The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

The Forgery of Prussian Bank Notes.

Last night two of the City detective force suc-
ccededed in capturing a person, who gave the name
of Richard Love, and who stated that he was a
German by birth, on a warrant charging him with
the forgery of a 500-thaler note purporting to be
of the Prussian Government, and also with having
in his possession two plates (one copper and one
steel) with engravings representing part of a 500-
thaler ,note. The prisoner was taken into custody
in Cheapside, and had in his possession one
note for 500 thalers, three foa 100, two for
50, six for 25, three for 10, six for 5, and three for
one thaler. He gave two addresses, one at No. 42,
Pratt-street, Camden-Town, and the other at
No. 2, Woodbridg-street, Clerkenwell, and at one
of those places the detective officers found a litho-
graphic stone representing a portion of a 500
thaler note.

His capture has been made through the engraver
whom he wished to engage to complete the plates.
He was brought before the Lord Mayor to-day and
remanded.

ELECTION COMMITTEES —This Day.

WINDSOR.

Tho proceedings in this committee were resumed this
morning. A witness named Smith was called to prove
a case of bribery against the blue party. He said he had
been promised by Mr. Buckland £6 to vote blue—that is,
for Sir EL Hoare and Mr. Labouchere. B.e had not, how-
ever, received and he did not know now whether he should
get it or no. He was sure he had kot received it, and he
looked upon the matter as good as gone. (Laughter.) He
knew a man named Wicks, and through him he went
to Mr. Long, but ho had not paid the money,
and ho did not think he would. His landlord,
Mr. Tolliday, had threatened to turn him out if his
rent was not paid, but he had told him he had been pro-
mised some money by the blues, and if he did he (Mr.
Tolliday) should have it. He had signed a paper stating
that he had not received any bribe, but he had never
"said" so.
Henry Smith, a son of the last witness,'said a few days
ago Mr. Clevo and Mr. Herbert came to his father's house
to examine him. After they had had some conversation,
Herbert told his father he must not say that he had been
promised anything, but that he must say he voted free and
without any promise. His mother was present while the
matter was going on, but all he heard her say was "Hop-
kins." He could not recollect hearing her say one single
word but that.

William Hall said previous to the election he heard a
conversation going on between Smith and Buckland.
Buckland asked Smith how he was going to vote. Smith
said ho did not know ; to which Buckland replied, " What
do you mean ?" Smith then said, "Well, you see, I want
my rent paid, Buckland ; that will be all right ; you shall
have the money." Smith then said to Buckland, " Well,
if I get it I shall give you a sovereign for your trouble."

LITERATURE.

iie Dayrells. A Domestic Story. By the Vis-
countess Enfield. One Vol. Frederick WTarne

and Co.

Very charmingly written and very pleasantly told
in a graceful style and a natural manner is this
domestic story of the " Dayrells." The " Dayrells,"
we are informed at the outset, " were no re-
lations whatever to Guy Darrell, the famous hero
of " What will lle Do with It ?." They are, never-
theless, as their authoress truly describes them, " a
gentle and kindly race—not faultless, but loveable,
even in their errors, and interesting from their
sorrows." These sorrows, as the readers of their
histories will be inclined to think, are somewhat
excessive, but the dark cloud has its silver lining.
We will not betray the interest of the little mystery ;
we will content ourselves with enumerating only
some members of this very delightful family. Two
cousins are the heroines, Gertrude Dayrell, a type of
all that is gentle and good in womankind, and
Amabel—surnamed Amy, Aimee, Amoretta, The
Beloved One—a specimen of all that is charming
and capricious. There is Charles Dayrell, the
heir presumptive to the head of the
house, who, acting upon a rash impulse,
endangers life and happiness ; there is also William
Dayrell, the half-jealous second heir, and Sebastien,
"'the best of sons," and Arthur Dayrell, the best of
fathers, and young Reginald Dayrell, whose
jealousy of his younger brother nearly provokes
tragic consequences. Then there is " Uncle John,"
Earl of Kendal, and head of the house ; and Mrs.
Charles Dayrell, the young widow ; and Mrs.
Arthur, the wife and mother. A few strangers
intermingle with this family group, and their vari-
ous peculiarities are described with a telling pen.
As for example a Mr. Smith, who we are told "was
very fond of doing the honours of everybody's
house, and when he dined out pressed his host's
victuals on his neighbours with the most affectionate
consideration ;" and Mrs. Smith, who, when you
talked to her, " always listened to what somebody
else was saying to a third person, which was very
pleasant and satisfactory !" We have been so much
pleased with the matter and the manner of this
graceful little tale that we could wish the winding
up of the plot had been more satisfactory.

The Quarterly Review.
The current number of the Quarterly Review con-
tains an unusual variety of interesting papers. The
"Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds" furnishes a charming
biographical subject. " The Judges of England"
gives occasion for an historic, biographic survey of
English law and lawgivers since the Conquest.
" The Science of Language" and " Coal and
Smoke," in their several ways, concern matters
of theoretic interest and practical utility. " The
Government Reform Bill," of course, is the Quar-
terly's political manifesto ; while two very excellent
social articles discuss the important subjects of the
" Children's Employment Commission" and " Fe-
male Education." On religious themes we have a
very interesting article on St. Patrick and the early
Irish Church, and a spirited and well-deserved
condemnation of a recent work, entitled " Ecce
Homo." In regard to this publication the writer
in the Quarterly justly reminds us that " while
error is perpetually changing its form and is
only born to die, the grand truths of Chris-
tianity are passed on with accelerated impulse from
generation to generation. They were never more
in the ascendant than now ; and there is this good,
at least, in the assaults of adversaries, that they
promote inquiry, and help to establish the revela-
tion they were designed to overthrow." The article
on " The Children's Employment Commission" is
one of most painful interest. The poor shirtmaker
exclaims, in the touching words of the poet—

" 0 men, with sisters dear-
-0 men, with mothers and wives—
It is not linen you're wearing out,

But human creatures' lives !"
In like manner may the fathers and mothers who
peruse these heart-breaking revelations shudder
at the sight of every item of domestic use
around them. The cups and saucers on our
breakfast table (until recent legislative inter-
ference) were carried to and fro into the ovens by
little " mould runners," children from five to ten
years of age, who from morning to night ran back-
wards and forwards, carrying from 30 to 50 dozen
moulds into the stoves, and remaining in them (at a
temperature of 140) long enough to take the dried
earthenware. " The number of children so employed
at the time of the last census was no less than
1,850, of these 593 being not over five years
of age." Would nectar itself be sweet out of a
cup manufactured by such means But in this,
as in so many instances, " Ignorance is bliss."—
Bliss to the one side and death and destruction to

the other. Passing over the horrors of the Lucifer
dipping and the agonies of the jaw disease, as
matters thathave been ameliorated, an awful amount
of evil still exists and still cries aloud for remedy. The
lace which adorns the gay children of the rich has
been too often woven by little fingers. Children
are sent to the lace school at six, or sometimes at
five or even four, years of age ; here they sit closely
packed, " like herrings," and work from early in the
morning till late at night, sometimes even into the
night, and the cane is brought out to excite diligence
when weariness and exhaustion set in. Straw plait-
ing again, being easy work, employs children even
at three years old, and here again it is not the hard-
ship of the work that is complained of, but the close
confinement, and the long weary hours. At
glove making again, " little creatures, four or five
years of age, are kept up shamefully late.
Mothers have been known to pin them to
their knees to keep them from falling down

and then slap them to keep them awake."
We have said enough to explain the powerful inte-
rest of these revelations. The article on " St. Pat-
rick and the Early Irish Church" is also full of
interest. " Notwithstanding the busy, material
spirit of the age," says the writer, " we must be
sadly deficient in the higher feelings of humanity if
our curiosity is not aroused to know something of
the secret of St. Patrick's success. Why cannot we,
with all the resources of modern learning and civi-
lisation at our command, produce as deep an im-
pression upon the heathen nations of the East ? How
did the Church founded by St. Patrick not only oc-
cupy Ireland, but show vitality sufficient to revive the
Christianity which had been extinguished elsewhere ?
We cannot help asking whether any answer has been
given to these questions by recent investigators."
In his extracts from Dr. Todd's history the writer
quotes the following interesting passage, taken
from the Confessions of St. Patrick, and describing
his escape from slavery :
Although he had never been to the place, and knew
nothing of the inhabitants, he fled from his master, with
whom he had been in slavery for six years; "and I went,'
ho adds, " in the power of the Lord, who directed my way
for good, and I feared nothing till I arrived at that ship."
The captain of the ship, however, roughly refused him a
passage, and Patrick was about to return to the hut where
he dwelt, first offering up a prayer, as was his wont. His
prayer was not finished, when one of the sailors called to,
him, saying, " Como back quickly, for these men call thee.'
He returned, and they said to him, "Come, for we receive
thee in faith, make friends with us how thou wilt."
They were three days at sea, and afterward 28 days wan-
dering in a desert till their provisions ran short. No doubt
Patrick had been speaking to them of the power of God, of
the efficacy of prayer, and of trust in God's Providence.
The leader of the party therefore said to him, " What say-
est thou, Christian ? Thy God is great and all-powerful.
Why, then, canst thou not pray to him for us ? for we perish
with hunger, and we find here no inhabitants." Patrick
answered, " Turn you in faith to my Lord God, to whom
nothing is impossible, and He will send you food, and ye
shall be satisfied, for He has abundance everywhere." And
so it was : for a herd of swine soon after appeared, many
of which they killed. Patrick and his companions were
relieved from their hunger, and remained in the place for
two nights. After this, he says, " they gave great thanks
to God, and I was honoured in their eyes."
Without entering into the particular merits of the
other subjects enumerated, we have said enough to
evidence the miscellaneous and interesting character
of the articles in the present Quarterly.

Stokes on Memory. London : lioulston and Wright.
Seventh edition, enlarged and illustrated.
Whether in the senate, or the pulpit, at the bar,
or on the platform, in our school days, or our
academical career, the possession of a correct and
tenacious memory is an unfailing handmaiden to suc-
°cm, That every legitimate effort to acquire one is

praiseworthy we admit, much as we are inclined to
suspect the virtue of art or science to aid nature in
this respect. The author of the little work before
us has done much, however, towards upsetting all
our preconceived theories on this head, both by his
book and by the interesting and instructive lectures
he is now daily giving at the Royal Polytechnic In-
stitution, by which, in the easiest possible manner,
all sorts of difficult calculations—chronological and
other events—philological researches and astronomi-
cal calculations, as well as every kind of scientific
and literary data, can be mastered and retained in
the memory, in a manner at once so simple and
easy that few, we feel certain, will credit it, unless
upon a perusal of Mr. Stokes's book or of a visit to
the institution we have just now mentioned.