The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

are left to take their chance in the courts and alleys
of our great cities. Surely our philanthropists
might do something for the girls as well as for the
boys. Mr. Holman Hunt's picture is the subject
of an article and a poem ; the first being a careful
criticism of its merits, the second some thoughtful
verses from the pen of Miss Muloch. The con-
tinuation of " Tom Brown at Oxford" removes us
from the old collegiate town to a new scene, and
introduces us to a new circle of acquaintances,
though perhaps less attractive ones than the circle of
old friends at St. Ambrose. "The Question of the
Age—is it Peace ?" is the title of an essay which
gives a very decisive answer to the question in a
list of the wars and quarrels in which Great Britain
has been involved since the peace of 1815, and also
of the wars and principal revolutions which have
troubled the Continent since that period. The
formidable array of names extends over nearly
four pages of the magazine. Sir F. H. Doyle con-
tributes some spirited and feeling verses on the
Fusilier's dog, who shared with the regiment the
perils and hardships of the whole Crimean cam-
paign, and was lately run over, to the great regret
of all his military friends.

One of Them.
Lever's serial as yet develops no particular plot,
but his delineation of American character is first-
rate ; he makes a mistake, however, in blending
two most incongruous elements, viz., the insulting
bowie-knife and revolver Southern Statesman with
the sober calculating Yankee. He depicts each
character to the life, but it is unnatural to combine
them in one individual. Although we may not agree
with Mr. Quackinboss in his contempt for works of
art, there is nevertheless much truth in the follow-
ing remarks :

" The Arts are Italy's noblest inheritance,' said Ogden,
sententiously.
" That ain't my platform, stranger. Civilisation never
got anything from painters or sculptors. They never taught
mankind to be truthful, or patient, or self-denyin', or
charitable. You may look at a bronze Hercules till you're
black in the face, and it will never make you give a cent to
a lame cripple. I'll go further again, stranger, and I'll say
that there ain't anything has thrown so many stumblin'-
blocks before pro-gress as what you call the Arts, for there
ain't the equal o' them to make people idlers. What's all
that loafing about galleries, I ask ye, but the worst of all
idling f If you want them sort of emotions, go to the real
article, air. Look at an hospital, that's more life-like than
Gerard Dow and his dropsical woman—ay, and may touch
your heart, belike, before you get away.' "

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A THIRD MORTARA CASE.

Before the Judges have had time to finally dis-
pose of the cases of the Sherwoods and Mary
Mathews, another application was made yesterday
for an absolute writ of habeas corpus, directed to
one Henry Corr, of Donnybrook, ordering him to
bring up the bodies of Patrick and Alicia Murphy
within the usual period. The motion was grounded
on the affidavit of Alice Murphy, the mother of the
children who had been spirited away under the
following circumstances :

" She states that she resides at No. 3, Eccles-
lane, Dublin, and that she was married on the 20th
of January, 1849, to Patrick Murphy, of the city of
Dublin, tailor, who died in the month of November,
1856; that there were issue of the marriage three
children—Martha Murphy (deceased), Alicia
Murphy, and Patrick Murphy; that Alicia
Murphy was born on the 2d of February,lB49, and
is now aged 11 years ; that in October, 1857,
deponent, at the instance and request of several
gentlemen—the then Governors of the Josephian
Female Orphan House, situate at Wellington-road,
Dublin, and some of whom used to visit deponent's
husband previous to his death—put her daughter,
then aged eight years and four months, into the
school, to be maintained and educated ; that depo-
nent, up to September, 1858, was always allowed
access to her daughter, but that since that time she
made several applications to see her daughter, and
on each occasion was informed by the matron (Miss
Byrne) that the child was not there, and could not
be seen, as she was gone to the country with a
monk; that in January, 1859, deponent went to
the school, accompanied by one Henry Tagart,
shoemaker, residing in Eccles-lane, for the purpose
of seeing her child, but was again informed by Miss
Byrne that the child had gone to the country ; that
at the time the said Alicia was placed in the Jose-
phian school, she (deponent) did not sign or execute
any form of application for admission for the child
into the school, nor was any such at any time ever
tendered to her for such purpose; that since Sep-
tember, 1858, deponent has not been able to see her
child Alicia. That deponent's child Patrick was
born the 22d of April, 1852, and is now aged eight
years ; and on the 28th of July, 1858, the Rev.
Denis Heffernan, of Phibsborough Chapel, came to
deponent's then house, in Dispensary-lane, off Dor-
set-street, and asked her to visit the schools at
Denmark-street, to see if she would like to have her
son placed there; that the Rev. Mr. Heffernan came
to her house about the 28th of July, at about half-
past 1 o'clock, and repeatedly asked her to allow
the child to go to the said school; that about 2
o'clock deponent, in order to get the Rev. Mr.
Heffernan out of the house, consented to visit the
school with him, but on going away she left her
son Patrick in the house in the care of one Anne
Taaffe, who resided in deponent's house, in Dispen-
sary-lane (and who was at that time on intimate terms
with the deponent), until she returned from said
school. That when deponent got to the school, the
Rev. Mr. Heffernan left her, saying that he
would return in a few minutes. That she waited
in the school-room nearly half an hour, and find-
ing that the Rev. Mr. Heffernan did not return,
she left the school to return home. That on the
way back she :net the Rev. Mr. Heffernan, but
did not speak to him. That when she returned
home her son Patrick was absent. On making
inquiry from Anne Taaffe in the presence
of one Rose Short and Katharine Connolly, where
the child was, Ann Taaffe replied that the right
owner of the child had it. That on the evening of
the 28th of July, 1858, deponent repaired to Phibs-
borough Chapel, where the Rev. Mr. Heffernan re-
sided, but was told by the porter at the chapel-
house that the rev. gentleman was not at home.
That seeing the Rev. Mr. Heffernan coming up
the road, she went tc, him and asked for her
child. He replied that if she would not go away
he would get her charged to the police. That
after making several endeavours to find out
where the child was placed, she ascertained
in November last that Henry Corr, of Simmon's-
court, Donnybrook, had taken upon himself the
care and guardianship of the two children, alleging
that he did so under a will stated to be made by
deponent's husband ; saith that she has never seen
such will; that Henry Corr has offered to let depo-
nent see her children, provided that she agreed to
sign a paper undertaking not to interfere with
the education of the children, which deponent
refused to do, considering that he had no right
to make any such demand ; that she was pre-
vented from making an earlier application to
the Court in consequence of a difficulty of obtain-
ing professional assistance, and from the fact
that until November last she did not ascertain
with certainty who had the custody of the children.
On the above statement counsel submitted that the
Court would grant an absolute habeas corpus.
" The Chief Justice said the affidavit read was a
very voluminous one, and stated the fact that the
children are in the custody of a person who claims
to hold them upon title. He should show what
that title was. The Court would grant the order.
" Mr. Norwood said he supposed the Court would
grant an absolute order.
"Me. Justice O'Brien said the applicant was
entitled to an absolute order.

"The Court accordingly granted the order, the
-writ to be returnable in two days."

CRYSTAL PALACE.—This day, Thursday, is the
last for the purchase of admission tickets at ss. for the Matt.
delssohn Festival, which is to take place to-morrow. One
Shilling Day, May 2.—Admissions on payment" 2,172;
ditto by seasOls tickets, 225.—T0tal visitors, 2,997.
THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2.—The
Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Tasmanian, Capt.
T. W. Sawyer, sailed hence this afternoon with the West
India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, 85 passengers, £6,400 in
specie, jewellery value £9,357, quicksilver value £BOO, and
a full cargo. The United States' mail steamers Illinois,
Captain Seabury, and Fulton, Captain Wotton, on their
way from Havre to New York, embarked mails and pas-
sengers from this port, the former vessel yesterday and the
latter to-day. Both ships carry out a full complement of
Passengers and freight, and French and English mails.
CRINOLINE AND HOOPED PETTICOATS.—The far-
thingale of the time of Elizabeth answers to the hooped
petticoat. of the days of Queen Anne and to the crinoline of
Queen 1, ictoria. Against the farthingales the great master,
Philip Stubbes, inveighed with thundering eloquence.
"When they have all their goodly robes upon them," says
he, "women seem to be the smallest part of themselves, not
natural women, but artificial women ; not women of flesh
and blood, but rather puppets, or mawmets, consisting of
rags and clouts compact together." The queen herself con-
demned the fashion, and passed laws to put down such ex-
travagance. The wits assailed it, and what was the result ?
the farthingale expanded, and under James I. became as
remarkable for ugliness as for discomfort. Hooped petti-
coats cams into fashion again in the time of Queen Anne ;
and Addison's keen satire was directed against them. In
the Spectator, No. 272, appears an advertisement, dated
from the parish vestry, January 9, 1711-12 :—" All ladies
who come to church in the new-fashioned hoops, are desired
to be there before Divine service begins, lest they divert the
attention of the congregation." Gay took up the subject,
and handled it very roughly ; more polite wits averred that
these hoops only kept the men at a proper distance ; the
caricaturists represented a fashionably-attired lady as a
donkey carrying two panniers ; and Howarth pictured the
inconvenience of a full-dressed belle entering a sedan-ehair.
What the wits and caricaturists did in Queen Bess's time
and Queen Anne's, has been done over again in Queen
Victoria's.—The Ladies' Treasury.