The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-21 00:00:00

PORTRAIT OF SIR GEORGE GREY.

Yesterday we inspected this admirable work of
art, now on private view in the gallery of Messrs.
Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, Pall-mall East,—a por-
trait painted by Mr. Grant, A.R.A., with more even
than his usual ability, and representing, to the very
life, the Right Hon. Baronet, her Majesty's Secretary
for the Home Department. As the portraiture of
one of our ablest statesmen the picture is particularly
interesting, and as a work of art it is rendered
agreeable by the admirable contour of the head and
the intelligence of the whole countenance A glance
either at the original or at the picture will be quite
enough to prove the accuracy of the compliment passed
some months since in the House of Commons by Mr.
Wakley upon the phrenological development of the
head of Sir George Grey. The engraving about to
be published of Mr. Grant's portrait will be wel-
comed scarcely, we are sure, with more pleasure, by
the general public than by the personal friends of the
Home Secretary.

BIOGRAPHY.—RecentIy, after a long illness, Mr.
John Dennett, of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight. As the
inventor of the rockets, known by the name of " Dennett's
Rockets," which have saved hundreds of human lives in
shipwreck, Mr. Dennett has earned the lasting gratitude of
his country. But although several trials decided the supe-
riority of his invention over all others of a like description,
Mr. Dennett never received the notice of Government, and
all his applications, and those of his friends, for a share of
patronage were met with chilling silence. Private indivi-
duals and a few companies encouraged him, and among the
former may be named the amiable Miss Gurney, of Cromer,
in Norfolk, who, we are told, has for years kept a supply of
Dennett's rockets, and successfully employed them on the
Norfolk coast. Neglected at home, Mr. Dennet was not un-
noticed by foreign nations. He received several letters of
thanks for his services in saving human life, and a medal,
with some honorary distinction, from the King of the French,
which he prized exceedingly. At the second congress of
the British Archxological Association, at Winchester, Mr.
Dennett read the result of his researches in the tumuli of the
Isle of IVight, and the facts which he has collected in a
field of research, overlooked entirely by Sir R. Worseley, the
historian of the island, will be often referred to by the anti-
quary and topographical historian. We believe the Earl of
Maltnesbury presented Mr. Dennett with toe situation of
keeper of Carisbrooke Castle, and we trust his family or his
son will be allowed to retain it.—Literary Gazette.

REPRESENTATION OF FINSBURY.—When the jury
had delivered their verdict on an inquest last night, upon
some remarks taking place in reference to the representation
of the borough of Finsbury, it was stated by Mr. T. M.
Wakley, that should the constituents urge the retirement of
Mr. Wakley, that he would give in his resignation.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A party of gentlemen were
on Wednesday last enjoying a shooting excursion at Little
Ilarle, in this county, when a serious accident occurred
to one of them, Mr. G. B. Scarlet, of this town, who was
in the act of firing his gun when the barrel exploded,
and severely shattered his left hand. Mr. Davidson, of
Newburn, was on the spot, and promptly rendered assist-
ance. Mr. Scarlet was afterwards removed home, where
it was found necessary to amputate his hand, an opera-
tion which was skilfully performed by Mr. Armadillo
and Mr. Talmadge, while the patient was Limier the in-
flamee of chloroform. He Di new doing
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