The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

SEEDS.

LI I'ILRATVRE.

The Nelvcows. .1-Nc A. XXII. By W. M. Time keray.
Jubilate ! ',".here is really some prospo,ct of
little Rosey gel ng tls way of all flesh, or, for that
matter, of all rhea toms. We close the number
,
leaving her at Boni egue-mir-Mer, in a delicate
state of health. Let us hope that Mr. Thackeray
i
will unhappily p .01,e
is not deceiving -113
7 .;but that the next and as it
the last, instalment of his
serial' ill recornet ..lie' death of Mrs. Clive New-
come. Otherw:se the a throegli her death, we can
see no chance el! an'Y satisfactory denouement.
Ethel can only ad-iro./P::e to happiness acress the
little green hilloc k ma:Acing the final rest:lig-place
of the silly and he urtiess niece of old James Binney
—the toy of C live, the pet of the Colonel,
the "scared and. fawning" puppet of the Cam-
paigner. Wheref ore,, .we clo earnestly hope that
Rosey is going to ( lie and that of-btu-A
—so that the
possible; dissipated.
ascsiltohoolraotugtililif
approach.
of
miseries surrounding our dear friends the New.
comes
that with a
uenoldirlestelncl Banking COW-
comes may be as spoedily as
the
as a front under
Thevengeeiannsche . has l
The
eo ng
rlee,atde of course,
holidays, or we inig:at more aptly term it broken
aPasiluYddheans tblrioakwe,noril:'
down all at once liliai a spaviu'd back, or like any
other rickety "firm.' (so called by therulee.f contra-
ries), such for example as the wonderful lf.ouse of
Strahau, Paul, and 13 ates. Our inaeistrom of mis-
fortune has swallowe d up in gurgite- vasto net only
the entiro fortune e)f our beloved Colonoi, but
with that the -prospects of poor Clive and the
hard cash of Rosey and . the Campaigner. Re-
fuge is taken by the disconsolate family in that
home of the destitute, and last covert of the
hunted stag when at . bay, Boulogne. There
Arthur Pendennis follows them out of motives of
sincere affection—to find both Clive and the Colo-
nel nearly broken-hearted, quite broken-spirited,
bullied in season and out of season by the ever-
infamous and demoniac Campaigner. The sketch
given by Pen of the appearance of that buxom
widow, Mrs. Mackenzie—at a time when the dear
old Colonel is .so completely penniless as to be un-
consoled even by a casual cheroot, and Clive so poor
that he stays his hunger with a pain de deux sous—
is amazingly characteristic, and pencilled, too,
with a minuteness of detail so marvellously spiteful,
with the handsome India shawl, and her rich silk
dress, and her smart gloves, and her neat parasol
of blue with pale yellow lining, and her multipli-
city of rings, and her jewel on her forehead (Brum-
magem), and her gold watch and chain (Rosey's),
and her gay bonnet, decorated with a profu-
sion of corn-ears, wad poppies, and blue-bells !
Pho ! we can't wonder that poor Arthur is half
choked as he affects to take his dinner, sitting by
the side of the abomia'iable wretch in the mean
room of the mean alley of the Haute Ville, where
the " low furious woman", is ever standing
over the bravest and gentlest of men, Colonel
Thomas Newcome, " stabbing the kind, defense-
less heart with killing insult and daily outrage."
For the anguish of the narrative compressed
within these pages descriptive of the sorrows and
sufferings of poor Clive and his beloved old father,
we can alone be consoled by Mr. Thackeray, tell-
ing
us in the double number, which is to end the
work in two or three weeks from the present time,
that Rosey has expired under the effects of some
rapid disease, and that Mrs. Mackenzie has broken
her neck, or otherwise drawn her life to its de- -
sirable close through the aid of some happy acci-
dent. When the Newcomes shall be finished with
the dawn of August—we shall be solaced during
the lapse of the ensuing autumn by the prospect of
the new work to be commenced by our glorious
Charles Dickens in November.

THE FRENCH EXHIBITION.

A dinner was given on Friday at the Palace of
Industry by the Secretary-General of the Imperial
Commission and the Commission-General to the
commissioners of the foreign Governments and
some of the representatives of the foreign press.
From 40 to 50 guests sat down to dinner. M.
Arles-Dufour, the Secretary-General, presided.
The Emperor's health was proposed by Mr.
Henry Cole, the commissioner for. England. Mr.
Cole, who spoke in French, and at some length,
was frequently interrupted by applause.
The health of his Imperial Highness Prince Na-
poleon was proposed by M. de Viebahn, the Prus-
sion Commissioner, and was warmly responded to.
" The Press" was given by M. Delamare, director
of the Patrie.