The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-28 00:00:00

LI TE RA T
CHRISTABELL E ; or, Angel
Foot
Airs. Robert Cartwright. 3 Vois,
sskte ns' By
In the preface of this work the
authoress°breermLarks
that it is written in the same spirit, an,d, with the same
views, as her former novel of "Lam:
endeavoured to show the effectsin c! a As
of religious
As she there
13
t ti
training on a gifted mind,
qual
tried to exemplify the benefits f present tale she has
tion on a mind of e a religious educa-
hap!, be doubted whether the gli7lece.ndltchmaarayc'tepreeri
Christabelle are the best calculatedaato impress this
moral on the reader, though certainly
the numerous
trials that befall the unfortunate heroine are sufficient
to
overwhelm the, best regulated u iind. The com-
mencement of the work is descriptive of travels in
tthele being. written in a very
entertaining
a , and conveying the information of travels in the
m re agreeable and interesting form of narrative.
The authoress is evidently well acquainted with the
ancient and modern cities which she describes. The
following is taken from a voyage up the Nile :
"No style of art strikes the mind with such deep im-
pressions of surprise and admiration as that of the an-
cient Egyptians. In the remains of early Indian anti-
quity there is much to surprise, especially in the rock
and cave temples, but little to admire; beauty has no
place beside barbarism, In the finished works of t?!0
Greeks, again, there is everythiez to admire; but their
very perfecion implies so advanced a state of science,
as well as of art, that it rather lessens, or more properly
overe,)tnes the sensation of wonder at anything which
so gifted a people could undertake. The arts or Egypt,
however seem to hold a middle place; retaining as they
do much of the grandeur of the earliest works of
civilized man, they excel at the same time in the finish
with which those works have been executed; and they
Combine in a way that no other country can exhibit
the sublimity of conception belonging to all the vast
labaurs of the great Asiatic monarchies with a sense of
beauty in form and of dignity in expression which belong
to bosh the period which preceded and to that which fol
lowed them."

ROBERT BLAKE, ADMIRAL AND GENE-
RAL A7' SEA. By Hepworth Dixon. Chapman
and Ball.
The naval history of this country during the
seventeenth century, at which period England, for the
first tine, became mistress of the teas, under the rule
of. Cromwell, has been passed over to a great extent by
historians, and the volume before us is highly accept-
Itble as an authenticated book of reference concerning
the wars of the Commonwealth. The character of
oßlake seems to have been religious in the extreme,
ulounlike many Puritans, he was conscientious, and
wed his strict rules from a sense of duty, and not
of
`elf aggrandisement. He had, too, an ill•pro-
-11810ned and altogether inefficient fleet to contend
blma the most intrepid and skilful admiral that
°ltlnd ever produced. Not, as in the present time,
ed up to the profession, but, like Cromwell, a
enuntry gentleman, at the age of forty he first became
statesman, and shortly afterwards was appointed
admiral of the fleet, when he effected the first naval
reforms which ever took place in Ragland. Since
the
time of the Crusades, when Richard Cour-de-
-4lnti read the southern powers a lesson of the con-
tempt in which the northern states held their supposed
IMpregnable strongholds, an English ship of war had
sot entered the Mediterranean waters. Blake's fleet
othe short space of six months humbled the power
thI„L'IY, and the whole of the African pirates, even to
BuTu:toman ports. Re was the first sea general
a 0 ever conceived the idea of the possibility of a
lP reducing a land battery. The tactics of this
extraordinary man and those of Nelson were the
tsame, viz., to undertake and execute what others had
e,nted impracticable, and to insist on the indispu-
,l°le authority of the British on the seas. Cromwell
',4Eleed unbounded confidence in him, always leaving
`s3his discretion the choice of following his sug-
gestions rather than his orders. After his death
riOnLe of the most unpopular and disgraceful acts of
narles the Second was to desecrate the tomb, and
Insult the of the most virtuous
.and self-
remains
del,vo. ted admiral that ever trod an English deck..
Although, evidently prepossessed in favour of his
htuh.-37,t, Mr. Dixon has given a very fair account of
div_er.siTetatnedrsadventures of Blake, with reference to
and reports written at the time.

OLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A lecture of a very interesting character has been in
the comae of delivery duricc, the last week upon the ma-
nufacture of needles. Vlwhen
the loss of the only
needle
einthtelle day is
e,ognropee byrhaps vii"
lege, is likely to alarm or e'en trouble us—if a needle
is wanted, it is at, once to be had, and hence we never
trouble ourselves to ascertain how it is made, or where
it comes from. Few are there who will not be surprised
at the amount of labour required in its production, no
less than sixty-seven separate operations being necessary
to its i-P'rfeer'iOn• The Pointing, from its hezardous and
deadly character, e
the means xcites considDrable interest, as also
which have been employed to ameliorate the
condition of this unfirtunate class of our fellow-creatures.
The machinery used at the Polytechnic to illustrate this
instructive subject is the invention of Mr. Morrell, of
Studley, who (curious enough) has introduced all the
improvements in tne making of needles within the last
4
V"Y Years. Ills last for clearing out the eyes seems to
have rendered this multunt in parvo perfect.

TER SWAIN AND HAWKEY AFFAIR.—In COHN-
Lai9uence of the evidence given during the recent courts-mar.
held upon Captain Hawkey ant Lieutenant Swain, of the
vv oolwich division of Royal Marines, Captain Hawkey de-
cided upon proceeding against Lieutenant Swain in a civil
action for damages, and it was originally intended that the
case should have come on at Maidstone on Saturday, the
24th instant, on the opening of the summer assizes for the
county of Kent, the notices of action having been served,
d a number of witnesses subpoenaed to attend the trial.
-,Aentenant Swain, on receiving notice of the action being
,e?nnnenced against him, immediately adopted measures for
1-3 defence, and retained three of the most eminent counsel
c'n the Home Circuit, and subpoenaed a large number of
'itnesses ; but after incurring great expense he received no-
tfit ica on Thursday evening last that the plaintiff had thought
to countermand the notice of trial, and the cause, if it is
intended ever to try it, cannot be brought forward until the
nest spring assizes.
SPOLIATION AT THE CHANCELLOR OF THE Ex"
CLlEquEtt's. Yesterday notice was issued, offering 51, re-
Ward
yinery of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., at
lfughendon House, Backs, and besides stealing and carrying
off
a large quantity of ripe grapes and cucumbers, had thrown
open the pit frames and done considerabl damage.
ROYAL COLLEGE or S
rheo
examinationslo v following
gentlemen, having undergoneUßtheEn°elieB.
?liege at a
tor the diploma, were admitted membersetif the
meeting
of the Court of Examiners on the
Messrs. Reginald Bayley Walters, Winchest
er • AtlfreLdust.;.—
ger, South-street, \Vest-square, Southwark; Thomas
Couch, Polperro, Cornwall; Henry Osborne, Northampton ;
Thomas Brookes, Whitchurch, Salop; Alfred Edmund ora:
brief, Collumpton, Devon ; Henry Wm. Prattenton Ilrydges,
New York; Richard Ifosking, Marazion, Cornwall; James
Wm. Duffy, Chili, South America; and Henry Sacheverel
Edward Schroeder, Australia.
VENTILATION OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES,--A plan
Which appears to be well adapted for introduction during the
present weather is proposed, of applying to the roofs of rail-
Way carriages horizontal tubes with bell mouths, arranged to
catch the air while the train is in motion, and direct it into
the interior, the current of air being divided into streams by
Passing through wire gauze screens, and outward currents of
air being produced by deflecting windows, composed of ver-
tical panes of glass, and mounted so as to be capable of being
turned in either direction and accommodated to the motion
Of the train.

HARROW SCHOOL.—The following gentlemen were
Saon Saturday elected scholars on the Spencer, Neeld, and
yera foundations respectively :—Spencer Scholar—efr. J.
. Hozier. Neeki Scholar—Mr. A. M. Curteis. Sayer
Scholar (to Caius College,Cambridge).—Mr, C. 11. Monro.
OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE MARBLE ARCIL—POLICE
NOTICIL—The following notice has been issued by the Com-
missioners of Police :—" Regulations to prevent obstructions
in the streets and thoroughfares and Cumberland-gate (the
Marble Arch), Hyde Park : —Metropolitan stage-carriages
are to keep to the left, or proper side, according to the direc-
tion in which they are going, and must set down their cora-
13,any on that side. IN o metropolitan stage-carriage can be
ad owed to cross the street or road to take up or set down
Imtgangers. No carriage can be allowed to atop in front of
or near to Cumberland-gate, or across the entrance to a
Street, or at any place where an obstruction of the thorough-
fare may be caused. All drivers of carriages are to go slowly
L')t atop when required by the police, to allow per on
.?siorseback or walking to cross the street.— RICHARD MAYNE,
.cinnanissioner of Police of the Metropolis.—Whitehall, July,
,5,,2." This notice, which has just been issued by the
v°"es authorities, has been found to be necessary for the
safety and convenience of the public, in consequence of the
omnibuses and public vehicles generally making Cumberland-
gate a stopping place since the erection of the Marble Arch
on that spot, but more especially on account of the cheap
theiroinnibuses starbol on the road making this point the end of
f journey westward, and thereby causing a great deal of
Confusion
hn usien and inconvenience. They will, in suture, go a
short distance up the Edgeware-road, and the observance of
these regulations will remedy the inconvenience which has
for come time past been experiencediA in this respect.
TIM HOMICIDE AT
wasNbvvELL.—The inquest on
the body of John Goldinlrought to a conclusion on
Monday, at the Bristol FICto al firmary, by the coroner,
Mr. J. B. Grindon. From ilae,evilianic3e it appeared that the
deceased, who died of tetanus
stabbed with a
Pitchfork in the groin an t arm on tbeaers62l
of Jay
the coUrSe , not of an election riot, as
ii
to t. stated, but of a
last, in
quarrel between him and George
aseisaings while hay-
The jury re-
-4,l,akingi about one of the women a
33"agn.wagellinst George
17rned a verdict of " Manslaughter "ninaing.....,s who is already in custody at
Act there
. LAW OFFICERS.—In the new „Nisi "'rill
their
I_3 a proviaion requiring the law officers to perform tdouties in person. It is declared that where it sbal!)rhnle
any pp to the said Commissioners of the Treasrry.nttet
~,
ffi the officers mentioned omits to perform the duties of
aii o Ce in ie
shown to tih r.son the said Commissioners, unless it shall be
temporary ,totlir satisfaction that such omission arises from
al:Trove of snc,unavoidable causes, and they shall ha writing
one time eix
maczirission for a period not exceeding at any
whole of the feet; dun shall, as the c :se may be, require the
oWrt use (luring theteunto be received by such officer for his
fur and paid over a 3 4-,,4' °f such omission, to be ace.:unte,i
any salary otherwise durr.ahl, or shall cease to allow or pay
such omission. '0 such olltier during the time of
A FEMALE Bu
nNT ,
noon,
an aged fcrnaie name bEaTrr.—Yeaterlay fore-
!atteAttended . 2, Rose•street, Bc,bo7Zecid Mary Anderson, residing at
nded to by a woman for 80W" lies 1"
her room from the eirect:lJ
In b
been lavglidedand
-e
Ignited. It is EtIP ears past, was found dead
va i
aena or i
POSed that ti, hsr b eiclothes having
urea to procure so .0 Poor creature had endea-
, arrival of her assistantm t ot other refre,hment before the
other Cr°
t'eti• Engineer Fleenaling .and
ddropped the -lighted Match in
loon attended, and thus fortnimatel wn.street firemen
results. The deceased pre
was 70 _ vented more serious
years of age,