The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-13 00:00:00

MUSIC.

THREE SONGS, COMPOSED BY JOSEPH
HAIGH. Monro and May, Western City Musical
Repository, No. 11, Heborn-bars.
" ANSWER ME, BURNING STARS OF NIGHT."
Poetry by Mrs. Henms.
There seems to be no fixed idea throughout this
composition. The composer has attempted a scena
on the same scale as Hutchins Callcott's "Last Man."
We wish we could say he had succeeded. The words,
however beautiful, are not well adapted for music ;
neither to the recitative nor continuous melody. His
phrases are too abrupt—his modulation too sudden ;
the resolution of his discords frequently offending
the ear, especially in the symphony at the beginning
of page 4. The melody that follows to the words—
Ye clouds that gorgeously repose," and ending, "For
those whose earthly race is run," is the best, and in
much better keeping. The remainder is full of short
imaginings, and ineffective.
" THIS MOON IS SAILING O'ER THIS SLY."
A more simple composition than the former, in the
usual ballad style ; rather pretty, and would be more
pleasing, if Mr. Haigh had been content with less
change from the original key in so short a space, as
a sixteen bar melody.
REMEMBER'ST THOU THE SUMMER'S DAT."
This is the best of the three ; simple and flowing,
agreeable, and much more correctly put together. We
do not here observe the frequent use of discords
unresolved, as in the former compositions. The song,
without much pretension to originality,
.is by far the
most musician-like of the set, and as such we recom-
mend it.

A woman named Deville, who lived at Iratteltorti;
was, on Saturday, cited before the Correctional Tribunal 100,
charges of lending money upon the most inordinately uslf tee
interest. It was proved that, in general, her rate irn'.„,;:,
cents. a day on every five francs, or 700 per cent. per entl7.--16
almost uniformly taking pledges in the shape of articles or Tod
niture, workmen's tools, tickets from the Mont-de-Piet,
other tangible things, many of which she fraudulently detain
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even after the sums she had advanced upon them were reriii ,
Sometimes she exacted one franc for the loan of five franr;v44,-'
three days. One woman deposed that the prisoner lodtare.
ceived from her 360 francs for the use of sixty frame fne;,eal
months, or in effect 1,800 per cent. Madame Devilled
;u
fault Jr
not appear in the face of justice, and was condemned ;1;0. •
fault to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of 2,60' tbet '
We learn from Pecquigny, in the Somme;
another of those deplorable accidents from the falling n'oeet
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while being sunk o:curred on the Ist instant, at La Cha ,or,A,
near that town. The well-digger, a man named Gricoulto
buried to a depth so great, that it became necessary, inoh.ba
to relieve him, to dig another well parallel to that in % t
was, so as to meet him by means of an horizontal cut.t2
civil and military authorities in the neighhoui hood coops ti '
All
most zealously in directing this operation, to expedite I' 0.
a detachment of infantry was brought frtm Annelle. p
Tuesday they had proceeded so far as to ascertain that the
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man was still alive, and be able to supply him with atri 4
ment; but it required the great, st precaution in 111ak7011,1
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entrance into the vault which enclosed him sufficiently ler
take him out, lest it should tall down and crush him. S°
however of his ultimate release were entertained. iilla
The Smyrna journals, of the 19th ult., which art lit
yesterday, gave an account of a fit e at that place on the n
of the 16th, between 11 and LI o'clock, which, but for
prompt assistance of the officers and men of the French , boil
Au•trian ships of war on the station, would bays" otle ,
attended with rn immense loss a property, en%;4111,
hops of life, equal to that of the calamity which one tbi •
nine months ago, as it broke out in a house ill, stet
centre of the town, and close to the Customehnn'44
the Bazaars. Immediately on the flames. beinLito
ceived, the French Admiral Lasusse and the Aukrian Au
Bandiera ordered on shore strong detachments from the
._hiei
and crews of the ships under their command; and so judtelot •
004
and energetic was the assistance thus rendered, that ill 1..,„ of
hours the fire was subdued, but not until forty houses, 04"-ind
them of large size, two schools, three Greek convelll.
about sixty shops, had been consumed. Two days
a letter of thanks, signed by a large r umber of the lehat,'lolol
of Smyrna, was addressed to the two Aemirals. The '
property is estimated at several millions of piastrJs. ill -
ParGreism.—Considerable excitement continues
stij •
prevail in the town relative to the affray between Eebbagefod
C •x, in which the latter lost his life ; and on Saturday :kid
m dim] was given to the Mayor, that Eabbage had sed
forcible possession of the premises on the South Deaes.,,a
was sitting at one of the windows with a drawr sword. -1
Mayor, we understand, had Eabbage taken into custody/01
to +lr an information against him privately, that he :nig 0 ,
afterssta
brought up for examination yesterday (Monday) ni°r_,° ibli
We believe some of the new Magistrates have determine" or,
Eabbage shall yet be committed for trial, on a charge of ni
slaughter. Ipswich Ext.), ass.
The fishern:e a of St. Sauveur, near Honfletil et
lately caught on !hat coast an extraordinary fish,
wih a h'w which, though having a rather agreeable expression of c oing•
tenance, somewhat resembles that of a lion, from its harvbss
attached to it a quantity of coarse hair, like the mane of ~,,,
animal. From the shoulders iss re strong membraneous 'l4,
and the body terminates in a long tail, with a fan-shaped ft
Its whole body shines in the sun like silver lg., with beautiful ,
rirtions, like the Dorado of the tropical seas. It has been l'r~
served alive, and is to be brought to Paris. ost
Major C. J. Vander Meulen, of the 731, a 111-44
distinguished Peninsular officer, in which warfare he servo
from 1809 till the surrender of Paris, and in which ser,, of
he was three times wounded, has received the brevet WI'S
Lieutenant-Colonel, for having commanded the guard 0..„f l'clionii
that received her Majesty on her late visit here. we ',-, qg
that Captains Willes and Fynmore, of the Royal Marine,. of
the St. Vincent and 'Queen, will also have the brevet olio
Major, having commanded the guards of honour in thnie*sia
on the occasion of her Majesty's first visit to the fleet-doll
hope no little jealousies between the Admiralty and the "...,e,
Guards wi 1 prevent this act nfjustice.—Hampshire Telefloro
SOCIETY or ARTS.—We are glad to find that:ji jt
Society is beginning to shake off the indolence under *hi,: gti
was suffering for some time past, and that the member! 0
endeavouring to make it useful and interesting, as 11. °,uentalen--
be. There have been several instructive and amusing leo'',
delivered there lately, and on to-morrow Mr. Edward cos i
.
jun., will give a lecture on the manufacture of soap, 001
silence at 8 o'clock precisely. Each member may lot'l
two friends.
ssei
The General Steam Navigation Company's lveosi•
the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off. the Custom-i •
on Sunday, with the Dutch Mail. SOf.g
The Duke of Wellington, albeit unused to the
itti
its!
mood, actually wept like a child when the news of our d,„,.
in Affghanistan was reported to him, declaring, in all his eclat
rience, or that handed down from history, he bad neverben ot
so lamentable a sacrifice of life in a British force—ailingr
Chronicle.
thist
The gentlemen of the Corn Exchange expect ,•gbt.
the new Corn-law will be in operation on Thursday ftir,l„„`"."for
Wheat, in bond, is now worth about 605., which, with 'Fier,
duty, would make free wheat worth about 755. per !wile .
making allowance for profit. The price of corn has risen
Baltic pores, anticipating a demand for export to this eellii, . ,
The traffic by the London and
_Birmingham tor
way was such on Monday last, that each of three trairo, ,
10.
veyed upwards of 300 passengers. During the week ':o4'4
bodies of troops have b. en transported along the railwattoe
of them northwards, but the great majority from Blen'wpo. 5 •
to the metropolis.—Railway Times. 00
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening td:r• .-.
of the trains on the North Union Railway, whilst going In
00
speed, near the Exton station, unfortunately knocked &wol . .
of the rural police force, and the whole of the carriage Its ells
over his body. The poor fellow was taken up quite de, ..
body being literally cut to pieces.--LiverpoolChronico• wilt _. •
The Journal de Maine-et-Loire of Angers
lit;
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that:two soldici s, who were most active in saving a nu 0)0'
nuns belonging to the Convent of the Bon Pasteur firmboe
irg, an account cf which has been given in the Messenger' bee.
been each presented by the Superior with a valuable eer,_ raise •
Each man's name is engraved inside e
, with a few words 'r
for his conduct.
At the late sessions for Cheshire, the Chairol,°'oool."
his charge, told the Jury, that " many of the criminal' t ,dot
out of workhouses, and some of them had even stated lin',ool i
preferred imprisonment in a gaol to confinement in a r
..
house."— Stockport Advertiser. ...-•
nes .i.tel' a ' •
FRACTURE OF A MAN'S LEG BY AN EL---„/1„ott, -
On Thursday afternoon, about four O'clock, John ‘',.,17,0. nier
groom in the service of Mr. Turner, of Dean-streets tl,datent
cial-road East, accompanied by his master and three 'l'd oh
entered a caravan and booth in a piece of waste grounievhot
site Philpot-street, Commercial-road, in which en c 4 Wit' +
has been exhibited for s"me weeks past, for the purpose " The ,
elephant.,nrssing the
whichfe atsi ofs the
describeda ni animal aals andienoytehaerrs peoirdf,ormances' of tio
most harmless and docile that has ever been
was marching about the booth with three men en ;bid Glee'
and perfectly quiet. The moment the animal had esple yeeill i
cott, who at the time had his child, a boy of about fouor_ .oa. •:.
old, in his arms, it became exceedingly restless and out , foguo
per. This latter fact was evinced by his bellowing ->„n'vrearta
two or three times, and then stretching out his trunk,
~, god
it rotund the left leg of Glescott, lifted him off the grour,tb, ice'
dashed him with much force to the further corner of the !red., -
On being taken up, it was found that eilascott had recta
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severe fracture of the left leg. He was instantly rein " .
the London Hospital.
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this c.,
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A POSER.—As a teacher of the "young,icltarnius.
ingot' oneoup._:., i
employed, the other day, in his " delightful task ' of
___it put •. •
!husk's, this
iahseh arp followingure hi n
qtuoesiciynpnb her
hison ai
instructor:
otrhe:
—pr, e, cwocniaorus:
figures gang till when they're rubbed oot ?. " first clis-
At the ebb of the tide each day since the
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ceriledrrYenofha(v.oeinhseeonpitoasridteatL,a,morbkeitnh
sPiiatilnagres,hme
out much success. On Saturday, however, a lad found state
groat pieces, of the reign of Henry VIII., in an excellent,.olol
e
by a man named Jones.
of preservat'on ; and three others of Edward VI., were '

BIRTHS.
On the 11th inst., in Curzon-street, Lady Ernest Bruce'

of a son.
On the 4th ins..., at the Rectory, Caversham, Oxon, the Isdl
of Edward Vines, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 10th of February, at Agra, Thomas Kirkman Loyd'
Esq., Bengal Civil Service, to Annie Hirst, eldest daughter u`
the late Captain James Ilaig, of the Crescent, BedforilL___„:-.

DIED.
On the 9th inst., at Bath, Sir John Meade, K. H., aged 69-
On the 30th ult., at Florence, Lord :Nitilliam Montagu •
younger son of the Duke of Manchester.
On the 10th inst., Charles Henry, son of Edward Bei"
Esq., surgeon, Camberwell, Surrey, aged 31.
On the 9th imt., 311.5. 'Wood, of Tutteridge, aged 49.

London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU—
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the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, April 13, 134

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