eason of
their elevation, from so much of common-place sympathy, as well as the
fact that the investigation so frequently involves the very driest of
details, the general public regards these suits with a sentiment of
almost indifference.

Far different was it on the present occasion. Every trial at Bar was
watched with deep interest, the newspapers commenting largely on the
evidence, and prognosticating in unmistakable terms the result. Crimean
Conway was the national favorite, and even the lawyers engaged against
him were exposed to a certain unpopularity. At length came the hearing
before the Privilege Committee of the Lords, and the decision by which
the claim was fully established and Charles Conway declared to be the
Viscount Lackington. The announcement created a sort of jubilee. Whether
the good public thought that the honors of the Crown were bestowed upon
their favorite with a somewhat niggard hand, or whether the romance of
the case--the elevation of one who had served in the ranks and was now a
peer of the realm--had captivated their imaginations, certain it is they
had adopted his cause as their own, and made of his success a popular
triumph.

Few people of Europe indulge in such hearty bursts of enthusiasm as our
own, and there is no more genuine holiday than that when they can honor
one who has conferred credit upon his nation. Conway, whose name but
a short time back was unknown, had now become a celebrity, and every
paragraph about him was read with the liveliest interest. To learn that
he had arrived safely at Constantinople, that he was perfectly recovered
from his wounds, that he had dined on a certain day with the Ambassador,
and that at a special audience from the Sultan he had been decorated
with the first class of the Medjidie, were details that men interchanged
when they met as great and gratifying tidings, when suddenly there burst
upon the world the more joyful announcement of his marriage: "At the
Embassy chapel at Pera, this morning, the Viscount Lackington, better
known to our readers as Crimean Conway, was married to Miss Kellett,
only daughter of the late Captain Kellett, of Kellett's Court. A novel
feature of the ceremony consisted in the presence of Rifaz Bey, sent by
order of the Sultan to compliment the distinguished bridegroom, and
to be the bearer of some very magnificent ornaments for the bride. The
happy couple are to leave this in H.M.S. 'Daedalus' to-morrow for Malta;
but, int