The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-03 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 18b5.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-THIS DAY.

THE MAGAZINIS.

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OLD COIJP.T.

Rad:wool—Old Ebony commences the Now
Year gloriously. Even when the political article
is opposed to our own views, when we feel strongly
against the conclusions it attempts to establish,
we are compelled to recognise the extraordinary
ability, the powerful arguments with winch it urges
its own opinions. In the present instance, how-
ever, there is no conflict. We feel in common
with every independent journal—we may say with
every independent man, whether Whig, Tory, or
Radical, Conservative or Liberal (the distinction
between Protectionist and Free-trader no longer
exists)—that " the conduct of the war" has not
been creditable to Ministers. Nay more, that
it has been so grossly mismanaged as to merit grave
censure from every one save the " waiters on Pro-
vidence," the hacks who are anxiously looking
forward to the crumbs that fall from the Ministe-
rial table. That Government was equally misled
with the nation, that it participated in a common
error, is no excuse. In the first place, we deny
the .fact. We distinctly and positively assert that
the people were not thus misled ; but that the
A.berdeea twaddle respecting peace was alto-
gether opposed to public opinion. But were it
otherwise, it would constitute no sufficient excuse
for the grievous mistakes. On this point we shall
extract a few sentences from the veteran :
" We erred in our confidence, in common with the
public at large !' Good heavens! has it come to this,
that a British Minister, in a matter most vital to the
interests of the country, excuses himself and his col-
[segues for a hideous error in the conduct of a campaign,
mi the ground that the public at large' shared in the
same delusion ? What did—what could the public know
About Sebastopol, a fertress to which foreigners have,
through Russian jealousy, been denied access for years
—a place of strength over which hung a mystery
which appeared almost impenetrable. If the Go-
vernment really knee, no more about Sebastopol
than did the best -informed of the public, before
they determined upon sending to the Crimea an army
which, when once landed, must either die before the for-
tress, or carry it by breach and assault, they are answer-
able before God arid" man for every life that has .been
lost in the attempt. Bat we do not believe anytking of
the kind. Their information may have been faulty, in-
correct, er insufficient; but we will not accept, even from
their own lips, art acknowledgment that they acted
utterly in the dark."
Ebony is equally decided in the condemnation of
the unconstitutional force foisted on the indignant
nation with irresistible force. He urges many of
the points which we have already put forward.
The following is so apposite that though there are
many urgent domands on our space we cannot re-
sist inserting it :
" That a Polish legion might be embodied with great
&feet we do not doulet ; but it must be remembered
that the Polish war of liberation, and the subsequent
emigration, or rather exile, took place more than twenty
years ago ; and with every reliance on the gallantry of
the men who might join it, it is hardly possible to trust
to their physique. Besides, as Sir Lytton Bulwer very
properly stated the case, the enrolment of a Polish legion,
,n an occasion like this, would bo an implied pledge
that, in the event of Russian defeat, Polish nationality
.should be restore I. That may possibly, in the course of
events, become another necessity' for Europe ; and if
so, we shall rejoice at it ; for, no doubt, the partition of
?eland has been a cancer in the European body.
But are Ministers prepared to take this step ! We do
not think so. It is a measure too bold for their adop-
tion. They would rather have the fancy troops, levied
from the Jenkins Gruffanuffs of llesse-this or SAxe-the-
ether, than take the men whose hatred to Russia is
undying., If so, they are doubly wrong. The Poles
would fight to the death against their hereditary enemy ;
while the trained soldiers of the petty principalities,
having no actual call to the contest beyond their stipend
ef a shilling English, or as they would reckon it,
six-and-thirty kreutzsrs per day, would take to
their heels at the first discharge. We do not ques-
tion the courage of the German people, or their
aptitude to become good soldiers ; but we say
that you cannot get trained men from the minor
.74 erman States to fight your battles in the East. We
take it for granted that even the second-rate powers of
Europe wilt oppose enlistment within their territories,
for such permission would in fact be tantamount to a
declaration of war with Russia. So long as the Ger-
manic Diet preserves neutrality, you cannot raise men in
(.3-ernaany with the consent of the sovereigns. You may
indeed get men from Germany—that is to say, emigrant
ou`cAsts, refugees, deserters, and what not ; but is it
really proposed to send regiments composed of such
material to the Crimea ? We do hope, for the safety of
our army, that Ministers do not entertain any such in-
tention. What dependence can be placed upon a legion
of men, fighting not for their own country, their own
sovereign, or their own faith, bat simply for a mise•
rable hire ? If we are told that in former times mercenaries
made good soldiers, and that the Dalgetties, though
they might change their service so soon as their engage-
ment expired, did nevertheless remain true to their
covenant, we shall reply that the class of men who com-
posed the mercenaries of the Thirty-years' War no
longer exists in Europe ; and that, if they did • exist,
Isar as new conducted would no longer admit of •their
employment. Is there no danger c f hired troops flinch-
ing in the hour of danger —is there no risk of their de-
sertion ?"

(Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell and Mr. Justice
Crowder.)

THE DOUBLE MURDER IN WARREN-STREET.
Tis morning, upon their lordships taking their seats,
Emanuel Barthelemy, 32, engineer, was placed in the
dock, charged upon two separate indictments, with the
wilful murders of Charles Collard and George Moore.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and applied to he
tried by a jury composed of half foreigners and half
Englishmen.

Mr, Collier, applied upon the behalf of the ac-
cused to have the trial fixed for tomorrow morning.
Lord Campbell sail that although the facts seemed
very simple, the charge was a very serious one, as far
as the prisoner ;VaS concerned, and granted the appli-
cation.

Richard R. Nunn, a reFpectable-looking Mau, carrying
on business as jeweller, in Goswell-Etreet, Clerkenwell,
was indicted for haring feloniously transposed a certain
mark of tho Goldsmiths' Company, to wit, the hall
mark.

The prisoner, who had been out upon heavy bail, sur-
rendered in court this morning.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Coxon appeared to support the
prosecution, which was preferred by the Goldsmiths'
Cenipany.

Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Sleigh were for the
prisoner.

The facts giving rise to the prosecution, the investi-
gation of which will occupy the Court all day, were
these:—Some time during the past year, a Mr. 'Emma,
William Austen went to the prisoner, and gave him an
order for a gold ring, to weigh eight pennyweights, and to
be made of standard gold of 11 carats. He called whilst
the ring was being made, and tried it on, and upon that
•ccasion the prisoner said it was then about being sent to
the Hall to be hall marked. After the witness Austen
had received the ring, ho had it weighed and found that
it. was -rather heavier than the English pennyweight, and
looked large for its weight. In December last Mr.
Austen took the ring to Mr Cox, a pawnbroker, at
Islington, and from what he there heard he took the
ring to the Galdsmiths'-hall, and there learnt that the
hall mark was an old one of the reign of William IV.,
which had been cut out of some article of gold so tiliked
during the particular year of that reign, and transferred
to the ring in question, which was not gold of the value
the hall mark would pronouace it.

The witness in cross-examination said he had been a
Government officer since 1832, and was last superin-
tendent of the convicts in Van Die.men's Land pre-
viously to that. Ho had been warden at the Model
Prison to fit him for his duties in Van Diemen's
Land. He left Van Dietneu's Land in 1845, and
from that period until 1817 received half-pay. He had
been charged at the 'Thames Police-court with attempt.
ing to obtain, from Messrs. Soaines, the shipbuilders,
11., by false pretences. He had made the solicitation
byl4 utlrite'ayxitness Austen, the
jury stopped the case,
and the prisoner was discharged.
At the conclu-
suipo onnotfh et
hbee avlifd
eonfcsa
glliirresn.

NEW COURT.

(Before Mr. Gurney.)

_ .
William Terce•, a news-agent, who was convicted
at the last sessions of wilful perjury committed at thb
Greenwich Police-court was brought up.

The ease was a most re►narkable one. The prisoner
had, without any apparent motive, charged a police-
constable of the R division, on duty between Green•
wick and Woolwich, with having robbed a drunken
man.

The prisoner was sentenced to four years' penal servi
,ude.

(Before the Recorder.)
Robert Ashley, 18, labourer, was convicted in steaiin
an ass, the property of James Granter.
He was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.

In addition there is an admirable article on
" Civilisation—the Census." The matter pecu-
liarly touched on being the defective education of
the people.

The second part of "Zaidee" fully maintains the
high promise afforded by the introductory number.

Ther© is also the "Rural Economy- of Great
Britain," an elaborate review, the writings in
which (although high praise is given) it seems to
us that scarcely justice is done to one of our

greatest living authors respecting his female cha-
racters. "Peace and Patriotism" contains some

stirring truths. It may bo regarded as a second
political article. " The Story of the Campaign"
(part 2). will be read with intense delight by all

who wish to soe an accurate epitome of the
spirit-
stirring eTents that occurred subsequently to tho
Alma—front the timo of taking up the position
before Sebastopol to the end of November. On the

whole, we bait, seldom seen a better number of

Blacktvood, and that we fool to bo no trifling praise.

Dublin University.-1 new story is commenced
in this number, which is entitled " The Lichteu-
steiners, or Convert-makers." It promises to be
interesting, and the principal characters are already
p lunged into mysterious perplexities. The scene
is very well sketched, in which the hero, Dorn, and
the two unfortunate ladies, are dragged into the
presence of the Duke of Friedlan 1. In his calm
self-possession and intrepidity, the young man con-
trived to (rain some signal favours from the stern
and haughtya chief that every one dreaded. Katha-
rine, the wife of the merchant Fissel, is of a very
energetic and determined disposition. Abraham
Seimble's will is a very curious legend of au inter-
minable strife occasioned by the wording of a will.
The money was left to whichever of the two cousins
first attained his majority. One of them happen-
ed -to be is Paris, and the other in Loudon, on the
last day of the year. By an ingenious contrivance
the former arranged to prove his certificates of ma-
jority exactly at midnight ; and the time being ten
minutes in advance of that of Loudon, when the
candidate in that town presented himself before the
lawyer the agreeable intelligence was conveyed to
him by electric telegraph that he had been sup-
planted by him, who was really three hours his
junior, but that difference was not recognised by the
law,
.both being born on the same day. However,

the case was xot decided. The two Clainaants went
over to Cincinnati to finish the dispute, the will
having been made there. The only conclusion
come to by all parties was, that whichever suc-
ceeded of the litigants he would not be a penny

the richer. "The Dramatic Writers of Ireland"
contains contains a long series of names, more or less cele-
brated. It is observed in the commoncement that
" Ireland has furnished a quota in every depart-
ment of literature ; the names she has contributed
to dramatic composition in particular are numerous
and eminent." The first mentioned is Burnett,
who composed in 1639. " Foreign Crime and Cre-
dulity" is an article relating to some strange pecu-
liarities of our continental neighbours. It is ob-
served that the great characteristic of British crime
is stupidity, and that of the continent vivacity ;
hence, here the wicked seem simply despised,
abroad they meet with sympathy. In " The Session
Extraordinary," after having epitomised the busi-
ness transacted, it is declared " that the only mea-
sures laid before Parliament were not urgent, and
could afford no immeiiato relief ; while the Fo-
reign Enlistment Bill' was at once ineffectual, un-
constitutional, injurious to the public spirit of the
country, and encouraging to the enemy." There
are some pleasing verses to be met with. The lines
on " New-Year's Day" are distinguished by a
melancholy spirit, but they are full of feeling, and
their tone is taken from the words expressed in them,
"Rejoice with Trembling."

The Elopement " is
Colburn's New Monthly.—"
a very strauze story, which relates the adventures
of a romantic young lady and her scheming mother.
It is not very probable, but it may please the ad-
mirers of the exciting and the sentimental. " The
Sister of the Hotel Dieu" is concluded in this
number ; it is very melancholy. " Polperro,"
which is rather a singular story, is continued.
" Wanted, a Wife," is a remarkable coincidence,
amusingly narrated ; but it is very questionable
whether such modes of proceeding would generally

turn out so successful. The series of papers on " The
Eighteenth Century" is this month devoted to the
literature of that period. A long list of celebri-
ties is introduced at the commencement, which
verifies the assertion made that this century saw
many authors whose works have become standard.
It is, on the whole, an interesting article, and con-
tains a great deal of information in a small space,
which will please those whO delight to take a retro-

spective glance at the " Manners and Customs of
our Grandfathers." The most worthy of notice
among the contents is " Heroic Incidents of the
War.'.' In this paper is collected together a series
of the most striking exploits that have occurred
during the recent struggle. • They are told in 'a
spirited style, and must attract attention and in-
terest. They are introduced to the notice of the
reader in the following lines, which will exemplify
their purport and teuour

" nEnoid INCIDENTS or THE WAR.
"Traits of heroism, acts of personal prowess, feats of
daring, instances of unflinching resolve and of the most
exemplary fortitude and endurance under trying circum-
stances of climate and exposure, as well as of actual
combat, impart peculiar lustre to the campaign in the
Crimea. If Great Britain aad France ever sent forth
their sons to combat a giant--if a small body of men
were ever armed to assail a formidable foe —it was on this
occasion ; and although almost decimated by disease,
and dispirited by privations and sufferings, it seemed as
if every man felt the weight of responsibility bear upon
his own shoulders, and was prepared to win a victory or
carry out a campaign upon his own personal account.
It had been imagined that a long peace would have
assuaged the martial spirit—that the progress of civili-
sation, carrying with it habits of luxury and indulgence,
would have enervated the present generation—it had
even been averred that cultivation of the mind was in-
consistent with war—experience has shown the fallacy
of all aese fancies, and as it was always known that in
the officer the higher the morale and the intellect, the
gretter the efficiency, so it has ever been shown, by the
unexampled extent of the published correspondence of
the men themselves, that the advanced position in which
they stand over those who fought on the glorious plains
of Crecy and Azincourt, or even at Salamanca or
Vitoria, has not abated in one iota that coal, calm, de•
termined, unfaltering, iron energy, which has ever
marked the Anglo-Saxon race in war as in peace. We
do not hesitate to say that the classic stores of once
accomplished Greece, 'and the still more prolific chroni-
cles of once indomitable Rome, do not furnish a greater
mass of heroic instances concentrated within so brief a
space of 'time as have illustrated the campaizn in the
Crimea."

Bentley's Miscellany.--Bentley's Miscellany, it
is rumoured, has changed its editorship during the
past monr.i. This assertion seems to receive con-
firmation from- the commencement of a tale by
Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, who, it is said, has un-
dertaken the management. It bears an attractive
title for romance lovers, " The Spendthrift, a Tale
of the Last Century." It is preceded by an article
with the comprehensive name of " Things in
General," ivhich sets forth many arguments
against the Foreign Enlistment Bill. A brief but
interesting memoir of the late Mr. Lockhart con-
tains the following remarks—