The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-22 00:00:00

TO TH.E,EDITOR-OF THE SUN.

518,,-Your observations are s) just as regards the
system at our public schools that I cannot but wish,
during the Easter recess, you devoted another article to
the subject.
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It is not that fagging, in its simple sense, hurts ahoy.
I was a fag myself,. and my son also,-till the other day ;
.and, therefore,,l speak front experience ; but it is the
unlimited power given to " big boys" to punish—and
that without any court of appeal—their less fortunate
schoolfellows—a power greater than they would here.
after possess as men, for no single magistrate can
order a man to be flogged, nor can an officer, except at
sea, where he is very properly restricted from punishing
till he has slept over it.
'The fagging lesser boys, too, to play at cricket and
stop, halls, under, pain of a thrashing if they fail from
off ,their bats, is most unfair, considering the relative
strength of the parties, to say nothing of stopping balls
from the catapult, if one is used.
, A, "monitor's whopping"—and I presume Platt was
one—was notorious before, and now it has gained addi-
tional glory. ,
The ukase," as ydu say, or the knout, utrum horum,
Ike.—Your humble servant, DELTA.
Brussels, ApriLlB.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, April 22.—Wind this day at Noon, N. ; strong
breeze, and dull, cloudy weather, with drizzling rain.
COWES, April 21..—Wind,.S,E. Arrived—Weser, from
Galveston, for Bremen.
POOLE, April 21.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Henry Duncan,
for Quebec.

FALMOUTH, April 21.—Wind, S.P light breeze, with
fog. OPo-Mehemet Ali, from Madras ; Islander, B.:r-
badoes ; Texas, Latuna ; Antoinette, do., both for Bremen.
PoßTsmours, April 21.—The Freya (barque), of Abo,
from Lisbon, to Elsinore, was seized this morning off
BeaehrHead by revenue steamer Argus.
HULL, April 21.—Wind, X.E. Sailed—Eric, for Rio
Janeiro. ,

SUNDERLAND, April 21.—Sailed—Hawthorn, Quebec ;
Ford Mill, do.

HAnnirooL, April 21.—The Choice of Blackeney, ran
on shore this morning near the Lime Kilns, but came off,
and, it is supposed, without much damage.
JERSEY, April 20.—Wind, E. Sailed--Swift, for New-
foundland.

QUEENSTOWN, April 20.—The remains of a vessel lately
burnt were passed in lat. 2 N., long. 22 W., by the Spirit
of the North; arrived here.
HAMS URGII, April 19.—The Alexandria (Finland vessel),
from Copenhagen to Finland, has been captured by the
English and taken to Kioge Bay.
REDRICKSHAVNi April 15.—The Maria, from Thisted
to London, and the Proven, Nykjobing to England, which
put in here on the 13th inst. leaky, are discharging.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10. 45 a.m.
Wind, E. ; moderate, and rainy.
Arrived--Idas, from New Orleans ; Tit Bit, Oporto;
North Star' Venice.
Off the Port—New York, and Plicenix, from New
York.

(Br SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND' Saturday, 10 15 a.m.
Wind N., tide high-water, weather cloudy, and raining.
Arrived—Taunton Pacher, from Santander ; Blue Nose,
Rouen, Queen Victoria, Caen ; Nimrod, Caen ; Les Trois
Scams, from Bordeaux ; Antwerpen (s) Antwerp ; Bel-
gium (s) Ostend.
Sailed—J. J. Cobb, for Melbourne ' • Centurion, Bom-
bay •, Duchess of Lancaster, Trinidad ; Spartan, Jamaica;
Gothenborg Gothenborg.
DEAL, Saturday, 9.35 a.m.
' Wind, N.E. by' N.; meAetate, foggy.
Passed—Sumatra, from London, for St. Croix • Spartan,
from Loudon, for lamaica ; Mary Elizabeth, from Port-
donorrig, for London.
Anchored—Her Majesty's steamer Nile, 91 guns, from
Portsmouth, for Baltic.
Remains—Lochlibo, for Quebec.

THE CITY OF GLASGOW.— The arrival of tlukFrank-
lin at Southampton without reporting anything of the
City of Glasgow, has added to the fears entertained by
the public for hersafety. At the date of her sailing from
Liverpool, March 1, she had on board 405 persons-
-75 of a crew, 50 cabin, and 280 steerage passengers. She
had, however, full provisions for the entire number for
50 days, besides a large supply of water and condensing
apparatus. A-letter from Captain Benson, the surveyor
for the Board of Trade, who inspected her hull, boilers,
and machineiy prior to her sailing, reports them to have
been in a; highly. efficient state. -
MADAME TUSSAUD'S EX.I3II3ITION.—Daring the Easter
holidays this popular place of amusement was crowded
to excess by anxious visitors, to view the clever and life-
like representations of illustrious individuals which are
exhibited in the various rooms of the estAblishment.
Among those which chiefly attracted the gaze of the
visitors are the interesting group of her Majesty and the
youthful branches of the Royal Family ; greup
consisting- of the Emperor of Russia and the Sultan of
Constantinople attracted great curiosity, and the golden
chamber must-always hold the first place of interest here.
The-numerous relics of Napoleon the First will increase
in attracting all those who wish to view the remains of
one who figured so long and held such powerful influ-
ence over the destinies of Europe. We were most happy
to see the continued and deserved popularity of the ex-
cellent exhibition, by the. constant stream of visitors
throughput the day.
XEDIGA.L• MEN IN GREAT Burrani.—Yesterday (Fri.
day) a returo-to the . House of Commons was issued,
showing,that in Great Britain and the Channel. lalands
there are g, physic-law, .15,162 surgeons-or apothe-
caries, 15,32.6 diugOets, 1;167 &I:AO% t 411:108; Sad
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