The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-01 00:00:00

EX.PARTE PARKER IN RE PARKER

Mr. SW%NSTON stated that a petition in this case for the pur.
pose of superseding the commission had been prepared by the
bankrupt with the consent of all his creditors, including the
4ssignees ; but the official assignee having refuse his consent,
the Secretary of Bankrupts would not draw up the order.
The bankrupt now petitioned for the purpose of taking the
judgment of the Court upon whether the consent of the official
assignee was requisite.
Their HONOURS said that the Act of Parliament only re-
quired the consent of the creditors, and that the official assignee
could have nothing earthly to do with the matter, as he was
not a creditor, nor appointed by the cre,;itors.

COURT OF KING'S BE \ CH.-(TEIIS DAY.)

THE LING V. LORD TEYNHAM AND ANOTHER.

Mr. FoLLErr, for the defendants, said in this case a summons
had been taken out this morning before Mr. Justice Patteson.

Mr. Justice PArritsoN—l have directed it to come on on
Monday morning.
Mr. FOLLETT said he was aware of that, but he wished to
have a copy of the documents which the prosecutor had in his
possession. The prosecutor had copies of those in the defen-
dants' possession already.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that Mr. Follett might have
taken notes of their contents when they were read
Mr. Justice J. PARKE thought that the prosecutor would have
no objection to give copies.
Sir JAMES SC&RLETT said he should request the prosecutor
to furnish the defendant with the copies.
THE KING v. THE MAYOR •ND ♦LDERMEN OF LONDON.
• • •

This case, which was the often.reported case of Mr. Michael
Scales, came on this morning to be argued.
Sir JAMES Scsitturr, in praying for a peremptory manila.
mus, commanding the Mayor and Aldermen of London to
admit and swear in Mr. Scales as Alderman of the Ward of
Portsoken, took several objections to the return which the
defendants had made to the rule for the mandamus.
The COURT expressed an opinion that the objections were
untenable ; but at the suggestion of Sir James Scarlett,
judgment was not given upon the case at present, Sir James
Scarlett taking a few days to consider whether his client should
be left to his remedy by action for a false return, or whether
it should be ?g in argue I in Court.

THE RING F. THE GOVERNOR OF TIIE MIDDLESEX HOUSE OP COI•

RECTION.

This was a mandamus commanding the Governor of the
Middlesex House of Correction to receive certain prisoners
for debt into his custody.
The question in issue was, whether or no the House of Cor-
rection was a proper place of imprisonment for debtors.
Mr. ADOLPHITS, jun., was heard in support of the rule, and
Sir JAMES SCARLETT against it.
Their Lordships thought there was no obligation on the part
of the Governor of the House of Correction to receive debtors,
and therefore discharged the rule.
Frequent complaints have been made of the impracticability
of perfectly hearing the arguments of counsel in this Court,
which is constructed in the most inconvenient manner ; added
to that is the continual buz which is permitted by the neglect
of the officers of the Court, who seldom interpose to obtain
silence, unless one or all of the Judges first notice it. The im-
portant points in a cause thus often pass unheard, at least by
the reporters, who are prevented from giving a faithful report
of the arguments of counsel. In the last case above mentioned,
several important points were stated to have been raised, but
from the low tone in which Mr. Adolphus, jun., and Sir James
Scarlett spoke, and the incessant and loud conversation carried
on by other persons in Court, it was impossible to catch them.

LITERATURIT,,

STANDARD NO FELS. N.. XXVI.
Loxoox, 1833.

Mrs. Inchbald's " Simple Story," which, to-
;ether with her " Nature and Art," is com-
prised in the present volume, will hold its ground
is long as a relish for chute works of fancy
exists in England. The story is striking, and
cull of dramatic capability. It has also, to a cer-
tain extent, the rare merit of originality, and had
the execution been in every instance equal to the
conception, would have commanded as universal
t popularity as the best of the Scotch novels.
But Mrs. Inchbald breaks down under the
weight of her hero Dorriforth. The character is
conceived boldly, but the details—the filling up—
are feeble. But the heroine, Miss Milner, amply
redeems all the other defects of the tale. None
nut a woman of superior genius and feeling, of
exquisite refinement and acquaintance with,
!hat more than Eleusinian mystery, the

heart of woman, could have portrayeil
,uch a character. Miss Milner will not fail,
hut rather gain, by comparison with the
best of Miss Edgeworth's female portraits. She
is an April day, changeable—capricious, now
All cloud, now all sunshine—but in every vary-
ing mood, whether of melancholy or cheerful-
ness, full of gentlen—ess and witchery. Her
death, and more especially her farewell letter
to her wronged husband Dorriforth, contain some
of the most pathetic touches in the language,

the allusion, too, to the trunks and boxes
which she sees ready corded in the hall, pre-
vious to Dorriforth's abrupt departure for hely,
leas a striking dramatic effect. " Nature and
Art" is a very poor tale—at least to proceed
from the pen of Mrs. Inchbald. There is the
faint shadowing forth of genius in it, especially
in the scene where a judge condemns to death

the girl whom he had seduced ; but as a whole,
the tale is sketchy—negligent—extravagant.
Much is aimed at, little or nothing effected.

STANDARD Nf,VELS. No. XXVII.
LONDON, 1833.

The fame which, partly from her own ex-
treme reserve, and partly from the caprice of the
public, was withheld from Miss Austen when
living, seems likely to be liberally conferred on
her now that she is no longer among us to enjoy
it. It is just beginning to be generally acknow-
ledged that as the illustrator of rural domestic
life in England, she was without an equal, and
has had no successor. Her sphere was a cir-•
cumscribed one, but within its range " none'
dare walk" but she. No one ever gave so much
point, or threw so much ease and nature into
the common-place parlour chit-chat of honest
country squires, their wives, children, aunts,
cousins, and so forth, as Miss Austen. She gave
an interest to the veriest trifle, a small flirtation
at a race ball, a family visit to a manor-house,
an evening stroll, forfeits by a fireside, or a
coquettish gipseying on a common. The vo€
luiwe before us, Mansfield Park, is so corn,
pletely a transcript from real life, that we can
scarcely persuade ourselves that we are reading
a mere fiction. The characters are of that fa-
miliar, every-day cast, with which all of us have
at one time or other been acquainted. The
very conversations we feel satisfied we have
heard a thousand times, and tax our memories
for the when and the where they took place. It
is not often that we are thus startled by the rigid
accuracy of a novelist. In works of professed
fiction the temptation to exaggerate is so strong
that few authors can withstand it ; but Miss
Austen, like Fielding, invariably writes as if
bound on oath to tell nothing but the truth.
She never runs riot in description—never seems
to dig or labour for matter, but to avail herself',
and make the most of, what is nearest at hand.
Hence there are no far-fetched incidents, no ir-
revelant episodes in her works—all bears closely
on the main plot and is essential to its evolve-
ment. It were to be wished that she had thrown
a little more of the pathetic into her fictions, if
only to fix them deeper in our memories ; but
Miss Austen has no power of this sort ; her
chief characteristic is a certain arch, quiet hu-
mour, the more irresistible, inasmuch as she
has the art to make it appear that it escapes her
quite unconsciously. Mansfield Park abounds
in sly touches of this sort, which make the
thrifty widow, Mrs. Norris—the gem of the
volume—one of the most delightful characters
we ever met with.