The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY.

BLit,
!lack BL ulCn OOD'S MAGAZINE.
I's pore „is quite delighted with, " Sir Robert
gives in an article discussing its charac-
statesm Tory premier credit for the most ex-
anship. "In his financial propositions,"
.sh!„l.l7chhi.see` hroefiNnvi frank and cheerful are his expo-
! Fora, Tory is never so
ement—never exhibits such " buoy-
wordstad alaerit
Y of spirit ;" these were Sir Robert's
whet,
hlei entering on the question of the Budget
• TO :s Proposing some new project of taxa- ,
oegUCli taxes always grieves a Tory, for he
lizite,,dllBo
their
rission as so much hard cash in-
tl3' taken
te finer from the pockets of his own party;
satisfying
and number gives him
katis
o,elight, :for he is thereby furnished with
his ventrepotent, wolf-bellied
--
ntaY be imagined, therefore, with
:53 of eestacy Sir Robert Peel must have
anon an income tax ! No more long, sour
I's %rug
,his supporters ! No more hungry cla-
tnealis Place or pension ! He will now have
'aßhht giving them enough, and more than
L 144 ier well-salaried district commissioners,
blabs ea.
uole host of tax-gatherers, will ere
Ikro'itiee"liikever the face of the country, and devour
;`) praise ,e a cloud of locusts. The writer goes
Purpose) the
Tory Premier for his boldness in
Wr:lY selected the most obnoxious tax
Dik4llretli ma' it is "painfully inquisitorial" is, we
e tax, . '"e greatest recommendation of the in-
al'4l) I
It must ever be in the last degree
W.; otliqt. '' we characteristic that raises it above
kJging liris3Pe,eies of impost. And yet—notwith-
ite4uo'wledgetlent of its extreme unpo-
:y p4c,e writer observes, in the sentence imme-
a:ra ber b,4fing, "within' all our experience, we
this one instance of a scheme for
• been receiv:ed with clamours of ap-
this' true te,',ue extreme unpopularity of a measure
r.e are d'pl;°,l the popuThr approbation of it. The
degree ;-"gated with it, in exact proportion to
's
be
eassr Nl] 411
Which they abominate it ! Now if
e 1%.3r the case---if we are to derive
e with that which gives us pain, an
kslit %ors" clamours of applause " the scheme
qtl sound 4111 s—how gratified a soldier must be
sthettr 'l°gging, and what ecstacies the Bishop
rich jet have been thrown into when deprived
re
, ovin
g of Stanhope ! In the "World of
116-etti are some severe, but just strictures on
Fkit'i;utof -ereeoary spirit that compels us to pay for
%14e
b .kr wtich,
° our great p ings,
oe ere
erected at the national cost, should be
of q; gratuitously to the country. Tne fol-
ier,;''.',wareasm is not undeserved by the subject
114" or the were rather suilprised, on looking over the
4-,Nrob,;,e ,ft2ete and venerable Sidney Smith, the
rt sot tie'4llB antagonist) of Ecclesiastical abuses
0e soli ails and Chapters only excepted), to find
e;lbjaerrY letter to Archdeacon Singleton, on
gqiel tlf St. Paul's cathedral exhibitions." It is
ItOha
dsr t v f •
fouls its own nest, and the waggish
,14 tl;' 13f, St. Paul's imoWs better than to de-
e„armse on which' he fattens. " Caleb
st,',l(etsh-,Late much too exaggerated in its character.
particular, of a Cambridge wine-party
4.1 eh,:as'Y overcharged, so much so, as to make us
ji+tillrer the author ever really witnessed what
e;trzok, "tak.en to describe. The episode of Emma
tiVt, jI,I)Y. far the most striking part of the
Lf, is full of force and feeling. The
Circuit is clever, but many of the
d. 1511„,, VI have been greatly improved by concen-
k,eli e extract from the " World in London"
et„ No 4
S, °f some of the singing-rooms in the
mach upon :---
se
.t°r singing-rooms above ground. But these
Nttitte;r the bowels of the earth are excavated to
il~r.tPivi, hal orgies to idle and dissipated young men.
When all sober, respectable people are in
th i'f.lq-',"e musical in fernos, disguised under the
Elysiums, Cider-Cellars, Finishes, and
,eft • ratt,
;1111(16,44 it, ,eince their operations late, and about two
INC! 14e height of their glory. The host, stir-
te,,;(lllartette or so of sweaty, clammy-looking
;lam t,t(llkblY suits of -black, assumes the chair, and
t)7,l)ti,-'23 are absorbed in smoke, .gin, welsh-rab-
;erial2kilt,•'l„ d conversation, the operations of the
gith 1,4t,"t gents., who are no other than profe.s-
-;74
•-,,14(1 Ic,,'"t,q successively, announced from the chair,
1/ of hammer upon table—" Silence,
‘1,11:ti.„111304'1°4" Please, Mr. Lush is' going to oblige ;"
• Lush, taking a preliminary swig, the
"'„k 441 ti'ater before him, throws himself back in his
t,`°)l,-. if 'th.rtlin p the whites of hi eyes to the cell-
n'irlegs olilvelti!gu-the aid of Apollo, roars out, with
Nil of stentor, The Bay of. Biscay 0!" or "On
44, ,3; it; Arethusa," the entire auditory joining
444'1ftsp esuorus. Loud thumping of tables, makingi
Niisrhg again, rewards the performance of 3. r.
11t e the worthy host hammers the table again,
`Gill ; ``
Order, Gents., order if you please,"—which
understood to mean "order," in the Parlia.
11.b_`, in sense, but as a gentle hint to the guests to
tOe. lore chops, welsh-rabbits; and brandy-and-
-I,l4t,ftko Iter this we are entertained with the announce -
t 4 ti.,141 the chair that we may expect a sentimental
l'5„el,;111:181atrio
cgs • Swipes, whereupon that gentleman, a.
011 "1-to looking gent., with a face the
of gin, trills out, " She wore a wreath
;et str°: some such bit of maudlin sentimentality, in
f• olio; it's. After a decent interval, the announce-
ilt„ll.4,t "Herr Joel, the celebrated safflower
;"—whereupontilt that good-humoured
'll.l)ltitall'iiri" a walking-stick to his lips, entertains us
14,1ing with Ittitions of sundry wind instruments,
.c?n-
tiCe to lkikicry of singing-birds 'from the night-
ka,Your „ :ten, so admirably executed, that, by shut-
ttlif.'''4 1146;41' You may without any. violent 'strethch
nett
conclude yOurself in the shop of a ir
df
tlmpsing aa e„:'t follows "I know a bank,' (rather §ur-
t4t'"l.lltus ifi'llacement that,) from the united pulmonary
1.',14e% 9,1" i Messieurs Swipes and Lush; after which
Iluret"se merry Christ-church b ells " " Mynheer
1f hole ;07 some other glee, madrigal, catch, with
bra we di, al strength of the establishment..
ee of lint consider it our duty to notice every.
ki„;)." ree,„.;hdon life,_ we should rather have abstained
eceel e,--ctng the existence of these subterranean
a-verns• No man who loves: music for its own
Ithitlre is., relined or elegant enjoyment, can feel any
~41)11t,;' resorting to those dens, reeking with a
fumes
.
lie house and the cook-shop. They are a e
etZ '4l style of places, and frequenting them stamps
re tutyis si,. jet. The worst habits, the lowest
,therein contracted.
,11-BA7TLEY'S MISCELLANY. .
tittiNtl ',;,e3ent chapters of " Richard Savage" contain,
kti,s4-h.."1. incidents, a graphic account of the rescue
ejth Wilfred from the clutches of one of her
k 41.4. 84—‘,"Is admirers, by- the hero, Savage. This
Osi-;enturer is now fairly launched on the world,
tC'be; ~Jhst completed his tragedy of Sir Thomasd
Ogi te",en which Mr. Whitehead, in his assume
Iti -t biographer pronounces a very just ver-
I‘'a,‘ speak easual-noti'ce of Aaron Hill, this gentle-
Wet 4'l" of him as " being a genius ;" but such
fee fact ; he was an author of very ordinary
'47 hii;:;_ough Pope, for prudential reasons, flat-
the title of " a swan of Thames." The
'jar"' our Town, and his London Contempo-
• 1 Whimsical anecdote, whose object is to show
1--eyelt
fie
, whether provincial or metropolitan, are
" prodigies of wisdom. For our own
cannot take it on our conscience to assert
t,tlrtif ,tiQlver remember to have heard. or read of. anyh
Irt, dignified civic functionaries, who, in t
IIN:1-1.;'egre,e, reminded us of Solon or IT ssse.t
of
' Albany" ,is a song by Burns,. which,
o,,ncilv for the prst time published. It is
A71;1;•T affair. The'', Necromancer" is a tale ofndi_
Miss Romer, the leading
.idea of. which p
18;4E6 eve been drawn from an incident in Schiller's.
iittolty o'er .I;ornance of the " Ghost Seer." The " Phi-
'llol
•-aione " is a smart essay, in which occurs
ltk," truismY :—" is usually acknowledged
to 1,41 ZttY is no sin, neither is the plague ; but the
• Cautiously shrink from the. contagion of
e may go further, and
.add that, though
.
lt 4Peaking, povlrty is no sin, in the eye of the
tilp,Alab,„°lle of the mOst agrant offences that a
fmannd
1%•.r ; else wherefo, do so many poor men
4(1,1'4 (~,aY from a police'-office to Brixton, for no
• tli'er tfoc,'llte than having been guilty of sleeping
11414' ael-ways and in the open streets? All vir-
ao respectable individuals are expected. t.
aerriNt '",,sf to shelter them, and if they have not,
dit
s
calt,"lat they must be "rogues and vagabonds,"
ts, _
lata,e4tir)ksßPient. police magistrates make a porn of
-1,44 their accordingly " Polyphemus and Ga:
ittl a 3 '4° stuff. Lucki yit is short. The Secret
'
ett'stittiter who signs himself "Dalton.". It is a
414'i1e,1-11hus idea, and forms an, appropriate Firstt
111 r•
omance. It is by many degrees the,,mTosh
. Veleet7g and novel article in the Numb,er.h
morehai}-
tzai,°f Venice" is one of Ingoldsbys u
.t
eiful ems and professes to be the ven
Sha.kspe' are's play of that name. It
'eksll tit not in its author's happiest vein. George
olt,e ka, ark has illustrated it with his ususal ability.
de: the \4(1':1 that the illustrations generally throughds-
th;lBa amtiMber are very ingenious, both as, regards
stailQa Tjieeution. "Hours in Indostan' are from
4aT ittltln,.-14r. Addison. We quote. from this article
I .M • 'essive details of an adventure with a lioness,
1 hY tl,
(let IN -e sufferer himself :
Nkeh quartered •
ithigh up the. country, commanding a
bet, • 14 at least fifty miles from any
.other Euro-
' 4vtit),tl4l3-It. only recreation was lion-hunting, which I
tath,"`t of (L'nclulged in, and succeeded in destroying
nu-
off u.
(344,—"3 anilLese superb animals, which were here so
'T offbold, as often to approach our tents, and
fle ag thur provisions.
Aus "tuning myself one morning, well-mounted.
afte,,ett wite
4.rah, followed by a dozen men on foot, and
~,'a4rllly di 11 unerring rifle, when one of my people
014- iYI/Ikin4(?vered the prints of a lion's paw in the
if 14. Pt to ,v Q`er which we were passing, apparently in_-
f)4.Str444Tte, ergs a deep jungle some two hundred yards
ot,i,'llieLakek,,(''' us. I instantly dismounted to examine the
ANTI ' and was carefully tracing them, when a
N 04144, of terror made me look up. I did so, and
rl34t of me a ma,gniticent lioness, which had
IXAmAAA
-""% out of the covet. Not a moment was

to belOst: I. sprang towards my horse; my syce, how
ever, alarmed by the appearance of the queen of beasts,-
had quitted the rein, and before I could reach him, the
frightened animal was half across the open space. My
servants had al fled. I was alone. The lioness was
lashing her sides with her tail ; she was evidently medi-
tating an attack. I had but one resource left. After
vainly calling on my servants to return and support me,
I levelled my rifle, and, just as she rushed forward, fired.
For a single instant I was not quite sure whether I had
hit her or not. She suddenly halted, threw up her
head, and gave a terrific roar. I was now convinced she
was wounded • but, alas ! seemingly not in any, mortal
part. She dared on me. Human nature could stand
no more. I threw down my gun, and foolishly overcome
by fear, I fled. In another second I was conscious of
my error. I heard her come panting along close beside
me. It was all over with the ; I knew my fate was
sealed. I threw myself down ; the lioness actually, in
her haste to overtake me, sprang over me. I heard a
shot, and a piercing cry from the animal told me she w
again hit ; but 1 did not once dare to look up as
see how seriously.
After about half a minute, I could not resist the
temptation, the desire'l felt to read my doom. I slightly
turned my head, only the least in life, and beheld the
lioness licking her paw, through which a ball had evi-
dently passed ; the blood was also flowing copiously
from her jaw, where my discharge had in the first in-
stance taken effect. She was sitting on her haunches in
evident agony. No sooner, however, did she perceive
the very slight movement which I had made than she
sprung up, and in the next moment I felt her teeth pene-
trate my back-bone, while one of her claws tore my left
shoulder bare of flesh : in the next, she lifted me off the
ground, and carried me forward. This, however, was
evidently an effort to her. Her wounded jaws refused
to meet ; but still she held me, screaming, struggling,
praying for death, tightly in her teeth, as she bore me on
with the same ease with which she would have raised a
kitten. I shouted to my servants to fire. It seems they
feared to do so, lest by accident they might destroy me
instead of the animal. Alas ! little did they know my
feelings at that monient I Instant death, a release from
the excruciating tortures I was then suffering, would
have been the greatest favour they could have conferred
on me.
Thus I was carried for about a hundred yards, when,
overcome by pain, the lioness dropped me, and lying
down, began to lick the blood which streamed from my
wounds. I could feel her rough tongue as it passed
along thibitten parts, and tore open the tooth-marks. I
could feel her warm breath as she placed her mouth to
my lacerated shoulder. One gripe more, one single
wound in my throat, to which she was close, and I knew
all would be over. I even attempted to turn over to her,
to offer it to her jaws. She placed her paw on the bare
bone of my shoulder, and rolling me back, adding an-
other, and if possible, a more ittute pang, to my suffer-
ings. Again she began to suck up my blood as I lay
groaning beneath her.
My servants, I supposed, rallied and alarmed her ;
for she suddenly once more started up, and making her
teeth meet in my left arm, began to drag me away.
Good Heavens ! I feel even at this moment the same
agony I then endured. In recalling the tortures of that
instant, I almost fancy I again experience the pain she
caused me as she dragged me along, evidently bearing
me towards her lair, to feed her whelps. Suffering as 1
I knew all this ; I read my doom, and shuddered at
t. Twice did the flesh break away from my arm, and
twice did she renew her savage hold on me, and that
so powerfully, that she succeeded in getting me inside
the jungle. Here she paused, unable from pain toproceed
further. Tvvo or three shots were fired at her without
success. At length, finding her situation perilous, and
her prey likely to escape, she retired a few paces, and
determining on one effort, raised hetself, and opening
her huge jaws, suddenly bounded on me. I felt her teeth,
but they closed not ; I felt her whole weight on me, but
she stirred not. In the next moment I heard a human
voice. I was released from the ponderous load, and lifted
up—the lioness lay dead at my feet.