The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

INTELLIGENCE OF THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
lltr Majesty's steam-sloop DaTerate, Lieut-Corn-
mender Stevens, arrived at flolyhead.on Thursday,
with dispatches and letters from the 'Arcitic expedition-,
ander Sir Edward Belcher. The dispatches reached
the Admiralty yesterday.
' The expedition was towed by the Desperate and
Basilisk ns far as lat. 60 deg. 11 min. N.; long. 24 deg.
4 mm. W. The weather at this time was exceedingly
boisterous, and for several days the whole of the ships
were knocking about without being able to have any
communication with each other; but on the Bth inst. the
dale moderated, and the two steamers then partrd com-
pany, after receiving the final directions of Sir Edward.
The Arctic ships were Last teen strerhg for Cape
Farewell with a fine breeze.
Oa the sth inst. the expedition experienced a very
severe gale, in which the North Star hist ono of her
cutters and smashed another.
The two little screw /melt, the Intrepid and Pioneer,
behaved admirably. We,undorstand that the Desperate
naa given great satisfaction daring the cruise to all on
board,' and Sir Edward Belcher selected her in prefer-
ence .to the Basilisk for the purpose of bringing home
his dispatches to the Admiralty.

PORTSMOUTH FaroAr..--The Winchester, 50, Capt.
, ------7
G. G. Loch, was taken out of Portsmouth, Harbour
this morning, at eight o'clock, by Mr. Davy, second
master attendant. It was blowing in heavy squalls
t"m N.N.W.; the Echo gave her a tug to windward,
and the wind favouririg her a point, she set double-reef
tepsail.., jib, and spanker,, and sailed out in good style.
When off the Spit Buoy, she had to make a tack to
reach tha anchorage. She slued the Commander-in-
Chief when going out with 17 puns.
The Simpson steam-friguto, Captain Jones, vanse into
hat hour yesterday. She is receiving tables, stools, and
an extra galley for the use of tha troops she is to take
to the Channel Islands, and also to Cork.
Tho Pinions steamer is under the sheers in the basin;
reeeirieg her masts. She and the Sidon are laid to be
commissioned soon. Two steamers, it is said, .are
to be
commissioned at Devonport.
We are sorry to hear that Commander Joseph
.West
died in the hospital laq week.
The Porcupine it fittingain cotta having fitted ,her
alorwsido the yard jetty.
Tho Neptune, 120, Captain
proper topmasts, got
S
them down and returned them into store in ,the. dock-
yard, where thty
will be ready to take on board at a
topgallatitma,ta, rigging, 841. e 1138
moment's notice if required. She has got UP in licu
her former jury spars and yard Q-
. Mi.josty's eteac, yacht weiry, and her tender the
Elfin, have been undocked to-day, after their refit and
re-embellishment. They will be in readiness to embark
the Queen and retinue on the 22d.
Commander Sir William Wiseman, of the Excellent,
we regret to announce is ill -in Hasler Hospital with
smallpox.: ' _ ..

Ships in Harbour--TheVictory,'NfTtucei Excellent,
At Spithencl—The porcupine, Fairy,
filpnheinst Sampson,, _ Conflict 11,11 a,
Elfin, Fanny, and Echo,
'
Winchester, Arethusa, Arr t
ogan s and Diligence trans-
port.
In the 133sin—The St. Vincent, Encounter, Furious,
and Eur 3 dice.
- • Prince Regent, Superb, Hogue,

In the Steam Basin-
-
hoti, G argon, Medea, heel Bd 1 Ili ,g Vesuvius, and
.
Fire Queen,, The Edinburgh, Sidon, Strom-

DEVONPORT, MAY 13. Retribution, Captain Warden,
sail, d yesterday for Libbon.
steamer, Captain H. J. Matson, which has
been crtrweg off this port for two or three days, put
nto the Soutvi this afternoon, and saluted the flag .of
'Admiral'Admiral Sir T —."
u• A. Oninashhol' which was answered by
,he Impregnable.
The Dauntless has returned her South American
seahiairdtt3
iai;drodrrairwenistnhio.se for the Channtl, and expects to
Iu th;" Sound—RodneY_,
D tentless, and Highflyer.
In Harb,nr T
.topregn,,b'e, Sr. George, Leander,
Sylph, Mlgiei'nnPs BUZZ .rd, CoLfi ince, and the Ro-
chester, Gime!, and
L'eVol:l
SHEERNESS, MAY , g hters.
addlewt-eel
I
stestn-vessA Wildfire,. Mr.
Brockman, Second Maser
commanding, en
--nYeYed to Chatham yesterday morning
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Jonet.litio Percy, Commander-
-14. tier Majesty's p
in Chief at the Nora', oho:
the North Kent Railway, to attend her Majesty's Draw-
ing-roots. The fly, of the gallant Admire! was struck
at sunset on board the Waterloo, 120. The duties of
the post devolving on the itig- captain, the Hon. Montagu
oceede d thence t 4 town by
Stopfotd, as pext in seniority, his broad pendant was im-
mediately hoisted. The Wildfire returned to port in the
afternoon.

taill:iletrhoMHajoens.tys's.
Tsc.reesvarEnt:gairne: •
her return from her trial cruise having- c -1 ft PI mouth
, e y
Sound on the 11th inst.;
firusigydarittei
li
ey, Horatio,
mx pre.cwte d. 22,5 h.
e BrCeo aueprai
chier, Master Commanding, was —es ei ay
Her Majesty's steati-vessel
g her hither.
y t d
the discharging basin.
Her Majesty's ship Hercules is to proem. to Chatham,
after having landed her stores, to undergo a thorough
refit. Steamers from this part aro to proceed to Green-
HER _ MAJESTYS BlRTHDA.Y.—Yesterday being ap-
pointed for the celebration of her Mlesty'a birthday.
observed as a holidayat
the Public departments of
was
bithe for the purpose of towin
this port. The Royal standard Was hoisted at the dock-
yard and at the garrison sluff at an early hour. Her
Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, Captain the Hon. Montagu
Stopford, with the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon.
Josceline Percy at the fore
_and the royal standard at the
main, together with the London, 90, Captain G► he
Mundy, and Monarch, 84, Captain c. Rope, were
dressed in the usual manner, and at 12 o'clock precisely
fired each a salute of 21
.guns, which was followed by
the artillery at the garril_on battery on shore. This
concluded, the bands cf the Waterloo and Monarch
i d the National Anthem. In the evening. the Cap-
P•qe,., d t entertained at
tele-buperinten en
fri rsof the dinner, at .his resi-
dence, the principal e . ce e doczyard and a select
in commemoration of the day.
..
i taken .into
party,

...-e Ic-oeysltterordlatyhea
Tr it KITCHEN AND RFPREsIIMENHTounsciOOI,iSO n
report ofthe_ ---- ---
arrangements f CANDLE Co ,
i THE J,ETTL4II SPERMMPANY.--OH the
mons was printed. The report states that havin hof Cem -
Bth instant, a meeting of merchants and men of capital took
STielEectliC°ormsniE i't
consideration the petition of Charles Ritchie ga dado under„R place at the George and Vulture Tavern, in the City,. when
licensed victuallers, complaining of the arrangemennt t--", it was resolved by the persons present that a company
oteire
aCrop2o,riszst.
the kitchen and refreshment rooms , f the
which refreshments, are
supplied in
the Ivestibuletsi of underthe should be formed Tor the manufacture of sperm candles of a
House, and have reason to believe that such arrangement is beautiful description under French patents. The'export trade
every way essential to the comfort of Memberß, and to the at present from France of
_tins candle is very large, but its
convenience of strangers attending the /I-
---041e, and they manufacture can be undertake? in England cheaper, and its
therefore cannot recommend any alteration. As aprotection consumption in the East Indies and the colonies will be
to other parties the Committee have been careful to ive trict larger, as they will not come under the " Foreign" mann-
directions that no refreshment whatever should be sgold in the facture duty. The nerves of the committee are before the
hails of the Howe upon those days when the House and its public'
Committees are not sitting, . . 1 VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT To THE HOUBE OF
istoias.—Yesterdy, others s the
THE GUILD or LITERATURE Ar.D ART.___Bra. Co 3 stream of counsel, Parlia-
d
in ntary agents, an wa
XING H AM, FRIDAY. -- Mr. Charles - Dickens and his col- - -e• to St. Stephen's-ball s descending the central
leagues performed Sir Edward Lytton's new play in the staircase
dscto view various t °rt. , Prince Albert. unattended,
-Music-hall here on Vieclne,day, and again lee evening. On .aatrlrcivCommons, and the freseos,l°llB
of the new Houses of Lords
the first occasion the hall was filled in every part ;on the se- the now on the easel of Mr.
Herbert. the artist to
cond there was a very numerous and most respectable audi- ognised with general House. His Royal Highness was
once. On both occaaione the PeriQnliances Me the highest tee— five 'clock from gratulation, and drove
before 0
afftidactiox '' ' ' inghttna rAlgo. departure porch f B
Cr uck-
, _
.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. ,
I The grand challenge cup race, the very /rep/use/tea of
I yachting conte.te, trok piece yesterds.y, but although
affording con -el table gratification, was divested of the
very powerfte interest it would othArwise have created
by an accident happening to one of the favourites at the
moment the most exciting part of the race was about to
c mmence, end when the finest opportunity presented
- itself for the development of nautical skill and supe-
riority of craft.
The Ruby steamer had been chartered by the club, for
the accommodation of mtmbers and anir friends, but the
assemblage en board was neither so numerous nor so
aristocratic as we have witnessed; but the very early
period of the season, aed the uninviting character of the
weather of ihe last few days, coupled with the heavy
hail storm of the morning, bad necessarily a tendency
to materially lessen the number of visitors, and
mainly those of the higher classes, who ordinarily
take considerable interest in the matches of this
distinguished chill,. All things taken into con-
sideration, the attendance was much greater than
could have been anticipated, and amongst the company
we observe d Lord Londesborough, his son, Captain
Freestcn, Captain Harwell, R.N., and several
other distinguished
achtmen. Besides the Roby, the
Dryad, and Waterman 3, accompanied the race with
very respectable parties on board. seal there were several
schooner • e and cutters of R lel Clubs under way for the
Same purpose.
Thu priz as we before stated, was for the Grand
Challenge Cup or piece of plate,
given for competition
amongst all royal clubs, and the course ( xtended from
Erith to the Nore Light and back:-
The folio is„e (=ere found at their stations:—
Stn. Name. Tons. Fort.
1 Mouse ....
cent
Distingulshin^
London ..Bed, with mouse in .re.
2 Volante 43 Ditto ....White flag.
3 PauLne .• 35 Ipswich—Blue square. flag
4 Cygnet ....35 Southton. B:ue ground, ram's head yellow.
5 Musonito..so London ..1.31 pierced white, red 31al'tese'cross.
6 War Hawk 65 Teiltunth.ittlue flag, gold hawk.
Hall-minu,e time per ton fur difference of tonnage.
Of the above all were fine craft, but the Volante and
the Musquito were ibe favouritee. The former was the
holder ot the cup, and the winner of it last year; but as
the Mosquito and Cygnet had also been victorious com-
petitors for it since it was first presented for competition
in. 18.19, either would be entitled to its permanent pos-
session, in the event of again winning, as it wasnokne-
ecssary, according to the stipulations, that success should
smile on the same yacht two successive years. From
the day she was launched, the Volante, built by Harvey,
„ef Ipswich, had fully realised the expectations of her
friends, and the power she displayed in her beautiful
race and long-continued struggle wiq2 the America, had
increased her reputation in no small degree. Of the
second—and first favourite with some—the Mosquito:-
11( r merits have bean so often tested, and eh& had so
fully established her repute as one of the most beautiful
and powerful boats that ever was launched, that it
would be a waste of time and space to dilate upon her
qualifications; it is sufficient to say that she was built
by the celebrated Meyer, of Hlsck wall. The Cygnet,
although a new boat, was hardly considered to have
" legs" enough for, either of the other two, and the
same notion applied with perhaps more force to the
Mouse; but there were two straagers, new boats built
for this occasion, the War Hawk and the Pauline, the
former by Pope, of Plymouth, and the latter by Harvey,
before named. Report spoke well of both; but what
they could do remained to be shown, and as well-tried
boats are better than "dark" ones, it would create no
surprise that they found but few backers.
Mr. Green, the eminent ship-builder, and owner, yes-
terday ( fficiated, in lieu of the gallant commodore, Lord
Alfred Paget, who is in Paris; and under his direction
all preliminaries having been duly adjusted, the star;
was made at 11 h. 50 min. 30 sees. There was a stiff
reefing breezi from and owing to the circum-
stance of its being very squally at the moment, the boats
canted, and these having rather close berths, the start
was not so good as might have been wished, two of the
boats having blown upon each other and becoming foul
for a moment, the Cygnet'a bowsprit fouling the Mos-
quito's topping lift. This threw tho Pauline and Volante
eut of their course, and materially relayed the latter.
The Mouse was first in view, but the War Hawk, with its
capital position, went in advance a minute after the
start, followed by the Mouse, who, overpowered by her
rival, soon dropped in the rear. With a fair wind and
plenty of Pe they spanked on with a reef on and a jib-
headed topsail, at an tweezing pace. It, was declared by
good judges that this was just the Musquito'a day, and
the must sanguine expectations were indulged in by her
friends. In the lower part of Long-reach, the War Hawk
led by a quarter of a mile, the Mosquito had acquired
the second place, the Volante, from last in the start, bad
run by her opponents into the third place, the Cygnet
;vas fourth, and the 134ulinc fifth. AtGreenbithe, the
War Hawk and Moiquito clewed up their topsails, and
it was thought were about to shift, but it was merely to
set them again to tights, their having become foul. In
this course they continued down to the Chapman Head,
however, where the War Hawk, taking time by the
forelock, shifted her jib, and got ready to go to wind-
ward, but from that moment the Musquito, which was
at that time half a mile astern, gained considerably upon
the leadieg boat, the Valente having been third from the
end of Long Reach, where she had overhauled the
Cy gnet.
They rounded the Nore Light in the following order:—

The War Hawk y 2h. 8 min. 373 see.
Mullah°
Vulante 2 b. 9 min. 37 sec.
Pauline
Cygnet
Now should have come the great trrat of the day. The
coming down bad done nothing more than to show that
the boats could ran or react, the beating up, with the
:Lie wanting something like an hour or more to fnoe,
was the thing to test heir capabilities. Everybody were
anxious to see what they could do to windward, aid
whiie the greatest anxiety on this ecore prevailed. the
accident, -to wbich we have before ahatled, and which
threw a consideral,lo damper upon the pleasure of the
day, occurred. U'ho War Reek area in the act of
rounding, t and while doing so the Musquito came
inside to windward of fox, and evidently with the
intention of going about between her rival and the
light . boat, which they rounder?, but finding it
impossible, from the s'rong set of the lee tide,
to clear the latter, attempted to bear up under
the stern of the War Hawk, and in doing so carried
away her own basesprit. which broke short off at the
stem, by fouling the War Hawk's main sheet. Thus
were the hopes of •the Musquito party entirely de-
stroyed, while the beautiful craft herself, driven by the
tide and wind, floated a mile below the light ship, while
her crew were ergrged in rigging another bowsprit, and
an interval of twenty-three minutes elapsed before she
could make any endeavourto retrieve her position, with
a mile of leeway, and -the time we bare mentioned to
make up. immediately after the turn the Volante held
a much better wind than the War Hawk, and not only
fore-reach'd her, but after going about, came out a
quarter of a mile a-bead, and well to windward—a po-
sition she maintained and improved to the end. In
Sea-reach the pretty Cygnet weathered the War Hawk,
and bream° second, in which way the race finished,
with the following time, the Pauline having unfortu-
nately gone aground at Cbapme,n Head
....... 6 h. 47 mid. 21 sec.
Cygnitt ....... 7h. 9 min. 30 sec.
War Hawk
The priza was thee presented by Mr. Green, in the
usual manner.

LITERATURE.
PAUPER'S:II AND POOR-LAWS. By 110.

belt Pashley. LongmonB
This work is well worthy the pert sa l of those who
have devoted their attention to the all
_he unsatisfactory
author
T
discussion of our ill-regulated poor-lawe.
commences with the origin of pauperism, showing
the impossibility of its existence until later times,
not because the poor were better off of Old than they
are at present—far from it; but serfdoirt required no
parochial relief. It is also shown' how, when the
serfs gradually obtained their freedom, every en-
deavour was used to obstruct them : thus an Act
passed during the reign ,of Edward _ the Sixth, the
barbarity of which can hardly be credited, and which
(although it was but little put in force and repealed in
a subsequent Parliament) shows, nevertheless, the
desire that existed in the Governixtent to sub-
ject the people, went so far as to brand and
enslave for " a priod of two years all who
came under the denomination of beggars ; and the
mildest statutes for the prevention of -begging were
severe and cruel. The description of the state of the
poor throughout the whole volume, together with the
ex,raordinary enactments passed and repealed, is
highly valuable, and the whole history 'of our pre-
sent poor•laws and their predecessoreoahich gives
full and detailed accounts of their general misma-
nagement, and the principal evidence produced at
their several revisions, added to the various statistical
tables showing the principal cause of patrperisrn and
the means for is amelioration, and 13o* much the
want of education is felt, and that many of the over-
seers of parishes cannot write, which is attested by
•numbers cf their reports being signed_ with an X ;
how want of education leads to drunkenness and other
vices, shown in tables collected from police and other
reports, must prove both instructive and inter-
esting to the reader, and shows that Mr. Pashley has
spared no pains in the composition of his. work.

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE
ANCIENTS 1N ITS BEARING ON
MODERN TIMES. By A. S. Tremenheere.
Murray.
This book consists of translations of passages from
Aristotle, Polybius, Cicero, and other classic writers,
which the author considers applicable to the 'politics
of the present time.

ROUSEHOLD CHEMISTRY. BY
Albert J.
iJernays. Sampson Low.
In this little volume the housewife may find many
amusing, instructive, and startling revelations. The
perusal of the first chapter, " Chemistry of the Break-
fast-table," wherein the astonished gourmand will
discover the variety of gases, Sze., of which he
has partaken, will give a fair sample of the whole.

THE GOLD VALIT,EIL_ 1;:. IL Watherston

Smith and Elder.
The object of this little work is to enable the
miners end others now employed in the search of
gold in Australia and California, as well as the public
generally, to arrive at its true value; tables are given
of the weights and value of gold and alloy, with rules
ff,r assaying gold and silver.

TILE TEMPLAR'S LETTERS; or, Advice to
Young Mn going to the Bar. Bateman and

liarittricke.

This it a series of letters adressed to a young menu
a comparative stranger to the world, by a monitor and
guide during his professional career as a student at
the bar ; and the author conceiving that these may be
of use to gentlemen similarly circumstanced, has pub-
lished them for their benefit.

LIFE ASSURANCE MANUAL.
A. Eagle. Paternan.
The author explains in the preface that his object
in publishing this work is to popularise the principles
of life assurance, by developing the system in its
varied, yet simplest and most practicable form. Al-
though it may be supposed that such a development
is hardly required, owing to the number of treatises
on assurance that have been published, nevertheless',
the greater part of them baying been compiled by
statists and mathematicians, the sulject being treated
only scientifically, are too abstruse for the gene-
ral reader. The various tables of the different
modes of assurance, together with the value of
policies, Ice., of the different -offices, contained in this
volume, constitute it a book of reference.

By Philip

A TREA7 ISE ON WAGES.
.111‘eulloch. Longman!,
We find in this little work a statement of the cir-
cumstances which have determined the rate of wages
and the condition of our labouring classes, from the
" good old times" to the present day together with
comments on the advantages and disadvantages of the
various modes of paying labour and the treatment of
the labourers. The chapter on the laws for repres-
sing combinations among workmen must prove inte-
resting at a timr, like the present, when so many
combinations of workmen are daily taking place.

By T. R.

SUGGESTIONS AS TO REFORM IN
SOME BRANCHES OF THE LAW. By
James Stuart. Second Edition. Stevens and
Norton.
These SJgg..7stions consist of five chapters, ex-
pdaing the irrperfections existing in certain branches
of law relative to the alteration of the present mode
of profeesiontl rernunerition, fdcilitttleg the leasing
out of zeal property.

THE COURT OF CHANCERY AND
OTHER COURTS.
This is the re-publication of a work which ap-
peared some time back, and the author, in bis
preface to the second edition, comments upon the
alteration and amendments which have taken place
since its first edition. It contains useful and inte-
resting information.

THE GEORGICS O,F VIRGI4. By Rev. E.

Cobbold,'llf.A. Lumtfy.
We here have tt:c four Georgics of Virgil, together
ablthe adoption, as
ricultural terms, ia
with an almost lineal translation of heroic couplets
and explanatory note‘. The translation, although a
fmreuechonet,s ipso:seibryle,coofrrEennt,giaisniad
rendered more agreeable and intellige,hie
to the
reader; the style of the retry is by no means indiffe-
rent, and combines a good translation with pl •
8115111 g
verse.

Chapter e article
THE LAW RE VIER' A-76---.
Ar •
Qoiar7 LordAITE R
Derby'sL l
t the first of " The
policy asotfojluarwiirr;fl;_jd:re;UNAL
• Commences with a ttvourabi
rents of the political and
apprentice,hip,
if
it
1,, Lbtotle, the
. judicialviews and practic
istory
sketch of the life ~,,f ancients, with a
At's" of
the
length of whose
to '-'lllll3'. Aristotle v., .°
devotion exemplo of the owim3 le so called,' to Plato, is an
Thracian of the philosopher
Chersmwse fil's born at Stagira, a city of the
year he repaired to B.C.
384. In his seventeenth
whirl; righq I the school of Plato at Athens,
-I,' has b
sity of the wori&
been termed the then great univer-
and his iibo7i Trir:re he remained twenty years,
by Plato, °ll3 devotion to ecience was appreciated
At the whodeath termed him the intellect of the school.
fellow pupil
~,ocf P]ato, Aristotle accompallieed
.his
,;nocrates to the Court of li
muss,
tyrant of A
tbTOW of 'Er
rtneus and /aria. Th -, epee on the over-
ertnias by the Persian King, he went to
Mitylene. His great reputation was, vow shown by
his "' oPpointment as tutor to the son of Philip of Ma-
cedon, Alexander the Great, then fourteen years of
age. He continued with Alexander until be set out
on his Asiatic campaign B.C. 334 ; and although a
personal coolness had arisen between them,
still Alexander placed some thousands of per-
sons under Aristotle'ts diughoutrections,
Asia to makeand inGqreece.
uiries
on natural history hro
The result w1,,,s the " History of Animals." Re-
turned to Athens. taught in the Lyceum ; Xeno-
crates and Theophrastus then bad the Academy, and
the Cynics the Cynosuges. Whilst be delivered his dis-
courses he was in the habit of walking up and down,
,a trait of character which forcibly, illustrates the
restless activity of his mind, and his:school has bence
obtained the name of Peripatetics. -'He lectured at
the Lyceum for twelve years,. Exposed at length to
the same intolerant spirit which had put Socrates to
death, be fled to Cale's, saying " that he was unwill-
ing to involve the Athenians in another crime against
philosophy." There he died, B.C. 321, in his sixty-
sixth year. The " Trial of Lord Grey for Conspi-
racy and Abduction," is the first of a series of re-
-mailable trials to be contintied. The contending
merits of the " Bar and the Attorney " are discussed
at length, and the probable consequence if a union
should take place. The " Recent Judicial History
of France," the " Fusion of Law and Equity," with
an article on " Lunacy and the Commissioners there-
f," complete this number.
_____----

getting 11P
GETTING UP BEHIND..
There is a great deal of this.
"f well as on a small
l*hind"
practised in the wall!, on a large as
scale. Let a great cause arise, and
adri" immediatelywitt3,,(,l.l.a Yon
of small, oijects leap p
see how ready peopleutireantod
doors do you ate the
many
yt up behind Royalty in
this country. Over he)
What hosts of purveyors to the
nr°sll arras. InGuntedl •• i dentists, umbrella-makerp;
s. or; cht Ml.t ,
ell means ,i, getting up
~,6 :=2c u—fri , d
so
on! It
aausaae maker:, an,
Yankees call it, " tailing on." Syme
new pi( ject isannounced, behind;" or, as the and is tailed. as absurd. It
can never work •
Microns
—impructicable—stupid
insane. But it is , it is 14
tried, and is found to work;—it
.
ntly all the deprecators make a
even works well. in"
project which they had been abas-
h at the identical
rns
b h. 91" b it
up elr , e railways,
abus-
ing, and now try to " get
t
'ships, or Cleo-rlCtelegraphs.. If balloons war©
or screw
succeed, there would . soon be nothing but balloons;
to
every balloon would have its parachute, or parasite,
"getting up behind"—" tailing on." Thus also are all
manner of successful commercial speculations imitated.
Let any individual achieve notoriety, it matters
not bow—Jenny Lind, Tom Thumb, Kossuth, Cobden,
or Paxton,—and forthwith you have handkerohiefs,
hats, songs, umbrellas, pipes, &c.,called by their names,
_books dedicated to them,—portraits of them engraved
and sold as long as they will sell,—and their names con-
verted to trading purposes by that enterprising portion
of the community which is ever so ready at " getting
up behind." The same class starts " organs of public
opinion," to advocate whatever opinion is uppermost; and
you witness the sudden advent of British Blazers, British
Protectors, British Lions, and all sorts of short-lived
heroes and defenders of what will sell and go down with
the wind. " The People" is a phrase which is now co-
piously worked up by those who have things to dispose
of. You have the "People's" this, that, aid the other;
for the said " People" are in the ascendant. We see
one enterprising clotheir is. now using it to get rid a3f
trowsers, coats, and gaiters; and is puffing bimself
as the "People's" clothier. He wants to "get up be'"„t
hind;" and thousands are like him. How many
meat and
up behind" the .Great Exhibition! It was mearniag
drink to them. What ingenuity was exercised in
thetu next
the penny by that grand event! But wait tilt he little
novel and striking vehicle drives along, and 101
, ,e. And
sweep will be jumping on to the gallant equ,l6,„ their
not only he, but thousands more will be ni.(2a"cook's
opportunity of " getting up behind!"---""
Journal.

SERUMS
SERI(; CASE OF STABBING. were
on Monday evening a party of seamen,
--GrAsaov7.--Late
„nog whom were
three individuals belonging to Prussian
hiieves'elsae anePar the
lying in the harbour met in a Pu—i,h°u Prussians
Broomielaw. Some Wordspassed „wee„ the
u.-
.and the crew; of an English vessel, vhicb." la..
p knives and
ill-feeling that the foreigners drew tin essioned so much
tit'e ''other sailors.
commenced an indiscriminate attack
our
been very
inflicted
seriously
one of wh in, named Frauvookes,
stabbed
having
four inches in length.
hurt, the knife with which he was
u
a deep gash or, his right thigh
as"tity of blood, and is not
The poor fellow lost a great
considered out of danger.
Another seaman, named Bab- ,
bage was also cut in the hand, ,
ere not apprehended
The assailants 1%
tent as Frauvonkes. when the police were first ap-
till the following moiniVi,', Prussian seamen, respectively
prised of the outrage-r ii 'm have been taken into custody,
named Overan
silt but he has as yet escaped deter-
and a third is inaipnlitc
ties.—North British Al
who 20
kcruelly used the emigrants on
The sailors
uhannoc ,at Liverpool, Eave been discharged
board the R pp istrates, the injured partiesuothaying
by the Birkena heead_mag
1 appeared tv PrQl4c_l4". _ _ .. ...

AMENDMENT OF
THE
ll
EA
LC
rTi
wF s 0---wf I I
TV/
IERESPECT TO WILLS.
By T. Parker Deane. Wilde and Sons.
In these p3ges are collected the Principal decisions
which have been given upon the Wills' Act. In the
intrcducticn is to be fcund a short retrospect of the
laws respecting wills in the tlaie of our Danish an.
cestors. This must prove a cmcise book o f reference
es regards recent decisions.

A MOTLEY CREW.—Clptain Keay;
of the, fine new
ship .Mii zapore, whichis now in Liverpool, but was built at
Jei.uy, friaad sai:o,s :-.0 ,cares in that island, that he had to
make up a cre;,; frcrn retired niarinerz,' Who now follow
other occupations. Clerks sill brokers, and even a Boni.
face were enrolled.. Th,3 iiirEapore is to sail from Liverpooll
to Australia, under the auspices of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright,
and Co.

,
FUNERAL OF SIR CHARLES ROWAN, THE LATE COM..
MISSION" OF POLICE.—The remains of the late Colonel Sir
Charles Rowan
K.C.8., were conveyed yesterday from his
residence,
26 Norfolk street, Park-lane, to their final rest.
lug-place, in, a private vault at lieusal-green Cemetery. The
Itulerg dap etuctlY PciTate•