The Sun. — 1839-01-09 (London, England)

LOAD LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON THE ITOL'! LAND.—We are not surprised to find that a new edition of this work has been already called for by the public, and we venture to predict that it will not be the last, by many, that its merits will procure. There can be no one who has read the letters but will coincide with the following opinions, expressed in the recently-published number of the Quarterly Review :—" Among the many travellers of modern days," says the Reviewer, " who have contributed to our knowledge of the interesting regions dignified by events recorded in Holy Writ, a prominent place must be assigned to the young Nobleman whose work is mentioned at the bead of this article. Lord Lindsay's abilities and accomplishments are of a high order ; a spirit of inquiry and a glowing enthusiasm have been aided by various knowledge, and refined by a sincere piety. He exhibits a considerable store both of ancient and modern learning ; but his draughts of Helicon have been abundantly tempered by  ' Siloa's brook that ffoved  Past by the Oracle of God ;' having gone out in the perseverance and devotion of a pilgrim, he has felt and recorded what he saw with the wisdom of a philosopher, and the faith of an enlightened Christian."  The greatest rivalry exists between the builders of timber steam-boats and iron steam-boats. The former declare that vessels built of dry fir have a decided superiority over those of iron, and are ninety-eight times as strong in direct tension, seventy-eight times as strong in direct thrust, and eighty-six times as strong in lateral straining, and are also, they allege, decidedly superior in durability, speed, stability, cost price, strength, elasticity, and require a much less draft of water. So convinced is one builder of this, that he has issued circulars challeging in sums from 1001. to 1,0001. the builders of iron steam-boats to produce one of the same engine power per tonnage, to compete in the above qualities with a wooden built steamer of equal tonnage.  An inquest was held yesterday at West Drayton, on the body of a young man, an agricultural labourer, who suspended himself from the bough of an oak on Friday last, because he had seen his :sweetheart walking in the company of a rival. Verdict, " Temporary derangement."  We have noticed elsewhere the devastating effects of the hurricane. With this subject and the assassination of Lord Norbury the Irish Papers received this morning are principally occupied. To the latter calamitous and horrible occurrence the Pilot devotes a large portion of its space, not only reporting in detail the evidence (the substance of which we gave yesterday) adduced before the Coroner, " the scene of the murder," &c., but giving a long article in defence of certain remarks before made by that Journal on the assassination. The llail had before taken to task its Contemporary, expressing horror at the Pilot's manner in speaking of the sanguinary deed. In its publication of Monday last the following rebuke conveyed to its antagonistic Contemporary, whose obnoxious paragraph it quotes : We extract the following palliation—indeed it amounts to a justification—of the murder of Lord Norbury from the Pilot of Friday evening. We shall not offer a single observation upon the article, but leave it to meet that fate to which the honest portion of public opinion must award it. The first notice was (as our readers will recollect) headed " Loi d Norbury wounded," and ended with ascribing "jealousy" as the cause of the attack. The second notice is under the head— " MURDER or