The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-03 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

(From Fun.)
LINES BY A LOAFER.
ON READING MR. TREMENHEERB'S REPORT.
What is London bread made of ?
What is London bread made of ?
Beetles, cobwebs, and dust,
And things of disgust,
That's what London bread's made of I

TWO DESPATCHES OF GENERAL I'CLELLAN.
No. I.—For Publication,
All the rebels have fled,
Stonewall Jackson is dead,
And General Besuregard's banished;
In fact, without bouncing,
They've had such a trouncing,
Secession has totally vanished.
No. ll.—Strictly Private and .ionfldential.
Darn them rebels I I guess
We have got in a mess,
For advance you must read retrogression;
My plans are all addled,
The troops have skedaddled,
Once again we are licked by Secession.

EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—Mr. Driffield, a coroner, Wag
fined at Liverpool assizes for writing his depositions so
badly, that they were downright illegible. In short, he
put his foot into it through his bad hand, but we hear he
is progressing favourably.

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THOUGHT OF IN A DREAM.—A FACT.--Is there any
connexion between a sweetbread and a sugar-loaf ?
What state of the late United States is the most de-
serving of pity ?—The present state of affairs.

THE FLOWER OF THE ARMY.—Major Convolvulus.
PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY (BY MR. W. ROUPELL).—
" Where there's a will there's a way of making away
with it.

THE WORST ON " THE FIRST." —Said Jones to Brown,
as the covey got up out of shot for the sixth time, "Why
are those partridges not like ihe American press ?" " Give
it up I" said Brown. And Jones grinned horribly, and
said "Because the birds won't lie, and the Yankee papers
will."

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS..--." Another Alarming Accident
to an Acrobat."

QUESTION TO MANCHESTER.--" How are your poor
hands ?" Asked in sympathy for their sorrow and admi-
ration for their fortitude.

BUB OLARS' ADVERTISEMENT.—Goods carefully re-
moved.
THE MAN IN PossEssiorr OF ROME.—ltaly : " When
may I be allowed, Mr. Oracle, to come into my own draw-
ing•room 1?" Oracle :—" Oh I I shall stay as long as I like
now your favourite has insulted me?"
A QUESTION FOR SELF-('.LAMINATION.—Why am I,
when I prudently put by money, like myself when I
foolishly squander it F—Because in either case I am-ass.

A SENSIBLE MAN.—A German, in talking, a few days
ago, about us, said, "Tis a FuNder-2tis a real FuNder I"

A QUESTION FOR THE HORSE GUARDS.— .Ought a
soldier to wear a percussion cap ?

THE CRIMINAL ROBERTS.—The man Roberts, who
was tried at the late G locester assizes for the murder of one
of his children and attempted murder of another, and who
was then acquitted by the jury on the ground of insanity,
turns out to be perfectly sane. The Secretary of State
called upon the visiting justices to send him a certificate of
the prisoner's insanity, in order to his removal to some
lunatic asylum. He was consequently examined by the
gaol surgeon, Dr. Bleeck, and subsequently by that gentle-
man in conjunction with Dr. Lyon, and we hear that neither
of those gentlemen has been able to discover the slightest
symptoms of lunacy in the wretched man. The consequence
is that, instead of a certificate being forwarded confirming
the view of the jury, the magistrates have been compelled to
send off one asserting, almost in direct terms, that Roberts
is in full possession of his senses. The chief evidence at
the trial for the prisoner's unsoundness of mind was that of
his father and mother, who declared that he was consi •
dered half silly by his family and neighbours. It *vas
known at Glocester that the verdict of the jury did not
commend itself to the judgment of the learned judge who
presided on the trial!—Bristol Post.
PUBLIC GARDENS OF LONDON.--Perhaps about
one half of our readers are more or less habitual breathers of
coal smoke, and, properly, anxious to see every plot of
available ground in the midst of houses decently preserved,
and made verdurous for the pub!ic good. There are two
primary questions raised, irrespective of the two minor
ones which may be started. The first is, whether trees
and shrubs are desirable as objects of utility in towns, ir-
respective altogether of what may be called the "senti-
mental" part of the subject; as, for instance the induce-
ment which public gardens offer to the inhabitants of
towns to take healthy recreation in the open air, in pre-
ferchce to other pleasures injurious to health, and
morally objectionable. The other question is, whether
trees, and what trees, will thrive in cities, where
the soil is so excessively drained, that it is scarcely capable
of affording nutriment to species that require a deep, moist,
soil, and where the atmosphere is usually so loaded with
soot, that the stomates of the leaves get choked, and the
matter becomes a pursuit of vegetation under difficulties.
In Paris, public gardens are acquiring importance, not as
accidents, but as integral parts of the plan of improvement
which the Emperor has long been engaged in. The gar-
dens of the great squares are admirably planted, and care-
fully kept; the trees and shrubs are mostly well chosen;
the flowers are selected for their gaiety rather than rarity;
and the people are freely admitted, an arrangement which
contrasts strikingly with the padlocked palisades and grim
walls that inclose the gardens of towns in this country,_
City erfst,