The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-20 00:00:00

POPULAR NOVELS,

Recently published by Mr. COLBURN, S, New Burling-
ton-street ; sold by Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; and
John Cumming, Dublin ; and to be had at all respect-
able Libraries.

THE SCHOOL of FASHION. In 3 vols.
14_

RICHELIEU, a Tale of the Court of France. In 3 vols.
OLD COURT, a Novel. In 3 vols.
\VALDEGRAVE, a Novel. In 3 vols.
ECARTE ; or the Salons of Paris. In 3 vols.
RYBRENT DE CRUCE. A !Novel. In 3 vols.
TALES of PASSION. By the Author of " Gilbei t
Earle." In 3 vols.

ROMANCES of REAL LIFE. By the Authoress of
" Hungarian Tales." In 3 vols.
STRATTON HILL; a Tale of the Civil Wars. By
the Author of " Letters from the East," " Tales of the
West of England," &c. In 3 vols.
TALES of a VOYAGER to the ARCTIC OCEAN.
Second Series. In 3 vols.

The SECTARIAN; or the CHURCH and the MEET-
ING HOUSE ; A Novel. In 3 vols.
• THE CARBONARO.—A Picdmontcse Talc. By the
Duke de LEVIS. In 2 vels.
TALES of the GREAT ST. BERNARD. Contents :
—The Englishman's Tale—The Wallachian's Tale—The
Captain's Tale—The Augustine's Tale—The English-
woman's Tale—The Spaniard's Tale—The Italian's Tale,
&c. &c. Second Edition. In 3 vols.

THE PROTESTANT ; a Tale of the Reign of Qneen
Mary. By the Authoress of "De Foix," and " the White
H00d4."

RANK and TALENT, A Novel. In 3 vols. post Bvo.
TALES of WOMAN; or, ILLUSTRATIONS of the
FEMALE CHARACTER. In 2 vols. post Bvo. 18s.
THE MAN of TWO LIVES. A Narrative, Written
by Himself. In 2 vols. post Sr°. 18s.
THE CASTILIAN.—A Spanish Tale. In 3 vols.

FINE ARTS.

SKETCHES IN THE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.

DRAWN ON STONE BY J. HAVERTY.

Two lithographic prints embracing portraits of
the leading members of the late Catholic Association.
The idea of thus combining into pictorial groups the
chief agitators was happily conceived, and is exceed-
ingly well executed. We have here accurate like-
nesses of the Irish orators—O'Connell, Mahon,
Steele, Sheil, Lawless, and the rest. One plate
represents O'Connell, and his proposer and seconder
at Clare, O'Gorman Mahon and Steele. The grey
light, half-satire and half-good-humour, in the eyes
of O'Connell is nearly as remarkable in the draw-
ing as it is in the original : and the placidity of the
bp, and the fixed purpose that sits smiling upon his
features, are also strongly preserved. It is certainly
the best likeness, both face, person, and attitude, we
have yet seen of the great agitator. O'Gorman Ma-
hon's graceful Milesian figure ; his long, bearded
face, and the animated expression which Mr. Haverty
has thrown into his features, exhibit the skill of the
artist in a very favourable manner, and induce us to
expect higher historical efforts from his pencil.—
Nobody could mis-read the character of the visionary,
strong-minded, and easily-roused patriot in the visage
of Steele. There are a thousand theories in his
face, wh:ch is rather of a coarse and stern cast. His
is just such a head as one might expect to meet in
the daring and undaunted chieftain of a band of
struggling guerillas. The second plate represents
Shiel in the centre of a group maddened by his ex-
travagant declamation. On his left sits Lawless
contemplative, but emerjetic and polished; a strange
mixture of urbanity and determination, gentlemanly
forbearance, and political violence. Lawless's is the
finest head of all. With a proud expanse of fore-
head, a kindling eye, and a haughty curl on the
mouth, there is mingled a tone of feeling that refines
and softens down the angry passions that are so
legibly written on his brow. Shiel's mouth, if
happily imitated by the artist, was most unhappily
carved by nature ; but the diminutive head and fiery •
sparkling of the features, are in good keeping with
the general character of the man. The Rev. Mr.
Lestrange affords a good representation of a political
priest. The phrenologists would augur ill from his
skull, which presses down upon his brains, and checks
the development of the intellectual organs. His
scattered and smooth-combed hair, and the purpose-
less gaze of the eye, are excellent. Altogether we
recommend these plates, in which the artist has dis-
played considerable power, as presenting highly cha-
racteristic memorials of a scene and a set of men that
may now be considered to belong to history.—Atlas.

MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.---THREE
HOUSES BURNT DowN.—Yesterday morning about one
o'clock a most alarming fire broke out at a public-house
called the Three Jolly Anglers, kept by Mr. MORGAN,
Kentish-town. The flames spread with such awful rapi-
dity that the house of Mr. SILMSIDES, the butcher's,
and also a green-grocer's, were speedily in one body of firs.
The flames were not finally subdued until about half-past
five o'clock. About four o'clock the Engineer of the
Phosnix seeing the front of the house of Mr. SILVERSIDES
giving way, was in the act of removing the engine, whet,
the whole c tme down with a tremendous crash into the
road, and materially damaged the engine, and severe])
bruised JAMES SMART, one of the firemen. The pro-
perty, we understand, is insured in the Sun, Imperial, and
Protector.;.-111Orning Paper.

The plaintiff, Phoebe Na,h, was a young woman
who, in August, 1827, was in service, as a nursery-
maid, in the family of Mr. Miskin, a surgeon in Broad-
street, liorselydow•n. On the oth of that month, as
she was walking on the footpath in the street, with
three of her master's children, the wheel of a cart
belonging to the defendant, acheesemonger in Gray's-
inn-lane, came off the cart, knocked her down, and
fractured her leg. She was carried to her master's
house, and from thence to Guy's Hospital, where
she was confined for nine weeks, and although a
healthy and strong girl at the time of the accident,
she was still suffering from the effects of it.
Verdict for the plaintiff (who sued in forma pan-
perisj—Damages 401.