The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-05 00:00:00

TURLOGH O'BRIEN. No. V.

having carefully felt his way and become conscious of
the strength of his materials, the author of " Turlogh
O'Brien" is beginning to evince a greater adroitness in
the adjustment of his story. Fresh incidents crowd in,
a new character is introduced, and a wider field given
for the unravelling of the plot—the scene being now re-
moved from Glindarragh Castle to the City of Dublin.
The account of the entrance of James 11. into the Irish
capital is picturesque and bold—the delineation of the
monarch himself characteristic. There is an originality
about the manner of this fiction which captivates.

WANDERINGS OF A PEN AND PENCIL.

Parts VII. and VIII.

With these parts the Wanderings of Messrs. Crow-
quill and Palmer are brought to a conclusion. We
almost feel inclined to regret the completion of their
labours—they were so emphatically " labours of love."
A singular fund of curious tradition and anecdote may
be gleaned from their pages—traditions and anecdotes
both pictorial and literary. Under the symbol of the
scallop shell we have had the peregrinations of" Childe
Harold:" under the same symbol we have had these
wanderings. We are thankful.

OPENING OF THE NOTTINGHAM
AND LINCOLN RAILWAY.
LEccorar, MONDAY.—The opening of the line between
Nottingham and Lincoln took place this day. A special
train, with two powerful new engines and twenty carriages, left
Derby at half-past eight o'clock tbis morning, and arrived at
Nottingham shortly before nine o'clock.
Among the company we noticed George Hudson, Esq., M.P.,
the chairman of the company; John Ellis, Esq., the deputy
chairman; Sir Henry Wilmot, Bart. ; the Mayor of Derby;
Nelson, Esq., the late chairman ; J. J. Bell, Esq., the
secretary; and a number of the directors, accompanied by
several of their friends, and a party of elegantly-dressed
ladies.
A large concourse of spectators had assembled at the
station at Nottingham, and on the appearance of the train,
gaily decorated with flags, it was received with loud cheer-
ing by the company, the band of the 4th Dragoon Guards,
stationed at Nottingham, striking up " See the Conquering
Hero comes."
The train took an additional number of company in at
Nottingham, among whom were the Mayor of Nottingham
and several of the members of the corporation, with their
ladies. The meadows adjoining the station and the bridges,
where an uninterrupted view of the line was obtained, were
lined with an immense crowd of spectators. The band of the
4th Dragoon Guards were stationed on the platform, and
played a number of enlivening airs. A few minutes before
half-past nine o'clock the gates of the Lincoln line were
thrown open, and the signal being given for the company to
take their seats, the train was again put in motion, the en-
gines being driven by Mr. Swanwick, the resident engineer to
the company, and Mr. Kirkby. After passing several of the
villages along the line, where large numbers of people had
assembled to obtain a view of the monster train, it reached
Newark about half-past ten o'clock, and stopped for a few
minutes. The weather, which had been hitherto unfavour-
able and exceedingly wet, now changed for the worse, and
the rain came down in torrents, much to the disappointment
of nearly the whole of the population of Newark and the
neighbourhood, who had turned out on the occasion of the
opening. After a few minutes delay the train was again put
in motion, and arrived at Lincoln at a quarter before eleven
o'clock. The distance from Nottingham to Lincoln is 33
miles. On the arrival of the train at Lincoln, notwithstand-
ing that the rain was literally pouring in torrents, a large
number of the lieges of Lincoln had assembled at the station
to greet its arrival.
On Mr. Hudson and the directors alighting from the car-
riage they were greeted with immense cheering. The ar-
rangements were so made that the company, previous to
their return to Nottingham and Derby, should have an op-
portunity of viewing the fine, venerable minster ; but owing
to the unfavourable state of the weather this was found to
be impracticable. The band was stationed on the platform,
and played several airs during the time the train remained.
An additional number of carriages were now attached to the
train, for the accommodation of the authorities, who bad
been invited to accompany the directors back to Nottingham.
Owing to the large number of persons who had joined the
procession, it was found requisite to have two trains on the
return journey to Nottingham. Shortly after twelve o'clock
the signal was given, and the train again started on its re-
turn to Nottingham, where it arrived at half-past one o'clock,
when the company sat down to an excellent cord collation
provided for the occasion. At two o'clock the train again
set out for Lincoln, where a most magnificent dinner took
place in honour of the occasion. The dinner took place at
five o'clock. General Pasley had inspected the line on Friday
afternoon, and expressed himself highly satisfied with the
works.

GREENLAND FISHERY, LERWICK, JULY 2 0 .—.Th 0
Eliza, arrived here from Greenland, brings the fol-
lowing report : Commerce, with 6,000 seals; no
whales. , Hannibal, with 2,000 seals, no whales. Union,
with 2,000 seals; no whales. Eclipse, with 1,500 seals; no
whales. Hamilton Boss, 1,100 seals; ro whales. Dublin,
with 300 seals ; one whale. Enterprise, with 6,000 seals;
one whale. Flamingo, with 700 seals ; no whales. Fairy,
with 40 seals; no whales. Sarah and Elizabeth, 9,800 seals;
no whales. Jane, with 400 seals ;no whales. Swallow with
40 seals ; one whale. Constantia, with 1,800 seals; no
whales.. Hebe, with 1,250 seals ; one whale. Anne, with
5,000 seals; no whales. Forth, with 40 seals; two whales.
St. George, with 1,250.5ea15; no whales. The Hoffnung, of
Hamburg!), and another toreign vessel, reported to be a
schooner, have been lost at Greenland.—Scotch Reformers'
Gazette.
The Evening Mad asserts that the office of State
Steward to the household of the Lord-Lieutenant has been refused by
the Marqu a of Kildare, Lord Awn, Mx, Hastings Avail, and the
gen. A9bert Soy*