The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-20 00:00:00

EVENING, NOVETVIIIER 20, 1852.

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LITERATURE.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Art of Modelling Wax- Flowers. By Mrs.
Skill. London : Simpldn, Marshall, and Co.
This is a very neatly igot up little book, that
fully explains the art of modelling flowers in wax,
an amusement that is getting into as much favour
as crotchet. Indeed, the art forms a sort of com-
panion to the study of Drawing or Botany ; and as
no young lady's education can be said to be com-
plete nowadays unless she knows something of
these pretty accomplishments, our fair readers will,
uo doubt, thank us for drawing their attention to
Mrs. Skill's production ; which is profusely illus-
trated by her own pencil, and contains many valu-
able and practical hints upon the art, and gives
some general observations on the quality of the
wax to be used, besides explaining the nature of
the tools and materials required by the artist, and
furnishing rules for mixing and applying the tints.
It also gives ample directions for making eight of
our most favourite flowers ; and these directions
are accompanied by diagrams, showing how the
patterns are to be cut to make them assume the
shapes and sizes of the various parts of the flower.
The book is written in a clear and simple style,
while the instructions are interspersed with pas-
sages descriptive of the pleasure to be derived from
the pursuit of the art ; and though small in its
dimensions, the book yet contains everything that
it is necessary the amateur should know.

Horse Training. By Nicholas Wiseman.
This amusing little brochure, which, at the same
time, contains a great many valuable bits of ad-
vice to equestrians, has reached a third edition.
We recommend any of our fair friends who may be
given to indulge in the evil practice of " tight-
lacing," to ponder over what the writer justly says
of its baneful effects. The several paragraphs of
this pocket volume are pithy and pointed, as may
be seen by the following extracts

" GOOD HAND NOT TEACHABLE.—There is no such
thing as teaching what is known by the term "a good
hand upon a horse,"—it is a gift of nature. Lord
Anglesea possesses it in perfection ; Uxbridge and Car-
digan are not bad ; and there is much to admire in the
hand and seat of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge."

" SEAT OP THE FRENCH ON THE HORSE.—The French
sit completely home on the fork, with the toes down and
the heels up, leaving the muscles of the leg and thigh
unbraced, to act as aids when required. They are like
a sugar-tongs astride upon a poker."

LUUIb NikrtiLEClN uIINTING. -I once met Louis
Napoleon in a hunting field. Never did I see a fellow
get so many falls, nor rise again with so much courage.
Every time he touched his mother earth, he rose from it,
seemingly refreshed, like Antmus. There was that per-
severance and determination shoWn in the hunting field
which has since enabled him to win the sceptre of France ;
and long may he hold it for the peace of Europe, and.
the subjugation of Socialism, balderdash liberty (an-
archy), rapine, and idleness, founded upon the con-
venient doctrine, Que la propriete est un vol.' "

According to N. W., the ordinary system of
training horses is radically bad ; but he defers at
present to promulgate his own method of discipline.
He asserts that he can subjugate the most vicious
quadruped, and effect permanently what the
famous Irish " Whisperer" used to produce for a
-limited period by Mesmerism. The entire effusion,
though somewhat extraordinary, is very well worth
reading.

The Last Portrait of the Duke.—The last mo-
ments of a great man always possess a peculiar
charm ; and it is gratifying to know that the " great
Duke " within six weeks of his demise, gave sittings
for his portrait. His Grace had previously ex-
pressed a determination never again "to sit;" but
at the earnest solicitation of Mr. Abbot Lawrence,
:the late representative of the United States at the
Court of St. James's, he consented to break through
that resolution, and to grant sittings to Mr. Glass,
the artist, who has thus had it in his power to pro-
cure for posterity the countenance of the hero as it
appeared a few days before death snatched him
from us. The result of Mr. Glass's labour has
been the production of an equestrian portrait, the
size of life, in a picture representing the Duke pas-
sing through the Horse Guards ; and the likeness
and characteristics of the original are not only pre-
seryed, but the painting itself is executed with
much spirit and artistic ability.

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The History of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
By John Taaffe. Hope and Co. 2 vols.
This work is to be completed in four volumes. The
present are divided into three books, the first of
which treats of the commencement of the order, the. E
second of the siege of Acre by the Sultan Chain,
and the third of a Council at Rhodes, when the
estates of the Templars were confiscated. The
Order of St. John was created in 1099, and Sir
Raymond du Puys was the first of the Grand
Masters. The author gives a sketch of the raise- '
rable and confused state of classes in England,
and the still greater suffering in France at the
time of the first Crusade. The history of the
order of course, involves the history of the
Crusades and the attendant events. But, though
often recounted, it retains its interest ; and the
author observes that many long-lost documents,
lately found to the Vatican and elsewhere, show
things in a different light, and enable a modern
to render clear what was obscure and doubtful
to former historians. He defends the Templars
from the accusations made against them, and shows

the Hospitallers in a favourable light. -It is to be
regretted that the work is not written in a more
simple and explicit style, which would have dis-
played the evident knowledge and historical re-
search of the author to greater advantage.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 19.
APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant Richard James Viscount Gilford (1852),
to the Winchester,. 50, flag-ship, on the East India
station.
Master Joshua Whiting (1845), to the Dido, 18, on
the Pacific station.
Mate Henry W. Fox (1852), from the Victory flag-
ship, at Portsmouth, to the Encounter steam frigate, at
Portsmouth.
Midshipman Aneas B. Read, to the Leander, 50, at
Portsmouth.
Naval Cadet Alfred Markham, to the Agamemnon,
90, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness.

SHEERNESS, Nov. 19.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam sloop Rosamond 6 St.
Lieutenant-Commander Crawford, made her number yes- St.
terday at noon, as she passed up the Thames en ronte to 50
Woolwich to be paid off, having been in commission two
years, during which time she was employed in North St.
America and the West Indies. The Rosamond was de- St.
signed by the ex-Surveyor of the Navy, Sir W. Symonds,
and was launched in 1844. She was originally called 50
the Infernal, afterwards the Eclair, and, latterly, the
Rosamond. She is 1,059 tons burden, and of 280-horse "!
power.
Her Majesty's steam-tug vessel African, Second Mas-
ter 12
Gill, left port yesterday morning for Greenhithe, to 25
assist in towing her Majesty's ship Hercules, Commander
Baynton, down the Thames. 10
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Lizard since 6
being docked has been found to be coated on the bottom 12
with muscles two inches in thickness. They got into the 12
sieve-holes of the feed-pipe, and increased therein to such 12
an extent as to render it inefficient. A special survey St
on her is deemed necessary, for which the officers wait St
an order from the Admiralty. More than two years xc
have elapsed since she was payed over with two coats of 2o
patent composition.
Her Majesty's ship Hercules' Commander Baynton, 2
passed the Nore yesterday at 3 p.m., in tow of the
African and, another steam-tug vessel, on (her way to St
Scotland, to embark emigrants for Australia. 26
• Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir T. St
Maitland, has her topmast fidded, and will comments
to=day setting up her topmast rigging. One of her A.B.'s,
Donald M'Cashell, was killed on Wednesday. afternoon,, •
by falling from the fore rigging on to the deck. 11
Her Majesty's steam sloop Driver, 6, Chief Engineer
James Eyres (acting), is expected to-day from Woolwich. 11

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.—Great Northern Rail- • 1.0
way, !King's-cross, 19th November, 1852.—Sir,—Several
reports having been circulated Wing that the Great
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Northern Railway has, during the late floods, been ob-
structed, I am instructed by the directors to ask you to
be good enough to insert in your next number the infor-
mation that the main line and branches of the Great
Northern Railway have been continuously
traffic in passengers, goods, &c conducted in the usual
way.—l am, sir, your faithful servant, Seymour Clarke, 2
general manager.
DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE ,FRIGHT AT SWANSEA.—A
person named Watson, employed as the porter of the
Branch Bank of England at Swansea, attempted to com-
mit self-destruction by strangulation ; but his wife for-
tunately discovered him hanging to the bannisters before - if
life was extinct, and alarmed the neighbours. A Mr. 11
Davies, who lived in the adjoining house, ran in and cut 1(
down her husband, who was quite insensible. Mrs.
Davies followed her husband to see what was the matter, .
and became so excited at the sight that she took a fit ,
and died in a few hours afterwards. The man Watson
was ultimately restored to life. The deceased was in
her 55th year.
One of the most novel and amusing exhibitions in the ij
metropolis is Mr. Woodin's " Carpet Bag and Sketch 1
Book," at the Marionette Theatre, in the Strand. So
clever 'a mimic has not appeared since the celebrated
Matthews. Mr. Woodin, though young in years and in
his vocation, is a perfect adept in transformation of appear-
ance and versatility of tongue, and has hit the town on
a side where it was not hit already.—Family Herald.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONVOCATION.—On Wednesday
evening, after the address had been agreed to by
both houses, Convocation was regularly prorogued by
the Archbishop of Canterbury to Wednesday, the 10th
of February, at twelve o'clock, in the Jerusalem Cham-
ber. The Bishop of Oxford entered a protest against
the
right to
tante synodhegr enttcoae
that the Archbishop had
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