The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-29 00:00:00

London, Salisbury, and
Londonderry ---•••
Londonderry and Ennis-
)eiilen...... ...... 25 ••• .....
Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct )
bian3hester.Buaton,and
Matlock
3 ei•Vie
Blanchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100 •
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — ..... •
Ditto, New 101. Prof... 734 --
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby -. 30
..••••• •-•"" "
Ditto ditto . ..... •••••••
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire l- .........
Do., Grimsby Dock l5
Do. Blanchester and
Lincoln Union. .... 4/. 2s.
)lanchest.& Southampt. 2tAl ..... •
dian .0 l(i . 9B
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do., do., 30/. Shares.- 15
...
Do. iiinn., and Derbyloo
D,i.Consol. Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct. -.100
Ditto,l3rist. & Glocstr. 36 ......
Ditto, ditto ... 11/. Bs. 6d...
Ditto,Eeieest. ts Swan-
nington, 8 per et. guar.loo
Midland Great NYestern
Irish
40
Middlesbro' and itedear,
6 ),er cent. guar.
Newcastle:did Carlisle-400
Do. Quarters 25 ..... •••
N ewnirket &Chesterton) 18.4
Do. Extension -.W. 12a....
Newport, Aliergavenny,
and lleretord 6 ......
NeWry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, lYarrenpoint,
and Rostrevor ls
Norfolk ... ...........100
Do. New
Do. Extension

1 15115WCPATZ 11.21rii
Primp Beef; Mutton, and Lamb, commanded a steadysale, '
limited at
bvuesri:in full Par,: ct
rens; s uientedothe
. Beef, kinds
from of
2 meat d
tsot only
t 1
8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 43 8d; Lamb, 58 6d to 68 6d; Veal,
4s to 5s ; and Pork, 48 to. 5s per 81b$ by the carcase.
ii(ly3 u
s,
Turkeys, 3s 6d to 7s 6d; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; Itsbbits,
Is to Is 10d; i
-2geons, Td to 10d; aid roasting .t'sgs, 5s
to is each. Fowls,'3S al 'to Is per coaple; Fresh Butter,
lld to 18 2d pmlb, •. : •
NPWllost.r.
peer remit N 2d to '3s 10d; Mutton, 3s $d to 48 8d ;
Lainb; 61, to 6s 8d; -Veal,- 4s 2d to 'Si; and Pork, 48 to'
5s per 810 s. • ,
W.E#T3ICZEILPEZ..
Beef, from 33 to 3s 'Bd) Mutter,, 3s 6dlo 4 ""; Lamb,
5s Ed to 6s 6d; Veal,. 4s to 55; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s
per 8163.
•

was a railway contradfoi:. IN, defendant was in tiie
habit of giving tickets to the persons ft' whom the goods
u
were supplied, The goods supplied upon- na various
tickets ranged in aiLilifet from twenty shillings le', flee
Pounds ; and the plaintiff issued 228 summonses under'
new County Courts Act, agause of a't,Con. The
defendant,
sibs' the detendant,
making each arouuy a se pa rate c
defendant, iu conseqUeflee, applied to the Court for a
prohibition to stay the proceediega in the suit. The
question now for the Court to decide wag whether the
Act, recently passed, establishing the County CM7tr,
would allow the splitting up of the total amount due by
lof action." The
the defendant into so many separate aetions, and whether
eachTh item gave a distinct right of action or not.
The 56th sec, of the CotintyCourtsAct gave jurisdiction
to the Court in all plaints where the debt and damage
claimed was not more titan 20/., whether balance of
Opinion that the
account or otherwise. By the 63rd sec., the whole
question turned upon the meaning of the words "cause
other dealings, and
one contract, but
uing of the words were, that the cause of action
u should be one separate cause of action, and ,not a cause
tradesman's i
a oet h,
bill
e,oi
rnrC6e:o3itudl :cot
his,.
sec.
wereth
je efc'm appliedoo upirn,
taitsoownceotrthnheena
et,
case
i atete:hidere l
y.(1).
fri
with
t.[(,)on one separate contract. Assuming this' interpreta-
watso not
i)
eintsendedtoter
so that an item
not paid should be united with
another not •
paid, and so form but one ac-
count, and give on
Should but --e cause of action..
such an account so made ' exceed the sum of 201., '
of
separate items
jurisdiction of thecontinuousi n ate
contract,with
County it would not come within the
Courts Act. In the present
case the total amount greatly exceeded that sum, and
the Court was therefore of opinion that it should not
have been made the
should have
of different suits in the
County Courts, but
.
been sued for in one of
the superior Courts, the County Courts having no juris-
diction in the matter, and thatby the defendant should be' the prohibition sought
The Court rose at one o'clockrati ted.
Crown causes reserved upon the to sit in error upon the
arctuts.
COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS
(Sittings at Nisi Prius,..at Guildhall, before DAY.)
WILDE and a Common Jury,)
HEALEY v. WAK,LIET.
This action was brought' to recover dainages for the
publication of a series of alleged libels in
the
which the defendant, Mr. ,Wakley, Xf.p , isthe Lancet, of
tor, reflecting upon the character of the defendantt op
Mr.
rie-
Thomas Pease Healey, who is a barrister, and the
pro
and editor of a rival publicatian called the Medical
Times.
...Mr. Sergeant Wilkins appeared for she plaintiff, and
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd for the defendant..
It appeared that the plaintiff was appointed secretary
to ',4 Convention of Poor-law Medical Officers, which
was formed in 1847, for the purphse of agitating sone
reform in the law as affecting them
; mad the libels
complained of consisted of articles published in five num-
bers of the Lancet, commenting upon the move-
ment, and deprecating in general terms the con-
nexion of the plaintiff with it. On the 9th of
October, 1847, the following passage appeared in the
publication, which was spoken to by several witnesses
as referring to the plaintiff, and a medical gentleman
named Ross:--" When we wrote last there was only one
party of a suspicious character attatopti'n g to obtain
the management of the Poor law Medical Officers' .Con-
vention for selfisk purposes. Now there are two quacks
in the field, one offering gratuitously the vacant rooms
of the institute for its meetings;. andtthe other, attempt-
ing to levy contributions upon the peor-law medical
officers. If the medical officers suffer these parties to
have the management of their affairs, their cause will be
inevitably injured." On the 15th of October the plain-
tiff was alluded to as a person not belonging to the pro-
fession, and likely to bring the Convention into ridicule
and contempt, and as a" quack lawyer, a mountebank,
and an impostor." The other libels contained assertions
of a similar nature, and the counsel for the plaintiff
stated that they wore calculated to damage his reputa-
tion, and as he was but a young man in his profession,
might greatly retard his success in life.
Proot was given of the publication and proprietorship
of the papers, and the application of the libel to the
plaintiff.
For the defence it was contended that the character of
the plaintiff was not in 'the smallest degree affected by
the articles, and that the plaintiff was the last person in
the world who ought to have brought such an action,
having been himself, at the suit of Mr. Wakley,
found guilty on two previous occasions of libelling.
The action bad no doubt been instituted for the purpose
of ,giving• an opportunity, to; the plaintiff's counsel of
puffing the Medical limes.
The jury retired, and soon after returned into Court
with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s.

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73ILLniCtsGATE.
Turbots, 6s to 14s; thins, 2s 6d to 75; Cod-fish, 3s 6d
to 8s 6d Haddocks, .8d to I-a; Whitings, 4d to B'l ;
Macke rel, 3d to 10d; and Lobsters, is 6d to 3s 6d each;
Soles, Gd to 2s 6d per pair ; Smelts, Is to 25 per dozen;
Salmon, Is 6il to 2s 3(1 ; Eels, 6d to is Id; Crimped
State, 8d to 9d; and Salt Fish, 4d to 7d per lb.
IIIYNGERPORD.
Although the supplies of most articles on sale, Co-
in a sluggish state,
day, were by no means heavy,' the general demand was
at Prices about e qual to those realiz-1
in the other metropolitan Markets:
R
The prices of 'Wheaten Bread .in the Metropolis are
from 7id to 8d; of household ditto, 6a to 7il per 14Ib
loaf. • .• • •

4 t ; 71"113: IVLANILST. •
Market lines, 661 b to 641 b, lid to lid per lb;
,ditto,
641 b to 721 b, 2d to 2-41-d; ditto, 72Ib'to 801 b, 2d to*:
ditto, 80113 to 881 b, 24d toad; ditto,• 881 b to 961 b, Sid lc
3;:d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041b,:.,id to 4d; Calf Skins (each),
4t 6d to 3,6 d; Horse Hides, 8s 6d; Pulled Sheep, 3a "
4s 4d ; Kents and Hilt.breds, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ;
Downs 2s 9d to Ss 7d; Stlearlings, 4d to 6d; Lambs,
Is 4d to 2s 6d.

VAT MAZIELTS.
SMITXFIELD.—MeidoW 1163 , 31 to 31 18a; k,loyer,
ditto, 4/ to 4/ 17s; and• strai;
1/ 7s to I/ 105 per load,
Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at•but little al-
teration in prices.

Do.( usnuiteed 51/2pc. 5
Do. do. Waveney V ul. 2
Northern Counties Union 4

North British .... 25 ...... 2014 21% ....• 2124
Do. Half Shares 12%...... . ......... 9i
Do. Quarters 61,44 —
Do. Extension - . •••• •••• .....
Ditt, Thirds . 3
.
North 3; South-Western 2 ......'— .......
North stationishire lO ...... 6%3A
North Wales
North Western. 7174 —•--
Oxford, Worcester. and
Wolverhampton ...... 40 ...
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate - —
Roystcn and Hitchia ... 1% - .... ..... .. ..
Scottish Central ...... ... 25 ...., 26% 263
Scottish Midland
Ditto,New ...... ~. ~..; 10 -• ........ •.. ••
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole (Nor. Div.) 5
Do. tio. (Sou. Div.) 2% —
Shrewsbury and Bins... 7 ...... 2
Ditto ditto. Class B. 4
Shrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. W. Min ) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
Ditto Uswestry ...... 16 -
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref $
Shrewsbury-and Heretd. 2 _
Shropshire Union
..,.... 4 - ......
south Devon 45
Do. Preference ' 25
South Staffordshire. . • 614 — ....... .....
'oath Eastern
Do., No. I 24
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3 .........,... 20 ...... -
Do~ No. 4
South W aim - ••• •• ......... .... .
south Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
'.
meron's-Stm. C0a1.... 6 -
Taw Vale Extension ... 6
•
Thames Haven Dook -
and Railway. .......... 171 it
Vale of Neath ... .. .. • ... 4 -
VVatertord and Kilkenny 16111:
Waterford and Limerick 40
Waterid,Wxtrii,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Coat. .
Guaranteed ... .. ..... . 42% .4."
Do. do. d 0.... 25 -
W est COM Wall
Aram
tie' hitehaven & Furness 11
Windsor, Staines, and
..
South Western..... ... 7 ...... -•-•
Wilts, Somerset,& Way- '
mouth
30 - ... .• ......... •••
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ... ..... .... 23 ••
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. 26 .27% 25
Do. Extensiosi No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2......... 10
00. G.N &Preference 8 ...... I
York and North Midland 50 - - ........ 65
Date, Preference ...... 10
Do. East Laid 11 eat Rid-
..
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS. •
-- -

-
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay 3/ to 41;
ditto, 41 to 4/ 15s ; and Straw; 11 8s to 11 103 per
load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
W urrxcHAr m..--Meadow nay, 3/ to 31.176; Clover,
ditto, 41 to 51; and Sire, gs, to 11,108 Clover
pf.r load.
Supply tolerably good, and trade very dull, • ~

COAL MARKE
Cares 'Hartley
Davison'sWestliartley 1/is Od
Dean's Primrose 133 3d
Holywell Main ..... 143 3d
New Tanfield l2s 6d
Ord's Redheugh . .
Tanfield Moor ..•.
Tanfield Moor Bates l3s Od
Wylam
West Wylam

`.—Tys.~rtsfl~t~ ~~

Sonia* and Cc,. lse Od
Goforth ..... . lhe Od
%S.
le"llWaartlilt'iEn.d
Riddell's l4s 9,1
Belmont l6e Od
lh Od
Hetton ..
Hudson's Hartlepool lse 9il
'Tees ••.......... 171 Od
,West Cornforth ........ 1.5 e Od
5t 38.

Ships at marl

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Leonard Alderson, & journeyman iu the service of Mr.
Robert Podle, of Yates's-rents, Clerkenwell, was charged
with embezzling 11. 45., the property of his employer.
The prosecutor stated that on Saturday evening last
he sent the prisoner to Mr. Dewslip, a shopkeeper iu
Oxford-street, with three dozen of knives and a bill for
the price, which Mr. Dewslip paid. Prisoner did not
return with the money.
The policeman who took him into custody stated that
the prisoner acknowledged having received the money
and spent it.
Tha case was remanded till Tuesday.

Boulogne and Amiens... 20 -
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 16
Ceylon - -
Demerara —
Dendre Valley•... 4 ..,... • ,_.
Direct Bombay and
/Madras
Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 ..... ...... .... r
East Indian ..-.. - .... .
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
•••
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Louvain ila Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg..
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege
Northern 01 France...- lO
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yesel 413 s 4d......
Paris and Lyons lO ••• .. --
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ......
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse 2O ... •• ~ •• . ..... ••• .
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nante5........ 8 ,
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- . •
den, and Hassell ...... 16
West Flanders - • -

JOINT STUCK BANKS.
London & Westminster. 20 21 ..
Union of London— ..... 10 • 10
London Joint Stock 10. .. --•
Union of Australia
Ditt0,New.............. .
National of Ireland ........
British North American 50
Australasia
Provincial of Ireland ... 25

Ditto New... to •• ••• 0000000
Commercial of London 20
Union of Madrid 4O
National Pro g• England. 35
Ditto, Now ...... ..... 10
Colonial 25
MINES.

Anglo-Mexican
Real Del Monte, Unreg.
Brazilian Co4;aoe Cuiba 30 .. ....
British Iron .... . l2 ......
Bolonos Scrip ...... .... .....
Galvanized Iron
Ditto,. New
Stock Exchange shut onkonday by order of the Committee.

LLOYD'S SHIPPEY G—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 29.--Wiad N.N.E., light breeze, and
hazy weather.
PETERHEAD, APRIL 26.—The Hannibal (late Lory),
from Quebec to this port, which was driven into
Brandoffgord, Norway, in Feb. last, with only one man on
board, arrived here yesterday, with considerable damage
to rigging and sails.
HULL, APRIL 27.—The steamers plying between this
port and liamburgh (sailing under the Hamburgh nag)
have orders not to proeeed on their voyage, fearing in-
terruption from the Danes in their passage up the Elbe.
WAINELENT, APRIL 21.—The Monarch, Hillman, of
Bristol, from Charente to Hull and Newcastle, ran on
shore this morning, on the coast of Chapel, Lincolnshire.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28.—A sunken rock, about six or
eight feet below the surface, and the sea breaking heavily
over it, was seun in lat.. 43, lon. 37, by the Wallace,
Morton, arrived here. 27. Arrd. Caledonia, Yilling-
hur, Mobile ; William Ai Cooper, Cotta, Savannah ;
Portland, Charleston ; Eagle, Lange, St. • John's, NeW
Brunswick. 28. Mecca, Rani-St. Domingo; Wallace,
Morton, Mobile; Christisaria, Buckley, New Orleans ;
Consbrook, Maquir, Charleston • Alexander, Smith,
Clyde and Cork, for New York, leaky. Off port, 28,
Ganges, --
DUBLIN, Aram 27.—Arrd. Lanni, Bell, New Or.
leans.

TIIGNNOCTIL, Aran. 28.—S1d. Haberdino, Gowan,
St. John's, Newfoundland,
PLYziount, Aran. 28.—Arrd. Douglas, Le Paso,
Matanzas. Sld. 27, Fortitude, Quebec. 28, Forfarshire,
Adelaide, South Australia.
DIAL, Arum 28.—Arrired from the River aid sailed,
Union, Port Philip; May Queen, Hobart Town; Liar
Majen's chip Westyaterwitch, Africa ; Morning Star,
nlßosalibd. Cala(); Hamilton, Callao ; Mar.
Garet Milne, Santa Martha ; Lotus, Barbsdoes ; John
Oldham, Jamaica; Palmerston, Quebec; Loyal Briton,
Quebec.
TORQUAY, APRIL 27.—Rroma, Barnard, Cork.

MARKET INEWS.--(THIS DAY.)
Fruit—Pine-apples, 112211;tothouse Grapes,
15s to 20s, and Lisbon Grapes, Is to Is 3d per lb;
strawberries, is to Is 6d per os ; Ripe Cherries, 151 to
18s per lb; Apples, is to 4s per half-tiers ; Oranges,
55 to 12s, and Lemons, 5s to as per 100; Almonds, Is to
10s; Brazil Nuts, 34 6d; Spanish ditto, 31 6d; and Bar-
celona ditto, 5s per peek. Vegetables—Cucumbers, 2s
to 55 per brace; Turnips, Is 6d to 2s; Carrots, 3s to 48;
and Greens, Is to is 10d, per dozen bunches; White
Brocoli, 5s to 105; and Rhubarb, 4s to 8s 'per dozen
bundles; Potatoes, 48 6d to 5s 3d; Onions, 2s 6d to 3s;
Turnip Greens, 4d to 6d; and Brussels Sprouts, Is to
Is 4d per bushel ; Spinach, 6d to is per junk; See,
9d to Is 3d per punnet; Parsley, Sd to is per half siere;
Cabbage Lettuces, a per score;-Radisbesi 3d to fid per
dozen hands; Horseradish, 2s to 3s; and Celeryf
Is 6d' per bundle ; Small Salads, 21 to 28 6d per dozen
punnets; Mushrooms, 8d to 1e per pottle; Voreed Aspa;
ragus, 28 6d to ss; Out-door ditto, 2s to 31 614 per ,100;
score; Ajclrity Beans, 2 teas 4d per,
pa lb; - E arly YorkEicand;iie per
s, •evl7
irotat.).
tcru
Cabs, St 03-9 d Der dons.

SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING APitlll 29, 184 R.

t.. EMBEZZLEMENT.
Th 4 Aral examination of Mr. R. R. Dix, up on a
charge of stealing the books of thefirm of Christopher
o h
George and Co., in which he had been a
,partner
C6sA place on Friday, before the magistrates ofßristol.
The t tee seemed to excite the utmost degree of in-
terest, and the court, and all The approaches to it, were
densely crowded. •
Mr. Christopher George, patent shot and lead ma-
nufacturer, upon being examined, deposed that, for
seven years prior to January, 1848, the prisoner was
a partner in his firm. A dissolution took place in the
regular form, and was advertised in the Gazette on the
10th of January; and since that time the-accused had
been employed as chief clerk and book-keeper, at a
salary of 2501. a year. The books, which bad been
entrusted to Mr. Fletcher to examine, were witness's
property, and those carried off by the prisoner had
been purchased by him since the dissolution. Never
authorised him or any one else, except Mr. Fletcher,
to remove the books from the room in which they were
kept, for the purpose of examination. The witness,
in reply to further questions, denied that he told the
prisoner, when he engaged him us clerk, that he should
have a share of the profits of the business.
Mr. George Clements proved that on the 22d of
March be was helping to make up the hooks; when
Mr. fix came in and sent him to the shot house for
a particular book. Upon his return he found Dix
gone, and the books in question missing.
Riordon, the sergeant of the Woolwich police,
deposed to having had the accused given into his
custody at Greenwich; to subsequently finding the
hooks at Clifford's Inn Coffee-house, Fleet- street, and
to the prisoner's escape from him at the Paddington
station.
Mr. Austin Chamberlain spoke to his recapture at
Radstock, Somerset. The prisoner begged to be let
off, and said his father would pay anything to let
him go.
This closed the evidence as to the robbery of the
books and the prisoner was then charged with
several acts of embezzlement. The Learned Counsel
who prosecuted said there were a number of
charges; but three or four instances only would be
proceeded upon. Evidence was then called to show
that on the 3d of September the prisoner bad received
50/. is. from Messrs. King, merchants; on the sth of
November, 201. 10s. from Mr. Reynolds ; and ox
,the 23d of February, • 1441. 9s. from Messrs. C.
"thin and Co. It was his duty to have entered the
payments in a book on the day they were received,
and to hand over the money to Mr. George, who acted
as cashier of the firm ; but he had neither entered them
nor paid the money.
The magistrate committed him upon all the eharges,
and be was removed in custody.

DREAMING
Cecil had a prof u AND DOING.
lows, who sat down to theircontempt for mechanical fel-
wcrk whether under ' inspi-
ration,' or under the mere impulse to finish what .they
have begun. Ile was reallyweloquent in his scorn of the
drudges2Genius,in hit► eyes,
and went in momenta of excitement mine caprice. It came
pbrenzy. Being a scholar,he
entirely approved
sort of intermittent
appoyed theory to that effect, as developed '
tr of Plato's
h •
dialogue. of
lon. The business of- an artist was consequently to
• await those moments, and then to set himielf to Worli
when his soul was stung' to ecatacy by
overpowering
visions of beauty. •
" There is, in the present day, an overplus of raving
about genius, and its prescriptive rights of vagabondage,
its irresponsibility, sad its Insubordination to all the
laws of common sense. Common sense is so prosaic
Yet it appears from the history of art that the real men of
genius
.did not rave about anything of the kind. They
were resolute workers, not idle dreamers. They knew
that their genius was not a phrenzy, not a supernatural
thing at all, but simply the colossal proportions of facul-
ties which, in a lesser degree, the meanest .of mankind
shared with them. They knew that whatever it was, it
would not enable them to accomplish with success the
things they undertook, unless they devoted their whole
energies to the task.
Would Michael Angelo have built St. Peter's, sculp-
tured the Moses, and made the walls of the Vatican sacred
with the presence of his gigantic pencil, had he awaited
inspiration while his works were to progress? Would
Rubens have dazzled all the galleries of Europe, had he
allowed his brush to hesitate? would Beethoven and Mozart
have poured out their souls into such abdndant melodies?
would Gothe have written the sixty volumes of his works
—bad they not often, very often, sat down like drudges
to an unwilling task, and found themselves speedily en-
grossed with that to which they were so averse?
" Use the pen,' says a thoughtful and subtle author,
there is no magic in it ; but it keeps • the mind from
staggering about.' This is an aphorism which should
be printed in letters of gold over the studio door of
every artist. Use the pen or the brush ; do not pause;
do not trifle, have no misgivings • but keep your
mind from staggering about by fixing it resolutely
on the matter before you, and then all that you
can do you will do: inspiration will not enable you to do
more. Write or paint: act, do not hesitate. If what
you have written or painted should • turn out imper-
fect, you can correct it, and the correction will be more
efficient than that correction which takes place in the
shifting thoughts of hesitation. You will learn from
your failures infinitely more than from the vague
wandering reflections of, a mind loosened from it:o.
meoiiegs; because the failure is absolute, it is precise,
it stands bodily before you, your eyes and judgment can,
not be juggled with, you know whether a certain verse is
harmonious whether the rhyme is there or not there
but in,the other ens,- you not only can juggle with yourself
but db so, the very indeterminateness of your thoughts
makes you do so; as long as the idea is not positively
clothed in its form, it is impo.sible at•curately to say what
it will be. The magic of the pen lies in the cot centra-
tnn of your thoughts upon one object. Let your pen fall,
begin to trifle with blotting-paper, look at the ceiling, bite
your nails, and otherwise daily with your purpose, and
you waste your time, scatter your thoughts, and repress
the nervous energy necessary for your task. Some men
daily and daily, hesitate and trifle, until the last possible
moment, and when the printer's boy is knocking at
the door, they begin: necessity goading them, they
write with singular rapidity, and with singular success;
they are astoeished at themselves. What is the secret?
Simply this; they have had no time to hesitate.
.Con-
centrating their powers upon the one object before them,
they have done what they could do.—.Rese, Blanche, and
Violet.