The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON,
.WEDNKSDAYEVENING, APRIL 11. 1855

went on to ridicule the idea that a person of the affluent
circumstances in which the prisoner was beyond doubt
situated, went to the prosecutor's shop for the mere
purpose:of pilfering whatever she could get hold of. He
dwelt at some length upon the means which were
adopted to tempt, as it were, the unhappy lady
—unhappy in the worst possible sense—and suffer- 14
ing, as he should show, from a morbid and die-
eased state of mind to the commission of the crime st
charged upon her. Coming next to the question of in-
tent, he put it to the jury whether they could believe
the prisoner had taken the articles as alleged, "with irt,
a felonious mind," or whether it would not ap-
pear to them more probable that she was 31
impelled by a delusion of that involuntary,
indescribable kind, which, although it scarcely 27
amounted to actual mania, had yet its origin in a die- 22
eased mental condition. If so, the act, being motiveless 25
and purposeless, was but a feeling, but a simple taking. Hay. St.
ing at some length enlarged on this presumption—in sup St,
port of which he adduced an acknowledged fact in medi- 10
cal experience, showing that women, at some periods-in 50
their lives, were affected by a species of insanity, which 50
rendered them irresponsible for their actions, and 20
which not only betrayed them into the gratification by V)
unlawful means of their cupidity, but not unfrequently
led them to the commission of deeds of a much 25
more serious type the learned counsel applied 25
his observations on this point as explanatory of
the prisoner's otherwise unaccountable conduct. lie 20
concluded an energetic address by referring to the large St
number of witnesses to the prisoner's character whom St.
he was prepared to bring forward. 25

The following witnesses were then Called by Mr. bt
St,
Parry as to the character of the prisoner : 10
Mr. S. Thompson, grocer, who had known the pri- I St
soner since 1823. No one who came to their shop was 50
more respected, or was more scrupulous and regular in 20
'her account.. St.
Mr. J. Quartermain, upholsterer ; Mr. A. F. Wace, St.
butcher ; Mr. W. Nicholson, silversmith ; Mr. L. Et:
Groves, butcher; and Mr. T. Boot, grocer and wine St.
merchant, all of which were tradesmen with whom the St.
prisoner was in the habit of dealing, also spoke highly of Bt.
her in all respects. 12
Dr. John Russell, the rector of Bishopsgate, said he 60
had known her for a number of years, and no one of his
parishioners had been more exemplary in all her relations St. '
in life. 3

Dr. Tweedie, and the Rev. H. Brown, rector of Wool- 20
with, and Mr. Lewis, her solicitor, also gave the lady St.
the highest character. St.
Several ladies having also spoke to the unexception- 20
12i
able reputation of the prisoner, 0
The learned Judge proceeded to sum up the evidence, St
confining himself chiefly to directing them on the ques 600.
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tion of tho prisoner's intent, and left it to them 25
to say, in the exercise of their common sense, as 25
men of the world, and under the obligation of their oath, St.
whether or not they conscientiously believed that the 2E'f,
prisoner was impelled by such motives as had been al- St.
luded to by the learned counsel. St.
The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, expressed ,25
a wish to retire. 100

After being absent for an hour and a-half, and it being
six o'clock, the learned judge sent for the jury and in-
quired whether there was any probability of their soon
agreeing to a verdict.
The Foreman said he was afraid not.
The learned Sergeant thereupon said he would ad-
j burn the court until half-past seven o'clock, which would
afford them an opportunity of coming to some conclu-
sion, and if they were not then agreed he would see
what else could be done.
The jury again retired, in order to consider whether
they were desirous of consulting the Court upon any
point, but after the lapse of a few minutes,
The learned Serjeant adjourned the court nominally
during pleasure, but virtually until the hour above
named.

The procaeding3 of the trial extended over a period of

three hours.

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CRIMINAL COURT.-(TBIS DAY.) I

OLD COURT.

Anscot Eliot, 31, a well-dressed man, was indicted for
stealing a post letter containing a 201. Bank of England
note, and other securities to the amount of 1621. as.,
the property of the Postmaster-General. '
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecu•

tion ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh.
It appeared that the prisoner was a letter-sorter a
the General Post-office, and that he was also engaged
as a letter-carrier. On the 4th of March, a letter
was transmitted from Manchester, by the agent of
Messrs. Southby and Co., of Parker-street, Lincoln's-
inn-fields, to that firm, which contained a 201.
note, a 51. note, and soars bills of exchange. The
letter never came to hand, and nothing was heard of it
or its contents until the 14th of the same month, when
the 201. note was piid into the Bank of England, and on
its being stopped and measures taken to trace it, it was
discovered that it had came originally from a person
named Eady, who said he had received it from a person
with whom be had been in the habit of betting upon
horse races, and whom he only knew by the initials of
C. 8., but who, he said, he understood was a letter-
carrier in the General Post-office. This person was
taken to the Post-office, and he at once recognised
the prisoner as the person from whom he had received
the note. Upon his being questioned he admitted that
he had given the note to Eady, and he accounted for the
possession of it by saying that, as he was walking along
the Strand, between Holywell-street and Temple-bar, he
picked up a piece of paper, which contained the note'in
question and another for Si. He was asked whether
there was any writing upon the paper, and he said there
was nothing upon it but the words, "With Mr. Murd-
ing's compliments." It appeared that he bad lost eight
sovereigns, and received twelve sovereigns from Eady in
exchange for the 201. note.
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to six
years' penal servitude.

NEW COURT.

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Charles Chrisiian Moller, 37, clerk, was indicted for
stealing several sums, amounting in the whole to 3,0001. ,
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the property of George Gibson Nichols, and others, his
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masters.
Mr. Bodkin prosecuted. 10'0
The prisoner pleaded guilty. 1.00
The prisoner nad been occupied, in collecting money 100
from the various bankers, and had, after receiving all the
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money in question upon one day, and changing them into 100 a
foreign notes, absconded to Dover, where he was cap- 20 f 1
tured, and the whole of the money recovered with
the exception of the expenses of the change, and some
trifle which the prisoner had spent.
The Recorder asked what was the prisoner's salary I
Mr. Bodkin said thirty shillings a-week.
The Recorder said he should take time to consider the
sentence.

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THIRD COURT.

George Bolin, 34, accountant, was indicted for stealing
jewellery from Charles Greenwood, Richard Willis, and
Alexander Paton, amounting in value in the whole to
between 4001. and 5001.

The prisoner pleaded', guilty to the six indictments
preferred against him.
Mr. Bodkin prosecuted; and Mr. Ballantine defended.
The prosecutors were in each instance jewellers and
dealers in fancy goods, and prisoner had acted as agen
to them. The goods had been entrusted to him for sale,
and he had pawned from time to time the gads en-
trusted to him, and entered the goods to the credit of
the customers dealing with them.
Sentence was postponed.

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LITERATUEE.

The Quicksands of Fashion. By Mrs. Martin
Lucas. 3 vols. Newby.
This work may certainly lay claim to some ori-
- i givality of plot and a great variety of incident. It
is somewhat in the old-fashioned style of inter-
cepted letters, deep-laid plots, and attempted mur-
der. The story is very complicated ; but its chief
object would appear to be to show the evils result-
ing from a love of gambling. The effects of this
absorbing passion in the Bonville family are ter-
rible. The innocent suffer with the guilty ; and
the fair heroine, Cordelia, is involved in great mis-
fortunes and misery, owing to. the deceit and
treachery which had their rise in a love of gambling.
In the Champerdowne family its effects are not less
fatal ; and in the story of the heroine's aunt, Cla-
rissa Bonville, fearful calamities result from it.
Cordelia herself, though a gentle and pleasing
character, brings all her misfortunes upon herself
by her foolish confidence in her unprincipled
brother, and her weakness in yielding to his wishes
as to her marriage. The Lady Gwendoline, her
evil genius, is a somewhat exaggerated portrait.
The story is net very probable ;but the readers to
whom the excitement of suspense is agreeable will
find it exactly calculated for them ; for it is impos-
sible in the middle of the second volume to form a
guess at the conclusion. There is no paucity of
characters or incidents ; indeed they are somewhat
crowded. The writer, appearing fearful of
dwelling too long on any point, hurries the
reader through quite a perplexing gallery
of portraits and narrative of events. Thus the
astonishing fact of Cordelia's unexpected marriage
is related to us in one or two pages, leaving the
admirers of the rival hero in dismay. Cordelia,
after many years of suffering and temporary loss
of reason, at length triumphs over all the slander
and jealousy which had wrought her so much sor-
row, and is repaid for her many trials by peace and
happiness. It is scarcely fair to entitle the work
" The Quicksands of Fashion," for the vices here
shown forth are less the crimes of society than of
individuals. Such persons as Ralph Bonville,
Lionel Champerdowne, and Sir John Morton must
in any station have been a disgrace to themselves
and a source of misery to others ; while if Cordelia
had exercised her own judgment and sense of right
and wrong, instead of placing dependence on the
words of those whom there was every reason to
doubt, she might have safely traversed more dan-
gerous paths without being engulphed in the
" quicksands" which threatened to overwhelm her.
One point we must object to. We were in hopes
that the plan of murdering inconvenient husbands
and wives was going out of fashion ; and though
the virtues and patience of Cordelia deserve a re-
ward, still the invention of the authoress might
have devised some other method. Those who look
for high moral aims and skilful delineation of cha-
racter may not find those volumes equal their ex-
pectations, but to the ordinary novel reader they
will no doubt afford amusement and excitement of
a varid kind.

Married Women. By the author of "Broomhill."
3 vols. Newby.
This is a pleasing tale of domestic life, written
with much feeling and ability. In the author's
previous work she traced the varying fortunes of
two sisters, and the heroines of these volumes are
also sisters. There is a great variety of characters
introduced, and no paucity of events, but they are
all simple and natural, without any extravagance
of incident or style. Diana Gresham, the chief
character, immediately excites the reader's interest
from her high principle and unselfishness of dispo-
sition. Mildred is also very attractive, though far
inferior to her sister in intellect ; her warm heart
and affectionate nature are quite sufficient to gain
her many friends. She is one or the principal
" married women" whom the book portrays. Her
husband is much older than herself, of an irritable
temper, and somewhat neglectful of his wife, who,
however, regards him with the most perfect devo-
tion. Her difficulties and perplexities arising from
her youth and inexperience, and Captain Glenny's
neglect, are, however, brought to a speedy close.
Before she is nineteen, Captain Glenny is struck
by paralysis, and becomes an invalid for life—so
poor little Milly is transformed into a careful
nurse ; and wo are left to hope that Captain
Glenny's disposition may improve by suffering,
which, however, does not seem very probable.
We cannot sympathise with Milly in her romantic
affection, as her husband from the first displays
very little feeling, and is not a very attractive per-
son. Her elder sister Diana is engaged to her cousin
Lionel with the conditional consent of their parents.
He goes abroad to travel for two years. At the
end of that time information is received by his asto-
nished family that he is married to a lady he met
at Paris. Indignation and surprise are felt on all
sides ; but Diana bears her trial nobly, and is re-
warded by the attainment of peace of mind. Her
feelings are or course deeply wounded, for her af-
fection for her cousin was sincere; but after several
years and events she at length meets with a Mr.
Mohun, to whom she is at the close of the story
united. Her cousin is not so fortunate. After his
marriage it appeared he was not so greatly to blame
as all had at first thought, but bad acted from a
mistaken sense of honour; and, misled by wily and
unprincipled acquaintances, he imagined it his duty
to marry one whom he regarded with profound in-
difference, and hose bad qualities did not appear
till too late. His melancholifate excites the read-
er's interest, for he certainly was the greatest suf-
ferer from his mistaken conduct. A number of
minor characters appear and sustain the interest of
the story, though those already alluded to are the
chief performers. Florence, the wife of Lionel, is
a most unpleasing person, aid forms a strong con-
trast to the other married women, who are all
pleasing and feminine sketches. The story is in-
teresting and the style agreeable, and the reader
will derive both pleasure and profit from its
perusal.

The Westminster Review. April, 1855.
John Chapman.
The number opens with " Memoirs of the Court
of Austria," a very interesting and amusing ar-
ticle. These commence with the reign of the gay
and eccentric Maximilian, elected Emperor of Ger-
many, in 1493, and are brought down to the abdi-
cation of Ferdinand I. in 1848. A review of
" Dryden and his Times" follows--a paper of high
literary merit, deserving, indeed, of publication in
a separate form. The life and times of glorious
John have perhaps never been more skilfully por-
trayed. Of the same class is a review of " Victor
Hugo and his Writings," a showy pleasing paper,
but by no means equal to the former. The re-
maining articles are of a political character. Chief
among these is " Our Army, its Condition, and
its Wants," an able and elaborate paper on a sub-
ject possessing a strong and immediate public in-
terest. Of the civil administration of the army, it
is remarked, "never were a bankrupt's accounts in
such disorder." With .respect to its military ad-
ministration, the author, while pointing out cer-
tain of its defects, asserts that there never was a
greater mistake than the notion that commissions
were (with the exception of the Guards) the
property of the aristocracy. The system actually
is said to be one of nepotism and backstairs in-
fluence. " Old Square-toes of the Service," we
are told, beats the " Duke of Rottenborough" at
getting commissions ! He has known the Military
Secretary forty years, and on his last semmand
took his official friend's son as aid-de-camp. The
writer, however, admits that it will not pay the
middle classes to take up the army as a profession.
An important admission. The buying and selling
of commissions, to a certain extent, meet with his
approval. Finally, after a caution against hasty
measures of reform, he suggests, as a transition
measure, that one-third of the commissions should
be the reward of merit, that both officers and men
-should be better paid, and that the commission of
every man who dies in the service should be sold
for the benefit of his family. "Lord Palmerston
as Premier," forms the subject of an article by no
means wanting in gleams of political shrewdness and
good sense. The writer simply believes of Lord
Palmerston that he is the man to make a good
peace, and then give up the ghost as Premier. In
other respects, his faith in his lordship is nil.
Besides the above, there is an article on the " Re-
organisation of the Court Service ;" and another on
the "Administrative Example of the United States"
—the latter in a section of the review open for the
first time to independent writers, i.e., writers
whose views agree with the general purposes of the
review, but differ on special points from those
of the editor's. A larger space than usual is de-
voted to " Contemporary Literature."

.
The Church and its Episcopal Corruption in Wales :
An Appeal to the People of England, by the
Rev. W. Morgan. Robert Hardwicke.
This most audacious of parsons wants Zngland
to " relieve"--that .is positively the word—the
Church in Wales of her bishops !--calls them flirt;
mery bishops !—talks of "sanctified raPin'c'
gl ted, of
at the possibility, if the appeal
is
neglected,
way to
Wales teaching the English democtraiecYwhole tells,
deal with State bishops—and on the
For if ever
we are inclined to think, the truth!_
.people
there wasand the State to be
had reason to coinpiaitirna_es.
Only think of four
an- episcopal ?tidy-o which the
ashamed, it is that
e'nerlagels,
four palaces, Slid in-
bishops with. four p
comes uS amount of patronage—
h an enormo
together with little short of twenty thousand por annum,
uL,ble .y.ery man of. them, a short tune aPo to
language of their flocks;
utterly ignorant of what
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