The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-02 00:00:00

MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED)

THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
Coburn.

To too many of the articles in this able advocate of
the interests of the Naval and Military Services is
prefixed the chilling intimation—" continued from our
last." We dislike " continued" narratives in almost
every case, and can rarely bring ourselves to tolerate
more than one in a single Number of any Monthly
publication. The proprietors of such periodicals
would consult their own interest—an object few pro-
prietors wilfully lose sight of—in paying more
regard than they generally do to the hint
which is here given them. Articles continued from
month to month—no matter what may be the subject
of them—lose half their interest by being broken into
so many fragments. With this drawback, the United
Service Journal for May is all that we would desire
to see it. The " Old Commodore" is a sketch that
will be relished, and the faithfulness of it recognised
by, and in the person of, many a hoary veteran. It
finely illustrates the force of early habit, when asso-
ciated with personal prowess, and the confused
ideas of individual glory and love of country. In pro-
portion to the past risk is the self satisfaction enjoyed
by every retired actor from the great stage of public
life—provided he feels satisfied with the way in which
he performed his part. The " Inland Cruise of a
Naval Officer" contains some valuable hints on the
bad state of the harbours on the British coast. To
this important cause he attributes the decline of many
commercial depots which since the last war have dwin-
dled into little better than mere watering places.
" Remarks on the Military Consolidation Commission"
merits the attentive perusal of the officers of the Bri-
tish army. We speak of the article generally, inas-
much as we wish not to express any opinion respecting
the peculiar views of the writer. We disapprove alto-
getheraf the system which prevails in the organization
and government of the army and navy of this country ;
but the present offers no favourable opportunity for
the entire development of our views upon a subject of
such magnitude. The " Editor's Portfolio" contains
a mass of information most useful to the members of
the naval and military profession.

TILE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO-
SOPHICAL MAGAZINE.
R. Taylor, Red Lion-court.

The scientific student will find in the present Num-
ber of this valuable journal a rich supply of materials
on which to exercise his thoughts, whatever may be the
particular direction of his pursuits. Nor need the ge-
neral reader be deterred from its perusal by the fear of
encountering an unbroken series of papers wrapt up
in technical phraseology. He will find (independently
of numerous miscellaneous articles) a most gratifying
treat in the eloquent " Address" of Mr. Lyel, deli-
vered before the Geological Society, in which the
learned President takes a review of the additions which
have been made to geological science since the last
annual meeting of the Society.

THE EVANGELICAL REGISTER. TV. E. Painter,
Strand.

There is an article in the present Number of this
periodical, headed " Church-rates, Dissenters, and the
Voluntary Principle," which is more remarkable for
the uncharitable spirit which it breathes than for the
argumentative power which it displays.
" Christ our Ark " is not a bad specimen of the art
of spiritualization, and comes appropriately from a
" Navigator."
Whether the writer of the following passage had in
his eye any particular class of men who more than
others delight in being clothed in fine linen and in
faring sumptuously every day, we do not pretend to
decide. There is no want of point in it.

On earth thy chief delights are to be gorgeously appa-
relled—to inhabit a splendid mansion—to have companions of
high degree—and to be thyself exalted above many.
" Can hell give thee these ? No l—There thy garments
will be blackened with eternal smoke—thy dwelling place, a
dungeon—thy associates, fallen angels—thyself a degraded
being, a creature of the Devil."

THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER.
Sherwood and Co.

An excellent Number, in which, while variety has
been consulted, it has not been done at the expense
of the more solid recommendation of information.
" The Quaker Controversy in England" is a can-
did view of the late shaking which has taken place
among the Friends, and which has rent the Society
asunder. This breaking in of light, and consequent
breaking up of religions confederacies, may be con-
sidered as a sign of the times. " Memoir of the Rev.
Thomas Fyshe Palmer" is a brief but highly interesting
sketch of the life of that political martyr. In " Herder's
Fifth Letter relating to the study of Theology," there
is a fine illustration of Jacob's prophecy respecting his
sons ; and " Comments upon Commentators," happily
exposes in the case of Dr. Adam Clarke, the unwar-
rantable liberties which expositors sometimes lake with
the holy Scriptures, when they meet with passages
which they cannot reconcile with their own particular
notions. The religious intelligence, particularly the
foreign, is ample and more than usually interesting.

The King has been pleased to appoint the Rev.
Charles Girdlestone to the Rectory of Alderley, vacant by the
elevation of the Rev. Mr. Stanley to the see of Norwich. Mr.
Girdlestone is Vicar of Sedgeley, in Staffordshire, and is
known as the author of many theological works.

The Marquis of Titchfield has arrived at Harcourt
House, in Cavendish-square, from a tour.

PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU'S NEW WORK,
" SEMILASSO IN AFRICA."-The interest excited by the ap-
pearance of the " Tour of a German Prince" some time ago,
will yet be in the remembrance of many of our readers. The
present volumes, by the same author, are written in the same
lively, gossiping, and agreeable manner. The Prince is a tra-
veller who seems to have every disposition to be pleased with
everything and with every body. He is always cheerful, and
evidently wishes to make his readers as comfortable as him-
self. The work is full of pleasant reading, and conveys much
interesting information respecting the many places the Prince
visited during his journey to Africa.—Observer.

Last night an inquest was held at St. Andrew's.
workhouse on the body of a female child, which was discovered
on Friday night wrapped up in a bundle at North-mews, Bed-
ford-square. The child was evidently strangled ; but there
being no evidence to prove who the culprit was, a verdict was
returned by the jury of " Wilful Murder against some person
or persons unknown."
A correspondent informs us that a small farmer, in
the neighbourhood of Baslow, has this spring been actually
compelled to give his lambs away, owing to his not being able
to procure a sufficiency of fodder. —Derbyshire Courier.
LUNCHEON.----I have heard Mr. Warde, the father
of the field, say, he never ate luncheon in his life; and who
has had a better digestion than he has had, and I hope now
has? Lord Panmure has gone a step beyond him; for his
Lordship has never accustomed himself but to one meal a day,
and that has been a good dinner, to which he has been thus
able to do justice, having nothing of the indigesta moles of the
previous meal to contend with.—Nimrod.A
subscription is raising at Nottingham for the
relief of the suffering poor. No further symptoms of riot have
appeared.
Eight individuals have been taken into custody on
suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a woman named
Elizabeth Hemmings, whose body was found last week in the
Cauldon Canal, near Shelton, Staffordshire, with one arm
broken and several cuts on the other.—Liverpool Chronicle.

DUTY.-The task assigned to man is to move
among his fellows doing good, filling his part in the scale of
creation, and escaping none of the high duties which God has
allotted to his being; and greatly should he be grateful, that,
while his service is arduous, he is not left without the power-
ful aid of that intelligence which controls the harmony of the
universe.—Cooper.

A little girl, named Mary Brennan, was charged, at
the Hull Police Court, with begging. Her mother, who was
an Irishwoman, attended, and said she sent her out. She
added, " If me counthry had the privileges as England I would
not be here ; if we cculd get the rights it is not here meself
would be." She was sorry there was a necessity for her child
to beg, but before they should fast she would go out herself.
She had five children—She oldest twelve years old. The
Mayor dismissed the girl, and cautioned her not to offend
again. Woman—Plaise yer honner ye should allow people
to git relif when they're out of bread. The Mayor—You
should remain in your own country. Woman— Well, send
home Mt RIGIITS, and I'll go an' all.— Hull Observer.