The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-04 00:00:00

OUR MESS.

Under the apt title of " Our Mess" Mr. Lever here
continues his story of " Tom Burke of Our's," which
has already reached its fifteenth Part, and is there-
fore, we presume, drawing to a close. The scene of
the present Part is chiefly in Paris, whither Burke
has gone immediately after the decisive battle of
Austerlitz. We hope he will soon be engaged in
more stirring scenes, for Mr. Lever no where
exhibits his talents to such advantage as in
describing battles and sieges, and all the imposing
paraphernalia of war. Doubtless he has the memo-
rable Prussian campaign in his eye, and will send his
hero Burke to Jena or Auerstadt, where we shall re-
joice to find him hard at work. Mr. Lever depicts
the bivouacs-'—the flying skirmishes—the pitched
battles—the forced marches—and the hurried retreats
—of armies, whether French or English—for he
seems equally at home among both—with as much
truth and force, as Boz depicts the low flash life of
the metropolis.

LONDON POLYTECHNIC MAGAZINE.
We find some curious particulars in this month's
Number of the Polytechnic Magazine respecting the
"Arts and Manufactures of the Esquimaux," who, it
would appear, by Dr. King's account, are not quite
SO devoid of ingenuity as has been generally sup-
posed, but build their tents with singular skill, and
show equal tact in their boat-building, and in their
manufacture of the implements of chase. Among
the other articles before us, there is a sensible, matter-
of-fact one on the subject of the " Carriage-ways of
England."

SOCIETT OF ANCIENT BRITONS.—The 130th anni-
versary of the Society of Ancient Britons was celebrated on
Friday, being St. David's day, at the Freemasons' Tavern,
Great Queen-street. The festival was well attended, and in
justice to the proprietor of the tavern, it must be said that the
preparations made for the guests and the whole arrangements
were better than on many former celebrations. The chair
was taken at half-past six o'clock by Sir J. Bonn Walsh,
Bart., -M.P., supported by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord
Yowls, the lion. Mr. Clive, the Hon. Mr. Trevor, Sir W. W.
Wynn, Colonel Wood, M.P., Sergeant Atcherly, Mr. E.
Williams, and many other gentlemen connected with the
Principality. The company amounted to 150 parsons.
the galleries was a brilliant assemblage of ladles., tuo
musical arrangements, under the direction of J, Parry,
the-bard of Wales, assisted lty MPir4, Atkins, Young, Fitz-
IY411111; 4114 other vocAlists, and by Mr. Richards, the pianist,
and other professional gentlemen, were excellent in their
kind. The usual loyal, national, and local toasts were drank
with the usual honours' and a large amount of subscriptions
for the support of the Welch School, making a sum total ot
nearly 1,000/. announced, Amongst the contributions were--
Her Majesty, 105/.; the Queen Dowager, 25/. ; the Duke of
Newcastle, 504; Lord Powis,.so/.; Colonel Wood, 20/., and
many other noblemen and gentlemen to large sums. Tho
festivities were kept up in the good old style of ancient
Britons till eleven o'clock, when the compaux wit,ratell;
highly gratified with the evellt% of On clay.
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P4no.vEitT os. Stc4aiii zts.:7-:7lin Wednesday week,
• the 'Outer-Trinities, now used As
11"° by °lv 431eT titerCP4l,l4 II pit woo do:
poaite the remains ' SOVCr4I nutuati skeletons. No less
than seven skulls, with the teeth in excellent preservation,
were taken -out.• The place is supposed to have been the
burial-ground belonging to the Monastery of the Blackfriars,
which was demolished about four centuries ago.—lislidcb
vegan

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