The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-06 00:00:00

PARLIAMESTAIiir DIV ISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedmg: of the House of Commons.)
MONDAY, MARCH 5.
MOTIONS.
Motion made, and. Question put, " That no Motion, if
opposed, shall be brqught on and discussed in this House after
midnight :" The House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 16.
Aldam, William Morris, David
Bowring, Dr. Morrison, James
Byng, George Stevens Schole6eld, Joshua
Cullett, John Trelawny, John S.
Crawford, William S. Wawn, John Twizell
Dennistoun John Yorke, Henry Redhead
Ewart, William
Fielden, John
Hill, Lord Marcus
James, William

TELLERS.
Williams, William
Brotherton, Joseph

MAJORITY-NOES. 146.

LITERATURE.

WILD SPORTS. 2 Yds. ' Colburn, London, 1844.
These volunies are from the pen of Colonel Ed-
ward Napier, to whom the public are already in-
debted for a pleasant gossiping work entitled " Scenes
and' Sports in Many Lands.' The work before us
is of a similar character to that of its predecessor—
that is to'say, sketchy and desultory, not deficient in
anecdOte, and penned in the easy, cheerful spirit of an
experienced traveller. The first .three or tour chap-
ters are devoted to a description of the scenery in the
immediate neighbourhood of Madras, in the course
of which the gallant 'author alludes to the terrific
fury with which 'the sea breaks on the Coromandel
coast—a circumstance which has been remarked by
all who have ever visited that. quarter of India; he
then proceeds to detail the particulars' of a stormy
and protracted 'voyage to the Mauritius, when, on
one memorable occasion, " a crash as of ten thousand
AValanches burst' in deafening peals over-
head; the rain descended as if the very
sluice-gates of Heaven were opened.; and as far as
eye could stretch 'through the drifting 'torrents and
salt spray, the broad surface of the deep presented a
universal appearance of white and bubbling foam."
We next find Colonel Napier wandering among the
sierras of Spanish Andalusia, popping at eagles, and
hunting stags and wild boars ; from thence he setout
for Gibraltar, of which he gives a
.brief but graphic
description, crosses over to the oppos:te coast of
Africa, where he rumes hi:..sporting amusements;
and then takes flight for Syria, his rambles and ad-
ventures in which country form the most entertain-
ing portion of his 'volumes. The work is embel7
lished with , several illustrations, and will be very
likely to please the lovers of light, superficial
reading. •

RATHER RAW.—A Welsh sailor was married on
Tuesday morning last, at St. Woollos, to a blooming nymph
some ten years his senior'; but seldom has a marriage been
"solemnized" under more ludicrous circumstances. The gay
bridegroom forgot his responses, and instead of answering the
Rev. Gentleman's questions by saying, "I will," and so on, he
bawled out the clergyman's words; " Wilt thou have this
woman to be thy, wedded Wife ?" From either stubbOrnhess or
sheer stupidity, ' the • confounded man. so delayed' ' the tender
cproceedinggs,. that they were about being finally stopped, when
the - Rectal. gave thim -an;ot her- ehaneel-and with ornioti 4. dif-
ficulty contrived to get the overcome and amazed Welshman
through On fire.—Merlin.