The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-01 00:00:00

Measure all things by computation, and gauge sentiments
and feelings by plummet and line as it were, instead of
rightly estimating the force of example and the sway of
opinion. "The Tyrol Jubilee in 1863" is an entertaining
account of a scene worth remembering, and the reader will
not share the delight of the writer that no one will be able
to see another " Jubilsum" unless he live to more than
half the years of Methuselah, " Margaret Denzil's History"
is not yet concluded ; but it seems as if there was a remote
chance of its being so approaching, since " The Beginning
of the End" is the title of the last chapter here met with.
" The End of a Long Day's Work" is a pleasing sketch
that refers to the late Mr Senior. The details are given in
a simple and touching style, and must win the sympathy
of all who peruse them. It is truly said that now and then
it is a welcome and pleasing sight to see a complete picture
of life " as it were spread out before our eyes, to listen to
the end of the story."
TEMPLE The Doctor's Wife,' makes more
Progress in this part, ana the denouement rapidly
approaches. Mrs Gilbert cannot now excuse her-
self on the plea of ignorance, for many tongues are
ready and Willing to tell her of her improper con-
duct. Lady Gwendoline's advocacy is just what
plight have been expected from such a person, and certainly
she went the worst possible way to work to gain her pro-
posed end. Roland Lansdell is eeveloped into a selfish and
unprincipled man, who deliberately plans the ruin of an.
ignorant and misguided girl, just to suit his own fancies
and amuse his world-weary mind. " Broken to Harness"
presents some sketches of Barbara's home life. These
afford a useful warning to those who marry out of their
sphere, and do not take any pains to conform themselves to
the requirements of their new one. The picture drawn of
Alice Schroder, too, is very natural; and some of the more
worldly personages also appear in a striking manner in this
sMr martly sketched tale. "Paid in Full" also progresses.
Ledbitter's manoeuvres are becoming discovered, and
one plot is succeeding to another. Horace and his wife
oft on,very miserably, and they certainly bear out the truth
‘ the saying, "Marry in haste, and repent at leisure."
of ‘Mrants, Wishes, and "Whims" is a cleverly drawn article
some of the ruling manias and special follies that have
possessed the minds of people, It is truly said that it is the
excess which is so injurious in the carrying out of these de-
mires, and the advice is excellent which bids folks to be careful
as to What they select for a ruling motive. "If our desires
ate constantly allowed to run into courses so irrational that
common sense forbids us even attempting to gratify them,
We must not be astonished if at last we come to want, a
Vant—the direst want of all." " The Streets of the
'World" by George Augustus Sala, this time brings before
us a description of Hamburg—the Alster Bassin. "The
lighting Power of Europe is a striking description of the
present unsatisfactory state of affairs. " A Hapless Man',
is a melancholy historical sketch.
sa!'198ONOBON SOCIETY.—A sketch of life at Tatter.
pens this number, pleasantly describing that
Well-known spat and some of its celebrities. It
is remarked that one of the best uses to which
Photography could be put, would be to preserve for
Us the familiar features of the relics of old Lon-
ra ment and
Lon-
don. What with railways and hotels, and em-
drainage schemes, the next gene-
retion is likely, without some such aid, aid, to
main in ignorance of the aspect of many of our
Most interesting spots. "Progress taketh no account of
the historical and the picturesque, nor heedeth the cries of
the
lesentimentalist bidding the woodman to spare that tree,
ase uilding contractor to let that chimney stand, the
wner to forbear and give up all ideas of improving his
properte.,,
"Town Travels" take us to Thames-street,
and initiate us into the mysteries of the Coal Exchange.
".Court Life out of Doors" is pleasantly illustrated by an
engraving of Mr Augustus Bouvier's charming picture of
" The Maids of Honour of the Princess of Wales," sug-
gested by a passage in Leigh Hunt's " Old Court
Suburb." It would perhaps be more correct to say that
the article illustrates the picture, for it tells us which is
Which of that bevy of fair damsels whose charms have
been chronicled in prose and verse by the poets and prose
Writers of their time. The account of the London Opera
Directors, and the principal composers, performers, and
singers who adorned their management is continued and
brings us down to 1790. "The Adventures of a Ljdy in
Search of a Horse" is amusingly written, and chronicles
the divers misfortunes which befel an inexpertenced damsel
in her pursuit of a suitable steed, assisted by a cheating
man-servant. Cricketing and Yachting have each their
respective papers, the state of the atmosphere making the
°net it must be confessed, a good deal more in-
iting than the other. " The Merchant Princes
of England" are continued, and we have some account
of George Heriot, of Edinburgh. "Across the Channel"
la a melancholy story, completed in the number, while the
further instalment of "The Ordeal for Wives" increases
the complications of the plot. The illustrations throughout
the number are, as usual, of more than average excellence
of serial publications.
words'
WORDS.—The table of contents in " Good
is as attractive and as varied as ever, It
;Dent with the.eighth part of Mrs. Wood's interest.
luand well-written story of " Oswald Cray."
atat tsh.e.W"dial style
is
becoming more correct, and,
same time, more simple. There are fewer
starts and points of exclamation, while many little extrava-
gancies of diction have been toned down. Isaac Taylor
gives us a pleasant paper on country life, containing, in
lassing, some very just and sensible remarks on family
ealth. First among the requisites he places fresh air.
Then follow light and a liberal supply of plain food, Town
PtteaePle mostly act on the exact reverse of this principle, so
t his Words will not be very willingly accepted by them.
article on sugar is entertaining, and supplies a good
,d,eal of useful information respecting the raw material and
IT: I manufacture. Dr. Guthrie describes the streets of
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in the fourth part of his "Out of Harness," and Mr
:ewnson gives us a learned discourse on the affinity of the
ns". Mr Goes proceeds with his " Year at the Shore,"
an Englishwoman abroad contributes the history of two
Lapp heroi •
nes. The religious instruction is, as usual, plain
and practical, while the numerous woodcuts add greatly to
the attractions of the miscellaneous papers.
14E CORRESPONDANT. No. 106. Paris: Charles
Donn iol.—The most remarkable paper in the livrai-
son of Le Correspondent, published under date 25
atatiet, is unquestionably the very first among the
seven principal contributions—namely, Augustin
Cochin's Comprehensive Chapter (treatise it might
almost be called) on the Industry and Population of
Paris. The information—apparently most authentic,
certainly very various, and beyond all doubt in
the way of its putting forth, thoroughly delightful
—the world of information conveyed to the readers
of ..Le Correspondent through these singularly readable
pages of M. Cochin (an unfortunate name) reflect honour
even upon this eminent periodical. Immediately after the
article relating to Paris, comes the Viscount H. de Bornier's
impassioeed and impressive eulogiura upon Chateaubriand
--upon the genius, that is, of the author of the Genius of
Christianity I Pierre de Bake relates in the next paper the
history of the last insurrection in Algeria. Leon Arbaud
then brings to a conclusion his recollections of the late
J.• J. Ampere. The Abbe Blarnpignon descants on the
"Life of the Saints." Ernestine Drouet has a
graceful poetical contribution in this number, en-
titled, " Mes Premiers Jonrs de Poesie." ' And, besides
a prose contribution from the hand of C. de Meaux' on
Christianity and Liberty under the Roman Empire, there
are here the customary group of literary criticisms and the
usual resume of the events of the month to lend its usual
'diversity of interest to the pages of Le Correspondent.
MACATJLAY's HISTORY OF ENGLAND. People's
Edition. Part X. Longman and Co.—Another
instalment of this charming edition of Macau-
lay's great fragment cf a History brings the nar-
rative down to 1691, carrying the reader far
on into the eighteenth chapter. Altogether, the more we
see of the present edition the more we are impressed with a
conviction that it is one deserving of that wide and lasting
Circulation that it is, no doubt, by this time beginning to
,l'ajoy. No more effectual means could have been hit upon
°Y the publishers whereby to popularise the great author's
reputation.
LE FOLLET is as graceful as ever, and contains
44:115:10 picturesque costumes for the country and sea. side,

-,,ZECIITION OF THE ISLINGTON MURDERER.--
The convict Charles Bricknell, who was condemned
4.,.7. :the last sitting of the Central Criminal Court for the
-;;IfIll murder of a fellow-servant named Jane Geary,
Thewas
e'c„llted in front of the Old Bailey this morning..
3'4;11 nun ascended the gallows with a firm step, and died
I'lB.- --auilt littlo struggling. A memorial was forwarded t
ll'
t-1: Grey by the prisoner's solicitor, praying for mercy
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di;e ground that the crime was committed without pre-
n,at and in a moment of great excitement. The
ja:ll°;,,,e, Secretary however, replied that he could not discover
4"tiTtl',g:
tin the' circumstances of the. case which would
'Y tun in recommending the prisoner to the mercy of
the C
rown.
. PATAL ACCIDENT IN A CANAL.—On Friday
ait.ertoon a fine boy, named James Orton, aged 14, waE
"Ili rig a toy boat in Sir G. Duckett's Canal, Victoria Park,
Ithen he fell into the water and was drowned.
N Ely -1)
-'- EERAGEs.—There is much talk in the
ICli,4ll'B of 11 Co min g shower of peerages, and people
'4° know everything consider six of them as certain. The
i_arcillia of Westminster will, it is said, be rewarded for hit,
87.nse vr aalth and staunch Whiggery by a dukedom ; the
Laclvie" o'i the Premier will be acknowledged by making
‘ rights P almerston Viscountess Melbourne in her own
"r) uith remainder to her second son, the Right
I°ll' \ir. 00wper ; and Sir ChaYies Wood, Secretary
Stat
p 'e
for India, Mr. Wentworth Beaumont member for
'JAL% Northumberland, and owner of vast mining pro
e"Y in that county, Sir W. Bulkeley a man of great
'tellee in Anglesey and Flintshire, and head of a very
4teient family, and Mr. Denison, the Speaker, will all lot
°!made Peers. The least probable name on VA list is that
Sir Charles Wood, who told the electors of Halifax
al p,7i other clay that he should stand again, and who is
,„ • ,
."
in day
in eVtrY list of peerages,