The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-12 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

EASTERN AND WESTERN STATES OF
AMERICA. 3 Vols. Fisher, London, 1842.

With these volumes Mr. Buckingham con-
cludes his account of his travels in America.
We cannot say that there is any very particular
novelty in his reflections or his descriptions ; in -
deed the subject is one so completely exhausted
that it is scarcely possible to- say anything new
upon it; nevertheless, he has contrived to pro-
duce. a very readable work, easy and fluent in
style, cordial and conciliatory in point of sen-
timent, and by no means deficient in happy,
characteristic sketches of American life and
manners. Mr. Buckingham is by no means an
enthusiastic eulogist of brother Jonathan ; he
wisely tempers admiration with discretion,
and does justice to all his good qualities,
while he does not omit to remind him of his de-
fects. lie corroborates, we perceive, the obser-
vations of Mr. Dickens as regards the'increasing
demoralisation of certain portions of the transat-
lantic press ; and speaks with equal commenda-
tion of the good order and morality that are
everywhere apparent in the manufacturing. town
of Lowell, whose establishments are adintrably
regulated, and whose numerous operatives, fe-
male as well as male, are in a happy, contented,
and prosperous condition, and distinguished by
the strict uniform morality of their conduct. In
the course of an entertaining chapter respecting
the extent, character, &c., of that " great Fa-
ther of Waters," the Mississippi, Mr. Bucking-
ham speaks in warm terms of approbation of the
beauty and variety of the landscape scenery on
its banks, materially differing in this respectfrom
Boz, who sketches the scenery as detestable, and
the stream itself as being every way worthy of it.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CHAMPION ➢METING.-FRIDAY.

Chippenham Stakes, Ties.—Mr. Morant's Mussulman
beat Mr. Bowles's The Bride ; Mr. R. Bagge's Tendril
agst Mr. Dobede's Douglas not run.
Rutland Stakes, Ties.--Mr. Saberton's Streamer beat
Mr. Moody's Prince ; Mr. Dunkald's Datura beat Mr.
W. Etwall's Hornpipe.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
DERBY.-8 to 1 agst A British Yeoman, 25 to 1 agst
Winesour, 22 to 1 agst Murat, 40 to 1 agst Newcouit,
(taken), 40 to 1 agst Sirikol, (taken), 40 to 1 agst
Amorino, (taken), 50 to 1 agst Blackdrop, (taken).
OAIIS.-8 to 1 agst Maria Day, 10 to 1 agst Wee Pet,
15 to 1 agst Testy, 20 to 1 agst Laura f, 25 to 1 agst
Testatrix.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Her Majesty's stag hds., Monday, Salt Hill ; Friday,
Woking Station-11.
Quorn . hds., Monday, Houghton-on-the-Hill ; Tues.,
Widmerpool Inn ; Thurs., Keythorpe ; Fri., Wartnaby
Stone Pit-101.
Mr. Hellier s hds., Mon., Barrills House ; Wed.,
Stoneleigh Abbey ; Fri., the Clock at Bickenhill-101.
Mr. Archer's hds., Mon., Trebartha Village ; Thurs.,
Dolsdown Inn-101.
Mr. Atty's hds., Tues., Prentrebychan ; Thurs.,
Worthenbury ; Saturday, Carden-101.
Shropshire hds., Tues., Otely Park ; Fri., High Ercall.
Albrighton hds., Tues., Hunnington ; Thurs., Bel-
broughton ; Saturday, Highland Pool-101.
Capt. Candler's hds., Mon., Copcut Elm ; Wed.,
Stonebow Turnpike •, Fri., Bransford Bridge-101.
Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Hope End ; Thur., Redinarley
Village.
Herefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington ; Fri., Chilston
Toll.
Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Skinforth Village; Thurs.
Dingestow Wood--10.
Marquis of Hastings' hds., Mon., Cavendish Bridge ;
Wed., Clifton Village ; Sat., Morley Toll-bar.
Warwickshire hds., Mon., Ufton Wood ; Tues., Mit-
ford Bridge ; Thurs., Goldicote ; Sat., Hmington-10i.
Mr. Robertson's hds., Mon.. Ellingham ; Tues., Rod-
dam ; Thurs., Buddle ; Fri., Howick-104.
Thanet harriers, Mon., Gore-street ; Wed., Minster
Mills ; Fri., Newlands-10.
East Sussex hds., Mon., Easthoastly ; Wed., Bedding.
ham Hill; Thurs., Green Man; Sat., Street Green-101.
Brighton harriers, Mon., Thunder's Barrow ; Wed.,
Patcham ; Fri., Dyke. •
Brookside harriers, Mon., Newmarket Hill ; Thurs.,
Telseombe 'rye.
Surrey hds., Mon., Effingham Common ; Wed„ Sheep-
walk, Albury ; Sat., Hartwood-101.
Mr. Mare's hds., Mon., Haverhill Town ; Thurs.,
'Bournhridze.
• Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Stow Fox ; Wed., Ickwell
Green ; Fri., Great Morden Village-101.

Jordan, the clerk who absconded with the money
of the London Joint-Stock Bank, has now returned
all the sum taken, with the exception of 401.—Atlas.

CHARACTERISTIC REPLY OF THE OLD ENGLISH
GENTLEMAN.—In the course of last week, an applica-
tion was made by a tenant farmer to his Grace the
Duke of Portland, to ascertain if his Grace would
sanction a reduction in the wages of farm labourers
from 12s. to 10s. per week. We understand that his
Grace's significant reply was characteristic of the
Noble Duke, "that if has tenants could not afford to
pay their labourers at the rate of 2s. per day, they
were quite at liberty to give up their farms, and he
would occupy the land himself." Is it not peedless to
ask who is the " labourers' friend ?" Doncaster
Gazette.
CHINA DESSERT SERVICE FOR THE QUEEN.—The
Derby China Manufactory has long been celebrated
for the taste displayed in the manufacture of superior
articles ; and we have this week had the gratification
of seeing a splendid dessert service, ordered for her
Majesty, the designs for which are in every respect
original, and evince great taste and judgment on the
part of the artist, as well as skill in the manufacture..
The numbers of pieces contained in the service are 96
plates ; 16 dessert plates, varying in height from 16 to
24 inches ; 16 fruit dishes, mounted upon cornucopias ;
and 2 pair of ice pails, the shapes of which are per-
fectly new, having been modelled from designs pre-
pared for the purpose. The whole are painted in equal
portions of fruit, flowers, birds, and insects, and are
enriched with embossed, chased, and burnished gold
borders upon a green ground. Altogether it is one
of the most beautiful sets of porcelain we ever saw,
and does infinite credit to the manufactory from
whence it proceeds. The service is about to be re-
moved, and in a few days may be seen at Mr.
Blore's warehouse, 34, Old Bond-street, London,
where it will remain until the 21st instant.—Derby
Reporter.
THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—The Wilberforce steam
vessel, recently returned from the Niger expedition,
was paid off at Woolwich on Wednesday last, and
the Kroomen transferred to the William and Mary
yacht. The Kroomen appear a hardy race of men,
and prove excellent sailors on their native seas,
and able and willing to work ; but in this
northern climate they complain of the piercing
winds going through them, although com-
fortably clothed, and with flannel shirts next
their body. The Wilberforce left the Soudan
steam-vessel at Fernando Po, and it is expected she
will receive the slight repairs she will require there.
The Albert steam-vessel i 3 still on the coast of Africa;
and, owing to her small draught of water, it was said
she was to be employed in looking after slave ves-
sels. An impression prevails amongst the few
remaining of the crew of the Wilberforce that
she will be re-commissioned in the spring. of
next year, and be worked exclusively by volun-
teers, assisted by Kroomen, and again proceed to
the Niger. That river is described as being for
about twenty miles below the spot where the model
farm was one entire marsh, the whole of that distance
clothed on each side with magnolia trees, growing
into the river, and presenting a singular appearance
where the rise and fall of the tide had washed away
the earth from their roots. It was invariably in pass-
ing through this spot that the greatest number of
cases of fever and deaths occurred amongst the white,
portion of the crew, and even the West Indians em-
ployed in the expedition could not resist the effects of
the malaria. The country above Idah is described
as comparatively beautiful and fertile, and the intel-
ligent portion of the crew of the Wilberforce think a
situation for the model farm ought to have been
selected farther up the river, if such could have been
obtained from the King of that country. The Niger
at Idah is represented as • being about twice as
broad as the Thames at Woolwich, and
in some parts immediately below Idah, about
three times the breadth of the Thames in
that quarter. The dew falls every evening after
sunset in the marshy parts of the Niger in the form
of a dense fog of greater intensity than was lately
experienced on the River Thames. Several of
the black crew of the Wilberforce, on heirg paid off,
were very proud of being freemen, and proceeded to
London the same evening, with the view of obtaining
vessels. The great majority understood and could
speak English very well, and conversed with each
other in that language.
THE LAWGIVER AND THE MONEY-TAKER.—
Martin Foldes, the antiquary, remarks, that our
English Kings, on their " great seals," have been
always represented with beards; whilst, on their
" coins," they have - always exhibited themselves
smooth faced. How is this? Is it that the law-giver
is more terrific than the money-taker ? or that the
latter is the more barefaced of the two ?
THE BISHOP AND HIS " DUE.—Dr. Egerton, once
Bishop of Durham, on coming to that See, employed
one Due as agent, in order to improve and ascertain
the real value of the estates, &c. Due's report greatly
raised the fines and reserved rents of his tenants, who,
in their convivial meetings about Durham. had a fa-
vourite toast which never escaped them. " May,„"the
Lord take the Bishop, and the d-1 his Due."

ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM

RAILWAY.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The following medical cel 'ziacates relating to the
several individuals were received yeEt3rday by the
Secretary to the Company, from the surgeons in at-
tendance :