The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-28 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

ENGRAVINGS FROM THE WORKS OF
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, Pters 1. AND H.

This work is yet in its infancy, but so far as
it has gone, we can pronounce favourably upon
it. Sir Joshua, like Titian, was always famous
for his eyes—especially his female eyes, which
ever teemed with expression—and the engraver has
not neglected to make the most of this characteris-
tic. His engraving of Georgiana, Countess of
Spencer, is admirably finished, more particu•'
lady as regards the countenance, which has all
the earnest, thoughtful look of the original.
" The Infant Academy"---one of Sir Joshua's
happiest efforts—is full of spirit and archness.
The sly look of the half-concealed, young rogue
in the corner, cannot be excelled in expression.

The Duke of Wellington's installation as
Chancellor of Oxford, which will probably take place in
July, will set to work the whole of the muses, both of the
Isis and the Cam ; and we may expect to have the cedant
arma togce rung in our ears in every known and unknown
metre.

The Duke of Wellington lately met with au
accident while riding near Strathfield4aye ; his Grace was
thrown from his horse, which afterward@ struck him on the
forehead. The Duke, however, suffered only a temporary
inconvenience, and no serious result followed.

The old adage of " it never rains but it pours"
has been truly exemplified during the List two months.
We are sorry to observe that the diabolical
spirit of incendiarism bas shown itself in G'oucesterobire.
On Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning Ju,e four
bay ricks, the property of Mr. Edward Pollard: of Sousia
Cerney, were set on fire and consumed. A reward of2ool.
his been offered for the discovery of tLe offenders.--
.Sherborne Mercury,

" THE JEW WHICH SHAKSPEARE DREW."
—These words were said by Quin of Macklin, and in-
tended by Quin, as an in,ult to the man, not as a COM •
pliment to the actor. And in proof that they were sow
he is remembered to have said upon another occasion,
when speaking of Macklin, " If that man is not a scoundrel,
Provid,nce cannot write a legible band."—Athencum.

ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday afternoon, about
four o'clock, an elderly lady in attempting to cross Fen-
church-street, was knocked down by the horses in s
barouche that was proceeding eastwards. No blame wAi
attributable to the coachman, the carriage being going at
a slow pace. The want of caution on the part of the lady,
who was taken into the office of Mr. Sadgiove, No. 159,
Fenchurch.street, and who was more frightened than
injured, was solely the cruse of the accident.
An accident occurred in the afternoon of
Sunday at the church of St. Paul's, Ball's Pond, which,
had it not been fortunately discovered, this fine building
would have been speedily destroyed. It appears that the
iron pipe (which conveys the smoke away from the furnace,
and for warming the church), became so hot that it come`
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municated to the roof of the building; the rafters became
ignited, and the wind blowing upon it very high at the.
time it would quickly have done considerable damage.
The evening service was not performed, owing to the.
confusion it occasioned, and the damage done to various
parts of the building. •

As a little girl, the daughter of a gentleman
residing in the Brixton-road, was re►urning from school,
at one o'clock on Friday last, some malicious person
threw a large quantity of sulphuric acid on her silk cloak,
by which, within a very few minutes after she reached
home, it was reduced to tatters. Had any portion of the
acid fallen on her person the consequences might have
been tet rible. It was thrown on the back of the cloak,
so that she was quite unconscious of the circumstance
having occurred till she reached home, when the state ol
the garment showed the amount of injury which had been
inflicted.

A young journeyman of the town of Fou'
geres, in the Ille et Vilaine, had for several years kept up
an illicit intercourse with a young woman with the know
ledge of her mother, in whose house they resided. At
length, however, the man became disorderly in his eon•
duct, and came home one evening in a state of intoxication'
and in a fit of passion beat both mother and daughter,
broke the furniture, and then went to bed. The mother wat
highly exasperated, hut suppressed her feelings till the
morning, when she awoke her daughter early, and while
her paramour still slept, heated a quantity of water in 1
large boiler,
otafoinmfdTtopwtr,aepshen it was hot poured the whole of ill
over the sleeper. The man was so dreadfully scalded
that his life is despaired of. The mother is in cistcdy'.
—French Paper.
ENGLISH LACKEYS ON THE CONTINENT.
—We have nothing to say in defence of the usual employ
ment by English travellers of foreign couriers—most
absurdly so called, by the way, when they do not precede
the party—except that the best English servant is generally
much more of a hindrance than a help en the continent.
He understands and performs to admiration the small anti
rigidly-defined circle of duties within which his walk at
home is limited ; but abroad he is confused, puzzled, bel
wildered, at every turn ; no fish in the world mod
completely out of the water than be. He is, naoreoveri
perpetually discomposed about creature comf .rts, and sight:
deeper than Don Juan whenever " he thinks upon :a poi'
of beer." But who is to blame for the narrow ant
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had fallen from off her shoulders, and sent her mat

servant back the road to look for it. The servant

a countryman, of whom he inquired, " Have you a
a boa in the road ?" To which the bumpkin replied
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amazement, " A boar; I've teen no boar, nor anyth
else, but a great long hairy snake in the road ; I've pel
it with stones for this last ten minutes, but can't
the thing ; I've cut it in two, but his tail move now."
the servant's arriving at the spot deems ibed by the count
man, he actually found the lady's valuable fur literally
in pieces with stones, with which it was nearly covered.
Devonport Telegraph.
PUNCTUALITY.--Mr. M., a merchant
was a great lover of punctuality in all its for
Calling upon a mechan'c one day, who was notorious
the nonfulfilrnent of his engagements, and by whom
qad frequently been deceived, " When," says he, " I
S-, can I have that work finished and sent to

house? T,lce your own time, but tell me positively,
do not deceive me, for Ido not like to be disappoint(
"On Thursday next," says the mechanic, "
am living, you shall positively have it." Thurt
came and passed, but no work made its app
ance. In the evening the merchant called upon

printer, with the request that he would insert tl
death of Mr. S-, which he accordingly did in ti
following morning's paper. What was our mechanic
surprise, on taking up the paper next day, to find a
announcement of his own death ! Up he goes to tl
printer for an explanation. There he was told that AI,II.
M. authorised it, and they had supposed it correct. I]
of course repairs to the merchant to know what it mean'
and DI
persuaded he is not a ghostly appeal
ance, for, sass he, "you solemnly promised me that
you were living 1 should have my work done and r
turned on Thursday ; no work appearing I very net
rdly concluded you were dead, and had it accordingly a
announced." Mr.
8----- was abashed and silent, and
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hone made bttttr by the well-intended djoke.—Sine'
Observer.