The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

TALES OF A GRANDFATHER. p4R, 1.

Cadell, London, 1841.
Another of those cheap and elegant reprints
of Walter Scott's Works, for which we are in-
debted to the taste and enterprise of Mr. Cadet;
For the comparatively insignificant sum of four
shillings we have here the first part of the
Tales of a Grandfather, comprising the History
of Scotland from the earliest recorded period
down to the accession of James the First to toe
throne of England. The Number is got up 'll
a style of singular beauty, and cannot fail to ob'
win an extensive circulation.

HALL'S IRELAND, Palm VII.
How and Parsons, London, 1841.
We are glad to learn that this intelligent an
entertainins, work is rapidly increasing in poptl
larity. It is, beyond all comparison, the mos;
amusing and comprehensive account of Imlay",
we have yet met with, and preserves a gener',
tone of calmness and impartiality that will Inalb,vt
it acceptable to all classes of readers. The P 0;,
before us contains two highly-finished
ings, one representing the Quay at Waterfort"
and the other Lismore Castle, awirttiolble piles
embosomed in woods, and rising abruptly }lots
the river's bank. The literary con'
tains useful statistic information, piquant
sketches of Irish peasant character, hit off ill
Mrs. Hall's most felicitous style. Referring cur",
sorily in a note to the question of the Repeal or
the Union, this lady relates the folloWing anee'
d,,te, which shows how detrimental to the best
interests of Ireland is the agitation of this jai-
practicable question:—
We are compelled to admit that while this " Repeal Agit'''.
tation" continues, capitalists generally will be reluctant to Iry
troduce manufactures into Ire,and, notwithstanding the pos..
pect held out for their own advantage, as well as fur the be.
nefit of the country. On this subject, one fact is worth
thousand arguments. A few months ago, we voyaged fro°
Dublin to Liverpr of in company with one of the most exten-
sive of the Manchester manufacturers—a gentleman of 4%,".
mense wealth, who holds nsarly the highest position allol%
the wealthy cotton-spinners of that town, and is a ‘‘ Liberal
in politics. He informed us, that his main object in visili/
Jrt land was, to ascertain what prospect existed there, that m'g'
induce certain individuals to remove their mills from the neigh-
bourhood of Manchester to come partsnf Ireland— in order toil'
troduce among the people of that country a new mode of employ"
meat. The result of hi inquiries Nay, he said, in all respects
satisfactory • and he should, undoubtedly, have recommended the_
parties, who had faith in hi. judgment, to establish cotton
works there, suth a view, e,peciatly, to the export trade lc;liti
America—but for the repeal agitation, which so unsettled
men's minds, as to create strong doubts whether such under'
takings were justifiable; or, at all events, convinced him, tba
to po,tpone thrir introduction lor a time was the surest way of
rendering them permanent. He could not, therefore,
vise the experiment, until the repeal agitation ' was Allan-
doned."

state that the prevailing
ngst the convicts at Woolwich. `-',"
epidemic, called bronchites, still rag°
Monday last :nquests were held 0.1 four, and an introit.), in'.
the death of two more took place at. the Duke of Sussex yo-
terdah mating nineteen inquests withi] a fottnight. Dr.
nossey, in his evidence, explained thlt in bronchites.inflaot:
mation of the lungs mote than of the throat generally oceurret!
A juror said there could be no doubt that the contim ,ment
diet, and clothing, of the convicts brought on the coin'plaint, and caused its fatality in so many cases. This, lui,":;
ever
verdict 6, That the _deceased died from a diaeaqi *4"
appeared to be without a remedy. The Jury returne,
bronchities." . .