The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-06 00:00:00

DOUGLAS JERROLD'S.

The " History of St. Giles and St. James" is con-
cluded in this number. St. James is, of course, ac-
quitted of the murder of Snipeton ; Tom Blast dies of the
wound he has received from Snipeton, but before his
death confesses that he it was who stole the horse, for
the theft of which St. Giles was originally sentenced.
His confession, however, goes for nothing, and St. Giles
is sentenced to death for returning from transportation.
" Briefly, St. Giles was not hanged. No. St. James re-
peated the good work of his boyhood, and—aided by Cap-
stick, who made his maiden speech in Parliament on the
question, calling the attention of the minister to the confes-
sion of Blast—St. Giles was pardoned. He married Becky,
and lived and died a decent shopkeeper. Indeed, he had so
far beaten the prejudices of the world, that era he parted
from it, he had been intrusted with the duties of church-
warden.
"St. James, a few weeks after the trial, went abroad, made
the grand tour, returned, married a duke's daughter, and to
the end of his days, supported to the utmost the dignity of
" his order.
" Mr. Crossbone, defeated in his hopes of cone; preferment,
again retired to the country, to cultivate the weeds of life.
He, however, had the subsequent:satisfaction of transporting
Mr. Robert Willis, for highway robbery ; an operation per-
formed at the cheapest cost to Mr. Crossbone, as the robber
pillaged him ofonly four-and-twopence and a tobacco-stopper.
"A metropolitan tombstone still attests the pleasing fact.
that Mr. Tangle died at the age of eighty-two, " a faithful
husband, an affectionate father, and an unswerving friend.
His charity was as boundless as it was unostentatious." Thus
speaks Tangle's tomb-stone ; and who—save it snag a be the
recording angel—shall contrrdict a tomb-stone ?
" And Clarissa—What of Clarissa? She shrank from the
world, and living, was not of life, but died the daily death of
a wasting heart—one other victim to the thousands gone
and—to come.
"And Capstick, at the end of the first session, took office—
became the steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He and
Bright Jem went back to the Tub, and many a time would
talk of the events that, all imperfectly, we have chronicled
in these pages. Capstick retained his old humour to the
last. He would often talk of St. James and St. Giles, and
would always end his discourse in something like these
words :
"‘ Well, St. James sneaked away upon a tour, and St.
Giles was pardoned; all right that it should be so. Never-
theless, Jem, as it's turned out, it's more like the happy
wind-up of a story on paper
make it out how it has so happened; for I expected nothing
less than that St. Giles would be hanged, and the Lord St.
James sent to some foreign court as English Ambassador.' "
The " Dreamer and Worker" is continued, and we are
introduced to a variety of schemers who, in conjunction
with Mr. Walter, are about to start a scheme for the
regeneration of the world, and the filling of their own
purses at the same time. Archer joins the Walters at
Portsmouth, and consents to the postponement of the
marriage between himself and Mary for a short time.
Paul Bell gives us a pleasant plea for pictures in his
paper, "My Lame Boy's Tastes," in which he adminis-
ters a richly-deserved castigation to the Lakers, and
vehemently protests against the blasphemy of Cowper
" that man and not God made the town"—a blasphemy
which has been repeated parrot-like by every dreamy,
half idiotic, idle humbug from the days of the nervous
and night-capped fatalist to those of our own, as an
excuse f)r neglecting the Divine command "to live by
the sweat of his brow." " A Word or Two on Music"
is a word in season, and we recommend the paper to the
attentive perusal of all the unco guid. " Fables for
Foolish Fellows" are continued, and we have severcl
other excellent articles in this number of L'ouglas
Jerrold.

THE HAN IN THE ,1100 N. Edited by Albert
Smith and Angus B. Reach.
Mr. Crindle's rapid cqreer is continued most amusingly.
It is evident that he will soon be in a condition to render
it advisable for him to quit his native land. Let him
not go to Australia or Canada, or any slow place of that
sort. The "States" alone will suit such a go-ahead
gentleman as Mr. Crindle, in which case we recommend
to his study the article in this month's " Man in the
Moon," entitled "Brother Jonathan and the Duel." The
tenth rule of this American manual of duelling is
thoroughly Yankee.
X. The Sixth Commandment was well enough for a
Theocracy, but is useless in a free and enlightened Republic.',
The following is an admirable hit:—
" FINK ARTS.—Motto for Mr. Turner's picture of 'Getting
Tired of the Ball,' in the Exhibition—
" The azure moon that through the verdant clouds
Bathes the vermillion waves with floods of blue,
Sees nought but yon gondola of pink haze,
And red-hot dots of men."
It is too bad to plunder this "Man in the Moon" any
further, but he is so rich in fun that he will never miss
•
it, so here goes:—
" A GOOD STORY, &c. &c. &c.—There is hardly a space
of half •a-dozen square inches in the new House of Lords
which •is not occupied by countless repetitions, carved in
Gothic characters, of the novel and original legend of God
save the Queen.' The notion is facetious—but somehow the
motto begins to pall upon one at about the hundred and
ninety-ninth reading. Does Mr. Barry expect that his
prayers will be heard for his much' carving? However, we
suppose it is all Gothic and right. By the way—the House
is lighted in the modern fashion. This is wrong—we should
have had medixval gas.

THE SPORTING REVIEW.
" The Racing in April," by " Craven," contains a
good account of the events of the past month, probably
the most interesting, though not the most exciting period
of the year to the turfite, New horses make their ap•
pearance, the pretension of many nominal fliers receive
the coup de grace, while others come out in a style and
figure that render them truly formidable to those who have
opposed them lustily, and excite the hopes of their friends
to the highest pitch; who confidently predict unheard of
wonders as to their future performances. Even the obd.
favourites appear in a new light. Some of the victors of
the past year, yield easy triumphs to others of whom
they made no account in bye-gone times ;
places are reversed, the last, frequently becomes
first, and the first last. Meanwhile every race is watched
with the closest scrutiny—every indication that, by a
possibility can throw any light on the great evenkof the
year, is diligently observed and duly calculated on.
Craven is a keen sportsman, and his comments will be
found worthy of the closest attention of " the betting
fraternity." The continuation of " The Handbook or
the Chase," by the Editor, gives a good account of some
of " the holiday hunts;" amongst which, the packs of
Lord Fitahardinge and Redesdale, and of the Duke of
Beaufort, occupy conspicuous places. The present chap-
ter on Metropolitan Horses, by Harry Hicover, is de-
voted to the hack, or road-ster. Harry, as usual, is
eloquent on the several qualifications and defects of this
humble description of nag. We shall allow him to state
for himself one of the essentials:—

" Showy action is now so indispensable in the metropolitan
horse for every purpose, that dealers are aware it is useless
to purchase anything for the London market that does not
possess it: in fact, all the horses that have it are collected in
London. If one f our ancestors was to look at us now, he
would very naturally be struck by the altered action of
London horses, and would probably think we had im-
proved, or at least altered, our breed. lie would be
right as to the different action of the horses he would
see in the streets; but it must be remembered that
if among the thousands bred, all those with lofty action are
brought here, and those that have it not are left in the coun-
try, it does not follow that our general breed is altered to the
extent he might be led to imagine by what he might see in
London, though I doubt not but that breeders do, as far as
they can, new endeavour to get into a strain of high-goers,
and probably will even do so with still greater attention ef()w
a colt, however good he may be in other respects, Is
valueless without this fashionable style of going."
Ladies horses, too, and even the pony. come un,,d.er
his
observation. " Highland Sports and Quarters c
-
tinned, by Linton, who is tantalised by the sight of for
bidden deer during a journey tc,), a
village with the
euphonious name of Ballahulish.
London," by Lord William Lennox, Sporting Life from
touches on steeple-
chasing, fishing, boating, and cricket, in all of which
varied amusements accounts of extraordinary perform
antes are given. The transactions noticed_
are not of
very recent date, but they will ever be interesting to
the amateur. Another amusement which may be en-
joyed at a cheap rate from London, is Jack.
son's Hunting-grounds, where "a man may have a
gallop of an hour over a grass country, in which every
species of fence may be found, for 7s. 6d. " Intercepted
Correspondence from Northamptonshire" is continued,
while the followers of old Izaac will be propitiated by
" A Week's Fishing in South Devon." " The Resoureef,
of a Country Gentleman" urges the national advantages
derivable from the taste for field sports. Among our
landed gentry, the number of persons engaged are
roughly estimated as follows :
In the various papers published during the winter
months, it will be found there are four packs of hounds which
hunt five and six days in the week—Earl Fitzhardinge's,
Lord 11. Bentinck's, Sir Richard Sutton's, and Mr. Assheten
Smith's • and I am convinced I am not exceeding the num-
ber of horses kept in each establishment by rating them at
fifty thus there are two hundred horses; and allowipgs
man to two horses, one hundred men are engaged. There
are upwards of twenty packs which hunt four,
and
. occasion-
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