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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1855

NEWMARKET RACES.

pointment of regimental surgeons instead of staff sur-
geons. As circumstances turned out it would have been
better to have adopted the latter plan, as suggested by
Dr. A. Smith. After the statements which appeared
in the public press with respect to the state of the hos-
pitals at Scutari, and letters sent home, part of which
would bear contradiction, but sufficient remained uncon-
tradicted as would condemn the system, Dr. Hall was
sent to inspect them after the battle of Alma, and he
gave the Government a very flourishing account of them.
By Mr. Ellice—Instead of there being one supreme
head over the hospitals, and all orders and instructions
coming from him, there was a large medical staff giving
instructions to diff-rent parties. Would it not have
been better to have had one person to direct the whole ?
—So there was after, and Lord Wm. Paulett was sent
out.

LITERATURE.

(THIS DAY.)

The Heiress of Boughton ; or, the Mother's Secret.
By the author of " Emilia Wyndham," ttc. 3

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS.

vols. Hurst and Blackett.

The numerous admirers of this delightful au-
thoress will welcome with pleasure the announce-
ment of a new novel from her pen. In her writ-
ings we have never to complain, as in the case of
some novel writers, that there is no one to arouse
our interest, and that the denouement is awaited
with perfect indifference. There is always some
one (and it is generally in the difficult character of
heroine) to excite our sympathy and awake our
attention. The high moral aim and lofty princi-
ples so constantly enforced without effort or pre-
tension cannot fail to have a beneficial effect on
the reader. We are shown, as few writers of fic-
tion have power to show, that au unyielding sense
of duty and a firm adherence to right are compati-
ble with all the most gentle and gracious femi-
nine attributes. Our sympathies, too, are alwae s
enlisted on the right side, a point of no small im-
portance in considering the moral tendency of a
book ; for it is not who succeeds or who is cen-
sured, but who the reader feels with, that decides
the question, and a few sage remarks on the rela-
tive qualities of vice and virtue will not negative
the effect produced by endowing the unprincipled
with every attractive quality, and rendering the
model characters hopelessly uninteresting. This
fault, at least, can never be charged against the
author of " Emilia Wyndham." Her heroine in
the present instance is a charming creation. Placed
in circumstances of unexampled difficulty, her
seeming advantages proving to her the source of
the bitterest sorrow, she secures the reader'sin-
terest by her engaging and unselfish disposi-
tion no less than she obtains respect for her
pure and earnest motives of action. In
one respect, indeed, she was grievously mis-
taken in judgment. Yet that is not surprising
in the circumstances in which she was placed.
Her best friends, from mistaken motives, became
her bitterest enemies, and her upright and gener-
ous nature consented at any sacrifice to avail her-
-1 self of the only path they showed her to escape
from the consciousness of committing an injustice
and injuring another. It must be premised that
this novel is a continuation of the last work of the
author, " Aubrey," and in this, it must be ob-
served, she is not quite fair to her readers. Although
the story is about totally different people, the chief
actors being, indeed, in the next generation, yet
the plot is in some respects so complicated that a
few pages of introduction are absolutely necessary
to the uninitiated, Those who have read "Aubrey"
have, of course, the clue which explains every-
thing ; but those who have not will find themselves
bewildered at first. The story, it is true, in part
explains itself as it proceeds, but an introductory
chapter would have been a great improvement.
For the benefit of those who are unacquainted with
the former work we will explain that the late Mr.
Aubrey had disinherited his eldest son, who was
supposed to be dead. His second son, William
Aubrey, consequently inherited his estates, which,
on his death, descended to his only child, Imogene,
the heiress of Houghton. Her mother has been
informed, however, that her husband was not
really the son of Mr. Aubrey, but the child of the
gamekeeper. Many incidents corroborated this
assertion to her mind ; but though thoroughly
convinced of its truth, she was unable to prove
it legally, and consequently had to resign herself
to the possession of an inheritance to which she
knew she had not the slightest claim. This, to
one whose love of truth and justice was a distin-
guishing characteristic, was intensely painful; but,
to add to her distress, she was convinced the right-
ful heir existed in Eugene, a child who was sup-
posed by some to be the son of the long-lost Ed-
ward Aubrey. Mr. Glenroy, her daughter's guar-
dian, refused credence to any part of the story, and
insisted that the young heiress should be kept in
ignorance until her coming of age. This is the
mother's secret. Lady Emma, disappointed in
her hopes of reparation, takes the boy under her
protection, and brings him up with her daughter,
treating him with an affection and indulgence
which that daughter, notwithstanding her good-
ness of heart and sweetness of temper, rarely ob-
tains. She devises a plan by which she hopes to
set all right—the marriage of Eugene and Imogene.
She cherishes this idea for years, when she is sud-
denly overwhelmed by the confession of Imogene's
affection for Albert Faulconer, the hero of the tale.
Most painful scenes ensue ; until at length poor
Imogene, utterly broken-spirited, surrenders her
most cherished hopes, and, sacrificing herself to
what she imagines her duty, consents to fulfil her
mother's wishes and marry Eugene. It must be
explained that her father's will prevents her from
disposing of any considerable amount of her pro-
perty, or even of bestowing too large a sum on one
person. Imogene yields to the advice of those she
considers her best friends ; but her health gives
way under the struggle, and while Eugene is tra-
y-oiling abroad she begins to look forward to the
approach of him who solves so many earthly per-
plexities and befriends so many weary hearts.
How the catastrophe is prevented and how the
conclusion proves an agreeable surprise we will
leave the reader to discover, only regretting that
the story terminates so abruptly with so much of
that suddenness and rapidity which is one of the
author's peculiarities. The reader's interest is
deeply engaged by the misfortunes of Imogene,
whose position is one of great perplexity and suf-
fering. To all concerned it is certainly painful and
bewildering, but Lady Emma and Mr. Glenroy, in
their anxiety to render justice to Eugene, forget
that money is not all, and far greater injustice and
cruelty did they commit when forcing Imogene to
give up the happiness of her life than in debar-
ring Eugene from the possession of his estate.
Wealth and distinction were open to him in many
other ways. Even if he remained comparatively
poor, what was that to the suffering they inflicted
on the victim of the sins and follies of others. They
thought, as too many do think, that the feelings
are mere fancy, and the affections of the heart only
sentimental romance, and that so long as they
were provided with wealth and lands they could
not fail to be happy. With some it may suffice,
but to characters sensitive, refined, and affectionate
like Imogene the idea was overwhelming. Eugene,
notwithstanding his talents, is not at all attractive,
and appears to very great disadvantage beside the
noble nature and generous disposition of Albert
F. aulconer. These exciting events are all related
in the third volume, the two first describing the
childhood and youth of the chief characters. The
author transports us to Eton in some vivid and
striking scenes, which terminate, however, in a
fearful tragedy. Notwithstanding faults of style
and some painful points in the plot, we may con-
gratulate the author on having added another to
the list of her literary successes.

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By Mr. Ellice—lt has been stated by Mr. Stafford,
who visited the hospital at Scutari, that when he saw
the lamentable state of things there he spoke to Major
Sillery, the commanelant, and his answer to him was
that he was an officer without fortune, and having a
large family he shrunk from the responsibility of giving
any orders that might subject him to pecuniary embar-
rassment. Was that such a state of things as ought to
have existed ?—No, certainly not.
The hon. gentleman then read letters he forwarded to
Major Sellery with reference to the state of things exist-
ing at Set:tari, complaining of them, but at the same
time making allowance for his being in a strange coun-
try, and referring him to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe for
money and assistance under the circumstances, and he
hoped his letters would have had the effect of benefitting
the service. It might, he said, have been more correct for
the Minister of War to have written to Major Sillery, but
then the question of expenditure came under his depart-
ment. With reference to the management of the hos.
pitals in the Peninsula under the late Duke of Wel-
liington, and that of the hopitals at Scutari, the
case was very different. In the former case
the hospitals were under the duke's hand, as it were,
b ing i❑ the same country ; whereas Lord Raglan was
in one country, and the hospitals in another, and he
could only act in accordance with the reports made to
him, notwithstanding the period occupied in communi-
cating with the hospital iiv.e.s.ch instance must! have
been about the same. It was extremely difficult to
come to a soundconclusion as tothe truth or falsehood of
the reports from the Crimea, and instanced the case of
a letter being inserted in the papers, purporting to come
from Miss Nightingale, complaining of the want of lint
at the time she wrote the Government requesting them
not to forward more, having too much in store. When Lord
Raglan was sent to the East, he had full powers con-
ferred on him in controlling the army and its depart-
ments. Immediately on Major Sillery's inefficiency being
discovered, the Government proceeded to find a sub-
stitute, and a gentleman was sent out. There was a
larger number of medical men with the army than had
before been sent with a similar number of troops. He
did not think Lord Raglan ought to have been so well
acquainted with the state of the hospital at Scutari as
he (Mr. S. Herbert) was, becaase he got information
from private as well as official sources.
By Mr. Ellice—Lord William Paulett was sent to
Scutari after the mischief had been_donet After it had
begun. The army being separated in the field it was
necessary to have many persons communicating with
one another.

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LATEST BETTING.
SOMERSE VSHIRE STAKES.
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4to 1 agst Hercules (taken)
OAKS.
4i to 1 agst Nettle (taken)
25 to 1 agst Habena
4 to 1 Habena does not run.

DERBY.
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15 to 1 a4st Fl itterer (taken).
Jonathan Martin not here.

[LEFT SITTING.]

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY).

OLD COURT.

Thomas Evans, 19, labourer, and George Turner, 19,
also a labourer, two of the militia, Were indicted for a
rape upon Henrietta Gatland.
Mr. Parry prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended.
The facts were unfit for detail. The prosecutrix is a
girl of humble station in life, living near Hammersmith,
and the prisoners belong to that place, and are in the mi-
litia now doing duty in that district. The alleged out-
rage was committed in a field in the vicinity, both pri-
soners taking a part in it.

For the defence it was set up that prosecutrix was a
woman of bad character, and witnesses were cal!ed to
prove that they had been upon terms of intimacy with
her.

The case was likely to occupy the whole day.

NEW COURT.

Two respectable looking young men surrendered to
take their trial for having stolen a fowl, valued at two
shillings, the property of a gentleman named Fentum.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted and Air. Ballantine defended.
The case was one of the many sent to these sessions by
the county magistrates which result in the acquittal of
the parties committed, and prove bow wholly unfit many
of these justices are to be entrusted with the powers
vested in them.

The accused parties were both lads of very good cha-
racter at Edmonton, and had been seen by a person
caned Wagger, a farmer at Chingford Hatch, to throw
a stick at the fowl, which was straying upon the borders
of the forest, and having done so packed it up into a
handkerchief and took it away. Information was given
to the police, who followed the prisoners and took them
into custody. The prisoners were afterwards taken be-
fore the bench at Waltham, and, although the prisoners
were stattd to bear the highest character, and be in
the service of gentlemen in the neighbourhood, the
bench sent them for trial. Two police constables were
sent to prove the apprehension of these lads.
The foreman of the jury, after these facts bad been
elicited, said that they all thought the thing had been
done by the two lads out of a joke, and that it was not
the act of thieves.

The Recorder said he took the same view of the case.
The two prisoners had done very wrong, but he was
sorry that any magistrates should have sent them for
trial. It was no felony, but the trick of a school-boy,
and although a very wrong one did not bear any impu
tation upon the honesty of the accused.
The verdict of acquittal was then taken, and th e
Recorder directed the prisoners to be at once discharged.
.B.ICgT CS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE•
The supply of English wheat en sale to-day was very
moderate, and chiefly the refuse of Monday's market. For
most kinds the demand was in a sluggish state, but we
have no actual change to notice in prices.
In foreiLqa wheat—the shcw of which was limited—very
few sales took place on former terms. Floating cargoes
realised full quotations.
We had a dull inquiry for barley and malt, at last week's
prices.
There was less activity in the oat trade, at the late im-
provement in value.
Beans, peas, and flour realised former rates.
♦RRIVALS THIS WERE.
Barley. I Malt. oats.
480 ) 1,680 1,440
150
7,440

Wheat.
1,010

Flour.
520

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Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the
Third. Vols. 111. and IV. By the Duke of
Buckingham and Chandos. Hurst and Blackett.
A second and final instalment of these interesting
and valuable memoirs. As was the case with the
preceding volumes, the staple matter of the pre-
sent consists of letters addressed to the first Mar-
quis of Buckingham by his brothers William (Lord
Grenville) and Thomas Grenville, who appear to
have reposed the utmost confidence in his judgment
and discretion. Among the remaining correspond-
ence we find letters from the Marquis of Wellesley,
Mr. Fox, Lord Castlereagh, Sir Arthur Wellesley,
Earl Temple, Mr. W. H. Fremantle, M.P., and
other distinguished individuals. Considerable light
is thrown on the history of the period in which the
correspondence took place. Hardly any event of
moment between 1800 and 1810 escapes no-
tice ; and, as might be expected, a large
amount of material for the historian is available.
Among the subjects referred to in the present
volumes are the proposals of the First Consul-
General Bonaparte for peace ; the legislative union
of Great Britain and Ireland ; the resignation of
Mr. Pitt in 1801 ; Nelson in the Baltic ; the peace
of Amiens ; the Addington Administration, its
rise and overthrow ; the Pitt and Sidmouth Cabi-
net ; the illness and death of Fox ; the Catholic
question ; Sir Arthur Wellesley and the Conven-
tion of Cintra ; the retreat of Moore from Corunna ;
the Parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the
Duke of York ; the Walcheren expedition ; the
campaign in the Peninsula ; the quarrel of Castle-
reagh and Canning ; the debts and domestic dif-
ferences of the Prince of Wales ; the Percival Ca-
binet ; the return of the king's malady, and the
proposed regency of the Prince of Wales. Not
the least interesting portion of the correspondence
is that relating to the Convention of Cintra, and
Sir Arthur Wellesley's share in it. It would seem
that his career ran great risk of being cut short
consequence. The king was indignant, a
Duke of Cumberland we are told "foundhoeut that
all would be cured should one
the
royal go out in command." of
Imaginetblood
peninsular army under the Dukeof York aAndneLtheerrd
Chatham ! Yet this was suggested.or
Lord Grenville 's nar-
rative interesting portion is L Addington
rative of the negotiations ohnhtiheelepradrhoipf A
with Pitt in 1803, appearscidiri to
have patriotically suggested coalitiontahe
overwhelmingthe
ruin ablest
men of all parties to
with which the country tevsefvtdas Oreatened. The m
is skilful y put together, and where
cor-
respondenceremarks are needed they are given
elucidatery
with much g
ood taste
and judgment. In reading
the present volumes it is impossble not to be struck
with the many points of resemblance exhibited be-
Itween the times to which they refer, and the pre-
sent. It would almost seem, now and then, as if
we were living
the put over again. From this ea-

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