The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-11 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 11,

ApLIAN HARPS.--Numerous experiments
sawing been made with a view of improving the tone of
Dove rienuritme inotrumen Moran,. IC El IN, PRoWSE, and
Co. hurt 10 recommend to putvhasmw their new MODEL HARP,
tviosi of it hirli will be found of dog slur brauty and volume,
mid vibrating with the altrlttest bream. Price tee. ; tho old model
from 12J. to 21a. lit Cheapiude, E.C. Eatraet from lettor. 32in
Mann, The ..Eolinti Harp hes given the earl great enteatso-
nen."

BlLLlARDB.—Exhibition of 200 BILLIARD
TA111.104, all ran% fur KALE or HUM, at the spacious show
roams of J. ItMaNll= sad Co., makers by appointment to la.
Not al Family. War-utlan, and Admiralty. Pram from 3 miaow
with lIMPPPOIrifft-36. iktryeyartreot, Rand.

iALVIATI and Co., beg to announce the Bak,
at thrir OLD PREMISES, 431, OXFORD-STREET W.
previous to thionnal d 11,61116 of that branch, of their OLD RTOCK
of VENETIAN BLOWN GLASS, principally fer table nee, _at •
MOM nrdurtinn from the aerial pnee-c SALVIATFB NEW
STOCK of MOSAICS, BLOWN GLASS CHANDELIERS, MIR-
RORS, Bfr:AlM, ke„ always on Mew at their sew rißablithment.
30, St. Jamre'ectsct. S.W.

ANNUAL HALE. -HUMMER SEASON.-
DEBENTRAN sad FREEBODYt Silk Mercers and amend
Warrhoummon, bog to nnounne Unit Moir usual Annual Mao of
FANCY PTOCK will be costumed during the month of July.—
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ANN UAL SALE NOW ON. - ENOENT
HOWIE. 310, 314 242, Rogratt-etront. and 16 and V.
yin cts NV.—ALLISON said Co. Lug reipeetfully to call the stunt.
tom of their numerous patrons to Oar cuttomary KALE at the
close of tie mason which conunenond on Monday. Juan 21, and
will to continued throughout July. when they will be pcspared to
'bog in every department some unusually °hoop goods. Regent
House. 270. WO. 242. Rekreet-tereet. end Si end 27. Atrvltotrewh W.

ATKINSON and CO., IRS to 212, WESTMIN-
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CABINET MANUFACTURERS.--show Booms
for every Deserfytiom of Furniture.

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TITE SUICIDE OP A MERCHANT AT BRISTOL.—
An inquest was held on Thursday at the George Inn,
Abbot's Leigh, near Bristol, on the body of the late Mr.
James Price Morgan, of Hampton-park. who was found
dead on Tuesday last in a quarry in what is known as the
Big Wood, on the estate of Sir William Milos, Bart.,
Leigh Court, under the circumstances reported a day or
two ago. Deceased was the junior partner of the firm of
Messrs. Lugg and Morgan, wholesale boot and shoe manu-
facturers, 77, Castle-street. Bristol. Towards the
close of last year the firm sustained some severe
losses, which eventually resulted in bankruptcy.
The deceased disappeared rather mysteriously ; and
on Tuesday last Mr. William Lynge, a gamekeeper of
Sir William Miles, was searching for emmets in the Big
Wood, when he passed the quarry, which is situated in a
very unfrequented place, and he saw the body, partially
concealed by brushwood. He at once went for Police-
sergeant Lang, of the County Constabulary. The body
was in a shocking state of decomposition, the skull (on
which there was not a particle of flesh) being separated
from the trunk, and all the limbs disjointed. The polies-
officer noticed, before he searched the body, a ballet-
hole on the right side of the skull, immediately over
the temple. In the pockets ho found a gold presenta-
tion watch, about 7s. 6d. in money, some of the firm's trade
cards and invoices, which led to his identification, and
some envelopes addressed to himself. In a pocket in his
Inverness cape, which was lying a few yards from him,
was a pint bottle containing about a noggin of whisky.
On being removed a new single-barrelled pistol was found
between his legs. The hammer was down, and the
barrel was unloaded. A few percussion caps were also
found upon hint. At the inquest Mr. Lugg stated that
lie had noticed something very peculiar about the do-
ceased's manner latterly. and ho believed that his mind
bad been depressed by the losses sustained in trade. The
jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed
suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity.
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1868.

LITERATURE.

Crowned. By EDWARD CAMPBELL TAINBII. 2
vole. London : Smith, Elder, and Co. 1868.
It is a hopeful sign when • novelist gives free
utterance to speculations of hie own. As a rule,
the writers of fiction never think for themselves.
They take everything for granted. In the life
around them they see nothing abnormal or defec-
tive. It is always easier to depict than to con-
struct, and it is more common for the majority
to copy a model than work up to an ideal.
Mr. Utah ham chosen the more difficult
part. He has written a novel contain-
ing a new theory of existence displayed
in action. His heroes and heroines are human,
but they are unlike the men and women whom we
meet daily. They act on principles of a lofty, yet
by no means agreeable character. They are excel-
lent persons in their way. We prefer, however,
to make their acquaintance in the world of fiction
to associating with them in the world of reality.
The purpose of the story is to exemplify the
intimate connexion between success and suffering;
in other words, to prove that every rose has
its thorn. In order to succeed in this it
is necessary to create personages of a par-
ticularly sensitive organisation and imbued
with unbending moral principles. Maurice
Pascal manifests as a boy the tendencies
which mould his manhood. Re is pictured as
exhibiting " a haunting, pathetic expression of
face," pathetic because so intense, full of
emotion, yet as full of calmness. " Indeed the
emotion and the calmness seemed to be one, and,
for both, intensity seemed the beet expression.
Matching this intensity, was his sensibility to
the feelings of others. There were many things
he would not do to a dog (such as sending him
out of the room) for fear of hurting his
feelings. If he relieved a poor person, he would
do it in the shyest way, and you would see him
nervously toning back his hair, and on the verge
of tears for the next half hour. He always con-
ceived of every body as feeling what, with ideal
sensibilities, he would feel." This disposition took
the form of extraordinary exactitude on the
score of truthfulness. Hui first great shock in
youth was occasioned by the discovery that the father
he dearly loved had been guilty of wilful false-
hood. Later in life his most intimate friend com-
mits the like error, and their friendship is
severed. He acts, indeed, on the belief that a lie
is the unpardonable sin. It is because his scru-
pulousness is carried to excess that he is pained
by that to which another man would give no
heed. He exemplifies in his person the folly of cx
tremes.

Having entered the Church, Mr. Pascal is ap-
pointed chaplain to a factory. He is thus able to
carry his peculiar doctrines into effect, and he does
so at the cost of his popularity. No better testi-
mony is required of the purely aginary cha-
racter of this story than is furnished by the de-
scription of the working men and their doing's.
Among other things he inculcates on the men is
the duty of taking the Sacrament every Sunday.
Once he refuses to allow one of them to communi-
cate on the ground that he is on bad terms with a
comrade. The man resents this as an affront, and
becomes the chaplain's bitter enemy. On another
occasion he declines to administer it at all, and
the men cease to be diligent in attending church.
It is possible to conceive such a condition of
things; but English working men are not gene-
rally disposed to act as Mr. Tainsh makes them do.
If they go to Church, it is lees to support certain
dogmas than to discharge what they have been
taught to be a duty. Nor are they accus-
tomed to converse with each other in
the neatly-formed phrases which Mr. Tainsh
puts into their mouths. Their ordinary talk has
More force than polish. There is more sense than
sparkle in their sentences. Although Mr. Pascal
fails ae a clergyman in rendering his flock docile,
he
.yet succeeds as a philanthropist in winning
their hearts. A pestilence rages, carrying off
large numbers of the families of the working men.
Mr. Pascal is foremost in relieving the destitute
and comforting the ailing. He organises a syatem
of relief which lessens the suffering. He inspirits
the timid by his example, and thereby
helps to put a period to the spread of
the disease. Afterwards he establishes a system
desired to support the widows and orphans, and
to teach the working men how to aid each other
under like circumstances. The plan is as Names-
ful as all plans are on paper. But Mr. Tainsh
has the candour to admit its drawbacks, while
blazing its merits. He says that, " the arrange-
ment wag, in a Dense, not equitable ; it was not
business-like; but herein lay its merit, for it was
Godhlre." This reminds us of the sincere, but
foolish outpourings of the enthusiasts who, at the
period of the Commonwealth, were bent upon
re-organising society. They quoted texts in
support of their views : they were able to . ve that
their schemes were the ordinances of a ... Yet
no one regrets that the experiments they advocated
were not made, and that the principles of human
justice and equity prevailed over the theories of
government based on a misinterpretation of the
Bible. Notwithstanding his success, Mr. Pascal is
unhappy. His motives arc misunderstood in cer-
tain quarters. He finds that the world at large
does not sympathise with his opinions. Over-
exhausted with work, his body wastes away, and
his labours are crowned with a premature death.
The central figure in the story is not the only
one which excites curiosity, for some of the sub-
ordinate personages are drawn with even greater
skill. Mr. Wentworth, for instance, a cultivated
Bohemian, is a clever study of character. He is
more truly human than Mr. Pascal. He does
less good, but he leads a happier life. Mrs.
Aylsham, a clever but not very amiable lady,
is also drawn to the life. She is one
of those we do not like to know, yet
whom we too often meet. Many of the in-
cidental reflections of Mr. Tallish are superior to
his theories of life. The following is accurate and
well put:—" The working classes, as a rule, be
they better or worse than others, are simpler, and
have that instinctive perception of the essence of a
man which belongs to simplicity of character.
They judge as children and good women judge ;
in other words, they scarcely judge at all, but
rather feel the character." Again, this is just
and clever, and, alas ! far too true :—" ' Mr. Pascal
is not at all a heretic.' I dare say not (though
I have not the least idea what a heretic is); but
that doesn't matter. It makes it all the better fun to
call him one. Voltaire would not have minded the
name a bit. Penelon would have been shocked at
it, or, rather, was shocked at it. If one little boy
has a brass watch which he shows to another,
little boy No. 2 wouldn't think of canine it brass;
that's patent and confessed ; but if little boy has
a watch, metal unknown, which he won't show
to little boy No. 2, the chances are unanimously
in favour of little boy No. 2 exclaiming, indig-
nantly, ' Yah, it's only brass !' So heretic'
comes to be an appropriate penal epithet for all
persons who cannot be made out.,,

FINSECRY PARE.—At a meeting of the Metro-
politan Board of Works, yesterday. a report was presented
from the General Purposes Committee, stating that steps
were being taken for the formation of the ornamental
portion of Finsbury-park. Advertisements for tendersfor
the execution of the works had been issued, and that of
Mr. Btrieloon, for 4,6001., had been accepted. The com-
mittee had also agreed with Mr. Wood, .f Banstead, for
the erection of the fencing.
CayerrAL PALACE.— Ora Sammie DAY.—
FRIDAY, JULY 10.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,43 i;
ditto on payment, 2,214 ; total, 3,621.

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ITALY.

FLORENCE, Juty 10, Evninfo.
In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
General Lamarmora expressed a wish to question
the ministry relative to an official report of the
Prussian General Staff respecting the conduct of
the Italian army in 1886. He said that he should
feel bound to enter at great length into the sub-
ject. The Prussian report attacked the Italian
army and its conduct as an ally, and therefore
neither his honour nor the interest of the country
allowed him to remain silent. The defence must
be ample, and the facts established.
General Menabrea said that he had not yet read
the report, but would reply in two or three days.
The Chamber passed the vote of 3,000,000 lire
for the armament of the iron-clad fleet and the
conversion of the marine rifles into breech-loaders.
During the debate the Minister of Marine stated
that the Italian iron-clad fleet was in perfect order,
and loft nothing to be des,ired. The government had
determined to arm the fleet with Armstrong guns.

WURTEMBERG.
STUITGARDTI JULY 10.
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The elections to the Lower Nouse are now in
progress, being for the first time direct and by
ballot. The result of 40 elections out of the 70
are already known. Eighteen of the successful
candidates incline to the democratic programme
laid down by the Beabachter, five belong to the
party favourable to alliance with Austria, six to
the national party, and eleven to the party of the
centre. The number of voters taking part in the
elections was large. Seven members have to be
re-elected for various reasons.