The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

Urling. A Novel. 3 vols. Harrison.

This is a very interesting story, the character!
are numerous, and some of the chief ones are a 4
mirably sketched. It is evident that the book 1°
the production of an unpractised hand, as sore°
parts are greatly exaggerated, for instance, the
conduct of Sir Grice and Lady Claverton at ille,l^t
dinner table is improbable in the extreme, and tn°
manners of Mrs. Willerdy are overdrawn 113
fussiness and fancies. These drawbacks are not °
any material importance to the story however,
which is possessed of many merits, and exhibits 11
some passages a freedom and freshness of stYla
which proclaim it the composition of no inferior
order of mind. It would be impossible to give an°
outline of so complicated a n trrative, and 0-
meagre detail could give a correct idea of the inge
nutty with which the plot is designed, or the slcdl
r
with which the execution is effected. Sir Reginaldt
Urling, the chief of the race, is a fine character, ba.
the fatal effects of pride and prejudice marred 1110
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noble nature, and gave opportunities to his enenst'7
which they were not slow to take advantage °f.
Frank, his nephew, is the hero, and his
was a painful ono. He was surrounded by di b,
conies and dangers ; he had not knowledge enotige
of the world to avoid the former, or skill to extric3ta
himself from the latter. The squire Willeraly lb:-
specimen of the old English gentleman. ,
Latimer, a noble type of a Christian pastor. Tha,
gentlemen were the only true friends of Sir 13t!g.,7,0
nald. Schoolfellows in boyhood, compaill%-e
in youth, they were friends in all
chances and changes of their earthly pilgrialt;
It would have been well for the Peas
of many had the baronet followed the advice of to{
sensible squire, and allowed the mild precepts ra •
the doctor to rule his actions. The wily l'aer;
Norcaster is described in a very striking raa.",.11 he
and the various plots and counter plots in whi,°`!o
and his myrmidons were engaged, are disclosecl,lo-
- that imparts excitement to the story, all
vests it with the attributes of the mysterious of
romantic. There is no doubt that the author t,
"Urling" might do better in a second attealich
but in the present work the reader will find 171 °r
to admire, apart front the interest of the storY:2iog
the merit of the descriptions. There is son:101:0o
superior in the style, something true in the lee'
expressed, and unusual talent adorns its pages'

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CAPTURE OF
rt AN ESCAPED CONVICT. The COlllicttll
Williatn Robes, who effected his e'caP e from'Chntto
dockyard on Saturday last, has been captured in "er
woods between Rochester and Gravesend. The 10° e•
in which he succeeded in baffling his pursuers is •B°`—,l'
ni •
what singular. On escaping from the dockyard he 99/Zi• •
out to her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, 26, lying in °,.00
nary in the Medway, and although it was in the dePla,A,
he succeeded in getting on board that vessel unperceiv;
Re then stowed himself away until the following rilLll
log, when he dre,sed himself in sailor's clothes, n'ul-o.
he stole on board, and without having been once sees',
took one of the ship's boats and rowed himself ae"rbe
A f er wandering about in a state of great destitution f •
was captured on Tuesday in the neighbourhood diet
vil:age Chalk,au-d
conveyed back to the confl
prison at Chatham. Toe cmvict, who has been Presi
vioubly transported, was sentenced to six years' OP,
servitude at the Liverpool session held in Febrilgr°
1857. •