The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-20 00:00:00

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" The author, we are convince. is young, otherwise we could
hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be-
half of his heroes and heroines. He is a yv rater of genius, inspired
by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love
of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan-
guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions
on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in
which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays
on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha-
racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he
has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man-
nems, and Smythes."—Observer.
" Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed-
ng beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great
good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en-
gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha-
racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we
have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have
said. The other ladies who play conspicuons parts in the tale are
Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and
impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia
Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning rest.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton.
For a few nights only, ..kdelphi Company and Adelphi Pieces.
Second Price at Eight o'clock.
THIS EVENING,
Will he performed (sth time) an entirely new Comedy, in Three
Acts, entitled GI RALD A ; or, The Miller's Wife. Philip, Mr.
Hughes ; Don Japhet della Tromb s, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Don Manual
de Bivar, Mr. Boyce ; Gil, Mr. Wright ; the Grand Duchess, Miss
Emma Harding; Giralda. Miss K. Fitzwilliam. . _ .

To be folio ;ed by BORN TO GOOD LUCK; or, An Irishman's
Fo!tune. Pandeen O'Rafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Count Malfl, Mr. Lam-
bert; Manfredi, Mr. Boyce; Nina, Miss Woolgar.
After which a homo- made Extravaganza, entitled DOMESTIC
ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumly, Mrs. F.
Matthews.
To conclude with JOHN JONES.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Great success of Giralda and the New Farce.
TIM; EVENING,

Will be performed GIRALDA; or, the Invisible Husband, snp-
ported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farren, mn., Comp-
ton ; Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and
Adele.

After which TEE OLDEST INHABITANT, in which Messrs.
W. Farren. Compton. Diddear, Norton ; Mesdames Bartlett, Adams,
and Ellen Turner will appear.
To conclude with the PRINCESSES IN THE TOWER.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Great Novelty in the Scents of the Arena.
First Night of the Equestian Ladies' Fete.

Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle
of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the
Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the
Metropn'ie, which will be continued a few nights longer. Third
Week of the accomplished Vocalist, Miss Annie Hardie.

The Gazette announces that her MAJESTY has been
pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Mr.
EDWIN LANDSEER. Always excepting the fact that
it is knighthood, and not a baronetcy, which would
• have been more becoming both to the appreciation
of the giver and the merits of the recipient, the
honour conferred upon the eminent Academician
cannot fail to receive very general approbation.
Small as is the boon, we gladly welcome it as a token
that some movement is being taken in the right
direction by those who have the privilege, not of con-
ferring, but of recognising distinction. The poet,
historian, novelist, or artist, who is worthy of his
name wins for himself; undoubtedly, a far higher
honour, and a more enviable distinction than it is in
the power of Crown or Minister to bestow. A
popular favourite is, in these days of democracy,
justly felt to hold a prouder place than a protege of
Royalty. Greatness that is "achieved" is immeasur-
ably superior to that which is inherited, or " thrust
upon" its possessor. Yet, while we cannot but
deem SCOTT, the novelist, or LANDSEER, the
artist, to be fully as honourable titles as those
of Sir WALTER or Sir EDWIN, such appellatives
are at least gratifying evidences that real merit is not
always unrecognised in high places. And we heed
some such satisfactory evidences, scanty and few and
far between as they are, to oppose to the long-con-
tinued indifference and neglect which men of genius
have encountered from the legislators of this country.
The records of other nations tell a different tale. In
few places can we find a match for the disproportion
of our pension lists, in which thousands upon thou-
sands are lavished upon the descendants of some royal
favourites of centuries back, and our literary fund, in
which a pitiful twelve hucdred a year is provided as
the nation's sole offering to its noblest benefactors.
These and many other similarly disgraceful facts
render us doubly gratified by even such a trivial
gift as that just bestowed upon the eminent
artist whose inimitable pencil has so frequently
attested how skilfully and happily art may rival na-
ture. While congratulating Sir EDWIN upon this
Royal recognition of that genius which has long since
so deservedly obtained for him the popular applause,
we venture to anticipate that the recent announce-
ment in the Gazette is only the prelude to many more
of a similar kind, and the initiation to a system
which, by giving honour to whom honour is due, will
prove " twice blessed" in its effects, ennobling alike
the recipient and the donors.

FIRE AT THE "MARIA-LANE EXPRESS"-OFFICE
(THIS DAY) —Shortly before nine o'clock this morning a dis-
covery of tire took place at the printing-office of Messrs.
Rogerson, Norfolk-street, Strand. It appears that the men
noticed a strong smell of burning in the storeroom on the
ground-floor, where thousands of volumes of books were de-
psited, but the cause of aLrin could not be ascertained till
an extensive closet had been broken open, where the tire was
found t ) be mAing rapid progr,ss amongst piles of books.
Assistance was soon at hand, and the brigade en-
gines and firemen. under Mr. Gilt, the chief officer, were soon
hi aVendance, but, fortunately, the services of the latter were
but little required The portion of the premises where the fie
occurred had rot been looked at or vntered for some years
piss, so that the cause of the fire could Lot is any way be as-
certained.

DEATH OF THE 13zsnor OF MEATH.—The death of
a Chief Justice in one week has been followed in the next by
the unexpected decease of a Bishop, whose elevation to the
episcopal bench took place only a few years since. The
Right Rev. Dr. Stopford, Lord Bishop of Meath, expired at
the P.:lace, Ardbraccan, late on Tuesday night. The de-
ceased Prelate was elevated from the Archdeaconry of Ar-
magh to the see of Meath during tlx Viceroyalty of Earl
de Grey. Dr. Stopford had been long labouring under the
effects of disease of the heart, but had recently, consider-
ing his time of life, been in the enjoyment of tolerable
health. His Lordship was a member of the Privy Council in
Ireland.

THE LATE BALLOON ACCIDENT.—The Courrier de
la Gironde of Monday says:—" Yesterday at the Hippo-
drome of Vincennes, an ascension for the benefit of the
family of the unfortunate aeronaut Gale took place. The
impression caused on the spectators by the fatal catastrophe
of the previous Sunday prevented our population from going
en nat3se to the Hippodrome; for we regret to state that very
few people responded to this charitable appeal. The benefit
of the poor orphans will be reduced to a small sum; scarcely
did the receipts amount to a tenth of what they were the
week before. The director of the gas establishment reduced
his charge for gas one-half, and if he had not had the gene-
rosity to do so it is probable that the expenses would not
have been covered. The ascent of the Royal Cremorne bal-
loon took place at lour o'clock. The car was occupied by
Mr. Goulston and his son, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford. The
balloon, driven by a south wind, went iu the direction of
Blanquefort and St. MClard, and descended near those two
communes."

THE BDARD OF HEALTH'S REPORT ON CHOLERA.
—The report of the Board of Health on on the epidemic
cholera of 1848 and 1849 was issued yesterday. There is
little new matter in it, as that part with regard to the course
of the epidemic has already been made public, whilst the
prev
Metropolitaentive remedies have been described in the reports of
very
the ➢
highly of n Sanitary Commissioners. The board speak
the pubhe Health Act, and the Nuisances Re.:
moval and Diseases Prevention Act.
THE IRISH NEWSPAPER PRESS Almost simul.
tape HE
with the appointment of its founder and pro-
prietor to the lucrative post of Collector-General of Taxes
has ceased the publication of the Dublin Weekly Register, the
journals the Freemanauitted
once favoured and accredited organ of the late Daniel
O'Connell. The last number was issued on Saturday ]dot;
4‘ old stock " of Repeal
popularity. its former .
not hold
is now the only survivor, the Pilot having long since
the scene of
and of the
It is just on entering
into life, that we anchor b
hopelessly.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
drift away
us, we
the passions and affections, and if the ground does y

THE ROYAL WESTERN YACHT CLUB.--The mem.
bers of this club have been honoured by the President of
France with a most polite acknowledgment of the honour
done him by his election as a member. The President says
he is truly sensible of the value of having his name re-
corded in the list of the club; that he accepts it with plea.
sure, thanks the members for their wishes of prosperity to
France, and joins them sincerely in the hope of a lasting
union between the two nations.

MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, SEPT. 19.—Owing
to the non-arrival of the Atlantic, now overdue, our market
to-day has not been so lively as on Tuesday, all parties hold-
ing off till the tenor of her advices is known. Although the
business has been trifling in amount, there is no appearance
of weakness in prices.

The people of Boston are about to establish a free
public library.

The Sunday excursion trains from London to
Brighton carry on an average 2,00) passengers.

Cheap trips are not confined to England, nor even
to Europe, for the American papers contain announcements
of several from itontreal to Boston.

NO "ICE. have in point of actual possession made absolutely no
'HE NEW NAVAL NOVEL, gain."
" i'INGLETON FONTENOT, R.N.,"
By JAMES HANNAY, Esq., In the last session of Parliament, a Bill entitled the
Late of her Majesty's Navy, Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill,
will be ready, immediately, in 3 vols.
Orders received at all the Libraries. proposing very great, and in some cases some very
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
beneficial, changes in the law respecting indictments,
was introduced into the House of Lords by the pre-
sent Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bencb. On
the introduction of the Bill, it consisted of no more
than twelve short sections ; in Committee twelve or
fourteen sections were added to it, and in its ex-
tended form the Bill passed, but the measure disap-
peared in the Commons. The whole subject of cri-
minal pleading, it is quite obvious, if there were a
Minister of Justice, whose duty it was ma-
turely to consider and specially to prepare
all amendments of the law, would have been fully,
and carefully considered before the measure were sub-
mitted to Parliament, and, under the superin-
tendence of such an officer of state, would have passed
safely through both Houses. There is no greater evil
than the constant tampering which we see with the laws
affecting the administration of justice ; the most crude
and ill digested measures are brought forward by
persons of very little knowledge of jurisprudence or
practical acquaintance of the law, and good measures
often lose much of their value by being dealt with in
detail, without proper regard to their relation to
other enactments, or to the harmony which should
exist between the various parts of the whole
system of law. " How long," demands Lord
•BILOUGHAM, " must we hold out a spectacle to the
world so fitted to excite pity, if not scorn, as that of
some half-dozen departments each manufacturing
laws by the score, without the least communication
among themselves, much less any common superin-
tendence—all pulling different ways—using the same
words in various senses, or various words in the same
—adopting contradictory provisions as well as terms
—each department ignorant of what the other is
about—all little acquainted with what had before
been enacted—now abrogating without intending to
change—now enacting without meaning to ordain—
in short such a Babel of confusion as tends to bring
the spectacle of a popular Legisla'ure into contempt,
if not to place its very existence in peril." The
much-talked of division of the duties of Lord Chan-
cellor would enable the Government to remedy the in-
conveniences and pressing evils here pointed out, for if
a permanent Chief Judge in Equity were appointed
to preside over the Court of Chancery, the functions
of Minister of Justice might with great propriety be
confided to the removable keeper of the Great Seal.
Lord BROUGHAM supplies several other striking illus-
trations of the necessity of constituting a Minister of
Justice, and, in reviewing the failures of the session,
offers several valuable suggestions to guide the future
course of Law EA formers, the consideration of which
we must reserve fur another article.