The Sun. — 1837-09-29 (London, England)

THE OLD COMMODORE. 3 Vas.  Bentley, London, 1837. a There • Is much vigor in this sea novel, some de•enPticuis in which remind us of the masterly sketches Tom Crint, ale's Log." The character of the Old Commodore"—the tale seems in some sort to e founded on the once popular song of that name—is Portrait, we suspect, from the life ; for forty years }g° the navy abounded in such tyrannical officers, who, Twever brave and skilful in their profession, were u intra-Martinets in point of discipline, and flogged their ti" without mercy for the slightest fault, and some-4'l" at the mere sug,estion of caprice. The Commokrre' who is one of this school—now, thank Heaven, tonlQat defunct :—after nearly causing a young relative his ecurunit suicide by his arbitrary bearing towards 10%11' ultimately becomes reformed in his temper, mel-3 down into a very mild, equitable officer, and is in he co°'Nuance the idol of his crew, by whose exertions resrhis a glorious victory against great odds. The thi f the characters are fairly enough sustained, but 1114: the author's master-piece. In point of rough, 46 ticuline vigor, it may almost rank with Smollett's wit,laweer Trunnion." The incidents are worked up 4(. .1 tact ; hut occasionally there is too much exag-46 00, and straining after effect.  tb,l)4ring the .whole of yesterday the inhabitants in e,ereighbourliocd, of the Old Church,on Deptford, were in vt0441 conversation, arising out child, w h irner is st s u pthatno sae youngdto ho ill„ .44 had given bieth to a . f eleit T.i'late, and which, if not born dead, died shortly after Rapt 'rt."- About five months ago. a appearance, came to young woman, o k• reanners and very prepossessing liatLicrd,' and engaged lodgings of a person.. of the name of hick-"4d.who lives in a small and retired cottage at the of l''a Flagon-row, and where she wasf occasionally visited tec Pel'son having all.the appearance o a. gentleman. Living it,ti .., . niedint, aee did not excite much observation beyond the imta,t4.-, e,neighbourhood till Wednesday last, when a rumour cliiith circulation that the female was delivered of a male 414. "d that it was since dead. The information was cernkr, leated to several gentlemen who were assembled at the holdingl I it6-L-1 ow and who ha been 1 lam the Fourth, a. aggon-r , he b an inquiry before Mr. Carttar, the coroner, upon the 4;:y of a man who had. died suddenly. A person._ of lion It 0 of Smith, a hairdresser, brought the informn-4 fin! Pt, the child was born, and which was stated to be laa,i1;11-1,ro. wit male infant. The same person, however, municated that the child Zars tce a (r. I,li,iilt: hi 017 asfttnenre, ecocmaused much astonishmenht. Your,t IllYstery is attached to the case, since, thou gl.l the Leettliwernan has resided there that period, her name has "eloped to the neighbours. A distressing, 4,,,e0, accident occurred between, .six and l r the 8441.°elock onipSunday evening last. Mr. 1a) o flplit,s_, who had acted in that capacity since the railwayon,or. tlituttv4i. as the train was returning to Newcastle, .11 sidet of eIY took his stand on the step projecting from the ('`'n*:r:f...the e-,!'*riages instead of goingiato„,itin....aHnye,swa.agsonint at ti ,non with Mr' Surtees Irwin, the Company's p. le rtedl• also standing on the ttep„ teugh station, who was . worlt when in a moment he came in contact with the frame-41t... 191 .berwent-bridge, by which he was crushed to death. frameAnd Irwin, strange to say, escaped with very slight injury, than th,it .. Y conscious now. The probability lle ; scarcely OK'ing to- his b e iig lessmtich corpulentsel.l .to with the brig and on that account not exposed to collision 61 , ne..--2"yue life, cur/. NVii„4l Saturday evening last a young man, named j34.3...,14,,t,,what5. li.l.led_ at the evening on Sunde7land-moor. He 1„1.1 lian.i' p !vitn the running ropes of the Sunderland and -4_4chiner""ilway, which dragged him on to that part of the '`iltitl,, - Y "Poe whi ii theyre warped, where Le was in,' trashed to death--Tye Mercury.