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

received in wardin7 off a cut intended for mv bead
The carnag., lasted sarce, fifteen tn:Autes ; but in that
time, of all the crew that maimed our craft—what
between those who leaped overboard in wild despair, and
those who fell beneath fire nal steel—scarce twenty
remained, appallvd and trembling, the only Ones rescued
frwn this horrible slaughter. A sudden c:y of she's
sinking !' hunt from the strange ship, and in a moraent
the Ercnchmen clambered up their bnlwarks, the grap-
ples were cast off, the dark mass darted onwards on her
course, and we drifted away to leeward—a moving
sepulchre ! As the clouds flew past, the moon shone
out, and threw a pale sickl light on the scene of
iilaughter, where the dead and dying lay in' indiscrinin-
nate heaps together—so frightful a spectacle never did
eye rest upon I" .

NOUVEAU MELANGE. Built', London, 1844.
This is a useful elementary work, compiled with
skill and method, and well adapted for beginners in the
French language. The extracts from the works of
the best French writers, which are given at the close
of the volume, independently of the purity of their
style, possess just the sort. of interest that is likely to
attract the attention of the young reader, and the
principal idiomatic expressions in vogue among our
continental neighbours, have the advantage of an al-
phabetical .arrangement, and are explained in terse andlucid terms. The compiler of this serviceable school-
book is a French gentleman, named De la Voie.

THE PROGRESSES OF HER MAJESTY.
Wakeman, London, 1844.

We have here, in one neat quarto volume, bound
in blue cloth, an account of the various progresses
of her Majesty and Prince Albert, last year, in
France, Belgium, and 11.11am'. This account is
drawn up in a most circumstantial manner, and is
illustrated with a variety of appropriate embellish-
ments, the beet of which are those which pourtray the
different incidents that took place during the Royal
visit to Louis Philippe at the chateau d'Eu—the acci-
dent to the French Royal Family at Treport, the fete
champetre in the forest of .t u, the preparations for the
departure of the Queen, &c.

WESTERN AFRICA.
floultton and Stoneman. London, 1844.

In this tersely and perspicuously-written little
volume, we find a sketch, full of interest, of the his-
tory and present condition of the Christian missions
in Western Africa, where our missionaries, it appears,
have long been exerting themselves with uncommon
ardour, but hitherto, unfortunately, with a success by
no means commensurate with their zeal, so numerous
and powerful are the obstacles which stand in the way
of the,diffusion of the Gospel in this benighted quar-
ter of the world. Mr. East, however, offers some
suggestions for the diminishing of these Obstacles,
which are well worthy the serious consideration of
thoAe who are taking an interest in the spiritual, as
well as in the temporal welfare of the oppressed and
despised African, inasmuch as they evidently proceed
from one who is thoroughly conversant with the sub-
ject which he undertakes to dismiss. In addition to
his curious and, we may add, painful, details respect
ing the moral and religious state of the tens of thou-
Ands of human beings who vegetate•—for they can
scarcely he said to the vast districts of
Western and Central Africa, our author furnishes us
with a picture•of the horrors of slavery and the slave-
trade, which it is quite sickening to contemplate, so
minutely and in such vivid, but, we fear, not exagge-
rated colours is the dreadful subject pourtrayed. - Not
less painful is his account of the general condition of
women in Western Africt—eSpecially those of the
inferior classes—who are sold by their parents in
marriage to the highest bidder, and treated by their
demoralised husbands with the grossest and most
wanton cruelty. Mr. East has judiciously condensed
nearly all the striking facts bearing on the subject of
the social state in Africa, which have been accumu-
lated by travellers and missionaries for years past;
and the result is a volume abounding in useful—we
wish we could add encouraging—information. We
subjoin a passage or two as a specimen of the author's