The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-05 00:00:00

NAPLES.

NAPLES, Feb. 2G.—The following important
information has just been received from a credible
source :—" During the last month the King and
the Hereditary Prince have presided at frequent
ecclesiastical conferences, at which were present
the Archbishops of Naples and Capua, Cardinals
Riario and Cosenza ; the Archbishop of Sorrento,
Monsignor Apuzzo ; and the Bishop o£ Isernia,
Monsignor Saladino. These, together with the
President of the Council, Cavaliere Troja, had
been engaged in drawing up a Concordat with the
Court of Rome similar to that which was concluded
last year between the Austrian Government and
the Holy See." Should this be true, it indicates
also a political apprpximation and union between
the three Governments in Italy the most interested
in checking all progress and maintaining things ex-
actly as they are ; in fact, the King is so tenacious
of power, and his jealousy of the two border States
so strong, that nothing but some strong political
motive could possibly induce his Majesty to accede
to a second edition of an Austrian Concordat. The
information, therefore, if true, is of evil augury for
the liberties of Italy.

THE Meir,s.—SOUTHAMPTOII, Wednesday.—The Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Capt.
G Brooks, sailed to-day for Malta and Alexandria, with
the India and China mails, 106 passengers (viz., 80 first-
class, 13 second, 12 servants, and 1 child) ; 2,976 boxes
of specie and jewellery for India and China, value
793,6871., and a full general cargo. The amounts of
epecio for the several places are as follow :
Silver. Gold.
Bombay £155,350 ...
Ceylon
Madras
Calcutta
Penang
Singapore
Hong Kong
Canton
Shanghai

£784,084 £8,489
Among the passengers are Mr. J. C. Bowring, Miss E.
Dowling, Col. Graham and Major Burrnester, for Hong
Kong ; Dr. and Mrs. Neale, for Penang ; Captain and
Mrs. Cracroft, for Malta; Major Heyman, for Bombay.

LITERATURE.

The Days of My Life. Aa Autobiography. By
the Author of " Margaret Maitland," &c. 3
vols. Hurst and Blackest.
This work is invested with the same charm as its
predecessors, an attractive style, a style that pecu-
liarly engages attention from its earnestness and
simplicity, the most trifling event, the smallest de-
tail of domestic life acquires an importance and in-
terest from the manner in which it is brought before
us. It is true that the story in question may not
be so pleasing to many readers, as the author's for-
mer production's' as it has fewer characters, and the
chief point on which the narrative turns does not
always succeed so well in 'gaining favour. The skill
is considerable, which is apparent throughout the
scenes where Hester and her husband are so
strangely placed. To appreciate her actions, her
nature must be considered, originally proud and
sensitive, and increased by her constant companion-
ship with her father, whose whole life had been a
prey to morbid ideas and imagivary wrongs. De-
prived of a mother's counsels, and shut out from
much intercourse with the world, where whatever
follies she might have imbibed, she must have
formed a fairer estimate of social events ; it is not
to be wondered at that her actions were hasty and.
inconsiderate. Had she not been placed in a cir-
cumstance of much peculiar trial, her pride might
have been softened and subdued by the wisdom of
advancing years, and the increased objects for
thought that the business of life might have pre-
sented, but in her wild youth her untutored spirit
was urged to the contest. She had sufficient right
on her side to be an excuse for her conscience, and
her sense of dependence was lost when her father
died. It is a striking illustration of the impotence
of pride to sustain alone the conflict of the world,
to see Hester in her trial, when real danger menaced
her, she saw, and felt, that she was to blame herself,
and to her credit she instantly listened to the warn-
ing of her thoughts, when the occasion that called
them forth was removed. Edgar Southcote is a
generous character, and he, like Hester, laboured
under disadvantages in his early years which
tended to diminish instead of developing his native
excellences. He committed one certain act of de-
ceit, which, however it might be excused, could not
be entirely efface -1 from the consideration of his
career. He learned the bitter truth, that man
must not commit evil that good might arise from
it. He intended, by a union with his cousin, to
reinstate her in her early home, to soothe his uncle's
wounded feelings at having been displaced from the
balls he had ruled over before his unexpected arri-
val bad occurred. He felt a deep interest in the
welfare of his relations, and a sentiment, never to
be effaced, had lingered in his memory through
long years, as he recalled the young maiden who
had at once owned his right to be the master, and.
when her father interposed had indignantly de-
clared that his witnesses were the portraits on the
walls, whose features lived again in this wanderer.
After the arrangements had been effected for the
installation of the heir, Mr. Southcote declined any
intercourse with his nephew, not from anger, but
a haughty feeling he could not overcome—a fear
lest he should be pitied. These thoughts were
shared by his daughter, and her pride had indeeed
a fall, when she found that the very means which
her father had employed to keep the intruder at a
distance had ended in her being ensnared. Had
they maintained a suitable intercourse with their
relative the evil could not have occurred, but as
ignorant as if he had remained in his native India
of his appearance and habits, they met as a stranger
the being they shunned. Unprejudiced in her
ideas, and natural in her manner, Hester became
attached to the poor student, as she fancied the
proud possessor of their home, the head of
their house to be. It is in the deception that
follows that Edgar Southcote draws down
upon himself long years of trial, and in a great mea-
sure deserves his suffering, for he sees that he had
put himself out of the pale of defence. When on
her return from abroad Hester found out her mis-
take -her indignation knew no bounds. She had
no one to advise her, she followed the dictates of
her early guides, pride and passion, through what
perils they led her, into what snares and pitfalls
she fell, and how many troublous hours she
mourned over her wasted youth, are here power-
fully declared to us. In the peaceful days of
existence all dispositions appear the same, but in the
hour of trial the nice distinctions and fine varieties
of humanity disclose themselves. What would
have cost a gentle heroine some hours of weeping is
naturally shown in Hester to have raised a volcano
in her frame. Her powerlessness to redress her
grievances was the climax to her worked-up and
overwrought spirit. She was too noble to desire
revenge, but she wished to vindicate herself from
the appearances her marriage would have. That
she should be chosen out of pity was as wormwood
to her Mind, steeped in the pride caught from her
father, and cherished through succeeding years by
herself. Heater Southcote is a natural character,
undisciplined and untrained, the germs of the noble
were implanted in her composition, and only
wanted time and opportunity to reveal themselves.
Solitude, the best nursery ground for such an ex-
cited temperament, proved her safety ; in the still-
ness of her own heart she could not be passionate ;
in the majesty of nature she forgot her pride.
Then in the dark hour of sorrow she went deeper
and higher into the mystery of her new-found
truths. Who was she to judge and condemn, an
erring sinner, and what were her dearly-nursed
wrongs in comparison with the real apprenticeship
to suffering which death, face to face, now threatened
to disclose It is not all who remember the reso-
lutions formed in trouble, and of these, few prac-
tise them. In this the native brightness of her cha-
racter shone out to redeem her previous failings,
and her high spirit that had nerved her in her day of
pride was vital to sustain her in a better cause. It is
interesting to watch the course of events in the latter
portion of the story, and it is satisfactory to the
reader to leave the house of Cottiswoode at last in
unity. This subject is not so attractive as those
which have formed the groundwork of the autho-
ress's earlier novels, but the spirit is the same in its
loftiness and integrity—in its calm but forcible up-
holding of truth and right; and this is a glorious
standard of success. It clothes words with beauty
without the graces of language, and nerves them
with might without the weapons of argument. To
" look through Nature up to Nature's God" may
well surpass the highest efforts of art ; and this
pre-eminently expresses the feeling that animates
this work. It may, therefore, be regarded with
satisfaction, and hailed with welcome, as an addi-
tion to the higher range of romance which from
time to time is distirgeishable amid the horde of
mediocrities, and which evidences and illustrates
the fact that fiction may serve a better purpose than
amusement, and aspire to a greater than that of
admiration.

Married for Love. By the author of " Cousin
Geoffrey," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett.
This is a story well calculated to attract the reader,
from the delineation of the characters and the
interest of the narrative. It is the history of Em-
meline Montresor, the only daughter of a wealthy
baronet and bis selfish and worldly wiie. They
both centre their hopes on their daughter, and the
mother in particular looks forward to her making a
grand marriage. Her expectations are doomed to
disappointment, for Emmeline has formed an ac-
quaintance with the brother of one of her school-
fellows, Claude Lindsay, the son of a supposed
millionnaire. Claude loves Emmeline' and consi-
dering that his father's wealth renders him a suit-
able match in her parent's eyes he demands her
hand from her father. To his surprise and anger
Sir Hildebrand Montresor rejects him decidedly,
having never liked him or his father. He leaves the
Douse more resolved than ever to marry Emmeline,
and circumstances favour his wishes. Emmeline
who is a dutiful daughter, and whose attachment is
not so great as Claude's, would probably have re-
signed herself to her father's will, if Mr. Lindsay,
a speculator, had not suddenly lost all his fortune and
become bankrupt. Pity determined Emmeline to
agree to what she would otherwise have refused to
do. She yielded to Claude's entreaties, and the
day after she was of age, the morning after a bril-
liant fete in her honour in which she captivated a
Duke, she left her home secretly, and became Mrs.
Lindsay. The authoress has impressed her moral
forcibly on the reader, not, of course, that it is
wrong to marry for love, but that to marry, like
Emmeline, iu defiance of her parents, urged by a
mistaken and superficial affection, is a fatal mistake,
that, sooner or later, will bring its owu punish-
ment. To poor Emmeline it came speedily, and
the • great error of her life was soon avenged.
Claude unfortunately bad a sort of second cousin,
Mrs. Wheedle Browne, who had secretly loved him
before her marriage, a selfish, cruel, and deceitful
woman. She soon became Emmeline's evil genius.
She misrepresented her to her husband, she alienated
his affections from her, she encouraged all his worst
qualities, and poor Emmeline soon found she had
broken her father's heart, estranged her mother,
deserted her happy home and rejected brilliant
alliances, to be neglected and maligned, for toil
and poverty, not even lightened by love. Added to
this her father died very soon after her marriage, and
though through the kindness of the housekeeper, she
managed to staal into the home which had once
been hers, and cheer his last days, she fet wish
bitter remorse that she had been his murderess
Her mother bad -taken advantage of her father's
first indignation and confusion of mind after the
fit which immediately seized him, to get him to
e luopnogn i
nwith
g t 0
the exception of two hundred a year
execute a will, excluding his daughter, and thus
the young couple had nothing to live

Emmeline. This small sum was much increased
by her industry in copying paintings, for her hue-
tand's want of application and industry prevented
him from earning anything in his profession
as a barrister. The troubles of the undutiful
daughter and neglected wife soon increased.
Her husband, under the evil influence of Mrs.
Wheedle Browne, found fault with all she did and
soon began to threaten her through her child, her
only solace. After much suffering her brother sud-
denly returns from his travel, and soon rescues his
sister from her miserable position. Mrs. Wheedle
Browne is convicted of attempting to poison Em-
meline, and Claude, brought to a sense of his con-
du t, leaves England. Emmeline and her child
live with her brother in retirement, and thus ends
the history of her who had " Married for Love."
There is a tragedy in low life as well. Ruth Reddy,
Emmeline 's favourite mai 1, who assists her elope-
ment, is married on the same thy, under very simi-
lar circumstances, and after much ill-usage is mur-
dered by her husband in a fit of passion. The story
is well written, and the interest sustained through-
out. It may perhaps be charged with a little ex-
aggeration. The deterioration of Claude is almo4
too rapid, and the character of Mrs. Wheedle
Browne would have been more natural if she had
not ended her career by attempted murder. Emme-
line herself is a charming character, and enlists the
reader's sympathies on her side, notwithstanding
her disobedience. Time and reflection soon taught
her how great had been her error in deceiving and
deserting her parents, even had the object of her
affection been more worthy of it. The story leaves
her looking forward to the chance of a reconcilia-
tion with Claude, but contented to remain in her
retirement should her hopes be disappointed. It
is well calculated to interest and instruct ;
its tone is elevated and its style simple and pleasing.
It is likely to extend the reputation of the autho
ress, and to fascinate the reader, though its interest
is of course of a melancholy character. Its object
is to show that Love, however sincere for the time,
can never be a substitute for Principle, and that
deceit and disobedience can never bring a blessing,
even should the heroine have " married for love."

Three Years in California. ,BY J. D. Borthwick.
Blackwood and Sons.
The discovery of gold in Australia and the conse-
quent emigration from this country, together with
the astonishing results, have for long had the effect
of throwing California into the shade. So much,
however, has been written and said on the sub-.
ject of Australian mining that the public have come
to think they "know all about it," and are, of
course, comparatively indifferent to any further
particulars than are comprised in the discovery and
working of new gold fields. One result of this
st ete of feeling is, the appearance of a work like the
present, at this juncture, so far from being inoppor-
tune, is well-timed, and the author may reasonably
hope to be read and appreciated. The period
of his sojourn in California commenced in 1851,
when the Californan gold fever was at its
heght in the United States of America, and would
therefore term;nate in 1854. So that some three
or more years have intervened between its extreme
limit and the present time. The author was at New
York when he caught the prevailing infection, and
with the eager haste of the day made bis prepara-
tions, and took ship with a party of Californian
emigrants of various nations, but chiefly
Americans, for Chagres. In due time the
party arrived at that place in safety, and our
author crossed the Isthmus and reached Panama.
On arriving at this stagewe have a graphic descrip-
tion of that wild and picturesque town and its re-
markable inhabitants, followed by his voyage to
San Francisco, with its hardships, and his arrival
there. The appearance of this city, we are told,
was of quite a makeshift and temporary character.
It exhibited, however, an immense amount of vita-
lity compressed into a small compass, and a degree
of earnestness was observable, says the author,
in every man's daily life. This earnestness, it
may be guessed, was not least noticeable in the
gambling-houses, which were both numerous and
splendid, and in the records of crime. On the
other hand, a real, solid, and desirable progress in
. the refinements of civilisation became indisputably
apparent or; closer observation. A goad many
pages are devoted to an account of the plake • bat
we can do no more than remark they will be found
worthy of perusal. From Francisco the author
started for Sacramento by steam-boat, and after a
brief delay pushed on for Hangtown, before his
arrival at which ominously named town he obtained
his first view of the scene of his intended labours.
Arrived at the diggings the author awl his partners
set to work as soon as possible, and for about six
weeks worked their ' claim" very successfully,
when the creek becoming dry, thereby entail-
ing a wait until next session, he sold his
interest and started for Nevada, a mining city, en
route to the Yuba river, to take a glance at the
mines in its vicinity. After much wandering he
finally returned to San Francisco where his narra-
tive terminates. The reader has, therefore,
to imagine a well-informed, enterprising,
and intelligent traveller, with an artist's
eye for the picturesque, for so long a space in such
a wild romantic country, peopled by adventurers
in a certain sort of keeping with it, to form a
general idea of the value of the present work.
Americans, English, French, Germans, Mexicans,
Indians, mese, &c., pass under his review
and elicit his candid comments on their peculiari-
ties and capabilities. The life of cities, of villages,
of travel, of the diggings—the gaming-table, the
bull-fight, the bear-fight, the ball, the theatre,
the rude hovel, the more or less pretentious
hotel, the plain, the mountain, the ravine,
the river, the creek, the gold mine, all are re-
produced with a fidelity and a vigour well
calculated to make a more than ordinary impres-
sion on the mind of the reader. The value of the
work is enhanced by several lithographs from
sketches by the author, illustrating some of the
most striking scenes he witnessed in his adventures.
Australian Essays on Subjects Political, Moral,
and Religious. By James Norton, Esq., sen.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans,
and Roberts.
It is with much pleasure we notice this volume
of Essays from the Antipodes. Their appearance is
a good sign, and their merit far from inconsider-
able. Mr. Norton possesses a fine, if not a brilliant
intellect, and that supported and directed by con-
siderable discrimination and high moral principle.
It is to his credit that, during his thirty-four years
of arduous professional duties, he has found time,
perhaps made it, to vindicate the higher elements
of our nature in the thick, and for the benefit of
the eager money-hunting community among
whom his lot has been cast. His essays need
no indulgence, though fairly entitled to it,
as will be admitted when it is added they make
their appearance not under bis personal superin-
tendence, but that of a friend. Of the religious
essays we shall say no more than that they are brief
and pointed, and are characterised by the same
independence of thought which pervades the moral
and political. The latter are deserving of the seri-
ous consideration of all who set store on our colonies,
the claims of the colonists on and as against the
neglectful mother country being lucidly and tem-
perately stated. Among the moral essays there is
one on " Beauty," another on " The Memory," and
a third, a decidedly able ono, by way of refutation
of a portion of the theory advanced in " Ves-
tiges of the Creation." None of the essays
are long—some of them are very short,
the author, as be broadly intimates in his
preface, having no liking for compositions—"full
of sound and fury, signifying nothing." One thing
we must not omit to notice : his friend has done
him justice—the book is tastefully got up, and
may, in conclusion, be recommended generally
as a
eneralt asticae.n
elegant and valuable gift book as
able contribution to English literature.

Louis Napoleon,_ Emperor of the French. A
Biography. By J. A. St. John. Chapman

and Hall.

hy
aught
The author of this volume has taken for his
owthhiinchg
feexwtenwuiallted,
ennyortsoebe
set
doivignhl
malice,"
minotto" N
ap-
propriate. It is a difficult, indeed an almost in-
vidious task, to write the biography of a man still
living, especially of ono Whose position renders him
the object of universal attention, and the peculiar
circumstances of whose career are especially calcu-
lated for the development of conflicting opinions.
The author, seeing the difficulties of his task, has
wisely resolved to avoid either extreme. Ho an-
ticipates that the extreme members of all parties
will be displeased with the moderation of his views,
but he asserts that his aim has been to forestall the
decisions of posterity, and draw a faithful picture
of the present slate of affairs in France and their
causes. It is not difficult to discover which way
his opinions or partiality inclines, but he appears
to have confined his recital in a great measure to
events. The greatest portion of the work is occu-
pied by the earlier portion of the Emperor's career,
and to most readers familiar with the details of
modern politics, and weary of the perpetual contra-
dictions of opposing partisans, this will be the
most interesting.

London University Calendar, 1857, contains all
the information such a work can be expected to fur-
nish—information n ecessaryt o the s udent, and at the
me time interesting to such as feel concerned in
the progress made at the metropolitan seat of learn-
ing, at all events the college of the metropolis.
Among the contents, the Examination Papers of
1856, and the Classical subjec's for the Matricula-
tion and B.A. Examinations in 1857 and 1858, may
be noticed,

LONER' MARKET

AND I -
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I mu,

The I, CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
vgaietly, but
very firmly, at the full prices of last
60r. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales ;
on of which were taken for export and. 1,500
stspeculation. The Railway Share Market was
Y, at Tuesday's rates.
~, The Directors of the Ceylon Railway Company
-teei,,, , _
piz ig favourable advices by the Overland Mail,
th,;) that arrangements had been completed with
wi"
‘approval of the Colonial Government, by
f 1,0,e4 a survey of the line would be commenced
li° :with- The object is to ascertain whether the
11,,,,-eaa be constructed for 1,200,000/.
°l the
is little alteration in the general prospects
lather
Money Market, but rates are regarded as
ill'er easier. The satisfactory payments on the
p :1111,,h '' of the month, and the impression which
ti:v; kis that trade, notwithstanding the political
peru.b',, will continue to be developed, gives the
te"ia confidence in the future progress of affairs.
'
Lsconcern is also manifested with regard to the
ih."l` din, Of specie to the continent, the arrivals from ,
at may
being considered. sufficient to provide for 8
bia: may be required, and will eventually leave a s
/tl74Se to swell the total in the Bank of England. 1
Threadneedle-street
11°'w considered certain that the authorities in :
rate °f
will not have to advance the Si
It-3
°f cligcount, but it is also not likely that they St
eo-4"lllmediately reduce it. Perhaps towards the st
doe'. of the month, we may experience a more 15.(2)
The Bank
change for the better. 16
tostine tank of England. Directors at their meeting y,
rati ay, as was generally anticipated, made no ale- t
16
In in the rates of interest or discount. 3
tiula day there was a meeting of the liTniversal T.?,
Surveyor st: eyor Company (Limited) ; Sir Thos. Tancred,
', io the chair. The report stated. that the St.
/11°11th]
asd,, Y sales had increased from 2001. to 6001. 120°
spr mat they had now about 900 current accounts 123
1,41:44 over the kingdom. The total amount of t
the-B,Bjace the beginning in 1853 was 15,0001., and 25
?s 3a
debts in the same period. were only 501. st.
4.-nteeounts showed a balance in hand of 2,0301. 10
10
tlie:-:' After an explanation from Mr. St. Andre,
'aria in g director, on the necessity of further SI:
ealitg
41 to meet the demands of consumers, it was 50
ttare„,
to that the debentures in hand should be offered
1,2‘,5
to the shareholders and the public on the same `4`s'
itsd With the 3,0001. advanced by Mr. R. Raikes qo
teVr Thomas Tancred-that was 5 per cent. in- 20
to the' and 2i per cent. discount on all purchases St.
oount subscribed. 50
Theretc:.. is St.
very little alteration to notice in the st.
beegtiltell Stock Market to-day. The account has
,r.
the ,arranged, and the Market appears steady, but ''
st.
tic
kftesent position of political affairs checks buoy- St.
ti4l*,, nigher rates have been charged for "con- 25
4015.a1,10..,,,
ration,' but this has not depressed prices. Con- 50
about
tave been 931 i and 933 i for transfer, and St
Per 94 * for the April account. The New 3 10
au"ciehents. have been largely dealt in at 931 to 943,
221 'a Reduced 93k I. Bank Stock was 220 to 20
1. 2O
14 „ Exchequer Bonds are 983 I. 10
vo,_ the Foreign Market the dealings have been St.
6 `4: limited, but prices are rather firmer. Turkish 20
04er Cents., though quiet, are f better, viz., 10
per li• Dutch 2i- per Cents. are 65. Russian 4i st.
Activeents. 983. Peruvian, 79k. Grenada New St.
at 22 e 2211, and Buenos Ayres 85. Mexican is firm 15(0)
i 1. st.
The Stu following are the.nominal prices of Foreign 10
st.
eu KS •:-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi- 20
[6l ~.221 i ; Peruvian, 41 per Cents., 79 81 ; 20
oj° Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per
4illtB') 44 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 109 ; do. 25
Per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 t; 25
ditto New eferred, 24i- f ; Ditto Certificates, St.
as
"6 t ; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. . St.
.lia last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 20
t. 25
this day, are in round figures as under :- 20
1857. 1856. 50
1,1%".t Western2o
£24,233 £22,932 10
Bo rth-W astern
Nu% Western
14111/t°4 10,912 10,234 5
Berth-Ea5tern,,,,,,,,,,
28,792 27,204 20
tki.,'Eastern . - 14,375 14,246 10
Great
11,788 10,425 20
'Cat Northam 21,756 20,019 10
g tleashire and Yorkshire
i 'll4Ol and Exeter
'll:',lt!r and Holyhead
11_' Lancashire 6,120 6,100 18
40'uchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 8,802 8,173 18
North Stafford
otftli London
01,:rd, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,700 3,208 100
Gres Cow and Sonth•Western
t.,„akt Western of Canada
--ure and Meuse
w There has been an active business done in Rail- 20
ay Shares this morning, and prices generally have 20
,74 exhibited some slight variations. Caledonian ad- Foi
North 10s., East Lancashire 55., Midland, 55., St.
ioorth British 10s., and Scottish North-Eastern, 20
W • Eastern Counties receded 55., Brighton 55., 100
00
folly 55., South-Western 10s., and Nor- 20
''' ss. The French lines are at improved rates. St.
Eastern of France have risen 55., and Paris and 100
Lyons, 10% East Indian, Ceylons, Great Western 20
-4 Canada, and Grand Trunk of Canada are at full Z
Quotations. 20

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