The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-02 00:00:00

CAPE

HOPE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—You will oblige me by inserting this notice in your
valuable paper, in hopes it may meet the eye of some humane
Member, who will make inquiry in the House for the latest
c,fficial accounts received from the seat of war with the Caffres
in the above colony, and the number of invalids, women and
children (report says' 20,000) now served by Government, at
the rate of half a pound of beef and half a pound of bread only
per day, for each individual, since the first of January. Mar-
tial Law has been in force in the Colony ; the Caffres have
engaged and beat the English troops stationed on the river to
protect a fort, which was given up to the Caffres ; Colonel
Smith, with his English army, was driven into the Colony to
Graham's Town by the Caffres, and they had the whole con-
troul of that part of the Colony for a hundred miles, from the
20th of December to the Ist of March. During the above
time the Caffres burnt the fine village of Bathurst farm-
houses, and put to death all the English and Dutch they met,
and overrun the Colony. The writer dreads the next account :
he has four near relatives, who have left their cattle, houses,
and everything but what they stand in, to seek refuge at Port
Elizabeth, to be supplied by Government, which has taken all
conveyance to forward stores, &y., for the troops at Graham's
Town—last year a flourishing town, second in the Colony,
containing a church, three dissenting chapels, four to five thou-
sand inhabitants, and seven hundred houses all deserted.
Such an expedition now collecting for Spain, if sent to our
flourishing Colony, the Cape of Good Hope, would save thou-
sands
of our fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters, now resi-
dent in the above Colony, from the sword and starvation.
I am, &c. E.

The Baroness Larpent and family, Colonel Duffy,
Mr. Stewart and family, Mr. Basset, Royal Artillery, T.
Hook, Esq., &c., took their departure this morning for Ant-
werp, in the General Steam Navigation Company's packet,
the Atttvood.
The Royal Fke to be given under the immediate
patronage of their Majesties, at the Colosseum, on Wednes-
day next, July 8 -for the benefit of the Charing cross, North
London, and Westminster Hospitals, will be one of the most
magnificent of the kind ever presented in this country. The
proprietors intend on this occasion to open the suite of rooms
which have been recently erected, at a cost of upwards of
6,0001., when the whole of this superb establishment sr
be brilliantly illuminated. We understand, that
the Grand Vestibule or Entrance Hall, the public wt,
be admitted, through the Cave of Elora and Eleusinian
Cavern, to the Grand Reception, or Banqueting Room of
Mirrors, supported by crystal columns, and lined with looking_
glasses, which communicate with the splendid Salon de Dense,
Egyptian Tent, and illuminated Terraces, in which take place
the Ball and Fete. The decorations and fittings-up, together
with the crystal columns and splendid glass chandeliers, reflect
the greatest praise on the numerous artistes engaged by the
proprietors. The supper will be served in theldian Supper
Room, overhanging the waterfalls ; indeed, nothing will be
Wanting to give effect to the brilliancy of the Fete.
SIGNOR BE ANGIOLI'S CONCERT.—Signor De
Angioli gave a concert, at the Concert Room of the King's
Theatre, yesterday morning. It was fashionably attended.
The selection from Rossini, Alarliani, Beethoven, and Mayer,
was admirable. Malibran and Grisi, Rubini and Tamburini,
sang the quartette, " Ecco quel fiero estante," in a style which
was never excelled. Malibran sang two solos, one, an Eng-
lish ballad, " The Rose," and the other, a French chanson,
"Le petit Tambour." Mdlle. Rosins de Angioli sang in
three concerted pieces with decided success ; the first, " Scendi
nel peccol legno," was encored. Rubini sang " Adelaide,"
that most musical of the philosophical Beethoven's melodious
compositions, in a style equal to the subject. Ivanhoff, Tam-
• burini, Be Beriot,i Hcrz, Mori, the Lablaches, Puzzi, and the
Donna Brambilla exerted themselves to the utmost, and we
need scarcely say, with surpassing effect. On the whole, the
concert was one of the most decidedly, agreeable of the season.
RAYMARKET THEATRE.—The new " little co-
-Ited2l." which, however, has luckily a good deal of farce about
it, under the title of The Scholar, was very successful last
!light. As Parren played the principal part in it, on his first
appearance here this
season, it was not very likely to fail. The
original is French, and by Scribe ; and so literal is the ver-
sion, that when we call Buckstone the " adapter," we give
himt
of the full sum of credit that is his due. The principal me-
Pit the piece consists in its situations, for there is little pre
nsioo in the writing, and there is not much novelty in the
Characters; the best of these is that sustained by Buckstone,
the"confidential domestic" to the Scholar, who has picked up a
fine words, as crumbs from his master's table, and brings
min with good effect. Farren took great pains with his
character, but mispronounced some scrapi of Latin most
wofully. Wo wonder that he could find nobody to tell him
pduring rehearsal that focis, in " pro aril et focis," should be
ronounced folds. Webster, Mrs. W. Clifford, and Miss
aylor, all played as well as their parts gave them an oppor-
tunity of doing, and at the fall of the curtain the applause was
L
,la,ery general and hearty. Farren's ludicrous appearance in
o last scene not a little contributed to this result.
VICTORIA THEATRE.—A new romantic drama,
by H. Plunkett, Esq., was brought out at this theatre last
Slight, and was completely successful. It has the somewhat
strange title of the Minerali, and is founded on the avocations
of gold-finders, and searchers after other precious minerals.
A love-tale is interwoven in the drama, in which Mrs. Selby
(as Leila), and Miss Foster (as Annette) were very effective.
The parts of Martelli (by Mr. Denvil) and Francisco (by
Mr. Green) were received throughout the performance with
Much applause.
F. BARKLEY, ESQ.—To this gentleman a piece
of plate was presented last week at York, i n testimony of his
unceasing exertions in the cause of the
people.
On Monday a public meeting was held in the Town-
Kirkaldy, for the purpose of forming a Registration Asso-
tion for the district. Colonel Robert Ferguson, son of the
Member for Nottingham, presided. —Edinburgh Courant.
SHIP RACING TO CHINA !—On the 3d inst.
et
he
sailed from Liverpool for Canton. These wereheee
t
Jumna, Pinder, the Gipsy, Highat, and the
General Gas-
coyne, Kirkby. The wind being contrary they were all towed
down the Mersey by steam-boats. The unusual occurrence of
So many fine vessels starting together for so distant a port has
excited no little interest in Liverpool, and many wagers will
be decided when it is learned which vessel has effected the
speediest passage.
Towards the close of the fancy fair on Tuesday
evening in the Regent's Park, some of the "swell mob" made
their appearance so very well dressed as to disarm all suspi-
. clog. They entered the stalls, and caused much confusion
until the police interfered. Among other thefts they carried
offthe valuable shawl of a lady serving in one of the shops ;
but it %vas useless to shut the gate to discover the thieves, who
had an opportunity of escaping without passing through it.
Lately, a mare belonging to Mr. John Kennedy, at
Loenchland, near Crieff, died at the advanced age of thirty_
sev years.
EAST SURREY REFORM REGISTRATION SO-
"Y.—Yesterday a highly respectable meeting of the elec.
ters of East Surrey, members of the above Society, took place
at the Three Tuns, Southwark, when, after receiving the re-
port of the Secretary, which was adopted, the following gen-
tlemen were elected Vice-Presidents :—J. Temple Leader,
-4 PSamuel Palmer, Esq., W. Leveson Gower, jun.,
also., and Thomas Hardy, Esq. ; a list of new members was
read, which proved the rapid progress of the Society.
The first meeting of the creditors of the banking
tilt of Lee, Brass, anComany the fof whic took
place about a fortnightsince,p was, a held onilure Tuesday.h The
total amount of debts proved • was about 72,000/. ; the total
debts due by the firm being estimated at about 120,000/. The
assets have not. yet been accurately calculated, but are ex-
pected to amount at least to 65,600/.
MONEY MARKET.—W
funds look very firm, with a tendency to advance. A slight
pressure for money is noticed in some quarters, but it has no
apparent effect on the operations either of this or of the foreign
market. It has its origin, probably, in the demand for money
in Paris, where it appears, by the private accounts, to have
been considerable. Consols left off at 9tl to ty; and Exche-
quer Bills at 255. to 275. premium. The quiet manner in
which the settlement ofyesterday was disposed of has materially
assisted in restoring the business of the foreign market to its
atordinary state, to which after six weeks of agitation and alarm
seems now to be making rapid approaches. It is assuming
Sg4o a better character, consisting for the most part of bond
e transactions, entered into by men of property, of known
ability to fulfil their engage
ments, and is purified almost wholly
reel :less gambling by persons without means, which
lately
chief cause of the late crisis. In this respect the lesson
ye_ V given was a very useful one, and its effects were so se-
trust that it will be a long time before they are forgotten. Dis-
`!st.is still felt in some quarters, especially in those where the
irnulert suffering was inflicted, but on the whole there is both an
.....ILavement ofrices and a better appearance of the markets.
.atorning paw r
hit: Liver Pool Alderman, at a recent meeting of the
the"ce Committee, refused to advance any more money on
Dor,_caredit of the. Corporation of Liverpool ; a refusal which he,
Rl.l Ps, thought would be fatal to the Municipal Corporation
aiorta B•li
to I • ,so far, at least, as that Bill is intended to apply
t. ayerpol. The members of the Finance Committee were
surprise a.little The
at his refusal, and the worthy Alderman's
C° was, was, we have no doubt, as great as that of his brother
B,nd-13%7110n had previously been, when he saw Mr. Alderman
the , promptly drawing a check on his own bankers for
ti rallt; and especially when he found that the Corpora-
A7ah„Qce,?ent had been transferred to the bank of Messrs.
ac; "eYwood, Sons, and Co.—Liverpool Allsion.
ture'v e regret to hear that an accident of a serious na-
-o,oo,?ecurred to Lord Suffield yesterday afternoon, at four
on hi'c• As his Lordship was riding down Constitution-hill,
stumbled to the House of Lords, his Lordship's horse
Ills 'ed and fell, threw his Lordship, and rolled over him.
saordsbi
aorne Was picked up senseless, and by the kindness of'
us autes who werepassing, who benevolently gave up the
e • •
the firs. cir carriage, was immediately conveyed home, and
%vas fours ,surgical assistance procured. On examination, it
fiatiliteedrtatiinnottistbat the injury his Lordship had received. was con-
a.e fracture of one rib only, and strong hopes are
It "of his speedy recovery.
to 414's gateds that the lady whom M. Guizot' is about
Ataciahin'Y the widow of the Baron de Stael. The celebrated
20,00,3`
ee de Stael received from Louis XVIII. the sum of
'ow for the payment of ancient claims, going back to
te,kor, her father. Her son, the Baron de Steel, inhe-
The i;uis fortune conjointly with the Duchess de Broglie.
hi +,4T or, died f • years ago, leaving a son, who survived
al but ae" •• sh the Ba
tones ,4 short time. The death of this puts
forttya~ Stael in possession of the tvhcle of her husband's
Galignani's Messenger.

LITERATURE.

CORTES : OR THE FALL OF MEXICO.

AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE' BY DR. BIRD, AUTHOR OF " CALArAs.'
Three Vols. post am Richard Bentley, New Burlington-st.
This is a clever story. The conquest of Mexico was,
in itself, an event abounding in the grandest situations
and consequences; but though Dr. Bird has availed him-
self of these to the utmost, so as to be esteemed the best
chronicler (Bernal Diaz not excepted) of that memor-
able invasion of a powerful and warlike, though rude
people, he has invested his story with incidents of a
stirring and picturesque nature, which though purely
imaginary, seem to arise with entire probability out of
the main subject. The Mexican chiefs, and other na-
tives, arc brought into the most effective juxta-position
with the Spanish cavaliers, whose- ambition tempted
them to perpetrate the ruin and su!isequent extermina-
tion of the unoffending race whose lands and posses-
sions they desired to seize. Never was a more iniqui-
tous and daring enterprise conceived, than that which
Don Hernan Cortes carried into effect against Mon-
tezuma and his princely successors ; and Heaven, as
if to mark its sense of the atrocious cruelty of the
European victors, has seemingly doomed their descen-
dants to a degraded state among modern nations.
We repeat, that in the pages of the work before us,
the whole of the romantic siege of Mexico is detailed
with extraordinary truth and effect. The reader
of—fiction will, however, be chiefly gratified by
the accessorial parts the Tale. Such as the

adventures, during his captivity and disgrace, of
Juan Lerma, once the favourite of Cortes, and his
sister Magdalena. After his escape from
peril, the young Juan flies to the palace of Gua-
timorzin, the Prince of Mexico, whose sister he mar-
ries. Zelahualla, the Spaniard's Indian bride, is an
exquisite creation of the novelist. She, no less than
Magdalena, with whom she is brought into powerful
contrast, acts an important part in the story. The con-
queror, Cortes himself, is ably delineated, and it will
be useful to modern readers to see of what stuff the
chivalrous oppressors of the heathen were made. The
hard tyranny of this man was exemplified towards his
own followers, no less than towards the uncivilized
people whom he invaded. A striking instance of this
will be found in the barbarous execution of the Al-

guazil Villafana, who, if he deserted to die, should
have been first tried according to the universal laws of
Christian people. The Romance altogether is infe-

rior to few, which have for their objects the familiar
illustration of great historical events.

OUTRE-MER : OR A PILGRIMAGE TO THE
OLD WORLD.
Br is AmszeicAx.

2 Vols. post Bvo.—Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
A very delightful Sketch-book, written by a young
American, and recording his feelings and impres-
sions on visiting Europe. These, as may be ex-
pected, are very vivid. The sensations of a European
when landing in America, though not destitute of
interest, will bear no comparison with those of an
American on approaching the shores of the Old
World. Spots rendered memorable by history, and
edifices which have survived the wreck of centuries,
arrest his curiosity in almost every place he passes
through ; and that which is familiar to the accustomed
eyes of the inhabitants of Europe,- assumes, even to
to them, a new interest, by passing through the mind
of a stranger from a country utterly destitute of simi-
lar objects. It is this, as much as the talent mani-
fested in it, which gave so great a charm to Washing-
ton Irving's " Sketch Book," or at least to those parts
which were connected with English manners, litera-
ture, scenery, and antiquities ; and what Irving has
done for our country, the present writer has achieved for
France, Italy, and Spain ; that is to say, he has in-
vested them with fresh interest through the eager and
curious scrutiny with which he has regarded them,
and the exhibition he has made of the effects they pro-
duced on his own mind. In manner, the author of
of " Outre-Mer," is very like Irving, and we think
his readers will admit that he is not inferior to him in
any respect. His taste, his iiagination, the delicate
grace of his language, and his acquaintance with the
old literature of Europe, are nearly equal to those o
his predecessor and countryman.

"The Pays d'Outre-Mer, or the Land beyond the
Sea," says our author, "is a name by which the pilgrims
and crusaders of old usually designated the Holy Land.
I, too, in a certain sense, have been a pilgrim of
Outre-Mer ; for to my youthful imagination the
Old World was a kind -of Holy Land, lying
afar off beyond the blue horizon of the
ocean ; and when its shores first rose upon my
sight, coming through the hazy atmosphere of the
sea, my heart swelled with the deep emotions of
the pilgrim, when he sees afar the spire which
rises above the shrine of his devotion. In this, my
pilgrimage, I have passed many lands and countries,
and searched many full strange places.' I have
traversed France, from Normandy to Navarre—
smoked my pipe in a Flemish Inn—floated through
Holland in a treksehuit—trimmed my midnight lamp
in a German university—wandered and mused amid
the classic scenes of Italy—and listened to the gay
guitar and merry castanet on the borders of the blue
Guadalquiver."
It must not, however, be supposed that our author's
book consists only of a series of descriptions, or a
record of impressions and sentiments. These parts,
indeed, are very striking and eloquent ; but to in-
crease the charm of variety, there are interspersed

- -
every now and then, anecdotes, sketches of persona

character, and nude romantic stories, told in a pleasant
vein, half humourous and half pathetic. The le-
gendary lore of Italy and Spain is rich in subjects
for so interesting a mode of narration, and the

writer before us, covetous no less of the oral tra•

ditions of the countries he visited, than curious as
to their tunnels and antiquities, has turned to the
best account some of the most striking, though
perhaps least known, of the local talcs current among
the peasantry. The account of his residence in
Madrid—of his visit to the Alhambra—of his sojourn
in the romantic village of El Pardillo—of his jour-
ney into Italy, and his description of Rome in Midsum-
mer, are full of grace and animation.

the House of Lords, last night, the Duke of

--
Richmond pointed ont a striking anomaly in reference to
causes tried at the Sessions, and removed by certiorari into
the Court of King's Bench, by which there was a great evasion
of public justice practised. The case is this :—a person found
guilty of an offence at the Sessions may be ordered to put in
bail to the amount of 5001. or 1,0001. ; but, if so minded, he
can move by certiorari into the King's Bench, where no higher
bail than 201. or 30/. was ordered. Lord Denman admitted
the position, and said that a clause to remedy the evil might
be advantageously introduced into the Prison Discipline Bill,
which was then before their Lordships.—Morning Paper.
OPENING OF A MUMMY.—MUch curiosity has
been excited in the scientific world by the opening of a
mummy, brought by Lord Frederick Fitzelarence from Thebes.
The ceremony took place at the new and splendid Anatomical
Theatre of St. George's Hospital, lately erected in Kennerton-
street, Wilton-place. The lecturers of the school, Mr. Tatum
and Mr. 11. J. Johnson, having offered the use of the premises
for the occasion, the mummy was opened yesterday by Mr.
Pettigrew, who delivered some very learned- and interesting
observations on the process of embalming adopted by the
Egyptians. Prince George of Cambridge, Lord Frederick
Fitzelarenoe, Lord NI ikon, Count d'Orsay, and many other
Noblemen and Gentlemen, as well as Sir A. Cooper, Bait.,
Sir B. Brodie, Bart., Mr. Davidson -the Egyptian traveller,
&c., were present during the operation. The lady, for it was
a lady, was discovered to have been a Priestess of the Temple
of Ammon, at Thebes. After a period of more than 2,000
years she will repose in a glass case in the museum of an ana.
tomical school.