The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-10 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

PETIT TABLEAU LITTERAIRE DE LA
FRANCE, Br P. F. 111Elezagr.
The French master of the London Univer-
sity has, we presume, published this compila-
tion chiefly for the use of the students under
his charge, or of others in the course of ac•
quiring the French language, for we see that
it is announced as a companion, or rather
follower, of his " Traducteur:' Not only is
It much better suited for this purpose than most
former collections ; but adults who have not
time to keep up a regular course of French
?ceding will find it an admirable short cut to a
knowledge of the different styles of writing pre-
valent in France at different periods. It is in
short an enlarged kind of " Enfield's Speaker,"
consisting in a great degree of selections from
the works of modern and even living authors.
Victor Hugo, Benj. Constant, Segur, Chateau•
briand, &c., here find a place as well as the old
standards of Louis the XlVth's reign. We
Must add that the manner in which it is got
lip does the publisher and printer great credit.
Although in a foreign language, we have not, in
the course of our perusal (by no means a first
one) of some of the principal pieces, met with
above two misprints.

THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—The foun-
dation of the east wing of the National Gallery, with the
exception of the exterior and main walls, is nearly laid,
and is composed of solid hrickwork. The ground plan
can now be traced on ♦iewing the works, and in a few
days the temporary buildings in Trafalgar-square for the
stonemasons and others will be finished.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—We observ-
ed a very full assemblage of fashionables at this Theatre,
last night, to Pee Gustavus. In one box we noticed
Lady Wharncliffe, and Mrs. L. Fox, and Lady F. Ben-
Click ; Lord Alvanley, Lord Stuart, and Mr. Bulkeley.
In the next box was Lady Glengall and Lady Tullatnore,

Count d'Orsay, &c.
Madame Bonaparte Wyse has lately retired
to the Abbaye au Bois, where the celebrated Madame
Recamier ha■ also been some years resident.
We understand that Lord Napier is to be the
Chief Commissioner to reside at Canton, under the act of
last session for regulating the trade with China, with a
salary of 6,0001. a year. This appointment will occasion
vacancy in the number of the Lords of the Bedchamber.
The accounts in town are of the most unfa-
vourable nature with respect to the state of the health of
Lord Guillamore, late Chief Baron.—Dublin Evening
Mail.

There are said to be negotiations on too
between the Bank of England and some of the large joint
stock banks in the country, for circulating the notes of the
former, preferably to snaking issues of local notes by those
banks. The only obstacle is the settlement of the rate of
interest at which such notes are to be issued. The local
banks are willing to pay 2i, but the Bank of England
demands 3 per cent. This fractional difference is held to
be so important to the local banks, whose transactions are
in most instances on a Ye, y large scale, that they show no
disposition to give way, but on the contrary they declare,
that if the higher rate is insisted on, they will he driven
to the necessity of issuing their own paper. As the Bank
Directors are known to entertain the desire to make their
notes the universal circulation of the country, it is not
thought unlikely that they may be induced to yield on
this occasion.— Times.
Thursday evening some diabolical incendiary
set fire to a corn stack at Ramsbury Farm, Wilts, which
quickly communicated to the adjoining ricks, and in a
short time the whole, including all the farm buildings,
was in a full blaze, and everything except the dwelline-
house completely destroyed. The flames were seen for SO
miles round the country. A man is in custody on sus•
picion. The damage exceeds 2 0001. Another incen-
diary fire took place on Tuesday evening last at New Farm,
about five miles from Salisbury, on the western road, and
a large . quantity of wheat in rick was consumed. As
New Farm stands on an eminence, the conflagration was
visible for a considerable distance.—Reading Mercury.
Sir W. Macleod Bannatyne, one of the retired
Senators of the College of Justice, died at Whitefoord
House on Saturday the 30th of November, in his 91st
year. For 25 ye rs he held the station of one of the
Supreme Judges of the land. At the bar he was the
intimate friend and companion of Blair, Mackenzie, Cullen,
Erskine, Abercromby, and Craig, and one of the contri-
butors to the Mirror and Lounger. He was the last
survivor of that phalanx of genius which shed so brilliant
a lustre on the periodical literature of Scotland half a
century ago. He was also one of the original founders of
the Highland Society of Scotland. Sir William was born
on the 26th of January, 1743, admitted Advocate 22d
January, 1765, promoted to the Bench on the death of
Lord Swinton, and took his seat as Lord Bannatyne, May
16, 1799, which office he resigned in 1823, and was suc-
ceeded by the late Lord Eldin.
The following is an extract of a private letter,
dated Hobart-town, Aug. 13 :—" I have travelled a great
deal through the interior, in the hope of finding or learn•
ing something of my lost sheep. Last year was a calami•
in
tous•one to me; instead of 1,000 sheep, as I told you
December was my loss, I found at shearing time I was
minus very nearly 3,000 ; this thwarted all my plans.
On the day after I shipped my wool at Launceston I
started for the Bush, and did not revisit this place for
many weeks, but after all my labour and trouble I did
not discover a single head of my sheep ; but circumstances
arose from my journey which will be beneficial to the
colony, and especially that part of it where my farm lies.
I have convinced Government of the propriety of making
a settlement on the east coast of the island, and a strong
military detachment (with the police Magistrate) will
proceed as early as they can travel in the spring, with a
view of forming a settlement at Falmouth, George River,
and of course many emigrants will speedily follow. I
never was in a more delightful climate, and I am sure that
much wool will ere long be produced there and in the
country about Cape Rutland. It is astonishing that nearly
80 miles of such a coast should have been so long over-
looked, where, with a little farming, I am convinced that
an abundance of wine, oil, and fruit would soon be pro
duced. The soil is light and sandy, but the endless supply
of sea-weed would afford an excellent manure to enrich it,
and as the climate is mild and salubrious, crops would
seldom fail. The beauty of the scenery around cannot be
surpassed. Near the bead of the bay, where the township
of Falmouth is marked out, there is an excellent wharf,
formed by nature, requiring only to be faced with timber,
with 9 to 10 fathoms water alonodde."
Private letters from B io, dated October 1, have
been received to-day, and although they are of older date
than those which arrived on Saturday, the information
conveyed by them is new and interesting. Owing to the
wretched state of the currency, many of the small shops
had been closed, people preferring to keep their goods
rather than sell for copper, the greater part of which was
false. The Government, it was thought, would be
compelled to withdraw the whole from circulation, hut
this, it was conceived, would be a matter of touch difficulty.
The Chambers had thrown out the proposition of the
Minister of Finance fora new loan of 600,000/., originaby
brought forward, as will be recollected, to cover the de-
ficiencies of the sioking fund, and the arrears of dividend
n England.