The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-19 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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French reached Eu at a late hour on
"in. or the A
ier ved in Paris Wed-
n'sdu Y afternoong whocour broughtarri the intelligence of the
tare ai. •
rival of his Majesty.
l, The Putt ie gives the followiner on the authority of a
etter from London :—" The King was walking at Vir-
gink Water. An officer of his suite having perceived a
roe of men, informed General Athalin, and the King,
„, Ilug' desired them to advance, asked them what they
'eu• They replied that, as Frenchmen, they had
t:otge t° share in the general joy, and, being political re-
vi°viues, to solicit the Royal clemency. The King replied
that he would immediately see to their affair, and at tee
tsailsu:rtini e gave orders to M. Guizot to write to the Mi-
tane 0f
Ju,tice to proceed to Eu to prepare an ordon-
e of amnesty."
We r.gret to state that the Prince of Prussia, who
.nlas lately in this country, while inspecting some build-
ih.gss rig Bab,•lsber MI, and broke both the bones of
ht
twee arm, two inches above the wrist.
waQ' was immediately reduced, and his Royal Highness
at the elate of this account, doing well.
n The Jou' nil de la .Manche of the 11th instant an-
unees that the bridge at Saint Lo, called La Bar-
as been carried away by the sea, and that
I,tll,7l:itelti:ts'teet:rny.phi who were upon it, narrowly escaped
r lives. The damage is estimated at 1,000.000 f.
Madrid letter of the '9th states that the Spanish
had not yet taken any official notice of the
r 11?• ot the kayo, as Mr. Bulwer was expected to ar-
ty tbe cap-on the evening of that day, ashen a
4orrQ
a communication would be made to him on the
subject.
Rug earn from St. Petersburgli that the Emperor of
`sa Zia`p poiti t eil Count Orloff Commandant of the
eoeltarnierie in place of Count Benkendorff, deceased.,
uun
Od"ff, however, retains his functions as toun.
e of Stati., Aide-de-Camp General, and General of
Itvalry,
reTbe Mon/tear publishes a return of the indi-
rect taxes for the three first quarters of the present
pared which she
an increase of 16,756,000 f. as com-
V with the corresponding quarters of 1843.
tot, uew attempt to blow up the foundation of the Pont
ill
has failed, and the employment of the mine has
si; s'e:t4;lx
ecacbladnidnognteid) it being now determined to try a diving-
tu effect the object desired.
a German journal, the manufactories of
yea°Y produce to the amount of 37.915,000 crowns a
sp'lll',.; The number of workmen is 284,300. Cotton-
-4,0100 -, and weaving employ 30,000 hand-looms, with
are A"tequards, and 4,000 worked by machinery ; there
frinr;u% for the manufacture of damask, 1,500 for
4,,5e, 400 silk Jacquard looms, 300 printing presses
'164 Paper-mills.
antii, LAW AND POLICE.
fOre Vs Davison, a journeyman smith, was charged be-
lt,. tit Alderman Kelly, at Guildhall, with annoying
to b a hosier, in Aldersgate-street, by claiming
e
tea ages nephew, and as such entitled to be relieved,
At Bo mended.
Veli„ w-street, Thomas Stockes, alias Randall, a tra-
-1;,.") a lace manufactory, at Honiton, near Exeter,
plbottrntedulturgrehittth,
aefore Mr. Hall, having been previously re-
diah charged with having caused the death of Obis-
young man, aged twenty-eight years, a
smith employed in the house of Messrs. Harvey, gold-
Used 8 andjewellers in the Strand. The prisoner had
slop :very effort to Conceal his name on a.prev.ious occa-
Taigo4ralisceined deeply grieved at his situation. The
with 'tad, in consequence of the deceased remoii.strat-
-14 a ith ;
tere44'ol on his conduct in committing a nuisance
tiulie thoroughfare, knocked him down, and so
bait( Nuted him that death ensued. He was com-
wt; for, wil, ul murder.
fr,lll.4lujc,l r,lggeY and Joseph Terne, charged with having
Tie'at'Y obtained money from a woman named
h"9, were committed from Clerkenwell for larceny.
elirriettioibinteecirstitezconnected with the Kingsgate-street
Peri,-,°41 woman, named Sarah Leaby, who for a long
v 4
,kyttep.has obtained a livelihood by y"
diving into the
.
,4tvin,:les of futurity," was charged at Marylebone with
tooki" "tiped a gown from Mary Musgrove, a pretty-
fortting Servant girl, under the pretence of telling her
~,tsebr_hert Holmes,
e• She was committed for fourteen days.
late second mate of the ship Cuba,.
eoq,t 'ought before Mr. BaJ lantine at the Thames Poli.ce-
Cabt'.°o a charge of feloniously cutting and wounding
yea'str Matthew Macintosh, the master of the same
tepee en the high seas. The prisoner offered no de-
bei4;,,to the serious charges made againt him, and it
tute. Understood there were other witnesses to be
teht,rliued who were not in attendance, Mr. Ballantine
''Mded him until Tuesday.

_ erzonr.s.laziit withie bue=orGl,.-micester leaves town this day for
Ilet,'Y Court, on a visit to the Queen Dowager.. The
the'la)t_bliehes' s travels by railway to Droitwich, whereto
ecahe",ager-Queen.s carriages will await her arrival,
, ,thY her Royal Highness nd, suiteso_ to Willey Court.,
l'it ~'I Ihtrquis and Marchioness Ith.‘ efsotrmEira)sttocnr
ihiaavne,
Cheshr'.4 Park, near Rickmanswor ,
the '", for the winter.
SePtiol)chwager Countess of Sandwich, Lord and Lad
jarle I.lr the Countess of Aldborough, Mr. and Lady
, .7 , ate- ~,,„
bele,' La
Peel, Lord H. Seymour, and Mrs. Ma-
inter in 1). • e ".
.72o.')Insg1h English fashionables who intend to
1., The
th Presented'vari((:tin.
"nersEh4,,idin,elthiliehe.iter presided at the audit for la-
pfdp
iu'ins for the good appearance
ems. - t Staninore, on Thursday,.
il:ciuut.tag's and atillotruells.
TuesdaghL Ron. H. La bouchere arrived at
.TautnhtoHnoonn.
Alentb).last'to meet Sir E. Colebrooke, and b 14' 0 1%
,a to attend a meeting at the Mechanics'o Insti-
lt n W ednesday
la tansx:eelleneY Ba. ron Nieniann, the Austrian Minister,
absenteeet foerve Gf I is departure for Vienna, on leave of
t--44 t
some weeks. Immediately on his Excellency's
1441, A 5. this eoantr - his contemplated a iance_wiath. fort" L'uga So
..
Beau-
solemnized.
d
wiii bests_ merse_, aug i
Qrktizirnt e."eti t ter of the Duke of Bea
and
ns:leonlilt"ll%l";;'=PfTsZi.-e Farming
1112311thi' -"etetY was held on Thursday, at Castle Ashby,
the -e extensive farin of the Marquis of Northamptto_ne,
Z_.
4Pr_esident of the assoc iation, who was upp b
ti_li, attended b 3 upwards of 200 of the principalthe
plu:
1111urists of the neighbour hood. The whole of
hadth
11,) iFttlii% wetic was touch admired, and the judges
in
tons tie - "iffieulty in decidingon some of the cases, i._
200 laenee of its ,Yeneralexcellence. At three o clooct
`the .4.ltlelllen sat ofown in a spacious tent erecthed
oucpca.
petit'etiiieutiful domain of the Noble President, wsooc.ety,,,
,Poke n, chair, and upon giving " Success to the . i 4.4aY hed-`)st exultingly of the excellent results which that
t
'eeliucp- appeared from its operation, and of the. IA
it
and
ktre4t4nd intercour.se it was calculated t establis
Th, .4.
e"lplet," Police-court in the Borough is now. entirely
abut bs-'1 and will shortly be opened for the distch of
Stone 44%14011e". Union-hail will, as a matter of course,a
e 4ately abolished. The court is situate.s
at
ry 00end, near the Queen's prison. The courtwihat
strikill Iptimodious one and the appearance is somewhat
lately
trlibilli4",, M Reeves', surveyor of the police, has.
1
4,4 Vi:"„, d'isigns for the erection of a new Police court
'illar4s'at'square, Westminster, in lieu of Que
piet
ci 'flirt. A
e at x ,
tgatnnoe: Police-court will shortly be com-
ptiorrtillf:6l'-illeyenpnolini
police have just received informa-
t' hu, dobart Town, New South Wales, of the escape
tran'; '`een convicts, all of whom were sentenced to be
011041 ed for life.
Iligh„__ ednesda.y, a numerous meeting was held at
Pose 0-rth.. near the seat of Lord Radnor, for thefptuirle worliin,talt, 'mg into consideration the distresses of _
BtVerap ems,.es. The Noble Earl took the chair, d
711'4,11 in anotherspPaerttches W
be inter,sting
were made. A report willan
of the paper.
Li,, errant(''lvenor of the Isle of Wight is tile present Lord
quisi of Ireland. Lord Heytesbury, but the per-
di.eth and enauluments of office were abolished on the
Al i4f the late Governor, Lord Malmesbury.
-cansr.,,-a•rrY Wihen of the I,le of IVight, started for
atbpi "11 Tuesday night,' to attend a second time, as
Slai Ir",thand teer'e-tury to the English champion, Mr.
Rernii:•;„,--, 'n the forilacoming chess match between. that
ef)tur. —.an
I' AI. St. Amand, which was appointed to
-...enee • •
yesterthY•

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Kirlrcud-
h64h",!"llB GU ANO.— SuMe farmers in
ii , tsnire havine last summer imported what
.they be-
ri,'''fl to h„ -• ' Peruvian a:.d having been
ti,4,, genuine guano, ..
,let-vP."ll.vd In the results, lately applied to Professor
4, "'")ton to analyse it for them. Mr. Johnson reports
'gat the
e 1 suPposed guano is a complete imposition—theundo
hi_Y one ~f the kind, however, that has ever come
,no
ttt3 psuual observation. If it contain any real guano
it V, it is a'very small proportion indeed. He thinks
alia3 l'cli made up by mixing coal ashes or utch pet 4
*:. --tnost likely the former, from the faits
of coal!
pONI A ith itwith chalk, common salt, a little su
isra,t",°l ammenia, or dried urine, and some other mat-
it- ,0 give it a smell. The smell is not that of guano,
tort," tu:!re like that of the refuse of the glue manufac-
Iv. The farmers are resolved to make an examplevoj'a,rty from whom they bought the article, and 111 , .
of
ht-ineZ re„Fovter damages for the injury they have sus
..c smart.
1ciE,,,... t•
Ml*, r, '" COURT OF BANKRUPTCY: On Thursday
tta %-,onatnissioner committed to prison a bankrupt,
nanswers. Hutton, a lime-burner, for giving prevaricating.
ewton A linendraper, named Goodenough, late of
Abbot, had the consideration of his application
tl' ace:141(11,44 adjourned fir four years from the date of
the fiat, in consequence of attempted fraud.
rPi A PEaoc toes PIG.—On Thursday John Billing, a
alg•butcher, at Ilainpstead, who was engaged to kill a
4 rgt' uw, having entered the sty for the purpose of fixing
hitill')Du r.o.:ind the animal's mouth, she flew furiously at
itu., seizing him by the right thigh near the groin, tear-
wi'llailharge piece of flesh out Kith her teeth, and it was
y c utmost difficulty the infuriated animal was pre-.
041 f:nted from again seizing him. On being extricated
his dangerous situation, he was removed to the
fec):rPietal, and it is feared that amputation must be per-
.l‘rii d close to the hip.
as 4 LTA, OCTOBER s.—Two courts-martial will sit
ft)..suc2ri as li. sufficient number of Post
-Captains can be
th'‘,4 t--onq to try Lieutenant Franklin, of the Snake,
eh4other to try Lieutenant Lowkay, of the Bonetta, on
'„,.. ges of drunkenness Lieutenant Bowker, of the
14g,age, summoned Mr. F. Villebois, formerly of the
..ards, for insulting him, by calling him an impertinent
orLieutenant Bowker had struck a favourite dog
ensued chuis', and threatened to do so again ; words
(C of an angry nature which led to the offence,
cit i illeboi Was sentenced to a fine of 31, and five
Y-1 imPktiouraeat

NEW MUSIC.

THE MUSIC OF IRELAND. Fart I. By F. W.

flornca siL

This is a collection of choice specimens of the an-
cient music of Ireland, harmonised and arranged by
Mr. Horncastle, of her Majesty's Chapel Royal.
Those who have had the very great pleasure of hearing
this gentleman's lectures and entertainments upon
Irish music will thank us for calling their attention
to the fact, that the beautiful, perhaps, matchless, me-
lodies, many of them before unpublished and neglected,
which he produced on those occasions, are now placed
within their reach in a permanent form. The service
which the composer has rendered to music and even
to ethnology, by the preservation and publication of
those exquisite (and but for him perishing) relics of
ancient science and refinement, is enhanced by his
judicious, as well as reverential abstinence from at-
tempts at improving perfection. In this respect he
stands very much above his predecessor in the same
field, Sir John Stevenson ; for he at once admits that
the old music of Ireland as it is found is not the wild
effusion of a rude and simple people, but
is the production of a school in a high degree
methodical, skilful, and cultivated. In harmo-
nising the trade songs, marches, and caoines,
or funeral pieces, in the present number, he has
laboured, and successfully, to supply his accompani-
ments strictly as they may be believed to have been
in the practice of the Bardic authors, whose composi-
tions being only orally delivered (as was for the most
part their history, poetry, and other literature), have
perished in the lapse of time and the ravages of conquest,
except so much as could be preserved in the songs of
the common people. Mr. Horncastle must have had
great difficulties to contend with as an Englishman, in
collecting some of those old airs, and the characteristic
traditions associated with them—the latter adding a
very great charm to this book, and, if possible, in-
creasing the interest which we feel in the music.
Thus, it is interesting to know that the caoine (or funeral
chaunt) pronounced keen, so long known to us, in Eng-
land, as the " Irish howl," is a noble and most expres-
sive piece of music. Our author gives two specimens—
the Bardic and the Connaught—and these are, note
for note, the actual keen at the peasant's funeral at
the present day. In reference to them, Mr. Horn-
castle— having said that " the music of Ireland
takes a wide range, and includes within its
characteristic melodies, songs of trades, warlike
achievements, historical facts, and rural occupations,
as well as many other objects, on which the fancy
both of the poet and musician have been equally well
exercised"—proceeds to state, that " their caoines or
funeral chaunts, alone serve as examples of the most
beautiful harmonic compositions, and prove beyond a
doubt that music in those early ages was in the highest
state of cultivation." Yet to this day the humblest
of the people have been the only depositories of these
great works, which remained for an Englishman to
rescue from obscurity and contempt !
An adequate analysis of this work, or a bare re-
ference to one half of its beauties, could not be under-
taken here ; but it would be difficult to pass over
without mention one curious fact—that the Irish
hedge schoolmasters have been in the habit of teach-
ing their pupils to sing Latin odes to old Irish airs.
The illustration given in the present volume seems
to offer temptation to a somewhat interesting inquiry.
It has been said that the music of Western, or Celtic,
Europe was related to that of Ireland. Here we find
the first ode of Horace (of which the peculiar metre
occurs but twice in the Odes) perfectly adapted, as if
it were written for it, to an old Irish air, also of very
peculiar character, and entitled " I'm asleep, and
don't waken me." Now, sing the ode to the air,
and you will find it not hard to believe that
it was written to it. Nay, one is tempted
to conjecture—what is not improbable—that the air
was known to ancient Italy by a title as expressive
of its character, as its Irish one ; and that Horace
adapted to it his dedicatory ode to Mecaenas, as a
delicate remonstrance with his patron for withdraw-
ing him from the repose in which he delighted, and
inducing him to make public his prepared works,
and to go on writing more. Fanciful as this specu-
lation may seem, it is not altogether unsupported.
Horace more than once intimates plainly that he
writes with the feeling of one who had said, "Let
me be quiet," and yields to authoritative importu-
nity ; and, curious enough, the metre of this ode
occurs only in the 4th book, which, we are told by
Suetonius, he wrote reluctantly, at the desire of
Augustus. The first ode of this book is a depreca-
tion, and, although not addressed to the Emperor,
conveys a complaint of being taxed beyond his powers.
But in the Bth ode, to Ceasorinus, he uses the metre
of that to Mecaeaas' and is as the theme is much the
same—his love of fa me as a poet, which he really did
not covet—it is clear that he wrote them in the same
spirit. This 4th book was undoubtedly written under
circumstances in which the air, "I'm asleep. and
don't waken me," would express his temper. It may
he worth asking, did he know and use the Irish tune?
Whether or not, we are obliged to Mr. Horncastle
for the adaptation, which gives occasion to the amus-
ing surmise, although few others will think this
portion the most valuable of his delightful work.

LITERATURE.

WARS OF JEHOVAH. Baisler, London, 1844.

In his dedication of this poem to the Queen, the
author observes—" We were much encouraged by
your Majesty's most gracious acceptation of a former
volume, and inspired with the hope that this present
might serve as a mark for your Majesty's reign unto
the latest posterity. Your Majesty's predecessor
had Spenser and Shakspeare, nor are we among those
who, imagining the time for celebrations of Princes
past, waste their talents over a novel or romaunt in
Hercules' manner when he sate to spin." The modesty
of this passage is remarkable, and deserves all possible
commendation. Imagine an author coolly hoping
that his poem will have the effect of making her Ma-
jesty's reign known to the latest posterity; and in-
directly comparing himself to Spenser and Shakspeare!
Diffident creature, was there ever such shrinking
bashfulness! On looking into the poem, we find--
notwithstanding the author's strong impression on
the subject —that it has hut a slender chance of
reaching posterity, or even of surviving three months
from the date of its publication ; for, in the first place,
it labours under the disqualification of being in many
places almost wholly unintelligible • secondly, where
it is intelligible, it is awful rubbish; and, thirdly, we
are by no means positive as to its grammar, which is
often exceedingly loose—to a degree, indeed, that
would have horrified Lindley Murray. The poem is
in blank verse—and very blank the verse is—and is
embellished with several illustrations by Martin,
which are certainly not among the chef d'auvres of
this accomplished artist. But if we are compelled to
enter our protest against the worth of the interior of
the volume, nothing can be urged against its exterior,
for it is bound in the most splendid manner, in bright
blue cloth, enriched with a lavish variety of gold
devices.

A PLEASURE ! EXCURSION.—On Sunday morning,
at six o'clock, the Severn steamer started for Cardiff
with about 300 persons, on what was intended to be a
cheap pleasant to-and-fro trip. They arrived all safe at
Cardiff in due time, and on leaving the vessel, were di-
rected to be on board again at half-past four, to return
to Bristol. At that hour, accordingly, the passengers
re-embarked, but to their utter dismay found that the
vessel could not start, the engineers having got drunk,
and let the fires out. The rain now began to pelt down
most furiously, and the miserable and drenched pleasure
seekers were obliged some to pass the night penned up
in the cabins, and the others to find lodgings in the
town where they could. On Monday morning the boat
returned, and the friends of the passengers were relieved
from their anxiety respecting them. It is right to add
that the Severn was not under the control of the owners
for that day, she having been specially hired by the
party who undertook the contract for the trip.—Bristol
Gazette.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The subscribers to
the above charity who are connected with the trade held
their second anniversary friendly dinner at the White
Conduct Tavern, on Monday last, when about one hun-
dred persons sat down to en excellent repast. Mr. C.
Wood, of Poppin's-court, presided. The usual loyal and
patriotic toasts, as also that of " Prosperity to the
Printers' Pension Society," were given and duly re-
sponded to. Although the festival was not arranged for
the collection of subscriptions, yet several liberal con-
tributions wire announced; and it was also intimated
that Mr. D'lsraeli had kindly consented to take the
chair at the ensuing general anniversary of the charity.
The entertainments of theevening concluded with a select
ball, and dancing was kept up with great spirit till an
advanced hour on the following morning.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY.—The follow-
ing notice was on Thursday extensively posted in the City:
—" The Commissioners of Sewers of the city of Loudon
and liberties thereof, hereby give notice to all persons
inhabiting that portion of the City through which her
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen may have occasion to
pass on her way to open the Royal Exchange, that no
board, scaffolding, platform, or balcony, or anything.
that shalt project over or rest upon the footway, will be
allowed to be erected or affixed before or against any of
the houses or buildings in or entering into such line of
route, and any such projection, if erected, will be in-
stantly taken down and removed as the law directs.—By
order of the Court, JOSEPH PAW, principal clerk.—
Sewers-office, Guildhall, Oct. 15."
THE DUKEDOM OF BRIDGEWATER.—It is well
known that Lord Francis Egerton, the second son of the
late Duke of Sutherland, succeeded to the princely pos-
sessions of the Duke of Bridgewater. It is in contem-
plation immediately to call his Lordship to the House of
Peers, by the style and title of the Duke of Bridgewater.
—Morning Herald.
SIMPLE MODE OF PURIFYING WATER.—It is Ilat
so generally known as it ought to be that pounded alum
possesses the property of purifying water. A table-
spoonful of pulverised alum sprinkled into a hogshead
of water (the water stirred at the time) will, after the
lapse of a few hours, by precipitating to the bottom the
impure particles, so purify it that it will be found to
possess nearly all the freshness and clearness of the
finest spring water. A pailful, containing four gallons,
may be purified by _ a single tea-spoonful. —Southern
Planter,

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FRom OUR OWN CORRISTONDENT.)

OCT. 16.—Her Majesty has not been outside of Osborne
grounds this morning. Prince Albert rode out on
horseback at a quarter before four this afternoon. The
royal barge left the yacht for Osborne. Her Majesty
embarked from the beach, with the Prince, when they
proceeded along the shore, and returned at five o'clock.
There being no quay at Osborne, the barge was rowed
stern on, and her Majesty slipped across the thawls, and
leaped from the bows on to the shore, like a deer, and
skipped up the beach like a girl of fifteen. Turning
round, and seeing a gentleman of her suite stepping very
carefully out of the boat, she enjoyed a laugh at his ex-
pense. It is only afLat that anything can be seen of the
royal visitors. Osborne House and grounds are so re-
tired that there is no chance of her Majesty's privacy
being intruded on. The shore of Osborne is also shut
out from the public by the grounds of Norris, Spring-
hill-, and Slatwood's.
Our. 17.—This afternoon the royal yacht steamed
close up to Osborne beach, when the Queen, with Prince
Albert and suite, 'embarked on board her. She steamed
through Spithead to the Nab, and, returned about four
o'clock. Yesterday and to-day have been very fine for
the season—plenty of wind, a beautiful sun, and smooth
water ;' the barometer rising.—Monday it was as low
us 28'53; Tuesday, 2.8.60; Wednesda), 28'67; Thurs-
day, 28'95.
Her Majesty is dressed v,:ry plain, and seems to be for
a time tired of pomp and show. She could not have se-
lected a spot more retired. There were, the first day,
seventeen of the rural police stationed about the
grounds, and at the different gates. These having been
told their services would not be required, there are now
only five of the London police to attend to the different
roads to the royal residence.
Sir William Montagu is entertaining Lord Fitscla-
rence, Lord Yarborough, Sir Bellingham and Lady
Graham, and a large party of fasbionables, at Grantham
House.