The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-18 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 18, 18b1.

a quotation, we shall abstain from so doing on the
reflection that it would not be altogether unlike that
scholasticcs, who brought a brick as a sample of his
linu9e, according to the account famished in the
witticism of Ilkroelcs.

TilE COMIC J'!IAN.-lr'K for 1852. By
George Cruikshank. David Bogue.
Blootnerism pourtrayed by Cruikshank! Surely
that of itself is a sufficient attraction towards the
Comic Almanack. Such a frontispiece as it is—so
excruciatingly ludicrous in its sketches of the new
costume—after this Bloomeristn cannot possibly
delay plunging, pettiloons, petticoats, and ull, into
that receptacle for defunct rubbish hi,ht by him
whom Mr. Peacock invariably calls the Swan of
Avon, " the tomb of all ths Capulets."
n Nothing more truly laughable in referee to this fiantastic
pencil of John Leech, the ine -
scheme of the American Jonasbaness has appeared--
no, not even from the
haustible. Tenniel's sketches in Punch uon thre
subject have been droll enough, even the littlil:draw-
ings by On a hyn have not been undeserving of the
title of meritorious —but next this colossal caricature
from the hand of our rare George Cruikshank, they
dwindle into insignificance. Then the accompanying
illustrations—" Turning the Tables !" Preposterously
humorous as our caricaturist has long since proved
himself to be, his artistic fun has never, we fancy,
been carried to such a delightfully outré extravagance.
Rinc7 a picture of " A Scene in the Zaolagical
Gardens at Oarang-Outang Town," with a
wild man, catiOt and inspscted by the
" natives"—and this by Cruikshank ! Fancy " Ad-
vice to Persons about to Marry—Try—Cheap Furni-
ture"—the bride and bridegroom tumbling from chairs
afflicted with the rickets, the mirrors dropping from
their frames, the table breaking its back under the
weight of dinner, the library dangling shelf from
shelf, and all this by Cruikshank ! Fancy the anti-
cipations of the golden age of costermongering repre-
sented by a well-fed specimen of the class selling per-
riwinkles at a guinea a pint, and followed by a couple
of gorgeously liveried flunkies—and this too by
Cruikshank ! Fancy John Bull inundated by over-
flowing supplies of water, with the spectacled old gen-
tleman peeping down the hose of the Government
scheme, which, notwithstanding its magnitude, ap-
pears to be as dry as the channel of the Niger—and
this again by Cruikshank 1 Fancy—but no, you can
never fancy it—the embellishment in which the same
master band depicts a new field for military
occupation—a cornfield being reaped by a regiment
—men storming the harvest-cart with uplifted sheafs
—others charging the stocks with pitchforks—and the
commanding officer superintending the agricultural
movement of his men in the distance. The grace,
and beauty, and wit, of the whole engraving is this,
that viewed at a little distance it has all the animated
effect of a battle-field, and when examined closely has
all the charm of an unexpected pastoral. The Peace
Society should bestow a gold medal on the artist, and
should have the sketch prefixed to every one of its
printed documents. Another glorious etching is the
one revealing to us the ovation of the new French
President—M. Jullien ! His principal banner in its
inscription running delightfully thus—" Liberte!
Egalite! Fraterniti—Fiddlededee !" Hine—H. G.
Hine—whose little miniature, full-length silhouettes
seem to us to be the idealization of those atmospheric
" blacks," which are the plague of the London laun-
dress—comes upon us again with a perfect shower
of these grotesque comicalities. His illustrated
record of the perilous ascent of Jung Frau is a
thing to be remembered. The impossible jumps
from precipice to precipice, the utterly impracticable
methods of clambering up to the top of a frozen ca-
taract, and of dancing on the quivering accumula-
tion of an impending avalanche, the gambols, and
frisks, and other saltatory proceedings equally ab-
surd under the circumstances, will prove, we fancy,
a source of genial and resistless laughter. The lite-
rary portion of the Comic Almanack for 1852 is ge-
nerally understood to have beeen entrusted this year
to Angus B. Reach and Shirley Brooks—either of
them "a host in himself," but together well qualified
to tread in the footsteps of dear Tom Hood, the ori-
ginal projector of this wonderful kind of melange for
fascetiousness. A better number of the Comic Al-
manack has seldom appeared, and certainly not within
several years bygone. Not the least among its at-
tractions is the circumstance that it brings to us
once more, in unabated vigour and drollery, our
matchless and immortal Cruikshank.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, Nov. 17.
The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes
this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal Family, took their
accustomed pony and walking exercises.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing this morning, attended by the Earl of Listowel,
"Major- General Berkeley Drummond, Colonel the
Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel F. H. Seymour.
Mr. Frederick Peel is expected at the Castle to-
day, on a visit to her Majesty.

A deputation, consisting of Sir Charles Fox, Mr.
Thomas Brassey, Mr. Edmund Leahy. and Mr.
Mathew Leahy, had an interview with Viscount Pal-
merston on Friday, at the. Foreign-office.
Mr. William Lock had an interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing.street.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, Nov. 11.—The Caradoo packet has
broken down, and will require a long time to be put
in repair. Her patent floats have been much da-
maged. The probability of such an accident hap-
pening to them were foreseen ere she left England,
but no effective measures of precaution seem to have
been used.

The crew of the Caradoc has been turned over to
the Ardent, which steamer has been a long time past
lying up in ordinary.
The Banshee carries on the portion of the Indian
mail sent through France.
The Medusa will carry forward the outward India
mail, expected by the Medina on the 14th inst.
The Tagus (Peninsular and Oriental Company)
arrived this morning, and leaves immediately tor
Constantinople.
Nor. 12.—A garrison court-martial assembled a
few days ago to try two men, Thomas Lumby and
Richard Griffiths, of the Royal Sappers, for desertion.
They escaped to Sicily some time since, but, after
a short holiday, they got tired of the life of inactivity
they were leading, and voluntarily giving themselves
up at Naples, went back to Malta. The prisoners
were found guilty, and sentenced each to be branded
with the letter 11, and to undergo a period of three
months' imprisonment.
The men were of good character.
The Pottinger has just been telegraphed. She is
overdue. She was reported in sight yesterday when
I commenced my letter. The Banshee carries on the
mail to Marseilles, that portion at least which is sent
through France.

Orders have been issued both by the civil and mi-
litary authorities to pay every honour to Colonel Sir
W. Reid on his arrival. lie is expected here to-
morrow.

APPOINTMENTS.
WooLwica, Nov. 17.—Second Master Thomas A.
Hall (1851) to the Hastings, 72, flag-ship, on the East
Indies station.
Clerk J. B. M'Avoy (1851) to the Hastings.
Master's Assistant H. Goldsmith to the Rapid, 8,
brig, at Portsmouth.

NAVIGATION OF THE MEDINA.—The Town Coun-
cil of Newport are about to take measures for carrying into
effect the improvement of this river, and Mr.llamilton Ful-
ton, the engiheer, has been requested to attend the Town
Council to explain all matters relative to the subject. 'fho
decision on the Norwich case, so frequently referred to at the
last meeting of the Town Council, has been given against the
Corporation of that city, the judges having decided that the
Council has no right to expend any portion of its funds in
making application for Acts of Parliament to improve the
navigation of the river. This being the case, the inhabitants
of Newport have entered into private subscriptions in or der
to defray the expenses of an application to Parliament for an
Act in the Melting session.
THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE 11,AILwaT.--An
inquet was held before Mr. W. Carrick, county coroner,
view of the body of
labourer,onagdeayd
34 years,
on view
late of the Elephant
jatam Seosutchawi-naeit, e,
Inn, Broadlield. on
'rhol deceased had attended Carlisle hiring
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tdea y,
station.an d
mid-afternoon train to
by
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beershop at Southwaite,partaking of some ale at the
house, and was not a • proceededon his way towards his
gain seen alive. This was a few
minutes alter five o'clock. Instead
of keeping the public
road which leads to his house,
rails and walked along the line deceased had got over the
nearly a mile. The express
down train, which was twenty minutes behind time, left
Penrith a minute after •B 1
X When aboutmile short of
while
Southwaite station, •
a
running at the rate of thirty-
eight miles an hour, the engineman and stoker felt the
engine receive a shock and pass over some object on the
rails, which at the moment they believed to be a horse or
cow. The break was applied, and the train brought to a
standstill as soon as possible, but not till the train had
reached the station. The body of the deceased was found on
the rails presenting a shocking appearance. The body was
literally torn to pieces. not a single portion being free from
injury. It is supposed that the deceased had lain down on
the railway and fallen asleep. The jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death." One of the jury it appeared had, not
long ago, had a miraculous escape from death under similar
circumstances, lie had lain down between the lines and
fallen asleep with his right arm across one of the rails. A
train coming up passed over his arm and separated it from
his body.— frideltavert Herald.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS AT LEEDS.—On Saul,
day last Mr. Rowland Hill, secretary to the General Post-
office, and Mr. J. W. Godby, surveyor for the Leeds district,
bad an interview with the mayor and a deputation from the
Leeds Chamber of Commerce, at Leeds, on the subject of in-
creased postal arrangements and facilities between Leeds
and London. This meeting was appointed at
the instance of
the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, who are de • sirens of ob-
taining an earlier delivery of letters in the afternoon. A
long conference took place, and a favourable result is
looked for.