The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The reply of the Under-Secretaryof the Colonies
to Mr. Wyld will be received with grief and surrrise in
Canada, as the colonists could not suppose that the Crown
or Parliament would ratify such a bargain. Canada claims
a portion of the territory to the north and west of Lake
Superior, the remainder belonging to the Crown, the charter
of the company only extending to the shores of Hudson's
Bay.

The opinions of Lord Brougham and other lawyers differ
in Coto from that of the present advisers of the Crown.
London, July 11, 1863. CANADIAN.

A LADLEFUL OF PUNCH.

A spiteful hint from Toby, we suspect, has suggested to
Punch the announcement of a new work in the prese, en-
titled "Le Gammon de Paris," by John Arthur Roebuck,
Esq., otherwise Tear.m. •
Punch observes, upon the subject of education, that it is
he part of a virtuous Government to give good instruction
to vice. And adds, in the great metropolis we are often
taught a moral lesson by the sight of a young thief being
brought up by a policeman.

The following is Punch's latest instance of flunkeiana :
—Housemaid—" James I don't you hear your libery bell
a-ringing ?" James—" Bother the libery bell I I ain't
going to answer no libery bells—it's my Sunday out, and
I'm at church 1"

A cool draught of Burton is seasonably defined afresh,
thus :—ln the last number of the Anthropological Review,
there is an article by Captain R. Burton, called " A Day
with the Fans," Very agreeable employment this ! 0
course the "Fans" above alluded to belong to the race of
Coolies ?

Another instance of the grave, odd, whimsical joking
that for some weeks past have been paragraphing
_Punch with a new kind of dry humour, is the subjoined :
Appalling and Mysterious.—A gentleman (?) and his wife
took lodgings some time since in a street not far from Picca-
dilly. Ono morning the gentleman went out, apparently
alone, and did not return. On subsequently searching the
room, the landlady was horrified on discovering that her
lodger had taken his better half with him, and left his
quarters. Surgical aid was called in, but too late to be of
any assistance.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
WEEK.—Tuesday—Ethnological, at eight; Syro•Egyptian,
at half-past seven. " Occupation of Egypt by the Hykeos,"
Rev. B. H. Cooper. Wednesday—Horticultural (prome-
nade). Saturday—Horticultural (promenade)--Athenceum.
Madame Lind-Goldschmidt is announced to sing
at the benefit concert of Madame Michal, at the
Hanover-square Rooms, on Wednesday morning,
July 22.
The esteemed artistes Madlle. Artot. Madame .Trebelli,
Madlle. Volpini, Signor Bettini, Signor Gassier, Mr. Sant.
ley, M. Auer, Mr. Charles Halle, I'lr. Otto Goldschmidt,
and Signor Arditi, will also give their valuable assistance to
the fair beneficiare, forming a combination of attraction that
can hardly tail to ensure a brilliant result.
. _ _

111. Bauer, an engineer, has, after long prepara-
tory labours, succeeded in raising the Bavarian
Ludwig, which sank two years ago in the Lake of Con-
stance, in consequence of coaling into collision with a Swiss
steamer: • The engineer, in order to raise the vessel, which
was lying at a depth of 70 feet, made use of en apparatus
of his own invention. By means of divers he attached to her
one on each side, two large balloons made of water proof

linen which he filled with air. When the expansion had
become sufficient, a movement was observed in the wate
which looked as if boiling, and the 'vessel gradually came
to the surface.