The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-27 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

BRIGHTON.

SKETCHES in PROSE and VERSE,
By G. F. RICHARDSON,
London. Cochrane, TVaterloo-place. 1835.
This book is comprised of a collection of short
Pieces in prose and verse, some of which the author
states, in the Preface, to be reprints from the annuals,
and similar publications. They are now given to the
World in consequence of the favourable opinion enter-
tained of them on their first appearance, with others
not before published in any form. The book is dedi-
cated to the Duchess of St. Alban's, and seems to have
been published by subscription, judging from the list
of names which appears in it under that appellation.
We cannot say much for the talent which it displays.
Some of the verses are pretty, and some of the
prose sketches amusing ; but higher praise we cannot
give them. We think the author was much mistaken in
supposing that a paper which is favourably received by
the public when it appears in an annual, accompanied,
Perhaps, with beautiful illustrations, is likely to meet
With a similar reception as a reprint. Besides the
least degree of merit is magnified in periodical publi-
cations, by being taken in conjunction with the general
bearing and character of the entire ww:k. We by no
means wish to discourage e.. 1137 aspirant for literary
fame ; but the public iy cloyed with such productions.
Let the author attempt something worthier of a gene-
rous ambition, and we shall be among the first to offer
our meed of commendation.

After Divine Service, on Sunday, his Majesty gave audience
to Lord Sydney.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince George, Earl Howe,
Miss H. Johnstone, and Miss Bagot, attended Divine Service
on Sunday afternoon, at St. George's Chapel, Kemp-town.
The Rev. James Anderson read prayers, and afterwards deli-
vered an excellent sermon with his usual ability. Her Majesty
and attendants occupied a pew in the body of the chapel: The
congregation was exceedingly iiiiiterous and highly respect-
able, comprising most of the elite of Brighton.
The King, accompanied by his daughter, Lady De Lisle
and Dudley, took a carriage airing along the cliffs, passing and
repassing several times, between Hove and Kemp-town, pre-
vious to his return to the Palace.

On Sunday evening their Majesties entertained at dinner the
Landgraviae of Hesse Homburg, Marquis and Marchioness of
Conyngham, Earl and Countess Howe, Lord and Lady Falk-
land, Lord Sydney, the Rev. F. F. Foord-Bowes, and the
Royal suite. The band of the Fusilecr Foot Guards were in
attendance.

Lord C. Clinton and Lord Sydney are amongst the latest
arrivals. Both those Noblemen paid their respects to their
Majesties on Sunday.

LEAMINGTON SPA.

The very severe weather of the past week has prevented our
company, which is very numereus, from visiting the prome-
nades and public lounges ; notwithstanding the town has pre-
sented a gay and animated appearance, and our arrival list in-
cludes many distinguished Members of le beau monde. Mrs.
Hay Drummond's bail and supper on Wednesday night was
fashionably attended. Several balls are announced for the
next and following weeks.
ARRIVALS.-Lady Cockerill, Hon. Mr. Mid Mrs. nushout,
Mr. and Hon. Mrs, Grieve and Miss Cockerill, from Siezen-
cote, Gloucestershire ; Hon. W. Vaughan, Captain Chet-
wynd, M. P., from his seat, Brocton Hall, Staffordshire ; Ma-
jor Jervice, from Leicester ; Mrs. A. Chancellor, from Chel-
tenham ; Sir Samuel Whalley, M. P., ; Hon. R. Browne, and
Captain Sewell, Bth Hussars ; Captain J. Russell and Lady
de Clifford, from Woburn Abbey ; Captain Wollaston, 6th
Dragoons ; Colonel Harding ; Captain and Mrs. Mantell,
from New Brunswick; Mr. Roome, from Cheltenham.
DLeAttiTkgs.—The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Lord
and the Ladies Paget, for Bruton-street; Hon. G. Berkeley,
M.P., W. Williams, Esq., M. P., Captain and Mrs. Sive-
wright ; Loid Macdonald, for Melton Mobray ; Mr.
L'Estrange, for Ireland ; Colonel Gough, for town ; Mr.
Hayes, for Cheltenham.

FACTS AND FICTIONS.
Smith, Elder, and Co. London, 1835.

A volume of agreeable stories, the production of a
cultivated mind ; the incidents are natural, if not
Powerfully worked out, and the language throughout
simple and unaffected. The best tale is the " Found-
ling," though we could have dispensed with the slip-
-Bhod, hobbling rhymes, beginning with " Over the
Wild wave," which are thrown into it, we suppose, by
Way of make-weight.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

PENRUDD 0 CK,
A Tale by the Author of " IValtzburg."—ln 3 Vols.

London. IVAittaker and Co., 1835.
We recommend the perusal of these volumes to the
disciples of Doctor Don Pedro Rezio de Aguero, as a
most suitable dessert after a dinner of wafers and two
thin slices of marmalade, and to the patients of his no
less learned brother Sangrado, they having previously
cleared their stomachs of all crudities by an abundance
°f hot water, and their veins of blood by the frequent
application of the lancet. To such persons we should
Presume labour, whether of the mind or body, would
Present few temptations to engage in it, and so we
recommend them this tale, over which they may nod
at leisure—nay, should they in their sleep fancy them-
selves in the perusal, and so mechanically turn over the
leaves, we assure them the mistake will be one which
they will lose little by leaving unrectified. Readers
who, like our friend Sancho the Governor, prefer an
°ller podrida, or dish of stewed meats, to a wafer diet,
are not likely, unless when taken by surprise, to spend
Much time over the pages 'of " Penruddock." They
are apt to think some knowledge of men, or
hooks,
necessary to those who write for the
amusement, or instruction, of others ; and in the
volumes before us, we promise they will find
throughout a boundless disregard of both—that is,
provided they can make their way through them,
which we are inclined to doubt. If the absence of
thought, reflection, knowledge of the human heart—
human passions—human inte,:cest—knowledge of na-
ture, acquired through tlie agency of books, or from
Personal observation—lf want of probability, and the
ehoice of tnaterfials for a tale, which, however treated,
Could hardly be rendered interesting—if an utter ab-
en" of all these requisites to success in romance-
wtiti'ng, be considered no drawback on the excellence
of
a work of fiction, then may " Penruddock" class
With the first imaginative productions of the age—but
U otherwise. The old romances, of the very worst
Class, had baronial castles, donjons, trap-doors, slid-
iPannels,ls, haunted towers, supernatural noises, and
now
and
then a respectable-looking ghost, with a
h °ody shroud and red dagger, to recommend them ;
tla that at least they claimed the merit of invention,
and the power of terrifying overgrown children in the
ti ark• But modern novels, of the same class, want all
these means of creating excitement, and if they display
ll
either a knowledge of men or books, are worse than
h.Useless, because they lead to a sacrifice of time, and a
vullagation of the absurdities which filled the minds
or
the misguided authors.
Tlt is evident, from the above, that we consider the
ale of " Penruddock" a failure. We know nothing
Whatever of the author—we are not aware to what sex
the author belongs, and, therefore, we stand acquitted
of
all p
oersonal motives in pronouncing this judgment.
hur sole object is to discharge our duty to the public
giving an honest opinion of the work. We know
' Painful it is to an author to have a work, which
dust have occupied so many hours, and cost so much
trouble, thus unceremoniously rejected ; but having
ieskiered himself amenable to such mortification, there
ell 3 help for it ; and all that can be done is to guard
against its repetition. We have expressed ourselves
houngly, ut not more strongly, than in our unbiassed
`4ginent,b the case merited.

Mr. and Mrs. Granville Berkeley, in Wilton-crescent, from
Warwickshire ; Lord iTh.cdonald, at Limmer's Hotel, Con-
duit-street, from Melton Mowbray; the Baroness Montague,
in Portman-square, from a tour; Col. and Lady Caroline
Wood, in Stratton-street, from Littleton House, near Staines ;
Lady Foley, in Portman-square, from St. Leonard's on Sea ;
Mrs. Wynn and family, in Grafton-street, from Wales ; Lady
Elizabeth Bankes, on a visit to the Earl of Eldon, in Hamil-
ton-place, from Corfe Castle ; Sir J. de Beauvoir, M. P., in
Connaught-place, from Windsor ; C. Morris, Esq., in Port-
man, square, from Liverpool ; Countess of Bridgewater, in
Grosvenor-square, from Ashbridge Castle, Herts ; the Duke
of Richmond, in Cavendish-square, from his seat, Goodwood,
near Chichester ; Lord and Lady Eliot, in Dover-street, from
their seat, Port Eliot, Cornwall ; Hon. Rob. Smith, in Bel-
grave-square, from his seat, Gayhurst ; the Earl and Countess
of Harrowby, in Grosvenor-square, from their scat, Sandon
Hall, Staffordshire ; Sir Roger Gresley, Bart., from his seat,
Drakelow, Derbyshire ; Col. and Mrs. Paske, at Batt's Ho-
tell, Dover-street, from Madras ; Col. Wildman, at ditto,
from Newstcad Abbey, Notts ; Sir William Lumley, Bart.,
in Green-street, from Windsor ; H. Seymour, Esq., from
Bedfordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Attwood, in Regent-street, from
their seat in Norfolk.
DEPARTURES.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL' O.

h est erd ay DERBY.
IlUdred
Sil nu" and Ibrahim were backed for two or three
biati ,Pounds-

Junds each separately, and to about the same amount con-
war Y, but instead of springing on last week's prices left off a shade
%use* Several other horses were backed, but the business, like
Wish transacted on every bettin day for some weeks past, was
°at any important results. The closing odds were as under :-
9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Silenus (9i to 1 taken).
11 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Ascot (taken)
18 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim (taken). 20 to 1 had
been betted previously
20 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Luminary (taken)
22 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Damietta colt (taken)
25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Leopoldine colt (taken)
28 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Bee-in-a-Bonnet c. (taken)
35 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Varennes colt (taken)
1,,,35 to 1 agst Mr. Grant's Operator (taken)
JO to 20 agst Mr. Wreford's Free Will (taken)
to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot
22 to 1 agst Captain Grant's lot (taken)
No others mentioned.
tityofcA iSt. Alban's Steeple Chace is fixed to take place on the sth
tin 4 march. It will be for 10 sovs. each, free for any horse car-
-rs or
''st. four miles across the country without any impracticable
fences The entry closes on the 2d of the same month
'-aPected to be very numerous.

° last Parliament were decried by the sticklers
1),,i 'le Aristocracy, on account of the ungentlemanly and tur-
-B,uit Conduct of' some of the Members ; but should the
obfe changed, the Tories say there will be a still greater
good Manners.
ttild„,7E ELECTIONS.—The Tories are smarting
oiohc,the defeat of Sir George Murray, in Perthshire. It
:oirteu_ej„udtbieeye,reuveelrtyo quote the gibes which they uttered against.
•-• "u Campbell when he was disappointed of his election
one of which is now applicable, with tenfoldd
of 1,, to their friends. Sir George Murray is " the rejected
v44rerthshire"—Mr. G. R. Dawson, " the rejected of De-
•-tr,t,"---Sir Edward Owen, " the rejected of Sandwich,"
..oeitibt-• Rowley, " the rejected of Portsmouth,"—Sir G.
th urn, " the rejeeted of Plymouth,"—Lord Tullamore,
ts: rejected of Falmouth,"—and Mr. Stuart Wortley, " the
titztted of Forfarshire,"—all Members of the present Admi-
iol The assertions of the Tories that intimidation, ex-
(l, Al't, dealing, and corruption, have caused the defeat of Sir
rraY and the return of Mr. Fox Manic, arc gross and
ittio-41(led calumnies. Sir George owes his fate to his own vio-
/ht,„!l of his pledges. Mr. Maule charged this home at the
P- He said—. As I was on these very hustings at the
I.skiNp; Could not be mistaken as to the statement which Sir
4.has ge Murray made, that be was a friend to the admission of
. enters into the English universities ;" and he quoted the
1140-411uf one of Sir George's own supporters at the last eke-
% i;;lthu, by way of consolingb Mr. Manic, for the defeat of
I
'4(l Mr. Graham, said—" I believe you will find our
these good a Whirr as your own." It was the recollection
tllttsir Pl
Georgeedges, aturthe contemptuous breach of them, that
Murray his seat.— Scotsman.

The Duke of Devonshire, for his seat, Hardwick Hall, Der-
byshire ; Captain George Wyndham, for the Earl of Egre-
mont's seat, Petworth, Sussex ; S. Sapt, Esq., for his seat in
Herts ; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart., for Clifton ; Freeman
Eliot, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for
Southampton ; Col. Gore Langton, from his seat, Newton
Park, near Bath, for Cheltenham ; Lord Acheson, for Suf-
folk ; the Rev. John Dawson, from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-
street, for Surrey ; Mrs. Evelyn and family, from ditto, for
Wooton ; W. Cunningham, Esq., from ditto, for Dublin ;
Lord and Lady Sydney, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-
square, for their seat, Frognal, near Foot's Cray, Kent ; Cap-
tain and Mrs. Roberts, from Brook-street, for Brighton.

SOCIETY OF BRITISH MUSICIANS.

FIFTH CONCERT.

On Monday evening the Fifth Meeting of this Association
was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, on which occasion a
brilliant audience, including an unusual number of professors,
testified by their presence the lively interest excited by these
successive displays of native genius, and by repeated plaudits
their just appreciation of the general merit and excellence of
the compositions submitted to their notice. In the scheme for
the evening the instrumental pieces were a Symphony by T.
Cooke; three Overtures, respectively composed by J. F.
Burrowes, John Goss, and F. G. Tinney ; a Concerto for the
Piano-Forte performed by Miss Pyne, the production of the
celebrated pianist, John Field ; and a solo for the fourth
string of the violin, written and performed by E. Thomas.
The vocal part of the entertainment consisted of a Quintett by
W. Horsley, Quartett by J. H. Griesbach, Duct by J. M.
Harris, and Scene, Song, and Cavatina, severally written by H.
P. Hill, John Barnett, and J. Clifton. Mr. T. Cooke's sym-
phony is constructed in the modern French style, which may be
found in the works of Boildieu, Auber, and Herold. The motivos,
harmonies, and general instrumentation, were inferior in taste
and elegance to the minuet and trio, in which latter the com-
poser appears to have selected a more unexceptionable model ;
the trio especially reminding us of Mendelsohn. In the over-
tures were no surprising novelties, either of melody or design ;
and they certainly did not rise above the class of agreeable
compositions. Miss Pyne's performance of Field's Concerto
in E flat, reflects great credit on her talents and industry, and
on the excellent tuition of her master, J. B. Cramer. The
author displays but little of the elegant melodies of Mozart,
the rich harmonies of Beethoven, or the exquisite sequences of
Hummel; but there is a refinement and elegance of phrase
which denote the practised writer. The solo executed on the
fourth string of the violin by Mr. E. Thomas (a pupil of the late
S igno rSpagnioletti) was an extraordinary performance ; and if
this gentleman plays equally well on the four strings of his
instrument, he has attained a very high rank in the art. The
vocal quintett of Horsley is more remarkable fur length
than for novel delineation or musical expression. Mr. Hobbs
by his clear enunciation of the words in the short solo sung by
him in the quintett, proved that, however polished may be the
style, or correct the singer's intonation, the first charm and
most essential requisite in vocal performance consists in
a proper expression and distinct utterance of the words. Miss
Hawes was encored in the canzonet, " If music be the food of
love, play on." The words are in the highest strain of poetry,
and to have failed in their expression would not have been
discreditable to any composer. Mr. Clifton is entitled to
the great praise of success. Mr. Hill's scena, from words of
a most terrific character put by Mrs. Hemans into the mouth
of a ferocious Guerilla Chieftain, was, to us, unintelligible ;
and Mr. Morley's performance, we must do him the justice to
say, heightened the mystery in which both the poetry and music
were enveloped. The quartett from " Belshazzar's Feast "
will, we trust, terminate the selections from this oratorio.
The composition is of an inferior description ; and, in this in-
stance, the singers had, we presume, agreed to perform it in
different keys. Mr. Leoni Lee sang Mr. Barnett's pretty
canzonet in a very agreable manner.

THE THEATRES.

OLYMPIC.

A new burletta of the French school, entitled Not a TVord,
was produced here last night, and was extremely well received.
The main feature of the plot is of a more sombre character
than generally belongs to the pieces represented at this house,
where the great object, from the beginning, has been, not to
excite tears or terrors by tales of mystery, but to tickle the
fancy through the agency of smart and sprightly vaudevilles.
There is, however, in the drama of last night a sufficient por-
tion of whimsicality and drollery to throw the most serious part
very much into the shade. It is perhaps the best piece that
has been produced here this season. The story possesses inte-
rest ; the incidents are well-managed ; they follow each other
in quick succession, and arc by no means deficient in spirit.
There are in the dialogue many neatly-turned points. Mr.
Liston's acting was exceedingly humorous. His expression of
astonishment, of grief, and ultimately of rage, when his wife's
supposed early frailty is narrated to him, was the be au ideal of
broad comedy. The part of Baron Sombroni is far removed
from that class of characters which Mr. F. Mathews ordinarily
supports. He has scarcely breadth and force sufficient to de-
pict with due boldness, tempered at the same time with a cer-
tain degree of outre gravity, the extravagant folly of the half-
crazy veteran. He, however, played cleverly. Miss Fitz-
waiter sustained the part of Louise very prettily. Mrs. Grif-
fiths, from the English Opera-house, made her debut here as
Madame Tricolore.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1835.