The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

DEVONPORT.

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Mlle
Oft h Takrrottt) arratt, C P
frFltier°oyf Saturday,' at the
;I°--tete"Btretet, licst'e,?at C. J. trJolinson, of Upper Char-
by
'tnabner"or " eer„3"afe, was sold the cupn_ presented Avon in Sep-
ante!Akin i 1172,60,
,to ba,l4noan of Stratforde-upo t_ e ?
h jubilee in-
lolld'se d Y Wet in that ,_ toile:s, d
h ant
the birthplace of Eng-
, raisaii,
bard. na
Shaks 'sae about the year 1609,
:101 at his native
fulness Place aPemu'lberry tree ;it had long
• *nit, ancl.
t, of growth,. produced the most luxuriant
ne, till, in - --e
„ admiration and veneration of every
occuPant 4 tlO6, the Reverend Francis Gastrell,
.t.he
of travelleef - - house, from the frequent importunitiFs
*a evil ho rs, conceived a dislike to the tree, and in
titre(' the 11r, in contempt of the popular adoration, o.r"
, 4
gene e tree to be felled, and its logs split for fire-wood ;
Th al odium • and watchmaker named
otsas si,_ was excited, a .
/erted v_ uarP, of that town, secured the pieces, and con-
vbie,. ue fra
b gruetits to sipuse idely different from ;The
ctip nu ~e tree had been .
eligiousl condemned. T.h
-11.er • 8° in height,lined with
salver ii., notice, was about 11 inches
f t• and the
dertovg,,,:r4ed; a rim of silverg-ilded round the. w,
ail as crested with a cluster of Mulberries. and leaves,
raised, on
143 4 vergilded. At the jubilee Garrick held it, _
for tl'tild, while singing the following lines, composed by him
übaet occasion, beginning—
he tree
Vicz.ad this fait goblet, 'twas carved from t_ .
ee,
A:1101,111y sweet Shakspere, was planteude by thee, 1.,„_11 relic, r kiss it, and bow at the sh ,
b evern divine 1 '
ha
comes from thy hand must be
ree,
" All shall yield to the mulberry t
„Bend to thee, blest mulberry,
planted thee,
Matchless was he who
be."
On v. 4 And thou like him immortal,cup
was, by a decree .in
Cintli"e death of Mrs. Garrick,s this
1.8 at Christie's Lction-rooms in
kin, gtt,,rY, Sell James's, - - - 1. guineas, and then purchased
°s' ri,;";vr, St. for 12
t so highly that
Ltle ,:: ucunson, by whom it was es
ince
his death it was
klbillit',.e asked . was 200 guineas.
.S
and put up at a Te-
l'erved",," with other effects to auction,
d bidder appearing
cup ree of 100 guineas ; but no second
again submitted
Tor i was withdrawn. On Monday it was
6d., the pur-
'eltztie e-It' Vitilout reserve, and produced 40/. Bs.
! , Rxrsif• macs, of Upper Gower-street.
t visit in
%ten :441i.ta INVENTION.—During arecen
of a
vcnderf"arvere shown specimens of the production
truly
"Qtlishi„.l)iece Cf mechanism, which were, indeed,.
Abbot -L-'
a 'lley Were miniature ' busts of Daniel Webster,
iliiiies „4 W„te.nte, a Levi Woodbury; being perfect fac-
beaw i- - Lueir distiliQ • and wrought out of
been yll Ainefitau ognisNed originals,
machine which has.
inventinol7t.4ltd bnire.rble, and by
aof Boston. This
ture n certainly j rhemes Blanchard,..
art of sculp-
_,_e , and promise,. :,t.ohlishes a new era in the
with the
deep thought, and ni::%Piinse, almost entirely, labour of
Marble;afirtist in his effort indefatigable
lc Study, and
and' poetry into the
r 4 t°' put life an-
be copied
Y this machine e, art, ev h' tangible, can •
even ~,.., w, eryt ing ..0
the chisel,
the "et" guided h3,,th
"" a • • which defies Precision
hand and directed by
~ moo giftcel talent,. e Most skilful
be graduated
"as totgive xi The machine, too, can .
their
miniature rt. ueed
h shall, in
copies of statuar, wine
tieve, be effectoriginals
anYcopies of the _
'Cow, rything else butthe and. exact
erlig
vi every line, fur_ veins. and, dimple, and . cite
11_ ; Poremsinence to muscles d
anet
"Prop,: IN every particulL vrng Pr nt and feature, in exa
perfect proportion BY the 'lt ' nrename
y the most correct and
ater bas-relief profilenlinkeneasesesinmeray be cut on the hardestto
fillwal,. and of any
.size- required, from half an inch
of line-like raze. we saw a strikingly exact cameo profile
h ellrY Clay as peifect head of that statesman as we
av ever ' -
flies,, e.r seen in. any of the busts,or casts to be found,
and of
~,,_!ashionable size force lady's breasto4mong the
seN'eulrr!eas shown us, too, were tile heads of several of our
*e for
tottinattNices, cut in cameo and iVory, the proper ;Irze our
rilit&g,l,ll Pins, the fir:A glimpse of which called be ID
tyl,;4 Lae originals as Lea/lily as the most perfect daguerreo-
iter,,°l4 Pencilled miniature would have done. We are as-
that the b h' and Persico's productions,
WhiCh ~ best of Greenoug s
copi
.'ave cost them years of study and effort, can be
inn_
thetl-, 0„Y this apparatus with most positive accuracy ;
fel? lock
v, tf shapeless marble pat into its power will,
141,10145, stand forth a perfect copy of the most beautiful. .Ik4"daniniated statuary the greatest' sculii,tors ever. produced gra-ri' °that is most wonderful,. this machinery may be readily_
4 s4lated to increase or diminish
_ttliilee copy, so to furnish
alPri°Bsal or a miniature figure,s. .awimericqaunapl precision,uper d
I,tsliects exact proportion
ROCHESTER.—Yesterday, 'at
Oat, ACCIDENT AT
kid,_
yacht rigged, was observed from Ito •
eb,"a3r, a small boat,
the waters of the Medway under
tie"aterbridge, sailing on
opposite to the Castle, the
sviavY canvass. When nearly
capsized, and the two
. men blowing fresh, on a sudden she
:
ling er, and
:11_ that were in her were seen strugg
The
red they Iliad stink
14te assistance could be procu
accident,
hours after the a
b._ les were picked up about three
his brother, by the p-e
4:George Ladbury, a Waterman, and
men whose lives ar
14etttion of creepers. The names of theman,
aged 34, living
iii are Henry Macpherson, a married
h William Dives,
-q. Margaret's " • • •t and Josep
. 4g 0 ,in this ci y,
Id swim very
o 1
Is i' lg, a native of the place. Macpherson could
to save his com-
b , and it is supposed that in endeavouring
his own life.
ellen, whom he found to be drowning, helost
he b
the Queen's
to
Ai, ody of the young man Dives was taken
was conveyed
"11 at the
to St. ' foot ,f the bridge, sad the other
this
t which was held
1,4 Margaret's; to' await an inques ,
%kr 'ing at half-past ten o'clock. The boat being a very lin-
e Bail ' ..week ago for Si., an
tin-
that Le, was sold about; a . . dit is stated
Bue was-not-tit-to be-tuelLin this river.
611/
GE —An in-
(iiin_ CIDE FROM A HU,CBADiD'S ILL-llSAHorses,
Greek-
at 7t was held on Saturday at the Coach and
f Charlotte
4roobet, Soho, before Mr. Bedford, on the body lier erttoo, aged 55. Deceased had lately been
oresiding with
:' • 4,4180 n, Air. Phillips, a. hairdrusser, at No. 22,street,
Princesl usage
/I°, having left her husbanti on account of hise itroy
her_
litirt leaVink she had four timos attempted to d
s-
after
tl,t, solely 04 account of his brutality. It was thought,
Nter,,,,elnval , that she had abandoned her design, but on
e to the
10p 'maY morning she was found hanging by a roy
r ef the
itr3„4, bedstead, and quite .
' dead Verdict, ' Tempo-
1,4 ,xanity."
litiele,e die paid by the Society of , ,
Friends this year,
as
tieal dernau- s
aslott dist.saintkand, in o)Dedience to ecclesiaa .
~
9,1 44 to ,91000/:, which they as usual prOtest against.
--....

JULY G.—This morning the mayor, W. P. Blackmore, Esq.,
publicly read the writ and the precept of the Lord Lieu-
tenant of the county for the election of a Member of Par-
liament. The election is appointed for Friday next, when
Sir G. Grey will be re-elected without opposition.

Her Majesty the Queen will give a grand entertain
ment to his Highness Ibrahim Pacha and the several mem•
bers of his suite, to-morrow evening, at Buckingham Palace.
The royal invitation was received by the Pacha last evening.
His Excellency Sidi Ahmed, the Envoy Extraordinary from
the Bey of Tunis, and the attachés of his mission, are also
invited to partake of the royal hospitality.
Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker and Lord John
Hay have been appointed to the Board of Admiralty. Lord
Marcus Hill is to be Comptroller of the Household; and the
O'Conor Don one of the Lords of the Treasury.
Lord Fortescue will, it is said, accept the Lord
Stewardship of her Majesty's Household.
THE WOOL SEASON.—The setting-in of the wool
season is again effecting a change in the nature of the car-
goes of the Hamburgh steamers. The Queen of Scotland
last week had only room for two cows on deck, and the Helen
Macgregor, which arrived on Saturday last, was piled up
with as much wool as her tarpaulings would secure from the
sea, havinfeno less than 800 bales on board. The Victoria
arrived on Tuesday morning with a full deck cargo of wool.
—Hull Advertiser.
THE JAMAICA RAILWAY.—The traffic return of the
second quarter of this railway shows a decrease of 9,256 pas-
sengers, as compared with the first quarter, but an increase
in the goods traffic almost quadrupling the previous return.
The decrease is attributed to the effects of novelty at the first
opening, and the increased communication with Spanish
Town during the first quarter, owing to the sitting of the
Assembly:
SUDDEN DEATH BY DRINXING WHEN HEATED.—
We last week reported a death caused by drinking too much
water, and we are sorry to record a similar occurrence. On
Saturday week an Irish labourer, residing in Love-street,
while engaged in hoeing potatoes near Rosliu, on the
Greenock-ro d, had been so thirsty, owing to the heat, that
he went int a public-house and got a bottle of porter, but
not feeling`is thirst quenched, he next drank half a Scotch
pint of buttermilk, which caused almost instant death.—
Renfrewshire Reformer.
NOVEL I PoRTATION.—A vessel, called the Freden,
which has a rived in the London Dock from Russia (Odessa)
t
in addition o a cargo of Russian tallow, had 1,250 bomb-
shells on board. So singular an importation is remarkable
and worthy of notice.
TREMENDOUS THUNDER- STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE.--
WELLINGTON, MONDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday morning
a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning visited this
neighbourhood. and did much damage. The whole of Sa-
turday the 'feather was excessively sultry, but yesterday
morning a- ght breeze sprung up, and the sky being clear
and bright sip to past eight o'clock, no thought of thunder
was entertained. Towards nine o'clock the heavens became
suddenly overcast, and numberless clouds were seen travers-
ing the sky With unusual rapidity, and in opposite directions.
Soon after line o'clock the storm burst forth with terrific
fury. The Srked lightning was distinctly visible even in
the glare of idaylight, and at one time a stream of fire appa-
rently of the width of a man's body was seen darting to the
earth. The electric fluid at about aquarter-past nine o'clock
struck a bu ding occupied by the Independent body of
t
Dissenters a a Sunday school. The children were assembled
and had engaged in prayer and singing, when one of the
windows was suddenly dashed in, the wood work of the
frame being shivered in pieces, and seven or eight of the
children wen thrown upon the ground. One poor fellow, a
lad of aboutd6 years old, named Edward Harcourt,was killed
upon the sp9t. The electric fluid penetrated his breast just
over the region of the heart, and passed out by his foot. He
was the son of poor parents, but a remarkably intelligent and
pious youth: Two others of the boys lie in a precarious state,
and one of them it is feared cannot recover. From accounts
brought into the town, I fear that we shall hear of accidents
in other places. At Taunton, Minety, Tiverton, and other
towns, the storm raged with fearful violence; and at the
Tiverton-Toad station of the Great Western Railway an
electric meteor darted across the line, near the telegraph,
within a minute or two of the passage of the first down
train.
THE NEw MILITARY PRISON, ST. GEORGE'S BAR-
RACKS, TRAFALGAIL-SQuAluz,—This prison is now com-
pleted, and will be transferred to the authorities this day.
All the prisoners will be confined in separate cells, under the
control of a provost-sergeant. Each cell is provided with a
hammock and bedding, a stool and table, as well as a
bell, that the prisoner may ring in case of illness or any
sudden emergency. During the day the hammock will be
removed.
CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. W.
Baker, jun., deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the Town of
Ramsgate, Wapping, on the body of a new-born female child,
which was found in the river Thames on Saturday morning
last. It appeared from the evidence of Jas. Legon, the son of
a waterman, that on Saturday morning he was rowing off
Union-stairs, when he observed something floating astern
of a barge. He repaired to the spot, and found it to be the
body of a new-born infant, and conveyed it ashore in his
boat to Mr.. Marshall, the beadle. Mr. Cooke, a surgeon, in
High-street; Wapping, had examined the body, and from the
appearance he should say it was born alive, and afterwards
drowned. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown."
ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE AT DEAL.—OR Tues-
day afternoon a distressing accident occurred to one of our
bevelling boats in the Downs. The boat Esperance, with a
crew of four men, left here to visit the shipping on their pas-
sage from London to the Downs, seeking employment, and
after leaving two men on board different vessels to land their
pilots on arrival in the Downs, the others were returning in
their boat to Deal, and when near Sandown Castle, about
half a mile off shore, the boat was upset by a sudden squall
of wind, and immediately sunk. The accident was observed
rbr;mwhthoe---
tshe, and boats launched, manned by hardy crews,
vigorouswaarescaunedd
inp a romvpetre,xeexrbtiaounssteoonsetaotfe.theunfor-
tunate il7ei, Messrs.
Dcailxaonndamndadtaasst
aid,on were speedily on the spot to render Burgl-
e fair way of under whose care the poor fellow is in
sunk ere the boats reached recovehe other, a fine young man, had
he body, up to the present time,
the fatal spot, and every exertion
that has been made to find
has proved abortive. maezis Wm. Roberts, end he has
His n
left a widowed mother, whoa w
for support.—Dover Triegrapk. entirely dependent on him
ST. ANN'S SOCIETY ScrtooLs. Aarterly meeting
of the Committee and Governors of this
institution, took
place yesterday at the offices, Charlotte-
house. The chair was taken by D. Laing, roi Mansion-
house.
until the arrival of the Hon. William Ashley. This. Society"
is under the patronage of her Majesty, Prince Albert, and
the Queen Dowager. Dr. Burnet moved resolutions, ex-
pressive of approval of the praiseworthy exertions of the
matron and master of the Brixton Asylum for some years
past, and to which much of the efficiency of the school was
to be attributed, and that an increase in their respective
salaries be made to the amount of 451. per annum, which was
seconded by Mr. lila. Mr. Lott and others having ex-
pressed their approval, the resolutions were carried. The
thanks of the meeting were voted to the Hon. W. Ashley,
for the interest manifested by him in the welfare of the
Society, and his conduct in the chair, and the proceedings
ternkiwited. ' -- ' .

SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE.
The variety, quantity, and cheapness of this publica-
tion are remarkable. And, though the embellishments
are capable of improvement, the literary matter can-
not be objected to either in regard to interest or compo-
sition. Whatever contributions are not original are
choice eullings from our greatest poetical and prose
writers, and this latter circumstance we may particu-
larise as the chief excellence of Mr. Sharpe's periodical.
The whole is carefully edited; and perhaps the best con-
tribution in the present number is " The History of
Gardening;" we wonder the subject is so seldom treated
in a popular manner.

TIIE HEROINES OF SHAKSI" ERE. Part 111.
A very beautiful book this will form when completed,
and one which will redound much to the credit of both
artists and engravers. A companion volume of the
heroes of the great dramatist would, we are assured,
prove a glorious and acceptable successor to the present
publication. No book•lover would disdain to enshrine
such works in his library ; they would embellish his
studies and assist his imagination. " Juliet" is scarcely
worthy of that most etherial ideal of love ever con-
jured up by poet ; but what pencil, indeed, save possibly
that of "the divine Raphael," could picture Juliet
worthily ?

-
OLD ENGLAAD'S WORTHIES. Part VI.
Already has this serial received our commendation as
a work likely to afford considerable instruction to the
multitude. We can now only subjoin to that commen-
dation, that it is worthy of its clever and spirited pub-
lisher, Mr. Charles Knight.

THE FAMILY HERALD. Part XXX VII.
Among the penny periodicals this stands undoubtedly
at the very head, both for the quantity, merit, and pro-
priety of its literary contents. It is quite a microcosm
of tales, leginds, and essays.

THE _KNIGHT OF G WYNNE. No. VII. By

Charles Lever.
If this is not the pleasantest fiction ever written by
" Harry Lorrequer," it unquestionably contains the
pleasantest i character ever drawn by that, redoutable
scribe. Bagenal Daly is beautifully conceived, and no
less beautifully described ; the mixture of conviviality,
generosity, eccentricity, daring, and independence in
this " fine old Irish gentleman" (whose disposition, we
are afraid, is solely " one of the olden time,") is most
happily managed. Bagenal Daly, for a travelling com-
panion and any road would prove agreeable. In
Number VII., the story is rather at a stand-
still ; it is almost entirely composed of preparations
ft.r the removal of the Knight's family to a queer little

domain belonging to Bagenal, on theAntrim-coast ; in
this said domain Daly's sister is first introduced to the
reader. Towards the conclusion of the last chapter,
when Maurice returns home to Gwynne Abbey, in the
midst of carousing, a capital contretemps is introduced,
and is cleverly illustrated by Hablot Browne.

THE FORTUNES OF TORLOGH O'BRIEN.

No. IV.

Whoever is the author of the tale of the wars of Kin
James 11., he will, in it, produce a better work than his-
former novel of "The Cock and Anchor." The present
number is immeasurably superior to any that has
hitherto appeared ; the incidents are more startling, the
colloquies more spirited, and the composition altogether
of a higher character. Tisdars interview with the black
guest of Drumgonnial is horribly well described, and
horribly well etched by Phiz ; the rather questionable
preservation of Glindarragh Castle from the Irish in-
surgents is brilliantly told ; and as Colonel Torlogh
O'Brien the hero, is brought more into the society of the
heroine, we may expect the interest of the narrative to
increase.

KNIGHT'S PENNY MAGAZINE. Vol. 11.
During the very protracted career of this publication
Mr. Charles Knight has shown himself an able and
accomplished editor ; but he never displayed his edi-
torial capacities to greater advantage than in the more
portable and elegant form in which this periodical is
now being issued. The second volume of the new
series is literally a bijou; interspersed with delicious
little embellishments from the pencil of Harvey, and
crammed full of meritorious and interesting literature.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW.
Anxious, without doubt, for the continuance of the
acknowledged organ of that party with which his name
ha, become so intimately (and we may add so honour-
ably)
associated, Lord John Manners is now periodically
throwing in the prestige of his title and the literary ad-
vantages df his talent as a contributor to the Oxford and
Cambridge Review. The historical ballads written by
the Noble Lord displqy very considerable glibness of
rhythm and a remarkable knowledge of the social con-
dition and politics of the remoter periods of English
history. No. 111. of this interesting series is upon
" Lord Strafford opening the Irish Parliament, July 14,
1634." Notwithstanding a certain exaggeration of style
in the philanthropy inculcated by the "New Generation,"
there is a peculiar beauty and earnestness about it into
the bargain. There is a touching simplicity of heart in
the hungering of love expressed by the Young En-
landers for the olden days ; and, however extravagant
their love may be occassionally, we cannot but respect
ti,e boldness wit,h which they avow their partialities.
As a specimen of the gentlemanly yet decisive tone in
which the new generation can advocate even a " lost
cause,": and do so, moreover, very speciously and
cleverly, we may mention the dissertation in favour of
" The Country Party"—a dissertation suggested by the
Parliamentary speeches of Lord Stanley, the Marquis of
Granby, and Mr. Disraeli. We cannot fritter away
even a single moment in disclosing the sophisms of that
article, because those sophisms, have been exposed by
rkiteration usque ad nauseam, and because, moreover, we
'believein the veracity of the old saying, " None are so
blind. afs'those who won't see!" But we must, in bidding
farcWeit to the discussions which have recently preceded