The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-12 00:00:00

TIIE griAit LON DQN; TwelisnAv 111YERINCC JULY H. ifist.

LITERATURE.

Palo RAILWAYS;

Loving
Company

elaq.ug Prices
this day.

Rattiness
this day.

Disp7ay. A Novel. J By Mrs. Maherly. '3 Vols
Hurst and Biackett.
It would appear the object of this book is to shoVf
the innate trickery and deceit that exists on the
socici surface, hidden by the mask of gentlemanly
appearance and courteous bearing. Sir Aubrey
Mannering and Mr. MalcolM were certainly two
most accomplished actors, and it was only a just
retribution that fell upon them when they. mutu ally
deceived each other. Money was their object, and
no artifice was too mean or petty to stoop to in
order to attain that cherished goal. It forms an
amusing scene when the greedy Sir Aubrey wished
to test the validity of his powers, and sent for his
marriage settlements. Meanwhile Mr. MaleolM,
who was really the most wicked, although possessed
of better feelings than his son-in-law, underwent a
torment on his side. By some dexterous manage-
ment he had contrived to have a copy of the settle-
ments made out after Sir Aubrey had seen a rough
draft of them. In consequence of this arrange-
ment, which Sir Aubrey believed all right, four
thousand pounds were substituted for forty, which
was the sum promised by Mr. Malcolm as his
daughter's portion. When at last the truth dawned
upon the mind of the grasping baronet his rage
was excessive. It is skilfully narrated how he
concealed his wrath and kept his indignation in due
bounds until the golden time of his revenge was
ready. Then when his admired and coveted rela-
tive became involved in difficulty and ap-
plied to him, he rejoiced to think of his
triumph, and replied contemptuously. Meanwhile
he took a more deadly revenge in ill-treating and
cruelly using the high-spirited but incautious Laura
who had been the victim of her own and her father's
inordinate love of display. Imprudent and impe-
tuous Laura rushed away from her persecutor, and
sought refuge with her father in France. The ex-
citement and -misery were too much for her to en-
dure, and the scheming hypocrite and the practised
cheat, beheld the first fruits of his deeply-laid
schemes in his daughter's early death. It is to be
regretted that more space is not given to the his-
tory of the fair Genevieve, the younger sister of
Laura, who possessed her kind heart and good dis-
position free from the taint of worldliness and un-
contaminated by the fatal love of display. Lord St.
Clare is also an interesting character, who is little
seen or heard of. The only pleasing portion of the
narrative is that in Which he or Genevieve appears.
There are some foreigners who are introduced in
the scenes of Baden with great energy and vivacity.
Like many self-willed persons, Sir Aubrey Manner-
ing soon fell a victim to flattery adroitly adminis-
tered, and he was easily swayed by the clever and
subtle Count Bergensdorff. His own losses at play
did not, however, make him feel any more charit-
ably disposed towards the extravagances committed
by his thoughtless young wife, and every event
only hastened the catastrophe. It is a ludicrous
sketch that is introduced of Mrs. Somerset Bro,wris
and her two daughters, whose object was to per-
suade the world that all the gaiety and fashion of
the ccuntry were to be found at Sycamore Lodge.
The devices to which they had recourse, and the
measures they employed, are sufficiently absurd.
On the occasion of Mr. Malcolm's visit to them the
whole place was transformed, but to very little
purpose, as the practised eye of their guest beheld
in au instant the clumsy contrivances and the awk-
ward attempts at show, yet he need not have
' sneered ; they only carried on his favourite game
of "display," with this difference, that their parts
were not so well played as his invariably. waa.
Lady Windermere is a good instance of a fair
weather friend, and with her fashionable follies
forms an addition to the tribe of exhibitors who
are hero ably described. At home and abroad,
in the gilded saloon and the shabby abode, the
ruling passion is abiding, influencing, and. direct-
ing. The votaries of " display" are many, and
their style is various, that the authoress brings
before ker readers in these pages, and her work
will doubtless be regarded by many as an addition
to the attractive novels of the season.

SUN OFF WE, Sefen o'Clock.

LIVERPOOL RACES.

(Tll.l_S D A Y.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL CUP.

Seducer
Cock Pheasant

Ammonia

Eight ran. Won by a length.

BIENNIAL STAKES.

Rotherham

Benhams
Corcebus

DERBY lIA.NDICAP.

Dervish
Morgan Rattler
Hoddaul

Five ran.

QUEEN'S PLATE.

Rataplan
Saucebox

2

Two ran.

SWEEPSTAKES.

Sister to Mrs. Rigby
Mystic

Four ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(TLIIS EVENING.)
The LORD CIIINORLLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord LYNDHURST begged to ask the noble lord
on the woolsack when :t was likely the report of the
Statute Law Commissioners would be laid before the
house ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the report
had been signed by himself and he believed by his
noble and eamed fiiend, a week ago ; but it was
only returned to him that very day. There could be
no reason for any delay in its production by the
Secretary of State. Nothing bad been done by the Sta.
tute Law Commission. It was true that the work
could not be done in a day or two, but was involving
a considerable length of time. The commissioners
had taken on themselves each to deal with a separate
subject, with a view of consolidating the laws relating to
it, and bad employed persons to assist them in the work.
The work was in progress, and no doubt would soon
be brought to a conclusion. The report would probably
be laid on the table of the house.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE ABJURATION
OATHS BILL.
Lord LYNDHURST said with respect to this bill,
which stood in his name for a second reading on Tues-
day next, that he bad been strongly urged, not by the
opponents of the measure, but in a quarter from which
he had been led to believe he should receive much sup-
port, not to proceed further with the bill during the present
session. In deference thereto, he begged to withdraw
the bill.

INTRAMURAL BURIALS (IRELAND), &a.,
BILL.
The Earl of WICKLOW begged to ask the noble earl
the President of the Council what had become of the
above bill, which had been read a second time be-
fore the Easter recess ?
Earl GRANVILLE said that the Government had
carefully considered the objections to the bill referred
to, and, considering that there was great weight
in them, they thought it desirable that the bill should be
remodelled, and should be introduced in a new shape in
the other house of Parliament. He believed that the
bill had been read a second time in the other house,
but owing to the pressure of more important business,
that bill as well as many others had been given up.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented petitions from
the county of Denbigh and other places in favour of the
abolition of church rates.
SECOND READINGS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALI, the following bills
were read a second time :—Luton, Dunstable, and
Welwyn Railway, Wyndham's Divorce, and Ewing's
Divorce Bill.
DWELLINGS FOR LABOURINU CLASSES
BILL.