The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,_ SATURDAY

felt it 1.---'7"----"P-
-IA oce1,18..(10y to differ with their Lordships on the ittii jars
0, because if n party was entitled to
might
it tP. the ground, alluged, iI, inel°,4 atid, by this new rule of law, be pre,
tunny persons .
~° 't'L,„„,4 u,,,r°ught to justice. When a felony 7a ;t I -"tha be
bean absurdity if the rules of pleading
' 4..°44tetett nviction being cbtoined.
roil A ,
n '-`,DIMSON—The conviction is quashed.
0 Ne
of . PLE A .
orn-
leCu4l"ii----'--------S
—(T HIS DjA3 Y.)
eithe_ Interest Came before the Court. th . m
c Itt the sittings in Banco dr at Nisi Prius.

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A r: `vc.STREET.—(T HIS DAY.)
1:7'111 Irish woman, a NTell-known prostitute,
-htlwithili',g Placed at the tar, before Mr. Henry, :
aloroforminr, aentlemen and assaultm6
v"taastilhia wt. - the • ' f his duty.
Litt,. I nue inxecution o out able 140 P division deposed that -he was
ao, —40 w-street last evening, when
4 I,' eatae to hi
required
elcolt re and told him that he was _
-,i / . Long-acre,
a tespectalile
141 ti °ur., Long-acre. He wint thither, and
iltletitipitisoner and another prostitute dragging a
threw throe
0-Ltiat.,'ugh the ;purt against his will. lie ap-
-Iht'llow 'l"etl, an if chloref..n; had been alied—a
it o plat(,sZerally resorted to
It' ill P4' itll3 POWexful agent in a handkerchief, and
by am low prostitutes?
toriattij'i the face of those they wish to rob. 11
'',llet ,",e) went to release the gentleman, but the.
ikiqlf -,ls"d on him with such force, and kept him
ree,
1i,,11 tie,' s° long 4 time, that the other woman Ila-
-4164. TaPe with the geutleman, who was quite us: ~lb and t n'quind the assistance of another c.on. ,10 . , gelliielnan to convey her to the stauon ,ti,,h''a coustible's face was much bruised by the
1 e Niehe Mle struck him. -
40rLlitted for a month.

'4l, 1, A L

ha
./,,kla .../ICENSED VICTUALLER'S.-ESCAPE 9.5"
e_Pececi Lits•-This morning (Saturday) au extensive
,31 co,_,i.it the ale stores in 6horeditch, opposite the
1401 es Railway station. It broke out about ha f-
eli clock 0
ntliiii. 4 the first floor and in the rooms above
itit6:4llertis‘as':reeraalt.Pers°os, who were aroused by the po-
il
tillr% 1,,d al Societe fire-escape was brought to the spot,
g. 'gut cloth let Lane ea . es on. Several of the brigade and
West
dnliculfY, they reached the street with
ere
knished F,L'l,es arrived, and in an hour the flames w e
ited u'aildit; but a considerable loss of property and daning le 0,,,g were the consequences. How the fire °rip-
II; atilial; were the
Great assistance was rendered Ti
I) back 3' reilwaY men and police of the G division, in
• 1 4 most It„ Slats Minaerous and disorderly mob.
ill 1,1.°`1 oesiLG' °,,CCURRENCH IN CONNEXION WITH
h letthis t iloYia. ADELAIDE•-One of the unfortu-
k 'r ma In the wr k. •
k I lose , name oo of the above-named steamer was
11 ei7l4faani"," Canavan, who had been a servant in a
i nth ,ter toi,,'Y neer Passage; his loss was
.rendered stills
a, %am Cs usfoitunate family from the circumstances
Ito io 04, oil to I,
1,6 in the vessel on the night she was
p„1: havligws"ipo belo.nged to a regiment lately ordered off
I t,,tY1001.• -es this poor man's daughter, who
.was a
4 uer 'Hag girl aet b t his b e purposes with ro-
t,eer , ail,' _el , aou as
147 father, v 'Wally Persuaded her to go off with him.
, ie•Pitieed hersseliately on bearing she had left where
vi ~ Sib, a ;
/,, ee •,,,r, -4 ef he_
n a 'll Cork understanding where she
.wen ,
I '44ol,leas the Jr, and lost his life in endeavouring to
lief Ily in . OrlGtlet of a " gentleman" has plunged
i ste of lb rum and disgrace. It is mournful to think
t'l !'''--Aria e nnhaPPy girl herself.-Cork Examiner.
te„ 'leis,, of ~ r.,
114', ,p,,nahlto -, "0 01.111Etts.-A tragedy of a most.
ti,: lio°,:t4lood ,'°°lt place in the military barracks of this
of,": al,' ''....k ,a*'• "'ening last, the particulars of which are
0,,,1 i;:sre,aavate to of the 74th Highlanders, sta-
ll,: a hnrhitee'lld William Williams, a native of the county
th; .iia,irid to I,.br'srir.g under a fit of temporary insanity,
..v •', the 'us existence b shooting himself through
Ik4e4t rtittill °St abt4ltligGing in at the temple and quite through
ri i, ee L,4 ie other side. The horror of this
1:4
~ 404, scarcely subsided, when on the following
4,:i 7,1 s epet"., quarter-past "seven whilst the men were
the
n
Li,;i4all7,lnte ell e‘;,(),E: °t the same dreLlful deed took place, h
$ rei,t, 'in this instance being another private of iii 1 hit° • eet, a Scotehman, named Duncan Love, by
:'::ll,4l4iiii,,.r' who also drove a musket-ball through his
-,, t, ./inch',.),(4le side and passing out at the other.
iTe
..
1,,1114. the
81. occurrences taking place in the same.t_ Et
• 'tet,' 441 shat of a few hours, is, we believe, h
e;,, I\l,loeta-r'st Makes the matter strange is the f2arcit, that.
it 4tly 'e ozzilate mon had no acquaintance with each
it A, har,,
.. erstand
that one of them was a man par.ti-
,Nipii:!......erised for sobriety, good conduct, and mill-
,f ,: ti% ),C. ClOninei Chronicle.
1 ':4rnitt44lBll,tlEarcGs.-The following is the list
a:' kl 4tz '. () take Place, nearly the whole of which. will.
dies
ii Anti kil!•er'liall :---Wesley an Missionary, April 29 ,
t, lin't'!rY llible, April 29; Church MissionnrY,
tri Ite!es Alissio ar • -April, 30 ; Church Instruction,
i• I 4,41i1y, Vtl and Ponreign' Bible, May 1 ; Prayer, book.
;le e,',e,1111t'447 1; Colonial Church, May 1; London City
4/, 4,ley Irish Society, May 2 ; Sunday School
hi Is •e' Isle ' Church of England Young Men's Society,
, ile'te k 'on Societ m
';lk alt el' 3,1,. Y for Jews, May 3; .
Ale title mean'°
*llt ' Itie)' tlciLl'orei3 um,
'' ' 4ls 'I May 4;1 London Hibernian, May
h A ay 6 ; Church Pastoral
r :ti0,1,7), ehMougliAliSsesiZair'y May 6 ; Church Pastoral
! Is'l'',riib4 1-revention tif Cruelty' to Animals, May 7;
io,:sitsio,;inn• I\lay 8; Mondon Missionary, May_ 8,
100r',7, icf.,„and i•cripture Readers', May 9 ; London
'A Yl4 ‘inioa ":',: 9; London Missionary, May 10 ; Ragge?
't,i ay.' ter, °lay 14 . British and Foreign ailors ,
k %10e, ili'l'e arid Forel n Sailors', Mae- 15; British Re.
• ' o/Vieg,o4Y,l; festivalg of Sons of Clergy, May 16 ;,,
, ''etiatiaf "•dlicati", May 20 ; Foreign Aid, May 21 ,
! St it!feet,i (4e Gospel, June 19.
ti,i''' Plea 4 Ceees
,'' 01 th sort to b .XS FOR YOUNG MEN.-We have
I,,°aß„,' City of ~Ibg able to announce that the corpora-
, t 'tttit:qtlt for - Lon able
have presented the committee of
41,_tlitoAll t. the conduct of the evening classes for the
t Ne,estioel,sg men with the sum of 50 guineas, for
;lellitm' °I their excellent intentions. The giant was
'leill'acker,79' the most andsonie terms to the Rev.
4' t ep,Se ex,,-41.e, LA.., the indefatigable hon. seeretary,
, qp,4tatee`()nB these most useful means of instruction
• e -ite '
I f:tinel'iettlee ie • p co Monday a
!'4, 4,', ~ili ter INTERMENTS ...JILL.- n
4,,etii•ber.e, of ;e
at the British Hotel, Cockspur.street,
,Iltt eoheotbi marnent, gentlemen, and others, to consider
•,,r ri4tptB.l3ille clauses and provisions in the Metropolitan.n
klee„! Pere, ' Preparatory to a public meeting
on sin
4-sttel,.` one of adopting steps for their modificatie
‘teit.4eNa ae .
-,,,t‘z:l .1114:; COAL IRON COMPANY.-The
Nai' In Pancras, of this companyAND was held yesterday at the
qt. It pleree-lane, City-11r. R.
offt°l,ll4l,ll- eared that the' company W. Kennard
Kennard in the
4'541 :tenet e reduction in the cost of managnemowenmt aak.nMae
hh'larkehee,atrel'sown,er instead of horses, which had hitherto
Ttee inspectors,
/it cat'l.ll, win,. coat to the company.
tea see
4 teleY, and Jones, consented to act
stidllfotthde,
tilPottierizand the retiring directors, Messrs. _
The
t44,4,viegbe„Ll' iOM, and West were re-elected. 'll
I t,.'rsae and"s. edopted, a vote of thanks was passed to
9t0,1-4011 directors, and the officers of the company.
Ntitl4-tipinilli, APait, 25.-The bark Lillias, of
Okl fht) 1\ :3wVes, Which left this port on the 12th inst.,s
!tntoi't's rent °r Ir, laden with coal and passengers,.
'ltellill ally '.mendsa last night by No. 13 pilot boat, having
,4444:seces. r,tee on the 19th inst. under extraordinary
/eoe''.it sad, the weather was comparatively moderate,
oa,sleeiars the vessel became enveloped in the force
I:,qii,-'4at, eri:kand instantaneously the bowsprit and every
t'kAktett NIT ails, yards riing Stc., were carried away
IktN..kon'' Dor -"ea'tl• - Although all,the crew and passengers-
ee sons\ ,tv
, st to I,: ere on deck at the time, not the slight
-
tee the" occurred. The Lillias, b. y rigging
. the
'll
at
scld, '.l tto lae, Masts with a few sare sails, mas enabled
k Until fallen in y the pilot boat before
1 tieti
*4
011411 C
re trrt„ RARGED WITH SENDING A THREAT-
-14'1.44,,0i11y the few darn since an anonymous letter,
kili te, tea 1 de Halsted
_l:ma-rk was addressed to Mrs.
I,:rei4ll:lXirt•L'3:of Mr. E. G. Barnard, ALP.,
11 -d.`:114 f'°o 1.0 come from labourers who, the writer said,
at Gosfield
th4"l:rt; 41 nittn-kr want of work, and had agreed to meet one
4,A fat,ates ever, lo break into the mansion and murder
1.:ni,•5"01p1Ye..".01.:11..._,, Barnard bing from home at the time,
test or Ifs relaale'rauy alarmed, and the. gamekeeper. with
el: tle Set 4, ed near the house during theni ht. In-
Oleo,,,wiitor "8 Sißee indefatigably exerted himself.g to de-
the `4 Go 'lllpli
' ' to • ' and on Tuesday last had obtained such
4 I Stott
and Cate John Ward, the walking postman be-
!'aths beearn Halsted, as the author, that on laying
"tl9,t-4 fel, theta G. De H. Vaizey, that magistrate granted
era,
k elided Krehension of Ward, who is now in cus-
tto until to- w - Chelmsford Chronicle.
.th ttl hoop ju4 to-morrow.-Chelmsford .
il. e°not . l'"---011 Wednesday last a young niail ii)leb.44Nyea l'. succeeded in baffling and punishing with
to4t,keiro4,PO4°ll„s4 gang of sharpers by whom he was. bese.
ist} tn‘ with : sell, and, after a good deal of wrangling,. e
,PO, -the
~4rne Men.los. They requested him -evt eie did .eeit.va,,,, 101,t,;11,o
... u, Stamford, where they would pay
kl, IN ,81 eta ' 411 d Pne of the party countedout,,
lelwevaennt
4 1414r,' ) blat t, g \'''e him the money ; ho said,
t44ki, tl-Zr, Ili. u,t'ille_liows persis.ted. in sayin that he sold the
aimed; 4 Nig
~, e men then instated on having. the horse,
itN'atlia,, marl refusing to give up possession, a scufflane,
keel)i4nPuled him from the saddle, but he gave _
114kInleatr,,t.e, ".home bold of the horse's head.. Some people
ill? av ."'ts at ...` e Young man stated his case, and a. s.-
t-'ee,4a,4,,--,,` once rend r saw him. He mounted his
tl4tt 14W ar'd44B i_soon. aa hee a favourable opportunity,
der 11c1 th , "lard ae be could go, with had] in his
gaiet,datierse
.in his possession. He not been
111"dob Wednesday night, so that the sharpers
12flithIll W0:11•"---Li.licolnshire Chronicle.
lot'ton'e diree-Lta RAILWA.Y.-Mr. Brunel, with seve-
4t,t4tjeyed it'll of this line, arrived at Cardiff on Friday
teSaiel'lte. 41.4' a locomotive direct to Newport. The whole
at),l,_e 9 (414.a.1)pealttihdeeirtI:liendiate neighbourhood present a most
11l ttoeei i"anee, and promise a speedy opening of the
tit,' talti Alib TN ga -Monmouthshire Merlin.
a).%frf, e• 1) 6-,41'..--The popular steamer Albatross,
CrciOt,\A.,7'"ison, arrived at Cincinnati a few
_days
it'lee ee A ~_ Uricans. During his trip up (sas the Com-
?et mo-,
.N.,..iiver,.:watross had occasion to stop at the mouth e
tit leaet itCriqlit out two hogsheads of sugar. She reach d
44 flooe ight -no light to be seen-and the river was.
14, ate, 4--the t
IP?), '4; 4' halloo
.vn at the mouth being almost entirely
ote fr.. , tftit. ' cried the captain,_ " who
,keeps ''''''s
""at? ',„lti eh °Yourself; and be darned to you, sang
,th.l)tait.lls),:tillir,st of the darkness, " Where's our wharf
r.slt, a 4 Tee gat, we've got freight for you, ' cried the
ae,l'l3'. bed you ant boat's drifted off, there ain't no lights.
g,,,toto§teke
~ land no freight," was the categlorit cuasl
AI. eet.,e eee
‘2,t ught,,, shouted the captain, " and e
stllBWera''''Wlasse--ah°w a light yourself, and let me see to
4 Lath a voi: at, YOU ?' cried the captain. "Up a tree 1"
titres, tit Ifle boat sent in her yawl, and sure
4.), lit riaie 00 With a bundle under his arm perched in
faith II ug waters stealing slowly upon his resting-
-Ith „ t4e._ it
thi L4e
I,,,.'vith a.,Ppeara„AT.--Almost cvery person is familiar
on •d ?qestruttlice of the common brown rat, and with his
11„.'giti514 the hisZe habits; but it is only known to those
1.1`41.1). ~rat of
,?rY of tee quadruped that he is not the
01°1 stNeAtinet, b,,l._'_°!e British islands. The real animal is
t jab WI anci4Xelng been almost rooted out by the supe-
troef4
tabita,ts, I rocky of his foreign invader. One of the
f„.l4,4iicelltsfafncath
14t3' ; 1,:!Iii the other Slat in the hold of the ship, was
tit kt'llear'' etnaller d,rlY- His colour is a sleek, blackish
„„nfes and kite as in Size, and by no means so unleasant
4rtotwn rat. Buffcn's summary of the
tieg.,tere, cult, gnaws
, the old English rat .is curious. He.
e pierces eN%s wool, cotton and linen clothes, and
and the te es
and e' • in walls, lodges
and , the °pre ~,, e tnaees• holes the ofee„ Waineea,"'ein the vacuities of the timber work
It " eerie "et comes forth eel to look for food,
44
tt"
la -est°
"4 ret- te Whatevertyitcan drag ,
/oun,„Ying lee , lea
. .
45.,....61, r . store of provisions, especially when
ernees Courier-

LITER AT U RE•
THE FOREST AND THE . FORTRESS.

3 Vols. By Laura Jewry.
Already has the authoress of these beautiful
volumes celebrated her abilities by the eh-arming
fiction of " Kirkholme Priory," and, still more, by
the exquisite romance of "The Ransom"—a work
conceived in that lofty school of Anglo-Oriental
fable, of which Sir Walter Scott's " Talisman" may
be regarded as, at once, the originator and the repre-
sentative. Had Miss Laura Jewry never again ad-
ventured upon any enterprise as a novelist, she would
still have maintained, to our thinking, her high posi-
tion in contemporary literature, through the honour
redounding to her from that solitary production—
"The Ransom," reveling the sweetness of her sensi-
bilities, the graces of her composition, and the rich-
ness of her versatile and comprehensive imagination.
Happily, however, for all those who rejoice in the
perusal of this' department of literature—a depart-
ment not more bewitching in its beauty than bene-
ficial in its influence when presided over by one of
the master minds of a generation-Lour charming
romancist is proving herself as industrious in the
cultivation of her great powers of fancy, and of her
remarkable capacities for delineation, as in the
development of her genius and in the extension of
her reputation. Having depicted with a most
felicitous pencil the domestic scenery of England
in one narrative, and the voluptuous land-
scapes of Palestine in another, she has here
broken new ground for the display of her inven-
tion, ground hitherto untouched by the imaginative
writers of Great Britain, but such as will not, we
eenceive, be henceforth overlooked by novelists in
search of arenas of incident, unhackneyed in descrip-
tion. Through " Thaddeus of Warsaw" the English
'readers of romance acquired a familiarity with the
aspect, the manners, and the customs of Poland' and
the Poles. Through " Gisella" they obtained an in-
timate acquaintance with the topographical peculiari-
ties of Hungary, and with the social characteristics
of the Hungarians. Through the " Forest and the
Fortress" they will obtain a delightful knowledge of
the appearance of Servia, and of the many noble and
admirable qualities distinguishing its heroic popula-
tion. What Miss Porter had accomplished in refer-
ence to the children of the land of Sobieski ; what
Mr. Simpson has more recently accomplished in
regard to the valorous but unfortunate Magyars ;
Miss Jewry has effected in behalf of that portion of
the great Slavonic multitude who acknowledged as
their leader, the terrible Kara George—a hero re-
nowned as their ill-fated but illustrious Gospodar.
Kara George has been here daringly selected as the
principal personage in the romance; and of all those
wonderful men whose careers are recorded in history,
not one could have been chosen more peculiarly suited
to the requirements of the historical romancist. For
the whole story of the life and death of the great
Servian chieftain consists of a rapid succession of
vicissitudes, startling iu their suddenness and
marvellous in their character. To the Servians,
Kara George was what Wallace was to the
Scots, what Tell was to the Swiss, what Hofer was
to the Tyrolese—a hero born from the national cala-
mities, clad in homespun apparel, but crowned like
the warrior-monarchs of the middle ages with a
diaderned helmet, and elevated as a sovereign from
the ranks of the people on the buckler of a revolution !
Such was the extraordinary being who rent asunder
the manacles imposed upon his fellow-countrymen by
the Government of Constantinople, who displayed in
time of war the genius of a great soldier, and in time
of peace the genius of a great statesman, who di-
rected with his own masculine intellect the whole
affeirs of the state although personally illiterate, and
who, although destroyed in the midst of a military
commotion, left behind him a memory so replete with
awe and glory that his influence was thereby ren-
dered hereditary—insomuch that the child of his
loins is at this very day wielding the sceptre of the
Servians, adding one name more to the list of the
ruling princes of Christendom. It is this wonderful
adventurer, the hero of Servia, who is the hero of
" The Forest and the Fortress." Miss Jewry has
been wise, we repeat, in her selection. For, while
recounting to her readers the memorable struggles
between the crescent and the cross in that pro•
vince of the Danube, and reviving to popular
recollection the singular career of the Gospodar
George, she has best enabled herself to impress upon
their imaginations the prominent features of Servian
society while enhancing thereby the attraction of
whatever is fictitious in her narrative. From the
opening chapter the story is invested with an enthral-
ling atmosphere of attraction, the interest excited in
behalf of the principal characters exercising its fasci-
nation uninterruptedly to the conclusion. Driven
from their native land by the grinding domination
of the Moslem conquerors of Servia, George Petro-
vich and his aged father, Petroni, are disclosed to us at
the commencement of the narrative, hastening to the
banks of the river Save, to escape from th'e pursuit of
a party of Bosniaks into Slavonia. Tee terrible in-
cident which transpired on that occasion is recounted
in a strain of simple and touching eloquence, the
young patriot, in an agony of bewilderment at the
sudden refusal of his parent to cross the frontiers and
by that means evade the cruelty of their antagonists,
killing Petroni with a pistol shot, and disappearing
immediately after the perpetration of that tremendous
act of parricide. When next we are introduced to
the unfortunate hero, the future Gospodar of the Ser-
vians is acting as forester on the domain of a monas-
tery of Benedictines situated near the southern borders
of the Danube, hard by the town of Mohacs in Hun-
gary. His companions are a littlechild named Venda,
subsequently the heroine of the romance, and a wolf-
hound called Laser, whose value has attracted the in-
terest of a Magyar nobleman, one Count Wessolim.
Several years have elapsed after the introduction of
these personages before the tale is resumed, and then,
Venda, having grown into a beautiful maiden under
the guardianship of her adopted parents, the Count
and Countess of Wessolim, and George, her previous
protector, having gradually acquired the leadership
of the insurgent population of Servia, the vicissitudes
of the novel are entered upon in earnest. From this
moment the charm of the book increases in proportion
to its advancement, carrying the reader on with an
ever-extending curiosity until the last terrible and
mournful catastrophe. Our obligation to Miss Jewry
for the deep and peculiar pleasure she has afforded us
by spiriting our fancy into a realm of singular loveli-
ness, half historical, half fictitious, would of itself be
sufficient in the present instance to preclude us from
marring the beauty of her narrative by giving a dry
epitome of its events and of their bewitching alterna-
tion, even were such a custom not already one
totally averse to our ideas of judicious criticism..
Under ordinary circumstances we are disinclined to
interfere thus perversely with the aim of every
novelist, namely, that of exciting the anxious
solicitude and the earnest" inquisitiveness of
whosoever - may adventure upon the exami •
nation of their compositions. Especially, therefore,
are we indisposed to strip, fr out " The Forest and the
Fortress" the spell which our gifted authoress has
thrown around them from the riches of her fruitful
imagination, and from the glow of her delicate and
contagious sympathies—knowing well that we could
give no compensation for so doing by mapping out
the labyrinthine trails through the Forest, or by
drawing out a sectional plan of the windings of the
Fortress. Before a syllable of the present notice was
penned we had devoured the volumes of this brilliant
fiction, and we are the more explicit in this
intimation, from perceiving that such does
not appear, in its instance, to have been
the course adopted by the mass of its reviewers.
Having derived ourselves extreme gratification from
the last effusion of Miss Laura Jewry's fancy, we
regretted to observe one of our contemporaries, after
the fashion of a certain eccentric worthy in the me-
tropolitan corporation, pertly and flippantly putting
down" The Forest and the Fortress," as a very so-so
attempt at an Hungarian romance ! Whereas, had tbes
critic only troubled himself sufficiently tq glance
through the work upon which he pronounced this
very peremptory condemnation, he would have found
that it was about as much a romance of Cockaigne as
it was a romance of . Hungary. Servia, and not
Hungary, is the land upon which all its interest is con-
centrated. Servian leaders, and not Hungarian leaders,
are the prominent characters involved in its succes-
sion of vicissitudes. Venda, its lovely heroine, is a
Servian. Kara George, it is needless to say, so far
from being a Magyar, is not only a son of the soil of
Servia, but its Gospodar and its Liberator. A bril-
liant variety of other characters, almost all of them,
with scarcely an exception, Servian, add an additional
merit to the story from its revelation of the workings
of the human heart, and of the versatile and volatile
capacities of the human intellect. Erfrem Petro-
vich, the brother of Kara George, is the principal
villain of the work until he is succeeded and exceeded
in rascality by his son Laser (curiously enough called
by the same name as the wolf-hound of his uncle,
when the latter was a forester to the Benedictines).
Milan, the lines of Rudnik, a most lovely and love-
able character, especially enlists the sympathies of
the reader ; and the mournful episode of poor: Helena
clirgs to the recollection with a peculiar and alinost
painful tenacity, even after her history has become
eclipsed by the more conspicuous history of her friend
and companion Venda. Of the whole description of
Rudnik we must speak in terms of admiration,
conveying, as it does, a vivid and life-like
idea of the aspect, the manners, and the domestic
economy of a beautiful Servian village. We rove
through the plum orchard with Liubitza and her
lover Milosh—we watch the good Wiehnia superin-
tending the arrangements of her household—we sit
by the side of Helena's blind old grandfather—at the
potent bidding of the novelist. Again, we are com-
muning in the solitudes of the forest with the mystic
phantom of a Wili—we are reclining by the side of
Shirine in the gorgeous aparttnents of the Pasha of
Belgrade—we are storming the citadel in the ranks of
the Servian patriots, led onwards by the heroic Gos-
Pdar—we are mingling in a conclave of she

Woiwodes, or ringing a street ballad with the Golu-
hitza, or gossiping with the barber Jowen, or writing
dispatches with the priest-warrior 'Luka Lastravith
—we are at one moment in the midst of a troop' of
Momkes and at another surrounded by a tur-
baned band of the Osmanlis—according as the ro-
maneist wills us to direct the current of cur imagina-
tion. All her scenes are painted in language as fluent as
descriptive. Her powers in dialogue, moreover, are
singularly conspicuous ;.and the abounding' glitter of
incident, wild, horrible, or astounding, imparts to the
entire fiction a charm of peculiar and commanding
fascination. It must consequently be apparent, from
what we have already observed, that the work before
us is one of no ordinary ability, and that its excellence
is raised far above the dead level of a meritorious
mediocrity. As an historical romance, illustrative of
the Servian revolution, " The Forest and the For-
tress" must hold a higb, and anything but evanescent
popularity in this beautiful department of literature.
If it fails to eclipse in our estimation the brilliant
merits f the " Ransom," at any rate it immeasur-
ably surpas,es in ability the still charming and agree-
able fiction of " Kirkeholme Priory." While we
acknowledge that we expect yet greater successes
from the hand of Miss Laura Jewry, we can felicitate
her on rot having caused her admirers any disap-
pointment whatever, but on having brought to a feli-
citous conclusion a romance which will tend greatly
to the enhancement of her reputation.

DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE of JOHN
EV.ELYN. Vol. 11.
English history, ,English travel, English criticism
on Art, English custoals, English literature—are all
aided, advanced, and illustrated by the estimable
diaries of the good and garrulous Evelyn. We turn
to them ever with en intreasing zest, conscious that
in examining, even in our most idle moments, the
apparent lumber of all this gossip, we are safe to light
upon some precious curiosity or other, stored up for
posterity in the midst of its confusion. In reading
most writers • upon matters political, historical,
literary, biographical, or critical, we feel, as it were,
seated beneath the rostrum of a lecturer, listening
to the staid and rounded periods prepared for our im-
provement after long and careful deliberation. When
we are reading, on the contrary, the diaries of such
men as the excellent Mr. John Evelyn, or even, as
friend Dogberry would call him, of that " naughty
varlet," Mr. Samuel Pepys, we are transported away
from all sense of mere perusal, over the gap of a
century or two—and find ourselves, so to speak,
sauntering through the reigns of the last Stuarts with
the hand of the narrator on the lappel of our
coat. The effect of the mere style is be-
w itching=so conversational and familiar, yet
pointed into occasional wit, and glittering with
frequent anecdotes. Compared with "Pepys's Diary,"
"Evelyn's Diary," it is true, has none of the at-
tractions of a most humorous eccentricity. Yet it
has other qualities that make it equally agreeable,
and some characteristics that compel one, however
reluctantly, to yield it the preference. With all our
predilection for the odd, comic, and ultra-grotesque
confessions of Mr. Pepys—his•secret licentiousness of
temperament, his gnarrels yith Mrs. Pepys ,behind
the bed curtains, his epicurean particularity in de-
scribing his dinners, his abominable - little peccadil-
loes in ogling pretty girls in church, and getting
pricked with pins in the fleshy part of his thigh
by way of recompense, his ostentation in his carriage,
his vanity in his dress, his miserly affection for his
gold pieces —we are yet forced to regard the Diary
of Mr. Evelyn as immeasurably more deserving a
frequent examination. The extent of his numerous
journies through the' continental countries, the mul-
tiplicity of his acquaintance, and those acquaintance,
too, among the foremost men of his generation, the
variety of his parts, the versatility of his talents, the
distinction of his numerous correspondence, his fami-
liarity with the events occurring in the
reigns of the first and second James, and of the first
and second Charles, and of the Commonwealth with
all its illustrious soldiers and statesmen, his protracted
and industrious career extending almost to the vene-
rable age of ninety, qualify him eminently for the
office of an instructor of posterity. As such he must
always be regarded. Meanwhile, the amenity of his
disposition, the goodness of his heart, the purity of
his life, the gentleness of his manners, the earnest
ness of all his friendships, and the tender devoted-
ness with which he clung to the ties of
family, must perforce secure to him the
sympathy, the love, and the admiration of all those
acquainted with his personal history. To us there
are few characters in the records of English literature
more winning in every essential particular than that
of the good and learned John Evelyn. Ills venerable
name always possesses for us an irresistible attrac-
tion. If for no other consideration, he would be en-
titled to respect as one of the founders of the Royal
Society. His exquisite work on forest trees, entitled,
if we recollect rightly, " Sylva," is about the best tes-
timony of his genius, both as a cultivator of science and
of literature. But the composition which has preserved
for him, up to the present day, a very wide and per-
manent popularity, is the one here being republished
in a cheap and beautiful form by Mr. Colburn. The
enterprise evinced in this regard by that distinguished
publisher is deserving of all eulogium and encourage-
ment—the cheapness of the re-issue being as re-
markable as its beauty and compactness. The work
in its present form is a necessary companion to the
popular histories of our country, to Hume, Hallam,
and Macaulay, to Lingard's " England," and Car-
lyle's "Cromwell." Its elevation to the book-shelf,
I as among the best diaries and correspondences in our
language, cannot but serve to adorn any library,
no matter how fastidiously selected.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, FRIDAY.—Tbe English barque Spartan,
Brown, from Jamaica for London, put into this port
on Tuesday last with the loss of her mainmast, having
encountered a severe hurricane on the 2d inst. near
the Western Islands, and was thrown Lon her beam-
end3, which obliged the master to cut the mast away ;
in this almost disabled state she reached this port.
The master on his arrival proceeded to London for
the advice and assistance of the concerned, and the
steam-tug Copeland has been sent down here to tow
her to the river. As soon as the weather moderates
the barque will proceed to London with the tug,
which arrived here yesterday afternoon.
Married, at St. Mary's Church, West, Cowes, by
the Rev. J. B. Atkinson, on the 24th inst., Captain
Tatn.all, 92d Highlanders, to Diana, youngest
daughter of Thomas Williams, Esq., of Ivy House,
Cowes.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
The secretary has sold the Flirt yacht, of 155 tons,
the property of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., Vice-
Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, to Sir
Charles Al'Leod, Bart. ; the price is said to be
twenty-three hundred pounds.

THE MESSLNGER BALLOONS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUly.
Stn,—ln the Morning Herald of Wednesday last,
Mr. l'ileplaerd, the messenger balloon projector, makes
a proposal to the subscribers of that paper to raise a
sum of 801. to defray the expense of constructing 15
balloons, with' apparatus for filling them with gas,
printing the dispmche, &c., and to be sent out with
Captain Ross's expedition. A number of these mes-
senger balloons have already been sent out to the
Arctic regions, and from the statements which have
at different times appeared in the papers respecting
the experiments mode in London, much is expected
from them by the Admiralty and others.
It is proposed to dispatch these balloons from the
vessels when they arrive in the Arctic regions, and
by means of them to scatter over the ice or water a
quantity of slips of paper and silk, having printed on
them, for the information of those who may find them,
a statement of the position occupied by the parties
who dispatched them, and their object in doing so.
Now I cannot see of what use these messenger bal-
loons will be if employed in this manner. We are
told that these messenger balloons are to assist in dis-
covering Sir John Franklin ; how is the discovery to
be made by Mr. Shepherd's plan ? We will sup-
pose that Sir John Franklin falls in with one of the
paper slips which informs him that parties are in
search of him. and where they are to be found ; of
what value will this information be to him ? If he is
alive he will naturally suppose that search is being
made for him.
By picking up the slips .he would certainly be
made acquainted with the position of the searching
vessels, but how is he to get to them? If he could do
this, one would suppose that he would not remain
where he is.
Thus it appears that Sir John Franklin is to find
the vessels in search of him, and not they to find him.
Now, these passenger balloons would have been of
great value to Sir John Franklin, if he had adopted
the plan proposed by Mr. Hampton, the aeronaut,
in 1845, at the time the expedition was being fitted

out.
Mr. Hampton proposed that Sir John Franklin
should take out a number of these balloons in case he
should be locked up in the ice, or otherwise prevented
from proceeding on his voyage ; then dispatches could
have been sent off with the balloons stating that he
was unable to proceed, where he was situated, &c.
These would have proceeded to a considerable dis-
tance, and being picked up by other parties either at
sea or on land, measures might have been adopted for
the relief of the sufferers.
The only thing that now remains to be done with
balloons that appears to be of utility is in adopting
the plans of Mr. Hampton, or of Lieutenant Gale, in
sending out an aeronaut with a large balloon to make
surveys. Much might be done in this manner, for an
immense circle of view would be laid before the aero-
naut, and with powerful telescopes objects could be
more distinctly seen from a balloon than from a ship
on the surface of the water. This is certainly the
best plan yet proposed for assisting in the discovery of
Sir John Franklin, but unfortunately it has been re-
jected by the Admiralty and a useless one adopted.
Before I conclude I may state that these balloon
projects, generally supposed to be new ones, are not so.
As early as the year 1785 Cavallo proposed the use
of balloons in carrying letters from ships that could
not safely land, &c., and, in 1826 an anonymous
writer in the Mechanics' Magazine suggested that
balloons might be employed in releasing whalers
from the ice.—l am, &c.
CHAS. HY. BROWN.
Meanwood-road, Leeds, April 28, 1850.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CURTI/WIT APRIL MEETING—THURSDAY.
The morning was wet and disagreeably, and the at-
tendance equally bad as on Wednesday; the course
laravy from the quantity of rain which fell on the pre-
vious night and this morning. The racing was poor,
both in quantity and quality. The Queen's Plate ex-
cited a good deal of interest and mutes speculation, in
consequence of the St. Leger nag, Chatterbox, coming
out; he was backed before starting at 6 to 4 agat the
field, but got a bad start, and was not even placed,
Blucher, the winner of the Plate on Tuesday, again
proving victorious. The challenge of the Madrids was
won easily by Captain Grant, St. John having been
drawn, fur the purpese of running for the Second Class
this day.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas for horses, &c. Three
yrs old, 7st lib; four, 9st 41b; five, 9st 131 b; six and
aged, 10,t 41b. Red Post. 3lb allowed to mares and
geldings.
Mr. Kelly's ch h Blucher, by Harkaway,s yrs(Dawson) 1
Mr. Murphy's ch c Brother to Dough, 3 yrs (Dunn) 2
Mr. Watt's b c Chatterbox, 3 yrs (Fallon) 0
Mr. Disney's b c Victory, 3 yrs (Keegan) 0
Mr. Wallace's b c Sir Simon, 3 yrs (Monahan) 0
Mr. Cullen's ch g Hark Over, aged (Farrell) 0
Mr. Farrar's bl c Viscount, 4 yrs (Owens) 0
Mr. Davies's b e Launeelot—Penelope, 3 yrs (Taylor) 0
Betting-6 to 4on Chatterbox, 3to 1 agst Blucher.
After one false start the lot got off well, with the ex-
ception of Chatterbox, who lost fully a dozen lengths be-
fore he could be got on his legs. Blucher immediately
took the lead, and made the running at a slapping pace
all the way, with Brother to Dough and Victory in his
wake; Chatterbox tried to get up at the turn, but could
not re ash the leader, who won in a canter by a dt zen
lengths, Brother to Dough second, Victory tame up
third, Le, tiny., Chatterbox by about a neck. Blucher is
in the Chester Cup with the light weight of 6.t 131 b.
Challenge of the Madrids of 25 soya each, and 5 sovs. ft.
Mr. Disney's ch c Captain Grant, Bst 91b (Wynne) 1
Lord Waterford's Bro to Johnny, 7st 41b (Doyle jun)
Mr. Knox's br c St. John, Bst 41b dr2
Betting-2 to lon Captain Grant. Brother to
Johnny made the running, at an indifferent pace, to the
distance, where Captain Grant collared and passed him,
winning easily by half a length.
Selling Sakes; eweep,takes of 5 sovs. each, with 25
sovs. added, for all ages; three years, Est 41b; four
yrs, B%t 4111 ; five yrs, Bst 131 b; six yrs and aged,
9st 510. One mile and a quarter on the Peel Course.
Mr. Mangan's b f Portia, 4 yrs--501. (E. Keegan) 1
Mr. Irwin's ch g Pie None, 3 yrs-150/.... (Lynch) 2
Mr. Watts's b f Poosey, 3 yrs-50/ (Grillion) 0
Mr. Bell's eh c Ormsby, 4 yrs-50/ (Jones) 0
Lord Waterford's hr h Due-an-Durres-150/ (Doyle) Q
Mr. Quinn's ch h Farewell, 5 yrs-100/ (Magee) 0
Mr. Peel's ch g Poor Yoriek, 5 yrs-50/ (Doyle) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Portia, 3to 1 agst Ormsby, 4to
I agst Pio Nono, 5 to 1 agst Due-an-Durres, 5 to 1
agst Farewell, 5 to 1 asst Poosey. Portia made the
running, with Farewell and Pio Nono close in her wake;
the latter made a fine rush opposite the Stand House,
and was only defeated by barely half a length. Poosey
threw her jockey at the hill, and ran all the way with
the leading horses. The winner was sold by auction,
after the race, for 1051., the surplus over 50/. to go to a
race this day.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAB ES.-6 to 4 egst Pits-
ford, 35 to 20 agst Beehunter (t),.3 to 1 agst Hardinge,
12 to 1 eget any other.
DERBY. 5 to 1 agat Bolingbroke, 7to 1 agst
Clincher (t), 9 to 1 agst Maven., 10 to 1 agst Ghillie
Callum, 12 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t), 14 to 1 agst The
Nigger, 15 to 1 agst The Italian, 20 to 1 agst Knight
of Avenel, 23 to 1 agat Mildew,2s to I
agst Cyprus.
CHESTER Cur. 9 to 1 agst Peep-o'-day Boy (t),
12 to 1 agst Miss Ann, 12 to 1 agst Essedarius, (take
13 to 1), 13 to 1 egst Glance, 17 to 1 agst Ellerdale,
18 to 1 agst Chantrey, 20 to 1 agat John Cosser (t),
20 to 1 agst Roland,
20 to 1 agst Cossack, 20 to 1 agst
Fugleman (taken freely), 33 to 1 agst Woolwich, 40 to
1 agst The Knout, 50 to 1 apt Captain Grant, 1,000 to
15 agst Fern (offers to take).

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MIN.
SlR,—Did Lord George llentinek ever stars the horses
for the Denciister St. Leger, and when?—Yours,
THACKRAH.
SAdle Hotel, Briggato, Leeds,
April 22, 1850.
[Yes; Sept. 17, 1845, when The Baron won.]—En.
Sun.

RAIL WA Y RETURNS
R►ILWAT TRAFFIC.—The folloWing aro the Total Receipts of Be.
gays for the past week—that is to say, up to the Elate to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous rear

Week
ending

April 20
21
20
21

NAME, OF RAILWAY.

Aberdeen .. •• • • ...• ••••• • • • • • ... : ...
Amiens and Bonlopae ••• •• • • • .
Belfast and Ballymena ••• • • • ••• • •
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and CheshW. Y.ir
Bolton, Blackburn, Clilheroe, and e
Bristol and Exeter •••••••••• ••
Caledonian.......• • • •• • •"• • ' '• • ' • •
Chester and Holyhead.. • .•• • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Drogheda. •.• • • •• • • • •
Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • •• '• • •
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.. • • • • • •
East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • *********
• • • '•
Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • •
Edinburgh and Perth •••• " •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern.•
East Lancashire •••••• • • • • •'
.......•
Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' •
• •'•
•
• • ' •
Glasgow, Kilinarnock, and Ayr • •
Glasgow and Greenock.• ••• • " • • •
Great Northern and E. L.• • • • • • " • •
Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • •
Great Western, Ikc • • • • ...... • • • • • • '
Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • "
Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • ********
Leeds and Thirsk • • • • •••• • ••
•••• • • ' •
Liverpool, Crosby, and Soutbport.• • •
Londonderry and Enniskillen .• • • • • .•
London and North Western, &C.. • • • •
London and Blackwall• • • • • • • • •• " • •
Londcn and Brighton . • • ...... • • • • ••
London and South Western. • • • • • • • •
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • • • •
Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • .•
North British • • • • • • • • • • " " • • • • • • • •
Paris and Rouen. • • • • • • •• • • • •
Rouen and Havre .. ••••• • •• • • •• • •
9eottieh Central • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Scottish Midland ••.••••• • • • • • •
Shrewsbury and Chester . • • • • • •
Shropshire Union .. •• • •• • ...... •• •
South Eastern and Branches • • • • • • .•
South Devon.. • • • • • • •
3 T,I Yale •• • • •
• ••
t
- Waterford and• Limerick—. ••••• • • • "
- Whitebaven Junction .• •••••• • • • • •
York s.nd Newcastle . •• • • •• • • • • •• "
York and •• • • ••.1

Last o'
week. '43 ;

1,02&
1,283
518
1,027

3,851
6,100 5,C
2,346
940
795
531
€94
3,867 3,1
2,191 1,1
14,176 15;
2,888 2,
2,060 1,
2,925 2,
923
3,187 1,
4,656 4
20,016 21,
11,622 11,
3,430 2;
788
138
148
43,552 40

8,032
9,340
5,302
20,450
1,230

3,105
5,t)77
2,?8,)
1,269

418
1,440

450
10,160
2,124
2,1'29

14,130
7,324