The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-14 00:00:00

A PICTURE.

There was a peasant trimming his garden, and a
woman working at her spinning-wheel beneath the
grateful shade of a trellised vine. There was a
humble cottage, boasting neither of beauty in its ar-
chitecture, nor of the spaciousness of its extent. Its
roof was low, iti walls were of clay, its porch was
rudely constructed, and its whole aspect spoke more
of labour than of wealth. But it was a home, and
wherever there is a home there is poetry, there is
soul, there is beauty, and the expression of a senti-
ment which outvalues all the conventionalities of
the world. The man was a husband, the woman
was a wife and a mother. She had one child,
a boy, but more heavenly than human, in the
fresh divinity of his young and guileless heart.
It was a joy to these parents to know that
God had blessed the fond love which bad
united them together with this confiding image of
himself, and to them the world had but one hope,
and all that hope was living in their gentle boy. It
was their lot to toil, but to toil they had been born;
they had been visited by sorrow, but they put their
trust in God, and thanked Him for this one blessing,
this benediction and pledge of their trusting hearth,
this offspring and centre of their dear affections ; and
the living, breathing hope of a futurity to be made re-
dolent with the fragrance of one long unending Bum-
mer ; the fruition of those anticipations which were
now in their budding bloom. If their lot had been one of
gloom, light had fallen ont of heaven, and they were
the parents of a child. The sun went down,
and twilight came. The river rolled along as stead-
fastly as heretofore. The little birds which dwelt
among the tall grass and sedges on the banks were
coming, one by one, to rest them till a new morning
should call them with its golden light, to sing again,
and be glad. The flowers in the meads were droop-
ing their heads, as though in sorrow, that so fair a
day should bare an end, and their eyes were gushing
with silent tears, as they saw the shadows of darkness
come to steep the world in gloom, and to veil the soft
blue curtain of the sky. And the child had gone like
a young bird to its parent nest, and had laid its little
cherub form upon its tiny couch. And within the
walls of the little cottage the spirit of beauty had a
a sacred home.—Eliza Codes Journal.

NEW CHAPEL FOR THE CONSUMPTION
HOSPITAL, BRO]LIPTON.
This building, founded by the Rev. Sir Hoary Foulis,
Bart., who laid the first stone under the east window on
the 30th August, 1849, is specially intended for the use
of the patients of the hospital, and was erected in me-
mory of a near and dear relative. The chapel consists
of a nave, 60 feet long and 22 feet wide; north and
south transeptal projections, 17 feet wide and 10 feet
deep; and chancel, 22 feet long within the arch, and 15
feet wide. The extreme length from east to west is 84
feet. The height internally in the nave is 15 feet to the
hammer beam, and 35 feet to the top of the ridge. The
whole of the interior fittings are of oak, some bearing
the arms and crest of the founder. The floor under the
seats is boarded and made level with the gangways, in
order that there shall be no difficulty in reaching the
seats by the weak patients. All the other parts of the
nave are paved with terro-metallic tiles, red and black:
in one portion, between the pulpit and reading-desk,
the arms, crest, and motto of the founder are laid with
Minton's tiles. In the north recess an organ will be
placed, the pipes to be within eak-traceried screens on
each side of the window. The organ is a present to the
chapel. The south transept is at present unoccupied
with seats. The chancel is paved with Minton's tiles, in
blue, red, and buff patterns. It is separated from the
nave by a low traceried screen. The east window is
filled with stained glass, not yet quite finished; the
other windows of the chancel contain stained glass.
Stained glass for the north and south, and two of the
nave windows, have also been presented. The chapel is
approached, from the hospital, by a corridor about 85
feet in length, so that the patients may not be exposed to
external air in bad weather. Externally, the walls are
of Kentish rag, and all the decorative parts are of Caen
stone. The roof is covered with old plain tiles, inter-
laced with terro-metallic round-end tiles. The low part
of the Corridor is of red brick, to correspond with the
hospital; and .the other part, built to correspond with
the chapel, is lefty, gabled, and otherwise rendered more
prominent so as to unite, as easily and unobtrusively as
possible, with the main building. The contract for the
chapel was tukeu by Messrs. Hopkins and Roberts, for
1,6131. The oak fittings were taken for 3861. The ac-
commodation is for about 200 worshippers. This build-
ing was erected from the designs of Mr. E. B. Lamb,
architect, and is quite worthy of his established reputa-
tion.—Builder.

BAMPFORD SPEKE.—Yesterday (Sunday), Aug.
11, 185,', the Rev. G. C. GorLam was inducted to the living
of Bampford Speke. The Rev. Howard, of St. Thomas,
officiated on the occasion, in the place of the Archdeacon
Moore Stevens. The Rev. Gentleman preached an excellent
sermon to a numerous congregation, in which he evidenced
his high feeling as a gentleman, and his piety as a Christian
minister.

GRAND TRUNK AND STAFFORD AND PETERBO-
ROUGH RAILWAY.—A call of ss. per share has been made on
the 481 shareholders placed upon tht list of contributories by
the Master in Chancery (Brougham), and is now in course of
payment. This call is to pay off outstanding liabilities to the
extent of between 1,000/. and 2,0001., and is expected to be a
conclusive one. The Master has instructed Mr. Turquand,
the official manager. to institute a suit in Chancery against
the late secretary, who has absconded, in respect of a con-
siderable amount of forged scrip, and against the directors
for an alleged legal breach of trust in their having signed
cheques to which payments were made in respect of the
spurious scrip. The transaction, as reported by the official
manager to the Master, is to the effect that the deposit of
2/. 'ls. was paid by the holders of 16,535 shares, and that the
total sum received was 37,457/. A return of 11. ls. per
share, and a further return of 2s. 6d. per share was made to
the shareholders, but during the payment of the second in-
stalment it was discovered that a fraud had been committed
on the company by the presentation of 1,5004 worth of
scrip, which had been improperly obtained by some party
from the scrip books, without payment of the deposit, and a
return of IL Is. per share been made thereon, amounting to
1,514/. It was also found that a return of the IL 3s. 6d.
per share had been made on two hundred shares, which had
been purchased by the directors with the funds of the com-
pany, and that this amount had been received by the secre-
tor) . Should the money be recovered, there will be a divi-
dend to be declared amongst the shareholders.
SIGNOR LARLACRE.—We understand that this
great artist has just given a new proof of his loyalty to the
,iirector of Her Majesty's Theatre, by signing a tresh en-
gagement with that gentleman for a term of three years.'
It is rumoured that Miss Harriet Reeves, a sister
of our renowned English tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, is about to
snake her debut as a vocalist. Report also speaks favourably
of her voice and talent.

A COUNTRY NEWSPAPER PARAGRAPH.—Tbe Kent
Heald states that " while a party was carousing at the Star
Tap, in this city, on Tuesday evening, a brick was seen to
move, and forthwith up sprang a large mushroom.

ROXBURGIISHIRE.---Lord John Russell is to pay a
visit to his noble father-in-law, in this county, towards the
end of the present month. His stay is likely to be for some
time.—North I3ritisli