The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-05 00:00:00

PHOTOGRAPAY.

Stranger (to the artist)—Sir, I wish to have some visit-
ing cards with my portrait.
Artist—Very well, sir; take the position in which you
will wish to appear.
Stranger—Stop a minute. I want to know how much it
will be?
Artist—Thirty francs for fifty copies. Once a proof is
obtained, it does not cost much more to take a hundred.
Stranger—But I wish to be taken in various costumes.
My servant is with me. Shall I call him in ?
Artist—But why, sir, do you wish to change your dress ?
Stranger—Oh, because there is Amanda, a little one to
whom I pay my addresses, who likes me in a long cravat ;
whilst Fanny, whom I wish to propitiate, likes the little
American necktie better. You know, sir, that a fortune
often depends upon a necktie.
Artist—Ah I you are perhaps in the right.
Stranger—Then there is a rich young person whom I
am desirous of marrying, who can't bear my Macfarlane,
whilst the other ladies says it becomes me much.
Artist—l understand you. You went your portrait done
with a cravat with a long tie, and then with a short one;
next with an overcoat, and then without one.

Stranger—Precisely so, sir._
Artist—l that case, I shall have to employ so many
plates, and you will have more
expense.orepay.
to
Stranger—Never mind
sir,take your place, and I will
Artist—ln that case,
begin.
Stranger--Stooptill I cr obtain a suitable attitude.
Artist—Are youP
ready
Stranger—Not yet.
AKi
what a time you are.
stb—Dear
Stranger—lt is a
d
serious thing to select a correct posi-
tion. Do you think it be better if I was to put the
knob of my. walking stick in my mouth?
Artist—Just as you like.
The House, Blaswick," is continued. Mr. Acton
is mortified by his son's extravagance, but like a
reasonable man endeavours to make the best of it.
Tomboli" is a sketch of a public lottery in 'the
lonian hies. The biography of " Agnes Sorel,"
the patriotic mistress of Charles the Seventh of
France, gives a sketch of her life, and expatiates on
the important influence which her bold spirit had
in sustaining Charles during the struggle for
French national liberty. Alonkphood furnishes a
paper entitled " A Manual Exercise ;" and Ouida,
faute de ntieux, resuscitates an old heroine and other
necessary characters. We compliment him ; this
is at least a change,

Colburn's United ,vervice Magazine.
The first paper is on Our Two Navies, and is
written in a quiet, sensible manner. It shows the
gulf which bad treatment of old placed between

the mercantile marine and Royal navy, and which
will require great judgment and tact to close.
After stating that during the old French war,
when the pressgangs were out, the annual
desertions amounted to from 10,000 to 12;000,
and that during toe late Russian war the merchant
service furnished only 400 men for the Baltic fleet,
who are described, not as seamen " but men who
could not be called seamen at all," the writer goes
on to state that—

" There is another consideration connected with the sub-
ject, which must not be overlooked. The better class of
merchant seamen, including all educated men of good cha-
racter, look forward to rising in their own service to a po-
sition which they can never hope to attain in the navy.
There is no analogy between the position of a warrant
officer and that of a mate or master in the merchant ser-
vice ; and no enterprising young man, possessing ordinary
feelings of ambition, is likely to desert a service in which
he can gain a status equal to that which may be occupied
by the sons of gentlemen, and the relatives of his employers,
for ono in which his highest aim must be the attainment of
a subordinate position, from which he can never hope to
elevate himself by his own exertions. It is not that every
man wants to become an officer, or a gentleman ; but there
are a great many men Atho like to have it in their power to
say, that it is from their own free choice that they are
neither. There is another very important class of seamen
whose services are not likely to be available—married men
with families, who have become localised at the ports from
which they sail ; to which may be added another—by no
means the smallest—composed of men physical y unfitted
for the performance of their dut es by age or infirmity."
We have tne whole history of the " Ceylon Rifle
Regiment," by an officer, in which he details ito
first formation and all its subsequent career. There'
is a chapter on " Naval Reform," as also one on
" Iron Ships," by General Sir Howard Douglas;
and in an article entitled " Thoughts about Navy
Timber," the author, after showing the scarcity of
timber fit for use in Europe, suggests that we
should try the Eastern Archipelago. The thought
is a good one, and worthy of consideration. " A
French View of our Military Colleges" is a
sketch of our military preparations, and a history
of our Ordnance Department. " During the
Season at a Himalayan Sanatorium," is a tale of
life out of the world, in the healthy though dull
recesses of the loftiest range of mountains in the
world, which may well challenge Mount Blanc's
title to the sovereign crown. The number closes
with a paper on the subject of " The Patrimony
of St. Peter."

_One of Them.—Chas. Lever.
The readers of this tale cannot complain that
they are not kept on the move, for no soone r
have they landed in the New World, and had on e
or two transatlantic episodes exemplifying nationad
characteristics than they are drawn back by the
tide of events to the Old. Alfred Layton, after
meeting his father, proceeds in his company to-
wards the rendezvous fixed by Quackinboss, but
before reaching their destination they meet at a
road-side inn Mr. Winthrop,the identical man they
are in search of, in company with Troyer, who,
himself unknown, recognising Alfred, and pleading
fatigue keeps out of the way until the waggon is
ready to start. It turns out later in the :story
that the vagabond banker was too much for. the
Yankee, and beat him with- his own weapons, for
having stolen important papers from him, he
gave him the slip, found out the whereabouts of
Mr. Winthrop, the guardian of Clara, and started
off for England in his company. But unfortunately
he met with the Laytons on the road and excited
the suspicion of the elder, whose doubts were con-
firmed at the next post town, when the two, father
and son, started in pursuit, but were too late to
overtake him before the departure of the mail
steamer. A new character is introduced in this
number, for although we have met the professor
before as a clever debauched vagabond, Herbert
Layton, although the same individual comes out in.
a new light, he is evidently to be the master spirit,
whose all-grasping intellect is to confound the deep
laid plans of Mrs. Morris and Co. This lady
lets the reader behind the scenes in her interview
with her father as to her contrivances, &c. &c.;
but it would not be fair for us to tell too much,
and trusting to have told enough to excite curiosity,
we will say good bye to Mr. Lever until next
month.

Delarue's Diaries.
These elegant little Fooks are worthy of all
admiration, and they combine utility with orna-
ment in a most remarkable manner. They are
called Indelible Diaries and Memorandum Books.
There are two sizes adapted for ladies and gen-
tlemen. The table of contents presents a most
inviting list of general information on the most
prominent subjects of the day, including among
others " The Administrations of Great Britain,"
and a table of Cab Fares, which latter is always
a desirable companion to take on our travels.
Foreign Book Postage, Foreign Money Table,
the Time of High Water, Public Holidays, The
Parliaments of Great Britain, Plinetary Phe-
nomena, Post Office Regulations, the Sovereigns
of Europe, Bills and Receipt Stamps, Transfer
and Dividend Days, Table for Calculating Wages,
British, French, and Foreign Weights and Mea-
sures, Variable Stars, Astronomical Terms, Ex-
plained. These books are got up in the most
elegant style, and finished off with great nicety.
Hence it is obvious that those who wish to obtain
for themselves or present their friends with a
useful category of information, and become pos-
sessed of a charming little souvenir, cannot do
better than purchase these Diaries for 1861.
Notwithstanding their small size they con-
tain conveniences for carrying various articles,
and their arrangements altogether are most satis-
factory.

Colburn's New Monthly.
A lengthened paper oa the Druses of the Hauran
opens this number, and gives many particulars
respecting this wild and singular race, chiefly
gathered from a recent French work by M. Rey,
member of the Societe de Geographie. The inte-
resting but melancholy tale of East Lynne is con-
tinued, and shows us the rash and unfortunate
Lady Isabel in solitude and seclusion at Grenoble,
bitterly repenting her sin and folly. Doubtless
we shall soon have further elucidation of the
mystery attending the murder, which, we suspect,
will involve Francis Levison. Sir Nathaniel, in
his notes on Note-worthies, travels back to the days
of ancient Rome, and gives us many pages of quota-
tion, reference, and anecdote, concerning Cato of
Utica. Another biographical paper tells us the story
of Count Struenzee, the unfortunate favourite,
physician, and Prime Minister to Christian VII.
of Denmark and his Queen, Matilda of England.
We have also an account of the First Voyage round
the World, made by Ferdinand Magalhaes, or
Magellan, the Portuguese navigator who gave his
name to the Straits which divide Tierra del Fuego
from the mainland of Patagonia. As has been so
often the case, the prime maver and. manager of
the expedition failed to reap its fruits, for Magid-
haes was killed in an engagement with the natives
of the Philippines on his homeward voyage. Of
the numerous band of ad7euturets who started
from San Lucar on their daring enterprise in 1519,
only three Asiatics and thirteen Europeans, ex-
hausted and enfeebled by toil and hardship reached
it in 1522. having completed the circumnavigation
of the globe. W. Charles Kent contributes some
poetic and pathetic verses, entitled, "Bethlehem--
Jerusalem—Golgotha, which remind us of some
of Heber's
.hymns. The Dreamer of Gloucester
continues his mystic "Diary," and there are
several other papers of varying interest.

Mace tnr
y i //
of
Keats
isthe
Magazine.
The life and poetry subject of the
first chapter. The incidents o
f his
literary career
and his early death, together with the style of
poetry advocated by himself
and Wordsworth,
form an
interesting paper. " A Df e enee of
Mothers-in-Law" will find
many admirers among a
certain number of the gentler but we fancy
that there are not a few of the l sex,d
„Kori s of the creation
who would pooh-pooh it. oe Jock and the
Weird of Wanton- Walls" is Y
brought
to a conclu-
sion. " The Last Clue," without showing much
poetical talent, is pleasingly written. "Tom
Brown at Oxford"advances. • His mother
has her doubts as to
the propriety of
his particular attention to his coz Mary,
but the blind little god has sent his shaft too
sorely for mamma to extract it. There is a very
interesting article on the blind and the institution
at 127, Euston-road for their benefit. It is to the
charitable exertions of Miss Gilbert the blind
daughter of the Bishop of Chichester, in conjuns.
tion with the design and practical aid Mr. W.
Hanks Levy, also blind, that this institution owes
its existence. Here it is that the blind are in-
structed in trades and employment given them as
far as the funds of the institution permit, and the
detnand for the produce of the industry of this
afflicted class. The author desires that the exist-
ence of the institution may be made as public as pos-
sible, not doubting that a sympathetic public
will give all the encouragement in their power to
this charitable establishment. We learn from the
statistical table furnished that there are 30,000
blind people in the United Kingdom, nine-tenths
of whom have become blind after the age of twenty
one. And when it is considered that without the
aid of societies like the one at 127, E
uston•road,
they must be a burden to their friends or the
public,
too much praise cannot be given to individuals
like Miss Gilbert and Mr. W. Hanks Levy, The
roll° sing extract expresses the author's feeling on
entering the mansi,vn or darkness.
" I arranged to meet Miss Gilbert the next tray,at 127,9
Euston•road. It was a house in no wise different-- '
from the
other houses in the neighbourhood, ,except that outside itg
shop-door there hung. a picture not badly • d -
seating a room occupied by busy blind w
orpkaintel , repre-
senting
itself was entirely filled with
baskets, mats, (I);rushiee