The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-02 00:00:00

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DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.
The most interesting section of this magazine is
that entitled, " Stray Leaves from Greece." The
contrast is vividly pourtrayed between the past
grandeur and towering superiority of the Greeks, sad
their present . ignoble and insignificant position.
There is, likewise, well worthy of attention, " The
Rath of Badarnor," tin ancient tr; nslat'an of the
Fenian poems, which appear to have been written in
the fourteenth century. The last article is devoted
to the . consideration of the policy of Lord Claren-
don. :The following pleasing lines are met with in a
letter designated "The Bursting of the .Bud:"—
spring. is COMillg, spring is coming
• With her sunshine and her showers;
llo,rn is ringing with the singing
Of the birds in In-lie and bowers.
Buds are fillinf.r. leaves'are swelling, .
Flowers on field and bloom,on tree,
O'er the earth and air and ocean
Nature holds her jubilee.
Soft, then, stealing comes a feeling
O'er my bosom tenderly;
Sweet I ponder as I wander,
For my musings are Of Om
Everywhere and every minute,
Feel I near thee, lovely one;
In the lark and in the linnet,
I can hear thy joyous tone. , •
Bud and blooming mark the coming
Of thy feet o'er vale and hill;
And thy presence, with life's essence,
Makes the forest's heart to fill.
Now before thee I adore thee,
•
Love creative thee I sing;
•
Now I meet thee, and I grret thee,
By the holy name of spring.
They are peculiarly adapted to the present season;
they breathe a fresh and genial spirit, which well be-
fits th© elastic feeling inspired by the dawning of the
fresh spring morning in the country.

,ROYAL MILITARY MAGAZIAE, A Journal
devoted to the Interests of the United Services.
Edited by Lieutenant Hort.
The present number contains " The Kafir War and
the National Defences," and " A Recollection of
West India' Service." There is an article on " The
Command of the British Army," which was written
prior to the change of Ministers. It sets forth the
impropriety of appointing a civilian as Secretary of
War:. He has the charge and supervisifig all the pay,
allowance., pension., &c., of her Majesty's army. It
is, therefore, evident to every one that a military
chief alone can be capable of judging rightly on such
subjects. =There is a great deal of information to be
gained, respecting all the affairs and arrangements of
the army, and thus the publication before us may' be
of great assistance to those concerned in military
sciences.

AfISCELLANEO US.
The first _article .we meet in Tait's Edinburgh
Magazine is entitled "On Preventable Death,"
which exposes the numerous evils and public griev-
anceS which tend to increase mortality, and which it
is possible to remove. It also contains " Rough
Notes on the French Army," and " The Working
Man's Way in the World." Colburn's Monthly has
an interesting paper on " The Modern Poetry of
Spain," by Mrs. Bushby. J. E. Carpenter contri-
butes some graceful verses entitled " Olden Dreams."
" The Lancashire Witches" have reached the four-
teenth chapter of Book IL, in Ainsworth's Magazine,
and Miss Addison'a tale of "Florence Hamilton " is
still continued. An article entitled " Shakspereana ;
or, Shakspeare and •his Critics," is an interesting
analysis of the works of the great dramatist. The
New Monthly ,Belle Assemblie, which is now
incJrporated with the ...Ladies' Companion, con-
tains a " Memoir of Madame du Deffant," by the
late Countess of Blessingtoo, and a somewhat impro-
bable though amusing tale by Mrs. Ably. The
" Corner," and the "Work Table," occupy a
prominent place. The Civil Engineer and Architect's
Journal has three illustrations, one of which repre-
sents the iron railing of the British Museum. There
is also an abridged paper, read at the Institution of
Civil Engineers, by Matthew Digby Wyatt, on the
" Construction of the Building for the Great Exhi-
bition." Mrs., Cowden Clarke continues her pleasing
essays on," Sympathy with Unknown People' in the
British Journal; in which there are some lines on
March flowers by Calder Campbell, and a few stray
thoughts on the genius of Dickens. There is an
amusing account, in the Follet, of a Scindian lady's
dress, and a lively sketch of it. The plates are, as•
usual, remarkable for elegance of design and taste-
fulness of colouring.

THE LIFE BOAT. No. I. Charles Knight.
Considering that there are very nearly two
vessels belonging to the United Kingdom every
day shipwrecked on an average, it must be at once
seen that there is sufficient reason for the appearance
of a periodical like the one here commenced—being
a Journal of the National Shipwreck institution.
During the course of the year 1850 there were 692
of our vessels lost, giving a burthen of just 127,188
tone. There were 277 of these total wrecks. There were
84 sunk by leaks or collisions. There were 16 abandoned.
And there were 304 stranded and so far injured as
to necessitate the ditcharge of their cargoes. Out of
the whole number of the crews and passengers whose
lives were thus endangered a terrible aggregate, 780,
perished. Aware of these and other facts of a
scarcely less lamentable character, the indefatigable
Charles ;Knight has adventured upon a new en terprize
in the publication cf a threehalfpenny organ of the
Shipwreck Institution, entitled as above, " The Life
Boat." To it we wish all imaginable success, if for
no other reason-and there are plenty
of them—for
the general interests of. humanity.-