The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-04 00:00:00

incompetent man, who :?id not inherit his father's
talent, he was by that son, acting under the advice
of crafty and designing Ministers, placed in close
confinement, and died in prison. " Tom Brown at
Oxford" this month is capital. Tom inveigles his
friend Lieut. East to accomp,,nv him on an expedi-
tion to prevent Harry Winilurn from getting
Into trouble at a riot, which is about to take place
at Eaglebourne. They arrive late, and the fun
has begun. Tom leaves his friend with the horses,
and goes down into the village and gets Harry
away; but the yeomanry cavalry are after them,
and they have to ride for it. The lieutenant's pre-
sence of mind and ready expedient saves them,
although it exposes himself to the fire of the enemy,
on the strength of which he lectures Tom in a most
admirable manner. Young Winburn enlists in
Lieutenant East's regiment, and there we leave
him. The subject of "Trade Societies and the
Social Science Association" is treated in a quiet
and sensible manner. We have a chapter on
" Baron Bunsen." " Ravenshoe" is continued.
Charles Ravenshoe gets into trouble with the Dons,
and is rusticated. The description of this part of
the tale is so true, that one would half fancy that
the author had had personal experience on the sub-
ject:--

"Charles returned to his room, a little easier in his mind
than when he left it. There still remained one dreadful
business to get over—the worst of all, that of letting his
father know. Non-university men sneer at rustication ;
they can't see any particular punishment in having to ab-
sent yourself from your studies for a term or two. But do
they think that the Dons don't know what they are about?
-Why, nine spirited young fellows out of ten would snap
their fingers at rustication, if it wasn't for the home busi-
ness. It is breaking the matter to his father, his just
anger, and his mother's still more bitter reproaches. It
must all come out, the why and the wherefore, without con-
cealment or palliation. The college write a letter to jus-
tify themselves, and then a mine of deceit is sprung under
the parents' feet, and their eyes are opened to things they
little dreamt of. This, it appears, is not the first offence.
The college has been long suffering, and has pardoned
When it should have punished repeatedly. The lad who
Was thought to be doing so well, has been leading a dissi-
rated, riotous life, and deceiving them all. This is the
bitterest blow they have ever had. How can they ever
trust him again ? And so the wound takes long to heal,
and sometimes is never healed at all. That is the meaning
of rustication.

" A majority of young fellows at the University deceive
their parents, especially if they come of serious houses.
It is almost forced upon them sometimes, and in all
cases the temptation is strong. It is very unwise to ask
too many questions. Home questions are, in some cases,
unpardonable. A son can't tell a father, as one man can
tell another, to mind his own business. No. The father
asks the question suddenly, and the son lies, perhaps, for
the first time in his life. If he told the truth his father
would knock him down.
Now Charles was a little better off than most young
fellows in this respect. He knew his father would scold
about the rustication, and still more at his being in debt.
lie wasn't much afraid of his father's anger. They two
had always been too familiar to be much afraid of one
another. He was much more afraid of the sarcasms of
laakworth, and he not a little dreaded his brother ; but
with regard to his father he felt but slight uneasiness."
"The Songs of Scotland" before Burns, and a
chapter on the "Exclusion of those who are not
members of the Church of England from Fellow-
ships at our Universities," winds up the number for
March.