The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-01 00:00:00

Thelife, and essentitilly belonging f.o p 72 tent day.
;
fact none are 27):: to COACIII
.he • • . ,
insi eta sameness of Lie existing sta:!:
of s •
to as
those who are unable adequate!
°array Its nice peculiarities, which exhibit a thou-
sand different lights and sha le= though we will adm.t
Chit they are not so broadly marked as in the olden
Inlet A " Tale of the Wars of Marlborough'. is
passable narrative, from the pen of Mr. Curling. The
Gaol Chaplain" contains a powerfully-written story.
11111strative of the prodigious folly and atrocity of the
Me'laws one of the few remaining relics of tht•
~,?arous feudal times. Justly remarks the author.
Must be eagle-eyed, indeed, who could detect
-1, "lase laws a grain of that Christian philosophy.
/P°ll Which we boast that our institutions are founded.'
itti tile biographical sketch, " Eton Scenes and Eton
~e°" there are some twaddling personal remi
Iseences of certain individuals, in whom nine-tenth,
I 4Ol th°e public take not the slightest interest. " Phy-
B'Y of London Life" contains some sensible ob-
-BTh'frveattlOwoinng the subject of the House of Commons.
passage may, perhaps, amuse our
refers,
and we subjoin it accordingly :
- Members < take up' a thing, as the phrase is, to nitlic,-
subject of their researches. One takes up the Irish
sprinutrell, nd annually knocks a ood many thickly-
eti coalumns of reports out of that ; another has an
fornteal shot at the estimates ; a third makes a motion
wene repeal of the corn-laws ; and so on. There is a
tau'llnderstood division of labour in the House, every
eastie holding his own sprat, whale, or herring, as the
of 1„:"IlY be, by its own proper tail. The vast numbers
esimi,'".lTh„g rnen about both Houses of Parliament, but
0:-"zatlY • the House of Commons, is another leading
esnerto
atm., idea, that necessarily strikes the observant
men There are few noble families in the land of
rritorial distinction, who are not represented in
.a
60iold manner ; by themselves in the Upper, by their
I..llnexions in the Lower House ,• and the very young
Members that crowd the side-galleries, and congregate
Yet b°dY below the bar, are generally of noble families..
itilere are young and youngish men of distinction in
,ia'" °Use who are plebeians ; these are generally of thef
le 33,(I'vorking Members, who labour at the business o
fisttiort, whereas the noble, gentle, and very often
PallaPii:/,°lmg.gentlemen we have referred to above onlyn
other law'-givers, as the do sometimes at soldiers. A. -
th remarkable thing in the House of Commons is,
d _wain of independent actions on the part of ina lion
eel me , .
to th . rapers, and their almost military subord n t
prae,!4' leaders. It is a necessary thina., rhaps, for
taittedlleal purposes, that this discipline should be main-
Veter it is, nevertheless, curious to see how corn-
ott 'me representative subsides into the partisan.
sentsWoula imagine that the House consisted of repro-
of th tiTea of Lord, John Russell and Sir Robert Peel—
any
an.,4115 and Outs, rather than of the country ; nori is
takes—an in a more hopeless plight than the man
himself independent course of action, or refuses to bind
other, t 0 the interests of one side of the House or the
all in, is sneered at and thwarted in every
.way ; called
glor Prciciiee6/e and left alone in his patriotism and his
ehts Y. This isolation results from the selfishness, the party
berssl:4:lll personal interests of the great mass of Mem-
consi.st'euey Will not act, or vote, with men who are net
itself nt to a party, as if a party is consistent with
f
the pt as if time, and the progress of public opinion, and
in the ass.ure of events, do not necessarily demand change,
their &Ids of men, often amountine• to the reversal ofs
or cond----(4 and as they fondly thouglt, correct notionth.
the unreel' A want of large and general sympathy with
leading,'Presented, or badly-represented classes,. the
thittt deefect of the House ; but for this who can say
xousHouse 1S to blame ? The electors chose the
theip.'lsan,d thßy are selfish, or negligent, or coryupt
eveeklmee ; if they choose their representatives for
to be ~_g, or something, or nothing, except what. ought
grity, the guiding motive of their choice—as
itrioeodnimntoen
ty:opathiPeesrZth'
dcomthmeofanulste?lssein them, not in
pZ th py send to the Commons' House of Parliament.
site to log trait of the House is, its fairness and genero-
wowards any speaker who has business to speak, or
h •
tO got anything to say ; the House always listens
iz ahre a one with attention. A new Member, likewise,
aera .aYs well receive-1, and his debut marked by consi-
ton for theg on first adclres,ing so formidable
.4essrern! /3,1 Y ; cry of Ne Mwrnlir !Nev Memb
him 'ear gives him confidence, and encourages
.fnuild? Proceed ; but unfortunately, he is tried, and
ligureethnting, he will not again be heard with any de-
'thinat,: marked attention. The House is highly discri-
inithis respect ; a man of character, w,ight,
lie4titY, or information upon any particular point, is
44, with general. attention ; a Member, on the con-
am.o*, who talks for talk's sake—and of these there are,
reporter, too many, is not listened to, except by the
gird th ; he crieth out in the House, and no man re
Burin him. If a phonometer, ,or instrument for mea-
esoneaeb,rpvciell`t'oiafez.rmcoulad be invenled, you would thereby be
pretty accurate judgment of there-
-11,:_,, merits of the several speakers. When
.Feel.or
kerneLur are up, the noise is at zero; when middling
rawiluetn°e
from a
the alki
backbench there is a temlopud-talking, erate noise but
es, foolish, igno-
lit , forward Young fellows, without information or abi -
noT:e'telat in their own conceit, insist upon jawing, the
rtaireaches the boiling-point, and the Prater becomes,
ni
ee
-.3' not silent, but certainly unheard. You cannot.
ar a word he says, but you see his nether jaw hrat-
it guP and down like that of a donkey masticating a
oagh thistle."

AINSWORTH' S 111AGAZI2V
Mr. Leigh. Hunt's poetical criticisms_,Eu.nder the
Conciliatory title of " A Jar of Honey from Mount
Ilybla," are here resumed. The critic, as might be
expected, is lavish in his praises of F 'etcher's Faithful
Shepherdess, whose pastoral propriety and simplicity,
however, are sadly marred by the introduction of the
Wanton Shepherdess, whose language, on one oc-
casion, is not only coarse, but grossly obscene, toisat
degree, indeed, hat is not surpassed by any dramat
of that not very, refined or scrupulous age. The oemtoo, notwithstanding its numerous descriptive
beau-
ties, has much that is stiff, and cold, and artificialrt inof
its tone. In his present chapters of the
Queen Anne," Mr. Ainsworth gives us
pacehe-
sketch of the trial of that bigoted quack, Dr.
‘a‘ Court
verel, who, for some weeks, threw John Bull
,i, intos
aa
Perfect state of phrenzy. The " Hum
of Men
smart satire on some of the most notonous follies of
the cia„,.
J In the notice of the " Story offraaFmetaitmheeria'
4w,hich, it may be remembered,. appeared -
wale in detached portions in Punch, occur some kindly
Ml.
judicious remarksl... Jerrold's writings.° "The audience at a play
on the general character of()f
oir Jerrold's," says the Reviewer,. "is often worth
watching. As the dialogue flings its shells
nraenad.
crackers about the house, you detect the guilty
of
tit
vanities, and lusts
about
ef the world of pumps, the ,_ andshar scorching joke,
flesu- The explosion of the .13 heard in loud laughter ; but look, sharp,
you will see
rh°•l3le
'neighbour, the satire
-clr mirth. While it affects a .
. wince here and there, uneasiness shadowing
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all°fleyed sweetness for them; but self-application,
itich they cannot suddenly avoid,a
sany o
presently turnsae
1,,a t° 'wormwood." Mr. Jerrold,
04 Y see, who has ever witnessed. the performance of
no favourite with
~,..: of his searching comedies, . I%,""bedress-circles, and still less wilsth the private boxes,
tn win people of mark and likelihood. areso fondHoef
ii,.. seatiemg themselves. The reason is obvious.,.
for
ten,!t sufficiently smooth and conventional enough. -
rn,,"' He treats their elegant,
too intolerant of
Cr sensibility too rudely. He isw 11- bre I, dra wing
glizlllr hypocritical common-placed aristocratic as-
ptions. He calls a rogue a rogue, whether he has
gritd„„„
the IfLeo at St. James's or St. Giles s, and has not
lieneirseleghthteestiergesapfecatsnfoarmepv.enhitihse knightly garter, if it
ti,rit it the
of the old adage this
productions
atthea r,e, enxackeeld-
rich a treat
as is of
unlovely ;" and it .
as
to see how
tbehr,e,e,Ye of a philanthropist could d
tannetc'ute, fastidious box-circle
he
Pierce'4 as with the dazzling rapier of
wincesslaret'hhiiss
witstinging
tut,, through the thick coatings. of their v.a.nihty.
,1 ,nough no
%es d him with something
Mr.
great favourite amon the
RI ' mho must regar
114 e
nofigtheer
aerr4,4„, with which children regard an ogre—
Ret' 13 admired and appreciated by allawnhdo
Nhvhavoedaa
ot-iin_e heart beating in their bosoms,
because it
iri v'hilrn from humanity with contempt
Paati'D,:aPPen to be clothed in rags and call.itsaeltfalaa
,sl,-`• The " Prussian Paddy Grenadier," is,,
Life
and ii"-clinz incidents may be found in the
linull‘di„..files of Frederick the Great.' The author.
111rIeb,
~, ve acknowledged the source to which he is
esl:-'• Cruising for a Cutlet," is
asprightlyhints and
sugg".: Ir.:3ra Which we quote some amusing 'S'`,3,"ts‘letis r the benefit af diners-out.
ing 4 ~,/,,T4r conversation to your compan.y.
up ;,., your
kentri '-'c'tes, have a certain number storea
u 0.11
;
Respect.but
be ~,,I3P3r) ready to do their duty when called
them
Plar_4ttioalarly careful never to lug in one of out of
opportunity
0,e7 r, but be equally prompt, whenever a
krnss' to avail yourself of it. Thus, th.t_n onversation
Ileard °Poo Wellington, you immediately begin—" I
rent man
lttt,l
.a most characteristic anecdote of the had 7,.., Commander Hall of her M tjesty's
te, be m°oe the State some service' in China,
fights, upon an
ocess?resented to the hero of a hundredywagacshat'nxwiohuos
sti4atl 4in which the Duke went on boarderthw was min
ed , ert• The name of the command
d to
i n'°,lthe I ntke ,s, h ,said he should be dolighte.
t'clistrintr-"lleed to It'. g• ill tnt yacht, anti
vurn_q
aule3umi
cdte,s)
ett4l!itrs %vent through the yacht, anti ,v:is
itttr„dtt when he turned round to the captain,
to ,k
Allte Ile'? me to your commander. The ceremony
You
and said,
ere 4 4 ILIPpy to know you, C mamander Hall.
ill e, rave fellow ; fsught like a hero in the , Nemesis,
%t r. 1., Gallant, gallant. God bless you, 111 ding
Iv
~_ll5 hand at the same time. The son of Nio.ptunne,
' 11.41Y1 Rrasped the veteran warrior's. hand, exclaiming,
A.rt.O. d rather have that blessrlg than that 01 itae_
.... , utsho h
•
*tiler., Pof k,anteroury, and all the Bishops put o
4fter telling your story, wait (as the professed actors
or 41::-)r
lithe zalipla.use, and do not be carried away by it,
able to tell another story, until an equally favour-
si
tie, °PPqrtunity occurs. IF the subject turn 3 upon p.l
..
in 'Note Sheridan and the pure elector of that im
aeOlat
are
about e borough of Stafford. " So, Mr. Sheridan, you
Bn) to give us reform; that's right, only think, in
nothe; roans there are poor fellows, I hear say, that getts
refor'°s' at all for their votes; that an't right, and wants
et altogeth T. Talking of reform," you may.
Matiel,-00' "I must tell you a most extraordinary circum
Paidi, that. oceurred during the last reign. Lord --r
\von; vise to Bedlam; among the inmates was a poor
' 0111' who happened to ask his Lordship his name,
replied the latter, 'l'm Dir. Smith,' giving A we