The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-15 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

The Transverse or Diagonal l'rinciple
Ships Together, ay. London : C. Wilson.
The l'ratiorerse l'hinkell Principle of B. ibl in
Australian Passenger resselN, dc. :
WE shall not street to prom ',ince a judgment on the
merit, of these two pamphlets, which require a
special profess' al education to undershoot mill
follow their explanatory statements ; lout we can
fairly say they contain prima facie e‘illl'flei` that
they are mot ally Claltorate lout important. A tact
mentioned in the former of the two is of general
'within. interest :
" A carious circumstance, in association with one of the
earlier vessels 11111111sol'1,s;lllall4..lostl'uction, is worthy of
notice. We 11.1.1•1* 1111111! 11•141•14 built at Nlllo' Elms in Itclll.
Phis was floe Ship. ill fact, that was dt•Nig11111 to he sith•
merge.' oaf the island sat St. Helena, as a 1111.11115 of /1411111•
liar the eyilesl Napsolcon Itsmaparte. blie was elitist 'meted
miller the secret direction of the Captain
Johnson, tat' smuggling tiotouiety. lier csomloinatison, as
we have Wall, was of bore-amt all and motional courses Of
1111111k1llg, V/111111111111 111111111. 1111 N 11.• 11!%1111111 111 a 11111 g and
111.1A.1.1 11111.1.11.411111111 Allll'lllll% S111111•101:11 11/1111.11111 111111Ve
and 1/I.IIIW. Tlll' 11111141'N 1111. 'sail' 111 11:111. Is en lute in
sostolorr. A1W1*11114.4 were cost through her sleek surface for .1
teisitosorary leatelsaays ; her rouudiug at the gunwales toeing
tilled sip nearly to the Nltllaile, with stead planking. She is
described lo) those who recollect has Mg seen her at the
time Si. It 111111) beautiful model ; and, though sonicaliat
full ohmc water, she was filly huti. taN•wmvl smsl all below ;
ausl showed that ths• .limesley easatmry to
what has lu cu Ilssllllll4l for it in this respect, was capable
of proiliteing a 111311 ofisso inesinsisleratlole degree sal sharpness
of form a The duvet lll/aeVta*,
obtaining it chie t.. 111.1. sosiseetssl (11111111 a donht rail ) ionr-
1141S1. 111111 111."411111111111, liar having a l'rgisler
granted HAVE she was ttttt .1101. The adopli uC the
planked principle,by the shairsightesl smuggler, raw the
eonstimetisoll 111 a Slll/111111.1111. VtSSII.I, says something again
roar the la 11;31 iosspriTioatx/regot aif the 101111110.41 sys4llll of
build, whatever may has its other qualities,-

Penal Discipline. Threo. Bettors. By ('liptitin

nochie, II N. Lomita, :
Titt:sr. letters originally app:ired in the Daily Nerrot,
111111 aro 101 imp ortinlee in C4llllll'4'l ion with the
ingnirirK WSW Inking plare at Birmingham, Leicester,
anal elsewhere. They el sill ail% oits interesting state-
ments. The folloa Mg is a testimony to the
sympathetic motives of Captain 31aeonoehies treat-
ment :

A prisoner once said to the in Sydney, " One would
Think, sir, that you had been y 1111 l self a primmer, you know
su peifectly all unit we think and say among ourselves."
They eontain the inti►nnation which will he new to
many, that the most suecessful prison in Europe irs
that of " Valencia, in Spain, which in thirteen years
has bad an almost inappreciable number of recom-
mittals. Great praise is awa►ded to its governor,
t'iolonel 1/on Manuel Motiterilios.

Factx awl Infereneex drawn front Inspection of the
Public Baths and Waxhhouges. By Allred Ebs
worth. London : Briekhill.

A nm'. account. of the operations of the various
public batl►s established about the metropolis, with
tabulated data leading to the main inference that
similar baths einild be established at St. Mary
Newington►, and that a rate of Id. in the pound on
the inhabitants would meet the difference between
the reeeipts and expenditure.

Electoral nifornt ; or, the Prerention of Bribery and
Corruption Practically Shown in fl Drlift of a
Propimill Bill
.for Portia Me lit. By William Pall'
1.441(1011:

Tut: author tells US Ilint he haS had expeiience pro-
fessionally as an electionecting agent and manager,
and ministerially in conducting cloct• . i 4, under-
sheriff of a county. We reserve the consideration
of his proposed hill until other proposals with a si-
milar object are fairly before the country.

!Pinch's Aquila). Tables tOr Ascertaining the Pane
of Lifehohl, Leasehold, and Church Property
lieu( Fines, cfc. Third Edition. London :
1 .ongnians.

Tuts is a well known work. The first edition was
published in august, IN:c2 null this, of June, lis;'):1,
is the third. The position or the anther in the sci-
entitle world .ullieiently guarantees the utility and
e‘celletice of these tables. Peculiarly useful to the
capitalist, the attorney, awl the film of business,
to the general reader they will prme interesting,
and furnish hint with curious information.

lie Trie.giart l)rtaiHt. London : 111dt:hard.
Tut, 41616 tttt book contains an account, interest-
ing in it, win. though hyperettlogistie, of the cele-
brated Dr. de Leuw, of Urifiah, whose prefessivual

SATURDAY,

merits were popularised to the English public in the
Lay of the Water Lily " published la-t year. It
mmy be %4•Illi the attention of persons afflicted with
the eye di.ca.cr 14 the cure of which the doctor is
so celebrated. A portion of the profits of the work
is promised to the doetor's poorbox.