The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING,

we were drawing nigh the bitter end.' The welcome
sound of a gun was heard, and in a few seconds, locking
down the edge of the floe, we could see one of our boat,,
with the well-known blue 'Jack' flying. A few fathoms
more of line were rapidly drawn out, and then the traln
as suAlf,n:y ceased. \V commenced hauling them in,
and whilst doing so, could see a third beat 'get fast.'
The rest of the boats were now at hanl, and as bhe ap-
peared at the surface, closely surrounded her, and busily
plied her with their lanct,s. It was in about an hour and
a half from the time we first struck her, that we heard
the distant cheers announcing her death. From the time
the second boat had got fast we had been busily engaged
hauling in cur linos, and thus slowly approaching the
cluster of boats round the dying whale. But long ere
we had finished this they had succeeded in killing her,
and she was lying safe and sound, made fast to the edge
of the floe. The boats now collected and prepared to
tow the dead fish to the ship. This was even more
tedious than hauling in the lines, but as I had volun-
teered to take my place in a boat, I said not a word, but
tugged away at my oar in silence." "

With similar felicity of pen. sketching, our voyager
depicts the other phases of Arctic enterprise, the rigour
of the climate, and the occasional splendour of the
frozen setts and the frozen atmosphere. A pleasant
air, moreover is diffused over the whole narrative
from the prevailing good tunper and unrufflable bon-
hommie in which it is written. Either the author
must have a capit«.l digestion, or the northern circle
must have a most exhilarating influence; for, through-
out the entire volum', we can find no despondence,
no blue-devilry, no solitary token of submission to
the sway of the most evanescent melancholy. The
work is a healthy effusion, thoroughly in earnest upon
its subject, and replete with materials for entertain-
ment and for mental speculation. We commend it
especially to the scrutiny of all those who are in-
terested in the fate of the missing expedition.

RANKERS' MAGAZINE.
The number for the present month contains articles
on the `• Proposed Savings Banks Reform,"
the " Sale of Encumbered Estates in Ireland,"
the "Proposed Alteration of the Law affecting
Banking in India ;" a second letter on " Joint-Stock
Management," treating of the appointments in banks ;
and a continuation of the consideration of the Report
of the Bullion Committee of 1810, together with a
paper detailing the law relating to the acceptance of
bills of exchange.

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.

This able periodical for June contains more than
an average quantity of useful and amusing informa-
tion. Tne first paper gives an instructive and inter-
esting account of " The Wonders of Modern Loco-
motion." The details appear to have been extracted
fforn a work by Dr. Lardner, entitled " Railway
Economy; a Treatise on the new Art of Transport,
its Management, Prospects, and INations, Commer-
cial, Financial, and Social, Sze." According to
the calculations supplied in this work, it would ap-
pear that in 1849 there were in operation in different
parts of the globe, a total length of 18,656 miles of rail-
way, on which a capital of 365,567 had been expended,
and that when the lines in progress of construction
shall be brought into operation, the population of
Europe and the United States will have completed,
within a period of less than a quarter cf a century,
26,485 miles of railway—a greater length than wouldsurround the globe, at the prodigious cost of above
five hundred million sterling ! "111.aurice Tier ea,
TLe Soldier of Fortune," is continued. The nxt
paper, " On Government—by A Liberty Boy," is
very ably and elaborately written ; but the writer
appears to have, fallen into the very error which he so
touchingly and powerfully deplores and. condemns—
" D 21-711 vitant stulti vitia in cvntrana currunt."

The learned and graceful contributors to the Uuiver-
sity cannot be classified under the poet's category;
hut while he devotes considerable space to show that

the repeal of the corn-laws leas not lowered the price
of bread to the many, and still feelingly laments the
want of a practical application of good government to
the great and admitted evils of our social and political
polity, we cannot help feeling that he has unwittingly
fallen into, not the opposite extreme, but the very
error which he condemns in such singularly
happy terms. If " Billy Malowney's Taste of
Love and Glory" will not exercise the risible
muscles of its readers, Punch must set to
work at once to invent a new screw. " The
itevolutionism of .11rirabeau this sketch
of this extraordinary being is characteristic, it is
strong and graphic, and exhibits a most vigorous
power of antithesis. " Sonnets on France," by B. B.
Feltus, are descriptive of several stirring epochs in the
history of France from the middle ages to the Presi-
dency. " Private Theatricals—Moore—Miss O'Neil
—Chief Justice Basile ;" a Chapter from " The Do-
mestic History of Ireland." Our space will not, we
regret, permit us to do justice to this deeply interest-
ing paper, nor to the other important and clever con-
tributions which compose the present number. The
closing papers are—" Embassy to Japan," " An Af-
ternoon with the Italians," " A. Night in the Bell
Inn," " Grote's History of Greece," " Love," " A
Taste of French Theatricals,' with a very useful and
copious index.

MUSIC.
THE ART OF SINGING. By D. Crivelli.
Third Edition.,

The name of Signor Crivelli, already so highly dis-
tinguished in this country, is a sufficient guarantee
of the excellence of the work before us. Two editions
have preceded it, but this is the finishing stroke to all
the previous labours of this great master of the vocal
art. We must congratulate all lovers of this delight-
ful branch of music on now possessing a complete
book of instruction, in which not only is there a full
explanation of the proper method for the certain de-
velopment of the vocal powers, but at the same time
every possible care is taken to point out those rocks
and shoals upon which so many who have shown
early and undoubled promise of excellence have been
wrecked. This work, the result of thirty-eight
years' experience, as stated in the dedication to that
first of amateurs, the Earl of Westmorland,
commences with some very interesting general
observations. These are followed by a table
of voices, showing the defects existing in almost
every description before cultivation. It is in it-
self a complete analysis, and in order that the stu-
dent may fully comprehend the subject, we have a
section n ,of exhibiting the vocal
gfull and clear exposition
ora organs,
means
theen
n humanof
which head,a
is given of their construction and action. The gene-
ral observations require every attention, they are
replete with instructive matter, and contain much
worthy of deep reflection and study both to the
master and student ; and from these we are led to their
practical application in the exercises and scales that
follow. These exercises and scales are progressive
from the sustained sound to the moat rapid divisions,
commencing with the chromatic—the running chro-
matic and the diatonic, which may be considered fun-
damental ; these are followed by exercises formed on the
different intervals embracing all the ornamental charac-
ters which are introduced in music, which are made
subservient not only to the development of the powers
of the vocal organ, but also to instruct the student in
their proper reading, by means of which the greatest
given to the various passages in
expressionrnusi Wheniny b
thee voice has been sufficiently formed,
it becomes necessary to initiate the pupil in combin-
ing language with the music. For this purpose
sii have been always employed. Signor Crivelli
hasiegbegen extremely happy in those introduced into
this work. Many of them are simple and touching
melodies,l which, while they amuse by their pleasing
elegance contain, at the same time, an extensive fund
of most useful practice. In short, this work is com-
plete in itself, from the first sustained sound to the
most passages ; every possible explana-
tionis dgdiei!uocenlo,lptseod u
that the vocal powers become gra-
duallypon a solid foundation. We have
thus endeavoured, though imperfectly, to enter into
the merits of this work, which must be considered the
surest and safest guide to the art of singing. Signor
Crivelli is already well known as of the very first
rank as a master ; and this work is a full proof of
the justice of that opinion, which has placed him in
so high a position in public estimation.

KINSON.—EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON A CHILD.
—A few days since, the parish of Kinson was thrown into
some consternation in consequence of an attack made on a
little girl about twelve years old by a donkey belonging to a '
man named Hooper. It appea.s that the donkey was put
into a field, and fastened on to a peg by a rope that allowed
him a long range. The child having gone into the field
for the purpose of plucking some flowers approached within
ywo in
the fleshy part
was several
wounds reach of the animal, when he suddenly attacked her in a
furious manner. Raising himself on his hind legs, he
knocked her down with hi, fore feet, tore her clothee, and
Inflictedoton e ofseveraler
le ,sse, whererious bites,
inches in length,' the bone being laid bare to a considerable
extent. A man in a neighbouring field, observing the attack,
promptly went to the spot and succeeded in rescuing the
one esopfectihael
child from receiving further injuries. Dr. Crabbe, of Poole,
was soon in attendance and under his care the child is going
ol very favourably. The animal has on three or previous
Occasions attacked persons in a similar way.---Somerset County
Gazette.
STATE or TRADr.—MANCHESTER, JUNE 11.—The
letters per Hibernia, Boston mail steamer, of the 29th ult.,
came to hand this morning. The advices concerning the
growing cotton crop are no wise improving, yet the markets
of the Union have generally declined, Owing
to a pressure
for money and the paucity of foreign orders, excepting at
rates lower than those previously current. In consequence of
these advices and less activity in the Liverpool market we
have had but a quiet market here to-day; yet, stocks being
low, prices are generally firm for both cloth and yarn, and
buyers appear to hold large orders. Domestics and heavy
cloths, which have been so long depressed, have materially
improved, which is an encouraging feature. Low printers
are still in demend and obtain the same prices. In madda-
pollams very little is doing, and we think there are fewer
making at present; 36-inch shirtiugs are a little neglected,
and there is some uhlieultv in selling; 40-inch skirtings
obtain the rates of last wee -but many makers are still under
contraA for this class of goods; 45-inch shirtings are rather
difficult to dispose of, and in the lower qualities stocks are
accumulating.
ACTS urPARLIAMENT.--oOly S 3 public Acts have
been passed in the present session, up to Monday, com-
mencing on the 31st of January lad—a period of more than
four months. •