The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

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Mr. Baron PARKE—You gave the plaintifol ff his in
dstile°
true•
tions, and ought to know whether e has lowe
out or not.
Mr. JAMES said the defendant could not gather {rent
the particulars whether he had or not, and e,4t.ee
the defendants nor their solicitor had son any of i'_
work alleged to have been done, because from the in"
definite nature of the particulars they Were at ,lest:
where to look for it. In the first item there was n°ll/
per mile specified.
The CHIEF BARON—If you divide the amountsnt chalteell
by thirty-six you Will easily ascertain that. dt7('Til
guineas for ascertain cure, cer canyon
charges a hundred 0
upon him to divide his demand into charges for raedicii'
ertai
at ten d . JAMCn not.
Mr ES differed froml ty he opinion of his t
Lorish
brit the case his Lordship had put was not analognesod
the one they were discussing. The doctor's ease-w° or
be on the general contract, but here it was for
worksod
labour done. Not knowing, however, the natnre, es
extent of the work and labour done, the datline,
could not ascertain, by appealing to other engineer* If
ther the charges were usual and fair. iste
The LORD CHF —DOes affidavit 5 •he
that the defendants areBARON
ignorant ayour the nature of 03
work and labour done ? , de-
Mr. JAMES said he had no affidavit made by tilensz
fendants themselves, but they were certainlY ,ulO-fj
quainted with the amount or extent of the work itu'oe
to have been done. no.
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1 and promised to act upon it. •
Lordship or the pge ti°l3'

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INCEST and SUSPECTED 'OUR--
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GREENWICH FOLIC COURT.—(THIS 9- el
name i
A young woman, of respectable appearance, - ea,
Ann Maria Richardson, was placed at the bar, cbtis o'fs
by police-sergeant Wilson with concealing the b., r,Lered,
male child, of which she had been recently cie"' he
the body of which was found in a garden attached to oa
father's former residence, on Royal Hill, Greenwie '
Thursday afternoon. frota the
The case excited an unsual degree of interest mbio 0
fact of the father of the prisoner having, up to WI, osir
short period, held the lucrative situation of four
tant tant at the Royal Observatory. ,nee if
Police-sergeant Wilson, 39 R, deposed that ve ok
the prisoner into custody last night, in conseeeobe
information he received, and in reply to question
voluntarily stated that she had been delivered of fie st,
in September last, at a house in Weston-fltV,
Thomas's-street, Borough. She was attended 1 for
Wood, a medical gentleman, of Union-street, 011 n cad
the child died ten days after its birth. She l' liviltcl'
tificate of the birth, but she believed .her faotber
Her father was not in town. She said he r oil; a bet
was die father of her child. When the Alild,rgefirdefif
father took it away in a coffin, and buried it ill ``j,`"bollre'
attached to his house, the hole being dug by g 1'
who worked on the premises. tf,. ;,..,ir
Charles Pearce, a labourer in the employ of '-„; ,
cock, who was doing some repairs for the prese;bed j
prietor of the property, deposed to having se6r",. IF
teas-pool in the garden, by order of his rea,sl;e4
finding a coffin containing the body of a male 0" IV'
Mr. John Hiscock stated that the property t
Hill had recently been purchased by Mr. " 7000eji
butcher, of the prisoner's father. He directed tbeh'ito u',
witness to search the cess-pool, and was told ICCofejh
the discovery he had made. He desired the pose' ',ore,
up the body again, and gave information 0 thy
officers, who had it removed in order that a° 1°
10
might be held upon it. tb°
Mr, Oak Mitchell, a medical gentleman, stated •feti,
it eee/ 0
had, in compliance with instructions be hs- ri,ich f1„I
made a post mortem examination of the body, I"„refe:
much decomposed, but was not so far gone as 10 Fa eta
an examination being made. He saw sufficieeti, el
vince him that the child bad not only been 11°'-ne
but that it had lived some days. He was no e- ,
fot
in making a analsis of the stomach. , est
The prisonner, who appeared to bear UP "11 11
,„t Or
titude, was remanded for a week, and Awt
for the apprehension of the father.

LITE RAT U RE.
-BALLAD ROMANCES. By R. 11.7.°f0rt.1)1,0
Apart from the eccentricity of its being a i„,ge,'or
epic," Orion was sufficiently remarkable to arlte'-ecor
sympathies with Mr. Horne as a poetical thin:a so
mediocre capacity. There was a freshness l'hich '4l
couth strength about many of its passages to ",1
culated swiftly through our perceptive facolties :pf
heart ; there was a clear manifestatiolloi
its writer, walking forth amidst tlie
of nature; "was not wholly impervious to .-"no Ft,
influences; that he could estimate—and that tc),,,,',0011
nary extent—the more celestial attribute soft "-,11014;
The subtlest variations of character, the i; rid of
phases of passion, were to him no inexplioarneiti)
lie could analyse with considerable persre"ij
bosom impulses of his fellow-creatures, -and c°,ubitiiiilo
with more than usual accuracy the devious 'goy
of opinion. In this combination of pl r,kl
intellect had something in it viblePaly
fiery demanded our regard; and assure Ail A
sufficient to have warded off the terrible ensl,o'}i3el:,)
malignant ridicule of Elachwood &(r. R. H. 11.' %rex
no marvel in the world of letters ; it is true 01" ,fte
nothing dazzling in his literar; aspect, nothia,y
ling in his originality, nothing prodigious th,,e of
of his intellect. But there was erfolfgh ,tyle'i
timent, force of imagination, and propriety ;if;
entitle him to our regard, and to (10,',
'
cism of its barbed javelins. He l'„peov,if;
we derive much pleasure from big s',ftil
in the character of one who Wefr"
us seven good English ballads. The effort is
13°009
lent as in his former volume of poetry ; and, ells 01 10
this very account, more is achieved. Some of
are familar enough in themselves, such for WOllOOl4
legend of " Bedd Gelert," but even those are °1100';eil
with such a newness of imaginary as to render toe,,, tier
than acceptable. One ballad in particulario 60t ell3°
narration in the manner of Walter Scott, a0",,,„-etr, fti
to some of his most successful poems. gad toot
belief advisedly, after an attentive perusalfLoao,jor,
peat the opinion in all truth of mind Or,
The
judgment. The tale in question is entitled 99
Heart," and excellently appropriate is the tiff
thy for the hero, " Ludolt," is aroused at
mencement ; from the moment King Ottoe6
h.is irtentions of marriage, and the liSigo
troubled at the casualty, and .f
" Bowing vaguely in the air, ,0
Went pausing down the marble stair.,A„ viot.
Nor is this sentiment diminished, when .1•111'7,-,Yr 5"
partner of his sorrows, participates in ev'-'
anticipation:—
t
" While something like a boding crep se 4J
Into her heart—alone, she wept." rer,
The thoughtfulness and ingenuity with whictfi.
personages in the story combat each others Y-bicti,Plif4
something admirable ; and the many detall3 wis On 0)
heighten the vividness of the picture are cleYt'ol'ePke
from the painting of the scenery to til,e
rho 04~
Hulda's variable countenance, and •' the Plis
across her face?? •Yor picturesqueness of des-of ""0`
account of the tournament is, perhaps, the 1:0 Py
cuous point in the composition, opening wit

;one most characteristic.
" The crimson banners stream and flare'
The trumpets smite the brassy air; A 100
The war-steeds neigh, and romp, an
And snuff the exalting battle-day

A charger's hoofs with gusty bounds
A moment beat redoubling sounds,
His coal-black armour, thick inlaid , fore
With diamonds, cast a fretful shade,' ore IV
And, again, what can be more simple, 1134 '%Ol,
or more superbly- poetic than the follundliell
sode—with its great crushing climax. 1-)11„c0IC
ing in a moody reverie ; his bride has W-
him by a band of soldiers :
And while %was done, ,/
Three knights rode by at set of stlo,oollll
They check'd their steeds, and thus el
How changed is Ludolf—see ye
Mute, passive, with a lingering Star+":

He suffers men to seize his bride,

While standing fondly at his side;
Then silent droops ail pale and lore,

And sits upon aboundary stone!' A •
The second said, His spirit lost, ,I,3ofOrr
Now, ghost-like, strays round Lin
It is not Ludolf that we see.'
The third advanced right bitterlY!dl;
Thou art a recreant kni ht 'he odr or 09
g , do • vio 0
And budolf rose, and struck kiln , vie p,013104
There are a hundred other beauties whic:d of,roa
ingly particularise in that single " LegePthicl rd'cic,j
but it willsuffice to say, that these " tOfielter
by H. H. Horne, (with the exception °.;:bet,o,
oddity at the end) are scattered among sv,l„-0113"
they are coloured with the tints of 0$"
receive vitality from the heart.

1 d
of glPtc> ‘4,11
THE PRYINGS OF APO 0, be":
A humorous scrambling together ; ' tbl'r.47l;
drollery arc these " Pryings of a resil:°-briiit'aeoircri
ceptiontuu is rather errant and unsysternstic' 7, 011'4 P. 0.,
tion i betokens no contemptible share of fu ,t 0 oet" irj,
n the writer. Whoever it be, be bragovelile:4ll/:ifi
ludicrous, a tolerable amount of hatred 'l9,idef; ipioJl4`,.
a decided affection for the natural, as e'viost'.s".
actions and sentiments of others. The - ibe ,(;101
story. in the English language, told foie ;Pa i
epistles, is, without any question Ais.,:iatiii- )11/0:1
first novel " Evelina." Yet, no'tivit"-„-itpl,o tt'
greater amount of truthfulness and veri'diffrtiq
f ,4o )1
to a fiction by narrating iti in a verY cl:If r$ °„eori
spondence between the various ebsrgicb-ee rol.iierd
that style of composition always beArs the i Wilttl
over- carelessness and want of qua°. e"-:,,t.ire,)o„e"si
chief fault in the volume before us ; its 'it 106)frie6
its
.in an idle and chit-chatty straie ; ".3001,4 J'
portraituresol of society may still, beW. ea 1 ,
ntfrom a want of condensation.
ever,
.00 F
from its pages. It is a book to be diPV /
breakfast- table. ,
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THE BARON'SYULE F-611`". er• &4011::14
Recently wleilityolunen'd BonyrlelhvengLall.g 'lC:evil:ol3se° ICI°l133; lilirle
animadverting very forcibly upon a ashes 111;telp;
by Thomas Cooper, which was taro wo 0 rbl ir,
rities and rife with solicisms. In titteer of oceiifoei i''
nation, we divested it of all aPrearalic,,:ferf efeo/ '''r
agwifaterddinpgoedtu.e puraisisertroisiotns auuthhyoor
eor-sd i.01.001%11.
Clic° 0%
mind with this conviction, and his to iy, der
i
i he Baron's Yule Feast," 00.1 Y 6Ll."';iril'ltilfeii
vie [ion more pt,rolanontiy and lly'vti loti °,,e Pe orr9
" tallbitioll to coutributc towardi Lbe, bour
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emnatnerytapionpmnelanrt,''nainmewsheicnhgatigereeobJe ''',..alo_ biP I 1
agrees
Was 9Ph" ar o°4
of commendation and triumph
_.,,; . tiqll. '
I,' od e VS.
embodied thoyoyeries of Igo igaPP"--
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