The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-22 00:00:00

TALUS'S DRAMATIC MAGAZINE.

In addition to the dramatic news of the month,
this number of the magazine contains well-engraved
portraits of Mrs. Warner and Mr. Compton ; the
latter is a most striking likeness.

THE GUNPOWDER TREASON ; an Authen-
tic Reprint of the Trials of the Conspirators.
This is en authentic reprint of the trial of the con-
spirators, of all the preliminary proceedings against
them, and of the confessions of Guido Fawkes and
Thomas Winter, it likewise contains King James's
speech on the subject to both Houses of Parliament ;
the whole as published by authority in 1609. It is
preceded by the Preface of the Bishop of Lincoln,
which was originally prefixed to the edition of 1679,
and contains, by way of appendix, the papers written
by Sir Everard Digby to his family during his con-
finement. It is a well-timed reprint, and in the trial
of Garnett we find much curious information as to
the tenets and the conduct of the Jesuits.

A GENERAL. GAZETTEER, originally compiled
by. R. Brookes. MD.; the whole Revised and Cor-
rected to the Present Period. By A. G. Findlay.
F.R.G.S. illustrated with Maps.
This is an excellent edition of a standard work.
Mr. Findlay has executed the task imposed upon him
with great care and attention, and has produced in
fact a new Gazetteer, adapted to the knowledge and
wants of the present period, and presenting a daguer-
reotype of the physical and political geography of the
world in 1851. The maps ara neatly engraved, and
exhibit the latest discoveries; and the work is clearly
and beautifully printed. This will be the standard
edition of Brookes's Gazetteer.

FINE ARTS.
THE FOUR PRINCESSES.

An exquisite painting by Winterhalter of these
four illustrious children of Queen Victoria has re-
cently been repeated, in the form of an admirable en•
graving, by J. Richardson Jackson—the engraving
b,-2ing now published at the establishment of the
Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi. A copy of the
work lying at our elbow affords us an assurance that
no better companion plate could be found for that
other splendid production by the same artist, repre-
senting her Majesty and the Prince Consort sur-
rounded by the royal children. The picture now
under consideration, while as faithful a transcript
from the originals, has less of that formality of atti-
tude which invested its predecessor with a certain
artificial sentiment. The young Princesses are por-
trayed as grouped together in the open air, weaving
a garland of flowers, two of them being in a re-
cumbent position, and the other two stand-
ing. Tirir countenances betray the bloom of
youth and happiness,
and are in many respects
eminently beautiful. One especially bears a striking
resemblance, in feature and expression, to our most
gracious Sovereign ; and upon each face is, at the
same time, impressed a visible and charming indivi-
duality. Children as they are, the differences of their
character are, by the brush of the artist, and the in
strument of the engraver, rendered easily perceptible.
From the wide and earnest popularity of our beloved
Queen, it cannot be doubted that the present engraving
will be welcomed with peculiar pleasure by her faith-
ful lieges—a token as it is, in itself, of the domestic
graces and virtues of her life. A worthier or more
charming ornament could not be devised for the
home-walls of any Englishman.

MACREADY AS WERNER.
A masterly painting by Mr. Maclise—represent-
ing W illiam Charles Macready in his celebrated per-
sonation of Werner—is now on view in the gallery of
Mr. Hugarth, No. 5, Haymarket. It depicts our
great tragedian at the moment when Werner is de-
spairing in the ruined castle, when sheltered there by
the old seneschal Idenstein. The moment selected by
the artist is that of the following interchange of eja-
culations :

" Wer. Save what we seem! save what we are—sick
heggars.
Even to our hopes.—lla ! ha !
Jos. Alai
That bitterlaugh!

Wer. Who would read in this form
The high soul of the son of a long line?
Who, in this garb, the heir of princely lands?
13 ho, in this sunken, sickly eye, the pride
Of rank and ancestry? In this worn cheek
And famine-hollow'd brow, the lord of halls
Which daily fi ast a thousand vassals? "
Through all the emaciation produced by poverty and
all the dejection of anguish and disappointment, there
are still perceptible in the frame and in the features
the unextinguished fire of nobility, the unconquered
energies of a haughty and heroic chieftain. Between
the two illustrious artists already particularised, be-
tween the actor and the painter, the ideal indicated by
Lord Byron in his magnificent tragedy has been ad-
mirably realized and embodied. The hand of Maclise
and the soul ofM acready have presented to " the
mind's eye" a vivid conception of the fallen—

" Lord of halls,
Which daily feast a thuut•and vassals."
It is gratifying to learn that this splendid picture, by
Daniel Maclise, R.A., is now being copied by W.
C. Sharpe, in the highest style of line engraving.
Es(l., will be thereby transformed into a po-
The painting, which is in the possession of John
pFuolrasr favourite;ter' and we doubt not will greatly tend
to perpetuate the celebrity of the tragedian.

BEDFOEDSIIIRE.--A vacancy having occurred in
in consequence of the de-
inquiries of late have been
made by the electors and others who is to be his successor.
At length it appears that for some days past the puny land-
lords, opfowners
autoni
tot no
Alford,no
lfy this
m county,one-thirdan many
part of the land in the
county, together with the Bennett party, have been veryalert
in
n school,
getting
gup a requisition calling upon one of the old roary
Tory alias an out-and-out Protectionist, and no sur-
render, of the name of Colonel Gilpin, in this county, to come
forward to represent their interest in Parliament ; and it is
now rumoured about that the Colonel has accepted,the call.
But
of the electors (Free-traders) are daily anticipat-
ing that an independent candidate will be found that will
represent the measures of her Majesty's Government and
majorityt be
that as it may, his election is not yet certain, and the
the commerce of this great nation, being assured that its
prosperity will considerably add to the prosperity of all other
interests and the well-being of rociety generally. But, in
the event of a contest, it is generally thought that as the
Colonel is known to be so very parsimonious, be will not be at
any expense in contesting for the honour.—Front a Corre-
spondent.
"OF flisTINGS.—The News
better We were in error in stating in
Saturday's edition that the Marquis of Hastings had died
from the effects of a late accident. His Lordship had caught
cold just before leaving Liverpool to join his regiment, the
TilE
of LATE MARQUIS
says :
MARQUIS
52d, at Birr, and on arriving in Dublin was attacked with
fever, from the effects of which he never rallied."

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ST. KATnEntries Docxs.--At a meeting of the
proprietary, held yesterday, a dividend of 13/‘; per cent. for
the half-year was declared, free of income-tax. From the
statement of accounts prese::ted, it appears that the total
earnings.
d. ; and
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hfe
r
3 during the past year were:238,115/.
e;xlB3pendi:.ure, 19,,A3/. 9s. 7d. ; leav-
ing.%d. applicable to the dividend.
IMPORTATION
CIDER.—An importation of a
parcel of several
pipes of cider has taken place by a vessel
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P a ba l ofaa n tteo c03m,,p5 total
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arrived in the docks from Cadiz, consigned to order. We
an
have never before knownimportation of this article to
take place from Spain, considering also the season of the year
the arrival is very remarkable, tuid pt onle interegtt