The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-06 00:00:00

back again, and desired the prisoner, as he was ac-
quainted with the value of the bond, to procure change
for it elsewhere. The prisoner said he could not do that,
as it was to late, and wetild rather the prosecutor
changed it. After some further conversation, during which
the prisoner said he was a friend of the Prussian Ambas-
,”dor and Baron Rothschild, witness allowed him to
Jetty° with the money; he promising to get the bond ne-
gotiated on Monday, and call and give him the amount.
Oa Monday he called according to promise, and apolo-
gised for not bringing the money, alleging as an excuse
that ho had not been enabled to disprove of the bond,
without consenting to the lass of 101(the bond purported
to be for 251.) Prisoner then wanted witness to make a
further advance, which he declined. Defendant then
left, and from subsequent inquiries which he made he
was informed that the bond was spurious, and that his
acquaintance with the Prussian Ambassador and Baron
Rothschild was purely imaginary. Prosecutor then gave
information to the police, and defendant was taken into
custody last night at his lodgings.
Mould, 123 C, proved taking the prisoner into cus-
tody at his lodgings in Park-place, St. James's. Ho
found nothing upon him but a passport and 3/.
Mr. Lewis denied that the bond was worthless. His
client would in a few days be is possession of 5001,, and I
would then pay Mr. Thicry the amount.
Mr. BINGHAM would afford defendant an opportunity
of settling with the prosecutor by allowing him till Mon-
day to do so. In the meantime he would take good bail
for his appearance on that day.

LITERATURE.
BLEAK ROUSE. .No. Era By Charles
Dickens.

Rick seems to be altogether incorrigible. Among
the other intentions of our author connected with the
development of the story now in course of publication
—is that, we conjecture, of showing how a blithe
young mind may become darkened and soured, and
how a promising career may become blighted and
lost
Chaucer b the influence of the Upss of the Court of
y. We question even if Rick's affection for
Ada will be of very long continuance. About the
cleverest passages in the number before us, the one
issued from the press with the commencement of this
present October—are those in which Caddy's intended
love-match is revealed to Mrs. Jellyby and to Mr.
Turveydrop. Than the latter nothing could be more
delightfully ridiculous, as scarcely anything could
be more painfully true to the reality than the
former—Mrs. Jellyby being one of those abominable
pretenders to philanthropy without the fervour of
Mrs. Fry or the genius of Mrs. Chisholm. Sweetest,
tenderest, and most beautiful of all the incidents just
recounted is that in which Chorley finds herself in-
stalled as the maid of Esther Summerson. It is an
exquisite little scene, described as only Charles
Dickens could describe it. Among the characters
recently introduced we begin to like more and more
Mr. George, the fencing master, and Mr. Bucket, the
police detective. The last mentioned is a personage
very new to the regions of fiction, and
the employment of his agency adds somehow
very wondrously to the fascination of the romance.
It is evidently no mere fancy sketch—but as vivid as
actual, as true to nature as a figure moving across
the living picture of a camera obscura. Poor Gridley
dies just as Bucket finds him out, secreted at George's
Fencing Academy defended by Phil, and tended
gently by Miss Flite. The description of the death
scene is touching even to solemnity. Happily, from
this sombre locality we turn off to the familiar one of
Cook's-court, Cursitor-street—where we find Glister
restraining her " fits " to give a morsel of supper to
poor, hungry Jo, and where the spiritual instead of
the corporal food of the said Jo is attended to by the
Rev,. Chatband, after that Apostle of Humbug has
invested a great deal as usual—decidedly more
than is pleasant—in the oil trade, to the edification of
his partner (not in the oil trade but in life) and the
Suppressed amusement of the apprentices. Suspicion
has entered into the heart of Mrs. Snagsby as to the
reservation of some secret by her partner in the
Rubber of Existence—until the house " becomes
ghostly with creaking boards and rustling garments,"
Mrs. Snagsby dogging the heels of Mr. Snagsby un-
known to himself, in perpeual watchfulness—" bone
of his bone, flesh of his flesh, shadow of his shadow."
" Phiz" contributes to the eighth number of Bleak
Rouse two of his most ingenious and characteristic
illustrations.