The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29,
_1856.

A VOICE FROM A FARMER ON THE

«AMR r,Aws.

The adinirned rn3etiug of the shareholders of this
company was held this day, for the purpose of hearing
the result of the poll demanded upon the motion of Mr.
Goolsoa, to the effect that the labours of the committee

chat sound-minded manTiati look upon certain species
of injustice, and not at the same time fear that the seeds
of disunion are sown by the partiality of certain laws,
which have arisen from the indifference of legislators in
altering laws in conformity to present times and require-
ments, unless the requirements happen to suit the wants
of the influential and potent:at its the governmental de-
partment ?
1 As if it were of nd consequence about the country ;no
consequence about the majority ; neither of the intelli-
gent nor the morally good ; nor of the industrially itn-
FOR THE AMENDMENT. l pertant body of this country ; a few, a clique in favour,
160 277.340 Votes 4,111.
! ho w ever self-elect, are enabled to perpetuate laws which
4-'.
552 1,174,880 ..„ 17,014 are inappropriate to the day in which we live, and are
AGAINST THE AMENDMEN'T. , infamous and highly injurious in their effect upon the
' grand staple of the country ; calculated to destroy the
Ptrsonal votes SOS £695 930 Votes 11,710 feelings oi petrietism that would otherwise reign in every
Proxies
• 'nee e breast.
MAJORITY FOR THE AMENDMENT. To such an extent is this practised, that even famine
Proprietors, ... 29 Stock, 4'524.740 Votes, 5,421 staring us in the face did not seem to a' wakewany appre-
The amendment was theri•lare carried. hension of danger either to themselves or the country.
Who eau witness the present price of bread amongst
The nun, uncement was received with &mere and
the emninereiat and manufacturing and generally labour.
hitses, ameitt vsiii c h three or feur speakers attempted
ing people of this country, and not think that the farmers
to alcirw-s the insetinge are getting the best of it just now ? And yet this is not
Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE moved that the votes be the ca e. The farmers have increased incumbrances,
printed. which I shall presently prove, and the fault does not lie
A SHAREHOLDER, one of the scrutineers, objected to 1 with them, but it lies with those who eat more game
than bread, and who have not to pay for the food of
the printing of the votes. Such a proceeding would their gaine, which they legally steal, with the rise of
be attended with no isond resalt. corn ; who are insane etmut'e to raise the price of every
Mr. BALL then addressed the meeting, and main- , man'e leaf rather than allow an alteration of laws which
tiiined• that a'tSoueh the motion of Mr. Good-on bad , oppress the nee ly and the commercial world equally
besn carried, which was adverse to the continuance es : with the farmer,
t')e labours of the Committee of Investigation, yet the
serNiooesc
dellumelacre e
observer can form an idea of the injury and
game
engender, od e laws
r,inflictaadthe u lns
insult
thesol t ctohuenyt reyo
la;
vtehye
re, tOt ef the poring would be regarded by the great ' had feeling they
body of the puhlic as a great moral triumph. The result :to the intelligeece of the day. This law, which might
, have iteen consistent in Edward the First's time, that
had been eletaintel by the most questionable means, fur
out of 18,000 proxies which had been issued by the chair- ! part of it, at least, which applied to being taken with
vert or venison, was properly punishable, because those
Mao, only about a little more than a third had been : animals ran generally in the parks of the feudal lords,
returned to him. When it was suggested at the coin- : and are even now kept and maintained by the preserver,
rnit,ee to issue proxies, a question arose as to the de- ' as are the sheep by the farmer ; but what can we think
arahleriets of such a proceeding. Personally 'ne-(Mr of the act extending to wild birds, especially wild vermin
B di) di;l not wish that proxies should he issued, but it (r' ''rues feri), which other countries recognise as such,
lords,
laugh at our timid' obsequiousness te our vermin
was ultimately decided that they slineWd be sent forth, and.,Lewyhsop,aribysintahoe bwyhe,oahroes
ofaostebei:.gd replacedt hby the
The time was so long delayed ' before they were cockney
delivered that that face: accounted in some measure for the for the grower of corn, and considers,Jbyerahi'so2nolv or 101,
triumph of the Chairman's party. Why, on the last a year for shooting privilege, that he is already a lord,
tv7heoel
rsckee ta coat,keeperpetty t
yb yr
day of applica,ion, when the return of the proxies
,I?wn
th,,
Ofi chtholhitle
atiryserasitlrtus,t enabledtG.
God
do
delivercall Ja ck
us of
from
roallol
if he can only get money enough to buy a fustian or
would hate been too late, the committee received no less
strutting; outa in
littlet h ehcodtsmettryo
than 200 applications ; and, bed the proxies been
issue d by the C eninittee of levesaigetion at a proper now ill such overwhelming numbers,'
tine, they would have had a majority of at least 3 to ; no longer gather nuts, as of old, without being called
1. It would be impossible to destroy the feeling that had poachers, and are ferociously driven away from the in-
been created amongst the great body of the shareholders. noceet gathering of God's gifts by velvet coats armed
niV7o,itifef,i;lll.llstiannkdersbludgeo.nscrso ordered by their cockney
Money had breught about the re-nit. (Hear, and ceafe-
sion.) Tine same course ti corruption that was pursued 'ln Banstead one or pof the mushroom pseudo-lords, by
'
at the election of every rotten borough had been re. : some mere chance, happened to be left 500 acres of land,
feeling,
t ;hi
es vermin are so unfairly bred that it has be-
sorted to to obtain the desired result., Everything that which really seems to have bereft hint of common fellow-
tcorn e xk-
could be done had been dene, and the result was a tom_
; farcef
ao ctiit i
I -at heia,v the e
not lttn d
evenfor
had with ane
ht
my seed
porary triumph. The speaker then proceeded to defend pec tat ion of profit,
the Committee of Investigation from the charge of • on many occasions, and yet Mr. Judge Russell
Gurney
earbling the evidence, and concluded by asking Mr. i tells Inc there is no law for recovery of damages done by
Llot d whether the meeting at which it was determined game, whether many or a few. So there being no law
the s:rlitiny should be taken was legal or ust. land no honour amongst such bashaw verrninoweedere,
Mr. LLOYD tai ibe had well contidered the uestion
why, we must raise the price of bread, because we can't
gro .v the crops of corn the country and the labourer have
sq,
and ho felt the requisition calling the meeting was per- a right to expect.
fectly proper. The business transacted was within the Now, I should like to ask why there is no law for re-
terms of the notice, as was also both the amendment co-very 1 Why this injustice upon the whole industrial
and the resolution. (Hear, hear, cheers, and confusion.)
oniaotiovu ?,,Ie u knowlr I shall receive the old hacked phrase-
takeir,o3itwr ftithrenifiupon such
00, e terms
Choice
andc, itt is
yourg' :t own fe uln"
Mr. HELPS here addressed the meeting, and vas pro-
ceeiline to draw the attention of the shareholders to the like the choice of torture that °nee 'rentaletehewwe :leis ell
evidence taken before the Committee of Investigation,
upontaieh ,oitsh,t‘eirlmewfiahtyei
leoti.u;NNv3lTl)ol l btaeoktiouiltlifuleipvoeunr tilo:heisrsiosiceplisel,coitotruibisoe:br;grotilktineigrsi
when
won't do for this ;adaeY t is an insult to the day in which
The CHAIRMAN said the hon. proprietor was evidently
out cf order.- , we live.
Mr. Hues then put the original motion. (Confusion.) The reason why I call this specious is, because there
A SHAREHOLDER said the proceedings of the day were is no solid rea=ming in snob an answer applied to this
M Wa, liorkojeat, whether pee fa 3 et nefus. Farms are not like
st
certainly m no triumph. They certainly were not to rein-
is
iner. bi eaheudilvtiaarid
ult.utabile u (associations to our hand
state r. ddington—(eries of `o"hear," yes," " not" where
and canfusioe)—but were merely intended to tide them us ; neither can we get them carved to
our
ideality ualsitartr u l
as we
over till the half yearly meeting, when they would make should like ; and when we have at last found one in
a clean sweep—(cheers and confusion)—and unani-
beenmost respects to suit u 4, we find out the shooting has
measly reverse the triumph of to-day. i.s letthe footn•lyyesfarrsmbeivfocree.us, aentdploesawseedl
answering
vryears to, corn::
It
Mr. Lova advocated the printing of the votes. Pub- meats in every other re,plenctg. Now, I. say, then, our r-N i av
eu i rare
licity, he i•aid, was the soul of business, and it was but not free to choose. It is that farm, or, perhaps, ruin ;
(Hear, hear )
ust that one partner should know what the other was I for I have knower men ruined in waiting for fares, hay-
ingspent tbeir all they had to go in with, having. left
doing. The que-tion of expense was idle. There would
be no expense attending the printing of the votes be-
theirf.araet because of unf sir game preserves that nearly
, ruined them before.
oauso every shareholder wishing for a copy would pay NGN, I say, until we can prove there is freedom of
far it, and thus the charge would be borne by the share- j ernics—full and sufficient choice—one has no right to
holders and net by the company. He then alluded to say it is your own fault because you have taken the only
the bills affecting this company that it was intended to farm you could get.
The next answer I shall be met with is, "You would
I ring before Parliament, and strongly advised every
have to pay more runt, and the landlord has a right to
shareholder to inform himself of each ono before the
It_oksertehretaelhting for himself if be choose charging you
meeting in February, as it was most important :or the
intere=sts of the company that they should do so. Now, you would have to pay more rent, I am told ;
Mr. COMY)1.1) !aid • the few remarks he should offer I and to give you all the benefit of this argument, what
would that rent be in addition to the present' I will
to the meeting would occupy hut a brief space of time.
The lion. pr.prietor then proceeded to allude to the twllky.holis oiftaf
for 1S!.
foerr
annum,
gNoof aboutth 2,?doOnacres,
prt,,inEr of some acts of Parliament relative to the East to 21d. per acre.. Ipsay, youdnounT. twhinkisuwsofuarmaersocuannt
Sell ,lk fisilway, arnidtit marks of great impatience, afford that, as well as these cockney vermin-breeders,
and criee of "Question, question, tittle," and much l who send the result of their day's sport to the poulterers
of L:mdon, which serves to pay for the velvet coat of
confusion.
their so/el./sant keeper? I know of another shooting
A. SHAREHOLDER said be believed the question hefOre
lease of about 1,500 acres, let to four Londoners,' who
the meeting was the printing of the votes. • have the use of the parson's house, upon the condition
The Cattlemen. said the hon. proprietor was quite in the prawn shoots jointly with them ; however, the par-
order, son tithes the liberty of shooting them, forestalling their
Mr. COBBOLD resumed Nis speech, but such was the days of arrival, leaving nothing for them but the par-
sonT
s code of morality to fire at.
.I.\
confusion that be very shortly resumed his seat, wishing
Now it we could only turn out a parson on Fanstead
the votes teken et the poll would be printed. Downs with his gun in his hands, what a boon it would
A SHAREHOLDER hoped that between this meeting and be to the poor who like cheap bread.
the half-yearly one in February they would keep a strict The argument that the landlord has a right to take the
shooting for himself, arid do as he likes with his own
eye upon their chairman. If at that meeting it was
found that he had den right, why then they ought to o epeitv, can be answered satisfactorily enough by ana-
logy.oweing other property than
i laitned ownerproperty
oT
horses gives
s r`
re-elect him ;if the contrary, why then turn bins out, no right of injuring your neighbour.
The Cnetamate sail as far as he was personally has eo4.ight to let his horses destroy his neighbours'
concerned he ha I nit the slightest objection to the crops simply because the horses are his property, and he
printing of the reirelt of the poll ; and as to those who hat a right to do as he hikes with hie own property.
The owner of' a gun has no right to shoot a man be-
had done him the honour to vote for him, they would
cause the gun is his own property neither has I nd-
glory in their names being printed. (Loud applause.) lord a right to reserve sporting ;na
to himself, the of
His opponents bad said that his majority consisted of which is to eat his neighbour's and tenant's crops, from
the Votes of ladies and ladies maids. All he could which the entire country suffers, simply because the land
say was, the proxies before being sent out were is hi.sioritehneproperty.
not subrniWed to him (Mr. Waddington),
anti' All
found benerc.cp‘iraelpetroty ithse cei,r)cmulrnn:sm.'by ibed l
on good. Caiwirstatihnalyt three
therefore, the g,entletuaan who made the assertion land of Esgland is not a small matter, that the legislator
must evidently have been canvassing amongst the par- should overlook a provision that shall have a tendency
ties he had named or he never could have made the . to bring about a more abundant and uniform production
statement he had done. (Cheers and laughter.) All he of the food we all eat,
knew about the partioe who had voted for him was Fifty pounds per year for 1,500 acres would be about
snore
r pere
than acre,the former n amountn
.
omerely nominal,e
delusion
nh t
omtuch
at
thst the largest preiprietor in the company—one n
holding upwards of 70,.9001.—was net a lady. (Loud of paying an increased rental thaatmw ortedd injure the far-
cheers.) Another of hie: opponents had stated that if mer. I will be bound to say that let the farmer pay ac-
you throw pitch some of it would sure to stick. He felt cording to the present rentals of shooting throughout the
actuary, and shoot himself, the game. itself would pay
elite the meeting would -abet day see who had thrown
the pitch. ( Hear, and confusion.) Mr. Ball had talked the sporting
thee)tina o
rentsotletwal oneover.ice. h
tetre
Biulet the great advantage
as e oe
-f l a producew son h
that
t e
about right and justice. Let that gentleman look upon
would.
arise from the abolition of:,m
his report: and his (Mr. Wolddington'e) answer, he could land now in cultivation, would be one-eighth. Of the
there find right and justic,t on his (Mr. Waddington's) land that would come into cultivation, now thrown
out of cultivation, one-sixteenth Inure, together, rnak-
side against calumny and! misrepresentation. (Loud
three-sixteenths of the entire produce of the
applause ) The hon. gentlei nan then proceeded to defend ing
country destroyed directly and indirectly by game
himself from the allegations of the committee amidst preserves now made legal. This game-law savours much
much confusion and noise, and resumed his seat, de- of the old nullum tempusoccurit regi law which once die-
&taring that it was hinted it was intended to have Par- graced this country ; the game laws never ought to have
survivedi the extinction of nullum tempts, for if it were
liamentary inquiry into the whole circumstances eon-
snelaitint
toI the
et Was an
iarrent. of injusticedh to yield the right
e against inc
royala t
claim,at n length
how
comes p o
is
t-
nectcd with the Eastern Counties Railway. If so, his con-
ses,ion should avgairl
duct would be found to have been upright, honest, and
just. that a right of claim is denied to the farmer who
A long and angry altercation here arose between Mr. has to feed and keep game, and sic fathers did it before
Waddintston and Mr. Ball, relative to the production of
liii'sm
whose
for linndreds of years, so if they are not absolutely
a certain letter, which one gentleman asserted be had re-
are they ? Why the Lords of the land retain
tile power which they denied to their sovereign, and say
ceived, and the other that he had never written• nullum tempts occurit domino, or my lord—a pretty farce
la,:e,ed in real life to the disgrace of this land.te t
Mr. Bnuce defended the course he had pursued dor- this fur the nineteenth century. And yet this farce is
lie cameata s preserver will try to say they keep the
ing the while of these painful investigations ; but he p
assured the meeting that all he had done since last
I
March hired been for time benefit of the shareholders. Ile gj b every
farmerneed
beknows
to his sorrow this is
riotl titrue ; no answer adduced.
wished the shareholderslt every success in their undcrtak- Who ultimately suffers for all this ? Not altogether
ing ; hut as they bad determined to keep Mr. Wadding- the farmer, for he rises the price of cora, according to
ton in the chair, he felt bound to say that he-, from that produce; the burden then fells upon labour, and the
employers of labour ; and I ata enabled to prove, when
day, could take no further part in the active business of
the cent pane,. I have sufficient space, that directly and indirectly the
loss on cereal crops is one-fourth of the entire crops of the
A SHAREHoLDF.R here attempted to address the meet- country ; besides the loss. on turnips and Swedes, and
ing, but the cries of time became so laud and frequent other esculent crops, on which game are most destruct-
that he was compelled to desist. tive.
S
The CHAIRMAN then put a motion to the meeting that Say, for round numbers, the produce of the country
the votes given at the poll be printed and sold to the is sixteen millions ; one-fourth added to that would en-
thareholders at the charge of one shilling. It was car- able Engtiand to growall her produce for the country,
rigid unanhn•iu ly, and the drain of gold would not be so frequently pro-
ducing
panics.ie producen other words,
of nrdl the labouring man, losing
he country, is paying A vote of thanks to the scrutineers terminated the
one-fourth
o
th
ac-
noisy proceedings. tually 21. per quartern more for his bread on account of
game-laws ; this is reversing the order of things, to the
shame of the rich—this is the poor man keeping the rich,
instead of the rich keeping the poor, or allowing the in-
dustrious to keep themselves ; every mouthful of bread
reminding bins of unjust oppression in a country that
boasts of its constitution. •
If exercise be necessary for any, it is necessary for
all, to the exclusion of none ; and if that he the reser-
vation v. hick the law upholds, why, in all seriousness,
I advise the renewal of athletic gatnee. Consult Peter
Parley, who teaches how to bring every muscle into
active strength—let every man become a gymnast—
when, to the cockney's delight, he will find an absolute
cure for indigestion ; whilst walking after game only
brings one set of muscles into play, causing fatigue some-
times, without physical benefit.
Hunting is conducted in a much more respectable way.
The farmer has little to complain of these sportsmen ;
hunters pay compensation, and act as gentlemen of the
land ought. A FARMER.

cf investigation shou'd cease.
The chair was t.il:en by Mr. Waddington.
The C111111:YIAN, in openinz the proceedings, said he
would n-ad the result of the poll. The numbers were as
follows :

Personal votes
Proxies ..

Cr TY BANII--INuitE,lB6 C

ME STING THIS DAY.
At a special getaeral meeting of the proprietors of the
City Bank, numerously attended, held at the London
Tavern to-lay—Sir Robert Carden, chairman of the
Board of Directors. in the chair—the directors were
authorised tl increase the capital to the extent of 7,000
shares of 1007.. each. The chairman stated that the di-
rectors would exercise the power so conferred in such a
way and at such tines awthe interest of the bank should
dictate.

The steam-=hip ;Teatßritain, having been again taken
up by GovE-rr,ment„ is loeine7 refitted and repaired,
.0 be
made avaiWile for t'.e conveyance of troop. She will
sail front Liverpr•ol ou the 9th of February, with about
1,100 tro,ps for Ma"ta. The screw steamer Sarah
&cods is atm) being refitted at Liverpool for the transport
,ervic,..

NEiv Sount WALES BANKS—The report of the Bank
of New South Wale,: for the half-year ending the 30th
of Septomber, 1855, shows a net profit of 61,2821.,
which, with a balance in hand-of 6,059/., made a divisible
total of 67,3411. Of this sum 50,000/. was appropriated
for a dividend the rate of 20 percent. per annum, and
9,059/. to the reserve fond (now amounting to 100,000/0,
leaving a balanec of 8,2821, for the equalisation of future

HANTS CONSTABIILLRY.—Prince Albert inspected the
Rants Co,i,:tabulary at Aldershott yesterday, under the
c;,minaild of Captain Harris. His Royal Highness ad-
Lulled the appen.7.ance of the meu, as likewise the con-
dition of their horses. His Royal Highness afterwards
went mune: the huts, stables, 4tores, &c,, the whole of
which metk'"with his approval.

LITERATURE.

Aral Masseness. By Holm° Lee, author of
" Therney Hall" and "Maude Talbot." Smith,
Elder, and Co.
The introductory passages of this story are
shrouded by a solemn gloom, which suits well with
its mouraful nature throughout, and is in accord-
ance with its depth of feeling and sentiment. .The
training of the young Gilbert MasSenger in his
early days was well calculated to fit him for life's
struggles. He could have found few situations
less congenial than the residence of his austere
aunt ; yet, being of a hardy nature, lie did not
sink under the dangerous treatment. "He grew
and strengthened with as much vigour as the rug-
;.fed thorn will do in a bleak and moorland waste."
It was a happy day for Gilbert when he was eman-
cipated from his aunt's management, and sent to
the gram mar school of Ashton le-Forde. Not
that he was a favourite there, or that he took much
delight in the affairs of the place ; but he was at
liberty to think for himself. He was styled "The
Man of Iron" •by his schoolmates from his imper-
turbability. The accounts of his progress are in-
teresting ; and the striking contrast between him
and the young Noel Forester is an effective feature
in the story. Noel was the only son of rich parents,
and the indulged life of a favourite child formed a
painful dissimilitude to Gilbert as he reflected on
his harsh and unkind treatment. It chanced that
in one of their sports Noel was nearly drowned,
when Gilbert hastened to the rescue. From being
rivals they became friends after this event, and
Gilbert was invited to spend some time at Lang-
hope Tower, the residence of Mr. Forester. This
latter gentleman, grateful for the preservation of
his sou, and interested in Gilbert's intelligence,
was anxious to • befriend him, but circumstances
prevented the youth availing himself of what might
have been of substantial service to him. The long
antagonism that had existed between Gertrude
Messenger and her nephew at last reached a
climax. On his return from a visit to Lang-
hope, Miss Messenger announced her inten-
tion of her nephew's commencing to prepare for
the ministry. This Gilbert refused, he felt un-
qualified for the task, and he possessed sufficient
discrimination to be aware of the unworthiness of
assuming a sacred charge when not fitted Besides
his aunt had made religion distasteful to him, as a
child, she had dwelt on its terrors, and represented
its judgments, till now when arrived at years of
discretion, the impression reruained when the fear
had vanished. With good intentions Gertrude had
done great harm. He whose childhood had shrunk
from the terrors of the law, could not go forth in
manhood to preach the gospel of love. After a
stormy altercation Gilbert departed at night from
the dreary place where ho had passed so many dark
days. Now commenced a new era ; he began life
again, the former things were passed away like a
dream; after the restraint of his childhood, the hard
study of his boyhood, ho went forth in youth free
as air, with no do to bind him, and after all his
scholastic attainments he was going to seek to live
by the labour of his hands. This change was wel-
comed by him, however, for any toil or trouble
seemed nothing, in comparison to the sense of free-
dom that was his. "He was prepared to work
hard, and live hard." He was fortunate in being
engaged by a considerate man, one who appreciated
him, and also ho interested in his behalf the good
offices of the clergyman of the parish, a most
worthy and excellent man. He invited the young
outcast to the rectory, where the companionship of
Helen, his grand-daughter, was an agreeable dis-
traction, and the kindness shown to Gilbert by
Mr. Leigh and his employer raised his spirits.
Altogether he did not find the first step in his
fitful pilgrimage se difficult, or sa arduous as it is
generally represented. The pleasant time passed
soon enough, the engineer moved away, and Gil-
bert with him. The peaceful village was
exchanged fur the crowded city, and the good
clergymen. .was left, never to be seen again.
Yet the good deeds of the just live after
them, and, though apparently unheeded then, his
counsels and his maxims were rooted in the mind
of Gilbert, to be developed in after days of trial,
and to become a blessing to his blighted life, long
after he who uttered them in hope had slept with
the holy dead. Some years are then passed over,
and we see Gilbert Messenger, after their flight,
sobered and saddened ; his had been no royal road
to renown—he had worked arduously, and yet
even then he had not achieved any great success.
It is remarked that it is an interesting study to
trace the careers of those who fight the battle of
life " in their rude natural armour of talent and
eeergy," and to see them " come in conquerors."
Yet nut to all is the crown- of- victory, it is truly
said. Thus Gilbert's kind friend, who had eagerly
assisted him at the first outset, was called away
as everything seemed to prosper and promise
around him. " Most of us can call to mind some
friend who departed out of our sight at the begin-
ning of our journey. When we were coming to the
heat of the day,ivre have been called apt n to p. v. e
by a grave. Perhaps when nearing the end of our
journey, and looking back, we may espy it quiet,
and holy, in the green laud of the past, and wish,
wearily wish, that we too had been cased of our
burden, instead of tramping on until the night is
at hand, and we still far from God's Inn of Peace."
" All along the way we have come there rise these
mounds of warning, yet none speaks to us so
forcibly as that made among the spring flowers,
while the dew of morning was still sparkling on
every leaf." On renewing our acquaintance with
Gilbert, wo find him returning to his native place;
but he was again unfortunate—it seemed destined
that he should not be recognised at home. Ho
brought a plan for improving and draining some
waste land in the neighbourhood ; but the wise
heads of Ashton-le-Porde were not favourable to
the march of mind, and what they did with yes-
terday would content them with to-day. Gilbert
made an attempt to see his aunt, but overheard
her refuse, and hurried away. He was not to depart
utterly friendless, however, for he made the acquaint-
ance of William Grahame, the brother of the
Doctor who presided over the Grammar School.
By this latter gentleman also, Gilbert was warmly
welcomed, and the conclusion of their conference
was, that lie went toLondon with William Grahame,
who determined to find him employment ; a new
prospect was thus opened for our hero, and while
his new friend procured him occupation that he
earnestly desired, hishome likewise affordeda charm
and an attraction. The niece of Mr. Grahame's
who enlivened his house, was the Helen of early
days, the grand-daughter of the clergyman, Mr.
Leigh, who had befriended Gilbert when first going
out in the world alone. The intercourse was soon
renewed, and the visits to Norwood became bright
periods in the life of the aspirant. For a brief
space all seemed to smile on his path; ho had
achieved sonic desirable employment, he had se-
cured a willing and able friend, and for the first
time in his life he seemed to claim kindred with
human instincts, and to bow at the shrine of
earthly affections. This was the one smooth road
i
that he met with n his rugged pilgrimage, but
this soon ended, and he found the after dulness
more intolerable. It was ten times more dark and
desolate to continue the desert march in sober real-
ity after his fancy had seen it crowned in beauty,
and its wilderness blossoming as the rose. The
state in which Gilbert found himself upon return-
ing to and finding her laid a corpse
before his aunt'shim,to teachhoe
him in death the lesson it had
been denied her in life to inculcate Was an awful
ene. He found out that it was not from coldness,
or hardness of heart that his aunt bad become so
stern and forbidding ; it was from the struggles of
her mind in early life to fulfil the dictates of duty.
From being passionate she had appeared frozen.
It was her painful lot to discover that there was
madness in her family, and from that hour she
never smiled again. She. had been engaged, Gilbert
learnt, to his old friend William Grahame, but
the cloud
she would not see him again. . She determined not
to perpetuate the race of misery ;it was her wish to
example, but he
tooyteouhg emulateNtcomprehendeuwh he
e
recognised the
heroic determination that upheld his relation
thatlefthn aa tb
her
e h heru
whenng nephew
over v r him.
through a long life with no one to encourage or
support her, and he felt nerved and incited to go
and do likewise. But a mind like his could not
rest after receiving such a shock, and he could not,
like Gertrude, bury himself in the routine of daily
life and the observance of simple duties. He re-
nounced all ties that bound him to England, and
he went forth a wanderer. He sought out the
woods of the wild West, where only those had
penetrated who were seeking solitude like himself.
They were " mighty hunters, who, from the
depths of their eternal forests, looked forth with
contempt on the trammels of the world's restraints,
and eschewed conventional forms and usages.
Here in this majestic solitude the man of iron, as
his schoolfellows had termed him, found a con-
genial home ; it was a city of refuge to his vigorous
mind and resolute character. For nearly twenty
years he remained there, and a solemn satisfaction
now usurped the place of his former discontent.
He made inquiries of home at last, and the result
was that he returned, and after a strauge and out-
cast noontide be spent the evening of his days in
the circles of his friends. There were some painful
and startling changee to get over. Helen Grahame
was now married to Noel Forester, his old rival,
and their family was flourisning and prospering,
all united in welcoming back the waneerer. The
sight of Helen's sou, whom she had sent with his
father to invite Gilbert to their house, dispelled
the illusion that had hung over him so many
years. "He passed from the old dream-land of
sweet memories to that clear vivid things of to.

day." He had at one time entertained the idea
that the hereditary cumei to which his father had
fallen a victim would descend upon him, but the
calm of the forest life, and the mastery over his
own passions had at last sobered and tempered his
dangerous excitement. In his peaceful retreat
near Ashton he was another being, he could
now enjoy social pleasures and interest himself in
the concerns of his fellow-creatures and rejoice that
he had been given inward peace. It may be sug-
gested by some that Gilbert wouldhave led a more
useful life in England following the pursuits in
which he so much excelled, and cultivating the
glorious talents that were given to him.' This is
possible, but only those who are tempted know
what it is to resist, and it was enough tor him to
subdue himself. To those who consider the victory
over self more noble than the capture of kingdoms,
the cause in which he taught, and the spirit which
made him conqueror at last, will not be considered
unworthy of all tho,s9 years of travail. They will
recognise the power which has portrayed the
career of Gilbert Messenger, the principles which
are therein apparent, and the bright example
shown.

" Lives of great men aii remind us
We can make our liven sublime,"
is luso ibed ou the title-page, and the same idea is
infused into the work.

THE SUPPOSED MURDER BY POISON.

THE SEARCH FOR THE BODY.

During the whole of Saturday the search for the body
of the man John Monaghan, said to have been peisoned
by his son and two accomplices, and which is interred
in the burial-ground of St. Wilfred's Raman Catholic
Chapel, H.uluar, was continued without success. Five
excavators were employed at the work, and grave after
grave was opened and its contents examined, but with-
out the discovery of the coffin which contains the body
of Monaghan, Mr. Timperley, the undertaker, is posi-
tive that there was a zinc plate on the coffin, haying upon
it the name of the deceased and the date of his inter-
ment, but he has been present in the graveyard during
the excavations, and could identify the coffin, which he
made himself, even if the plate should have been taken
odor accidently eeparated from it. The coffin is not
a parish coffin. The men employed at the work did not
cease their labours till dark on Saturday evening, and
they had then been employed 24 days in the search.
The want of sucpess which has attended their labours
up to the present moment has given some colour to
a very improbable conjecture that the alleged priso-
ners removed the body froth the grave after its
interment. It is said that the system of burying in the
common graves in St. Wilfrid's churchyard has been to
open a grave of sufficient width to hold two or three
coffins abreast, and the coffins were packed into it, at
the sides as well as centre, the bole being kept unfilled,
with a covering of scaffold planks, until a sufficient num-
ber of bodies had been interred to fill it. The graveyard
is surrounded by a wall eight feet high, but towards
Clarendon-street there is a large hole through it, by which
access could at all times he obtained, so that such an en-
terprise as the removal of the body would present very
few difficulties ; but, ina much as there was no suspi-
cion of poisoning entertained at the time of the old
man's death, there seems little or no inducement to make
such an attempt, and by the risk of discovery of the body
after its removal, invite an accusation of murder, which
apparently would not otherwise have been preferred.
It may be a leas unlikely conjecture that the coffin plate
has been removed, in the hope thereby of destroying
the identity of the remains of the deceased, but this
chance appears to be guarded against by having the
coffin maker on the.spot, who could recognise it with-
out the plate. The search will. be continued till the
body is found, or it is proved that it is not in the grave-
yard, and this (Monday) itioening it is the intention
of Mr. Bradlaugh, the prosecuting solicitor, to confer
with Mr. Herford, the.coroner, with the view to setting
a body of excavators to work in the search. This would
have to be done by employing seine contractor, who has
a number of such workmen iu his employ, to dig up the
eraveyard. As the precise spot pointed out by Mrs.
King, the daughter of the deceased, and by Mr. Limper-
ley, the undertaker, has been examined in vain, the ex-
cavations will have to become more general. They have
been regarded with much anxiety by the relatives and
friends of deceased persons who are interred in the
burial-ground, and it is much to be lamented that there
is no sufficient land-mark by which the grave can be re-
cognised from its fellows, and the., natural feelings of
survivors spared the outrage which .is offered to them.
The place bas been watched unceasingly by the police
in Mr. Superintendent Leary's division, since the opera-
tions commenced, and we sluill he glad if this day's search
should terminate them.--Manchester Guardian of Mon,
day

The body of John Monaghan, who is supposed to have
been poisoned for the sake of recovering the amount for
which his life had been insured, was discovered yester•
day afternoon in St. Wilfred's graveyard, nicer a search
of five days, during which many other bodies had been
exhumed. The inquest was to be opened this morning,
but as a post mortem examination will have to be made,
and a chymical analysis of the contents of'the stomach,
the most matesial portion of the evidence will probably
not be ready for some days to come.