The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1863.

NEW NOVEL.
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TARA: A MAHR.ATTA TALE.
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XTENSIVE EARTHQUAKE in ENGLAND.
_l4 This event, on the night of the sth October, was fore-
told in ZADKIEL'S ALSIANAC for this year, p. 23, to
within three days. It is the third earthquake that has oc-
curred this year as predicted.
Ifs' The Almanac for 1864 now on sale, price 6d.
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T" E OXFO R D,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.

THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CL A.RA, the
MAID of MILAN, and BeHint's SONNAMBULA.

Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c.

Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any other man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French
Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND.
Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBA_CH on his
wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

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Open at S o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ;
private boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order
to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds,
Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, "THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a
new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample
view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the
Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give
(with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects),
REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENIPAG, at half-past
Nine o'clock.

All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E.
Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand.

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Evening.
Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7.

JOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great
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Evening.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.
Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele-
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Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, is.
Manager—M. GRENET.

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THE GREAT SHIP.—A meeting of the commit.
tee of shareholders appointed at the special general
meeting of the Great Ship Company on Friday, the 2d inst.,
to confer with the directors relative to the best steps to be
taken to t elieve the undertaking from its present embarrass-
ments, was held on Saturday, at the offices of the company,
in Monument-yard, City, with a view to the consideration
of their report, to be presented to the adjourned general
meeting of the proprietors, at the London Tavern, to-day.
It is believed• that the report will recommend the immedi-
ate adoption of such steps as may best enable shareholders
to obtain some return of their capital, rather than that the
ship should be sold and then thrown into bankruptcy.
There are sheriffs' officers now on board the vessel, under
an Admiralty warrant, issued at the suit of the Bug Jane
capsized off Cape Clear, and whose owners demand compen-
sation to the extent of between £5,000 and £6,000.
OUR LADY NOVELISTS.—" Thirty years ago,''
says the Saturday .Review, "no one could have
believed what a brilliant future was going to open before
the eyes of Englishwomen, and what a lucrative and en-
gaging profession was about to be created for their benefit.
Authorship has introduced quite a new era in their existence.
If they can but write novels their fortune is made, and if
they cannot write novels they may write tales, or at the very
least they can surely write tracts, and advice to the poor, and
poetic musings. There are heights in their profession just as
there are valleys, and no ono can despise authoresses in the
days of Adam Bede' and ' Heart's Ease.' The authoress of
' Adam Bede' goes, we confess, higher than we should have
supposed a woman could go, for she unites many excellences
that the world has hitherto thought reserved for men. If
there is another woman who has ever shown original hu-
mour in print, we cannot recall her to mind. Romola' also
makes it clear that she can enter into spiritual difficulties,
and can view the range of spiritual facts with a breadth, a
calmness, and an insight that we should, but for her, have
considered exclusively masculine. Miss Martineau, too,
though not very strong on subjects like these, shows that a
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that the composition of a novel is by no means an easy
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worth examining what are the prospects it really lipids out

DEATH OF LORD LYNDHURST.

The brilliant career of Lord Lyndhurst amounts I
to a political and legal history of three reigns. It is
a miracle of good fortune, a curious and unique
chronicle of shrewdness,ability and consummate tact.
It is the record of a life agitated by political pas-
sions up to the time when the veteran ceased to be
a palitician, and became, in his extreme old age, a
patriot in whose wisdom and moderation both the
great parties in the State could implicitly confide.
Truly a strange and chequered life closed at five
minutes to three o'clock this (Monday) morning,
when the great ex-Chancellor breathed his last
at his paternal house in George-street, Hanover-
square. Born an American loyalist under the sove-
reignty of George the Third, he saw his native place
become the stronghold of ultra-republican Puri-
tanism, and witnessed the establishment of the Re-
public of which he has lived to see the irretrievable
disruption. Whiggish in his youth, and friend and
fellow-traveller of Volney, he accepted without
scruple (though, perhaps, he may not have courted
it as he appears to have done) the patronage of the
Tory Prime Minister. He defended the State pri-
soners accused of sedition, and was so little uncivil
to the Government that be was baited for and in-
stantly hooked to the land of promise—the Treasury
Bench—without the faintest show of wriggling.
One of the grandest of his early speeches in the
House of Commons was made against Roman
Catholic emancipation. A few months later saw
him Chancellor under the Minister whom he had
attacked, and who had withered him with a storm
of merciless sarcasms in the previous debate. Holding
a high judicial office Which is 'Understood to inirotve
abstinence from party politics, he turned out a
Ministry, and might, if he could, have formed
another on its ruins. Such are some of the peculiar
features in the history of Lord Lyndhurst. For the
last 10 or 12 years, he has held a truly enviable posi-
tion in the House of Lords and with the country.
Lord Lyndhurst has lately kept aloof from party.
Though voting with the Conservatives, and occa-
sionally assisting them with his counsel, he has
poured forth the wealth of his eloquence, the mel-
lowed wisdom of his green old age, his wonderful
stores of scholarship and historical illustration, his
profound sagacity and the lessons of his varied ex-
perience for the benefit, not of his piamrptye,a;g ra
nut hisgofn_
d
coeuunrterf his
country. It
oldis
age
nethat accountwe
all lament his death, of the
that the Queen and statesmen of all parties have
daily made anxious inquiries after the health of the
venerable peer.
The great lawyer who was destined to be three
times Lord High Chancellor of England, first saw
the light in Boston, Massachussetts, within the
transatlantic possessions of his King, George the
Third, the date of his birth being the 21st May,
1772. His father and mother were both conspicuous
persons in their way. John Singleton Copley
(whose Christian names were his son's also) was a
distinguished American artist. He was the son of
a Mr. Richard Copley, of Limerick, by the daughter
of Mr. John Singleton, an ancestor of the Single.
tons of Queinville Abbey, county Clare.
Apropos of his profession, a curious story is told.

In his boyhood he came down to dessert one even-
ing when his hospitable father was entertaining
some of his aristocratic friends, and he found the
company discussing the merits of the various pro-
fessions. " And what will you be ?" asked one of the
guests to little John Copley. "Anything," inter-
posed his father, " except an artist." Mr. Copley
then continued, " why not a lawyer ? The highest
honours are open to a great lawyer: John may get
a good circuit practice, may then become a King's
counsel, may obtain a seat in Parliament, may then
please his party and be appointed Solicitor-General,
and Attorney-General—nay, Jack, if he is clever,
and distinguishes himself in the House, may even
become Lord Chancellor !" How this prophecy,
which must at the time have seemed a rhapsody,
was literally fulfilled is matter of history. But we
anticipate.
When Copley the yOnngef was called to the bar

the nation was in the throes of a great revolu-
tionary epoch. Paine's "Rights of Man" on one
side, and Burke's fiery philippic on the other, were
in every one's mouth. The young barrister was

inclined to espouse the apparently generous side of
liberty. He began his career with chambers in
Brick-court, Temple, and in his second floor he had
his first brief visits frcm Messrs. Willett and Co.
and Mr Murray, whose son came to be his secretary
in his chancellorship. He soon managed to secure
a large business ; in fact, he acquired the greater
part of that of Sergeant Rough, the leader of the
circuit, who had fallen into bad odour with the at-

torneys. Copley was more fastidious than Gifford,
who was said to draw pleas for almost nominal
sums, but he made his way in time. He became
first known in the higher circles of the law by his
" Case of the double return for Horsham," in 1808.
But it was not till nine years after this that the
young lawyer attained any eminence out of " Nisi
prius." In 1817 the demagogue, Henry Hunt,
called a meeting in Spafields, which ended in the
riots that led to the execution of Cashman, for
the murder of a Mr. John Platt, and the trial, for
high treason and sedition, of Arthur Thistlewood,
James Watson, John Hooper and Thomas Preston.
Sir Charles Wetherall and Mr. Copley were re-
tained for the defence. Sir Charles, though a ram-
pant old Tory, had conceivedsome spite against the
Government, and in his speech for the defendants
launched out into virulent abuse of the Ministry, its
spies, and its general villanies. Mr. Copley was
more shrewd, especially as Lord Liverpool was
present, and in his address, which was a master-
piece of reasoning on the law of high treason,
avoided the absurd indiscretion of his senior, much
to the Premier's satisfaction. About this time
Wetherall and Copley were toasted all ever London
as the " People's friends !" At the trial of the pub-
lisher of the Quarterly for an alleged libel on Col.
Maceroni, Copley being for the defence, the Duke
of Wellington and Lord Liverpool, who were sub-
poenaed in the case, were on the bench. So pleased
was the earl with Mr. Copley's speech and manner,
that ho sent him an invitation to call on him after
the trial. Did Mr. Copley want a seat in the
House? Nothing better. It could easily be ma-
naged then, and Mr. Alexander Maconochie (after-
wards Lord Meado wbank) resigning his seat, Mr.
Copley was returned forthwith by Mr. Holmes for
the borough of Yarmouth, Isle of Wright, on the
28th of March, 1818, without any condition, pledge,
or promise. Lord Liverpool is reported to have
said (though the remark is also attributed to Lord
Castlereagh), "I'll set my rat-trap for him, baited
with Cheshire cheese." A few months later saw
Mr. Copley Chief Justice of Cheater in the room of
Sergeant Best.
It fell to the lot of Sir John Copley, as Solicitor-
General, to take part in conducting the prosecution
of the wretched Princess of Wales. What a spec-
tacle was that ! The noble-looking Castlereagh,
the " plucky" Sidmouth, the calm and impassive
Liverpool, the profoundly-learned Eldon, the patrio-
tic and impulsive G rey, and the honest and sagacious
Lansdowne filled the Beat of j udginent, before which
Copley pleaded, with a Lawrence to look on the
scene with a painter's eye, and a Keane to study the
play of the passions in the memorable scene before
him. Sir John Copley's cross-examination of the
witnesses or, behalf of the Princess Caroline was
terrible in itsminuteness and its searching character;
but he behaved cout teously to the unlucky object, of
all therm long debatcs, and he offended nobody on
either side. The people rushed oat from the House
of Lords, after Copley's splendid summing up, to
witness the great eclipse of that memorable year.
It was curious that he should have officially to pro-
secute (and with fatal success) for high treason, in
1820, the same Arthur Thistlewood whose acquittal
in 1817 was achieved by his eloquence and tact.
To the amazement of the world, the great lawyer
lived on beyond his 90th year i Went from London

to the country, and back again, with the changes
of the seasons; saw his friends, and counselled his
party. The death of a nonagenarian is rarely
painful—rarely gives a long premonitory notice
of its approach.

Lord Lyndhurst literally " fell on sleep." The
change was imperceptible. He did not experience
the " durw inclementia mortis." The noble lord
had been present at the marriage of his only child
by his second marriage towards the close of June
last. Those who saw, will not easily forget, the
appearance of the aged father as he was borne on a
kind of litter into St. George's, Hanover-square,
his glassy eyes, his helpless limbs, and withal the
inimitable neatness of his dress and the nobility of
his countenance, which not even the troubles and
work of 90 eventful years could efface. Curiously
enough another nonagenarian had signed the re-
gister book of St. George's that morning—the
Dowager Lady Grenville, widow of a Prime Mi-
nister of the last century, the accomplished Lord
Grenville, Chancellor of the University of Oxford,
who had been present, previous to the marriage of
I the Iron. Miss Copley, at the marriage of Mr.
weathy Moore with the daughter of the Hon. G. M.
Fortescue. At the conclusion of the season his
lordship left London for Tunbridge Wells " in ex-
cellent health." He returned to town a week or
ten days ago, had an access of weakness, and died,
as his father had done before him, in the old house
in George-street, Hanover-square, which should
henceforth be historically famous.
By his first marriage with Mrs. Thomas, to which
we have referred before, Lord Lyndhurst had a
son and four daughters. The son, John Singleton,
bortrin August, 1824, died in September, 1825.
Hie eldest daughter, Sarah, was born and died in
1820. Another daughter, the Hon. Susan Penelope
Copley, born 23d July, 1822, died 9th May, 1837.
The eldest survivor of his daughters is the Hon.
Elizabeth, born 16th March, 1821, who mar-
ried, 1850, Mr. Henry John Selwin, the
unsuccessful Conservative candidate for Maldon at
the last general election, and eldest son of Sir J. T.
Ibbetson-Selwin, of Down Hall, Essex; and the
Sara o
• 8,
other, the Sophia Clarence, born April 15,
8,
married Mr. Hamilton Beckett on the 14th
of December, 1854. Lady Lyndhurst died in Paris
on the 15th of January, 1834, at the Hotel du Rhin,
Place de Vendome, and on the sth of August, 1837,
his lordship married in Paris, Georgians, daughter
of Mr. Louis Goldsmith, by whom he leaves issue
182
n only daughter, Georgians, born 11th May, 1838,
and married 25th Jane, 1863, to Mr. Charles
Dacane, M.P. for North Essex.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The east division of the Channel fleet (as briefly
announced by telegram in The Sun of Saturday)
at Spitbead on Saturday, from Devonport.
The Warrior and Resistance, iron frigates, first
hove in sight, and the latter anchored at Spithead
by 8 f.
!80. The
Warrior lay to in St. Helen's Roads,
and did not t'
anchor at Spithead until 11 a.m. The
arrivedh eiAdmiral, in his flagship, the Edgar, in company
with the Emerald, wooden, screw frigate, did not
arrive at Spithead until 5 p.m. Both ships had
remained for some hours off the Isle of Wight,
where their
crews had been exercised in firing with
shot
was made with reduced boiler power,
and on FridaY night the Resistance, with three
boilers in nee, and contending with a strong S.E.
gale, maintained a steady rate of speed of six knots.
anit
to Spithead
shell. The passage from Plymouth Sound
head
The officers of the two ironclads speak in the most
same time admit that a somewhat diffe-
rent enthusiastic terms of their ships' behaviour at sea,
bute t
fm
at
rof i e , hheo
bottom would give them more stability,
a
the tendency they have to roll. Still,
with even this admitted fault, it is contended that,
on the
they are better sea boats than our
the Mersey and Orlando
class. Seamen always speak flatteringly of the
nd lessen
w ship in which they serve ; but if there be any truth
in this comparison drawn between iron and wooden
ships, than our ironclads must be very much better
sea boats, or have been very much better handled,
than the French ironclad squadron which is now
undergoing
extensive repairs at Brest, in conse-
quence of the
damage received during its first expe-
rimental cruise. Reverting to our own ironclads, it
appears to be the general opinion of officers serving
in them that the Resistance and Defence class must be
more generally serviceable as war ships than the
Warrior or Minotaur class can ever be. The latter
undoubtedly possess the advantages belonging to
beauty of form of great speed under steam, yet, from
their extreme length, they cannot be turned so
shortly or so readily manoeuvred as smaller vessels.
These facts Will possibly hold good so long as our
ironclads are propelled by single screws ; but now
that it has been so repeatedly proved that ships can
be made to tarn upon their own centre as upon a
pivot when propelled by two screws, the chief ob-
jection to ships of the Warrior's length seems to be
overcome. A ship constructed for two screws would
also possess much greater bearings at her midship
section than
a single screw vessel ; she would con-
sequently roll less, and be a much better sea boat,
than any vessel with a single screw could possibly
be, and Would also draw one-third less water than
is the rule with our present ironclads. A vessel like
the Warrior must draw a certain draught of water
in order to develops the power of her 1,250 horse
engines and her monster screw. In shoal or narrow
waters such a ship is helpless ; she can neither ap-
proach sufficiently near a shore battery nor ma_
nceuvre in front of it. Had the Warrior been built

f with
have twin screws,
enabled her to be taken so
her lessened draught
e shore and be manoeuvred as might
be wished when elle had reached the desired posi-
o:f rmach
waterndnearer fitted
twteodu
the

appointments were made on Fri-
day :—Henry V. Russell, master,
tion.
The
to the Dasher ; Francis Braddon, assist.-paymaster,
at followingthe
to the Black Prince; E. Lilley, engineer, to the
Indus for the Cordelia ; Thomas Pattison, of the
Hornet, promoted to first class
Ad mi r a l
ty
assist.-engineer ;
and John Runnals, assist.-engineer, to the Indus for
the Gladiator.