The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-04 00:00:00

" THE FRE2,CH TRANSLATOR.

" All sciences a I asdog 11.1 ,hsietir
Thus Johnson write with truth and urged with
hate;
And is bard tisk a Frenchman lately chose,
Li his toligua our Shi.ll,pere to tralislate;
And treaviog of the line (Mello speaks,
Sir, she can turn and turn, go on and turn,'
(Found in the scene whore publicly outbreaks
The jealous rage that in his soul did burp),
Saw but one cause for turns so quick and strange,
And rendoed it, 'Elk ualze tout comme one ange.'"
" Rambles in Susan x" ate continua d, and Bentley
gives as A Pipe of Tobacco"—a glorious pipe—whims
we reconstneud to the attenion ,of all smokers. We
have also a very pleasant notice of the Royal Academy.
Exhibition, and-a critique on , the Devonshire House
'theatricals, written in a kindly spirit, besides several
reviews of books.

COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.
Mr. Horace St. John continues his carefully compiled
and well written" History of the British Conquests in
India." The present instalmeot is principally occupied
by the narrative of the glciries of the hero of Plessey,
the great Lord Clive. So far as he has gone hitherto
Mr. 11. St. John has completely made out his case, and
has demonstrated that the East India Company in all
the earlier portion of their career cautiously abstained
from territorial acquisition, and that it was not until
compelled for their owo safety to obtain a frontier, in
order to prevent a repetition of such unprovoked atro-
cities on the part of the native princes as the sack of
Calcutta and the perpetration of the Black Hole tragedy,
that they attempted to acquire territorial dominion. The
author of an article, entitled " The High Road to India,"
strongly recommends the immediate opening of negotia-
tions with the Sublime Porte for the cession
of Egypt to the British as absolutely necessary
to secure to us the continued possession of our
Indian empite. "Oar Defences and Defenders" is a
valtrible paper, will worth the attentive consideration of
chose whose duly it is to eu.ke adequate provision for the
repulse of any threatened invasion of our island; in con-
nection with this aubjec-, the paper on Mr. Fergnsson's
prok;osed new and improved system of fortification should
also be carefully attuned. Mr. Ilisenay contributes an
amusing drollery under the title of "Fred Errol's Adven-
tiees." "Memories of Mexico" is is deeply interesting
of the late M,xican war. The hatred b. tween the
Yankees a:4.1 the th-x cans appeals to be undying. We.
have a well written memoir of the late Admiral air Ed-
ward Codringtou, and everal other papers of interest.

TILE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE..
Sylvanui Ui ban goes at lengli into the controversy
between Cardinal Wircmin and La y Morgan on the
subject of St. P.-ter'a chair, and convicts the Cardinal of
plagiaiism. The Cardinal has bOrrowecl every word he has
advanced on the subject from a Latin treatise written by
Fabei in the middle of the last century, and ha:: not coo-
de wended to notice-even the existence of the man from
whom he has copied; and of ignorance, since, according
to his own description of the chair, it could not have
been a curule chair, nor achair of any pi,riod anterior to
the age of Constantine; or, it not of ignorat.ce,
of something worse. Sylvanus 000cludea by de-
claring that after pausing the publications of the
Cardinal, . the Lady, and Mr. Rich, on this subject.,
there is left for the. Cardinal and for the authorieics
of the Rumish Church, if they wish to re-i s.ablish the
chair and its consequences, no alternative , but to ac-
cept the challenge contained in Lady Morgan's short
sentence, (13" m-risible as it is curt—" Produce the chair."
Mr. Peter Cunningham continues his story of "Nell
'Gvvyn," which is illustrat,cl by an engraving of the
corded by
Nally and the King in the pat k, as re.
1;
joait. of Evelyn.the We-have
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also
h uar
cake ludiabn%
l article on
t thehe. u bio-
graphy..i
u of
Niloatretal
Coleridge, and several reviews, besides
the Month.
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47ROSVENOR GALLEHY.—TiIe following cir-
cular has just been is ued by the Marquis of Westminster :
" The Marquis of Westminster presents his compliments to
, and regrets that, owing to the numerous applications
he daily receives from persons desirous to view the pictures
at Grosvenor House, he is compelled to limit the orders fur
admission. It gives him pleasure to furnish with these ad-
missions his personal acquaintances as well as thoe who
have any means of an introduction to Lord Westminster.—
Grosvenor How e, May 30."

COLLECTORS IN DEFAULT or
PacoorP:tEahßinTsTa reAtNurDr:
default from
erty
INCOME. TAX.—A Parliamentary paper, printed on Monday,
at the instance of Mr. Alderman Copeland,
of the names of all persons being collectorsoft.
income, and assessed taxes who have been
i
the Ist of January, 1848, to the 31st December, 1850, It
appears that the total number of defaulteys is 77, itselY 43
na
on account of income-tax, and 34 on account of assessed
taxes. Id the majority of cases no security was given by
the collectors, and in several instances the arrears, or a por-
tion of them, have been recovered from the collectors them-
selves. The total amount of default during the three years
did not exceed 20,C00/.

THE DUKE OF, WELLINGTON AND ma TENANTRY.
—The Duke of Wellington has abated the rents of his
Strathfieldsaye estates. His Grace inquired of the steward
if he bad made any abatement of fie ren als. The steward
replied that he had net, for the tenants had all paid cheer-
fully, without asking for any reduction. The Duke replied,
that was the very reaso, why the abatement should be made,
and he directed that it should be made o, the last as well as
on the rentals of the current year—Western 777nes. •

According to the late oemu4, the popula!ion of the
city of WOicsater is 27,525, beiPg Inman of only 547,