The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN'ING, APRIL 15, 15414.

MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.)
John Jones, an emaciated looking man with a child in his
arms, was charged with creating a disturbance.
_ Police-constable 19 E, said that yesterday afternoon about
three o'clock, he saw the prisoner in Wells-street, with the
child on his shoulder. He was dancing at a great rate.
Mr. RAwimisoN—What, dancing? Was it for the pur-
pose of getting money, or was he thank ? . Police •constable—
He was not drunk, Sir, for when the people said " Oh, here
comes the police," he said, " Then I'll give him a run ;" and
he did run well too. I saw him afterivards in Poland-street,
doing the same thing, and took him into custody.
Mr. RAWLINSON' on the prisoner promising not to be found
" tripping on the light fantastic toe " a second time, dis-
charged him.
Susannah Thompson, a young girl, was charged with
having set fire to a bed and bed-clothes, supposed with a
felonious intent, to destroy the house, 89, Oxford-street.
Mrs. Cubisson said she was a widow, and lived there.
The prisoner was a servant to one of her lodgers, and was,
on the Sunday evening, at seven o'clock, left in the house
with a serving boy and a Miss Downes, a young lady from
Herne Bay, who was on a visit. Witness's own servant had
gone to church. The house had been set on fire twice before
in a

similar manner.
Misg Downes said that soon after seven she, while reading
in the parlour, discovered smoke descending the stairs, and
called up the prisoner at once, who threw the door open, and
shouted " Fire!" The boy rau for the engines, and a fire-
man came.

George Giles, the boy, said that the prisoner had borrowed
a match from him for the purpose of lighting her mistress's
fire. He also stated that the other girl had taken up a lighted
candle to the bed-room for the purpose of dressing herself.
Stephen Martin, 65 Fire Brigade, said that on his entering
the•tsedroom, he discovered the whole bed with its clothing on
fire. He got it extinguished. The prisoner was very active
in bringing up water from the kitchen, and he did not at the
time see anything to criminate her.
The prisoner accounted very satisfactorily for the use of
the Lucifer match, and denied that she in any way had been
guilty, as alleged against her. •
Mr. RAWLINSON thought there was nothing in the case
to warrant her committal, and would therefore discharge
her. Should further evidence be forthcoming she might be
again taken into custody. •
John Saunders, a gentleman's servant, living at 38, Baker-
street, was charged with an assault upon two boys, with in-
tsnt to commit a felony.
The prisoner's intentions were sufficiently obvious, but as
the assault was not distinctly proved, the worthy magistrate
contented himself with ordering the prisoner to enter into
recognisances to keep the peace in time coming.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14.—TIIE NEW 12-GUN BRIGS.—
Another of the experimental 12-grin brigs, the Flying Fish,
upon Sir W. Symonds's (Surveyor of the Navy) principle,
was launched at Pembroke Dockyard on Wednesday, the 3d,
and was immediately docked to be coppered and jury-rigged,
preparatory to being brought to this port'for commission. It
is reported that when ready the brigs will be sent to Ireland,
to augment the squadron of Rear-Admiral Bowles, under
whose orders and directions the trial of superiority, &c., will
take place, which is looked forward to in the naval world with
intense interest.
The following are the dimensions and draught of water of
the Flying Fish : Feet. Inches.
Length between perpendiculars lO3 1
Length of keel fur tonnage.. Bl 7
Breadth, extreme 32 4i
Breadth for tonnage 32 Oi
Breadth moulded 3l 6i
Depth in hold l4 4i
Draught of water afore 9 0
Draught of water abaft l2 2
Burden in tons 445 49-94.
The Prometheus steam-vessel was undocked yesterday,
and the Collingwood, 80, docked in her stead, to have her
copper cleaned, preparatory to being commissioned by Capt.
Eden for the flag of Sir G. Seymour, who has, we are in-
formed, accepted the command in the Pacific. Several flag-
officers are named as likely to succeed Sir George at the Ad-
miralty Board, but to whom the vacant seat will fall is not
yet announced.
The Pearl, 20, Commodore Stopford, is daily looked for in
England, having left Rio de Janeiro on the 28th of January.
The Cleopatra, 24, Captain Wyvill, was in Simon's Bay en
the 18th of January, refitting.
The Pilot, 18, Commodore Jervis, left Simon's Bay on the
28th of January, for Singapore and Hong-Kong. She left
Rio on the 18th of December.
The Winchester, 50, flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Jocelyn
Percy, C. 8., was in Simon's Bay on the 30th of January, and
was shortly to proceed to the western coast of Africa.
The Switzerland, American packet-ship, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday evening.
In bock—Prince Regent, Collingwood, Rodney, Athol,
Scourge, Lily.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Victoria and
Albert, and Black Eagle, Echo, and Fearless steamers.
At Spithead—Switzerland, American packet-ship.
DEVONPORT, Arita, 12 —The Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant
C. H. Lapidge, arrived yesterday from the coast of Africa.
She left Gambia River on the 29th of December, and Sierra
Leone on the 7th of January, touched at Ascension, from
whence she sailed on the 13th of February. The Madagascar
and Heroine had left Ascension some days prior the former
for the Cape Verds, and the latter for Accra. The Ferret was
off Cape Mount on the 12th of February. The Pantaloon
touched at Porto Praya on the 10th of March, for -water, from
which place the Madagascar had sailed on the sth to cruise
among the islands. The Pantaloon left on the 12th of March,
and in the early part of the present month experienced very
heary gales off the Western Islands. The First Lieutenant
(Walter Reid) of the Madagascar came home in the Panta-
loon. The Pacific, Rear-Admiral Thomas, Commander-in-
Chief, was off Sabre on the let of January.
The Petrel, 6, Lieutenant Commanding T. Crozier, arrived
from Falmouth on the 4th, and, having completed her stores
and provisions, will be paid wages in a few days, and return
to her station at Falmouth.
SHIPS ADVANCED AND FOR 13E'riEDIATE COMMISSION.—
The St. George, 120 ; the Royal Adelaide, 104 ; the Nile,
92 ; the Bombay, 84 ; the Clarence, 84 ; the Calcutta, 84 ;
the Vanguard, 80 ; the Foudroyant, 78 ; the Implacable,
72 ; the Endymion, 44 ; the Melampus, 42 ; the Persian, 16 ;

the Pandora, 16. •
The flag-ship Caledonia, 120, Captain A. Milnes, went out
of harbour on Thursday, and proceeded on a• short cruise. She
returned to her moorings, which have been laid down for her
in the Sound, the same afternoon.
In Harbour—The San Josef, the America, and Confiance.
In the Sound—Tdie Caledonia, the Pantaloon, and Petrel.

•
SHEERNESS, Amur, 12.—The Pylades, 18, is ordered to be
sold out of the service. She was built by Sir Robert Sep-
pings, and was one of the experimental squadron of 1830, and
contended with the Columbine, also built by Sir Robert Sep-
pings, and Orestes, built by Dr. Imnan, both which ships
proved her superiors.
The Bonetta, Commander Brock, and Sparrow, Lieut. Otter,
surveying vessels, are nearly ready for sea at Chatham.
The new 12-gun brigs Mutine and Espiegle willbe launched
about the 20th at Catham.
The Phoenix steam-frigate is being got ready for commis-
sion at Deptford, and will soon be completed, also the Virago
new steam- vessel.
The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Commander John Stephen,
arrived on Saturday from Plymouth.
The Boscawen, 70, was taken into the basin on Tuesday,
and docked on Friday.
The Amazon, 42, in addition to other alterations, will re-
ceive a new square stern.
In Harbour—Camperdown, Ocean, Raven, and African.
In Dock—Boscawen, Ganges, Amazon, Cygnet, and dEolus.
rnomoTrolis.
Commanders—W. Smyth and G. Dobson, to the rank of
Captains •, W. Style, to the rank of retired Captain.
Retired Commanders—D. Shewen, E. K. C. Bacon, W.
Knight, J. Valobra, T. Consitt, to be retired Commanders,
under order in Council of the 30th of January, 1816.
Lieutenants—R. W. Pelley, C. B. Hamilton, C. J. Feather-
stone, DI. o. naAassb,
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retired Commanders, under order in Council of the Ist of
November, 1830.
Mates—G. G. Phillips. J. Townsend, 11. G. Veitch, J. H.
Shairp, J. W. Probert, G. M. Alldridge, P. W. Gibson, C.
Raymer, 11. G. St. John Mildmay, B. E. Hawke, F. C. Her-
bert, to the rank of Lieutenants.
rtdlen,cr.ll Masters—
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Midshipmen—C. B
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of Mates.
Masters' Assistants—W. Brodie, W. H. Fetch, C. Grigrg,
J. Wallace, F. Macbean, A. 0. West, G. H. Foster, W. r.
Chapman, W. F. Farrant, to the rank of Second Masters.
APPOINTMENTS.
Commander—Henry Layton, to the Pandora.
Lieutenants—J. D. Agassiz, to the American; Thomas
Anson, from the Queen, to the Aigle ' • H. F. Elliott, from
the Illustrious to the A:batross ; A. E. S. Winthropp, from
the Cormorant to the Ardent, vice Bridge, who exchanged ;
J. J. Palmer, from the Serpent to the Cambrian ; G. S. Tay-
lor, to the Clio; G. R. Holiday, from the Alfred to the
Daphne • J. Hunt, from the Starling to the Dido ; 11. St. J.
George, 'from the Racer to the Growler ; W. J. R. Cart, to
the Hyacinth ; J. H. Shairp and H. G. St. J. Mildmay, ad
ditional, to the Illustrious ; A. D. Jolly, from the Illustrious
to the Ringdove ; Hon. G. D. Keane, to the Vernon ; E. C.
Miller, to the 'Volcano ; T. H. Downes, to the Firefly.
Masters—J. N. King, to command the Alligator, vice
BroWne ; T. Wellington, to the Maiden ; H. Paul, from the
Wolf to the Thalia.
Surgeon—G. Willis, acting, to the St. Vincent, for service
at Haslar Hospital.
Second Masters—W. Linstone, to the Pigmy ; N. Levell,
acting, to the Rapid; G. S. Carr, acting, to the Tyne;
RA.dtiesiotnh,(aacntdinWg);
D. Beach, acting, to the Vernon.
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Starling
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Moffatt, to the Hermes, vice Goodrich, promoted; mvlocteed'a; Cer.;Coff' Coffey,
to the Hyacinth ; R. D. Pritchard, to the Maiden ; H. Weld,
additional to the Queen ; T. F. Woolridge, additional to the
Caledonia.
Clerks in Charge—J. Mallard to the Albert ; S. Winter to
the Firefly.
Master's Assistant—J. 11. Kerr to the Flamer, from the
Victory.
Midshipmen—J. Harwood, to the St. Vincent; Molyneux,
to the Excellent ; C. Chapman, from the Caledonia, to the
America.

LITERATURE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW,
No. XXXIII. Taylor, London, 1844.
M. Louis Blanc's " History of Ten Years," which
has created a considerable stir in Paris, and which we
noticed some weeks sjiceT in he Sun, forms the sub-
ject of a criticism in the number before us, penned in
a very unceremonious spirit, and treating the author
as if he were no better than a political quack. The
truth is, the reviewer is a warm admirer of the juste
milieu system of Louis Philippe, and, as M. Blanc is
a staunch opponent of that system, which he boldly
tells his readers has compromised the honour and the
interests of France, and reduced her from a first-rate
to a second-rate European power, of course there can
be no very ardent sympathy between the historian
and his critic. M. Blanc's work, notwithstanding
the severe censures of his reviewer, is really a
very able production ; and if it press somewhat
hardly on the King of the French, the author alleges
good grounds for his severity, and shows that Louis Phi-
lippe has, one by one, abandoned almoit every principle
which he professed when called to the throne of the
barricades. Though a skilful, energetic sovereign,
and possessed of a sort of plain, practical John Bull-
like common sense, yet Louis Philippe is sadly de-
ficient in all the nobler and more generous elements
of greatness. He has not an atom of magnanimity,
or loftiness of intellect about him, and in his domestic
policy is far too much swayed by considerations of
self. That he has kept France at peace with Europe
for so many years is not a little to his credit ;
but it must not be forgotten how he equivo-
cated on the subject of the non-intervention
system of policy, which he maintained and
violated just as suited his purposes fol. the time being,
nor 'with what cool indifference he abandoned un-
happy Poland to her fate, though he knew well
that it was to the timely insurrection in that country
that he was indebted for the safety of his monarchy,
which would otherwise have been placed in imminent
hazard by the avowed hostility of the Emperor- of
Russia. Alluding to the stability of the French
Crown, the reviewer justly observes :---" The feel-
ings of unwavering allegiance and of ardent loyalty
are both extinct in France ; the thrones is supported
by the bare but general conviction of its necessity.
Louis Philippe has reigned with undoubted power
and signal success, but that success ;has failed to re-
store the prestige f monarchy to his house, or to con-
centrate upon himself or hii descendants the affections
of the people." The " Bank Charter" Is a sensible
matter-of-fact article, in which the Cuiiency Ques-
tion is discussed in a just and tempera* spirit. In
the notice of the late " Sir Charles Bell's Essays,"
justice is done to one of the soundest and most con-
vincing reasoners of his day. " Books for Children"
contains some serviceable suggestions respecting the
manner in which works intended
_solek for the in-
struction and amusement of the youttg, should be
written. It may seem an easy task' for an adult
author to adapt himself to the capacity of children ;
but, in truth, there is nothing more difficult—nothing
that requires so much nice taste and judgment. In
the article on " Atmospheric Railways", the reviewer
expresses himself decidedly in favourlof this grand
experiment, remarking that no machide, depending
on a moving principle, scarcely less costly than coals,
can pretend to vie with the beautiful simplicity of
the atmospheric pressure. From the notice of " Wil-
liam Taylor, of Norwich," we quote ihe following
sketch of the late Walter Whiter :
" In Mr. Robberds' list of Taylor's assbeiates we miss
the name of Walter Whiter, the friend of Parson,
the recluse etymologist of Hardingham, in Norfolk.
Whiter's early life was passed in the most polished and
intellectual circles of England and France
.• his last twenty
years were those of an eremite. Althotigh far from a
water-drinker, he was an inveterate dipper, and his
midwinter ablutions in a stream that bathed his garden
would, fifteen centuries earlier, have procured him a
niche in the ' VitaeSanctorum.' His herchitage was not
unvisited ; it was a frequent resort of tile accomplished
John Hookham Frere, and more than once attracted the
steps of Canning. Punctually each morning, as the
clock struck nine, Whiter's study-table groaned beneath
the burden of dictionaries and glossaries, and the sheets
of his Etymologicon Universale.' His three quarto
volumes—which now, alas ! the boob stalls offer at the
price of waste paper—would, he used to aver, twenty,
years after his death, be the text-book Of European phi-
lologists. But of the predicted period nearly two-thirds
have passed, without producing a single convert to the
new plan of wholly rejecting vowqls as elements of
words, and of deriving man and all his labials and aspi-
rates from the earth.' Etymology, and a fancy that
death was frequently the crisis and not the term of dis-
ease—a theory which he argued in
lin octavo volume,
with most perverse ingenuity—were Whiter's crotchets.
But his specimen of a Commentary bit Shakspeare' is a
iber aureus, notwithstanding its hallucinations about the
genuineness of Rowley and the honesty of Chatterton.
Equal to Steevens in acuteness, in black-letter learning
to Malone, and immeasurably superior to them both in
his perception of the meaning and his' sensibility to the
metre of Shakspeare, Whiter well merited the appellation
of Dorceus, or the sharp-sighted, given him by the
author of the Pursuits of Literature,' As much un
published matter as would double the thin octavo of the
Specimen' exists, we believe, among his manuscripts,
and the representatives of Walter 'Whiter should re-
publish the volume, with this additional commentary, as
the only adequate record of its author's talents. In the
solitude of Hardingh am, Whiter's mornings *ere divided
between cold-bathing, study, and lonely walks. A dress-
ing-gown, so often repaired as to admit an argument
whether it were the original dressing-sown or not, a
waistcoat of untanned calf-skin, capacious slippers or
clouted shoon, were his morning attire. But in the
evening, whether it were to be solitary or social, he
dressed with anxious precision, as if the salons of Paris
or the clubs of London were still within his reach. In
London Whiter was a walking chronicle of every re-
markable site or scene eastward from Charing-cross, or
within the liberties of Westminster and Southwark.
Knight's Loudon'
might have been written down
from his lips. Abroad, among other strange companions,
he bad been intimate with Collot d'Herbas—but before
Collot bad developed his talent for the highest tragedy,
—and Whiter always described him as the mildest of
men.' As a story-teller Whiter had few equals,—no
superior : his anecdotes were inexhaustible, his dramatic
powers were great,varied." and his knowledge of life unusually

THE WEATHER.--On Friday evening the fine, dry,
genial weather, which had prevailed for upwards of a fort-
night, underwent a change. During the day the atmosphere
was chilly, with a fresh breeze from about S.S.E. Shortly
after six o'clock in the evening the sky became overcast, and
rain commenced falling, but not heavily, until about eight
o'clock, when it fell in torrents for about four hours, and
then it ceased. On Saturday the weather was variable, there
having been alternately rain, showers, and sunshine, with a
moderate breeze from At noon the thermometer at
the London Docks, which on the previous day stood at 49
degrees in the shade, had advanced to 52. Late in the evens
ing there was another heavy fall of rain. Yesterday morn-
ing the atmosphere was gloomy, indicating rain, and there
were several light showers during the day. There was occas
sional warm sunshine. The weather was milder, the ther•
mometer, at noon, at the London Docks, having Ivanced to
56 degrees in the shade. There was a light breeze from
about W.N.W. The rains which have fallen since Friday
have greatly benefited vegetation of every kind. Last even-
ing the sky was gloomy, and, as the barometer is getting low,
more rain is expected.
Lieutenant Lord Aberdour, 11th Hussars, sold out
of the service on Friday, the sth instant. There is a vacancy
on the staff of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
by this retirement.
FIRING PLANTATIONS.—During the past week the
extensive fir plantations belooging to the Crown in the vici-
nities of Bagshot-park and the Military College, at Sand-
hurst, have been twice fired by incendiaries, to the great
alarm and terror of the respective neighbourhoods. Upwards
of 14 acres are completely destroyed, besides considerable
damage done to several hundreds of the young trees, which
are only partially consumed. A reward of 20 guineas has
been offered by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for
the discovery and apprehension of the guilty parties.
THORWALDSEN.—According to an account from
Copenhagen, contained in the Hague Journal, Thorwaldsen
was the son of an Icelandie.sailor,,who was also a carver of
those rude wooden figures which are placed at the heads of
vessels. lie was born at sea, while his mother was passing
from Reisciavik in Iceland, to Copenhagen, in 1769. At an
early period he lost both his parents. Being admitted a pu-
pil in the class of design of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts
ocreiguE7aEtieo.
at Copenhagen, he carried off, in 1794, the great prize with
which a pension is given of 2,400 francs for four years, in
order to enable the successful candidate to complete his studies
in Rome.
regulation CBhailrhable Pawn
" to pro-
Societies," has been drawn up and introduced into Legislature
by Mr. Cowper and Mr. Hutt, the Members for Hertford
and Gateshead. It contains twenty clauses, and enacts that
societies may
vide for AesptaLbElisPhir
v establishment and S
be formed for raising among the members
thereof a stock or fund for the purpose of advancing money
on property taken in pledge or pawn, the rate of interest not
to'exceed hve per cent. per annum. The operation of the Bill
is extended to Great Britain, Berwick, and the islands of
Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.
A fire broke out at the Eagle Hotel, Cambridge,
on Tuesday night last, which destroyed furniture, plate,
wearing apparel, fire., to the amount of 7001. The house
itself was not materially injured.
The newly-appointed Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer, Sir Frederick Pollock, is in his 62d year. His Lordship
is the brother of Mr. Commissioner Pollock of the Insolvent
Debtors Court, and of General Pollock. lie was called to the
bar in 1807, and after twenty years' practice was appointed a
King's counsel.
The Rev. Vincent Staunton, colonial chaplain, ar-
rived on the 22d instant by the Lady Amherst, and on Sun-
day last commenced his ministerial labours here.--Hoeg-
Kong Register, Dec. 26.
The Duke of Cambridge Will preside at the festival
of the Royal Society of Musicians, on Friday, when a great
musical treat may be anticipated, for beside a host of vocal-
ists, Mr. Parish Alvars and Camillo Sivori will perform on
the harp and violin.
A " PROPHET" IN BUCKS.—Numerous villages in
the Buckinghamshire vicinity of Leighton Buzzard, Bed-
fordshire, have been visited by a tall man, with a long
white beard, with a Scotch accent, and represents him-
self to be of the tribe of Issachur, of the house of Israel,
and named Alexander Rennie. He preaches out of
doors, and has alarmed many persons by his predictions
of the near approach of the judgment day, and also by
divers strange doctrines concerning the millennium.
This fanatic is taking ample advantage of the credulity
and hospitality of the poor rustics —Aylesury News.
LIELYWHITE, THE SUSSEX CRICKETER.--This emi-
nent bowler has taken an engagement at Cambridge, as
a practice bowler, at a good salary. .From Cambridge
he goes to Eton, but we understand that his engage-
ments will not prevent him from playing for Sussex in
the county matches,—Dover Chronicle.