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

DEPUT Y-LIE UTEN ANTS)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—As you before very kindly gave insertion to g ome
observations of mine relative to the present unjust and 1 ,ar-
tial mode of manufacturing justices of the peace, you a 'ill,
perhaps, make room fur the following remarks relative to
quite as "enlightened " and " useful " a set of aniinai s.
namely, the Deputy-Lieutenants for all the counties of Eng -
land. Shakspere has it, "1.17 Lord, his fo,l, in folly hatl t
outdone ;" but here" my Lord s fools seem to be even greater
fools than the Lord himself." Be it known, then, to the en-
lightened people of the nineteenth century, that a Deputy-
Lieutenant is an animal of the toad species, always selected
t, r
mm edus
must,
hheolwa
envdeerd, abrei s tcoocirl as
icdye,r
ewhich
means a class of beings poSesS!flg more clods than brains.
The Deputy_Lieutenant must, however, be Cotisitlereti thethe
oarldl's commands, but
Lieutenants, fur he
his Lord, in all things.
Never, indeed, does the Lord select any as his Deputy-Lieu-
tenants until he has had ample opportunities of ascertaining
mTfrahemeanDasaelpounctglyasiv
ihoeafu t t be en i arean
ngt s possessing more clods than brains.
a
to ot
mostb
eo exemplarynlyof
itshe
tasona
ndlfeob
lelinsot,ivn mind
drilled
t haes ofL
that they are of his opinion in all things. Thus a Tory,
game-preserving, protectionist Lord-Lieutenant "appoints all
the High Church parsons and domineering and grinding
Tory landlords as his deputies. Now, Sir, I never could per-
ceive the justice, the equity, or the liberality of • •appointing
ally one class or set of men to rule over their fellows, merely
because they possess 100/. per annum issuing from l'
and. If.
money is in any way to confer a qualification, if 100 1.
annum has the magic effect of being able to per
make an idiot
squire a fit dispenser of our laws, I must confess I
reason why its efficacy is lessened by its proceeding can see no
other source than the farm-yard, unless it is t from any
cucumber-like, is forced by the surroundi at intellect,
dunghills, so as to become at once capable ();1g
heat of their
at a glance what it takes other individuals the greaten
greater part
edie
of a life to attain to.—l remain, Sir, yours ob ntly,
L. L. D.

TABLES for 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•
Avßiseßindtet dry iistiiste dR
Royal
ael
evenfess that we are surprised at the precisitm,
say the adroitness, with which simplicitywaendma'
elabora-
tion are combined in the present volume. It is a book
which the many thousand practical men, engaged in
the formation of railways, will find either alisolutely Her RoyaCl PligUhnßessTtheClllußchCeesosUrgoLef
Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, an remained to
indispensible or exceedingly acceptable.. The plan luncheon with her Majesty ard Prince Albert.
which Mr. Huntington has evidently kept before The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen t
him, is facility in what we may term the mud day. 0 Yes er-
pulation of his profession, as applied to " earth • His Royal Highness Prince
work, curves, and gradients." This he himself Highness Prince Albert yesterday.
and her Royal Consort
announces to have been his intention : " The kier Matjesdt:,took their usual early
r a'vin the gardens of th
great object I have endeavoured to keep in view has been walk
_fliohn3ersese Yesterday
Albert afterwards epalace. His Royal
utility, especially to students in civil engineering. I
at t( nded by his Equerry in Waiti
. rode out on horseback,
have, Colonel Se • ' have, therefore, avoided all subjects the investigation of
Their Rove' High»esses the Prince of Wales
and the
which is merely ingenious without practical aim." And
cess Royal took an airing yesterday in an open car ' Prin-
cess aim we believe to have been approached as closely
~ was accompanied by the Dowager Lady LytteltoTge,,riel.enidr
as could in all reason be expected in a production so Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice to k
novel in its treatment. One part, especially, deserves their accustomed exercise in the garden of the Palace. a
particular commendation for its perspicuity of arrange' . The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace
went and geheral copiousness ; we mean the calcula- included Lord Portman, Lord George Lennox, Colonel the
Lions of Earthwork &inn Base 20 to Base 36 inclusively ; Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Darner, and Colonel Wlde.
and the The band a the Ist Life Guards was in attendance d •
Essay on the peismidal Formula, at p. 173, is during
also deserving of praise for its ingenuity A. theodolite followino•
dinner, and performed the
and
could scarcely be more necessary in the. ' Sinfonia No. 3-Ist, 2d, sth inovenient,z—Mendelssolin
operations to
which it •
is dedicated than this !chime of p" Tables." lilanga"—s
Walzer—" Lovely Rhein trauss