The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY.

For the Ltserpool Cup Light remained very firm, 3 to 1
was taken during the day, but 7 to 2 was offered as the
rooms thinned. There was a demonstration in favour of
Moorcock and The Brewer, who each found friends at 10 to
1. Chere Arnie received another shaking, 9to 1 being the
offer at the commencement, which very quickly became 20
to 1. An offer towards the close to back Weatherbound at
100 to 3 was not responded to. It seems to us that both
baekers and layers would prefer seeing the numbers up
for this race before they speculate to any great extent.—
Closing prices

LIVERPOOL MP.
7to 2 agat Light (taken) '
10 to 1 agst Moorcock (taken)
10 to 1 agst Brewer (taken)
20 to 1 agat Horace (taken)
20 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (offered)
25 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken)
33 to 1 agst Weatherbound (taken and wanted)

LIVERPOOL CUP, SHREWSBURY RACES.
Youatt Wm. Gray will issue advice on the Liverpool Cup
up to six p.m. on Thursday (to-morrow) evening. There
is plenty of time to win £lOO. A horse at 30 to Ito win,
and 8 to 1 for a place is sure to be first, second, or third.
Eight races will be advised on at Shrewsbury. Terms for
Liverpool, 2s 6d ; to the end of the season, ss, and per
tentage. Address-15, Charing-cross, London.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

THIS DAY, I
Belfast, S. E. ; gloomy
Birmingham, N.E. ; fine
Bradford, N.W. ; dull
Brighton, N.E.; cloudy
Bristol, E. ; fine
Cambridge, E. ; cloudy
Cardiff, E. ; fine
Chatham, N.E. ; light, rainy
Cork, N.E. ; fine, frosty
Deal, easterly; light
Doncaster, S. ; dull
Dublin, W. ; fine
Dundee, W.N.W.; damp .
Edinburgh, S.E.; dull
Falmouth, S.E. ; fine
Glasgow, N.E. ; dull
Goole, S.E. ; dull
Gravesend, R.E. ; fresh, fine
Hartlepool, N.E. ; fine
Harwich, N.E. ; windy, rain
Holyhead, E.; light air, clear

ov. 7, 9 A.M.

Inverness, S ; fog
Kingstown, S.E. ; dull
Leeds, E.N.E. ; dull
Limerick, E.S.E. ; fine
Londonderry, E. by S. ; fine
Manchester, N.E. ; fine
Middlesborough, S. ; dull
Milford Haven, S.E. ; fine
Newcastle-on-Tyne, W.;
cloudy
Newmarket, N.E. ; fine
Norwich, N. ' • light
Peterborough, N. ' • cloudy
Southampton, N.E. ; fine,
cold
Sunderland, N.W. ; fine
Waterford, E.S.E. • fine
___

Weymouth, E. ; fine, cold
Whitehaven, N.E ; fine
Wolverhampton, N.B. ; fine
York, N.N.E. ; fine

CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS.— Sir
David Brewster, in his address inopening the winter session
of the University of Edinburgh, of which he is Principal,
on Friday made the following remarks on the necessity of
mathematical attainments to civil en gineers: —" Greatßritain
has always been distinguished among civilized nations for the
magnitude and splendour of her public works ; but it is a
remarkable circumstance that the engineers who executed
them were neither methematicians, chymists, nor natural
philosophers, but, generally speaking, persons of humble
station, who, by habits of observation almost innate, by
powers of discrimination almost intuitive, and by practical
knowledge gathered in the workshop or acquired in manual
labour, gradually rose to professional celebrity. Mr. Watt
himself informed me that he never attended Dr. Tun'
lectures on chymiatry, as, 1,.... 3,..,,, ettegull ; that he had
been unfertuunteiy prevented, by the necessary avoca-
tions of his business, from attending any other lectures,
and that he had a natural inaptitude for mathematics ; and
yet there was no one among the chymical and mechanical
philosophers of his day whose knowledge of these
subjects, within certain limits, was so varied and
correct and who had treasured up with equal care
those irrefragable results which could be safely
applied in the construction of great works. Mr. Telford air.
had not only an inaptitude, but asingular distaste, for manth .
matical studies, and he never even made himself acquT
with the elements of geometry. So remarkable, indeed, W tea
es:
this peculiarity that, when we had occasion to rneraine a
young friend as a neophyte in his office, andfou ed.
re-
oommendation on his havingdistinguished himselfin
each
he considered
mathe-
matics he did not hesitate to say that
fitting him for
acquirements_as rather disqualifying than s far from being
the situation. That this opinion, whicho utterly ground.
our
an uncommon one among engineers, i
• is
nu
of the labours of
leas may be inferred from a companseat mathematicians,
sonte foreign engineers, who wrngdrleY, Bennie, Telford,
and Isambard _l3 runel ; but
with those ,9f Watt, &neaten,
suchwho ha a doctrineaa. its phases. If sound prac-
enclearly of opinion that
°stubbjeee
slie.tuypix p 0 s ed
itoo
the
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actiondisinte go:at:0:1:1:f
iwnegravelyar maintained by any person
observation should
and habits of accurate
tical knowledge,
viewed cath.7
with mathematical and physical at-
be found incompatiblepronounce in favour of 's science'
of the engineer ; but we hold
to in the construction of works
atasinthmeednita,tiwnve wioahuiladgatqa
in which the materialsatmospherical
agents, to the supetincumbent
chymical and_
both to be essentiall/11rue 7:
mechanical forces ; to the direct assaults of the light-
ningcated
and the tempest,
pressure ofsolidana fluid bodies ;
and to various contingent pressures
which require to be foreseen 04 resisted."

A much grander whirlpool, owing its celebrity, not to
the fictions of poetry, but to the magnificent scale on which
it has been constructed by nature, is the renowned Mael-
strom, situated on the Norwegian coast in 68 deg. N. lat.,
and near the island of Moskoe, from whence it also takes
the name of Moskoestrom. It is four geographical miles
in diameter, and in tempestuous weather its roar, like that
of Niagara, is said to be heard several miles off. John
Remus gives us a terrible description of its fury, and men-
tions that in the year 1645 it raged with such noise and
impetuosity, that on the island of Moskoe the very stones
of the houses fell to the ground. He tells us also that
whales frequently come too near the stream, and, notwith-
standing their giant strength, are overpowered by its vio-
lence, but, unfortunately adds, that it is impossible to de-
scribe their howlings and bellowings in their fruitless
struggles to disengage themselves—impossible, no doubt,
as whales happen to have no vsice at all.
According to more modern travellers, such as the cele-
brated geologist Leopold von Buch, the Maelstrom is far
from being so terrible as depicted by Remus and other
friends of the marvellous ; so that, except during storms
and spring-tides, large ships may constantly cross it with-
out danger. The Norwegian fishermen are even said fre-
quently to assemble on the field of the Maelstrom on ac-
count of the great abundance of fishes congregating in
those troubled waters, and fearlessly to pursue their avoca-
tions, while the whirlpool moves their boats in a circular
direction.

Sir Robert Sibbald describes a very remarkable marine
whirlpool among the Orkney islands, which would prove
slanorous to strangers, though it is of no consequence to
the people who are used to it. It is not fixed to any parti-
cular place, but arises in various parts of the limits of the
sea among these islands. Wherever it appears, it is very
furious, and boats would inevitably be drawn in and perish
with it, but the people who navigate them are prepared for
it and always carry a bundle of straw or some such matter
with them. This they fling into the vortex which imme-
diately swallows it up, and, seemingly pleased with this
propitiatory offering, subsides into smoothness, but soon
after re-appears in another place.
We will not detain our readers with an account of
the ornothology and zoology of the Arctic regions,
into which Dr. Hartwig enters at some length,
but proceed at once to a more remarkable sub-
ject, and introduce a phenomenon with which, we
think, few are acquainted. Since the colonisation
of the Cape of Good Hope, and our acquisition of
India and our Australian colonies, flying fish are
familiar acquaintances ; but few, we think, have
met with bona fide members of the finny tribe tak-
ing pedestrian exercise ; but Dr. Hartwig relates
the following among his icthyological wonders :

PEDESTRIAN PISII.
The Frog-fish of the Asiatic islands and the Southern
hemisphere is not more remarkable for its hideous defor-
mity than for its capacity ofleading- a terrestrial life. Not
only can it live several days out of the water, but it can
crawl about the room in which it is confined, a facility,
which it owes to the great strength and the peculiar posi-
tion of its pectoral fins, which thus perform the office of
feet. The whole aspect of these grotesque-looking crea-
tures, particularly in a walking position, is so much like
that of toads or frogs, that a careless observer would at first
be at some loss to determine their real nature.
A no less wonderful pedestrian is the Hassar (Doras
costato), a South American fish, that marches over land in
search of water, travelling a whole night when the pools
dry up in which it commonly resides. It projects itself
forwards on its bony pectoral fins, by the elastic spring of
the tail, exerted sidewise, and in this manner proceeds
nearly as fast as a man will leisurely walk. The strong
scuta or bands which envelope its body must greatly faci-
' litate its march, in the manner of the plates under the belly
of serpents, which are raised and depressed by a voluntary
power, in some measure performing the office of feet. The
Indians say justly that these fishes supply themaelv.orsL.wenrs
water for their journey. If they find the pool'snatnhde
everywhere dried up, they bury themselves
till the rainy
and fall into a kind of asphyxia or lethargy,
season recalls them again to life.
rental affection,
The Hassar is also remarkable fo Richard Schom-
rstiir
almost unexampled among fishes.
burgk relates that it not only builshisthaeomplete nest for its
the utmost vigilance
spawn, but also watches over it
01'.
In April this marine
till the young brood comes fo_ of vegetable fibres,
artist begins to build his little dwelling
until it resembles a
among the waterplants and r
An aperture correspond-
hollow ball, flattened at the
rto
leads into the interior. The
ing to the size of the mothe.s
shamefully misused by man
parental affection of the fish i
all basket is held before the or,
for its destruction. A sm.
t 1 beaten with a .cic, and,
ing; then the nest is slighhYo
a
extended fins, iv a, ,A.,-,v points are able to
furious, with
~,,
,„ poor Hussar darts into the fatal
a inflict painful 1c,,"
bellished with twelve chrornox
ylo-
The work is em b
H. N. Hurnaphar,eyto
Humphreys,
which are
assist the
graphic platese,lly
executed ; n
remarkably
blyminute explanation of the engravings is
annexed ;
reader,the various subjects are also illustrated
with numerous woodcuts ; and, 'whether as a book
of reference to the studious, or as an ornament for
the drawing-room table, this 'volume alike deserves
~he attention of the public.

Corn hill Magazine.
"Framley Parsonage" promises to be one of
Anthony Trolloppe's best achievements. The pre-
sent instalment is full of interest both as regards
the love affairs of Lord Lufton and Lucy Robarts
and the pecuniary difficulties of Mr. Sowerby and
Mark. The interview between Mr. Sowerby and
young Robarts, in which the former betrays un-
wonted weakness, and hesitates to lay hands on the
young man's little fortune, is capitally described.
Sowerby wonders at himself, it is "so contrary to the
practice of all his life, that it is as difficult to him
as it is for a sportsman to let pass a cock pheasant."
The sketch of " Tom Tozer," the bill-discounter, is
excellent—" the expression of his face was eloquent.
with with acknowledged roguery. lam a rogue,' it
seemed to say. I know it ; all the worldkiloo
it : but you're another. 'All the worlds d
know that, but I do. Then are all rogue
e 'cute
s and some
ar
nigh. Some are soft rogue
It Was
pretty
ones. lAM a 'cute one; so mind your /

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Iwith such words that Tom Tozer's face spoke out;
and though a thorough liar in his heart, he was
not a liar in his face." The articles in this number
of the Cornhill rejoice in titles of singular brevity.
Oratory," " Weather," " Work," " Neigh-
bours," the latter an amusing sketch, the article on
IWork full of truthful and encmiraging r‘fflections.
" Oratory" contains some interesting parliamentary
and other anecdotes. The concluding predictions
of "Italv's rival Liberators" were verified yester-
day in the meeting of Victor Emmanuel and Gari-
baldi—" the strangely powerful subject who brings
in hand a contribution of two crowns to the bauld-
ing up of the Nation." The last paper in this num-
ber gives a Roundabout sketch of a Roundabout
Journey, and the first contribution is a beautiful
and pathetic poem of Owen Meredith's—" Last
Words," illustrated hy Millirs. The dying youth recounts the failure of his young ambition—
" Talk not of genius baffled,
Genius is master of man.
Genius does what it must, and talent
Dons what it can."

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