The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

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BRITISH MUSEUM.—The exterior of f the new build-
ing is now almost complete, and the
The id brick wall and
are in a forward stat 3 of progress.
Th
above the gateway
the unseemly buildings on each side and
of a very small
have all been removed with the exceptionaiiini g painted brown
interior arrangements
portion, and a high and elegant iron railing
h been erected on a
and ornamented with gilding
.te.
At each end of the
basement of solid blocks ot„g„nrltsel have been constructed.
railing square pillars
leaving a carriage entrance
Bide,
of granite
gigafonrticoopraodpm. ritssioinoso,
07iVi.
iron wicket entrance on
sitors. The front of the 13
eitherw buildingalcpararnaonweeb.e
T fullyh e smi.,.
and presents
public during
five claws in the week,
seum is open to
the g- of visitors, principally composed of
and a countless
, wthhrr /lave come up to see the Exhibition,
country people, moving inwards and outwards all day long.
may be meet' ich is on the ground floor, innalediately on
The library, w.
'nd.'aicle of the entrance, is now open to the public
a chaste and
.unposg
ewiclioclnlecotrieon otvain-
the right H
tlliiberaexr3t,.ena?niav
hcket, and thousands avail thernseives of the unre-
strained
f and rare works
admirably
valu-
able " nerd compartment.,
ain . • . One of the principal fea-
tures • n is the old charter of attraction msnuscripts and other
,te.ditnissiontoinvitenwe
ohi c
1 documents, which are dispLyed in glass cases to the
strained
gazeP of the curious. The antiquarian department is also an
bject of great attraction, and excites the admiration of the
learned, and the wonderment of the ignorant in such mat-
ters. Altogether the British Museum is now, in its exterior
appearance, one of t!-,e handsomest of our public edifices.
MARIAN WITHERS. Br GERALDINE E. JEws•
BUR].—'l his new tale, by the authoress of "Zoe" "The
Halt-Sisters," and other works of the first class of moduli
fiction, will tend to 'widen and to confirm the reputation
already achieved by one of our most sensible, earnest, well'
informed, and sound of female writers of fiction. The story
is one of intense interest. Miss Jewsbury's men and women
are true mortals, with the vir' uts and failings, the pride, the
up,
affections, inconsistencies, and passions which go to max
in varied proportions, the characters of the maid female
.e
actors on the world's stage. Marian Withers is no faultless
monster which the world ne'er saw, but
" A creature, not too wise or good
For human nature's daily food,
For transient sorrows, simple
wiles,
I
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.'
IN REGENT-STREET.—
A WoMAN FOUND DEAD hour,
the police constable
Yesterday morning, at an early
rd the dead body of a woman
short i
on duty in Regent-street found
distance from Vige.street.
lying on the pavement a
The corpse was removed as
.
speedily as possible to St.
in Poland-street, where it was seen by
the medical officer, w
James's Workhouse, ho
found no marks of violence. In-
formation was sentto Mr. Bedford, the coroner, who has
ordered a postm mexamination.
orte
The deceased appeared
to have been
about fifty years of age, was of sallow com-
plexion, attired in black satin visits and gown, and a open
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