The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-11 00:00:00

My Lady: a Tale of the Present Time. Two vols.

Smith and Elder.
This is a well.written story, displaying some skill
in the delineation of character, and no inconsider-
able ability. At the same time the subject selected
is one so painful and so unsuitable for the chief
point in a work of fiction, that the story is neither
pleasing nor satisfactory. "My Lady" herself is a
charming portrait of matronly dignity and good-
ness ; but her motherly virtues and feminine cha-
racter would have been better displayed in any
other circumstances. "My Lady" has been the
wife of a Sussex baronet for two and twenty years.
She has a family of sons and daughters, and has
filled her post as head of the household and lady
of the manor with grace and honour. Sir
Philip Umphraville, her husband, suddenly
brings desolation to the happy home by
eloping with the wife of another man. On
this point the whole story turns, and it is one
so repulsive and distressing that it mars the whole
pleasure of the reader, and casts a shadow over all
the book. Some variety is afforded by the love
stories of Hugh and Evelyn Umphraville, " My
Lady's" eldest children ; though the first has a tinge
of the horrible from the supposed lunacy of the
bride's relations, and the second is involved in the
general trouble of the family. The varying cha-
racters of the sons and daughters are well drawn,
and the author shows considerable power in the
pictures of domestic life. The great fault of the
book, as we have before said, is the selection of the
plot. In one point it is impressive, as showing the
injustice of the laws which give the husband in
such a case the unlimited control of the children.
We hope that when we again meet this author in
the pages of fiction he will have selected a happier
subject, which will display his unquestionable
ability to greater advantage.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte. By E. C. Gaskell,
author of "Ruth," &c. Fourth odition. One

vol. Smith and Elder.
A fourth edition of a work so lately published
proves the estimation in which it is held by the
public. The life of one who during her brief career
excited so vividly the public interest, written by a
sister authoress of almost equal celebrity, could
scarcely fail to secure a large and immediate circu-
lation. Somewhat of the morbid gloom that sha-
dowed poor Miss Bronte's life hangs over its pages,
but as a faithful portrait of an existence so peculiar,
in its isolation amid the celebrity of the author, it
will always be full of interest to the psychological
student and to the thoughtful reader. The present
edition in its commodious form is likely to be much
sought after, the only alteration being in some
judicious withdrawals of facts that. trenched too
closely on the sacredness of private life. The por
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trait of Charlotte Bronte retained as frontispiece

The Journal of Psychological Medicine. No. X
New Series.

The unusual deg Tee of public attention which has
lately been turned. towards the treatment of the
insane, and the management of lunacy commissions,
will render . this journal a subject of interest to
many readers unconnected with the profession. It
has several articles on general topics. One on the
"Moral Pathology of London," brings before us some
of those startling facts respecting the lowest classes
in our wealthy metropolis, which so urgently de-
mand the attention of the social reformer. It
seems incredible that such a state of things should
be allowed to continue year after year, that genera-
tion after generation should be suffered to grow
up in vice, ignorance, and crime, treading the same
round, from the miserable crowded room in which
they first see - the light, to the prison, the
workhouse, perhaps the scaffold ; while states-
men and social philosophers are discussing the
progress of nations, and pious men are crossing the
seas on missions to the heathen a little of the
charity which begins at home is sorely wanted in
our wealthy and energetic metropolis. A lengthy
paper on a particular class of dreams, induced by
food, may bring some comfort to the superstition..
An article on " Foreign Asylums" describes and dis-
cusses their systems of management. An essay on
" Lunacy Legislation," from the pen of the able D
editor, r. Forbes Winslow, will be certain to cora-
mud attention. It formed his valedictory address
at the meeting of the ASXOCiAi9II Of Medical Officers

of Asylums for the Insane, at Edinburgh in last
July. It is tersely and forcibly written, and con-
tains some useful suggestions.

The Westminster Review. John Chapman. No.

XXVIII.

Several articles of general interest and unusual
ability meet us in this number of the Westminster.
The opening one, on " France under Louis Napo-
leon,'' treats of the much-vexed question of the
Imperial Government. The second, "On Indian
Heroes," is a brief and forcibly-written retrospect
of the achievements of our Eastern warriors. The

list of noble names, and the record of glorious deeds
given in this short essay, are sufficient to make
any Englishman proud of his countrymen. The
cordial spirit in which it is written will commend it
to all readers. Another very interesting paper is en-
titled "Travel during the last Half-century," showin g
the vast influence on social advancement exercised by
the new scenes, new thoughts, new sciences, brought
to light by modern travellers. The passage which
sums up a few of the wonderful changes brought
about by the spirit of research and enterprise is well
worthy of perusal. The varying climates explored
in the last few years by our countrymen, from the
waste of the Tartar steppes to the interior of
Southern Africa, recall the poet's boast--

"Wave may not foam, nor wild wind sweep
Where rest not England's dead."
A paper on F. W. Newman and his evangelical
critics plunges deep into the whirlpool of
theological and mystical discussion, which
still maintains its place in this otherwise
able and intelligent publication. Two articles,
" Recent German Fiction," and the " Outbreak
of the English Revolution of 1642," will
repay perusal.

The British Quarterly _Review. No. LXI. Simpkin

and Marshall.

The contents of the British Quarterly are
scarcely so attractive as usual. An article on
" Wycliffe" will interest the scholar who desires to
know more of the career of the great English
Reformer than is general. Mr. Froude's history
receives an elaborate notice, which discusses the
merits and eccentricities of the work with ability
and favour. " Kalendars and Old Almanacs" is

the title of a paper that will amuse the anti-
quarian. There are also articles on M. Comte's
Atheistical doctrines, the Vatican Greek Testa-
ment, and other subjects of scholastic discussion,
but the number is somewhat heavy and deficient in
general interest.

The Journal of Agriculture. No. 62. Blackwood

and Sons.

A paper by Mr. Robert Scott Burn, whose name
is becoming well known in connection with agri-
cultural mechanics, on " Novelties of the National
Agricultural Shows of 1858," is the first article in
this number. The opinion of a good practical judge
on the new inventions will be acceptable to those
whom distance prevented from judging for them-
selves. A paper on " The Physical Condition of
the People," especially of the rural labourer, treats
of those terrible evils of overcrowding and a want
of domestic accommodation that have so often been
denounced by the social reformer. A review of
the valuable work on agricultural implements and
machines recently published by Messrs. Blackwood
renders it the credit due to its careful and minute
descriptions. The Summary for the Quarter and
" The Farmer's Note Book' contain their usual
information, and the Report of the Transactions of
the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
has many sensible and practical papers.

REAM OF LORD CHAS WELLESLEY.

We regret to announce the death of Lord Charles
Wellesley, brother and heir-presumptive of the
Duke of Wellington, which took place at an early
hour on Saturday morning at Conholt-park, Wilts.
His lordship had for some months past been in de-
clining health. The Duke of Wellington came from
his seat in Norfolk, to attend on his brother, and
was with him at his dissolution. Lord C. Wellesley
was the youngest of the two sons of the late illus-
trious Duke of Wellington, and was born Jan. 16,
1808, at the chief secretary's lodge, Phcenix-park,
Dublin. The deceased entered the army in June,
1824, and remained until he obtained the regimental
rank of major, when he went on half-pay for three
years. He accompanied his regiment, the 15th
Foot, to Canada, on the outbreak of the rebellion.
He returned in 1840, in command as lieut.-colonel
of that corps, from which he retired in March, 1845.
His lordship was for several years in the House of
Commons, having represented South Hants from
August, 1842, to July, 1852. At the general elec-
tion that year he was elected for Windsor, in con-
-1 junction with Mr. C. W. Grenfell. In February,
the following year, he resigned from inability, owing
to loss of sight, to attend to his parliamentary
duties. In politics his lordship was what is termed
a " liberal conservative," voted for free trade, and
all the great progressive measures of the late Sir
R. Peel. During the administration of that emi-
nent statesman he held the appointment of chief
equerry and clerk marshal to her Majesty, which
he resigned in July, 1846. Lord Charles accom-
panied the Earl of Wilton's special mission to Dres-
den in September, 1842, to invest the late King of
Saxony with the Order of the Garter. He married
July 9, 1844, Augusta Sophia Anne, only daughter
and heiress of the late Right Hon. Henry M. Pierre-
pont, by whom, who survive his lordship, he has
left issue four children, two sons and two daugh-
ters. His commissions in the army bear date as
follows :—Ensign, Jan. 16, 1824 ; lieutenant, Nov.
2, 1828; captain, Feb. 28, 1830; major, Sept. 8,
1831; lieut.-colonel, Dec. 29, 1837 ; colonel, Nov.
11, 1851; knd major-general, Dec. 8, 1856. The
deceased nobleman was for a period aide-de-camp
to the late Field Marshal Viscount Hardidge.

REGAL OF WILLIAM GILL'S SEQUES-

TRATION.

The Lord Ordinary of the Court of Session has,
upon a petition by Mr. Joseph Joel, London, recalled
the sequestration lately granted to Mr. William
Gill. The recal was craved on the ground, among
others, of defective designation. The description
the bankrupt gave of himself in his petition for
sequestration was—" William Gill, sometime resid-
ing in Park-villas, Richmond, in the county of
Surrey, and now residing at Tobermory, in the
island of Mull and county of Argyle," omitting all
reference to his chambers at Lincoln's-inn, or his
house at Bayswater, during his residence in which
his debts were chiefly contracted. Mr. Joel's peti-
tion for recal set forth :-1. That the bankrupt was
not on the 3d of August, when the seques-
tration was awarded, a person of whose estate
it was competent to award sequestration. He
was a native of Enland, and a domiciled
Englishman ;he was a barrister-at-law and prac-
tised as such for several years ; his own resi-
dence and that of his family. was in England. The
whole of his funds were situated in England, and
the whole of his creditors resided in that country.
He resided only a few weeks in Tobermory, and he
had no intention of taking up his permanent resi-
dence there. His sole object in coming to Scotland
and in taking up his residence at Tobermory, was
to get the benefit of the Sequestration Act, and, if
possible, to evade the measures of his creditors, and
obtain protection against them. 2d. The, designa-
tion of the bankrupt as given in the petition, and
in the notices in the Edinburgh and London Ga-
zettes which followed the award of sequestration,
was not a sufficient nor a correct designation, and
it was resorted to by him as a device for prevent-
ing his creditors from becoming aware of the se-
questration. The selection of the remote locality
of Tobermory as his residence in Scotland was also
made with the view of interposing obstacles to his
creditors in the prosecution of their claims. To this
petition Mr. Gill lodged answers, and maintained
that at the time the sequestration was awarded he
was domiciled in Scotland, and subject to the juris-
diction of the Court of Session, and that, the whole
requisites of the statute having been duly observed,
the sequestration was properly and regularly
awarded. The Lord• Ordinary (Benholme), in a note
to his interlocutor recalling the sequestration, says::
" It is plain, from the terms of the schedules annexed
,to the statute, as well as from general principles,
that a party who applies for sequestration ought to
designate himself properly. The bankrupt is a bar-
rister-at-law and a member of the Society of the
Inner Temple, and, by his own account, has prac-
tised for several years with some success. Ilia
average professional income was between £2OO and
£3OO. His circuit expenses averaged £4O, The
rent of his chambers, which were in No. 8, Old-
square, Lincoln's-inn, was £3O. He was on his re-
turn from abroad to resume his practice in the
courts towards the end of last year when
he was incarcerated for debt, and pre-
vented from coming home till recently before his
coming to Scotland. The petitioner for sequestra-
tion suppresses his proper designation of barrister-
at-law. He makes no mention of his chambers in
Lincoln's-inn or his house in Bayswater, where he
had had a permanent residence for years. He de-
signs himself as now residing at Tobermory, and
sometimes residing at Park Villas,
Richmond, in
the county of Surrey.
His residence at Richmond
could only have been between May or June in
1857, when he took his house there, and August of
that year, when he went abroad ; and his residence
at Tobermory was only for 40 days. It would be•
pessimi exempli to allow a person unconnected witht
and unknown in this country to disguise himself
under such a description' and thus obtain a segues
tration behind the backs of his creditors residing
in England,"

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