The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

/IRE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21 !8 5 7

4 THE DENISONI CASE

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ARCHES COURT—THIS DAY.
(Before Sir John Dodson.)
DENISON V. DITCHER.
The appeal in this case, from the decision of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, delivered at Bath, in the
matter of certain articles administered at the instance
of the Rev. Mr. Ditcher, vicar of South Brent, to the
Yen. Archdeacon Denison, was resumed this morning.
Dr. Spinks in follawing Dr. Bayford, who addressed
the Court yesterday on the part of Mr. Ditcher, con-
tended that the proceedings were not null and void in
consequence of the lapse of time.
At the conclusion of the learned gentleman's ar-

guments,
Sir John Dodion said he should reserve his jadgmsaf,
in order that he might fully consider the point that had
been raised by Dr. Phillimore, viz., that the proceedings
against the archdeacon were null and void under the
Church Discipline Act, in consequence of two years
having tlipsed between the commission of the alleged
offence and the citation to appear before the Court at
Bath.

[lt is expected that the decision of the learned judge
on the point will be given o❑ Thursday morning next.]

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN 112 J. C. MAIM.

T, -day was appointed for an audit meeting under this
•state, but the proceedings were pro forma. The
work• which bad been carried on by Mr. J. Johnstone,
the messenger of the Court, have been concluded, and
the whole of the property sold. The assets realised
on the sales amount to 37,0001., besides which there are
engines for the South 'Wales Beat Company, supposed
to be worth 6,0001., and there will be a further
sum under the GOvernment for the mortars and the
shaft for the large ship at Blackwall—these contracts
having been adopted by the new company. At present
it is impossible to say what the first dividend will be, as
it will to a certain extent depend on any additional
proofs made at the dividend meeting which will take
place on Thursday. next.

TELE CRYSTAL PALACE FRA.IIDS.-IN RR W.. 7. ROBSON.
To day was appointed by adjournment for the divi-
dend meeting under the estate of the bankrupt, who had
been a clerk in the service of the Crystal Palace Com-
pany, and has been convicted of forgery and fraud in
respect of shares of the company.
The dividend bad been adjourned in order that the
company tnight furnish a detailed statement of the ac-'
counts cn which they sought to prove for a sum of
17,8891. against tbo estate, whi(.ll they had done, show-
ing the following items :—"Transfer from Robson of
shares not in his own name, but of other persons.
Shares transferred in the names of other persons on ac-
count of Robson, such persons not being proprietors
of the shares, 5,8671. ; shares issued by Robson without
payment of any call, 4,6201.; money received by Robson
for season tickets not accounted for, 9151. Amount of

receipt by Robson in the name of the Union Bank O

London, for calls on preference shares in the name ;

T. Holt."

Mr. Lawrence appeared to support the proof, which
was opposed by the assignees, as facilities had not been

offered of access to the company's book.
The case was ultimately adjourned until the 9th 0:
May.

Mr. Bagley and Mr. Ingram appeared for creditors.,

THE LATE EXPLOSION AT LOW. DRILL.

LUND B ILL, MONDAY.
The preparations for the recovery of the bodies
are in full progress. The operation of draining
the mine has been continued since Saturday. The
water has been considerably reduced, and every-
thing appears favourable for the exploration of the
mine.

On Sunday the three bodies which were reco-
vered on Saturday were interred in the presence of
a great crowd of persons. The body of Thomas
Gray was interred in a graveyard at some dis-
tance ; the others were placed in the large graves
in Darfield c'eurchyard.
The critical position to which affairs have been
brought has caused the excitement to increase to a
great extent, and the neighbourhood of fiundhill
was crowded with people during the whole of Sun-
glay.
Yesterday (Monday), in consequence of the no-
tices which had bean issued, the men' who have
volunteered to descend the mine and assist in the
search for the bodies assembled at the offices of the
company, where their names were taken down.
They were mostly experienced men. Some of them
had come from Wigan, in Lancashire ; others from
Claycross and Alfreton, in Derbyshire. They 1111 n .
bered over 100,

On Sunday, Mr. Coe, manager of the pit, along
with several other experienced men, descended
into the mine, and endeavour•A to penetrate the
workings, for the purpose of a3certaining beyond
doubt that the fire was extinguished. They suc•
ceeded in penetrating a little further than on Satur-
day, but the roof had fallen down to such a degree
that they were not able to, reach the more distant
points to which the fire bad extended.

at last, of a painful eba,racter, and the incidents are
no inprobabla, The plot is well arranged and the
story effectively to.d, though the anther, ss would
do well to pay mor atte,ton to her etyle. There
is a certain want of elegame, which sometimes j ,r 8
noon the reader in the middle of an otherwise
driking passage. Them is a little carelessness al o
in the co istruc•ion ot. her sentences. Such fauitei
as these are easily :amended, and should ndt
.be
allowe 1 to mar the works of one who can writ*
with both vivacity and pathos. The pictures of
the vulgar and helpless Mrs. Ardee,,ber formidable
mother, neglected children, and distracted husband
are ably, though rather extravagantly, drawn. The
chief interest of the narrative lies iu May Hamd-
tou's unfortunate attachment, and the love story
told with much feeling and interest. It is a Cale
likely t., attract the reader and to engage his atten-
tion ; while, from its brevity, it will not wearyany.
The moral is also excellent, as it shows how little k
striking appearance or fascinating manner are to t e
accepted as a test of character, and that sterling
worth and steady principle will not fail in the end
to assert their superiority, althmigh cast into the
shade by more dazzling acquirements. As an in-
teresting story of domestic life, with a proper mix-
ture of sentiment, it commends itself to the nu-
merous class who admire romantic fiction.

different to Ow, of his undo ; he was no way w, r
fitful genius, that. could never command or coryro'
himself, but one whose mind, youne as he was, w
to any emergency. It tie tel ciisappointmeiti.
more keenly tean one less gift cl with suscepiib-iity,
ho possessed more fortitude to endure thau one el
the common herd could have done. To
the surprise and ind'gnation of his kind
friends he expressed his determination to
comply for the time with Paul's suggestion, since
he could never, with their present means, complete
his education. It was a struggle to his mind to
keep to this resolve, but he overcame, and set forth.
Meanwhile, Amy, in her turn, was called upon to
give up her lives. She had relinquished a situa-
tion of great advantage to herself, as governe-s in
a noble family, in order to be with Mrs. Lewis,
who was aflcted with a dangerous illness, in con-
sequence of her over-exertion in attending to her
husband. She was desirous to occupy herself with
something wherewith to obtain means of affording
necessary luxuries to her friend, and, if pcesihle,
to lay by something towards that future which
hung so darkly over Fabian. To fulfil this pur-
pose her plans were unromantic, they consisted in
her taking the place of attendant at a little inn
close by, which was kept by a worthy couple, who
were Kate Lewis' best friends. It may seem quite
out of charac'er to suppose a hero and a heroine
reduced to such stra'ts of respectability as that one
hould serve behind a counter and the other wait
on customers at a bar, but it is the prieciple that
actuated them to cast aside their worldly a !van-
tages to serve distress that made them remarkable,
not where they were nor what they did. They
chose a harder path in a common line, than if they
had set out on exploratory voyages, or engaged in
the hardships of the most arduous campaign. They
were not of the unscrupulous class who beieve the
end sanc:iens the means, but where no harm was
done, and they only were the sufferers, they were
brave and unmoved. Nor bad they any foolish pride
or false shame to deter or draw them back, it was
the cause which led them to work, not the effect of
that work, which subdued them. Over minds
so intent on an important object, over hearts
so wrapt in the welfare of others, over spirits
that had sacrificed self at the shrine of duty,
what power could the world posses ? Upon them
(to take an illustration from Coningsby) "the
conventional superiorities of life produced as
little effect as a flake falling upon the glaciers of
the high Alps." The incident of Lord Raymond's
arrival at the inn, and meeting in a humble capa
city her whom he had considered the ornament of
his cousin's circle, and the grace of Lady St. Elois'
drawing-room, is an exciting passage. In the con-
cluding scenes the power of the authoress is dis-
played in the fitful career of Paul. The generous
conduct of his ill-used nephew was the only thing
that at all affected the indifferent nature of this
man. When he felt what he had been doing he
was grieved ; before be would not dwell upon it,
but turned away. It will not appear an extraor-
dinary instance of good fortune that Fabian is at
last rescued from his ungenial occupation, and re-
stored to his chosen vocation. The time he had
spent in bumble pursuits had been of more service
to him, than what lie could have gained from the
lore of sages, or the treasures of collegiate research.
He had learned to know himself; which "know-
ledge is power." He had ruled over his own incli-
nation, and in that gained a victory greater than
his who taketh a kingdom ; and, lastly, he had
practised the virtue, the hardest for human nature,
and the highest, " which blesses him that gives,
and him that takes." Amy 'Grant bad not lost in
the estimation of others, nor in that of her own
conscience, by waiving for a time her peculiar
fancies. She had resolutely withstood the tempta-
tion of worldly greatness which even in this lowly
sphere had found her out. She had the sorrow to
know that she had not been able to carry out her
grand project of doing something, as she had first
intended, to restore Fabian to his right place.
The sweet temper and high qualities which more
than her beauty made the " Rose of Ashurst" re-
garded, did not allow her to repine nor to be un-
grateful if she could not succeed. The early hours
of her young life, when we meet her wandering
among the wild flowers, like her in the spring time
season of beauty, were not without their profit.
Their promise was fulfilled in the sunshine, hers in
the shade. She had always through life the idea
of duty, and to realise that entailed many hard
ships and sufferings ; but, by beginning with
small, she became prepared for great things. It
is peculiarly on this that the authoress's stress is
laid here as elsewhere. She would show the diffi-
culty of an ardent spirit resting on common-place
things, but she would also show that the end
crowns the work, and the zeal is not without profit.
" Self-sacrifice is to the soul what the dream of
the patriarch, with a still higher meaning, repre-
sented steps of that ladder which lead from
this world to the gates of heaven, and upon which
the angels are seen ascending and descending."

THE UNSUCCESSFUL PARLIAMENTARY
CANDIDATES AND THE RSFORJI
QUESTION.

Marguerite's Legacy. By Mrs. T. F. Steward,
Author of " The Prediction." 3 Vols. Hurst
and Blackett.
Whatever faults may be found with this work.
, cannot certainly be charged with want of
originality, or paucity of incident. Tho scene
changes from Ireland to France. The characters
include French emigres and politicians, Irish par-
venus and peasants, Engl.sh noblemen, negroes,
pirates, and dwellers in the French provinces. The
epoch is supposed to be towards the close of the
Imperial dominion, and some of the remarkable
events of the day are interwoven with the story.
It opens with the meeting of two long parted
ft iends, Cecile de Polignac and Marie de Perigord,
who had formed part of the brilliant court of Mario
Antoinette, and had been forced to leave France
by the revolution. Cecile had become a convert to
the Hugenots, and having married a cure of that
persuasion, when happier times arrived they had
returned to France, and settled at Montauban.
Marie had become the wife of a Marshal, and wan-
dered about Europe like many other emigres. They
met again in middle life, Cecile, Madame de Mouci,
being the mother of an only son, and Marie, Ma-
dame d'Estaing, having an only daughter. Hew-
ever, the romance that the novel reader would be
likely to anticipate, is not realised, as Pauline
d'Estaing is already married to an eminent French
statesman, M. D'Argenson. She is beautiful and
gifted, but somewhat wilful and imperious. She is
devotedly attached to her husband, and pro-
vok• d at the neglect and indifference she meets
with from him. Their adventures form a promi-
nent part of the story, indeed its central point.
Madame d'Estaing procurts the post of secretary
to M. D'Argeneron, for Louis de Monci. He enter-
tains an enthusiastic admiration for his patron, who
is a man of great abilities, hut with a cold reserved
demrauour, having a high character for public and
private virtue. He is filially discovered to be a
treacherous, designing, and vindictive man, whose
virtues are all assumed for an end, and who hesi-
tates at no crime. The deception as to his charac-
ter is cleverly maintained. Marguerite, who gives
the name to the hook, is a poor It ish girl, supposed
be be an orphan, whom Madame d'Estaieg had
kindly adopted during her exile, and who is the
devoted friend of Pauline. She subsequently disco-
vers her father, who has entered the Spanish
army, and made a large fortune. Her legacy is
an old illuminated Testament, filled with notes
and directions by her mother, who had been a
Hugenot. This book sustains and supports her
through the many trials of her life, and makes her
the comfort and solace of all around her. The story
becomes more complicated towards the conclusion ;
events thicken, the characters increase in number,
and the plot becomes more intricate. Suffice it to
say, therefore, that the interest is well sustained,
and the most exciting interests are wisely de-
ferred till the end. It would be difficult for the
most experienced novel reader to divine the direc-
tion which the events take, and this alone will be to
many a great recommendation. Perhaps the most
pleasing part of the book, however, is ti
volume, in which Madame d'Estaing vi s
t feor her
friend a history of her adventures in reland as
schoolmistress, and the obstacles she encountered
'from the arrogance of some gliteelladypeople,
not
who
thought the manner of the
lParisian Court
sufficiently distinguished. Ta eYra nd is frequently
introduced, and appears in a favourable light. The
story is certainly
improbable, but the time and the
events prove a sufficient excuse. The plot might,
with advautign•
be less intricate ; it reminds the
reader somewhat of the old school of fiction, though
that cannot certainly be said of the style, which is
The authoress, in her anxiety
clear and sparkling.
to introduce celebrities, has occasionally marred
the effect. The greatest part of the work is written
in the form of letters, though it opens and con-
cludes differently. It is a work which testifies an
unusual amount of talent, a power of striking and
graphic delineation, a great amount of skill in dis-
cerning and depicting the prominent features of
varied characters, and the art of attracting and en-
chaining the attention of the reader. In conside-
ration of these merits there are few who would not
be willing to overlook its errors and deficiencies.

A public meeting of the working men of London
was held yesterday evening, at the Cowper-street
&list:A-room, City-road, " to express regret an 4
sympathy with the unsuccessful Parliamentary can-
di,lates at Manchester, Huddersfield, Rochdale, and
OldhaT, and to take the sense of the working men
of Lew ton as to what reforms ought to be demanded
from the new Parliament." The room—an immense
se e—was crowded. There could not have been less
than from 800 to 1,000 persons, nearly all of whom
belonged to the operative classes.
The chair was taken by Mr. S. LUCAS.
Mr. WILES, on ris:ng to move the first resolution,
said he regretted the exclusion of Messrs. Cobden,
Bright, and others, because it showed the low and.
enslaved state of the constituency cf England.
(" No, no," and cheers.) Much was said of negro
slavery, but there was a worse slavery in th a coun-
try. What must be the state of the working classes
when thousauds of the poor crowded the workhouse
doors, and could not obtain relief 7 (Hear, hear. )
The white slavery of England was at least as bad as
the black slavery of America. Having been re-
quested by the chairman to confine himself strictly
to the resolution, he would read what he had to pro-
pose, viz., "That this meetine: views with regret the
exclusion from Parliament of Messrs. Cobden, Bright.
Gibson,Miall, and Fox, ata time when they laboured
successfully in checkingdictatorialpower and promot-
ing beneficial reforms in Church and State, advanc-
ing popular education, substituting international
arbitration for war, and an open int-rcourse between
all the nations instead of secret diplomacy, reducing
the hurthens of taxation, extending free trade, and
establishing amicable relations with all the peoples
of the earth : and this meeting thankfully acknow-
ledges the great services these eminent men ren-
dered to the commonwealth, and desires to see
them speedily replaced in positions of public use-
fulness, for which their superior talents and moral
worth peculiarly fit them." If, he added, the
people of England all possessed the franchise, there,
was no place in the country where such men would
te rejected. Mr. Cobden had made the aristocresy
succumb to the trade of England. He hid enabled.
the people to procure bread cheap. (Laughter,
and a voice, "Sevenpence a loaf.") The gentleman
who made that exclamation forgot that the price of
bread during the French war was thrice what ithal
been recently. (Hear, hear.) It Mr. Cobden had
done nothing else, he had immortalised his name
by securing the abolition of the torn laws.
(Cheers.) Mr. Bright, they all knew was the able
coadjutor of Mr. Cobden. As to his peace views,
he was known to have always held them. Mr.
Gibson was the great instrument of obtaining the
repeal of the newspaper stamp ; Mr. Miall was
the uncompromising advocate of religious liberty ;
and as to Mr. Fox, there was no man more
worthy to represent the working classes. (Cheers.)
He had never pandered to them, but had always
advocated their rights and interests. As regarded
the representation, it was well known that there
were in this country about 6,000,000 adult males,
and that of these only 1,000,000 had the franchise.
This state of things ought to be done away with,
and the remedy for the evil included the establish-
ment of the ballot. , (Cheers.)
Mr. CHNNINGTON seconded the resolution.
Mr. LAURIE moved as an amendment that Sir
Joshua Walmsley should be included in the tribute
of sympathy expressed in the resolution, contend-
ing that his services in the cause of the working
classes entitled him to that distinction. (Cheers.)
Mr. HEALEY, in seconding the amendment, said
in his opinion the gentlemen excluded from Par-
liament would be of more use out of the house than
they would have been in it. (Cheers.) If there
was a man more worthy than another of the pro-
posed expression of sympathy and regret it was Sir
Joshua Walmsley. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN ob,erved that the mover and
seconder of the resolution were quite willing that
the name of Sir Joshua Walmsley should be added
to the resolution, and it would therefore be in-
serted. (Hear, hear.)
A person in the body of the meeting here rose to
address the meeting. He observed that the real
question was whether Messrs. Cobden and Bright
were the friends of the working classes. He was
an advocate of high wage, and what had they done
to promote that object ? (Hear, bear.) Distress
and misery had increased to an awful extent, and
when any measures were proposed in Parliament
for the benefit of the working classes those gentle•
men opposed them. (Cries of "Name.") When
the Ten Hours Factory Bill was proposed, Cobden
and Bright were found opposing it. When Lord R.
Grosvenor proposed a measure to benefit the work-
ing bak ers,Mr. Bright spoke against it. Again, Sir
H. Salford repeatedly proposed a measure to put an
end to t he truck system, and Messrs. Cobden, Bright,
and Gibson male powerful speeches in opposition
to it. Now, because they were expelled from the
House of Commons, they began to talk about Par-
liarnent try reform. (" Hear, hear," and " Ne,
ne.") Every man who had read the newspapers
atteetively must know that what he had been
saying was correct. (A voice, " Not as to Fox.")
No ; and the name of Mr. Fox, the most popular
of the unsuccessful candidates, was introduced to
secure the carrying of the resolution. (Hear, hear.)
He was himself a Spitalfields weaver, and be could
speak from experience of the distress of his class.
(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving as an
amendment that the expulsion of Messrs. Cobden,
Bright, and Gibson from the House of Commons
was a just retribution for their opposition to mea-
sures for the social benefit of the working classes.
Another person in the body of the meeting, who
stated his name to be THOMAS GALE, seconded tire
amendment.

The original resolution and the amendment ex-
pressing disapprobation of the conduct of Messrs.
Cobden, Bright, and Gibson, were then submitted
to a show of hands, and the Chairman declared the
former carried. The numbers appeared to be pretty
nearly equal.
Mr. J. J. LOCKHART enlarged at some length
upon the defective state of the present represent-t-
t on, and the injustice which it involved to the
working classes, and concluded by moans_--A 1 That
this meeting is of opinion that any measure of re-
form in the representation of the people to satisfy
the country at large should at least contam—first,
a, morn equal distTibu-
manhood suffrage ; second,
tion of electors to population ; third, no property
qualification for members of Patliamsmi ; fearth,
vote by ballot ; filth, triennial Parliaments.
(Cheers.)

Mr. B. O'BRIEN seconded the resolution, re-
serving his right, he efid, to go hereafter for the
whole six points of the Charter.
Mr. BLIGH, who declared himself to be an un-
compromising Chartist, moved an amendment is
favour of annual Parliaments and the payment of
members.

Mr. WELLS seconded this proposal.
Mr. Ifultsr. who said he had been a factory ope-
rative in Manchester for 20 years, observed that
the Chartists of that city, who were likely to know
Mr. Bright best, had done all iu their power to se-
cure his return at the last election. (Hear.)
The resolution as proposed to be amended was
then put and carried.
Mr. J. P. ADAMS proposed a resolution declaring
the meeting to be in favour of a scheme of national.
secular education, to be supported by the money
now paid to the clergy.
This resolution was seconded by Mr. Ilriazy
and carried unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and.
the meeting separated.

EMIGRATION TO A UST R ALIA.--A ponderous blue-
book, of the light-coloured species, just issued to the
public by the printers of Parliament, contains a mass of
copies
or extracts of despatches relative to emigration to
the Australian colonies (in continuation of Paper No.
42 of session 1805). It occupies a space of nearly 200
pages.
A. telegraphic account from St. Petersburg of the
15th states that the ice had on the previous day begun
to break up on the Neva. That important fact ;vas
announced to the inhabitants by a salute of guns fired
at sunrise and sunset. It is expected that the naviga.
tion of the Gulf of Finland wil be fully open between
the 20th and the 25th in,t. The second division of the
Russian experimental squadron Will leave Cronsbadt in
the early part of May.

May Hamilton. By Julia Tilt, Authoress of
" Lays of Alma," " Laura Talbot," &c. 1 Vol.
Booth, Regent-street.
This is an interesting story of domestic life, told
in an unpretending and attractive manner. It
narrates the fortunes of a young orphan girl, the
only child of wealthy and indulgent parents, who
is suddenly reduced to poverty by the death of her
father, and, by the loss of her mother shortly
after, is left almost unfriended. It is written in
the form of an autobiography, but the first two
chapters, for some unexplained reason, are in the
third person. The story is full of interest, though,