The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-09 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Our readerS will pereefve, in our columns of
this day, two new lists of Works just published
by Mr. Colburn, who seems to have reserved
for the end of the season his most aier:..ctiie
publications. The Life of Locke, h Lord
King, now first published from the original
MS. is exciting an intense interest, particularly
at our Universities, and will doubtless lead us to
form a correct estimate of the character and
opinions of that great philosopher. The next
work, in point of importance, is the Diary and
Correspondence of the celebrated Dr.Doddridge,
also now first published from the original MS.
by his Grandson..--The Journals of Captain
Frankland and Mr. Madden will furnish ample
information as to the present state of Constan-
tinople, to which the eyes of the whole civilized
world are at present directed. We should neit
notice the Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, which
deserve a place beside those of the excellent
Mrs. Hutchinson ; the conclusion of the very
interesting Memoirs of the Empress Josephine ;
and a most inviting work Called the LoVes Of the
Poets, by the delightful Authoress of the Diary
of an Ennuyee. Mr. Mactaggart's account of
Canada is considered to contain a most impartial
account of the present state of that country.--
The New Edition of Burke's Peerage and Ba-
ronetage is the most perfect work of the kind that
has ever issued from the press, forming in fact a
complete History of the English `Nobility,' frOm
documents communicated by themselves. It is
printed in so clear and beautiful a type, as to
contain a quantity of matter equal to no less than
12 octavo volumes.

The present season appears equally fertile in
works of fiction : among which " The N.e.w'Fo-
rest," by the distinguished author' of " Brain-
bletye House," stands pre-eminent ; to the mas-
terly pen of the author of "Pelham" and the
" Disowned," we are also indebted for 'a
new
novel entitled " Devereux," the publication of
which must greatly increase the fame of the
writer. " The Adventures of a King's Page,"
the publication of which has been for some time
suppressed, have also made their appearance.---
Among the novelties immediately forthcoming,
we are promised one from the lively pen of Lady
Morgan, entitled the " Book of the Boudoir,"
" Tales of my Time," by the author of " Blue
Stocking Hall," and " Travels in Mexico," by
Lieut. Hardy. From the above sketch, it will
be seen, that there is a vast fund of instruction
and entertainment prepared for the reading world
during the summer months.

FAMILY LIBRARY, No. 4.

The Lives of the most eminent British
Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, which form
the present number, and are to extend to two
more, of the Family Library, are -written with
much spirit and judgment, and a hearty lore of
the subject, by Mr. Allan Cunningham, an air
thor in every respect well qualified for his task.
The gem of the number is, however, decidecili
the life of Hogarth, which is full and' complete
in an eminent degree, and 'is' interspersed here
and there with various reflections and olierva'
Lions growing out of the subject, ox the charac'
ter and range of satiric painting, by, Mr. Aliso
Cunningham himself. These are marked bf
much keenness and sagacity of criticism, 'and
boldness which it is impossible not to admire
and even reverence. Mr. Cunningham's fe'll
incidental touches in praise of Hogarih's 1'61(10;
his able defence of Hogarth from the 'attacks of
Wilkes (whom Gibbon has immortalized in a
memorable conversation when both were semi'
military men, i. e. served in the- Buokar
militia), and the libellouS insinuations' °
that envenvomed and profligate ruffian,- Claireit;
hill, and his account of the rise and
progress of their controversy, are 'penned ja
a bold and liberal spirit 'of enquiry, 'such
might be expected from a man of genius "and
generosity who undertakes the cause of another'
The following description of Hogarth's peso°
is interesting, and so far as we can lora
characteristic :

" William Hogarth was rather below the nsiddle
his eye was peculiarly bright and " piercing; his 10%
shrewd, sarcastic, and intelligent; the forehead high
round. An accident in his youth had left a scar on
brow, and he liked to wear his hat raised so as to
it. He was active in person, bustling in manner, sl'of
fond of affecting a little state and importance. He WSI
a temper cheerful, joyous, and companionable ;' fond °,l
mirth and good-fellowship; desiious of saying Strong an
pointed things ;--ardent in friendship—and in -resent'
ment. His lively conversation—his knowledge "of ds'
ratter—his readiness of speech—and quickness of retort,
objectswinla,doe%im.
personale oar fens
spirit
present,ri osi svawettihseai
e;snqdcuboaumt
sparedl) be company,
employed
or ehf defended
satiricnde
de hisrtalents
heewn sometimes
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is
yoked, with his pencil, the temper of those whom it 'Ol
not prudent to offend ; with him no vice nor folly f° 11,,P,
shelter behind wealth, or rank, or power. As to '',.
license of his tongue, he himself often said that he 'jet!
uttered that sentence about a living man which he wool
not repeat gladly to his face : as to his works, he 41Vrii,j
felt conscious of their merit, and preditted 'with Wee
openness that his name would descend 'with no der',(
of honour to posterity. He loved state in his dress,
order in his household, and the succesi of his iinilFs
abled him to indulge in theluzuries-of a good table

pleasant guests." -
The Memoirs of Sir Godfrey Kneller, flPti
Sir J. Reynolds, possess equal critical peisPel
cuity with that of Hogarth, and render the-Preii;
sent number of the Family Library one of t
most various, amusing, and intelligent of an,
we have yet seen.

Despatches were sent off yesterday ever:l'dg'
from tke Earl of ABERDEEN, and from the Colonial-00'11
'
by an Italian messenger, for Sir Funzarcx AIWA, ~
re
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Isles. The sit
senger also took despatches from the Admiralty for
PULTENET M&LCoLM, the commander of our naval for'-
iu the Mediterranean.
Viscount MELVILLE, as First Lord Of tilief
Admiralty, held a levee yesterday, which was numer°°'
attended by Naval Officers, at the Admiralty.
The Spanish Minister transacted business )46;
terday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreig
Affairs. the
mad-'
principal Chief Magistrate of Police, an ,'
principal Magistrates of the different Police-offices, klis-fot
report on Tuesday at the office of the Secretary of St • stetto
the Home Department, of the state of the police
metropolis. itg 01
Lord C. WELLESLEY (son of the 13n,'",0r
WELLINGTON) arrived at his father's residence in m(?"
ing-street, yesterday afternoon from the Continent' tie
Sir G. MURRAY has left town 011 an e/ce
sion for a week.

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PARISHES of ST. MARTIN, and COVENT-
GARDEN, versus. MORALITY and DECENCY.

May I, Mr. Editor, be permitted to inquire
why the *bore parishes suffer (nay, it is feared after
the numerous eiPosiires, connive at) the existence
of certain infamous brothels in a court running from
the.east iide of Catherine-street. I trust ere long
thia4uestion will be answered in the only way to
aSord eatisfaction. The case lam about to detail
is for the benefit of such youth whose sight it may
happen to meet, and should its perusal cause in one
!matinee only the happy conviction and saving reso-
lution that experience has wrought on my friend,
then, in' his own words, " it will have been indeed
meheaPlY bought." " About ten in the evening of
wediiesday,last, returning from Fleet-street down
the Strand; I was accosted by one of the many
unfortunate: who perambulate this thoroughfare ;
I should not, perhaps, much err, did I say she was
pretty; but meekly interesting she certainly con-
trived to appear, set off by numerous dark and
shortly-curled ringlets round her forehead. As much,
Certainly (I would not say more), from an inclination
to 'befriend her than from any other feeling, I
assented for five minutes to talk with her in
her nice little apartment.' I must own, when
7.Lreached this said court, my feelings said
wide; but never having given credence to the
herrible tiles and scenes perpetrated in these
dens* or when I have in part, it was uniformly
under the supposition of insignificance, or the ab-
sence of natural strength in the sufferer giving the
wtvstitage. Thus natural fears were overcome.
We reached a house near the top of the court on
the left hand side, and entered a room on the first
floor, which even exceeded description, nay, sur-
prised me from the goodness of its furniture, con-
trasted with the lowness of its situation. A pint
'twine and tarts were called for, and provided, but
nekther did I touch ; and after a few minutes, on
moving to depart, my eyes were opened to the sort
or house, I had entered, by payment being demanded
f
c'air-t4le room• it was paid 55., and Bs. for the re-
-lehinent-; but having satisfied these demands so
1.1°40i, I NUS not to be permitted to escape so
elPtsilY• -Under the pretext of a promise having been
mace to the female of a present of 4/. or 54, my
further progress was stopped by the entrance of
two vociferating women. Had they been men, I
should have known how to act, at any rate should
:
scieasily have parted with the sum required as
did: 3/. 178. 6d. was given, all I happened to
have r a •li T. Maung about me, happy to get from a scene
never before had, and never shall again, put my-
self
a situation to witness. On passing the
threshold into the court, I met the watch-
man; it occurred to me I had been exceed-
'ugly silly in suffering myself to be robbed
as I had been, I therefore desired him to re-
turn with me into the house—he did so readily,
and the trio were not a little astonished at
tuY sudden appearance so accompanied. Had I
done right, I perhaps should have demanded the
return of the whole of the 3/. 17s. 6d., but I only
desired two, which sum (taking out my watch, and
allowing one minute) I peremptorily insisted on
and got, after an hesitation, rendered more slight
Perhaps, by my threat of having the whole party
removed to the watch-house, than it otherwise would
haVe been. A threat I now regret I did not put in
execution.", I have given the case in my friend's
own words—and most heartily reiterate his regret
that he did not execute his threat, by which the
real' wishes and intentions of the above-named
Parishes would have been ascertained.

PROTECTOR.

ROME, JUNE 6.

ivirs• connection with the young Italian
nobleman does, I can assure you, continue, and is
oven a matter of public notoriety. I passed them in
the Via de Condotti no later than yesterday. I know
not what will become of the unfortunate woman,
,_deservedly abandoned by her husband, when the
Marehese's curiosity shall have subsided, and when
lie family shall have their authority and requisitions
secoaded by an arbitrary Government, always ready
to attend to similar applications, and active in pu-
nishing its own subjects when slidden into similar
indiscretions.
another Englishman, has recently been a subject of
eule or comment. An acquaintance of a friend
af during the late season, passed in the street
sernale) very elegantly dressed, in whose air he de-
toile" something that tempted him to turn and
at•t°l7 her. The young man observed that she rang
door of a house occupied by a certain hospi-
haible and accommodating lady, sufficiently known to
torn and his young associates, and was immediately
it'cnitted. Availing himself of the rights of an old
r:quaintanee, he rang the bell, and was promptly
theelYed. The lady of the house informed him
~,at the fair unknown was there by appoint-
ment with one of his own countrymen; but, by way
of not being peccant upon the score of punctuality,
had anticipated the time of assignation by a quarter
,tan hour, which he might employ as he could best
us
e•
s He was not a person to mistake the hint ;
and declares that he had sufficient reason to be
Fateful to Madame C. for imparting it, as well as to
the complaisance of the Transalpine expectant. Her
acne cannot be told ; and I sincerely hope it may re-
main unknown to those who are acquainted with her
Wanderings to and in the Via Margatta.
d can also assure you that Mr. has at length
or quitted Rome—whether upon compulsion
vr, not is variously inquired or asserted. The nevoli,
°' course, remain, as also some of his associates, who
tilaY continue to disgrace natior al character until
some excess of presumption shall constrain this Go-
l'er.nment to act with befitting, and, according to
efleral accounts, long deserved severity. The
eacher, another of the gang, still remains here, and
tliPears every where unabashed and unpunished.
'at%
ge to say, the first information of his infamy
~,,"55 brought to and made known in Rome by a fe-
-141e---no less than the too celebrated Mad.
I Cannot answer your queries relative to the Jesuits
Otherwise than by telling you of it having been whis-
pered that Pius VIII. has observed that they are
t lizeful, but not necessary." He does not appear
to have hitherto distinguished them by any mark of
4011 r.

We were mistaken when we said Mr. WALKER
p4l:been appointed the third Commissioner under Mr.
ikes Metropolis Police Act. The Commissioners, as
St Act now stands, are to be only two, although the
Winger originally mentioned was three. Mr. WALKER
.4, nominated to succeed Sir D. WILLIAMS on the Bench
-` the district of Whitechapel.--Morning Chronicle.
)t Mr. PEEL has appointed Lieutenant-Colonel
and Mr. MAYNE, a Barrister on the Northern
I'euit, to the two offices which have been recently consti-
„
e 4 by the Metropolitan Police Act, for the organization
k 4 superintendence of the new system of police. Mr.
t'kY has been appointed Receiver under the Act.
i•lt 4 said that Mr. SPRING has resigned the
tlt:ttion of box book-keeper at Drury-lane Theatre, and
t M. cHARLzs WRlGiur is to be his successor.
:the East India Company's ships Marquis
rt,:4en• and Orwell arrived on the 7th instant, the for-
e' off Dover, and the latter off Deal. The Marquis
114 den sailed from China on the 11th February, and St.
:I,ert on the 24th May. The Orwell left China on the
ktil of the same month, and St. Helena on the 27th of
4111)j' The Lowther Castle, outward-bound, was all well
24th of May, in lat. 10. S. long. 32. W.
lefton Tuesday a party of seven or eight persons
T tills city in a boat fora water excursion flown the river.
bet Were afterwards seen off Walton, below Clevedon,
41) 440ut 15 miles from Bristol ; singe which time no tidings
I:een heard of them. Another party, who left on
day, and on whose account the apprehension of their
were excited, returned at seven o'clock on Friday
C4ng aft encountering a stormy passage.—Rath
ron ,
IL Prpassage.—Rath
tr Notwithstanding the repeated statements of
iZt4thances in the county of Tipperary, there are at pre-
CI t) but 47 prisoners for trisl at the ensuing Assizes of
ofell, which are expected to commence about the 1 t h
nmonth.—Dublin Morning Register.

PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND.)

REPORT OF MR. NIMNIO ON THE WESTERN
DISTRICT. 1328.

TO TUE RIGHT HON. LORD FRANCIS LEVESON
GOWER.

Spring Gardeng, June 17, 1829.

MY LORD,--I have the honour to submit for the
information of his Excellency the following statement
of the progress of the Public Works of the Western
District, in the season of 1828.
I have formerly observed, that with the moderate
sum voted for the prosecution of these works it was
impossible to proceed with them all in a beneficial
manner, as the charge of management would form
too heavy an item in the general expenditure; and
that I had recommended, and been allowed to sus-
pend, proceedings on those in the northern and eas-
tern parts of my district, until the heavier works in
the uncultivated parts of the west were nearer com-
pletion.
It has not, however, been in my power to dis-
pense with these extra charges to the extent I ex•
pected, as the demand made by the Commissioners
of Public Accounts for vouchers of expenditure, of
a different description from those I had at first deem-
ed sufficient, laid me under the necessity of continu-
ing the services of the several pay-clerks and assis-
tants, and also of incurring a considerable expence
for their travelling charges. . . .

The success which has attended their exertions
is greater than I could have expected after six years'
delay, and among a population liable to so much
movement; but as there are still a variety of items
for which I have no means of obtaining other
vouchers than those I at first accepted, I have to
request his Excellency will consider the urgent cir-
cumstances under which this service was at first un-
dertaken, the inexperience of the several agents em-
ployed, and the uncertainty by whom or in what
form the accounts were to be audited ; since this
has been ascertained, I have caused the accounts
and vouchers to be made up in strict conformity to
the principles under which the Commissioners pro-
ceed. But in the earlier periods of 1822, I had the
payments made by my own clerks in the presence of
respectable witnesses, who signed the list ; but
could not exact the same caution from several re-
spectable country gentlemen who had been intrusted
with the management of the various charitable funds,
and to complete whose operations I made advances
of money. From these persons I must look only
for an affidavit of expenditure ; but this system, al-
though allowed by the Board of Accounts, I could
not approve of in general, having seen too much of
the recklessness with which affidavits are made in
Ireland to place any reliance on them without cor-
roborating evidence. From the most accurate in-
vestigation I have been able to make I have no rea-
son to think that any fraud or peculation has been
allowed to occur.

Another cause which has retarded the general
progress of these works in the last season is the ex-
pences of repair of roads already constructed, which
has been done in pursuance of the instructions of
Mr. Lamb, of date 14th October, 1827. The
heaviest charge on this account is the restoration of
sundry bridges, &c. on the Erris road, swept away
by an extraordinary water-spout in June last, and
which did other very material damage; the importance
of this line called for the most prompt and efficient
attention, and of course the works on some of the
new lines had to be deprived of part of the funds at
first intended for them. I have not yet learned
whether the expenditure on this head is to be re-
placed by the funds appropriated for the purpose of
repair under the management of the Directors of
Navigation.
COUNTY OF MAYO.

The Road above-mentioned is the principal work
in hand in the county of Mayo; it is nearly 60 miles
in extent, and has been opened to the public for se-
veral years, forming the only inlet to the extensive
peninsula of Erris ; we have since kept it in a gene-
ral state of repair and gradual improvement.
In the month of June last a sudden water-spout
fell in the district south-west of Nephin Mountains,
bringing down trees, hay, masses of bog, and gravel,
to a most surprising extent, into the lake of Beltra.

The river of Genesland was raised fifteen feet
above its usual level, glutted and carried off the
bridge of Bunavan, although substantially built on
solid rock, those also at Beltra, Gregeen, and Glen-
castle, of about twenty feet span, were destroyed,
besides several small arches; they are now all re-
stored, with the exception of Beltra, which I had
to put off for a season, bnt have replaced ad interim,
by a ford, so as to maintain the communication.
Four houses at this place were swept away; one
person's life, and much property in cattle, potatoes,
and furniture, lost. I have cleared the road and
river-courses that were choked with gravel, &c. and
made the new bridges of greater waterway; most
of them had been built by the county presentment
before I took charge of the line.
The improvement of the country laid open by this
road continues to proceed rapidly. After passing
the Nephin range we come out on the great bog
plain of Tyrawly ; and here we are first struck with
the operations of Mr. James Nolan, who has taken
a large tract of the waste near the Deel river, and
in less than three years has built a substantial farm-
house and offices ; has thirteen stacks of corn from
reclaimed bog this year in his yard, and proceeds
rapidly with improvements in reclaiming, draining,
and planting.
At the large bridge of Corrick I find a comfort-
able inn just completed, and considerable agricul-
tural improvement all through the glen to Bangor
and Belmullet, and various branch-roads made into
the neighbouring farm-villages, in most of which the
lands heretofore held in common are being inclosed
and laid under crop.
At Belmullet the advance is quite surprising:
this place only commenced four years ago; it now
counts about seventy respectable houses, two or
three genteel cottages, with inclosures planted with
trees, &c.

I gave in a former report a return of the com-
mencement of its mercantile transactions, and sub-
join a few particulars of the business done last year,
by which the rapid progress of agriculture may be
also perceived.
Mr. Ivers loaded five ships; exported 500 tons of
grain, 12 tons kelp, &c.; imported 85 tons salt, 13
tons of rod and other iron, six tons metal, 150
bundles of hoops, 20 tons of coal for kilns, made and
sold 19 boats, orders for 40 more, and in progress
expended in building 1,300/. He is also postmaster
and stamp-office keeper, and states that the receipts
are wonderfully increasing; and one fact, viz. 35
newspapers coming weekly to his office, is itself a
convincing proof of the state the country has ar-
rived to.

Mr. Davis sold 9001. worth of wine and spirits;
7001. oats, and 4501. on hands; bought and sold
1,0001. of shop-goods, iron, leather, tea, sugars, &c.
&c.; made and sold eighteen boats, five more build-
ing ; expended in building 3001.
Mr. Reilly bought sixty tons of oats, and 1001.
worth of hides, and 2,000/. worth of shop-goods.
Mr. Casey, (only built this year) bought twenty-six
tons grain, 40/. of shop-goods, and expended in
building 300/.

Mr. Minahan, 1801. for spirits and beer, 3001. for
cloths and calicoes, and 801. in building.
Mr. Scott, 3004 for spirits and beer.
Mr. Loftus, 3001. ditto ditto.
Mr. Jordan, six tons of oats, eleven on hands, be-
sides buildings, &c. &c.
Mr. Ivers mentions, that on his commencing in
1823 he could not get 100 tons of grain to buy in
the country ; now, by the communications opened,
he and the other dealers can have 2,000 tons.

The activity of the coast-guard and revenue, have
done much towards the suppression of smuggling,
and of course to the increase of agricultural export;
and the good order and example shown by the coast-
guard, have done much to improve the habits of the
country people; there is still however in the dis-
tricts not pervaded by the roads, a good deal of illicit
distillation. Binghamstown continues to advance,
though not so remarkably as Belmullet, to which it
is too near, and has not the same advantages of situa-

tion ; it now counts 111 houses roofed, twenty-three
unfinished. At Tarmon Pier, the extremity of the
line, the coast-guard have formed- a kind of little
town, and from this place carts frequently were met
going with herrings all the way to Castlebar.
Nothing could so effectually extend to the sup-
pression of smug ing in this district as the com-
pleting the roads along the eastern side of Blacksod-
bog, and on tle- n pith coast from Broadhaver► to
Killala. These hoes we have been obliged to allow
to stand over, for the reasons before given, but from
what has already been done on the Killula side much
benefit has accrued; the village of Ballycashel is as-
suming quite a new appearance, and at Belderrig, to
which there is now access by horse, a little town is
rising, with some shops already in existence; the po-
pulation, crowded heretofore in the narrow vallies,
are fast settling along the new line.