The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-02 00:00:00

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MAGAZINE DAY.

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remains for us to perform our part—is is to recommend
them. It is not a single pleasure to which we have it now
in our power to invite our readers, but a source from which
' a long an'l varied gratification may be experienced. " Col-
burn's MasZern Novelists" present a series of those works
of fiction -;:hat have most tended, with the writings of
it
Walter Scott, to elevate this description of literature, and
to render succeas in it an object of ambition with the most
accomplis's•ed writers of the day. This publication presents
a concentration of imaginative genius. The new Volume
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comprises that, bold and vigorous production of Captain
Marryat °' FransMildmay," Which may now be had'
complete in one vote: me, bound and embellished for Siix
Shillings ; and the Fotarth Number just issued, of Mr.
Bolwer's " Pelham," price One Shilling, is embellished by,
a very beautiful frontispiece. Two more numbers
Willi
complete that work.
PUBLIC DINNER, Ross-SHIRE.--y We are in-
debted to the Inverness Courier for a copious report of the
public dinner which was given on Wednesday, by the li-
beral electors of the counties of Ross and Cromartv, resi-
dent in Dingwall and its neighbourhood, to their represen-
-tativc, J. A. Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., of Seaforth, in the
Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall. The chair was taken by R.
Macleod, Esq.,
M.P. We regret that the pressure upon
our space prevents us inserting the lows and eloquent
speeches delivered during the evening. We may, however,.
mention that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie gave a full and clear
account of the, proceedings of last session in Parliament,
defending hiniself aginst the imputation of unfriendliness
towards the Church of Scotland, in the course which he
felt it his duty to adopt inl•elation to that subject, during
,its discussion in the House of Commons ; and that the
Hon. Gentleman concluded by laying before the meeting a
ldcid exposition of the principles of the present Admini-
stration. The addresses of the other speakers were full of
matter, and breathed an air of that pure and just patriot
ism, which proceeds from the heart and the judgment of
wise and liberal men. After the " Health of the King
and the other Members of the Royal Family," had been:
drank, amongst other toasts were the following :—Lord
; Itlr. S. Mackenzie ; Lord John Russell ; Mr.
Coco of Norfolk, and the prosperity of the Reform Asso-
ciation ; Grant of Glenmorriston ; the Lord Advo-
cate, and Cie Liberal Gentlemen of the Scottish Bar ; the
Duchess, Ccuntess, . and Tenantry of Sutherland ; the
Chairman ; Lo:d Glenelg ; Mr. J. Mackenzie, Banker ;
the Schoolmasters of Scotland, and the extension of edu-
cation ; the Speaker of the House of Commons ; the Duke
of Sutherland, and the reforming Peers of Scotland ; Lord
Mulgrave, and the Irish Government.
On Sunday evening last it blew extremely hard, and
occasioned considerable damage to ships unprepared for it.
On the following morning a small vessel was seen to sink
off Sherringham, and it is feared all hands with her.—Nor-.
zeich Mercury.
ANOTITER DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—On Satur-
day evening last, as Mrs. Younge, of Wells, wife of Mr.
Younge, surgeon, of that place, was proceeding on a visit
to some friends, accompanied by two of her daughters, a
severe tempest came on, by which she was so much alarmeti
as to occasion her almost immediate death.—Norwit'
lkfercury.
REPARTEE LOYAL.—When Sir Lumley Skeffing-
ton was told that the Angel Inn, at Oxford, would, in con-
sequence of the Royal visit, be henceforth named the
Queen's Hotel, the Baronet immediately replied—" Call it
as you may, the remembrance of her Majesty must still pre-.
sent the Angel,'
MILITARY FLOGGING.—Yesterday the second
battalion of the Scots Fusileer Guards, under the command
of Colonel Drummond, was marched, at the very unusual
hour of seven o'clock in the morning, from the St. George's
Barracks to the Portman-street Barracks, in order to witness
the punishment of Nathaniel Knight, a private of Captain
Hawkins's company of the Fusileerss who had been tried by
a district Court-martial, and sentenced to receive 300
lashes for insubordination and disobedience of ordys. It
appeared that the prisoner had been tried on the 17th inst.
for refusing to take from the officer appointed by the regi-
ment to distribute necessaries, a shirt, the prisoner having
objected to it on account of its being stained with iron-
mould, and otherwise, as he considered, unfit for service.
'rids sentence was commuted by the Commander-in-Chief
to 150 lashes, which the man received, and was then con-
veyed to the Infirmary.
A SYMPATHISING THIEF.—A smartly dressed
fellow called at a house in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square,
and inquired for the master (who was confined to his bed),
,stating that he had urgent business with him. The servant
cos ducted him to her master's bed-room, who was so un-
*ell that he could scarcely inquire the stranger's business,
who
at:•1 that his name was Johnson, son of Mr. Johnson,
reet. The invalid did not recollect any one of
of Bond-s:
/aid requested the intruder to be brief. He
that name,
the . sick man, and begged of him not to fatigue
leaned over he would call again in a few days,
himself by speakin; ;
fines him better, and then departed. He
sincerely hoping
nse when the gentleman missed a
was scarcely out of the ho
from undef the pillow, which
very good silk handkerchief.
the impertinent Mr. Johnson baJ taken with him, vice a
watch, which he doubtlessly expected to find there.
On Saturday au inquest was held at the Newcastle
Coffee-house, St. .Margaret's-hill, on Thomas Bowman,
aged 9.6. The deceased was chief mate of the Elizabeth„
trading to St. Pctersburgh, and since his return to Lon-
don had given way to excessive drinking. He left the
house of Mr. gall, 22, Church-street, Tooley-street, on
Thursday morning, in a state of intoxication, and, not-
withstanding a boy was sent home with him, the deceased,
on reaching London-bridge, threw himself into the river,
and was drowned before assistance could arrive.---Verdi at,
" Temporary derangernent."
BRUSSELS, OCT. 30.—Mrs. Opie has been stay-
ing three or four days at Brussels, on her way home e
from
and
Germany. Though at an advanced age, this amiabl
distinguished authoress is full of activity and spirit. She
visited the different public amusements at Brussels, anct
received marked attention from the authorities and men of
letters.
The Diario di Roma of the 17th of October an-
nounces, that experiments have been recently made in the
Roman States for' the cultivation of cotton, which prove
that, according to an improved system now adopted, the
maturity of the pods is sufficiently advanced in the season
to produce cotton equal in quality to that which is imported
from Smyrna. The cultivation of the plant had been at,
tempted on former occasions, but was abandoned in conse-
quence of the scarcity of the produce. It has,
however,
been renewed by Grassini Paulini, of Ancona, who having
proved the efficacy of his mode of culture on adsm of all scale,
obtained a reacript from the Pope on the 26t March,
1833, authorizing him to make, at the expense of Govern-
ment, an experiment on a large scale. In the following
year, 8,000 cotton trees were planted, which are certified
to have perfectly succeeded hy the Magistrates and Com-
missioners of Ancona, appointed to the progress of
the experiment.
HORRIBLE MURDER.—Extract of a Letter, dated
Armagh, October 29.---" A most dreadful murder was per-
petrated in the vicinity called William
town last night, on a quiet
unoffendina• man, called William White, who had been in
here yester"day ((Train market day), selling grain. He was a
drummer in Colonel' Verner's yeomanry corps. The poor
man received three stabs in his throat • his upper lip was
his Ain cut across, and the under jaw dreadfully
cut off,
-Dublin Evening Post.
fractured:l-
-LSTER.—WESTMINSTER CONFES-
SYNOD OF tr.T
ture in favour of absolute subscrip-
sto::.—Though ovs7
t the last adjoU7
ned meeting of since appeared
of
Ulster brought before that bolN't and has since appeared
tion waS
in var!ous publications as if it were the established rule of
the, body ; yet we understand that a :ctrge portion of the
m eet?nv; 6°llo not a majority, voted again:t it ; that severa
Influential tiassehers protested against it, and thsst the subject
is to undergo it move full consideration at next Synod.—
_Belfast News Letter. ,
THE CELEBRATE], AUTHOR OF
rmined to presets
We observe that Mr. Bentley ha% dete*
-the unrivalled Novels and Romances of the great novelist.
Cooper in stealing weekly parts, thus affording to personis
of all classes an opportunity of possessing, at a comparativel y
trifling coSt, these suitable companions to the Waver.ey
Novels. This design merits and will, no doubt, receive
immense encouragement. Cooper has built most of
striking stories on the lasting foondations of those great and
various events which arose during the American Revolu-
tion, and which are not only of the highest interest in
themselves, but, being nearly as much connected with the
English as with the American annals, possess a strong hold
on the attention of readers in this
tottedcontry, and arc likely,
in the progress of time, to give back tory the celebrity
which at present. in addition to their own attractions, they
derive from it. " Prior to the appearance 'of Coop "I' se
hadit
" the Edinburgh Review observed, " how lit.t
mantes," comic side of a
been done for the poetry of the sea ! The but for its
naval life had been displayed with ample detail ;
of tempests
loftier and more tragic aspect—its alternationss
and calm, of labour and listless idleness, of battle and. giddy
revelry, of bright moonlight and weary days when Trusts ob-
d ? The power
scurc the sun —what had been attempted'?"
with which the scenes on the waste of waters are depicted,
and the living interest with which Cooper invests every
particle of a ship, as if it were all a.mintellppt being, cannot
be excelled, and has never been reaclied. IsOny author with
whom we are acquainted. For these qualities, his novels
'•i -tom,
we may look in vain else-