The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-19 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

.14,, 0 WEB S OF ..L'o VELIIVESS.
London : Ackerninnn. :1835.
INTO Annual—ifisuch we may call it—of the present
year surpasses this in beauty. The idea in itself is
poetical, and is worthily worked out, representing
twelve groups of female figures, emblematic of flowers,
with Illustrations from the pen of the Countess of
Blessington—a lady who, being, according to the
author of Pelhatn, a "gorgeous beauty, " is every way
qualified to have the superintendence of such a work.
The first engraving is entitled " Roses," which Paris,
the artist, has personified by two half-length female
figures, both exquisitely lovely, but the darker of which
is infinitely more to our taste than the pretty, but some-
What insipid blonde. We should hope that they are both
roses without thorns, though there is a something in
the arch expression of their countenences that bespeaks
a world of coquetry, and as if a quiet, orderly do-
mestic gentleman would have immense trouble with
them. " Lily of the Valley" is too sentimental and
lack-a-daisical. Your lily is at best but a cold,
milk-and-water sort of flower, and is appropriately il-
lustrated by two woe-begone, spiritless-looking rustic
maidens. " Daisies" have a thousand times more
character. The face of the vagrant gipsey-lass, looking
out so slyly from beneath her hood, is full of the right
sort of expression, and would have thrown Bamfylde
Moore Carew into an ecstacv of admiration. "Hearts'

Ease," too, is beautiful, because we al ways feel grati-
fication in looking at the countenance of a happy
woman : she can scarcely be otherwise than beautiful,
when her eyes and lips are beaming with sunny smiles.
The poetical Illustrations by Lady Blessington, are,
many of them, very gracefully and pertinently written ;
but, indeed, in every respect, the book is a " Book of
Gems," and as such will, we doubt not, meet with
adequate encouragement.

BEATTIE'S SCOTLAND.
London : Virtue. 1835.

We have here engravings of some of the richest and
boldest scenes in Scotland, accompanied by literary ex-
planations from the pen of Dr. Beattie. Many of
these engravings are fully equal, in point of execu-
tion, to those of our most expensive Annuals, parti-
cularly that portion of them which bear the signature
of "R. Wallis." The " Pass of the Trossachs" is of
this superior character, and brings vividly to our
minds Sir Walter Scott's graphic description in his
poem of the Lady of the Lake. " Stonebyers," one
of the falls of the Clyde in Lanarkshire, is as
lovely and picturesque a landscape, as any that we
may suppose to have existed in the Arcadia of
old Greek romance. It has every possible sylvan re-
commendation—wood, water, hill and dale; and the
artist has managed the light, sparkling foam of his
cataracts (a difficult thing to manage) with considera-
ble skill. The " Vale of Glencoe," in Argyleshire,
is a wild, sublime scene, where rocks, crags,
and mountains are confusedly piled together, and
Chaos reigns lord of the ascendant. In such a spot
at the dead hour of night, Macbeth might have met,
the witches, and determined on the murder of " the
gracious Duncan." We know of no glen so calcu-
lated to impress the mind of the spectator with thoughts
of savage daring. " Melrose Abbey" is a splendid
monastic ruin, fully equal, if not superior, to that
famous one on the banks of the Wye. " Inverness"
exhibits a vast reach of perspective, and, as we learn
from those who have had an opportunity of seeing
this Highland Metropolis, is very accurate, as a
likeness.

DONNA MARIA'S MARRIAGE.—A letter of the
6th inst., from Vienna, says—" The departure of Prince
Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg for Lisbon will, it is said, take
place much sooner than was expected. Duke Ferdinand,
the Prince's father, will accompany his son, by Brussels, to
England, and will spend some time with his sister, the
Duchess of Kent."

The attempt of the Liverpool Corporation to evade
the Municipal Reform Act by mortgaging the Borough
property to endow the clergy, has created a great division
among the local Tories. From the circumstance of the in-
tended mortgage of the "tobacco warehouse," the Re-
formers are said to have smoked the cunning scheme of the
corporators.

THE ENDOWMENT Jos.—The Liverpool Stan-
dard, which is the accredited organ of the promoters of
this unsuccessful scheme, yesterday put forth a long and
rabid :Article upon the subject. We notice it only for the
sake of sheaving the mild and christian-like spirit occasion-
ally evinced by the orthodox. Commenting on the approach-
ing municipal election, and asserting that the liberal list for
the Town Council contains IS Unitarians the Standard
anathematizes after the following fashion :—The Unitarians
by their recent application to the Master of the Rolls, and
not to the Vicc-Chancellor, have made manifest thy most
" inordinate rancour—they belong to the meanest, most re-
sentful, most dishonest, and most contemptible sect in all
England—men who in Liverpool, with its population ex-
ceeding 200,000/., cannot muster a congregation of 500
persons of all ages, but who, nevertheless, claim to form the
majority, and monopolise the power of this important cor-
poration."

THE INTIMIDATION COMMITTEE.—SINGLETON.
—The Tory journals for the last month have been ringing
all manner of changes on the intimidation- practised in Ire-
land during the last General Election—but with a lac-
tiqzte not very creditable to the party, they have
chosen only one class of witnesses, principally Police
Magistrates—men generally of the " right sort"-=and,
independently of their offensive politics, anxious to
trumpet their own mighty deeds before the Committee.
In Queen's County, there was a very severe contest, and
there can be no doubt that great excitement and tremend-
ous intimidation prevailed. With a view to show the na-
ture and the extent of this intimidation, the Orangamen
called upon a Magistrate of Police to depose to the occur-
rences at the election. With regard to this person, it may
be necessary to say a few words :—Mr. Singleton rose from
a very humble station to his present office. Originally a
sub-constable, he has by degrees become a Chief Magistrate
of Police. He owes his present elevation to Lord Stanley.
This person was appointed by Lord Haddington's Go-
vernment, during the last election to the Queen's County,
in which county, indeed, he was well known before. He
was a valuable evidence for the Orangemen, and accord-
ingly his testimony is trumpeted forth by the Orange jour-
nals, as the most damning proofs of an organized confede-
racy atrainst the Empire_--- MAE. P--4-

EXTRAORDINARY VOLUME.—The new volume
of " The Standard Novels " to be published with the 'Maga-
zines at the end of the present month, will possess unusual
attraction. Although this celebrated collection already in-
cluded, with scarcely a single exception, the best produc-
tions of the most distinguished authors of our time, a new
grace will be conferred upon the forthcoming volume by
three of the greatest names of the literature of fiction—
Washington Irving, Chateaubriand, and Horace Smith.—
Three works included in one volume for six shillings,
and these the graceful " Tales of the Alhambra," by Wash-
ington Irving ; Chateaubriand's " Last of the Abencerrages,"
and Horace Smith's " Involuntary Prophet." Where can
we find a more delightful volume for a present than this,
which, although beautifully illustrated, does not rest its
claims for popularity upon pictorial embellishments, but upon
the sterling value of the literature it contains.
THE GUILLOTINE.—A curious correspondence has
lately been published in Paris relative to the introduction
of this instrument of death in 1792. It is generally known
that it was named after a Dr. Guillitin ; but, from the
documents now published, it appears that the Doctor was
not the inventor, but the party who succeeded, after several
fruitless attempts, in carrying a Bill through the Legislative
Assembly, decreeing that all persons condemned to death
should in future suffer in no other way than by decapitation.
It further appears, such was the fear of public vengeance,
that there was great difficulty in finding any one who would
undertake to construct the required instrument. The car-
penter usually employed by the Government required as
conditions, that he should be paid 4,000 francs for each
and should neither sign agreement or receipt.
guillotine,
These terms were declined, and application was made to a
man named Schmidt, who undertook the job also condi-
tionally, that his name should not be made public ; and
that, as every department would require one of these instru-
ments, the orders should be transmitted direct to him by
M. Radesier, the " Procureur-General," and by no other
person.

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

TICKELL V. BROWNE%

This case, which was partly heard yesterday afternoon,
was resumed this morning, and occupied the Court a con-
siderable time. It was a question of trespass, and the ar-
guments, which turned upon the construction of an Act of
Parliament, were very uninteresting.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having concluded his reply,
Lord DENMAN after consulting with the other Judges,
said the case was one which would require the mature de-
liberation of the Court.—Judgment deferred.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

THE KING V. THE CORPORATION OF CAMBRIDGE.

Mr. GUNNING appeared to show cause against a rule
obtained by Mr. ANDREWS in this case, for respiting judg-
ment. It was an indictment against the Mayor, Burgesses,
and Corporation of Cambridge for a nuisance, in permitting
a wooden bridge to go to decay, and the defendants bad
suffered judgment to go by default. A rule for respiting
judgment had subsequently been obtained, and an order had
been made by Mr. Justice Coleridge, that the defendants
should proceed to rebuild the bridge. This had not yet
been done ; and he (Mr. Gunning) now prayed that the
rule for respiting the judgment be discharged, and the Cor-
poration be directed to pay over the money they had col-
lected, amounting to 1,000/., to some responsible person.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—YOU are are not afraid, Mr.
Gunning, that the money will not be forthcoming ? The
Corporation are not insolvent ?
Mr. GUNNING-It was stated before the Corporation
Commissioners that they were dreadfully insolvent.---(A
laugh.) The defendants allege that they had, by the ad-
iice of the inhabitants, collected subscriptions for the pur-
pose of building a cast iron bridge which would cost 1,000/.,
instead of a wooden one which would cost 300/. The But-
tersey Iron Company bad engaged to furnish the iron work,
but on the 3d of September, when the order for respiting
the judgment had expired, the contract had not been signed
by the Corporation, and should the rule be made absolute,
no power could compel the new Common Council, which
would come into operation in five or six weeks, to execute
the contract. If the defendants were disposed to act as
honest men, they would not hesitate to pay the money into
Court, or to some responsible person. It was admitted
on all hands that a very extraordinary change would
tak place in the-municipal government of Boroughs in a
few weeks, and if the defendants were not now compelled
to pay in the money, the bridge would never be built, and
the public in consequence much inconvenienced.
Mr. ANDREWS, in support of the rule, complained of the
vexatious opposition to which the defendants had been
subjected. The contract for building the bridge was
prepared and the deed engrossed, and it only waited
the signature of the Mayor, who was absent from
indisposition. The Corporation had subscribed 350/.,
which was more than they would be compelled
to pay under the indictment, and the present was merely an
attempt to stigmatize the Corporation; and impress the
public and the Court of King's Bench with a belief that
they were not trustworthy.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, in pronouncing his judgment,
observed, that the only difficulty in his mind was with re-
spect to the new Common Council. The delay might be
easily accounted for by the necessity of collecting
subscriptions and receiving estimates for a much more ex-
pensive bridge. Under all the circumstances, however, he
was of opinion. that the judgment should be further respited
to next Trinity Term, and if the old Corporation did not in
the meantime perform its duty,the new Common Council was
authorised to appropriate the Municipal revenues, and would
be liable to put the bridge in repair.
Mr. ANDREWS—The new Common Council can take

the contract of the defendants, if they do not perform it.
Mr. GUNNING—No, they will not. It would be a libel
upon the new Common Council to say that they would be
bound by any contract of ihe old Corporation.—(Laughter.)