The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-11 00:00:00

PROFESSOR WILSON.

e extract the following graphic sketch of
gle personal appearance of .this distinguished
*Triter from the last number of the " Edinburgh
141,terary*Gazette :."
hiiigure to yourself a tall man; about six feet
tor,. half-an-inch or so, built with
teiable appearance of strength; but at the date
lid description (that is, in the very spring-
e.and bloSsom of youth) wearing, for the pre-
u°4l, inant character of his person, lightness and
ititY, or (in our Westmoreland phrase) fish-
's' ; he seemed framed with an express view to
gYninastic exercises of every sort—
I " To run, to wrestle, and to throw the dart."
n the first of these exercises, indeed, and
n
1 1,
taB'uly (but of that I am not equally cer-
i). •
the second, I afterwards came to
t)i9Yv that he was absolutely unrivalled ; and
kho. best leapers at that time in the, ring,
sc"rnond the Black and others, on getting
oit taste of his quality," under circumstances
w.„eonsiderable disadvantage (viz., after a
rbK from Oxford to Moulsey Hurst, which
hithelieve is fifty miles), declined to undertake
ae• For this exercise he had two remarkable
11„/Pati, tages; it is recorded of Sheffield, Duke of
iii;.C.Kingham, that though otherwise a handsome
tii7N_he offended the connoisseurs in the sta-
ll:4l, proportions by one minent defect—
ijPs the most obtrusive toe which the human
ire. is liable—viz. a body of length, dispro-
poilioned to his legs. In Mr. Wilson the pro
4-torti°4 Were fortunately reversed : a short trunk,
hi. remarkably long legs, give him one-half of
4.44antages in the noble science of leaping
W,9thei half was afterwards pointed out to me
ti; ',lll accurate critic in these matters, as lying in
ofe-Particular conformation of his foot, the instep
hittb is arched, and the back of the heel
-
,Onened in so remarkable a way that it
1 fu4l be worth paying a penny or so for a sight
2-hug far of Professor Wilson in his outward
th-7, whom (to gratify you and your's, and upon
Ail...e6nsideration that my letter is to cross the
~4ntic), I have described with an effort and
64:leunistantiation that are truly terrific to look
of upon. And now, returning to the course
11,111. narrative, such in personal appearance
tlen,the young man upon whom my eyes sud-
N!Yrested, for the first time, upwards of twenty
10;14 ago, in the study of S. T. Coleridge—
tie;ng:a's I said before, light as a Mercury to
pet familiar with the British build ; but, with
41.ence to the lengthy model of your Yankies,
hp k sPhidle up Qo tall and narrow, already rather
this Y and columnar. Note, however, that of all
des array of personal features, as I have here
att'Ded them, I then saw nothing at all, my
Wilition being altogether occupied with Mr,
wers°ll'S conversation and demeanour, which
whi'lll the highest degree agreeable ; the points
gp.41,11?-chiefly struck me being the humility and
e)l5 'Y with which he spoke of himself, his large
fra',,tnsion of heart, and a certain air of noble
he "ess which overspread every thing he said ;
iii:eerned to have an intense enjoyment of life;
ititelied, being young, rich, healthy, and full of
',eetual activity, it could not be very wonder-
Iliriat he should feel happy and pleased with
Nlslf and others ; but it was somewhat un-
ilcA‘4,Lto find that so rare an assemblage of en-
kee'"ents' had communicated no tinge of_arro-
Net to his manner, or at all disturbed the
41 temperance of his mind.

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Th
4t4t e horse Fyldener died lately at the Crofts,
tratford-upon-Avon, in his 27th year.