The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

(BE SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.30 S.M.
Wind S.E. ; tide two hours' flood ; rainy, and light.
Arrived, Oct. 18.—King Phillip, from Melbourne; Vis-
countess Canning, Guernsey; Argo, Rusticeil ; Sir Ed-
ward Parry, South Seas; Foam, Denia ; Premier, Bom-
bay ; Vigilant, Stettin ; Gipon, Freiderickstadt ; Thor,
Christiania; Emma, Guernsey.
Arrived, October 19—Frederick Simon, from Aalborg.
Sailed—Fiction, for Calais.
DEAL, Monday, 9 a.m.
Wind S.S.E. ; moderate.
Passed—Paris and Loudon (s.s.), from London for Paris ;
Libra, from Quebec, for London, having been in collision
with a galliot off the South of Foreland, and received da-
mage; Hope On, from London for Cardiff; Australia,
London, Azores ; David Malcolm, Colombo, London ;
Nuggett, Callao, London.
Anchored—Cressweil, from Wellington ; Java, Gibraltar.
A barque, apparently an Amerman, got on the Brake
Sand during the night, and got off this morning ; name,
&c., unknown at present.

THE DOIIO3I.I3MIIRDER AT WARLEIGII, NEAR BATH,—
The young man Miller 19 gradually recovering from the
wounds ho inflicted upon himself after murdering his
two victims, Andrew and Sarah Border, and in a few
days he will be in a fit state to he removed to gaol. The
police, in making a search of the premises in which the
prisoner resides, found 921. in money, and a bank book,
showing that he was a depositor in the savings bank to
the amount of 701. The former sum, however, is claimed
by the prisoner's mother, who says that she saved it
without her husband's knowledge. The bodies of the
murdered man and woman, Mr. and Mrs. Border, were
deposited in the churchyard of Bathford, on Thursday,
and besides their own re!atives, T. D. Skins, Esq., the
owner and occupier of the Warleigh estate, and other
gentlemen, followed the mournful procession. Mr. and
Mrs. Border have left an orphan child but four years of
age, who has been taken care of with the greatest iind.

LITERATURE.

Court Secrets. A Novel. By Mrs. Thomson,
author of " Constance," &c. S Vols.• Hurst acid
• Blackett.
This story is diversified in its interest ; indeed,
a striking assemblage of persons is presented to the
notice in its course. The scene is laid almost en-
tirely abroad, but the reader has for the most part
to do with the natives of our country on a foreign
soil. Sir Claudius Maiuwarying is a prominent
sketch, and he is well descriloi. Some crime is
which he was implicated in early youth cast a shade
over his entire life, and while it prevented him
from forming advantageous connections, it drew
him on imperceptibly to lower himself still further.
He was too much a polished man of the world to
err superficially hence he never lost his position in
the shining saloon, or at the gorgeous banquet-
hall, but his name was sullied. Irene, his unhappy
daughter, attracts and interests, from her forlorn
position and uncertain prospects. Sir Claudius
was a cruel guardian to one so gentle and warm-
hearted. The authoress describes with a touching
fidelity the painful passage in the young girl's life
when she came to reside with her volatile parent.
She had been brought up in a bumble family at a
distance, but when grown up had been sent for by
tier fickle father to grace his mansion hy.her beauty,
and add new lustre to his dazzling position by the
smiles of youth. The deceived girl thought she
was to be welcomed by a fond parent to a happy
home. By degrees the fatal truth was learned.
The fate of Lady Mainwarying is very distressing ;
while many believed her dead she was wandering
about the world, driven from her home by the
cruelty of her husband. She found rest at last in
a convent, and while her weary spirit passed from
earth, he whose conduct had so long escaped cen-
sure reached the limits of his sufferance. On all
sides rose the murmur, and Irene returned from
her mother's funeral to find her father in the
hands of an indignant populace, who were about to
wreak summary justice on his person. She ap-
peared as a guardian angel, and rescued him, but
he was subsequently assailed by covert attacks,
which he could not parry, and he fell a victim to
some disease occasioned by over-excitement. Horace
Clavering is an interesting character, widely differs
ent to Sir Claudius in every respect, and deserving
commendation for the just judgment, and refined
taste, which enabled him to recognise and'appreciafe
the merits of Irene, when she was in a humble style
in a contracted sphere. It was not likely that an
acquaintance formed as theirs was, under the clouds
of doubt, and in the midst of difficultiei, should be
otherwise than troubled in its course, and at times
apparently broken off. The lights and shades of
its progress form one of the chief points of exciting
interest. Irene was attached to her father, as much
from fancy as reality. He was more the ideal crea-
tion of her romantic youth than the real and actual
Sir Claudius, than whom (however fascinating iu
appearance and demeanour) - no ()tie was more un-
fitted for the display of deep feeling, or for being
the object of a devoted attachment. • This over-
estimation of her father prevented lame from re-
garding in its true light the importance of Horace
Ciavering's regard for her. It was nit as if she
had been in a happy, or even in a peaceful home,
but her position was environed by perils on every
side, and the prospect of being taken from such a
sphere to any safe refuge was a bright one. How-
ever, it is not often the case• in real life that peaple
see what is the best for them, and therefore,
Irene followed a likely course when she promised
to become the wife of her father's favourite, who
justified his patron's choice, when iu the day of dan-
ger he turned away from the house and relinquished
Lis engagement. The secondary characters are very
well delineated. The Cropthorne family, with
their attendant satellites, Mr. Boase and Mrs.
Flather, form an amusing interlude to the graver
actors on the scene. The ingenuity of Mr. Boase,
the impudence of Mrs. Flather, are specimens of the
manner in which such worthies contrive to insi-
nuate themselves into family circles, which had not
dreamed of such an addition to their numbers, and
from whence it is often easier to wish them well
away, than to detach them afterwards, when they
have taken root in the domestic soil. The Crop-
thornes paid dearly for their folly in allowing them-
selves to be caught by the snares of the wily pair ;
for although they had no sympathy with each other,
they agreed in deceit and treachery. Mrs. Flather
revealed the falsity of Mr. Boase ; but when cir-
cumstances compelled her- likewise to depart, her
hospitable entertainers found that they had nour-
ished a serpent, and the angry strife and bitter
recriminations that follo wed left anything but plea-
sant memories behind of their trip across the chan-
nel. The tragedy of the hapless young stranger,
which is mentioned in the course of the story, and
over whose sad fate it is hinted that an impenetrable
mystery is hung, forms a connecting link between
Sir Claudius aud,,,some of the leading personages of
the State. His early errors found him out at last,
and what he trusted had been hidden for years
was revealed to confound him in the light of day.
This work will riot be found wanting in romantic
incident, and its skilful detail of domestic events
adds greatly to its merit, and increases its attrac-
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The National Review. Chapman and Hall.
"The Reform of the Army" is the first subject
that meets us in the National Review. After con-
sidering the evils of the present system, the writer
recommends three remedies : the abandonment of
the purchase system, the gradual promotion from
the ranks to c )mmissions, and progressive exsmi-

nation to preclude each stepof advancement. Many
admitted evils are censured and inquired into,
among them the inefficient rewards to worn-out
officers, the, system of corporal punisment, and the
inconvenience of the soldier's clothing. Lut-
fullah, whose autobiography is at ratting some
attention, receives a favourable notice ; and Mr.
Waterton and his volumes of natural history form
the topic of an entertaining article. "Popular
Legends and Fairy Tales," always a pleasant sub-
ject, give the title to an attractive paper, which
shows the national characteristics and tendencies of
the songs and traditions of different countries.
Beranger is commemorated in a brief memoir; and
the poetry of Alexander Smith receives a just and
discriminating criticism. After praising some fine
similes and expressions, the writer concludes by
observing that the deepest faling of this sort of
poetry is its ingrained untruthfulness. "Love of
display haunts it l►ke an evil spirit. Language
its ,x 1 instead of thought ; the metaphors of deep
feeling hung about shallow sentiment like purple
about a beggar; volcanic pseudo-passions set forth
in pyrotechnic phraseology ; a total disregard of
the real and essential congruity of things make up
verse which is to true poetry what sentimentality
is to feeling, or sophistry to simple truth seeking."
The remaining articles are of average merit.

The Journal of Agriculture. William Blackwood.
This journal has some importai.t subjects. The
opening paper, "On the Possession of Land as an
ludustrial Occupa•ion for the People," treats of
one of those questions of social importance that
require careful con'ideration. The agriculture and
climate of North America is treated of in a subse-
quent article, and presents some useful statistics
to intending femigrauts. A new and curious sug-
gestion is made in an article entitled " Hippo-
phagy," which strongly advises us to eat horses.
The author argues with energy on the humanity,
prudence, and advantage of such a proceeding ;
but we do not anticipate his arguments will effect
much in establishing the custom. " The Journal
of the Transactions of the Highland and Agricul-
tural Society" has papers on the fittings of stables,
the veterinary department, and the Glasgow Show,
with the report of the proceedings in the Labora-
tory, by Professor Anderson, and the returns of
seed competitions for 1856 and 1857. The sum-
mary for the quarter and tables of average prices
wi►l be useful to those engaged in agricultural pur-
suits.

The Journal of Psychological Medicine. John
Churchill.

An address delivered by the able editor, Dr.
FoWinslow, on his taking the chair as presi-
deorbt,east the annual meeting of " The Association
of Medical Officers of Asylums for the Insane," is
given in this quarterly. It has for its -übject the
mission of the psychologist, and treats of the seri-
ous and important considerations connected with
't with care and discretion. A paper on " Moral
Liberty" insists strongly on the nesessity of care-
ful moral and religious training, where the psycho-
logical tendency is of a downward nature, Anothertans
paper, on " The Insanity of Early Life," conisome melancholy statistics of the earl
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