The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-04 00:00:00

DEPARTURES,

Lady Dover, from Whitehall, for Roehampton ; Sir Edward
Hayes, Bart., from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for
Ireland; William Sitwell, Esq., from ditto, for Bath; Sir
Thomas Gooch, Bart., from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-
street, for Yorkshire ; Lord and Lady Carew and son, from
ditto, for their seat in Ireland ; J. H. Vivian, Esq., from Fen-
ton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat, Swansea, Wales ;
John Foster, Esq., from ditto, for Liverpool ; Mr. and Mrs.
Mitford, from Grosvenor-street, for Brighton ; Lady Selina
Bridgeman, for the Continent; the Dowager Lady Rendles-
ham, for ditto ; H. Hanmer, Esq., for ditto ; Mrs. Desbo-
rough, fer ditto; Major-General Sir Dugald Gilmour, from
Leamington Spa, on a tour ; Charles Warde, Esq., from
Everett's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Skerries, Kent; Hon.
Capt. H. Beresford, Grenadier Guards, from Marshall Thomp-
son's Hotel, for Italy; Sir Rowland and Lady Roberts, from
George-street, Hanover-square, on a tour; Lord Glenlyon,
from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Blair Athol,
N.B. ; Hon. G. A. F. Murray, from ditto, for ditto ; Vis-
count and Lady Emma Fitzharris, from ditto, for the Earl of
Malmesbury's seat, Heron Court, Hants; Mr. and Lady Char-
lotte Guest, from ditto; Lady and the Hon. Miss King, from
Dover-street, on a tour.

ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM.
Lord Doneraile' Sir Thomas Phillips, Colonel and Mrs.
Northey, Colonel Peake, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Hale,
Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson, Major and Mrs. Snowpaul,
Major Dawith, Major Caldwell, Major Barrett, Dr. Paton,
Dr. and Mrs. Hardiman, Rev. John Rashdall, Rev. Mr.
Wynniatt, Rev. J. and Mrs. Gasken, Captain Edward Stan-
ton, Captain Prown, Captain Dawson, Captain R. Watts,
Captain Iredell, Captain Walters, Captain Vandermeullen,
Captain Clifford, Captain and Mrs. Ogle, Captain Armstrong,
Captain Johnson, Captain Mackay and family, Captain and
Mrs. Gardner, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Hunter, Mr. and Mrs.
Kendrick, Mr. and Mrs. Haines, Mr. and Mrs. Spragg, Mr.
and Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Mardinand, Mr. and Mrs.
Clutterbuck, Mr. and Mrs. Guppy, Mr. and Mrs. Tornhine,
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Crewe, Mr. and Mrs.
Barnsley, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis
de Vitr6, and Mr., Mrs., and Miss Wareham.

FASHIONABLE CHANGES.

14)rd Segrave, from this town for Berkely Castle ; Mr. and
FiLgerald, from- Regent-street, for this town ; Mr. Jas.
Stoughton Money, from Home House, Herefordshire, to the
Plough Hotel, in this town, &c. &c.

NEW SOUTH WALES, BATAVIA, AND CHINA.

—" Mr. Bennett's wanderings extended from Australia to
China. His book is one of exceeding interest, even to the
general reader, being full of curious and entertaining facts ;
but its chief claims are of a higher order. It gives us a clear
account of all that is of value and importance in one of the
most remarkable of our colonies, where art has not yet tri-
umphed over nature. Mr. Bennett has not laboured only with
the energy of an adventurous traveller; he possessed advan-
tages which are enjoyed by few, being a skilful and expe-
rienced naturalist, a practical anatomist, and a man of exten-
sive information. His book is, therefore, as might be ex-
pected, one of rare exeellence, and will take its place among
the best publications of our time."—New Monthly Magazine.
DUKEDOM OF BRONTE.—It will be recollected
that after the glorious victory which Nelson achieved in Aboukir
Bay, or, in other words, after the annihilation of the French
navy at the battle of the Nile, the Neapolitan Government
presented him with a fine estate in the 'vicinity of Bronte; this
estate descended with the title to the present Earl Nelson, but
in consequence of an eruption of Mount Etna, its whole sur-
face is covered with lava and ashes. The family of Lord Nel-
son are at present in mourning for J. Bolton, Esq.' who died
recently at Burnham Thorpe, and who was married to a sister
of the late Lord Nelson. Mr. Bolton's eldest son is heir pre-
sumptive to the Earldom.
THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH'S BIRTH-DAY.--
The anniversary of the Duke of Buccleuch's birth-day has, we
observe, been celebrated in the different parts of the country
with which his Grace is connected, in a manner equally flat-
tering to the feelings of the noble Duke, considered as an in-
dividual and as a large landed proprietor. At Newcastleton,
at Dumfries, at Thornhill, and at Lochmaben, expressions of
strong attachment, arising from admiration of his personal
character, mingled with those of gratitude, for his judicious
kindness as a landlord ; while, at the same time, there was a
total absence of that sycophancy, which if we appreciate cor-
rectly the straight-forward character of this nobleman, would
disgust rather than gratify. If there obtained the same good
understanding between every landlord and tenant throughout
the country, as between the Duke of Buccleuch and his, vain,
indeed, would be the attempts of those who would sow dissen-
sion between them.

-iconaWisbaden paper we extract the following
criticism on Mr. Beckford's fascinating work on Italy :—" In
what secret cave of the earth, or the ocean, has this rich trea-
sure been hidden so long—these pearls so delicate and lus-
trous ? What strange, avaricious motive has prevented the
world from enjoying their beauties during so protracted a
series of years ? Some parts of this, to us, till lately un-
known, author's work are so touching, so exalted, that in the
fit of enthusiasm he inspires, we are almost seduced by the
lightning flash of his ideas and the magic of his style, to grant
him precedence over most poets of any age or country, and
to compare him, at the same time, with the most felicitous
memoir writers we are acquainted with. In him depth of
thought, and political views, are presented to us under the
mask of youthful levity, as if he were unwilling to show the
labour he has bestowed upon his seemly gay, aerial work, or
the pains he has taken in giving it an unequalled polish. In
him a line is a portrait, for he paints at sight, and his like-
nesses, whether of nature or of art, are indisputable, but he
hurries us on without pity : we have hardly time to admire
a character, or a landscape, before it vanishes, and some fresh
scene appears. Ohl he is a strange, a mighty, and yet, alas !
we have heard, a sadly perverse and wayward being, a pus-
hing compound, half warning, half example."
NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN FRANCE.—The Mo-
niteur contains, in its official part, a long report, in which M.
Guizot explains the plan which he proposes to follow in order
to succeed in the researches which are being made among the
inedited archives of the history of France, and for the prosecu-
tion of which the Chamber voted, in the budget of 1835, the
sum of 120,000 f. M. Guizot states the result of his first ope-
rations, and proposes the formation of a Committee, especially
charged to draw up a complete and descriptive catalogue of
the archives which have once existed or which still exist in
France. It appears that the first articles intended for publica-
tion will be extracts from the papers of Cardinal Perrend de
Granvelle, the principal Minister of Charles V. of France,
which are deposited in the library of Besancon. Some of the
notes of Cardinal Mazarine, relative to his conduct during the
Fronde ; a collection of Charters granted to the towns and
communes, from the 10th to the 15th centuries ; documents
on the negotiations relative to the succession, &c., will also be
published. The report further informs us that the manuscript
has been recovered of the famous work of Abelard, intitled,
" Sic et Non" (Yes and No), which was the cause of his con-
demnation at the Council of Sens in 1140. It will be pub-
lished under the surveillance of M. Cousin.
DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.--011
Tuesday last a youth, about 17 years of age, named Elliott,
of Somerby, servant to Mr. Smith, butcher, of Barsby, being
at the market at Melton Mowbray, drank sixteen or seventeen
glasses of unmixed spirits at several places during the day ;
towards evening he was put into a cart in a senseless state to
be carried home, and upon his arrival was found a corpse.