The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-21 00:00:00

MEN OF MARK.

No. VII.
MR. CHARLES DICKENS.

Now sailing oil the seas which divide America
from England (says a writer in the London Review)
with the avowed purpose of " laying down a third
cable" between the old mother land and the
vigorous race which has sprung from her—but ere

this time often to be seen walking the Strand, or
More vigorously that Kentish road which leads to
Rochester—is a small, compact, well-built man,
with a remarkable face ; handsome, intellectual,
and lined with thought, surmounted with hair once
richly abundant, but now thin and wiry, and sur-
rounded with beard and,moustache whichlell of hard
work and much out-door progress in all sorts of
weathers. That man is the best -known'of all Eng-
lish authors ; is a power in England, in America, and -
in Europe—has been able to mould the thoughts of
thousands of his countrymen ; and although not by
any means having attained a well-earned fame per
saltunz, has by successive and fortunate endeavour
won a name with his countrymen nearly as much
known as that of Shakspere. The London Reviewer
thus gives a rapid survey of Mr. Dickens's works,
together with a brief biography—curiously inexact
in its very first statement, Charles Dickens having
been born on the 7th, and not as therein mentioned
on the 15th, of February, 1812. The writer ob-
serving, in conclusion, that our Great Novelist's is
a creative genius almost unparalleled in its fertility
and richness. The creatures begotten in his fertile
brain have peopled ours, and have and do fill the
thoughts of the sailor on his lonely watch, of the
squatter as he sits solitary in his hut miles away
from human help, of the miner below the earth, of
the wrapped-up traveller as lie hurries on at hurri-
cane speed above its surface. Positive mental rest,
happinesss, soundness, pleasantness, and sunshine,
this man has given to a larger number of his
brothers and sisters than any other living
.soul. Go
gifted him at his birth with genius and activity, and
he has been true to his trust. The talents have
multiplied a thousand-fold. Of how many great
ones can we say as much ? Of no man can we say
more.

Mrs DISRAELL—The numerous friends of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli will be
pleased to learn that the favourable change which took
place on the afternoon of Tuesday in Mrs. Disraeli's health
continues. The answer to inquiries to day was that Mrs.
Disraeli was still improving.

WIFE MURDER.—A man named Luke Martin,
a brush hawker, murdered his wife at Manchester ou
Monday night. He stabbed her in the pit of the stomach,
and she died three minutes afterwards. The police were
seen in search of the man, but they failed to find him that,
night. -

SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Dap•

WARWICK RACES—THrs DAY.
(BY BLECTR/C TELEGRAPH.)
SHORTS HANDICAP.
The Shorts Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; the
winner to be sold fcr 20 sovs; winners after the weights
are out 51b extra ; three furlongs.
Columbine
Practitioner
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Lupus

Eleven ran.
SCURRY 11ANDWAP.
Tlo Scurry Flat Stsites (Ila)dielp) of 5 sOVA each, h ft,
with 2./ whled, for all age; the wiuuer to be sold
for 53 sJy.i; gontleineu rilors, rotes sionuls Glb extra winners after the weights are out 51b oxtrt ; five fur-
longs.

Moehrie
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• NURSERY HA YWCA P
The Third Nursory Free Handicap of 5 sots each, in cane
of aceLTtance, with 50 added ; winners after Nov. 15
(at ten a.m.) 71b, twice 121 b extra ; half a mile.
Patrician

Fairfax..

Fourteen ran.

PROGRAMME OF LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK-
SHIRE HUNT MEETING.

FRIDAY.

The Welter Handicap of 5 Boys each, 2 ft, for three ye•4l.
olds and upwards; winners after the weights are out Sib
extra ; gentlemen riders, professionals 61b extra ; half a
mile.
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 add,,a ; two
year olds Bst 41b, three 9st 71b, four, five, and. 'two
9st 11Ib ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; tha winner
to be sold for 150 sovs ; if entered fur 100
soya allowed
71b, 60 141 b, 30 211 b; five furlongs.
A Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap) for all age,S: the winner to
be sold for 40 sovs ; winners after the weights are out
51b extra ; half a mile.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 soya (Handicap), for Hates
. year olds and upwards ; winners after the weight* are
out 51b extra ; three quarters of a mile.
The Leamington Grand Annual Handicap Steeplechase of
20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared on or before
Tuesday, Nov. 12, with 100 sovs added ; for ail horses ;
a winner of a steeplechase aftgr the weights are pub,
lisped to carry 71b ; -twice, 101 b extra ; the second horse
to save his stake, and the winner to pay 25 sovs tonards
expenses ; five horses to start, or the public moray will
not be given; entrance 2 sovs. Four miles. 51 subs.
Age st lb Age st 111
Meanwood... ... al2 7 The Riover alO 1.0
Gameboy (pd) all 9 Trap, by Trapper.., alO 7
Despatch ... all 6 Ross a 10 6
The Elk ... all 2 Pixie ... a 10 5
Sir William a 11 0 Marengo ... a 10 4
Patience ... ft 11 0 Balder .-.. ... alO 3
The Doctor ... 610 12 Greenland ... 610 2
Tally-ho, by Come- Torpedo ... ... 510 2
away, dam by Bishopton 510 0
Willingham (hb) a 10 12 Northern Light(lab) 6 10 0
Innellan (pd) alO 12 King Arthur ... alO 0
The Lamb... ... 510 12 Helen .. 610 0
The Nun (h. b) ... a, 10 10 Stockings ... 5 10 0
Pearl Diver ~, alO 10 Chimney Sweep 510 0
L.S.D. ... 610 10 Standard Bearer 610 0
The Flea a 10 10
The Bradgate Cup, value 100 Boys, added to a Handicap of
10 sovs each, 3 ft ; winners of a handicap after Nov. 15
(at ten a.m.) 71b extra; one mile.
Queen of Trumps (aged), Wroughtou (3 yrs), Grey
Stocking (4 yrs), Aggravator (3 yrs), The Celt `4 yrs),
Lady Pam (3 yrs), Her Ladyship (4 yrs), Muskeeter (5
yrs), Mrs. Spence (3 yrs), Canard (3 yrs), Muezzin (aged),
Pythcn (3 yrs), Vixen (5 yrs), Sister to Scottish Chief (3
yrs), br f Malcolm out of Manoeuvre (3 yrs), Moose (aged),
Redbourne (3 yrs), Humphrey Davy (4 yrs), Czar (4 yrs),
Lady Vane (4 yrs), Commissioner (3 yrs), King Charming
(5 yrs), Beauclerk (3 yrr), Zenobia (5 yrs), Nancy (3 yrs),
Van Awburgh (3 yrs), Cecrops (4 yrs), Ulphus (4 yrs),
Rabbit Trap (3 yrs), The Peer (4 yrs), Conundrum (4 yrs),
Mrs. Allan (4 yrs), Knight of the Garter (3 yrs), Breadal-
bane (5 yrs), Narino (3 yrs), Overture (aged), Captain
Kidd (3 yrs), Safety (3 yrs), Nu (5 yrs), Excitement (3 yrs),
The Winding-up Free Handicap of 10 sovs each, in case
of acceptance, with 50 added, for all ages ; winners after
the weights are published 71b, twice 111 b extra; three
quarters of a mile.

Age st lb
Belmont ... 4 8 12 Czar
King Charming ... 5 8 7 The Star
Indian Star 4 8 4 The Dean...
Python 3 8 0 Primate
Feu Billet_ ... 5 8 0 Jeanie Deans
Mistletoe ... 4 8 0 Grand Duke
Langhttin ... 4 7 12 Beauclerk
Rococo 4 7 12 Porter's Knot
Dick Turpia 3 r 12 British Tar
Dawdle ... ... 67 10 Reta,-,o
Miss Princes ... 3 7 9 Excitement
Wild Moor ... 3 7 p Cromwell .
The Peer ... 4 7 8 13tgpip3
Indigestion .. 5 7 8 Columbine
Catherine tiayesf... 3 7 8 Greouford
Larly Clinton ... 3 7 7 Lady Pain_
U,phus 4 7 7 Canard
Overture ... a 7 7 The Salvor
Vigilant ... 5 7 6 Y. Lord
Cellina :3 7 6
The Professional Jockey Steeplechase Stakes of 5 sous
each, with 30 added, for all ages, ecc.; 9st 71b each.
Speculation (h b), aged ; Wedding Peal, 5 yrs ; The
Demon, 6 yrs; Fearnought ;. The Captain.

Ago st lb
... 4 7 5
... 5 7 5
... 3 7 3
▪ . 4 7 2
... 3 7
• 3 612
„. 3 6 10
... 3 6 9
... 4 6 6
... 3 6 6
... 3 6 5
•3 6 4
... 2 6 4
... 3 6 0
... 3 6 0
• 3 5 12
• 3 5 10
... 2 5 10
... 3 5 7

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.— This Day.

(By Telegraph.)
GiLATEIEND, Thursday Morning
Arrived -Alex, from Nordkoping; Luigi, from Odessa;
Mary and Elizabeth, from Engleholm ; Murcur, from Go-
thenburg; Neptune, from Cronstadt ; Charlemagne, from
Gothenburg; Amon, from Cronstadt ; William Watson,
from Cronstadt ; Radiant., from Cronstadt ; Waterloo,
steamer, from Rotterdam; Tiber, from Gefle ; Plutov,
from Uddewalla ; Christian, from Bkonwick ; Industry,
Rock City, and Elizabeth Harrison—all from Cronstadt ;
Thirteen, from Riga ; Polly Preston, from Eugelholm ;
Nerena, from Hudickwall ; Marcella, from Guernsey ;
Cosmopolitan, steamer, from Charente ; Baron Osy,
steamer, from Antwerp.

Sailed.—MJmnou'llsliire, for Bombay; Clanalpine, for
Brisbane; Blanche, steamer, for Dunkirk.

Dzal,, Thursday Morning.
Passed, Nov. 20.—Susan Elizabeth, from London, for
St. Michael's; Europe, screw steamer, from London, fur
Genoa.