The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-01 00:00:00

A FRESH MAN.

MAGAZINE DAY.

Blacktvood's Magazine.

Many readers will be glad to meet again with
" The Chronicles of Carlingford." The one here in-
troduced concerns " The Perpetual Curate," Mr.
Wentworth, whom we have met with before in
Salem Chapel. His position was a very awkward
one, and it is very ably pictured in these chapters.
We leave him approaching a climax, as his three
aunts, on whose opinion much depends, and who in
a manner are the arbitrators of his destiny, appear
i
suddenly on the scene. Mr. Wentworth cchnes
to extreme High Church vieccs, while his rela-
tions are Evangelical. The conflict between such
opinions will doubtless prove a very stormy one,
and furnish the details of en exciting narrative,
which will vie in interest with its predecessors.
"Girolamo Savor arola" is an elaborate article on the
life of that remarkable man, and treats of his career
in an earnest and impressive manner. From his youth
Savonarola had been certain of his tragic end. "No
earthly success or reward shone through the mist
of prophecy to gladden the ecstatic in his dreams.
A crown of martyrdom hovered visionary but stead-
fast over the stormy way; the scene might change,
the path might unfold, but that fiery crown was
never absent from the solemn future which rolled
forth in clouds and darkness before him." " Charles
James Blomfield" treats of a work published by the
son of the late Bishop. In criticising the book an
opinion is pronounced on the life and actions of the
bishop which is fairly enouJa done. " A Letter
from Poland" will receive notice as containing
some information concerning the details of that
exciting struggle. Another letter is promised
from the same quarter to continue the narrative
of events there. "Rough Notes of a Ride to
Babylon" carry the reader to that far-off Eastern
land, so prolific in scenes of interest and informa-
tion. This entertaining account of travels concludes
with the author's visit to the ruins of the Tower of
Babel, where he touches the bricks, " large, square-
shaped, and massive, that were thoroughly burned,
the very mortar, the slime, now hard as granite,
handled more than four thousand years ago by
earth's most impious people." "A Glance at the

Italy of Cavour " will be of interest to the admirers
of that remarkable man. After analysing various
events, it is said that there is but one word of an-
swer to those who ask why Italy has not done more
—" She has lost Cavour." " Crinoliniana "is a
ludicrous sketch of the results of the fashion.
" Epigrams " is a discourse on a subject that i 3
generally found entertaining enough. We are
furnished with several details and descriptions of
the mode in which these personalities were in-
dulged. in, and certainly there seems no cause to
gainsay the opinion here expressed, that " it could
have hardly been comfortable after all to live in the
age of epigrams and impromptus." Some of the
examples here given are striking enough. The
following translation of a Latin definition is very
good-
-4' The qualities three in a bee that we meet,
In an epigram never should fail ;
The body should always be little and sweet,
And a sting should be left in its tail."
Theodore Hook's impromptu is admirable, and will
be appreciated by many—

Here comes Mr, Wynter, surveyor of taxes,
I advise you to give him whatever he axes ;

And that, too, without any nonsense or flummery,
For though his name's lf ynter,his actions are summary."
The annexed is the original style of epitaph, sim-
ply an inscription. It is on the figure-head of
Anson's ship, the Centurion—
" Stay, traveller, awhile, and view
I who have travelled more than you ;
Quite round the globe in each degree,
Anson and I have ploughed the sea;
Torrid and frigid zones have passed,
And, safe ashore arrived at last,
In ease and dignity appear—
He in the House of Lords—l here."
The following translation of a Latin puzzle will
amuse the curious on such subjects—
" That which was Toby Watt, is what Toby Watt was
not ; to be Toby Watt, is not to be what Toby Watt is ;
Toby is not, he will be."

Fraser's Magaizne.

Fraser opens with an able and interesting paper
on one of the most celebrated, but by no means the
most popular of English statesmen. The writer,
although not a partisan of Bolingbroke, considers
that his history up to the present time has been
written by his enemies. "His own explanations of
particular parts of his policy have been slurred over;
designs have been imputed to him as criminal, with- '
out due consideration of the national feeling at the
time, and but little allowance has been made for the '
uncertainty and novelty in which, during the first
half of the eighteenth century, constitutional go-
vernment was enveloped." But while making all
due allowance for the peculiar circumstances and
influences of the time, the critic is able to give at
the best but a doubtful and limited approval to
Bolingbroke's policy. A concise outline of the chief
features of his life and times is given. It was but a
melancholy career notwithstanding the large abili-
ties, the daring energies, and the ready unscrupu-
lousness of the statesman. The man who lived in
the life of courts and cabinets, to whom power and
reputation were the great ends of being, early shut
himself out by a singular mischance from the active
politics of his day, and in spite of his unquestioned
abilities, has left a name in history which is re-
garded with dubious favour. Miss Cobbe contributes
another of her papers on Eastern travel, this month
dwelling on the solemn reflections awakened by a
visit to the Holy City. An article on the
Polish captivity is well written and sensible. Our
legislators would do wisely to ponder on some of the
arguments it sets forth before they pledge England
to dishonourable inactivity at all hazards. The
writer very justly observes that a decided attitude
assumed by a country like ours at the proper
moment not only does not provoke war but abso-
lutely prevents it, and refers to Canning's interven-
tion in favour of Portugal, which produced the de-
sired effect without bloodshed. That the present
miserable method of following a vacillating and
timorous policy, until we " drift into war" unpre-
pared, does not answer the required purpose, we
have had ample means of testing, but we fear that
the Britannic Government are very far from carry-
ing out the author's programme. "It would be a
service at once to humanity and to Poland if wit h-
mut actual war, by a threatening attitude of expec-
tation, we forbade Prussia to aid against Poland,
and forced France to direct her martial ardour
against Russia, not against the Rhenish provinces.
If simultaneously we kept open the Circassian trade
Poland and Finland might, by the arms of France
and Sweden, become independent of Russia, with
glorious advantage to Europe." "An American
Refugee in L,indon" is the title of an interesting
paper by an American exile, driven across the
as At-
lantic by the horrors of the civil war. He w
to the
owner and editor of a newspaper, and owing
moderation of his views, he was ruined by
the con-
test. have
test. If he had sided with either party he
v!
d the opinion held
been welcome ; but, as he shared the
country, of the
throughout by the peopleef
folly and wickedness of the fratricidal strife, his
services were pot n H© contrived to elude
to this country with his
suspicion, and to eeseedaep
be was connected with comba.
t.
wife, through whom
11,i describes. Mr. Seward as
g, aspiring, unscrupulous
lawyer, full of gilded words and so•call d •
e prin-
,t,aantoodoiennibiontgh,
ThetPi sides.eSdeer: it
11
he styles " a weak,
ciples."
obsti-
nate man, of good nature and good intentions, with
the jokes and manners of a clown, fitted by his
honesty to be the tool rather than the instrument
of his party." The story of "Late Laurels" pro-
ceeds rapidly, and there is also an interesting but
melancholy tale, entitled, "False Ground and
Firm," telling the old mournful story of fervent
affection constant only on one side. There are
other papers of varying merits, and the number
concludes with the index to Fraser's sixty-seventh
, volume.

Colburn's United Service Magazine.

This serial opens with an amusing article on
" Fortifications and Things in General." The writer
takes a practical view of the advance of science,
both in defensive and aggressive warfare. While
exposing certain fallacies which have taken pos-
session of the minds of men who ought to know
better, he maintains that the national interest

should be always borne in mind, and that the true
way to uphold our national prestige is to abolish All
punishments which tend to lower the offender in the
social scale. After reviewing the continental
armies, he remarks :
"As regards the English system, we do not think there
is much to alter that is radically wrong. All that is requisite
is less pipeclay,' if we may so express it. We mean less
mechanical 'parade ground' discipline; many merely parade
manoeuvres that are never wanted in the field might be left
out of the drill-book, and we do not think that more than
one good way is necessary for one manoeuvre. We fancy
there ought never to be more than tivo ways of doing the
same thing, namely, the right one and the wrong one; but
in our drill book,' there are frequently Live or six, all of
which in our opinion must be wrong except the one right
one. We would, therefore, simplify the roanoeuvres ace
much as possible, allow the men more time for ;mental and'
rational recreati n and amusement, and gynmakties, and
employ them in field works and all kinds of labour useful in
a campaign. The men are sick of eternal drill and pipeolaYt
and mere parade movements, and are often driven to the
canteen because they have not time to walk in the country.
When a recruit has got over his year of probation wN).
credit, be b. 3 a private or ensign, he ought not to be eter-
nally kept at the mere A. B. C. of his profession, as is now xia
much the case. If the men are well looked after on their
private parades and in their barracks by their captain, and'
if the captain be, as he ought to be, an efficient officer, and
not a mere boy who has got his company by hard purchase
over the heads of men less rich, the battalion on parade has
something else to do than to go through the mere manual
and platoon exercises every day, and the usual routine of
useless formations which it can never be called on to execute
as part of a brigade. A good march out into the country
with one or two useful and practical manoeuvres on any
common or open ground that may offer, with the constant
practice of all that a battalion can be called on to perform'
as an advance or rear-guard to a larger corps, will tend
more to improve both the company officers and the rank
and file than all the parade ground drill in the regula •

tions.'"
A paper on " Richard Cobden, King of the
.Bel-
gians,'' will be read with interest by the pubes
generally. While acknowledging the services tho.t
Mr. Cobden has rendered to his country, we can-
not but lament that his egotistical fancies have
taken him out of his depth. What is said of
him in this article, although rather too cut-

ting, is but too true in the main. In a
paper on " Colonies, their Influence on the
Mother Country" the advantages derived by Eng-
land from her dependencies is fully demonstrated.
The author maintains, in fact, that without her
colonies England would be nothing. " A Trip to
Vancouver's Island and British Columbia," is con-
tinued, and contains as its predecessors have done
much useful information. Under the head of "Cu-
riosities of Naval Literature," the writer makes game
of naval men for gi7ing feminine names to the vari-
ous adjuncts of a ship. It is a cleverly written essay,
but we cannot agree with him. A sailor is consi-
dered to be attached to his ship, which is supposed

to divide his heart with the object of his affections,
and is it not natural that he should speak of them
both as of the same gender ? In an article on
c. Taxation," the following sensible remarks are
found—

"For our own part we would rather have heard the
Chancellor of the Exchequer announce a larger reduction of
the tax upon income than of the duty upon Chinese tea or
French wines. The consumption of these articles, especially
of the latter, is optional, the payment of income tax is com-
pulsory, so far at least as those who are in the receipt of
salaries or pay from the Crown are concerned. The tax
being deducted from the quarterly bill, officers of the Army
and Navy, and the members of the Civil Service, have not
the option of escaping from the payment of one penny of
the impost, even had they the inclination to do so. It is,
however, otherwise with regard to those engaged in trade,
as they have to make returns' which may or may not be
correct. The general opinion is that these returns,'
which are made under what is termed Schedule D, are
generally wrong, and that if the incomes of those engaged
in manufactures, trades, and professions were properly
assessed, a fivepenny instead of a sevenpenny tax would be
sufficient."

" Greenwich Characters" is continued, and a paper
on " Poland, the Diplomatic Situation," contains
matters of interest. We have also an article on " The
late Exploring Expedition in Australia" which is
interesting, and contains some sensible remarks on
the mistakes that were made. The Editor's Port-
fgiio presents us with the general naval and military
information.

Cornhzll Magazine.

"The Small House at Ailington" is important in
this instalment, inasmuch as it reveals the fatal
truth to Lily, who, however, bears it bravely, and
astonishes her friends by her fortitude. This is not
an unlikely or an unnatural thing, since it is often
the weakest and the most fragile who endure the
best, and are the strongest in the battle of life. We
also find Crosbie is promoted to very undeserved
honours, for he is made Secretary, and thus fortune
smiles on the recusant lover ; but actions like his
bear their own punishment in a mind that is ill at
ease, and those who envied him his promotion had.
better have pitied. Johnny Eames seems resolved
to be a fool, and he is certain to pay a heavy penalty
some day for his very absurd devotion to Miss
Amelia Roper. Equally nonsensical is the de-
meanour of his friend Cradell with Mrs. Lupex.
These young men are of the class who have to buy
their experience very dear. " Sibyl's Disappoint-
ment" is a very melancholy tale that is, however,
not without its uses in impressing upon the mind
the misery that may be wrought by cruel jests
and practical jokes. There is no more unworthy
occupation in which persons can indulge to gratify
their tastes for jokes or to wreak their vengeance
on real or imaginary foes than these base designs.
Sibyl, it is true, must have had an ill-governed.
mind, so soon to have been crushed by sorrow, but
the evil is as great, and the sin as heavy, if no such
lamentable results ensue as are here powerfully
chronicled. " Romola" is continued, and is in this
portion of it very important, as Bernardo del Nero
is executed. The unhappy heroine herself is tossed
to and fro with painful doubts, and the whole of
the story is occupied with scenes of vexatious strife,
and details of misery, and the confused epoch of
history to which it refers renders it most impera-
tively an epitome of trouble and a catalogue of woes.
"Eugenie de Gerie is a pleasing paper. This lady
is eminently deserving of attention for her faithful-
ness and devotion. After enumerating the events
of her life, the writer thus eloquently concludes his
retrospection :
"M. Trebutien has accomplished the pious task in which
Mdlle. de Gue battled, rin was baed, and has establishedest
abwlinshed
fame; by publishing this journal he
wterlistic quality as
Eugenie's also. She was very different frobte.acshheprresebrorthveesra
but she too, like him, had that in her;
'reputation. Her soul has the same
nalicha.rse
ty the world is im-
his talenti—dt
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patient •;undergoing its
corrects the world's
influence,f Of
it, this
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blunders, and fixes the world
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pass for a P•
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popular poet shall notT
its
.xorabi;
the popular preacher
fora Bossuet. To the circle of spirits marked by this rare
at last
foarnda
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will take their place in the sky which these inhabit, and
pFera,twurheose
deExtinctiontailsw
quality,
hidisatoarriiacne
shine close to one another, lucida sidera."
ilolfshhocluke. thEeYaeds m" iirse rsa
of the blonde styles of
c"uOrinousthpea
beauty, since it is prophesied
that the time is approaching when their reign will
be over. "It seems that
there is a predominating
tendency in favour of the dark, and small as this is,
one hundred to seventy, in course of time it must
end in the final extinction of the fair." "Paint,
Powder, and Patches" is an entertaining sketch of
manners and customs. At the conclusion of the
contents there is an amusing little essay, entitled
" To Correspondents," which celebrates the end of
volume seven. It is encouraging to find that the
work and press of literary labour does not deter the
editor from expressing himself in poetic prose.

Temple Bar.
" John Malcbmont's Legacy" is continued at
some length. It is painfully exciting in this num-
ber, as the unhappy young Edward Arundel rises
from what all had thought to ba the bed of death,
and is immediately plunged into fresh troubles. He
cannot find his wife anywhere, and it is evident
that there has been some foul play, for when he
proceeds to Marchivont Towers, Olivia denies all
knowledge of her whereabouts. As may be
determinedau es
in
her to
imagined, Edward is almost distracted, and the tale
lea es t ff at this exciting juncture. The authoress
woman
is well skilled in drawing a particular style of
character, and Olivia Marc moot is a first-rate
gain
nof d
,an a unscrupulousna
reckless o
f all that
stands
way. Such as Olivia have been the tragedy

queens of all ages, bold, defiant, and dauntless,
fierce in love, and ferocious in hate, but power-
less to impress or to influence any but
thavi who are bad and base. Poor Mary
is doomed to undergo a very sad fate. The
folly of her father in giving her such a step-
mother, and the carelessness of her husband, all
play into the hand of the fearful Olivia and the
designing Paul. " Breakfast in Bed" is an amusing
disquisition " On what people should have for
Breakfast." This, it is truly asserted, is a far more
difficult question to answer than what they shall
have for dinner. Hence it is ingeniously stated, " I
have scarcely any need to say that variety in what
you have for breakfast is the prime essential to
enable you to eat any breakfast at all. Man was
not meant to live on bread, nay, nor on toasted bacon,
nor on homoeopathic cocoa alone. If you don't
vary his diet he will pine away, or refuse his vic-
tuals, and grow morose and refractory as a wild
animal." The remarks on the food in prisons are,
however, quite on the wrong side, for it is well
known that to pamper criminals with luxuries is
nu'. the thing when honest men are starving out of
dr,ors, and misery is neglected in the workhouses.
" Cloudy Memories of an Old Passport" is a read-
able sketch of a day at Copenhagen. The chief
object of interest was the Thorwaldsen Museum.
" Your feet staggered, bewildered, humiliated at
baing thus brought face to face with the genius of
one. man. I%'hat a life, what a mind, what energy,
faith, devotion, and perseverance had here their
symbols. The capi d' opere of the master had all
been accomplished before he attained middle age."
41' The Trials of the Tredgolds" is proceeded with,
and furnishes some exciting scenes. Poor Bryer
meets with a fearful accident, and his case is consi-
dered hopeless. There is an article on " William
Lisle Bowles," which is interesting to peruse. It
enters critically into his works, and says that his
mission was to inaugurate a new era, and, to enable
him to do this, he reverted to nature, and wrote
from original observation. " Daughters of Eve" is
an account of the career of Claudine Francoise,
popularly called Marie Uliquot. Her ad-
ventures were most remarkable, and, as often
happens in the fall of those who achieve great
distinction, the end was as tranquil as the commence-
ment, for we learn that, " in the pious retirement
of a Carmelite convent, the curtain at last descends
on the lifeless and time-wasted form of the 011C8
lovely Claudine, who set out on her long and bravely.
aceomplished life-pilgrimage, in the wooden clogs
of a Dauphine peasant, to end it, without once
swerving from the path of womanly purity, the
Widow of a king."