The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

DEPUT Y-LIEUTENANTSI

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—As you before very kindly gave insertion to some
e baervations of mine relative to the present unjust and par-
ti. ill mode of manufacturing justices of the peace, you will,
pe.thaps, make room for the following remarks relative to
qui to as " enlightened " and " useful " a set of animals,
namisely, the Deputy-Lieutenants for all the counties of Eng-
land.. Shakspere has it,
outdo izie ;" but here" my Lord' Lord, his fool, in folly hath
Lords fools seem to be even greater
" My
fools ,than the Lord himself." Be it known, then, to the en-
lighte. Tied people of the nineteenth century, that a Deputy-
Lieute Want is an animal of the toad species, always selected
from a mong what are tirmed the landed aristocracy, which
means a class of beings possessing more clods than brains.
The r ieput v-Lieutenant must, however, be considered the
most (9xemplary and best drilled of all Lieutenants, for he
not 'only is to follow the Lord's commands, but
to be of the same mind as his Lord, in all things.
Never, indeed, does the Lord select any as his Deputy-Lieu-
tenanis until he has had ample opportunities of ascertaining
that they are of his opinion in all things. Thus a Tory,
game-preserving;, protectionist Lord-Lieutenant !appoints all
the High Church parsons anddomineering and grinding
Tory landlords as his deputies. Now, Sir, I never could per-
ceive the justice, t be equity, or the liberality of appointing
309anrcdo,
capable unless
any one class or set of men to rule over their fellows, merely
because they possess 1001. per annum issuing from land. If
money is in any w ay to confer a. qualification, if 1001. per
annum has the ma; pc effect of being able th make an idiot
squire aAt dispensei rof our laws, I must confess I can see no
dunghills,o ther source
so
at
sh than
to.
reason why its efficacy is lessened by its proceeding from an
cucumber-like, is forced by the surrounding heat of their'
at a glance what it takes other individuals the greater
part
of a life to attain to.. —I remain, Sir, yours obediently,
. becomethe fa
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TABLESfor EARTHWORK, LAND, CURVES,
and GRADIENTS. By J. B. Huntington, C.E.
Considering the extreme complexity of the systems usu-
ally adopted, and remembering that no work of a precisely
similar character has hitherto appeared, we must con-
fess that we are surprised at the precision, we may even
m George Palace,
say the adroitness, with which simplicity and elabora-
tion are combined in the present volume. It is a book
Taisnidtedremhiasin
cot TRT CIRCULAR,
Redoytaol
which the many thousand practical men, engaged in
Her Royal nig] mess the Duchess of Kent visited the
the formation of railways, will find either absolutely
indispensible or exceedingly acceptable. The plan
which Mr. Huntington has evidently kept before The Earl of Ab ercleen had an audience of the Queen yester-
him, is facility in what we may term the mani day.
luncheon with liar Majesty and Prince Albert.
Queen yesterday,,.
,t.a:neßsauckrinrigolicao
pulation of his profession, as applied to "earth- His Roy•al Hig,
t esterdaye
work, curves, and gradients." This he himself Highness Prince Ai 'b_ol' y
b Royal Consort took
announces to have been his intention :•" The Her Majesty and . ettoe gardens of the Palace.their ulitinil early
great object I have endeavoured to keep in view has been :ivkyesterr,rdianyeeinktp
Serf afterwards rode out on horseback,Royl
utility, especially to students in civil engineering. I Highness
in Waiting, Colonel Seymour.
have, therefore, by his Equi mry e, avoided all subjects the investigation of ,
Royal High) yeses the :Prince of Wales and the Prin-
pproachwhich is merely ingenious without practical aim." And Their : Royal took ai ~- g Yet day in an open carriage, and
cess an ...an
this aim we believe to have been aed as closet
Y was accompanied by• -the Do river Lady Lyttelton. Their
as could in all reason be expected in a production so Royal Highnesses P rim CC Alfred sad the Princess Alice took
novel in its treatment. One part, especially, deserves their accustomed txrercis'st nn the garden of the Palace.
particular commendation for its perspicuity of arrange- The royal di:aner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace
meet and general copiousness ; we mean the calcula- included Le,rd Pe
gtmall, Lord George Lennox, Colonel the
tions of Earthwork from Base 20 to Base 36 inclusively; Right We, G. 1, ~ Dawson Dame!, and Colonel Wylde.
and the Essay on the Prismiiidal Formula, at To. 173, is The 'oand of t' ae Ist Life G.t!awrqs was in attendance during
also deservingo mg pieces :
tf praise fur its ingenuity. A theodolite din:aer, and per formed the "I
could scarcely be more in the operations '.i f • No. It t 2tl andsth
necessary
which it is dedicated than this Tolima Ki gaga—ktrausa
of " TaOles, " I Walzer—"l ,ovelY Ehliu .