The Sun. — 1836-09-09 (London, England)

CAPTAIN IVIARRYAT'S NEW WORK, " MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY."—" Captain Marryat's writings* depend for success on the truthfulness of the general impression they make, their broad effects, their sustained humour, and the rapidity with which incident follows incident. In the present work the humorous subterfuges of Jack at Tetuan, his abduction of the Vice-Consul in disguise, and the cross purposes to which he reduces the two ladies and their lovers, remind us of those complex Spanish novels in which the interest consists of a curious complication of mistakes and characters. The escape of the gaily slaves, the burning of the house at Palermo, and the adventures of Mesty, who is cleverly supported throughout, and the Priest in the mountains, are each excellent, as indeed arc the numerous underplots and episodes that fill the volumes. But we must refer to instead of extracting them." —Atlas. Letters from different parts of Ireland speak of arrangements being contemplated to introduce bone manure, hitherto much neglected in that country, into use, on a grand scale. Twenty bushels ground into dust are said to be the proper quantity for each acre of land. Its effects are astonishing—vegetation is quickened, and the young plant soon gets into that state that it is no longer assailable by the destroying fly. The expense of bone manure, mixed with other manures which may be advantageously connected with it, seems to be about one pound per cart-load. Large supplies of bones, however, are now pouring in from abroad, and it is more than suspected that some of our continental neighbours scruple not to, sell bones of their " buried ancestors" to the merchant. If such be the case, the supply is not likely soon to fall off, and the price may be expected to decline ; but, according to the views of experienced agriculturists, both in Scotland and in England at present, the value of the article is moderate. Mr. Cooper's forthcoming work, the Narrative of his Residence in France, Where he lived eight years, is folltoweeadutihnotr, the stesaayme volumes by a journal of his Excursion up the Rhine and of his second Visit to Switzerland. During in Paris, some of the most startling events in the modern annals of France occurred, and nothing can be moreAnc to rpciawn , powerfully interesting than to have them recorded by the whoi.H keispt accounta waryof his observation reception at Court by onwhatwas pLaososiinsgpahrioilipuS,T,m h to whom he was introduced by General La Fayette, is very characteristic both of the Citizen King and of the republican ; and his eloquentd erings onan dthe romantic shores doof stchr p tion castellated Rhine abound iv Thomas Bates, who is now in Aylesbury gaol, charged with the murder of Colonel Hanmer's gamekeeper, has conducted himself in a way suiting his awful situation. He spends best part of his time in praying and reading the Holy Scriptures. The village of Heath and Reach is still in a wdeeraethc;ircthuloat oneed most as state of great excitement owing to the vast number of idlers who visit the spot where the murder was perpetrated. When the body was first foundiitrovw maroioauserebpyorhtis reports gtheenewraalylyinwhich G believed was, that he had destroyed himself—for since he had the misfortune to kill his friend, who was out shooting rabbits with him last autumn, his spirits have been deeply depressed ; when the mangled body was discovered this report died away. Any one seeing the wild spot where the piece of the gun, which led to the apprehension of Bates, was found, would say that there was truth in the old proverb of " murder will out," for had the piece fallen among the fern no one could have discovered it.