The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-04 00:00:00

S N 7 SEPTEMBER 4, 1848.

nonchalance with which he would have lounged about
in the days of June, 1847, gives us some amusing
sketches " Before and Behind the Barricades, in
June;" and Albert Smith, as an illustration of " the
lazy end of summer," furnishes a true and particular
account of " Mrs. Cruddle's annual attack," and of
the marvellous cure effected by a visit to Ventnor.
Mr. Arnold continues " The Cellini, Cup." Mr.
'Whiffing gives a Franconic legend, entitled " The
Pale Maiden of the Castle," which is full of solemn
German humour. Grernsleeves furnishes us with a
quiet drollery, entitled " Baby Bess;" and W. Hollis
concludes the number with an elegant Latin transla-
tion of " The Glasses sparkle on the Board," and of
" The Rose."

men on the other, provide the conditions of a great ex-
ample; and we hope to see a deep and enduring etr,oct
produced by it, not on the working men only, but on the
capitalist also."
After relating the circumstances of the dispute and
its settlement, the writer thus proceeds :

" Now the moral we deduce from this affair is this—
that the harmonious movement of society is much endan-
gered by exasperated feeling engendered by collisions
between employer and employed—tbat the employer,
being the most powerful of the two, should at all times
temper what he may conceive to be justice with mercy
—that capitalists, and still more, their agents, are im-
bued with false ideas on the relative position of the
labourer—that on a question of duty there cannot be one
word of remonstrance; but that on a question of right,
the director with a thousand pounds a year is in no dif-
ferent position from the stoker or the driver with his
few shillings a . day. But, above all, we would enforce
this maxim:—Keep pride and dictation as much as pos-
sible out of such disputes, and let kindly feeling come
to the aid of cool judgment. The pride of the North-
Western Company has in no respect received a fall;
and their official honour stands higher than before this
dispute began. On a question of wages the labourer
is by right a contracting party. If in similar cases
principal can be brought in contact with principal, we
have no fear for the result. Already an admirable
organization exists in certain trades for this purpose:
let us hope that this dispute, and its happy end, will be a
perpetual beacon to all other parties who may be here
after in like difficulties."

In the course of his narrative the writer makes one
observation which it would be well that all employers
should keep in mind. "We do not believe," says he,
" that these engine drivers would have neglected
their duty from any malicious feeling, even had mat-
ters come to the worst. But negative and positive
service are tw io—driferent things, and we all know how
much better things are done when a man's heart is in
his work." Taxation is not the only matter in which
two and two do not always make four, and as the
reduction of taxation is not invariably a loss, so
neither is the cutting down of wages invariably a
gain. Fraser this month is rich in literary articles.
" Arthur de Boisfleury " is an admirably-written
historical romance, full of intense interest, which, in
the hands of a mere book-maker, would have been
spun out into a three volume novel. The " Account
of the First Steam Voyage on the British Seas, per-
formed by the Thames steam-packet from Glasgow to
London in the year 1815," is a valuable contribution to
the history of steam navigation. We were at Mil-
ford at the time the Thames arrived in Milford
Haven, and never shall we forget the consternation
which her arrival produced in the good town of Mil-,
ford. At eleven o'clock at night in the month of
May the inhabitants were awoke by the then unheard-
of sounds of the blowing off the steam, but which to the
terrified denizens of Milford seemed like the roaring
of some demon, or the discharge of some new and
terrible projectile destined for the destruction of the
town and dockyard. In five minutes every one was
aroused and in the streets. It was just after the re-
turn of Napoleon from Elba, and at first it was
imagined that .these sounds proceeded from a French
or American squadron about to fire a torpedo against
the town. No explosion, however, took place,
and then it was imagined that the Myrtle
frigate, which was moored in the haven
had taken fire, and every one was watching in
expectation of seeing her blow up. At length a boat
landed and explained the mystery, and terror gave
place to curiosity, and for two days the Thames was
visited by every one far and near. Under the title of
"Modern Frankfort," we have some amusing personal
sketches of the notabilities of the German Parliament,
and under that of " Annals of the Artists of Spain,"
a pleasant disquisition on Spanish art. Lancelot
Smith continues his " Yeast," which works ad-
mirably, and the " Naturalist in Norway"
gives us the third part of his admirable de-
scriptions of Norwegian scenery. We have, besides,
an elaborate review of " Vanity Fair" in this month's
Fraser, and a well-written resume of the current his-
tory of the month.