The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-01 00:00:00

things, to be a grave, 'steady gentleman, "content in
sober
decencies to dwell," while it was to be expected that the
New Monthly, so many years its junior, should be gay, or
it might be, even wilder than was exactly agreeable to folks
at a certain time of life. Now all this reversed with °IIr
two Monthly friends, which by some inexplicable char°,
seem to have shuffled and changed parts in the dance °,
life, so that the senior is wild and frisky as a three, Yearg'
old colt, while his youthful competitor marches on with
steady step, and though he may often smile is rarely tempteu._
into laughter. We suppose the cause is to be found im
their respective code of politics ; the Old Monthly being $
Radical affects the manners of his class, is ever read,'
to strip for a fight, and holds all refinement in utter
abomination as so many, signs of weakness. The Isretp.
Monthly, per contra, as a merchant would _phrase It,
eschews all vulgarities, would rather be feeble than rude
and too often polishes away its energy. This, perhaps'
of no great consequence as regards the lighter articles, au
at the worst, only unfits the work for one class of readers'
while it renders it yet more adapted to another ; but
the
case is materially, changed when we come to the Inl9
re
serious question of politics ; these are not times to speak
with the voice of a flute ; if we would be heard amidst tile
frantic shouts of radicalism on the one hand, and the clis'
ntlt
appointed yells of Toryism on the other, we must speak"
with a force that may command attention ; the gra
kith
t
.
facts fall unregarded on the listless ear, if not enforced
corresponding energy of language. From these hasty re'
marks will be easily inferred the nature of our objeeri°ns
to the leading article on the " Democracy of Englund,
which yet abounds in acute observations, and is written
•
a style of faultless elegance. But it is cold, passwnlesl
and even as an appeal to the reason, is much too lane
has
The writer is evidently anxious for the truth ; be th
sought earnestly for it, and in most cases has grappled
it ; but truths, so told, carry with them little convi: c-
tic's
when addressed to a busy public. The lighter articles at
of the usual average of merit. In selecting from them
t
specimen, it is only fair to observe we quote from hat,
which most easily admits of detached fragments, and no
from those which might do most credit to the Magazine•oci
EMERY, KEMRLE, AND OTHERS.—When Morton's 66 8 1,1
of Reform" was accepted, Emery expected, on what groin scv
know not, that John Kemble would act Lord Avondale (a heatild
inefficient part, which poor Cooke, to whom it was assigned, eicle ip
do nothing with). After the great hit the comedian made
is
Tyke, he was accustomed to say that Kemble knew what was_ie
him, and would not trust himself beside him. Once or Imery
publicly some ill-feeling was displayed by Kemble, which
resented wrathfully, and joined George Frederick ooke in ansZo,
matising " Black Jack." A conversation between Incl7,„ce
Emery, and Cooke, at the King's Head, Inn, Holborn, I ''ihe
heard, when every ill " the drama is heir to" was attributed t°
great Coriolanus. A few words from each may suffice :
near
EMERY—" He has no nature ; not a bit • but, then, he
wur the feyther of a child, and that accounts for it." and
sif
COOKE--" With the voice of an emasculated French horn,
the face of an itinerant Israelite, he would compete with me, his
me, George Frederick Cooke ! Wanted me to play Horatio toda
Hamlet, Sir ! Let him play Sir Pertinax, Sir, that's all. Ish
like to hear him attempt the dialect." at'
INcLEnox—" Attempt! The fact is, my dear boys, be',
at,
tempt anything." Here Charles illustrated some of Kemble Bible
tempts in a way the reader must imagine, and that it is
to repeat, and wound it up by saying, " and lastly, he au".0.1
attempted to sing ! d— me, in the presence of the natlo"
singer of England, Charles Incledon, d— me."
ELLISTON IN A PRIVATE Box.—Elliston, who certairkp
tated John Palmer in his manner off the stage, had an 07 hiS
morality of demeanour which ill-accorded with his real life; rgere
youth this was peculiarly the case. Charles Incledon said ~,, To
was a capital parson spoiled the day Elliston turned player. bled
style of hypocrisy in which the great comedian indulged reseal the
that of his stage manner, when A was to be deceived
presence of B. Thus Elliston always appeared 0 ,her
cajoling one set for the sake of amusing another, 'lOl,
than for any thing to be gained by the process. When at 5000,
the boys called him ' the young crocodile,' for he had tears of ‘Tio•
trition ready at the shortest notice. His love-adventures were of
merous, and he was not very fortunate or tasteful in the select
his dulcineas ; among others (when he was scarcely eighteen) pest
a tavern-keeper's dame at Wapping. One day, whilst in ea oe•
conversation with the lady, an alarm was given; and as it Ilia/wed
cessary to conceal Robert Williams, he was placed •in a °five
ch<st. There was Elliston whilst the lady ran to the bar. , he
minutes passed, still the noise continued, nay, increased ;ti it•
tried to raise the lid, but she had prudently (?) fastened
He listened ; the confusion in the house became more evh-'O-pie
He could hear persons running to and fro • they sought 5,011
one ;—no. Some calamity had occurred. What? He too 'cry
guessed, for he heard the dripping of water and theafety
of Fire ! ' All considerations but those of personal 5.40;
vanished; he sought with all his might to extricate himself in vale,
frightful recollections of beings buried alive flashed across hisd his
mory, but to be at once buried and burnt was too much, ands
struggles were renewed till he sank back helpless and exilal
" At last," I quote his own words, " I had nothing for it har
tience and prayer." " Prayer," I ejaculated, " under the el. c7O,
stances that brought you there, should have been preceded byre.
pentance." pentance." " Sir," he replied, " I did not pray directlY, form
self, but that those who were endeavouring to subdue the are in"`
be induced to take care of the furniture."
We have already noticed the peculiar youthfulness 01
the Monthly, in defiance of its grey locks. It opens tisitb
a furious tirade against the past and present Ministry, - f
seems very willing to load them with the whole burthen°
the national iniquities, and turn them out as scape-goats into
the wilderness. Argument it has snone ; object it has nli,
sing
—unless it be to vilify ; but for all that it is exceedirg
amusing, and not the less so for its not containing a
ty
syllable of fact. It would almost seem that the writer 3
tributed the resignation of Earl Grey to some untold el... Sees
tions of his own, and was celebrating his victory by a
de joie, such a pop—pop--pop does he keep up in ise
the
teeth of the new Ministry. But all this smoke and 0°„
may be forgiven for the sake of the many amusing articles
in this number ; and most heartily do we regret the rl
straints imposed upon us by our limits, which necessarl,
confine us to a very brief extract. The best for our Pur
pose will perhaps be found in the Nights in the Galleq: do
" We had been in the habit of daily sending to the dock-YTpre
number of men to perform the numerous trifling duties tha
always necessary in harbour--the rope-makers, swab-makers, -05
penters, sail-makers, and a number of other parties; and, a 5;, that
tedious to call them all by name, the First Lieutenant hatttie of
morning ordered me to call them away in a body, under the tl v to
Away there, artificers, away !' I proceeded to the gangted
execute my orders, summoned the boatswain's mate, and an.'", Ate
him to call the artificers away. Instead of his usual promPif his
swer of ' Aye, aye, Sir,' he appeared to hesitate—taking °
tcb
hat, and sqiurting his quid of-tobacco into it, he began to scrciog
his head and look quite puzzled. I observed this, but not knritye,
the cause, I called to him to inquire if he had heard me--, seas
aye, Sir ;" but in such a slow, hesitating tone, that '1 00
inclined to think him drunk, and was about to call eto
on deck, to interrogate him, but at the moment he put his Prrti•
his mouth, gave a shrill note, and sung out, " Away, there, 01
ficlalers, away !" I smiled, but it was too late to contradict,: „rti;
applied myself to the duty of preparing the boats for these •hea
ficialiers." After waiting some time, I was somewhat asto°lspc'll
that none of these gentry were forthcoming. Our ship was Illhw
good order, and the men did their duty so well, that it seldom v to
pened that they were behind hand. I turned by the gangl'O'
make inquiries why they did not appear, and overheard the f°
ing conversation between our old friends, Will Gibbon
Jack Murray :
" I say, Jack, what the b—y h-11 was that yarn the boats,i; that
"
mate pitched us just now—hartificialers ! I'll be d—d
arn't a five-decker."
" You may say that, when you write home," returned oil?,
Murray. " Let's ask the bosen's (boatswain's) mate. I sal,
.0?
what the h—l was that ere five-decker as you launched justo
" I'll be —if I know," replied the boatswain's mate, scpy,
more nor one o'the reefers ordered me to pipe the artificialers °delis
I'm sure that was the word he said, but I never heard of std'
word afore ; you'd better go and ask Mr. Martyn—he was the
shipman as give me the orders." the
During this conversation I was standing at the break "'siva
hatchway; when I heard the result of their conference I °host'
aft, expecting them to follow, and aft they came. The ,per,
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swain's-mate, Will Gibbon, and Jack Murray, having ono
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herreea orc—t ket
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phhtdleye nraowa coming um
piped away just now ? " " I an' 5-,chat
said I, " I do not know ; you ought to know best, ialer,
party you belong to." "So I do, Sir ; but I'm no hartine:
I'm in the swab-making party." "Oh ! well, well, artifiee,t',t,
elude all the parties ; so get your men up, and into the Pc)-0,1,
" Aye, aye, Sir," and away we went. The-boatswain's rn2tosi
Will Gibbon made their way forward, looking at each othertseo
in doubt whether I was not humbugging them. I could n°t:pal4
it any longer, but burst out laughing, and the First-Lieuri,ing'
coming up at the moment, caught me (as he thought), skYleci olg
instead of attending to my duty, and, of course, reprimand
rather severely ;at the same time pointing to the mast-In told
way of hinting that there was such a place of elevation.
red a.:
him what had excited my risible faculties, and aPPe;oot
much amused as myself ; and while we were talking a
vote
the sail-maker came aft to inquire of the " hofficer" of the firsti
whether he was to go to the dock-yard as usual. Thehinise',
Lieutenant heard him, and asked him if he had not heard erpit'
called away. " No, Sir," said the sail-maker, " I've been a',l vo
ing on the gangway ever since the hands were turned uP, ~ 50,
parties have been piped away whatsomever." Then prole,
the First-Lieutenant, " what did the boatswain's-mate
ejers•
just now ?" " Nothing, Sir, I assure you, but the hartitiel i

On Friday last a very melancholy accident occllriog
io
on Everton-brow. Miss Medley, an elderly lady, was 1•1°'
an airing in a Bath chair, which was drawn by two youngetiiiirf
In turning out of Shaw-street to go down the brow, th!,:ed
through some mismanagement of the machinery, aces or
impetus which forced the girls to quit their hold. 11001
petus, thus increased, the chair descended the brow at sbetA,
rate. Miss Medley was thrown out, and, falling on belt. Oa
was killed on the spot. Dr. Squires saw the
wan.: ide: lot :A
hurried to the assistance of the unfortunate lady, but 4veYe-
efforts were, of course, unavailing. The body
to the coffee-house, and a coroner's jury having b 111, tie;
moned, it was afterwards conveyed to the dwelling "saegv;
ceased. Miss Medley was the daughter of the late lies'msr'
ley, and author of several poetical pieces. Liverpooh'"