The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-17 00:00:00

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And kings crept out again to feel the sun.
The kings crept out—the peoples sate at home,
And finding the long-invocated peace
A pall embroidered with worn images
Of rights divine, too scant to cover doom
Such as they suffered,—cursed the corn that grew
Rankly, to bitter bread, on Waterlo),
A deep gloom centred in the deep repose—
The nations stood up mute to count their dead—
And he who owned the NAufs which vibrated
Through silence,—trusting to his noblest foes
When earth was all too grey for chiva'ry,
Died of their mercies 'mid the desert sea.
Again, upon the same great theme, her voice it
lifted up as with the passionate grief of a Cassan-
dra : singing of the Dead—
() wild St. Helen ! very still she kept him,
With a green willow for all pyramid,—
Which stirred a little if the low wird did,
A little more, if pilgrims overvrept him
Disparting the lithe boughs to see the clay
Which seemed to cover his for judgment day
Nay, not so long !—France kept her old affection
As deeply as the sepulchre the corse,
Until dilated by such love's remorse
To a new angel of the resurrection,
She cried, Behold, thou England ! I would have
The dead whereof thou wottest, from that grave.
And England answered in the courtesy
Which, ancient foes turned lovers, may befit,—
' Take back thy dead ! and when thou buriest it,
Throw in all former strifes 'twixt thee and me.'
Amen, mine England ! 'tis a courteous claim—
But ask a little room too . . . for thy shame !
Because it was not well, it was well,

Nor tuneful with thy lofty•chanted part
Among the Oceanides,—tbat Heart
To bind and bare and vex with vulture fell.
I would, my noble England men might seek
All crimson stains upon thy breast—not cheek
I would that hostile fleets bad scarred this bay,
Instead of the lone ship which waited moored
Untily thy princely purpose was assured,
Then left a shadow—hot to pass away—
Not for to-night's moon, nor to-morrow's sun !
Green watching hills, ye witnessed what was done !"
Pronouncing thus, in fine, the oracular dictum, of
poesy upon the fame of this later demigod, th.
" Crowned and Buried"—

NAPOLEON.
"Blood fell like dew beneath his sunrise—sooth !
But glittered dew-like in the covenanted
Meridian light. He was a despot—granted !
But the aproc of his autocratic mouth
Said ye i' the people's French : he magnified
The image of the freedom he denied.
And if they asked for rights, he made reply
`Ye have my glory l'—and so, drawing round theta
His ample purple, glorified and bound them
In an embrace that seemed identity.
He ruled them like a tyrant—tree ! but none
Were ruled like slaves : each felt Napoleon.
I do not praise this man : the man was flawed
For Adam—much more Christ !—his knee, unbent--
His hand, unclean—his aspiration, punt
With a sword-sweep :--pshaw !—but since he hal-
The genius to be loved, why let him have
The justice to be honoured in his grave.
I think this nation's tears thus pured together,
Worthier than shouts ; I think this funeral
Grander than crownings, tigough a Pope bless all ;
I think this grave strniger than thrones. But whether
The c,owned Napleoo or the buried clay
Be better, I disc,rn n,.t—Angels may."
So, with that wild strain of a melody most beautiful
and most affecting still vibrating upon the chords
of our remembrance, let us close these brief and
inadequate words of reference to the writings of a
true woman, and a poet no less genuine and illus-
trious. Honour to Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
whose name—as that of Mary Somerville, is the
boast of her sex in the scientific annals of our
generation—is preeminent among the living glories
of our English literature !

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Lord Campbell.

MEAGER V. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.

This was an action brought by the survivors o a
gentleman named Meager, to recover damages from the
defendants, in consequence of the death of that gentle-
man from an accident of the defendants' railway.
Mr. Lush, who appeared for the plaintiff, said he
was instructed to take a verdict, by consent in this
case, for 1,900/. The action bad been brought under
late Act of Parliament, giving parties power to sue for
compensation, on the death of their relatives, from ac-
cidents on railways. The suns in question would be
divided, 9001. to the widow, and 500/. to each of the
deceased's two children.

Lord Campbell said he was happy to find the Eastern
Counties Railway had come forward in so handsome
manner, and agreed to a verdict, which was an example
worthy to be followed by a'! other railway companies.
In former times, when coach accidents occurred, an
many of the passengers were killed, the proprietors
greatly rejoiced that the state of the law was such as
prevented the survivors from bringing actions against
them for damages. The passing of the Act in question
had remedied that evil, and he was happy to say that it
had been found to work extremely well.
Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 1,9001.

ROLLS COURT.
CANDLER V. V ILLETT .-J CD G3I ENT ..--DEFAULTING

SOLICITOR AND EXECUTOR.

The Master of the Rolls gave judgment this morning
in this case, which came before him in the nature of an
appeal, from the certificate of his Honour's chief clerk
He considered that his chief clerk had come to a correc
conclusion on both paints, and entered his certificate to
stand.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.

The December session of the above court was opened
this morning by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,
the Right Honmerahle the Recorder, Aldermen Sir C.
Marshall and Sir R. W. Girder', Mr. Sheriff Kennedy,
Mr. Sheriff Rose, Mr. Ueder-Sheriff Stone, and Mr.
Under• Sheriff Rose, &c., &c.
The first edition of the calendar contains the names of
65 prisoners.
The Recorder, in his charge to the grad jury, con-
gratulated them upon the' fact that owing to the short
period that had elapsed since the last session the
calendar was unusually light, and that their labour's
would consequently not be of very lengthened duration.
The most serious case in the calendar was a charge against
an unfortunate woman named M'Niell, for the murder
of two of her children by cutting their throats.
There appeared to be no doubt that she bad committed
the act, and it appeared that she had previously been a
most kind and affectionate mother, and there seemed to
be no doubt that at the time she committed the fats
deed she was not in a sound state of mind. The grand
jury, however, could not consider that matter, but it
would he their duty to find the bill for. murder, and
then
be question of the state of mind of the prisoner would
another
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delusion of mind,tharneed tehfathewrhileehisidurffeenr,inganfrdomtwito ofshe
went out with
them were found struggling in the river at Chelsea,
and were taken out, but the third, he believed,
had never since been heard of. The evidence appeared
to him at present to be very slight against the prisoner;
but, if the grand jury should consider it was sufficient
to justify further inquiry, they would be justified in find-
ing the bill. There was another case of a rather on.
usual character, in which two prisoners, father and son,
were charged with the crime of abduction. By a spe-
cial Act of Parliament the act of taking any young girl
from the custody of her parents, with the intention of
marrying her or of obtaining her property, was made
felony, but the present case he believed would assume the
shape of a charge of nesdeameanour, and to support
that charge it was only necessary to prove that the par-
ties had taken a girl under sixteen from the custody of
her parents without their consent ; and it was not neee
wary to prove any object or motive in the present case
He believed it would appear that the girl in ques-
tion was entitled to an income of 701. or SOL a
year at the death of a relation, and it seemed
that she had gone away willingly, and there was
reason to believe that although she was only thirteen
years of age she had cohabited with one of the defen-
dants. His lordship then informed the grand jury that
be believed that bills would be preferred at the present
session against those policemen who were allegceedastoiebnavoef
made use of unnecessary violence upou t_
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the disturbances in Hyd,park, and
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bills against the
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charges that they would be called upon to answer. It
appeared
to be the practice to commit a prisoner upon
one charge only, and to return the depositions upon tit*
charge, but when the session came on the officers in-
structed the officials of the court to prefer other indict-
ments for offences of a totally distinct character, and
they represented that this course was adopted uuderr the
direction of the magistrates who committed the prisoner.
He could hardly think this was the case, but the prac-
tice had certainly extended, and it had the effect rtto Ipre
venting the prisoners from knowing whatchhaarvgeei
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The grand jury then retired.