The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-19 00:00:00

mencement of the narrative, is certainly lost as it
proceeds, for her duplicity and hypocrisy are ex-
treme, and the Baron Schwauberg, with all his
pride and arrogance, gains by comparison, for he is
always consistent, and, with the exception of his
one perverted idea of rank and station, he seems
kind-hearted and generous. On the ther baud,
his daughter Gertrude pretends what she does not
feel for the sake of concealing what she is ashamed
of, and adds ono deceit to another till she
consummates her attempts by being privately
married to her father's secretary, Rupert
Odenthall. Hp seems deserving of notice,
first, from the billiancy of his talents as
much as from his self-control and honourable sen-
timents. But gradually he, too, recedes from the
right path, and at last he shares the crime with
Gertrude, for a crime it undoubtedly was, to de-
ceive one who had been to him a benefactor and a
friend. They would have excited far more sym-
pathy had they openly avowed their determination,
and have departed from the halls of the Baron to
seek a home elsewhere. Gertrude might not have
been bound to sacrifice herself, and still more
Rupert, at the shrine of her father's absurd fancies,
or to the upholding of untenable dogmas, and fic-
titious grandeur ; but in common honesty and jus-
tice she should not have acted as she did. If her
conduct, and that of Rupert, is meant to exem-
plify and instance the effects of " family pride,"
certainly a moro deplorable specimen of its workings
could not have been given. It is a relief to
turn to the minor persons, who, if less ably
sketched, are more pleasing to contemplate. Count
Adolphe Steinfold is exaggerated in some of his
notions, but he is straightforward and indepen-
dent, while his Countess, the pretty Lucy, is de-
cidedly the best of the individuals here presented
to our notice. It is true she was cognisant of the
deception of Gertrude ; but in her case it was only
kindness which led her to assist, and she had not
the experience or ability of her friends to enable
her so fully to comprehend the evil they were per-
petrating. Arabella Morrison, her sister, is a lu-
dicrous etch, in which the author's well-known
talents in that department appear to full ad-
vantage. Count Hernwold, the suitor of
Gertrude, is another of that class, and it is
to be questioned if these two are not, on the
whole, the most successful of the delineations; they
are vain and selfish, and do not deceive others if
they do themselves, by their affectation and pro-
testations. The Baroness, the mother of Gertrude,
is an agreeable character, and although she commit-
ted some great errors in the education of her
daughter, she exhibited common sense and deci-
sion, which were the more conspicuous by the side
of her husband's folly. Many scenes are met with
which display German life and manners, and it is
to be regretted that with so many materials for
working out a romance, the undoubted talents of
,he authoress should not have succeeded bettor.

THE VICTORY.

(From the Atlas.)

• -
It is done at last —Sebastopol has fallen, as far as it
has been besieged. The bloody garland of victory, hotly
contested and dearly bought, adorns the victor's brow.
I like to think that, after having whispered his
" thanks to God," the first thing every sound English
heart will have done in the proud exultation of national
joy, is to pay the tribute of admiration to the in-
domitable valour, undaunted courage, and unremitting
perseverance of those glorious warriors, who, though
bound to one dreary spot for about a year, where every
breath they inhaled was thick with the decomposed
atoms of their fallen brethren, rushed forward across
heaps of their own dead to plant with firm hand the
standard of victory on the smouldering ruins of that
fated town ! _ _ .

I beg to add my humble share to the tribute of
universal admiration due to heroism. Whatever be
the positive results of this first act of the bloody
drama, so brilliantly closed, whatever regret or blame
may rest attached to the policy that presides over the
contest, the soldier did nobly his part in obedience to
his country's call, nn stain dims the lustre that illu-
mines his name ; to him gratitude is due from his
country, glory and honour from all the world. Honour
(no doubt of it) well deserved as it is, will be freely
given to the leaders. May England not forget to be
grateful to the "nameless demigods."
Retired as is the place where I write these lines, I
hear the sound of national exultation fill the very air.
There is something in a nation's joy that commands
respect. Shame to the sour cynicism that would snarl
at a people's joy. Let them rejoice. They have
fairly deserved it by the unwavering devotion with
which all the anguish and all the sacrifices of this
trying year have been endured ; let those especially
(and numerous they are) to whom the tidings of
victory will be a message of death, let them open their
wounded hearts to the balm of patriotic gratifica-
tion, and accept a consolation to private grief from pub-

lic success.
However, the first emotions of the nation's joy sub-
siding, reflection will claim its right again. And patriots
ought to feel that the cares of to-morrow have a claim
on them even amidst the fresh emotions of national re-

joicings, long waited for, and, forsooth, dearly bought.
It is to this reflection of comprehensive patriotism
that I would address the question : " Well, this done,
what next ?" The fall of Sebastopol derives great im-
portance from the protracted siege. The war having
stood resolved in this sole enterririse, it became
the touch-stone of the comparative power of the con-
tending parties. The eyes of the world have been
rivetted on that one dreary spot for a year. Had the
enterprise failed, the allies would have lost the prestige
of their power. Russia in her turn having resisted the at-
tack for a year without being able to save Sebastopol, suf-
fers a hard blow in her prestige ; a blow the harder the
higher that prestige had risen, by the very fact of the pro-
tracted resistance. So far the victory is undoubtedly a very
great fact. It is a great fast likewise in a tactical point
of view. True it is, the south of Sebastopol having
fallen the very moment the Malakhoff was in the pos-
session of the besiegers, the recollection forces itself
0* th• mind, that the Malakhoff, the strength of the
stronghold, did not exist when the siege commenced.'
This cireumstance, coupled with the countless graves
with which the ground there is strewn, might cer-
tainly suggest many a regret. But this does not
lessen the tactical merit of the great fact. Things
are to be considered not as they ought to have been,
but as they were. And the greater the difficulties, the
greater the glory of having overcome them. The fall of
Sebastopol is a brilliant feat of arms, and a great tactical
triumph, spreading a lustre of immortality on the heroic
armies that achieved i, andaddina muoh glory to the mi-
litary reputation of England and France, and anew weight
to the renown of their power. But, after all, the question
the most important to statesmen and patriots, and to
Europe in general, is—What will be the permanent po-
litical results ofthis victory ? What real benefit can the
cause of freedom and civilisation expect to derive from
it ? Does it contain a satisfactory solution, or any solu-
tion at all, of the great problem involved in this contest
Ip the object of the war attained, or is it not ? What is?
the further course the Allied Powers ought now to pur-
sue ? and what is the course they have resolved to

pursue ?
These are the questions foremost in importance and
interest. The greater the sacrifice by which the victory
has been purchased, the more it behoves us to bear in
mind that a victory is only worth so much as is the use
that we make of it. KOSSUTH.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The supply of 1/ng,lish wheat in to-day's market was
moderate, and almost wholly of the new year's growth. On
tho whole, the trade ruled steady, at about Monday's cur-
rency.
Foreign wheat—the show of which was very moderate
sold slowly, but ws have no charge to notice in prices.
Floating cargoes of grain were held at very full cur-
rencies.
We had a good demand for both English and foreign
barley, at extreme rates. The malt trade ruled steady, at
full prices.
The demand for oats ruled steady, and the quotations
were well supported.
Beans, peas, and flour were quite as dear as on Monday.
ARRIVALS THIS WEER.
1 Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. I Flour.
English .. 970 680 1,493 520
Irish •• • i
• 3seks
2,550
Foreign 1 1 650 1 526 f 1 2,870 39_ brs

On Monday the following appeared in our Corn Re,

WRITECHAPEL.

port :
" The arrivals of new English wheat fresh up to our
market this morning, coastwise and by land carriage, w
considerably on the increase, compared with Monday last ;
but those of old wheats were trifling. The show of the
former was in fair average condition, and the demand for
most kinds ruled steady, at prices fully equal to those of
this day se'nnight. The few old wheats
the rate in the mar
of th ikets
sold freely, at fully is per quarter above s
day se'nnight."
[The above was correct up to a certain time ; but our
reporter neglected to send us the quotations at the close
of the market. He now states that the wheat trade on
Monday closed heavily, at 2s. to 3s. per quarter beneath
previous rates for new qualities. We regret this appa-
rent negligence, and shall take care that no omission
occurs in future ; for it is our especial wish to give the
most correct report of all the markets.—En. SUN.]

BOROUGH HOP.
We have a fair sale for new hops, the prices of which
range from 5/. to 71. per cwt. Duty, 300,0001.

Tho trade ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 4d
mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 6
to 4s 8d por 81bs. by the carcase.

THE VACANT GOWN IN FARRINGDON•STREET WARD:
—This day the election of an alderman for the above-
named ward, in the room of Thomas Kelly, Esq.,
deceased, was held in the Board-room, at Christ Hospital.
Deputy Eagleton, the only candidate, was elected with-
out a contest.
Letters from Bayonne, dated yesterday, mention that
the cholera has been very ♦iolent in that town and its
environs. For eight days previous to the 14th there
were from 30 to 40 deaths daily. Bayonne contains a
population of about 16,000 ; with the Spanish residents,
casual and permanent, about 20,000.