The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-11 00:00:00

AINSWORTH.

Among the contents of this favourite periodical the
editor's reprint of " The Lancashire Witches" con-
tinues to occupy deservedly a conspicuous position—
a fact which may be treated with the more considera-
tion now that Mr. Harrison Ainsworth has adven-
tured upon another original story in the instance of
Mervyn Clitheroe." A fourth instalment of
" Shaksperiana" introduces us to Shakspere as a
manager. A legend of the Thames is recounted in
the story about " Tbe Miser's Grandsons," and a
continuation appears of " Florence Hamilton," by
Miss Julia Addison. As a most graceful and a very
exquisite example of the excellence sometimes at-
tained by magazine poetry, we give the following:—
SUMMER IN DECEMBER.

BY E. E. M. K.
(Fon MUSIC.)
They say the fly.vers are dead, Annie!
That sunbeams cold are growing;
That o'er the primrose bed, Annie!
The wintry winds are blowing.
They say no rose is blushing now
Of all they well remember,
And yet on thy sweet cheek, I vow,
"fie Summer in December!
They say the lilies fell, Annie!
Ere yellow leaves were shaken;
That violets breathed '° farewell," Annie!
Ere apple buds did waken:
While I in these fair eyes of thine,
Like some they may remember,
Sco violets still, arid that breast shine
With lilies in December!

They say the songs are hushed, Annie!
That silv'ry rills are sleeping—
That Music's soul is crushed, Annie !
With frost-chains o'er it creeping.
They say the melody is gone
We all so well remember;
Y©t here thy dear voice warbles on,
A soft rill in December!

They say no sunbeams now, Annie!
O'er rosy fruits are stealing—
Nor ripe tints deck the bough, Annie!
Where ice-drops hang congealing:
Al'! they know not the dazzling smile
Like Ilene they could remember!
That o'er those cherry lips the while
Makes Summer in December!
Another legend is given us in the December num-
ber of Ainsw•orlh, but this time it refers to Whitby,
and not to the Thames. A third chapter of " Vel-
thinas," a biography, relates to the ordeal of sacri-
fice ; and the thirty-eighth chapter of " The Confe-
derates" relates to those days of Margaret of Parma
which of all others have tended most to the develop-
ment of the narrative. Yet another story is recounted
in the pages of Ainsworth, Mrs. Edward Thomas
being the tarrator, and her theme being entitled
" The Tables Turned." Such are among the agree-
able papars in the current number of not the least
of the popular publications.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, DEC. 9.
The Queen and Prince, and the Royal children,
walked as usual early yesterday morning.
Lord John Russell arrived in the afternoon from
London, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Royal dinner party included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, Lord John Russell, Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs.
Phipp', and Sir George Couper.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
tended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir
George Couper, returned yesterday afternoon to her
residence, Froginore, near Windsor, from Osborne,
Isle of Wight.
The Hon. Mr. Kinnaird bad an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-uffice.
The Committee on Education of the Lords of her
Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council had a meeting
yesterday, at the Council office. The Lords present
were the Lord President, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir
George Grey, and the Chancellor of the Elwin quer.
A Deputation from the London Necropolis and
National Mausoleum Company, consisting of Sir
James Duke, 1\1.P., Mr. J. Voules (Deputy Chair-
man), Messrs. J. Gardiner and C. R. Thompson
(Directors), Mr. H. R. Abraham (Architect), Mr.
W. A. Coombe (Solicitor), and Mr. Richard
Churchill (Secretor)), had an interview with Lord
Seymour yesterday, at the Office of Public Works
and Buildings, Whitehall-place.
The Right Honourable M. T. Baines, First Com-
missioner of the Poor-laws, had an interview yester-
day with the Chancellor. of the Exchequer, at his
official residence in Downing-skeet.
Lord John Russell arrived at his residence, Pem-
broke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday afternoon,
from Osborne, Isle of Wight.
Lord Monteagle had an interview yesterday with
Sir George Grey. Mr. Adair bad also an interview
with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. An appeal was heard, from the High
Court of Admiralty, " Harmer v. Bell" (the Bold
Buccleuch). An appeal. we?, beard from Jamaica,
'Emery and Kelly V. Bums.

DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR
GEORGE QUENTIN, c.B.
This venerable and highly-distinguished officer ex-
pired on the 7th inst., at his residence in Great Cumber-
land-street, Hyde-park, at the advanced age of 92.
Nearly the whole of this officer's life was spent in the
%army. Previously to entering the British service, ho
served for five years in the Garda du Corps in Hanover.
Ho afterwards entered the British army, as Cornet in
the 10:h Hussars, the favourite regiment of the Prince
of Wales, afterwards George IV. With that corps he
served during the Peninsular war, and on several occa-
sions moat particularly distinguished himself. He was
in Sir John Moore's campaign, and was pres.nt at
Corunna. He subsequently served under the Duke of
Wellington, during the campaigns in the Peninsula, in
1313 and 1814.
Ho next served in Flanders, and during the Waterloo
campaign, and was severely wounded in the engagement
of tho 18th of June, S.r George received a medal and
one clasp for his conduct at the battle of Toulouse, and
others. Sir George was Aide-de-Camp to George the
Fourth, from 1811 to 1825, when ho was appointed
equerry to the crown stables.
The deceased entered the army in 1793, and he became
a Lieut.-General in 1838. In 1821 he was knighted.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Major the lion. James Macdonald, left town
yesterday morning, for Newburgh Park, the seat of t•ir
George Wombwell, in Yorkshire, where the Earl of Ches-
terfield, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Captain Fremantle,
Colonel Blair, and a distinguished party, are invited to meet
his Royal Highness, to enjoy the sport of pheasant shooting.