The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-03 00:00:00

No. 15,1 0

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Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sent in
Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d.,
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE-
MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for
ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf-
fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence,
Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the
TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHOEA, GLEET,
&c. Illustrated with Cases, &c.

By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY,
Consulting Surgeons, London.
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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1841.

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ART BEFORE NATURE.

MAGAZINES.-(CONTINUED.)

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
Mr. Theodore Hook's story of " Fathers and-
Sons" progresses with its wonted spirit, more
especially as regards the character of the
intriguing housekeeper, Mrs. Smylar—what
an appropriate name for a woman of her turn of
mind!—whose covert and persevering efforts to
gain the affections of her unsuspecting- master,
Colonel Bruff, are described with infinite clever-
ness and vivacity. It is in pourtraying worldly
personages of this stamp that Mr. Hook's chief
forte lies. His sentiment—whenever he attempts
it, which is far too often—is invariably a failure.
" Debtor and C-..editor"—a trite tlieme for a
Magazine essay—has some good hits at the
general ingratitude of mankind. We have been
pleased with the justice of this easervation—
' Men are grateful, when it costs them nothing
to be so; and that is as much as ought to be ex-
pected from humanity. No one can like a bore
in any case; yet who so great a bore as he whose
very presence reminds you that owe more than
you can pay, or the man whom you expect will
call upon you for large sums which it is incon-
venient to book up." The " Bequeathed
Heart" is an improbable and extravagant tale, by
Mr. Peake, turning upon the circumstance of
an enthusiastic young Irishman, who, when
abroad, bequeathed his heart to the cele-
brated Italian singer, Gabrielli, on forfeiture of
ten thousand pounds, to be paid from his estates,
in the event of his executors not complying
with the extraordinary terms of his will. The
story has no merit in the way of description or
language, to redeem its absurdity. " Foreign
Sporting" has rather too much of dry, minute
detail, to be cent rally acceptable. Nimrod
should enliven and vary his themes a little by
seasoning it with pleasant, appropriate anecdotes,
or sketches of character. " Time's Chancres " is
a poem of an average order of merit.." Thoughts
on Prefaces" eulogises with good taste and dis-
crimination the masterly preftces by Dr. Johnson
to his Dictionary and his edition of Shakspeare.
It has lately been the fashion among some of
our periodical critics to speak disparagingly of
the genius of this illustrious man, yet of all those
who underrate him there is not one worthy to
"loose his shoe's latchets." A " Passage in the
Life of Orlando Scrubb" is a caustic description
of a crafty, unscrupulous attorney, and closes
with a whimsical piece of roguery played off by
Scrubb on a legal neighbour and rival. This in-
cidect is very smartly told. " Might against
Right " is a story founded on the patriotic, but
unavailing struggle made by Hofer against the
French invaders of the Tyrol. The story is
somewhat tamely written. From Hood's poem,
" A Tale of a Trumpet," we quote the following
grotesque account of a deaf woman :
She was deaf as a house—which modern tricks
Of language would call as deaf as bricks—
For her all human kind were crumb,
Her drum, indeed, was so muffled a drum,
That none could get a sound to come—
Unless the Devil that had Two Sticks !
She was deaf as a stone—say one of the stones
Demosthenes suck'd to improve his tones;
And surely deafness no farther could reach
Than to be in his mouth without hearing his speech !
She was deaf as a nut—for nuts, no doubt,
Are deaf to the grub that's hollowing out
As deaf, alas! as the dead and for
Gray has noticed the waste of breath,
In addressing the " dull, cold ear of death"),
Or the Iklon's ear that was stuff'd with Cotton—
Or Charles the First, in statue quo;
Or the still-born figures of Madame Tussaud,
With their eyes of glasF, and their hair of flax,
That only stare whatever you " ax,"
For their ears, you know, are nothing but wax.
She was deaf as the ducks that swam in the pond,
And wouldn't listen to Mrs. Bond,—
As deaf as any Frenchman appears,
When he puts his shoulders into his eari;‘
And—whatever the citizen tells his son—
As deaf as Gob and Magog at one !
Or, still to be a simile-seeker,
As deaf as dog's-ears to Enfield's Speaker !
She was deaf as any tradesman's dummy,
Or as Pharaoh's mother's mother's mummy,
Whose organs, for fear of our modern sceptics,
Were plugg'd with gums and antiseptics.
She was deaf as a nail—that you cannot hammer
A meaning into, for all your clamour—
There never was such a deaf old Gammer
So formed to worry,
Both Lindley and Murray,
By having no ear for Music or Grammar !
Deaf to sounds, as a ship out of soundings,
Deaf to verbs, and all their compoundings,
Adjective, noun, and adverb, and particle,
Deaf to even the definite article—
' No verbal message wes worth a pin,
Though you hired an'earwig to carry it in!

THIS seeming paradox has been solved by the
Perukes and Head Dresses made by ROSS and SONS,
119 and 120, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, for although per-
fectly natural, they at the same time possess that elegance and
gracefulness of contour otherwise unattainable. Being made
of natural curling hair, which always looks easy and becoming,
(particularly in Ladies' and Gentlemen's Perukes), being quite
porous, and finished with their newly-invented partings. the
latter so close a resemb'ance to the skin, as to defy detection ;
they are perfectly unique.
ROSS and SONS having completed their extensive altera-
tions, c•an now offer to the Public, on the Ground floor, the
most splendid apartments for Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair
cutting and arranging ; and request a visit, the first week in
every month, to inspect the fashions. An immense assortment
of Fronts, Toupees, Ringlets, Braids, &c. of the most beauti-
ful description. Ladies' own hair made into Chains, Love-
knots, or any other device required.

PATENT PERRYIAN PENS.
These Pens having been submitted to the test of public
opinion for many years, are acknowledged to stand pre-eminent
for the great superiority of their manufacture. The care be-
stowed in perfecting them to suit every description of writing,
renders them cheaper tlian the ordinary pens at a lower price.
Their adoption in the Government and other Public Offices,
Banks, &c., with their great and increasing sale, is sufficient
evidence of the high estimation in which they are held.

MONTHLY CHRONICLE.

and indeed all whom they suspected of fidelity to
the British Government. They nearly accom-
plished their purpose. Colonel St. John Fancourt,
the Commandant, and several other officers were
killed, and many wounded. Of the 69th regiment,
consisting of about 400 men, more than 200 were
killed and wounded, all the European invalid ar-
tillery were murdered, and of the insurgents
about 450 were killed in the fort, exclusive of
large numbers afterwards executed. The narra-
tive is drawn up by an eye-witness still living.
Mr. Dent, who at the time was assistant-surgeon,
and took an active part in suppressing the mu-
tiny. Among the other articles of interest are the
" Mids of Other Days," and the continuation of
adventures in Georgia, Circassia, and Russia, by
Colonel Cameron. There are also some useful
communications from correspondents on steam-
vessels and sea-lights for the prevention of colli-
sion. The following is from a Glasgow Corre-
spondent, giving some account of the 14 steam-
vessels which have been contracted for to carry
the West India Mails:—

You will have observed the launch of the Clyde at Greenock,
the first of fourteen steam-frigates, ostensibly belonging to the
Company that have contracted with Government to carry the
West India Mails, but virtually H.M. steamers of war, when-
ever an occasion for their services occurs; these vessels will
therefore occasionally interest you.
The Clyde, the engineers, Caird and Co., expect to have
ready for a trial run on the Ist of May ; and unless this Com-
pany are retrograding, which is not likely, the result will be
satisfactory. Indeed, these magnificent vessels, being im-
provements on the present Halifax steamers, are likely to out-
strip any steam-ship they may meet ; and, I should suppose,
i 1 1 be considerably faster thar, the Cyclops, Vesuvius, Medea,
or others of our first and second class war steamers. Nothing
has been produced here so handsome, strong or powerful, as
these vessels will all be ; another is expected to be launched
this month, and others will follow in rapid succession.
With a few of such vessels, some steamers of smaller dimen-
sions, a few first-class frigates, such as o: 74'F • teure.l of *heir
upper deck, or even of their poops only, and two or three first-
rates to accommodate an American 74, brother Jonathan
would stand a bad chance with us in the event of hostilities;
and the facilities for recapture off the destined ports which
steamers afford, would reduce privateering to as low a discount
as their Bank stock.

Sold on Cards,-with Medium, Fine, Extia Fine, or Broad
Points. Each Card bears the signature—" JAMES PERRY
and Co."

N.B.—Some I'en Manufacturers, taking advantage of the
immense demand for these Pens over all others, have been im-
posing spurious ones upon the public, for whose protection, and
for the protection of the Patentees, TWENTY POUNDS
REWARD will be given on conviction, for information o
any person or persons infringing any of the Proprietor's patent
rights.

I NFIR MA RY for the CURE of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR-
RHEA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA-
TIVE and URINARY ORGANS.

Notwithstanding the above Institution is closed, Patients hay
continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur-
geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap-
p:ying at his own hcase instead of the Charity.
Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings
and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the
Morning, but not in the Evening.

The chief causes that led to the failure of the
Swan River settlement are here briefly glanced
at in an article on the subject of Australia. Mr.
Peel, it seems, and several other who colonists
went out with him, received such enormous
grants of land that it was impossible to bring
them into cultivation, and dispersion was the ne-
cessary consequence. " Other evils," we are
told, " ensued; the easy acquisition of land made
every man become a landholder. Labour was
not to be had for any price. Each man, isolated
and kept to his own resources, soon fell into dis-
tress. Mr. Peel, who had taken out three hun-
dred emigrants, sixty of whom were able bodied
labourers, had been obliged to make his own bed,
to light his own fire, to fetch water from the
river for himself ! His labourers now wanted to
hang him, because he could not take them back
into his service. He was obliged to run away
and hide himself till they were carried off to Van
Diemen's Land, where they obtained work."
'1 his great fundamental error has been rectified
in the new settlement of South Australia, which
was established on a wholly different plan, and
is consequently now in a thriving condition. "It
was colonized," we are told, "as lately as the
year 1836, and on the wide, waste plains where
its first settlers fixed themselves, abundant liar-
vests are growing. Adelaide, the principal town,
possesses 800 stone or brick houses, forming
squares and streels ; it has schools, a college,
churches, chapels, markets, and banks, three or
four newspapers, various societies, a theatre, an
exchange, and six thousand inhabitants. There
are a dozen shops in one street that would not
disgrace tile Strand or Cheapside. Yet four
years ago, the site of this town was a desert,
600 miles distant from any civilization." This
is pretty well for a beginning ! " Kirk Contro-
versy" is an explanatory account of the origin,
progress, and present aspect of the ecclesiastical
disputes now raging so fiercely in Scotland. We
have read this account with some attention, ~,but
must honestly confess our inability to understand
what our Scottish brethren are squabbling about.
" The Fight with the Dragon" is a spirited trans-
lation of a poem by Schiller. " Physiognomical
Speculations" are a series of ridiculous remarks
on the countenances of our three last Kings, a
brace of Georges, and one William. Speaking of
the Fourth and fattest of the Georges the writer
observes, " the very outline of his figure bespoke
a high-toned intellect !" It bespoke nothing of
the sort, but_ merely a well-made, gentlemanlike
dandy. " Gleanings from Richter" contain a
few striking and poetical thoughts, and not a few
crazy, metaphysical ones. We select at random
a few of the better class :
THE LONGINGS or LOYE.—The longings of love hang like
a Promethean vulture on the heart ; but they wound only to
ennoble.
THE BIRTH-HOUR. or GENIUS._" When the halcyon
broods," said the ancients, " the sn. is calm." When, on the
other hand, the phoenix and paradise-birds of humanity brood,
the ocean of Time ris,'s in roaring billows ; but they dwell on
high places and altars of the sun, and their offspring fly over
the sea.
BUTTERFLY IN A CHURCH.--Hinder him not, whether he
fly in the narrow church or the temple of the universe—he
preaches too.
COMING TIMES.—CaIm and peaceful—like a child in its
cradle, ro,ked by the billows of a great flood—dwells the germ
of the Future within the stormy Present. At length the time
arrives ; the floating Moses-child is borne to the firm land,
grows up, and becomes, perhaps, a deliverer and a law-giver.
'ro THE wisli.—gho is the greater—the wise man who,
elevating himself above the tumult of time, remains au uncon-
cerned spectator, or the wise man who, from the height of
tranquillity, boldly casts himself into the battle-throng of his
age? It is sublime, when the eagle soars, through the storm,
eramntadhaeleingct; but sublimer still, when,
alights on the crag where, in their
of vapour, he dashes
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eyrie, his unfledged little ones dwell and tremble.
Gaily around dances the
alone creeps the old man on his.
them ? The one echhCi
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Children
ckorenten,hv Nh;
an
tp
daoii A3u,
reinem-
hers—the other hopes.
BEFORM.—Every age may be regarded as a good estate en-
cumbered with numerous debts and law-suits. If ye would
act as wise proprietors, rest not satisfied with fertilising the
soil—sweep the incumbrauces off also.
JOY.—Only in the myterious
twilight-transitionEA emotion to its contrary do men
shed tears, whether of sorrow or of ;0
y Thus Heaven sends
dew at two periods 0111Y—during
the morning and the evening
TEARS
Sfrom°w A :nne emotion

Major General Sir John Harvey has been ap,
pointed Governor of Newfoundland. _

NEW PUBLICATIONS.—The present season
promises to be peculiarly rich in literary productions. In
Mr. Colburn's list, alone, we observe, among other works of
great attraction, Thomas Campbell's long-expected " Life
of Petrarch," a biography of a poet such as only a poet-
biographer, like the author of the " Pleasures of Hope,"
could produce—Mr. Ward's new contribution to our stores
of fiction, entitled " De Clifford," a worthy companion to
his " Tremaine" and " De Vere"—Trollope's " Summer
in Western France, including the Provinces from the
Loire to the Dordogne," a work opening new and highly
interesting trakcs for the tourists of 1841—Mrs. Maherly's
new novel, " The Love Match," which seems likely to
outrun in popularity her Inn2r facinating novel " Emily"
--Mr. Theodore Hook's newly edited work, " The French
Stage, and the French People," introducing us to the
memoirs of the celebrated Fleury, and to the acquaintance
of all the distinguishe I persons of his time and country—
and Mr. Serle's new historical romance, " Joan of Arc,
the Maid of Orleans," in which the famous Pucelle is de-
lineated with a vigour and truth worthy our beat writers
Among the forthcoming productions of the greatest inte.
rest, will be found the new werk on Persia by Mr. Fowler,
who, during a residence of some years in that romantic
country, had unusual opportunities of becoming acquainted
with its inhabitants, their life, and manners ; and Lanian
Blanchard's " Life and Literary Remains of L. E. L,"
which is expected to clear up the mysteries attending the
sad fate of that lamented lady, and is looked for wish a
proportionate degree of curiosity.
THE FORTY SOUS DINNERS IN PARIS.—
The Commerce states that the day before Yesterday the octroi
officers at the Barrieredu Combat seized 2;000 kilogrammes of
horse-flesh bringing into Paris, and that the police are at this
time actively engaged in searching all the restaurants where
dinners under two trancs a head arc given, and where large
quantities of bail meats are served up. The price of meat in
Paris has never been known to be so high as at present.

sE, it VICE
lhe mutiny at Vellore" is the
JOURNAL.
berrsthaeclUcii(Ng°nTrtotop';;:at deplorable event which has
come under our notice. Many of our readers
are aware that o❑ the 10th of July, 1806, several
regiments of Sepovs entered into a conspiracy to
murder the few European troops in the garrison,

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dissertation " On the Rises of Botany and Che-
mistry in Agriculture," will please the generality
of readers, from the vigour and simplicity of its
style, and the clearness and consciseuess with
which its views are laid down.

rirE SHIP DRYAD.
CONFESSIONS OF THE BROIHERS
WALLACE.
The fyllowing are copies of thr. confessions made by
the two brothers who were concerned with Captaia Loose
in destroying the ship Dryad and other vessels, fur the
purpose of defrauding the insurance companies. IL will
be sten that eert lin names are omitted for obvious re:sons.
The conf,3sions arc in the handwriting of the brothers re-
spectivell.
STATEMENT made by Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wal-
lace to John Pirie, Esq., Alderman, showing whit part
he took in defrauding the several Instil-arms Companies,
through the casting away of the brig Dryad, Captain

Loos; :---
I, Patrick Wallace, carded on business in the ale and
bristle trade at the residence of my father, No. 18, Coo-
per's-row, Crotched-friars, from whom I rented my count-
ing-house. About the month of August, 1839, the Dryad
was lying in Liverpool, ehArtered by Zalueta and Co., to
proceed on a voyage to Santa Cruz, in Cuba. My brother
Michael, who held three-fourths of that vessel, Carrie up to
London from Liverpool, and one day, while walking with
me in America-square, in the Minories, he said to me,
" Patrick, if you promise to tell nobody, I will let you
know a secret of much importance." I said that I would
not mention it, when he told me that he and Captain
Loose had agreed together that the Dryad should be cast
away on her voyage out to Cuba, and that if I would in•
sure a lot of goods in London, I should ha,e 5001. for my
share after all the money was paid. I agreed to this pro-
posal, in consequence of which my brother Michael again
went down to Liverpool. He shortly afterwards returned
to London, came into my counting-house, ar.d presented
to me six blank bills of lading, all signeu in the genuine
handwriting of Captaie Louse, Oki i then filled up two of
them (stamped) with goods, one to the amount of 715/.,
the other to tle amount of 6981.

I then employed Stott, the clerk to Nicol and Co., to
effect aa insurance on the 715/. bill of lading in the Alli-
ance Marine Insurance Company; also, Lyndalt and Hall,
brokers, Loa.denhall-street. to effect a i insurance on the
693/. bill of lading in the Neptune Marine Company,
which was done by them at a premium of 40 per cent.
After the above-mentioned two bilk of lading were filled
up by me, my brother Michael still left the remaining
four unstamped ones in my counting-house, and believing
the Dryad was really to be lost on her outward voyage, I
thonght it a good opportunity to make myself some money.
Accordingly I filled up one of the bills of lading with goods
to the amount of 1,2651 , and gut Stott to effect as insur-
ance on the same in the General Maritime Insurance
Company without my brother's knowledge, for I had a
strong desire to put money in my purse independently
of him.
The Dryad sailed from Liverpool on her outward pas-
sage on the 7th September, 1839, and nothing of conse-
quence occurred (except a report in Lloyd's book that the
Dryad bad been on the, Silver Keys, but got off) until the
25th of December, 1839, when a letter from Captain
Loose to my brother arrived along with the protest of the
loss of the Uryad. Next day I took the protest to two of
the parties interested, and, by my brother's desire, re-
quested them to recover the insurance done by them. I
then began to think how I could get my protest to re-
cover my 1,2651. without their's or my brother's knowlege,
and it occurred to me that a bribe to a clerk who had ac-
cess to it would be the most eff ctivc way, and I accerd-
ingly used the temptation of two sovereigns for the loan of
it for a few days. I then handed it over to Stott, who got
130/. per cent, or 1,012/. from the General Maritime Com.
pany, but that Company refused to settle a total loss until
they should hear whether any of the cargo might be saved.
Stott gave me the cheque for 1,012/. which I paid into my
account in the London and Westminster Bank ; Stott also
recovered the 715/. from the Alliance Marine Company,
which I also paid into the London and Westminster Bank
to my account, giving my brother Michael 2151, retain.
ing the 500/. tor myself, being the sum I wan promised for
insuring the goods.
I likewise received from Lyndall and Hall the 698/. for
goods done in the Neptune Marine Company, also 600/.
on freight insured by those gentlemen, which sums I paid
my brother Michael, who paid them into his aecount with
the London and Westminster Bank.