The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-21 00:00:00

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The Voyage of Me Lady. By the author of " The
Three Paths." 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett.
There is much to attract notice in these volumes.
Sea voyages are often made the subject of the
novelist's productions, bat we do not meet every
day with so much force end pathos as are apparent
at every turn of tlits really admirable record. The
events are nothing out of the common, with the
exception of the story of `Zr. Miller. but the man-
ner of the writer is s-) impressive that tbe•reader is
irresistibly led along to the end. The character of
Mrs. Miller, who is the most striking personage
met with, is very effectively given, and one
feels a strange sympathy for that interesting
being from the first moment of introduc-
tion to her, when she is resplendent in beauty,
and full of majestic dignity, till the last
sad silent moment, when all are assembled to wit-
ness an awful but sublime spectacle—the giving ups,
of the lifeless remains to the great waters. A
funeral at sea is alWays an affecting sight when
the least cared for or must insignificant is consigned
to oblivion ; but when the favourite of all on board
or the admired of all eyes is taken away, then, in-
deed, is it such a moment as none who witness the
ceremony can ever forget. The account here given-'
is very affecting; all divers interests seemed merged
in that of sorrow for her who was taken away:by
a sudden death from such a wretched life. Only
her two husbands were prevented from witnessing
the funeral ; but each in his heart knew her inno-
cent, though rage and disappointment had practi-
cally bereft them of reason. The discovery of the
existence of her first husband wits publicly made,
and painful as such a disclosure was, it was doubled
by the brutal conduct of the man who had the '
want of common feeling to rush forward and insult
her. It was not to be wondered at that such an
occurrence caused a severe shock to an excitable
being like Mrs. Miller, and it was, therefore, with
sorrow, bat no surprise, that her fellow•passengers
obeyed the summons to follow her to her ocean sepul-
ture, who had been their pride and ornament. " A
moment and she was gone, gone until the great sea
should give up its dead." In the appendix the
reader may well regret that most of those who
figure conspicuously in these pages met with sad
ends during the fatal events that took place during
the Indian mutiny, but so far as the story goes, all
seems to end prosperously, and to promise auspi-
ciously. Rose is a delightful character, very different
from Mrs. Miller, but she is the more loveable of the
two, Gentle and gracious, she ever seeks to form the
happiness of those around her, and she certainly
succeeds; while, to judge from her manner, her's
seems to be the blessed gift of those who please
themselves while only thinking of their friends—
Smooths not another'e rugged path alone,
But scatters roses to adorn her own,
One of the most amusing caricatures is the far-
famed and much.dreaded Mrs. Turnbull, whoselare-
sence was like a nightmare to all on board. With
her tracts and her treatises, her fearful denuncia-
tions of evil to some, and her pertinacious prose-
cution of her plans, she is, indeed, a dreary and a
direful personage. Captain Malcolm, the ship's
commander, is a fine specimen of a noble race—
the true English sailor. Mr. Cox, the chief mate,
is a dashing sketch, and his conduct is a curious
mixture of the precise and the humouroas. Alto-
gether, with the peculiar features met with in the.
various passengers, the several styles of the
crew, and the general spirit and tone of
the work, this record of " The voyage of
the Lady " is a most readable narrative,
and those wits have watched the good ship on her
outward voyage will take leave of her with regret •
when she is at last arrived at her destined port in
the capital of our mighty Indian empire. Another
remarkable delineation is that of Captain Hawkins,
who does not appear very prominently on the scene,
but who gives more promise indicative of belonging
to that hetoic sort who have made cantons the
name of England from the rising of the sun till the
setting of the same. Of that stamp were the men
who marched with Havelock to regain the lost and
to make sure the precarious possessions then as-
sailed by fierce and unscrupulous foes. Among the
other scenes of interest and excitement met with in
these stirring pages there are one or two descrip-
tions of rough weather; and the fearful storm that the
" Lady" had to encounter near the end of her voyage
is most powerfully narrated. Those who desire an
entertaining, and yet an uncommon style of book,
will do well to possess themselves of this chronicle
of nautical adventures.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
In great part of the week that ended on the 10th
inst. the air was exceedingly cold; it continued
cold in a less degree till near the end of last week
and the London returns exhibit a consequent in-
crease in the mortality. The deaths, which had
declined to 1,397, rose again to 1,563 in the week
that ended last Saturday. In the ten years 1850-59
the average number of deaths in the weeks corre-
sponding with last week, corrected for increase of
population, is 1,362. The deaths of last week were
therefore in excess of the estimated number by 201.
By comparing the results of the last two weeks
it appears that the deaths by bronchitis rose from
230 to 267 ' • those by pneumonia from 114 to
140 ; those by asthma from 20 to 27. Phthisis
or pulmonary consumption, which carried off 143
persons in the previous week, was fatal last week to
171. The deaths from pulmonary diseases in the
aggregate (exclusive of phthisis) were 450, while
the corrected average for corresponding weeks did
not exceed 305.

Twenty-nine persona died last week from small-
pox, of whom nearly half were 15 years old and
upwards. Of the whole number of deaths from
this disease 13 were contributed by the districts on
the south side of the river, chiefly by the Borough-
road sub-district, and St. Peter, 'Walworth. There
were 33 from scarlatina, and 10 from diphtheria.
Of 8 deaths produced by burns and scalds, 2 were
those of children whose clothes had caught fire, 2
also of children scalded by coffee in vessels acci-
dentally upset; two women died from their clothes
taking fire, and another from burns received when
in a state of intoxication. Five children were suf-
focated in bed ; and a woman was choked by a piece
of meat. A painter died from ague and lead poi-
soning. A stone-mason in Devonshire-street,
Bishopsgate, died in consequence of want, and a
man, aged 74 years, gunner, R.N., at 23, Umber-
ston-street, St. George-in-the-East, from " want of
proper and sufficient nourishment."
Last week the births of 1,046 boys and 977 girls,
in all 2,023 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-39
he average number was 1,724.

ROBBERY OF A LADY'S 31ARRIAG.E
JEWELS.

At the Liverpool police-court, on Friday, Thomu
Williams, the boatswain, and Wm. Dryhurat, a
seaman, of the African mail steamer Armenian,
were charged with stealing a box containing valu-
able jewellery. The following are the facts of the
case, which were elicited after a lengthy investiga-
tion :—ln the month of December last M. Lucien
Laulhe, of 96, Rue de Clery, Paris, forwarded a
casket of jewellery to I3oulogne, to the consignment
of Mr. R. E. Atkins, who, in turn, forwarded it,
via the London and North-Western Railway, to
Liverpool. Messrs. Paris and Co., of 'lower-build-
ings, to whom it was consigned, shipped the casket
on board the Armenian, royal mail steamer, for
the West Coast of Africa. The parcel, which con-
tained a pair of diamond bracelets, diamond ear-
rings, gold brooch, and a gold chain, of the whole
value 0f'1:176, was consigned to Messrs. Hardisson
Brothers, of Teneriffe, by whom it was finally to
be delivered to a party at one of the Canary Islands,
the jewellery being intended as a marriage gift for
a young lady. While the parcel was on board the
Armenian it was, by some unexplained oversight,
misplaced, and when the vessel arrived at Teneriffe,
as it could not be found, the ship ultimately pro-
ceeded on her voyage without having delivered the
casket. It was known to the crew that the parcel had
been missed, but nothing was seen of it until the ship
arrived at Sierra Leone. While the steamer was at
ins
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concealedv er e d the
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and opened the box, and secreted its contents,
throwing the empty case overboard. Dryharst
subsequently obtained a quantity of twine from the
boatswain's store, wrapped the jewellery in five
separate balls, and concealed them in the straw of
his bed. The Armenian returned to Liverpool on
Monday last, and the five parcels of jewellery were
removed from the ship bgytDonqnhouerks t
gates, H e caonndv et
hy • d
Williams. Williams and
gtlaievnel otumfsoidoefthtehlelmrelltion
went to live in a cellar in Ellen-
borough-street,jhj:hul
.t theil
and it is believed that three of the
parcels have since been disposed of. On Wednes-
day afternoon the two men called at the shop of
Mr. W. Samuel, je a eller, of Paradise•street, and
offered for sale a pair of handsome and valuable
gold bracelets, set with diamonds. Mr. Sanuel's
suspicions were aroused, and telling them to call
on the following day, in the meantime communi-
cated with the police. Detective Cozens was sent
in search of the men, and apprehended Williams,
and from the information that prisoner gave after-
wards took I)ryhurst into custody. On be.
inn told of the nature of the charge, both the
prisoners admitted the misappropriation of the
property. The prisoners were remanded for a
week, with the view of ascertaining what had be-
come of the property which had not been recovered,
the only articles found up to the present time being
the two bracelets tendered for sale to Mr. Samuel.