The Sun.
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A pleasant and susceptible nature has George
Gilfillan, and admirably does he evince these charac-
teristics of his disposition with independence of taste,
originality of illustration, and uncommon vigour of
language. His pencil in the present number of Tait

is devoted to the portraiture of Leigh Hunt. Every
one who has ever revelled over the bonliommie of the
"Indicator," who has mused over the pensiveness of
"Rimini," who has smiled with a sensation between
that of pleasure and derision while partaking of the
.“ Feast of the Poets," who has thrown down upon
the ground with' scornful impetuosity that miserable
ebullition of spleen and vanity, entitled "Byron and
his Contemporaries," will refer to this contribution
with curiosity. The writer has discriminated the
pervading subtleties of the nature of Leigh Hunt ; he
has shown him, as he really is, a being of " elegant
and airy littleness," but no literary mastodon. He
has depicted with faithful accuracy the genial dispo-
sition of Hunt, his natural gentleness and suavity,
his predisposition to think well and speak well of all
created things, his enduring love for freedom of
thought and for the mental irresponsibility of each
man to his neighbour. In looking at the sunny side
of his theme Gilfillan has given us a kind
of instinctive Daguerreotype--he has eulogised the
eternal smile which seems to pervade the writings of
Hunt, and has defined with a very singular felicity the
many amiable phases of that author's character. But'
in the antithesis of that same character be has seen
nothing scarcely but a blank, and has consequently
there spoken little to the purpose. He has failed to
recognise in Leigh Hunt that intellectual, or rather
moral chiaroscuro which imparts to his name such a
mournful individuality. Mr. Gilfillan has not recog-
nised the concavity, while he has fully appreciated
the convexity. He sees everything to admire in
the conservation of Shelley's friendship, and in the
imprisontnent for political independence, but he sees
scarcely anything worthy of reprobation in covering
the memory of a dead benefactor with contumelies!
We cannot possibly coincide with this contributor to
Tait in regarding an act of such remarkable turpitude
with anything approaching to lenity. In the dark-
some and pathetic glory which invests the closing
scenes of the career of Lord Byron, the recollection
of that base " stab in the dark" from a hand which
had been grasped in that of the traduced stands forth
still with the same aspect of callous and impassive
cruelty. Time may have weakened the public ex-
pressions of indignation, but time can never, as long
as the memory of that incident endures, lessen the
public sense of indignation. We should have ab-
stained from commenting upon a passage in the his-
tory of letters so debasing and so irredeemably vile
as this, but that Mr. Gilfillan has endeavoured to cast
fresh obloquy upon the glorious but mournful memory
of Byron, where another was alone culpable. It is not
by attempting to scoff at the chivalrous undertaking
of that great but fallen man for the regeneration of
Greece, it is not by attempting to deride that beautiful
and adventurous scheme that the celebrity of Leigh
Hunt can be cleansed from a tarnish more lasting
than the blood-gouts upon the fingers of Lady
Macbeth! It is not by calling the withering ari,
deadly irony of Thomas Mobre mere " insolence ,
that ingratitude can be erased from the pages of
" Byron and his Contemporaries." Though we can-
not, of course, expect the maxim, " De mortals nil
nisi bonum" to be acceded to in biography, and
history, and criticism, we nevertheless look for the
practice of its, twin adage, " De mortuis nil nu?
verum." No one expected Leigh Hunt to com-
promise the acknowledged independence of his cha-
racter -by penning an eulogium upon the extraor-
dinary man who perished at Dlissolonglii ; but no
one, at the same time, anticipated such an outpouring
of acidity and effervescence upon a heart that was
stilled for ever, and a brain that bad lost its sentience.
Enough of this, however. The political article ap-
pended to the October number of nil is dictated in a
tone of most unwelcome and inapposite flippancy, and,
beyond this, inmost coarse and careless in its selection
of adjectives. We are by no means inclined to be over
fastidious literary prudery is, in fact, most
especial abhorrence; but when we find this writer
in Tat Magazine comparing the L unfortunate

SIR A. BONN YCASTLE'S WORK

ON CANADA.
TO TH.E EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—Last evening's Sun stated that Sir Richard
Bonn) castle is abOut to write upon the Canadas in 1i46,
and that he has said that the English, and particularly
the Irish, emigrants are deceived respecting Canada.
How are they deceived ? What are the official duties
of Sir Richard Bonnycastle ?
I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
INTENDING EMIGRANT.
Portland-road, Sept. 30, 1846.

[Sir R. Bonnycastle is, we believe, the Surveyor-
General of the colony. Our Correspondent must wait
for the appearance of the work in order to learn exactly
how the emigrants have been deceived.—En. SuNl.

The weaving of Brussels carpets, coach-lace, terry
velvets, and similar fabrics, hitherto only practicable by
manual labour, and at a considerable cost of money and
time, is now about to undergo a complete revolution, by
the introduction of power looms, invented by Mr.
Sievier, F.R.S., by means of which the use of the wires
hitherto indespensable in this sort of weaving is done
away with. In the old method of weaving it was neces-
sary, in order to form each series of terrys or loops that
extend the whole breadth of the fabric, to introduce a
wire while weaving, and after the loop was formed over
the wire to draw it out. By Mr. Sievier's process the
loop is formed by a simple arrangement of the machinery,
so much so, as to reduce the expense of production nine-
tenths of its present cost. It is unnecessary to state that
the public w ill derive great advantage by this inventicn.
The Duke of Wellington, it is said, will shortly go
to the islands of Guernsey and Jersey to inspect the for-
tifications of those dependencies. His Grace arrived at
Walmer Castle on Saturday evening from a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle, and has only a small circle
staying there, among whom are the Right Hon. C.
Arbuthnot and Lady Charles Wellesley. The Marquis
and Marchioness of Douro are expected to arrive at
Weimer Castle about the 20th inst. from Germany.
DEATH OF EARL WALDEGRAVE.—We have to an-
nounce the death of Lord Waldegrave, which took place
on Monday last at the family seat in Somersetshire.
Leaving no family, the noble deceased is succeeded by
his uncle, the Hon. Captain Waldegrave, R.N., C. 8.,
now the Earl Waldegrave, whose eldest son, Viscount
Chewton, married Miss Pym, and his daughter,
Lady Maria, married William Brodie, Esq.,
second son of Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart. George
Edward Waldegrave, Earl Waldegrave, county of
Northampton, Viscount Chewton, and Baron Walde-
grave, of Chevvton, in the county of Somerset, anda
baronet, was born Feb. 8, 1816; he succeeded his father
as seventh Earl, 30th July, 1835; married 28th Sep-
tember, 184(), Frances Elizabeth Anne, daughter o
John Braham, Esq., and widow of John James Henry
Waldegrave, Esq. The family name was anciently
written Walgrave ; it is derived from a place in North-
amptonshire, aed we find so far back as the year 1205,
John de Walgrave serving the office of Sheriff of
London. The pl.( sent tarl was born in 1788, and mar-
ried on 10th August, 1812, Elizabeth, eldest daughter
..f the late Samuel Whitbread, Esq., who died March 1,
1843.

DEATH Or LORD MOUNT SANDFORD.—We have
to announce the demise of this Irish Peer, who expired
on Friday morning last, at Stowey, Somersetahire, at the
extreme old age of ninety years. The deceased George
Sandford Baron Mount Sandford, of Casticrea, county
Roscommon, in the peerage of Ireland, was fourth son
of Mr. Henry Sandford, by the Hon. Sarah Moore,
eldest daughter of Stephen, first Viscount Moustcashel.
He was born May 10, 1756, and sueeeeded his nephew
Henry, second Lord, who was brutally killed in a riot at
Windsor, on the 14th June, 1828. The late venerable
Peer was unmarried. His brother, Henry Moore Sand-
ford, was created a Peer of Ireland in 1800, with re-
mainder in default of male issue to his brother and their
male descendants. On the death of the late Lord's
nephew, before alluded to, the title and family estates
devolved, according to the limitation of the patent, to
the deceased. His Lordship had retired from public life
for a long series of years. He was formerly in the
army, having held the commission of captain in the 18th
Dragoons, and subsequently represented Roscommon in
Parliament. By his Lordship's death the title becomes
extinct, and the estates of his Lords Lip in Ireland revert,
we believe, to his nieces, Mrs. Wills and Mrs. Pakenham,
the latter lady being wife of the Hon. and Venerable
Archdeacon Pakenham.

DEATH OF BARONESS MUSKERRY.—After a short
illness, and in the prime of life, on the 25th inst., in lifer-
Hon-square, to the overwhelming affliction of her sor-
rowing family, and the deep regret of all who knew her,
Louisa, Baroness Muskerry, of Springfield Cattle, in the
county of Limerick.—Dublin Evening Mail.
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN OLD CITY SERVANT.—
Mr. Payne held an inquest yesterday, at the Sugar
Loaf, Great St. Helen's, on the body of Joseph Bruce,
aged sixty-eight. The deceased had been for thirty
years a servant at the Mansion-house, and was recently
gatekeeper at the Royal Exchange. On Tuesday last,
while walking along Gracechurch-street, he burst a
blood-vessel in the lungs, and died in five minutes. Ver-
dict, "Natural death."

GREAT STEEPLE CHASE MATCH FOE ONE THOUSAND
POUNDS.-A steeple chase match has been made between
a Noble Earl, connected with the turf, and J. R. Corn-
wall, Ebq., the conditions of which are, that both parties
shall, in the month of December next, ride a four mil)

steeple chase match over the Maiket Harborough
country for 5004 a•sido ; Mr. Cornwall to have the
choice of time and place; horses to be bona fide their

own property.
PEDESTRIANISM.—J. ROBINSON AND C. BOOK.—
The anxiously looked•for struggle between these
" flyers" took place yesterday on the Walsall road,
about three miles from Birmingham. It will be recol-
lected that James Robinson, late of Hucknell, but now
of London, known as " Caunt's Pet," was matched, for
251. a side, to run 120 yards with Book, of Stafford,
whose fame stands A 1 among his local friends. At
half-past two the men showed on the ground, a beauti-
rul level bit of sound earth, at the top of an acclivity,
the rain having delayed the match to that hour. They
started from the fall of a handkerchief, Robinson getting
off with a lead, which at sixty yards he had increased to
a couple of strides ; at a hundred Book had stolen a
march upon him, and was within a yard, and the race
terminated by Robinson getting home first by a foot
only. The betting fluctuated strangely. A little before
:he race 5 and 6 to 4 was talked of on Book ; at the
ground a level 1001. was laid ; and at starting 5 to 4 was
)ffered on Robinson.

STOPPAGE OF CITY Tnonononnums.--Yesterday
a notice was issued at the Office of Sewers, that during
the month of October thefollowing thoroughfares will bo
stopped, viz., Lawrence Pountney-hill, Lawrence Pount-
ney-Jane, Duck's-foot-lane, Cloak-lane, Bell-yard, Grace-
church-street, Little Bush-lane, Bride lane, Poppin's-
court, Hosier-lane, Shoe-lane, and Old Fish-street,
during the formation of sewers.
THE JEWISH " WHITE FAlT."—Yesterday was
observed by the Jews as a fast, being what is called
" The White Fast." By an Act of Parliament of last
session Jews are to be subject to the same laws as Pro-
testant Dissenters, in respect to schools and places of•
tvOrshin.

young Queen of Spain with a certain lady of Baby-
lon, who shall be nameless, we conceive that the
proprieties of a free press are, to a very great extent,
violated. Mere nicknames and scurrilities are ieuddy
weapons of assault, which stick to the hands of those
by whom they are employed, without injuring, in
the slightest particular, the person against whom
they were intended to be ejected. The writer in this
periodical is aroused to indignation by the match-
making schemes of his Majesty King Louis Philippe.
Nor when the diplomatic chicaneries of Count de
Bresson are remembered can this indignation cause
any astonishment. Instead, however, of battling the
question of this alliance with logic, or of employing
even the shadow of an argument, the writer proceeds
with a rather reprehensible alacrity to assail the cha-
racters, and to vituperate upon the policy of the Or-
leans family. The King himself " only differs from
a tallow-chandler in having to do with ministerial
portfolios, &c."—he " has the smirk of a mercer or
I man-milliner showing off his wares." The Queen,
again, is derided—and for what ? Why, for her
piety! Her Majesty has committed no public griev-
ance ; but, simply because the recent proceedings of
the French Government are distasteful, Queen Aine-
lia—one of the gentlest, least offensive, and most
angel-hearted of sovereigns—must be scoffed at as a
psalm-singer, and a " patroness of missions to
the Heathen." We deeply deplore the appearance
of such sentiments in the columns of our enlightened
and liberal contemporary. The talent and the gene-
rous freedom of opinion in Tait's Magazine always
elicits our esteem, and hence we are the more earn-
estly grieved at such little ebullitions as the fore-
going: they are not consonant with the high character
already acquired by that publication. It was upon a
precisely similar principle that the imperial family of
France was traduced in lampoons, and even lengthy
calumnies, about the commencement of the present
century. It was in such a false and ungenerous spirit
that a work, in several volumes, intitled "The Revo-
lutionary Plutarch," was published by Mr. J. Murray,
crammed with the most barefaced lies, and with the
grossest insinuations—a book in which the princes of
the imperial family, from the Emperor Napoleon
himself downwards, were aspersed as ruffians and
cut-throats, and the princesses as "no better than they
should be." We mourn these unwarrantable modes
of expressing annoyance at any national pro-
ceeding. We have, as the readers of The Sun
are already perfectly conscious, no sympathy
whatever with the recent machinations of the French
Ambassador at Madrid, but, at the same moment, we
see no utility in any dereliction of propriety in the
manner of protesting against those machinations. Mrs.
Gore pursues her new fiction, " Temptation and
Atonement" with a vivacity most propitious and a
fancifulness most alluring. We are not presented
with the lees of a mind exhausted by incessant exer-
tion ; a new vintage of romance seems to be opened
with the story of which these chapters are the con-
tinuation. An article on " Trees" is a delightful and
cut ions composition, but the idea seems to have been
suggested by a very similar contribution, published
many months back in the Dublin University Magazine,
and hence its novelty is rather detracted from. It
may, nevertheless, be an unintentional plagiarism.
" The Belle" is a clever and lively sketch, sparkling
as champagne, but not more heady than the juice of
gooseberries. " The World a Sepulchre," and " The
Field of Morat" are charming and nervous verses,
and are worthy of a nook in Tait's Magazine. Other
contributions of superior and inferior merit make up
the average bulk of this sterling periodical.

DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.
STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 17.—Their Majesties the King
and Queen, who are now perfectly convalescent, have
passed several days at Beckaskog, the domain of the
Crown Prince, where several entertainments have been
given to the nobility of Schonen. Their Majestiesin-
tended to leave their palace on the 15th, when an un-
looked for obstacle obliged them to change their plans
—the illness of the Princess Eugene, who appears to
have taken the measles. The Queen has in consequence
resolved to defer her journey for the present. The
King, however, was obliged to leave on the 15th for
Christiania, which place he was anxious to reach on the
24th. Prince Augustus was to accompany his royal
father, and Prince Oscar intended to set out the same
day for Helsenbnrg, and there to embark in the frigate
Eugene. The Crown Prince and Prince Gustavas go
to Silesia to witness the manoeuvres of the Prussian
troops, after which they make a short visit to Munich.
The Queen Dowager returned from Schonen to Stock-
holm on Wednesday, the 14th.
PETERSBURG, SEPT. 13.—The St. Petersburg jour-
nals contain fresh accounts from the theatre of war in
the Caucasus, from which we can only make the follow-
ing extracts:—" The enemy, under the command of the
former Sultan, Daniel Bek, intended to make an attack
from the south of Dagheston, and to penetrate to Tus-
chetien, but his plans were defeated on the one hand by
a division of Prince Argustinski, and on the other by
the brave resistance of the Tuschinges. When Prince
Argustinski was informed of the enemy's plans. he
resolved to anticipate them. On the Ist of August he
advanced with four battalions, three mountain guns, and
some hundred of the native militia, both horse and foot,
and after three days march over steep mountains and
through defiles, reached the village of' Kossrad, at the
foot of the lofty mountain side of Flezus.
The enemy, to the number of about ten thousand
men, had entrenched themselves there on the 6th of
August. Prince Argustinski attacked the Lesgians, and,
in spite of their most obstinate resistance, drove them
from their impregnable position. On the part of the
Lesgians three hundred remained on the field of battle.
On the. side of the Russians two of and ten men
were Lulled. Prince Argustinski returned after the battle
to the heights of Zuar, near Turschidach, in order from
this point, which is situated on the centre, to be able to
protect the country from further invasion.
The works begun this year on the whole line, from
the Caspian to the Black Sea, are advancing rapidly.
The new fortress on the Jaryikssn, notwithstanding the
interruptions which have taken place, will be in a state
of defence in the course of ne t summer.
THE HAGUE, SEPT. 27.—The King returned to this
town yesterday afternoon from his visit to Silesia.
We learn from good authority, that on the 13th of
this month a treaty of trade and navigation between the
Netherlands and Russia was concluded at St. Petersburg
by the respective plenipotentiaries.
THE HAGUE, SEPT. 25.—The trial ofJ.Van de Pol and
sixteen other persons was continued before the Provi-
sional Tribunal of South Holland, for having taken part
in the tumult which took place at Delft in September,
1845. The forty-second witness has been examined ;
to-morrow morning the examination of the witnesses
will continue. Our readers will remember that on the
evening of September 22, 1845, the town was a scene of
devastation and plunder; that several bakers, mealmen,
and shopkeepers had their windows and blinds broken
by a rude and licentious populace, and that some
of the shops were plundered ; that the windows of the
house of the burgomaster were dashed in, and that eight
of the accused are said to have taken part in these acts
of violence, and that some traces had been discovered at
Delft of money having been distributed among the mob.
The accused, for the most part, denied the fact laid
to their charge, but most of the witnesses positively de-
clared that they had been seen mingled with the rioters.
One of the mealmen declared that the throwing of stones
resembled a bombardment, and continued from half-past
six to ten in the evening.
THE HAGUE, SEPT. 27.—11 is Majesty the King at-
tended divine service this morning in the Cloister Chapel,
where a sermon was preached by the Rev. D. Van der
Brock, on which occasion thanks were returned to
Almighty God for the safe return of his Majesty to his
kingdom.
We learn that his Majesty will take a journey to Lira-
bourg and Luxemburg, in the course of the week, and
will return to the Hague in a fortnight.
ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 26.—An address to the King from
the merchants of this town is in circulation here, calling
the attention of his Majesty to the interests of commerce
and navigation, with respect to the duties on the im-
portation and the exportation of corn. The persons
taking part in this address, declare that they were in-
duced to this step by the announcement of the intention
of the Government to lay before the States General, at
the commencement of the next session, a proposal to pro-
long for six months the law of the 18th of December,
1845, containing measures for the encouragement of im-
portation of provisions. They suppose, however, that
the object of the Government is not to stop at this mea-
sure ; they are therefore convinced that the measure
which the Government now intends to propose is con-
nected with a plan to change'the legislation respecting
the duties en corn. They declare their conviction that
the time is come for the Netherlands to allow the im-
portation of corn entirely free from duty.

BURGLARY AND HEROIC CONDUCT OF A YOUNG
FEMALE.—On Monday night the dwelling-house of Mr
Preston, No. 7, Pulborough-terrace, Harleyford-road,
Kennington, was burglamously entered, but, by the
heroic conduct of a female servant, the thieves were put
to the rout, and deprived of a valuable booty. For some
days past the house has been left in the care of a female
relative of Mr. Preston—who is himself on the Conti-
nent—a female servant, and the only other inmates were
threeyoung children. At about one o'clock on Tuesday
morning the servant was awoke by a noise down stairs,
and suspecting that some thieves were in the house, she
got up, partly dressed, and gallantly marched down
stairs with a candle in one hand, and an old sword be-
longing to her master in the other. On reaching
the bed-room of her master she observed that thet
door, which should have been fastened, was partially
opened. She made up her mind to enter the apartment,
and was about to do so, when a man came out, whom
she instantly struck upon the head with the sword, with
all the strength of her right arm. The fellow slightly
stumbled, when his hat fell off, and in it were no less
than four watches, three of gold, a variety of jewellery,
and purses containing ancient coin, &c., which he had
collected from the different depositories in the bed-room.
Not taking time to pick up either the hat or any portion
of its valuable contents, the burglar rushed down stairs,
and managed to make his escape by the back kitchen,
and through the garden into a nursery-ground in South
Lambeth. An alarm was given, and the police admitted
into the house, and it was then found that a quantity of
plate, wearing apparel, and other valuable property, was
tied up and ready to be carried away.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—About six months
ago, Mr. John Wood, hair dresser, and lately of the
Ship Inn, in this town, suddenly left his home and his
wilt' and two children. At that time he was in a state
of delirium, arising from the reverses of fortune which
he bad experienced. He was last heard of about six
six weeks ago, and had slept in a corn field about two
miles from Misson, in a most distressing condition.
When he left his home, he was dressed in a bottle-green
coat, black double-breasted waistcoat, and dark grey
trousers. He is forty-five years of age, rather stout, of
the middle size, and good looking. His disconsolate wife,
whose condition under these afflicting circumstances is
truly pitiable, on hearing of his being seen at Misson,
proceeded thither, and searched the country around for
several days, but could hear no tidings of him. Nor,
since that time, has she heard anything fUrther of him.
Many conjectures are formed as to his fate ; and it is
probable that, in his then state of mind, he may have
destroyed himself. In that case it would be some satis-
faction to his wife, Mrs. Ann Wood, to know even the
worst. At the present moment, she is almost heart
broken, and entitled to the sympathy of the benevolent.
—Doncaster Gar, tie.

THE lIERRING FISHING.—ST. MONLNCE.—We
formerly noticed that the herring shoal had been scared
from the coast in consequence of the fishermen having
prematurely had recourse to their ground apparatus
while the herrings were lively and quick-sighted. At
length it was discovered that a prodigious shoal had
taken up its encampment in the bay of Dunbar ; and
the hue and cry having pervaded this coast, the scaley
legions wore attacked with vigour on all sides. The
campaign continued during a whole week, and tremen•
dous was the capture that then ensued. Think of the
hundreds of boats drawn simultaneously to the spot,
and some of them carrying away upwards of a hundred
crans at one draught, and a faint idea may be conceived
of the immense quantity landed on both sides of the
Forth during that space. This dense shoal being either
exhausted or dispersed, a short armistice ensued, during
which little or no business was done on the bosom of
the waters, and all was considered over ; but, after
three days' suspense, symptoms of a mighty shoal slum-
bering on this coast manifested themselves with no fal
lacious exhibition. Again there was another vigorous
onset for some days, and immense takes were again
landed on our shore, insomuch that the curers wished to
see the conclusion, and even some of the fishermen
themselves began to express similar sentiments. Two
hundred crans per boat is considered a good fishing, but
several of the boats this season are not under five hun-
dred, and the general average on the coast is supposed
to he about two hundred and eighty crans per boat.—
Fife Herald.
RICE AND TURNIPS A SUBSTITUTE FOR POTATOES.
—Throughout Scotland the entire potato crop being
nnfit for human food, and abandoned almost wholly by
all classes of society as dangerous even to be given to
stock, the use of rice and turnips in equal quantities
has, we observe, been recommended as a wholesome,
substantial, and palatable food for rich and poor, and as
a substitute for potatoes. Blended together, and sea-
soned with butter, lard, or dripping, the compound forms
a most agreeable dish. The turnips and rice should be
boiled separately, and when the former is well freed of
water by pressure, and thoroughly mashed, they should
then be mixed. Great Britain has never been a rice
consuming country ; every other people where it is
known use it largely. It is a nutritious and peculiarly
wholesome food, only requiring a little gravy, butter, or
simple seasoning to flavour it. An erroneous idea exists,
that rice is an expensive food ; let the fallacy of this
be seen. A third of a pound of good East India or
Patna rice, without the aid of turnips, will be found a
sufficient quantity as a substitute for potatoes for a
family of eight or ten individuals, along with the usual
table supply of other food. East India rice is charged
at present by retail about 4d. a pound. Supposing it
under the present calamity of potato failure to advance
to 6d. per pound. a sufficient quantity of excellent,whole-
some, and nutritious food can be produced for a family,
in lieu of potatoes, for 4aopence, and if mixed with tut--
nips, as recommended, will not cost one penny and an
eighth. East India rice claims particular attention,
because it is much cheaper than Carolina, and its flavour
and nutritious qualities surpass the latter something
like 50 per cent..—,Edinburgh Post.