The Sun. — 1837-05-01 (London, England)

OLITAN MAGAZINE. Su ne Metropolitan has come out to-day, robed in its "-llner dress and redolent of the sweetest flowers of 'plain, as well as stored with more substantial articles in prose. It is an excellent Number. " Montgotinaekm's Lecture on the British Poets" appropriately ei a e. 3 the lead. Nothing can be finer than his apprevritthi" nr more just ,than his views. We fully concur to him on the subject of that lamentable indifference r etry Which atic characterises the present social stage, 66 t, Wit him also we indulge in the conviction that lest Ile neglect of poetical reading among us" cannot the for ever. The " Parliamentary Portraits," by e e author of " Random Recollections," are fairly tna,ll drawn, and will form the not least ater-e"ve part of the Number to general readers. co Alarryat enriches the present Number with a eisnti,nuation of his Snarley-you, which, like everything e that leaps into life from his prolific pen, is somepr more than a mere tale of and for the day—his 4uctions are not the ephemeral creation of an ordith4rY writer. Ile addresses himself to the many, and VV many reward him with their enduring attachment. tiete regret that we cannot notice the several papers in th ail, and are compelled, by want of space, to speak in genelly of a number, by no means inferior either interest r" or power to any of its precursors. th hout the whole Number spirit and sense, 4,l"ghtg and wit, are abundantly sprinkled. - There is prop xcellent variety in it—something to please all tast`:!s and well constituted minds. The, gay the the grave, the imaginative and the common-place, arnTiriled and the saturnine, the wise and the witty, soul '4 Invited to the Metropolitan May-feast, where fi uvra and reason wisely revels.  t 4 b 4 o. Marchant, the driver of the Defiance coach waving I'chester, and keeper of the New Inn Tap at Abingdon, l'tedbad a sum of money left him a short time since, depothree hundred sovereigns, part of it in a tea caddy, which hiesl3:LrPose_d placing out at interest. On Monday se'nnight that Fife saw that the money was safe, but in. the evening._ 0! t that it discovered, to the inexpressible grief of the No. was bt. 1 People, that the tea caddy and its contents had dis.apalared• Immediate inquiry was entered into, but notwithCaild,ilt• the vigilance of the police, we regret to say that the l',. Lt'eas perpetrators of this robbery have as yet eluded pubIsustice. Devizes Gazette. CCisEarl of Durham is expected to return to this Country by the 30th instant, and his Lordship's mansion in ,leveland-row is accordingly in a state of prep _arationfor_his t:eeption. Mr. Milbanke, Secretary of Legation at re-I.4btirgil will be accredited Charge d'Affaires at the Imperial curt during his absence. The Countess of Durham and the /1114' Viscount Lambton will accompany the Noble Earl. . 4 by a return, just made, of the fees and gratuities The:lauded and received by the officers of the House of ComtiohnB, in relation to the trial of the last Dublin Election Petial-,;' we find that these taxes alone form an amount so enorall l'is ta both petitioners and sitting members, as must deter snaitesl°l4, not sustained by party treasuries or hereditary doseir , Irons either opposing a false return or defending a from the The total fees demanded by the officers of the .House. Al Ember `a° petitioners amount to 5541. 9s. 6d ; from the sitting washers 494/. 11S. —Bucks Gazette. 04 41 Tuesday morning Mr. John Cullimore, of Bid'list"; committed suicide by hanging himself in a barn. he heaudnf.or.tunate genteman laboured under a monomania that Isithh taSured his Palmily in their fortune, which was totally ut foundation —Devizes Gazette. -the • • . line w anniversary dinner of the Literary Fund Society, v. edeesday next, promises to be more than usually attraedThe Lord Mayor, Lords Canterbury, Morpeth, an hd Scenic (who have expressed their intention of being present) Greatt" long list of distinguished stewards. The poets of je ts Britain will be represented by Mr. T. Moore, the drama seelle.e Person of Mr. C. Kemble, and several influential gentlethis 'rile City will also attend, to promote the interests of 40'4 7c cellent and widely beneficial institution. to istance of four miles from Chesterfield, upon tho f 0,44 road, a grand natural curiosity presents itself, in every ;41 of a large rock, springing from the earth, which in. teal i,',."Pect bears the resemblance of a toad, when that arilPartieur a sitting position. This extraordinary production. is °ite% rY noticed by the passing traveller, as a singular ending It retains the appellation of the toadstone by the suris 4g easantry.—Doneaster Gazette. .Lt p . tends