The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

DOLMAN.

Another of those domestic stories, which the pre-
sent editor of Dolman (the Rev. Edward
.Price) is
so eminently capable of telling with touching sim-
plicity, adorns the magazine for May. It is among
the series of " Sick Calls," and is entitled " The
Magdalen." Over the fortunes of Margaret the
reader will, pour in a mood of genuine pensiveness.
A thoughtful fragment, called " Religion and Poli-
tics," precedes this pathetic historietle, and subse-
quently there is a continuation of " The Adventures
of a Schoolboy," and the conclusion of " The Golden
Age of Merry England." Two agreeable contri-
butions are also contained in the present number of
Dolman, the one headed " The Cemetery," the
other being an American sketch in the shape of an
" Irish Gleaning." Besides the foregoing, there are
several re views of books and a page or two of Catholic
monthly intelligence.

FI?ASER.
If we may judge from the article on Chartism,
which appears in this month's Fraser, the cause of old
Toryism must be desperate. Laughed at by the well-
educated of the upper classes, and repudiated by the
great body of the middle and:lower classes, Tories now
make a high bid for Chartist support—which, how-
ever, they will not get. The disorderly plunderers
(not real Chartists, by the bye,) who take advantage
of every popular assemblage to ply their dishonest
trade, will no doubt be but too happy torender their
assistance ; in fact there have frequently been rela-
tions heretofore subsisting between the parties--the
disorderlies in question having ever been known as
" the Tory mob," the gentlemen who did the mischief
in Lord George Gordon's riots, and who, at Birming-
ham, wrecked the house of Dr. Priestly ; but of the
real Cbtartists, of those men who honestly
seek to effect political emancipation by moral
means, not one will lend a helping hand
to the Tories, notwithstanding the hearty abuse of
the middle classes and the sneers at the special con-
stables in which these worthy old Tories think
proper now to indulge. The non-political portion of
Fraser this month is excellent. The opening paper
on "Recent, Discoveries in Astronomy" is evidently the
work of a writer who not only thoroughly under-
stands hip; subject, but who possesses the rare
talent of making it understood also by others. His ac-
count of 'the manner in which M. Le Verrier and Mr.
Adams w ere led to discover the new planet Neptune
is, perh sps, the most successful attempt yet made to
popular->e mathematical science. The paper on
Heligoland is peculiarly interesting at the present
moment:, when there is every probability that that
rocky i may again become the great entrepot
for artiicles of British manufacture destined for the
supply of the Continent. We have in this number
reviews; of the memoirs of Mademoiselle de Launay,
of Lan dor's Hellenics and Latin Poems, of Rosen's
Campaign in Algiers, and of Sir Thomas Mitchell's
recent] y published work on the Australian Colonies,
in addLtion to the continuation of the " Armourer of
Munster," and the current " History of the
Month."

INTESESTING MARRIAGE BEQUEST. Yesterday
morning a young woman was married at the parish
church of St. George's-in-the-East, who had been edu-
cated at ;Raines Charity Schools, situate in Old Gravel-
lane, Wtspping, and who, on that occasion was entitled
to a marriage portion of 1001., in pursuance of the will
of the benevolent founder. In 1719, Henry Raine, Esq.,
who auras sed a princely fortune as a brewer at Wapping,
founded a. school for fifty boys and fifty girls. Ile after-
wards endowed an asylum for the reception of forty
girls, who were to be maintained, educated, and trained
up to service, who, after arriving at the age of 22, pro-
d. ucing satisfactory testimonials, were twice a year, viz.,
in December and May, to draw lots for a marriage por-
tion of 1001. with a honest and industrious person of St.
John's Wan ing, or St. Paul's, Shadwell. After the
ceremony a s ermon was preached, and in the evening the
trustees, at !a dinner, presented to the happy couple a
purse contacting 100 new sovereigns.
THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL FUND.—A meeting of
the commit tee of the Cobden testimonial fund was held
at the Tomti-hall, Manchester, on Saturday morning,
when a nut aber of the principal contributors to the fund
were preset it, including Mr. R. Hyde Greg, Mr. W.
Rawson, an d Mr. George Wilson, the three treasurers;
with Mr. A. Heywood, M.P., Mr. Alderman Shuttle-
worth, Mr.. Alderman Potter, Mr. T. B. Potter, Mr. J.
Kershaw, 14. P., Mr. R. Ashton, Mr. T. Ashton,
.Mr.
Henry A5l worth, Mr. Thomas Woolley, Mr. W.
ham, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Joseph Simpson, Mr. T.
Hunter, Mr.- Edmund Potter, Mr. Sails Schwabe, Mr.t
Thomas B sines, and Mr. Schofield, of Littleborough. I
appeared the t the amount subscribed was 79,0001., from
which 4,80,D4'.. had to be deducted for expenses, ldeia.snonsgala.
balance of ,000/, to be placed at Mr. Cobden'swithin
disposal.
Of the wl ic le amount subscribed, all about
2,0001. had been collected, notwithstanding. the con-
oratudfroonaf this
th the
dmeefircciieanlcyd,eMpl:;e.ssWioinlsown,hiwc.hhohardeadprethyttelleredp;
treasurers, s.!:ated that probably 1,5001. more would yet
be received. Tho delay in closing the subscription was
attributed to the great depression of trade, and the ab-
sence of Mr. Cobden from home. A most complete
and flat contmdiction was given by the three treasurers
to the stateine nts and insinuations put forth from time to
time, as to a. r aisappropriation of the money subscribed,
these gentl len declaring they held themselves res-
ponsible to .11V Ir. Cobden fur the whole amount named at
any moment:. The whole of the money had not re-
mained in ttr c banker's hands, however; some portion
having been !invested, with Mr. Cobden's consent, to
greater advr tawe and one moiety had been expended
in the purcb it.se of the estate known as Mr. Cobden's
birthplace. 1.. Cho balance was in cash, and ready to be
paid over by- 'the treasurers so soon as the mode of doing
it should be. ,determined upon. These explanations ap.
peared to give the highest satisfaction to the gentlemen
present, ands sub-committee was appointed to audit the
accounts.