The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-10 00:00:00

LITEItATURE.

PRINCE ALBERT AND THE HOUSE OF
SA X 0 N Y.
Co!burn, London, 1840.
This neat little volume has made its appearance just in
the nick of time. It is the production of Mr. Shoberl, and
is got up with great care and attention to facts, giving full
and particular accounts of the House of Saxony from the
earliest recorded periods doyen to the present day, to-
gether with ampler details respecting the reigning family
of Saxe Coburg Gotha than we have yet met with in
print. By way of frontispiece. the volume is embellished
with a half-length portrait of Prince Albert, which, as it
bears a close resemblance to Mr. George Patten's
celebrated likeness, taken by express command at
Gotha,‘ may of course be relied on as an accurate
sketch. Alluding cursorily to the Prince's Protestantism,
the Editor justly observes:-_" Descended in a direct line
from the elder branch of the House of Saxony, whose re-
presentative, in the time of the Emperor Charles the
Fifth, chose rather to sacrifice his dominions, or even
life itself, than abandon the Protestant religien as taught
by Luther, of whom he and his immediate predecessor
were the zealous protectors, Prince Albert, it is said, has
often declared himself prouder of this distinction, than of
any personal advantage that he enjoys. This warm attach-
ment to the Protestant faith must be deemed a subject o f
particular congratulation." We have given this extract
in the benevolent hope of restoring confidence to the dis-
trustful spirit of Toryism.

HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE.--Bas Life
in London, of Sunday, February the 16th, will contain full
and a%ithentic particulars of the Nuptials of Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert, illustrated with Engravings of the Interior
of St. James's Chapel, the Altar, the Procession from the
Palace, and Grand Wedding Banquet, together with Portraits
of the Illustrious Couple. Price of Belts Life, sd. A Satur-
day Edition, which may be had 200 miles from London on the
Sunday.—Office, 170, Strand. Early orders to agents are
advisable.
MUNIFICENCE OF HER MAJESTY THE DOW-
AGER QUEEN ADELAIDE.--A short time since a widow, the
lady of a naval officer, having eleven children to support, but
whose circumstances were much reduced, made application
her Majesty the Dowager Queen Adelaide, for pecuniary as-
sistance. Her Majesty instituted an inquiry into the circum-
stances, and finding it one of great distress, her Majesty, in ber
usual laudable manner, took a house for her (w here she now
resides) in Grove-street, Camden Town, pays the rent, fur-
nished it, and allows the widow 401. a year for her support,
besides providing for her numerous family. Such an act of
charity does infinite credit to the illustrious personage.
IGNORANCE OF M. P.s --Mr. Pakington,
in the confidence debate, referred to the treatment of deserving
functionaries in Newfoundland and the Canadas. He com-
plained that--" Mr. Hagerman, the Solicitor-General in
Canada, because of his warm feelings of affection and regard
towards the Church of England there, was dismissed:" 'I his i
jis a fair specimen of the sort of knowledge of Colonial sub-
ects which Members of the Imperial Parliament possess. Th
reader of this journal needs not to be told that Mr. Hager man
is the Attorney-General of Upper Canada, and that he has nil
been dismissed.... Colonial Gazette.