The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1860.

was heard previously from any one, upon any plea
whatever, in respect to anything in the previous
arrangement of the gardens in question. It would
be a bold thing even for Mr. COWPER to assert that
such is the case since his arbitrary carrying out of
this extraordinary innovation. So far as we have
anywhere heard an opinion expressed upon the mat-
ter, that opinion has been invariably against the
horse-road, and against it diametrically and abso-
lutely. The unanimity, in fact, appears to be
quite remarkable all round the immediate neigh-
bourhood, at Kensington, at Notting, and at Bays-
water. Within a few hours 1,500 signatures of the
principal inhabitants were affixed to an energetic
protest against this so-called improvement. A de-
putation of the most influential character waited on
Mr. CowrED. upon an early day after this unfortu-
nate act of Vandalism had been perpetrated, to pro-
test against it in the strongest possible language.
Meetings were held simultaneously on Friday even-
ing in the vestry on Paddington-green, and in the
vestry hall at Kensington, where in each instance
resolutions were passed loudly condemnatory of
so outrageous a proceeding as this on the part of
the Chief Commissioner. Two of these resolutions
it will be sufficient here to specify : namely, one to
the effect " That without notice to, or consultation
with, the parties interested, a ride has been formed
connecting Rotten-row with the most retired and
beautiful parts of Kensington-gardens, cutting
these gardens into two parts, and rendering access
from one part to the other inconvenient and un-
safe." The resolution adding—" That these gar-
dens, by the gracious permission of the Sovereign,
have been hitherto open to pedestrians only, afford-
ing a great and safe means of enjoyment to all
classes, without reference to either rank or for-
tune." The other and longer resolution, declaring
—" That the ride now made appears intended to
afford further means of recreation to the upper
classes of society, whose means of enjoyment are
already comparatively without limit, particularly
as to horse exercise, which they can enjoy in the
parks, and on all the roads and places in the neigh-
bourhood of the metropolis ; and that it is an in-
terference, as unwise as it is ungracious, with the
comfort and the safety of the people at large, many
of whom have settled in the neighbourhood in the
expectation of being allowed for themselves and
their families, and for the young, the sick, and the
more studious of all classes, the quiet and safe en-
joyment of these gardens ; and, this meeting hereby
expresses its unqualified condemnation of the for-
mation of such a ride." Those two resolutions
I epitomise all that need be said against the immola-
tion of which all but the " cream of the cream" are
complaining. Upon the very same evening
upon which these meetings were held at
Kensington and Paddington, the hon. and
learned member for Maryleboue brought
the question as to the propriety or impropriety of
maintaining this new horse-road in Kensington-
gardens under the consideration of the House of Com-
mons. It is an absurdity to sneer at a matter of this
kind being talked of in the House of Commons, ob-
serving in its regard, as some did, that it was a
thing of trivial importance that Mr. JAMES treated,
as though it was something vitally affecting the
stability of the constitution. We insist that it is
nothing less than puerile to talk thus. Justice is
justice whether it affect property to the value of
threw halfpence or to the fabulous sum contemplated
by the will of that cruel old miser THELUSSON. It
is just so much evasive babble, therefore, to deride
the antagonism directed against this uncalled for
horse-road as exaggerated to the extent of being
ridiculous. Mr. COWPER insists in his reply to the
very able statement 2f the facts of the case given
by the hon. and learned gentleman the member for
Marylebone, that by the formation of the hoi se-
road no rights whatever are infringed. According
to which—a horse-road might to-morrow be opened
(in compliance with the arbitrary mandate of one
single individual in authority) across the centre of
the Green Park, in a diagonal direction, from the
corner of Stafford House, in the Mall, to the Tri-
umphal Arch at Hyde Park Corner. Again, Mr.
COWPER, and his over self-opinionated supporters
in the House of Commons, argue in favour of the
continuance of this horse-road through Kensington-
gardens, that the convenience of all classes and
not of any exclusive class should be con-
sulted in these kind of arrangements. Accord-
ing to which, the costermongers of London
might just as reasonably insist upon having p. right
of way for their donkey-carts, as the fine ladies and

fine gentlemen who ate tired of disporting them- 1
selves in Rotten-row. "A place for everything,
and everything in its place," is a duplex aphorism
admitting advantageously of almost universal ap-
plication. Let us apply it for a moment to the
fashionable equestrians. These would clearly be
in their place in the vicinity of the stable-yard—in
the street—or upon the high-road ! They would be

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as clearly out of place clattering up the staircase

of their houses—trampling over the stair carpet—
and showing their paces finally in the nursery,

supposing the nursery to be large enough for the
walk, trot, canter, gallop, or carocole. Yet this is
precisely the very privilege demanded for them
and now being enjoyed by them—in cutting up the
carpet of the green turf and threading their way
among the flower beds, and showing off their skill

and awkwardness in the manege in Kensington-
gardens—the Nursery of London !
From first to last Mr. CowPER'S conduct in this
matter of the horse-road is in perfect keeping.
Unasked—upon his own individual authority—
without, as the phrase is, or with your leave or by

your leave—this aristocratic Chief Commissioner
opens a horse-road through Kensington-gardens,
a horse-road distinctly dividing in twain Kensing-
ton-gardens, and rendering the hitherto unimpeded
passage to and fro of the nursery maids and children
in the highest degree dangerous. Nobody has
asked him to do this, remember ! Yet directly
objections are addressed to him for his so doing he
cannot reply to the objections with even the com-
monest civility. They are said by him to be in
quest of vestry popularity. Nay, as charac-
teristic of the whole proceeding, let the following
incident be particularly borne in recollection. Let
it be remembered that several gentlemen resident
on the north side of Kensington-gardens met on
Friday at one o'clock, at the Office of Parks, Pa-
laces, and Gardens, Whitehall-place, by appointment
of the Right Hon. W. CowPER, M.P., with Mr. F.
W. RUSSELL, M.P., for the purpose of expressing to
the First Commissioner their opinion, and that also
of many of their neighbours, in regard to the re-
cently opened ride for equestrians through Ken-
sington-gardens. And now note the sequel to their
attendance there upon Friday afternoon, according
to the Minister's own appointment :—"After having
waited for nearly an hour, and the hon, gentleman
not having arrived, nor any communication having
been received for his not keeping his appointment,
the gentlemen separated." The reporter adding
that " among those present were F. W. Russell,
Esq., M.P., H. Burslem, Esq., J. A. Nicholay, Esq.,
F. H. Haggard, Esq., T. Whitmore, Esq., R. Lam-
bert Jones, Esq., John Dillon, Esq., A. Pigeon,
Esq., Dr. Thorne, J. S. Pearse, Esq., and Cohen,
Esq. " And further, that on Edwin James, Esq.,
M.P., having been informed of the intention of a
portion of his constituency to wait on Mr. CowrEß
he also formed one of the number of those present?,
Arrogance of this kind on the part of the Chief
Commissioner is only in perfect keeping, as we have
intimated, with the arbitrary act of the Minister
against which the gentlemen above enumerated
were there to protest—the opening that Horse Road
through Kensington-garden, unasked and upon his
own individual responsibility.

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The following telegrams have been received at
Arr. Renter's office :

NAPLES, JULY 21.
Alelazzo has been attacked by Garibaldi.
To avoid a civil war the King has ordered the
whole of Sicily to be evacuated.

NAPLES, Jurx 20.

News from Sicily states that Colonel Medici,
being pressed by the garrison of Melazzo, had
asked for reinforcements.

On the 18th inst. Garibaldi left Palermo on
board an English steamer to join him.
The total number of rein rcrcements despatched
to Colonel Medici amounted to 8,000.

PALERMO, JULY 17 (via Marseilles.)

Garibaldi is still here ; he has sent a reinforce-
ment of 2,000 men to Colonel Medici, who is en-
camped at Santa Lucia.
The City of Aberdeen has disembarked 1,200
volunteers. A war-tax of 2 per cent. has been
imposed on the property of the convents and the
clergy.

NAPLES, JULY 20.

A detachment of the Royal Guard baying endea-
voured to force the National Guard to cry out
" Down with the Constitution!" the latter resisted
the attempt.

The King has, it is stated, promised that the
Royal Guard shall be immediately dissolved.

GENOA, JULY 21.
Advices received from Sicily state that Garibaldi
left Palermo on the 18th inst. with 5,000 men.
His destination was unknown.
It is reported that Garibaldi has disembarked on
the Neapolitan coast.
The King of Naples is said to have ordered the
complete evacuation of Sicily.

JULY 22

It is stated that the Garibaldians had occupied

Alelazzo.

PARIS, JULY 2

A message from Toulon, dated the 21st of July,
announces that two more large war transport
steamers are being manned. Several are ready. A
telegraphic despatch in the Presse asserts that they
had already taken their departure.

JULY 22.

The Noniteur of to-day says :
"The proposals made by France, with the object
of arresting the effusion of blood in Syria, and of
protecting the Christian inhabitants, have been
acknowledged by the Great Powers.
" England is ready to co-operate with ships,
and recognizes the expendiency of sending a corps
d'arinee, of which France would furnish the whole
or the greater part.
" Austria and Russia have given the same opinion.
The Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs has
gone to receive the orders of the Prince Regent
on the subject.
"A convention is to be signed for determining
the character and object of the European interven-
tion. The acquiescence of the Porte only is now
awaited."

from other quarters there were no complaints of
unusual backwardness. The alarm about the potato
failure is fast dying out, and although the blight
has shown itself in several places, the return of sun-
shine, it is believed, would repair the mischief, and
prevent the extension of the disease.

LITERATURE.

Scarsdale, or life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Border Thirty Years Ago. 3 Vols. Smith and
Elder.
We here meet with a very peculiar book, in
which there is a great deal of information afforded
regarding the state of the manufacturing districts.
It is always desirable to dwell on the causes that
result in any popular outbreak, and, if from regard-
ing the annals of the past, we glean any ideas that
may so guide us in the present that the future may
be rendered peaceable, it is always a great thing
achieved. Considerable skill has been shown in
some of the scenes that represent the rioters and
conspirators. Except for the notorious ringleaders,
we always feel pity, if not sympathy, for these mis-
guided men who are excited and agitated by de-
signing men, while their frames are weakened by
toil and hunger and their minds tortured by
anxious doubts. Apart from the popular records,
there is a good deal of interest in the narrative
with which the subject matter is skilfully inter-
woven. The only point in the tale that appears to
be faulty is the episode of the Duke and Duchess,
and this could advantageously have been omitted. It
is an undesirable topic at any time which is sug-
gested by the disclosures of the life and actions of
the French nobleman, and it does not answer any
available purpose. Mabel is a superior style of
young lady, and notwithstanding her pride she
impresses one very favourably. Helen Hollings-
worth is more elevated in her character, and in
many trying scenes she shows great qualities.
Lord Pendleborough's career is a very interesting
one, and he is almost the most attractive person in
the book in his sincere endeavours to render him-
self more worthy of his high social position, in his
strenuous efforts to do good to his neighbours, and,
indeed, to promote the welfare of all classes. At
the same time there was nothing high-flown, or
sentimental, about him ; all was straightforward,
and his genial nature enabled him to enjoy life
while he was seeking to improve it. The account
of Colonel Vavasour is impressive, although rather
far-fetched at times in its sketch. It is worthy of
notice how excellently Mr. Hollingsworth dis-
charged his trust of guardianship to the misguided
but well-intentioned youth. There is no greater
mistake made by elders than to practice severity in
such extreme cases. More have been irretrievably
ruined by harshness than indulgence ; the convic-
tion that no allowance will be made for faults has
made the offender reckless of all consequences, and
and errors crimes have been the result. It would be
well if more such teachers existed as the kind but
firm friend here represented. Oliver Holte is a
peculiar style of man, but his honest heart and up-
right life command respect. He is a type ofthe better
class of the old Puritans : he has their unflinching
disposition, blended with some softer attributes. In
the hard work and fierce conflicts in which he was
constantly engaged, he displays so much sympathy
in his steadfast course for those not so firm as him-
self, that one cannot help feeling a degree of admi-
ration for him. Sir Guy Scarsdale does not
appear so prominently on the scene as some of
the others, but he is a fair specimen of a large
landed proprietor. He endeavoured to do good
when he met with any deserving objects, and con-
sidering the troublous times he lived in, he made
the best of his opportunity. " Scarsdale" is a novel
that has not been composed in a hurry ; but it
seems to have a purpose in its concentrated pages,
and in some of the descriptions the reader will find
passages of interest and excitement. Such works
cannot be so generally welcome as the more lively
sketches of society, or the brilliant representations
of history or politics, but they possess solid worth
in their reflective wisdom ; and those who wish to
inform themselves of the state of the working
classes in some momentous epoch, that reveals
more than long years of calm, will be willing to
appreciate a work that discloses much of the inner
life of an influential portion of the community.

Herbert Chauncey. By Sir Arthur Hallam Elton,
author of " Below the Surface." 3 Vols. Smith,
Elder, and Co.
The author of the work before us is not unknown
either in the literary or political world. In a for-
mer novel he has drawn us a picture of English
country life, but in the present he takes the oppor-
tunity to mingle some political portraitures with
his romance. Thus we have a vivid sketch of a
contested election some oears ago, resulting in riot
and confusion, and several incidental descriptions of
the House of Commons and its habitues, some of
whom it is not difficult to recognise. The work of
written in the form of an autobiography. Herbert
Chauncey, its hero, describes himself as " a man
more sinned against than sinning," and certainly he
deserves that title. He is a modern " Murad, the
Unlucky," for, with the best intentions andexcellent
prospects, his undertakings and adventures con-
tinually result in disappointment and disgrace.
The clue to all his misfortunes is, however, dis
coverable in the unrelenting animosity of Sir Hugh
Littlecot, a country baronet of wealth and influence.
Sir Hugh has an only child, Ada, to whom he is
devotedly attached, though in other respects a hard-
hearted snd tyrannical man. In early life Herbert
had been engaged to Ada Littlecot, but had suddenly
broken the engagement en arriving at the conclu-
sion that he loved another far better. The manner in
which he expressed his change of views was certainly
most reprehensible, and the anger of the fierce old
man, who had reluctantly consented to the marriage,
in thz first instance, for his daughter's sake, was not
surprising. Herbert speedily married Rosamond
Esther, the lady who had eclipsed poor Ada Littie-
cot, and soon prepared to stand for the county.
Then his troubles began. Sir Hugh, in-
censed at Herbert's conduct, and still further en-
raged by the sight of his daughter's drooping
spirits and failing health, made it the great object
of his life to ruin and disgrace his enemy. He was
possessed of great wealth and much political in-
fluence, which gave him constant opportunities of
thwarting his victim. He also became aware of
the fraudulent acts of the directors of some com-
pany, who were therefore ready to carry out his
views in any way, in order to avoid exposure.
One of these was a lawyer, and subsequently be-
came Chauncey's agent, a position which gave him
endless opportunities for mischief. A foreign valet
of Sir Hugh's, who had a private grudge against
Chauncey, was also a valuable coadjutor. Through
Mrs. Chauncey's maid he obtained access to his
house and abstracted papers which were of moment.
By a chain of unfortunate circumstances aggravated
by his own imprudence, Chauncey lost his estate,
his political reputation, his seat in Parliament and
finally his wife and child. This last misfortune was
remedied by the confessions of the treacherous
maid, but we leave him at the close of the volumes
with all his other troubles unrelieved, saving that
his bitter enemy Sir Hugh has followed his
daughter to the grave. There are many other
characters introduced, and the events are so crowded
that they are almost confusing. Rosamond is well
drawn as a generous, warm-hearted yet wayward
creature. Ada Littlecot does not attract much in-
terest, for she scarcely appears after her childhood
and what we are told of her is somewhat morbid
and sentimental. The reader will find much to in-
terest and engage him in this novel, and as we men-
tioned above, the Parliamentary and election
sketches show the writer's familiarity with the
scenes he describes.

.Pours: Containing the " City of the Dead." By
John Collett, late of Wadham College, Oxford.
Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Longman.
This is a very charminc, little work that can
hardly fail to be appreciatedb by those who are
gratified with those verses which contain the ex
pression of deep feeling joined to the admiration of
lofty principles. There:is nothing::remarkable in
the book ; and it is a mistaken kindness for fricnds
to flatter authors, and no service for critics to say
one thing when all the world knows the contrary
is the truth. This remark applies particuhirly to
poems, than which no class of literature is so run
down by the unrefined, or so overlauded by the
prejudiced and partial. While denying that every
one who makes rhyme now.a-days is a genius and
' a bright particular star, there is no need to fly to
the other extreme, and because the volume that
may be the unhappy victim of some captious
critic's ill temper is not a second " Childe Harold"
or a new "Pleasures of Hope," to declare that it is
trash, and ought to be immediately hurled to limbo.
Often real pleasure and profit may be derived from
- simple unaffected lines ; they apply to the imme-
diate concerns of daily life and home existence, arid
if they do not attain to perfection, measured by a
cold critical standard, they fulfil their mission of
interesting the weary spirit and calming the
harassed brain.
" They come in earth's deep misery, a soothing, sweet relief,
They come a solace in the hour of overwhelming grief."
If inspired by faith's visions theie is no reason
why they should not influence as well as impress,
and while declaring the beauties of this fair world,
impart by the spirit of their songs the blessed truth
that those who delight in the loveliness of earth,
may rejoice in the thought of its briOrtest radiance,
being only the faint reflex of another and a better
world. To look through nature up to nature's
is a gift that is priceless in its value ; the peatsGaonatt
may cultivate his fields in the convictionh
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if he can thus lift his heart on hgh