The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-31 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICE.

CAPRICE; or; ANECDOTES of the LISTOWEL FA-
MILY. An Irish Novel: by Ax UNKNOWN. In three
volumes.
We venture to predict that the author of this
interesting production will not always remain
unknown; especially as the work seems, eVell at
this early period of its publication, likely to
meet with the success it so well deserves. Al-
though written by an " Unknown," it is not one
of the numerous imitations of the IVaverlep
novels. The whole-is a smooth, connected, and
interesting domestic history:; partaking nothing
of horror, astonishment, stage effect, nor even
-of remarkable situations and circumstances.—
There is some eccentricity displayed in the
character of Mr. Listowel; and the title of
the book is very well exemplified in the dis.
positions and tempers of Lady Elizabeth and
Nary. 'We have nothing emirs', or improbable;
the events are such as may he every day-encomia.
.tered in ptivute life, yet they are linked together
by n chaste and pleasing description ; the lan-
.guage is equally removed from poverty and re.
qhmdance, expressing just as much as it is intend-
ed to express, and no more ; the silk is easy
and correct, and the tendency strictly moral.
In regard to the developement of natural cha-
racter, much of Miss Burney's sort of genius ap-
pears to be exhibited :—we have but to look
around us, and we behold the very beings whom
the author has depicted. The scene lies in Dub•
lin, and about the Lake of Killarney, which
.situations afford good scope for humorous per-
lraiture ami national delineation. In a work'
pith possesses more to gratify than to attract—
here there is less of glitter than of sound sense
and rational amusement—it is difficult, in making
an extract, to combine with it a proportionate
degree of interest ; for that which is unimportant
and trilling in its detached state, may yet possess
considerable merit when perused as part of a very
pleasing whole. The scene between Lord Ellis.
more and the Irish Abigail is well worth no-
tice ; for there the broad humour and
,1n of the
Irish character are pleasantly displayed ; but our
limits nil! not allow us a further dissertation no
the merits of " Caprice," which we may safely
recommend to our readers as a very sprightly,
well written, and moral production, particularly
as we are informed that it- comes from a female,
%%hose youth, if we are rightly informed, renders
it extraordinary that she should be so well ac.
qualified with life, and possess so much acumen
it, the discrimination and delineation of-character.

THE SUN.

tSMZTON FISHERIES.

MR. EIIIT0111:1i is surprising that in a country
'so-tenacious of its civil liberties, anti the protec-
'tier) of individual rightg, that such abuses should
'have existed with respect to the rights of Salmon
Fisheries. So far back ns Magna Charm, v‘e find
that the erection of weirs across rivers was repro.
bated'in the earliest periods of our law, and were
considered as pubbi e nuisances. The t mds of
Magna Charts arc—

"'That all weirs from henceforth shall be nt-
"-terly pulled tb by Thames and Medway,
tt and through all I.;:n4r,land," and this
limed up by subFequeot ketri treatiert tin
..public nuisances, forbidding die erection of nvw
• OOPS, and the. enchancing, straitening, or ,etslarg.
-lag of those which had aforesaid existed. Many
recent trials may be produced wherein judgment
has been. given for the plaintiff, on the grounds
that gut+, erections were public nuisances, al.
though established by prescriptive use. That
.Parliament should at length have taken. the sub-
ject under its conbideration proves the necessity
.of an alteration in the law with respect to the
.mwiopely of fisheries. The Report of the Select
Cormnittoe on the Salmon Fisheries is before the
..public"; but as the Scotch Fisheries are princi-
Tally concerned in- the investigation, it is !WOW.
np•ruled by the said Committee that the Fish.
.cries in England shall ho brought before it
the ensuing session. I myself am aware of great
abuses existing in different rivers in the North of
:England. Near the mouth of the river Coquet,
Northumberland, then. is a dam-head across
Abe:riverwhich etTectually prevents Salmon from
iw.sing above it ; the consequence is, that those
p oprielots of the river above -the said darn are
deprived bOth of the profit and amusement of
,fishing. The exclusive right of establishing a
'Sallnort Fishery is claimed on the grounds of some
old grant, tchich, if it ever eiisted, is indictable
ns a public nukance. All rivers should be open ;
...for a moan claiming the exclusive right of Nht'rY
~from the source to the mouth of the river (which
-river passing through different properties, not
not belonging-to him) might 'its well claim the
.produce on the whole of its banks ns the whole
-of the fish in its course. * * * *,

`l'll Nov • COM LT.-4111S interesting visitor
',first became visible .to us on the 27th July, at
13h. 56m. and appeared in the constellation Her-
cules, near the Z. (This star is not laid down
upon the .0 lobes, but it lies about 4 deg. to the
flora' ward of Has Alhague a Serpentarius ()pra-
wns, and 31 deg. to the treEtward of E, or 93
of Hercules. Reference to Jamieson's Atlas
will immediately point out the position.)—
The right ascension of the. Comet was at
that time XVII.. hours thirty.six min. in time,
or %l deg., the declination 17 deg. 42 min. N.
--So very small was its appearance, that we
long doubted whether it was not an optical ilk -
'6Oll ; but subsequent observations have deter.
ruined it otherwise. It is invisible to the naked
eYe; and barely perceptible through a telescope ;
nor ran its 'form even then 1w clearly defined, as
it more resembles a numerous star than a comet.
'l' he "Goo is contrary to the order of signs, and
nvt so rapid as the comet of January. On Thurs-
day night (26th august), at 11) hours, it crossf'd
the track of the former; and At fourteen hours
the right ascension was 24') d(*
40 dog. 39 nun. N. It "•-
g declination
has ,mood over the ap-
parent distance deveince the 27th of last
inonth, and not'set to our latitude.
To-night (Saturday), at tool, • fi
Qum it will be near
-the three small stars in trianglel. 4., and phi on
rite right leg: of Hercules bearing W. by N% and
„between 4,6 deg. and 47 deg. from the 'horizon.

FILENCIT PAPERS.

(F,om the F,toile, dated Sanday, 4kg. 29.)
COURT NEWS.

The King heard mass in his Apartments. Ills
Excellency Counfde Vlllele arrived at hat( -pat,
one, and transacted business with- his Majesty.
At,hatf.past two his Majesty took an airing in]
an open chaise",-and drove towards'St. Cloud.
Ills Majesty had been advised not to hold a
Court on the day of the Fête, for fearhe should
undergo too much fatigue ; he answered, " A
King of France may die, but he never must be ill,"
words entirely worthy of a great Prince. In re-
ceiving the diplomatic body, 'Ma 'Majesty spoke
to each Ambassador separately. Ile said to
Baron Vincent, who is shortly to return to
.Vienna, " Baron Vincent, I em happy to see
you once more." The reply which his Majesty
made to the discourse at the Nuncio filled all
those who heard it with surprise and admiration.
The Moniteur contains an ordinance regulating
the dress of the Councilloes of State.

(From the Constitutioniul (jf Siourda.)
2.8.—Th0 Offi
cialJournal of
Brussels remarks, that while the Presses of
France are standing still, those of Belgium are in
the greatest activity.
The Suzyrafen, a Journal published at Smyrna,
in French, by Europeans who do not blush to
sacrifice to petty commercial interests the sacred
interests of humanity, resounds with a song of
triumph, in consequence of a victory gained by
the Austrians, who, amidst loud cries of " Long
life to the Emperor !" re-captured an Austrian
cargo, which was destined for the Turks, but bad
been captured by the Greeks according to their
laws. The Smorden is silent, however, on the
glory which the Greeks have gained at Ipsara,
by their sublime disaster and their speedy vic-
tory. The writers in this Journal call them-
selves Frenchmen.

(Prom the Courier Francais.)
PARIS, Aug. 28.—The Governmenrs of Ger-
many cannot agree, it seems, as to the change to
be mudel'elative to the Press, the Universities,
the Police, &e. Negociations have been begun
between the Governments of the second and
third rank, in order to form a treaty for a free
trade amongst them ; but it appears that they
have not been able to agree. Some of the pro-
jects of Austria as to• Germany have met with un-
expected opposition.
We nee_ assured that King Ferdinand has ex-
pressed to the Ambassador of his Britannic Ma-
jesty the displeasure he experienced on learning
that the Spanish refugees at Gibraltar had found
in that place th© means of putting in execution
the rash enterprise which for a moment disturbed
the public tranquillity upon a point of Anda-
lusia. His Excellency has, it is said, replied that
his authority could not prevent private persons
from trading in arms more than any other mar-
chandixe, that the revolted used for their expe-
dition merchant vessels belonging to private per-
sons ; that these last were free to take on board
passengers who paid them for that purpose ; in a
word, that if the Spanish Government was not
advised of the project of the factious, it ought to
apply to its Consul residing at Gibraltar, whose
business it was to guard against what occurred in
that place.—(Qqatidienne.)