The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

SHARE MARK ETS—(This Day. )

UN-ES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

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TOTAL BRITISH DANK • -ANOTHER APPEAL THREATENED.

DIVIDEND MEETING.

97 - 99
98 - 102
11 - 13
133 -- 138
4 ... 44

To-day was appointed for a dividend meeting under
this estate, and a great number of creditors, principally
depositors, attended. There were very few disputed
cases, most of those creditors, who were also share-

holders, having agreed that their claims should stand
over.

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Mr. Feysen.meyer, of Bedford-row, tendered a claim
on behalf of a Mr. Gr.sold, who had proved his debt
before Mr. Harding, the official manager, but had since
gone to Australia. Some question, however, arisir,g,
His Honour said that Mr. Grisold would not be pm.
judiced by the case standing over, as there would soon
be further funds in hand, and he understood that the
aosignees intended to take the responsibility on them-
selves of asking the Court to direct that the whole of
the mosey in their bands should be at once divided.
Mr. Feysenmeyer said that he must urge his right to
have a claim entered, so that the funds might be re•
served, otherwise future assets might be frittered away
in litigation.

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Hie Honour said that there was now no fear of that.

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Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said they intended
to divide every shilling they had, without making any
deduction for expenses ; having a claim entered would
affect the dividend, without benefitting the claimant.
His Honour said he did not see any reason for admit-
ting a claim at the present time, and repealed that of
Mr. Grisold.

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Mr. Feysenmeyer said he, of course, must bow to
the court, but regretted the decision, as he should feel
bound to appeal against it in another court. He ap-
peared as a creditor, and was entitled to have the claim
entered.

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PREFERENCE SHARItr,.

Proofs were taken up to one o'clock, bat no points
of any importance arose. They were very numerous,
but as the list had not been cast up, the amount
could not be ascertained ; but it was stated that the
dividend would be five shillings in the pound, and
that another dividend might be 'expected a month after.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Thus Day.)

MANSION-HOUSE.

James S. Nightingale, a middle-aged, respectable man,
was plaoed at the bar before the Lord M3yor, charged
with robbing his employers, Messrs. Sterry and Co.,
dry-Falters, Cannon-street.

Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecutor.

The prisoner was in the prosecutor's employ as ware-
houseman, and they having reason to suspect him, had
a variety of things marked, amongst others some spices,
and employed a detective to watch him. Last week
he was seen to leave the warehouse and act in a 8118-
pickius manner, and ultimately to go under an archway,
when the policeman went up to him and asked
him what he had. He replied nothing, but on
searching him het found 63 nutmegs and a quantity
of spices. He had some of the spice concealed under
his trowsers, and two bags of ground ginger fastened
round his legs, just under the calves. At his house
several sealed packets of spice, marked, and in the same
state as when taken from the stock, were found, and
identified by the prosecutors.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

r.HE SUN, LO lON, TUESDA V EVENING, DEGEMBER 23 1856

damage, or be imprie( iced for 14 days, and advised Mtn

to observe for the fatt 're a little more common sense, and
to recollect that the -wor:d was wade for others as well
as for himself.

Francis Bennett is-as fined SA. for being drunk and
disorderly at her :M:ojesty's Theatre on the previous
night.

William Pack, wl io described himself as a barrister,
was next charged v 7th being drunk and disorderly at
Jullien's bal masque..

Usher, 117 A, saisct about half•past 12 lagt night he
saw the defendant by the side of the orchestra at her
Majesty's Theatre wit h his hat off and his dress in great
disorder. He was vtvry drunk, and had formed a ring,
in which he was squ.s.•ing his fists at every one. Witness
begged of him to desist and leave the house, which he
refused to do. Witness then took him into custody.
The usuai drunkard's fine of 53. was inflicted.
ANOTHER CAME.—.John Renshaw and George Pike
were charged with a like offence.

Usher, 117 A, said he was on duty at four o'clock
this morning when he saw the defendant creating
a great obstruction at the barrier near the orchestra.
Renshaw stepped in front and dropped some silver
which he stooped down to pick up, and when he got up
again he said, "D-- the police they are always in
the way," and, without the least cause whatever, he
struck witness a blow in the mouth. Renshaw was
about striking him again, when a brother-officer came to
his assistance and removed him from the place. Pike
and some other young men subsequently rescued him
from custody, and, after great resistance on the part of
the friends of the defendant, he was recaptured, and
with Pike conveyed to the station•house.
Mr. Beadon fined the defendants 20s. each.

LI lERATURE.

The Bausehold Manager. A Practical Treatise.
By Charles Pierce, Maitre d'Hotel. G. Rout-
ledge and Co.
A practical pendant to the celebrated "works"
of—the " Great Careme," of Ude, of Soyer, Web-
ster, Walker, Adams, Kitchener, and Francatelli !
Those masters of the menage—those chiefs of the
cuisine—those wonder-workers in the production
of the entrée, the entremet, the hors-d'aluvre, the
Piece de resistance. Glorious creatures, who knew,
or happily still know, some of them, almost in-
stinctively, how to discriminate between the tastes
not merely of the glutton and the gourmand, but
even the subtler distinction definible in those of
the gourmet, the gastronome, and the gastroldtre !
Gifted beings, any one of whom might have pre
sided over the banquets of Lucullus, or have occu-
pied, by the camp-tire of Napoleon the Great, the
post of the renowned Laguipierre ! As evidence
most conclusive and satisfactory that Mr. Pierce
is in some measure qualified to walk respectfully (and
at a proper distance from them) in the footsteps of
these Lawgivers in the Art of Gastronomy, we con-
ceive the fullowiug brief extract from his Preface
will be accepted by the generality as conclusive.
"The Warrior General," says Charles Pierce,
who looks forward to the successful termination
of his coming engagement, first with careful study
and practised thought, views with prescience each
possible exigency, and provides a means to meet it,
strategically considering the country in which his
scene of action is laid, and the appliances necessary
in all respects to his victory." " And so observe
the inference I—"and so with the noble Giver of a
Feast." Admirable ! Mr. Pierce has entered upon
his task with a true sense of its importance. He
undertakes nothing more in the work under notice
than—" to remove discontent and to create har-
mony in households"—only that ! And How ?
" By pointing out the precise nature of the services
required from each Domestic." Wherefore in his
treatise will be found separate sections dedicated
respectively to the Hall Porter—the gentleman in
powder who reposes in a leathern chair during most
of the twenty-four hours, airing his calves by the
hall fire and his intellect by the hall newspaper.
To the Usher of the Servant's Hall—the Gentle.
man's Gentleman's Gentleman ! To theTootman
—Jeames Yellow Mush of Buckley Square for in-
stance ! To the Waiter ; to the Steward's Room
Boy ; to the Under-Butler—later on even to the
Butler, whom we should have supposed altogether
too august a personage to be schooled by Mr.
Pierce or any one else, as our Mr. Murdles and the
like might well have imagined by reason of their
own personal experiences. Various other sections
apply, moreover, to the Chasseur ; to the Valet ; to
the Cook ; to the Steward ; to the Groom ; to the
Courier ; to the Pastrycook ; to the Groom of the
Chambers ; and to the Confectioner. How fully
our author- recognises the dignity of the Cook
in particular is shown by this notable memorandum
in regard to his appearance. "It is usual," he
says, " for the cook, when he has to present himself
for orders, to do so in his full kitchen costume,
with his jacket, apron, and cap, and not to remove
his cap, even in the presence of royalty." How
highly he estimates th,e value of punctuality on
the part of the Invited, may be tinders' °Lid from
the mere circumstance of his reviving the subjoined
very notable anecdote :
"The Prince Cambaceris, who was Arch-Chancellor
of the French Empire, and one of the first gaitronomer:+
of the day, is related to have invited the Emperor Napo
leon to one of his celebrated dinners, but finding .that
half an hour had elapsed beyond the time of invitation,
and yet no Buomaparte appeared, poor Carnbacb.6 4, in
a state of indescribable agony, sent for his chef de cuisine,
and ca'lad out in true military language—f Henri, Lave
the entrentets —the entrées are annihilated !'
The scale upon which our author in-
dulges his ideas of domestic economy may
be conjectured, in some slight degree,
from the circumstances of his calculating the ex-
penses of a little Picnic at a hundred and odd
pounds sterling ; drawing out a B:11 of Fare iu
another part of his treatise for a Buffet., or Stand
ing supper for a Ball of Six Hundred. But then
his work is designed, it should be remembered, with
a view to the application of its hints upwards and
downwards, from palatial festivities to chatropetre
enjoyments. How wise, how tender, how delicious
some of these hints are in their mere tendency !
Hints in regard to decanting wine—in regard to
the mixing of a salad—in regard to the dainty sit
(or rather science we should call it) of carv-
ing ! Let it be observed, for example, iu allu-
sion to the last-mentioned theme how lovingly
he suggests " to those who wish it, the
cook at once gives expression to his art by placing
the joint on the dish in the proper form to be
carved, giving it the first delicate touch of the
carving-knife preparatory to being placed before
the carver." Is not the book—obviously—one to
be eagerly dipped into by any one who can lay a
hand upon it, from the drawing-room to the
kitchen, by those who, whether as employers or
employed, have part either in large or in small
establishments ? Assuredly—and as a work of this
class, we commend it alike to high and low with
all imaginable cordiality.

England's Greatness ; Its Rise and Progress in
Government, Laws, Religion' and Soda Life,
Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures, Sci-
ence, Literature, and the Arts, from the earliest
period to the. Peace of Paris. By Joan Wade,
V.P. Institut d'Afrique (Historical Section),
Paris. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans,
and Roberts.

A somewhat formidable title, suggestive of many
volumes of no inconsiderable bulk ; nevertheless
only appertaining to a single volume, which, by
the way, might well have been divided into two.
The subject, undoubtedly, is one admitting of
great amplification, if not requiring it. The object
of the writer, however, evidently having been to
produce a work which should be read by the intel-
ligent public—the industrial as well as the more
cultivated classes—he has wisely aimed at brevity
and conciseness. People nowadays have not
much time to follow in the wake of historical re-
search and philosophical inquiry. The precise
character of the work, however, may best be ga-
thered from the language of the writer. "It is
not," be says, "an abridgment of British history,
or a briof narrative of political progress, with
which every one is familiar, but a condensed embo-
diment in spirit and form of national development,
as characterised by its most remarkable epochs,
illustrated by individual traits and memorable
transitions, and exemplified in the contemporary
growth of art, industry, intellect, social life, and
gradations. History, biography, science, and
literature, in different degrees, have been laid
under contribution to complete the national pic-
ture." No doubt can be entertained by the reader
of the correctness of the latter statement. Per-
haps the most striking merit of the work is the
broadness and variety of research discernible in it.
The author is one of those who do not believe the
progress of a people is only to be traced in the cus-
tomary ecclesiastical and political channels, and
we think he was amply justified in following out
his convictions. The result of the most compre-
hensive research is most likely to be in accordance
with the truth. To proceed. We find him tracing
the progress of England's greatness from the re-
motest period down to the present time, pausing at
various epochs to recount the advance made, and to
contrast it with that of other nations. As in a pa-
noramic exhibition, the Roman and Anglo-Saxon
Domination ; the Norman Conquest ; the Baronial
and French Wars of the Plantagenets ; the ob-
structions from the Papacy to Civilisation ; the
Age of the Tudors ; the Religious progress
to
the period of the Reformation ; the Establishment
of the Church of England ; the accession of _ the
Stuarts ; Charles, and the Civil War ;_remthe Com-
monwealth -
monwealth ; the Protectorate of Oliver C
the Ascendancy of the Puritans Restorationthe;llt
of Charles 11., and the Accession of
James o;
his Abdication, are made to pass before us so as to
elicit the truths' they are calculated to teach. Then
we have in review the Indestrial Progress of the
Kingdom to the Revolution in Agrioulture, Con.
merce, and Manufactures, with a notice of tee
Population, Riches, andSociall.A:aspneactsooefoErgnegliani. d
' is,ra
at that period. Next come the Reign
111., Queen Anne, George
accompanied by a retrospective summary of the
progress made up to the conclusion osf of W.ll
the latter
reign, and followed bythe Accession of George III.;
the Revolt of the American Colonies ; the Rise and
Progress of England's Continental Alliances ; the
Court of the Monarch, and the Manners and Social
Life of the People ; the state of Science, Litera-
ture, and the Fine Arts ; the progress of National
11 Industry and the Useful Arts ; the French Revo_l_n-
tion ; the Death of Geo. M. ; the Reigns of Geo. i v .
and his successors, up to the Treaty of Paris, to which
succeeds a review of present aspects, and the exhi-
bitionan
exhibition
nature, ltusaandd creditable
d of a very
valuahclosleae—hsd
instructive
alike to the research intelligence of the
author. Differ as the reader may in a more or
less qualified degree from some of Mr.
and the
Wade's
ungracious conclusions, it would be somewhat to
deny him this. In one particular all are likely to
y
be agreed, viz., the great lesson which he educes
from his surge
what she is,
odfarhker free, great, stable, and prosperous,
with of the past--to wit, England is
a yet more brilliant future before her, becaus 3
er. This
steadiness and
acnadutuionutsriebd passages of her careut assured step in threading the
caution, doubtless, are attributable
many causes, prominent
to among which is the
genius of the people—itself formed or fostered by
adventitious circumstances. Whatever credit,
however, attaches to us as a nation, the fact re-