The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-03 00:00:00

O grant us not the ill

We blindly ask; in very love refuse
Whate'er thou know'bt our weakness would abuse.' "

THE PEOPLE'S AND HOWITT'S
JOURNAL,

The illustrations in this journal are somewhat im-
proved, and the literary contents are excellent. " The
Secret of Success.' is a short but very suggestive
article, worthy of being remembered. It teaches no
new truth, but one that cannot be too often repeated
—that the secret of success is contained in one word,
Perseverance. " Thoughts on Texts from Jean
Paul " is an excellent paper, bountifully adorned
with prose and verse quotations. One of the " texts"
of these remarks is the following practical lesson,:—
" Do not wait for extraordinary opportunities for good
actions, but make use of common situations. A long
continued walk is better than a short flight."

THE JOURNAL OF DESIGN.
The Journal of Design is rendered " beautiful
exceedingly" by the profusion of elegant designs
which adorn its pages. A paper on the Birmingham
exposition of arts gives an interesting criticism on the
various specimeins there exhibited, accompnnied with
numerous illustrative engravings. Some of these are
extremely graceful. Among the specimens of various
materials at the end of the Journal is a beautiful and
very novel design for paper-hanging.

SIIARPE' S.
As usual, Sharpe's London Magazine is interesting
and excellent. " A Gossip on Epigrams" will be
read with pleasure, if only for the variety of those
"jewels five words long" with which it is studded.
Epigrams are here of all kinds, grave and gay, and
lively and severe. Epigrams complimentary, such as
the famous lines of Pope, written with Lord Chester-
fipld's
"Accept a miracle instead of wit,
Soo two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ;"
and epigrams uncourteous, like Lord Jeffrey's,reproach
some bad dancers, while complimenting the musi-

cians—

" How ill the motion with the music suits,
So once played Orpheus, and so danced the brutes ;"
and epigrams of startling truthfulness, such as—
" Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason?
Why, when it prospers none dare call it treason."
Miss Jane Strickland has contributed an historical
tale of most romautic interest. " Lewis Arundel" is
continued, as is also "Mrs. Milton's Diary." We
look forward with interest to Mrs. Milton's famous
reconciliation with her husband, which will most
probably form the subject of a forthcoming chapter.
A speech of Lamartine's, on industrial art, will not
be found the least interesting of the contents of
Sharpe's.

,111SCtLLANEOUS.
The illustrations of the Sporting Magazine for
November are " The Canter-up" and " The Body
Guard," the latter is a beautifully engraved represen-
tation of two wearied hounds watching by the body
of the fallen stag. The Farmers' Magazine is, as
usual, rich in agricultural information. The Repertory
of Inventions is filled with pen and ink descriptions of
recent patent and pictorial inventions. The Church
of England Magazine affords, according to its cus-
tom, an interesting series of reading for the several
Sundays of the month. The Metropolitan contains
some pleasing tales and graceful verses, and one of
the editor's generally attractive articles on the subject
of " Wales: and the Welch." Chambers's Journal is
almost above recommendation, yet in one instance we
think the editor has hardly evinced his ordinary good
taste; namely, in his quotation from a recent
Quarterly Review of some most condemnatory remarks
respecting the popular author of " Coningsby."
The Colonial Magazine and the Colonial Church
Chronicle, contain much interesting matter regard-
ing' the colonies. The former has a well-written
article on the subject of the recent campaign in
the Punjaub. Le Follet is as graceful as usual.
The Family Herald contains among much in-
teresting matter a romantic tale, entitled "Lots'; or
the Poisoned Lilies," which will undoubtedly afford
much delight to the lovers of the marvellous and the
mournful.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
An interesting subject has been chosen and is now
being discussel by the chemical lecturer of this in-
stitution ; it is that of the chemistry of food. Nothing
can be more important than an inquiry into the
functions by which man is enabled to recruit his con-
stitution and renovate his wasted energies. This in-
quiry must also be interesting, Who is there who
would not wish to understand the nature of this
necessary requisite to health and comfort, food ? The
lecturer started by first of all leading his hearers to
comprehend the importance of respiration, and the
operations that were carried on during its action.
Respiration, he stated, was nothing more than com-
bustion, and the whole source of animal heat. The
constituents of food he classified under two heads—
elements of respiration, or heat. affording constituents,
and elements of nutrition, those necessary to the
formation of flesh, muscle, &c. Amongst the
former were classified fat, gum, sugar, and
many similar compounds, daily consumed in articles
of diet ; the latter class comprised those substances of
more complex natures generally containing nitrogen,
as fibrin, caseim, albumen, and blood, &c. After
briefly adverting to other points, the lecturer more
particularly directed his attention to bread as an
article of food, pointing out the nature of flour, the
processes going on during its preparation for our
tables, and ended by enumerating and showing the
modes of detecting various impurities sometimes
found in flour and bread, placed there by the frau-
dulent vender ; amongst these were mentioned chalk,
gypsum, and other foreign matters common to
flour, known as seconds and thirds, and which had, in
some instances, been known to produce serious con-
sequences. The lecturer was listened to throughout
with great attention, the audience seeming highly
interested in this important subject.

RATING TILE POOR.—At the recent petty sessions
at Buckingham the following persons appeared on sum-
monses, to answer the complaint of the overseers of Lil-
lingstone Dayrell, for non payment of poor-rates,
amounting to sums varying from ninepence to one shil-
ling and sixpence, viz.:—John Gregory, Paul Stone, a
worn-out labourer cf 80, Henry Henson, beorge
Henson, John Hickinbotham, and Thomas Hunt. They
all pleaded inability to pay. Some had large families,
and had been short of work, and others had been ill.
Notwithstanding this, the officers pressed the cases
against the parties, although it appeared that those in
work had but Bs. per week. The magistrates, in order
to avoid the issuing of distress warrants to take away
the little furniture of the poor men, adjourned an the
eases.

SMITII O'BRIEN'S CAPTOR.—William Hulme died
suddenly on the 27th ult., at the White Chimnies, near
Leek, aged 28. The deceased was the captor of Smith
O'Brien, for which he received the Government reward
of 5001.
ROBERT WHARTON, ESQ.--We are sorry to an-
nounce the sudden death of Mr. Wharton, a barrister on
the northern circuit, and a judge in the county courts.
The Learned Gentleman was taken ill whilst on circuit,
and died on Saturday last, at his hotel, in Richmond.—
Leeds Mercury.

IRON HOUSES 'OR CALIFORNIA.—Mr. Thomas Ver-
non, of this town, has this week taken a contract for ten
more iron dwelling-houses, all of which are to be
shipped for the gold regions within two months.—
Liverpool Courier.
CAUTION TO POULTRY BREEDERS —Perhaps it
may not be generally known that if chickens, fowls, or
ducks, eat a quantity of new vetches, it will inevitably
cause death. A case of this kind occurred a short time
ago at Mr. Thomas Lane's, of Radford, hi this county,
which swept away a large quantity of 3 011 rig fowls. Mr.
Lane bad been threshing some vetches with the machine
and the straw being very good, was put on two waggons
to be drawn and made into a stack, but a heavy rain
falling in tho meantime, which penetrated through the
loads, it was obliged to bo thrown into the yard.
whip
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straw had some looose vetches mixed among it,
lc t
were made soft by the rain, and of which
the
fowls partook plentifully, and this caused the death
f upwards of 100 of them. On examination after death
their gall bladders were found to bo much swollen and
surcharged. Old vetches are not supposed to be dele-
terious.—Worcester Cl,ronicle.
MODEL IN WAX or QUEEN VICTORIA.--" We have
just seen," says a correspondent, " a beautiful miniatre
cast in wax, of our gracious Sovereign in her coronation
robes, modelled by Lady Ross of Balnagown, and de-
clared by persons familiar with her Maiesty's face and
figure to be a striking likeness. It is a perfect gem,
aid would do credit to a Loudon artist. —lnverness
Courier.

ENTRUSIASM.—We are told that the infant daughter
of a gentleman employed at the works of the Britannia
Bripge was taken to the Britannia Rock, the other day,
in the middle of the Straits, where she was christened
Britannia Ann Stephenson, in compliment to the bridge
and engineer. We remember a worthy Wilder, who,
having erected a chain-bridge some ten ycars ego, with
similar feeling, but less tact, christened his little daughter
Suspension Maria.—Builder.
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It should become our study to narrow as much as
possible the neutral ground which stretches its quag-
mires between truth and falsehood, so that tho bounda-
ries of these discordant potentates may be defined.—
Eliza cook's Journal.

CHANGE or FORTUNE.—On Thursday morning
last, a poor man named Wynne, residing in Lower
Bridge-street, in this city, received intelligence of a
long absent brother being at the point of death, under
whose will Wynne was constituted heir to an estate in
Buenos Ayres, valued at 12,0004—Chester Courant.

I have had in my day! Although oftentimes awakene
sornowhat rudely, I only wept and dreamt again. Even
at, this distance of time I can rteall them. Not one,
looking back through the vista of past years, and with
the eye of faith—not one, could it have been realised,
would have b.-en half so safe for me as the path by
which I have been mercifully led, notwithstanding my
frequent wanderings. It takes long before the irritat-
ing grain of sand, accidentally introduced within the
shell of an oyster becomes a pearl—before the bird
learns its now sweet notes in darkness and solitude; but
the pearl and the song at last appear at last to enrich
and refresh others with beauty and melody.
" Well may we pray with the poet---