The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-23 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY.

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VWO SpeciaIINJUNCTIONS having been
ordered by the COURT of CHANCERY, one on
the 13th Instant, to restrain G. LAMERTE and HIS
AGENTS—the other this day, to restrain W. E. WOOD,
S. PILCHER, and THEIR AGENTS, from selling any
Blacking under the fictitious name of "Jonathan Warren,"
in imitation of the genuine WARREN'S BLACKING,
made by ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAND ; it is re-
quested all Shopkeepers, and others, who have 'any of the
spurious article in, their possession, will return it to the
pirties from whenceit Caine, which they are justified in
doing, the transaction being founded in fraud.
By neglecting this Notice, they will be subject to the
Penalties and heavy Expenses of a Chancery Suit, which
will immediately commence against all offenders.
The Genuine Blatking' is signed " ROBERT WAR-
REN, 30, Strand," 'on each Label:—all others are Coun-
terfeit, and of very inferior quality.
London, 20th November, 1827.

THE SPEAKING FRENCH GRAMMAR,
BY J. V. DOUVILLE,
PROFESSOR OF TUE FRENCH LANGUAGE,
No. 1, Soho-square, near the Bazaar; and 2, Lawrence-lane,
Cheapside, London, 1827.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—The French Language being usually learnt
with a view to conversation, a Grammar which
would afford the Student an opportunity of acquir•
ing a collection of phrases necessary for converse.
tion, while he gradually attains a thorough know
ledge of the elementary principles of the language,
could not fail to prove eminently set k;:,:ble. Such
is the consideration by which I have been influenced
in presenting the public with this new production.
My grand object has been to render the speaking of
French as easy and familiar to English persons, as if
they studied in Paris. To accomplish this great de-
sideratum, I have composed the essays on the rules
of passages and sentences used in ordinary discourse.
By construing them into French, the pupil will not
only store his mind with useful expressions, but he
will likewise insensibly imbibe just notions of the
Grammatical technicalities of the language. This is
of the utmost importance for speaking French ; for,
unless the learner is properly trained up in the prac-
tical part, he will never be able to hold the least dis-
course w►th a native of France, although he may be
a proficient in the theory of the language. The na-
ture of the French Verbs is, also, exhibited in quite
a new and clear manlier, and , the remarks on pro-
nunciation are collected from the present practice of
the fashionable circles in Paris. The work is con-
cluded by a Grammatical Analysis, and a Treatise
on French Prosody and Versification; besides a
classified vocabulary, a compendium of familiar
phrases, and numerous models of notes, letters of
compliment and business. .In the execution of the
whole, in short, the speaking of the language has a
prominent feature ; and I flatter myself this Gram-
mar will be found peculiarly adapted to the capacity
of the generality of learners, being divided ►nto sixty
easy lessons and essays, which will prove no less
instructive than agreeable.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
London, Nov. 16, 1827. J. V. DOUVILLE.
P.S. A Key to the EssayS is just published.
[We have carefully examined this Key to Mr. Douville's
excellent Grammar, and can safely affirm that it is exe-
cuted with much fidelity and spirit. It forms a very
useful accompauirnent.to the Grammar, rendering it com-
petent for those who choose to be self-taught in die French
language, to make themselves masters of it without the
assistance of a teacher. As such, we have no hesitation
in recommending Mr. Douville's Grammar and Key as
being the best calculated for speaking French, which we
have hitherto seen. ]—EDITOR.

A gentleman residing in this town informs us
that on the day when Lisbon was destroyed by-the earth-
quake, a person whom he knew was in ..Shoreham Har-
bour, in a barge, which lay at some distance from the edge
of the water. In a moment he was astonished to find it
afloat, hat it again was left as suddenly dry by the reflux
of the waters, and higher up than before. From this cir-
cumstance he considers it not unlikely that the recent phe-
nomenon of a similar kind, which has been observed en
the Kentish coast, was connected with a like convulsion of
1 nature in some part of the globe.—Brighton Paper.