The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

THE SHY BACHELOIt'd MANUAL.

My suggestion involves nothing less than the
writing of one gigantic book by all the ladies of
Great Britain put together. What I propose is a
Hind Book of Courtship, written by all Briti:h
Wives, and edited, with notes, by all British
'Daughters. The magnitude of my own idea abso-
lutely takes away my breath—and yet, the execu-
tion,of it is so -uniolagimibly easy, that the Hand
Book m;ght be ready for publication its six
months' time. I propose that every married lady
in the country shall write down the exact words
(for surely her affectionate heart must remember
them ?) which her husband used when he made
his offer to her ; and that she shall then
add to the interesting report of the offer illustra-
tive particulars of the circumstances under which it
was made, and of the accompanying actions (if any)
by which the speaker emphasized the all-important
words as they fell from his lips. I would bare the
returns, thus prepared, collected as the income tax
papers are, with the most extreme care and the most
honourable secrecy. They should be afterwards
shuffled together iu baskets, and distributed, one by
one, just as they happened to turn up, among the
unmarried ladies of the country, with the fol-
hwing brief formula of two questions at-
tached :—Fit st, would the form of offer'presented
herewith prove to be a satisfactory one in your
case ? And, it not, will you say in what particulars
you think it might be improved ? Second, would
the accompanying actions by which the offer was
pressed on the kind attention of the individual
addressed have specially inclined you to favour it
with a suitable reply ? And if not, what improve-
ments in the way of addition or suppression would
you be disposed, in the stric'est confidence, to
suggest ? When the necessary answer to these
questions had been given, I would have the
papers again collected, on the same income-
tax principle, and would immediately set the printers
at work. The MiriiedLadiei' Returns should form
the text, and the Unmarried Ladies' Returns should
be added in the form of notes. No names or ad-
dresses should appear anywhere. The book should
be bound in virgin white, with orange-flower de-
corations on the back. It Alould be printed in
rose-coloured ink, and it should be issued to the
world from a publishing-house established for the
purpose in Doctors'-commons. What an inestima-
ble bachelors' manual this would be !--Dickens's
I Household Wbrds.

DOUBLE EXECUTION AT ~WAINS6A.-0a Saturday
morning, at 8 o'elece, Maneli Zelephanta, alias Marled
Salapatane, and Hanagader Al?pus, alias Pa.naotis
Alepis, who were convicted before Mr. Baron Bramwell,
at Swansea, on the 27th of last month, for the wilful
murder til Atanasio Metropani on the 16th ult., were
executed in front of the county gaol. Toe convicts were
Greek sailors on board the Greek brig Penelope, which
was lying in Swansea harbour, and the deceased was a
cook in the same vessel. He was found in the river,
stabbed in a great many places, and the skull was also
fractured. The evidence given at the trial clearly fas-
tened the committal of the crime th
upon e prisoner-, and
they were left for execution. The prisoners' con r-,
at
filet was marked by a total absence of the belief of the
position in which they were placed, and it was only by
the ti,remitting attentions of the Archemandrite of the
Greek Church of the rnetrepoiis, and the Rev. Edward
Barnhart! Squire, pea chaplain of the gaol, that they
realised the awful fate that awaited them, and their sub-
Sequent conduct gave general satietaotion to the autho-
rities. Various attemots had been made to procure a mi-
tigation of the sentence, but they were unsuccessful. On
Saturday morning the Rev. the Arche,naudrite and the
Rev. Mr. Squire, together with Mr. Cox, the humane
governor of the gaol, were early in atteasdance upon the
convicts ; and the usual preliminaries having taken place,
the mournful procession was formed and moved towards
the scaff -Id. The culprits bore themselves firmly, and
thanked Mr. Cox and the other officials for the kindness
with which they had been treated during their confine-
ment in the gaol. Upon arriving at the drop, whither
they' had been attended by the Greek minister, they
warmly expressed their obligations to him, and having
kissed his hand with great fervour, Calcrait drew the
bolt, and after a short struggle they died. The fearful
scene was witnessed by about 20,000 spectators. The
prisoners died without having made any confession.
THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY SERVICES.--Yesterday
evening there was a very large congregation at West-
minster Abbey, when the sermon was preached by the
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, one of the canons. Prayers
were said by the Rev. Precentor Haden, and the lessons
were read by the Rev. Lord John Tnynne. The
preacher selected for his text the words of the Apostle
Paul—" We must all appear before the judgment sea.
of Christ," Upon this he founded an eminently prac-
tical discourse, which was delivered with great fervour.
It is understood that the Bishop of London will preach
in the abbey on the first or second Sunday in May.
There was a special service last night at St. Margaret's
Church for those who failed to obtain admission into the
abbey. The bercoon was preached by the Very D.
Trench, Dean of Westminster;