The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-15 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

ENGRAVINGS li•otn the WORKS of Sir JOS.FIUA
REYNOLDS. Parts 6,7, 8, 9.
Those who are acquainted with Sir Joshua's
and who is not ?—will be glad to have their recollactilS
of them renewed ; and the present series of engravings ill
afford them a very fair opportunity. Not that they w.
here find all the various magic of colouring—the art&
t;
positions of lights and shades brought before them with.
" curiosa felicitas" of the originals ; engraving is a lialffil.tea
ce
art, and, working with limited means, cannot presume to
the broad, vivid effect of painting ; still all that it call a. 1,,
here done ; the predominant characteristics of Sir 710°1°
style being preserved with remarkable fidelity. In °6,
cular, " Master Philip Yorke" is full of that esPressiop
•
which he was so successful in conveying. Never did artist
give more effect to the arch, sunny smiles of childhood ;,1
winning look of artlessness ; its buoyant figure, treadi°s
lightly, as if winged, on earth, than Sir Joshua. Ililic'
ture of the " Laughing Girl" is equal to the archest or
rillo's " Young Gipsies," such as may be seen in .the
with Gallery. We shall be glad to learn that these en'
gravings are successful. They are executed
,in the tr i
elaborate and finished style, and must have cost the en-
prising publishers large sums for outlay.

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There is now living at Stella Path-head a dO3;
named Catherine Miles, of the extraordinary age of
.lej
and so active and vigorous, that a month ago she earri
stone of flour from this town to her home, a distance eis
or six miles. Her son had promised to carry her to Stella„
his wherry, but she would not wait for that conveyance'
Newcastle Chronicle.
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We are glad to announce, that an advance Of 6f rt,
per cut has pretty generally taken place within the last %et
night in the weavers' wages here. This is about 7,t' rft
cent. We trust the advance will become quite general., to
is believed that this may in a great measure be attribtltd7fit
the reduction of a moiety of the duty on raw cotton ; ne
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be so, it must convince the weavers of the propriety of 1111, os
with the manufacturers in petitioning for its total repevant,
the principle that whatever acts as a bounty to foreign lost
factures has to be overcome by a reduction in the wages %poi
own workmen, as the only means of enabling the former t
the duty, and at the same time compete with the foreign
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nufacturer in his own market. By the way, what has in the
of the Carlisle manufacturers' petition for the repeal of
cotton duty ?—Carlisle Patriot.
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Seven barbers were placed at the police bar Pest a
e
day accused of shaving on Sabbath morning. On the nail
inquiring if any of them pleaded guilty to the charge, the et,
barber asked where was his accuser ? " I am your aen'''„ tse
said the procurator fiscal. " Did you see me shaving °hop'
Sabbath ?" " No." " Well, I'll tell you the truth ; shave!fail
keepers on Sabbath who have not time to attend on Satr,,,tis
evening; I may as well do it before breakfast ei, Scot
as after twelve o'clock on Saturday night." The kael
barber said he did shave on the Sabbath, till he
it was an offence. A female of the party said suylies
not shave, but some persons who took an interest into be
as she was a poor widow, came in, and paid a halfpennli
allowed to shave themselves. The baillie (Mills) said
might as well work at mason or carpenter work on Sel3.7di
and it could not be allowed. The next time they came er;sl
him, either for shaving after twelve on Saturday night, °r
time on the Sabbath, they would be fined.—Glasgow
of Friday.
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MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—At
Society Islands, Captain Charles Spooner, of the "Of
ship Erie, of Newport, to Miss Kingatara Oruruth• pos.
bride, Miss Kingatara Oruruth, is the daughte tef, o%
strfrgwomldammfr, one of the chiefs of the island; and $Ol
netted with most of the noble families of the kingdonl• co'
is about sixteen years of age, and of a bright mahogelor,
lour, with her cheeks tatooed in the most lovely fd
and her ears slit in a style pecculiarly fascinating. "e",oicl
are large and of a greenish colour. Her lovely form,
tor
was almost six feet six inches tall, was gracefully enve,for
in an old blanket, and during the performance of the Ins `lOl,l
nial rites, the fair bride stood before her happy lover, ell'of
engaged in masticating a sugar-cane. The young or
said to be accomplished, and delighted the company °lgor,
bled on this solemn occasion by an exhibition of her 14
skill in swimming. The bridegroom is a hearty marl woo
Newport. He was elegantly dressed for the oceasielloog
blue jacket and white trousers. He swore that the 4co
Kingatara alone was fit to share the hammock of Irs
sailor, and said that if the masters complained that be ti
unskilful in his business, whaling, they could not dell
his wife at least is a whaler.—Philadelphia Paper. IA
01l PREMATURE INTERMENT.—There is 110 -d d
whatever that well-authenticated instances are on record
persons having been unhappily buried alive when lab° foft
under a swoon, supposed to be actual death. Lancis" the
physician to Pope Clement XI., reports that, during ial
s
time of the plague, many persons were interred, underto
supposition of their being dead, although they had reass"„sool
discover afterwards that they were buried alive. Vett ifir
the father of anatomy, it is well known, had commence
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secting a woman who had apparently died in an hYn,t„ bei
fit, when he perceived, on making the first incision, %ie
motions and cries, that she was still alive. The circiens;oe
rendered him so odious in the sight of his fellow country
that that he was forced to quit his native country, and, beingare 0
wrecked on the coast of Spain, died of hunger. Hew ieff
his work on prisons, says, " I have known instances 'lllOO
persons supposed to be dead of the gaol fever, and hr°,ol,
out for burial, on being washed with water, have shoWn,-9,
of life, and soon afterwards recovered." Dr. Gordon, w,
treatise on forensic medicine, has observed, that in ease tIO
precipitancy and confusion, as in times of public sicknes,toili
living have not unfrequently been mingled with the deg
and that in warm climates, where speedy interment i 5 014
necessary than in temperate or cold countries, persons pr,
even been entombed alive. " I was an eye-witness," selloff
Smith, " of an instance in a celebrated city on the cont
in
a poor woman, yet alive, was solemnly ushered to
margin of the grave in broad day, whose interment vvoula_4oi
deliberately taken place, had it not been for the interne',
of the bystanders."—Chambers's Journal.
FFORTUNE-TELLING.--A servant-maid at
.40,
lock Bath was a few days since robbed by the followings L,
gem :—An% old woman, apparently of the Gipsy tribe, P.
prevailed on the unsuspecting girl to have her fortune,"
informed her that she must produce the same clothes sbeobti°
the las itime she saw her sweetheart. The old svre stlf
doubt had shrewdly guessed these. garments would belies
best she had, and such proved to be-the case. Having ob 9
possession of a gown, a cap, and an apron, she told her.ool
that before she could fully uncoil the secrets of futurity, POO
necessary for her to take the articles to four lane-ends; tots
whence she would return with them in four days. , The clot,
were nearly new, and of the value of about twenty-fivlings. It is needless to add the sequal.—Derkeshire Coaw row
The following is an extract of a letter from a get,
man residing near Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land,
friend in this neighbourhood :—" I assure you I can give of
a poor account of this place ; we have had a great ine:jooll
poor settlers lately, and a great number of mechanics, "400
has caused more labour to be thrown into the market,"
there is a demand for. A great number of persons who 4 st.
out lately with small capital, have expended their all, to
now actually in a state of want. In short, I never hell
the country in so bad a state as it is now, and I do not'
any prospect of improvement at present. A number of
lies are emigrating from here to Swan River, but I have lei
faint hopes of their being much benefitted by the char nV
however, with God's blessing, we must hope for the best:,„,/
have great doings here, being just on the eve of establis?"
market, making roads; and erecting bridges ; but °O
this will benefit the colony time alone must devefope.---
tingham Mercury.
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GLEN TILT.--t,UMAIING'S CA
beautiful little valley of Glen Tilt, in Athole, there Pool
mulus or heap of stones called " Cumming's Cairn," tetiery
is attached a wild tradition, illustrative of the ferocity el :deft'
times, that may interest some of our Highland ret'o 01
About the beginning of the 14th century, the autber„"4l
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the district was divided betwixt the family of 1,
Earl of Badenoch and Mackintosh of Tirinie. The latte,. 004
presented Cumming's lady with a present of twelve et,'
and a bull ; but this substantial donation, so far froreir
citing the gratitude of the chief, only raised his envy anc.Liesei
dity, and he resolved to strip his neighbour of his oproq
He surrounded Mackintosh's castle of Tomafour, situ
about a mile from his own castle of Blair Atholel.„o,
in the silence of midnight, massacred the whole 0„"IsOg
Near Mackintosh's seat lived an old man who held sarre,
of land of him, for which he only paid a bonnet Yl.ot
a less equivalent than even Mr. O'Connell payLA
rent—and he always got his master's bonnet u•-cei
return. This man was the first who entered the
after the murder. He cast his eye round on the selriv-th°
death, and fortunately discovered an infant asleep 4
cradle. He carried away the child to its nearest re_osl
Campbell of Achnabreck, in Argyleshire, and there the hujo,
nurtured, unconscious of the melancholy story of hispare7),
was judged prudent to conceal his birth for some tits
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the Cummings were a powerful race, whom it was Perie
oar
offend. The boy grew up and became an excellent bed pi
His aged conductor used occasionally to see him, an
to adif
ceiving his dexterity in hitting the mark, he said 'eth o
er I,
" The grey breast of the man who killed your ft
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broader than the target." This led to a recital 1i
whole transaction. Ewen, the young laird, burlin,atr„
revenge, and he succeeded in obtaining a selee_teo,
4,sy
of clansmen to share in his feelings. They ,worrro
Cumming's castle, and saluted him with a shower o',. OS,
His followers were scattered, and the guilty chief fledcreno
Tilt, but was hotly pursued by his much-injured ! fall
At length, as he raised his hand to wipe the sweat all n 0
forehead, he was struck, and fell by the side of a sregeot ,
called Loch Loch, where a cairn, was raised on the ,
perpetuate his crime and itz punishment. • "