The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-08 00:00:00

PATCHWORK.

"I dreamed," he writes, "that I walked upon the Great,
Canal in the neighbourhood of Glasgow. On the opposite
side stood the splendid portico of the Royal Exchange,
actually' some miles distant. At gentleman, whom I knew,
was standing upon one of he steps, and we spoke to
each other. I lifted a large stone and poised it my hand,
when he said he ;vas sure that I could not throw it to a
certain spot which lin pointed out. I made the attempt,
and fell short of the ma: k• At this moment a well-know
friend came up, whom I knew to excel at putting the
atone ; but strange to say he .had lost both his legs, and
walked upon wooden substitutes. This struck me as exceed-
ingly curious ' • for my impression W 313 th3t he had only lost
one leg and had but a single wooden one. At my desire
he took up the stone, and without difficulty threw it beyond
the point indicated by the gentleman upon the opposite
side of the canal." -
The elements of this patchwork are to be found a walk
upon the previous day along the canal with a friend ; a
remark, on passing the Exchange, as to the improveu effect
which might have been secured by the selection of an ele-
vated site ; the passing an excavation where a workman had
a few days before been so crushed that both his legs had re-
quired amputation; the recollection of a joke as to the re-
moving the leg of the friend who was the stone-throwing
athlete.
Of more practical value, if not so readable, is the
article on "The Health of the Army, Prospective
and Retrospective." It lays especial stress on ven-
tilation, and gives a number of illustrative dia-
grams. " The Province of Psychology" is the sub-
ject of a paper by the Rev. W. G. Davies. That on
" Slow and Secret Poisoning" has an attractive
title, but it says little of poisoners, much on poisons,
and contains some curious statements as to the
benefical effects of arsenic taken in small doses.
The remaining papers treat of " Hallucinations in
Insanity," "The Unity of the Human Species,"
" The Legal Doctrine of Fact in Lunacy, and the
case of George Clarke;" and of " Medical and Lite-
rary Gossip" there is an ample supply.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Good Words—Excellent and varied as usual, the
contents offer something for all. Thereee is a paper
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and " Influence.
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Gerald Massey has a poem called " Pictures in the
Fire." The tale of " Mistress and Kaid" increases in
interest, and the remaining articles will be found
well worth perusal.
The Sixpenny Magazine.—An article on " The
Steam Navy of England" opens this number. Four
talus are in progress. A large instalment of
"Fables, Ancient and Modern," appears. Our o!d
friend Cellini, styled " Goldsmith, sculptor and
manslayer," is treated to a memoir ; and " Animal.
Life in the Ocean" is interesting and excellent, as
usual.
Every Boy's _Wagazine.—" The Wild Man of the
West" has reached its sixth chapter; and we find
" The Ghost of Bob Dowser's Dog," "Amongst the
Showfolks," and " Adventures of Clever Jack,:'
still in progress, There is an article Chess, '
another on " Hockey," and one on the game called
"French and English."
Bally's Monthly Magazine.—Dewted to " Sports
and Pastimes," this number contains an excellent
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&c.

chambers's Journal ; The Book of Days--Both
and
these publications are full of readable matter,_.
known.
the excelleno of the former is universiiol7o'"'
e us, will
The latter, of which the third part is.be.,,,wahing
when complete form 1. work
. contaierinE.d.:i„dging
of interest for every day la the year, au
a well as agree-
from this specimen, it will be so.i
able. Arts and Sciences
Newton's London Journal
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contains a critique on the
Memoir of Brunel, vari-
ouso scientific notices, an account
ie Signals, th
and two diagrams, the o,,neux of recent patents,
ands Gagne Weav-
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other of " Paignon Vanua
ing."
Illustrated Natural llistory.—Thifi
-R"tledge's and excellent serial work, eon-
very interesting
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G•Wood, is now upon tho
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Fishes.
The engravings are numer-
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d to naturalists it will be peculiarly
ous and good,an
valuable.
Orley Farm, by Anthony T
rollop° ; Barrington,
by Charles Lever.—Th o former is in its fourteenth
latter in its third,
number, the
reputations of their respective authors.
Lectures on the Ancient and Modern Dramatic
Poets, by B. C. Jones. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.
_The eighth part is reached, the ninth lecture is
commenced, and the theme is the tragedies of
Aschylus.
The Health of the Royal Navy Considered. • Hard-
wicke, Pie a;ii
--",,../37.—This is a letter, in the shape of
a pamphlet, addressed to the Right Hon. Sir John
S. Pakington, Bart., by Gavin Milroy, M.D., &c.
The subject is important, and the writer has evi-
dently studied it accurately.

PLYMOUTH, Saturday.—The barque Westbury,
330 tons, Captain 1 homaa Smith, belonging to Mr. T. B.
Walker, from Launceston January 3, with 1,244 bales of
wool and 40 tons of ground Mimosa bark, and 2 passengers
for London, was off Start Point at 4 p.m. on Thursday
under all sail, with a light mind from south-west. She
she was compelled to keep under easy sail.
experienced strong unsteady winds in the early portion of
bWy a ,thereterrific Nv
and so continued
her voyage; fell in with ice in lat o 2 s, long 170 AV, where
and 57 south latitude,
until she ,reached 100 westlongitude,
having bad to veer and haul 45 times to avoid so many
bergs. On February 3, during a heavy squall from south_
west, lat 58 S, long 72 W, the ship broached to, lost fore,.
topgallant mast and several sails, and incurred other da_
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violentge; andgale of
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asseaa;
the ship wag
peeped, and lost more canvass.
ole pooped Thehey of Kandy and carried away h The same
skylights, &c. Westbury rounded C, ) ~, or wheel,
crossed the equator March 4 ;
, end spoke 41‘,/le liorn Feb. 4 ;
N, long 26 47 IV, the ship City of Randy,arch 5, lat 0 41
Liverpool ; and March 15, lat 16 19 N, from Arica for
long 40 7 W, the
barque_Blonde, from Hull.