The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

" This was the first sitting of the Master of the Rolls
this week hi' his court in Chancery-lane, kis Lordship
laving sat from Monday to yesterday in the Judicial
Committee, of the Privy Council. His Lordship was
occupied the whole morning with the hearing of consent
petitions and short causes.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before. the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
His Honour heard motions to-day of no general in-
terest.
(Beforesthe Vice-Chanceller KNIGHT Bums.)
The further arguments in 'the part heard cause of
Hirst v. Robinson occupied his , Honour th• whole
' morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor Wiansm.)
PHILLIPS V ROGERS.
The arguments in this part heard case were resumed
this morning.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Tin DERBY " SwEaws."— This morning, Mr. Thomas
Casey, who holds a principal situation in the Lambeth
Water-works Company, appeared before Mr. Henry, to
answer an information laid against him at the instance
of the Attorney-General, under the statutes of the sth
of George the Fourth, and the 17th of George the
Second, for "keeping an office for the disposal of money
or other property by lot or chance with dice, wheels, or
otherwise."
Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the prosecution in the
absence of the Attorney General, stated that the in-
formation was laid by order of the Secretary of
State, with the concurrence of her Majesty's Go-
vernment. The defendant was one of the parties
who had set up what was called a " monster sweep,"
proposing to give to the lucky holder of the
first prize, that is, the winning horse of the Derby, the
sum of 1,4001. The subscribers to this sweep were to be
8,000, but it was alleged that only 6,000 subscribed, and
the first prize was reduced to 1,0001. on that allegation.
He would prove that the defendant took the rooms
where this lottery was carried on, No. 12, Hay-
market, from the Honourable Mr. Philip Bouverie,
the landlord in August last, paying in advance the full
rent of the current quarter, and that, from that time, the
apartments were occupied only in the business of the
lottery. The defendant also declared himself to be in-
terested in the sweep, and made himself responsible to
the subscribers. The Learned Gentleman then referred

to the words of the Act of George the Second, as
above, and argued that the sweep came directly and dis-
tinctly within the meaning of the statute as a lottery.
That Act was passed to pat down all lotteries not

conducted by the State. But subsequently, by an Act.
of George the Third, the Government, in consequence of
the evil effects which were produced, even by the
State lotteries, abandoneil the financial ad-
♦antages derived from them, and put an , end
to them altogether. Then, the Act of the sth
of George IV. was passed to continue the penalties
against those who should be proved to keep an once
for any kind of private lottery. The penalty under
that Act was a fine of 5001., or imprisonment for not
less than one calendar month in the House of Correc-

rdction. In this case, the witness, whom he should
call, a person named Young, had purchased a ticket
or chance in the lottery carried on by defendant, un-
der the name of the " National Sweep Society," and had
an interview with Casey, at his house in the New Kent-
road, when the latter avowed himself one of the
society, stated that it was a very good
thing, and he would be responsible for any
claims that might be made upon the funds. Subse-
quently, that is, on the 11th of September, the witness
Was present at the drawing, which took place in the
same form as in any other lottery, there being two glass
Wheels, with boxes, &c. In one box were the numbers,
in the other blank tickets and tickets with the names of
the horses in the forthcoming Derby inscribed. A
person blindfold stood at each wheel, and drew
out the numbers, &c., which were handed
to a third person, and he called them out. Young did
not get a prize, but it occurred to him that under the
statute he might obtain one-half of the penalty of 50e1.
He found, however, that he could not proceed without
'he sanction of the Attorney-General, which was re-
fused, the Government being determined to take
tihe matter in its own hat.dr, and to proceed in
this case for the personal penalty of imprisonment,
and not fur the fine. They thought, that by awarding
half the penalty to the informers, they might only be
making a great nuisance greater. He called the wit-
nesses Mr. Bouverie and Young, who proved the facts
as stated for the prosecution; and
Mr. Clarkson, for the defendant, declined to argue
either the law or the facts in that place, as Mr. Henry
had expressed an opinion hostile to the defendant, who
Would appeal.
Mr HENRY accordingly convicted the defendant, and
sentenced him to one month's imprisonment in the House
of Correction.
His appeal was received, and he was admitted to bail

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWPORT PAGNELL STEEPLECHASES.
Entries for the Aristocratic Stakes (closed).
Khondooz, Fortunatus, Faith, Forest Boy, Justice to
England,_Belshzzzar, Lincoln (late Slashing Roger), and
Miss Brown (ii b).

Acceptances for the Free Handicap.
Norma, Egremont, Profligate, The Witch, Vengeance,
Kangaroo, Alexander, Vindictive, Ballybar, Pendennis,
Pullaway, Solace, Carlow, Cavendish, and The Painter.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
Cl:lid-CEA Cur.—Only ono bet laid-1,000 to 20.agst
Great Western.
Nothing done on Derby or Oaks.

The Rev. James Hollins, curate of Brierley Hill,
has been appointed chaplain to the Mariner's Chapel,
Gloucester.

LITERATURE.

MADELEINE ; a Tale of Auvergne. By Julia
Kavanagh. 1 Vol.
We remember noticing last year a juvenile tale
called " The Three Paths," by Julia Kavanagh.
This agreeable writer has now chosen a more ambiti-
ous theme, to which she has done ample justice. The
history of Madeleine, the peasant-girl of Auvergne,
is one of the most interesting and admirable works of
its kind that we have seen. The style of the narra-
tive is at once simple and eloquent. It is totally de-
void of all affectation, or straining after effect. In
the very first chapter our sympathies are enlisted in
Madeleine's behalf. The tale opens with her eternal
farewell to her betrothed. Madeleine, whose affection
is as unselfish as it is fervent, has discovered that
Maurice, while about to give his hand to her, his long-
affianced bride, is in heart devoted to another, and
in the first pages of this history we listen to the un-
wavering yet tender accents in which she tells her
then unfaithful lover of her discovery, and, in spite of
his protestations, releases him from his engage-
ment. They part, never to meet again, and the
warm love of Madeleine's ardent heart, forbidden
to flow in its natural channel, is lavished boun-
tifully on all around her. The poor and the
suffering become the objects of her especial
care. Her pecuniary means of assisting them are
very limited, but she possesses a treasure more valu-
able than silver and gold, an unwavering, undoubting
faith. The main incident upon which the narrative
is founded is, we are told, true. A peasant girl, like
Madeleine, animated by a strong desire to assist her
suffering fellow-creatures, and, like Madeleine, con-
vinced that He who cares for the sparrows, and
clothes the grass of the field, will also care for
those who trust Him, like Madeleine, succeeded by
her patient and unceasing exertions in collecting
funds sufficient to erect an asylum for the sick and
the destitute in a neighbourhood where such sufferers
had till then been totally unprovided and uncared
for. Such is the wonderful undertaking triumphantly
accomplished by the heroine of this volume. Her
patience and perseverance, in spite of every kind of
obstacle, and notwithstanding the sneers and re-
proaches of almost all who heard of her visionary
project, and who regarded her as a madwoman, are
marvellous and most exemplary. Her patient labour
during the week enabled her to put aside a
trifle towards the accomplishment of her task ;
but Sunday was her day for collecting. At the
conclusion of the church service Madeleine stood at
the church door and begged of the charitable a trifle
" for the Hospital of Mont St. Jean." A collection was
only to be obtained once or twice at the same church,
and accordingly every Sunday saw Madeleine in a
different village. The surrounding neighbourhood
was soon exhausted, and then the unwearied girl,
having borrowed a horse, proceeded to make a wider
circuit and visit distant towns and villages—some-
times returning exhausted with fatigue, after having
obtained only a few sous ! At other times she was
more fortunate. Ultimately, after innumerable dis-
satisfactions, the darling object of her wishes was
achieved. A spacious building raised its head upon
Mont St. Jean, and its doors were opened
to the sick, the suffering, and the destitute.
Then Madeleine's mission was at an end.
With a grateful heart she would sing
her nuns dimittis, and worn out with her almost
superhuman labours, she died in the very spring time
of her youth. This eventful history, interesting in
itself, is rendered doubly attractive by the charming
manner in which it is related. Miss Kavanagh's
narrative sets forth in a very forcible manner the
indomitable firmness and resolution so conspicuous in
Madeleine's character, while at the same time it is
suffused with such genuine pathos and tenderness,
that few readers will turn over its pages without
emotion. It is a work adapted for all. The pros-
perous may here obtain a glimpse of the real trials of
life, while the struggling and the suffering—and
their name is legion—will here, instructed and
consoled by a sublime example, gather courage to
sustain their burdens and confidence to stimulate
their exertions. The secondary characters are all
naturally portrayed, their various faults and peculiari-
ties are all life-like.

HELEN CHARTERIS; a Novel. Dedicated to Miss
Edgeworth. 3 Vols.
The fact of this novel being dedicated to Miss
Edgeworth is a guarantee for its moral excellence.
The principles which it inculcates are admirable,
more especially that of mutual confidence between
mothers and daughters, a lesson very beautifully il-
lustrated by the example of Helen and her mother.
But the chief attractions of " Helen Charteris " do not
consist in the interest of its plot, or the attractive
characters of its hero and heroine ; for, sooth to say,
the hero is a most insipid personage, and the plot is,
in consequence, not peculiarly interesting. The
attractions of " Helen Charteris " are, its
brilliant and animated style, and the ca-
pital sketches and caricatures with which it
abounds. To the unromantic class of readers, who
do not care to read only stories of " absorbing in-
terest," but who may wish to wile away an hour or
two agreeably, " Helen Charteris" will be most ac-
ceptable. It resembles a portfolio of portraits and
" studies after nature," brief outlines, and laughable
caricatures—but caricatures still bearing a life-
like resemblance to their originals. Such are the
Miss M'Crackins and their respectable parents, while
Mrs. Charteris and her daughter Fanny, and the
officious, kind-hearted wife of the Archdeacon are
among some of the more highly-finished and most
fascinating pictures. The writer has not confined
herself to a bare narration of her story, her pages are
enlivened with many extraneous episodes and innu-
merable anecdotes of all descriptions. To be amused,
one is not obliged to read from the first chapter to
the last, but many a hearty laugh will be elicited by
the casual turning over of a few pages.

EAST INDIA COLLEGE,
HAILEYBURY.

HERTFORD, FRIDAY EVENING.—This day being ap-
pointed for closing the second term of 1848, a deputation
from the Court of Directors of the East India Company
visited the College at Haileybury, near Hertford, for
the purpose of receiving the report of the Principal, the
Rev. Henry Melvill, B D., upon the literature and disci-
pline of the term, and of distributing the medals and
prizes awarded to the successful competitors in the
various branches of oriental, classical, and European
literature. The deputation consisted of the following
members of the Court:—Lieutenant-General Sir James
Law Lushington, G.C.8., Chairman; Major-General
Archibald Galloway, G.C.8., Deputy-Chairman; Sir J.
Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P.; Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S.;
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8.; Mr. J. Wigram, Mr. R.
Ellice, and Mr. F. Warden. In addition to the above,
there was a great body of visitors, amongst whom were
the Right Hon. Lord Campbell, Major-General Sir G.
Pollock, Lieutenant-Colonel Swinton, Colonel Hender-
son, Colonel Stack, C. 8., Captain Balfour, Captain Ber-
ford, Captain L Wilmot, Sir R. Anstruther, Major Cup-
page, Mr. G. Palmer, Dr. Greig, Major Wilkinson, Mr.
J. Davis, Mr. W. Hammond, &c.
The deputation, on arrival by special train on the
Eastern Counties Railway, proceeded to the Principal's
lodge, and thence to the council room, where the Prin-
cipal's report was presented to them. The deputation
and the professors then proceeded to tho hall, where the
students had already assembled. The chair was taken
by Lieutenant-General Lusbington, snpported on either
side by the members of the deputation. The chairman
being seated,
Mr. T. W. llooPEn, the clerk of the college depart-
ment of the East India House, read the following report
of the prizes and distinctions obtained by the students:--
MEDALS, PRIZES, AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINC-
TIONS OF STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, DEC., 1848.
FOURTH TERM.

Mr. Benson—Highly distinguished, with medals in
Political Economy and History, and prize in Persian.
Mr. Swinton—Highly distinguished, with prize in
Sanscrit and Telugu°.
Mr. Dampier—Highly distinguished with medals in
Sanscrit, and prizes i❑ Classics and Hindustani.
➢lr. Smyth—Highly distinguished, with medals in
Persian and Hindustani, and prizes in Classics and Hindi.
Mr. Hume—Highly distinguished, with prizes in Ma-
thematics and in Law.

Mr. Balmain—Highly distinguished, with medal in
Mathematics.

Mr. Birch—highly distinguished, with medal in
Classics.

Messrs. Boileau, F. S. Chapman, the Hon. IL G.
Campbell, and ➢lr. Hobart—Highly distinguished.
Messrs. Harrison and Ravenshitw—Passed with great
credit.

PRIZES AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINCTIONS OF

STUDENTS REMAINING IN COLLEGE, DEC., 1848.
THIRD TERM.

Mr. Morris—highly distinguished, with prizes in
Law and in Persian.

Mr. Hammond—Highly distinguished, with prizes in.
Political Economy and History, Sanscrit, and in Hin-
dustani.

Mr. White—Highly distinguished, with prize for the
best English Essay.
Mr. Boswell—Highly distinguished, with prize in
Mathematics.

Mr. Shaw—Highly distinguished, with prize in
Sanscrit.

Messrs. Currie, Dalyell, Freeling, and Jenkins—
highly distinguished.
Messrs. Grenfell, J. R. Cockerell, Ellice, and Thomp
son—Passed with great credit.
The following classification of the students about to
depart for India was then read:—

Mr. Palmer—Highly distinguished, with prize in
Classics.

Mr. Wylie—Highly distinguished, with prize in
Telogoo.
Messrs. Breeks, Bird, Hogg, Walter, M'Donell,
Jackson, and Egerton—Highly distinguished.
Messrs. H. D. Robertson and Molony—Passed with
great credit.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1848,

MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN.
BY GEORGE J. 0. ALLMANN.

"Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting!"
SHAXSPEIM.

No. IV.
GLUCK.
Jean Jacques Rousseau, himself a natural as well as a
scientific musician, held Gliick's genius in high venera-
tion, and so sensibly penetrated was he with the many ex-
quisite beauties of his Orfeo, that, although previous to its
performance he had cynically denied himself from attend-
ing the day public representation, he never absented
himself from the theatre even for a single night when it
was performed. He everywhere pronounced his admi-
ration of the work, and, in confutation of the doctrine of
those enemies of Gliick who declared that he was utterly
deficient in creating melody, would strenuously affirm
" melody issues from every pore," and more than once
publicly asserted " Gliick's genius has clearly de-
monstrated the falsity of my former opinion that it was
impossible to set good music to French words."

ROSSINI AND BELLINI.
In the latter part of 1829, when Rossini was proceed-
ing through Milan, he made a short sojourn in that city.
One of his old friends, to whom he had paid a visit, in-
formed him that Bellini was lodging in the same hotel.
He straightway went to his apartment, where he found
Bellini busily employed. He introduced himself, and
was tendering his congratulations on the success of
II Pirata, La Straniera, &c., when Bellini, who was
thrown into the utmost confusion by the diffuse praises
of his gifted visitor, exclaimed " I am only a beginner
yet 1" " Very true," responded the courtly Maestro,
"you begin where others finish!"

TO LOUISA BASSANO
ON SEER DEBUT IN THE CHARACTER OF MALCOLM GRAMS
IN ROSSINI'S " LADY OF THE LAKE," NOV. 18, 1847.
Young Daughter of the Muse! with deepest joy
We hail thine advent and its promise glowing,
While Fame her coronet of laurel throwing
(A fadeless cincture Time shall ne'er destroy)
Upon thy brow, smiles radiant; and all eyes
Tell us thou'rt well deserving of the prize!
By thine own merit Fortune's goal thou'st won;
And dim Futurity, its veil unfolding,
Is tinged with glory's sunbright hues, beholding
What thy self-sacrificing labour's done!
And though thou'rt young on Fortune's tortuous way,
Speed bravely on and thy high doom obey!
Thou must not pause! from thee required will be
More than thou'st yet_achieved, for thou'rt dowered
By Nature with those gifts which she bath showered
On few so plenteously as upon thee;
And thus progressing steadily, yet fast,
Thou'lt reach Perfection's pinnacle at last!
And oh! forget not what the Poet* saith,
Though earthly souls, Fame's evergreen despising,
And for base lucre Nature's self disguising,
May strive thy downfal with their envious breath;
Yet fear thee not—Heaven speed thy noble aim
And win the Home of Everlasting Fame!
Nov. 20, 1847. G. J. O. A.

SHELLEY.
How exquisitely touching is the couplet,
" Music, when soft vekes die,
Lingers in the Memory,"
as expressing how deeply concentrated and how tender
is the remembrance of the Distant or the Departed, the
Loved or the Lost. It is the very spiritual essence of
Poetry, and always reminds me of the fable of Echo is
the Golden Mythology of Greece, who is said to has,e
still remained a Nymph even after she had faded away
into a Sound!
THE INFLUENCE OF AN AUDIENCE OVER A

are supporting and vindicating their country's
interests. The troops at this place have lately suffered
so much from fever that it has been found necessary to
place them on board ships in the harbour as a sani-
tarium; and we are glad to find that this measure of
Major. General Stavely's has been attended by the best
effects. Though the cost is no less than 51. a head for
two months, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
have not hesitated to confirm the arrangement. It is
supposed the disease is quite local, and that by the
application of proper remedies it will be obviated in i
future.
TROOPS FOR BOMBAY.—The East India Company
have engaged the ships Moffatt, Tulloch Castle, Earl
Balcarras, Bombay, Java, Mermaid, Ganges, Mariner,
and John Brewer, to convey the 64th and 83d Regiments '
to this Presidency.
Taoops FGR BENGAL.—The ships Lord Dalhousie,
City of Poonah, Catfield Dunbrook, and Diana have
been engaged by the East India Company to convey the
70th Regiment to Bengal.
We have heard that it is not the intention of the Ad-
miralty to commission any more ships before the com-
mencement of 1849, when the Centaur and Arrogant,
steam frigates, will hoist the pendant.
THE NEW COMMODORE FOR THE COAST OF AFRICA..
—Commodore Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., the newly ap-
pointed Commander-in. Chief for the coast of Africa, has
nominated Lieutenant J. 0. Johnson (1844), now First
of the Arab, 12, in the East Indies, as his Flag Lieute-
nant ; but we have heard that Mr. Willoughby Lake
(1840), will proceed with the gallant Commodore as
Acting Flag-Lieutenant, until Mr. Johnstone joins on
the station from the East Indies. Commander John 11.
Glennys has been named as the Commander of the Cen-

taur, steam frigate, to be commissioned as the flag-ship,
and we have'heard that Mr. Sturdee has the offer of the
appointment of Master.
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP YANG UARD.—It is not cor-
rect, as reported by some of our contemporaries, that
her Majesty's 80-gun chip Vanguard, Captain Rich, is
ordered from Palermo to England. We can state from
good authority, that she is ordered to leave Sir Wil-
liam Parker's command about the 15th of January, ;and
is to proceed to Lisbon, and there wait for Sir Charles
Napier, under whose command she is to be placed for
some time before she comes to England.
The Rodney, 98, Captain Collier, C. 8., has orders
similar to those given with respect to the Vanguard.
THE VERNON FRIGATE. This 50-gun frigate
has been surveyed and reported upon at Chatham, by
Messrs. Watts, Lang, and Laire. It was considered by
these gentlemen that it would take twelve months to re-
pair the vessel for service, and that she would cost, at
the lowest estimate, 20,0001. The report is now before
the Admiralty, who seem in doubt whether it would not
be more advantageous to the public service to break her
up at once.
DISTRIBUTION Or PRIZE MONEY.—The distribution
of the prize money to the Cygnet and Ferret for the cap-
ture of the Pacquet de Rio, is, according to the new
scale, by which all the officers and seamen suffer in
their proportion as compared with the former more just
and equitable scale. We trust that the Admiralty, who,
we hear, are determined to revise the present unfair dis-
tribution, will at once issue a notice to the effect that all

captures made after the Ist of January, 1849, shall be
subject, on the division of proceeds, to the new scale
which their Lordships intend to publish.
THE EARL OF EALCARRAS.—We perceive that fine
teak-built ship, the Earl of Balcarras, has been taken up
by the Hon. East India Company, for conveyance of
troops to India. This ship was the property of Rum-
setjee, and was sold the other day by Sir Charles Forbes
and do., for the owner, to the Messrs. Somes for 10,0001.
She is considered to be well worth double the money.
We trust that there will be as much anxiety displayed
for the comfort and convenience of troops in the long
voyage as is evinced on all occasions on behalf of emi-
grants and convicts.

THE COAST GUARD OF IRELAND.-Sir James Dom-
braine, a ci-devant Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, and
whose office as Comptroller of the Irish Coast Guard has
ceased on the revision of the establishment, is in London
urging his claims to a handsome retiring pension. The
Coast Guard of Ireland has now been put upon the same
footing as the English and Scotch. Captain Houston
Stewart, C. 8., the Comptroller-General, is now at the
head of the entire Coast Guard establishment of the
United Kingdom, and the service in Ireland will hence-
forth be carried on under the appointment of a Com-
mander, who will act under the orders of the Chief
Comptroller in London. A great saving will be made by
this arrangement, and the force will be rendered more
efficient.