The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—ln one of your late numbers you make honourable
mention of a work, edited (it is there said) by Colonel
Napier, our historian of the war in the Peninsula. Per-
haps you may think it worth while to correct this mistake.
The publication in question (the Governess, by Mrs. Na-
pier), is edited by Colonel Charles James Napier, (brother
or cousin of the famous historian), himself author of a very
remarkable book, on the lonian Islands, which, to my mind,
sufficiently manifests itself the work of one who, if he had
been appointed to the situation held by Sir Frederic Adam,
(so unfortunately for the public benefit and for his own
fame,) would have made the happiness of the whole lonian
people.
A worshipper of The Sun in its present splendour, H.
Devonport, Oct. 13, 1834.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

By the New York papers to the 3d October, received at
the North and South American Coffee-house this morning,
we have an account of the following dreadful shipwreck.
Extract of a letter from Pictou, dated 11th September :
" We have just received accounts of the loss of the ship
Sybelle, of Liverpool, from Cromarty, for Quebec, with
316 emigrants, all of whom perished. Six of the crew
saved themselves in the boat, four of whom arrived here
this morning."

Montreal papers to the 27th September, and Quebec to
the 24th September, received at the above Coffee-house,
state—" We are sorry to find, by the papers from Halifax,
that the cholera makes fearful ravages in that city.
Between the sth and 10th September, the 96th Regiment
had been seriously attacked, 16 persons having been sent to
the hospital on the first named day. The 83d had not suf-
fered materially, and the Rifle Brigade, which had suffered
at the commencement had resumed its health. Arrange-
ments were making to encamp the two former regiments."
The Quebec papers are void of interest.

By the Firefly, from the Mediterranean, we have ac-
counts from Corfu of the 29th of September; from Patras
of the 30th of September, from Malta of the 3d inst., and
from Gibraltar of the 11th. It appears that the accounts
from Greece continue to be unfavourable.

The conspiracies have been put an end to, and the rebels
completely defeated, with the loss of 150 men killed. King
Otho had been at Athens, and decided that town should be
his future seat of Government. The English fleet con-
tinued at Vourla. No news from Cadiz.

The express from Paris, this morning, is of little import.
It neither brings Madrid news, or domestic ; and for several
days past, the French Government have not published any
telegraphic dispatches from Bayonne respecting the war in
Spain, which proves that the Queen's troops are on the
stand-still, and will not commence offensive operations before
the arrival of General Mina.

The report of the taking of Bilboa by the Carlists sti
requires confirmation.

THE FUNDS.

It is reported that late yesterday afternoon, the City
Capitalist received an express from Madrid of the 12th
instant—it was too late for speculation at that hour of the
day—but, in the course of this morning, we shall ascertain
by the operations in Spanish, whether it is favourable or
unfavourable to the Cortes Bondholders, as well as to the
taking of the Spanish Loan..
Spanish opened at 54i s ; Portuguese, 83i I.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 91i opened at
911 for the Account. There is little doing in the Market
at present.

HALF-PAST ONE.

Letters have been received this morning from St. Mary's,
Jamaica, to 2d Sept. The negroes were all quiet, but
doing little work. Not a single cask of sugar had been
made in that parish up to the 25th Aug.

Accounts from Demerara of the same date, state that
the negroes were very refractory on many of the estates,
and several of them have been severely punished.
All was quiet at Berbice on the 29th Aug.
The express from Madrid, with the information that the
Committee of the House of Peers had adopted the Project
of the Law of the Procuradores on the foreign debt,
caused some sensation in the City, in consequence of which
Spanish receded from 544 to 51, since which a re-action has
taken place, and at present it is at 52 to 52i ; Portu-
guese 83.
_ .

Consols 91i to I for the Account.
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols for the Account, 91i to i.

The elder member of the ducal family of Berken-
feld, William, Duke of Bavaria, has just ceded his domains at
Banz, in the Upper Palatinate, and his appanage of 225,000
florins, to his grandson, Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, brother-
in-law of the King. He has reserved for his own use 1,800
florins.

The extraordinary beauty of Lord Palmerston's
equipage attracted great notice the other day on his visit to
Windsor.

A company is just established in France, at the
head of which are two Peers, Messieurs De Nicolai and
Rcederer, and several other moneyed men, whose object is to
establish a rail-road between Paris and Orleans. The road
will pass through Essonne and Etampes.
NEW MAGISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS.---Mr.
Benett, of Worship-street, succeeds Serjeant Sellon at Hatton-
garden; and a Mr. Grove, who has occasionally assisted Sir
Frederick Roe at Bow-street, is appointed the new Magistrate
to replace Mr. Benett.

CHIT-CHAT AT NAPLES.—The King of Naples
has issued a decree to prevent his subjects from wearing beards.
The Count Camaldoli's second son has been detected in some
conspiracy, and after having been confined a short time in pri-
son was banished. The Marquis of Solza, known in Naples
as the Chevalier Charles Picolellis, has obtained this title
through the kindness of the Marquis of Hertford to Lady
Strachan, by the purchase of the estate of Solza, near Avellino.
After repeated refusals the King of Naples has at last been
persuaded to allow the title to go with the estate.
The last accounts from India state that Lord Ben-
tinck had entirely recovered his late illness, and was as actively
engaged in business as ever.

THE ANNUALS

THE JUVENILE FORGET-ME-NOT.
EDITED Rl' MRS. S. C. HALL.
Ackermann, Strand, London.
Complain and grumble, and look as Werter-faced as
we may, the world is rapidly progressing onwards in its
love of the elegant, the beautiful, and the good. The
most faultless efforts of art, the most pleasing productions
of genius, are now brought forward, not to enrich the
cabinets of the curious, and to delight the eye of the
travelled connoisseur ; no, but fix the attention, form
the taste, and feed the glowing fancy of the juvenile
satchel-bearer. Look at this beautiful Christmas pre-
sent for good children--examine its sweet embellish-
ments—and read its lovely little stories and pretty
verses—and then tell us whether, a century ago, the
most polished Court in Europe could bestow such a
present on its youthful sovereign. We have here no
hobgoblin tales of terror—no grim stalking ghosts
wrapped in bloody winding sheets, with eyes of fire,
and breath of blue flame—no Raw-heads and Bloody-
Bones ready to snatch away naughty Masters and cry-
ing Misses—no old women in the shape of cats of any
colour—no Ogresses lying behind hedges, or watch-
ing among the trees in the avenue to eat little boys
who go a birds'-nesting without leave—none of all
these sources of nursery affliction—these perverters
of the opening imagination of the young,
dreaming enthusiast. " The Juvenile Forget-Me-
Not" is full, —brimful of the prettiest little
gems imaginable, and the sentiments throughout are
such as angels might be presumed to inculcate, were
they to change places with our nursery maids and
governesses in the guardianship of confiding infancy.
The designs of the engravings are beautiful, and some
of them are very well executed. The arch expression
in the face of the youngest of the " Little Sisters" is
finely contrasted with the more sober and demure look of
the " youthful Mentor," who begins to imitate papa in
looking very grave, while she tries to prepare her light-
hearted little playmate for his coming. The three
cherub children that embellish the Title-page are
models of lovely innocence ; and all the others
are such as to do credit to the good taste and
genuine feeling of the editors. Mrs. Hall has
been fortunate in the list of her contributors, for
we have here the names of some of the most agree-
able and instructive writers of the day, vying with each
other in strewing roses in the primrose path of boy-
hood. Of these we shall merely mention the names
Mary Howitt, Felicia Hemans, Laman Blanchard,
'the author of " Corn Law Rhymes," Miss Pardoe,
Mrs. Hoffland, the Rev. R. Walsh, L.L.D., and the
Rev. C. Williams. Dr. Johnson, in his life of Dr.
Watts, somewhere says, that the mental greatness of
that accomplished scholar and profound Divine was
never so beautifully exhibited as in his composition of
songs for children. We are precisely of the Doctor's
opinion, and therefore beg to assure the writers whose
names we have mentioned above, that we never
thought so highly of them as when we saw their
names appended as contributors to the "Juvenile For-
get-me-not."

THE AMULET. EDITED BY S. C. HUE.
Wesley, Strand, London.

Most of the contributors to " The Amulet" are the
writers, whose names we have mentioned in the notice
of " The Juvenile Forget-Me-Not." The additional
ones include the Countess of Blessington, Barry Corn-
wall, Miss Mitford, Mrs. Gore, the Ettrick Shepherd,
and John Banim, all names well known and deservedly
respected by the lovers of English literature. The
tales and verses are very beautiful, and most of the en-
gravings possess merit of a high order. The best are
" The Mother's Hope," by C. R. Leslie, engraved by
Rolls ; "The Lace-maker," by Inskipp, engraved by
L. Stocks ; " The Festa of Madonna Dei Fiori," by
Uwins, engraved by Sangster ; and " The Widow," by
J. Webster," engraved by Finden. " The Lily by East-
lake," engraved by Rolls, which forms the frontispiece,
is roughly executed, and has an appearance of hard-
ness that takes away from what is really beautiful in
the fine, open, and impressive countenance that looks at
you with such solemn earnestness. Much of this must
proceed from carelessness, for we are often struck with
the difference in point of excellence between two
engravings by the same artist, and often between
two parts of the same engraving. We know
that it may be often impossible for an artist to execute
all himself, but he can remedy what is defective in the
work of an apprentice, and he is neither just to the
public, nor to his own reputation if lie neglect so to do.
The tales and verses which enrich the Amulet pos-
sess merit of a high order. The Editor has done his
part to render this gem as attractive as possible, and we
trust his efforts will be crowned with success. There
is much taste and great judgment manifested in the
contents and arrangement of the present volume of the
" Amulet."