The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-01 00:00:00

LA TV MA GAZINE.

There is a brief, amusing memorial of Sir J.
Mackintosh in this number, one or two anecdotes
of which we subjoin, as they are probably new
to our readers. In other respects, the work af-
fords few or no opportunies for extract :

" Nothing could exceed the attention with which the
lectures were listened to by a numerous auditory, chiefly
consisting of students of the different Inns of Court. On
one of these occasions a singular circumstance occurred.
Mackintosh had taken his station at the table, and we
were all expecting him to address us, when sudddenly a
letter was put into his hands, by the perusal of which he
was visibly much agitated. Well, indeed, he might be,
for it announced to him an addition of three children to his
already numerous family. He instantly m ode a hurried
apology for postponing the lecture. The children died
shortly afterwards.

"It was about this period that a coolness commenced
between Mackintosh and his friend Parr. The doctor, a
staunch and zealous Foxite, was highly indignant at the
conduct on the part of S:r Jame', which had led to the pa-
tronage of Mr. Pitt, through whose influence with Lord
Sidmouth (then prime minister) he obtained the Recorder-
ship of Bombay. The attention of the public had recently
been drawn to the trials of Arthur O'Connor and others,
at Maidstone, for high treason, which were the occlsion of
a celebrated repartee of Parr, of which the following is
an accurate account :—ln a conversation, at which several
persons were present, Mackintosh, who hail strongly re-
probated the conduct of Quigley, an Irish Catholic priest,
who was convicted and executed, was several times inter-
rupted by Parr's saying emphatically, in the intervals of
smoking, "He might have been wore." At length he
called on the doctor to explain how Quickly could have
been worse. This was exactly what Parr wanted. Ac-
cordingly, having laid down his pipe with deliberate com-
posure, he replied, " I'll tell you, Jemmy, Quigley
was au Irishman ; he might hare been a Scotchman,—
he was a priest ; he might hare been a lawyer,—lie was
a traitor ; lie might hare been an apostate."l' he doctor
then exultingly resumed his pipe amidst a roar of applause
at this unexpected sally."

EDWARDS' S BOTANICAL REGISTER ;
OR ORNA3LENTAL FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY.
CONTINUED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY.
We, as usual, intend merely to state, as con-
cisely as possible, the contents of this beautiful
and interesting work—but, before doing so, we
feel compelled to extract a few just remarks made
by this learned Editor, which, we trust, will re-
ceive due attention in quarters it would be need-
less to particularize. The article which calls
them forth is the description of a beautiful Dille-
vynia—a green- house plant, from New Holland—
the genus of which is obliged to remain in un-
certainty, and, unfortunately for science, with lit-
tle likelihood of being cleared up " by those
whose laziness prevents their completing a task
for which they have, nearly thirty years since,
been furnished with materials by the liberality of
the British Government. It is time that this
were looked to ; and we heartily wish that some
enterprising young naturalist would convert to
useful purpose the rich stores of information re-
garding New-Holland vegetation, procured at the
national expense, and now open to all inqui-
rers, which are lying unemployed at the British
Museum, to the disgrace of the keeper, and to
the detriment of science. When we see the fate
of the plants collected in Flinder's expedition,
and in the fatal journey up the Congo by the
lamented Dr. Schmidt, we can no longer won.

der that a wise and careful Government should
refuse to pay the expenses of scientific expedi-
tions. Let our reformers of science lay the blame
of neglect of science to their own friends, and
not to cheated Governments.—" COLEUS ARO-
MATICus" ( Sweet-scented Coleus), or the
GESNERIA ODORATA of our gardens—native
of India, where it is in common cultivation,
chiefly on account of its great fragrance. The
leaves are frequently eaten with bread and butter,
or bruised and mixed with various articles of
food, drink, or medicine ; flowers from March to
May, and is readily increased by cuttings.—Dark-
purple Salpiglossis, a beautiful species of a
beautiful genus, is remarkable for the intense
blackish purple of its flowers. It is a biennial,
and seeds should be sown in the summer, so
that the young plants may be well established by
the end of autumn. " Trumpet-stalked Sun-
flower"—" Turn-leaved Acacia"—" Pallid
Aster"—" Long-leaved Sphenotoma," and
" Crimped-leaved Solanunz," form the remain-
der of this month's number, and are all hand-
some and interesting.