The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-27 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

The Fortunes of Glencore. By Charlo3 Lover.
3 vols. Chapman and Hall.

Those who have occasionally met with this story
as it periodically appeared will, no doubt, be pleased
to find it here presented to them in a concise form,
while those unacquainted with it previously will
meet with a worthy subject for perusal. A consi-
derable amount of skill and ingenuity are displayed
in its construction. The scene varies from country
to country—from the wilds of Glencore to the
Cascine of Florence. The personages brought for-
ward are also strangely contrasted, from the eccen-
tric Lord of Glencore himself to the peculiar,
though widely different, Billy Traynor. It is a.
question whether this latter individual is not the
best character in the work. After the meanness
the mitt, the subtility, and circumvention which.
meet the eye at every turn, and arrest the step at
every tread, in the mazes of diplomatic labyrinths,
and the mysteries of political intrigues, it is refresh-
ing to encounter one impervious to their influence,
to recognise amid the quintessence of art ()Lea
" Rough Nature's children humorous as sht!."'
Glencore's two friends, Sir Horace Upton and
Colonel Harcourt, are again two specimens of the
opposing points from which two men will view the
same thing. The narrative is complicated, and the
chief event is a painful one, indeed the story is of
the powerful more than the pleasing kaid. The
thirst for revenge which excited so strongly both
the unhappy recluse and his unfortunate wife suffi-
ciently accounts for any degree of misery that arose.
When she was carried away by passion to such a
degree that she preferred her husband to believe
her guilty, rather than by proclaiming her innocence
remove the sting from his path, while he, goaded
to madness by his tortures, resolved on the extreme
act of disowning his marriage, and ruining his son's
prospects ; it is a necessary consequence that their
careers must be recorded as the night side of na-
ture. The numerous minor details of the intricacies
of foreign courts, and home management, impart
an agreeable variety to the plot, and there is great
interest awakened by the sorrowful position of the
young heir of Glencore,whu is sent out in the wod
worse than an orphan. His adventures engage at-
tent,ion, he possessed too much of his father's proud
reserve and sullen discontent, to have been happy
under any circumstances ; but in the cruel isola-
tion in which he found himself, his susceptibility
made him morbid, and his pensive tendeucy was
reduced to despair. The Countess is an imperson-
ation of an Italian climate, with the bonds of a
glittering slavery she replaced the dissevered ties
of home. The inward satisfaction that others woul
have felt, from a consciousness of innocence, she
derived from the supposition of guilt being attached
to her name. As for feeling pity for either Lord or
Lady Glencore it is out of the queStion, the sent -
ment is reserved for the unofrending, on whom wero
visited the sins of his parents. It is amusing t
note the self-sufficiency of Upton as he moves along
the tortuous path in which he delights. The plea-
sure of gaining his end would be marred, if the de-
sire was obtained in a straight or simple way. After
such disclosures of human pride and passions, a. 3
are here pourtrayed, to be at all in unison wits
one's ideas of consistency, the end must be sad.
The last heir of the fallen house is left a wanderer
Leyond the seas, and the faithful adherent to hi;
evil fortunes has waited for his return till his lite
has been extended beyond the limits of mortalitj.
He has waited in vain, however, for time, that hu
brought round the changing seasons in unchanging
has not reconstructed "the pitcher broken
or reinstated the fallen "Fortunes of
Glancore."
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The p!incipal parts in the performance of the
" Elijah, with Which the season of the Royal Surrey
Gardens opens on the 11th of next month, will be taken
by Miss LoiUsa, Vining, Madams Weiss, Miss Daiby,
Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Sims Reeves, assisted by a band
and chorus of 1.000 perforters.

SIIIPINILDING AT PP.ESTe5N.—There were launched ca
Saturday, from the yard of Mes4rs. A. Nle and
iron shipbuilders, a sailing ship and a screw plea;ui e
yacht. The former belongs to Messsrs. Blythe aLd
Troughton, Liverpool merchant+, is 400 tons register,
and is capable of carrying between 600 and 700 tons.
These are the first iron vessels that have been launched

at Preston.
Mr. Gye announces the return of Mdme. Ristori to
the Lyceum in June. The renowned Italian tragedienne,
whose success in Paris shows no symptoms of decrease,
will appear this season in the Dew drama written ex-
pressly for her by the distiuguiehed poet and patriot,
Montanelli, and in an Italian version of "Macbeth."
LADY FRANKLIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Lady
Franklin has effected the purchase of a steam yacht al-
Durably adapted for the requisite Arctic service, and the
eminent and experienced Arctic voyager and exploit r,
Captain M'Clintock, has accepted the command of the
expedition. These facts abundantly show that Lady
Franklin is as earnest in her intention of carrying oat
the great duty which has devo!ved on her.
ST. MARK'S llosr:Tah.—On Saturday evening the
anniversary festival of this excellent and much-needed
institution was celebrated at the London Tavern, under
the presidency of Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P. About
150 gentlemen sat down to a capital dinner. The usual
formal and complimentary toasts baying been givers
and duly responded to, the chairman briefly gave the
toast of the evening, Advocating the claims of the hospi
tal with much force and eloquence. It was reoeiv-d
with enthusiasm by the company, who endorsed their
opinion of the merits of the hospital by a most libtral
1 subscription, amounting in all to upwards of 2,200/,