The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-28 00:00:00

THE LATE DR. LLNGARD.

The death of Dr. Lingard is a national loss. As a
candid, impartial, and comprehensive historian, ho be-
queaths to his country a work, the labour of long years,
which may be pronounced the standard " History of
England," up to that point from which Macaulay starts.
The strict fairness and undeviating fidelity with which
the task is accomplished without the sacrifice of a con-
viction, the mild and tolerant principles, the large and
varied learning at once discursive and profound, the
lucid and ample style, render Dr. Lingard's History an
honour to his country and to his Church, and an en-
during monument to his own farce. It is accepted by
all creeds, opinions, and parties, with equal respect and
admiration. The unruffled calm of this good man's long
and unostentatious life, the disregard of noisy celebrity,
the deep love of retirement, the simplicity of life and
manners which distinguished his character, aro as de•
lightful as they are instructive to recall; for they evi-
dence the temperate nature, the mild and patient spirit,
the open and chastened heart, which are the very
ideal of a Christian, and the only true signification
of a Catholic. That Dr. Lingard should Lave been
able, even in times of bitterness and intolerance,
to maintain and assert his own convictions, with-
out forfeiting the esteem of his controversial ad-
versaries, that his death should now be mourned as a
national bereavement, and a full voice of sympathy and
honour swell around his grave, is a high and signal proof
that it is not so much diversity of opinions as harshness
of imputation that rends men asunder: that truth need
never fear discussion: that it is only the perverse inge-
nuity of systems that can distort and thwart generous and
upright natures, which, left to their own development,
bring forth fruits of loving-kindness.
Dt,ctor Lingard had happily lived far removed from
the atmosphere of the Papal Court; and so he died, as
he lived, an English Catholic. May we not, Englishmen
of all Churches or of none, lay aside our differences for
a moment at least, as we stand at the grave of a bro-
ther of whose memory we are proud? May we not
condescend to a little It ss of theology andd-a little more
of charity and forbearance?
I❑ another part of our columns will be found a letter
[first published in The Sun] from the friend and physi-
c►an of Dr. Lingard, reply►ng unnecessarily we think,
but with a natural indignation, to an ignoble report of
w•.e know not what obscure paper. The beloved histo-
rian had long endured a painful malady with the un•
swerving fortitude of a philosopher and a Christian
and he breathed his last in perfect happiness and trus
ful peace.

The latest edition of the " History of England," and
we believe the filth, was published in 1849, by Dolman,
and is in tan volumes.

"The History and Antiquities of the Anglo Saxon
Church " had been almost re- written by him.
The last work from the venerable Doctor's pen was a
republication at his suggestion of a treatise originally
written some years ago, entitled " Documents to ascer-
tain the Sentiments ot British Catholics in former Ages,
respecting the Puwer ot the Popes." This was issued
de circonstance last winter, with a preface by his friend,
the Rev. M. A. Tierney, the historian of Arundel.—
Leader.

COD FISHING...—. An immense quantity of very
superior cod has been brought ashore here since the com-
mencement of the present month. Several boats have now
and then landed from 250 to 300 at a time, and takes vary-
ing from 100 to 2 0 have been common. On Saturday one
of our fishermen brought to this office a cod measuring 30
inches in length, and having a proportionate breadth. An-
other informs us that he took 28 fine herrings from the sto-
mach of one cod.—Northern Ensign.
THE Moons.—A* the 12th of August, the great
event of the year for hill sport, begins to cast its shadow on
the foreground, sportsmen are anxiously inquiring about the
prospects of the coming season. From all we have seen and
heard on the subject, we feel assured that the ensuing will
be much better than the two preceding seasons. No symp-
tom of disease has been seen among the old birds during
winter, spring, or summer. There are very few barren birds,
and the young broods count generally from eight to ten in
every cover. We have heard only two unfavourable reports,
which are from places where rain fell too constant during
the hatching week. A gamekeeper, writing on other bu-
siness from one of Lord Lovat's moors, says of game—" So
far as I can say, grouse are better this year than they have
been for years back. The smallest covey I have seen this
season was eight, including the old birds, and as high as
fourteen, including the old birds. I have not seen a single
diseased grouse." A sportsman residing on the south side
of the county says—" As far as I can judge, the grouse crop
is to be very fair, strong, and pretty numerous. Blackgame
has done uncommon Nyell." From shooting quarters along
, the valleys of Spey, indhorn, Strathnairn, and Stratherrick,
the accounts are all good, as well as those from the general
grouse districts of Ross and Sutherland. The demand for
moors has not been equal to that of former seasons, and as
yet the usual number has not been taken. There are many
of the best smaller moors still in the market, but as inquiries
are going on, we hope most of them will be taken before the
12th. Formerly the smaller places were most in demand,
but this season extensive shootings, where there was either
deer-stalking or salmon-fishing, have been more in request.—
Inverness Courier.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—An impor-
tant permanent reduction is to be made in the fares between
Dublin and London, Liverpool, &c., cid Holyhead, on the
Ist of August, on which day the opening of the line of rail-
way between Galway and Dublin, will, it is said, also posi-
tively take place. The first-class fare between the two
capitals will be 31., and the issue of double journey tickets at
a fare and a half, will enable parties to return any day not
exceeding a fortnight. Second class tickets with like pri-
vileges, are also to be issued. These arrangements have been
conjointly agreed upon by the London and North-Western
and the Chester and Holyhead Railway Companies, and the
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.
MR. BALFE.—On Monday next (August 4) Mr.
Balfe will take a benefit at her Majesty's Theatre for the
first time since his appointment as musical director and
conductor of that house in 1846. On this occasion an Italian
version of Les Quatre Fils d' Aymon, originally produced at
the French Opera Comique, and since performed in German
at Vienna, will be brought out wider the title 1 Quattro
Fratelli. This will be the first of Mr. Belle's works pro-
duced at her Majesty's Theatre since his Falstaff, which
was brought out in 1836. Suci a compliment as a perform-
ance of one of his works is well deserved both by the services
he has rendered the house in his official capacity and by the
circumstances that he is the most prolific and popular of
English composers. His operas are not less than 18 in num-
ber. The first three—Enrico Quarto, Un Avventimento ai
Gelosi and I Rtvali—were brought out in Italy during Mr.
Balfe's residence in that country from 1825 to 1835, but are
unknown to the English public. After his return from Italy,
his operas of the Siege of .Rochelle, the Maid of Artois, Dia-
deste, the Bohemian Girl, the Daughter of St. Mark, Cathe-
rine Grey, Joan of Arc, the Enchantress, the Bondman, and
the Maid of Honour, were produced at Drury-lane, and
Keolanthe was brought out at the Lyceum, then an English
opera house. All these works were successful, while the
Bohemian Girl attained a popularity almost unprecedented,
and the Maid of Artois was rendered illustrious by furnish-
ing an original part to Madame Malibran. At the Grand
Opera at Paris Mr. Ball's brought out L'Etoile de Seville, and
at the Opera Comique Le Puits d'Amour, and Les Quatre
F.
d'Aymon, which. latter is to be played in Italian on
Monday next.

The proprietor of the Surrey Zoological Gardens
has arranged to give hie foreign and other visitors an oppor-
tunity of witnessing some of the rustic sports which in days
gone by obtained for this country the appellation of " merrie
England." Mr. I,lexmore's efficient corps de ballet, which
lately exhibited in Holland Park, has been engaged, and
every effort will be made to give the vraisemblance of the
scene uncurtailed of its mirth and fun. These fetes will take
place this day, to-morrow, and Wednesday.
THE CONVICT SARAH BARBER.—The execution
of this woman, whose condemnation without hope of mercy
was pronounced on Friday evening by Mr. Baron Parke, at
Nottingham, will take place in front of the county gaol in
that town on Wednesday morning next, at eight o'clock.
Effective steps will be taken by the high sheriff, Mr. John
Francklin, to prevent the concourse of people becoming so
enormous as on former *cessions, a step which is highly ne-
cessary, considering that the last execution in the same place
caused the death of 15 or 16 spectators, men and women,
who were kc'ecl down by the pre re and onfocateci!