The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-30 00:00:00

State of Trade.

MANCHESTER, July 29 —ln shipping yarns wo have had
more business than for some days past, and full prices haves

had to be paid for all kinds of good quality ; but low Surat

yarns, which are not so suitable to the demand, are rather
easier in price than on Tuesday. With the exception of the
latter descriptions the market for export yarns has been

strong, with a fair business. Home trade yarns have been.
very quiet to-day, but there is very little change in the
prices of good qualities. Somo of the second class yarns in
this department of the market are rather easier to buy. Tho
cloth market up to last night was rather quiet, but to-day
there has been a more cheerful confidence springing up
among buyers, with a more general desire to recommence
operations, and a fair amount of business is reported, not
only for the East but for export markets generally. This
improvement has led to a strengthening of prices, and the
business effected to-day has mostly been done at the full
prices of Tuesday last. The improvement in feeling is to
some extent attributed to the fact that no further advance
has taken place in the price of discounts, a course which it
was feared earlier in the week might have to be taken.

LEEDS, 29th.—The following is the report of the Leeds
Chamber of Commerce for July :—" The month of July is
rarely one of great activity in the woollen trade, but a fair
business has been done in the warehouses both for the town
and country trades. The manufacturers are very fully em-
ployed, and so far as this neighbourhood is concerned the
woollen trade is exceedingly brisk. The Irish trade, which
has been so long depressed, is rapidly recovering. A fair
amount has also been done for shipping. The capmakers are
all very busy. The third series of this year's sales of colonial
wool commenced in London on the 21st, and will continue
through the whole of August. The attendance is large, and
the biddings are spirited. Prices are without any quotable
change from the average of May sales. So far the foreign
buyers have not operated very freely. The advance of the
Bank rate to 7 per cent. has no doubt tended to check any
rise in prices. English wools have again ruled higher, but
towards the end of the month the inquiry has been less
active, principally beeause the spinners have, as usual at this
season, laid in large stocks, and are unwilling, at present
high rates, and in face of the rise in the rate of interest, to
increase them. Holders are, however, unwilling to submit
to any reduction. There has been only a moderate busi•
ness done here in flax. White flakes have sold at higher

prices, but notwithstanding that the prices of flax have ad-
vanced in nearly all home markets as well as abroad, spin-
ners have been very unwilling to pay them here. An un-
usually large breadth of land is this year under flax culti-
vation in Ireland, and there is every prospect of a good crop.
The accounts from the Continent are also more favourable
than last month, but generally the crops there will fall shert
of those of 1863. Tows of good quality have been in fair
demand, and an ad vsnco in price has been obtained. Hemps
are without much change. The spinners are all fully em-
ployed, and have large orders in hand, and an advance on
full list prices has in some instances been got, The demand
for all kinds of iron is very good, but owing to the lockout
the production is very limited so far as this market is con-
cerned, and buyers are compelled to get supplies from other
sources. There is, however, more doing here than last month,
a number of fresh hands having been introduced into the
traae. There is not, so far, much indication of a speedy
settlement of the dispute between the masters d an!tre d mlie.nke. The
anly to
machinemakers are all exceedingly busy,
continue so. The demand for engineers' tools is very great,
and the manufacture of them is increasing here. The makers
of locomotives and other railway plant have largo contracts
in hand. The cut nail trade is in a fair state. There is no
new feature in the leather trade. An average business both
in heavy and light solo leather has been done, without any
alteration in prices. Heavy dressing leather has been quiet,
while light has been in good demand. Calf-skins, being
scarce, and being much wanted, have realised a consider-
able advance in price, Offal of all kinds has sold freely and
ear();
tohp
still keeps up in price, and the home markets are dearer
Rapeseed
mCaoinntlianiennetd.is below an
tthhaen advancedlastn,on
triaiTte st
liheavcerop been
on fullythe
eanyienagr. Linseed is again
very high. Oil is in good
dearer,
and is mu?h. wanted on account of the great demand for
cakes. Oil is rather lower, but there is a good home trade
davemeraangde'faonr dthperitiems
in it. Olive oils are firm in price, and the demand in this
district is good. The shoe trade is very good, and there
is new a very large number of hands employed in it in this
town. The paper trade remains quite as good as last month.
There has been a full supply of cattle, and, with the excep-
tion of one market, it has met with a ready sale. Number
shown (four markets), cattle, I,9S6—sheep, 12,700. The
supply of wheat has been good. In the early part of the
month prices advanced, but owing to the very fine weather
of last week, the last market was dull, and sales could only
be made at a reduction. Barley has been very quiet, but
prices are firm, Oats and beans have been in good re-
quest, and prices higher."
NOTTINGHAM, 29th.—There was a moderate attendance
at this Exchange-hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns
was slow, but fully late rates were obtained. The demand
for hosiery yarns was also quiet, at extreme rates. No
rhaterial change in the value of silks, Brown nets quite
as well sold, but not ttalCb doing,

_
►OYAL ITALIAN OPERA,'
Covent-garden.
Positively the Last Night.
On this occasion the opera will commence at 8 o'clock.
Tr IS EV't N (SATURDAY), July 30, will be performed
(fr the fourth time , Meyerbeer's grand historical opera, in
three act , L'E 1 01. LE DU NORD, with entirely new sce-
nery, costumes, and appointments. Catterina, Madame
ioia,-Carvalho ; PraSCOVia, Mdlle. Maria. Brunetti ;
Natalia, Madame Rudersdorff ; lichimona, Mdlle. Jenny
Bauer ; Danilowitz, Signor Naudiu; Giorgio, Signor Neri-
Baraldi; Gritzenko, Signor Ciampi; Colonel Yer mo toff, Signor
Tagliafico ; General Tcheremetieff, Signor Polonini ; Rain-
oldo, Signor Capponi ; Sig-nor Lucchesi; Milian
Primo, Signor Foliar ; Second°, Signor Rossi ; and
Pietro, 31. Faure.

Conductor, Mr. Costa.
At the conclusion of the Opera the National Anthem, "God
Save the Queen," will be sung.
Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta'ls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ;
amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalle, and tickets may be had
at the box-otlice under the portico of the theatre, which is
open from ten till five, and at the principal musicsellers' and

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
Last Night of Mdlle. Stel!ft Colas.
For the Benefit of Mr. Ryder.
TUTS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Alter which, ROMEO 'AND JULIET. Messrs. Vining,
Ryder, D. Fi her, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, 11. Mellon, W. Ro-
bins, t. Seyton, ihapman; Mrs. Henry Marston, and Mdlle.
btella Colas.

NEW THEATItE-itti YAL, ADELPELL-
6ale Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bediori, Billington, Stuart, Stephen-
son. Romer; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. REST.
_ and Mrs. Bil-
lington.
At 1/, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.. Penholder, Mr.
Benjamin Webster ; Constance, Miss H. Simms.
Followed by TILE AREA BELLE, with a Horrible Tale:
Messrs. J. L. TOOle, L', Bedford, it. homer, Miss IYoolgar, and
Mrs. 11. Lewis.

Commence at 7.

OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
maanageraent of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Last three weeks of the present season.

Crowded with rank and fashion.
ge- engagement of those celebrated and popular artistes, Mr.
sus Mrs. Charles Mathews.
production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very
popular subject, by F. C. Burnan,i, Esq., entitled FAUST
.A..KD MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and Mrs Charles
Mathews will appear. The new scenery b) the celebrated
artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental Bai let by
ilsear Byrne.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
nsmses of Mr. Benjamin Weli.ter, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul
Bed Aird, Mr. F'. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone;
Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss
Weatworth,;Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S
CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F.
Robinson.
At a quarter-past 8, a new Trarestie, entitled FAUST
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Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague. Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W.
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At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews,
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To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs.
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The Weather—Sun Office, July 30, 1864.

TP1E11.3102 ET EU.
This day at Two o'clock

Barometer-29.90.
WIND—S.; moderate breeze, and cloudy.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tills DsY.—Morning, 11h. 52m.—Afternoon, h. m.
10-xo.P.Row.-Morning, 12h. 24m.—Afternoon, 12h. ZOm.

SUM

LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1864.

Few persons, we should imagine, will be much
inclined to regret the close of the late session, whose
interest for the general public had completely died
out with the great struggle of a few weeks since.
But, nevertheless, the very abrupt termination of it
has taken a good many by surprise, and excited
some displeasure. The Ministerial whitebait feast
closely precedes, as we all know, the final diaper.
Sion of the Parliamentary combatants, but why so
much mystery and uncertainty should be suffered to
surround the actual date fined for the prorogation
has puzzled some people. At first no day was
mentioned, it was only announced that the day was
cease at hand, but presently an intimation uppearc4
in a setni.otlicial organ that this day (Saturday) was
to be the one finally decided on. The very mem-
bers themselves wore left in doubt ; so late as
Thursday evening Lord CHELMSFORD found it
necessary to ask when the great event was to come
off, to which appeal the Lord Chancellor replied that
the prorogation would take place on the following,
day, Lord REDESDALE enpressed his regret at
Icarnio,g this fact, since some bills had come up from
the Commons which it would, consequently, be
impossible to consider. it appeared, from further
observations made by the noble lord later in the
evening, that up to Wednesday there was
no idea that on Friday the Houses would be
prorogued, and on the minutes of the
Houses was a notice that a judgment would
be given on Satarday. The amendments to
the Railway Construction Foilitio Bill, which

were proposed to their lordships, had not even been I
printed when Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved I
that they should be agreed to, so that their lord-
ships were asked to agree to the amendments when
they did not know what they were. After a little
altercation on the matter, a conference with the
other House produced an arrangement, since the
Commons did not insist upon their amendments, and
the loose, brief, and hurried sitting was closed, leav-
ing a curious impression on the public mind. Why
should the session be brought to a close a full fort-
night earlier than usual ? It can scarcely be that
the Ministers fear another attack, and the incon-
sistency and mischievous nature of their policy can
hardly be further exposed. A week or two more
would have given ample time for full consideration
of many measures which have now been slurred
over and harried through their several stages in the
absence of parties interested in them. Of course, in
every session measures wiil accumulate, and ques-
tions will arise which it is impossible to settle, how-
ever great the public anxiety to get them fully
considered. In every year probably enough is left
undone to employ a good part of the following
sitting. But when there is really no earnest reason
why the members should be so suddenly dispersed,
it is a pity that discontent should be excited, and
an impression created that the wants and require-
ments of the public service are subservient to the
inclination to get rid of troublesome opponents, or
the vagaries of official caprice.

It is satisfactory to find from the statistics of the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, that one of
the most valuable and useful of our benevolent
associations is maintaining its efficacy undiminished.
At a meeting held yesterday at the Society's rooms
in the Adelphi, the Secretary of the Institution
read some interesting details of the recent pro-
ceedings of its agents. It is a gratifying fact that
the claims of the Society upon public encourages
ment are more and more widely recognised, and
that in many instances large legacies have been
left to them. Foreign nations, too, are prompt to
acknowledge its services, and many interesting and
valuable proofs of their sentiments of gratitude are
frequently arriving. The Seaman's Association at
Drontheim, Christiansund, and Nolesand, in Nor■
way and Sweden, has very recently forwarded a
handsome contribution in acknowledgment of the
services rendered by its lifeboats in rescuing their
shipwrecked countrymen. The Hon. RUSTOMJEE
JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY, son of the celebrated
philanthropist JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY, presented
some short time since the sum of £5OO to the In-
stitution, and the Committee have decided to place
a lifeboat on the coast called after the ,benevolent
Hindo. Daring the past month the Society has
sent out no less than three new lifeboats, all of
them the gifts of benevolent persons. At Blackpool,
to which one of them was despatched, a grand
demonstration took place on the occasion
of the launch, from 20,000 to 30,000
persons being present. At New Brighton, the
fortunate recipient of another of these boats, the
new comer has already achieved distinction, having
pat off to the assistance of a vessel in distress, when
her good qualities were highly spoken of. Of
course, the records of the institution are, as usual,
full of animated narratives of danger and adventure
and of noble deeds performed by our brave English
sailors. Tragedy, too, has her share in the stories ;
and however much we may lament the accidents
which desolate happy homes, we must feel, while
regretting them, thankful for the skilful organisa-
tion which so greatly diminishes the chances of lose
of life. A considerable outlay is required on the
• part of the committee, and within the last few
weeks very heavy payments have been made. Still,
as we have said, its prospects are encouraging,
owing to the increasing sense of its services. It is
no visionary or romantic object which it sets before
as, but a practical work, which in many countries
would rest with the executive. Among ourselves,
however, there is a prevalent feeling that such
undertakings are better and more fully carried out
by private enterprise and generosity, and the re.
sults of the labours of the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution afford ample confirmation of such an im-
pression.

Among the many contradictory statements and
anomalous maxims laid down now-a-days by those
who seem to be inaugurating a now state of things
both in the foreign and domestic policy of this
country, there has been no rule laid down which
should provoke more eritieism or give rise to more
censure than that of the Attorney-Generals for
England and Ireland, that after a certain time has
elapsed, the claim for redress must be held invalid
and untenable. This is a view of the case which is
thoroughly un-English, and which ought not for a
moment to be tolerated. In the first place it strikes
at the root of all the principles of justice, and holds
out a temptation to the oppressor to pursue his
plans of iniquity and continue in his course of perjury
and prevarication, secure that after a time all
restitution will be put out of the question, and all
demands made will be unattended to. It is one of
those dexterous shuffles and convenient species of
jugglery, which those who represent the
laws of the country, as the officers of the
Crown, should never stoop to employ. It
makes their case bad, indeed, if this is the best
they can say for it. It is to be hoped that this
matter will not be suffered to rest in the unsatisfac-
tory state into which it has been placed by this
startling enunciation of repressive doctrines, but
that next session the case of Mr.IF.wIN may be again
brought forward, and if it is proved that injustice
has been done to him, that the House will insist on
cognisance being taken of his wrongs. It is well
known how all in office delight in making use of
all possible delay ; whenever it is at all practicable,
they invariably interpose endless obstacles in the
way of all unfortunate petitioners, claimants, and
others who advocate the cause of friends or consti-
tuents. This idea of " limitation as to redress" will
certainly add enother irresistible inducement to
those in authority to pursue their shuffling course
still more fully, in the hope and expectation that
by dint of this year lost in excuse, the next in
denial, and so on the time may pass and the period
for redress elapse before anything definite is done.
It is high time that such a scandalous mode of
procedure and so contemptible a device should meet
with the reprobation that it deserves, The law
teems with all sorts of inconsistencies and abounds
in hard and harsh measures which often militate in

practice most completely against the theories which
it professedly is bound to uphold ; but, really,
new-fangled notion bids fair to take the lead of all
cruel and unfair statutes: It is not the way to
make citizens respect the laws of the State to let
them see such a perversion and mockery of justice,
advocated by the men who represent the majesty of
the law in the Legislature of the land, and are the
advisers of the Crown and the directors of the Go.
vernment in cases of emergency. If it be 6trictls
true, which no one believes, that this harsh statut€

of a limitation as to redress is in reality in existence
among us, and if its use interferes with the desires
which st:ould reign
para,,ount in the minds of all
members of the Government, to render the fullest
restitution to all who have sus'ained injuries,smdhi
or great, then, it is evident what course it is the
duty of the authorities to poriotie, They bliould

have long ere this have come forward and explained
the state of the case, introducing, at the same time,
a bill which would effectively put a stop to the re-
currence of such au evil as that of an injured party
being precluded from restitution. To take
advantage of a solecism in the law, that
it is a disgrace to all concerned to have allowed to
creep into its statutes, to get rid of unfortunate
claimants, or perhaps entirely crush down those
who it was their desire to get out of the way, is not
the course which becomes the rulers of oar country
and the administrators of its justice. All honest
and honourable men must surely see the full work-
ings of such a system, end earnestly advocate its
immediate cancelling. It is a contradiction in terms
to allow such a course to prevail when the crimes
and offences are to be punished, no matter how long
a time has elapsed since their commission. To make
things consistent, this edict should be changed,
because now the inconsistency is marked and
glaring. The whole principle of the question is in
fault, because it seems to infer that wrong is seldom
or ever done to those who come under the arbitra-

tion of the law, and are compelled to submit to its
decreee. This is a very false notion, because it has
been proved oft and again that incalculable injuries
are inflicted on innocent persons, and those hardly
to be called guilty, in consequence of the confusing
elements which too often prevail at trials and legal
investigations. So many conflicting circumstances
occur, and the skilled worker of iniquity so often
makes his case appear the best, or again the accused
may bs of so timorous a nature that his hesitation

and uncertainty may appear a case against him in
itself. Also, from mistaken motives, people
become so excited and exasperated that

,hey do themselves and their cause grew

injury, and by their own officiousness create a
prejudice against them in the minds of their judges.
Mr. BEWICKE was incontestably much to blame for
his conduct of affairs, and Mr. InwiN appears by
his vehemence and violence to have rendered him-
self conspicuous. Still it is a monstrous thing that
these mistakes and mischances of temperament or

judgment are to be turned against a man. and the
present Government will reap no renown if they
thus abuse and pervert the sacred principles of jus•
Lice. If they attempt to subvert the foundations
of the laws of England, which rest upon the basis
of fair dealings to all men, they will incur a lasting
infamy, and bring down upon themselves and their
confederates the scorn and indignation of all who
witness the scandal,

LITERATURE.

RECENT NOVELS.

SA:lla Lockwood. By Noell Radeoliffe, author o,

" Alice Wentworth." Three Vole. Hurst and

Blackett.

It might have been wished that the author of
" Sybilla Lockwood" had chosen a pleasanter theme
for his or her new novel. As the pre•Raphaelites
seem, in their wish to adhere to nature, to select for
their pencil the most unattractive objects, so some
among our fiction writers appear to take especial
delight in dwelling upon the most repulsive themes.
Noell Rsdeciiffe would have us suppose (and we are
willing to give him or her credit for the intention)
that" Sybilla Lockwood" was intended for a highly
moral and instructive tale. On the title-page is
the following forcible and truthful assertion
from Lord Bacon—" The predominant passion of
the mind throws itself, like the ivy, round all
human actions, entwines all our resolutions, and
perpetually adheres to—and mixes itself among—
or even overtops them," In the preface (a some-
what unusual feature in a novel) the author dilates
upon the evil consequences that inevitably follow
upon, not our sins alone, but our faults—" the links
of cause and effect do bind one event to another in a
way that the easy-going portion of the world will

not see or believe." "I, at least," continues the
author of " Sybilla Lockwood," " will frame no
such fables, and will not turn this chronicle of real
life—these results of my own observations—into a
tale in which the actors shall be dealt with as spoilt
children are by foolish parents ; that is, shielded
from the consequences of their own actions. It is
only from the faithful representation of life that
real instruction can be drawn, for it is in such a
picture only that we may be given to see how the
faults of one person (or set of persons) bring about
the misfortune of another, perhaps the utter ruin
of a third." Such is the moral lesson conveyed by
the story of Sybilla, and dismal indeed are the
results of her shortcomings. We first make her ao.
quaintance on the eve of her unlucky and iii.chosen
marriage. Sybilla is an heiress and not a beauty.
Her self-consciousness, her morbid conviction
that no one will love her, and, at the same, time her

inordinate craving for love and admiration, render
her chances of happiness but small. The author of
" Coningsby" has spoken of " vanity" as " that
divine gift which makes women charming." That
conscious power of being able to confer pleasure of

itself attracts the very admiration that it demands,
and equally potent in its repellant influence is the
hopeless determination of those sensitive mortals
who are self-doomed to indifference and neglect.
" I will be drowned and nobody shall save me !"
It is like the different effects of the opposite
ends of the loadstone. So it is with
poor Sybilla ; and unhappy at home, and
convinced that no one will ever love her, she
accepts the first eligible offer, with the belief that
her husband is seeking her fortune, and with the
knowledge that his antecedents are not of the most
highly moral character. The results of such a union
may be easily surmised, and the fatal effect upon
Sybilla's character, when..the hour of temptation
arrives, of course justifies the author's preliminary
assurance that our faults and frailties bring upon
us an inevitable doom. While admitting the
justice of the lesson conveyed, we must at the same
time express our extreme repugnance to the theme
and the details which the author has here seen fit

to introduce. The picture of Sybilla's unhappy
married life, no less than the cool mention of her
husband's stated visits to his mistress, as a general

topic of conversation, while Sybilla's young sister
and cousin ars on a visit beneath her
roof, is repulsive in the extreme, and the after
episode of Sybilla's fatal love-story, although fol-
lowed by long penitence, is altogether out of the
pale of our sympathies or interest. The book is
cleverly written and the characters are we" dis-
criminated, but we could wish the author of Sybilla
Lockwood to select a subject more worthy of the
writer's pen.

The Man in Chains. By C. J. Collins, author o:

" Sackville Chase." 3 vols. Maxwell and Co,

In a room that looks out upon the tops of the
great trees that are in Gray's-inn-square, we are
introduced to Silvcrtou Langdale, a young barrister
of twenty-three, just called to the bar. He is the
Nlan in Chains, whose denomination has already
excited our curiosity, and the meaning of the appel-
lation is thus revealed :
It is he who is to be our Man in Chains—those chains
that no man can ever see, but which arc clanking in every
thoroughfare and in every crowd ; clanking with a sound
that none can hear, although it can be felt; clanking in the
senate, on the judgment-seat, amidst the scenes of revelry
and mirth, beneath the surplice of the high ecclesiastic, and
the coronet of the great patrician; clanking amidst the jingle
of tinselled fashion ; everywhere clanking with a sound that
none can hear, and yet which vibrates to the very heart,
and sometimes blights it.

These chains remind ns somewhat of the
dreadful links of cash 'boxes and ledgers that
surrounded Jacob Marley in his midnight visit to
Ebenezer Scrooge, and which chain, it may be re-
membered, he occasionally rattled with a dismal
wail The early incidents of the young barrister's
career, tho accident of his first brief, and its suc-
essful issue, are very vividly and very happily
detailed. Success begins to dawn upon the friendless
and peuniiebo Duo, but 51i3! with the hope of foIIC

ceze comes also the danger of temptation. Here is
the beginning of the end :

THE FIRST RIVET.

"You think that I shall get plenty of business, don't
you ?" Silvester Langdale asked.
"I am convinced of it."
"Well, then, in November I may reasonably calculate
upon being in ample funds ?"
" I think you may."
"Under these circumstances, then, it will scarcely be
.considered unreasonable or extravagant that I should re-
quire three hundred pounds."
As he said this Silvester Langdale looked eagerly into
the countenance of Marl Baskerville, to see if he could dis-
cover what impression the statement of his requirements
had made. Bat much older men than he in the ways of she
world had failed to read impressions in Marl Baskerville's
countenance, even when tae light was shining accidentally
fully upon it, which it was not doing now.
"I think you may, considering your prospects, reason-
ably borrow that sum," said Marl Baskerville, in a
measured tone, and in a voice that seemed impervious to
emotion.

* • *

"Till November, you lay ?"
"Till November, whet you know the courts at West-
minster will commence tleir sittings."
"It is now July;—that is three months then," said
Baskerville.
Silvester Langdale did not trouble himself to make the
calculation, but at once answered,—

" Yes."
"You have not got a bill stamp, I suppose P"
" No, I have not," said Silvester Langdale, laughing,
"I never had ouch a thing in my life."
"And I don't think I have got one," said Marl Basker.
villa, unconcernedly, and looking into his pocket-book.
Oh, here is one : shall I draw the bill !"
" Do so, if you please."
And Marl Baskerville drew up the binding document,

saying,—
" I draw it, you know, for £3so,"—at the same time tak-
ing notes to the extent of £3OO out of the book.
It, was that morning that, while lying in bed, Silvester
Langdale had congratulated himself upon not being reck-
less as to the future, and yet he signed this document with-
out thought, and by his signature struck a blow that
clenched the binding link of the first chain that was to coil
round him.
Three months later the second link is attached to
the deadly coil—
The chain that he had forged in Gray's-inn three months
before was beginning to chafe him—at the very moment,
indeed, when he made the discovery that it was fixed upon
him. It chafed him no longer now, and yet he had not
removed it; ho Ilea simply b)und it tighter round him in
such a manner as not to feel i: for the present. He had
simply, so to speak, doubled its strength, or was about to
do so; but the binding links hung lightly on him, even
as though they were fleecy in their texture and were
soft. _ .

A brilliant career opens before Silvester, and his
story is related with much spirit and apparent truth,
but mingled with it are a variety of melo-drama-
tic incidents, improbabilities, and horrors, that
our novelists now.a-days seem to consider
essential condiments in their bill of fare. Here,
also, again, we meet, ss we have already done in
more than one modern story of fashionable life, with
that fair and anonymous equestrian of Hyde Park,
whose presence is anything but desirable in polite
society. Among the improbable incidents of the
book, occurs the following ridiculous scene, some-
what analagous to the indignant meeting between
Box and Cox, when each tells the other to go to his
attic. Silvester has in his difficulties affixed the name
of his father-in.law, Lord Montalban, to,a bill, with-
out thinking it necessary to obtain that nobleman's
concurrence. Lord Mon talban, who is equally
"hard up," has taken a similar liberty with Silves.
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