The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

BRIGHTON.

The weather here continues'beautiful—bright and
cold, but very invigorating. The town fills very fast
with fashionables, and the drives along the coast con-
tinue to be crowded with splendid equipages.
The County Hospital Ball on Wednesday evening
last was the best and most productive of any since
1836 ; it yielded 2231. Is. to the hospital funds ; 411
persons were present. •
The packet intercourse with the opposite coast has
ceased for the winter season.
INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—The
annual examination of the scholars in this institution
was held in our Town-hall yesterday, when the
large room was crowded with a most respectable
assembly. The Rev. J. S. M. Anderson occupied
the chair, in the unavoidable absence of the Rev.
H. M. Wagner, and the examination gave the greatest
satisfaction.

THE BOROUGH REGISTER.—The register of voters
for the borough of Brighton has just been published.
It contains 2,482 names as voters in Brighton parish,
being 139 more than last year. The Hove list con-
tains 141 names, being 20 more than last year. The
number of voters altogether for the year 1844-5 is
2,623, being an increase of 159 upon the last register.
One of the lions, on a petit scale, of our fashionable
town, is to get a peep at the sanctum sanctorum of Mr.
George Robins, at Kemp-town, immediately en face
the Duke of Devonshire's. It is just arrived at its
completion. The front presents a most inviting and
a very imposing appearance. The balcony and ve-
randah are of immense extent, giving very great fa-
cility to the sea views, which seem to have no ter-
mination. Indeed, from the conservatory (which
displays unusual tact), the Isle of Wight is.distinctly
seen.
The interior of this bijou (for it is not a large
mansion) is fitted up in such exceedingly chaste and
correct taste, that it has no fear of rivalry from any
pretending contemporary. The offices are said to be
quite perfect, and the stable department (over which
good sense has placed the bed-rooms for the male
portion of the establishment) is faultless. It is re-
ported Mr. Robins has expended more than five thou-
sand guineas in its completion, and the moderate rent
required is but two hundred and fifty guineas a year.
The Duke of Somerset is said to be among the latest
inquirers after it.
ARRIVALS.—The Earl of Beverley, at 31, Sussex-
square ; Lord and Lady Haddo, at 7, Arundel-
terrace; Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, at 76, Grand-
parade ; the Duchess of Calabritto, at 17, Brunswick-
terrace ; Lady Ann Dashwood, at 46, Marine-parade ;
Lord Colville, at 42, Marine-parade; Lord and Lady
Dillon, at 17, Brunswick-terrace; Lord Churchill, at
9, Cavendish-place; and Lady Brownlow, at 15,
Brunswick-terrace.

LITERATURE.
THE CHEVALIER. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844.
We are indebted for this historical romance to the pen
of Mrs. Thompson, who has already acquired some
repute by her " Ragland Castle," and other works of
fiction, which evince inventive talent, if not of the
highest, at any rate of a respectable, order. In the
tale before us she takes the same subject=namely,
the rebellion of 1745—which Sir Walter Scott has
treated with such consummate skill, in his first and
best novel of " Waverley." But she has the tact to
avoid touching on that portion of the theme which
Scott treated with such unrivalled spirit—namely, the
rising among the highland chiefs ; and lays her scenes
exclusively in England, and does not introduce us to
Fringe Charles Edward till he has advanced with his
gallant band of adventurers as far as Derby, where
the hero of the piece, Ellen Morton, is introduced to
him. This character is by far the most consistently-
maintained in the narrative, and the account of the
rise and progress of her ill-starred affection for, and
ultimate marriage with, Francis Radcliffe, the son of
the Jacobite Earl of Derwentwater, is given with truly
feminine tact and delicacy. The earlier chapters of
the " Chevalier," with the sketches of Mrs. Abbott's
provincial school, are heavy and languid, but the tale
improves the instant the Pretender and his army are
brought upon the stage, and keeps alive the reader's
curiosity and interest to the close. If Mrs. Thompson
were a little less diffuse in her language, she would be
a far more effective writer of fiction.

THE BORDER WARDENS. 3 Vols.
Mortimer, London, 1844.
The period at which the leading incidents of this
tale are supposed to have occurred, is the reign of
Elizabeth, and the scenes for the most part are laid
in the northern border between England and Scot-
land. The principal personages—or at any rate the
most interesting—of the story are Rona Forster, the
wife of an honest, open-hearted Northumberland
farmer, and Geordie Bourne, a notorious Scottish
freebooter, who is constantly making forays into the
English marches. This reckless adventurer, having
accidentally met Rona at the Berwick Fair, falls in
love with her, and she with him, but she is shortly
afterwards compelled to ms.rry the Northumberland
farmer, Forster, with whom, though he is uniformly
kind and attentive as a husband, she leads a wretched
life, until he is surprised one evening by a party of
Scottish marauders, and hanged before the door Of"
his own farm-house. The same fate ultimately befals
the widow's early lover, Geordie Bourne, and she
then dies of a broken heart, attended to the last by her
venerable father, who had but recently discovered his
relationship to her. This. episode in the story forms
by far the most attractive portion of it ; and we may
add that it is related with pathos and simplicity, and
that throughout the narrative the author's deseripr
lions- are uniformly graphic and spirited,

1844,

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUS3ELS, DEC. I.—The King presided to-day in a
Council of Ministers. His Majesty after attending
. Divine service in the Chapel of the Palace, transacted
business with the Mini: ter of the Interior, an .I wire
andif..nee to scveral persons, and in the eve,in:2-,
tio7 Qii.2cn and thc Duke of Brabant to the concert
of the l'intnarmonic Society.
The Commercial Council terminated on Saturday the
discussion of the Budget of the city—the receipts were
fixed at
The expenditure at 3,828,273

Balance
Among the capitalists who have joined in the Conven-
tion with the Colonization Company, are, as we hear,
M. Klei (?), Consul-General of Great Britain at Gua-
temala, the house of Mills and Co. of London, and a
banker of Brussels. We do not know whether the
gentleman acts for his own account or for a foreign
house, and therofore do not give hi-, name. We mention
this in detail, because we are informed that since yester-
day endeavours are still made to raise doubts respecting
the serious nature of this operation.—Brussels Papers,
December 2.

BRESLAU, Nov. 25.—The Roman Catholic priest,
Johannes Ronge, came here the day before yesterday,
intending to devote his time to theological works.
From all parts of Germany he receives letters of ac-
knowledgment and thanks for words he has so seasonably
expressed. The addresses are for the most part signed
by Roman Catholics.—The Silesian Gazette.

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INTELLIGENCE
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Nominations for the llevi
Jamie Forest, aged—Purity filly.
yrsz—Pigskin, 4 yrs—A g, iculture
yrs—Coheiress, 4 yrs—Be.aifort, 4 yrs—Fair Rosa-
mond, 4 yrs—Advice, 4 yrs —lnheritrc ss, 5 yrs—Sta.lt,y,
4 yrs—Spinster, 4 yrs—Jinglepot, 3 yrs—Betsy Bird„
5 yrs—Fair Helen colt, 3 yrs—Prince Roya', 4 yrs—
Poussin, 5 yrs—What, 5 yrs—Trueboy, 5 yrs—Godfrey,
4 yrs—Lightning, 4 yrs—Comical Boy, 3 yrs—Semi-
seria, 5 yrs—Bay Momus, 4 yrs—Parthian, 5
Wynyard, 3 yrs—Twig, 3 yrs.
Nominations for the Short's Sweepstakes for two yr 3 old.
Lord Eglinton's Thersites---Lord Glasgow's L'ltss
Whip colt—Mr: R. Hessletine's Hercules—Mr. Salvin's
Thalia—Mr. Cookson's Fair Star—Mr. Edmondstone's
Pinkindedness—Lord Zetland's f by the Bird, out of
Coheiress's dam—Mr. T. Ayres's f by Phcenix, out of
Executive Mr. Dawson's Sister to Skipton Mr.
Jaques's Pedigree.
The Filly Stakes for 3 yrs old.
Lord Glasgow's fby Bay Middleton, dam by St. Pa-
trick—Lord Eglinton's Pythia—Mr. Salvin's Al4rian
Ramsay—Mr. I'. Dawson's Sleepy—Mr. Jaques's Ex-
travaganza.
The Champagne Stakes for two yrs old.
Lord Glasgow's f by Retriever, out of Emilia—Mr.
Hesseltine's Staircase, and Sich-a•gitting-up-Stairs—Nlr.
Salvin's Thalia—Mr. Cookson's Fair Star—Lord Zet-
land's f by the Bard, out of Coheiress's dam—Mr. T.
Dawson's Grimstone—Mr. W. Scott's Mr. Mansfield—.
Mr. Jaques's Pedigree.
The Claret Stakes for three yrs old. Two miles.

Marian Ramsay—f by Bay Middleton, out of Imrer.
tinence—Comical Boy— Fircmaster—Yellow Boy
Moulton—Helmsman.

THE DERBY.—The report that Young Eclipse has left
Coleman's stables for Kent's, allud( d to in our notiers of
the betting at Tattersall's on Monday, is without foun.
dation.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSINI MEET-
ING.-WEDNESDAY.

Chippenham Field (First Ties fur Puppy Stakes)...
Elixir beat Trip—Golden Crocus beat Black Eagle
Knabella ran a bye—Queen of the West drawn—Flash
beat Sherwood—German Cloak beat Veronica--
Maiden beat Beau Brummell—Kestrel beat Black•
smith's Daughter7-Machine beat Au Fait.

First Ties for the All•ageil Stakes—Farmer beat Be-
nevolence—Captain beat Muscat—Brocade beat Celia's
Garter—Kizzie beat Laura—Miracle beat Cora—War-
rior beat Cruiskeen—Nell beat Shephi rdess—Key beat
the Winner.

The Chippenham Stakes, for All-aged Dogs—Mr.
Moody's Railroad beat Lord Stradbroke's
Gunning's Fancy beat Mr. Bennet 's Wildrake—Sir G.
Quentin's Gem beat Captain Wyndham's Wave—Mr. B.
Smyth's Sweetheart beat Mr. H. Hash's Cotherstone--
Mr. Morant's Miriam beat Mr. Etwall's Witchery—Mr.
Morant's Mussulman beat Mr, Sloper's Spitfire—Mr. Gil-
lett's Gamester beat Sir G. Quentin's Proserpine—Mr.
Nash's Colonel beat Mr. Drinkald's Euclid.

The Allington-hill Stakes for Puppies—Mr. Fryer a
Rocket beat Mr. Morant's Mustapha--Mr. Meyrick's
Hibernia beat Mr. Fyson's Fancy—Mr. Etwall's Entre
Nous beat Mr. Dobede's Dispatch—Mr. Etwall's West-
end best Capt. Daintree's Kathleen Mavourneen—Capt.
Daintree's Flora beat Capt. W)ndham's Wivanhon—
Mr. Fyson's Full-sail ran a bye—Mr. Laurence's Linch-
pin drawn.
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PATHIES OF REMARKABLE
- CHARACTERS.
(From Cruikshank's Comic Almanack for 1845.)
Almost every person who has lived in history has
had some particular antipathy. Julius Car couldn't
eat a periwinkle, and Alexander always fainted at the
sight of a blackbeetle.

Chaucer would be unwell for days if he heard the
cry of " mackerel !" and Spenser never saw a leg of
mutton without shivering all over.
Boadicea hated red whiskers : it nearly cost Carac •
tacus his life because he came into her presence one
day with a tremendous pair on.
The smell of pickles always sent Cardinal Wolsey
into hysterical fits. He called upon Henry the
Eighth once while the monarch was lunching off some
cold meat, and Wolsey fell down under the table as
soon as he smelt there was pickled cabbage in the
room. Henry, thinking the cardinal was intoxicated,
had him locked up in the Tower immediately.
Cleopatra couldn't look at a person with freckle;:
Antony had all his soldiers who were at all freekk
painted black to please her.
Napoleon took a violent hatred against any one who
didn't take snuff: it is said, the cause of his separa-
tion from Josephine was because she would never take
a pinch from him.

Alfred the Great could not bear the taste of suk t
dumplings.

Akazerxes had such an intense horror of fleas that
he would not go to ;bed without a suit of armour,
made like a night-gown, to fit close to his skin. He
would lose his reason for days when bitten by one.
There was a reward of ten talents, during his reign,
for the apprehension of every flea, dead or alive ; and
merchants would come far and near to claim the reward.
Queen Elizabeth had the strongest antipathy to a
sheriff's officer : she would run away as fast as she
could directly she saw one, and continued running for
miles, until her guards, who knew her weakness,
stopped her.
Old Parr would turn pale if he touched a piece of
leap : this is the reason he never shaved. Cicero had
such an antipathy to the Wednesday that he used to
remain in bed all that day ; and Anna Bolena could
not hear the word " potato" pronounced without
turning violently red, and feeling low-spirited for
weeks afterwards.

Charles the Second never could go through Tem-
ple•bar. It used to take the whole strength of Vil-
liers, with Rochester and Nell Gwynn, to push him
through it. Cromwell never could pass a tripe-shop
without bursting immediately into tears.