The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-01 00:00:00

FRASER.

The Fraser of the present month opens with an
elaborate critique on De Lamartine's history of the
Girondists, in which the writer while he does full
justice to the brilliant and poetical series of tableaux,
which the poet statesman has presented to the world,
gives it as his opinion that the book will never be
quoted as an authority. " With the young and
enthusiastic," he says-
6. who will read his work as an epic, the book must
ever be a favourite; even with the middle aged and old,
the graces of its style must captivate and seduce. But
that the book will ever be quoted as an authority, or
except for is sty le, in elegant extracts, we greatly
doubt."
This article is followed by a dry dissertation on the
science of grammar under the title of " A Defence
of a Classical Education;' and then we have stirring
tale of horrors entitled " Juan Moreda, the Slave.
Hunter." The author of " Literary Legislators"
give us a batch of Parliamentary barristers—Sir F.
Thesiger, SirJ. Jervis, Sir F. Kelly, Sir D. Dundas,
Mr. Stuart, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. M'Neill.
The sketches are well drawn, and the author
is, we think, correct in his estimate of the
powers of these gentlemen. We agree with
him in the opinion that Sir Frederick Thesiger is a
complete failure, and that Sir David Dundas might,
if he chose to take the trouble, achieve a brilliant
success. Sam Slick continues his graphic sketches of
" Life in a Colony ;" and a writer, on whwn the
mantle of Christopher North appears to have fallen,
contributes an admirable paper entitled " A Day on
the Moors." 'We are rejoiced to find a writer open-
ing up the question as to the gain or loss to history
by the writings of Walter Scott. It is a question
that will hear discussion, and that must be discussed
frequ ntly to put history " right," and rescue his-
torical truth from the beautiful and fascinating, and
therefore most dangerous, misrepresentations of the
great %. izard of the north. The political articli, of
the month is on " Sanitary Reform," and we coin
mend it to the espy cial notice of Lord Morpeth ; as
the writer justly observes, " Sanitary reform will be
the test of the stuff the Whig Ministry is made of;"
and if they wish to stand, their measure must be " a
large measure—it must be a strong measure—it must
be a privztical measure." They must be prepared to
wage a war of extermination with the hypocritical
jobbers who brawl about " local self government,"
which being interpreted means local competition and
local jobbing. "It is, as this writer truly remark-,
" notorious to all the world that local self govern-
for sanitary purposes has failed " In addition to
these articles the present number contains a pleasant
antiquarian gossip about hands and gloves ; an
amusing account of a " Visit to the Wine Country of
Portugal," and several amusing tales. The Fraser of
this month can boast of variety at any rate.

TUB MAILS.—SOUTHAMFION, AUG. 31.—The
Orieni al Coino-iny'a steam-packet Montrose, Captain
Olive, artv(d from Italy at nine o'clock, A.M., this day,
and took her usual station in the docks. Her dates are
Civita Vecchia, Aug 14; Ls ghorn, 16; G"noa, 19; arid
Gibraltar, 24. Tne Montrose brings the T.llowing pas-
sengers,—two Misses Wiles, two Misses Walford, Mrs.
Green and child, Mrs. Mackey, Mrs. Bohn and child,
Miss Spiers, and Miss Fakey; also a very full cargo,
consisting of silks, works of art, anchovies, paper tor
exportation, gums, oil, paste, &c., from Italy; from Gib-
raltar, 475 boxes of almonds, 208 cases of lemons, a
quantity of leeches, &c. No British ships of war were
at the Italian ports, tier Majesty's ships 'Trafalgar,
Hibernia, and Superb left. Gibraltar on the morning of
the 24th for the eastward; the day the Montrose started
the Virago and Gladiator steamers were at Gibraltar.
The Montrose passed the Peninsular packet Jupiter.
bond to Gibraltar, on the night of the 24,h off Cape
Trafalgar; and off Cape St. Maria pai,eed the Indus with
the Indian mails for Alexandria, on the 25th. Overland
dispatches to England from the Italian ports have been
received since the departure of the Montrose from those
ports. She landed several passinigers a; Gibraltar from
Genoa, &c. On Aug. 30, off .he Start, SW. 70 miles,
she spoke the Danish schooner Narnon, from Lisbon to
London, out eight weeks, and supplied her with water

and provisions.. •
A COUNTY COURT IN THE CITY OF LONDON.—On
the 29th inst. an Act of Parliament, passed on the 23d
of July, will come into operation, entitled, " Alt Act
for the more easy recovery of small debts and demands
within the city of London, and the liberties thereof."
The Act contains 128 sections with a schedul, of fees;
many of the provisions, as also the table of fees, have
been copied from the New County Courts' Act. The
Ccurt of Requests in the city of London is to be abo•
fished. " And whereas the city of London is a county
of itself; and whereas the Sheriffs' Court for the 'sire
London is a court of ancient jurisdiction, having cog-
nizance of all pleas of personal action to any amount ;
and whereas it is expedient that the mariner of pro
ceeding in the said court for the recovery of small
debts and demands shoat be alter. d and regulated."
On and af,er thi. day named actions may be commenced
in the Sheriffs' Court, for sums or damages not above
201., to be heard and di termined under the provisions
of this Act. All other proceedings miy be carri.d on as
it this Act had not passed. The mayor,aldermi n, and com-
mons are to appoint the place and days for holding the
Sheriffs' Court for the purposes of this Act, and the
order for holding the first c urt is to be advertised, and
notice given for the period of at least one month. before
the day appointed for the first holding of the court. The
judge of the Sheriffs' Curt (Mr. Commissioner Bullock)
is to be the judge under this Act. In actions ::hove 51.
a jury of five may be summoned, as in the New County
Courts. By the 40th clause it is declared that a sum-
mons (the action being by plaint and not by writ) may
issue, provided the defendant, or one of the defendants,
shall have dwelt or carried on his business therein at
so:ne time within six calendar months next before the
time of the action brought, or it the cause of action
arose therein. The Recorder and the Judge of the
Sheriffs' Court are to frame all new rules and orders,
subject to the approval of the three chiefs of the com-
mon law courts. The parties, as well as their wives,
may be examined on the trial. Any goal in the city of
London may be used as a prison for the purposes of this
Act. A bailiff and other officers are to be appointed,
and by a special provision it is declared that the officers
performing duties in the Court of Requests, may be ap-
pointed under this Act.
CHARGE OF AIANSLAUGHTER.--4Y-eSterday Mr. W.
Carter held an inquest at the Bedford Arms, East-lane.
Walworth, on the body of Mrs. Mary Olds. She died
on Thursday, and her husband is at present in custody.
It appeared that the deceased had managed to hoard
upwards of 904 Her husband, on Saturday week, in-
sisted on having some of it, and on her refusing made a
violent assault upon her. He caught her by the throat,
and while on the ground knelt on her chest. Her son,
a lad of sixteen years 01 age, ran to the station house,
stating that his father was murdering his mother. '['he
police interfere!, but on the foilowing Thursday the de-
ceased died from the effects the ii.jurtes she received.
the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against
the tinily-incl.
OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.--Last night, about nine
o'clock,saq;uaadrYe. named
B r oWma
iinurnw,
by
the Tor
rb
the horses drawing an omnibu's' the IC:Ter of Tot
tn tenha court-road and Oxford sit?ri
street, 'ho wheels pass-
ing over her abdomen. Iler daughter, aged four years,
who was with her, escape,' most miraculously with some
trifling injuriee indicted by the home hoofs,