The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-27 00:00:00

LI IT kATUR.F.

The -ancs ; or, the Clergyman's Secret. By
Danby North. 3 vole. Chapman and Hall.
This is a story of twenty vrs :Igo, and the date
may perhaps be allowed to account ur so,ne of the
extraordinary incidents. It is a tale of a inof.l-, ro-
mantic 'character, and, in the present day, would
be extremely improbable. The Mildmayes are two
beautiful sisters, and form a very attractive pair of
heroines, though their ambition and love of wealth
involve them in serious troubles. Their cousin,
Eustace Mildmaye, is the clergyman whose secret
gives the second name to the book. Lady Rock-
forest is the evil genius of all parties. She is half
out of her mind, and regal in the two sisters with
most vindictive feelings, owing to some injuries
received from their mother. Added to this, the
old romance of a false heir is introduced, Lady
Rockforest having substituted the child of her
nurse for her own infant, which had died, in order
to secure the property. This crime she confessed
to Eustace Mildmaye in a moment of excitement.
Influenced, partly by a dislike to repeating a con-
fession, and partly by a fear of the threats of Lady
Rockforest and her attendants, he concealed the
fact, which embittered his life and gave rise to
much subsequent misery. The conclusion of
the story is most romantic. The sisters
are carried off to the wild and deserted mansion of
Lady Rockforest, in accordance with the plans of
their half crazy enemy. One of thern,..uncroVes
such a succession of frights and accidents that 'zhe
finale leaves her with grey hair. However, their
friends come to the rescue, and Lady Rockforest
dies ; another evil character commits suicide, and the
remainder of their adders and abettors are surren-
dered to justice. The unfortunate clergyman dies,
from an illness resulting from mental agitation, and
the sisters are both married to some other actors in
the tale. Though extremely unlikely and romantic,
many will no doubt find matter for admiration and
interest in the exciting scenes described. To the
lovers of the wild and startling it offet considerable
attractions; while those who prefer the reflection of
real life in fiction will be disappointed. But the
mysters preserved throughout, and the intricate
character of the plot, together with the many un-
common features of the story, give it an air)
originality and excitement that qualifies it to take
its place in the class of romantic fictions, even.
though the romance borders on the extravagant
and the originality occasionally touches the absurd

Russian Popular Tales. Chapman and Hall.
This little volume is translated from the German
version, and edited by Jacob Grimm, famous for
his edition of " Etousehold Stories." The t ties are
met with, we are told,, in every part of Russia,
and the lower orders amuse themselves with theta
in the winter evenings. They are much of the •
same class as most old romantic stories, with fairy ,
adjuncts. Some indigenous Sclavonic features are
pointed out to our notice in the introduction,
while other parts, it is confessed, bear a strong
resemblance to some of the old German household
fairy tales. They are only interesting to the gene-
ral reader from the fact that so little is known
about the tastes and customs of the Russian lower
classes that the perusal of their favourite narratives
may throw some light on their national peculiari-
ties. Nevertheless, an hour's entertainment real
be gathered from the record of the wonderful oc-
ploits of the giant-killing heroes. The book i 6
handsomely bound, and illustrated with woodcuts•

THE ARREST OF MR. MORRIS VOW.

portmanteau, &c A one he was released.
i‘ He thinks W— and Co. have brought this boat.
"He has been narrowly watched, bile making notes of
W—'s. When the Chei de
the Gallery by a man o known to be a so' - •
pulling his papers about, he said —" On est votre P"tt,
fetuile ?" He insisted upon seelog his Gallery Nov:.
bunk. This is very significant. Moreover, on the in°the
log of the outrage, there appeared an article
which
Police was in his root)),
National Zeitung, with my husbands signature,
~i 0 w
W— was at.tached, tamely enough however. •
In submitting this statement of facts to thecfo7,
lisp public, I abstain from commentary sup
fluous.—l am, sir, yours, c.
r.ll
01'
WILLIAM CONDL-"
Kemptown, Nov, 25, 1856.

datedl
The Berlin correspondent of the Tinlestraiir
November 24, says :—" With the view . ray
viatiug any apprehensions or anxiety
letter of Saturday last might probably have oallste,
to the friends and relations of Mr. Morris °,lO
I have telegraphed to you the news °`;,,,t1,1-
liberation, which I trusp will arrive it may
taneously with that of his arrest, or, so '.!, ;Air
more properly be ca Jed, his unintentional deters'
more
tion at the head poise office. My that act
yesfefloo
letter also contained the details of his elan:Lill: "co
and the causes that led to his interrogation.,' AS
now dismiss the subject with the assurance ti'ilii7ov-
far as I have been able to assure myself, the, 931,—tilt,''
auces to which he has been subjected are 011." eiog
natural and almost inevitable consequences of 1314
the friend and associate of political refugees Ti.llieus
the country to which those refugees area B:c1 by
of suspicion, and which suspicion is inrel's` froni
his being notoriously the bearer of letters by
them to persons here who are also looked 1213°13this,
the Government with no favourable eye. °lam- 0-
as on every other occasion of British subLec,—„ister
quiring protection and assistance, our ~'*-tiona
here has been most prompt in his representA—jor
and exertions, while our Secretary of L4146°11011-
mediately put himsel :into communication itoct
the various legal authorities here, and c)bt"lttire•
every explanatlon of the most satisfactory 13! usea ,
The Prusian authorities, on their part, ":7"autio.
no undue hardships in the execution of 016'1;00
and have lent a willing ear to the repre.lll iteoo
.made in favour of our con:ktryman, and -Bit 'hidtai
is thus deprived of any chalice of adorninga police
as the victim of continental °pp:osk°' an
-
rigour."
SWOT g'
DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN Thrii --
AMPTON DOCKS.
....._.........--. g 05'
BURSTING OF THE BOILER OF 11113,,61,
MAIL COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIP PAP.'"
.400.
SOUTHAMPTON, WEnNEtsral //'`.6,0002,"
At 5 o'clook this evening, the employes in Os, e%plir'
ampton Docks were much alarmed by a dreadftu The
.ion on board the Parana, Royal Mail steam-OW*O hot
cause was soon ascertained, the foremost boiler; ;tow
starboard side had burst, and caused death atelyiiiC
tion to all around. Assistance was Wo° terei• --
hand, and as soon as the stoke-hole coul fellowseo
oft
dreadful scene presented itself. Three poor re
nay le of Pothecary, Norton, and Rogers, &ell:Lee; • sod
lying u- -4 aid was quickly
"ad, being scalded in a most severe penalanlini:joble
ly!ng l'a-ro. -nd were several others in the Pisa Or,
plight. Medic., or '• 111
taken one case in hand, er,o_ary io
Cheeseroan having he is •,,,nob•
other poor fellows .7ere taken to t
~,, d that iceis nrtbe
dreadful state of sufferh:j4. It„,iB I-
c the OfarB (1.
to•
ethic two of them can eery-IN''. -1-w° e• and gall)
Ripon, steam ship, Messrs. 137-o°,dgoat,e,e_„, 0,0 All,
on the spoit,,bot
gether with the crew of that vesse,,,, o'u'ule'nt their *IP
alongside, were quickly on the spot, D'A rovit
able aid in extricating the sufferers. .4r . to.okr 00
aeite°3
I will forward you additional partiocutitt:
but at this moment, in
consequence
moref infornotioo,of,
prevailing, it is impossible to
glean that one of °2°
Since writing the above, I learn
Infirmary- . .of the
firers died on his way to the
t to the boilerP ~,ber
In consequence of the acc(det maga 01 0 peva-
i Parana, La Plata vill take out the

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The following particulars of the arrest, a
an
subsequent release, of her husband, by the head of
the secret police at Berlin, have been forwarded
re
me by Mrs. Morris Moore. Although Mr. Moo
was provided with an F. 0. passport, no reason for
the outrage committed upon him was assigned..
Should you deem this communication of sufficient'
importance, you will, perhaps, do me the favour of
giving it a place in your columns. Mrs. Morris
Moore writes as follows :
27, Soho-square, Nov. 24.
"near Sir,—On reading my husband's letter this
morning, I was not a little startled at the announde-
meet of his having been arrested ou Friday night, at
about half-past nine, at his lodgint's, 33, Taubea
Strmse. He had scarcely closed his door when a low
knock was heard ; and, upon opening it
a vuigsr.
looking fellow presented himself, saying that he vise
the Chet de Police. Immediately afterwards four other
policemen forced themselves into the room, and demanded
to examine his ``i,aoers." Tney pulled everylbieg &boat
without mercy, rifled his pockets, and, highwaymem'like'
demanded his puree, from which they took twos
piece:,
of paper,
saonmdetthheinngrerte:ronluetdionita.ryTitineylo.ektie,r,dmoreaist;reP7:l
if they
Apollo, upside down, as ti..ought 0E1(174
drawing perfectly staggered them. The
Raphael's pen were so 'many indications of cethorl"
~
monarchs. My husband protested against the outraget
ador. They
and spoke of appearing to the English Ambass.
laughed outright at this. They then seized a bundle ot
papers which they had selected as the most suspiciou
looking, and desired aim to go with themllows . H
ana
e gat
;.nto a cab, between two sturdy-la' king fe,
aft,-r 20 minutes ride arrived at the Great Police-of
Police-office
ed
At 20 minutes past eleven two armed policemen mar
belonged to the civil department ofh theo secret police.
demandedto t e presence oifmtpheeraPtirgo;
in, and his original captors took tbeinselis off, as OE.
remained there all night, and at
the
-Past ten the foliose
ins morning
cureur du Roi,
should be dragged through the streets of Berlin, and ivy'
tone the meaning of this outrage, that a British citizee•
prisoned in the criminal division of the police istablish-
wams
yushhulehdardis
except something about the irresponsibility
went. The upshot was, that he (the procureur) bad not
also sneered at the English Minister'
At half-past 12 my husband was called into another
room, Where he was ordered to open his carpet-bag'
ao
wordli e pto6l i sea:. H e