatus for the saving of 11#01
shipwreck is by the firing of a shot from a Morliol:
line attached to it, but the rocket apparatus is
401:ji
don cf Mr. John Dennett, of New Village. Isle or It
Cal,tain Manby has received some thousands 10040
from the public funds for his invention but grZiotifity
(whose apparatus is as far superior to 'Captain o.l_ for
Captain Manby 's was to any previous inventioroil
same purpose) is left to struggle unnoticed, end, 0041 j
his fair fame by the mistakes of newspaper repot ni
the prophet has no honour in his own country, 1100 ii!
have appreciated the merits of Mr. Derinett's Wes st!',
presented him with a gold medal, appointing hi,l9' of'
same time, Director. General of the British sow,
International Shipwreck Society of all nations.
Newport, April Your's respectfully, TBrO
8.

COURT CIRCULAR:

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WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and c.ee I
attended Divine Service in St. George's 011iaril!
morning. The Royal Suite included Lad! r 6
Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Hon. Misses.
Devereux, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Heal7,-,
Robert Otwav, Col. Wemyss, and Ca Bottler-01„trr
The Rev. Mr. Knyvett read the first 'Orli
service. The Rev. Dr. Canning and thei:
Keate officiated at the altar. The latter their:,
tleman preached an excellent sermon from
ntrdiog
verse of the 22d chapter of the Gospel sec"; for 0"
St. Luke, " Daughters of Jerusalem weep n°;,
but weep for yourselves and for your childtr'ie
The Hon. Mr. Murray attended Divine Der"
morning at the parish church. tso,
;
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal rigs It
out for an airing by her nurses, about one d
day, for the first time. del
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.er .oyal Highness the Duchess of Keo4; is
by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, took an air'°,6pelf.
Park this afternoon. The rest of the Royal r
the Castle have not ridden out to-day.
(impede
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of un'servr!,
and the Duke of Cambridge attended Diviaemor
yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South '
street.
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The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine 5,
yesterday afternoon in St. James's Church. fefoi
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke °poke
bridge paid visits to his Royal Highness the
Sussex, on Thursday, at his residence in
.11'1°
Palace.
aita
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Thornton,
Mr. Thomas Thornton, Honorary Secretary. oder'
General Sir Henry Pyne, Major. General
Charles Cochrane, Esq., G. A. Young, Elg,,a " I)°,t
Westby, Esq., and Gewge Erne,t Britten'
an interview with Viscount Palmerston on VP.'
the Foreign-ofEce, ogt
g
The Marquis of Lansdowne bad an attack °fos
during the last few days, The Noble Marquis
little better yesterday.
a, for
The Right H left to.-

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Stowe;'.

.on. H. Labouchere has

LITERATURE.
IV- p
BRIT
AN
,E ARTS IN GREAT
IRAL AND. —2 Yoe
Whittaker, London, 1,01. :,ce an 3,C:
In these volumes, which profess to ;ne
count of the rise and progress of the -1- —0 iritiv,
in Great Britain, the author devotes farloi; Ott
hlic
space to the period of the Heptarchy, "-eon 11.-
_at least in the strict sense of the tern' wile
scarcely said to have had an existence• llDbt
however, he comes down to the more eneef,
ened times of the Tudors, his details been""of t11:1
ceedingly interesting, and his sketch eicritu;
state of the Fine Arts during the shoil r 'VP
Henry the Eighth, shows that he has been.o fie
means sparing of research. Of Hnlbel
favourite Court painter of that period,' hes
the followingd
g just critical opinion cti
tints were clean and natural he had 01%3
tive power, tusuperior degree of imacrint";olo4
that age, a good idea of harmony in his
ing, and was a more correct draftsman than
greater portion of the northern artists of lot Iwe
but he had no idea of making a grand e
chiaroscuro." Perhaps our readers in eeB,
amused by the following anecdote of this 0e
painter, whom " bluff Hal" treated withotle'
respect and courtesy than he ever condesc ,
to show to his nobles: his
er di
" A man of high rank having insisted on making hr
into Holbein's study whilst a lady was sitting for age tbE
trait, the artist resisted the intruder, and in a sc
latter was pushed or fell down stairs, and was huhr,;',9osl)
help, alarmed at this result, immediately 80'1P:ibis ?I
King, told him the circumstance, and implore' trifr
don, whichlienry promised, provided be bad told 0 0,1
Presently after this ti,e nobleman arrived ; he del! p'
that Holbein's head should atone for his insulted oltgbilbs
Henry asked him to state the case fairly; in cloingoollieTe
suppressed a material fact. The King then told iron
to ask the Lord's pardon. His Lordship, bowever',,f lb°
net be satisfied with less than the decapitntiano-si be
painter. Henry became excited, and told bin'. th
to al.
had suppressed a material fact he was not entitled
ode.
satisfaction ; adding, " My Lord, you have now °t o- Of
with Holten] but with me ; whatever punishrweet I be IS:
contrive against him in revenge,
fltetfA on yourself; and remember that I can, wile:1101V
please, make seven Lords of seven ploughmen, ,
not make one Holbein out of seven Lords." during.
In discussing the progress of the Arts uthorr
shall most assuredifever
the reigns of the three first Georges, the 11„,arthl
of course, makes special mention of 1-`, hiel.?
who seems to be as great a favourite ill oios;
as he vas with the late Charles Lamb---Jihaarth/t
liberal and discriminating critic. " "If;
he tells us, "presumed to think for hintse.,
his views were more generous and extelisil'a it 15
the mere desire to provoke laughter;ultr
highly to his honour that among such 3 a rid?
tude of objects conveying the most pointeof he,
cule, he constantly avoids the appearzne: is
&Aging ill-natured feelings; his pure:, of:
ways reformation, and his reproofs e':„ture''
general nature. Mirth coloured his dose
but benevolence designed them." At the
etiog
of the work, we find some particulars resPiefore
the principal picture-galleries in Englana%ionv
most among which, it seems, both fbr the
ber and excellence of its collection of pat-0.15'
by the old masters, is the Duke of Sutheriutilor
Alluding to the National Gallery, the ated °/.
" says : Altogether, the number presenAivef,
bequeathed amounts at this time to ninet.Yabbr
and probably would have been donsidea`vell
greator, in number and value, if a proper glybole,
had been built to receive them. The Oa'
number of pictures is now one hundredutore
seventy-seven, and there is not room for d
than forty additional works." This is a St 001
fect in a gallery which aspires to be -three
tional one. It should have been, at least,
times its present size.

FIN

We remembßerenrteleat
MY COUSIN .NICROLAS, 3 Vol'.
i.!;i4o.ntdho
ins, isBt4olr.y •
ige°
of Blackwood's Magazine some seven or eigio
years ago, and being much entertained with. in:
general spirit and vivacity. Its republicatiOn.lefr
in the P. ht
reading
epresent form, will be a boon to the ll°%bf
this time be surfeited by tales, whose scenes or
laidfi. at Alinack's, in the exemplary purlieus ii,
S,,a_ Ton hill, or within the ‘val s of .1\ ewgate.
.i."'io
My Cousin _Nicholas" there is nothing of t_Pi.
sort—not a single incident or description thattycl
In the slightest degree at variance with g*l:tue
taste. It were to be wished, however,. thgt_tier
author had thrown a little more dramatic porlo,
into his dialogue, which is apt now and•therlies
languish. The second tale—for the voin ig
contain two—entitled the " Rubber of Life,
___
by no means liable to this objection. Itse, ,
versational parts are conducted with uniformdie
spirit, and the knowledge of London life
ten3l3fr •
played throughout it, is anything but eon
..,
• ally re
ible. The incidents of the story princip . ~,.. ~
fer to the intrigues of a dashing young garnovl,c....` . - ,
and adventurer, by name Majoryaulkland, %Ulric'
,•
is anxious, from mercenary motives, to, sechgr
the hand of Clara Broughton; the,,enlY uaug, , ."--:
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