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 " Jubilaum" 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 aro 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 wore spread out before our eyes, to listen to
the end of the story."
TEMPLE BAR.--" The Doctor's Wife,' =lves more
progress in this part, and the denouement rapidly
13Proaches. Mrs Gant cannot now excuse her-
Self on the plea of ignorance, for many tongues are
reads and willing to tell her of her improper con-
duct, Lady Gwendoline's advocacy is just what
might 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 developed 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 requi-ements of their new ono. 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
smartly sketched tale. "Paid in Full" also progresses. '
1/Ir Ledbitter's manoeuvres are becoming discovered, and
00e plot is succeeding to another. Horace and his wife
4at onyery miserably, and they certainly bear out the truth
:L the saying, "Marry in haste, and repent at leisure."
Wauts, 'Wishes, and Whims" h a cleverly drawn article
°F setae 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-
altes,and the advice is excellent which bids folks to be careful
as to what they select for a ruling motive. "If our desires
a" Constantly allowed to run into courses so irrational that
common sense forbids us even attempting to gratify them,
Re must not be astonished if at last we come to want, a
want—the direst want of all." " The Streets of the
World" by George Augustus Sala, this time brings before
ke. a description of Hamburg—the Alater Bassin. "The
''ghting Power of Europe is a striking description of the
Present unsatisfactory state of affairs, " A Hapless Man"
is a melancholy historical sketch.
LONDON SOCIETY.—A sketch of life at Tatter-
Bals opens this number, pleasantly describing that
Well-known spot and some of its celebrities. It
,
remarked that one of the best uses to which
phcrography could be put, would be to preserve for
S the familiar features of the relics of old Lon-
don
What
"an with railways and hotels, and em-
arnent and drainage schemes, the next gene-
ration is likely, without some such aid, to
~satin in ignorance of the aspect of many of our
interestine• spots. "Progress taketh no account of
ththe historical and the picturesque, nor heedeth the cries of
e sentimentalist bidding the woodman to spare that tree,
l building contractor to let that chimney stand, the
"andowner to forbear and give up all ideas of improving his
Propertv, "Town Travels" take us to Thames-street,
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40 iaitiate us into the mysteries of the Coal Exchange.
Court Life out of Doors" is pleasantly illustrated by an
en graving of Mr Augustus Bouvier's charming picture of
"Tee Maids of Honour of the Princess of Wales," sug-
gested by a passage in Leigh Hunt's " Old Court
Seburb." 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 charnis 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 Lady in
Search of a Horse" is amusingly written, and chronicles
the divers misfortunes which befel an inexperienced damsel
in her pursuit of a suitable steed, assisted by a cheating,
elan_servant. Cricketing and Yachting have each their
respective papers, the state of the atmosphere making the
°net it must be confessed, a good deal snore in-
viting than the other. " The Merchant Princes
°f England" are continued, and we have some account
' George Heriot, of Edinburgh, "Across the Channel"
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,
e number are, as u-ual, of more than average excellence
of serial publications.
ly°°°l2l WORDS.—The table of contents in " Good
0 4(4' is as attractive and as varied as ever, It
iPena with the eighth part of Mrs. Wood's interest.
tud well-written story of " Oswald Cray."
at the Wood'n style is becoming more correct, and,
starts same time, more simple. There are fewer
points of exclamation, while many little extrava-
;iavtlecies of diction have been toned down. Isaac Taylor
passis sus a pleasant paper on country life, containing, in
hea4gi some very just and sensible remarks on family
Then folio
among the requisites ho places fresh air.
people 4 e folio
w light and a liberal supply of plain food. Town
U11,111°84 act on the exact reverse of this principle, so
tb 18 words artiel will not be very willingly accepted by them.
dem
a. e on sugar is entertaining, and supplies a good
the ' useful information respecting the raw material and
Parisrclanitfacture• Dr. Guthrie describes the streets of
Wilkins
the fourth part of his " Out of Harness," and Mr
seaLl:aeon gives us a learned discourse on the affinity of the
atee4e_ • Mr Goss proceeds with his "Year at the Shore,"
Lapp
tra.glishwoman abroad contributes the history of two
am Przteroines. The religious instruction is, as usual, plain
the stirl.ll, while the numerous woodcuts add greatly to
,actious of the miscellaneous papers.
1.)0 CORRESPONDANT. No. 106. Paris: Charles
so,lllll.:*—The most remarkable paper in the livrai-
Correspondant, published under date 23
"vent' is unquestionably the very first among the
Cochin,PerineiPal contributions—namely, Augustin
almost b
C:Tprehensive Chapter (treatise it might
Paris 4!, nailed ore the Industry and Population of
teheretainly "'"e°,ryittfevraceriaotuioert—apparentiv most a'ithentic,
and beyond all doubt in
---h° of itB putting forth, thoroughly delightful
of
oorld of
information conveyed to the readers
C rrespondant through these singularly readable
-Pages of m ,
a lie
'rel-a...t.in':ebia (an
unfortunate name) reflect honour
ealree•ilei --"'"n this eminent periodical. Immediately after the
to Paris, comes the Viscount H. de Bornier's
....11im1) 'sloped and impressive eulegium upon Chateaubriand
'CleePi°ll the genius, that is, of the author of the Genius of
Zetianity I Pierre do Bake relates in the next paper the
il''et°rY of the last insurrection in Algeria. Leon Arbaud
J, 'ls brings to a conclusion his recollections of the late
AmpZre. The Abbe Blampignon descants on the
of the Saints." Ernestine Drouet has a
t.aceful •
poetical contribution in this number, en-
titled a
"Mes Premiers Jours de Poesie." And, besides
ChristianityareSe
and Liberty under the Roman Empire, there
here the customary group of literary criticisms and the
nal resume cf the events of the month to lend its usual
diversity of interest to the pages of Le Corresponclant.
EMACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. People's
dition. Part X. Longman and Co.--Another
instalment of this charming edition 'of Macau-
•llY'S great fragment cf a T-Tietory bring. the nar-
rative down to 1691, carrying the reader far
an into the eighteenth chapter. Altogether, the more we
see of the present edition the more we are impressed with a
°°lavietion that it is one deserving of that wide and lasting
eil'eulation that it is, no doubt, by this time beginning to
enjoy. No more effectual means could have been hit upon
LY the publishers whereby to popularise the great author's
leletation.
POLLET is as graceful as ever, and contains
-4°o piettarescue costumes for the country and sea. side,
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rr, -IIECUTION OF THE ISLINGTON MURDERER.—
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MURDERER.--
a 6 "nvict Charles Bricknoll, who was condemned
;the last sitti^ of the Central Criminal Court for the
ilfijult°llrder of-agfellow-servant named Jane Geary, was
3;ec-,:ed ir, front of the Old Bailey this morning.
died
vilith%l44ll ascended the gallows with a firm step,
forwarded
t
o
.il. ii'clt little struggling. A memorial was
the Gr e Y by the prisoner's solicitor, praying for mercy
" a"i"a ground that the crime was committed without pre.
meditation
and in a moment of great excitement. Th
-Ina Secretary, however, replied that he could not discover
atythi :- . - toss which would
.fii,itif him the circumstances of the
the jroran.in recommending the prisoner to the mercy of
ot:4rinTAL ACCIDENT IN A CANAL.—Oa Friday
sair -°n a fine boy, named James Orton, aged H, was
viaelllglll-1 a toy boat in Sir G. Duckett's Canal, Victotia Park,
~e fell into the water and was drowned.
IN P:vir p
Club ,
of EERA.GES.—There is much talk in tht
,h 0 , 4 coming shower of 'peerages, and people
-mar know everything consider six of them as certain, The
i tilt (11118 of Westminster will, it is said, be rewarded for his
,e 'lense we and staunch Whiggery by a dukedom king
Llvdices of the Premier will bo acknowledged by ma
ti, LY Palmerston Viscountess Melbourne in her own
l'ift)4t) with remainder to her second son, the Right
:-It, 07
W. Cowper ; and Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of
8.,40 for India, Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, member for
, 'lt'll Northumberland, and owner of vast mining pro-
'4"Y inthat county, Sir W. Bulkeley a man of great in-
4i'tice ia Anglesey and Flintshire, and head cf a very
ancient family, and Mr. Denison, the Speaker, will all bk.
made Peers. The least probable name on this list is that
.i't bir Charles Wood, who told the electors of Iltilif,:x
ti.tile other day that ho should stand again, and who is
ways included in every list of peerages,