The Sun. — 1845-07-29 (London, England)

CAPTAIN FREDERIC CHAMIER, R.N.--Count Konigsmark was one of the most remarkable characters of a wild and adventurous age. His extraordinary career in many quarter, o fthe globe is traced, by captain Chamier with a vigoroushand, and th e interest of the reader is never suffered to flag for a moment, as the hero rushes from peril to peril, in love, wail; gambling, riot, or murder. His indomitable bravery throughout, which made him so successful in his amours, furnishes new and curious matter for evey chapter ; but the character of his faithful and deceived follower, Vratz, is drawn with equal force, and keeps nearly as strong a hold upon the imagination. An,' / there is another person in the drama, the Italian, Isabella, tl ae devoted mistress of Konigsmark, than whom the pages of rm_ mance do not present a more effective female portrait. Text to her is Donna Maria, a noble Spanish senora, whose destinies arc commingled with those of Konigsmark ; and towart).s the close, the Princess, in whose secret bower his false i'atrigues and daring deeds came to their bloody close. In, addition to the glowing materials to which we have pointed, the story is enriched by a number of historical personages of the age of Charles H.—Literary Gazette.  Last week, as -the Talbot steamer was getting ready to leave Lyons, it caught fire from the boiler having been made red hot. Fortunately no person was injured, but if the accident had taken place a few minutes later the vessel would have been on her passage, and the results might have been very serious.— Galignani.  A bear lately escaped from Ghent from a collecti( of wild beasts, and caused considerable alarm amongst the }n_ habitants. habitants. It was at last killed by an inspector of forests, ipho, seeing the animal come out of a thicket, fired a pistol r 4 it, and broke one of its front paws, and with another shot In the chest wounded it so severely that in a few hours it died.. The skin was given up to the owner, and the skeleton is to Ira placed in the museum at Ghent.  The Glasgow Constitutional states that it is in— tended to republish the old Glasgow Courant :Vim the 14th of October, 1745, to the 15th of October, 1746. It says— We do not know that there is another copy of the paper extsnt, and were it for no other thing but the vivid accounts of the • movements of the Pretender, and the fac-simile presented by it of the manners and customs of Glasgow a hundred years I since, it would be exceedingly interesting, and must insure the warm support of the inhabitants. The Dowager Countess Grey is surrounded by ta numerous "family circle at Howick Hall, Northumberland. .iG the dissolution of the late venerated Earl, Viscount Howick (r Earl Grey), the Hon. and Rev. John Grey, the Honourable Cap tain Frederick W. Grey, RN., Lady Georgians Grey, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Honourable and Rev. F. R. Gray, the Honourable Captain Henry Cavendish Grey and Dr. Wil were present beside the death bed. The Honourable Colonel Grey, equerry to the Queen, did not arrive at Howick Saturd sy, and the Honourable Captain G. Grey, R. N., did not rea eh Howick Hall until a few hours after the Earl had expired. La dy Mary Wood and Lady Elizabeth Bulteel did :not arrive there t. fore Saturday. It was the late Earl's most earnest desire that 1 tia uneral should be conducted as privately as possible.