The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-31 00:00:00

THE ART JOURNAL.

August brings us with the fruits of nature those
also of art, as may be recognised by a glance at the
pages of this splendid pictorial publication. In it we
find united the attractions of the original periodical—
and those, as its subscribers have long been aware, are
sufficiently numerous—and of an illustrated catalogue,
explanatory of the Great Industrial Exhibition. The
enterprise evinced in this twofold undertaking
will inevitably meet with the encouragement
to which it is so eminently and peculiarly
entitled. As additional engravings from the
pictures contained in the Vernon Gallery we have
this month Wyatt's noble head of " The Astrono-
mer," and Wilson's delicious representation of "Lake
Avernus," the former engraved by Bell and the latter
by Bentley. The plate portraying a copy from a
sculptured original, is by S. H. Baker, and is taken
from Theed's marble group of '• The Prodigal Son "
returned to the embrace of his father. As a bio-
graphy, embellished with woodcuts, we find likewise
in the current number of the Art Journal, the life of
" John Both," preceeded by a likeness. Woodcuts we
call the illustrations, though they appear to us in their
scratchy minuteness to bear a strong resemblance to
specimens of glyphograpby. The letter-press of the
Art Journal, it may be observed, is of average ex-
cellence, the leading paper in the instalment before
us relating to a subject of some interest, namely, to
the lighting of picture and sculpture galleries.
Among the illustrations given in the supplementary
portion, will be remarked a clever sketch of the colossal
equestrian statue of Godfrey de Bouillon, one of the
most extraordinary works of art contributed to the
Great Industrial Exhibition.

KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL SIIAKSPERE.
Othello and Timon of Athens are the plays com-
prise 4 in the last instalments of this admirable edi-
tion, and fully bear out its reputed excellence, while
in addition to this, they justify its popularity and ex-
tend its reputation. Tee foot notes have been judi-
ciously selected from those more costly and volu-
minous editions which have gained for Charles Knight
such high fame as one of the most intelligent and
judicious among Shakspere's commentators.

IRASER'S TRAVELLING MAP of IRELAND.
A• new Travelling Map of Ireland, secured by a
handsome and substantial cover, has just been pub-
lished by Mr. McGlashan of Dublin. It is a great
improvement on all its predecessors, having the dis-
tances between all the towns, villages, railway
stations, &c., carefully measured and marked in
statute miles, and all the main and principal cross-
roads inserted, together with the more remarkable
topographical features of the island. The heights of
the principal mountains are likewise given, by which
it appears that the highest mountain altitude in Ire-
land is that attained by Carrantuohill, in the county
of Kerry, which rises on the western side of the
Killarney lakes to an elevation of 3,414 feet. This
fresh production of Mr. Fraser's industry and skill is
unquestionably the most useful and the most easily-
read travelling map of the sister kingdom that has
ever been published. It is one with which no tourist
should omit to provide himself, and which will be
found to prove, for the purposes of reference, a most
welcome assistant even to those who may already be
familiar with the geography of the country which it
illustrates so accurately and clearly.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Str.,—The mercantile public are heavily indebted to
you for condescending to notice the uewholesome con-
dition of the share market. The mischievous conse-
quences of a railway panic are much more serious than
those great journalists who devote a whole column to
the wrongs of a gingerbread dealer can possibly sup-
pose. The evil efftcts are obvious to a moment's reflec-
tion, but, in the desire to be fair, we will state, as a set-
off, one good result. A little army of sty ckjobbers with
their wives and families are almost entirely supported by
trotting the public up and down by the nose. If ten
people set running in a crowded street with any symp-
tom of alarm, ten hundred will follow in breathless con-
qurnatiun, till one strong-minded man discovers that it
is only a cow with a crumpled horn increasing hie walk
to a brisk trot; and precisely analogous is that baneful
phenomenon, a railway panic.
Now, in any case of causeless terror a timely word
will avert great calamity. If a church congregation
smell fire, and the clerk shouts in explanation that the
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excitement.
of the public
parson's great coat has been too near the stove, a panic
and its effects are happily obviated. In like manner, a
word of assurance or caution when railway speculation
healthy state, prevent groundless despondency, and allay
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of which unimportant
body a very humble member is your grateful corre-
spondent,
A. B.

EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An acci-
dent of an extraordinary chnaraaiclwtearyh happened Railway, near
on Monday
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gine-driver and the fireman fell asleep,i the
left to proceed on its journey without anyone to take care of
it beyond the guard, who not knowing what had befallen the
two others, made no attempt to get towards them. Thefire
in the furnace of the locomotive not having been fed with
fresh fuel, went out, which of course prevented the steam
from keeping up. Upon arriving near Bishopstoke, how-
ever, Priswell, the engine-driver, fell off the locomotive,
and received very serious injuries; it is stated that both
his legs were broken. The guard, on witnessing the occur-
rence, applied the breaks, and, owing to the steam being so
low, fortunately succeeded in bringing the train to a stand-
still, when he descended, and on getting to the tender found
the fireman so fast asleep that before he could wake him he
was obliged to take him by the shoulders and shake him
violently. The injured driver was picked up and removed
to obtain surgical assistance. The fire in the furnace having
been made up, the train was at length removed to its desti-
nation, but had another train come along whilst the one in
question was proceeding so slowly, it is impossible to con-
ceive what might have been the consequences Both men
were perfectly sober when they started with the train, but
they were greatly fatigued, having been up they stated fur
two days and nights.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, ALDERS-
GATE-STREET.—Last evening Mr. Milne, the Scottish vo-
calist, appeal ed at the above institution, to give his second lec-
ture on the songs and ballads of Scotland. The songs were
excellently selected, and were received most favourably by a
very large and highly respectable audience. It cannot be a
m Atter of doubt but that Mr. Milne's entertainments are
becoming much more highly appreciated in London as they
become better known to the public, and that he will speedily
achieve that popularity in this country he has for some time
deservedly enjoyed in his own. Amongst the songs that were
most admired we may particularize the " Laird o' Cockpen,"
"Johnny Sands," and "John Grumlie," which were most
harmoniously given, as well as "Th e Flowers of the Forest"
and " The Lass o' Cowrie," which were rendered with much
feeling awl souLd musical judgment.