The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-02 00:00:00

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striking passage :
GUILTY—DEATH !'
" What familiar syllables were these in the good old
times—the time of our history! In those happier days,
how many goods and chattels, live stock and dead, were
protected, watched by Death! Death was mad
reat e by law
the guardian of all things. Prime agent, g con-
servator of social security—grim keeper of the world's
moveables. Death, a shepherd, avenged the wrongs of
stolen mutton; Death stood behind every counter, pro-
tector of chapman's stock; Death was the day and night
guard of the highway traveller against the highway
thief : Death watched ox and ass; the goose on the
common, the hen on the roost. Even at the altar, Deatl
took his cautious stand, that Hymen might not be scoffed
and defrauded by wicked bigamist. De minintis curabai
Mors. Turn where he would, the rogues' path was dug
with graves. Nevertheless, the world grew no better;
made no visible return to that happy state, ere hemp was
made a sovereign remedy for wrovg. And so by de-
grees Death lost somewhat of his reputation with the
members of the world; and by degrees many things
were taken out of his: charge. It was found that—sheep
were stolen—tradesmen's goods lifted—pockets picked
hen roosts forced, and maids wickedly married by men
already bound—it was seen that these abominations con
tinued and increased, aye, in the very face of the great
ghastly bugbear Death, and so his watch and ward were
made a tighter task; he was gradually relieved of many
of his social duties; the world, to the astonishment of
some folks, still spinning on its axis, though the life of
immortal man was not, as in the good old times, offered
to stolen colt, to the king's gracious face unlawfully
stamped in counterfeit metal, to a hundred other sins all
made mortal by the wisdom of untaught humanity.
Truly, justice, turning back the leaves of the goal
calendar, might sit awhile in sackcloth and ashes, pee!
tent for past transgressions—past wrongs committed in
her moral blindness! The sword of justice! An awful
weapon truly: a weapon working out the will of highest
Providence a solemn instrument which man solemnly
acknowledges. This has been, and may be. Yet,
thinking of the world's mistakes; of the cruel blunders
worked by law on man, the sword of justice—of so-called
Christian justice robed and ermined—may sometimes
seem to the eye of grieved humanity as terrible as the
blood-dripping. tomahawk of the wild, revengeful savage.
The sword of justice! May not the time come—it will
come, as surely as the sun of far-off years—when Justice
shall lay down her sword ?—when, with better wisdom,
she shall vindicate her awful mission to mankind, yet
shed no drop of blood?"
Poor St. Giles is condemned, and Capstick and Bright
Jetn endeavour to procure for him a reprieve. They
wait upon Mr. Tangle, the lawyer, for his advice
and assistance, but as it is Sunday that worthy re-
fuses to see them, and Bright Jetn indulges in the
following bitter reflections on Sunday observers of
the Tangle stamp:—
" And so there's a Sunday conscience like a Sunday
coat; and folk;, who'd get on in the world, put the coat
and the conscience carefully by, and only wear 'cm once
a week. Lord love you, when we see what some people
do all the week,—people who're staunch at church, re•
member—l can't help thinking, there's a good many poor
souls who're only Christians at morning and arternoon

service.'
" Capstick looked earnestly at Jem and said, My
dear fellow, it's all very well between you and me to say
this; hut don't ;:ay it to the world; don't, Jem, if you
wouldn't he hunted, harried, sttu‘d to death, like a mad
dog. Fo!ks w.Tu't be turned inside out after this fashit
n.
v.ithout rev,ngiug th,: treatment with all sorts of 1114:
names. Very pine folks wort be held up to the light
and shown to be wry (!irty botks, without paying haw
abuso for the impertinence. Jem, whatever coat a man
may wear, never see a hole in it. Though it may be
full of boles as a pet, never see 'em; but wise your bat

a to the coat, as it it was the best bit of broad-cloth
in the world, without a flaw or a thread drops, and with
the finest bits of gold lace upon it. In this world, Jem,
woe to the man with an eye for holes! He's a beast, a
Wi etch, an evil- speaker, an uncharitable thinker, a pest
to be put down. And Jens, when the respectable
hypocrites make common cause with one another, the
Lord help the poor devil they give chase to!' "
Admirably truthful are these observations of
Bright Jein and Capstick, and delightful is it in
these days of selfish and self-seeking hypocrisy to find
that there is at least one man bold enough- to expose
the pretensiens of the respectable Pharisees, and to
tell them to their teeth that they are naught. Young
Lord St. James, however, arrives at Tangles at the
same moment, on the same errand, and the respectable
lawyer at once puts his religion in his pocket and
attends to secular affairs, albeit it is Sunday. The
next chapter exhibits to us young St. Giles
lying in Newgate under sentence of death.
It is the most painfully interesting chapter
of the work—painful from its very truth! ul-
ness. The neglected boy refuses to pay any atten-
tit a to the exhortations of the chaplain, and replies to
all his questions, " I knows nothing about it His
only ambition is to die game. He disbelieves all the
Ordinary tells him about the goodness of Christians,
and shrewdly remarks that if—
The true Christian forgives everybody—well, then.
in course, the judge and all the nobs are no Christians,
else would'nt they forgive me? Woultint they like it so,
to teach me better, and not to kill me? But I don't
mind; 11l be game; see if I don't be game—precious!'"
The Ordinary throws himself on his knees, and
Frays to God to soften the heart of the boy, " who
stood eying him with a mingled look of incredulity,
defiance, and contempt." The Governor enters anti
announces that a reprieve has arrived for St. Giles
(obtained through the interest of Young St. James),
and that he will be transported for life. Then fol-
lows this exquisitely pathetic touch :
" St. Giles made no answer, but trembled violently
from hea4 to foot. Then his face flushed red as flame,
and covering it with his hands, he fell upon his knees;
and the tears ran streaming through his fingers. Pray
with me; pray for me!' he cried, in broken voice, to the
Ordinary."
Juniper Hedgehog continues his Letters—we com-
mend his observations on the subject of the Maynooth
grant to the careful perusal of the Rev. Dr. Croly,
who w ill rise from the study of the Hedgehog corre-
spondence a wiser, if not a better man. " Cathedral
Pennies" is the title of a very smart article on the de-
secration to which our cathedrals are exposed by the
conduct of the clergy, who have turned them, as the
author justly remarks, into " traps to catch pence."
The conclusion of the essay is capital :
" 111-gotten is the gain made of Cathedral tolls—most
filthy of. all filthy lucre. Were change demanded for
certain thirty pieces of silver, we cannot help thinking
—it might be appropriately furnished out of Cathedral
Penni& s.'
All the other articles of this Number are excellent
—excellent not as mere literary compositions only,
although considered merely in that light their excel-
lence is of a very high order, but excellent in much
higher points of view, for there is not one of them
which does not convey a high moral lesson. Douglas
Jerrold has fully redeemed the pledge which he gave
in his prospectus, that every essay, however brief,
" should breathe with a purpose." His magazine is
eminently addressed " to the sympathies and common
sense of the people."

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.
As might be expected, the Maynooth Bill has no
failed to arouse the University to a sense of what ii
conceives to be its duty, and accordingly we have a
very lugubrious article on the effect of the " passing"
measure, upon the efficiency of the Protestant Estab-
lishment in Ireland, written by some twaddling par-
son, who is evidently given more to political disqui-
sition than the " cure of souls." Many a " holy
text" is pressed into service by the writer, and
though we felt it rather hard work to get to the end,
we confess that at the close we enjoyed a hearty
laugh. The benighted Irish, according to him, are
just now on the point of being converted. He con-
tinues :
" Never since the connexion of this country with Eng-
land, was there a period of which it might be more truly
said, 'Lift up your eyes and look upon the fields ; they
are white already for the harvest ;' and in which the
prayers of the righteous might be more fervently ad-
dressed to the Majesty on high, Pray ye, therefore,
the Lord of the harvest, that he may send forth labour-
ers into the harvest ;' for the harvest truly is plen-
teous, but the labourers are few."
" The labourers few," with a revenue of over half a
million ! ! It would be superfluous to say another
word of the value of the institution. " Tales of the
Trains" is an arnwing and well-written sketch, not
very complimentary to railway management on the
Continent. " Spanish Romances and Songs" is the
first of a series of translations from the Spanish. They
appear to be ha?pily and faithfully rendered. The
following from the poems of Luis de Camoeus is
pretty :
Look, mother 1 the mariner's rowing
llis galley adown the tide ;
I'll go where the mariner's going,
And be the mariner's bride !
I saw him one day through the wicket,
I opened the gate and we met.
As a bird in the fowler's net
Was I caught in my own green thicket.
Oh, mother, my tears are flowing,
They've quenched my maidenly pride—
I'll go, it' the mariner's going,
And be the mariner's bride !
This Love, the tyrant, evinces
Alas ! an omnipotent might.
He darkens the mind like Night,
He treads on the necks of princes !
Oh, mother, my bosom is glowing,
I'll go, whatever betide,
go, since the mariner's going,
And be the mariner's bride !
Yes, mother ! the Spoiler has reft me
Of reason and self-control ;
Gone, gone is my wretched soul,
And only my body is left me !
The winds, oh mother, are blowing,
The ocean is bright and wide ;
I'll go where the mariner's going,
And be the mariner's bride !
In " Personal Recollections of Thomas Campbell,
Esq.," we have some revelations of the private life of
the late poet, which, if true, exhibit him in a most
unamiable light—cold, selfish, and ungenial. Can
we believe that he ever thought—much less avowed
—as tl.e writer of this article asserts, that Byron was
a liar, a blackguard, a ruffian, a writer of low satire
and a dunce—a very speller of Virgil. A second
article on the Italian poets discusses points connected
with the life of Tasso, with which every one is
acquainted, but throws no new light on the subject.
" The Nevilles of Garretitown" increases in interest
as the tale proceeds. The review of " O'Connor's
History of the Irish Brigade" we have perused with
great interest and satisfaction. It is a temperate and
well-considered article. What irresistible evidence
does it not afford of the supreme folly of governing,
or rather trying to hold Ireland on any other tenure
than that of doing her full and complete justice. On
he whole, the articles in the University for this
h month are of a fair average quality.

DRURY•LANE THEATRE.—This evening is the
last night of Daprez's engagement, and also of the ap-
pearance of Ma.lame Garcia. It is only, on the eve of
his departure, that the exquisite b'auties of this gifted
singer begin to be appreciated—the house on Wednes-
day evening last having been literally crammed.
BiAMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The new time bill was
issued on Wednesday. The first train from Euston.squarestill leaves
at a. quarter past 6 o'clock in the morning. The 7,8, 9, and 10
o'clock trains are continued, The half-past 9 o'clock and the
quarter past 10 o'clock trains are abolished, and, in lieu thereof,
two trains leave at half-past 10 o'clock; the first arriving at
Rugby at half-past 1 o'clock ; the second at Aylesbury at a-quarter
past 12. The 11 o'clock train is continued ;as is also the 1
o'clock A.M. ; but a 12 o'clock train, to arrive at Rugby at a-
quarter past 3 o'clock, is added. The trains at 3 and half-past 3
o'clock in the afternoon are discontinued, and a train will leave at
a quarter past 3 o'clock instead. The great change and improve-
ment is in the establishment of the 4 o'clo k express-train. It will
arrive at Tring at 48 minutes past 4, at Wolverton at 20 minutes
past 5, at Coventry at 25 minutes past 6, and at Birmingham at
7 o'clock. A second train at 4 o'clock will reach Wolverton at 6 ;
and the 5, half.past 5,6, half-past 8, and 9 o'clock trains are con-
tinued as heretofore. By the express.train, which leaves London
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, passengers may reach Liverpool the
same night at 10 minutes past 10 o'clock. The express train
from Birmingham will leave at 20 minutes past 7, and reach
Euston.square at 10 minutes past 10 o'clock ; thus affording the
most ample time both in Liverpool and Birmingham for the trans.
action of business. The liberal reduction of 3s. on the first.class
fares for Birmingham, and a proportionate reduction of the second-
class tares, together with the admirable arrangements for the de-
parture of the trains to suit the purposes of business, deserve the
highest commendation.
The Commissioners of the Customs have received a
letter from Mr. Cardwell, one of the secretaries to the Lords of the
Treasury, to the effect that he has been commanded by their Lord.
ships to authorise the payment of a drawback on sugar candy ex-
ported, equal to that allowed on single refined sugar. The
revenue.officers throughout the kingdom have had notice of
this order, with directions to carry it into effect from the pre•
sent time.
At a meeting of the five district societies of St.
Marylebone, held at the Courthouse on Wednesday, April 30,
the Rev. G. S. Penfold, D.D., in the chair, the reports of the
several districts were read ; from which it appeared that during the
past year 3,782 persons had been relieved by their visitations, and
that the sums distributed amount to 1,500/. 55. 11 a.
IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.—In the window of a hair-
dresser's shop in the Strand is the following announcement:—
" Wigs made so naturally as to escape detection." We under.
stand that Lord John Russell has recommended the establishment
to Sir Robert Peel, who, if he can be made a Whig so naturally
as to escape detection, may join the Liberals without being found
out—a condition that is always facheuse to a Minister.—Punch.
THE PENNY DUKE OF BUCKINGIZAM.—At the
Buckingham Sessions—as we learn from the Aylesbury News—the
chivalrous, the magnificent, the battue-loving Buckingham, pro-
secuted one Caleb Blackwell, for " having damaged a fence, to the
amount of one penny!" Blackwell, it appears, was a poacher, and
had twice before been summarily convicted. Whereupon, for the
third offence, he was sentenced to " four months' imprisonment
with hard labour, and to be once privately whipped!" Ana yet
there arc falsifying people, who avouch that the Duke of Bucking-
ham is not beloved ty the peasantry! Scandalous malignity I Ho
is beloved ; and henceforth, let his reputation, like the namesf
Whittington, go down to posterity, for ever associated with a cat.—
Pt4nes.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. May 1.
The SPEAKER, took the Chair at the usual hour.
NENV MEMBER.
Mr. BA ItK LI-, who was introduced by Lord Hotham and Mr.
Thomas Baring, tock the oaths and his seat fur the borough of
Leominster, in the room of Mr. Greenaway.
RAILWAYS.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Lord Chester-
field against the Sydenham Railway.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented petitions against the Bir-
mingham and Gloucester Railway from the Berkeley Canal
Navigation Company.
Mr. FERR AND presented a petition from a 31r. Horne
against the Leeds nd Think
Air. M. MILNES presented petitions against the London
and York Railway. . .

Mr. ORDE presented a petition praying to be heard by
counsel against the West Cornwall Railway Bill
COMPANIES CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL, &c.
Sir G. CLERK, in the absence of Lord Granville Somerset,
moved that the amendments made by the Lords in the Com-
panies Clauses, the Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill, and the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill, be agreed to.
The motion was, after a question asked by Mr. Labouchere,
and the reply, both of which were inaudible, agreed to.
The LORD ADVOCATE moved that the amendments
made by the House of Lords in the Companies Clauses Conso-
lidation (Scotland) Bill, the Railway. Clauses Consolidation
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Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to call the attention of the
House to one of the clauses in the second of those Bills, a
clause which had been introduced covertly and surreptitiously,
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to clauses in every railway Bill that had passed that
House. He (Mr. Labouchere) asserted that this was as great
an error as the other. The turnpike-roads in Scotland were
not made in the same manner as in England. The manner in
Scotland was to borrow the money required for its construc-
tion from a bank on the security of the tolls on that road.
The proprietors on that road also gave a personal security for
the repayment of the loan, and it was natural that they should
do so, as such roads passing by or through their estates would
benefit them. The object of the clause now introduced was
to enact that, in the event of these tolls failing, the proprietors
should not be held accountable as regarded their guarantee.
The import of the clause was, that in every railway Bill, in case
the railway company and the landed propietors do not agree as
to the amount of compensation for the injury done to turnpike
tolls, the absolute decision el what the sum of money
should be shall be left to one individual, and that in-
dividual shall be the sheriff of the county. In many instances
they were landed proprietors in the counties for which they
were sheriffs, and consequently they would be biassed in their
decision. His Scotch friends, no doubt, who represented the
Lowlands thought it a hard thing that their property should be
invaded by railroads, but the Members who represented the
Highlands had quite a different way of viewing the question :
they were very much against the clause. They were by that
means giving power to the sheriffs, without the possibility of
appeal. He was sure that the House would not sanction this
clause if they had an opportunity of considering it.
The LORD ADVOCATE said that the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman laboured under a mistake. What he ( the Lord Advocate)
meant was, that when the clause passed none of the Scotch
Members present objected to it. He had not had the
opinions of all the Scotch Members en the matter.
In most of the Scotch Railway Bills the principle of this clause
had been recognised. The clause did not mention any sum as
compensation; the whole question was left to the sheriff. He
could scarcely conceive a better arbiter than the sheriff, as he
was a lawyer, was an independent person, and had no local in-
terest.
Mr. FORBES said this clause had been approved °thy most
of the Scotch Members.
Mr. RUTHERFORD said that the present clause was a very
important one—one of the most important that could be intro-
duced. He was not aware of the particular circumstances under
which it was introduced, but it was unfortunate that
a clause of such importance should be introduced without no-
tice, or wiihont even being printed.—( Hear, hear.) A clause
of such importance should not be introduced in that way.—
( Hear.) The Lord Advocate was right in saying that in some
railway Bills this principle of compensation had been adopted
in Scotland, but not in all cases. In a great many cases, such
as the Glasgow and Kilmarnock, the Cllasgow and Ayr, and
the Glasgow and Edinburgh, that principle was not recognised.
It was decreed by this clause that in every case where any injury
was likely to arise to the turnpike-roads, that compensation
should be made to the Road Commissioners, but by the clause
which had been introduced into this Bill it appeared that when-
ever any alteration was to be made likely to involve any extraor-
dinary expenditure that the compensation was to be made
by the Railroad Company, and if any dispute were to arise, that
then the decision should be left to the sheriff, but the clause
w.s so framed that there was litigation in every line of it. The
sheriff was, probably, a very honourable man, but it was too
much for a decision of this sort to be left to any
single individual, and in the case of this road to Staines there
was hardly any option left to the Commissioners. And what
was to be done with this money ? It was not to be paid into
the court of that officer, but some of his most impor-
tant functions were superseded, and he was appointed
to a duty which was quite foreign to his office,
and which he could not satisfactorily perform. A
most important principle had been introdnced into the Bill,
and one, be it remembered, which Parliament now, for the
first time, recognised—that whenever toll• keepers' trusts were
diminished they would have claim for compensation against the
Railway Company. He likewise complained of the manner in
which the elau,e had been introduced, although it was the most
important in the whole Bill.
Mr. CUNIMING BRUCE said it seemed to him that the
House was indulging in a most irregular discussion. It was
now too late to discuss the merits of the chose which had been
sanctioned by both Houses of Parliament. With respect to the
authority vested in the sheriff, it should be recollected that that
officer had only to decide in cases of personal liability. Since
this clause was passed he had received nume..ous communi-
cation from Scotland expressing entire concurrence in the
clause.