considered the case in its true legal aspect” is an assertion that the judge didn’t present it to them in a proper way. When the world troubles to consider the legal aspect of these appeals, it will suddenly observe that the law invites contempt, purely for the sake of costs.” I have a strong impression that our new Governor, Lord Brassey, when he arrives and gets fairly into his new position, will be found to be the right man in the right place. His Excellency is both a lawyer and a seaman in his own person. He was educated at Oxford, and took his M. A. degree there. In 1864 he was called to the bar, but he never had any inclination to follow it up, for his natural bent was toward the sea and shipping. He passed for, and holds, a Master-mariner’s certificate. From 1880 to 1884 he was a Lord of the Admiralty, and during the ensuing year filled the more important post of Secretary to the Board. He was created a Peer in 1886, and since then has served as a very useful member of the “Commission on unsea-worthy ships.” In order to show that Lord Brassey is not what seamen term “a fresh water sailor,” it may be mentioned that from 1854 to 1893, inclusive, he has sailed upwards of 228,680 knots, a distance which would girth our entire globe nearly ten times! During the above period he has, in his own vessels, been to Australia, Africa, Borneo, Canada, India (east and west), Norway, Russia, Straits Settlements, United States of America, etc., etc. In short, his Lordship has been—in the homely language of the “Geordie” sailor when asked how much he had travelled—“to Rooshayah, Prooshayah, Memel, and Shields, the fower quarters o’ the globe ye noodle.” Having had such a remarkable experience of sea and ships, it may be taken for granted that Captain Lord Brassey is a pretty good judge of what constitutes safety—so far as human knowledge can go—with regard to the shape and rig of a vessel. He is very wealthy, and, if he desired, could have his steam yacht full powered enough to be driven thirty knots an hour, but his is not a policy of “speed and smash,” it is one of “sense and security.” Hence the _Sunbeam_, in case of a breakdown of her machinery, carries sail amounting to 9200 square yards of canvas. Under steam alone she averages about ten knots an hour, but with a spanking breeze, and all sail set, fifteen knots per hour are easily got out of her. [Illustration: THE S.S. SUNBEAM UNDER FULL SAIL.]