The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-21 00:00:00

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A TOUR IN ITALY AND SICILY.
By L. SIAIOND,
Author of a " Tour in Switzerland ;" " Residence in Great
Britain," &c.

" his observation, his knowledge of mankind, his
remarks on foreign society, to which few travellers have
attained so full access, have enabled him to write a book of
travels full of information, of interest, and of amusement."
Foreign Quarterly Review, No. 3.
Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green,
London. Of whom may be had,
TRAVELS in SAVOY, the TARENTAISE, &c.—
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LITERATURE.

DIARY OF T. BURTON : LONDON, 1828.

To those who feel interested in studying the do-
mestic history of those famous Parliaments, which
flourished during the busy periods of the Common-
wealths, the present quaint and curious volumes will
furnish abundant entertainment. They are the de-
sultory Journals of a Member of Parliament named
Burton, who, as it should seem, was a sort of politi-
cal Boswell, the God of his idolatry being the Bri-
tish House of Commons. Accordingly he has de-
tailed in that desultory but graphic manner, which
journalists are in the habits of using, and which im-
parts such simple interest to their sketches, the
different speeches, down to the very gossiping and
tittle-tattle, of some of the most noted politicians of
the day. Among the discussions thus pleasantly
preserved, we must not omit to notice the very en-
tertaining one on G. Nayler, who was accused of
setting himself up as the Saviour. The debate
turns on the question, whether he shall have
his lips slit, his tongue bored, his head shaved,
or his ears sliced, and affOrds us an amusing
insight into the religious peculiarities of those
stirring and energetic times. This debate is far
too long to extract ; especially when our columns
are engre:,sed with debates of more recent interest.
But the present work (well edited, we may here
ob.erve, by Mr. Rutt), has far higher claims than
those of mere amusement. It shows us, as in a
mirror, in what channels the magnificent intellect of
that day flowed; what views it took of policy ; how
far its obedience to the Protector was the result of
genuine admiration, and how far of blind obedience.
It also tends in some degree to neutralise the errors
of Hume—that prejudiced historian, of whose pre-
tensions Sharon Turner, and still more recently
Mr. Godwin, have made sad havoc—it goes far,
we repeat, to neutralise his errors, by a disinterested
detail of facts.

MURDER OF A PROTESTANT.--One of
those cold blooded and inhuman murders, at present so
common, was perpetrated in the town of Clones, on Thurs-
day night last, about eight o'clock. Mr. ROBERT CONDOM,
cabinet-maker, a respectable Protestant, while walking
peaceably and quietly from a shop in the Diamond towards
his own house, was attacked in a furious manner by a
nmber of ruffians, with bludgeons, and, almost i❑ a
moment, left for dead on the street. Ife lingered in extreme
agony until Sunday morning, when he expired, leaving a
disconsolate wife and four small children dependents on the
world. An inquest was held on the body on Monday
morning last by Mr. MITCHELL, Coroner, and a verdict of
wilful murder returned against three fellows at present in
custody, aided and assisted by others as yet unknown.—
Enniskillen Reporter.

A FELLOW PASSENGER.—A few days since
a person, named ROGERI, on his way to Dublin by one
of the coaches on the Munster-road, accidentally came in
contact with a brother passenger, whose conversation turned
out to be so pregnant with wit and humour that 'ROGERS
actually imagined that no such man had ever existed since
the days of Joe Miller. At the conclusion of the journey,
however, he found that his friend had cracked the most
serious joke of all, as he had not only contrived to pick his
pocket of 151. but in addition, had delivered his trunk,
containing 11/. and some valuable property, to a porter,
who carried it off, as the
,joker's property.— Saunders's
News-letter.

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