The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-04 00:00:00

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Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... Jan. 18.
via Marseilles ... .. Jan. 12.
.Brazil and Cape Yards, by British packet. Jan. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Jan. 29.
ohina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 2.
via Marseilles ...Jan. —.

Falkland Islands ..
Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 2.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. '2.
viz Marseilles Jan. —.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 11.
via Marseilles Jan. 5.
Portugal •• • •
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 2.
via Marseilles

Newfoundland

Oporto and Vigo **
U. 6. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Jan. 6,

_ _
"by U.S. pack.'
by Canadian packet Jan 1.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritie Tan. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Jan. 14,
:81exico
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } Jan. —.
California, and Britieh Columbia..

WHAT IS VULGARLY CALLED "A TWISTER !"--
As exemplified by the description of a Stomach
watching its hard tasks come down to it from the regions
above between dinner and bedtime.—First comes a plate of
soup and bread, and a glass of sherry; " I can manage
that," says the Stomach. Then a plate of fish, with more
bread and more sherry; "and that," adds the Stomach,
" though these sauces don't quite agree with me." Then
comes beef, or mutton, or both, and stout ; then game and
sherry; then a dish of tart; " Conround this pastry," soya
the Stomach, "it gives me more trouble than anything
else ; but if the master will only stop here, I think, if I put
out all my powers, I can get even this rubbish out of the
way." But she has hardly taken this hopeful view of the
case, when down come ;them, celery, apples, oranges, nuts
figs, almonds and raisins, port, sherry, claret, and a tumbler
of hot liollands and water. " Good gracious, was there
ever such a mesa?" exclaims the stomach ; " what can the
man mean? Does be think one pair of hands can manage
all this ?" Still the willing slave goes to work, when
presently there is a rush of hot tea from above, with a thin
slice of bread-and-butter. And when the Stomach with
infinite labour has got the hodge-podge into some sort of
homogeneous shape, and is preparing to take a nap after
exhaustion, lo! a devilled drumstick rushes into its labora-
tory, two devilled kidneys, a bottle of stout, and three
tumblers of hot brandy and water.
THE MEANING OF " WlLLlAM."—Derived from
the language of the old Teutonic race, Wil-helm, the
helmet of many, signifies one who protects and defends
many. Willi or Vili is still preserved in the German
",viel," many; so too is " helm," with the identical mean-
ing of old (which grew out of the word " hilma''), to cover•
In the Icelandic " hialme' is helmet ; in the Saxon " helm"
signified to cover, to protect ; in our own language, derived
from those above mentioned, familiar to all is the " plumed
helm" of Shakspeare and all our poets.. Scarcely less beau-
tiful is the other meaning of this doubly significant name,
the Saxon " helms" signifying the helm or upper part of
the rudder, which is grasped by the steersman who guides
the ship. Is not our common name of William, then, Is
name to live up to ? A helmet of defence, a protector ; or
helmsman, a guide to many ! To those who care for the
significance of names there is a delight in reading the
" Life of William Pitt," at the appropriateness of the
name to " the pilot who weathered the_storm."—Soi2l4
s What's your Name?
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